When: Today and Saturday, 7:10 p.m.; Sunday 1:10 p.m.
Where: Shea Stadium, New York.
TV: Fox Sports Net, today and Saturday.
Radio: WLW-AM (700).
Records: Reds 44-57, fifth place in NL Central; Mets 42-59, fifth place in NL East
The arms: Today, RHP Danny Graves (4-10, 5.59 ERA) vs. LHP Al Leiter (8-5, 5.47); Saturday, RHP Jose Acevedo (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Aaron Heilman (1-2, 7.18); Sunday, RHP Paul Wilson (5-8, 5.31) vs. RHP Steve Trachsel (9-6, 4.55).
The bats: The Mets had scored 23 runs and collected 36 hits in their three games heading into Thursday night ...Timo Perez is batting.405 in his last 12 games.
The rest: The Mets lead the National League and are third in the majors with 250 games started by a rookie ...The Mets are 0-49 when trailing after eight innings.
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ON THE AIR
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