It’s Subway Series time! The Mets and Yankees play their first of four games tonight as they continue for a second year the new split series format that has two games in one borough directly followed by two games in the other. Yesterday the Mets finally snapped their losing streak with an extra inning win against the Phillies, and they will look to build on that momentum today. In the win, they scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie, the first time in 71 innings they scored three runs or more. Tonight, Colon will take the hill against Kuroda.
Colon is looking to get on the right path after some recent struggles. On the season he is 2-5 with a 5.36 ERA over 7 games and 43.2 innings. His last start was good, 3 earned over 7 in Miami, but the one before that was awful allowing 7 in 4.2 in Denver. Last year he was 1-1 over two starts and 11.1 innings against the Yankees with a 2.38 ERA. The Yankees have the following numbers against him:
- Suzuki 31-95, 3 1B, 3B, 3 HR
- Jeter 18-46, 2B, 3B, 2 HR
- Beltran 13-44, 3 2B, 4 HR
- Teixeira 12-42, 3 3B, 3 HR
- Soriano 8-399, 2 2B, 2 HR
- Roberts 6-24, 2B
Kuroda is 2-3 on the season over 7 games with a 4.43 ERA and 42.2 innings. He is coming off one of his best starts of the year where he allowed 3 runs, 1 earned over 7.2 innings. He made one start against the Mets last year and he was fantastic shutting the Mets out over 7 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers Kuroda:
- C Young 6-28, 2B
- Wright 7-20
- Murphy 3-14, 2 2B
- E Young 3-12, 2B, 3B
- Abreu 2-9
- Duda 3-8, 2B
Lets Go Mets!
