NY Mets (59-74) at Colorado (74-59)

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Thole, Misch prepared to show their stuff

Owen Perkins / Special to MLB.com
Catcher Josh Thole is scheduled to make his Major League debut on Thursday, and with Pat Misch coming off an excellent first start for the Mets, the team will feature a very promising battery combination.
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Mets probable pitcher

Pat Misch

  • #48 LHP
  • (0-1) 3.41 ERA 15 SO
Misch will make his second big league start since last season with the Giants. He had produced a 0-1 record and 2.89 ERA in 19 appearances (22 innings) in relief with the Mets this season before allowing one earned run in seven innings against the Cubs on Friday. He came with in eight outs of gaining his first big league victory -- in what was his 12th big league start. His has an 0-8 record, and his teams have lost each of his 12 starts. He and John Cummings of the 1993-94 Mariners are the only two big league pitchers who have begun their careers with 12 starts in which their respective teams have lost 12 times. Misch was a starter for most of this season in Triple-A with the Mets' Buffalo affiliate in the International League and the Giants' Fresno team in the Pacific Coast League. His Triple-A work this season includes 18 appearances, five of them starts, that produced a 4-2 record and 3.10 ERA in 52 1/3 innings. He has allowed three home runs in 81 1/3 (big leagues and Triple-A).
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 0-8 4.62 122.2 42 80 .283
Season 0-1 3.41 29.0 15 15 .278

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/03/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 59 74 .444 18.5 34-32 25-42
Colorado Rockies (NL West) 74 59 .556 4.5 38-26 36-33
Stats - 09/03/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .268 557 77 523 106 755 4.46 1173.2 1209 521 865
COL .262 667 156 632 88 1029 4.21 1181.0 1193 416 905
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Torrealba having fun while boosting Rox

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
Not only is Yorvit Torrealba in the midst of his best stretch of the season, but the catcher is having a blast -- especially now that his son is safe and sound -- while helping to keep the Rockies at the top of the Wild Card standings.
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Rockies probable pitcher

Jason Marquis

  • #21 RHP
  • (14-9) 3.60 ERA 86 SO
Marquis will again be looking to match his career high for wins when he faces the Mets at Coors Field. Marquis pitched decently on the road at San Francisco in his last start, but was done in by a lack of run support and a couple of soft hits that fell in during the Giants' biggest inning. Marquis is 6-4 with a 3.59 ERA at Coors Field.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 93-79 4.44 1446.1 553 838 .266
Season 14-9 3.60 177.1 55 86 .256
Vs. NY Mets 0-1 3.00 6.0 1 3 .350

Mets hitters vs Jason Marquis

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos - - - - .150 20 1 2
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .333 3 0 1 .308 13 0 1
Evans, Nick - - - - .000 1 0 0
Francoeur, Jeff .200 5 0 1 .231 13 0 2
Green, Andy - - - - .000 1 0 0
Hernandez, Anderson - - - - .500 2 0 0
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel .500 2 0 0 .333 9 0 1
Pagan, Angel .000 3 0 0 .200 10 0 1
Reed, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Reyes, Jose - - - - .321 28 0 1
Santos, Omir - - - - - - - -
Sullivan, Cory .000 3 0 0 .231 13 0 2
Thole, Josh - - - - .500 2 0 0
Wright, David .667 3 0 0 .400 30 2 8

Rockies hitters vs Pat Misch

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Atkins, Garrett - - - - .500 8 0 1
Barmes, Clint - - - - .125 8 1 1
Fowler, Dexter - - - - - - - -
Gomez, Hector - - - - - - - -
Gonzalez, Carlos - - - - .500 2 0 0
Hawpe, Brad - - - - .400 5 0 0
Helton, Todd - - - - .200 10 0 0
Iannetta, Chris - - - - .429 7 1 4
McKenry, Michael - - - - - - - -
Murton, Matt - - - - - - - -
Nelson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Smith, Seth - - - - .300 10 0 0
Spilborghs, Ryan - - - - .200 10 0 1
Stewart, Ian - - - - .125 8 1 1
Tulowitzki, Troy - - - - .200 5 0 1
Young, Eric - - - - .000 1 0 0

Misch's wish for first MLB win granted (60-74) (74-60)

Mets 8, Rockies 3

Mets bang 16 hits

Owen Perkins / Special to MLB.com
In his 55th Major League appearance, Pat Misch worked seven superb innings to notch that elusive first big league victory as the Mets pounded out 16 hits. Josh Thole got his first Majors hit, David Wright had three RBIs and Daniel Murphy homered.

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Series at a Glance

 

Rockies held in check

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
Looking for his 15th win of the season, righty Jason Marquis was stung by a four-run fifth inning, and the Rockies were stymied by Mets starter Pat Misch in the finale loss. Chris Iannetta, Ian Stewart and Clint Barmes all belted solo home runs.
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Mets 8, Rockies 3

NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pagan, CF 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 .303
Hernandez, A, 2B 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 .257
Wright, D, 3B 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 .327
Murphy, Dn, 1B 5 2 2 2 0 1 4 .260
Francoeur, RF 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .269
Sullivan, LF 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .268
Thole, C 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400
Valdez, W, SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .234
Misch, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
  a-Reed, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254
  Feliciano, P, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 8 16 8 3 4 14  

a-Singled for Misch in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Murphy, Dn (29, Marquis), Wright, D (32, Marquis), Pagan (13, Peralta, Jo), Thole (1, Beimel).
HR: Murphy, Dn (8, 9th inning off Beimel, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Pagan 4; Hernandez, A 2; Wright, D 4; Murphy, Dn 6; Francoeur; Sullivan; Thole 3; Valdez, W; Reed.
RBI: Sullivan (10), Pagan (28), Wright, D 3 (58), Francoeur (67), Murphy, Dn 2 (49).
2-out RBI: Francoeur.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sullivan; Hernandez, A; Valdez, W.
S: Misch.
SF: Wright, D.
GIDP: Misch; Murphy, Dn.
Team RISP: 5-for-12.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Thole (1, 2nd base off Marquis/Iannetta).

FIELDING
PB: Thole (1).
 
Colorado AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gonzalez, C, CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .293
Barmes, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .242
Helton, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .328
Tulowitzki, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .283
Spilborghs, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .251
Smith, S, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .298
Iannetta, C 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .223
Stewart, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .229
Marquis, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
  a-Young, E, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238
  Peralta, Jo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Flores, R, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Rincon, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Atkins, G, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
  Herges, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Beimel, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Fogg, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Totals 33 3 6 3 2 5 12  

a-Grounded out for Marquis in the 5th. b-Grounded out for Rincon in the 7th.

BATTING
3B: Iannetta (2, Feliciano, P).
HR: Iannetta (15, 7th inning off Misch, 0 on, 2 out), Stewart (20, 7th inning off Misch, 0 on, 2 out), Barmes (22, 8th inning off Feliciano, P, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Gonzalez, C; Barmes 4; Helton; Iannetta 7; Stewart 4.
RBI: Iannetta (50), Stewart (60), Barmes (69).
2-out RBI: Iannetta; Stewart.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Tulowitzki; Spilborghs; Stewart.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Marquis-Iannetta-Helton, Tulowitzki-Barmes-Helton).
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Misch (W, 1-1) 7.0 4 2 2 2 3 2 3.25
Feliciano, P 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 3.14
 
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Marquis (L, 14-10) 5.0 9 5 5 2 2 0 3.75
Peralta, Jo 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.91
Flores, R 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40
Rincon 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.21
Herges 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.52
Beimel 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 3.60
Fogg 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.32

Herges pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP: Misch.
Pitches-strikes: Misch 95-58, Feliciano, P 37-22, Marquis 84-47, Peralta, Jo 13-10, Flores, R 4-3, Rincon 10-5, Herges 25-17, Beimel 23-14, Fogg 3-2.
Groundouts-flyouts: Misch 7-11, Feliciano, P 4-0, Marquis 10-3, Peralta, Jo 0-3, Flores, R 0-0, Rincon 1-0, Herges 2-1, Beimel 0-2, Fogg 1-0.
Batters faced: Misch 27, Feliciano, P 8, Marquis 24, Peralta, Jo 6, Flores, R 1, Rincon 2, Herges 6, Beimel 4, Fogg 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Flores, R 1-0, Rincon 1-0, Beimel 1-1, Fogg 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Greg Gibson. 1B: Brian Knight. 2B: Tim McClelland. 3B: Andy Fletcher.
Weather: 82 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 7 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:54.
Att: 22,566.
September 3, 2009

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