GAMENew York Mets Media Relations Department NOTES • Citi Field • 41 Seaver Way 718-565-4330 | mets.com | @mets | @mets | @mets NEW YORK METS (4-7) WASHINGTON NATIONALS (3-4) FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -3.0 GB THIRD PLACE, NL EAST, -2.0 GB Tuesday, August 5, 2020 • 7:05 p.m. Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. LHP Steven Matz (0-1, 3.18) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (0-0, 1.42) SNY • ESPN • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM ROSTER MOVES: Prior to tonight’s game, the Mets placed INF Robinson NATIONALS-METS NOTES: The Mets have won eight of their last 10 games vs. the Canó on the IL with a grade two left adductor strain...In a corresponding Nationals...The two teams will play each other six times in the next 11 days. move, OF Billy Hamilton was selected from the team’s Alternate Training Site...He will wear #21...Hamilton was acquired on Sunday from the San 2020: 0-0 2019: 12-7 History: 432-373 Francisco Giants in exchange for RHP Jordan Humphreys. @NY: 0-0 @NY: 7-3 @NY: 221-224 @WAS: 0-0 @WAS: 5-4 @WAS: 74-61 INJURY UPDATES: The Mets have announced that Jeff McNeil’s MRI result @MON: 135-152 revealed a low grade right intercostal strain...Amed Rosario was diagnosed @PR: 2-5 with left quad tightness...Both players are day-to-day. RISPY BUSINESS: The Mets went 5-13 with runners in scoring position last night...Overall, the team is batting .224 (24-107) with runners in scoring position IN NEW YORK YOU CAN BE A NEW MAN: Billy Hamilton ranks third among this season...That puts them 24th in the majors and 12th in the National League. active players with 299 career stolen bases...His 81.3 percent stolen base success rate ranks fifth among active players with at least 200 stolen base THE FIRST PITCH IS THE DEEPEST: The Mets as a team are hitting attempts...Since 2013, Hamilton ranks fourth among all centerfielders with .406/.418/.641 on the first pitch...Their 26 hits on the first pitch lead the 72 defensive runs saved and ranks second among all active centerfielders majors...Michael Conforto is tied for the NL lead with five such hits...Jeff with 55 outfield assists and a .995 fielding percentage. McNeil is tied for fourth with four first-pitch hits. SCORING CH-CH-CHANGES: MLB announced a scoring change in the July 28 WELCOME TO THE SHOW: Ali Sánchez, who was recalled yesterday, will game at Boston...In the bottom of the 9th inning, C Kevin Plawecki reached on make his major league debut when he enters a game...He would become the what was originally scored a base hit...This has been changed to a throwing fourth player to make his major league debut with the Mets this year, joining error by the third baseman Jeff McNeil. Andrés Giménez, Franklyn Kilome and David Peterson...With Peterson’s addition to the roster, the Mets now have four of their first-round selections on METSELLANEOUS: The Mets defeated the Braves, 7-2, last night...The win their active roster...Peterson (20th overall pick in 2017) joins Michael Conforto snapped a season-high five-game losing streak...The Mets continue their (10th overall, 2014), Dominic Smith (11th overall, 2013) and Brandon Nimmo (13th second road trip of the season with two games against the Nationals...The Mets overall, 2011) as Mets first-rounders on the active roster. are off on Thursday and return home on Friday for the start of a seven game homestand against Miami (three games) and Washington (four games). LEFT OVERS: The Mets entered the day with the major league-lead with 97 runners left on base...The team has left 39 runners on base during the current STRIKE THAT: New York’s pitching staff struck out 15 last night...That matched road trip. the team’s 2020 season-high which occurred on Opening Day, July 24 vs. Atlanta...The Mets have struck out 106, which is third in the majors and second THIS STREAK GOES TO 11: Michael Conforto has safely reached base in all in the NL, behind only the Reds (119)...Cleveland leads the majors with 120...The 11 games this season...He is batting .325 (13-40) with five runs, two doubles, a Mets have recorded five games with 10 or more strikeouts this season. home run, six walks, two steals, four RBI and a .426 OBP...Conforto has hit 110 home runs in his career which is 12th on the Mets all-time list...Ed Kranepool 100!: The Mets are second in the major leagues and first in the National League is 11th with 118 followed by Edgardo Alfonso who is 10th with 120...Conforto with 100 hits this season...The Mets are fourth in MLB and third in the NL with a racked up three hits last night...That marked the 26th time in his career he has .262 batting average and second in MLB and first in the NL with a .349 OBP... collected three or more hits in a game...It was the second time he accomplished The Mets have recorded five games where they racked up 10 or more hits this that feat this year...In 2019, Conforto set a career-high with eight games of three season, which is tied for second in the majors...In 2019, the Mets recorded 69 or more hits. such games, the fifth-most in the majors and the second-most in the National League...Colorado recorded 77 such games. 26: Brandon Nimmo has safely reached base in all 11 games this season... Nimmo has reached base safely in each of his last 26 games dating back to WASHINGTON, D.C., IT’S PARADISE TO ME: Robinson Canó Is a lifetime last season, the longest active streak in the majors...He owns a .408 OBP .346 (36-104) hitter vs. the Nats...Among active players with 100 or more and a .777 OPS this year...The 26-game on-base streak is the second-longest career AB vs. Washington, only Miguel Cabrera (.363) has a higher average... in his career...Nimmo safely reached base in 28 straight games from August Four Mets have a lifetime average of .300 or better in at least 25 at-bats at 11-September 21, 2018...In addition, Nimmo has scored a run in each of his last Nationals Park: Canó (.373, 19-51), Jeff McNeil (.353, 18-51), J.D. Davis (.346, five games, tied for the longest streak of his career (third time). 9-26) and Pete Alonso (.333, 12-36). HE’S HEATING UP: Over his last six starts, Jeff McNeil is batting .458 (11- WAY AWAY, AWAY FROM HERE: The Mets have scored 33 runs in six games 24) with two runs, two doubles, four walks, four RBI and a 1.093 OPS...This on the road, compared to 12 runs in five games at home...The Mets are batting compares to his first three starts where he went 1-10...McNeil has recorded .274/.367/.428 at home...This compares to a .246/.326/.347 slash line at four multi-hit games this season, tied for the fourth-most in the NL...McNeil home...The team’s .274 road batting average is the best in the NL and ranks collected 53 multi-hit games last year, which was tied for the fourth-most in third in the majors...Their .367 OBP is the best in the NL and second in the the NL. majors...The team’s 33 road runs are third in the NL and fifth in MLB. SIXTY-GAME SPRINT: Over the final 60 games of the 2019 season, the Mets’ UNDER PRESSURE: Through two starts, Steven Matz has held opponents to 39-21 mark tied for the second-best in the majors and co-led the NL...Only one a .071 (1-14) average with runners on base...He has faced just one batter with a team, the Astros (42-18), had a better record in the season’s last 60 games... runner in scoring position this season. The Rays, Twins, Dodgers and A’s all also ended last year on a 39-21 run...See the chart below for the Mets’ best 60-game starts to a season: ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Mets are 3-3 on the road this year...This compares to 1-4 at home...The team was an NL-best 21-12 on the road in the second half of the 2019 season...The Mets finished winning 13 of their last 20 and four of METS' BEST THROUGH FIRST 60 GAMES their last five games on the road...Overall, the team went 38-43 on the road last year. Stat Player (Year) Stat Player (Year) 84 Hits Reyes ('11) 50 Runs Alfonzo ('00) 22 HR Kingman ('76) .369 Average Piazza ('00) THE PEN IS NOT MIGHTIER: The Mets rank 26th in the majors with a 6.21 20 Doubles Beltran ('09) 10 Wins 4 times (29 earned runs/42.0 innings) bullpen ERA after 11 games...Last year, the Mets Alfonzo ('00) 129 Strikeouts Seaver ('70) pen ranked 26th in the majors with a 4.99 ERA...The pen’s 4.99 ERA was the 11 3B Reyes ('11) 1.47 ERA Koosman (‘68) highest in franchise history...Mets relievers are tied for third in the majors with 49 RBI Gilkey ('96) 21 Saves Familia ('16) three losses this season and are third in the majors with three blown saves..