Mets Game #127, Road #67
New York Mets NL East – 4th Place – (60-66) Road (35-31) – Last Ten (2-8)
@	Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia Phillies NL East – 1st Place – (81-44) Home (44-20) – Last Ten (6-4)

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost three straight games and are 5-15 in their last 20 contests… New York is 14-21 since the All-Star break.
• Series History - The Mets are 33-37 all-time at Citizens Bank Park… The Mets are 1-6-1 in their last eight series vs. the Phillies at CBP dating back to 2010… The last series the Mets won at Philadelphia was September 24-26 last year…The Mets’ 394 victories vs. Philadelphia are their most vs. any major league team.
• Road Games – New York is 35-31 on the road this season… The 35 road wins are tied for the fourth-most in the majors this year… The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010.
• .500 – New York fell six games under .500 (60-66) for the first time since they were 12-18 after May 4 with yesterday’s 6-2 loss vs. Milwaukee… The Mets were a season-high four games over .500 (55-51) after their victory on July 29 at Washington.
• The Three – The Mets enter the series vs. the Phillies after being swept in a three-game set at home vs. Milwaukee… New York returns home on Friday to host Atlanta… The Brewers, Phillies and Braves have the top three records in the National League and are a combined 233-148 (.612)… The Mets are 4-8 vs. the Phillies, 6-6 vs. the Braves and finished the year 2-4 vs. the Brewers.
• August – The Mets are 5-13 this month… New York’s starting pitchers have posted a 4.73 ERA (56 earned runs/106.2 innings) this month, going 2-7… The bullpen has gone 3-6 in August with a 6.24 ERA (37 earned runs/53.1 innings)…The Mets are hitting .256 (159-621) with 17 home runs and 78 RBI this month.
• Scoring First – Mets opponents have scored first in 10 of the team’s last 14 games… New York is 4-10 in these games… Overall, the Mets are 17-43 when the opposition scores first.
• Offense – New York ranks second in the NL and seventh in the majors with a .265 batting average… New York is second in the NL and in the majors with a .265 road batting average… The Mets rank second in the NL and fourth in the majors with a .335 on-base percentage.
• RISP – New York went 0-6 with runners in scoring position yesterday and the Mets are hitting .226 (19-84) in such situations over their last 10 games…New York is batting .280 (170-608) with12 home runs and 247 RBI on the road with RISP and the club is hitting .259 (143-553) with 12 home runs and 189 RBI with runners in scoring position at home… Overall, the Mets are hitting .270 with runners in scoring position, ranking fifth in the majors.
• LOB – The Mets left four runners on base yesterday and lead the majors with 968 runners stranded.
• Walks – The Mets drew one walk yesterday and are second in the National League and rank fourth in the majors with 444 walks… New York’s pitching staff issued two walks yesterday and rank 17th in the majors with 388 walks.
• Angel Pagan – Went 2-4 yesterday… Pagan has 10 hits over his last four games… Pagan has reached base safely in all 17 games he’s played this month, including collecting at least one hit in 15 of those contests… He has multiple hits in six of his last seven games (15-32, .469) and is batting .384 (28-73) with 11 runs scored, seven doubles, three home runs and eight RBI this month… Pagan has the third-highest batting average in the NL in August.
• Lucas Duda – Slugged his sixth second-half home run yesterday to lead the team… Duda is tied for 13th in the National League with his six second-half home runs… Duda is batting .320 (32-100) after the All-Star break, ranking 15th in the NL and has 21 RBI since the break.
• Ruben Tejada – Was 0-2 with a walk yesterday, snapping his five game hitting streak… Tejada has hit .357 (15-42) with six doubles and five RBI since he was recalled from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League on August 8… His .375 mark is the 11th-highest in the NL since August 8… Despite playing in 13 fewer games this year compared to 2010, Tejada already has nine more RBI (24 to 15).
• Two or More Runs – New York has allowed two or more runs in their last 40 games dating back to July 6… It’s the second-longest such stretch in team history… The Mets allowed two or more runs in 54 consecutive games from July 6-August 31, 1982.
• The Pen – Has allowed at least one run in eight straight games, posting a 7.33 ERA (19 earned runs/23.1 innings) dating back to August 13… The bullpen has also surrendered at least one run in 24 of its last 29 games, posting a 5.59 ERA (53 earned runs/85.1 innings) dating back to July 20… The bullpen has a 6.24 ERA (37 earned runs/53.1 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… In addition, the Mets bullpen has six losses in August, the most in the majors… Overall, the pen ranks 29th in the majors with a 4.39 ERA.
• Dillon Gee – Became only the seventh Mets rookie to win more than 10 games when he earned his 11th win in his last start on August 17 at San Diego… The last Mets pitcher to achieve that feat was Ron Darling, who had 12 victories in 1984…The others are Gary Gentry (13 in 1969), Jon Matlack (15 in 1972), Tom Seaver (16 in 1967), Dwight Gooden (17 in 1984) and Jerry Koosman (19 in 1968)… Gee is tied for second in the majors among rookies with 11 wins, is first among NL rookies with 124.0 innings, fifth with a 3.92 ERA, fourth with 82 strikeouts and third with a .225 opponents batting average against.

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