Mets Game #117, Home #57
San Diego Padres NL West – 5th Place – (52-66) Road (29-30) – Last Ten (6-4)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (58-58) Home (25-31) – Last Ten (3-7)

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets had their two-game winning streak snapped last night… New York is 3-7 in its last 10 games and 12-13 since the All-Star break.
• 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 14-6 vs. San Diego at home… The Mets travel to San Diego, August 15-17, to take on the Padres.
• Home – The Mets conclude their nine-game homestand today … New York is 3-5 on the homestand… The Mets have a winning record on only one homestand (minimum four games) this year (April 19-24, when they went 4-2)… After a six-game road trip to Arizona and San Diego the Mets return home on August 19, where 10 of their next 13 games will be at Citi Field… The Mets are 24-23 at Citi Field this year after starting the year 1-8 at home… Overall, the Mets are 25-31 at home this season.
• Home Stolen – The Padres’ Jesus Guzman stole home as part of a double steal in the ninth inning last night… The last opposing player to steal home against the Mets was Brandon Phillips on July 10, 2009 vs. Cincinnati… New York made two errors last night… The Mets have made at least one error in six of their last eight games (11 total).
• Team Batting Average – The Mets rank second in the National League and fourth in the majors with a .269 batting average… The club record for batting average in a single-season is .279, set in 1999.
• Walks – New York has drawn 21 walks in its last five games… The Mets lead the NL and are third in the majors with 410 base-on-balls.
• RISP – The Mets went 6-19 (.315) last night with runners in scoring position… This year, New York is batting .261 (135-518) with 11 home runs and 178 RBI with runners in scoring position at home and .284 (159-559) with 11 home runs and 229 RBI on the road … The Mets have played 56 home games and 60 road games.
• LOB – The Mets left 13 runners on base night last, equaling the team’s high for a nine-inning game… It was the fourth time this season the Mets left 13 runners aboard in a nine-inning game, last on July 22 at Florida…New York leads the majors with 902 runners left of base this season.
• Doubles – New York had five doubles last night equaling their season-high… It was the fourth time this year the Mets had four doubles in a game, last on July 19 vs. St. Louis… New York is tied for second in the National League and tied for fifth in the majors with 222 doubles.
• David Wright – Went 1-5 last night…Wright has six RBI in his last seven games and is batting .355 (27-76) since returning from the Disabled List on July 22…In 18 games since his return, Wright has five doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI… He has at least one hit in 15 of these 18 games… His 18 RBI since July 22 is the third most in the National League…. Wright doubled in the fifth inning last night to tie Ed Kranepool for the most total bases in team history with 2,047…Wright matched Kranepool in his 1,061st game while Kranepool needed 1,853 contests from 1962-1979 to set the mark.
• Jason Bay – Had his 11-game hitting streak snapped last night, but, did draw a walk… Bay has drawn at least one walk in each of his last four games (five total)… Bay has reached base safely in his last 12 games… Since July 28, the Mets leftfielder is batting .400 (18-45) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, three home runs and nine RBI… Bay has 12 RBI in his last 16 contests.
• Angel Pagan – Left last night’s game with a lower back spasm.
• Josh Thole – Had a career-high four hits last night… It was Thole’s second four-hit game of his career… He also accomplished the feat on September 13, 2009 in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Philadelphia… The Mets catcher is hitting .325 (41-126) over his last 42 games, dating back to May 25.
• Ruben Tejada – Equaled his career-high with three hits last night… It was the second time this season and fourth time in Tejada’s career he’s had three hits in a game… He last had three hits in a game on May 30 earlier this season vs. Pittsburgh.
• Bullpen – The pen has allowed at least one run in 11 of its last 13 games… During that period, the pen has a 6.14 ERA (25 ER/36.2 IP)…. The bullpen has a 6.31 ERA (18 ER/25.2 IP) this month, the third-worst this month after posting a 2.97 ERA (23 ER/69.2 IP) in July, the seventh best in the majors…. The pen has allowed 35 home runs, tied for the 9th most in the majors.
• Jonathon Niese – After starting the year 0-3, Jonathon Niese has gone 11-5… He has allowed two earned runs or less in nine of his last 16 starts… Since May 18, Niese has racked up 90 strikeouts in 91.1 innings… The 8.87 strikeout per nine innings ratio is the fifth best in the NL over this span…. Has never lost to San Diego….. In his last start, Niese picked up his team leading 11th win of the season in an 11-7 victory vs. Atlanta on August 6… Tossed 5.0 innings and allowed five runs, earned… Also allowed a season-high 10 hits and walked two… Recorded six strikeouts and threw 87 pitches, 59 for strikes… Has fanned at least five opponents in eight consecutive starts… Did not allow a home run for the second straight game… Niese is 4-1 in his last five decisions.
• Matt Harvey – the Mets first-round pick from the 2010 First-Year Player draft, picked up his second straight win with Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League last night… Harvey tossed 5.0 innings, allowed six hits, three runs, earned at Trenton…He did not walk a batter and fanned six… Harvey has 48 strikeouts in 39.2 innings of work with the BMets.

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