The Mets are in Miami tonight to open a three-game series with the Marlins at Marlins Park. Here are some notes on the Mets pitching staff as they begin a stretch of seven more games against National League Eastern Division opponents:
- Mets starting pitchers have a 3.29 ERA, which is the fourth-best mark in the Major Leagues.
- The starters have gone 12-4 to start the season – the 12 wins are the most in baseball.
- The starters’ 77 strikeouts are seventh-best in baseball, and the 21 walks they’ve issued are the second fewest in baseball.
- The bullpen’s 2.42 ERA is the fifth-best in baseball.
- The Mets bullpen has recorded 18 holds, the second-best mark in baseball.
- The Mets bullpen has a scoreless streak running at 14 2/3 innings.
- Should Jeurys Familia record another save in April, he will have set a Mets record with nine April saves.
- Alex Torres has thrown six consecutive scoreless innings – he has at least one strikeout in seven of his eight games and right-handers are 0-for-11 against him so far in 2015.
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