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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 2016 NATIONAL N.L. EAST WILD CARD NATIONAL N.L. EAST NATIONAL NATIONAL WORLD LEAGUE WORLD DIVISION & NLDS LEAGUE & NLDS LEAGUE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WINNERS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WILD CARD WASHINGTON NATIONALS (93-61) NEW YORK METS (66-88) FIRST PLACE, NL EAST, +20.0 GA FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -27.0 GB Sunday, September 24, 2017 • 1:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Max Scherzer (15-6, 2.59) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (15-9, 3.55) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 METSCELLANEOUS: New York is 3-7 in its last 10 games...New NATIONALSMETS NOTES: The Mets have had one winning York is 34-42 at Citi Field this year...The Mets fell to 2-8 in extra- season vs. Washington since 2011 (2015: 11-8)...New York is 6-13 vs. inning games (1-5 at home) and 19-23 in one-run games...New the Nationals at Citi Field since the start of last season. York is a season high-tying 22 games under .500...The Mets are 14-31 during the day. 2017: 6-12 2016: 7-12 History 409-427 @NY: 2-7 @NY: 4-6 @NY: 209-215 FAN APPRECIATION WEEEKEND: The Mets continue to thank @WAS: 4-5 @WAS: 3-6 @WAS: 63-55 the greatest fans in all of baseball this weekend...Mets players @MON: 135-152 will be greeting fans and scanning their tickets as fans enter @PR: 2-5 the ballpark today...Mets Hall of Famer Mookie Wilson will be signing autographs on Mets Plaza from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m...All JACOB deGROM: Has career highs in wins (15), strikeouts fans today will receive a scratch off card with a chance to win (228), innings (195.1) and today will be his career-high 31st start... autographed items, tickets and much more...Kids 12 and under DeGrom is tied for fourth in the NL in wins...Only 14 pitchers in can run the bases after today's game. franchise history have 16 or more wins, last by R.A. Dickey (20 wins in 2012)...DeGrom ranks 12th in team history with his 228 SEPTEMBER: New York is hitting .276 this month, ranking third strikeouts in a single-season...Dickey is 11th (230 strikeouts in in the majors...The Mets are second in the majors with a .351 2012), David Cone is 10th (233 in 1990), Tom Seaver is ninth OBP and have 45 doubles this month, the fourth-most in the (235 in 1976)...He is fifth in the majors in strikeouts this year... majors...New York is fifth with a .800 OPS...José Reyes is tied for The last Mets pitcher to toss 200.0 or more innings was Bartolo seventh in the NL with 15 RBI this month. Colon (202.1 innings) in 2014...DeGrom ranks ninth in the majors in innings. CLOSING IN ON HR FRANCHISE RECORD: The Mets have hit 217 home runs this year, one shy of the franchise record (218) deGROM IN deDAY: Jacob deGrom is 17-7 with a 1.97 ERA (53 set last year...This is the first time in team history the Mets have earned runs/242.1 innings) in 37 career starts during the day... hit 200 or more homers in consecutive seasons...The Mets are deGrom has the lowest daytime ERA in the majors in the modern second in the NL and eighth in the majors with 217 home runs. era (since 1900 - min. 200 innings). 10 OR MORE: New York has had 10 players hit 10 or more home deGROM VS. SCHERZER: This is the second in their careers, that runs, the most in team history...In 2007 and 2005, eight players Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer will face each other...On April 28 hit 10 or more homers. earlier this year at Citi Field the two started against each other... DeGrom won, tossing 7.0 innings, allowing three earned runs with STOLEN BASES: New York has 23 stolen bases in its last 28 12 strikeouts in a 7-5 victory...Scherzer took the loss, working 6.0 games...Since August 25, the Mets are second in stolen bases innings, allowing five earned runs with seven strikeouts. in the majors, trailing Boston (24)...The Mets had 32 stolen bases in their first 126 games...José Reyes is tied for third in the majors METS VS. SCHERZER: Max Scherzer is 7-4 with a 2.27 ERA (23 with eight stolen bases since August 25. earned runs/91.0 innings) in 14 career games vs. New York...He is 5-2 with a 1.79 ERA (11 earned runs/55.1 innings) in eight career AMED ROSARIO: Is hitting .325 (13-40) with eight runs scored starts at Citi Field...Scherzer is 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA (nine earned this month (12 games)...Rosario is hitting .291 (25-86) with two runs/22.0 innings) in three starts vs. the Mets this season. home runs, five RBI and 10 runs scored over his last 24 games dating to August 18. CABRERA THIS MONTH : Asdrúbal Cabrera is fifth in the majors with a .385 (25-65) batting average this month...He is fourth with NORI AOKI: Is hitting .321 (25-78) with seven doubles, eight RBI, a .468 OBP this month and third in the NL in slugging (.646)... 12 runs scored and a .376 OBP in 19 games since being signed Cabrera is tied for third in the majors with eight doubles in by the Mets on September 2...Aoki has reached base safely in September. 22 of his last 23 games dating to August 20 and in 18 of his 19 games as a Met. d'ARNAUD DINGERS: Travis d'Arnaud has a career-high 15 homers...D'Arnaud joins Mike Piazza, Todd Hundley, Gary Carter, JOSÉ REYES: Is hitting .340 (34-100) with six doubles, one triple, John Stearns and John Buck as catchers who have hit 15 or more five home runs, 16 RBI and 26 runs scored over his last 27 games homers in team history...Nine of d'Arnaud's 15 home runs have tied dating to August 13...Reyes has 510 career stolen bases, two more the game or given the Mets a lead. than Ichiro Suzuki (508) for the most among active players...Reyes is tied for sixth in the NL with five home runs this month...Reyes MORE TRAVIS: D'Arnaud also has a career-high 52 RBI...He's is the fifth player in team history to have 100 home runs and 100 tied for sixth in the NL with five home runs this month...D'Arnaud stolen bases, joining Darryl Strawberry, Howard Johnson, Carlos Is batting .319 (15-47) with four doubles, five homers and 14 RBI Beltrán and David Wright...His 14 homers are the third-most he's this month (14 games)...D'Arnaud is batting .305 (25-82) over his hit in his career, behind 19 in 2006 and 16 in 2008. last 26 games dating to August 17. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING VS. ATLANTA Mon., Sept. 25 G1 RHP Lucas Sims (2-5, 5.14) vs. RHP Chris Flexen (3-4, 7.13) 4:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) G2 LHP Max Fried (1-0, 4.41) vs. RHP Seth Lugo (6-5, 5.03) (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Tue., Sept. 26 RHP R.A. Dickey (10-10, 4.32) vs, RHP Rafael Montero (5-11, 5.30) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Wed., Sept. 27 LHP Sean Newcomb (4-8, 4.26) vs. RHP Robert Gsellman (7-7, 5.38) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) #48 JACOB DE GROM (15-9, 3.55) RHP Height: 6-4 Weight: 180 pounds Age: 29 (6/19/88) DE GROM’S 2017 PITCHING LOG Born: DeLand, FL Resides: DeLand, FL Signed Through: 2017 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K P-S ERA 4/5 ATL ND, 1-3 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 6 95-61 0.00 LAST START: Earned the win in the Mets' 7-3 victory over Atlanta on September 16 at 4/10 @PHI ND, 4-3 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 3 96-67 1.50 SunTrust Park...Tossed 7.0 innings, allowing one run, earned, on fi ve hits...Struck out 4/15 @MIA ND, 4-5 7.0 4 2 2 2 1 13 97-64 1.89 seven and walked two...The win was his 15th of the season, a new single-season high 4/22 WAS L, 1-3 5.2 8 3 3 0 6 10 101-65 2.55 4/28 @WAS W, 7-5 7.0 6 3 3 2 1 12 112-77 2.84 for deGrom...His previous high was 14 wins in the 2015 campaign...He also surpassed his 5/3 @ATL W, 16-5 5.0 8 5 5 0 5 5 109-68 3.68 previous career-high in innings pitched, reaching 195.1 innings on the year...His previous 5/8 SF ND, 4-3 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 11 105-64 3.80 high was 191.0 innings pitched, also in 2015.