The Mets and Phillies played extras again yesterday, this time with the Mets on top. David Wright brought in the winning run ing the 14th, deGrom was great minus a mistake in the 7th inning and Ruben Tejada had a huge day at the plate. With the Mets 2-1 so far in the series, a win tomorrow would clinch a series win for the Mets in the rare 5 game set. Today Jon Niese gets the start against Cole Hamels.
Jon Niese is 3-3 over 10 games while pitching 62.1 innings with a 2.74 ERA. In the month of May he pitched 29.2 innings with a 3.34 ERA. He has also made two starts this season against the Phillies allowing a total of 4 earned runs over 13.0 innings. The Phillies have the following numbers against Niese:
- Rollins 10-46, 3 2B
- Mayberry 9-34, 2 2B, 3 HR
- Utley 3-28
- Ruiz 8-23
- Howard 3-21
- Byrd 6-11, 2B, HR
Hamels is 1-3 this season over 7 starts and 44.2 innings with a 4.43 ERA. In the month of May he pitched 5 games over 34.0 innings while posting a 3.71 ERA. One of those starts was against the Mets where he allowed 7.0 innings, one earned run, walking three and striking out 10 batters. The Mets have the following numbers against Cole:
- Wright 23-70, 3 2B, 3B, 5 HR
- Murphy 17-40, 4 2B, HR
- Tejada 9-28, 3 2B
- C Young 5-20, 2B, HR
- Duda 1-13
- Lagares 6-16, 3 2B
Lets Go Mets!
