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Game Preview: WSN @ NYM, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @Shea Stadium

Washington Nationals, 4-10, 5th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Chico (25, LHP, 0-2, 3.72)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             19.1  19   8   8   4  12  2    3.72      
 2007 (7-9)            167   183  96  86  74  94 26    4.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42    45  20  20  11  23  3    4.29   49 
 2008-04-11    ATL   L   8     5   1   1   1   3  1      91   70 
 2008-04-05    STL   L   6     8   4   4   2   5  0     108   43 
 2008-03-31    PHI  ND   5.1   6   3   3   1   4  1      93   47 
 2007-09-29    PHI   W   6     4   1   1   3   4  1      87   61 
 2007-09-24    NYM   W   5.1   9   3   3   2   0  0      80   36 
 2007-09-19    NYM   L   5.1   7   5   5   1   3  0      91   36 
 2007-09-14    ATL  ND   6     6   3   3   1   4  0      96   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      2-2  20.1  30  14  14   9   8  2    6.20   38 
 2007-09-24    NYM   W   5.1   9   3   3   2   0  0      80   36 
 2007-09-19    NYM   L   5.1   7   5   5   1   3  0      91   36 
 2007-08-17    NYM   L   4.1   5   4   4   5   2  2      90   34 
 2007-04-27    NYM   W   5.1   9   2   2   1   3  0      98   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-5    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @NYM  L   0-6        4-10  5th  4.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13   ATL  W   5-4        4-9   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   ATL  L   2-10       3-9   5th  4.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   ATL  L   0-3        3-8   5th  4.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10   FLA  L   3-4        3-7   5th  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   FLA  L   4-10       3-6   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  7   FLA  L   7-10       3-5   5th  1.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6  @STL  L   0-3        3-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5  @STL  L   4-5        3-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4  @STL  L   4-5        3-2   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-10   Last 30: 4-10
New York Mets, 6-6, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 0-1, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             10    13   5   5   8   6  1    4.50      
 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         1-3  37.1  43  23  23  20  42  5    5.54   46 
 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 
 2007-09-23    FLA  ND   5     6   3   3   2   9  0     102   50 
 2007-09-18    WSN   L   4.1  11   8   8   2   6  2      88   13 
 2007-09-12    ATL  ND   6     3   1   1   3   5  0     102   64 
 2007-09-05    CIN   L   4.1   9   6   6   3   2  2      85   20 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      3-1  27.1  21  15  14  13  29  3    4.61   52 
 2007-09-18    WSN   L   4.1  11   8   8   2   6  2      88   13 
 2007-07-29    WSN   W   5     1   0   0   0   5  0      62   70 
 2007-04-29    WSN   W   7     3   0   0   3   8  0     106   76 
 2006-09-29    WSN  ND   6     3   3   2   3   3  1      92   56 
 2006-09-23    WSN   W   5     3   4   4   5   7  0     110   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Tue, Apr 15   WSN  W   6-0        6-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13   MIL  L   7-9        5-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 12   MIL  L   3-5        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 11   MIL  W   4-2        5-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  8 Thu, Apr 10   PHI  W   4-3 (12)   4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Wed, Apr  9   PHI  W   8-2        3-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  6 Tue, Apr  8   PHI  L   2-5        2-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Sun, Apr  6  @ATL  L   1-3        2-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  5  @ATL  L   5-11       2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @FLA  W  13-0        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 NYM  6  WSN  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 WSN  9 @NYM  6        W:Joel Hanrahan (5-3), L: Joe Smith (3-2), S: Luis Ayala (1)
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 WSN 10 @NYM  9        W:Jay Bergmann (6-5), L: Tom Glavine (13-7), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 WSN 13 @NYM  4        W:Matt Chico (6-9), L: Mike Pelfrey (3-8), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 NYM  8 @WSN  4        W:Mike Pelfrey (3-7), L: Matt Chico (5-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 WSN  9  NYM  8        W:Jesus Colome (5-1), L: John Maine (14-10), S: Chad Cordero (35)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 WSN 12  NYM  4        W:Jonathan Albaladejo (1-0), L: Aaron Sele (3-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 NYM  8 @WSN  2        W:Orlando Hernandez (8-4), L: Jon Rauch (8-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 NYM  7 @WSN  4        W:Oliver Perez (11-8), L: John Lannan (1-2), S: Billy Wagner (29)
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 NYM  6 @WSN  2        W:Tom Glavine (11-6), L: Matt Chico (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYM won 12-6; All-Time - NYM leads 332-321

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Washington Nationals Batters (3.64 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Maine
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
27.Figueroa
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 10/1.700 3/.666 4/1.250 7/1.143 2/.000 12/1.792 4/.750 6/.000 10/.733 557/402 .290/.332/.427/.759 .892/.708 .741 / 3/0 11/7
8.Boone G/S/vP 4/.833 3/1.667 7/1.000 7/.762 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 5/.600 11/1.645 228/168 .286/.388/.423/.811 .605/.880 .858 / 2/0 5/5
23.Estrada# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.400 4/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 7/1.000 8/.500 464/326 .278/.296/.403/.699 .754/.675 .752 / 0/0 10/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 3/2.000 19/.737 ··· 14/.453 5/.000 192/150 .328/.380/.466/.846 .810/.856 .718 / 2/0 2/8
22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 391/335 .270/.349/.392/.741 .525/.776 .670 / 17/11 2/4
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 8/1.089 1/2.000 ··· 11/.598 1/no AB 7/.619 ··· 17/.669 6/.533 / /// / / / /
25.Kearns G/S/vP 11/1.233 7/.971 3/.333 8/.250 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 11/.920 13/.408 674/507 .266/.355/.411/.765 .883/.728 .832 / 2/2 16/2
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 16/.905 7/.429 488/347 .272/.311/.378/.689 .876/.614 .811 / 2/0 9/9
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 17/.448 3/.000 1/.000 10/.400 3/.000 13/.539 ··· 18/.289 8/.000 671/470 .245/.308/.352/.659 .720/.633 .687 / 24/9 9/21
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 329/279 .263/.337/.386/.723 .666/.734 .726 / 4/1 6/4
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/136 .272/.341/.446/.787 .956/.704 .566 / 3/2 7/2
26.Pena G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.200 2/.000 317/193 .253/.319/.439/.758 .913/.659 .919 / 2/1 13/3
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 20/.400 1/no AB ··· 9/.708 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 11/1.212 7/1.571 722/555 .266/.330/.458/.788 1.103/.695 .760 / 4/1 24/23
IP 191.0 64.0 86.0 59.0 44.1 112.2 68.1 TOTAL .231/.306/.355/.661 .702/.643 .703 .661 4/3 8/6
ERA-K/9 3.91/8.5 3.09/8.6 /0.0 3.03/6.6 /0.0 5.03/6.3 3.45/9.1 4.47/5.5 2.63/10.5 3.53/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (73-11-5)
 Lo Duca (72-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 810/.235 275/.200 / 352/.224 / 265/.271 205/.274 481/.255 282/.216 .235  Kearns
 Mackowiak
 Harris
 Pena
 Milledge
0/6/158/9
65/1/24/5
85/20/0/4
55/12/37/3
11/14/28/2
OPS .703 .610 .634 .797 .757 .719 .611 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 392/.759 112/.483 / 141/.738 / 108/.556 58/.858 214/.938 61/.698 .834
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.653 163/.697 / 211/.568 / 157/.963 147/.720 267/.549 221/.587 .635
Home 410/.670 140/.595 / 175/.543 / 134/.892 106/.729 210/.754 151/.527 .661
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/12/5 3/3/0 // 8/8/2 // 8/6/1 3/5/1 10/4/2 6/6/0 13/4/3
Usage ·····X·· ··o··XX· ····X··· X·X·oX·X X······· ··oo·X·X ··X·oX·o ··X··oXo ····oX··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Mets Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Chico*
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
32.Cordero
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.King*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
49.Schroder
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 6/1.667 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 106/98 .295/.343/.463/.806 .268/.849 .778 / 4/1 3/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 11/.384 8/1.250 7/.486 10/1.643 4/.833 2/.000 12/.560 6/.533 6/2.167 636/456 .276/.353/.525/.878 .940/.853 .822 / 23/2 33/5
30.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/66 .253/.315/.519/.834 .811/.842 .400 / 0/0 6/3
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 9/.889 13/1.076 5/.800 3/.000 4/.833 10/.800 7/.629 4/.500 2/.000 615/459 .301/.362/.359/.721 .778/.701 .749 / 19/6 1/5
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 9/.944 4/.000 2/.000 3/.667 165/134 .287/.325/.380/.705 .724/.700 .784 / 5/2 1/0
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 530/394 .272/.349/.464/.813 .655/.866 .775 / 3/2 15/3
44.Clark G/S/vP ··· 5/1.417 ··· 4/.833 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 123/79 .262/.352/.346/.698 .822/.627 .509 / 1/3 0/1
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 12/.750 5/1.000 4/1.250 4/2.417 12/.944 7/.762 2/.000 607/412 .258/.333/.448/.781 .704/.818 .680 / 4/0 24/8
3.Easley G/S/vP 2/5.000 6/.000 3/.666 6/1.100 1/.000 2/no AB 2/2.500 2/1.500 3/1.167 218/117 .280/.358/.466/.824 1.041/.638 .779 / 0/1 10/5
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 161/83 .264/.306/.439/.745 .755/.736 .893 / 4/1 4/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 12/1.056 12/.583 4/1.833 10/.100 7/.143 3/.666 11/.673 5/1.000 5/.250 765/554 .280/.354/.421/.775 .795/.768 .787 / 78/21 12/12
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 477/337 .235/.326/.336/.661 .636/.671 .642 / 0/0 6/6
5.Wright G/S/vP 12/1.056 11/.728 2/1.000 11/.855 7/1.881 1/.000 12/1.310 6/.733 6/1.417 711/513 .325/.416/.546/.963 1.106/.908 1.021 / 34/5 30/21
IP 167.0 42.1 66.0 75.0 51.0 39.2 87.1 93.0 45.1 TOTAL .269/.360/.388/.748 .911/.668 .734 .748 8/4 6/8
ERA-K/9 4.63/5.1 3.19/6.0 3.82/5.9 3.36/7.4 6.00/7.6 4.76/5.7 3.61/7.3 3.68/6.2 3.18/8.5 4.93/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (9-5-4)
 Schneider (53-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 747/.281 181/.267 286/.258 321/.260 247/.286 175/.248 354/.230 398/.255 192/.208 .275  Beltran
 Church
 Anderson
 Chavez
 Easley
 Pagan
 Clark
0/141/0/6
91/41/0/4
12/3/1/2
37/10/24/1
3/0/6/0
2/34/29/0
38/14/15/0
OPS .824 .712 .709 .731 .862 .801 .619 .678 .568 .831
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.788 83/.613 122/.859 152/.611 123/.829 88/.631 163/.622 165/.689 74/.724 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 599/.833 98/.789 164/.597 169/.842 124/.894 87/.975 191/.618 233/.670 118/.475 .910
Road 341/.802 98/.839 137/.802 144/.758 143/.957 87/.879 165/.672 212/.747 102/.579 .820
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 26/9/6 5/1/1 6/3/0 8/2/2 9/4/2 6/4/1 7/5/1 1/2/2 2/3/1 18/6/3
Usage ····X··· X·X··X·· ···X··o· ··X····· X··o··X· o·o···X· ··o·Xo·· ··X··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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