The Mets played a series against the Reds very early on in the season, and haven’t played them since. Tonight they head out to Ohio coming off of a series win in Miami. Tonight Colon gets the start, on the season he is 12-11 over 26 games and 172.2 innings with a 4.01 ERA. After a stretch of three good starts where he allowed 4 ER over 21.0 innings, he allowed 6 ER in his last start against the Phillies at home. He missed the Reds earlier this season but in his career he has a 4.15 ERA over 4 starts and a 3-1 record while pitching 21.2 innings. The Reds have the following numbers against Colon:
- Santiago 11-26, 3 2B, 3B
- Phillips 1-12
- Hannahan 1-6, 2B
- Bruce 1-2, HR
- Cozart 1-1
The Reds are sending Alfredo Simon to the bump today. On the season he is 13-9 over 27 starts and 167.1 innings of work with a 3.28 ERA. In his last three starts he has allowed 7 ER over 19.1 innings. He opened up his 2014 season against the Mets picking up the win after allowing 1 ER over 7.0 innings while walking 1 and striking out 6. The Mets have the following numbers against Alfredo:
- Granderson 0-9
- E Young 1-7, 2B
- d’Arnaud 0-4
- Wright 0-3
- Lagares 1-3
- Tejada 0-3
- den Dekker 0-1
Lets Go Mets!
