Mets Game #129, Road #69
New York Mets NL East – 4th Place – (60-68) Road (35-33) – Last Ten (1-9)
@	Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia Phillies NL East – 1st Place – (83-44) Home (46-20) – Last Ten (6-4)

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Mets Lineup

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Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost five straight games for the fourth time this year and first since August 10-14… New York lost a season-high seven straight games, April 10-16… The Mets are 2-11 in their last 13 games and 5-17 in their last 22 contests… New York is 14-23 since the All-Star break… The 14 wins during that span are tied for the fifth-fewest.
• Series History - The Mets are 33-39 all-time at Citizens Bank Park… The last time New York was swept in a three-game series by the Phillies was July 3-6, 2009 at Philadelphia… The Mets are now 1-7-1 in their last nine 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. the Phillies are their most vs. any major league team.
• Road Games – New York is 35-33 on the road this season… The 35 road wins are tied for the fifth-most in the majors this year… New York is 2-8 in its last 10 road games dating back to July 30… The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010.
• .500 – New York equaled their season-low falling eight games below .500 (60-68)… The Mets were also eight games under .500 (5-13) on April 20 after their loss to the Astros… The Mets were a season-high four games over .500 (55-51) after their victory on July 29 at Washington.
• August – The Mets are 5-15 this month… New York’s starting pitchers have posted a 5.67 ERA (72 earned runs/114.1 innings) this month, going 2-9… The bullpen has gone 3-6 in August with a 5.84 ERA (40 earned runs/61.2 innings)… The Mets are hitting .252 (173-686) with 18 home runs and 82 RBI this month.
• Vs. Philly – The Mets have lost all five series vs. Philadelphia this year and have been outscored 87-57 by the Phillies this season … Since 2009, New York is 3-13-1 in 17 series vs. the Phillies… The two clubs will meet for a final time at Citi Field, September 23-25.
• Scoring First – Mets opponents have scored first in 12 of the team’s last 16 games… New York is 4-12 in these games… Overall, the Mets are 17-45 when the opposition scores first.
• Offense – New York ranks second in the NL and seventh in the majors with a .264 batting average… New York is fourth in the majors with a .264 road batting average … The Mets rank second in the NL and sixth in the majors with a .334 on-base percentage … The Mets are second in the National League and fifth in the majors with 245 doubles… New York ranks fourth in the majors with 448 walks.
• RISP – New York went 0-11 with runners in scoring position last night and are 0-15 in this series with RISP… The Mets are hitting .192 (19-99) in such situations over their last 12 games… New York is batting .273 (170-623) with 12 home runs and 249 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 seventh in the majors.
• Angel Pagan – Was 1-5 last night and has reached base safely in 18 of the 19 games he’s played this month, including collecting at least one hit in 16 of those contests… He is batting .358 (29-81) with 11 runs scored, seven doubles, three home runs and eight RBI this month… Pagan is tied for sixth in the NL with his .358 August batting average.
• Lucas Duda – Hit a two-run home run last night… His seven home runs since the All-Star break lead the team and are tied for 12th in the in the National League… He has six RBI in his last four contests … Duda is batting .324 (35-108) since the All-Star break, ranking 12th in the NL… His .405 on-base percentage since the break is tied for ninth in the NL and he has 23 RBI during that same span.
• Ruben Tejada – Was 1-4 last night while batting second… It was the 10th time in Tejada’s career, he’s batted higher than eighth.. Tejada has hit .367 (18-49) with six doubles and five RBI since he was recalled from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League on August 8…His .367 mark is the fourth-highest in the National League since August 8.
• The Pen – Has allowed at least one run in 10 straight games, posting a 6.25 ERA (22 earned runs/31.2 innings) dating back to August 13… The last time the Mets pen allowed a run in 10 consecutive games was September 11-21, 2007… The bullpen has also surrendered at least one run in 26 of its last 31 games, posting a 5.38 ERA (56 earned runs/93.2 innings) dating back to July 20…The bullpen has a 5.84 ERA (40 earned runs/61.2 innings) this month, the second-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, tied for the most in the majors… Overall, the pen ranks 28th in the majors with a 4.36 ERA.
• Mike Pelfrey – In his last start, received the loss in a 6-1 defeat vs. the Brewers on August 19… Tossed 5.0 innings and allowed four runs, three earned…Also allowed eight hits and four walks, two intentional… Recorded four strikeouts and threw 86 pitches, 49 for strikes… For the fourth-straight start Pelfrey did not allow a home run, his longest stretch of the season… The start was his first since he was removed from a game on August 13 at Arizona with a right elbow contusion.
• Jose Reyes – Will begin his major league rehabilitation tomorrow night with Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League against Altoona at 6:35 p.m… Reyes is also scheduled to play with the BMets on Friday and Saturday… The Mets shortstop was placed on the Disabled List on August 8 with a strained left hamstring.

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