 John Mania faces the Nationals for the first time as a New York Met. He's 5-3 and 15 starts for the Mets with a 3.89 earned run average. First, let's talk about Herz who faced the Mets in his debut back on June the 4th. Four innings plus one batter into the fifth gave up four runs and seven hits and took the loss as the Mets won the game 6-3. His last start at San Diego, three and a third, four runs on six hits in a game the Nationals eventually lost.