TONIGHT — 7:05
RHP Dillon Gee (0-1, 1.42) vs. LHP Cliff Lee (1-0, 0.00)
TOMORROW — 7:05
RHP Jeremy Hefner (0-1, 1.50) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (0-1, 7.94)
Both games on SNY, WFAN (660 AM)
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
METS: Gee pitched well in his first start, allowing one run on three hits, striking out four and walked three in 6 ¹/3 innings, but lost, 2-1, to the Padres on Thursday. He is 2-1 with a 6.46 ERA in six career appearances (five starts) against the Phillies.
PHILLIES: Lee shut out the Braves on two hits over eight innings on Thursday to earn his first win of the season. He struck out eight and walked none to give Philadelphia its first victory. He is 4-1 with a 2.09 ERA in eight career starts against the Mets.
STAT SO?
METS: John Buck’s three-run home run last night gave the Mets homers in their first seven games, the first time that has happened since 1987, when they went deep in their first eight games.
PHILLIES: Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley have been the Phillies’ double-play combo 963 times, the second most among active major leaguers, behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano (1,036).