The Mets travel tonight to start another road trip after a disappointing but not completely tragic home stand. They finished the home stand on a high note, beating the Braves 6-5 and surviving a potential ninth inning meltdown after a fantastic Niese performance. Chris Young will take on Mat Latos for the opener.
Chris Young is 3-6 over 12 games and 68.1 innings with an ERA of 4.87. He already faced the Reds once this season where he allowed 3 runs, 2 earned over 7 innings of work. Recently, he has had one really good start (7 innings, 1 ER) sandwiched between two bad starts (4 IP 6 ER and 4.1 IP 7 ER). The Reds have the following numbers against Young:
Rolen 2-13
Valdez 4-11, 2B
Phillips 1-8
Bruce 1-6
Cairo 0-3
Mat Latos is 10-3 over 141.2 innings with an ERA of 3.81. In the last three games he has pitched 22.1 innings with 3 ER. Earlier this season Mat faced the Mets allowing 7 hits and 3 earned runs over 5 innings of work while striking out 7. Mat has the following numbers against the Mets:
Torrres 5-16, 2B
Wright 2-8, 2B, HR
Cedeno 3-7
Bay 0-6
Murphy 2-6, 2B
Davis 0-4
Let’s Go Mets!
