Written by Drucifer at 12:12 PM, July 28th, 2011
Mets Game #105, Road #57
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New York Mets
NL East – 3rd Place – (53-51)
Road (31-25) – Last Ten (6-4)
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Great American Ball Park
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Cincinnati Reds
NL Central – 4th Place – (50-54)
Home (27-26) – Last Ten (4-6)
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Thursday, July 28th, 12:35 PM EDT |
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Tidbits of Interest
- Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won three in a row and six of their last nine games…New York is 7-6 since the All-Star break and 12-11 this month…The Mets are 10 games over .500 (48-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York is tied for the seventh-best record in the majors since April 21.
- Series History - Since 2002, the Mets are 6-1-2 in the season series against the Reds…Since 2000, the Mets are 22-15 at Cincinnati and are 17-11 all-time at Great American Ball Park…New York is now 8-3 with one tie in its last 12 series at Cincinnati…The last time the Mets swept the Reds in a four-game series was July 18-21, 1997 at Shea Stadium…The Mets have never swept a four-game set at Cincinnati.
- Road Games – New York is 31-25 on the road this season…The 31 wins are tied for the most in the majors with Boston…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010.
- Road Series – Last night’s 8-2 win guaranteed the Mets a series win…New York is now 6-2-1 in its last nine road series and 10-7-1 overall on the road this year…The Mets won five road series in 2010.
- Road Trip – The Mets are hitting .302 (67-222) with 17 doubles, five home runs and 21 walks so far on this road trip…The Mets have outscored their opponents 36-29 in the first six games of this 10-game road trip…New York’s pitching staff is 4-2 with three saves and a 4.85 ERA (28 earned runs/52.0 innings) thus far on the trip.
- First Innings – For the second straight night, the Mets scored two first-inning runs…The Mets have plated 61 first-inning runs, tied for the third-most in the National League and tied for the seventh most in the majors…The Mets have a .280 (115-410) team batting average in the first-inning ranking sixth in the majors and a .355 on base percentage in the first frame, the fourth-best mark in the majors…New York is 38-20 when scoring first this year…Daniel Murphy leads the majors with a .417 (20-49) first-inning batting average (minimum 45 at-bats).
- Offensive – The Mets are hitting .267 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the sixth-best mark in the majors (.265) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.336)…On the road, the team is hitting .266, the third highest mark in the majors and has a .333 on-base percentage, the fourth-best mark in the majors.
- Two-Out Runs – New York scored two of their eight runs last night with two outs…The Mets have scored 70 of their last 127 runs with two outs (55 percent) dating back to June 28…The Mets have scored 196 runs with two outs this year, the most in the National League and the third-most in the majors, behind Boston (201) and Texas (198)…New York leads the majors with a .359 on-base percentage with two outs.
- Doubles – The Mets collected four doubles last night and the club has at least one double in each of their last 16 games (44 total) …New York had at least one double in a season-high 19 straight games from May 13-June 2…The Mets have 200 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, 46 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old)…Reyes has played 1,012 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 – Was 2-5 with two runs scored last night…Reyes leads the major leagues 48 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with a .347 batting average, 77 runs scored and 137 hits …Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases and a .339 road batting average, third with 205 total bases and ninth with a .387 on-base percentage and a .519 slugging percentage…..Reyes scored twice last night and has scored at least one run in nine straight games (12 total runs) dating back to July 19…It’s the longest current streak in the majors and equals the longest streak in the National League this season, which Reyes accomplished May 25-June 5…The Mets are 35-21 this year when Reyes scores a run.
- David Wright – Went 2-4 with a home run and four RBI last night…Wright has collected a hit in all six games since returning from the Disabled List on Friday and has had multiple hit games in five of the six contests…Wright is 12-28 (.429) with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI since returning to the lineup…This is the third time in his career that Wright has collected more than 10 hits and 10 RBI over a six game span (August 28-September 2, 2006 and June 11-17, 2010)..
- Daniel Murphy – Collected a career-high four hits last night and has had three straight games with multiple hits…Since May 21, Murphy is hitting .364 (86-236), the third-highest average in the majors…During that span, Murphy is second in the majors with 86 hits and first with 21 doubles…Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year…He is third in the National League with a .319 batting average…He is fifth in the NL with a .352 (37-105) batting average with runners in scoring position and tied for second with 28 doubles.
- Jason Bay – Went 0-5 last night…Bay has more home runs (21), RBI (75) and runs scored (67) against the Reds than any other major league team in his career…Bay has hit .326 in 83 games vs. Cincinnati.
- Lucas Duda – Went 1-3 with a solo home run last night…Over his last 14 games dating back to July 10, Duda is batting .433 (13-30) with five runs scored, three doubles, two triples, two home runs and three RBI.
- The Pen – The pen has allowed 10 ER over its last 21.0 IP (4.29 ERA) spanning 8 games (dating back to July 20)…from July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)….Ranks 6th in the majors with 2.61 ERA (17 ER/58.2 innings) this month…Tied for 7th in the majors this month with four wins from the pen….The pen has allowed 31 home runs, tied for the 9th most in the majors.
- Chris Capuano – In 13 career games, 10 starts, Capuano is 2-3 with a 4.85 ERA (37 earned runs/68.2 innings) vs. Cincinnati…….In his last start, he lost, 8-5, at Florida on July 23…Pitched 6.0 innings and allowed four runs, earned, six hits, two homeruns, and three walks…Also recorded six strikeouts and threw 90 pitches, 60 strikes.
- Johan Santana – Will make his first major league rehabilitation start tonight for St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League vs. Daytona Beach…The game is at Digital Domain Park and is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.
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