The Mets look for the sweep today as they take on the Phillies in Philly in a Sunday afternoon game celebrating the legacy of Jackie Robinson. The major story in yesterday’s game surrounded David Wright. Was he rushed to play to soon? How will his pinky handle the bat and throws? Wright answered everyone as he took the first pitch he saw to the deepest part of Citizens Bank Park. The Mets would later tack on more runs from GDP from Bay and 2 run homer from Lucas Duda. For the second day in a row, the Mets had strong starting pitching from Jon Niese and good relief work. The Mets will try to repeat all of this behind Mike Pelfrey as he takes on Cole Hamels.
Pelfrey picked up a no decision in his first start of the season where he pitched 5 innings, allowed 3 ER over 10 hits while walking 1 and striking out 8. It was a very Mike Pelfrey start where at times he seemed awesome and at other times he made you want to throw the remote through the television. Last season he made 6 starts against the Phillies for 28.0 innings and a 7.71 ERA. The Phillies have the following numbers on Mike:
Victorino 15-48, 3 2B, 3B, HR
Rollins 12-41, 3B, HR
Ruiz 8-26, 2B
Polanco 6-25, 2B
Pence 7-18, 2B, HR
Wigginton 1-11
Cole Hamels had a rough start to the season where he allowed 4 runs, 3 earned over 5.1 innings with 8 hits and 9 strikeouts. Last season, Cole was Cole where he pitched 216.0 innings with a 2.79 ERA. There was one team that consistently gave him trouble last year, and that was the New York Mets who in 4 games, limited Cole to 21.0 innings of work with a 6.86 ERA off of 26 hits, 9 walks and 23 strikeouts. The Mets have the following numbers on Hamels in his career:
Wright 12-39, 3 2B, 3B, 2 HR
Hairston 8-20, 4 2B, 3 HR
Tejada 2-12
Bay 4-10, 2 2B
Pelfrey 3-9, 2B (Seriously)
Davis 3-7
Murphy 3-6, 2B, HR
Let’s Go Mets! Beat the Phils!
