Mets Game #133, Road #69
	New York Mets (65-67) @ Atlanta Braves (77-55)
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Pitching Match-Up

Mets Lineup

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Braves Lineup

Team Leaders

Mets Injury Report

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Braves Injury Report

Tidbits of Interest

• Recent – The Mets are 0-2 on their 10-game road trip…It’s the club’s second longest road trip of the season …New York went on an 11-game road trip, July 15-25, going 2-9…New York is 17-27 since the All-Star break…The 17 wins since the break are tied for 24th in the majors…After June 27, when the Mets were a season-best 11 games over .500, they have gone 21-35.
• Offense – New York hit .233 (212-910) in August, ranking 29th in the majors during the month…Oakland was 30th (.231)…The Mets are hitting .224 (331-1476) with 132 runs scored, 59 doubles, 10 triples and 27 home runs in 44 games since the All-Star break …The Mets are 17-27 in these games.
• Ike Davis – Needs 18 runs to tie Cleon Jones’ rookie franchise record…Jones scored 74 runs in 1966 with the Mets…Davis is also 17 RBI shy of Darryl Strawberry’s rookie team mark of 74 RBI set in 1983.
• Roster Moves
  
  • JOAQUIN ARIAS: The Mets acquired infielder Joaquin Arias last night from the Texas Rangers in exchange for outfielder Jeff Francoeur…Arias will wear uniform #12…Arias, 25, hit .276 (27-98) with five doubles, one triple, 18 runs scored and nine RBI in 50 games for Texas this season…The 6-1, 165-pound righthand-hitting infielder made starts at second base (16), first base (five) and shortstop (one) this season for the Rangers, making two errors in 121 total chances (.983 fielding percentage)…A career .286 hitter, Arias originally signed a non-drafted free agent contract with the New York Yankees on July 12, 2001…The Rangers acquired him on March 23, 2004 as the player to be named later in the deal that sent Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees.
  • LUCAS DUDA: After last night’s game, the Mets selected the contract of outfielder Lucas Duda from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League…Duda will wear uniform #21…The Mets seventh round selection in the 2007 draft, split time during the 2010 campaign between Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League and Buffalo…In 114 games between the two stops, he hit .304 (129-424) with 74 runs scored, 40 doubles, 23 home runs and 87 RBI….Since his promotion to Buffalo in mid-June, he hit .314 (83-264) with 44 runs scored, 23 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 53 RBI in 70 games …The lefthanded-hitting Duda, 24, tied a Buffalo franchise record with a home run in five consecutive games from June 28-July 2.
  • JENRRY MEJIA: New York also recalled righthanded pitcher Jenrry Mejia from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League after last night’s game…Mejia, 20, made 30 relief appearances with the Mets earlier this season, going 0-2 with a 3.25 ERA (10 earned runs/27.2 innings)…He allowed 29 hits, 15 walks and struck out 17 before being optioned to Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League on June 20…The 6-0, 162-pound righthander made six starts with Binghamton, going 2-0 with a 1.32 ERA (four earned runs/27.1 innings) allowing 19 hits with 14 walks and 26 strikeouts before being promoted to Buffalo on Saturday, August 28…In a no-decision on Monday, August 30 he made his lone appearance with the Bisons, tossing 8.0 innings, allowing one run on five hits while walking one and striking out nine against the Syracuse Sky Chiefs.

This Date in Mets History

Tim Harkness’ two-run home run in the 16th-inning propels New York to a 6-4 win over the Braves at the Polo Grounds on September 1, 1963…Surprise starter Tug McGraw beats the Braves, 3-0, in a five-hit effort on September 1, 1974…It is McGraw’s first major league complete-game and final victory as a Met…Tom Seaver becomes the first pitcher to strikeout 200-or-more batters eight years in a row on September 1, 1975…Tom Terrific strikes out Pittsburgh’s Manny Sanguillen in the seventh inning for the record-breaking strikeout and receives a two-minute standing ovation from the Shea crowd…Seaver also earns his 20th victory of the season in that contest, a 3-0 triumph.

It's Tom Burgess birthday and he was born in 1927. It's also Dave West birthday ,who was born in 1964. Plus, it's Derek Wallace, who birthday was born in 1971. It is also Mets rookie, Ruben Tejada birthday who was born 1989.

New York Mets traded Rod Gaspar to the San Diego Padres for Ron Herbel on September 1, 1970….New York Mets traded Kyle Kessel to the Detroit Tigers for C. J. Nitkowski on September 1, 2001….New York Mets signed free agent Alay Soler on September 1, 2004.

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