Series Preview - Phillies at Mets: September 4th to September 6th

Monday 1:10, Tuesday and Wednesday 7:10
Citi Field - Flushing, NY

Mets 58-78, 4th Place in the N.L. East, 24 games behind the Nationals
Phillies 52-84, 5th Place in the N.L. East, 30 games behind the Nationals

Phillies Probables:  Mark Leiter, Jr. (2-4, 3.88), Ben Lively (2-5, 4.22), Nick Pivetta (5-9, 6.28)
Mets Probables:  Rafael Montero (3-9, 5.12), Jacob deGrom (14-8, 3.43), Tommy Milone (0-3, 8.75)

At the Ballpark:  There are no giveaways or special promotions for this series, but I'm grateful the Phillies and Mets are playing a day game on Labor Day.

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Odubel Herrera - .287
Runs:  Cesar Hernandez - 67
Home Runs:  Tommy Joseph - 20
RBIs:  Tommy Joseph - 65

Stolen Bases:  Cesar Hernandez - 14

Wins:  Aaron Nola - 10
ERA:  Aaron Nola - 3.72
Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola - 148
Saves:  Hector Neris - 19

Mets Leaders
Average:  Michael Conforto - .279
Runs:  Michael Conforto - 72
Home Runs:  Jay Bruce* - 29
RBIs:  Jay Bruce* - 75
Stolen Bases:  Jose Reyes - 18

Wins:  Jacob deGrom - 14
ERA:  Jacob deGrom - 3.43
Strikeouts:  Jacob deGrom - 206
Saves:  Addison Reed^ - 19

*Now with the Indians
^Now with the Red Sox

1982 Topps #101

1982 Topps #481

1982 Topps #516

1982 Topps #616

1982 Topps Appreciation:  We're on the home stretch of taking a look at the Phillies-related baseball cards within the 1982 Topps set.  Here are four of the five In Action cards featuring Phillies from the set, and I had previously posted the Pete Rose card here.