Written by Drucifer at 18:18 PM, July 30th, 2011
Mets Game #106, Road #58
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New York Mets
NL East – 3rd Place – (54-51)
Road (32-25) – Last Ten (7-3)
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Nationals Park
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Washington Nationals
NL East – 5th Place – (49-55)
Home (28-21) – Last Ten (2-8)
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Friday, July 29th, 7:05 PM EDT |
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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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