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GAME NOTES New York Mets Media Relations Department • Citi Field • Flushing, NY 11368 718-565-4330 | mets.com | /mets | @mets | @mets 1969 1973 1986 1988 1999 2000 2006 2015 NATIONAL N.L. EAST WILD CARD NATIONAL N.L. EAST NATIONAL WORLD LEAGUE WORLD DIVISION & NLDS LEAGUE & NLDS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WINNERS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CINCINNATI REDS (9-11) NEW YORK METS (11-7) FOURTH PLACE, NL CENTRAL, -5.5 GB SECOND PLACE, NL EAST, -3.0 GB Tuesday, April 26, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP Brandon Finnegan (1-1, 3.74) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (1-1, 2.89) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets have won nine of their last 11 REDS!METS NOTES: New York has won 14 of the last 16 match- games, including four in a row...New York is 3-4 at home this year. ups between the two clubs...The Mets clinched the 2015 NL East title in Cincinnati on September 26. FIRST INNING FUN: The Mets have scored in the first inning in eight of their last 10 games (12 runs total)...New York is 11-3 when 2016: 1-0 2015: 7-0 History 275-314 they score first this year, including 3-1 at home. @NY: 1-0 @NY: 3-0 @NY: 151-148 @CIN: 0-0 @CIN: 4-0 @CIN: 124-166 SCORING FIRST: New York has scored first in 12 straight games dating to April 12, the longest such streak in team history...The VS. CINCINNATI: The Mets have won a franchise-record nine previous mark was 11 straight games accomplished in 1991 and straight games vs. Cincinnati dating to September 7, 2014... The 1987...Info courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau. Mets have posted a double-digit winning streak vs. one team five times in their franchise history (Pittsburgh 15 straight wins, HISTORIC HOME RUN BINGE: The Mets have hit 26 home runs 6/6/86-4/9/87; Colorado, 11 wins, 5/4/14-8/23/15; San Diego, in their last 10 games, tied for the most home runs over any 10- 11 wins, 5/28/69-8/27/69; Philadelphia, 10 wins, twice, 5/9/15- game span in franchise history...New York also went deep 26 8/31/15 and 9/10/71-6/28/72). times over a 10-game span from June 27-July 7, 2004...Research courtesy of Elias. PITCHING: The Mets have allowed two or fewer runs in 10 of their last 17 games...New York ranks fourth in the majors with a 2.95 HOME RUN NOTES: New York has hit 28 home runs this year... ERA...The staff has allowed six home runs, the fewest in the majors. Only Arizona (30) and St. Louis (30) have hit more... Since April 15, the Mets lead the majors with 26 home runs...Arizona and St. BARTOLO COLON: Has 219 career wins, tied with Pedro Louis are tied for second with 19 during that span . Martinez for the second-most among Dominican-born pitchers... Juan Marichal ranks first with 243 wins...Colon has posted 22 NEIL WALKER: Neil Walker has seven home runs over his last 10 victories since the 2014 All-Star Game, which is tied for the 13th- games... Walker’s eight home runs are the most he’s ever hit in most in the majors over that span. any calendar month ...He had seven home runs in September, 2013 and seven in July, 2012... Walker is tied for second in the LOGAN VERRETT: Has tossed 13.1 scoreless innings dating to majors with his eight long balls ...Only Bryce Harper (nine) has April 13...Verrett’s career-high is 13.2 scoreless frames from June more...Walker has hit in seven straight games, going 12-29 (.414) 24-August 23, 2015...He ranks seventh in the majors with a 0.63 with five home runs and six RBI. ERA (min. 10 innings). APRIL SHOWERS: Neil Walker’s eight April home runs are tied JEURYS FAMILIA: Has 55 career saves ranking 12th on the Mets for the fourth-most in team history and are tied for the most all-time list...Randy Myers is 11th with 56 and Braden Looper is 10th by a second baseman in April in club history...Dave Kingman with 57 saves...Familia is tied for sixth in the majors with six saves. (1976), Carlos Delgado (2006) and John Buck (2013) hold the club record with nine April home runs...Jeff Kent also hit eight NOAH NOTES: Noah Syndergaard has eight straight games with home runs as a second baseman in 1994....The last major league eight or more strikeouts, the third-longest streak in team history... second baseman with eight April homers was Robinson Cano for David Cone had 10 straight such games in 1992 and Dwight the Yankees in 2012. Gooden had nine in 1984...Syndergaard’s 38 strikeouts are tied MICHAEL CONFORTO: Since moving the number #3 spot in the with Pedro Martinez (2005) for the most in team history after four lineup, Conforto is hitting .378 (14-37) with 10 runs scored, five starts of the season...He is tied for second in the majors with 38 doubles, three home runs and eight RBI in 10 games...He has a strikeouts, one behind Chris Archer. .442 on-base percentage and a .757 slugging percentage during IN THE FIELD: New York has made six errors this year, tied for that span. the second-fewest in the majors, behind Washington (five errors). LUCAS DUDA: Has four home runs in his last seven games with DO THE WRIGHT THING: For the third straight year, David nine RBI during that span...Duda is batting .345 (10-30) during Wright will honor NYPD heroes through his “The Wright Thing” that stretch...Last night was his 57th home run at Citi Field, the community platform...The initiative underscores Wright’s most in the park’s history... Duda has nine career home runs and admiration and respect for law enforcement...His father, Rhon, 32 RBI in 28 games vs. Cincinnati. served in the Norfolk, VA Police Department for 30 years...Today’s GRAND STREAK: Curtis Granderson has hit in six straight honorees are Police Officer Anthony Barton and Police Officer contests, going 10-26 (.385) with a .484 on-base percentage... Michael Pyzikiewicz...The duo helped deliver a baby boy on the Granderson has hit .333 (13-39) with 11 runs scored, three side of the highway, just off the L.I.E...Barton and Pyzikiewicz doubles, one triple, four home runs and eight RBI over his last will meet with Wright before the game and be featured on the nine contests. scoreboard during tonight’s game. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING VS. CINCINNATI Wed., April 27 RHP Jon Moscot (0-1, 5.06) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (1-3, 5.24) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) VS. SAN FRANCISCO Fri., April 29 RHP Jake Peavy (1-1, 6.86) vs. LHP Steven Matz (2-1, 5.40) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) Sat., April 30 RHP Matt Cain (0-2, 6.43) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (2-0, 1.54) 4:05 p.m. (SNY, FS1, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) Sun., May 1 LHP Madison Bumgarner (2-2, 3.64) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 1.69) 1:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) #40 BARTOLO COLÓN (1-1, 2.89) RHP Height: 5-11 Weight: 283 pounds Age: 42 (5/24/73) COLÓN’S 2016 PITCHING LOG (4 G, 3 GS) Born: Altamira, DR Resides: Clifton, NJ Signed Through: 2016 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K P-S ERA LAST START: Received a no-decision in the Mets' 5-4, 11-inning loss to the Phillies at 4/3* @KC ND, 3-4 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20-13 0.00 Citizens Bank Park on April 20...Pitched 6.0 innings, allowing three runs, earned, on four 4/9 Phi L, 0-1 6.0 5 1 1 1 0 7 90-60 1.23 4/15 @Cle W, 6-5 5.1 8 2 2 0 1 5 97-62 2.13 hits...Struck out four while walking one in the 90-pitch e! ort. 4/20 @Phi ND, 4-5 (11) 6.0 4 3 3 1 1 4 90-63 2.89 VS. CINCINNATI: Is 4-1 with a 3.77 ERA (12 earned runs/28.2 innings) in fi ve games, all *Relief appearance starts, against the Reds...Has not faced the Reds since 2014, when he earned the win on September 5...Pitched 7.0 innings, allowing two runs, earned, on seven hits at the Great American Ball Park. AT CITI FIELD: Colon is 14-14 with a 3.72 ERA (82 earned runs/198.1 innings) in 31 career starts at Citi Field as a Met...Overall, Colon has 15 wins at Citi Field, the most among pitchers currently on the team (Harvey and deGrom are tied for second with 12)...His 15 wins are the sixth-most for any pitcher in the ballpark's history...Over his last eight starts at Citi Field, Colon is 1-4 with a 2.68 ERA (15 earned runs/50.1 innings)...The Mets have lost seven of those eight games. CAREER RANKINGS: Is tied with Pedro Martinez for the second-most wins all-time by a Dominican-born pitcher with 219 wins...Juan Marichal ranks fi rst all-time with 243 wins..