New York Mets at Atlanta Braves Game 2
Posted on | April 29, 2006 | No Comments
Today, the New York Mets are at the Atlanta Braves for the second game in the series. Last night’s game saw the Mets, behind Pedro Martinez, motor passed the Braves 5-2. The Braves are sending John Thomson to the mound and they are a slight favorite at -112. The Mets are countering with leftie Tom Glavine. Both teams are evenly matched and I like the Braves to even up the series at home. The Braves and Mets have already played one series this year. In that series, the Braves lost the first game to Martinez and the Mets and then came back to win the next two. Thomson did not pitch that series, but Glavine did—he gave up a couple of runs and lost.
Thomson has pitched two shutout games at home this year (0.00 ERA). Look for him to go about 6 innings tonight, so the Braves bullpen will factor into the decision. He faced the Mets in three games last season and controlled them pretty well. He averaged 6 and a 1/3 innings per start and gave up an average of two runs per game. Look for more of the same from him tonight.
Tom Glavine has already faced the Braves this season and lost. He’s pitched on the road once this season and it was horrible. He gave up six runs in six innings to the Giants. He faced the Braves five times last year. In those outings, he averaged 6 and 2/3rds innings pitched and 3 runs per game. He gave up one hit per inning and walked a batter about every 2.5 innings. He also averaged one home run per 10 innings. Look for Glavine to go almost 7 innings tonight and for the Mets bullpen to work about 2 innings.
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