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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 NEW YORK METS (21-12) LOS ANGELES DODGERS (17-17) FIRST PLACE, NL EAST, +0.5 GA TIED FOR FIRST PLACE, NL WEST, -- Thursday, May 12, 2016 • 10:10 p.m. (ET) Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA RHP Bartolo Colon (3-1, 2.82) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-1, 2.04) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets are 4-3 on their season-high 11- METS!DODGERS NOTES: The Mets are 13-10 in Los Angeles game road trip...The Mets are 12-6 on the road... The .667 road (including the playo! s) since 2011. winning percentage is tied for the third-best ...The Mets are 17-6 in their last 23 games and 19-7 in their last 26 contests...New York 2016: 2-1 2015: 7-5* History 267-327-1 is 7-5 in one-run games (4-3 on the road). @NY: 0-0 @NY: 3-3 @NY: 144-149-1 @LA: 2-1 @LA: 4-2 @LA: 123-178 SERIES NOTES: Having secured at least a series tie, New York is * includes postseason now undefeated in its last eight series, winning six and tying one (with this series outcome still to come)...The Mets have not lost a LITTLE ROLLER UP ALONG FIRST: Vin Scully, who was born in series since April 11-13...Overall, New York is 3-0-2 in road series. the Bronx, will retire after this year, his 67th season of broadcast- ing Dodgers baseball...He will forever be remembered by Mets TONIGHT’S MATCH!UP: Bartolo Colon and Clayton Kershaw fans for announcing the 1986 World Series for NBC, including his have combined to win 339 games (Colon-221, Kershaw-118) and historic call in Game 6 as the Mets rallied to win in the 10th inning. strikeout 4,080 batters (Colon-2270, Kershaw-1810)...The duo has won four Cy Young Awards (Kershaw-three, Colon-one). YOENIS CESPEDES: Has hit six homers and has 17 RBI over VS. KERSHAW: Clayton Kershaw is 6-0 with a 1.34 ERA (nine his last 14 games and 10 home runs and 28 RBI over his last earned runs/60.1 innings) with 61 strikeouts in nine career 21 contests... Cespedes is tied for the NL lead and is tied for regular season starts vs. New York...He went 1-1 with a 2.63 ERA third in the majors with 31 RBI ...His 11 home runs are tied for (four earned runs/13.2 innings) in last year’s NL Division Series. the third-most in the majors... He is tied for fourth in the majors with a .667 slugging percentage. HOME RUN NOTES: The Mets have 51 home runs through their first 33 games, which is the most in team history after 33 DAVID WRIGHT: Has drawn at least one walk in a career games...New York did not reach 51 home runs until its 58th high-tying 10 straight games...Wright walked in 10 consecutive game last year (June 8)... Overall, the Mets lead the majors with games from April 19-29, 2007...It is tied for the third-longest 51 home runs...The Mets also lead the majors with 35 home streak in team history...Only Keith Hernandez (11, July 7-21, 1984) runs on the road. and Darryl Strawberry (12, May 16-30, 1987) have had a longer streak...Wright is seventh in the NL with 24 walks...He leads the NOTES FROM LAST NIGHT: Noah Syndergaard became team with .392 OBP. the second pitcher in team history to hit two home runs in a game, joining Walt Terrrell, August 6, 1983 at Wrigley Field... KEVIN PLAWECKI: Has hit in five straight games, going 6-18 (.333) Syndergaard tied the club record for RBI by a pitcher with four, with three runs scored, three doubles, one homer and two RBI. done seven previous times, last by Steven Matz, June 28, 2015 vs. Cincinnati...Syndergaard is the second pitcher to hit multiple PITCHING NOTES: The Mets rank second in the majors with a homers in a game at Dodger Stadium, also done by Darren 2.78 team ERA...New York has allowed the fewest homers (20). Dreifort, August 8, 2000 vs. the Cubs...Syndergaard (23 years, 256 days) is the youngest to hit two homers in a game since FROM THE PEN: New York’s bullpen leads the NL and ranks Philadelphia’s Larry Christenson did it against the Mets at Shea fourth in the majors with a 2.66 ERA (28 earned runs/94.2 on September 5, 1976 at age of 22 years, 300 days. innings)...They have stranded 37 of 46 inherited runners (80%), the fourth-best percentage in the majors...The pen has 29 holds, HELPING THEIR OWN CAUSE: This is the first time that two the most in the majors. different pitchers (Bartolo Colon and Noah Syndergaard) have hit home runs in the same calendar month in team history...Research JEURYS FAMILIA: Is tied for the major league lead with 12 courtesy of Elias...In the last five games, Mets pitchers are hitting saves...Is 12-for-12 in save opportunities...Five of his last eight .400 (6-15) with two doubles, three homer and seven RBI... Mets outings have been 1-2-3 innings. pitchers lead the majors with three homers, are fourth with eight RBI and are first in the NL with a .537 OPS. FROM THE COMPUTER: Yoenis Cespedes has a .615 OBP vs. lefthanders this year, the second-highest mark in the majors... BARTOLO COLON: Was named the Co-NL Player of the Week Bartolo Colon has a 75.1 strike percentage (139/185) in the past 14 last week...Colon went 2-0 with a 1.84 ERA (three earned runs/14.2 days, the highest percentage among 141 qualified starters during innings) with one walk and 12 strikeouts...On May 2, he tossed that span...Mets starting pitchers have walked 14 of 418 righthanded 8.0 shutout innings vs. Atlanta to move past Pedro Martinez into batters (3.3%) this year, the lowest percentage in the majors. second place with 220 wins by a Dominican-born pitcher...On May 7 at San Diego, he picked up the win and became the oldest THIS DATE IN 1986: Tim Teufel delivered a walkoff RBI single in player (42 years, 349 days) to hit his first major league home run... the bottom of the ninth to beat the Braves, 1-0, at Shea on May 12, Colon is the second-oldest Mets player to homer behind Julio 1986...Sid Fernandez struck out 10 over 7.0 shutout innings..The Franco (48 years, 254 days) when he went deep on May 4, 2007 Mets will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the World Champions at Arizona...Colon is the active leader among all major league at Citi Field, May 27-29 vs. the Dodgers...For tickets or info visit pitchers in wins (221) and is tied for 75th all-time with Joe Niekro. Mets.com/1986. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING AT COLORADO Fri., May 13 RHP Matt Harvey (3-4, 4.50) vs. RHP Jon Gray (0-1, 5.40) 8:40 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) Sat., May 14 TBA vs. RHP Eddie Butler (1-1, 3.86) 8:10 p.m. (PIX11, MLBN, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) Sun., May 15 RHP Jacob deGrom (3-1, 2.12) vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood (4-3, 3.09) 4:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) #40 BARTOLO COLÓN (3-1, 2.82) RHP Height: 5-11 Weight: 283 pounds Age: 42 (5/24/73) COLÓN’S 2016 PITCHING LOG (7 G, 6 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: Picked up the win in the Mets' 6-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on 4/3* @KC ND, 3-4 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20-13 0.00 May 7 at Petco Park...Tossed 6.2 innings and allowed three runs, earned, on six hits... 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 Struck out fi ve and walked one...Went 1-3 at the plate with his fi rst career homer, a two- 4/20 @Phi ND, 4-5 (11) 6.0 4 3 3 1 1 4 90-63 2.89 run shot o! of James Shields in the second inning...Was named the Co-National League 4/26 Cin ND, 4-3 5.0 8 3 3 1 1 4 88-64 3.42 Player of the Week for the week of May 2-8...It was Colon’s fi fth Player of the Week 5/2 Atl W, 4-1 8.0 7 0 0 0 0 7 99-77 2.56 honor...He won once last year (August 31-September 6). 5/7 @SD W, 6-3 6.2 6 3 3 1 1 5 86-62 2.82 BARTOLO'S BLAST: Became the oldest player (42 years, 349 days) to hit his fi rst major *Relief appearance league home run...Randy Johnson (40 years, 9 days) held the previous mark (September 19, 2003 with Arizona)...The last pitcher to hit a homer in a major league game that was as old as Colón was Phil Niekro (43) when he homered for Atlanta on October 1, 1982 at San Diego...Colón is the second-oldest Mets player to homer behind Julio Franco (48 years, 254 days) when he went deep on May 4, 2007 at Arizona...Hall of Famer Willie Mays is the only other 42-year-old (42 years, 102 days) to homer for the Mets...Colon became the fi fth-oldest pitcher to homer since 1913...Only Jack Quinn (46), Dazzy Vance (43), Phil Niekro (43) and Warren Spahn (43) were older.