New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
7:05 PM ET, June 10, 2011
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The New York Mets have been feeling a lot better about their starting pitching lately after a rocky start. They've felt great any time Dillon Gee has taken the hill in 2011.
The Mets haven't lost any of Gee's eight starts and the right-hander has won four straight outings heading into Friday night's series opener in Pittsburgh, where he'll face the Pirates trying to become baseball's first rookie starter to open 7-0 since 2006.
New York's starters were 16-20 with an unimpressive 4.48 ERA through May 25, but lately they've been coming through consistently. Jonathon Niese held Milwaukee to one run over 7 2/3 innings in Thursday's 4-1 win, delivering the team's sixth consecutive quality start as the Mets (30-32) bounced back after blowing a four-run eighth-inning lead in Wednesday's 7-6 loss.
"This team is very, very resilient. This team was flat last night, they just came back today and just realized today was another day," manager Terry Collins said.
The Mets haven't lost any of Gee's eight starts and the right-hander has won four straight outings heading into Friday night's series opener in Pittsburgh, where he'll face the Pirates trying to become baseball's first rookie starter to open 7-0 since 2006.
New York's starters were 16-20 with an unimpressive 4.48 ERA through May 25, but lately they've been coming through consistently. Jonathon Niese held Milwaukee to one run over 7 2/3 innings in Thursday's 4-1 win, delivering the team's sixth consecutive quality start as the Mets (30-32) bounced back after blowing a four-run eighth-inning lead in Wednesday's 7-6 loss.
"This team is very, very resilient. This team was flat last night, they just came back today and just realized today was another day," manager Terry Collins said.
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