In April, the Giants took three games of four from the Mets in Queens. Today, the Mets look to return the favor today as they look to win the four game series against the Giants. So far in the series the Mets have taken down Madison and Cain. Today Chris Young will get the start against Barry Zito.
Chris Young is 2-5 this season over 10 starts and 57.0 innings with a 4.58 ERA. His last start was a rough one as he allowed 6 ER and 7 hits in 4 innings of work. He missed the Giants the first time around this season and the last time he saw them was in 2009 where he allowed only 1 ER in 20.0 innings of work. The Giants have the following numbers against Young:
Theriot 2-7, 2 HR
Scutaro 2-7, 2 2B
Blanco 1-3, 2B
Huff 1-2
Barry Zito is 8-7 on the season posting a 3.87 ERA with 118.0 innings of work. In the month of July he made four starts totaling 24.1 innings of work with an ERA of 4.07. Earlier this season he allowed 2 ER in 5.0 innings against the Mets. The Mets have the following numbers against Zito:
Hairston 7-29, 2B, HR
Wright 4-15, 2B
Bay 3-10, HR
Davis 0-6
Tejada 2-5
Torres 1-3, 3B
Let’s Go Mets!
