The Mets took game one. The Yankees took game two. Now it will be the battle of the aces today in a rubber match to determine whether the Mets win three road series in a row, whether the Mets will win the total subway series for 2010 or if the Mets and Yankees will spilt the 2010 series. As stated several times over the last few days, this pitching match ups this series were identical to the first 2010 subway series, and one of the most anticipated pitching matchups will happen again this afternoon as Johan takes on CC.
Santana has been off as of late, but hopefully he will get back on the right track this afternoon as he takes on the Yankees. On the season Johan is 5-3 with a 3.13 ERA. In his last two starts he has pitched 13.2 innings while allowing 8 ER, however just before that he had an amazing stretch of games including a good start against the Yankees where he picked up the win after pitching 7.2 innings allowing only one ER. The Yankees have these numbers against Santana:
Arod 5-26, 2 HR
Tex 7-30, 2B, HR
Cano 8-20, 2B
Posada 2-15, 2 2B
The Mets handled CC pretty well earlier this season, and they hope to repeat this afternoon. CC on the season is 7-3 with a 4.00 ERA. He is 3-0 over his last three starts as he pitched 17.0 innings with a 3.43 ERA. When he faced the Mets this season he picked up the loss as he allowed 6 runs, 5 earned over 5 innings of work. The Mets have these numbers on Sabatha:
Bay 3-11, 2 HR
Wright 1-6, 2B
Davis 2-3
Reyes 2-3
Lets Go Mets!
