In a thrilling game last night, the Mets beat the Yankees by the score of 4-0 thanks to great pitching and some timely hitting. The Mets will try do the same again today as the Mets and Yankees have a rematch of a great game from May. In the second game of the Citi Field edition of the subway series, Mike Pelfrey and the Mets were able to hand Phil Hughes his first loss of the season. Since then Hughes has not lost and the two pitchers come into today's game with identical records of 9-1.
Pelfrey has been amazing for the amazin's this year as he brings his 9-1 record and 2.39 ERA into the Bronx. In the month of June Pelfrey is 2-0 while pitching over 23.0 innings and posting a 1.96 ERA. In May he picked up the win against the Yankees as he pitched 6 innings and allowed only one earned run. The Yankees have these numbers against Big Pelf:
Cano 2-9, 2B
Arod 3-7
Jeter 1-6, 2B
Cervelli 1-6
The Mets batters will get to take a crack at Phil Hughes. The last time they faced Hughes, he was an unbeaten man. After the Mets last meeting with Hughes, he was a beaten man. Since then, back to being unbeaten. Overall on the season Hughes is 9-1 with a 3.11 ERA. In his last three starts he is 3-0 while pitching 18.2 innings with a 4.34 ERA. In his start against the Mets in May he picked up the loss in 5.2 innings of work as he allowed 4 ER and 8 hits to the Amazin's. The Mets have these numbers against Hughes:
Barajas 0-5
Francoeur 0-4
Pagan 2-3, 2B
Wright 2-3
Lets Go Mets!
