Well all good things have to come to an end and the Marlins were able to snap the Mets 8 game winning streak last night as deGrom had a rough night and the Mets lost 9-3. The Nationals won so they picked up a game and we enter a second straight game of the Mets magic number at 10. Tonight the Mets look to win the series with the Marlins before moving on to a weekend series with the Yankees.
Bartolo Colon, the former National League player of the week, gets the start tonight. On the season he is 14-11 over 29 games and 28 starts with 176.2 innings, a 4.13 ERA and a league leading 197 hits. In his last four starts (plus one inning of relief), he has pitched 31.2 innings with a 0.57 ERA, a 4-0 record, 23 K’s and 4 walks. This will be Colon’s 6th start against the Marlins. In his first 5 he has allowed 9 ER over 37.2 innings, which is a 2.15 ERA. The Marlins have the following numbers against Colon:
- Suzuki 34-112, 3 2B, 3B, 3 HR
- Yelich 7-22, 3 2B
- Gordon 7-20
- Prado 5-17
- Realmuto 3-13, 2 2B
- Dietrich 2-11
- Hechavarria 3-12, 2 2B
- Ozuna 2-11, 2B
- Bour 3-10, HR
The Mets bats draw rookie Adam Conley who is 3-1 over 11 games, 7 starts this year posting a 4.93 ERA over 42.0 innings of work with 38 K’s. He has never started against the Mets but he has faced them in relief allowing 1 ER over 2.1 innings. Since becoming a starter on August 12, he has tossed 28.2 innings over six starts with a 5.34 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 0-1
- Cespedes 0-1
- d’Arnaud 0-1
- Flores 1-1, 2B
- Duda 0-1
- Tejada 1-1, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
