Terry Collins' New York Mets (48-51) were on the road visiting Arizona to face Kirk Gibson's third place D-backs (49-50) in front of 22,010 at Chase Field.
Starting Lineups
New York Mets | Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||
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1 | Ruben Tejada | SS | 1 | Gerardo Parra | CF | |
2 | Daniel Murphy | 2B | 2 | Aaron Hill | 2B | |
3 | David Wright | 3B | 3 | Jason Kubel | LF | |
4 | Scott Hairston | RF | 4 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | |
5 | Ike Davis | 1B | 5 | Justin Upton | RF | |
6 | Jason Bay | LF | 6 | Miguel Montero | C | |
7 | Andres Torres | CF | 7 | Stephen Drew | SS | |
8 | Rob Johnson | C | 8 | Ryan Wheeler | 3B | |
9 | Matt Harvey | P | 9 | Wade Miley | P |

Harvey began his career striking out Gerado Parra for strike out number one. After a fly out & a hit by Jason Kubel, he closed out the inning striking out Paul Goldschmidt.
In the 2nd inning, Harvey came to bat & in his MLB debut he doubled off the wall to deep left center field. Harvey would collect a single in his second at bat in the 4th inning as well.

With two one, Harvey struck out Kubel & then Goldschmidt looking to end the threat. He now had seven strike outs through three innings.
In the top of the 4th, Andres Torres tripled & was brought home by catcher Rob Johnson on a sac fly.
Juston Upton went down to lead off the 4th inning, in the 5th Harvey struck out Wade Miley to start the inning & then Allen Hill to end the inning. Harvey was now up to ten strike outs & was very impressive.
In the 6th, Harvey walked Kubel but then struck out Goldschmidt for K number 11. This set a Mets club record for strike outs in a pitching debut.
After a walk to Justin Upton, Terry Collins lifted the young pitcher. He walked off earning the win, pitching 5.1 innings allowing no runs, on three hits, with three walks & eleven strike outs.
It was the start of a brilliant career for a fine young pitcher who is destined to be one of the franchise's best ever.
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