New York Mets (17-19) New York Yankees (19-17) Tied for Fourth Place, Nl East, -4.0 Gb Second Place, Al East, -1.5 Gb
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NEW YORK METS (17-19) NEW YORK YANKEES (19-17) TIED FOR FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -4.0 GB SECOND PLACE, AL EAST, -1.5 GB Monday, May 12, 2014 • 7:05 p.m. Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY RHP Bartolo Colon (2-5, 5.36) vs. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (2-3, 4.43) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM Game #37 • Road Game #18 METS VS. YANKEES: The Mets completed their first ever season NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: The Mets will play 13 of their next series sweep of the Yankees (2-0 at Citi Field and 2-0 at Yankee 16 games in the Big Apple. Stadium) May 27-30 last season...The four-game winning streak vs. the Yankees is also a franchise-high...The Mets outscored the METS & DEREK JETER: The Yankees captain has played 84 Yankees 16-7 during the four games...The Mets are 5-9 at the new career games vs. the Mets...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Yankee Stadium...The Mets have faced the Yankees in 94 Jose Reyes (44 games), David Wright (39 games) and Mike Piazza regular season games with the Yankees holding a 54-40 edge. (38 games) have appeared in the most games as a Met vs. Jeter. NOTES FROM LAST YEAR: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, INTERLEAGUE ACTION: New York is 1-2 vs. the American League last year also marked the first time in team history that the Mets this year, losing a series at Los Angeles-AL...The Mets went 10-7 vs. swept a season series of four-or-more games from any opponent. the American League last year...New York is 147-138 all-time in Interleague play...The .516 winning percentage ranks fourth among SUBWAY STOPS: The Mets won the season series vs. the NL clubs...The Mets will also host Oakland (June 24-25), Texas (June Yankees for the third time last year...New York went 4-2 vs. the 4-5) and Houston (September 26-28) while also traveling to Seattle Yankees in 2004 and 2008...The Mets are 3-8-6 in all-time season (July 21-23) and Oakland (August 19-20). series against the Yankees. WRIGHT VS. AL: David Wright holds the franchise record with 99 BRONX-QUEENS CONNECTION: There have been 121 players career RBI during Interleague play and has 21 home runs, ranking that have played for both the Mets and the Yankees...Five players second behind Mike Piazza (28)...Wright also has nine home runs joined that list this year...Bartolo Colon, Curtis Granderson, Kyle vs. the Yankees, the most by any Met. Farnsworth and Bobby Abreu had played for the Bronx Bombers before this season and Carlos Beltran played with the Mets from DANIEL MURPHY: Had two doubles, two walks and home run 2005-2011. yesterday to reach base safely five times, tying his career-high...It was the fifth such game of his career...Murphy is hitting .371 (23-62) SOUND FAMILIAR: Last year heading to the Subway Series, the with 14 runs scored, nine doubles, two home runs and eight RBI in Mets snapped a five-game losing streak the day before the Series his last 15 games...Murphy is tied for sixth in the National League began scoring three times in their final at-bat to beat the Braves 4-2. with 12 doubles...Since 2012, Murphy has 90 doubles, the second- most in the NL behind Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt (92)...He is WALK-OFF: Ruben Tejada singled to score Chris Young in the 11th eighth in the NL with 25 runs scored and is batting .386 with runners inning yesterday to give the Mets a 5-4 win over the Phillies…Tejada in scoring position, the sixth-best mark in the NL. collected his third career game-ending RBI and first since September 23, 2012 vs. Miami…The Mets have four walk-off wins this year. CURTIS GRANDERSON: Has reached base safely in 15 of his last 17 games...Granderson has seven RBI over his last eight starts... BIG COMEBACK: New York’s win yesterday was its first when He is hitting .306 (11-36) with seven RBI this month. trailing by three or more runs entering the ninth since September 18, 2013 vs. San Francisco…The Mets trailed 4-1 and scored four runs in ERIC CAMPBELL: Collected his first major league hit yesterday, a the ninth to win 5-4…The club also did it one other time last single in the fourth inning, with his mother in the stands on Mother’s Day. season, when the Mets rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the ninth to beat the Cubs, 4-3, on June 16…Research courtesy of the Elias Sports STOLEN BASES: The Mets have 31 stolen bases, tied for the third- Bureau...The Mets have 10 come-from-behind victories this season, most in the majors with Cincinnati...Los Angeles-NL is first with 44 tied for the fifth-most in the majors (two behind the leader - Milwaukee). and Texas is second with 32...Eric Young, Jr. is second in the majors with 14 stolen bases and Daniel Murphy is tied for eighth in LEADS: New York has held a lead in 30 of its 36 games...Not the NL...The Dodgers’ Dee Gordon is first with 24...Young, Jr. including the four times the Mets have been shut out, the club has recorded his 16th multi-stolen base game of his career yesterday had a lead in 30 of 32 games. and the fourth this season. FIRST-INNING: The Mets have scored in the first inning in seven of WALK THIS WAY: The Mets have 127 walks this year, tied for the their last nine games, including yesterday...New York is fourth in the most in the NL with Miami...Curtis Granderson and Ruben Tejada majors with 28 first-inning runs...The Rockies are first with 33, the are tied for the team lead with 16 walks. Athletics are second with 32 and the Angels are third (29)... New York is 10-12 when they score first. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Yogi Berra, who played four games with the Mets in 1965 and then managed the Mets from 1972-1975, WRIGHT MILESTONES: David Wright’s sixth-inning RBI double on including capturing the 1973 NL pennant, turns 89 today. Saturday was his 1,600th career hit…He became the 24th active player to reach that plateau…He is already the franchise leader in METS ENCOURAGE MASS TRANSIT USE: The Mets are hits...Wright has five RBI over his last three games and seven RBI encouraging fans to take mass transit to the Subway Series games over his last eight contests...He is also two RBI shy of on Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15 at Citi Field...The becoming the 20th active player to reach 900...Wright enters club is expecting large crowds for both games and recommends tonight’s game with a nine-game hitting streak (.390, 16-41). fans arrive at the ballpark early. UPCOMING OPPONENTS AT YANKEES (YANKEE STADIUM) Tue., May 13 RHP Zack Wheeler (1-3, 4.35) vs. LHP Vidal Nuno (1-0, 5.47) 7:05 p.m. (PIX11, MLBN, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) VS. YANKEES (CITI FIELD) Wed., May 14 RHP Jenrry Mejia (3-0, 5.06) vs. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (5-0, 2.57) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, ESPN, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) Thurs., May 15 RHP Dillon Gee (3-1, 2.73) vs. TBA 7:10 p.m. (SNY, MLBN, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) #40 BARTOLO COLON (2-5, 5.36) RHP Height: 5-11 Weight: 283 pounds Age: 40 (5/24/73) COLON’S 2014 PITCHING LOG (7 G, 7 GS) Born: Altamira, Puerto Plata, DR Resides: Clifton, NJ Signed Through: 2015 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R2 2 ER HR BB K P-S ERA vs. Opp vs. Opp Yankee 4/2 WSH L, 1-5 6.0 93 32 04 110-75 4.50 4/8 @ATL W, 4-0 7.0 60 00 05 101-70 2.08 Pitcher 2014 2013 Career 2013 Career Stadium 4/13 @LAA L, 2-14 5.0 11 9942381-57 6.00 RHP Hiroki Kuroda 2-3, 4.43 11-13, 3.31 70-73, 3.44 0-0, 0.00 2-5, 4.14 20-11, 2.88 4/19 ATL L, 5-7 7.0 83 30 16 104-69 5.40 RHP Bartolo Colon 2-5, 5.36 18-6, 2.65 191-133, 3.97 1-1, 2.38 5-7, 5.77 4-6, 4.71 4/24 STL W, 4-1 7.0 41 10 08 104-71 4.50 5/1 @COL L, 4-7 4.2 10 7711382-57 5.65 5/6 @MIA L, 0-3 7.0 73 30 15 90-64 5.36 COLON‘S STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN CATEGORY AB H HR BB SO AVG vs. Right (2014) 99 30 4 3 18 .303 vs. Right (Career) 4970 1270 122 342 933 .256 vs. Left (2014) 82 25 3 2 16 .305 vs. Left (Career) 5133 1379 193 465 1051 .269 LAST START: Lost, 3-0, on May 6 against the Marlins at Marlins Park...Pitched 7.0 innings, allowing seven hits and three runs, earned...Fanned five with one walk. W-L IP HRER HR BB K P-S ERA 2014 Totals 2-5 43.2 55 26 26 75 34 672-463 5.36 IN PINSTRIPES: As a Yankee in 2011, Colon went 8-10 with a 4.00 ERA (73 earned runs/164.1 innings 2013 Totals 18-6 190.1 193 60 56 14 29 117 2881-1978 2.65 pitched) in 29 games, 26 starts...Went 0-1 with a 3.97 ERA (five earned runs/11.1 innings pitched) in Career Totals 191-133 2627.1 2649 1264 1158 315 807 1984 3.97 three relief appearances in pinstripes.