STL @ NYM, Saturday, July 26, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 57-48, 3rd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 3-4, 4.52) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 93.2 110 48 47 24 47 9 4.52 2007 (7-5) 97.2 110 49 47 26 60 14 4.33 2006 (8-13) 165.2 209 123 117 64 87 23 6.36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-1 44.2 60 23 23 10 18 3 4.63 44 2008-07-21 MIL ND 6 10 3 3 1 2 1 83 41 2008-07-13 @PIT ND 5.2 10 6 6 3 2 0 108 24 2008-07-08 @PHI W 6.1 5 0 0 3 3 0 93 63 2008-07-02 NYM ND 5 11 4 4 1 4 0 89 32 2008-06-27 @KCR L 7.2 10 7 7 2 2 1 110 31 2008-06-22 @BOS ND 7 7 2 2 0 1 1 81 56 2008-06-17 KCR ND 7 7 1 1 0 4 0 99 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 1-0 13 14 4 4 2 10 0 2.77 57 2008-07-02 NYM ND 5 11 4 4 1 4 0 89 32 2007-09-27 @NYM W 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 93 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-25 Road: 27-23 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 38-30 vsLHP: 19-18 1-Run: 21-18 vsEast: 10-7 vsCntrl:25-24 vsWest: 15-9 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 105 Fri, Jul 25 @NYM L 2-7 57-48 3rd 4.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
New York Mets, 56-47, 1st, 2 up	SP: Brandon Knight (, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2002 (0-0) 8.2 11 12 11 5 7 2 11.42 2001 (0-0) 10.2 18 12 12 3 7 5 10.13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS inf +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-19 Road: 25-28 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 36-36 vsLHP: 20-11 1-Run: 9-13 vsEast: 20-17 vsCntrl: 9-10 vsWest: 18-14 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 103 Fri, Jul 25 STL W 7-2 56-47 1st 2.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 25, 2008 NYM 7 STL 2 W:Mike Pelfrey (9-6), L: Mitchell Boggs (3-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 3-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 356-319

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 5.54

COL 4.61

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.74

CLE 4.52

TEX 5.88

C. Jones .369

D. Mientkiewicz .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. Uggla .358

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .626

R. Vazquez .470

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.066

C. Hart .821

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

R. Nolasco 3.99

I. Snell 6.10

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.52

T. Wellemeyer 6.13

K. Rogers 3.48

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 378/265 .279/.344/.543/.886 .769/.938 .924 96/1.052 2/1 22/

8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/5.000 7/.143 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/.000 428/301 .279/.379/.505/.884 .811/.914 .959 100/1.106 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/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 10/.944 ··· ··· 255/195 .268/.318/.336/.654 .610/.668 .587 49/.690 5/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.833 ··· 5/1.267 3/.666 1/.000 19/.161 118/87 .240/.331/.385/.715 .725/.711 .879 21/.857 0/0 3/

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 5/.200 372/235 .292/.367/.594/.960 .882/1.006 1.012 88/1.036 4/2 23/

62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 56/25 .240/.321/.400/.721 .406/1.096 .728 15/.800 0/0 2/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/.334 270/181 .324/.361/.408/.769 .735/.784 .749 75/.878 1/2 3/

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 332/223 .304/.355/.389/.745 .942/.652 .729 79/.764 0/2 4/

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.715 2/.000 6/.500 4/1.750 3/.667 22/.604 391/267 .344/.455/.584/1.039 1.287/.922 1.032 104/.836 4/1 18/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 185/100 .244/.302/.286/.588 .654/.531 .740 51/.305 6/2 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 387/288 .291/.357/.415/.772 .397/.899 .816 91/.635 8/1 6/

IP 36.2 53.2 17.1 43.1 39.2 41.2 43.0 TOTAL .274/.348/.426/.774 .753/.783 .801 .786 45/19 111/53

ERA-K/9

/0.0

4.17/8.1

4.70/9.7

4.15/5.2

4.15/6.9

2.50/5.0

3.02/6.7

2.09/10.0

4.02/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (9-7-1)
Molina (27-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 163/.282 240/.239 71/.222 187/.223 164/.221 174/.207 168/.184 .248 Schumaker
Ankiel
Ludwick
Miles
Mather 55/26/33/8
0/88/0/4
20/5/78/4
1/0/0/0
4/2/13/0

OPS .787 .726 .661 .630 .676 .620 .517 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 76/.575 94/1.023 29/.785 91/.639 83/.463 46/.808 43/.565 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 87/.971 146/.539 42/.578 96/.621 81/.905 128/.553 125/.500 .677

Home / 82/.614 120/.637 29/.249 98/.749 73/.570 89/.573 92/.428 .646

Last 28d days / 30/.956 52/.611 33/.587 52/.676 34/.599 42/.539 41/.470

HR/SB/CS // 5/0/0 6/2/0 2/0/0 3/3/0 4/1/2 3/2/1 4/0/1 104/39/22

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

New York Mets Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
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 12/.872 ··· 12/.083 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 130/128 .202/.242/.277/.519 .000/.528 .485 33/.570 2/1 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 11/.455 5/.400 22/.641 9/.555 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 6/.000 10/.633 447/335 .264/.359/.464/.822 .781/.836 .866 103/.670 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 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 99/60 .289/.354/.511/.865 .994/.780 .891 40/1.042 0/0 5/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 13/.417 3/1.667 10/.555 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 7/1.000 251/218 .270/.317/.323/.640 .623/.642 .701 85/.772 5/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 15/.762 3/.000 18/.941 17/.301 ··· ··· 4/2.750 6/1.000 11/.586 430/309 .261/.347/.483/.829 .604/.924 .793 107/1.130 1/0 20/

3.Easley G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 7/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 226/157 .278/.326/.361/.687 .762/.655 .639 80/.769 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 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 33/23 .333/.375/.433/.808 .600/.909 .977 33/.808 1/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/1.000 8/1.089 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 7/.858 10/.775 480/338 .297/.363/.484/.846 .800/.870 .877 116/.853 34/10 11/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 10/.522 4/.000 11/.364 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/1.286 1/no AB 256/191 .248/.336/.302/.638 .467/.698 .755 58/.616 0/0 2/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 19/.812 151/97 .295/.344/.446/.790 .824/.771 .813 64/1.053 3/0 5/

5.Wright G/S/vP 6/1.467 2/.000 5/1.150 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 6/1.700 6/1.000 470/354 .289/.389/.513/.902 1.199/.812 .914 110/.998 13/4 19/

IP 93.2 21.2 48.0 35.0 12.0 56.0 32.0 37.0 36.1 TOTAL .265/.341/.408/.749 .749/.749 .768 .828 97/22 98/67

ERA-K/9

4.52/4.5

4.57/6.2

3.94/6.2

6.17/6.9

5.25/4.5

2.89/7.1

1.97/7.9

4.14/5.8

4.71/9.4

4.23/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cancel (0-0-0)
Castro (10-4-0)
Schneider (25-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 404/.295 109/.281 217/.285 164/.282 55/.277 230/.257 133/.225 155/.281 161/.248 .272 Chavez
Beltran
Anderson
Tatis
Easley
Evans 31/7/43/6
0/99/0/3
23/0/0/1
27/0/14/1
7/0/0/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .799 .799 .861 .844 .926 .691 .617 .794 .708 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.793 52/.848 83/.726 58/.668 19/.669 96/.618 48/.765 67/.810 70/.553 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.804 57/.758 134/.942 106/.933 36/1.071 134/.742 85/.532 88/.783 91/.825 .773

Road 249/.811 59/.679 98/.779 77/.857 12/.970 110/.755 64/.422 62/.900 64/.677 .773

Last 28d days 109/.922 13/.801 53/1.064 40/.918 26/.520 57/.688 37/.724 60/.771 22/.186

HR/SB/CS 9/4/2 1/4/0 7/1/1 5/5/2 4/2/0 6/2/1 2/1/2 3/0/1 2/0/0 104/36/20

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

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, Saturday, July 26, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 3-4, 4.52)

SP: Brandon Knight (, RHP, 0-0, undef)

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