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Game Preview: NYM @ LAD, 3:10pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @Dodger Stadium

New York Mets, 16-15, 3rd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 3-2, 3.48)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             33.2  32  13  13  19  29  3    3.48      
 2007 (15-10)          191   168  90  83  75 180 23    3.91      
 2006 (6-5)             90    69  40  36  33  71 15    3.60      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  41.1  33  13  13  21  43  3    2.83   57 
 2008-05-02   @ARI   W   6     6   2   2   2   6  0     108   56 
 2008-04-26    ATL   W   5     3   2   2   3   7  0     100   57 
 2008-04-21   @CHC   L   6     5   2   2   2   6  1     109   58 
 2008-04-16    WSN   W   6.2   5   2   2   4   4  1     100   56 
 2008-04-10    PHI  ND   6     5   1   1   5   1  1      90   54 
 2008-04-05   @ATL   L   4     8   4   4   3   5  0      96   32 
 2007-09-29    FLA   W   7.2   1   0   0   2  14  0     115   89 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD      0-3  16    22  14   9   6  12  5    5.06   40 
 2007-08-26    LAD   L   5.2   9   6   3   1   6  0     111   38 
 2007-06-12   @LAD   L   5.1   7   4   4   2   2  3     108   38 
 2006-09-08    LAD   L   5     6   4   2   3   4  2      87   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   8-12   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast: 12-7    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  2-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Tue, May  6  @LAD  L   4-5       16-15  3rd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Los Angeles Dodgers, 19-14, 2nd, 3 GB

SP: Brad Penny (30, RHP, 5-2, 3.19)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-2)             42.1  42  16  15  14  20  2    3.19      
 2007 (16-4)           208   199  75  70  73 135  9    3.03      
 2006 (16-9)           189   206  94  91  54 148 19    4.33      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  42.1  42  16  15  14  20  2    3.19   52 
 2008-05-02   @COL   W   5     3   3   3   4   1  1      79   46 
 2008-04-26    COL   W   7     4   3   3   2   2  1     107   57 
 2008-04-21   @CIN   W   6     6   1   1   2   4  0     114   58 
 2008-04-16    PIT   W   5.2   5   1   0   0   4  0      85   61 
 2008-04-11    SDP   L   6    10   4   4   3   3  0     119   36 
 2008-04-05   @SDP   L   6    10   4   4   1   3  0     109   38 
 2008-03-31    SFG   W   6.2   4   0   0   2   3  0      89   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      3-2  34    39  16  15   7  27  4    3.97   52 
 2007-08-24   @NYM   L   6     6   3   3   4   2  1      99   46 
 2007-07-21    NYM   W   6.1   6   4   3   2   5  1     111   50 
 2007-06-13    NYM   W   7     7   1   1   0   7  0      91   66 
 2006-09-07   @NYM   L   5.2  10   7   7   1   4  2     119   24 
 2005-08-14    NYM   W   9    10   1   1   0   9  0     122   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-5    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   9-3    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Tue, May  6   NYM  W   5-4       19-14  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 06, 2008 LAD  5  NYM  4        W:Hong-Chih Kuo (2-1), L: Nelson Figueroa (2-2), S: Takashi Saito (5)
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
Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 2-0; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 299-241

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  5.91

FLA  4.53

SDP  3.36

RA/G

OAK  3.54

KCR  4.44

PIT  5.84

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

B. Looper  3.95

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.75

T. Redding  6.18

J. Garland  2.03

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

New York Mets Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Alou G/S/vP 25/.940 9/1.194 7/.715 4/.250 24/1.250 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 17/14 .250/.294/.250/.544 .000/.516 .544 17/.544 1/0 0/
9.Anderson* G/S/vP 27/.619 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 15/.533 3/2.667 4/.250 7/.629 17/1.054 7/1.262 4/.000 ··· 130/94 .219/.369/.390/.760 1.088/.646 .783 104/.659 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 2/.500 19/.760 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 113/81 .232/.342/.253/.595 .535/.619 .515 87/.634 7/0 0/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 15/.414 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 40/36 .194/.275/.222/.497 .833/.462 .294 35/.512 0/1 0/
19.Church* G/S/vP 9/.777 4/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 133/90 .314/.379/.508/.887 .918/.873 .962 107/.899 1/1 5/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 22/.889 3/.000 5/.800 8/.250 6/2.833 8/.804 4/.000 ··· 133/86 .216/.308/.362/.670 .619/.698 .598 107/.596 0/0 4/
3.Easley G/S/vP 9/.944 7/.629 1/.000 4/1.000 6/.533 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 45/33 .262/.289/.310/.598 .697/.563 .473 42/.643 0/0 0/
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 101/59 .276/.350/.379/.729 .637/.795 .641 76/.701 3/0 0/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 28/.783 6/1.167 4/.000 8/.393 3/.000 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 139/94 .260/.321/.439/.760 .754/.763 .700 110/.824 10/3 2/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 27/.645 5/1.550 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 77/50 .308/.395/.308/.702 .536/.799 .825 51/.675 0/0 0/
5.Wright G/S/vP 19/1.755 1/.000 5/.000 7/.858 2/1.000 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 142/103 .265/.387/.530/.917 1.326/.759 .959 115/.893 4/3 6/
IP 42.1 12.0 15.0 24.1 19.0 15.1 15.1 6.0 TOTAL .246/.336/.374/.710 .750/.691 .712 .699 31/9 21/22
ERA-K/9 3.19/4.3 0.75/6.8 1.80/12.6 2.59/12.2 2.84/2.8 5.28/8.2 1.76/9.4 3.00/4.5 3.62/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (2-2-1)
 Schneider (8-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.266 49/.244 60/.170 102/.213 82/.282 68/.241 63/.224 26/.261 .257  Church
 Beltran
 Chavez
 Alou
 Pagan
 Easley
0/0/30/4
0/29/0/1
12/2/0/1
4/0/0/0
20/2/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .653 .573 .531 .648 .849 .796 .631 .711 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.800 21/.429 23/1.169 25/.880 33/1.255 19/1.039 32/.661 10/1.431 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.552 28/.685 37/.191 77/.557 49/.600 49/.696 31/.601 16/.321 .611
Home 101/.590 28/.629 37/.372 44/.342 29/.653 30/.247 49/.727 15/.516 .611
Last 28d days 122/.668 37/.583 45/.469 73/.686 73/.790 50/.689 54/.741 26/.711
HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 0/1/1 0/2/1 2/1/0 4/2/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 25/19/6
Usage ····X··· ·o··Xo·X oo·X···· X··X··X· ··X·X··· ···X·o·X Xo·X·o·o ··X·X···
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Maine
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
26.Bennett G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.629 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 10/.000 15/5 .143/.200/.143/.343 .311/.400 1.000 12/.432 0/0 0/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/60 .317/.398/.488/.886 1.041/.801 1.065 62/.931 1/0 2/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 6/1.667 2/.500 122/88 .303/.388/.465/.853 .416/1.023 .798 88/.885 2/0 3/
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 10/1.600 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 1.002 117/1.038 8/2 5/
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/30 .229/.325/.229/.554 .933/.440 .687 33/.510 1/0 0/
25.Jones G/S/vP 8/.125 6/1.167 23/.581 4/.000 5/.933 4/.250 7/.858 25/.996 121/78 .162/.273/.248/.520 .687/.432 .551 89/.593 0/0 1/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 7/1.571 4/1.000 121/71 .330/.358/.518/.876 1.109/.702 .886 99/.933 9/2 3/
12.Kent G/S/vP 8/1.025 ··· 6/.334 ··· 10/1.100 3/1.334 5/.400 13/.824 110/69 .277/.327/.446/.773 .996/.639 .860 82/.712 0/0 3/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 141/89 .278/.333/.413/.746 .595/.829 .957 107/.715 1/3 3/
55.Martin G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.100 2/.000 140/98 .297/.436/.423/.859 .910/.836 .868 109/.977 3/2 3/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 9/1.319 10/.000 23/.590 3/.666 7/1.381 1/2.000 23/.895 13/.658 87/60 .316/.388/.368/.757 .993/.655 .738 72/.900 11/1 0/
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 9/1.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 27/22 .136/.296/.182/.478 .600/.436 .282 21/.462 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .375/.412/.375/.787 .762/.800 .800 13/.955 0/0 0/
IP 33.2 10.2 19.1 9.0 10.1 14.2 19.1 13.0 TOTAL .284/.362/.416/.778 .866/.731 .823 .812 37/10 24/22
ERA-K/9 3.48/7.7 0.84/7.6 4.66/9.8 6.00/7.0 1.74/3.5 3.07/7.3 6.05/5.1 0.00/9.0 3.91/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (2-0-1)
 Martin (17-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.250 48/.317 90/.243 40/.229 40/.200 63/.218 94/.313 45/.070 .251  Kemp
 Ethier
 Pierre
 Young
 Jones
 Sweeney
0/6/25/3
19/0/13/2
20/1/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/31/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .722 .794 .810 .582 .628 .561 .892 .204 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.624 20/.461 34/1.328 15/.421 21/.478 13/1.084 32/1.174 12/.348 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.798 28/1.064 56/.492 25/.678 19/.786 50/.427 62/.755 33/.153 .652
Road 75/.739 22/1.135 45/.900 17/.544 17/.750 32/.608 53/.999 16/.063 .774
Last 28d days 128/.690 45/.804 67/.774 40/.582 31/.570 54/.586 70/.832 42/.219
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 1/0/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 4/0/1 0/0/0 32/11/6
Usage ····X··· o·o·o·oo X··X··XX ···Xo··X ·X·o···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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