The Mets will take on their 3rd NL East rival of the season tonight as they open up a 3-game weekend series against the 5 time defending NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets come off of a two game losing streak that saw Johan Santana lose in a matchup of aces against Steven Strasburg and the Washington Nationals. Tonight R.A. Dickey looks to snap the team’s two game skid and earn his second win of the season against the Phillies. Tonight’s game will be set to go at 7:05 pm and can be seen on SportsNet New York as well as heard on Sports Radio 66 WFAN.
Mets Lineup
Tejada - Murphy - Turner - Davis - Bay - Duda - Hairston - Thole - Dickey
Phillies Lineup
Victorino - Polanco - Rollins - Pence - Thome - Mayberry - Ruiz - Galvis - Lee
Pitching Matchup
R.A. Dickey (1-0, 3.00 ERA) will take the hill tonight as he faces Cliff Lee (0-0, 1.50 ERA) for his 2nd start of the season. After starting the season 4-0, the Mets dropped the last two games in their series against the Washington Nationals, and will look to end that losing streak. That may be a bit tougher tonight with the absence of David Wright from tonights lineup for the 2nd straight game with that broken pinkie. Cliff Lee is also 2-0 with a 0.45 ERA and 17 k’s in 3 career starts against the Mets.
This Day in Mets History
2006 – In a matchup against Livan Hernandez and the Washington Nationals, the Mets pounded four homeruns, one each from their 3-4-5-6 hitters as Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Carlos Delgado and Cliff Floyd all went deep. Earning his tenth and final win in a Mets uniform was, you guessed it, Victor Zambrano who allowed three runs on six hits in five innings in the Mets 13-4 win over the Nats.
2005 – The Mets won an 11 inning marathon against the Houston Astros at Shea Stadium, Roger Clemens started for the Astros but surprisingly didn’t hit Mike Piazza as Piazza finished the night 0-for-3. Kaz Ishii started for the Mets and allowed two hits over seven innings before Roberto Hernandez, Braden Looper and Mike DeJean shut down the ‘Stros lineup before Jose Reyes could get the game-winning hit in the 11th in a 1-0 victory.
2000 – The last time the Mets faced the Phillies on April 13, they defeated the Phils by a score of 2-1. Jay Payton and Derek Bell had three hit games while Rick Reed allowed one run over seven innings. Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook pitched a scoreless eighth before Armando Benitez shut out the Phillies in the ninth to seal his third save of the season.
