100 GAMES: The Mets play their 100th game of the year tonight…New York was 50-50 after 100 games last year (28-24 on the road), 51-49 in 2010 (20-33 on the road) and 49-51 in 2009 (21-31 on the road).
HARVEY HISTORY: Matt Harvey struck out 11 batters and recorded two hits in his major league debut last night…Harvey became the first player in modern history (1900 to date) to strike out 10 or more batters and collect at least two hits in his major league debut…Research courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau.
STRIKEOUTS: Harvey’s 11 strikeouts were the most in franchise history for a pitcher making his major league debut…The previous record of eight strikeouts was held by Tom Seaver, April 13, 1967 vs. Pittsburgh and Bill Denehy, April 16, 1967 at Philadelphia…His 11 strikeouts were tied for the eighth-most since 1900 for a pitcher making his major league debut…The only pitchers to have more are listed below.
THE REST OF THE STORY: Harvey is the fourth pitcher since 1960 to strike out 11 or more batters without allowing a run in his major league debut, joining Milwaukee’s Steve Woodard (July 28, 1997), Cleveland’s Luis Tiant (July 19, 1964) and San Francisco’s Juan Marichal (July 19, 1960)…Information courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau.
AT THE PLATE: Matt Harvey doubled in his first plate appearance last night and later singled in the fourth inning…The last Mets pitcher to collect two hits in his major league debut was David West on September 24, 1988 at St. Louis.
SCOTT HAIRSTON: Collected three hits last night, including a two-run double in the first inning…Hairston’s second hit of the night, an infield single in the third inning, was his 500th career hit.
DAVID WRIGHT: Ranks second in the majors with a .425 on-base percentage, sixth with a .336 batting average, tied for fifth with 30 doubles and tied for 11th with 67 RBI…Wright is tied for seventh with 62 runs scored and is fourth with a .336 batting average vs. righties.
ONATHON NIESE: Has won five of his last seven decisions, dating back to May 23, and has posted a 2.88 ERA (24 earned runs/75.0 innings) during that span, which is the ninth-lowest in the National League…His batting average against since May 23 is .229, the 11th-lowest in the NL…Tossed 7.0 innings and allowed three runs in his last start, July 22 vs. the Dodgers in a no-decision…Has 13 quality starts out of his 19 total starts…Niese has not issued a walk in his last 24.0 innings dating back to the fifth inning on June 3, the longest such streak of his career and longest by a Mets pitcher since Mike Pelfrey went 25.0 walkless innings from June 2-24, 2011.
