Mets Game #65, Road #33
	New York Mets (NL East – 4th Place – 31-33) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central – 4th Place – 31-32)
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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets had their two game winning-streak snapped with last night’s loss…The Mets are 3-2 on their 10-game road trip…New York has won six of its last nine games and they are 8-5 in its last 13 games…After starting the year 5-13, the Mets have gone 26-20…The 26 wins since April 21 are tied for the eighth-most in the majors…The Mets are 16-16 on the road this season…New York was 14-18 after 32 road games in 2010…The Mets fell to 7-11 and 5-4 on the road in one-run decisions.
• Series History  – Since 2000, the Mets are 6-5 in series at Pittsburgh…The Mets are 16-17 all-time at PNC Park, which opened in 2001…New York has won the last five season series vs. the Pirates, its longest current streak vs. any team…The two teams split a four-game series at Citi Field, May 30-June 2, earlier this year.
• Offense – Since May 22, the Mets are batting .296 (194-656), the second-highest mark in the majors…The Mets are hitting .292 (57-195) with runners in scoring position during this span, the third highest average in the majors…The team’s .348 on-base percentage during this stretch is the fifth-highest in the majors…The club’s four home runs over that span are the fewest in the majors…The Mets have collected 34 hits over their last three games…It’s the first time this season New York has collected double-digit hits in three consecutive games.
• First Innings – New York plated one first-inning run last night…The Mets have scored 38 first-inning runs, tied for the fifth-most in the majors…The Mets fell to 21-16 when scoring first.
• RISP – New York was 2-11 with runners in scoring position last night…The Mets are 17th in the majors with a .246 (143-581) batting average with RISP…But since May 15, the club is hitting .279 (68-244) with runners in scoring position, the sixth-best mark in the majors…Mets pitchers have held opponents to a .254 (155-610) mark with RISP, ranking 13th in the majors.
• Stolen Bases – The Mets have at least one stolen base in their last five games (nine total)…The five-game streak equals the longest of the season by the Mets, done twice previously, last May 1-6..New York has swiped 60 bases, tied for the fourth-most in the majors…Jose Reyes is third in the majors with 20 stolen bases.
• Dynamic Duo – Jose Reyes is hitting .395 (32-81) since May 20, the highest batting average in the majors during that span…Daniel Murphy, who went 1-4 with and RBI last night, is hitting .395 (30-76) during that same period, the second-highest average in the majors (by mere percentage points).
• Defense – The Mets played their seventh straight game without committing an error last night extending their team season high…New York ranks 10th in the majors with a .986 fielding percentage…The Mets are 22-17 when they do not make an error.
• Jose Reyes – collected two hits last night…It was his major league leading 32nd multi-hit contest in his 61st game of the year…According to Elias Sports the last major leaguer to finish a season with multiple hits in MORE than half of his games (minimum 100 games) was Joe Medwick with St. Louis in 1937 (80 times in 156 games)…Ichiro Suzuki collected multiple hits in exactly half of his 146 games with the Mariners in 2009….Went 2-5 last night…Reyes has reached base safely in 52 of his 61 games this season…Reyes leads the major leagues with a .341 batting average, 91 hits and 11 triples…He is tied for seventh in the majors with 19 doubles.
• Carlos Beltran – Had two hits last night and is batting .429 (6-14) over his last four games…Beltran, who is tied for National League lead with 20 doubles, is hitting .333 (12-36) this month…Beltran, who also is tied for sixth in the NL in extra-base hits with 30, is two RBI shy of 1,100 for his career.
• Ruben Tejada – Went 2-4 last night to extend his hitting streak to seven games…Tejada has collected at least one hit in nine of 10 games this month…The Mets second baseman is hitting .394 (13-33) in June…He’s also had at least one hit in 16 of his 22 starts…Tejada’s career-high hitting streak is 10 games set in June last year.
• Bullpen – The pen has an 9.50 ERA (44 ER/41.2 IP) over its last 18 games….The bullpen staff is 26th in the majors with 4.42 ERA, tied for 11th with 28 holds, 13th with 165 strikeouts, 20th in innings (179.0) and tied for 14th with 80 walks….Since May 16, the pen is 1-6 with a 7.64 ERA (45 ER/53.0 IP)…Overall, the 10 losses from the pen are tied for 11th in the majors….The pen has allowed 19 home runs, tied for the 7th most in the majors.
• Mets Starters – Over their last 16 games, dating back to May 26, Mets starters have posted a 2.70 ERA (32 earned runs/106.2 innings)…The 2.70 ERA is the lowest in the majors over this span…New York starters have allowed three runs or less in 14 of these 16 starts…The team is 8-8 during this stretch.
• Chris Capuano – In 16 career games, 14 starts, Capuano is 3-7 with a 6.54 ERA (55 earned runs/75.2 innings pitched) vs. Pittsburgh…..In his last start, he snapped a two-game losing streak when he picked up the win in a 2-1 victory at Milwaukee on June 7…Tossed 6.0 innings and allowed a season low-tying one run, earned…Also allowed six hits, two walks, one home run and recorded five strikeouts on 106 pitches, 66 for strikes.
• R.A. Dickey – Has tossed 8.0 innings in each of his last two starts…Dickey accomplished that feat last year (August 13-20)…The last Mets starter to pitch 8.0 innings in back-to-back starts was Mike Pelfrey who achieved the feat one week after Dickey (August 20-27, 2010).
• Roster Moves – Prior to today’s contest, the Mets will recall righthanded pitcher D.J. Carrasco from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League and option righthanded pitcher Dale Thayer to Buffalo…Carrasco will wear #77…Carrasco went 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA (18 earned runs/46.2 innings) in nine games, eight starts with the Bisons…He allowed 46 hits, issued 17 walks and notched 37 strikeouts…Carrasco fired 7.0 shutout innings with eight strikeouts in his last outing on June 8 vs. Indianapolis…Carrasco was 0-1 with a 5.91 ERA (seven earned runs/10.2 innings) in eight games with the Mets before he was optioned to Buffalo on April 24.

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