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Game Preview: NYM @ FLA, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @Dolphin Stadium

New York Mets, 75-60, 1st, 2 up

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 13-8, 3.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-8)           163   170  69  67  51  92  9    3.70      
 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         5-2  47.1  47  18  18   7  24  2    3.42   54 
 2008-08-25    HOU   W   9     6   1   1   0   6  0     108   77 
 2008-08-20    ATL   W   9     3   3   3   3   3  0     108   69 
 2008-08-15   @PIT   W   7     7   0   0   0   1  0      98   64 
 2008-08-10    FLA   L   4.2   7   6   6   3   3  0      98   26 
 2008-08-05    SDP   W   6.2   9   2   2   1   3  2     101   50 
 2008-07-30   @FLA   L   4     8   5   5   0   3  0      78   29 
 2008-07-25    STL   W   7     7   1   1   0   5  0      99   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.FLA      0-4  25    33  24  22  13  16  1    7.92   36 
 2008-08-10    FLA   L   4.2   7   6   6   3   3  0      98   26 
 2008-07-30   @FLA   L   4     8   5   5   0   3  0      78   29 
 2008-05-26    FLA   L   4     6   6   4   3   3  0      95   30 
 2007-05-01    FLA   L   6.1   5   3   3   3   3  0     106   51 
 2006-08-01   @FLA  ND   6     7   4   4   4   4  1      92   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-25   Road:   34-35   ExtrInn: 8-8 
 vsRHP:  49-44   vsLHP:  26-16   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 31-21   vsCntrl:15-18   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Aug 29  @FLA  W   5-4       75-60  1st  2.0 up
134 Wed, Aug 27  @PHI  W   6-3       74-60  1st  0.5 up
133 Tue, Aug 26  @PHI  L   7-8 (13)  73-60  2nd  0.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 25   HOU  W   9-1       73-59  1st  0.5 up
131 Sun, Aug 24   HOU  L   4-6 (10)  72-59  1st  0.5 up
130 Sat, Aug 23   HOU  L   3-8       72-58  1st  1.5 up
129 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  W   3-0       72-57  1st  2.5 up
128 Thu, Aug 21   ATL  W   5-4       71-57  1st  2.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 20   ATL  W   6-3       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 19   ATL  W   7-3       69-57  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Florida Marlins, 68-67, 3rd, 7 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (25, RHP, 13-7, 3.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-7)           171.2 157  74  69  37 147 23    3.62      
 2007 (1-2)             21.1  26  16  13   9  11  3    5.48      
 2006 (11-11)          140   157  86  75  41  99 20    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  48    41  17  17   6  54  5    3.19   61 
 2008-08-24   @ARI   W   7.1   3   2   2   1  10  1     108   73 
 2008-08-19   @SFG   W   9     2   0   0   1  11  0     110   93 
 2008-08-13    STL  ND   6    10   2   2   0   5  0     100   49 
 2008-08-08   @NYM   L   6.2   7   3   3   1   4  2      98   51 
 2008-08-02    COL   W   8     4   3   3   0  13  2      93   75 
 2008-07-28    NYM  ND   6     7   2   2   0   8  0      95   58 
 2008-07-23    ATL   L   5     8   5   5   3   3  0      85   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      2-2  24.2  37  14  13   4  21  5    4.74   45 
 2008-08-08   @NYM   L   6.2   7   3   3   1   4  2      98   51 
 2008-07-28    NYM  ND   6     7   2   2   0   8  0      95   58 
 2008-05-26   @NYM   W   5     9   3   3   2   1  2      80   36 
 2007-05-01   @NYM   W   5     6   1   1   0   5  1      70   56 
 2006-08-02    NYM   L   2     8   5   4   1   3  0      45   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-32   Road:   33-35   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  47-48   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 28-24   vsCntrl:15-17   vsWest: 20-16 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Aug 29   NYM  L   4-5       68-67  3rd  7.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28  @ATL  L   2-4       68-66  3rd  6.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27  @ATL  W   4-1       68-65  3rd  5.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26  @ATL  L   9-10      67-65  3rd  6.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @ARI  W   5-2       67-64  3rd  5.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 23  @ARI  L   1-7       66-64  3rd  6.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22  @ARI  W   5-4       66-63  3rd  6.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @SFG  L   3-4       65-63  3rd  6.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @SFG  L   5-6       65-62  3rd  5.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @SFG  W   6-0       65-61  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 NYM  5 @FLA  4        W:Joe Smith (2-3), L: Kevin Gregg (6-8), S: Luis Ayala (3)
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 FLA  8 @NYM  2        W:Josh Johnson (3-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (10-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 NYM  8  FLA  6        W:Scott Schoeneweis (2-2), L: Scott Olsen (6-7), S: Aaron Heilman (2)
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 NYM  3  FLA  0        W:Oliver Perez (8-7), L: Ricky Nolasco (11-7), S: Aaron Heilman (1)
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 FLA  7  NYM  5        W:Josh Johnson (1-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (9-7), S: Kevin Gregg (23)
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 NYM  4 @FLA  1        W:Oliver Perez (7-6), L: Scott Olsen (6-6), S: Billy Wagner (27)
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 FLA  7  NYM  3        W:Doug Waechter (3-2), L: Joe Smith (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 NYM  7  FLA  6 (12)   W:Duaner Sanchez (1-0), L: Justin Miller (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 NYM  5  FLA  3        W:Johan Santana (6-3), L: Andrew Miller (4-4), S: Billy Wagner (10)
Mon, May 26, 2008 FLA  7 @NYM  3        W:Ricky Nolasco (4-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 8-5; 2007 - NYM won 11-7; 2006 - NYM won 11-8; All-Time - NYM leads 130-112

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

TEX  5.51

ARI  4.63

WSN  3.79

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.98

BA

C. Jones  .358

J. Bay  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .464

K. Fukudome  .366

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .632

R. Howard  .482

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.096

H. Matsui  .835

T. Pena  .393

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

O. Perez  3.90

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

V. Padilla  6.37

L. Hernandez  3.47

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New York Mets Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Florida Marlins Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
30.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
19.Kensing
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
35.Waechter
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 20/1.088 12/.878 7/1.572 6/.900 6/1.333 1/.000 11/1.091 2/.500 588/430 .275/.366/.472/.839 .871/.827 .811 113/.932 19/3 20/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 32/18 .226/.250/.355/.605 1.269/.111 .523 17/.732 1/1 1/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 4/1.000 9/.985 6/.750 3/.000 4/.500 6/.533 ··· 5/1.350 309/226 .260/.361/.326/.687 .712/.688 .633 15/.516 14/2 3/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 10/1.167 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 290/250 .269/.310/.333/.643 .506/.665 .567 17/.765 6/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 5/1.400 5/.400 8/.833 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 256/176 .303/.365/.496/.860 .819/.879 .836 25/.668 2/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 18/.896 6/1.000 14/.143 3/.000 5/.200 2/.500 33/.495 14/.786 568/396 .262/.349/.501/.850 .739/.901 .865 110/.891 1/1 30/
3.Easley G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.500 10/.800 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 18/.716 3/1.000 310/212 .270/.321/.369/.690 .716/.678 .830 66/.691 0/0 6/
6.Evans G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 95/37 .261/.295/.364/.658 .842/.368 .781 46/.700 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 76/69 .323/.408/.492/.900 1.771/.825 .809 76/.900 0/0 2/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 20/1.289 9/.347 4/.500 3/.333 6/.800 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 634/449 .306/.365/.488/.853 .872/.849 .842 121/.792 44/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 18/.627 5/.450 6/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 324/253 .255/.343/.344/.687 .459/.751 .618 56/.897 0/0 6/
17.Tatis G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.167 3/.000 265/171 .297/.362/.490/.852 .803/.877 .767 87/.796 3/0 11/
5.Wright G/S/vP 20/1.447 8/.393 4/.750 5/2.300 7/1.071 4/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 613/458 .292/.385/.515/.900 1.228/.798 .815 114/.908 14/5 25/
IP 171.2 61.2 124.2 49.1 46.1 38.2 28.1 57.1 TOTAL .267/.340/.416/.756 .781/.747 .736 .762 116/28 139/72
ERA-K/9 3.62/7.7 3.79/7.4 5.56/5.4 3.83/8.9 3.50/7.2 1.86/10.7 2.22/10.8 3.45/7.1 4.48/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cancel (1-0-0)
 Schneider (32-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 708/.240 271/.214 552/.284 226/.236 204/.286 169/.204 119/.230 242/.228 .260  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Tatis
 Murphy
 Easley
0/0/58/7
38/9/60/6
0/131/0/5
21/0/0/2
43/0/36/2
17/0/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .694 .604 .793 .745 .724 .612 .588 .669 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 379/.770 127/.660 146/.719 107/.686 102/.871 75/.635 67/.507 106/.754 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.607 144/.559 406/.819 119/.800 102/.570 94/.593 52/.691 136/.603 .732
Home 309/.730 143/.630 270/.857 137/.748 90/.643 78/.609 46/.678 133/.576 .739
Last 28d days 140/.539 53/.834 36/.523 27/.546 42/.826 42/.770 27/.576 12/1.318
HR/SB/CS 23/5/4 3/6/2 17/14/3 7/10/0 1/1/1 3/4/0 0/1/0 6/4/1 138/84/30
Usage ·····X·· X··X·X·o ·o·X··X· ·X······ o··X···o o··o···· o··o·o·o ·o······
Florida Marlins Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
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
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Amezaga# G/S/vP 10/.650 6/.666 4/.250 12/.182 3/1.666 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 275/213 .257/.309/.344/.653 .668/.648 .670 49/.521 6/2 2/
21.Baker* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 134/99 .250/.361/.438/.798 .553/.878 .812 67/.867 0/0 5/
3.Cantu G/S/vP 8/.500 3/1.667 2/.500 5/.000 3/.000 5/.000 4/.500 3/1.666 576/429 .277/.325/.464/.789 .884/.757 .886 108/.619 6/2 22/
26.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 5/1.350 6/1.133 5/.000 8/.125 13/.725 9/.347 2/2.000 5/1.000 346/268 .262/.335/.413/.748 .649/.777 .771 50/.768 1/2 7/
18.Helms G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 6/1.334 5/.833 5/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 251/155 .240/.299/.342/.641 .705/.602 .624 39/.474 0/0 4/
27.Hermida* G/S/vP 13/1.163 8/1.286 4/1.000 10/.200 6/.533 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· 509/381 .253/.329/.420/.749 .733/.754 .614 82/.613 6/0 16/
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 17/1.042 3/1.334 9/1.069 7/1.171 3/1.000 8/.000 2/1.500 3/4.000 426/317 .238/.284/.504/.788 .665/.831 .725 78/.755 1/0 26/
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· 7/.500 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 173/121 .237/.312/.288/.601 .510/.641 .550 21/.714 1/0 0/
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/.461 8/2.250 2/1.500 15/.200 5/1.750 2/.000 6/.334 6/1.100 597/445 .297/.392/.534/.926 .814/.962 .914 100/.992 29/12 28/
12.Ross G/S/vP 8/1.357 4/.000 1/.000 11/.091 2/.000 6/1.167 4/.500 ··· 413/276 .259/.315/.501/.816 .899/.774 .735 86/.900 5/1 19/
20.Treanor G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/.555 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 224/156 .232/.300/.298/.598 .525/.630 .584 16/.321 1/0 2/
6.Uggla G/S/vP 16/1.332 8/1.089 2/.500 12/.166 3/.666 3/.000 9/1.667 5/.800 505/373 .260/.356/.533/.890 .623/.984 .791 98/.705 5/3 28/
14.Willingham G/S/vP 5/1.200 8/.393 2/.000 9/.778 3/.000 2/.500 7/1.171 4/.250 321/223 .260/.368/.465/.833 .836/.831 .876 87/.741 3/2 10/
IP 163.0 64.2 48.0 71.2 51.1 49.1 52.2 18.0 TOTAL .250/.320/.428/.749 .696/.768 .722 .708 63/25 174/103
ERA-K/9 3.70/5.1 5.57/5.4 3.94/8.4 5.15/9.9 4.21/6.8 3.10/4.9 3.93/6.8 3.00/6.5 4.01/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (17-6-1)
 Lo Duca (15-2-1)
 Treanor (44-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 690/.277 285/.277 211/.275 328/.255 225/.240 209/.244 226/.232 70/.254 .249  Ross
 Willingham
 Amezaga
 Hermida
 Gonzalez
 Lo Duca
 Helms
16/96/19/8
76/0/0/7
0/66/0/4
0/0/118/3
60/0/18/1
5/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .730 .757 .783 .762 .675 .733 .684 .719 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 344/.845 129/.737 102/.577 135/.964 104/.626 96/.494 54/.870 33/1.058 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.616 156/.772 109/.980 193/.622 121/.716 113/.941 172/.626 37/.432 .685
Road 279/.903 126/.889 105/.858 162/.821 108/.596 111/.867 113/.723 40/.642 .776
Last 28d days 141/.629 61/.681 42/.895 55/.737 25/1.031 34/.840 35/.705 70/.719
HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 6/1/1 7/0/0 9/2/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/5/1 3/1/0 141/53/23
Usage ····X··· X·oo·X·o ··oo·o·· ···X·o·X ···o·oo· ···X·o·· X·oo·oo· o·XX··X·

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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