The Mets haven’t had the world’s best last 5 games. After being swept by the Pirates, they almost lost a game in Baltimore followed by the first loss against Baltimore in a while. At the same time, the Nationals were able to gain 1.5 games against the Mets. The Mets look to get everything back together tonight as they go out to Colorado after sweeping the Rockies earlier last week.
Bartolo Colon is 10-11 over 23 games and 141.1 innings with a 4.58 ERA while allowing a league leading 162 hits. After a hiccup against the Rays, he held the Pirates to 1 ER over 7.- innings. He missed the Rockies earlier this year but last year he had a start to forget as he allowed 7 ER over 4.2 innings. The Rockies have the following numbers against Colon:
- Reyes 5-9
- Barnes 2-7, 2 2B
- Descalso 1-6
- Gonzalez 2-5, HR
- Arenado 1-2
- Blackmon 1-3
The Mets draw Jon Gray who is 15.0 innings into his major league career with 3 starts and no decisions yet with a 2.40 ERA. His second major league start was against the Mets where he held the Amazin’s to 1 ER over 6.0 innings while striking out 5 batters. Last time out he allowed 1 ER over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Gray:
- Cespedes 0-3
- Duda 0-3
- Granderson 0-3
- Murphy 0-3
- Conforto 0-2
- d’Arnaud 1-2, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
