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Misc: Niese, First, Catchers, K-Rod, Clean-Up

by Matthew Cerrone on June 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

In his last four starts in Triple-A, Mets LHP Jon Niese is 3–1 with a 1.03 ERA, with 25 strike outs in 26 innings.

The Mets are 8–22 in games when the opposition scores first.

However, they’ve outscored opponents 36–12 in the first inning during games at Citi Field, where the Mets are 22–14 this season.

The Mets have 51 RBI from their catchers this season, the most in the major leagues, according to Elias.

Francisco Rodriguez has allowed 11 of the 35 first-batters he has faced in an inning to reach base this season.

Jerry Manuel has used 50 different batting orders in 71 games.

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