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Series preview: Mets vs. Nats - Mets Blog - ESPN New York
Huge home series to say the least....
This could make or break any chance, no matter how remote or plausible for the Mets making a wild card run.
*This has to stop, beginning tonight.
Huge home series to say the least....
This could make or break any chance, no matter how remote or plausible for the Mets making a wild card run.
*This has to stop, beginning tonight.
FIRST PITCH: Well, if the Mets have designs on reaching .500 and beyond, they will have to accomplish it against a tough nemesis.
Of the 16 games remaining for the Amazin’s this season, seven are against the Washington Nationals. That includes a four-game series at Citi Field that begins Thursday at 7:10 p.m., when Bartolo Colon (13-11, 3.96 ERA) opposes right-hander Tanner Roark (12-10, 2.97).
The Mets remain 5½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second wild-card spot. The Amazin’s are four games under .500, at 71-75, and have won a season-high-matching four straight.
*The Nats have a 10-2 record and have outscored the Mets 62-34 this season.
*Washington has won 11 straight games in Queens. That’s the longest-ever winning streak by a visiting team against the Mets. The Atlanta Braves won 10 straight games at Shea Stadium in 1991 and '92.
*The Nats are 25-4 at Citi Field since September 2011.
“I’m very pleased,” Terry Collins said about the Mets’ recent play, which includes winning seven of their last eight games and four straight series wins. “We’ve still got a tough road ahead here. We’ve got the Nats coming in, who we have not played very well, [and] who play absolutely great here. We’ve got our work cut out for us. We’re aware of that.”