Colon got it done! Twice in a row! After a great outing his last time out, Colon came out yesterday and threw 8.0 scoreless innings while striking out 9 batters and Conforto + Granderson added power as the Mets beat the Phillies. In addition, the Nationals lost to the Cardinals and Mets lead in the division increased again to 6.5 games.
Niese is 8-9 over 25 games over 152.2 innings with a 3.95 ERA. After a tremendous stretch where Niese was crushing it, his last three starts have been pretty bad totaling 17.1 innings with 15 ER including his last start against the Phillies where he allowed 5 ER over 6.0 innings (his first two starts against the Phillies were much better totaling 13.1 innings, 3 runs, 1 earned). The Phillies have the following numbers against Jon:
- Ruiz 11-34, 3 2B, HR
- Howard 4-26, HR
- Galvis 2-15, HR
- Ruf 3-14, 2 HR
- Hernandez 4-12
- Blanco 3-11, 2B
- Francoeur 3-8, 2B
Aaron Harang is 5-14 over 23 starts and 139.0 innings this year with a 4.79 ERA. His last start against the Mets where he allowed 5 ER over 6.0 innings was the first time the Mets really got to Harang in recent memory. It also made the 4th start in August out of 5 where Harang allowed at least 4 ER (He pitched 28.0 innings over 5 games and allowed 25 earned runs). The Mets have the following numbers against Harang:
- Wright 15-33, 4 2B, HR
- Murphy 9-28, 5 2B, HR
- Tejada 8-21, 3 2B
- Granderson 4-21, 2B
- Uribe 2-18, 2 2B
- d’Arnaud 2-13, HR
- Cuddyer 4-13, 2B, 3B
- Lagares 3-12, 2B, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
