NYM @ NYY, Friday, May 16, 2008 Game Preview

New York Mets, 20-19, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 4-2, 3.10) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-2) 52.1 45 19 18 13 52 8 3.10 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 3-2 45.1 42 17 16 11 44 7 3.18 57 2008-05-10 CIN W 6 10 3 3 1 5 1 116 44 2008-05-04 @ARI ND 6 6 1 1 4 8 0 116 60 2008-04-29 PIT ND 5.2 2 2 2 3 7 2 114 61 2008-04-23 @WSN W 7 7 2 2 1 4 0 97 58 2008-04-18 @PHI W 7 4 3 3 0 10 1 105 67 2008-04-12 MIL L 6.2 6 5 4 2 7 3 113 49 2008-04-06 @ATL L 7 7 1 1 0 3 0 91 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 3-0 32.1 27 9 9 8 25 1 2.51 60 2007-07-04 @NYY W 7 4 2 2 2 5 1 107 64 2006-04-15 NYY ND 6.1 8 4 4 2 4 0 90 43 2005-07-27 @NYY W 7 7 0 0 2 5 0 94 66 2004-09-29 @NYY ND 5 3 1 1 1 5 0 71 61 2004-08-18 NYY W 7 5 2 2 1 6 0 105 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-9 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 3-1 vsRHP: 11-15 vsLHP: 9-4 1-Run: 4-4 vsEast: 13-10 vsCntrl: 4-6 vsWest: 3-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Thu, May 15 WSN L 0-1 20-19 3rd 2.5 gb 38 Wed, May 14 WSN L 3-5 20-18 3rd 2.0 gb 37 Tue, May 13 WSN W 6-3 20-17 3rd 2.0 gb 36 Mon, May 12 WSN L 4-10 19-17 3rd 3.0 gb 35 Sun, May 11 CIN W 8-3 19-16 2nd 3.0 gb 34 Sat, May 10 CIN L 1-7 18-16 3rd 3.0 gb 33 Sat, May 10 CIN W 12-6 18-15 3rd 3.0 gb 32 Wed, May 7 @LAD W 12-1 17-15 3rd 1.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
New York Yankees, 20-22, 5th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 2-0, 3.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-0) 12 9 4 4 1 5 2 3.00 2007 (1-3) 24.2 29 14 11 8 11 4 4.01 2006 (3-1) 20.1 18 10 10 5 11 2 4.43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 32.1 30 13 10 7 14 4 2.78 52 2008-05-10 @DET W 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 87 56 2008-05-04 SEA W 6 5 2 2 0 4 1 76 58 2007-05-19 @NYM L 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 9 38 2007-05-11 @SEA L 5 7 3 3 3 1 1 78 39 2007-05-06 SEA W 5.2 3 0 0 2 4 0 80 65 2007-04-19 CLE ND 4.1 4 1 1 1 3 1 81 53 2007-04-14 @OAK ND 5.1 5 3 0 0 1 0 78 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 0-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 inf 38 2007-05-19 @NYM L 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 9 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-9 Road: 11-13 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 16-15 vsLHP: 4-7 1-Run: 5-5 vsEast: 10-11 vsCntrl: 7-11 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 42 Thu, May 15 @TBR L 2-5 20-22 5th 4.5 gb 41 Wed, May 14 @TBR W 2-1 20-21 4th 3.5 gb 40 Tue, May 13 @TBR L 1-2 (11) 19-21 4th 4.5 gb 39 Mon, May 12 @TBR L 1-7 19-20 4th 4.0 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @DET W 5-2 19-19 4th 4.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 @DET L 5-6 18-19 4th 4.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 CLE W 6-3 18-18 3rd 4.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 CLE L 0-3 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 CLE L 3-5 17-17 3rd 4.5 gb 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 17, 2007 NYY 8 NYM 2 W:Chien-Ming Wang (7-4), L: Orlando Hernandez (3-3), S: none Sat, Jun 16, 2007 NYY 11 NYM 8 W:Luis Vizcaino (3-1), L: Tom Glavine (5-5), S: none Fri, Jun 15, 2007 NYM 2 @NYY 0 W:Oliver Perez (7-5), L: Roger Clemens (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (15) Sun, May 20, 2007 NYY 6 @NYM 2 W:Tyler Clippard (1-0), L: John Maine (5-2), S: none Sat, May 19, 2007 NYM 10 NYY 7 W:Tom Glavine (5-1), L: Darrell Rasner (1-3), S: none Fri, May 18, 2007 NYM 3 NYY 2 W:Oliver Perez (5-3), L: Andy Pettitte (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (10) Sun, Jul 02, 2006 NYY 16 NYM 7 W:Ron Villone (3-1), L: Alay Soler (2-3), S: none Sat, Jul 01, 2006 NYM 8 @NYY 3 W:Steve Trachsel (7-4), L: Randy Johnson (9-7), S: none Fri, Jun 30, 2006 NYY 2 NYM 0 W:Ron Villone (2-1), L: Orlando Hernandez (4-8), S: Mariano Rivera (18) Sun, May 21, 2006 NYM 4 NYY 3 W:Tom Glavine (7-2), L: Aaron Small (0-2), S: Billy Wagner (9) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 35-25

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 5.80

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.33

RA/G

CLE 3.49

BOS 4.49

TEX 5.45

A. Pujols .357

R. Weeks .187

OBP

A. Pujols .503

R. Zimmerman .268

SLG

C. Utley .665

R. Weeks .335

OPS

A. Pujols 1.097

R. Weeks .651

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.01

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New York Mets Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Rasner
G/S/vB 38.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Alou G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 36/27 .343/.361/.400/.761 1.222/.604 .544 36/.761 1/0 0/

9.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 9/.555 ··· 41/40 .243/.282/.378/.660 .000/.678 .915 28/.890 2/0 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.850 24/1.011 ··· ··· 13/.462 ··· 166/122 .246/.367/.428/.795 1.013/.721 .756 107/.718 4/1 3/

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 10/.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 130/97 .259/.370/.306/.676 .517/.731 .569 81/.708 7/0 0/

11.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/6 .000/.167/.000/.167 /.167 6/.167 0/0 0/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 50/46 .178/.245/.200/.445 .833/.413 .250 39/.405 0/1 0/

19.Church* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/113 .310/.378/.538/.916 .957/.897 1.043 102/.957 1/1 8/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.350 ··· ··· 22/.905 ··· 162/106 .222/.302/.368/.671 .645/.683 .598 98/.629 0/0 5/

3.Easley G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 22/.885 ··· ··· 11/1.122 ··· 64/46 .237/.281/.322/.603 .951/.472 .473 37/.594 0/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 176/122 .258/.328/.413/.740 .758/.732 .690 117/.729 12/4 2/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 97/61 .318/.385/.400/.785 .570/.924 .825 45/.982 0/0 2/

17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.762 6/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 2.000/ 1/2.000 0/0 0/

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 179/131 .268/.385/.510/.896 1.367/.723 .935 113/.820 5/4 7/

IP 12.0 4.2 17.1 19.0 19.1 23.2 7.2 17.0 4.2 TOTAL .256/.339/.391/.730 .793/.703 .725 .728 38/11 30/28

ERA-K/9

3.00/3.8

1.93/0.0

2.60/10.4

2.84/8.5

6.05/5.1

4.56/8.4

0.00/10.5

0.53/7.4

1.93/5.7

4.26/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (1-1-0)
Schneider (10-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.209 19/.067 68/.183 77/.275 79/.268 103/.269 31/.111 59/.155 18/.222 .262 Church
Chavez
Beltran
Alou
Easley
Anderson 0/0/37/4
16/2/1/1
0/37/0/1
9/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .576 .330 .535 .822 .714 .684 .411 .325 .444 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.524 9/.476 32/.592 31/1.002 31/1.067 49/.917 13/.580 25/.320 7/.857 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.625 10/.200 36/.483 46/.707 48/.500 54/.479 18/.292 34/.329 11/.182 .705

Home 23/.565 10/.200 26/.513 34/.765 36/.889 43/.463 14/.721 20/.250 6/.000 .691

Last 28d days 45/.576 19/.330 49/.601 42/.698 40/.602 58/.678 31/.411 37/.357 18/.444

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 33/43/16

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

New York Yankees Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
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 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB 38.Wise
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/.667 14/.453 13/.608 6/.333 4/2.333 ··· 11/1.233 2/.000 172/127 .282/.349/.423/.772 .714/.793 1.022 103/.727 2/3 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 154/107 .268/.327/.435/.762 .726/.777 .826 98/.692 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 9/.888 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 9/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 160/120 .207/.256/.320/.576 .668/.546 .573 92/.685 0/3 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 26/.533 3/.333 4/.250 2/1.000 32/.630 ··· 5/.800 6/.334 171/123 .255/.337/.456/.794 .685/.835 .762 104/.851 5/2 5/

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/12 .200/.300/.257/.557 .690/.258 .725 35/.581 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 75/44 .217/.280/.261/.541 .476/.582 .399 62/.437 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 13/.641 5/.200 3/.000 3/.000 38/.788 ··· 3/.666 7/1.571 135/97 .181/.341/.438/.779 .592/.851 .615 84/.877 1/1 7/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/28 .281/.361/.344/.705 .583/.745 .286 18/.513 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 18/.804 2/.000 7/.286 4/1.750 23/.577 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 159/112 .302/.335/.396/.731 .668/.758 .704 114/.732 0/1 1/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 16/1.105 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· 22/.279 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 159/115 .314/.396/.471/.868 .575/.991 .935 97/.831 0/0 5/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.150 ··· 1/.000 ··· 38/29 .265/.342/.412/.754 .583/.806 .646 22/.701 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 84/59 .203/.220/.304/.523 .245/.645 .493 51/.231 0/0 0/

IP 52.1 13.2 21.2 12.2 12.0 17.1 15.2 3.1 TOTAL .258/.325/.406/.731 .615/.778 .741 .706 12/11 40/21

ERA-K/9

3.10/8.9

1.98/7.2

5.82/9.5

5.68/7.1

1.50/5.2

2.60/9.4

0.00/10.3

5.40/10.9

3.88/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (8-2-0)
Molina (20-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.226 61/.315 104/.267 57/.240 47/.238 71/.190 60/.125 16/.333 .248 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/40/4
0/40/0/2
14/0/3/1
0/0/3/0
31/4/0/0

OPS .684 .772 .836 .593 .664 .494 .327 .975 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.670 25/.490 40/1.348 23/.654 24/.412 14/1.000 16/.481 3/.667 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.688 36/.986 64/.514 34/.552 23/.915 57/.371 44/.276 13/1.051 .664

Road 135/.577 22/1.135 45/.900 19/.485 17/.750 32/.608 16/.063 6/1.500 .756

Last 28d days 133/.692 46/.806 58/.894 46/.623 32/.755 39/.532 44/.424 10/.633

HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 1/0/0 4/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 0/1/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 35/14/9

Usage ·····X·· ·X··oX·· ·X···X·· ··Xo·X·· ····X··· ·o·oo··· ··XX·X·· X·o·····

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 @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, May 16, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 4-2, 3.10)

SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 2-0, 3.00)

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