INSIDE THE MATCHUPS

METS: Santana followed up back-to-back complete game shutouts with a clunker against the Yankees. He allowed six runs, including four home runs, in five innings of a 9-1 loss to the Yankees. Santana is 3-3 in eight starts against the Rays, but is 2-0 with a 1.85 ERA at Tropicana Field.

RAYS: Hellickson left with the lead in his last start, but was unable to make it out of the fifth inning, allowing seven walks in an eventual 5-1 win over the Marlins. He has just one win in his past eight starts, despite not having allowed more than three earned runs in 10 straight starts.

STAT SO?

METS: Ike Davis is 5-for-8 in his last three games with five RBIs and three runs scored.

RAYS: B.J. Upton has a nine-game hitting streak in which he is .351 (13-for-37).

TODAY — 1:10

LHP Johan Santana

(3-3, 2.96) vs.

RHP Jeremy Hellickson

(4-2, 2.65)

SNY, WFAN (660 AM)

Tomorrow begins a three-game series against the Reds