Mets OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Yankees Pitcher Cody Eppley ride the 4 train to the game. Photo Courtsey of MLB.
Well, Johan Santana is NOT Johnny Vander Meer. That’s ok, because Vander Meer was a good, not great pitcher. With the 4 homers given up (including the back-to-back-to-back homers in the 4th inning), Santana tied a career high for homers allowed in a game. But it’s only one game of 162. Time to move on. Tonight Dillon Gee (4-3 4.48 ERA) tries to stop this mini losing skid the Mets are on, having lost 4 of their last 5 games. Opposing Gee will be Phil “Yooz” (5-5 4.96 ERA).
Sorry Mets fans, tonight’s game is on FOX at 7pm. But as always, the game can be heard on WFAN 660 AM.
Tonight’s Lineups via Metsblog.com
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New York Mets 1) Kirk Nieuwenhuis RF Dillon Gee RHP |
New York Yankees 1) Derek Jeter SS Phil Hughes RHP |
Who’s hot for the Mets?…Over the past week, Lucas Duda is hitting .292 with 2 homers and 6 RBI’s. That constitutes as HOT for the Mets lately.
Who’s Hot for the Yanks?…After last night’s 2 home runs, Robinson Cano is hitting .396 with six homers and 14 RBIs in his last 15 home games.
On The Rubber
Tonight for the Mets, Dillon Gee (4-3 4.48 ERA) will look for his 5th consecutive quality start. Gee is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA over his last 4 starts, with 28 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings pitched. The Key for Gee tonight is keeping that changeup down. As seen last night, if the secondary pitches are left up in the zone, the Yankees hitters are going to take advantage of the Mickey Mouse dimensions to right field and down the line to left.
For the Yanks, Phil Yooz (5-5 4.96 ERA) is coming off his second career complete game, when he out dueled the Tigers All-Everything, Justin Verlander, in a 5-1 victory. In 4 of Hughes’ last 5 starts, the right hander has given up 2 runs or less. His only bad start recently was against the Angels on May 28th when he got smashed for 7 runs in 5 1/3 innings.
