Mets 55-53 vs Marlins 53-55

Mike Pelfrey 6-9, 4.55 ERA

Javier Vazquez 7-9, 5.10 ERA

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

New York comes home after falling 3-2 to the Nationals on Sunday, even with Scott Hairston's two solo homeruns were not enough  to help the Mets get the victory. "It’s frustrating to lose back-to-back games,” Hairston said. “We’re playing good as a whole. … There’s a lot of time left.” On the recent 10-game road trip the Mets went 6-4, while sweeping the Reds in a 4-game series. Mets swept that 4-game series against the Reds for the 1st time since 2003. Now the Mets come home to Citi Field on a 10-game home stand. This could be a key week for them as the end the home stand with a 3-game series against the Atlanta Braves.

David Wright makes his return to Citi Field for the first time in nearly three month's since going on the DL in May for a stress fracture in his lower back. Wright missed 58 games with a stress fracture in his lower back before being activated July 22 against the Marlins. During the 10-game road trip, Wright was batting .455 (20- for-44) with two homers and 12 RBIs while the Mets went 6-4. Wright is expected to take the field in New York for the first time since going 0-for-3 on May 8 in a loss to the Dodgers. At that time Wright was hitting .242.

Mike Pelfrey is 0-7 with a 5.40 ERA in 14 starts versus the Marlins since a 17-3 slaughter in his major league debut against them on July 8, 2006. On July 22nd, Pelfrey looked like his was going to get his second career win against the Marlins but the bullpen could not hold  the lead and he suffered a no-decision.

Pelfrey:

• 1-1, 4.50 ERA 20.0IP 18H 10ER 5BB 8K 4HRs (Last 3 Games)
• Home (This Year) - 3-1, 3.35 ERA, 53.2IP 46H 20ER 14BB 29K 5HRs .227BAA (8 Starts)
• Career vs Marlins - 1-7, 5.29 ERA, 85.0IP 100H 50ER 36BB 48K 7HRs .295BAA (15 Starts)\
•  Last game vs Marlins - 6.0IP 5H 4R 4ER 4BB 3K 2HRs (6.00 ERA, .238BAA) 

Vazquez:

• 2-1, 4.42 ERA 18.1IP 18H 9ER 6BB 20K 2HRs (Last 3 Games)
• Away (This Year) - 4-3, 4.46 ERA, 70.2IP 68H 35ER 20BB 47K 10HRs .250BAA (12 Starts)
• Career vs Mets - 10-10, 3.33 ERA, 170.1IP 149H 63ER 43BB 150K .236BAA (26 Starts)
• Last game vs Mets - 2.1IP 6H 7R 4ER 5BB 1K 2HRs (15.43 ERA, .545BAA)

With just about two months left in the regular season, the Mets are 13.5 games behind NL East-leading Philadelphia, and tied with Pittsburgh for fourth in the wild card race, 7.5 games in back of Atlanta.

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