The Mets and Padres conclude their four game set this afternoon. Oh, and you may have heard, but its BANNER DAY AT SHEA CITI! Yesterday was just an amazing day as Johan Santana delivered a complete game shut out, plus the Mets bats decided to wake up and knock three balls out of the park. Anyway, in today’s game Dickey will take on Volquez as the Mets try to take the series.
Dickey is 6-1 on the season over 9 games and 57.2 innings of work with a 3.45 ERA. Dickey has made four starts in the month of May with a 3-0 record and a 2.33 ERA. In that time he has pitched 27 innings and struck out 23 batters. Last season RA made two starts against the Padres with a 0-1 record over 12.1 innings with a 4.38 ERA. The Padres have the following numbers against Dickey:
Maybin 4-12
Venable 3-6, 3B, HR
Guzman 1-3
Hundley 1-3
The Mets bats will try to keep building off of yesterday’s offense against Edinson Volquez. Volquez is 2-4 on the season with a 3.49 ERA over 10 starts and 59.1 innings. In his last two starts he has an 0-2 record over 11.0 innings of work and a 6.55 ERA. Last season he pitched one game against the Mets where he allowed 3 ER over 7 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Edinson:
Cedeno 0-8
Wright 1-5
Hairston 0-4
Torres 0-2
Baxter 1-3, HR
Murphy 1-3
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