Mets Game #108, Road #60
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (55-52) Road (33-26) – Last Ten (6-4)
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Washington Nationals NL East – 5th Place – (50-56) Home (29-22) – Last Ten (2-8)

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Mets Lineup

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets had their five-game winning streak snapped last night…Despite the loss, New York has won eight of its last 12 games… The Mets are 9-7 since the All-Star break…The Mets are 11 games over .500 (50-39) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York is tied for the sixth-best record in the majors since April 21… The Mets were shut out for the fifth time this year last night… New York was shut out 11 times in 2010.
• Series History - The Mets are 67-50 against the Nationals since the franchise moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005… The Mets are 3-1-2 in their last six series vs. Nationals.
• Winning Months – With one game remaining in July, the Mets have ensured themselves of their third straight winning month… New York is 14-12 entering today… The Mets went 16-11 in June and 14-13 in May…The last time the Mets had three consecutive months with a winning record was 2008 (18-8 in July, 18-11 in August and 13-12 in September). 
• Road Games – New York is 33-26 on the road this season… The 33 wins are the most in the majors…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010…The Mets are 6-3 so far on this 10-game road trip… It is New York’s third straight winning road trip… The last time the Mets had three straight winning road trips (min. six games) was 2007.
• Road Trip – The Mets are hitting .308 (101-328) with 23 doubles, five home runs and 29 walks so far on this road trip…The Mets have outscored their opponents 54-46 in the first nine games of this 10-game road trip…New York’s pitching staff is 6-3 with five saves and a 4.60 ERA (44 earned runs/86.0 innings) thus far on the trip.
• Rubber Games – The Mets are 7-8 in rubber games this year, including 5-5 on the road… New York lost a rubber game to the Nationals at Citi Field on April 10..
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .273 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the sixth-best mark in the majors (.266) this season… The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.337)… The Mets rank fourth in the National League with 484 runs scored… On the road, the team is hitting .269, the second-highest mark in the majors and has a .335 on-base percentage, the second-best mark in the majors.
• RISP – The Mets were 1-6 last night with runners in scoring position and are hitting .412 (28-68) with 36 RBI over their last six games with RISP, dating back to July 25, the highest mark in the majors during this span…New York is fifth in the majors with a .270 (270-999) batting average with runners in scoring position this year…The Mets are 10th in the major with a .243 batting average with RISP and two outs.
• Doubles – The Mets have hit 65 doubles this month, matching the team record for the most in any calendar month, previously set in June, 1990…New York is second in the majors this month behind Texas (72) and ranks fifth overall in the majors with 206 doubles..
• Jose Reyes – Leads the major leagues with 48 multi-hit games and 16 triples… He leads the NL with a .340 batting average, 78 runs scored and 138 hits… Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases, is tied for third with 207 total bases, fifth with a .328 road batting average and 10th with a .381 on-base percentage… His next triple will be the 100th of his major league career… According to Elias Sports, no major league player has reached the century mark in triples at as young an age as Reyes is today (28 years, 50 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old).
• David Wright – Went 2-3 last night… Wright has collected a hit in all nine games since returning from the Disabled List on July 22… Wright is 19-40 (.475) with 10 runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI since returning to the lineup…. has seven straight games with multiple hits to establish a career-high…  Steve Henderson holds the franchise record with eight straight games with multi-hits from July 12-21, 1979… Wright’s previous best was six consecutive games with two or more hits from June 7-13, 2009.
• Daniel Murphy – Went 1-4 last night to extend his hitting streak to seven games… Murphy is hitting .483 (14-29) during this span… Since May 21, Murphy is hitting .359 (89-248), the third-highest average in the majors… Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year…He is fourth in the National League with a .317 batting average… He is fifth in the NL with a .355 batting average with runners in scoring position and third with 28 doubles.
• Jason Bay – Has collected multiple hits in three straight games, his longest stretch as a member of the Mets…Bay is hitting .583 (7-12) with three doubles and four RBI in these three contests.
• The Pen – The pen has allowed 15 ER over its last 29.0 IP (4.66 ERA) spanning 11 games dating back to July 20…From July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)…. Ranks 7th in the majors with 2.97 ERA (22 ER/66.2 innings) this month… Tied for 8th in the majors this month with four wins from the pen…. The pen has allowed 33 home runs, tied for the 7th most in the majors.
• Jonathon Niese – After starting the season 0-3, Niese has gone 10-5 with a 3.31 ERA (39 earned runs/106.0 innings)… He has won five consecutive road starts dating back to June 9, the longest such streak of his career… Since May 18, Niese has racked up 78 strikeouts in 81.0 innings… The 8.67 strikeout per nine innings ratio is the seventh-best in the NL over this span…. In three career games, all starts, Niese is 2-0 with a 3.44 ERA (seven earned runs/18.1 innings pitched) vs. Washington.

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Mets Game #107, Road #59
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (55-51) Road (33-25) – Last Ten (7-3)
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Washington Nationals NL East – 5th Place – (49-56) Home (28-22) – Last Ten (2-8)

NL Wild Card Standing

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won five in a row and eight of their last 11 games…The five-game winning streak is the longest since the club had six-game winning streak earlier this year from April 21-26…The Mets are 9-6 since the All-Star break and 14-11 this month…The Mets are 12 games over .500 (50-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York has the sixth-best record in the majors since April 21…The Mets are a season-high four games over .500…The last time the club was four games over .500 was July 20, 2010 (49-45)…Last time the Mets were five games over .500 was July 19, 2010 (49-44).
• Series History - The Mets are 67-49 against the Nationals since the franchise moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005…The Mets are 3-1-2 in their last six series vs. Nationals.
• Road Games – New York is 33-25 on the road this season…The 33 wins are the most in the majors…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010…The Mets are 6-2 so far on this 10-game road trip…It is New York’s third straight winning road trip…The last time the Mets had three straight winning road trips (min. six games) was 2007…The Mets have won five straight road games, their longest streak since winning seven straight from June 11-18, 2010.
• Road Trip – The Mets are hitting .314 (93-296) with 23 doubles, five home runs and 28 walks so far on this road trip…The Mets have outscored their opponents 54-43 in the first eight games of this 10-game road trip…New York’s pitching staff is 6-2 with five saves and a 5.27 ERA (41 earned runs/70.0 innings) thus far on the trip.
• Road Warriors – The Mets have scored eight or more runs in four straight games, all on the road, for the second time this year…They also scored eight or more runs from June 25-29 at Texas and Detroit…According to Elias Sports, over the last 50 years only three other teams have had two such streaks in one season: The 1993 Braves, 2001 Indians and the 2003 Yankees.
• First Innings – For the fourth straight game, the Mets scored a first-inning run last night…The Mets have plated 66 first-inning runs, the third-most in the National League and tied for the sixth most in the majors…The Mets have a .361 on-base percentage in the first frame, the third-best mark in the majors…New York is 40-20 when scoring first this year…Daniel Murphy is second the majors with a .431 (22-51) first-inning batting average.
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .274 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the sixth-best mark in the majors (.267) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.337)…On the road, the team is hitting .269, the second highest mark in the majors and has a .336 on-base percentage, the second-best mark in the majors.
• RISP – The Mets are hitting .435 (27-62) with 36 RBI over their last five games with runners in scoring position, the highest mark in the majors during this span…New York is fourth in the majors with a .271 (269-993) batting average with runners in scoring position this year.
• Runs – The Mets have equaled their franchise record scoring eight or more runs in four straight games…It’s the second time they have accomplished the feat this year, June 25-29, and the sixth time overall.
• Hits – The Mets have reached double-digits in hits in six straight games…The Mets had six consecutive games with 10 or more hits earlier this year from June 25-July 1…The last time the club had seven straight games with double digit hits was July 7-14, 2006.
• Doubles – The Mets collected three doubles last night…New York has at least one double in each of their last 18 games (50 total)…New York had at least one double in a season-high 19 straight games from May 13-June 2…The Mets have 206 doubles on the year, ranking second in the National League and fourth in the majors.
• Jose Reyes – Leads the major leagues with 48 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with a .343 batting average, 78 runs scored and 138 hits…Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases, fourth with 207 total bases, fifth with a .333 road batting average and ninth with a .385 on-base percentage…His next triple will be the 100th of his major league career…According to Elias Sports, no major league player has reached the century mark in triples at as young an age as Reyes is today (28 years, 49 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old).
• Justin Turner – Has hit in 10 straight games dating back to July 19…Turner is batting .333 (15-45) during this stretch…Turner ranks third among NL rookies with a .277 batting average, 37 RBI, fourth with 34 run scored and second with a .340 on-base percentage…His 10-game streak is tied for the third-longest this season among among all rookies. 
• David Wright – went 2-4 with a run scored last night…Wright has collected a hit in all eight games since returning from the Disabled List on July 22…Wright is 17-37 (.460) with 10 runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI since returning to the lineup…..Wright has six straight games with multiple hits to tie his career-high…Wright had six consecutive games with two or more hits from June 7-13, 2009…Steve Henderson holds the franchise record with eight straight games with multi-hits from July 12-21, 1979..
• Daniel Murphy – Went 1-5 with an RBI last night …Since May 21, Murphy is hitting .361 (88-244), the third-highest average in the majors…Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year…He is fourth in the National League with a .318 batting average…He is sixth in the NL with a .355 batting average with runners in scoring position and third with 28 doubles.
• Jason Bay – Has seven RBI in his last six games….Has four doubles in his last five games…Had four doubles in his first 73 games.
• Lucas Duda – Hitting .341 (30-88) with 15 RBI in his last 31 games…Sixteenth in the NL with a .328 (21-64) July batting average…His .413 on-base percentage for the month is eighth highest in the league.
• The Pen – The pen has allowed 15 ER over its last 27.0 IP (5.00 ERA) spanning 10 games dating back to July 20…From July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)….Ranks 7th in the majors with 3.06 ERA (22 ER/64.2 innings) this month…Tied for 8th in the majors this month with four wins from the pen…The pen has allowed 33 home runs, tied for the 6th most in the majors.
• Jason Isringhausen – Earned his fifth save of the season and the 298th of his career last night…Isringhausen has converted his last five save chances and is two saves shy of becoming the 23rd pitcher in major league history to reach the 300-save plateau…The righthander has allowed one run over his last 10.0 innings dating back to July 5.
• Dillon Gee – Became the 10th Mets rookie in team history to post double-digit wins with last night triumph…Gee, who leads all major league rookies with 10 wins, will have his Brooklyn Cyclones jersey added to the ring of honor on August 4 in a pre-game ceremony at MCU Park…Gee pitched with the Cyclones in 2007, going 3-1 in 11 starts.
• R.A. Dickey – In eight career games, six starts, Dickey is 1-2 with a 4.08 ERA (16 earned/35.1 innings) vs. Washington….In his last start, won, 4-2, at Cincinnati on July 25…Pitched 6.2 innings and allowed two runs, earned, eight hits, and no walks…Also recorded seven strikeouts and threw 86 pitches, 61 strikes…The start marked the sixth time in his last seven starts that Dickey has pitched into the seventh inning…Finished 0-3 at the plate, snapping his four-game hitting streak…The Mets are 6-1 in Dickey’s last seven starts despite his record being only 2-1.

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Mets Game #106, Road #58
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (54-51) Road (32-25) – Last Ten (7-3)
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Washington Nationals NL East – 5th Place – (49-55) Home (28-21) – Last Ten (2-8)

NL Wild Card Standing

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won four in a row and seven of their last 10 games…It is the fourth time this season the Mets have won at least four straight games, last accomplished on July 3-6…New York’s season-high is a six-game winning streak from April 21-26…The Mets are 8-6 since the All-Star break and 13-11 this month…The Mets are 11 games over .500 (49-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York is tied for the sixth-best record in the majors since April 21…The Mets posted their 22nd come-from-behind win yesterday at Cincinnati…New York had 21 such victories in 2010.
• Series History - The Mets are 66-49 against the Nationals since the franchise moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005…The Mets are 3-1-2 in their last six series vs. Nationals.
• Road Games – New York is 32-25 on the road this season…The 32 wins are the most in the majors…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010…The Mets have won five consecutive road series openers in one season for the first time since a five-series streak in 1999…The Mets won the last three games of their series in Cincinnati by scores of 8-6, 8-2 and 10-9…It was the first time that the Mets scored at least eight runs in three consecutive road games, all against the same opponent, since June 12-13, 1990 at Chicago (NL).
• Road Trip – The Mets are hitting .312 (81-260) with 20 doubles, five home runs and 27 walks so far on this road trip…The Mets have outscored their opponents 45-38 in the first seven games of this 10-game road trip…New York’s pitching staff is 5-2 with four saves and a 5.46 ERA (37 earned runs/61.0 innings) thus far on the trip.
• First Innings – For the third straight game, the Mets scored a first inning run yesterday…The Mets have plated 62 first-inning runs, the third-most in the National League and the seventh most in the majors…The Mets have a .283 team batting average in the first inning ranking sixth in the majors and a .356 on-base percentage in the first frame, the fourth-best mark in the majors…New York is 39-20 when scoring first this year…Daniel Murphy is second the majors with a .420 (21-50) first-inning batting average.
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .271 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the fifth best mark in the majors (.266) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.337)…On the road, the team is hitting .268, the second highest mark in the majors and has a .336 on-base percentage, the second-best mark in the majors.
• Two-Out Runs – New York scored two of their 10 runs yesterday with two outs…The Mets have scored 72 of their last 137 runs with two outs (53 percent) dating back to June 28…The Mets have scored 198 runs with two outs this year, the most in the National League and the third-most in the majors, behind Boston (201) and Texas (200)…New York leads the majors with a .359 on-base percentage with two outs.
• Doubles – The Mets collected three doubles yesterday, including for the first time in team history two bases loaded, bases clearing doubles in the same game…New York has at least one double in each of their last 17 games (47 total)…New York had at least one double in a season-high 19 straight games from May 13-June 2…The Mets have 203 doubles on the year, ranking second in the National League and fourth in the majors.
• Historical Triple – Jose Reyes’ next triple will be the 100th of his major league career…According to Elias Sports, no major league player has reached the century mark in triples at as young an age as Reyes is today (28 years, 48 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old)…Reyes has played 1,014 major league games…He’ll reach the 100-triple mark in the fewest games since Stan Musial in July, 1949 (1,006 games).
• Jose Reyes – Leads the major leagues with 48 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with a .343 batting average, 77 runs scored and 137 hits…Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases, fourth with 205 total bases, fifth with a .333 road batting average and ninth with a .385 on-base percentage.
• David Wright – Went 3-5 with an RBI yesterday …Wright has collected a hit in all seven games since returning from the Disabled List on Friday and has had multiple hit games in six of the seven contests…Wright is 15-33 (.455) with nine runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI since returning to the lineup..
• Daniel Murphy – Went 3-5 with an RBI yesterday …Wright has collected a hit in all seven games since returning from the Disabled List on Friday and has had multiple hit games in six of the seven contests…Wright is 15-33 (.455) with nine runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI since returning to the lineup.
• Jason Bay – Collected a season high-tying three hits on 7.28 @ CIN…It was his fourth three-hit game of the season…Picked up two doubles, also a season high….Has six RBI in his last five games.
• Lucas Duda – Went 2-4 with three RBI last night…Over his last 15 games dating back to July 10, Duda is batting .441 (15-34) with six runs scored, four doubles, two triples, two home runs and six RBI.
• The Pen – The pen has allowed 13 ER over its last 24.2 IP (4.74 ERA) spanning 9 games (dating back to July 20)…from July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)….Ranks 7th in the majors with 2.89 ERA (20 ER/62.1 innings) this month…Tied for 7th in the majors this month with four wins from the pen….The pen has allowed 33 home runs, tied for the 6th most in the majors.
• Jason Isringhausen – Earned his fourth save of the season and the 297th of his career yesterday…Izzy has converted his last four save chances and is three saves shy of becoming the 23rd pitcher in major league history to reach the 300-save plateau.
• Dillon Gee – In two career games, both starts, Gee is 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA (one earned/14.2 innings)….In his last start, Gee received the no-decision in a 5-4 loss at the Marlins on July 24…Tossed 5.0 innings and allowed three runs, earned…Also allowed seven hits, walked three, surrendered one home run and hit a batter…Recorded three strikeouts and threw 96 pitches, 54 for strikes…Gee’s .750 winning percentage (9-3) is tied for the sixth best in baseball among qualifying pitchers…..Is seeking to become the 10th rookie in team history to post double-digit wins in a single-season…The last Mets rookie to accomplish the feat was Hisanori Takahashi, who won 10 games last year…Prior to Takahashi the last rookie to reach that plateau was Rick Aguilera, who posted 10 wins in 1985…Jerry Koosman holds the club mark for rookies with 17 victories in 1968…Gee is tied for the major league lead among rookies with nine wins, is sixth in the National League with a 3.75 ERA and fourth with 65 strikeouts and a .223 opponents batting average against.
• Johan Santana – Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings last night in his first major league rehabilitation outing for St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League vs. Daytona…He allowed two hits, no walks, recorded three strikeouts and hit one batter…Santana threw 33 pitches, 26 strikes.

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New York Mets @ Washington Nationals
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Scouting Report:

METS: Gee labored through five innings in a no-decision his last time out. He allowed three runs on seven hits, including a solo homer to Mike Stanton. He is 2-0 with a 0.61 ERA in two career starts against the Nats.

NATIONALS: Wang will be activated from the disabled list for the start against the Mets. It will be his first big league appearance since 2009, when he was with the Yankees, after missing two seasons because of shoulder problems.

Scouting Report:

METS: Featuring what he called one of his better knuckleballs, Dickey allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings Monday to win for the first time since June. The Mets have won six of his last seven starts, with Dickey lasting at least 6 1/3 innings in six of them.

NATIONALS: Yunesky Maya gets call to start as Jason Marquis is traded just before game time.

Scouting Report:

METS: Beating the Reds last Tuesday in Cincinnati, Niese set a new career high with 10 victories, a personal goal he was unable to reach last season. The left-hander now has two months to extend that mark, beginning Sunday against the Nationals.

NATIONALS: On Tuesday, Zimmermann had his second consecutive subpar outing, allowing six runs in 6 2/3 innings, and it proved costly in the Nationals' 11-2 loss to the Marlins.

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In his first rehab start, Johan Santana went 3.0 innings allowing 2 hits and striking out 3. He did not allow a run. He threw 33 pitches, 26 of which were strikes. He did not walk anyone but he hit one batter.