The Enquirer

When: Today and Wednesday, 7:10 p.m.; Thursday, 12:35 p.m.

Where: Great American Ball Park

TV: Fox Sports Net (today, Wednesday)

Radio: WLW-AM (700)

Records: Reds - 41-34; Mets - 36-38

The arms: Today: Reds RHP Todd Van Poppel (3-2, 4.60 ERA) vs. Mets RHP Jae Seo (3-5, 4.84); Wednesday: Reds RHP Cory Lidle (5-5, 5.05) vs. Mets LHP Tom Glavine (7-4, 2.11); Thursday: Reds RHP Jose Acevedo (4-6, 5.30) vs. Mets LHP Al Leiter (3-2, 2.34).

The bats: The Mets were outscored 22-16 in losing two of three against the Yankees over the weekend. ... Through Sunday, New York ranked 15th in the National League with a .249 team batting average, and averaged 4.2 runs per game. ... First baseman/catcher Mike Piazza leads the team with a .318 batting average, 16 home runs and 38 RBI. ... Mike Cameron and Kazuo Matsui have each stolen 11 bases.

The rest: The Reds won two of three against the Mets last week in New York, and lead the all-time series 282-230.

Reds statistics

(Through Sunday's game)

BATTERS	AVG	OBA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E
Casey	.352	.402	287	55	101	26	1	15	54	23	21	1	0	4
Castro	.321	.363	106	16	34	10	1	1	10	7	20	0	0	5
Larkin	.299	.352	214	38	64	9	2	4	29	19	25	2	0	1
Hummel	.292	.325	72	9	21	4	0	1	6	3	11	1	0	3
Pena	.267	.315	116	12	31	3	1	7	21	7	45	2	0	2
Cruz	.265	.342	68	10	18	4	0	2	16	8	21	0	0	0
Dunn	.264	.408	250	49	66	12	0	22	48	58	93	2	0	2
Jimenez	.250	.361	248	35	62	12	2	4	23	43	39	7	5	4
Freel	.249	.363	229	30	57	8	5	1	12	34	39	13	4	7
Griffey	.239	.340	268	44	64	15	0	19	54	40	61	1	0	0
LaRue	.232	.325	177	22	41	10	0	7	25	14	49	0	2	7
Larson	.222	.312	81	8	18	6	0	1	8	9	24	1	0	5
Kearns	.195	.327	87	10	17	2	1	3	13	16	30	1	1	1
Valentin	.170	.208	94	9	16	4	0	3	8	5	14	0	0	3
Clark	.154	.241	26	4	4	1	0	0	2	1	6	1	0	0
Team Totals	.251	.339	2527	360	634	131	13	90	339	306	604	32	12	49

PITCHERS	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO
White	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	4
Graves	1	3	3.16	43	0	29	42.2	42	20	15	9	5	26
Jones	5	2	3.52	39	0	1	46.0	36	19	18	3	19	31
Wilson	7	2	3.69	15	15	0	95.0	98	42	39	11	31	63
Riedling	4	1	3.73	36	0	0	41.0	37	20	17	3	21	25
Van Poppel	3	2	4.60	15	9	0	62.2	69	32	32	6	12	35
Harang	4	2	5.01	12	12	0	64.2	83	37	36	7	25	51
Lidle	5	5	5.05	16	16	0	103.1	109	59	58	14	24	64
Acevedo	4	6	5.30	15	15	0	86.2	95	52	51	18	18	68
Norton	1	2	6.35	32	0	0	28.1	33	23	20	3	17	18
Matthews	2	1	7.56	20	0	0	16.2	19	15	14	4	8	7
Team Totals	41	34	4.90	75	75	30	666.2	730	390	363	94	234	447

REDS FACT: Mets reliever John Franco, 43, the Reds' all-time saves leader before being passed by Danny Graves this season, is 1-4 with a 4.55 ERA in 32 games.