After suffering a pair of brutal losses in Philadelphia, the Mets won the series finale on Wednesday, a great game for David Wright. They managed to play one game before the city prepared for Hurricane Irene, and it featured Chris Capuano's thireteen-strikeout, no-walk, complete-game shutout. The start was easily one of the Mets' top starting pitching performances over the past several years.
All stats below run from August 22 through August 26.
| Player | Last Week | This Week | Comment |
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| Manny Acosta, RP |  |
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I'm still not a believer in Acosta's small-sample walk rate from this year, but it's working out in the short term. |
| Mike Baxter |  |
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He only got one plate apperance. |
| Jason Bay, LF | |
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In three games, Bay only reached base three times, all via the base on balls. |
| Pedro Beato, RP | |
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He hit a batter and allowed a run on a pair of hits in his only appearance. |
| Tim Byrdak, RP | |
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Just another day at the office for the lefty: three strikeouts and no walks in one inning of work over two appearances. I wouldn't mind seeing him back in 2012. |
| Chris Capuano, SP | |
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Capuano's gem rated as the best single-game pitching performance of the season by Game Score, and his 13 K were a career high. |
| D.J. Carrasco, RP | |
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He pitched a couple of scoreless innings in his lone appearance, which is better than usual. |
| R.A. Dickey, SP | |
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Dickey was the only starter who didn't pitch in this span, but he gets a positive review because he's R.A. freakin' Dickey. |
| Lucas Duda | |
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Duda's early-season struggles seem a distant memory. In the past four games, he posted a 1.250 OPS. |
| Nick Evans | |
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The Invisible Man crushed the ball in his fifteen trips to the plate to the tune of a 1.683 OPS, including a home run against the hated Phillies. |
| Dillon Gee, SP | |
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Gee's walk-tastic ways were back in effect in this start. He issued six free passes in only three-and-two-thirds innings. |
| Scott Hairston, OF | |
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Only three trips to the plate, none of which resulted in Hairston reaching base. |
| Willie Harris, OF | |
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Two singles in very limited playing time is good by Harris' 2011 standards. |
| Ryota Igarashi, RP | |
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it wasn't quite as ugly as last week, but Igarashi still fared poorly in two outings. |
| Jason Isringhausen, RP | |
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The last time Izzy pitched was August 21, but it's probably a good thing that he's gotten a long break. |
| Jonathon Niese, SP | |
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Good peripherals (6 K, 1 BB, 4 IP), very bad results (18.00 ERA). He'll be all right. |
| Angel Pagan, CF | |
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After tearing the cover off the ball last week, Pagan cooled off quite a bit. |
| Bobby Parnell, RP | |
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Captain Fastball threw a pair of scoreless innings and notched his first save of the year, if you're into that sort of thing. |
| Ronny Paulino, C | |
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Paulino got on base a couple of times but didn't play a whole lot. |
| Mike Pelfrey, SP | |
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Even with only one start, Pelfrey was perfectly fit for the side-arrow, throwing six innings, striking out and walking two batters a piece. |
| Jason Pridie, CF | |
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Pridie got on base at a .429 clip in his seven trips to the batter's box. |
| Jose Reyes, SS | |
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Reyes makes his return to the Mets' lineup today. |
| Ruben Tejada | |
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I didn't believe it when Tejada earned the fire last week, but he did it again. This time, his slash line was .438/.471/.500. |
| Josh Thole, C | |
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Thole stunk up the joint with the bat this week. |
| Justin Turner, 2B | |
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Turner made a few nifty plays in the field while putting up below-average production at the plate, which isn't the end of the world. |
| David Wright, 3B | |
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The bulk of his .286/.353/.500 slash line came in the final game in Philadelphia. |