Monday, August 24, 2015

Mets at Phillies: August 24th to August 27th


Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 7:05
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA

Mets 67-56, 1st Place in the N.L. East, 5 games ahead of the Nationals
Phillies 50-74, Tied for 4th Place in the N.L. East, 17 1/2 games behind the Mets

Mets Probables:  Jacob deGrom (12-6, 1.98), Noah Syndergaard (7-6, 3.17), Bartolo Colon (10-11, 4.90), Jon Niese (8-9, 3.80)
Phillies Probables:  Adam Morgan (4-4, 3.92), Jerome Williams (4-9, 6.10), Jerad Eickhoff (1-0, 0.00), Aaron Harang (5-14, 4.67)

At the Ballpark:  Each of these four games is a special Theme Night, but otherwise there are no giveaways scheduled.

Mets Leaders
Average:  Daniel Murphy - .283
Runs:  Curtis Granderson - 70
Home Runs:  Curtis Granderson - 22
RBIs:  Lucas Duda - 56
Stolen Bases:  Curtis Granderson - 11

Wins:  Jacob deGrom - 12
ERA:  Jacob deGrom - 1.98
Strikeouts:  Jacob deGrom - 158
Saves:  Jeurys Familia - 33

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Odubel Herrera - .294+
Runs:  Odubel Herrera - 50
Home Runs:  Ryan Howard - 19
RBIs:  Ryan Howard - 67
Stolen Bases:  Cesar Hernandez - 18+

Wins:  Ken Giles and Aaron Harang - 5*
ERA:  Aaron Harang - 4.67*
Strikeouts:  Aaron Harang - 86*
Saves:  Ken Giles - 10^

+Ben Revere, now with the Blue Jays, is the overall team leader with a .298 batting average and 24 stolen bases.
*Cole Hamels, now with the Rangers, is the overall team leader with 6 wins, 3.64 ERA and 137 strikeouts
^Jonathan Papelbon, now with the Nationals, is the overall team leader with 17 saves.

1985 Topps #649
1985 Topps #15
1985 Topps Appreciation:  Between 1967 and 1993, the Mets starting pitching rotation featured either Jerry Koosman or Sid Fernandez.  Both leftys spent time with the Phillies at the end of their impressive careers.

El Sid came to the Phils in July 1995 after being released by the Orioles.  In parts of two seasons in Philadelphia, he went 9-7 with a 3.38 ERA, which sounds pretty good to me right now after watching recent performances from Williams and Harang.

Koosman joined the Phillies for their 1984 season and he'd go 20-19 with a 3.67 ERA before injuries ended his career following the 1985 campaign.

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