The Mets are coming home to and they are bring Philly with them. Fresh off a 10 game road trip that saw the Mets go 5-5, including 4-3 against playoff contenders, the Mets look to keep roll going in Queens. Tonight should also be a heavily scouted game as AJ Burnett and Bartolo Colon, both starters, have been in trade rumors for the last week or so.
Bartolo Colon is 9-8 on the season over 1340 innings with a 4.03 ERA over 20 games. His last start was way better than the stat line of 7.1 innings of 2 ER suggests. He retired 20 batters straight to start the game and it was the bullpen that allowed the runners to score. He has made one start against the Phillies this year where he allowed 2 ER on 6 hits over 7.0 innings while striking out 5. The Phillies have the following numbers against Colon:
- Rollins 5-15, 2B, HR
- Brignac 5-12
- Sizemore 1-8
- Byrd 0-4
- Howard 2-4, 2 HR
- Ruiz 0-5
A.J. Burnett is on the bump for the Phils. On the season he is 6-9 over 144.2 innings and 22 starts with a 3.86 ERA. He is coming off one of his strongest starts of the season where he shut the Giants out for 8 innings while allowing 4 hits, 4 walks and striking out 6. He made one start against the Mets this year where he allowed 5 ER and 11 K’s over 7 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Burnett:
- Abreu 25-78, 10 2B, 2 HR
- Wright 3-24, 3B
- Granderson 3-16, 2 2B, HR
- Murphy 2-12
- Tejada 1-6
- Lagares 1-4
- E Young 2-3
- Duda 1-2, 2B
Lets Go Mets!
