New York Mets (26-25) @ San Diego Padres (30-20)
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Weather Forecast

Pitching Match-Up

Mets Lineup

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Padres Lineup

Team Leaders

Mets Injury Report

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Padres Injury Report

Tidbits of Interest

• Streaks – After losing two of three to start the current road trip, the Mets are now 4-12 in their 16 road games during the month of May…New York had won six of their last seven games overall coming into the series in Milwaukee…On the road this season, the Mets are 7-16…The seven road victories are the fewest in the National League and second fewest in the major leagues (Baltimore-6)…The Mets are tied for the Major League lead with 19 wins at home…Since ending April with a 14-9 mark, the Mets have gone 12-16 this month.
• Series First Game – The Mets are 9-8 in the first game of a series this season, including 2-6 on the road…The two wins in the first game on the road came on April 30th in Philadelphia and May 17th in Atlanta…New York is 7-2 in the first game of a series at home.
• First Run Score – On Sunday the Mets improved to 22-9 when they score the first run of the game… The 22 wins are tied for second in the NL, and third in the majors behind San Diego’s 25 and Minnesota’s 23.
• Errors Streak – The Mets current eight-game errorless streak is their season-high…The Mets are 6-2 over this span and 16-14 overall in games when they do not commit an error…Last year New York had one seven-game errorless streak (July 8-17) and three five-game streaks…The last time the Mets had an errorless streak longer than seven games was a 10-game span from August 18-27, 2008.
• Road Wins – The Mets come into this evening’s game, having not won back-to-back games on the road during the 2010 season…The Mets are 0-6-2 in eight road series this year.
• Multi Home Runs Games – The Mets allowed two home runs on Sunday afternoon, marking the 13th game this season that they have allowed multiple home runs in a game and the 10th time that it has happened on the road…The Mets are 2-11 in these games…After not allowing a home run over 86.0 innings heading into the ninth inning on Friday, the Mets have now surrendered six home runs in their last 18.0 frames.
• Home vs. Road: Hitting – New York ranks 27th in the major leagues in road batting average (.234, 189-806)…Kansas City is first, hitting .277 away from home…The Mets have scored 96 runs in their 23 road games (4.13 runs per game)…New York ranks 12th in the majors with a .272 (246-905) batting average at home and has scored 133 runs in 28 games (4.75 runs per game).
• Home vs. Road: Pitching – Mets pitchers have posted a 4.77 ERA (110 earned runs/207.1 innings) on the road, ranking 21st in the majors…The staff has allowed 118 runs over 23 contests (5.13 runs per game)…Tampa Bay is first with a 2.60 ERA away from home…New York pitchers have a 2.80 ERA (78 earned runs/251.0 innings) at Citi Field, the fifth-lowest mark at home…The staff has surrendered 83 runs in 28 games (3.0 runs per game).

• Stats	HOME (28 G)	ROAD (23 G)	TOTALS
  Avg	.272 (246-905)	.234 (189-806)	.254
  Runs	133 (4.75)	96 (4.17)	229
  Ex-Base Hits	81(2.89)	62 (2.69)	143
  Home Runs	20(0.71)	20 (0.87)	40
  RBI	124 (4.43)	92 (4.00)	216
  Strikeouts	180 (6.43)	176 (7.65)	356
  Walks	106 (3.79)	72 (3.13)	178
  RISP	.278 (74-266)	.238 (48-202)	.261

• Stolen Bases – With Jeff Francoeur’s stolen base on Sunday, the Mets have now swiped 14 bases in their last eight games while being thrown out only once over this span…Overall, the Mets have stolen 52 bases this season, tied for third most in the major leagues…Defensively, Henry Blanco has thrown on 7-8 would-be base stealers and Mets catchers rank fifth in the NL with a 33.3 % caught stealing percentage.
• Bases Loaded – After going 1-6 with the bases loaded during the Brewers series, with their lone hit coming on a two-RBI single from Luis Castillo, the Mets are now hitting .204 (10-49) in these situations, which is 27th in the major leagues…They are one of eight teams in the majors without a grand slam…The 49 opportunities with the bags full ranks seventh in all of baseball, while their 32 RBI in these spots ranks 22nd…Mets pitchers have surrendered four grand slams, which is tied with Cincinnati for the most allowed in the major leagues.
• RISP: Batters – During their last nine games, the Mets are hitting .340 (34-100) with RISP including 12-40 during the series with the Brewers…On Sunday the Mets went 6-17 with runners in scoring position.
• RISP: Pitchers – Over their last nine games, Mets pitchers have held the opposition to a .188 (12-64) batting average with runners in scoring position…The Brewers went 2-13 (.154) in these situations during the most recent series…For the season, Mets pitchers have limited the opposition to a .220 (100-454) average with RISP, which ranks third in the major leagues.

• 	Overall	Less than 2 outs	With 2 outs
  RISP	.261 (122-468)	.285 (70-246)	.234 (52-222)
  Bases Loaded	.204 (10-49)	.226 (7-31)	.167 (3-18)
  Runner At 3rd	.290 (51-176)	.321 (27-84)	.261 (24-92)
  After 7th	.175 (14-80)	.205 (9-44)	.139 (5-36)

• David Wright has 12 RBI in his last 14 games…Tied for eighth in the NL with 34 RBI…Is 2-14 since May 27th…Is 16-78 (.205) since May 8th…Has 39 K’s in his last 102 at-bats…Has struck
  out in 41 of 50 games…Third in MLB with 65 K’s…Tied for seventh in the NL with 31 walks.
• Jason Bay has hit safely in 19 of his last 22 starts dating to May 7th…Has raised his batting average from .238 to .293 over that span while batting .356 (31-87), with 17 runs scored, 7 doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI…Is hitting .346 (35-101) at home overall
• Jeff Francoeur tied his career-high with four hits on Sunday…It was the seventh time he has collected four hits, and his first since August 16, 2008 with Atlanta vs. San Francisco…Also tied his career-high with three runs scored…It was the eighth time he has accomplished that feat and the first since September 27, 2008 with Atlanta at Houston…Had six multi hit games in his first 10 games of the season, and has four in his last 41 contests…Went 4-5 on May 30th at MIL…Is batting .188 (26-138) dating to his 0-7 performance in the 20-inning game on April 17th at STL…Was hitting .457 (16-35) before that.
• Jose Reyes has an eight game hitting streak and is batting .472 (17-36) in these games…Tied for second in the NL in stolen bases with 12…Is 11-for-his-last 11.Hitting .343 (23-67) since returning to the leadoff spot on May 15th…Batting .333 (32-96) at home and .189 (20-106) on the road…The Mets are 18-5 when he scores a run this season…Since 2005, they are 266-109 (.709) when he scores…Scored three runs on May 25th vs. Philadelphia…The Mets are 99-26 when he scores two or more runs.
• Ike Davis Has reached base safely in 14 of 15 games…Hitting .235 (23-98) over his last 28 games…Has 18 K’s in his last 16 games…Has reached base safely in 34 of his 38 starts…Has never gone more than two games without a hit since his promotion on April 19th.
• Angel Pagan has hit in 13 of 15 games…Batting .345 (19-55) over the span…Has four multi-hit games in his last five games…After starting the season 5-24 is hitting .309 (47-152) since April 17th…Batting .348 (31-89) since May 5th, which ranks fourth in the NL…Has a .382 (21-55) average in the seventh inning or later
• Fernando Tatis is batting .200 (6-30) over his last 21 games..Is hitting .462 (6-13) as a pinch hitter this season with one home run and three RBI.
• Henry Blanco has hit safely in nine of his last 12 starts…Is batting .378 (14-37) with four doubles, one home run and three RBI in these games…Has thrown out seven of eight would-be base stealers during the 2010 season…Is third among active catchers in caught stealing percentage at 41.2% (225-546).
• Alex Cora is batting .323 (10-31) over his last 12 games…Hitting .297 (11-37) over his last 14 games with an at-bat…Has 7 RBI in his last 11 G…Has made three starts at shortstop and 15 starts at second base.
• Gary Matthews, Jr. is Is 1-for-his-last-22 at Citi Field after going 2-3 on Opening Day…Eight of his 10 hits have come as a lefthanded hitter…Collected his first RBI of the season in his 49th at-bat of the year on May 16th at FLA..Is hitting .151 (8-53) since April 7th with 23 strikeouts in 53 at-bats…Is batting .167 (3-18) with 10 strikeouts as a pinch hitter.
• Starters – Mets starting pitchers are 7-1 with a 2.00 ERA (17 earned runs/76.1 innings) over their last 13 games, dating back to May 17…The 2.00 ERA is the lowest starting staff ERA in the majors over this span…Over their first 15 games of the month, Mets starters were 0-6 with a 6.98 ERA(60 ER / 77.1 innings).
• Hisanori Takahashi threw 6.0 shutout innings for the second straight start and beat Philadelphia 5-0 on May 26th at Citi Field…Struck out six, allowed five hits and did not walk a batter…Threw 94 pitches and became the first Mets pitcher in team history to begin his major league career with 6.0 shutout innings in each of his first two starts…Research courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau.
• Hisanori Takahashi has struck out 44 batters in 38.0 innings, good for a K/9 rate of 10.42…That mark is the fourth highest in the major leagues among pitchers with at least 30.0 innings pitched this season…Toronto’s Brandon Morrow leads the majors with an 11.70 K/9 mark.
• Hisanori Takahashi is still looking for his first career win on the road, where opponents are hitting .293 (12-41) against him…Additionally, the only home run he has surrendered in his career has come away from Citi Field (May 16th, at Florida).
• Hisanori Takahashi is working on a 12.0-inning scoreless streak that started on May 21st against the Yankees…The lefthander’s streak is the third longest by a Mets pitcher this season, and the longest active stretch…It trails only Mike Pelfrey’s 27.0 inning streak and a 15.0-inning span by Johan Santana.
• Pen Notes – The Mets pen is fourth in the NL and sixth in the majors with a 3.25 ERA…Also is 10th in the majors with a .238 batting average against…Is tied for fifth in the majors with 10 wins and is tied for first in the majors with 13 losses…The pen is second in the major leagues with 177.0 innings pitched…New York relievers have fanned 166 batters, tied for third most in the majors…They have also walked 95 batters, second most in the majors.
• Franciso Rodrigruez made the 500th regular-season pitching appearance of his career on May 27th and notched his 252nd save. The only pitchers with as many saves in their first 500 games are Mariano Rivera (273), Troy Percival (266), Trevor Hoffmann (264), John Wetteland (258) and Rod Beck (252)…Over the last six years (2005-2010), he leads the majors with 237 saves…Has saves in his last three outings…Is tied for 10th in the National League with nine saves…Has 26 strikeouts in 24.0 innings of work…Unscored upon in 18 of his 22 games.
• Pedro Feliciano had allowed two earned runs over his previous 11.2 innings (1.54 ERA)…Lefties are hitting .211 (8-38)…Is first in the majors with 29 outings…Tied for team-lead with six holds this year…All-Time Mets leader in holds with 81…Is unscored upon in 24 of his 29 outings.
• Jenrry Mejia Is unscored in 16 of his 21 appearances…Lefties are 5-29 (.172) off him…Is holding opponents to a .138 (4-29) mark with RISP…Is the youngest pitcher in the majors.
• Ryota Igarashi since returning from the DL, is 0-1 with a 27.00 ERA (five earned runs/1.2 innings) and five hits allowed in three games.
• Raul Valdes earned his first major league save with 3.0 shutout innings on 5.25 vs. PHI…Also had his first ML RBI in that game
• Elmer Dessens picked up his first hold of the season on May 30th in Milwaukee…Worked a scoreless inning.

This Date in Mets History

The Mets and Giants play an unforgettable doubleheader before 57,037 fans at Shea on May 31, 1964…The Giants win the opener, 5-3, then take the nightcap, 8-6, in 23 innings…Joe Christopher launches a three-run home run off Bob Bolin to tie the game in the seventh inning for New York…The Mets turn a triple play in the 14th inning but their luck runs out in the 23rd inning with Galen Cisco working his ninth inning of relief the Giants plate the winning run on Del Crandall’s RBI double…Ed Kranepool, who plays in all 32 innings on the day, states “I wanted it to go a little longer. That way, I could say that I played a game that I started in May and ended in June.”

It's Dwight Bernard birthday, born in 1952 and it's also Joe Orsulak born in 1962.

Mets traded Tim Teufel to the San Diego Padres for Garry Templeton on May 31, 1991

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Road Woes

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According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Jon Niese threw six inning today for the Buffalo Bisons. He threw 80 pitches and allowed two runs on eight hits, no walks, and three strike outs.

Niese will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday and should be ready to return to the Mets on Saturday to take on the Florida Marlins.

Really excited to get Niese back in the rotation and Fernando Nieve back in the bullpen. R.A. Dickey and Hisanori Takahashi have been doing a great job in the rotation, so I don't see them being taken out. Nieve is also very valuable in the bullpen.

 

New York Mets (26-25) @ San Diego Padres (30-20)
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Scouting Report:

METS: Takahashi hasn't allowed a run in his two starts since moving into the rotation. He posted back-to-back six-inning shutout performances against the Yankees and Phillies during the last homestand. The 35-year-old rookie from Japan doesn't throw hard, but his array of offspeed pitches has been very effective during his brief time in the Majors. The lefty has struck out 44 batters in 38 innings so far this season. He's also done a good job of keeping hitters in the park, allowing only one home run.

PADRES: Correia had a no-decision in his last start against the Cardinals, nearly matching St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia, as he tossed six shutout innings of his own. Correia, who hasn't won since April 28, allowed five hits but had six walks to go with five strikeouts. "His timing has been off his last few starts with his delivery," Padres manager Bud Black said of the walks. For someone who received plenty of run support early this season — the Padres scored 17 runs, five, 10 and six runs in the span of four starts in April — Correia has now been backed by two, one, one and now zero runs in his past four starts.

Scouting Report:

METS: Pelfrey moved into a tie for second place in the National League with seven wins after seven shutout innings against the Phillies, adding a third straight shutout to New York's impressive run. Pelfrey induced three double plays and held Philadelphia's triumvirate of Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth to 0-for-10, completely locking down a team that scored six runs off Pelfrey earlier in the month. He used his splitter to overcome a lack of fastball command, which did contribute to five walks.

PADRES: When he went 2-1 with three no-decisions and a 1.54 ERA after he was promoted when Chris Young went on the disabled list, LeBlanc showed improved command of his fastball and better secondary pitches to mix in against his changeup, which is considered a plus pitch. He allowed six runs over his first six starts. But he's allowed 12 runs in his last two starts, four in 5 2/3 innings against the Cardinals in his last start. "I think more than anything it was the lack of not getting the ball in good spots," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Today I saw the ball elevated more than I have all year. There was not enough quality strikes down in the strike zone."

Scouting Report:

METS: It's hard to be better than Santana was Friday in Milwaukee, allowing three hits in eight shutout innings — but Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo matched him pitch-for-pitch, and the Brewers won in the bottom of the ninth against a reliever. Santana has been on his game since a terrible outing in early May against the Phillies, and he's lowered his ERA by more than 1.5 runs in the four outings since.

PADRES: Richard, who throws plenty of sinking fastballs and gets his share of groundouts, elevated a couple of pitches in his last start on Friday against the Nationals and paid for it. Richard allowed four runs on four hits over seven innings. Two of those hits were home runs, including a three-run home run by Josh Willingham in the fourth inning. That marked only the second home run he's allowed all season and the first while pitching at PETCO Park. Richard later allowed a home run to Ian Desmond before leaving the game, trailing 4-2. All told, Richard walked one and struck out five.

Team Leaders

Mets Injury Report

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Padres Injury Report

The New York Mets (26-25) defeated the Milwaukee Brewers (21-29) by the final score of 10-4. The Mets were able to win one game of the three game series and avoid the sweep. The Mets are now one game above .500 and are in third place in the NL East, three games behind the first place Phillies.

Hitting:

• Jose Reyes, Luis Castillo, David Wright, Angel Pagan, Jeff Francoeur and Henry Blanco all had multiple hits.
• Angel Pagan hit a two run home run in the seventh inning, his fourth of the year.
• Jeff Francoeur had a huge day, going 4-5 with two doubles, two RBI, and three runs scored.

Pitching:

• R.A. Dickey started the game and went seven innings, four runs on nine hits, no walks, and three strike outs. He earns his second win in a row and now has a record of 2-0. 
• Elmer Dessens and Francisco Rodriguez each pitched a scoreless and hit-less inning of work,