Mets Game #105, Road #57
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (53-51) Road (31-25) – Last Ten (6-4)
@	Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati Reds NL Central – 4th Place – (50-54) Home (27-26) – Last Ten (4-6)

NL Wild Card Standing

Pitching Match-Up

Mets Lineup

Reds Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won three in a row and six of their last nine games…New York is 7-6 since the All-Star break and 12-11 this month…The Mets are 10 games over .500 (48-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York is tied for the seventh-best record in the majors since April 21.
• Series History - Since 2002, the Mets are 6-1-2 in the season series against the Reds…Since 2000, the Mets are 22-15 at Cincinnati and are 17-11 all-time at Great American Ball Park…New  York is now 8-3 with one tie in its last 12 series at Cincinnati…The last time the Mets swept the Reds in a four-game series was July 18-21, 1997 at Shea Stadium…The Mets have never swept a four-game set at Cincinnati.
• Road Games – New York is 31-25 on the road this season…The 31 wins are tied for the most in the majors with Boston…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010.
• Road Series – Last night’s 8-2 win guaranteed the Mets a series win…New York is now 6-2-1 in its last nine road series and 10-7-1 overall on the road this year…The Mets won five road series in 2010.
• Road Trip – The Mets are hitting .302 (67-222) with 17 doubles, five home runs and 21 walks so far on this road trip…The Mets have outscored their opponents 36-29 in the first six games of this 10-game road trip…New York’s pitching staff is 4-2 with three saves and a 4.85 ERA (28 earned runs/52.0 innings) thus far on the trip.
• First Innings – For the second straight night, the Mets scored two first-inning runs…The Mets have plated 61 first-inning runs, tied for the third-most in the National League and tied for the seventh most in the majors…The Mets have a .280 (115-410) team batting average in the first-inning ranking sixth in the majors and a .355 on base percentage in the first frame, the fourth-best mark in the majors…New York is 38-20 when scoring first this year…Daniel Murphy leads the majors with a .417 (20-49) first-inning batting average (minimum 45 at-bats).
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .267 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the sixth-best mark in the majors (.265) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.336)…On the road, the team is hitting .266, the third highest mark in the majors and has a .333 on-base percentage, the fourth-best mark in the majors.
• Two-Out Runs – New York scored two of their eight runs last night with two outs…The Mets have scored 70 of their last 127 runs with two outs (55 percent) dating back to June 28…The Mets have scored 196 runs with two outs this year, the most in the National League and the third-most in the majors, behind Boston (201) and Texas (198)…New York leads the majors with a .359 on-base percentage with two outs.
• Doubles – The Mets collected four doubles last night and the club has at least one double in each of their last 16 games (44 total) …New York had at least one double in a season-high 19 straight games from May 13-June 2…The Mets have 200 doubles on the year, ranking second in the National League and fourth in the majors.
• Historical Triple – Jose Reyes’ next triple will be the 100th of his major league career…According to Elias Sports, no major league player has reached the century mark in triples at as young an age as Reyes is today (28 years, 46 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old)…Reyes has played 1,012 major league games…He’ll reach the 100-triple mark in the fewest games since Stan Musial in July, 1949 (1,006 games).
• Jose Reyes – Was 2-5 with two runs scored last night…Reyes leads the major leagues 48 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with a .347 batting average, 77 runs scored and 137 hits …Reyes ranks second in the NL with 32 stolen bases and a .339 road batting average, third with 205 total bases and ninth with a .387 on-base percentage and a .519 slugging percentage…..Reyes scored twice last night and has scored at least one run in nine straight games (12 total runs) dating back to July 19…It’s the longest current streak in the majors and equals the longest streak in the National League this season, which Reyes accomplished May 25-June 5…The Mets are 35-21 this year when Reyes scores a run.
• David Wright – Went 2-4 with a home run and four RBI last night…Wright has collected a hit in all six games since returning from the Disabled List on Friday and has had multiple hit games in five of the six contests…Wright is 12-28 (.429) with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI since returning to the lineup…This is the third time in his career that Wright has collected more than 10 hits and 10 RBI over a six game span (August 28-September 2, 2006 and June 11-17, 2010)..
• Daniel Murphy – Collected a career-high four hits last night and has had three straight games with multiple hits…Since May 21, Murphy is hitting .364 (86-236), the third-highest average in the majors…During that span, Murphy is second in the majors with 86 hits and first with 21 doubles…Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year…He is third in the National League with a .319 batting average…He is fifth in the NL with a .352 (37-105) batting average with runners in scoring position and tied for second with 28 doubles.
• Jason Bay – Went 0-5 last night…Bay has more home runs (21), RBI (75) and runs scored (67) against the Reds than any other major league team in his career…Bay has hit .326 in 83 games vs. Cincinnati.
• Lucas Duda – Went 1-3 with a solo home run last night…Over his last 14 games dating back to July 10, Duda is batting .433 (13-30) with five runs scored, three doubles, two triples, two home runs and three RBI.
• The Pen – The pen has allowed 10 ER over its last 21.0 IP (4.29 ERA) spanning 8 games (dating back to July 20)…from July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)….Ranks 6th in the majors with 2.61 ERA (17 ER/58.2 innings) this month…Tied for 7th in the majors this month with four wins from the pen….The pen has allowed 31 home runs, tied for the 9th most in the majors.
• Chris Capuano – In 13 career games, 10 starts, Capuano is 2-3 with a 4.85 ERA (37 earned runs/68.2 innings) vs. Cincinnati…….In his last start, he lost, 8-5, at Florida on July 23…Pitched 6.0 innings and allowed four runs, earned, six hits, two homeruns, and three walks…Also recorded six strikeouts and threw 90 pitches, 60 strikes.
• Johan Santana – Will make his first major league rehabilitation start tonight for St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League vs. Daytona Beach…The game is at Digital Domain Park and is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

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Mets Game #104, Road #56
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (52-51) Road (30-25) – Last Ten (5-5)
@	Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati Reds NL Central – 4th Place – (50-53) Home (27-25) – Last Ten (4-6)

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Pitching Match-Up

Mets Lineup

Reds Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won five of their last eight games…New York is 6-6 since the All-Star break and 11-11 this month…The Mets are nine games over .500 (47-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York has the eighth best record in the majors since April 21.
• Series History - Since 2002, the Mets are 6-1-2 in the season series against the Reds…Since 2000, the Mets are 21-15 at Cincinnati and are 16-11 all-time at Great American Ball Park…New York is 7-3 with one tie in its last 11 series at Cincinnati…The Reds visit Citi Field September 26-28.
• Road Games – New York is 30-25 on the road this season…The 30 wins are the second-most in the majors…Only Boston has more (31)…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010…The Mets are 5-2-1 in their last eight road series this year and 9-7-1 in road series overall this season…The Mets won five road series in 2010…The Mets are 3-2 on this current 10-game road trip and have had three straight winning road trips dating back to June 7.
• First Innings – New York scored two first-inning runs last night…The Mets have plated 59 first-inning runs ranking fourth in the National League and eighth in the majors…The Mets have a .277 (112-404) team batting average in the first-inning ranking sixth in the majors and a .353 on-base percentage in the first frame, the fourth-best mark in the majors…New York is 37-20 when scoring first this year. 
• Comebacks – The Mets notched their second straight come-from-behind victory…It was the club’s 21st such win this season, equaling their total comeback triumphs in 2010…It’s the fourth time this year New York has posted consecutive come-from-behind wins
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .265 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the sixth-best mark in the majors (.265) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.336)…On the road, the team is hitting .266, the third highest mark in the majors and has a .333 on-base percentage, the fourth-best mark in the majors.
• Two-Out Runs – New York scored three of their eight runs last night with two outs…The Mets have scored 68 of their last 119 runs with two outs (57 percent) dating back to June 28…The Mets have scored 194 runs with two outs this year, the most in the National League and the third-most in the majors, behind Boston (197) and Texas (197)…New York leads the majors with a .359 on-base percentage and a .270 batting average with two outs.
• Historical Triple – Jose Reyes’ next triple will be the 100th of his major league career…According to Elias Sports, no major league player has reached the century mark in triples at as young an age as Reyes is today (28 years, 46 days) since Lou Gehrig on August 3, 1931, when he was (28 years, 45 days old)…Reyes has played 1,012 major league games…He’ll reach the 100-triple mark in the fewest games since Stan Musial in July, 1949 (1,006 games).
• Jose Reyes – Was 0-5 with a run scored last night…Reyes leads the major leagues 47 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with a .346 batting average, 75 runs scored and 135 hits…Reyes ranks second in the NL with 31 stolen bases and a .338 road batting average, third with 202 total bases and 10th with a .387 on base percentage and a .518 slugging percentage….Reyes has scored at least one run in eight straight games (10 total runs) dating back to July 19…The Mets are 34-21 this year when Reyes scores a run.
• Carlos Beltran – Was 1-3 with three runs scored and one RBI to extend his career-best streak of reaching base safely (via a hit, walk or hit by pitch) to 32 games…The streak dates back to June 16 and is the longest by a Mets player this year and the second-longest active streak (Dustin Pedroia 35 games)…Beltran leads the National League with 30 doubles and is seventh in the NL with 66 RBI…The Mets rightfielder is tied for second the NL with 47 extra-base hits and seventh with a .389 on-base percentage.
• David Wright – Went 2-5 with an RBI last night…Wright has collected a hit in all five games since returning from the Disabled List on Friday and has had multiple hit games in four of the five contests…Wright is 10-24 (.417) with five runs scored, three doubles, one home run and seven RBI since returning to the lineup.
• Daniel Murphy – Was 3-4 with two RBI last night…Since May 21, Daniel Murphy is hitting .355 (82-231), the third-highest average in the majors…During that span, Murphy is second in the majors with 82 hits and tied for fifth with 19 doubles…Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year…He is fifth in the National League with a .313 batting average…He is tied for ninth in the NL with a .346 (36-104) batting averge with runners in scoring position and tied for sixth with 26 doubles. 
• Jason Bay – Went 0-3 with an RBI and run scored last night…Bay has more home runs (21), RBI (75) and runs scored (67) against the Reds than any other major league team in his career…Bay also has hit .331 in 82 games vs. Cincinnati.
• The Pen – The pen has allowed 10 ER over its last 20.2 IP (4.35 ERA) spanning 7 games (dating back to July 20)…from July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)….Ranks 5th in the majors with 2.61 ERA (17 ER/58.2 innings) this month…Tied for sixth in the majors this month with four wins from the pen….The pen has allowed 31 home runs, tied for the 9th most in the majors.
• Tim Byrdak – Earned his first save of the year and first since 2007 last night closing out the Mets’ 8-6 win…Byrdak has four saves in his major league career: one each for the Royals (1999), Orioles (2005), Tigers (2007) and Mets…According to Elias Sports, the only other pitcher whose first four career saves were recorded for four different teams is Mike Morgan (Mariners, Orioles, Dodgers, Diamondbacks) …Byrdak has allowed two earned runs in his last 24 games, spanning 13.2 innings for a 1.32 ERA.
• Mike Pelfrey – In seven career games, six starts, Pelfrey is 3-2 with a 5.84 ERA (24 earned runs/37.0 innings) vs. Cincinnati……In his last start, he received a no-decision in a 7-6 Mets victory at Florida on July 22…Pitched 6.0 innings and allowed four runs, earned…Also allowed five hits, walked four and surrendered two home runs…Recorded three strikeouts and threw 115 pitches, 70 strikes.
• Johan Santana – Will make his first major league rehabilitation start tomorrow for St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League vs. Daytona Beach…The game is at Digital Domain Park and is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

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Mets Game #103, Road #55
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (51-51) Road (29-25) – Last Ten (5-5)
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Cincinnati Reds NL Central – 4th Place – (50-52) Home (27-24) – Last Ten (5-5)

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Pitching Match-Up

Mets Lineup

Reds Lineup

Team Rankings

Team Leaders

Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won four of their last seven games…New York is 5-6 since the All-Star break and 10-11 this month…The Mets are eight games over .500 (46-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York has the eighth best record in the majors since April 21.
• Series History - Since 2002, the Mets are 6-1-2 in the season series against the Reds…Since 2000, the Mets are 20-15 at Cincinnati and are 15-11 all-time at Great American Ball Park…New York is 7-3 with one tie in its last 11 series at Cincinnati…The Reds visit Citi Field September 26-28.
• Road Games – New York is 29-25 on the road this season…The 29 wins are tied for the second-most in the majors with Atlanta and Tampa Bay…Only Boston has more (31)…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010…The Mets are 5-2-1 in their last eight road series this year and 9-7-1 in road series overall this season…The Mets won five road series in 2010…The Mets are 2-2 on this current 10-game road trip and have had three straight winning road trips dating back to June 7.
• Comebacks – The Mets notched their 20th come-from-behind victory last night…New York had 21 such wins in 2010.
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .262 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the fifth best mark in the majors (.264) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.335)…On the road, the team is hitting .265, the fourth highest mark in the majors and has a .332 on-base percentage, the sixth-best mark in the majors.
• Two-Out Runs – New York scored three of their four runs last night with two outs…The Mets have scored 65 of their last 111 runs with two outs (59 percent) dating back to June 28…The Mets have scored 192 runs with two outs this year, the most in the National League and the third-most in the majors, behind Boston (195) and Texas (195)…New York leads the majors with a .360 on-base percentage and a .270 batting average with two outs.
• Doubles – The Mets had three doubles last night…New York ranks second in the NL and fourth in the majors with 194 doubles…Daniel Murphy equaled his career-high with two doubles last night, including a two-run go-ahead double in the seventh…It was his fifth career two double game and first since August 27, 2009 at Florida.
• Jose Reyes – Went 1-5 with a run scored last night…Reyes leads the major leagues with a .351 batting average, 47 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with 74 runs scored, 135 hits, and a .349 road batting average…Reyes ranks second in the NL with 31 stolen bases, third with 202 total bases, eighth with a .391 on-base percentage and ninth with a .525 slugging percentage….Reyes has scored at least one run in seven straight games (nine total runs) dating back to July 19…The Mets are 33-21 this year when Reyes scores a run.
• Carlos Beltran – Walked in ninth-inning to extend his career best streak of reaching base safely (via a hit, walk or hit by pitch) to 31 games…The streak dates back to June 16 and is the longest by a Mets player this year and the second-longest active streak (Dustin Pedroia 34 games)…Beltran leads the National League with 30 doubles and is seventh in the NL with 65 RBI…The Mets rightfielder is second the NL with 47 extra-base hits and ninth with a .389 on-base percentage.
• David Wright – Returned from the 15-Day Disabled List on Friday and has had multiple hit games in three of his four games, including two hits last night…Wright has collected a hit in all four games, going 8-19 (.421) with five runs scored, three doubles, one home run and six RBI….Wright moved passed Cleon Jones for second place on the club’s all-time hits list with his sixth-inning single…Wright finished the evening with 1,190 hits…Ed Kranepool holds the franchise record with 1,418 hits.
• Jason Bay – Went 1-3 with an RBI last night…Bay has more home runs (21), RBI (74) and runs scored (66) against the Reds than any other major league team in his career…Bay also has hit a career-best .334 in 81 games vs. Cincinnati.
• The Pen – The pen has allowed 9 ER over its last 16.2 IP (4.96 ERA) spanning 6 games (dating back to July 20)…from July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (4 ER/27.2 IP)….Ranks sixth in the majors with 2.63 ERA (16 ER/54.2 innings) this month…Tied for fifth in the majors this month with four wins from the pen…The pen has allowed 31 home runs, tied for the 9th most in the majors.
• Jason Isringhausen – Worked a scoreless ninth inning last night to earn his third save of the season and the 296th of his career…Isringhausen has not allowed a run over his last 8.0 innings dating back to July 5…He has surrendered just four hits during that span…Isringhausen has converted his last three save chances and is four saves shy of becoming the 23rd pitcher in major league history to reach the 300-save plateau.
• Jonathon Niese – In two career games, both starts, Niese is 0-1 with a 4.61 ERA (seven earned runs/13.2 innings pitched) vs. Cincinnati…..In his last start, he Lost, 6-2, vs. St. Louis on July 21 at Citi Field…Pitched 6.0 innings and allowed five runs, three earned, five hits, and one walk…Also recorded seven strikeouts and threw 85 pitches, 62 strikes…Niese has struck out at least six batters in each of his last five starts, a total of 33 over the stretch.
• Brahiam Maldonado – The Binghamton Mets outfielder has been named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the week of July 18-24…Maldonado hit .450 (9-20) with three home runs and nine RBI during the week…Maldonado leads the BMets in games played (95), home runs (18), triples (three), and RBI (52).

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Mets Game #102, Road #54
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (50-51) Road (28-25) – Last Ten (4-6)
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Cincinnati Reds NL Central – 4th Place – (50-51) Home (27-23) – Last Ten (5-5)

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have lost three of their last four games…New York is 4-6 since the All-Star break and 9-11 this month…The Mets are seven games over .500 (45-38) since April 21…The Mets started the year 5-13…New York is tied for the eighth-best record in the majors since April 21.
• Series History - Since 2002, the Mets are 6-1-2 in the season series against the Reds…Since 2000, the Mets are 19-15 at Cincinnati and are 14-11 all-time at Great American Ball Park…New York is 7-3 with one tie in its last 11 series at Cincinnati…The Reds visit Citi Field September 26-28.
• Road Games – New York is 28-25 on the road this season…The 28 wins are tied for the second-most in the National League and tied for the third-most in the majors…The Mets won 32 total road games in 2010…The Mets are 5-2-1 in their last eight road series this year and 9-7-1 in road series overall this season…The Mets won five road series in 2010…The Mets have had three straight winning road trips dating back to June 7.
• Offensive – The Mets are hitting .260 this month and have the second-highest batting average in the National League and the sixth-best mark in the majors (.263) this season…The Mets have the second-best on-base percentage in the NL and the fourth-best overall (.335)…On the road, the team is hitting .264, the third highest mark in the majors and has a .332 on-base percentage, the sixth-best mark in the majors.
• RISP – The Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position yesterday after going 2-8 with RISP in Saturday’s loss…Overall, the Mets are hitting .260 (242-931) with runners in scoring position, ranking 12th in the majors…The Mets have three players among the top 15 in the National League with runners in scoring position: Justin Turner is sixth (.358), Carlos Beltran is 13th (.337) and Daniel Murphy is 15th (.330)…Minimum 0.62 plate appearance per team game.
• Two-Out Runs – New York has scored 62 of their last 107 runs with two outs (58 percent) dating back to June 28…The Mets have scored 189 runs with two outs this year, the most in the National League and the second-most in the majors, behind Boston (194) …New York leads the majors with a .358 on-base percentage and a .268 batting average with two outs. 
• Walks – New York leads the National League and ranks third in the majors with 364 walks.
• Home Runs – The Mets have hit 14 home runs in their last 16 games, including three in their last two games…New York is tied for 23rd in the majors with 66 home runs.
• Stolen Bases – New York ranks second in the NL and fifth in the majors with 93 stolen bases.
• Jose Reyes – Went 2-5 with a run scored yesterday at Florida …Reyes leads the major leagues with a .353 batting average, 47 multi-hit games and 16 triples…He leads the NL with 73 runs scored, 134 hits, a .349 road batting average, a .364 mark vs. righthanded pitchers and a .340 batting average at night…Reyes ranks second in the NL with 31 stolen bases, third with 203 total bases, seventh with a .394 on-base percentage and .529 slugging percentage….Reyes has scored at least one run in six straight games (eight total) dating back to July 19…The Mets are 32-21 this year when Reyes scores a run.
• Carlos Beltran – Was 1-3 with an RBI yesterday…Beltran has equaled his career-best reaching base safely (via a hit, walk or hit by pitch) in 30 straight games dating back to June 16…The streak is the longest stretch by a Mets player this year and the second-longest active streak (Dustin Pedroia 33 games)…Beltran also reached safely in 30 consecutive games from September 24, 2008-May 5, 2009 and May 7-June 7, 2008…Beltran has 13 walks in his last nine games …Beltran leads the National League with 30 doubles and is seventh in the NL with 64 RBI…The Mets rightfielder leads the NL with 47 extra-base hits, fourth with 57 walks and eighth with a .391 on-base percentage.
• David Wright – Returned from the 15-Day Disabled List on Friday and went 6-14 (.429) with four runs scored, three doubles, one home run and six RBI during the Mets’ three game series at Florida…Wright had two RBI in each of the three games to match the longest streak of consecutive multiple RBI games of his career…Wright had driven in two or more runs in three straight games four previous times, last on June 13-16, 2010 when he had four RBI at Baltimore and then five RBI over two contests at Cleveland.
• Jason Bay – Has more home runs (21), RBI (73) and runs scored (66) against the Reds than any other major league team in his career…Bay also has hit a career-best .334 in 80 games vs. Cincinnati.
• The Pen – Has allowed nine earned runs over its last 14.1 innings (5.52 ERA) spanning five games (dating back to July 20)…From July 4-19, the pen had a 1.30 ERA (four earned runs/27.2 innings)…The pen suffered its first loss of the month yesterday at Florida…Mets relievers are tied for fifth in the majors with four wins this month…Overall, the pen has surrendered 31 home runs, including one yesterday, tied for the eighth-most in the majors.
• R.A. Dickey – Has never faced the Cincinnati Reds…..In his last start, Dickey received a no-decision in 6-5 win vs. the Cardinals on July 20…Tossed 6.1 innings and allowed four runs, earned…Also allowed eight hits, walked one and hit a batter…Recorded four strikeouts and threw 93 pitches, 65 for strikes…The start marked the fifth time in his last six starts that Dickey has pitched into the seventh inning…Finished 2-2 at the plate with singles in his first two at-bats, tying his career-high for hits in a game and extending his hitting streak to four games…Also picked up his first RBI of the season…The Mets are 5-1 in Dickey’s last six starts despite his record being only 1-1.

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Scouting Report:

METS: Dickey started off slowly Tuesday against the Cardinals, giving up four runs in the first three innings, but settled down to pitch into the seventh. He struck out four and allowed one walk, helping the Mets to a comeback win.

REDS: Leake allowed just one run over six innings in his last start against the Pirates on Tuesday, but he took a hard-luck loss. It was the first time he'd allowed fewer than four earned runs in July.

Scouting Report:

METS: Niese was undermined by his defense in surrendering a pair of unearned runs July 21 against the Cardinals. Otherwise he was solid, giving up three earned in six innings. His seven strikeouts were tied for the second-most he's had all year.

REDS: Cueto allowed one run in six-plus innings Wednesday against the Pirates to earn his sixth victory. He has yet to allow more than three runs in a start this season and has notched 11 consecutive quality starts.

Scouting Report:

METS: Pelfrey was spotted three runs in the first inning, but earned a no-decision in his last start after surrendering four runs on five hits in six innings. He gave up two homers to bump his season total to 18 allowed. He's 2-5 over his last nine starts.

REDS: With a Major League-leading 29 home runs allowed this season, Arroyo has already matched his total for all of 2010. If he allows two more, he will have equaled his career high of 31, which he has done twice — in '06 and '09.

Scouting Report:

METS: Spotted a two-run lead in the fifth inning in his most recent start, Capuano surrendered two homers and four runs in the sixth for the loss. He is 2-3 with a 4.85 ERA lifetime against the Reds (13 appearances)

REDS: Bailey had his back to the wall all day on Saturday against the Braves, but left seven on base through his first four innings. Able to reach down when he had to, Bailey gave up only two runs over six innings and earned the victory.

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