Mets Game #54, Home #27
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central – 4th Place – 24-28) @ New York Mets (NL East – 4th Place – 25-28)
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NL East Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Pirates Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won two in a row and are now 2-2 on their current 10-game homestand…After starting the year 5-13, the Mets have gone 20-15…The 20 wins since April 21 are tied for the seventh-most in the majors.
• Series History  – New York is 8-0 vs. the Pirates all-time at Citi Field…Since 2005, the Mets are 18-5 against Pittsburgh at home…The Mets have won the last five season series vs. the Pirates and since 2006, the Mets are 24-13 vs. Pittsburgh…Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle played with the Mets in 1983, 1985 and 1987 and managed in the Mets minor league system from 1988-1993.
• Mets May – The Mets are 14-12 this month…With one game left, they will have a winning record…New York went 11-16 in April…Including this year, the last four times the Mets had a losing record in April, the club followed it with a winning record in May…In 2009, New York went 19-9 in May after posting a 9-12 record in April, in 2005 after starting April 11-13, the Mets went 15-13 in May and in 2004, the Mets went 15-12 in May after going 9-14 in April.
• Comebacks – The Mets rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win, 7-3, last night…It was their 11th come-from-behind win of the season…New York had 21 such victories in 2010.
• Home Games – The Mets are 11-6 in their last 17 games at Citi Field…Overall, the Mets are 12-14 at home.
• Hits – Over their last two games, the Mets have collected 17 hits (Sunday vs. Philadelphia) and 15 hits (last night vs. Pittsburgh) …The last time the Mets had at least 15 hits in consecutive games was August 4-5, 2009, when they had 15 each night…The last time the Mets had 32 or more hits over two games was July 26-27, 2008 vs. St. Louis when they had 33 hits.
• Home Runs – The Mets failed to hit a home run for the ninth consecutive game last night, the team’s longest such stretch since June 21-27, 1982, when the team also went nine games without a home run…The Mets have also gone nine straight home games without going deep, the longest drought since a 10-game stretch from September 9-20, 1979…Daniel Murphy hit the Mets’ last home run on May 20 at Yankee Stadium while Jason Pridie hit the last home run by a Met at Citi Field on May 6 vs. Los Angeles (NL).
• Justin Turner – Went 2-4 with one RBI last night…That marked the 13th game in Turner's previous 15 games in which he recorded at least one RBI…Only two other rookies in major league history had an RBI in at least 13 games over a 15-game span: Pinky Whitney of the Phillies in 1928 (14 of 15 games) and Buster Chatham of the Boston Braves in 1930 (13 of 15)…Information courtesy of Elias Sports…..leads or is near the top in several rookie categories: is first in the majors with a .337 (31-92) batting average; first in the majors with a .384 on-base percentage; fifth in the majors with a .467 slugging percentage and ranks third in the NL and fifth in the majors with 21 RBI…Since May 14, Turner is second in the majors with 18 RBI, four behind Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce…..has driven in at least one run in six straight games…Earlier this month, Turner set the team rookie record with an RBI in seven straight games, May 14-21…Prior to this season, Ron Swoboda in 1965 was the only other rookie in Mets history to collect at least one RBI in six consecutive games.
• Bullpen – The pen has an 12.00 ERA (28 ER/21.0 IP) over their last seven games….The bullpen staff is 23rd in the majors with 4.09 ERA, tied for 9th with 146 strikeouts, 12th in innings (158.1) and 9th with 70 walks….Jason Isringhausen has 293 career saves and Francisco Rodriguez has 282…They’re the only current pair of teammates who each have at least 250 saves….The pen has allowed 16 home runs, the 8th most in the majors.
• R.A. Dickey – In three career appearances vs. the Pirates, Dickey has made two starts…He is 1-0 with a 3.24 ERA (six earned runs/16.2 innings pitched)….In his last game, Pitched 2.2 innings and received a no-decision in a 9-3 loss at Chicago on May 26…Dickey left the game with an injury to his right heel, suffered while covering first base on a groundball in the bottom of the third inning…Allowed four hits, no runs, and struck out one on 36 pitches, 24 for strikes…Had an MRI the next day (May 27) at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City which revelead a partial tear to the plantar facia in his right foot.
• Dillon Gee – improved to 5-0 last night…He became the second rookie in franchise history to win his first five decisions in a season as a starter…Jon Matlack began his 1972 rookie season 6-0 en route to the Rookie of the Year Award…Research courtesy of Elias Sports…Among all pitchers who have made at least five starts, Gee is the only one whose team in undefeated when he takes the mound (7-0)…The Mets righthander has also pitched 5.0 or more innings in all 12 of his career starts, the second longest streak in team history behind Bill Pulsipher’s 17-game stretch from June 6-September 11, 1995.
• Ike Davis – Will be examined today at the Hospital for Special Surgery…Davis was placed on the 15-Day Disabled List on May 12, retroactive to May 11, with a left ankle sprain and a bone bruise.

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Mets Game #53, Home #26
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central – 4th Place – 24-27) @ New York Mets (NL East – 4th Place – 24-28)
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NL East Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Pirates Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets snapped their three-game losing streak and are now 1-2 on their current 10-game homestand with yesterday’s 9-5 win over the Phillies…After starting the year 5-13, the Mets have gone 19-15…The 19 wins since April 21 are tied for the ninth-most in the majors.
• Series History  – New York is 7-0 vs. the Pirates all-time at Citi Field…Since 2005, the Mets are 17-5 against Pittsburgh at home…The Mets have won the last five season series vs. the Pirates and since 2006, the Mets are 23-13 vs. Pittsburgh…Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle played with the Mets in 1983, 1985 and 1987 and managed in the Mets minor league system from 1988-1993.
• Memorial Day – The Mets are 21-28 all-time on Memorial Day…They are 3-2 on Memorial Day since 2004…Tonight’s first pitch will be thrown out by United States Marine Corp Major General Richard Mills…The USO Liberty Bells will perform the National Anthem and U.S. Navy F18E Super Hornets will perform a flyover at 6:59 p.m…Veterans from all five military branches will take the field with the Mets…The Mets will wear special “Stars and Stripes” hats.
• Home Games – The Mets are 10-6 in their last 16 games at Citi Field…Overall, the Mets are 11-14 at home.
• Early & Late Scoring – The Mets scored four first-inning runs yesterday vs. Philadelphia and have outscored opponents 33-19 in the first frame…The four-run first was a season-high in the first-inning…New York has scored five first-inning runs over their last two games and have plated at least one run in the first inning in three of their last five games…The Mets surrendered four runs over the final two innings yesterday and have been outscored 78-53 from the seventh inning on this year.
• Multi-Big Innings – The Mets scored four runs in each of the first two innings yesterday vs. the Phillies…It was the first time this season the Mets had scored four or more runs in two separate innings in the same game.
• RISP – The Mets were 6-14 with runners in scoring position yesterday and over their last 11 games, the team is 28-106 (.264) in such situations…The Mets are batting .235 (108-460), ranking 23rd in the majors with runners in scoring…The 460 at-bats are the sixth-most in the majors…New York’s pitching staff is holding opponents to a .249 (130-522) batting average with runners in scoring position, the 14th lowest mark in the majors.
• Hits – New York set a franchise record with 13, two-out hits yesterday vs. Philadelphia…The club’s previous record with 12, two out hits, last accomplished on August 2, 2007 at Milwaukee…Research courtesy of Elias Sports…The Mets collected 17 hits yesterday, their most since pounding out 21 hits on September 5, 2010 at Chicago (NL).
• Multi-Hit Games – Jose Reyes has six straight multi-hit games which equals the long such streak of his career…Reyes had six straight multi-hit games from August 12-18, 2003…The six multi-hit games is tied for the second longest in team history…Steve Henderson holds the team record with eight consecutive multi-hit games from July 12-21, 1979…Reyes leads the majors with 26 multi-hit games.
• Best Home Hitter – Jose Reyes has the highest home batting average (.398, 43-108) in the majors…He leads the majors with eight triples at home and his .639 slugging percentage at Citi Field is the fourth-best among all major leaguers at home…Reyes has at least one hit in 21 of New York’s 25 home games…The Mets shortstop has scored 21 runs in 25 home games.
• Runs – The Mets equaled their season-high by scoring nine runs yesterday…It was the fourth time this year they’ve plated nine runs in a game…New York scored a season-high eight runs with two outs…The Mets have scored 89 runs with two outs and have yielded 86 runs, including three yesterday with two outs.
• Jose Reyes – Had two triples yesterday…It was Reyes’ third, two triple game this year (also May 6 vs. Los Angeles-NL and April 11 vs. Colorado)…He became the first player in baseball’s modern era (1900 to date) to post three multi-triple games in one season before the end of May…The only other players to post three or more multi-triple games in one season during the expansion (1961-2011) were Carl Crawford (four for Tampa Bay in 2004) and Kenny Lofton (three for Cleveland in 1995)….Reyes leads the majors with eight triples…Information courtesy of Elias.
• Justin Turner – Justin Turner leads all major league rookies with a .330 (29-88) batting average…Turner is second among ML rookies with a .372 on-base percentage, is third in the NL and fifth overall among rookies with 20 RBI and fourth among ML rookies with a .455 slugging percentage…Since May 14, Turner is second in the majors with 17 RBI, two behind Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce.
• Bullpen – The pen has an 13.26 ERA (28 ER/19.0 IP) over their last seven games….The bullpen staff is 22nd in the majors with 3.98 ERA, tied for 8th with 144 strikeouts, 10th in innings (156.1) and 9th with 69 walks….Jason Isringhausen has 293 career saves and Francisco Rodriguez has 282…They’re the only current pair of teammates who each have at least 250 saves….The pen has allowed 16 home runs, the 8th most in the majors.
• Dillon Gee – In one career start, Gee is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (no earned runs/6.0 innings) against the Bucs….In his last start, Gee tossed a rain-shortened, complete game victory in a 7-4 win at Chicago on May 25…It was his fourth-straight win…He tossed 6.0 innings, allowed a career high-tying four runs, earned, four hits, and two walks on 77 pitches, 46 for strikes…Gee also recorded four strikeouts.

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets
	Citi Field

Scouting Report:

PIRATES: Morton battled against a left-handed heavy Braves lineup in his last start, and it was a reminder that he can't rely as heavily on his sinker against lefties. Still, Morton completed seven innings for the fifth time this year.

METS: Recovering from a four-run first inning Wednesday, Gee bounced back to retire 15 of the next 16 batters for a rain-shortened six-inning win. In his only career meeting against the Pirates, Gee pitched six shutout innings last September.

Scouting Report:

PIRATES: After a 27-pitch first on Wednesday, McDonald settled in and retired 17 of the final 20 hitters he faced. He's had a habit of laboring through the first, though McDonald has lasted six innings in five of his last six starts.

METS: Dickey is the probable, but not definite, starter after leaving his last start against the Cubs after 2 2/3 innings with a partial tear of the plantar fascia of his right foot. Dickey's fitness will be determined by his bullpen session Sunday.

Scouting Report:

PIRATES: Correia became the league's first seven-game winner on Friday, and he has to be glad his next start is also on the road. Correia, now 6-1 away from home, has lasted at least six innings in nine of his 11 starts.

METS: Capuano rebounded from his four-homer outing against the Yankees with six strong innings at home against the Phillies. Capuano gave up two runs (one earned) and struck out eight, tying his season high. He is 3-6 with a 6.46 ERA against the Pirates.

Scouting Report:

PIRATES: Maholm needed just 91 pitches to hurl his third career shutout, on Saturday against the Cubs. He allowed three baserunners and finally got run support. Despite his record, Maholm has allowed two or fewer runs in seven of 11 starts.

METS: Pelfrey pitched 7 2/3 innings, but settled for a no-decision after the bullpen allowed the Phillies to rally on Saturday. Pelfrey tied a season high with 116 pitches. He struck out six, also a season high, and walked two.

Team Leaders

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Mets Game #52, Home #25
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East – 1st Place – 33-19) @ New York Mets (NL East – 4th Place – 23-28)
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NL East Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Phillies Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost three games in a row and six of their last seven…New York is 0-2 on its current 10-game homestand…After starting the year 5-13, the Mets have gone 18-15…The 18 wins since April 21 are tied for the ninth-most in the majors.
• Series History  – The Mets have now lost their first three series of the year vs. the Phillies…Since 2009, the Mets are now 2-11-1 in 14 series vs. Philadelphia…The Mets are 28-29 vs. the Phillies at home since 2005, including 9-11 at Citi Field…New York’s 392 wins vs. the Phillies are the most vs. any major league club…Last year, the Mets shut out the Phillies five times, including four times at Citi Field.
• Home Games – The Mets are 9-6 in their last 15 games at Citi Field…Overall, the Mets are 10-14 at home.
• Scoring – New York scored two runs last night…The Mets have scored three runs or fewer in nine of their last 11 games, going 4-7 during this span….The Mets scored one first-inning run last night and have outscored their opponents 29-19 in the first frame…New York allowed four runs in the final two innings last night…The Mets have been outscored 74-53 from the seventh inning on this season.
• Two Outs – The Mets scored one run last night with two outs…New York has plated 81 runs with two outs, ranking 16th in the majors…Last night, the Mets pitching staff allowed all five runs with two outs…For the year, the staff has surrendered 83 runs with two outs, tied for the 10th most in the majors.
• RISP – The Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position last night and over their last 10 games, the team is 22-92 (.239) in such situations…The Mets are batting .229 (102-446), ranking 25th in the majors with runners in scoring…The 446 at-bats are the ninth most in the majors…New York’s pitching staff is holding opponents to a .249 (127-511) batting average with runners in scoring position, the 15th lowest mark in the majors.
• May Showers – Jose Reyes leads all National League players with 36 hits and 11 stolen bases this month and he is tied for the NL lead with nine doubles and four triples and is second with a .343 batting average…Carlos Beltran is tied for ninth in the NL with seven doubles and tied for sixth with five home runs in May.
• Stolen Bases – The Mets had five stolen bases last night (Jose Reyes-2, Justin Turner, Jason Bay and Angel Pagan), the most by the club since they stole a franchise record seven on May 14, 2009 at San Francisco…The Mets rank fifth in the majors with 49 stolen bases this year.
• Jose Reyes – had two stolen bases last night…It was his fifth multiple stolen base game of the season and the 59th such game of his career, extending his franchise record and placing him second among active players (Juan Pierre – 81)…Reyes leads the majors with 19 stolen bases….Reyes scored two runs last night and has scored five runs over his last two contests…The Mets are 0-2 in these games and 110-32 (.775) when he scores two or more runs in a game …Reyes extended his franchise record with 671 runs scored…According to Elias, the only other active player who is his current team’s all-time leader in runs scored is Colorado’s Todd Helton….Collected two hits last night, his major league leading 25th multi-hit game…He is tied with Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez for the major league lead with 72 hits…Reyes has five straight multiple hit games, the longest active streak of multi-hit games in the majors…His career best is a six-game stretch of multi-hit games from August 12-18, 2003.
• Justin Turner – went 1-4 with an RBI last night…Turner is hitting .329 (23-70) with seven runs scored, seven doubles, one home run and 18 RBI in 20 games this month…Since May 14, Turner is second in the majors with 16 RBI, two behind Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce…Overall, Turner leads all NL rookies with a .325 batting average, is second with a .371 on-base percentage and .458 slugging percentage and is third with 19 RBI.
• Bullpen – New York’s bullpen allowed three runs last night…Over the last six games dating back to May 21, the pen is 0-3 and has an 12.46 ERA (24 earned runs/17.1 innings)…The Mets have dropped their last two games after leading after seven innings and are now 18-3 this season when leading after seven…From May 1-20, New York’s bullpen went 4-2 with a 1.05 ERA (six earned runs/51.1 innings)…Francisco Rodriguez has 15 saves, tied for second in the majors…Jason Isringhausen is tied for second in the majors with 11 holds.
• Jonathon Niese – Is 1-3 with a 3.73 ERA (13 earned/31.1 innings) in five career games, all starts vs. the Phillies….In his last start, took the loss in an 11-1 defeat at Chicago on May 24…He tossed 5.0 innings, surrendering six runs, two earned, seven hits, and one walk while striking out five on 85 pitches, 59 for strikes…The six runs allowed tied a season-high…The loss snapped a two-game personal win streak.

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Mets Game #51, Home #24
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East – 1st Place – 32-19) @ New York Mets (NL East – 4th Place – 23-27)
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NL East Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Phillies Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost two games in a row…New York began its 10-game homestand with a 6-4 lost last night to the Phillies…The 10-game homestand equals the longest of the year…New York is also home for 10 straight games from August 1-11…The Mets are 11-9 in their last 20 games and after starting the year 5-13, the Mets have gone 18-14…The 18 wins since April 21 are tied for the eighth-most in the majors.
• Series History  – The Mets have lost their first two series vs. the Phillies (both on the road) this year…Since 2009, the Mets are 2-10-1 in 13 series vs. Philadelphia…The Mets are 28-28 vs. the Phillies at home since 2005…New York’s 392 wins vs. the Phillies are the most vs. any major league club…Last year, the Mets shut out the Phillies five times, including four times at Citi Field.
• Home Games – The Mets are 9-5 in their last 14 games at Citi Field…Overall, the Mets are 10-13 at home.
• Scoring – New York scored four runs last night, the second time in their last 10 games they have scored more than three runs…The Mets are 4-6 over this span.
• RISP – The Mets were 5-12 with runners in scoring position last night and over their last nine games, the team is 20-86 (.233) in such situations…The Mets are batting .227 (100-440), ranking 25th in the majors with runners in scoring…The 440 at-bats are the eighth-most in the majors…New York’s pitching staff is holding opponents to a .246 (123-500) batting average with runners in scoring position, the 14th lowest mark in the majors.
• May Showers – Jose Reyes leads all National League players with 34 hits, four triples and nine stolen bases this month and he is tied for the NL lead with eight doubles…Carlos Beltran is tied for sixth in the NL with seven doubles and tied for sixth with five home runs in May.
• Jose Reyes – Collected two hits last night to raise his season total to 70…The 70 hits in the team’s first 50 games of the year tie the franchise record set by Lance Johnson in 1996…Research courtesy of Elias Sports….Reyes equaled his career-high scoring three times last night…It was the 22nd time he’s scored three runs in a game…The last time he accomplished that feat was September 14, 2010 vs. Pittsburgh…The Mets are 17-5 when Reyes scores three runs in a game….Reyes passed David Wright and Darryl Strawberry to become the Mets all-time leader in runs scored on Wednesday at Chicago…Reyes has now 667 runs scored…According to Elias, the only other active player who is his current team’s all-time leader in runs scored is Colorado’s Todd Helton.
• Angel Pagan – Returned to the Mets lineup last night and equaled his season-high collecting two hits, scored one run and had a stolen base.
• Daniel Murphy – Extended his hitting streak to seven games last night…Murphy is hitting .370 (10-27) during this stretch which dates back to May 20.
• Justin Turner – collected a career-high four hits and drove in a run last night…Turner is hitting .333 (22-66) with seven runs scored, seven doubles, one home run and 17 RBI in 19 games this month…Since May 13, Turner is tied for second in majors with 15 RBI, four behind Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce.
• Bullpen – New York’s bullpen allowed four runs last night…Over the last five games, the pen has an 11.81 ERA (21 earned runs/16.0 innings)…Francisco Rodriguez had his 19.2 scoreless inning streak snapped last night…They were the first runs Rodriguez had ever allowed vs. Philadelphia (18.2 innings entering last night)…Rodriguez has 15 saves, tied for second in the majors…New York allowed three runs in the ninth-inning last night after yielding two runs all season in the ninth.
• Mike Pelfrey – In 15 games, all starts, Pelfrey is 6-5 with a 5.35 ERA (49 earned/84.0 innings) during his career against the Phillies….In his last start, he received the loss in a 9-3 defeat to the Yankees on May 22, at Yankee Stadium…Tossed 6.0 innings and allowed five runs, earned…Pelfrey allowed eight hits and walked two while surrendering a home run…Also hit a batter and struck out four on 101 pitches…The loss snapped a personal two-game win streak.
• Matt Harvey – Mets 2010 first round pick tossed 7.0 shutout innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts last night for St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League vs. Dunedin…Harvey allowed only three hits and issued one walk…He is 6-2 with a 2.50 ERA (15 earned runs/54.0 innings) with 62 strikeouts in 10 starts in his first year of professional baseball.

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