The Mets will try to split the series with the Phillies this afternoon after dropping last night’s game by the score of 1-0. Bartolo had an excellent start only allowing a solo shot to Ryan Howard and the Mets bats pretty much fell silent from the 5th inning on. The damage could have been worse on the Phillies side, but they managed to leave runners on all night. Ultimately the Phillies bullpen was somehow able to keep the Mets off the path and the Mets hitting woes in the early season continued.
Matt Harvey gets the start this afternoon instead of Steven Matz and Harvey looks to improve on his Opening Night performance where he allowed 4 runs, 3 earned over 5.2 innings while walking 2 and striking out 2 against the Royals. Last year in three starts against the Phillies he went 2-1 over 18.1 innings allowing 20 hits, 10 earned runs (4.91 ERA) and striking out 21 batters. The only two teams Harvey did worse against the in the regular season last year was the Pirates (8 runs in 10.0 innings) and the Giants (7 ER over 6.0 innings). The Phillies have the following numbers against Harvey:
- Howard 3-16, HR, 8 K
- Galvis 3-7
- Herrera 1-9, 4 K
- Ruiz 1-7
- Ruff 0-4
- Blanco 2-3
The Mets bats will get a crack at Jeremy Hellickson who tossed 6.0 innings in his Phillies debut earlier this week while allowing 1 unearned run. Last year he went 9-12 with the Diamondbacks over 27 starts and 146.0 innings with a 4.62 ERA. He picked up a win in his only stat against the Mets last year tossing 6.0 innings allowing 6 hit sand 2 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Jeremy:
- Granderson 3-17, 2B, HR, 7 K
- De Aza 4-15, 3 2B, 5 K
- Cabrera 2-8
- Cespedes 2-6
- Duda 1-4, 2B
- Walker 2-5, 2B
- Flores 1-3, 2B
- Wright 2-2, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
