Hey! The Mets won one on the road! The Mets last night got some solid pitching from Harvey in a start where it looked like he didn’t have his best stuff and some solid hitting from a desperately needed source (Mayberry) thus the Mets took the first game in the series. In game two, Jon Niese goes up against Jeremy Hellickson. (Also I must apologize, I write these Game Previews quite early in the morning and yesterday at 5:30 AM, Jeremy Hellickson was listed as the starter, not Ray).
Jon Niese is 3-5 on the season over 10 starts and 57.0 innings with a 4.42 ERA. His last four starts have been a mess where he has gone 0-3 over 20.0 innings allowing 23 runs, 20 earned to a 9.00 ERA. The story is in the opponents batting average which in his last 4 has been .344. Even in his first six starts where he had a 1.95 ERA he had a .280 opponent batting average. He has caught a lot of the plate all season. The last time he faced Arizona was in 2013 where he allowed 4 ER over 7 hits in 6.0 innings. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Jon:
- Goldschmidt 1-5
- Hill 2-5, 2B, HR
- Salty 1-6
- Collmenter 1-3
- Pennington 0-3
The Mets bats will have to deal with Jeremy Hellickson who is 3-3 over 10 starts and 56.2 innings this season with a 5.08 ERA. In his last three starts he is 2-0 over 18.2 innings with a 3.38 ERA, so substantially better than his season numbers. The last time he faced the Mets was way back in 2012 and it was a night to forget if you like Jeremy. He allowed 8 ER over 9 hits in 3.2 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 2-15, 2B, HR
- Cuddyer 2-8, 2B, HR
- Duda 1-2, 2B
- Murphy 0-2
Lets Go Mets!
