Mets Game #88, Road #47
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (45-42) Road (26-20) – Last Ten (7-3)
@	Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles Dodgers NL West – 5th Place – (37-51) Home (19-27) – Last Ten (3-7)

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Mets Lineup

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Tidbits of Interest

• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won four in a row following a three-game losing streak…It’s New York’s third such streak this year…The Mets won a season-high six straight games from April 21-27 and also won four consecutive contests from June 25-29…New York is 10-4 in its last 14 games and 20-13 over its last 33 contests…The Mets are 11 games over .500 (40-29) since April 20…New York started the year 5-13.
  
• Series History - Last night’s win guaranteed the Mets their first road season series win at Los Angeles since 2006…The Mets have never swept the Dodgers in a four-game series …Since 1998, they are 28-24 at Dodger Stadium…The Mets are 5-8 at Dodger Stadium over the last four years (including 2011).
• Road Games – The Mets will play 14 of their next 21 games away from Citi Field…New York is 26-20 on the road this season…The 26 wins are the most in the National League and the third-most in the majors…Boston and Tampa Bay are tied for first with 27 road wins…After winning the first three games of this series, the Mets improved to 5-0-1 in their last six road series and 9-5-1 in road series overall this season…The Mets won five road series in 2010 and were 19-27 after 46 road games last year.
• Over .500 – The Mets are three games over .500 for the first time since July 23, 2010 (50-47)…The last time the team was four games over .500 was after losing to the Diamondbacks on July 20, 2010 to fall to 49-45.
• Offensive – The Mets are batting .321 (134-417) over their last 11 games, with 31 doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 70 RBI…The Mets are 8-3 in these games…Overall the Mets are hitting .264, the fifth-highest mark in the majors…The club’s .334 on-base percentage is the fourth-best in the majors.
• RISP – The Mets were 3-12 last night with runners in scoring position and rank sixth in the majors with a .266 (215-807) mark with RISP…Justin Turner ranks fourth in the NL with a .386 (22-57) batting average, Daniel Murphy is ninth with a .350 (28-80) mark and Carlos Beltran is 15th with a .341 (30-88) batting average …Minimum 62 plate appearances.
• Two-Out Runs – The Mets scored all five of their runs last night with two outs…New York has scored 11 of its 16 runs during this series with two outs…The Mets have plated 38 of their 54 runs over their last three series (Dodgers, Yankees, Tigers) with two outs…New York has scored 167 runs with two outs this year, the third most in the majors behind Boston (170) and Philadelphia (168) …New York leads the majors with a .351 on-base percentage with two outs and has the second-highest batting average (.264) with two outs, trailing only Boston (.266).
• Two-Outs, Nobody On Rallies – The Mets scored twice in the sixth inning last night with two outs and nobody on base…New York has had two outs and nobody on base and gone on to score in that inning 35 times this year, scoring 62 of their 391 total runs (16 percent)…Research credit to Elias Sports.
• Runs – The Mets rank fourth in the National League with 391 runs scored…New York improved to 37-9 when scoring four or more runs with last night’s 5-3 win.
• Doubles – New York had a season-high five doubles last night, including two by Carlos Beltran, who leads the National League with 26 doubles…The Mets have collected 31 doubles since June 25, tied for the most in the majors over that span with the Giants and Rangers…New York is tied for ninth in the majors with 156 doubles.
• Three of a Kind – Since June 15, the Mets have three players in the top 10 in the National League in RBI…Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran are tied for second with 17 and Daniel Murphy is tied for seventh with 14 RBI.
• Jose Reyes – Likely to go on DL for as long as three weeks.
• Carlos Beltran – Has an 11-game hitting streak dating back to June 25…Beltran is batting .354 (17-48) with five doubles, one triple, three home runs and 13 RBI during this stretch.
• Justin Turner – Has reached base safely (via hit, walk or hit by pitch) at least once in each of his last 28 games, the longest single-season streak by any rookie in team history…Mike Vail had a 27-game streak from August 24-September 16, 1975 and Steve Henderson matched Vail’s feat from July 5-August 5, 1977…Among rookies, Turner ranks second in the majors with a .335 on-base percentage, third in the National League with 34 RBI and a .268 batting average.
• The Pen – New York’s bullpen pitched 2.0 scoreless innings last night…Over its last seven games, the pen is 1-0 with one save and a 1.27 ERA (three earned runs/21.1 innings).
• Francisco Rodriguez – Earned his 290th career save last night to move into sole possession of 24th place on the all-time list, one ahead of Armando Benitez…Teammate Jason Isringhausen is 23rd on the list with 293 saves…Rodriguez is tied for eighth in the majors this year with 22 saves…He is two saves shy of tying Roger McDowell for sixth place on the club’s all-time list with 84.
• Starters – Since May 27, Mets starters have posted a 3.14 ERA (84 earned runs/240.2 innings), the fifth-lowest in the majors …New York starters have allowed three runs or less in 28 of these 38 starts…The Mets starters had a 4.18 ERA (202 earned runs/435.0 innings) from the start of the year through May 26…The team was 23-26 during that span.
• Dillon Gee – The Mets are 11-2 in Gee’s 13 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 is tied for the major league lead with a .800 winning percentage…Gee is tied for first among all rookies with eight victories and is sixth among all National League rookies with a 3.47 ERA.

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Mets Game #87, Road #46
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (44-42) Road (25-20) – Last Ten (7-3)
@	Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles Dodgers NL West – 5th Place – (37-50) Home (19-26) – Last Ten (3-7)

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won three in a row following a three-game losing streak…New York is 9-4 in its last 13 games and 19-13 over its last 32 contests…The Mets are 10 games over .500 (39-29) since April 20…New York started the year 5-13.
  
• Series History - Last night’s win guaranteed the Mets of at least a split of the series…The Mets had lost their last previous three road series at Los Angeles…Since 1998, they are 27-24 at Dodger Stadium…The Mets are 4-8 at Dodger Stadium over the last four years (including 2011).
• Road Games – The Mets will play 15 of their next 22 games away from Citi Field…New York is 25-20 on the road this season…The 25 wins are tied for the most in the National League with Atlanta and the third-most in the majors…Boston is first (27) and Tampa Bay is second (26)…New York is 4-0-1 in its last five road series and 8-5-1 in road series this year…The Mets won five road series in 2010 and were 18-27 after 45 road games last season.
• Over .500 – For the third time this season, the Mets are a season-high two games over .500…New York was also two games over .500 after play on April 5 (3-1) and June 29 (41-39)…The last time the Mets were three games over .500 was after they beat the Dodgers on July 23, 2010 (50-47).
• Offensive – The Mets are batting .325 (123-379) over their last 10 games, with 26 doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 66 RBI …Overall the Mets are hitting .264, the sixth-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.
• RISP – The Mets were 2-6 last night with runners in scoring position and rank fifth in the majors with .267 (212-795) mark with RISP …Justin Turner ranks fourth in the NL with a .375 (21-56) batting average, Daniel Murphy is seventh with a .364 (28-77) mark and Carlos Beltran is tied for 11th with a .345 (30-87) batting average…Minimum 62 plate appearances.
• Long Ball – The Mets scored all six runs last night via home runs (Jason Bay-2 and Carlos Beltran)…It was only the second time since 2002 that the Mets scored at least six runs in a game with all the runs coming on home runs…It also occurred on May 4, 2009 at Atlanta in a 6-4 win with two home runs by Beltran and one by David Wright…The three home runs last night tied the club’s season-high, last done on June 28 at Detroit. 
• Two-Out Runs – The Mets scored two of their six runs last night with two outs…New York has scored 162 runs with two outs this year, the third-most in the majors behind Boston (166) and Philadelphia (163)…The Mets scored three of their six runs in the Yankees series with two outs after plating 24 of 32 runs with two outs in their series at Detroit.
• Runs – The Mets rank fourth in the National League with 386 runs scored…New York improved to 36-9 when scoring four or more runs with last night’s 6-0 win.
• Three of a Kind – Since June 15, the Mets have three players in the top 10 in the National League in RBI…Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran are tied for first with 17 and Daniel Murphy is tied for sixth with 14 RBI.
• Stolen Bases – The Mets had one stolen base last night…New York leads the majors with 85 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 average vs. righthanded pitchers…He ranks second in the majors with 30 stolen bases and is second in the NL with 185 total bases…Reyes is fourth in the NL with a .342 road batting average.
• Daniel Murphy – Over his last 42 games, he’s batting .354 (57-161) the fourth-highest mark in the majors (dating back to May 21)…Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year.
• Jason Bay – Hit two home runs and drove in four runs last night…It was Bay’s 16th multi-home run game of his career and third with the Mets…Bay has hit 12 home runs as a member of the Mets and six have come in three games (last night, June 28, 2010 at Florida and May 23, 2010 vs. the Yankees)…Bay also extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games…He is hitting .367 (11-30) with 12 RBI during this stretch…Bay has driven in at least one run in four straight games (seven total).
• Shutouts – New York posted its sixth shutout of the season last night and first since June 15 at Atlanta (4-0)…The six shutouts are tied for sixth in the National League.
• The Pen – New York’s bullpen pitched 3.0 scoreless innings last night…Over its last six games, the pen is 1-0 with one save and a 1.40 ERA.
• Starters – Since May 27, Mets starters have posted a 3.12 ERA (81 earned runs/233.2 innings)…New York starters have allowed three runs or less in 27 of these 37 starts…The Mets starters had a 4.18 ERA (202 earned runs/435.0 innings) from the beginning of the year through May 26…The team was 23-26 during that span….Four of New York’s five starters rank in the top 25 in the National League in ERA since May 27…Tonight’s starter, Jonathon Niese is 18th (2.89), R.A. Dickey is 15th (2.64), Chris Capuano is 21st (3.00) and Dillon Gee is tied for 23rd (3.14)…Mike Pelfrey has a 3.86 ERA during that span.
• Jonathon Niese – Has never lost to Los Angeles….In his last start, Niese suffered the defeat in a 5-1 loss vs. the Yankees on July 1…He tossed 6.0 innings and allowed three runs, earned…Also allowed a season-high nine hits, walked two batters and recorded seven strikeouts…Threw 101 pitches, 69 for strikes…After receiving a career-high 14 runs of support in his previous start on June 25, Niese received just one run of support vs. the Yankees. 
• Savannah Sand Gnats – Won its 11th straight game last night with a 1-0 victory over Rome…The 11-game winning streak is the team’s longest winning streak since 2000…RHP Ryan Frasier tossed 7.0 shutout innings and allowed two hits…The Sand Gnats won the South Atlantic League first half and lead the second half with a 12-1 mark.
  

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Mets Game #86, Road #45
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (43-42) Road (24-20) – Last Ten (6-4)
@	Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles Dodgers NL West – 5th Place – (37-49) Home (19-25) – Last Ten (3-7)

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets have won two in a row following a three-game losing streak…New York is 8-4 in its last 12 games and 18-13 over its last 31 contests…The Mets are nine games over .500 (38-29) after starting the year 5-13.
  
• Series History - The Mets have lost their last three road series at Los Angeles, but since 1998, they are 26-24 at Dodger Stadium…The Mets are 3-8 at Dodger Stadium over the last four years (including 2011)…The Mets won two of three at Citi Field, May 6-8.
• Road Games – The Mets will play 16 of their next 23 games away from Citi Field…New York is 24-20 on the road this season…The 24 wins are tied for the fourth-most in the majors…New York is one of six National League teams over .500 on the road (Braves, Phillies, Pirates, Diamondbacks and Cardinals are the others)…The Mets are 11-6 in their last 17 road games…New York is 4-0-1 in its last five road series and 8-5-1 in road series this year…The Mets won five road series in 2010 and were 18-26 after 44 road games last season.
• Comebacks – The Mets notched their second straight come-from behind victory last night…The Mets rallied to beat the Yankees on Sunday…It’s the second time this season the Mets won consecutive games in comeback fashion…New York rallied from behind to beat Arizona on April 22 and 23…New York has 16 comeback victories this year after posting 21 such wins in 2010…An additional note from Sunday’s comeback win: It was the Mets’ first win since September 12, 2009 at Philadelphia in which they were trailing in the ninth inning or later with two outs and nobody on base.
• Offensive – The Mets are batting .332 (114-343) over their last nine games, with 25 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 60 RBI …Overall the Mets are hitting .264, the sixth-highest mark in the majors…The club’s .335 on-base percentage is the fifth-best in the majors…New York leads the majors with 28 triples and ranks 26th with 52 home runs.
• RISP – The Mets were 5-10 with runners in scoring position last night and rank sixth in the majors with .266 (210-789) batting average with RISP.
• Two-Out Runs – The Mets scored four of their five runs last night with two outs…New York has scored 160 runs with two outs this year, the second-most in the majors behind Boston (165)…The Mets scored three of their six runs in the Yankees series with two outs after plating 24 of 32 runs with two outs in a three-game series at Detroit.
• Runs – The Mets rank fifth in the National League with 380 runs scored…New York improved to 35-9 when scoring four or more runs with last night’s 5-2 win.
• Doubles – The Mets collected four doubles last night, including three in the sixth inning…Since June 24, New York has 26 doubles, tied for the second-most in the majors with Houston …Tampa Bay is first (28)…Daniel Murphy and Angel Pagan each have five doubles during that span to lead the team…Carlos Beltran is tied for the National League lead with 24 doubles.
• Stolen Bases – The Mets are tied for the major league lead with the Texas Rangers with 84 stolen bases…Twelve different Mets have at least one stolen base this season (Jose Reyes, Angel Pagan, David Wright, Jason Bay, Justin Turner, Daniel Murphy, Jason Pridie, Carlos Beltran, Willie Harris, Lucas Duda, Scott Hairston and Chin-lung Hu).
• 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 .370 vs. righthanded pitchers…He ranks second in the majors with 30 stolen bases and is second in the NL with 185 total bases…Reyes is tied for sixth in the NL with 22 doubles and is hitting .342 on the road, the fifth-highest mark in the NL…..An MRI Sunday revealed Jose Reyes has a Grade 1 (least severe) left hamstring strain…Reyes left Saturday’s game after feeling tightness in his left hamstring while running to first base in the first inning.
• Daniel Murphy – Over Daniel Murphy’s last 41 games, he’s batting .357 (56-157) the fifth-highest mark in the majors (dating back to May 21)…Murphy had a .234 (29-124) batting average over his first 40 games of the year.
• Jason Bay – Extended his hitting streak to a season-high seven games with a RBI single in the eighth inning last night…Bay is batting .346 (9-26) with eight RBI over that stretch…He also has driven in a run in three straight games…Over his last 17 games, Bay is hitting .338 (23-68).
• The Pen – New York’s bullpen pitched 3.0 scoreless innings last night…Over its last five games, the pen is 1-0 with one save and a 1.65 ERA (three earned runs/16.1 innings)…Bobby Parnell tossed 2.0 perfect innings last night and has allowed two earned runs in his last 17.2 innings (1.02 ERA) spanning 15 games…Parnell has posted a 0.69 ERA (one earned run/13.0 innings) on the road this year…Francisco Rodriguez converted his 21st save chance last night…He is tied for eighth in the majors with 21 saves.
• Starters – Since May 27, Mets starters have posted a 3.20 ERA (81 earned runs/227.2 innings)…New York starters have allowed three runs or less in 26 of these 36 starts…The Mets are 20-16 over this span…New York starters had a 4.18 ERA (202 earned runs/435.0 innings) from the beginning of the year through May 26…The team was 23-26 during that span.
• Mike Pelfrey – IIn three career games, all starts, Pelfrey is 0-1 with a 4.80 ERA (eight earned runs/15.0 innings pitched) vs. Los Angeles….In his last start, lost, 5-2, at Detroit on June 30…Pitched 4.2 innings, allowed five runs, four earned, eight hits, one home run and a season-high five walks…Over his previous five outings, Pelfrey had only walked a combined three batters…Also recorded three strikeouts and threw 109 pitches, 62 for strikes.
• Jeurys Familia – won his first Double-A game last night for Binghamton…Familia tossed 5.0 shutout innings with six strikeouts vs. Portland in the BMets 7-6 victory…Familia is 1-2 with a 3.02 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 50.2 innings in nine starts at Binghamton.
  

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Mets Game #85, Road #44
New York Mets NL East – 3rd Place – (42-42) Road (23-20) – Last Ten (6-4)
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Los Angeles Dodgers NL West – 5th Place – (37-48) Home (19-24) – Last Ten (3-7)

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• Mets at a Glance – The Mets snapped their three-game losing streak with a 3-2, 10-inning win over the Yankees…New York is 7-4 in its last 11 games and 17-13 over its last 30 contests…The Mets are eight games over .500 (37-29) after starting the year 5-13.
  
• Series History  – The Mets have lost their last three road series at Los Angeles, but since 1998, they are 25-24 at Dodger Stadium…The Mets are 2-8 at Dodger Stadium over the last three years…The Mets won two of three at Citi Field, May 6-8.
• Road Games – New York is 23-20 on the road this season…The 23 wins are tied for the eighth-most in the majors…The Mets are 10-6 in their last 16 road games…New York is 4-0-1 in its last five road series and 8-5-1 in road series this year…The Mets won five road series in 2010 and were 18-25 after 43 road games last season.
• Holiday Caps – Major League Baseball clubs will wear special “Stars & Stripes” caps today…The caps have the American flag etched into the team’s logo and are off-white in color with red or blue brims…Major League Baseball Properties will donate 100% of the proceeds it receives from the sale of the caps to Welcome Back Veterans, a program which addresses the needs of returning American Veterans and their families…The caps from all 30 teams will be available on MLB.com.
• Independence Days – The Mets are 27-32 all-time on July 4 …Since 1990, New York is 13-8 on Independence Day…The Mets are 12-15 on the road on July 4.
• Comebacks – The Mets won their second game of the year when trailing after eight innings…Ronny Paulino's two-out RBI single off Mariano Rivera forced extra innings at Citi Field…It was the second time in the last six seasons that the Mets won a home game by scoring in both the ninth and tenth innings…Their other victory of that type over that span (2006-2011) was a 4-3, 10-inning triumph against the Braves on May 12, 2009…The Mets tied that game on a ninth-inning sacrifice fly by Luis Castillo and won it on a basesloaded walk in the 10th to Carlos Beltran…The Mets have 15 come–from-behind wins this year after posting 21 such victories in 2010.
• Walk-Off – Jason Bay delivered a two-out, bases-loaded single to the gap in right-centerfield in the bottom of the 10th inning yesterday to give the Mets their second walkoff win of the year in a 3-2 win over the Yankees…It was Bay’s fourth walkoff RBI of his career and first since a home run on June 28, 2008…Justin Turner was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded on June 22 vs. Oakland for the Mets’ first walkoff of the season.
• Offensive – The Mets are batting .343 (106-309) over their last eight games, with 21 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 55 RBI …New York has scored eight runs in its last four games after scoring a franchise record 52 runs over a four-game span (June 25-29)…Overall the Mets are hitting .264, the sixth-highest mark in the majors…The club’s .335 on-base percentage is the fifth-best in the majors…New York leads the majors with 28 triples and ranks 26th with 52 home runs.
• RISP – The Mets are 6-32 (.188) with runners in scoring position over their last four 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 RISP.
• Two-Out Runs – The Mets scored all three of their runs yesterday with two outs…New York has scored 156 runs with two outs this year, the second-most in the major behind Boston (161) …The Mets scored three of their six runs in the Yankees series with two outs after plating 24 of 32 runs with two outs in a three-game series at Detroit.
• Two-Outs, Nobody On Rallies – The Mets have scored 60 of their 375 runs (16 percent) this year after two outs were recorded and the bases empty…The Mets have scored in 34 different innings, including two yesterday in such situations…Research credit to Elias Sports.
• All Stars – Jose Reyes was named the starting shortstop and outfielder Carlos Beltran was selected for the 2011 National League All-Star team…The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday, July 12…Reyes was selected to his fourth All-Star team (2006-2007, 2010-2011) and second as a starter…Reyes’ four All-Star appearances are the most in team history by a shortstop…Beltran made his sixth All-Star team and his fifth as a member of the Mets (2005-2007, 2009, 2011)…The five All-Star appearances are the second-most by a Mets outfielder, two behind Darryl Strawberry’s seven….Reyes received over 1 million more votes than Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki over the final three days of online voting, making up a quarter-millon vote deficit to win by nearly 800,000 votes.
• 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 .370 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 tied for fifth in the NL with 22 doubles and is hitting .342 on the road, the fourth-highest mark in the NL…..An MRI yesterday revealed Jose Reyes has a Grade 1 (least severe) left hamstring strain…Reyes left Saturday’s game after feeling tightness in his left hamstring while running to first base in the first inning.
• Bullpen – Since May 16, the pen is 4-7 with a 5.64 ERA (74 ER/118.0 IP), including yesterday’s win….The bullpen staff is 26th in the majors with 4.32 ERA, tied for 12th with 34 holds and 12th with 213 strikeouts….The pen has allowed 29 home runs, including 6 over their last 9 games, tied for the 5th most in the majors.
• Starters – Since May 27, Mets starters have posted a 3.21 ERA (79 earned runs/221.2 innings)…New York starters have allowed three runs or less in 25 of these 35 starts…The Mets are 19-16 over this span.
• Chris Capuano – Is 2-1 with a 2.63 ERA (seven earned runs/24.0 innings) over his last four starts….Capuano has not allowed a run in in two of these four starts.

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Scouting Report:

METS: Three home runs last Wednesday prevented Capuano from recording his fifth consecutive quality start, though he did emerge with his fourth victory in five decisions. Capuano will open up the series at Dodger Stadium, where he owns a 4.76 career ERA.

DODGERS: De La Rosa was dominant against the Twins on Wednesday, giving up just one run while going a career-high seven innings. He took a tough-luck loss, though, as the Dodgers were shut out.

Scouting Report:

METS: A career-high five walks doomed Pelfrey last Thursday in Detroit, preventing him from completing five innings for the first time since April. He'll look to rebound against the Dodgers, a team he has never beaten in three career starts.

DODGERS: Lilly had his start pushed back a day because of left elbow tenderness, which has prevented him from throwing bullpen sessions between his last few starts. He has struggled recently, allowing 17 earned runs in his last three starts.

Scouting Report:

METS: Niese gave up three runs in the first inning against the Yankees on Friday, but rebounded with five scoreless innings afterward. He struck out seven hitters and worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth to keep the Mets in the game.

DODGERS: Hiroki Kuroda posted a 2.12 ERA in June, but because of a lack of run support, didn't get a win. He kicked off July pitching just as well, and finally broke through for his first win since mid-May with seven shutout innings in Anaheim.

Scouting Report:

METS: Mets manager Terry Collins blamed a lapse in focus for the one bad inning that doomed Gee last Saturday against the Yankees. Aside from one four-batter stretch, Gee was brilliant, shutting down one of baseball's best offensive teams.

DODGERS: Kershaw followed a pair of complete game gems with a dud in Anaheim his last time out. He struck out 10 batters, his third straight double-digit strikeout game, but he was hit hard for seven runs (six earned) on nine hits.

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