NYM @ ARI, Saturday, May 3, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: NYM @ ARI, 3:45pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Chase Field

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

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

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