The pitching matchups for the Braves’ series at the New York Mets:
Tuesday
Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: SPSO
Probable starting pitchers:
Braves RH Trevor Cahill (0-1, 15.43) vs. LH Jonathan Niese (1-0, 1.59)
Comment: Cahill comes in looking for redemption for his first start with the Braves, when he gave up four earned runs and walked three without making it out of the third inning in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins. In his defense, it had been two weeks since he pitched his previous game of spring training for the Diamondbacks, March 31, before he was traded to the Braves. Niese took a no-decision in a 5-3 loss to the Braves on April 10 but only one of the three runs he allowed was earned.
Wednesday
Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: SPSO
Probable starting pitchers: Braves LH Eric Stults (0-1, 6.30) vs. RH Dillon Gee (0-1, 7.59)
Comment: Braves fourth and fifth starters are 0-2 with an 8.05 ERA in three games this season, and Stults is responsible for the bulk of that. He's been hit at a .324 clip in two starts, including three home runs, and has yet to make it past the fifth inning. Gee knows the feeling. He has been the weak link of the Mets' rotation so far, allowing nine runs including, three home runs, in 10 2/3 innings over starts against the Braves and Marlins.
Thursday
Time: 1:10 p.m.
TV: SPSO
Probable starting pitchers: Braves RH Julio Teheran (2-0, 3.71) vs. RH Bartolo Colon (3-0, 2.25)
Comment: Teheran is looking to get back on track after an odd outing in Toronto when he gave up a career-high four home runs. He'd tweaked his knee trying to avoid a line drive back up the middle the outing before on April 11 against the Mets but said that had no bearing. The Braves have won each of his first three starts. The 41-year-old Colon is tied with teammate Matt Harvey for the NL lead in wins, including a 4-3 win against the Braves when he limited the Braves to three runs in seven innings and drove in the winning run with his first RBI since 2005.
— Carroll Rogers
