Mets Game #114, Home #54
San Diego Padres NL West – 5th Place – (51-64) Road (28-28) – Last Ten (6-4)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (56-57) Home (23-30) – Last Ten (4-6)

NL Wild Card Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Padres Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost five of their last six games after winning five straight games from July 25-29… The Mets are 10-12 since the All-Star break and are seven games over .500 (51-44) since April 21… New York started the year 5-13… The Mets are 5-14 in the first game of a series at home (18-20 overall).
• Series History  – New York has lost the season series to the Padres in each of the last three years and since 2000, the Mets have won the season series twice (2005, 2006)… Since 2005, the Mets are 12-5 vs. San Diego at home…The Mets travel to San Diego, August 15-17, to take on the Padres.
• Home -The Mets will play 15 of its next 26 games at home…New York is 1-4 on its current nine-game homestand… The Mets are 22-22 at Citi Field after starting the year 1-8 at home … Overall, the Mets are 23-30 at home this season.
• Last At Bat – Four of New York’s last five losses have come in their opponents final at-bat of the game… Chipper Jones delivered a game-winning ninth-inning RBI yesterday for the Braves in their 6-5 win… The Mets also fell, 3-2, at Washington on July 31, 7-3 in 10 innings to the Marlins on August 1 and 4-3 vs. Florida on August 2
• In the Field – In yesterday’s game vs. Atlanta, David Wright played the final two innings at shortstop, his first professional appearance at the position… Scott Hairston played second base during the seventh-inning…It was his 87th career game at second and his first appearance at second base since exactly three years ago to the day, August 7, 2008, with San Diego at Shea against the Mets… The Mets equaled their season-high committing three errors (Nick Evans, Justin Turner and D.J. Carrasco)… It was the third time this year the club has made three errors in a game, also on July 7 at Los Angeles (NL) and May 24 at Chicago (NL)…The Mets have made at least one error in five straight games. 
• Offensive – The Mets 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)… New York also ranks third in the National League and sixth in the majors with 215 doubles.
• Walks – New York drew six walks yesterday and have 400 base-on-balls this year… The Mets are one of five major league teams with 400 or more walks: (Yankees-434, Red Sox-426, Rockies-401 and St. Louis-400).
• Jose Reyes – Leads the majors with 50 multi-hit games and 16 triples… He leads the NL with a .336 batting average, a .345 batting average at home and 80 runs scored… Reyes ranks second in the NL with 34 stolen bases and 144 hits and is seventh with 217 total bases… He is also the hardest to strikeout in the NL, fanning every 15.4 plate appearance.
• David Wright – Is batting .365 (23-63) since returning from the Disabled List on July 22…In 15 games since his return, Wright has five doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI… He has at least one hit in 12 of these 15 games… His 15 RBI since July 22, is tied for the third-most in the National League…. Wright had 2,039 total bases and ranks second in franchise history, just eight total bases behind Ed Kranepool (2,047).
• Daniel Murphy – Since May 21, Daniel Murphy is hitting .360 (96-267), the second-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 .320 batting average … Murphy is tied for fifth in the NL with 28 doubles and fourth with a .368 batting average with runners in scoring position.
• Jason Bay – Reached base safely in all five plate appearances yesterday with three singles and two walks… It’s the second time this  year Bay has reached safely in five plate appearances, also on June 29 at Detroit… Bay extended his hitting streak to nine games with a second-inning single… He’s hitting .457 (16-35) during this stretch… Bay hit .500 (6-12) with four runs scored, one double, one home run and three RBI in the three-game series vs. the Braves…. Bay has 11 RBI in his last 13 contests…. Bay’s next home run will be the 200th of his career… Only two other Canadians have hit 200 or more home runs in the major leagues… Larry Walker (383) and Matt Stairs (265).
• Ruben Tejada – Will be recalled from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League prior to tonight’s game…Tejada, who was with the Mets earlier this from May 17-July 20, will wear #11… He’s hitting .250 (42-168) with 19 RBI in 52 games with the Mets… Tejada hit .193 (11-57) in 15 games with the Bisons from July 21-August 6.
• Bullpen – The pen has allowed at least one run in nine of its last 10 games… During that period, the pen has a 4.94 ERA (17 ER/31.0 IP)…. Suffered losses in three straight games for the 2nd time this year from 7.31-8.2…The pen has lost 4 of last 5 games – all of those in their last at bat…. The pen has allowed 35 home runs, tied for the 9th most in the majors.
• Mike Pelfrey – In five career games, all starts, Pelfrey is 2-0 with a 2.60 ERA (10 earned runs/34.2 innings pitched) vs. San Diego….. In his last start, Pelfrey received the no-decision in a 7-3 loss vs. the Marlins on August 1… Tossed 6.0 innings and allowed three runs, two earned… Also allowed six hits and three walks, one intentional… Recorded three strikeouts while throwing 119 pitches, 74 for strikes… The 119 pitches are the second most he has thrown this season.
• Zach Wheeler – Earned his first win as a member of the Mets organization last night…He tossed 6.0 shutout innings for St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League allowing four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts at Charlotte…Wheeler was acquired from the Giants for Carlos Beltran.

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