The Mets start their last series of the road trip tonight in Atlanta. The trip started off a week ago in Cleveland where the Mets took 2 of 3 then the Mets went into Philly and took 2-3. The Mets, who were below .500 after dropping multiple series at home, now find themselves at .500 heading into this series. The Mets crushed 19 homers to start this road trip, and are hoping for down in Atlanta. Meanwhile Atlanta has changed since the start of the season. They first went 0-10, then won 4 games straight before losing last night.
Matt Harvey gets the start tonight and he’s hoping to reverse his fortunes. He’s 0-3 on the season over 17.1 innings and as many starts with a 5.71 ERA while walking 7 and striking out 9. In his last start he was cruising with a no hitter for the first 4 innings before the Indians became aggressive and started just stringing together hit after hit. Oddly, he only faced the Braves once last year. He allowed only 1 ER over 6.2 innings while allowing one walk and 5 strikeouts. The Braves have the following numbers against Harvey:
- Freeman 0-6
- Stubbs 0-3
- Flowers 0-3
- Johnson 1-3
- Markakis 0-3
- Peterson 1-3, 2B
The Mets draw journey man starter Bud Norris who now finds himself in the Atlanta organization. His season has also been off to a rocky start going 1-2 over 17.1 innings while recording a 6.23 ERA. In that stretch he has allowed 22 hits, 12 earned runs, 7 walks while striking out 13. Between San Diego and Baltimore last year he went 3-11 over 38 games, 11 starts and 83.0 innings last year with a 6.72 ERA. He had a start against the Mets last year where he allowed 3 ER over 7.0 innings while picking up the loss. The Mets have the following numbers against Bud:
- Walker 9-23, 2B, HR
- Wright 1-11
- De Aza 2-11,
- Cespedes 3-10, HR
- Duda 1-3, 2B
- Cabrera 0-2
- Flores 1-3, 2B
- Plawecki 1-3, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
