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Game Preview: NYM @ MIL, 2:05pm, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @Miller Park

New York Mets, 78-61, 1st, 2 up

SP: Oliver Perez (26, LHP, 9-7, 3.90)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            161.1 134  78  70  84 146 21    3.90      
 2007 (15-10)          177   153  90  70  79 174 22    3.56      
 2006 (3-13)           112.2 129  90  82  68 102 20    6.55      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  44.1  35  17  16  20  39  3    3.25   57 
 2008-08-29   @FLA  ND   6     3   2   1   5   4  1     113   59 
 2008-08-24    HOU  ND   6.1   4   4   4   1   8  1     111   56 
 2008-08-19    ATL  ND   6.1   7   3   3   5   3  0     114   45 
 2008-08-14   @WSN   W   6.2   6   3   3   3   8  0     104   55 
 2008-08-08    FLA   W   7     2   0   0   3   8  0     120   78 
 2008-08-03   @HOU   L   6     8   4   4   0   3  1      78   43 
 2008-07-29   @FLA   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  0     100   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-0  29    19  15  14  18  34  4    4.34   55 
 2008-04-13    MIL  ND   4.1   8   6   6   3   4  1      99   24 
 2007-08-01   @MIL   W   6     5   5   4   3  11  1     115   52 
 2007-05-13    MIL   W   8.1   2   1   1   2   6  1     109   79 
 2006-04-03   @MIL  ND   5.1   3   1   1   3   9  1      95   64 
 2005-09-30    MIL  ND   5     1   2   2   7   4  0     104   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-25   Road:   37-36   ExtrInn: 9-8 
 vsRHP:  50-45   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 32-22   vsCntrl:17-18   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Tue, Sep  2  @MIL  W   6-5 (10)  78-61  1st  2.0 up
138 Mon, Sep  1  @MIL  W   4-2       77-61  1st  2.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Milwaukee Brewers, 80-58, 2nd, 4½ GB, 4½ up in WC

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 9-9, 4.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-9)            153   137  76  70  35  94 23    4.12      
 2007 (12-10)          186.1 217 110 106  44 134 27    5.12      
 2006 (12-11)          210   201 111 103  38 166 26    4.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  46.1  40  19  18   9  28  8    3.50   55 
 2008-08-29   @PIT   W   6.2   6   1   1   2   2  1      94   58 
 2008-08-22    PIT   W   7     7   3   3   1   2  1      94   52 
 2008-08-16   @LAD  ND   7     5   2   2   1   3  1      70   61 
 2008-08-11    WSN   W   6.1   5   1   1   2   6  0      98   63 
 2008-08-05   @CIN   W   7     3   1   1   2   7  0      92   72 
 2008-07-31    CHC   L   7.1   5   7   6   1   3  3     106   44 
 2008-07-26    HOU  ND   5     9   4   4   0   5  2      93   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-0   6     7   4   3   2   5  1    4.50   47 
 2006-05-12    NYM   W   6     7   4   3   2   5  1     102   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-26   Road:   39-32   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  49-43   vsLHP:  31-15   1-Run:  25-12
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:39-25   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  2   NYM  L   5-6 (10)  80-58  2nd  4.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1   NYM  L   2-4       80-57  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 NYM  6 @MIL  5 (10)   W:Joe Smith (3-3), L: Salomon Torres (6-4), S: Luis Ayala (5)
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 NYM  4 @MIL  2        W:Nelson Figueroa (3-3), L: Eric Gagne (4-3), S: Luis Ayala (4)
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
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 3-2; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYM leads 48-27

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  5.49

FLA  4.65

SFG  3.84

RA/G

TOR  3.88

CLE  4.59

TEX  5.97

BA

A. Pujols  .361

M. DeRosa  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .469

J. Reyes  .365

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .643

J. Reyes  .487

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.112

V. Wells  .839

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

O. Perez  3.90

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

M. Mussina  6.42

L. Hernandez  3.35

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New York Mets Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
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
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.750 ··· 8/.125 6/.750 5/.600 ··· 8/.715 ··· 138/136 .222/.265/.294/.558 .000/.567 .585 1/ 2/1 1/
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 6/.167 8/.125 4/2.417 ··· 12/.697 3/.333 605/439 .277/.368/.483/.850 .946/.814 .833 116/.985 19/3 22/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .211/.231/.316/.547 1.092/.095 .433 21/.618 1/2 1/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 10/.500 3/.000 11/.637 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 9/.333 6/1.200 314/231 .262/.362/.327/.689 .712/.691 .638 20/.594 14/2 3/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 1/3.000 292/252 .272/.311/.336/.647 .506/.669 .575 18/.863 6/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 267/185 .298/.361/.487/.848 .798/.871 .817 36/.639 2/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 4/1.750 3/.333 3/.000 3/.000 13/.398 ··· 6/.333 2/.500 584/404 .260/.346/.498/.844 .724/.901 .854 113/.832 1/1 31/
3.Easley G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.833 1/.000 4/.000 5/1.400 ··· 10/1.067 3/2.334 323/219 .265/.318/.361/.678 .693/.672 .795 68/.601 0/0 6/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/38 .263/.294/.389/.684 .875/.358 .818 48/.757 0/0 1/
22.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 ··· / /// / / / /
29.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .143/.250/.143/.393 .000/.533 / 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 87/78 .351/.437/.514/.950 1.833/.866 .923 78/.938 0/1 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/83 .250/.289/.283/.571 .471/.593 .680 51/.458 2/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.334 3/.333 654/461 .306/.365/.487/.852 .855/.855 .842 127/.807 46/13 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 8/.125 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 330/258 .254/.340/.345/.685 .459/.748 .618 58/.909 0/0 6/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 274/175 .293/.361/.484/.845 .808/.865 .758 83/.724 3/0 11/
5.Wright G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/.347 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 14/.762 6/1.100 632/470 .291/.381/.518/.899 1.218/.797 .817 120/.977 14/5 27/
IP 153.0 13.2 8.1 36.2 89.0 49.2 41.0 47.1 23.0 69.1 93.2 TOTAL .266/.339/.417/.756 .784/.745 .737 .767 118/31 145/72
ERA-K/9 4.12/5.5 3.95/10.5 5.40/3.3 6.63/7.1 4.55/7.1 4.17/8.0 4.61/5.7 2.47/6.1 2.74/11.3 2.47/5.7 4.32/7.6 3.82/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cancel (1-0-0)
 Molina (1-0-0)
 Schneider (33-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 631/.236 55/.236 40/.286 169/.286 391/.258 214/.257 182/.268 194/.230 97/.158 286/.232 406/.269 .255  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Tatis
 Evans
 Murphy
 Anderson
 Easley
0/0/61/7
41/10/60/7
0/135/0/6
44/0/38/2
23/0/0/2
19/0/0/1
25/0/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .715 .727 .804 .919 .754 .750 .790 .635 .596 .612 .776 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.742 19/1.474 19/.835 86/.796 184/.834 93/.932 75/.883 96/.482 40/.558 133/.641 189/.644 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.692 36/.333 21/.781 83/1.047 207/.684 121/.614 107/.726 98/.797 57/.624 153/.586 217/.890 .722
Home 345/.671 34/.588 24/1.030 95/.989 196/.789 115/.862 93/.977 100/.500 41/.518 136/.530 238/.631 .709
Last 28d days 109/.654 / / 38/1.045 18/.844 35/.424 34/.860 37/.658 1/.000 45/.376 40/.794
HR/SB/CS 23/14/8 4/1/0 1/0/1 10/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/1 5/2/2 4/1/1 2/0/2 3/1/2 17/5/2 142/62/40
Usage ····X··· ········ ········ oX··o··o ···X···· XX·X··o· ·o····oo ·o·oo·oX ·o······ X···o··· ·X····X·
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Perez*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
32.Muniz
G/S/vB
36.Reyes
G/S/vB
73.Rincon*
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
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 557/400 .304/.346/.596/.942 .973/.930 1.059 69/1.020 11/4 34/
25.Cameron G/S/vP 10/.543 11/.455 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.333 3/.666 23/.980 2/.000 1/.000 415/302 .255/.343/.524/.867 1.006/.816 .693 97/1.110 16/5 24/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 14/.607 5/.400 1/no AB 5/.800 ··· 5/.700 ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 241/216 .232/.332/.314/.646 .570/.654 .585 59/.631 3/1 1/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/52 .224/.350/.313/.663 1.300/.346 .516 1/.000 1/0 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP 10/1.171 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 6/.000 13/.091 10/.650 21/.714 ··· 1/.000 369/280 .283/.374/.411/.785 .681/.819 .855 36/.830 8/3 4/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/.531 2/.000 6/.533 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 595/394 .265/.365/.483/.848 .700/.926 .942 109/.610 2/1 28/
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 43/41 .194/.286/.222/.508 2.000/.450 .388 1/.000 2/1 0/
2.Hall G/S/vP 21/.516 5/.000 ··· 8/.750 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 408/252 .228/.295/.408/.702 .957/.550 .804 63/.616 4/6 15/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 18/.889 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 526/375 .289/.354/.485/.839 .978/.786 .798 103/1.001 2/1 20/
1.Hart G/S/vP 9/.888 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 561/400 .287/.321/.497/.818 .835/.811 .746 104/.833 22/5 20/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 8/1.250 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 1/.000 18/1.154 1/3.000 ··· 231/148 .301/.339/.491/.830 .994/.736 .838 49/.793 3/1 7/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 5/1.350 6/.833 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 497/363 .255/.334/.330/.664 .669/.663 .629 91/.739 6/3 1/
40.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/1.000/1.500 /1.500 1.500 2/1.500 0/0 0/
20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .833 13/.237 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/45 .316/.381/.456/.837 .600/.924 .832 9/1.056 2/0 1/
10.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Weeks G/S/vP 9/.611 5/1.267 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 505/353 .232/.335/.390/.725 .806/.691 .650 88/.805 18/4 12/
IP 161.1 66.2 49.1 72.1 23.1 22.2 53.0 50.0 54.1 21.2 TOTAL .258/.328/.442/.771 .827/.749 .785 .801 97/33 178/86
ERA-K/9 3.90/8.1 5.40/5.7 3.83/8.6 5.23/9.8 5.40/6.2 4.37/7.5 /0.0 4.25/7.0 3.06/4.9 3.81/7.1 2.49/7.5 3.98/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (46-36-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 697/.228 293/.273 215/.274 334/.254 100/.267 96/.253 / 232/.238 213/.246 232/.226 85/.259 .250  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
 Gwynn
 Nix
125/0/0/8
0/0/133/5
0/98/0/2
17/32/13/1
2/0/0/0
1/6/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .718 .751 .777 .768 .786 .719 .683 .735 .671 .702 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.538 131/.750 105/.560 137/.968 39/1.002 34/.849 / 106/.666 98/.497 54/.870 39/.994 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 527/.778 162/.751 110/.990 197/.629 61/.652 62/.646 / 126/.697 115/.942 178/.611 46/.462 .687
Road 371/.747 134/.867 109/.843 168/.831 58/.917 38/.888 / 115/.617 115/.866 119/.695 55/.636 .777
Last 28d days 134/.656 58/.669 39/.970 55/.608 9/1.333 / / 31/1.049 31/.799 39/.662 85/.702
HR/SB/CS 21/8/1 6/1/1 7/0/0 9/2/0 4/0/0 2/2/0 // 5/4/0 6/2/2 4/5/1 3/1/0 143/54/23
Usage ····X··· Xo··X·oo oooo··oo ··oX···X ········ ········ o··X···o ··X····X ooo·X·oo X·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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