New York Mets (55-56, 9.0 GB, 3rd NL East, 7.5 WCGB)
Last Series vs. Rockies: 1-2 series loss @ Coors Field April 13-15
Let's travel back to those heady days of the early season. Greg Smith pitched one of his few good games in 2010 by striking out eight Mets and limiting those guys to two runs in seven innings. Seth Smith went 2-for-5 with three RBI and a homer. The next day the Rockies needed extra innings to win the second game 6-5. Chris Iannetta hit the walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th. Jon Niese got knocked around by the Rockies for five runs in five innings. Unfortunately, the Rockies couldn't complete the sweep and got shutout 5-0 by Mike Pelfrey.
Last Two Series Results: 1-2 series loss @ Atlanta; 1-2 series loss @ Philly
I'll let Troy Renck sum up Mets recently:
Mets season virtually ended on last road trip through ATL and Phi. Why? Wright and Beltran went 5-for-45 with 2 RBIs.
Before getting to the pitching match, I answered five questions for Mets Gazette. Check 'em out here.
Tuesday-Thursday: 3-game series @ Citi Field
Expected Pitching Match-ups
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 @ 5:10 p.m. MT
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 @ 5:10 p.m. MT
I'll be at this game, so I hope Jeff Francis throws the first perfect game in Rockies' history.
Thursday, 12 August 2010 @ 10:10 a.m. MT
Expected Lineup
| Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
| Jose Reyes | SS | 0.280 | 0.320 | 0.416 | 0.736 | 0.136 | 0.303 | 0.326 |
| Angel Pagan | RF | 0.311 | 0.370 | 0.475 | 0.845 | 0.164 | 0.353 | 0.375 |
| Carlos Beltran | CF | 0.195 | 0.300 | 0.312 | 0.612 | 0.117 | 0.222 | 0.265 |
| David Wright | 3B | 0.293 | 0.366 | 0.495 | 0.861 | 0.202 | 0.365 | 0.369 |
| Ike Davis | 1B | 0.253 | 0.328 | 0.435 | 0.764 | 0.183 | 0.304 | 0.334 |
| Fernando Martinez | LF | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.179 |
| Josh Thole | C | 0.323 | 0.417 | 0.403 | 0.820 | 0.081 | 0.345 | 0.376 |
| Ruben Tejada | 2B | 0.196 | 0.278 | 0.232 | 0.510 | 0.036 | 0.239 | 0.232 |
Fernando Martinez was just brought up to the majors after hitting .255/.321/.466 for Triple-A Buffalo. He's probably going to split time 50/50 with Jeff Francoeur in the outfield. Martinez's star has diminished over the last few years, but he shouldn't be wasting away on the bench while Jeff Francouer gets starts.
Ruben Tejada moved into a starting role recently, displacing Luis Castillo (did ya hear that the Mets offered Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo for Carlos Zambrano and were turned down?). This is his third time with the Mets this season. He started the season with the team before Jose Reyes returned a couple of games into the season and then came back for all of June and most of July.
Carlos Beltran has been back for about a month and done nothing.
Bench
| Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
| Mike Hessman | 1B/3B | 0.188 | 0.316 | 0.438 | 0.753 | 0.250 | 0.182 | 0.336 |
| Henry Blanco | C | 0.263 | 0.314 | 0.368 | 0.683 | 0.105 | 0.299 | 0.301 |
| Chris Carter | OF | 0.264 | 0.295 | 0.396 | 0.690 | 0.132 | 0.275 | 0.298 |
| Jeff Francoeur | OF | 0.241 | 0.294 | 0.385 | 0.679 | 0.144 | 0.260 | 0.293 |
| Luis Castillo | 2B | 0.245 | 0.339 | 0.286 | 0.625 | 0.041 | 0.261 | 0.293 |
Closer
Injuries