The Mets beat the Phillies by an almost incomprehensible 17-0 as the Giants and Cardinals both lost. The Mets look to close in on the Wild Card as they start their last 7 games of the season.
Tonight will be an incredibly tough game in Miami. As you have undoubtedly heard by now, early Sunday morning, phenom pitcher Jose Fernandez passed away in a tragic boating accident. Jose Fernandez transcended pitching and baseball as an ambassador for the sport and demonstrating that baseball is supposed to be fun. His untimely passing has hit the baseball world hard.
Yesterday the Marlins cancelled their game as the club game together to start to process. As of 6:30 this morning, the Marlins have not yet announced who is starting tonight.
Bartolo Colon will be on the mound for the Mets. He is 14-7 over 32 games and 31 starts with 184.1 innings of work and a 3.12 ERA. In the month of September he has made 4 starts and is 2-0 pitching 25.2 innings with a 1.75 ERA. In his last start against the Marlins, he held them to 2 runs, 1 earned, over 7.0 innings of work. The Marlins have the following numbers against Colon:
- Cabrera 1-17, 2B
- Granderson 4-13, 2 HR
- De Aza 2-11, 2B
- K Johnson 2-13, 3B
- Reyes 5-12
- Rivera 2-5, 2B, HR
- Bruce 1-5, HR
- Cespedes 2-3, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
