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)

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Pitching Match-Up

Mets Lineup

Nationals Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

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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