STL @ NYM, Friday, July 25, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 57-47, 3rd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Mitchell Boggs (24, RHP, 3-1, 6.59) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 28.2 32 22 21 17 12 4 6.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 26.2 29 21 20 17 12 3 6.75 39 2008-07-03 NYM L 6 10 11 10 6 2 1 108 6 2008-06-28 @KCR W 6 4 1 1 4 6 0 96 62 2008-06-21 @BOS W 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 81 45 2008-06-15 PHI ND 4.1 6 4 4 2 3 0 81 36 2008-06-10 @CIN W 5 4 2 2 3 0 1 72 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 0-1 6 10 11 10 6 2 1 15.00 6 2008-07-03 NYM L 6 10 11 10 6 2 1 108 6
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-25 Road: 27-22 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 38-29 vsLHP: 19-18 1-Run: 21-18 vsEast: 10-6 vsCntrl:25-24 vsWest: 15-9 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 104 Thu, Jul 24 MIL L 3-4 57-47 3rd 4.0 gb 103 Wed, Jul 23 MIL L 0-3 57-46 3rd 3.0 gb 102 Tue, Jul 22 MIL L 3-4 57-45 3rd 2.0 gb 101 Mon, Jul 21 MIL L 3-6 (10) 57-44 2nd 2.0 gb 100 Sun, Jul 20 SDP W 9-5 57-43 2nd 2.0 gb 99 Sat, Jul 19 SDP W 6-5 56-43 2nd 2.0 gb 98 Fri, Jul 18 SDP W 11-7 55-43 2nd 3.0 gb 97 Thu, Jul 17 SDP W 4-3 54-43 2nd 4.0 gb 96 Sun, Jul 13 @PIT W 11-6 53-43 2nd 4.5 gb 95 Sat, Jul 12 @PIT L 11-12(10) 52-43 2nd 5.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
New York Mets, 55-47, 1st, 1 up	SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 8-6, 3.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-6) 115.2 123 51 49 44 68 7 3.81 2007 (3-8) 72.2 85 47 45 39 45 6 5.57 2006 (2-1) 21.1 25 14 13 12 13 1 5.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-0 45.2 40 16 16 14 30 3 3.15 56 2008-07-20 @CIN ND 7 6 5 5 1 4 3 89 48 2008-07-13 COL W 8 6 0 0 0 5 0 119 75 2008-07-08 SFG W 7 3 0 0 0 5 0 113 76 2008-07-03 @STL W 7 6 1 1 2 6 0 109 65 2008-06-27 @NYY W 5 8 4 4 4 5 0 98 36 2008-06-22 @COL W 5.2 3 0 0 5 5 0 98 63 2008-06-16 @LAA W 6 8 6 6 2 0 0 113 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL 1-0 7 6 1 1 2 6 0 1.29 65 2008-07-03 @STL W 7 6 1 1 2 6 0 109 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-19 Road: 25-28 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 35-36 vsLHP: 20-11 1-Run: 9-13 vsEast: 20-17 vsCntrl: 8-10 vsWest: 18-14 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 102 Thu, Jul 24 PHI W 3-1 55-47 1st 1.0 up 101 Wed, Jul 23 PHI W 6-3 54-47 1st Tied 100 Tue, Jul 22 PHI L 6-8 53-47 2nd 1.0 gb 99 Sun, Jul 20 @CIN W 7-5 (10) 53-46 1st Tied 98 Sat, Jul 19 @CIN L 2-7 52-46 2nd 1.0 gb 97 Fri, Jul 18 @CIN L 2-5 52-45 2nd 1.0 gb 96 Thu, Jul 17 @CIN W 10-8 52-44 1st Tied 95 Sun, Jul 13 COL W 7-0 51-44 2nd 0.5 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 COL W 3-0 50-44 2nd 0.5 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 COL W 2-1 49-44 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 03, 2008 NYM 11 @STL 1 W:Mike Pelfrey (6-6), L: Mitchell Boggs (3-1), S: none Wed, Jul 02, 2008 STL 8 NYM 7 W:Ryan Franklin (3-2), L: Carlos Muniz (0-1), S: none Tue, Jul 01, 2008 NYM 7 @STL 4 W:Tony Armas (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-3), S: Billy Wagner (19) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 STL 7 NYM 1 W:Kyle Lohse (10-2), L: John Maine (8-6), S: none Thu, Sep 27, 2007 STL 3 @NYM 0 W:Joel Pineiro (7-5), L: Pedro Martinez (3-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (31) Wed, Jun 27, 2007 NYM 2 STL 0 (6) W:Tom Glavine (7-5), L: Anthony Reyes (0-10), S: none Tue, Jun 26, 2007 STL 5 @NYM 3 (11) W:Brad Thompson (6-3), L: Scott Schoeneweis (0-2), S: Randy Flores (1) Mon, Jun 25, 2007 NYM 2 STL 1 (11) W:Aaron Heilman (6-3), L: Russ Springer (3-1), S: none Wed, Apr 04, 2007 NYM 10 @STL 0 W:John Maine (1-0), L: Braden Looper (0-1), S: none Tue, Apr 03, 2007 NYM 4 @STL 1 W:Orlando Hernandez (1-0), L: Kip Wells (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (1) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 356-318

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 5.46

COL 4.58

SDP 3.74

RA/G

OAK 3.63

CLE 4.53

TEX 5.88

C. Jones .369

K. Suzuki .286

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

G. Laird .360

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .625

C. Coste .469

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.063

J. Loney .822

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

R. Nolasco 3.99

I. Snell 6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

T. Wellemeyer 6.13

L. Hernandez 3.31

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 32.Muniz
G/S/vB 50.Sanchez
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 35.Smith
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 374/261 .276/.342/.540/.882 .769/.933 .916 96/1.031 2/1 22/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/5.000 7/.143 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 424/297 .278/.377/.507/.884 .811/.915 .961 100/1.166 0/1 18/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 261/161 .225/.296/.284/.580 .717/.509 .564 44/.351 10/3 1/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 10/.944 ··· ··· 251/191 .268/.319/.338/.656 .610/.671 .590 49/.713 5/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 5/.833 ··· 5/1.267 3/.666 1/.000 19/.161 118/86 .240/.331/.385/.715 .725/.696 .879 21/.857 0/0 3/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 5/.200 367/230 .290/.366/.595/.961 .882/1.008 1.015 87/1.015 4/1 23/

62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/24 .224/.309/.388/.697 .406/1.057 .683 14/.714 0/0 2/

12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.933 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/.334 267/178 .320/.357/.405/.762 .735/.775 .736 76/.839 1/2 3/

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 328/219 .304/.357/.391/.748 .942/.655 .735 79/.764 0/2 4/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.833 2/.000 6/.500 4/1.750 2/no AB 22/.604 386/262 .349/.461/.593/1.054 1.287/.942 1.065 103/.875 4/1 18/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 183/98 .246/.300/.287/.587 .654/.529 .741 49/.295 6/2 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 382/284 .294/.359/.420/.779 .402/.907 .831 91/.643 8/1 6/

IP 115.2 36.1 53.0 17.1 43.1 39.2 40.2 43.0 TOTAL .274/.348/.427/.775 .754/.785 .804 .792 45/18 111/53

ERA-K/9

3.81/5.3

4.21/8.2

4.75/9.8

4.15/5.2

3.95/6.9

2.50/5.0

3.10/6.6

2.09/10.0

4.04/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (9-7-1)
Molina (26-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 502/.281 162/.284 238/.240 71/.222 184/.213 164/.221 169/.205 168/.184 .247 Schumaker
Ankiel
Ludwick
Miles
Mather 54/26/33/8
0/87/0/4
20/5/77/4
1/0/0/0
4/2/13/0

OPS .750 .792 .731 .661 .611 .676 .612 .517 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 248/.853 75/.584 94/1.023 29/.785 90/.623 83/.463 45/.751 43/.565 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.650 87/.971 144/.545 42/.578 94/.598 81/.905 124/.561 125/.500 .678

Home 267/.614 81/.622 118/.646 29/.249 95/.715 73/.570 84/.555 92/.428 .646

Last 28d days 136/.638 34/.995 54/.620 42/.613 49/.606 42/.862 43/.469 45/.456

HR/SB/CS 7/2/4 5/0/0 6/2/0 2/0/0 3/3/0 4/1/2 3/2/1 4/0/1 104/39/21

Usage ····X··· ··X··X·o o·o··XXX ·····X·X ··o·X··o ·o····Xo ·oo···X· oo··X··o

New York Mets Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 68.Boggs
G/S/vB 34.Flores*
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 56.Jimenez
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 27.Villone*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Anderson* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 12/.083 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 129/127 .203/.244/.280/.524 .000/.532 .495 36/.556 2/1 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 22/.641 9/.555 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 6/.000 10/.633 443/332 .266/.360/.467/.827 .789/.839 .877 107/.738 16/2 15/

40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/4 .333/.333/.444/.778 1.400/.000 .800 5/1.000 0/0 0/

11.Castro G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 99/60 .289/.354/.511/.865 .994/.780 .891 44/.992 0/0 5/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.000 10/.555 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 7/1.000 246/214 .258/.307/.308/.614 .540/.625 .648 85/.691 4/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 4/2.500 2/.000 18/.941 17/.301 ··· ··· 4/2.750 5/1.200 11/.586 425/305 .261/.346/.477/.823 .610/.913 .779 111/1.185 1/0 19/

3.Easley G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 7/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 226/157 .278/.326/.361/.687 .762/.655 .639 82/.749 0/0 3/

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/18 .231/.262/.308/.570 .697/.402 .374 18/.646 0/0 0/

4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/20 .296/.321/.296/.618 .444/.702 .667 29/.618 1/0 0/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 8/1.089 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 6/1.000 10/.775 475/334 .296/.362/.480/.842 .791/.868 .869 121/.839 34/10 11/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 11/.364 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 252/188 .248/.337/.303/.640 .474/.698 .765 59/.604 0/0 2/

17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 19/.812 147/93 .294/.340/.449/.789 .824/.767 .811 67/1.010 3/0 5/

5.Wright G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 5/1.150 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 5/2.100 6/1.000 465/350 .288/.389/.512/.901 1.211/.806 .911 114/1.026 13/4 19/

IP 28.2 20.0 48.0 35.0 12.0 56.0 32.0 35.0 36.1 TOTAL .264/.340/.406/.746 .748/.745 .761 .821 96/22 96/67

ERA-K/9

6.59/3.8

4.95/6.3

3.94/6.2

6.17/6.9

5.25/4.5

2.89/7.1

1.97/7.9

4.11/5.7

4.71/9.4

4.20/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cancel (0-0-0)
Castro (10-4-0)
Schneider (25-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 134/.283 101/.272 217/.285 164/.282 55/.277 230/.257 133/.225 147/.282 161/.248 .271 Chavez
Beltran
Anderson
Tatis
Easley
Evans 31/7/42/6
0/98/0/3
23/0/0/1
26/0/14/1
7/0/0/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .861 .791 .861 .844 .926 .691 .617 .789 .708 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/1.034 49/.835 83/.726 58/.668 19/.669 95/.603 48/.765 61/.770 70/.553 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.650 52/.753 134/.942 106/.933 36/1.071 135/.751 85/.532 86/.802 91/.825 .772

Road 77/.785 51/.643 98/.779 77/.857 12/.970 110/.755 64/.422 54/.899 64/.677 .767

Last 28d days 60/.865 5/.650 53/1.064 40/.918 26/.520 57/.688 37/.724 52/.752 24/.303

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 1/4/0 7/1/1 5/5/2 4/2/0 6/2/1 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/0/0 102/35/20

Usage ········ ····oo·· X··X·X·X ·X··o·X· ·X·XX··· X·o·o·oo o··X·oo· ····X·X· ··oo·ooo

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: STL @ NYM, 7:10pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Mitchell Boggs (24, RHP, 3-1, 6.59)

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 8-6, 3.81)

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