Detroit TIGERS (74-53) NEW York METS (58-67) FIRST PLACE, AL CENTRAL, +5.0 GA Vs
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DETRoIT TIGERS (74-53) NEW yoRK METS (58-67) FIRST PLACE, AL CENTRAL, +5.0 GA vs. THIRD PLACE, NL EAST, -18.0 GB Friday, August 23, 2013 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.y. RHP Doug Fister (10-6, 3.63) vs. RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-0, --) SNy • WFAN 660 AM • WFAN 101.9 FM • ESPN 1050 AM Game #126 • Home Game #60 DAISUKE MATSUZAKA: Agreed to terms on a one-year contract TIGERS-METS SERIES HISToRy: The Mets last faced the Tigers in yesterday...He will wear #16 and start tonight...Matsuzaka, 32, 2011 in Detroit, going 2-1...The Mets are 5-1 all-time vs. Detroit in pitched in Cleveland’s organization this season, making 19 starts New York, including 2-1 at Citi Field (2010). for Columbus (AAA) of the International League...He compiled a 5-8 record and a 3.92 ERA (45 earned runs/103.1 innings), striking \2013: 0-0 2011: 2-1 History: 8-7 out 95 and walking 39...He asked for and was granted his release @NY: 0-0 @NY: 0-0 @NY: 5-1 on Tuesday, August 20...The 6-0, 185-pound native of Tokyo, Japan @DET: 0-0 @DET: 2-1 @DET: 3-6 last appeared in the majors in 2012 with Boston, going 1-7 with a 8.28 ERA (42 earned runs/45.2 innings) in 11 starts...He made his WHAT AN ARM: Juan Lagares collected his 11th outfield assist on major league debut with the Red Sox in 2007, and over six seasons Wednesday...He is one shy of the rookie franchise record held by with the club, he went 50-37 with a 4.52 ERA (336 earned Tsuyoshi Shinjo (2001)...Lagares is tied for the major league lead runs/668.1 innings) in 117 games, 116 starts...The righthander had with his 11 outfield assists with Carlos Gonzalez, Alfonso his best year in 2008, going 18-3 with a 2.90 ERA (54 earned Soriano and Gerardo Parra. runs/167.2 innings) in 29 starts...Matsuzaka will be the 12th Japanese-born player to appear in at least one game with the EXTRA INNINGS: New York has played 52 extra innings this Mets and first since Ryota Igarashi in 2011...RHP Greg Burke season, second in the majors to Arizona (60 innings)...According to was optioned to Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. the Elias Sports Bureau, the major league record is 82 by the 1918 Washington Senators...The franchise record is 60 extra innings in HISToRIC MATCH-UP ToMoRRoW: Tomorrow will be the first 1979 and 1985...The Mets are 7-10 this year in extra inning games. time that the All-Star Game starting pitchers (RHP Matt Scherzer and RHP Matt Harvey) face each other in a regular-season game in STARTING PITCHING: Since the beginning of the month, Mets the same season...Please credit the Elias Sports Bureau for their starting pitchers have compiled a 2.85 ERA (39 earned runs/123.1 research. innings) and struck out 115…They have a quality start in seven of the last eight games…The Mets starters are second in the majors METS AT A GLANCE: New York has won four of its last seven in ERA this month and are first in the NL and third in the majors in games...New York is 17-17 since the All-Star break. strikeouts. HoME CooKING: The Mets have won four of their last five home DANIEL MURPHy: Has hit in eight straight games, going 11-35 games and nine of their last 15 at home and are 26-33 overall at (.314)...Murphy ranks sixth in the National League with 142 hits. home this year...The Mets are 22-21 in the first game of a series. MINoR LEAGUES: Mets minor league teams are a combined 425- INTERLEAGUE ACTIoN: New York is 10-4 vs. the American 372 this year...The 425 wins are most of any major league team and League this season (4-0 vs. Yankees, 3-0 vs. Minnesota, 2-2 vs. the .533 winning percentages ranks sixth...Las Vegas (74-57) is in Chicago and 1-2 vs. Kansas City)...The .714 winning percentage is first place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast League the second-best in Interleague play this year...Boston is 11-4 this ...Binghamton (81-50) clinched the Eastern Division of the Eastern year in Interleague play...The Mets were 8-7 vs. the AL last season League...St. Lucie (A) is 66-55 in the Florida State League... ...The Mets are 73-67 in Interleague play since 2005, the best Savannah (A) won the first half of the South Atlantic League and is record for any NL team...Since 2008, the Mets are 15-7 against the 71-54 overall...Brooklyn is 31-31 and is 1.5 games out of first in the AL Central. McNamara Division of the New York-Penn League...Kingsport (R) leads the Appalachian League Western Division with a 34-25 mark SCoRING EARLy: The Mets have scored the first run of the game by a half a game...The Dominican Summer League Mets2 team is in 13 of their last 15 games overall...The Mets are 38-24 when they 43-26 and 2.0 games out in the Wild Card standings while the Mets1 score first this season (14-12 at home). team is 19-50. SATIN TIES RECoRD: Josh Satin has reached base safely (via hit, STRIKEoUT FoR SAVINGS: Mets pitchers combined to strike out walk or hit by pitch) in each of the 29 games he’s started this 42 Padres in their four-game series...Fans will be able to take 42 season...That is tied for the longest such streak by a Mets rookie for percent off Baseline Box, Left Field Landing and Promenade a single-season with Steve Henderson (1977)...Information Outfield seats for Mets home games August 24-29 against the courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau...Satin’s streak is the fourth- Tigers and Phillies...For more information go to Mets.com/strikeout. longest in the NL this season...Hanley Ramirez and Joey Votto are tied for second with 37. BoBBLEHEAD BoNANZA: On Sunday, August 25, the first 25,000 fans will receive a Tom Seaver bobblehead prior to the 1:10 p.m. 21 FoR ByRD: Marlon Byrd has a career-high 21 home runs this game vs. Detroit...Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling year which is tied for ninth in the NL...Byrd became the 34th player will have a SNY bobblehead on August 27 when the Mets play the in team history to hit 20 or more home runs in a season...Byrd is Phillies at 7:10 p.m...Those special Pepsi Porch tickets are $59 and tied for 10th with 70 RBI and is fifth with a .523 slugging percentage. can be purchased at Mets.com/GKR...A portion of that ticket will go to the GKR Foundation. ByRD DELIVERS: Marlon Byrd has 10 RBI over his last eight games...Byrd has 18 extra-base hits since the All-Star break, THIRD EyE BLIND CoNCERT: Following tonight’s game, Third the most in the NL and tied for the second-most in the majors. Eye Blind will perform a postgame concert presented by Duane Reade and Allegra. UPCoMING oPPoNENTS VS. DETRoIT Sat., August 24 RHP Max Scherzer (18-1, 2.82) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (9-4, 2.25) 4:05 p.m. (FOX, WFAN, ESPN1050) Sun., August 25 RHP Rick Porcello (9-7, 4.52) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (9-8, 3.60) 1:10 p.m. (SNY, WFAN, ESPN1050) #16 DaisuKe MatsuzaKa (---, -.--) rHP 6-0 185 pounds 32 (9/13/80) Height: Weight: age: MatsuzaKa’s 2013 aaa gaMe Log (19 g, 19 gs) Born: Tokyo, Japan resides: Tokyo, Japan signed through: 2013 Date opp. Dec. iP H r2 2 er Hr BB K P-s era 4/6 @ Ind ND, 3-5 5.0 42 20 36 94-56 3.60 vs. opp vs. opp Citi 4/12 Ind ND, 6-7 2.1 33 30 54 58-29 6.14 Pitcher 2013 2012 Career 2013 Career Field 4/18 @ Tol L, 1-3 4.0 22 20 84 90-45 5.56 RHP Doug Fister 10-6, 3.63 10-10, 3.45 40-47, 3.51 ---,-.-- ---, -.-- ---, -.-- 4/23 @ SWB L, 1-2 6.1 32 21 28 101-60 4.58 4/28 @ Paw ND, 6-5 3.0 00 00 02 40-27 3.92 RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka --, -.-- 1-7, 8.28 50-37, 4.52 ---,-.-- 4-1, 3.19 ---, -.-- 6/11 @ Gwi ND, 2-9 2.2 20 00 00 41-26 3.47 6/16 @ Cha L, 3-6 3.2 44 41 26 73-47 4.33 MatsuzaKa‘s statistiCaL BreaKDoWn 6/22 LHV W, 6-2 5.2 71 10 26 89-53 3.86 6/27 @ Nor L, 0-5 5.0 45 52 35 101-58 4.54 CategorY aB H Hr BB so aVg 7/2 @ Dur ND, 5-6 5.0 75 52 33 99-61 5.06 7/7 Lou L, 0-4 7.2 84 41 06 82-60 5.01 vs. Right (2012) 93 26 3818 .280 7/12 Tol ND, 2-1 7.0 61 11 29 104-66 4.55 7/19 @ LHV W, 7-2 6.0 71 10 05 83-57 4.26 vs.