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GAME NOTES New York Mets Media Relations Department • Citi Field • Flushing, NY 11386 | 718-565-4330 1969 1973 1986 1988 1999 2000 2006 WORLD NATIONAL WORLD N.L. EAST WILD CARD NATIONAL N.L. EAST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION & NLDS LEAGUE & NLDS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WINNERS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS NEW YORK METS (0-0) WASHINGTON NATIONALS (0-0) 2014: 79-83, T2nd PLACE, NL EAST, -17.0 GB 2014: 96-66, 1st PLACE, NL EAST, +17.0 GA Monday, April 6, 2015 • 4:05 p.m. Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. RHP Bartolo Colon (0-0, --) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, --) SNY • ESPN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM OPENING DAY: The Mets are set to open their 54th season METS-NATIONALS NOTES: The Mets lost 15 games to today...In the history of Major League Baseball, the Mets (34- the Nationals last year, tied for the most in team history in a 19, .642) have the best winning percentage on Opening single season vs. Montreal/Washington (1979, 3-15)...Over Day...Below is a list of the top records on Opening Day, the last three years, the Mets are 15-41 (.366) vs. the Nats. courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau. 2014: 4-15 2013: 7-12 History 385-395 NEW YORK METS 34-19 (.642) @NY: 1-9 @NY: 3-7 @NY 198-197 Seattle Mariners 23-15 (.605) @WAS: 3-6 @WAS: 4-5 @WAS 50-41 Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 (.588) @MON 135-152 @PR: 2-5 Baltimore Orioles 66-47 (.584) New York Yankees 63-48 (.568) LEADOFF HOME RUN: Kazuo Matsui is the only Met to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day when he took Atlanta’s Russ OPENING DAY: After losing their fi rst eight Opening Day Ortiz deep on April 6, 2004 at Turner Field. contests, the Mets have won 34 of their last 46 Opening Day games...New York took nine straight openers from 1975- GRAND SLAM: Collin Cowgill and Todd Hundley are the only 1983 to tie a major league record...The Mets have won seven two Mets to hit a grand slam on Opening Day...Cowgill went of their last nine openers and are 10-5 in their last 15. deep on April 1, 2013 off San Diego’s Brad Brach...Hundley’s slam came on April 26, 1995 at Colorado off Billy Swift. ON THE ROAD: The Mets are 14-11 when starting the season on the road...Dating back to 2001, New York has OPENING O: The Mets scored a franchise-best 12 runs on won fi ve of its last seven games when opening the year on Opening Day on April 4, 1994 at Chicago-NL. the road. TWO HOME RUNS: Robin Ventura, Bobby Bonilla, Cleon VS. WASHINGTON: This is the third time the Mets and Jones, Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds are the only Nationals have started the season against each other and fi ve players in club history to hit two home runs in an Opening the fi rst time in Washington, D.C...New York lost to the Day tilt...Ventura was the last to accomplish the feat on April Nationals, 9-7, in 10 innings last year at Citi Field on March 3, 2001 at Atlanta...Bonilla cracked two home runs in his fi rst 31...The Mets beat Washington 3-2 on April 3, 2006 at Shea game as a Met on April 6, 1992 at St. Louis, Jones belted two Stadium...New York faced the Montreal Expos fi ve times on home runs on April 6, 1975 vs. Philadelphia and Strawberry Opening Day, going 4-1...The Mets won in 1971, 1976, 1978 and McReynolds each hit two home runs on April 4, 1988 at and 1988 and lost in 1969. Montreal in a 10-6 triumph. BARTOLO COLON: Will be making his seventh career OPENING DAY ZEROS: The Mets have recorded seven Opening Day start after starting on Opening Day with the shutouts on Opening Day...The last time New York held an Indians from 2000-2002 and the Angels from 2004-2006... opponent scoreless on Opening Day was in 2012 when the He will become the oldest (41, 317 days) Mets pitcher to start Mets blanked the Braves, 1-0...Meanwhile, the Mets have on Opening Day...Tom Glavine (41, 7 days) held the previous been shut out only once (7-0, April 9, 1963 vs. St. Louis) on mark when he started in 2007 at St. Louis...The last major Opening Day. league Opening Day starters older than Colon was in 2006 when Jamie Moyer (43, 136 days) started for Seattle on April 3, FOR THE FIRST TIME: Four Mets are taking part in their fi rst 2006 at Los Angeles-AL (against Colon) and Randy Johnson career Opening Day...The list includes: Jacob deGrom, Sean (42, 205 days) started for the Yankees on the same day at Gilmartin, Rafael Montero and Wilmer Flores...Gilmartin’s fi rst Oakland...Colon will be the 24th different pitcher to start on appearance will also be his major league debut. Opening Day for the Mets. FINAL SPRING NOTES: New York’s 19 spring wins were WRIGHT ON: David Wright is hitting .361 (16-41) with four the most in the National League and tied for the third-most in home runs and 11 RBI on Opening Day... Wright will make team history...The Mets led all ML teams with a .350 on-base his 11th Opening Day start today, tied for the most in percentage and were second with a .463 slugging percentage team history with Tom Seaver and Bud Harrelson. this spring...New York’s .281 batting average was the third- highest in the NL. EXTRA, EXTRA OPENING DAY: The Mets have played seven extra-inning games on Opening Day...They are 5-2 in MEANWHILE BACK AT CITI FIELD: The Mets will open those contests...The last extra-inning affair was last year, a 9-7 Citi Field for the Mets Opening Day Watch Party today...This loss to the Nationals...The last Mets Opening Day win in extras fi rst of its kind free event allows Mets fans to watch today’s was a 6-4, 10-inning victory on April 3, 2001 at Atlanta. action on SNY on CitiVision’s new scoreboard. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING AT WASHINGTON Wed., April 8 RHP Jacob deGrom (0-0, --) vs. RHP Jordan Zimmerann (0-0, --) 7:05 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) Thurs., April 9 RHP Matt Harvey (0-0, --) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (0-0, --) 1:05 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, ESPN 1050) #40 BARTOLO COLON (15-13, 4.09) RHP Height: 5-11 Weight: 283 pounds Age: 41 (5/24/73) COLON’S 2015 SPRING TRAINING LOG Born: Altamira, Puerto Plata, DR Resides: Clifton, NJ Signed Through: 2015 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K P-S ERA 3/5 @Was ND, 4-5 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 vs. Opp vs. Opp Nationals 3/10 @Atl L, 2-3 3.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 5.40 Pitcher 2014 2013 Career 2014 Career Park 3/15 @TB L, 4-8 2.0 7 5 5 0 1 3 10.29 RHP Max Scherzer 18-5, 3.15 21-3, 2.90 91-50, 3.58 --, -.-- 2-0, 2.89 --, -.-- 3/20 StL ND, 5-4 4.2 6 2 2 1 1 5 7.71 RHP Bartolo Colon 15-13, 4.09 18-6, 2.65 204-141, 3.95 1-4, 4.50 2-5, 3.45 1-1, 3.86 4/1 StL L, 4-5 5.0 6 3 3 0 1 2 7.02 COLON’S STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN CATEGORY AB H HR BB SO AVG vs. Right (2014) 380 109 13 12 77 .287 vs. Right (Career) 5251 1349 131 351 992 .257 vs. Left (2014) 419 109 9 18 74 .260 vs. Left (Career) 5470 1463 199 481 1109 .267 SPRING TRAINING: In his fi ve spring training outings, all starts, he went 0-3 with a 7.02 ERA (13 earned runs/16.2 innings pitched) with four walks and 13 strikeouts...Allowed two home runs...Opposing batters hit .348 against him. OPENING DAY VETERAN: This is his seventh career Opening Day start...His last came W-L IP H R ER HR BB K P-S ERA with Los Angeles (AL) on April 3, 2006 at Seattle...Received a no-decision in 5.0 innings, 2015 Spring 0-3 16.2 24 13 13 2 4 13 7.02 2014 Totals 15-13 202.1 218 97 92 22 30 151 3011-2059 4.09 surrendering three runs, earned, on eight hits with one walk and four strikeouts...Has a career record of 4-1 with a 2.79 ERA (12 earned runs/38.2 innings pitched) on Opening Career Totals 204-104 2786.0 2812 1335 1224 330 832 2101 --- 2.69 Day...Becomes the 24th and oldest pitcher to make an Opening Day Start for New York... NOTES VS. WASHINGTON The last Opening Day starter older than Colon was in 2006 when Jamie Moyer (43, 136 Last Win vs. Washington: Won, 5-2, at Nationals Park on May 17, days) started for Seattle on April 3 and Randy Johnson (42, 205 days) started for the 2014...Threw 8.0 innings allowing two runs, earned, and fi ve hits...Struck Yankees on the same day. out fi ve and walked one. Last Loss vs.