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Game Preview: NYM @ NYY, 1:05pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

New York Mets, 20-19, 3rd, 2 GB, 2 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, 4th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 3-4, 4.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-4)             47    54  26  23  14  31  6    4.40      
 2007 (15-9)           215.1 238 106  97  69 141 16    4.05      
 2006 (14-13)          214.1 238 114 100  70 178 27    4.20      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  42    46  21  20  12  28  5    4.29   49 
 2008-05-12   @TBR   L   4     8   5   5   2   5  0      81   29 
 2008-05-06    CLE  ND   6.1   5   2   2   1   6  1     104   60 
 2008-04-30    DET   L   6     7   5   5   1   3  2      92   40 
 2008-04-25   @CLE   L   5     8   5   4   3   3  2      99   33 
 2008-04-20   @BAL   W   7     4   0   0   0   5  0      89   74 
 2008-04-15   @TBR   W   7     9   3   3   3   5  0     100   49 
 2008-04-10   @KCR   W   6.2   5   1   1   2   1  0      92   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-1  32    25   9   9  10  25  2    2.53   59 
 2007-05-18   @NYM   L   7     5   3   3   1   4  1      87   58 
 2005-07-30    NYM   W   8     3   0   0   2   6  0     103   80 
 2005-06-09   @NYM  ND   6     4   2   2   1   5  1     101   60 
 2005-04-11   @NYM  ND   5.1   9   3   3   2   5  0     104   41 
 2004-08-12   @NYM  ND   5.2   4   1   1   4   5  0      95   58 
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  5.83

OAK  4.44

SDP  3.40

RA/G

CLE  3.50

LAA  4.48

TEX  5.51

BA

A. Pujols  .347

  

R. Zimmerman  .244

OBP

A. Pujols  .492

  

R. Zimmerman  .277

SLG

C. Utley  .655

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

  

C. Crawford  .680

ERA

C. Lee  .67

M. Mussina  3.99

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

J. Weaver  6.20

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 46.Pettitte*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Alou G/S/vP 8/1.500 ··· ··· 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 1/.000 ··· ··· 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 37/.934 ··· ··· 5/1.850 24/1.011 ··· ··· 13/.462 ··· 166/122 .246/.367/.428/.795 1.013/.721 .756 102/.742 4/1 3/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.000 ··· 10/.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 130/97 .259/.370/.306/.676 .517/.731 .569 77/.749 7/0 0/
11.Castro G/S/vP 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/6 .000/.167/.000/.167 /.167 6/.167 0/0 0/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 5/1.800 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 97/.949 1/1 8/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 71/1.087 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.350 ··· ··· 22/.905 ··· 162/106 .222/.302/.368/.671 .645/.683 .598 93/.660 0/0 5/
3.Easley G/S/vP 62/.737 ··· ··· 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 16/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 176/122 .258/.328/.413/.740 .758/.732 .690 112/.752 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 41/.928 0/0 2/
17.Tatis G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 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 14/1.121 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 179/131 .268/.385/.510/.896 1.367/.723 .935 108/.723 5/4 7/
IP 47.0 4.2 17.1 19.0 19.1 23.2 7.2 17.0 4.2 TOTAL .256/.339/.391/.730 .793/.703 .725 .725 38/11 30/28
ERA-K/9 4.40/5.9 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 204/.292 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 .768 .330 .535 .822 .714 .684 .411 .325 .444 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.447 9/.476 32/.592 31/1.002 31/1.067 49/.917 13/.580 25/.320 7/.857 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.897 10/.200 36/.483 46/.707 48/.500 54/.479 18/.292 34/.329 11/.182 .705
Home 75/.844 10/.200 26/.513 34/.765 36/.889 43/.463 14/.721 20/.250 6/.000 .691
Last 28d days 121/.783 19/.330 49/.601 42/.698 36/.515 58/.678 22/.438 37/.357 18/.444
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 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··X· ·X·····o ··o····· ·o··o··o ··oX··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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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 99/.715 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 94/.689 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 88/.694 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 99/.876 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 80/.907 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 .704 109/.748 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 93/.814 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 19/.541 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 .708 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 107/.760 45/.825 55/.844 46/.623 32/.755 39/.532 41/.456 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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