Mets Game #124, Home #58
Milwaukee Brewers NL Central – 1st Place – (73-52) Road (26-36) – Last Ten (8-2)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (60-63) Home (25-32) – Last Ten (4-6)

NL Wild Card Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Brewers Lineup

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Mets Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won two of their last three games following a stretch where they went 3-11… New York is 14-18 since the All-Star break..
• Series History  – The Mets are 7-5-1 in home season series vs. the Brewers… The Mets have lost the season series just once to Milwaukee since 2003… New York is 4-6 in their last 10 home games vs. Milwaukee.
• August – The Mets are 5-10 this month… New York’s starting pitchers have posted a 4.65 ERA (46 earned runs/89.0 innings) this month, going 2-6… The bullpen has gone 3-4 in August with a 5.73 ERA (28 earned runs/44.0 innings)… The Mets are hitting .260 (135-520) with 15 home runs and 66 RBI this month.
• Home – The Mets will play 10 of their next 13 games at Citi Field… The Mets have a winning record on only one homestand (minimum four games) this year (April 19-24, when they went 4-2) and they are 0-9 in the first game of a homestand… New York is 24-24 at Citi Field this year after starting the year 1-8 at home… The Mets went 3-6 on their last homestand… Overall, the Mets are 25-32 at home this season.
• Big Three – Including the Brewers, the Mets next three opponents (Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Atlanta) have the top three records in the National Leauge and are a combined 226-146 (.608)… The Mets are 2-1 vs. the Brewers, 6-6 vs. the Braves and 4-8 vs. the Phillies this season.
• Offense – The Mets rank second in the NL and seventh in the majors with a .266 batting average… New York is hitting .266 at home, the ninth-highest mark in the majors… The Mets rank second in the NL and fourth in the majors with a .337 on-base percentage.
• RISP – New York is hitting .258 (136-528) with 11 home runs and 180 RBI with runners in scoring position at home and they are batting .280 (170-608) with 12 home runs and 247 RBI on the road and …. The Mets have played 57 home games and 66 road games … Overall, the Mets are hitting .269 with runners in scoring position, ranking sixth in the majors.
• David Wright – Has hit in four straight games and is batting .314 (32-102) since returning from the Disabled List on July 22…In 25 games since his return, Wright has eight doubles, four home runs and 21 RBI… He has reached base safely in 23 of these 25 games … His 21 RBI since July 22 are tied for the fourth-most in the National League…. Wright connected on his 10th home run, a three-run shot, on August 17 at San Diego… Wright has eight straight seasons of double digit home runs… Only Mike Piazza and Darryl Strawberry accomplished that feat and Wright joined Strawberry as the only players in team history to do it in their first eight seasons in the majors.
• Angel Pagan – Went 2-5 with three RBI on Wednesday at San Diego and has reached base safely in all 14 games he’s played this month… Pagan is batting .333 (20-66) with nine runs scored, four doubles, two home runs and six RBI this month.
• Ruben Tejada -Has hit .324 (11-34) with four doubles and four RBI since he was recalled from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League on August 8.
• Bullpen – Has allowed at least one run in 18 of its last 23 games, posting a 5.56 ERA (41 earned runs/66.1 innings) over these 23 contests dating back to July 23… The bullpen has a 5.73 ERA (28 earned runs/44.0 innings) this month, the worst mark in the majors after posting a 2.97 ERA (23 earned runs/69.2 innings) in July, the seventh-best mark in the majors… Overall, the pen ranks 26th in the majors with a 4.27 ERA.
• Jason Isringhausen – Prior to tonight’s game, there will be an on-field ceremony commemorating Jason Isringhausen’s 300th save… Isringhausen became the 23rd pitcher in major league history to reach that plateau after closing out a 5-4, 10-inning win on August 15 at San Diego.
• Mike Pelfrey – In his last game, made his second career relief appearance on August 16 at San Diego…Pitched 0.1 innings, allowing one run, earned and two hits… Threw eight pitches, five strikes… The outing was Pelfrey’s first since leaving his last start on August 13 with a right elbow contusion.
• Brandon Nimmo – The Mets first-round pick and the 13th overall selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, will make his professional debut today with the rookie-level Gulf Coast Mets at Viera against the Nationals… He will be the designated hitter and bat leadoff.

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