Subway Series Preview

It’s time for the Subway Series!  The Yankees are now 23-19 on the season and although they have lost 6 of their past 9 games, they have gotten their stride back during the past three game winning streak.  They are still in second place for the AL East , but only back by one game on the Rays. They have not won 4 in a row yet this year, and are hoping to work their way back into first place this weekend.

The Mets seem to be doing pretty well for themselves despite the Madoff money troubles, injuries and all that bad luck associated with the Mets.  They have won 9 of their last 13 games, and won 2 in a row, yet are still one game under .500.  Although they are under .500, they are still only 5 games out of first place in the NL East.  They are just a small winning streak away from being a threat in their division.

STARTING PITCHERS

FRIDAY:  R.A. Dickey (1-5, 5.08 ERA) vs. Freddy Garcia (2-3, 3.22 ERA)

-Dickey has not won a game since his first start

-Dickey is 0-5 with a 5.76 ERA in his last 8 games

-Silver lining for Dickey: he has a 1.29 ERA during his last three starts in interleague play

-The only Yankee with 10 plate appearances against Dickey is Curtis Granderson who is hitting .300 against him

-Garcia has lost 3 of his last 4 starts with a 4.63 ERA

-The last time Garcia faced the Mets was on April 17, 2007 when he was with the Phillies

-Garcia is 21-8 with a 2.92 ERA in Interleague play, all-time

-Nobody on the Mets has more at bats against Garcia than Jason Bay with 7, He is batting 0.00 in those 7

SATURDAY: Chris Capuano (3-4, 4.78 ERA)  vs A.J. Burnett (4-3, 3.99 ERA)

-The last time Burnett faced the Mets was in 2009 where he pitched 2 games, not allowing a run into the 7^th inning of either game

-Burnett is 0-2 with a 4.12 ERA over his last 3 starts

-Jason Bay is hitting .375 off Burnett over 16 plate appearances

-Capuano has only allowed 3 runs in each of his last 3 starts

-Capuano has not faced the Yankees since 2005

-Russell Martin is batting .636 over 11 at bats against Capuano

SUNDAY: Mike Pelfrey (3-3, 5.11 ERA) vs Ivan Nova (4-3, 3.33 ERA)

-Pelfrey is 2-2 with a 4.35 ERA against the Yankees all-time

-Pelfrey is 2-0 with a 2.11 ERA over his last three starts

-Brett Gardner is hitting .400 against Pelfrey in 10 at bats

-Arod is hitting .300 against Pelfrey in 10 at bats

-Ivan Nova is 3-1 with a 2.54 ERA over his last 5 games

-Nova snapped the Yankees 6 game losing streak this week

-Nova held the Rays to 1 run over 5 & 1/3 innings in his last start

-Nova has not faced any of the Mets batters before

Yankees Notes

The Yankees are 45-33 against the Mets, all-time

The Yankees are 7-10 in the Month of May

Arod is 0-15 in his last 4 games against the Mets

Derek Jeter has a 22 game hitting streak at home against the Mets

Nobody on the Yankees is hitting .300

Mets Notes

The Mets actually have a better record in Road games going 11-10 compared to 10-12 at home.

The Mets have not allowed a run in the last two games.  Even though it was the Nationals, that is still impressive.

The Mets ERA for their pitching staff is 2.77

K-Rod has converted 14 out of 15 save attempts this season

Jose Reyes is hitting .319 with 16 stolen bases

Justin Turner, the third baseman filling in for Wright is batting .333 over his 18 games and is batting .400 over his last 6 games