The Mets and Cubs finish off their four game set this afternoon as the Mets look to take the series and the Cubs look for the series split. Yesterday was a game with not a lot of offense which led to the Mets losing 2-1 on free hat day. Today Bartolo Colon gets the start. He is 11-10 on the season with a 3.85 ERA over 24 starts and 161.1 innings. He has put together back to back strong starts allowing 2 ER over 15 innings with 14 K’s. He didn’t pitch against the Cubs earlier in the year and in his career he is 0-2 over 5 starts against the Cubbies with a 4.73 ERA. The Cubs have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Valbuena 2-5, 2 HR
- Sweeney 1-5, 2B
- Castro 2-3
- Rizzo 0-3
The Mets bats will try to find themselves against Kyle Hendricks who is off to a strong start in his major league career. He is 4-1 over 6 starts with a 1.73 ERA over 41.2 innings with 9 walks and 26 K’s. He made 17 starts in the minors this year with 102.2 innings of work, a 10-5 record and a 3.59 ERA. He has never faced the Mets in his career and he has not faced anyone on the Mets roster in a major league game.
Let’s Go Mets!
