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Game Preview: NYM @ ARI, 3:45pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Chase Field

New York Mets, 15-12, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 2-1, 4.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             22.1  29  11  11  10  10  3    4.43      
 2007 (3-8)             72.2  85  47  45  39  45  6    5.57      
 2006 (2-1)             21.1  25  14  13  12  13  1    5.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  38.1  53  23  22  20  20  5    5.17   41 
 2008-04-25    ATL   L   5.1   9   5   5   4   1  1      99   27 
 2008-04-20   @PHI  ND   5    10   4   4   2   2  2      98   31 
 2008-04-15    WSN   W   7     5   0   0   2   4  0      99   69 
 2008-04-09    PHI   W   5     5   2   2   2   3  0     100   50 
 2007-09-24    WSN   L   5.2   5   7   6   5   3  1      97   31 
 2007-09-19   @WSN   W   5     9   3   3   3   4  0      92   38 
 2007-09-07    HOU   W   5.1  10   2   2   2   3  1      99   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI      0-1   5.1   3   3   3   4   1  0    5.06   47 
 2007-05-06   @ARI   L   5.1   3   3   3   4   1  0      92   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   7-9    vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast: 12-7    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Fri, May  2  @ARI  W   7-2       15-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Wed, Apr 30   PIT  L   1-13      14-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 29   PIT  W   5-4 (11)  14-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Sun, Apr 27   ATL  W   6-3       13-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26   ATL  W   4-3       12-11  3rd  1.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25   ATL  L   3-6       11-11  4th  2.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @WSN  L   5-10      11-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @WSN  W   7-2       11-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @CHC  L   1-8       10-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @CHC  L   1-7       10-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-12
Arizona Diamondbacks, 20-9, 1st, 4 up

SP: Brandon Webb (29, RHP, 6-0, 1.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-0)             41    29  11   9  14  34  1    1.98      
 2007 (18-10)          236.1 209  91  79  72 194 12    3.01      
 2006 (16-8)           235   216  91  81  50 178 15    3.10      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         7-0  48    37  13  11  16  36  1    2.06   62 
 2008-04-27   @SDP   W   6     5   1   0   4   5  0      97   61 
 2008-04-22    SFG   W   6     9   3   3   2   7  0      96   47 
 2008-04-16   @SFG   W   8     3   1   1   2   5  0     104   75 
 2008-04-11    COL   W   8     4   2   2   1   6  0     104   71 
 2008-04-05   @COL   W   7     5   2   1   1   5  1      98   65 
 2008-03-31   @CIN   W   6     3   2   2   4   6  0      90   60 
 2007-09-28   @COL   W   7     8   2   2   2   2  0     100   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-3  37    27  14   9   9  27  2    2.19   63 
 2007-06-01   @NYM   W   8     4   1   0   1   8  0     114   79 
 2007-05-05    NYM   L   6     6   6   5   4   3  1      98   37 
 2006-06-10    NYM   L   8     8   4   1   0   9  0     109   65 
 2006-05-31   @NYM  ND   7     4   0   0   1   5  0      97   73 
 2005-08-22    NYM   L   8     5   3   3   3   2  1     103   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-4    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-7    vsLHP:   8-2    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest: 17-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  2   NYM  L   2-7       20-9   1st  4.0 up
 28 Wed, Apr 30   HOU  W   8-7       20-8   1st  5.5 up
 27 Tue, Apr 29   HOU  L   4-6       19-8   1st  5.5 up
 26 Mon, Apr 28   HOU  W   5-3       19-7   1st  6.5 up
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @SDP  W   2-1       18-7   1st  6.0 up
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @SDP  L   7-8 (13)  17-7   1st  6.0 up
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @SDP  W   5-1       17-6   1st  6.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @LAD  W   6-4       16-6   1st  6.0 up
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @LAD  L   3-8       15-6   1st  6.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 22   SFG  W   5-4       15-5   1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 02, 2008 NYM  7 @ARI  2        W:John Maine (3-2), L: Micah Owings (4-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 03, 2007 ARI  4 @NYM  1        W:Doug Davis (4-6), L: Oliver Perez (6-4), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 NYM  7  ARI  1        W:Jorge Sosa (5-1), L: Livan Hernandez (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 ARI  5 @NYM  1        W:Brandon Webb (5-3), L: John Maine (6-3), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 ARI  3  NYM  1        W:Livan Hernandez (3-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-4), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Sat, May 05, 2007 NYM  6 @ARI  2        W:Jorge Sosa (1-0), L: Brandon Webb (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2007 NYM  5 @ARI  3        W:John Maine (5-0), L: Randy Johnson (0-2), S: Billy Wagner (6)
Thu, May 03, 2007 NYM  9 @ARI  4        W:Aaron Heilman (2-2), L: Jose Valverde (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 11, 2006 NYM 15 @ARI  2        W:Pedro Martinez (6-2), L: Russ Ortiz (0-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 10, 2006 NYM  5 @ARI  0        W:Alay Soler (2-1), L: Brandon Webb (8-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 1-0; 2007 - NYM won 4-3; 2006 - NYM won 6-1; All-Time - NYM leads 42-33

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC  6.10

HOU  4.60

SDP  3.27

RA/G

STL  3.57

CHC  4.45

TEX  6.03

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

J. Lannan  3.74

C. Sabathia  7.88

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.71

Z. Greinke  5.86

J. Garland  2.23

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New York Mets Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Webb
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
52.Medders
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Alou G/S/vP 26/1.321 8/.000 4/2.000 11/.416 1/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 4/4 .333/.500/.333/.833 /.833 .833 4/.833 0/0 0/
9.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 25/24 .136/.174/.273/.447 .000/.468 .773 22/.413 1/0 1/
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 26/.923 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.000 1/.000 10/.200 ··· ··· 117/81 .204/.368/.376/.744 1.088/.605 .759 103/.658 3/1 2/
30.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 41/27 .263/.317/.368/.685 .845/.605 .721 41/.685 0/0 1/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 13/.658 6/.900 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 100/71 .247/.347/.271/.618 .550/.646 .536 85/.594 6/0 0/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 12/.349 6/.533 3/1.667 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 36/32 .219/.306/.250/.556 .833/.523 .385 34/.590 0/1 0/
19.Church* G/S/vP 11/1.645 4/1.750 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 3/1.666 115/74 .324/.386/.510/.896 .968/.857 1.005 101/.874 1/1 4/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 16/.750 1/.000 7/.286 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 116/72 .210/.310/.330/.640 .663/.621 .518 102/.645 0/0 3/
3.Easley G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 8/.804 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 41/29 .263/.293/.316/.608 .697/.572 .452 40/.624 0/0 0/
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 93/54 .278/.359/.392/.751 .689/.794 .670 79/.696 2/0 0/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 25/.737 3/2.667 1/2.000 3/1.500 1/2.000 10/.444 ··· ··· 121/78 .275/.328/.477/.805 .793/.811 .769 106/.808 7/3 2/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 15/.652 5/.800 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.000 64/40 .309/.391/.309/.700 .606/.758 .863 50/.649 0/0 0/
5.Wright G/S/vP 16/.838 3/.333 4/1.250 3/.333 ··· 8/.500 ··· 1/no AB 125/87 .297/.424/.574/.998 1.365/.832 1.140 110/.932 4/3 5/
IP 41.0 11.2 14.0 15.0 13.1 15.2 4.1 9.1 TOTAL .253/.344/.384/.727 .788/.697 .749 .704 25/9 18/18
ERA-K/9 1.98/7.5 1.54/10.0 2.57/7.1 2.40/4.2 4.73/6.8 0.00/8.0 0.00/14.7 2.89/3.9 3.38/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (1-2-1)
 Schneider (3-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 169/.192 46/.167 55/.208 63/.160 58/.278 59/.120 13/.000 39/.188 .225  Church
 Beltran
 Chavez
 Alou
 Pagan
 Easley
0/0/26/2
0/26/0/1
10/2/0/1
1/0/0/0
20/1/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .514 .556 .595 .506 .772 .397 .000 .683 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.638 22/.449 25/.367 25/.623 27/.736 29/.361 8/.000 14/.220 .635
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.407 24/.654 30/.784 38/.432 31/.803 30/.433 5/.000 25/.979 .673
Home 59/.559 21/.952 22/.325 35/.430 33/.880 21/.501 13/.000 22/.746 .721
Last 28d days 145/.510 40/.651 49/.481 57/.460 51/.842 46/.419 13/.000 36/.706
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 0/5/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 21/19/4
Usage ·····X·· o····o·o ··X·oo·o o·Xo··X· o·o··o·· ··o·o·X· ···X···· o··o··XX
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (5.76 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
29.Sosa
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 4/1.000 4/.000 46/27 .128/.217/.128/.346 .451/.272 .396 34/.373 1/0 0/
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 12/.633 3/.000 14/1.000 ··· 123/84 .255/.333/.445/.779 .969/.692 .901 105/.810 3/2 3/
6.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.000 1/no AB 106/75 .250/.324/.467/.791 .682/.836 .803 90/.846 1/0 3/
7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 23/13 .200/.304/.250/.554 .633/.490 .708 20/.578 0/0 0/
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.533 1/no AB 30/.856 2/1.000 127/86 .272/.328/.465/.793 .789/.795 .870 109/.823 2/0 3/
34.Jackson G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 111/77 .344/.423/.615/1.038 1.300/.929 1.135 105/1.066 1/0 5/
26.Montero* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 21/15 .400/.429/.550/.979 .833/1.038 1.333 21/.979 0/0 0/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 19/11 .278/.316/.333/.649 .393/.818 .900 18/.572 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 116/78 .235/.319/.480/.799 .911/.747 .933 100/.797 3/0 7/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .321/.406/.679/1.085 .500/1.179 1.012 30/.977 0/0 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 79/53 .206/.354/.349/.704 .664/.724 .795 66/.771 0/0 1/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 117/83 .333/.376/.562/.938 1.078/.881 1.088 101/.910 0/0 5/
24.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 133/92 .235/.338/.452/.791 1.045/.684 .629 114/.760 3/0 6/
IP 22.1 9.2 16.1 8.2 8.2 13.1 16.2 12.0 TOTAL .266/.342/.462/.804 .861/.778 .881 .820 14/2 36/17
ERA-K/9 4.43/4.0 0.93/8.4 5.51/9.4 1.04/7.2 2.08/3.1 2.70/5.4 7.02/5.4 0.00/9.0 3.63/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hammock (6-1-0)
 Montero (3-0-0)
 Snyder (10-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.330 43/.270 77/.266 34/.133 34/.200 56/.204 85/.324 42/.075 .242  Young
 Salazar
 Burke
 Upton
 Byrnes
0/27/0/2
3/1/2/2
2/0/0/0
0/0/28/0
26/1/0/0
OPS .877 .723 .873 .402 .639 .536 .944 .219 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/1.172 19/.485 29/1.517 14/.298 20/.505 12/1.183 28/1.288 12/.348 .842
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.579 24/.932 48/.483 20/.472 14/.819 44/.363 57/.789 30/.169 .627
Road 25/1.176 17/1.042 32/1.086 11/.000 11/.856 25/.564 44/1.128 13/.077 .749
Last 28d days 103/.877 40/.728 67/.948 34/.402 32/.683 54/.557 71/.964 39/.236
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 1/0/0 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 28/5/5
Usage ·······X o·oo·ooX ··XX··X· o··X··oX ···o·ooo X····o·o ··Xo···· ···X·oo·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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