Mets Game #111, Home #51
Florida Marlins NL East – 3rd Place – (55-55) Road (32-25) – Last Ten (8-2)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (55-55) Home (22-28) – Last Ten (5-5)

NL Wild Card Standing

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 four games in a row after winning five straight games… The Mets are 9-10 since the All-Star break… The Mets are eight games over .500 (50-42) 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… The Mets fell to 13-16 in one-run games (5-8 at home).
• Series History  – The Mets are 0-4 vs. the Marlins at Citi Field this year and have dropped six straight at home dating back to August 25, 2010… The Mets are 8-14 vs. Florida at Citi Field… The last time the Mets were swept in a three-game series by the Marlins was September 8-10, 2009 at Citi Field.
• Home -The Mets will play 18 of its next 27 games at home…New York is 0-2 on its current 10-game homestand…New York is 21-20 at Citi Field after starting the year 1-8 at home… Overall, the Mets are 22-28 at home this season.
• Last At Bat – The Mets lost their third straight game last night when the winning run was scored in their opponents final at bat (two losses vs. the Marlins and one at Washington)… The last time the Mets lost three consecutive games in their last at-bat was June 10-12, 2009 (two extra-inning losses vs. Philadelphia and a loss at Yankee Stadium)… The Mets are 9-10 this year when the winning run is scored in a team’s final at-bat.
• 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 (.335)… The Mets rank fourth in the National League with 492 runs scored.
• RISP – The Mets were 0-6 last night with runners in scoring position and are hitting .190 (4-21) during their four-game losing skid… The Mets hit .435 (27-62) during their five-game winning streak…New York has the highest mark (.373, 31-83) in the majors with runners in scoring position dating back to July 25…New York is fifth in the majors with a .269 batting average with runners in scoring position this year.
• Runs – The Mets have scored eight runs over their last four games, all losses… In their five-game winning streak prior to the skid, the Mets plated 38 runs.
• Stolen Bases – Angel Pagan stole his 20th base last night… Jose Reyes has 32 stolen bases… The duo is one of five pairs of teammates in the majors with 20 or more stolen bases… Also on thatlist: Florida (Hanley Ramirez & Emilio Bonifacio), San Diego (Cameron Maybin & Jason Barlett), Boston (Jacoby Ellsbury & Dustin Pedroia) and the Yankees (Brett Gardner & Curtis Granderson)… The Mets are second in the National League and tiedfor fifth in the majors with 97 stolen bases.
• Home Runs – The Mets have hit five home runs in their last three games and have 10 home runs in their 11 games… New York has scored six of its eight runs over the last three games via a home run… Overall, New York ranks 22nd in the majors with 73 home runs… Mets pitchers have surrendered 109 home runs, including two last night, the eighth-most in the majors.
• Jose Reyes – Went 1-4 last night with a solo home run… Reyes leads the major leagues with 49 multi-hit games and 16 triples… He leads the NL with a .339 batting average, 79 runs scored and 142 hits… Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases and a .350 batting average at home, third with 215 total bases and ninth with a .379 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, 53 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old).
• Daniel Murphy – Went 0-1 last night snapping his nine-game hitting streak… Since May 21, Murphy is hitting .360 (93-258), 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 fifth 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 fourth with 28 doubles.
• Lucas Duda – Went 1-3 and is batting .435 (10-23) with three doubles, one home run and five RBI over his last six games…Bay has eight RBI in his last 10 contests.
• Jason Bay – Went 1-3 and is batting .435 (10-23) with three doubles, one home run and five RBI over his last six games…Bay has eight RBI in his last 10 contests.
• Bullpen – Has suffered losses in three consecutive games for the second time this year… The pen also had three straight losses, May 26-28… Manny Acosta tossed a scoreless inning last night and has not allowed a run in 11 of his last 13 appearances, permitting two earned runs over his last 14.0 innings (1.29 ERA)… Jason Isringhausen has allowed six runs (five earned) over his last two games.
• Dillon Gee – In one career game, a start on July 24, Gee is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA (three earned/5.0 innings) vs. Florida… Also allowed seven hits, surrendered three walks, recorded three strikeouts, and threw 96 pitches, 54 strikes…. Gee became the 10th rookie in team history to reach double-digit wins in a single season in his last start at Washington… 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 10 wins, is fifth among National League rookies with a 3.69 ERA and fourth with 70 strikeouts and a .221 opponents batting average against.

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