Written by Drucifer at 11:11 AM, July 31st, 2011
Mets Game #108, Road #60
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New York Mets
NL East – 3rd Place – (55-52)
Road (33-26) – Last Ten (6-4)
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Nationals Park
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Washington Nationals
NL East – 5th Place – (50-56)
Home (29-22) – Last Ten (2-8)
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Sunday, July 31th, 1:35 PM EDT |
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Tidbits of Interest
- 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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