The Mets continue their San Francisco series tonight as Dillon Gee takes on Barry Zito. (Note: Due to travel, I’m actually writing this article on Sunday morning, so if something crazy happens, and these pitchers aren’t pitching, my bad, think of this like the alternate universe game preview then).
Gee is 6-7 on the year over 17 games with a 4.47 ERA over 97.0 innings of work. He is 4-1 over his last seven games with a 2.47 ERA and that includes a start where he allowed 5 ER over 5 innings. In short, Dillon Gee has returned. Last year he did not have a good day against the Giants allowed 7 ER over 6.2 innings of work. The Giants have the following numbers against him:
Pence 1-12
Blanco 2-4, 2B
Sanchez 1-3, HR
Sandoval 2-3, HR
Crawford 1-3
The Mets bats will get a crack at Barry Zito who is 4-6 with a 4.44 ERA this season over 17 starts. He has pitched 32.2 innings in his last 6 starts while posting a 5.51 ERA and 23 strikeouts. Last year in two starts against the Mets he allowed 9 ER over 9.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Zito:
Young 7-27, 3 2B
Wright 5-17, 2B
Byrd 2-8, HR
Davis 0-6
Murphy 1-5
Lets Go Mets!
