The Mets just couldn’t get it done against Wisler and the Braves last night, despite a first inning homer from David Wright, and the Mets lost the game 6-2. At the same time, the Nationals also lost so the Mets magic number dropped and they continued to get closer to the post-season. The Mets look to continue the trend of dropping their magic number today as Bartolo Colon takes the mound.
Colon is 14-12 over 30 games, 29 starts, over 182.1 innings with a 4.15 ERA while allowing a league leading 204 hits. In his last 6 games, 5 starts, he has tossed 37.1 innings with 25 K’s while posting a 1.21 ERA. He is 4-0 over as many games against the Braves this year posting a 3.51 ERA over 25.2 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Colon:
- Pierzynski 16-59, 2 2B, 2 HR
- Markakis 9-41, 5 2B
- Freeman 9-20, 3 2B
- Simmons 11-20, 2 2B, 3B
- Swisher 7-15, 2 2B, 2 HR
- Peterson 2-10, 2B, 3B
- Maybin 0-4
The Mets bats will try to wake up against Williams Perez who is 6-6 over 21 games, 18 starts over 104.2 innings with a 5.16 ERA. In his last three starts he is 2-0 over 18.2 innings with a 2.89 ERA including a start against where he allowed 3 ER over 6.0. The Mets have the following numbers vs Williams:
- d’Arnaud 4-6, HR
- Granderson 3-6, HR
- Herrera 1-3
- Lagares 0-4
- Campbell 0-3
- Cespedes 0-3
- Conforto 1-2
- Murphy 2-3, 2 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
