Mets Game #84, Home #41
New York Yankees AL East – 1st Place – (50-31) Road (22-13) – Last Ten (9-1)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 4th Place – (41-42) Home (18-22) – Last Ten (5-5)

NL Wild Card Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Yankees Lineup

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Team Rankings

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have dropped three in a row following a four-game winning streak…New York is 6-4 in its last 10 games and 16-13 over its last 29 contests…The Mets are six games over .500 (36-29) after starting the year 5-13.
• Subway Series History  – The Mets have played the Yankees 191 times with the Yankees holding a 112-78 advantage with one tie in the series…The Mets have faced the Yankees in 83 regular season games with the Yankees holding a 49-34 lead, including 4-1 this season…Below is the breakdown of the history between the two clubs:
  

  OVERALL SERIES RECORD:		78-113-1
  Regular Season:		34-49
  	At New Yankee Stadium:	3-6
  	At Old Yankee Stadium:	13-20
  	At Citi Field:	2-6
  	At Shea Stadium:	16-17
  World Series:		1-4
  Spring Training:		32-45
  Mayor's Trophy:		8-10-1
  Mayor's Challenge:		2-2
  Big Apple Series:		1-2

   

  With yesterday’s defeat, the Mets lost the season series to the Yankees for the first time since 2009 (1-5)…The Mets have dropped four straight to the Yankees, their longest losing streak vs. the Bronx Bombers since they lost five in a row from June 14, 2009-May 21, 2010…Since 2004, the Mets are now 2-2-4 in the season series vs. their cross town rivals…The Mets are 2-6-6 in season series all-time vs. the Yankees.

• Interleague – With one game left on the 2011 Interleague schedule, the Mets are 8-9 this season vs. the American League and 126-120 (.512) all-time…The Mets’ .512 winning percentage is the fifth-best all-time among National League clubs…New York went 13-5 against the American League last year, setting a franchise record for wins in a single season.

   

  METS YEAR-BY-YEAR IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY
  1997	7-8		1998	9-7		1999	12-6
  2000	9-9		2001	10-8		2002	10–8
  2003	5-10		2004	10-8		2005	5-10
  2006	6-9		2007	8-7		2008	9-6
  2009	5-10		2010	13-5		2011	8-9

• Citi History – Yesterday’s attendance was 42,042, the largest ever crowd at Citi Field, surpassing Friday’s crowd of  42,020…Yesterday was the third sellout of the season.
• Offensive – TThe Mets are batting .354 (97-274) over their last seven games, with 20 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 52 RBI …New York has scored five runs in its last three games after scoring a franchise record 52 runs over a four-game span (June 25-29)…Overall the Mets are hitting .264, the fifth-highest mark in the majors…The club’s .335 on-base percentage is the fourth-best in the majors…New York leads the majors with 28 triples and ranks 26th with 52 home runs.
• RISP – The Mets are 3-24 (.125) with runners in scoring position over their last three games…In their four previous games (June 25-29), the Mets went 30-62 (.484) with runners in scoring position…New York ranks ninth in the majors with a .262 (202-771) mark with runners in scoring position.
• Doubles – The Mets collected four doubles yesterday…New York has at least one double in seven of its last eight games…Since June 24, the Mets are tied for third in the majors with 21 doubles…Overall, the Mets rank 13th in the major with 145 doubles…Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes are tied for third in the NL with 22 doubles.
• Home Runs – New York has hit 52 home runs this year and allowed 89, the second-largest differential in the majors (37)…Houston is first with a 54 home run differential (102 to 48).
• Stolen Bases  – The Mets had one stolen base yesterday and have 24 stolen bases in their last 17 games…Overall, the Mets lead the majors with 84 stolen bases.
• Jose Reyes – Leads the major leagues with a .354 batting average, 124 hits, 43 multi-hit games and 15 triples…Reyes leads the National League with 65 runs scored, a .369 batting average at home and a .370 batting average vs. righthanded pitchers…He ranks second in the majors with 30 stolen bases and is tied for the NL lead with 185 total bases…Reyes is 16-for-his-last-38 (.421) with runners in scoring position…The Mets shortstop has struck out once every 14.6 plate appearances, the best ratio in the National League….Reyes left yesterday’s game after feeling tightness in his left hamstring while running to first base in the first inning…He was removed from the game as a precaution…Reyes will undergo an MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery this morning.
• Bullpen – Since May 16, the pen is 3-7 with a 5.81 ERA (73 ER/113.0 IP)….The bullpen staff is 26th in the majors with 4.37 ERA, tied for 11th with 34 holds and 12th with 212 strikeouts….The pen has allowed 29 home runs, including 6 over their last 8 games, tied for the 4th most in the majors.
• R.A. Dickey – Since R.A. Dickey became a Met in 2010 he is 5-0 with a 1.71 ERA (eight earned runs/42.0 innings) in six Interleague starts…During that span, his 1.71 ERA is the third-best in the majors among pitchers with at least five Interleague starts…Also, among all pitchers with five Interleague decisions since 2010 Dickey is one of three to be undefeated (the White Sox’ Mark Buehrle and Jake Peavy, are both 5-0)…Dickey is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA (five earned/21.0 innings) in three starts vs. the American League this season…His 2.14 ERA is tied for the eighth-best among NL pitchers with at least three Interleague starts this year…Dickey beat the Yankees earlier this season on May 20 at Yankee Stadium, when he allowed one run on four hits over 6.0 innings…For his career Dickey is 7-3 with a 4.76 ERA (43 earned/81.1 innings) in 24 games, 11 starts during Interleague play.
• International Signings – The Mets announced the signing of 16-year-old switch-hitting catcher Jose Garcia to a minor league contract…Garcia was ranked among the top 10 Venezuelan propects this year according to Baseball America.

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Mets Game #83, Home #40
New York Yankees AL East – 1st Place – (49-31) Road (21-13) – Last Ten (8-2)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (41-41) Home (18-21) – Last Ten (6-4)

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have dropped two in a row following a four-game winning streak…New York is 6-3 in its last nine games and 16-12 over its last 28 contests…The Mets are eight games over .500 (36-28) after starting the year 5-13.
• Subway Series History  – The Mets have played the Yankees 190 times with the Yankees holding a 111-78 advantage with one tie in the series…The Mets have faced the Yankees in 82 regular season games with the Yankees holding a 48-34 lead, including 3-1 this season.
• Interleague – The Mets are 126-119 (.514) all-time during Interleague action…The Mets’ .514 winning percentage is the fifth-best all-time among NL clubs…The Mets are 8-8 in Interleague action this season after going 13-5 against the American League last year, setting a franchise record for wins in a single season. The Mets won the series at Citi Field last year vs. the Yankees, two games to one…Since 2004, the Mets are 2-1-4 in the season series vs. the Yankees.

   

  METS YEAR-BY-YEAR IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY
  1997	7-8		1998	9-7		1999	12-6
  2000	9-9		2001	10-8		2002	10–8
  2003	5-10		2004	10-8		2005	5-10
  2006	6-9		2007	8-7		2008	9-6
  2009	5-10		2010	13-5		2011	8-8

• Citi History – Last night’s attendance was 42,020, the largest ever crowd at Citi Field…The total surpassed the 41,422 fans that saw Yankees vs. Mets on May 23, 2010.
• Home – After starting the year 1-8 at home, the Mets are 17-13 at Citi Field…With last night’s loss, the Mets have lost their last four home series openers…New York has won the three previous series (Atlanta, Oakland and Los Angels-AL).
• Offensive – The Mets are batting .371 (89-240) over their last six games, with 16 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 50 RBI …New York has scored three runs in its last two games after scoring a franchise record 50 runs over a four-game span (June 25-29)…Overall the Mets are hitting .265, the fifth-highest mark in the majors…The club’s .336 on-base percentage is the fourth-best in the majors.
• Double-Digit Hits – The Mets have reached double-digit hits in each of their last six games…The last time the Mets collected double-digit hits over six straight games was from September 21-26, 2007…Their last seven-game stretch with double-digit hits was June 7-June 14, 2006.
• RISP – The Mets went 2-10 with runners in scoring position last night after going 0-7 in such situations in a loss Thursday at Detroit…In their four previous games, all wins, the Mets went 30-62 (.484) with runners in scoring position…New York ranks eighth in the majors with a .263 (201-764) mark with runners in scoring position.
• Walks  – The Mets drew four walks last night…New York leads the National League and is third in the majors with 297 walks…New York pitchers issued four walks last night and have surrendered 258 walks, tied for 16th in the majors.
• Jose Reyes – The Mets went 2-10 with runners in scoring position last night after going 0-7 in such situations in a loss Thursday at Detroit…In their four previous games, all wins, the Mets went 30-62 (.484) with runners in scoring position…New York ranks eighth in the majors with a .263 (201-764) mark with runners in scoring position.
• First Inning – Jose Reyes has reached base safely in his last seven first-inning plate appearance (five singles, one double, one walk)…Among players with 40 at-bats, Reyes leads the majors with a .408 (31-76) first-inning batting average and 19 first-inning runs scored…Reyes also reached in seven straight first-inning plate appearances earlier this season, April 3-10…The Mets are 15-4 when Reyes scores a run in the first inning.
• Multi-Hits Machine – Jose Reyes collected two hits last night, his career high-tying sixth straight game with multiple hits…Reyes also had six consecutive multi-hit games twice before: May 24-May 29 and August 12-August 18, 2003 and is one game off the longest in the majors this season (Vladimir Guerrero, May 14-21; Lance Berkman, April 20-28)…The six-game stretch is the second-longest in franchise history…Steve Henderson holds the team record, eight straight games with multiple hits, done from July 12-July 21, 1979 …Reyes leads the majors this season with 43 multi-hit games.
• Bullpen – Since May 16, the pen is 3-7 with a 5.84 ERA (72 ER/111.0 IP)….The bullpen staff is 26th in the majors with 4.37 ERA, tied for 11th with 34 holds and 12th with 207 strikeouts….The pen has allowed 28 home runs, including 5 over their last 7 games, tied for the 5th most in the majors.
• Dillon Gee – The Mets are 11-1 in Gee’s 12 starts this season…Gee tied the club rookie record with seven straight victories from April 17-June 10…The streak was accomplished four other times, last by Octavio Dotel in 1999…He became the 24th pitcher since 1919 to have his team win at least each of his first 10 starts to a season…The Red Sox went 10-0 in Daisuke Matsuzaka’s first 10 starts in 2008…Gee leads the majors with a .889 winning percentage and is tied for first among all rookies eight victories and is fifth among all National League rookies with a 3.32 ERA.
• MiLB All Stars – Buffalo Bisons RHP Chris Schwdinen was named to the International League All-Star team…The 25-year-old is 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA…Schwdinen ranks 10th in the IL in ERA…Second baseman Josh Satin, shortstop Jordany Valdespin and RHP Jeurys Familia have been selected to represent the Binghamton Mets at the Eastern League All-Star Game…Satin is hitting .315 with ninehome runs and 49 RBI, Valdespin is batting .287 with eight home runs and 29 RBI while Familia is 0-2 with 51 strikeouts in 45.2 innings in eight starts with the BMets.

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Mets Game #82, Home #39
New York Yankees AL East – 1st Place – (48-31) Road (20-13) – Last Ten (8-2)
@	Citi Field
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (41-40) Home (18-20) – Last Ten (6-4)

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets had their four-game winning streak snapped yesterday…During that stretch they set a franchise record, scoring 52 runs in the four games…Despite the loss, the Mets have won six of their last eight games…New York is 16-11 over its last 27 games and the team is 6-1-1 in its last eight series…The Mets are nine games over .500 (36-27) after starting the year 5-13.

   

  Mets by the Month
  MONTH	W-L	ERA	AVG	HR	RBI	SB
  April	11-16	4.58	.249	23	108	21
  May	14-13	3.83	.260	14	96	29
  June	16-11	3.85	.283	15	137	33
  TOTALS	41-40	4.06	.264	52	341	83

• Subway Series History  – The Mets have played the Yankees 189 times with the Yankees holding a 110-78 advantage with one tie in the series…The Mets have faced the Yankees in 81 regular season games with the Yankees holding a 47-34 lead. The Mets beat the Yankees, 2-1, on May 20 at Yankee Stadium, before losing 7-3 on May 21 and 9-3 on May 22…The Mets won the series at Citi Field last year vs. the Yankees, two games to one…Since 2004, the Mets are 2-1-4 in the season series vs. the Yankees.
• Interleague – The Mets are 126-118 (.516) all-time during Interleague action…The Mets’ .516 winning percentage is the fourth-best all-time among NL clubs…The Mets are 8-7 in Interleague action this season after going 13-5 against the American League last year, setting a franchise record for wins in a single season.

   

  METS YEAR-BY-YEAR IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY
  1997	7-8		1998	9-7		1999	12-6
  2000	9-9		2001	10-8		2002	10–8
  2003	5-10		2004	10-8		2005	5-10
  2006	6-9		2007	8-7		2008	9-6
  2009	5-10		2010	13-5		2011	8-7

• First Place Teams – The Mets enter this series against the first place Yankees after winning two of three from the AL Central leading Tigers and two of three from the Rangers, who lead the AL West…The last time the Mets played three straight series against first place teams was April 20-27, 2005 when they faced Florida, Washington and Atlanta when each opponent was at least tied for first in the NL East going into one or more games in those series…The Mets will face the Dodgers following this series in Los Angeles and then travel to San Francisco to take on the NL-West leading Giants…New York will then open the second-half of the season at home against the NL-East leading Phillies.
• Home – After starting the year 1-8 at home, the Mets are 17-12 at Citi Field…The Mets are 6-4 in their last 10 home games…The Mets are 6-6-1 in 13 home series this year, including winning their last three series at Citi Field…New York is 12-15 in the first game of a series, 4-9 at home.
• Offensive – The Mets are batting .385 (79-205) over their last five games, with 16 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 49 RBI …The team is hitting .435 (30-69) with runners in scoring position over their last five contests…Overall the Mets are hitting .264, the fifth-highest mark in the majors…The club’s .336 on-base percentage is the fourth-best in the majors…New York also leads the National League and is third in the majors with 293 walks.
• Double-Digit Hits – The Mets have reached double-digit hits in each of their last five games…The last time that occurred the Mets collected double-digit hits over six straight games from September 21-26, 2007.
• Two-Out Runs – The Mets scored 24 of their 32 runs during their series at Detroit with two outs…New York is second in the majors with 153 runs scored with two outs…Boston is first (159)…New York pitchers have allowed 128 runs with two outs, ranking 14th in the majors.
• Stolen Bases  – The Mets have 23 stolen bases in their last 15 games…Overall, the Mets lead the majors with 83 stolen bases…New York led the majors with 33 stolen bases in June.
• Triples – Lucas Duda collected his first major league triple yesterday at Detroit…The Mets lead the majors with 28 triples…New York also led the majors with 15 triples in June.
• Jose Reyes – Leads the major leagues with a .352 batting average, 121 hits, 41 multi-hit games and 15 triples…Reyes leads the National League with 65 runs scored, a .364 batting average at home and a .367 batting average vs. righthanded pitchers…He ranks second in the majors with 30 stolen bases and is third with 182 total bases…Reyes is 16-for-his-last-37 (.432) will runners in scoring position…The Mets shortstop has struck out once every 14.4 plate appearance, the best ratio in the National League….Reyes has reached base safely in his last six first-inning plate appearance (four singles, one double, one walk)…Among players with 40 at-bats, Reyes leads the majors with a .400 (30-75) first-inning batting average and 19 first-inning runs scored…Reyes reached in seven straight first-inning plate appearances earlier this season, April 3-10…The Mets are 15-4 when Reyes scores a run in the first inning.
• Reyes in June – The Mets shortstop finished June with 45 hits, 29 runs scored, seven triples and 11 stolen bases in 26 games…No other major league player had reached all four of those levels in one calendar month since Ty Cobb accumulated 68 hits, 33 runs, eight triples and 15 stolen bases in 30 games in July, 1912…Research courtesy of Elias Sports.
• Bullpen – Since May 16, the pen is 3-7 with a 5.92 ERA (71 ER/108.0 IP)….The bullpen staff is 26th in the majors with 4.38 ERA, tied for 11th with 34 holds and 12th with 207 strikeouts….The pen has allowed 28 home runs, including 5 over their last 6 games, tied for the 5th most in the majors.
• Francisco Rodriguez – is 4 saves shy of tying Roger McDowell for sixth on the club’s all-time list with 84…Rodriguez also has a 8.78 ERA over his last 14 outings.
• Jonathon Niese – Is 7-3 over his last 12 starts and since May 18, he ranks eighth in the National League with a 2.36 ERA (13 earned runs/49.2 innings)…Niese has 47 strikeouts during this span.
• Ruth Roberts – Legendary songwriter Ruth Roberts, whose “Meet the Mets” has been embraced by generations of fans passed away this morning at age 84 from lung cancer.

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	Citi Field

Scouting Report:

YANKEES: Coming off the best start of his career, an eight-inning gem at Cincinnati, Nova was merely decent on Sunday against the Rockies, allowing four runs on six hits — including three homers — in six innings. His bid for win No. 8 resumes at Citi Field.

METS: Though Niese left his last outing in the sixth inning with a rapid heartbeat, the Mets considered the issue minor and expect him to make his next start on Friday against the Yankees. It will mark Niese's first career Subway Series appearance.

Scouting Report:

YANKEES: Colon has been cleared to return to the rotation after a June 11 left hamstring strain sent him to the disabled list, interrupting a three-start winning streak. He'll be getting his first look at Citi Field in his Subway Series debut.

METS: After holding one of the AL's top offenses in check for six innings last weekend in Arlington, Gee is set to take on another at Citi Field. The league leader in winning percentage (.889), he will be making his first career start against the Yankees.

Scouting Report:

YANKEES: Garcia posted another solid outing against the Brewers on Tuesday, scattering two runs on eight hits and no walks in six innings to pick up the win. The 34-year-old hasn't allowed a homer in four starts — his longest stretch since 2002.

METS: Staked to a double-digit lead, Dickey began relying on fastballs as much as knuckleballs last Tuesday in Detroit, not wanting to walk anyone. As a result, he allowed two homers but won the game. He also beat the Yankees in their first meeting in May.

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	Yankee Stadium

Scouting Report:

METS: Dickey pitched poorly in his last start, a loss Saturday at Houston, giving up six hits and four runs in the first inning. He managed to last 5 1/3 innings, but surrendered two home runs in the sixth that sent him packing.

YANKEES: Garcia tied a season high by allowing four runs in his last start, a loss to the Red Sox in which he allowed six hits and walked two over 5 1/3 innings. In his career, Garcia is 21-8 with a 2.92 ERA during Interleague Play.

Scouting Report:

METS: Though Capuano has not pitched deep into games lately, he has allowed just three runs in each of his last three starts. He has not faced the Yankees since 2005, when they tagged him for seven runs over four innings as a member of the Brewers.

YANKEES: Despite working with a four-run lead, Burnett absorbed the loss in his last start, against the Rays on Monday. The right-hander was charged with six runs on eight hits, three of which were critical homers.

Scouting Report:

METS: Though Pelfrey extended his winless streak against the Marlins to 13 starts, he did hold the Fish to one run in seven innings of a no-decision Monday. He'll look for similar success at Yankee Stadium, where he lost his only career start last year.

YANKEES: Nova helped the Yanks snap a six-game skid in his last start, holding the Rays to a run on four hits in 5 1/3 innings for his fourth win of the year. It was a big improvement over his previous start, a three-inning dud in which he gave up 10 hits.

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