Mets 49-49 vs Marlins 47-52

Chris Volstad 5-8, 5.59 ERA

Mike Pelfrey 5-9, 4.67 ERA

1. Reyes - SS
2. Turner - 2B
3. Beltran - RF
4. Wright - 3B
5. Murphy - 1B
6. Pagan - CF
7. Duda - LF
8. Paulino - C
9. Pelfrey - RHP

The Mets begin there 10-game road stand with the Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium. Mike Pelfrey takes the hill today for the amazins who looked good in his last start vs Florida. On May 16th, Pelfrey pitched seven innings against the Marlins, giving up 6 hits and surrendering 1 run on a solo homerun by Mike Stanton. Pelfrey in his career verse Florida has been dreadful to say the least, but tonight the Mets look to beging a new winning streak by beating the Marlins.

Pelfrey:

• 1-4, 4.55 ERA, 27.2IP .. 35H 14ER 12BB 15K 3HRs (Last 5 Games)
• Away (This Year) 2-8, 5.77 ERA, 64.0IP .. 82H 21BB 36K 11HRs .309BAA (12 Games) 
• Career vs Marlins - 1-7, 5.24 ERA, 79.0IP .. 95H 32BB 45K 5HRs .299BAA (14 Games)

Volstad:

• 3-1, 5.40 ERA, 26.2IP .. 34H 16ER 4BB 14K 2HRs (Last 5 Games)
• Home (This Year) 3-5, 5.19 ERA, 52.0IP 55H 15BB 42K 5HR .274BAA (9 Games)
• Career vs Mets - 1-2, 3.18 ERA, 28.1IP 27H 10BB 19K 1HR .255BAA (5 Games)

The Mets are currently 12.5 back in the division and 9.5 games back in the wild card race. Tonight David Wright joins the line-up after being on the DL since May 15th with  a stress fracture in his lower back. He was 10-for-21 in a six-game rehab games with Class-A St. Lucie. Also Wright has a .463BA with 5 HRs and 11 RBIs in his last 13 meetings with the Marlins.

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