Philadelphia Phillies (26-18) @ New York Mets (23-23)
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Weather Forecast

Pitching Match-Up

Phillies Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Phillies Injury Report

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Mets Injury Report

Team Leaders

Interesting Tidbits

• Streaks - The Mets have won three games in a row for the first time since their eight-game game winning streak from April 22-30…New York has won four of their last five games, after losing six of eight on the team’s most recent road trip…The Mets are 13-4 in their last 17 games at Citi Field…New York leads the National League, and ranks third in the major leagues, with 17 home wins overall…Only Oakland and Texas (18 wins) have more victories at home this season…Since ending April with a 14-9 mark, the Mets have gone 9-14 this month…On the road, the Mets are 6-14…The six road victories are tied with Baltimore, Seattle and Houston for the fewest in the major leagues.
• First Run – The Mets improved to 19-7 when scoring the first run of the game…New York has scored first in each of their last four victories.
• Home Runs – New York extended its streak without allowing a home run to six games and has now gone 60.0 innings without allowing one…The last home run a Mets pitcher allowed was in the third inning on May 18 at Atlanta when Troy Glaus took Johan Santana deep…Overall, the staff has surrendered 40 home runs, the 12th fewest in the majors…At Citi Field, the Mets have allowed 13 home runs, tied for the fourth-fewest in the majors at home…At the plate, the Mets have hit 37 home runs, ranking 22nd in the majors…New York has hit 19 home runs at Citi Field, the 18th-most in the majors at home.
• Starters – Mets starting pitchers are 4-0 with a 1.55 ERA (eight earned runs/46.1 innings) over their last eight games, dating back to May 17 at Atlanta…The 1.55 ERA is the lowest starting staff ERA in the majors since May 17…Oakland is second with a 2.42 ERA during that span.
• RISP – Over their last four games, Mets pitchers have held the opposition to a .200 (8-40) batting average with runners in scoring position…During that same span, the Mets are hitting .410 (16-39) with runners in scoring position…For the season, the Mets pitching staff ranks third in the major leagues with a .223 (96-430) opponents batting average with RISP…The staff has racked up 122 strikeouts the most in the majors with runners in scoring positing…At the plate, the Mets are hitting .256 (104-407) with runners in scoring position, ranking 20th in the majors.
• David Wright fourth inning double was the 1,025th hit of his career, moving the third baseman into a tie with Darryl Strawberry for seventh place on the franchise’s all-time hit list…Mike Piazza is sixth on the list with 1,028 hits…has 11 RBI in his last eight games…Tied for sixth in the NL with 33 RBI…Has 11 RBI in his last nine games…Seventh in the NL with 33 RBI…Has 34 K’s in his last 84 at bats…Has struck out in 37 of 45 games…Is third in MLB with 60 K’s…Tied for seventh in the NL with 28 walks.
• Jason Bay has a 16-game home hitting streak dating back to April 23…The 16-game home hitting streak is the tied for the longest active streak in the majors this season with Florida’s Cody Ross and Texas’ Nelson Cruz…Over his 16-game stretch at Citi Field, Bay is batting .423 (25-59) with 14 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, three home runs and 16 RBI…He has hit safely in 23 of his 26 games at Citi Field…Angel Pagan holds the Citi Field record, hitting in 19 straight games from August 3-September 18, 2009.
• Jeff Francoeur had six multi-hit games in his first 10 games of the season, and has two in his last 36 contests…Went 2-3 on May 25th vs. PHL…Is 9-60 (.150) in his last 18 games…Is 6-42 (.143) dating to May 11…Is batting .150 (18-120) dating to his 0-7 performance in the 20-inning game on April 17th at STL…Was hitting .457 (16-35) prior to that game.
• Jose Reyes collected the 1,000th hit of his career in the first inning of the 833rd major league game of his career, making the shortstop the quickest by games played to accomplish the feat in franchise history…David Wright, who picked up his 1,000th hit on April 27 earlier this season, did it in 868 games…Reyes became the ninth player in team history to reach the 1,000 hit plateau…735 major league players have collected 1,000 hits since 1950, and only one had as many triples at the time as Reyes, who had 75: Garry Templeton, whose 1,000th hit was also his 76th career triple…Information courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau…The Mets improved to 15-4 when Jose Reyes scores a run during the 2010 season after the Mets shortstop scored three times last night…Overall he has scored 25 runs in 42 games this season…Since 2005, the Mets are 263-108 (.709) when he scores a run and 387-323 (.545) when he does not score a run…The Mets are 99-26 (.792) when Reyes scores multiple runs in a game.
• Angel Pagan has Hit in nine of 10 games…Batting .333 (11-33) over the span…Hitting .396 (19-48) in the seventh inning or later…Batting .343 (23-67) in his last 18 games…Ranks ninth in the National League over this span.
• Rod Barajas has eight home runs, 17 runs scored, and 18 RBI in his last 25 games…Batting .302 (26-86) over this span…His 10 HR are the most among MLB catchers…In 2009 Mets catchers hit 12 home runs (Santos-6, Castro-3, Schneider-3).
• Luis Castillo has only seven strikeouts in 114 at-bats to start the 2010 season…Is the second most difficult player in the NL to strikeout (David Eckstein-2).
• Ike Davis has reached base safely in 12 straight games…Is hitting .263 (20-76) over his last 22 games…Has reached base safely in 30 of his 32 starts.
• Chris Carter is batting .375 (3-8) as a pinch hitter this season.
• Alex Cora is batting .375 (9-24) over his last nine games…Hitting .333 (10-30) over his last 12 games with an at-bat…Has 7 RBI in his last 8 G.
• Fernando Tatis is batting .222 (6-27) over his last 16 games with an at-bat…Is hitting .500 (6-12) as a pinch hitter this season with one home run and three RBI.
• Gary Matthews, Jr. 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…Is hitting .154 (8-52) since April 7th with 22 strikeouts in 52 at-bats…Is batting .176 (3-17) with nine strikeouts as a pinch hitter.
• Hisanori Takahashi made his first major league start after 202 career starts in the Japan, throwing 6.0 shutout innings and receiving a no-decision on May 21st vs. the Yankees…Allowed five hits and one walk in the 2-1 loss…Struck out five and threw a career-high 101 pitches…has won his last three decisions at Citi Field and his three wins total at the ballpark are second on the staff behind the four for Johan Santana and Mike Pelfrey…Additionally, Takahashi has limited opposing hitters to a .203 (15-74) batting average and four extra base hits (four doubles) at Citi Field this season.
• Hisanori Takahashi has struck out 38 batters in 32.0 innings, good for a K/9 rate of 10.69…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 11.80 K/9 mark…Opponents are hitting .319 (15-47) with runners on base this season, as opposed to .176 (12-68) with nobody on…Yet with the bases loaded, Takahashi has allowed one run in seven at-bats with four strikeouts.
• Robert A. Dickey equaled his career-high with seven strikeouts…It was the fourth time the righthander has fanned seven batters in a game, last accomplished on June 24, 2004, with Texas at Cleveland…He became the fifth pitcher to record seven or more strikeouts in a game this season joining John Maine, Johan Santana, Jonathon Niese (twice), and Hisanori Takahashi.
• Relievers – The Mets pen is fourth in the NL and sixth in the majors with a 3.25 ERA…Also is eighth in the majors with a .237 batting average against…Is tied for fourth in the majors with 10 wins and is first in the majors with 12 losses…The pen is second in the major leagues with 163.1 innings pitched…New York relievers have fanned 156 batters, the second most in the majors…They have also walked 91 batters, the most in the majors.
• Francisco Rodriguez has a 1.54 ERA (2 ER / 11.2 inn.) in save situations and a 2.38 ERA (3 ER / 11.1 inn.) in non-save situations…Has 25 strikeouts in 23.0 innings of work…Unscored upon in 17 of his 21 games.
• Pedro Feliciano had allowed two earned runs over his previous 11.2 innings (1.54 ERA)…Lefties are hitting .222 (8-36)…Is tied for first in the majors with 26 outings…Holds the club record for holds with 78.
• Fernando Nieve has allowed six runs over his last three outings (2.2 innings)…Isunscored upon in 18 of his 24 appearances…..became the first pitcher in team history to appear in 19 of the team’s first 30 games of the season.
• Jenrry Mejia notched his second career hold…Lefties are 5-27 (.185) off him…Is holding opponents to a .148 (4-27) mark with RISP…Is the youngest pitcher in the majors.
• Raul Valdes – Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings to notch his first major league save…The last Mets pitcher to have a 3.0 inning save was Bobby Parnell on August 5, 2009 vs. St. Louis…Valdes also collected his first career extra-base hit and drove in his first major league RBI with his eighth-inning double.
• Elmer Dessens was 5-0 with six saves and a 2.12 ERA in 13 games for the Bisons….Has a career 1.89 ERA at Citi Field…Opponents hit .170 (8-47) with runners on base against him in 2009 with the Mets.
• Oliver Perez – Righties are hitting .286 (32-112) off him while lefties are 4-22 (.182)…Is fourth in the majors with 30 walks..Had allowed 10 runs over his last 6.2 innings as a starter.

This Date in Mets History

The Mets score a then club-record 19 runs as they pound Chicago, 19-1, on May 26, 1964 at Wrigley Field…Wally Backman collects his first major league home run, a three-run shot off Rick Camp, on May 26, 1982 in a 6-4 win at Atlanta.

It's Jim Frey birthday born in 1931.

Mets purchased Wilson Valdez from the Cleveland Indians on May 26, 2009.

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