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Tigers-Mets Preview
Jun 24, 2010 - 4:11 AMVideo
Detroit (38-31) at New York (40-30), 7:10 p.m. EDT
The New York Mets are thriving during interleague play, while the Detroit Tigers can't seem to win on the road.
The Mets look to match a club record for victories in a season against AL opponents Thursday night, when they try to complete a sweep of the Tigers.
New York (41-30) is an NL-best 11-3 during interleague play, one win shy of the franchise high of 12, set in 1999. The Mets conclude interleague play this weekend with three home games against AL Central-leading Minnesota.
The success against the AL is a big reason the Mets are 21-7 since a May 21 loss to the New York Yankees to open their interleague schedule.
The surge, which includes a 12-1 record at Citi Field, has returned them to the thick of the NL East race.
New York showed little signs of slowing Wednesday, beating Detroit 5-0 as R.A. Dickey and Francisco Rodriguez combined for a five-hitter. The Mets, who won Tuesday's series opener 14-6, are 5-0 at home all-time versus the Tigers including a three-game sweep at Shea Stadium from June 18-20, 2004.
Hisanori Takahashi (6-2, 3.13 ERA) gets another turn in New York's rotation as John Maine struggles with a sore right shoulder.
The 35-year-old rookie left-hander is 3-1 with a 3.15 ERA in six starts in place of Maine.
Takahashi turned in perhaps his best performance yet Friday, scattering four hits in six innings of a 4-0 road victory against the New York Yankees. He improved to 2-0 with a 0.47 ERA in three interleague starts, and has yielded one run over 13 innings while winning his last two.
"He's shown us that he can handle any situation," catcher Rod Barajas told the Mets' official website. "He's been an unbelievable asset for us to have."
Mets center fielder Angel Pagan is expected to be out after suffering spasms in his right side Wednesday. The center fielder winced during a foul ball during one of his two at-bats, as his 10-game hitting streak came to an end.
Shortstop Jose Reyes came within a double of the cycle Wednesday, and has six hits and six runs in this series as he continues to feast on AL pitching. Reyes is batting .417 with three doubles, two triples, four homers, eight RBIs and 17 runs in 13 interleague games.
Losers of four straight on the road by a 37-9 margin, the Tigers (38-32) will turn to Armando Galarraga (2-1, 3.32), who takes the mound looking for his first win since coming within one out of a perfect game against Cleveland on June 2. The right-hander hasn't received a decision in three starts since, posting a 4.24 ERA while each game has resulted in a win for Detroit.
He didn't fare well Friday, surrendering four runs and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings against Arizona, though Detroit eventually won 7-5.
"He wasn't quite aggressive enough for me," manager Jim Leyland told the Tigers' official website. "He didn't really let it get out of his hand. I just didn't think he was aggressive enough."
Galarraga, who will face the Mets for the first time, is 0-2 with a 12.15 ERA in two road interleague starts.
- Mets 5, Tigers 6 - FINAL
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Jackson cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 .302
R Raburn 2b 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 .208
R Santiago 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
M Ordonez rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 3 .328
M Cabrera 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .328
B Boesch lf 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 .346
D Kelly lf
Jun 24 10:32 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHRIS CARTER SCORED RUBEN TEJADA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C CARTER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6
NY METS 5 BOTTOM,7TH
DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.282, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)
Tigers 6, Mets 5 Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 24 9:36 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JASON BAY SCORED DAVID WRIGHT
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J BAY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6
NY METS 4 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY METS: E DESSENS (-, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Tigers 6, Mets 4 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 24 9:14 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY IKE DAVIS SCORED JESUS FELICIANO
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D WRIGHT ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6
NY METS 3 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY METS: J BAY (.276, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Tigers 6, Mets 3 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 24 9:12 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY DAVID WRIGHT SCORED JOSE REYES
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D WRIGHT ON SECOND, J FELICIANO ON THIRD, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 6
NY METS 2 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY METS: I DAVIS (.270, 0-FOR-2)
Tigers 6, Mets 2 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 24 9:10 PM - ML
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
DETROIT 1 0 2 0 3 6 8 0
NY METS 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 (BOT 5)
CURRENT PITCHERS: DET - ARMANDO GALARRAGA
NYM - ELMER DESSENS
DUE UP FOR NY METS: H BLANCO (.273, 0-FOR-1)
R TEJADA (.250, 0-FOR-1)
C CARTER (.231, 2 HR, 11 RBI)
Tigers 6, Mets 1 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 24 8:50 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO BRANDON INGE SCORED MAGGLIO ORDONEZ
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B INGE ON FIRST, B BOESCH ON SECOND, M
CABRERA ON THIRD, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 5
NY METS 1 TOP,5TH
DUE UP FOR DETROIT: G LAIRD (.179, 0-FOR-2)
Tigers 5, Mets 1 Top 5, 0 OutsJun 24 8:44 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN RABURN (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
5TH OFF HISANORI TAKAHASHI.
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 4, NY METS 1
DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M ORDONEZ (.328, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)
Tigers 4, Mets 1 Top 5, 0 OutsJun 24 8:31 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND DP BY IKE DAVIS SCORED JESUS FELICIANO
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 3
NY METS 1 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR NY METS: J BAY (.276, 0-FOR-1)
Tigers 3, Mets 1 Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 24 8:25 PM - ML
AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (10) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 3RD OFF HISANORI TAKAHASHI SCORED RYAN RABURN.
CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 3, NY METS 0
DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M CABRERA (.326, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI)
Tigers 3, Mets 0 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 24 7:54 PM - ML
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
DETROIT 1 1 1 0
NY METS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: DET - ARMANDO GALARRAGA
NYM - HISANORI TAKAHASHI
DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.283, 6 HR, 30 RBI)
J FELICIANO (.188, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
D WRIGHT (.292, 12 HR, 56
Tigers 1, Mets 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 24 7:22 PM
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