NYM @ MIL, Monday, September 1, 2008 Game Preview

New York Mets, 76-61, 1st, 1 up	SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 12-7, 2.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-7) 190 167 65 57 50 159 22 2.70 2007 (15-13) 219 183 88 81 52 235 33 3.33 2006 (19-6) 233.2 186 79 72 47 245 24 2.77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 51.1 37 10 10 12 39 5 1.75 66 2008-08-27 @PHI ND 6 5 3 3 3 6 2 106 53 2008-08-22 HOU W 7 8 0 0 1 5 0 121 65 2008-08-17 @PIT W 9 3 0 0 0 7 0 113 88 2008-08-12 @WSN W 7 8 3 3 2 6 1 94 53 2008-08-07 SDP ND 7 4 2 2 3 7 1 104 65 2008-08-02 @HOU ND 6.1 3 1 1 2 3 0 103 64 2008-07-27 STL W 9 6 1 1 1 5 1 118 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 33.2 25 16 15 9 47 7 4.01 61 2008-04-12 MIL L 6.2 6 5 4 2 7 3 113 49 2005-06-25 @MIL L 5 6 6 6 4 7 1 97 34 2005-05-22 MIL ND 7 5 2 2 1 11 1 108 69 2004-06-25 MIL W 7 4 1 1 0 10 1 113 75 2004-06-20 @MIL W 8 4 2 2 2 12 1 116 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-25 Road: 35-36 ExtrInn: 8-8 vsRHP: 49-45 vsLHP: 27-16 1-Run: 14-16 vsEast: 32-22 vsCntrl:15-18 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 137 Sun, Aug 31 @FLA W 6-2 76-61 1st 1.0 up 136 Sat, Aug 30 @FLA L 3-4 75-61 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:18-12
Milwaukee Brewers, 80-56, 2nd, 4½ GB, 5½ up in WC	SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 12-7, 3.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-7) 174 159 64 59 40 144 14 3.05 2007 (12-5) 141.1 138 62 60 37 106 17 3.82 2006 (6-7) 106 105 47 45 11 116 9 3.82 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 46 41 20 18 11 33 1 3.52 55 2008-08-26 @STL W 6 5 0 0 2 4 0 100 64 2008-08-19 HOU L 6 5 5 5 1 7 1 96 48 2008-08-14 @SDP L 6.2 5 3 3 2 4 0 110 54 2008-08-09 WSN W 9 5 0 0 0 6 0 113 83 2008-08-03 @ATL L 6 6 3 2 3 4 0 97 51 2008-07-29 CHC L 5.1 11 6 6 1 4 0 100 25 2008-07-24 @STL ND 7 4 3 2 2 4 0 96 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 4-1 32.1 28 16 16 5 21 4 4.45 53 2008-04-12 @NYM W 7.2 5 3 3 2 5 1 116 60 2007-05-12 @NYM W 6 4 3 3 2 5 1 106 55 2006-04-16 @NYM L 5 6 4 4 0 6 1 96 45 2003-07-29 @NYM W 6.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 98 50 2003-06-05 @NYM W 7 6 3 3 1 3 1 109 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-24 Road: 39-32 ExtrInn:10-5 vsRHP: 49-43 vsLHP: 31-13 1-Run: 25-11 vsEast: 16-12 vsCntrl:39-25 vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 136 Sun, Aug 31 @PIT W 7-0 80-56 2nd 4.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @PIT W 11-3 79-56 2nd 5.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @PIT W 3-1 78-56 2nd 6.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 @STL L 3-5 77-56 2nd 6.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @STL W 12-0 77-55 2nd 5.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 24 PIT W 4-3 (12) 76-55 2nd 4.5 gb 130 Sat, Aug 23 PIT W 6-3 75-55 2nd 4.5 gb 129 Fri, Aug 22 PIT W 10-4 74-55 2nd 4.5 gb 128 Wed, Aug 20 HOU W 5-2 73-55 2nd 5.0 gb 127 Tue, Aug 19 HOU L 2-5 72-55 2nd 6.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Apr 13, 2008 MIL 9 @NYM 7 W:Salomon Torres (2-0), L: Jorge Sosa (1-1), S: Eric Gagne (3) Sat, Apr 12, 2008 MIL 5 @NYM 3 W:Ben Sheets (2-0), L: Johan Santana (1-2), S: Eric Gagne (2) Fri, Apr 11, 2008 NYM 4 MIL 2 W:Nelson Figueroa (1-0), L: Manny Parra (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (1) Thu, Aug 02, 2007 NYM 12 @MIL 4 W:Brian Lawrence (1-0), L: Chris Capuano (5-8), S: none Wed, Aug 01, 2007 NYM 8 @MIL 5 W:Oliver Perez (10-7), L: Claudio Vargas (9-3), S: Billy Wagner (25) Tue, Jul 31, 2007 MIL 4 NYM 2 (13) W:David Bush (9-8), L: Aaron Sele (3-1), S: none Sun, May 13, 2007 NYM 9 MIL 1 W:Oliver Perez (4-3), L: Chris Capuano (5-1), S: none Sat, May 12, 2007 MIL 12 @NYM 3 W:Ben Sheets (3-2), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-5), S: none Fri, May 11, 2007 NYM 5 MIL 4 W:Jorge Sosa (2-0), L: Jeff Suppan (5-3), S: Billy Wagner (9) Sun, May 14, 2006 MIL 6 NYM 5 (10) W:Jorge de la Rosa (2-0), L: Chad Bradford (2-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - MIL leads 2-1; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYM leads 46-27

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 5.48

LAA 4.62

WSN 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.64

TEX 5.94

A. Pujols .364

M. Fontenot .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

I. Suzuki .367

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .643

M. DeRosa .488

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

C. Delgado .837

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

J. Lannan 3.92

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.47

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New York Mets Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 38.Gagne
G/S/vB 73.McClung
G/S/vB 58.Mota
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 51.Shouse*
G/S/vB 16.Torres
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 10/.522 2/1.500 ··· 6/.167 8/.125 3/2.167 12/.697 3/.333 597/435 .273/.364/.474/.838 .893/.818 .810 112/.929 19/3 21/

40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/19 .206/.229/.324/.552 1.104/.105 .414 17/.650 1/1 1/

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 24/.952 10/.500 3/.000 10/.700 3/.666 5/.650 9/.333 6/1.200 313/230 .263/.363/.328/.691 .712/.694 .643 19/.627 14/2 3/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 14/.500 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 1/3.000 291/251 .272/.312/.336/.648 .506/.670 .577 17/.882 6/1 1/

19.Church* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 3/.666 262/181 .300/.364/.489/.853 .808/.873 .824 31/.644 2/1 10/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 12/.667 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 3/.000 12/.432 6/.333 2/.500 576/400 .257/.344/.493/.837 .721/.891 .841 109/.789 1/1 30/

3.Easley G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 9/1.194 3/2.334 315/214 .272/.323/.369/.692 .714/.682 .829 63/.629 0/0 6/

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/37 .275/.306/.407/.713 .920/.368 .903 45/.879 0/0 1/

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/72 .333/.420/.493/.913 1.833/.817 .844 76/.929 0/1 2/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 644/455 .306/.366/.489/.854 .875/.850 .845 121/.793 46/12 13/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 17/.529 5/.000 ··· 8/.125 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 2/.000 328/256 .256/.343/.347/.690 .459/.754 .625 60/.903 0/0 6/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 9/.889 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 269/172 .293/.361/.483/.844 .792/.872 .754 82/.815 3/0 11/

5.Wright G/S/vP 9/1.699 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 1/.000 13/.826 5/1.350 622/463 .295/.386/.526/.911 1.231/.810 .838 114/1.013 14/5 27/

IP 174.0 34.2 89.0 46.2 41.0 46.1 67.1 93.0 TOTAL .267/.340/.417/.757 .784/.746 .738 .775 118/29 143/72

ERA-K/9

3.05/7.4

6.23/7.3

4.55/7.1

4.44/8.1

4.61/5.7

2.33/6.2

2.54/5.9

4.35/7.5

3.82/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 711/.242 159/.277 391/.258 204/.263 180/.268 190/.230 279/.232 402/.268 .255 Church
Chavez
Beltran
Tatis
Evans
Murphy
Easley 0/0/60/7
40/9/60/6
0/133/0/5
44/0/37/2
22/0/0/2
18/0/0/1
7/0/0/0

OPS .669 .892 .754 .764 .783 .632 .617 .775 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.708 80/.681 184/.834 88/.929 74/.875 94/.493 129/.638 186/.636 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.633 79/1.105 207/.684 116/.643 106/.720 96/.780 150/.599 216/.895 .724

Home 280/.702 85/.947 196/.789 105/.901 91/.964 96/.488 129/.538 234/.627 .709

Last 28d days 108/.548 31/.857 18/.844 25/.423 32/.823 38/.667 38/.378 42/.670

HR/SB/CS 14/11/6 9/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/1 5/2/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 17/5/2 140/62/38

Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·· ·X······ ·X··o··o ····oo·X ·oo·oX·X ··o····X ····X··X

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 548/396 .300/.341/.592/.933 .948/.928 1.044 70/1.058 11/4 34/

25.Cameron G/S/vP 13/.770 10/.500 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.666 23/.980 1/.000 ··· 406/298 .261/.350/.535/.885 1.048/.828 .729 96/1.227 16/5 24/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/1.333 5/.400 1/no AB 5/.800 3/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 241/216 .232/.332/.314/.646 .570/.654 .585 67/.632 3/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP 19/1.459 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 10/.650 21/.714 ··· ··· 367/279 .285/.376/.414/.790 .681/.823 .866 40/.832 8/3 4/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 4/.833 3/.333 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 586/392 .268/.367/.489/.856 .717/.927 .962 109/.677 2/1 28/

2.Hall G/S/vP 15/.667 4/.000 ··· 8/.750 4/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 400/249 .231/.298/.414/.712 .978/.557 .830 55/.675 4/6 15/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 5/.900 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 517/372 .289/.352/.484/.836 .953/.793 .790 104/.938 2/1 20/

1.Hart G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 552/396 .286/.321/.500/.821 .836/.814 .749 103/.899 22/5 20/

33.Kapler G/S/vP 15/.767 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 18/1.154 1/3.000 ··· 230/147 .301/.336/.491/.827 .994/.731 .833 49/.763 3/1 7/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 18/.170 5/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 489/360 .255/.333/.329/.662 .644/.668 .623 91/.724 6/3 1/

20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .833 13/.237 0/0 0/

11.Rivera G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/45 .316/.381/.456/.837 .600/.924 .832 9/1.056 2/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP 7/3.257 4/1.750 ··· 6/.666 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 495/349 .227/.332/.382/.714 .777/.687 .619 83/.721 17/4 11/

IP 190.0 64.2 48.1 72.1 52.0 50.0 53.1 19.2 TOTAL .257/.328/.442/.771 .823/.751 .785 .808 96/33 177/84

ERA-K/9

2.70/7.5

5.57/5.4

3.91/8.6

5.23/9.8

4.33/7.1

3.06/4.9

3.88/6.9

2.75/7.3

3.99/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (46-34-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 780/.233 285/.277 213/.277 334/.254 229/.241 213/.246 229/.230 78/.267 .250 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler
Nix 123/0/0/8
0/0/131/5
0/96/0/2
17/32/13/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .661 .757 .785 .768 .693 .735 .681 .722 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.670 129/.737 103/.571 137/.968 105/.673 98/.497 54/.870 38/1.021 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 569/.657 156/.772 110/.990 197/.629 124/.709 115/.942 175/.623 40/.450 .685

Road 414/.667 126/.889 107/.861 168/.831 112/.635 115/.866 116/.715 48/.660 .777

Last 28d days 143/.609 58/.718 41/.918 59/.730 28/1.173 32/.772 37/.701 78/.722

HR/SB/CS 22/5/4 6/1/1 7/0/0 9/2/0 5/4/0 6/2/2 4/5/1 3/1/0 142/53/23

Usage ····X··· ··X·oo·X oo··oo·o oX···X·o ·X···o·o X····X·o o·X·oo·o Xoo·XX··

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 @ MIL, 2:05pm, Monday, September 1, 2008 @Miller Park

SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 12-7, 2.70)

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 12-7, 3.05)

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