The Mets look to build off of their 8-5 win on Wednesday against the Athletics in their opener against the Dodgers in LA tonight behind Jon Niese as he takes on Dan Haren. In their last game, the Mets came out swinging with jacks from Eric Cambell and Lucas Duda, who is getting within striking range of a 30 HR season.
Niese is 7-8 over 23 games and 141.1 innings with a 3.50 ERA. His last start was average as he allowed 3 ER over 6.0 innings, striking out 6. Overall in his last two starts he allowed 5 ER over 13.0 innings with 12 K’s. Earlier this season he allowed 3 ER and 4 Hits over 7.0 innings. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Niese:
- Kemp 4-13
- Barney 5-12
- Ellis 2-9, 2B
- Ethier 4-10
- Gonzalez 0-5
- Crawford 0-3
- Puig 0-3
Haren is 10-10 over 25 starts and 143.0 innings with a 4.59 ERA. He is coming off of a rough start where he allowed 5 hits, 6 runs, 3 earned over 3.0 innings. He didn’t face the Mets earlier this year but last year he was 2-2 over 4 starts with a 5.95 ERA over 19.2 innings allowing 13 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Haren:
- Granderson 8-38, 2 2B, 2 HR
- Wright 7-21, 2 2B, 2 HR
- Murphy 4-14, 2B, HR
- Lagares 4-10
- E Young 3-10, 2B
- Duda 1-6, 2B
- d’Arnaud 2-4
Lets Go Mets!
