Written by Drucifer at 19:19 PM, August 12th, 2011
Mets Game #118, Road #61
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New York Mets
NL East – 3rd Place – (58-59)
Road (33-27) – Last Ten (3-7)
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Chase Field
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Arizona Diamondbacks
NL West – 1st Place – (65-53)
Home (33-26) – Last Ten (6-4)
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Friday, August 12th, 9:40 PM EDT |
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Tidbits of Interest
- Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost two games in a row and are 3-8 in their last 11 contests… New York is 12-14 since the All-Star break.
- Series History - New York swept a three-game series from the Diamondbacks at Citi Field, April 22-24… Since 2005, the Mets are 14-7 at Chase Field, but are 1-5 since 2009… Arizona is the only National League team the Mets have a winning record against on the road but a losing record at home.
- Road Games – New York is 33-27 on the road this season… The 33 wins are tied for the fifth-most in the majors… The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010… The Mets have posted four straight winning road trips (minimum of six games)… The last time that occurred was 1999 when they won five straight road trips… The Mets are 10-8-1 in road series this year after winning only five road series in 2010.
- First Place – The Mets play the National League West leading Diamondbacks this weekend… New York swept Arizona earlier this year at Citi Field in a three-game series, April 22-24… The Mets have a winning record against four of the current first place teams in baseball, going 2-1 vs. Detroit, 2-1 vs. Texas, 2-1 vs. Milwaukee and 3-0 vs. Arizona… The Mets are 4-8 vs. Philadelphia and did not play Boston this season… Overall, the Mets are 13-11 against teams currently in first place.
- Team Batting Average – The Mets rank second in the National League and fourth in the majors with a .267 batting average… The club record for batting average in a single-season is .279, set in 1999.
- RISP – The Mets went 1-10 yesterday with runners in scoring position… This year, New York is batting .284 (159-559) with 11 home runs and 229 RBI on the road and .258 (136-528) with 11 home runs and 180 RBI with runners in scoring position at home … The Mets have played 57 home games and 60 road games.
- LOB – The Mets left nine runners on base yesterday vs. San Diego after leaving 13 runners aboard on Wednesday night… New York leads the majors with 911 runners left on base this season.
- Walks – New York has drawn 27 walks in its last six games… The Mets lead the NL and are third in the majors with 416 base-on-balls.
- Stolen Bases – The Mets have eight stolen bases in their last eight games… New York ranks second in the National League and is tied for fifth in the majors with 105 stolen bases.
- David Wright – Went 1-3 yesterday… Wright has six RBI in his last eight games and is batting .354 (28-79) since returning from the Disabled List on July 22… In 19 games since his return, Wright has five doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI… He has at least one hit in 16 of these 19 games and has reached base safely in 18 of these 19 games… His 18 RBI since July 22 is tied for the third-most in the National League….. Wright singled in the fifth inning yesterday to give him 2,048 total bases, a new franchise record… Wright, who moved past Ed Kranepool, needed 1,062 games to set the record… Kranepool, who played with the Mets from 1962-1979, set the original mark in 1,853 games.
- Jason Bay – Has reached base safely in his last 13 games… Since July 28, the Mets leftfielder is batting .388 (19-49) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, three home runs and nine RBI… Bay has 12 RBI in his last 17 contests.
- Lucas Duda - Went 1-3 with a walk and two-run double yesterday… Duda is hitting .345 (10-29) with seven RBI in nine August games … Duda has hit in four straight games, going 7-16 (.438) during this span with four RBI… Duda was hitting .226 (21-93) through his first 34 games this season, dating back to July 9.
- Justin Turner – Was hit by a pitch yesterday for the ninth time this season… The nine hit-by-pitches are tied for the third-most by a Mets rookie with Danny Garcia (2004) and Ty Wigginton (2003) … Jason Phillips was hit 10 times in 2003 and Ron Hunt was hit by a pitch 13 times in 1963.
- Fielding – New York made two errors yesterday vs. San Diego … The Mets have made at least one error in seven of their last nine games (13 total)… The Mets rank 24th in the majors with a .981 fielding percentage… New York surrendered one unearned run yesterday and have permitted 48 unearned runs during the year, tied for the 10-most in the majors.
- The Pen – The pen has allowed at least one run in 11 of its last 14 games… During those 14 games, the pen has a 5.36 ERA (25 ER/42.0 IP)…. The bullpen has a 6.00 ERA (18 ER/27.0 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.
- Dillon Gee – Became the 10th rookie in team history to post double-digit wins in a single-season with his victory on July 29 at Washington… The last Mets rookie to accomplish the feat was Hisanori Takahashi, who won 10 games last year… Only six Mets rookies have recorded more than 10 wins in a season… The last to achieve that feat was Ron Darling, who had 12 victories in 1984… Gee is tied for second in the majors among rookies with 10 wins, is sixth among NL rookies with a 3.93 ERA, fourth with 74 strikeouts and third with a .223 opponents batting average against…. In one career game, a start on April 23 at Citi Field, Gee is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (two earned runs/6.0 innings pitched) vs. Arizona… Also allowed five hits, walked one, recorded five strikeouts, and threw 93 pitches, 62 strikes…. In his last Start, Gee received a no-decision in a 6-5 loss vs. Atlanta on August 7… Pitched 5.0 innings and allowed five runs, earned (the five earned runs allowed tied a career-high), six hits, and three walks… Recorded four strikeouts and threw 101 pitches, 57 for strikes… Surrendered a career-high three home runs (previous high was one)…Also tied a career-high by hitting two batters… Gee’s .769 winning percentage (10-3) is tied for the sixth best in baseball among qualifying pitchers (Opposing pitcher, Ian Kennedy is first; .824, 14-3)
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