Mets Game #62, Road #30 |
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New York Mets(NL East – 4th Place – 29-32)@Milwaukee Brewers(NL Central – 2nd Place – 35-27) |
| Miller Park | ——— |
| Thursday, June 9th, 8:10 PM EDT |
NL East Standing
Pitching Match-Up
Mets Lineup
| # | Pos | B | Player | G | AB | AVG | H | HR | R | RBI | SB |
| 1 | SS | S | Jose Reyes | 58 | 252 | .341 | 86 | 1 | 42 | 23 | 20 |
| 2 | 3B | R | Justin Turner | 36 | 124 | .290 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | RF | S | Carlos Beltran | 59 | 209 | .278 | 58 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 0 |
| 4 | 1B | L | Daniel Murphy | 57 | 183 | .301 | 55 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 2 |
| 5 | CF | S | Angel Pagan | 31 | 117 | .231 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| 6 | LF | L | Jason Pridie | 38 | 99 | .242 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| 7 | C | L | Josh Thole | 47 | 139 | .230 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
| 8 | 2B | R | Ruben Tejada | 19 | 63 | .317 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | :LH | L | Jon Niese | 13 | 24 | .083 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brewers Lineup
| # | Pos | B | Player | G | AB | AVG | H | HR | R | RBI | SB |
| 1 | 2B | R | Rickie Weeks | 61 | 248 | .278 | 69 | 11 | 44 | 26 | 7 |
| 2 | RF | R | Corey Hart | 33 | 121 | .281 | 34 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | LF | R | Ryan Braun | 62 | 228 | .311 | 71 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 14 |
| 4 | 1B | L | Prince Fielder | 62 | 226 | .296 | 67 | 17 | 36 | 54 | 0 |
| 5 | 3B | R | Casey McGehee | 60 | 225 | .231 | 52 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 0 |
| 6 | SS | R | Yuniesky Betancourt | 58 | 205 | .234 | 48 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | C | R | Jonathan Lucroy | 44 | 153 | .294 | 45 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 0 |
| 8 | CF | R | Carlos Gomez | 55 | 173 | .220 | 38 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | RH | R | Yovani Gallardo | 13 | 32 | .188 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Team Rankings
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| BREWERS |
Team Leaders
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| BREWERS |
Tidbits of Interest
- Mets at a Glance – The Mets had their three-game winning streak snapped last night…New York is 6-4 in its last 10 games …After starting the year 5-13, the Mets have gone 24-19…The 24 wins since April 21 are tied for the ninth-most in the majors…The Mets are 14-15 on the road this season …New York was 11-18 after 29 road games in 2010.
- Series History – The Mets lost last year’s season series…It was the first time since 2003 that they lost the season series to Milwaukee…New York has won nine of their 14 series in Milwaukee…New York is 18-13 at Miller Park.
- Rubber Games – The Mets are 4-4 in rubber games this year, including 3-3 in such games on the road.
- Road Series – New York has won four of its nine road series this season…The Mets won five road series in 2010.
- Dynamic Duo – Daniel Murphy, who went 0-2 last night, is hitting .429 (27-63) since May 20, the highest batting average in the majors during that span…Jose Reyes, who was 2-4 last night, is batting .409 (27-66) over that same period, the second-highest mark in the majors…They are the only two over .400.
- Offense – Since May 22, the Mets are batting .293 (160-547), the highest mark in the majors…The Mets are hitting .302 (48-159) with runners in scoring position during this span, the third-highest average in the majors…The team’s .344 on-base percentage during this stretch is the sixth-highest in the majors…The club’s three home runs over that span are the fewest in the majors.
- Five-Run Innings – For the second time in less than a week and for the fifth time this season, the Mets scored five or more runs in an inning when they scored five runs in the eighth inning last night…New York also scored five times in the seventh inning on June 4 vs. Atlanta.
- After Seven – The Mets scored five runs in the eighth inning last night but also allowed five runs over the final two innings…New York has been outscored 108-72 from the seventh inning on this season…The 108 runs allowed are the second-most in the majors…Houston has yielded 111.
- Jose Reyes – Has hit in 12 straight games and is batting .462 (24-52) during this span…The Mets shortstop hit in 13 consecutive games earlier this season from April 2 through April 16 (first game of doubleheader)…His hitting streak is the third-longest current streak in the majors…Houston’s Hunter Pence (19-game hitting streak and 15-game hitting streak) is the only other player this year with two separate hitting streaks longer than 12 or more games….Collected two hits last night…Reyes leads the majors with 86 hits, 30 multi-hit games and 11 triples…He is tied for the major league lead with 20 doubles, is second in the majors with a .341 batting average and is third in the majors with 20 stolen bases.
- Angel Pagan – Went 1-5, scored a run, drove in a run and had a stolen base last night…Since returning from the Disabled List on May 27, the Mets centerfielder is batting .333 (16-48) with six runs scored, two doubles, five RBI and four stolen bases in 12 games…Pagan was hitting .159 (11-69) in his first 19 games this season before ending up on the Disabled List.
- Bullpen – Allowed five runs over the final 2.2 innings last night…It was the first walkoff loss suffered by the Mets this season…Since May 16, the pen is 1-6 with a 7.99 ERA (45 earned runs/50.2 innings)…New York relievers rank 28th in the majors with a 4.48 ERA…From April 30-May 20, the pen posted a 1.02 ERA (six earned runs/53.0 innings).
- Mets Starters – Over their last 13 games, Mets starters have posted a 2.93 ERA (27 earned runs/83.0 innings)…The team is 6-7 during this stretch…The 2.93 ERA is the fourth-lowest in the majors over this span…New York starters have allowed three runs or less in 11 of these 13 starts.
- Jonathon Niese – In his last start on June 3 vs. Atlanta, Jonathon Niese hurled a season-high 7.2 innings and struck seven…Over his last four starts, Niese has compiled a 1.38 ERA (four earned runs/26.0 innings) with 25 strikeouts.
- Francisco Rodriguez – Is tied for third in the majors with 17 saves and is one save shy of tying Rod Beck for 28th place on the all-time save list with 286…He is also seven saves shy of tying Roger McDowell for sixth place on the club’s all-time list with 84.
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