NYM @ LAD, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Game Preview

New York Mets, 16-14, 3rd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Nelson Figueroa (34, RHP, 2-1, 4.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 28.2 26 13 13 15 22 1 4.08 2004 (0-3) 28.1 32 18 18 11 10 4 5.72 2003 (2-1) 35.1 28 13 13 13 23 8 3.31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 35.1 35 21 21 15 22 4 5.35 47 2008-04-27 ATL W 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 0 98 42 2008-04-22 @CHC L 5 7 3 3 5 2 0 92 38 2008-04-17 WSN ND 7 3 2 2 2 7 1 101 68 2008-04-11 MIL W 6 2 2 2 2 6 0 85 64 2004-09-23 CHC L 2 5 4 4 1 1 0 40 30 2004-08-28 STL L 4 6 5 5 2 2 2 58 30 2004-08-20 @STL ND 6 5 2 2 0 1 1 75 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD 1-0 10 13 6 6 7 6 3 5.40 42 2002-05-21 LAD ND 5 6 3 3 2 1 2 87 42 2001-08-10 LAD W 5 7 3 3 5 5 1 97 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-5 Road: 7-9 ExtrInn: 3-1 vsRHP: 8-11 vsLHP: 8-3 1-Run: 4-2 vsEast: 12-7 vsCntrl: 2-5 vsWest: 2-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 30 Mon, May 5 @LAD L 1-5 16-14 3rd 1.5 gb 29 Sun, May 4 @ARI W 5-2 16-13 2nd 0.5 gb 28 Sat, May 3 @ARI L 4-10 15-13 2nd 0.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Dodgers, 18-14, 2nd, 3 GB, tied for WC	SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 1-2, 3.82) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 37.2 40 18 16 8 20 4 3.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 37.2 40 18 16 8 20 4 3.82 51 2008-05-01 @FLA ND 7 5 3 3 0 4 1 85 59 2008-04-25 COL ND 6 9 5 5 2 2 0 95 34 2008-04-20 @ATL L 6 7 2 2 4 4 1 118 50 2008-04-14 PIT ND 6 7 3 3 0 2 1 84 48 2008-04-09 @ARI L 5.2 9 4 2 2 4 0 108 41 2008-04-04 @SDP W 7 3 1 1 0 4 1 77 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM Has never faced NYM.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-5 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 9-11 vsLHP: 9-3 1-Run: 5-3 vsEast: 4-3 vsCntrl: 3-2 vsWest: 11-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Mon, May 5 NYM W 5-1 18-14 2nd 3.0 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @COL L 2-7 17-14 2nd 4.0 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @COL W 12-7 17-13 2nd 4.0 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @COL W 11-6 16-13 2nd 4.0 gb 28 Thu, May 1 @FLA W 5-3 15-13 2nd 5.0 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 @FLA W 13-1 14-13 2nd 5.5 gb 26 Tue, Apr 29 @FLA W 7-6 13-13 2nd 5.5 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 COL W 3-2 (10) 12-13 2nd 6.0 gb 24 Sat, Apr 26 COL W 11-3 11-13 2nd 6.0 gb 23 Fri, Apr 25 COL W 8-7 (13) 10-13 3rd 7.0 gb Last 10: 9-1 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, May 05, 2008 LAD 5 NYM 1 W:Chad Billingsley (2-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-3), S: none Sun, Aug 26, 2007 LAD 6 @NYM 2 W:David Wells (6-8), L: John Maine (13-8), S: none Sat, Aug 25, 2007 NYM 4 LAD 3 W:Orlando Hernandez (9-4), L: Eric Stults (1-2), S: Aaron Heilman (1) Fri, Aug 24, 2007 NYM 5 LAD 2 W:Oliver Perez (12-8), L: Brad Penny (14-4), S: none Sun, Jul 22, 2007 NYM 5 @LAD 4 (10) W:Pedro Feliciano (2-1), L: D.J. Houlton (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (22) Sat, Jul 21, 2007 LAD 8 NYM 6 W:Brad Penny (12-1), L: Jorge Sosa (7-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (2) Fri, Jul 20, 2007 NYM 4 @LAD 1 W:Oliver Perez (9-6), L: Roberto Hernandez (3-2), S: Billy Wagner (21) Thu, Jul 19, 2007 NYM 13 @LAD 9 W:Aaron Sele (3-0), L: Derek Lowe (8-9), S: none Wed, Jun 13, 2007 LAD 9 NYM 1 W:Brad Penny (8-1), L: Jorge Sosa (6-2), S: none Tue, Jun 12, 2007 LAD 4 NYM 1 W:Hong-Chih Kuo (1-1), L: John Maine (6-4), S: Takashi Saito (18) Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 298-241

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 6.00

NYM 4.53

SFG 3.31

RA/G

TOR 3.55

TBR 4.42

TEX 5.88

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Lester 3.94

B. Arroyo 8.63

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

B. Backe 6.13

J. Garland 2.03

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New York Mets Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Alou G/S/vP ··· 9/1.194 7/.715 3/.333 24/1.250 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 12/11 .182/.250/.182/.432 .000/.473 .432 12/.432 0/0 0/

9.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 3/1.000 ··· 8/.542 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 26/25 .174/.208/.304/.513 .000/.536 .879 21/.544 1/0 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 3/.333 7/.629 17/1.054 7/1.262 4/.000 ··· 129/93 .221/.372/.394/.766 1.088/.654 .795 107/.685 3/1 2/

30.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 45/31 .262/.311/.357/.668 .845/.591 .681 45/.668 0/0 1/

1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/.760 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 108/78 .231/.340/.253/.592 .531/.617 .505 84/.633 6/0 0/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 40/36 .194/.275/.222/.497 .833/.462 .294 37/.482 0/1 0/

19.Church* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 128/86 .310/.378/.478/.856 .942/.815 .909 106/.839 1/1 4/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.800 6/.334 6/2.833 8/.804 3/.000 ··· 128/83 .216/.313/.369/.682 .648/.700 .613 106/.655 0/0 4/

3.Easley G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 1/.000 4/1.000 6/.533 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 45/33 .262/.289/.310/.598 .697/.563 .473 44/.613 0/0 0/

16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 96/56 .268/.347/.378/.725 .671/.762 .623 74/.692 2/0 0/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 7/.453 3/.000 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 134/90 .263/.326/.449/.775 .773/.776 .722 110/.824 10/3 2/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 72/47 .295/.380/.295/.675 .581/.729 .792 50/.646 0/0 0/

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 6/1.000 2/1.000 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 137/99 .274/.394/.549/.943 1.365/.778 1.009 114/.918 4/3 6/

IP 37.2 12.0 14.0 20.2 19.0 15.1 14.1 6.0 TOTAL .245/.335/.374/.708 .771/.680 .709 .696 28/9 20/21

ERA-K/9

3.82/4.8

0.75/6.8

1.93/12.2

3.05/10.9

2.84/2.8

5.28/8.2

1.88/9.4

3.00/4.5

3.68/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casanova (2-2-1)
Schneider (5-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 162/.261 49/.244 56/.163 89/.244 82/.282 68/.241 58/.208 26/.261 .256 Church
Beltran
Chavez
Alou
Pagan
Easley 0/0/29/4
0/29/0/1
12/2/0/1
3/0/0/0
20/1/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .695 .573 .513 .719 .849 .796 .615 .711 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.736 21/.429 20/1.193 20/1.100 33/1.255 19/1.039 28/.610 10/1.431 .852

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.672 28/.685 36/.197 69/.589 49/.600 49/.696 30/.621 16/.321 .616

Home 52/.806 28/.629 33/.316 31/.425 29/.653 30/.247 44/.718 15/.516 .601

Last 28d days 138/.752 37/.583 46/.529 75/.766 73/.790 50/.689 49/.736 26/.711

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/1/1 0/2/1 2/1/0 4/2/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 24/16/6

Usage ····X··· o··Xo·X· o·X····· ··X··X·· ·X·X···· ··X·o·X· o·X·o·o· ·X·X····

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Figueroa
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

26.Bennett G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 7/.629 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 10/.000 15/5 .143/.200/.143/.343 .311/.400 1.000 15/.343 0/0 0/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 89/56 .295/.382/.436/.818 1.041/.686 .948 62/.862 1/0 1/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 6/1.667 2/.500 122/88 .303/.388/.465/.853 .416/1.023 .798 93/.854 2/0 3/

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 11/.664 8/.750 19/.790 5/.000 9/.222 1/.000 13/.808 10/.425 154/96 .366/.448/.597/1.045 1.066/1.032 1.002 122/1.033 8/2 5/

14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/27 .226/.333/.226/.559 .756/.490 .730 29/.510 1/0 0/

25.Jones G/S/vP 12/1.144 6/1.167 22/.608 4/.000 5/.933 3/.333 7/.858 25/.996 116/73 .158/.267/.248/.515 .687/.417 .543 88/.575 0/0 1/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 7/1.571 4/1.000 117/67 .330/.353/.523/.876 1.109/.694 .887 100/.971 7/2 3/

12.Kent G/S/vP 8/.679 ··· 5/.400 ··· 10/1.100 3/1.334 5/.400 13/.824 106/65 .286/.330/.459/.789 .996/.659 .900 83/.766 0/0 3/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 137/85 .270/.328/.410/.738 .595/.820 .955 108/.708 1/3 3/

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.100 2/.000 136/94 .296/.434/.426/.860 .910/.836 .869 106/.972 3/2 3/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 1/no AB 9/.000 22/.618 3/.666 7/1.381 1/2.000 23/.895 13/.658 82/56 .324/.400/.380/.780 1.036/.667 .789 67/.941 10/1 0/

22.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 9/1.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 27/22 .136/.296/.182/.478 .600/.436 .282 22/.439 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/10 .375/.412/.375/.787 .762/.800 .800 13/.878 0/0 0/

IP 28.2 10.0 17.1 9.0 10.1 14.1 19.1 13.0 TOTAL .283/.361/.416/.777 .866/.729 .824 .812 34/10 23/20

ERA-K/9

4.08/6.9

0.90/8.1

5.19/9.9

6.00/7.0

1.74/3.5

3.14/6.9

6.05/5.1

0.00/9.0

3.86/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bennett (2-0-1)
Martin (14-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.236 45/.308 83/.254 40/.229 40/.200 62/.222 94/.313 45/.070 .250 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Young
Jones
Sweeney 0/6/24/3
19/0/13/2
19/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/30/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .655 .785 .860 .582 .628 .571 .892 .204 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.920 19/.485 31/1.476 15/.421 21/.478 13/1.084 32/1.174 12/.348 .850

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.479 26/1.024 52/.490 25/.678 19/.786 49/.436 62/.755 33/.153 .653

Road 35/.808 19/1.151 38/1.032 17/.544 17/.750 31/.630 53/.999 16/.063 .773

Last 28d days 116/.651 42/.794 68/.894 40/.582 36/.644 55/.598 73/.825 42/.219

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/0/0 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 4/0/1 0/0/0 31/8/6

Usage ·····X·· ·o·o·oo· ··X··XX· ··Xo··X· X·o···o· ·X·X···· ooo··Xo· ·o····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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Game Preview: NYM @ LAD, 10:10pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

SP: Nelson Figueroa (34, RHP, 2-1, 4.08)

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (33, RHP, 1-2, 3.82)

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