The Mets have the chance to win a series today as they take on Gio Gonzalez and the Washington Nationals. Last night Jon Niese had an excellent pitching performance and he, with Rauch and Francisco, were able to shut out the Naitonals. Hefner will get the start for the Mets today and he is 2-4 on the season over 56.2 innings with a 4.76 ERA. August has been a much better month for Jeremy as he has been in 4 games for 12.1 innings with a 2.13 ERA. Against the Nationals this year he has pitched 12 innings allowing 5 ER. The Nats have the following stats on Hefner:
Espinosa 3-6, 2B, HR
Harper 1-6
LaRoche 2-6, HR
Lombardozzi 2-6
Morse 3-6, HR
Zimmerman 1-5
Desmond 0-3
Gio Gonzalez is 15-6 with a 3.29 ERA over 147.2 innings this year. He has pitched 29.2 innings in his last four starts while posting an ERA of 3.94. He actually faced the Mets in back to back starts this year with two very different stories. The first time he allowed 6 ER over 3 innings, the second time he allowed one unearned run over 7 innings. The Mets have the following numbers on Gio:
Torres 4-15, 2B
Bay 0-8
Hairston 1-8, 2B
Shoppach 0-6
Turner 0-6
Davis 3-5, HR
Tejada 1-5
Wright 1-4, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
