Mets Game #109, Home #49
Florida Marlins NL East – 4th Place – (53-55) Road (30-25) – Last Ten (6-4)
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New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (55-53) Home (22-26) – Last Ten (6-4)

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Pitching Match-Up

Marlins Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost two games in a row after winning five straight games… New York has won eight of its last 13 games… The Mets are 9-8 since the All-Star break… The Mets are 10 games over .500 (50-40) since April 21… The Mets started the year 5-13… New York is tied for the eighth-best record in the majors since April 21.
• Series History  – The Mets are 8-12 vs. Florida at Citi Field… Since 2005, the Mets are 25-28 vs. the Marlins at home… The Mets won the season-opening series at Florida, two games to one, and have lost two single games to the Marlins at home this year.
• By the Month – The Mets went 14-13 in July, registering their third straight winning month… New York 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 Trip Numbers – The Mets hit .304 (110-362) with 23 doubles, seven home runs and 30 walks on their recently completed 10-game road trip… The Mets went 6-4, outscoring their opponents 56-50 on the trip… Mets pitchers notched five saves while posting a 5.00 ERA (48 earned runs/86.1 innings).
• Home – The Mets start a 10-game homestand tonight, their longest of the season… New York will play 20 of its next 29 games at home… New York is 21-18 at Citi Field after starting the year 1-8 at home… Overall, the Mets are 22-26 at home this season.
• Offensive – The Mets 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 (.336)… The Mets rank fourth in the National League with 486 runs scored.
• RISP – The Mets were 1-5 yesterday with runners in scoring position and are hitting .397 (29-73) with 36 RBI over their last seven 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 batting average with runners in scoring position this year
• Jose Reyes – Went 2-4 yesterday and leads the major leagues with 49 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with a .341 batting average, 78 runs scored, 140 hits and a .357 batting average at home… Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases, fifth with 209 total bases and ninth with a .382 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, 51 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old).
• David Wright – Went 1-4 yesterday… Wright has collected a hit in all 10 games since returning from the Disabled List on July 22… Wright is 20-44 (.455) with 10 runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI since returning to the lineup.
• Daniel Murphy – Went 2-4 yesterday to extend his hitting streak to eight games…  Murphy is hitting .485 (16-33) during this span… Since May 21, Murphy is hitting .361 (91-252), 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 third in the National League with a .319 batting average… He is also sixth in the NL with a .361 batting average with runners in scoring position and third with 28 doubles.
• Jason Bay – Is hitting .500 (8-16) with three doubles and four RBI over his last four contests… Bay has seven RBI in his last eight games.
• Scott Hairston – Hit two home runs yesterday at Washington after entering the game in the seventh inning as a pinch-hitter… Hairston became the second player in team history to hit multiple home runs after not starting… Hawk Taylor accomplished the feat on June 20, 1964 vs. Philadelphia at Shea … Atlanta’s Brian McCann pulled off the same feat on May 17 vs. Houston…According to Elias Sports, the only other major leaguer to turn that trick over the past 15 seasons (1997-2011) was Ryan Howard at Cincinnati on May 14, 2006…. Is tied for third in franchise history with three pinch-hit home runs in a single season… Mark Carreon (1989) and Danny Heep (1983) hit four pinch-hit home runs in a single season … The last Met to hit three pinch-hit home runs in a year was Eric Valent in 2004.
• Bullpen – The pen has allowed 16 ER over its last 32.0 IP (4.50 ERA) spanning 12 games dating back to July 20… From July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)…. Ranked 7th in the majors with 2.97 ERA (23 ER/69.2 innings) in July…Tied for 10th in the majors in July with four wins from the pen…. The pen has allowed 33 home runs, tied for the 7th most in the majors.
• Jason 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.
• Mike Pelfrey – In 15 career games, all starts, Pelfrey is 1-7 with a 5.29 ERA (50 earned runs/85.0 innings pitched) vs. Florida….. In his last start, Pelfrey earned the win in an 8-2 victory at Cincinnati on July 27… Tossed a complete game and allowed two runs, earned…Also allowed seven hits and a home run… Recorded three strikeouts and threw 108 pitches, 75 strikes… The start marked Pelfrey’s second complete game of the season and fourth of his career… Pelfrey did not issue a walk for the fourth time this season… Received eight runs of support, the most he has received this season.

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