Mets Game #135, Road #71 |
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New York Mets(66-68)@Chicago Cubs(57-77) |
| Wrigley Field |
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| Fri., Sep. 3rd, 2:20 PM EDT |
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Weather Forecast
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Pitching Match-Up
| Randy Wells, RH |
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| 6-12, 4.50 Last appearance: 8/28 @ CIN 6.0 IP, 2 ER Dec = Won |
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| R. A. Dickey, RH |
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| 9-5, 2.57 Last appearance: 8/29 vs HOU 7.0 IP, 1 ER Dec = Won |
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Mets Lineup
| # | Pos | Player | AVG | H | HR | R | RBI | SB |
| 1 | CF | Angel Pagan | .294 | 137 | 10 | 67 | 57 | 32 |
| 2 | LF | Lucas Duda | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | RF | Chris Carter | .262 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | 3B | David Wright | .292 | 144 | 22 | 74 | 87 | 18 |
| 5 | 1B | Ike Davis | .248 | 105 | 15 | 57 | 57 | 2 |
| 6 | 2B | Joaquin Arias | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | C | Josh Thole | .298 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| 8 | SS | Ruben Tejada | .178 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | RH | R. A. Dickey | .211 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
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Cubs Lineup
| # | Pos | Player | AVG | H | HR | R | RBI | SB |
| 1 | RF | Kosuke Fukudome | .281 | 84 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 6 |
| 2 | SS | Starlin Castro | .317 | 122 | 3 | 47 | 40 | 7 |
| 3 | CF | Marlon Byrd | .302 | 147 | 11 | 72 | 57 | 5 |
| 4 | 3B | Aramis Ramirez | .240 | 94 | 20 | 52 | 69 | 0 |
| 5 | 1B | Xavier Nady | .253 | 57 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 0 |
| 6 | C | Geovany Soto | .286 | 80 | 15 | 43 | 47 | 0 |
| 7 | LF | Alfonso Soriano | .260 | 108 | 21 | 63 | 69 | 5 |
| 8 | 2B | Blake DeWitt | .270 | 69 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 2 |
| 9 | RH | Randy Wells | .167 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Team Leaders
| METS | CUBS | |||
| A Pagan | .294 | AVG |
S Castro | .317 |
| D Wright | 144 | HITS |
M Byrd | 147 |
| D Wright | 22 | HR |
A Soriano | 21 |
| D Wright | 87 | RBI |
A Soriano | 69 |
| J Reyes | 73 | RUN |
M Byrd | 72 |
| A Pagan | 32 | SB |
S Castro | 7 |
| D Wright | .364 | OBP |
S Castro | .361 |
| D Wright | .503 | SLG |
A Soriano | .507 |
| P Feliciano | 13 | HLD |
S Marshall | 17 |
| F Rodriguez | 25 | SV |
C Marmol | 25 |
| M Pelfrey | 13 | WIN |
R Dempster | 12 |
| F Rodriguez | 2.20 | ERA |
S Marshall | 2.81 |
| j Santana | 144 | K |
R Dempster | 172 |
| F Rodriguez | 1.15 | WHIP |
S Marshall | 1.20 |
Mets Injury Report
| Name | Injury | Status |
| J Bay | Mild concussion | on 15-day DL |
| K Escobar | Right shoulder soreness | on 15-day DL |
| J Maine | Right shoulder arthroscopic surgery | on 15-day DL |
| A Pagan | Right wrist Tendinitis | day-to-day |
| J Reyes | Right oblique strain | day-to-day |
| J Santana | Strained pectoral muscle | day-to-day |
| F Tatis | Right shoulder sprain | on 60-day DL |
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Cubs Injury Report
| Name | Injury | Status |
| E Caridad | Right elbow strain | on 15-day DL |
| J Grabow | Torn MCL, left knee – out for season | on 15-day DL |
| A Guzman | Torn ligament, right shoulder | on 60-day DL |
| C Silva | Irregular heartbeat/cardiac evaluation | on 15-day DL |
This Date in Mets History
Jim Hickman becomes the first Met to hit three home runs in a game as New York posts a 6-3 win at St. Louis on September 3, 1965…Jerry Koosman extends his scoreless streak to 29.0 consecutive innings by blanking the Phillies, 5-0, on September 3, 1973…Tom Seaver fans Philadelphia’s Tommy Hutton for his ninth consecutive season of 200-or-more strikeouts on September 3, 1976…Seaver defeats the Phillies, 1-0, in that contest.
It's Ced Landrum birthday and he was born in 1963.
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