STL @ NYM, Sunday, July 27, 2008 Game Preview

St. Louis Cardinals, 58-48, 3rd, 3 GB	SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 12-2, 3.35) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-2) 134.1 134 53 50 31 70 9 3.35 2007 (9-12) 192.2 207 109 99 57 122 22 4.62 2006 (5-10) 126.2 150 83 82 44 97 15 5.83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 46 48 15 13 10 30 4 2.54 56 2008-07-22 MIL ND 8 7 3 3 0 7 0 110 63 2008-07-17 SDP W 7 7 2 2 2 4 1 107 57 2008-07-11 @PIT W 7 6 0 0 1 3 0 100 67 2008-07-05 CHC ND 7 6 2 2 2 6 1 111 61 2008-06-30 NYM W 7 5 1 0 2 4 0 105 67 2008-06-25 @DET ND 4 11 5 5 1 2 1 83 21 2008-06-20 @BOS W 6 6 2 1 2 4 1 109 56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 1-1 27.1 28 14 13 12 15 2 4.28 48 2008-06-30 NYM W 7 5 1 0 2 4 0 105 67 2007-09-15 @NYM ND 5 7 3 3 4 3 0 112 40 2007-08-30 NYM ND 3.2 5 3 3 2 2 0 80 39 2007-07-15 @NYM L 4.2 6 5 5 3 3 1 100 32 2004-06-10 NYM ND 7 5 2 2 1 3 1 97 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-25 Road: 28-23 ExtrInn: 5-9 vsRHP: 39-30 vsLHP: 19-18 1-Run: 21-18 vsEast: 11-7 vsCntrl:25-24 vsWest: 15-9 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 106 Sat, Jul 26 @NYM W 10-8 (14) 58-48 3rd 3.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
New York Mets, 56-48, 1st, 1 up	SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 8-7, 3.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 138.2 130 55 47 38 120 17 3.05 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 1-3 44 42 22 17 14 34 5 3.48 53 2008-07-22 PHI ND 8 8 2 2 0 4 1 105 62 2008-07-17 @CIN ND 4 6 5 5 3 2 2 92 29 2008-07-09 SFG W 5 3 0 0 3 5 0 78 63 2008-07-04 @PHI ND 8 6 2 2 0 6 0 95 68 2008-06-28 NYY L 6 4 3 3 4 8 0 113 56 2008-06-23 SEA L 7 7 5 1 2 4 1 106 53 2008-06-17 @LAA L 6 8 5 4 2 5 1 95 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.STL Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-20 Road: 25-28 ExtrInn: 8-5 vsRHP: 36-37 vsLHP: 20-11 1-Run: 9-13 vsEast: 20-17 vsCntrl: 9-11 vsWest: 18-14 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 104 Sat, Jul 26 STL L 8-10(14) 56-48 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 26, 2008 STL 10 @NYM 8 (14) W:Brad Thompson (3-2), L: Aaron Heilman (1-4), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 357-319

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 5.58

COL 4.61

WSN 3.73

RA/G

OAK 3.79

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.87

C. Jones .369

M. Lowell .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

Y. Escobar .357

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .624

J. Werth .472

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.065

C. Guillen .821

T. Pena .375

ERA

C. Lee 2.29

Z. Greinke 4.06

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.84

M. Mussina 6.01

K. Rogers 3.48

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.52 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 28.Knight
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 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 3/1.167 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 386/271 .282/.347/.543/.890 .755/.950 .931 100/1.045 2/1 22/

8.Glaus G/S/vP 26/1.042 ··· 5/1.100 3/.333 2/5.000 8/.125 1/3.000 2/2.000 3/.000 436/308 .279/.378/.501/.880 .804/.911 .947 104/1.118 0/1 18/

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/1.000 3/.000 268/164 .222/.292/.280/.572 .723/.499 .548 51/.342 10/3 1/

7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 19/.513 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 10/.944 ··· ··· 256/196 .267/.316/.335/.651 .610/.664 .583 50/.676 5/1 1/

21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 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 12/.705 ··· 6/.333 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.833 4/.833 5/.200 380/242 .291/.369/.588/.957 .887/.997 1.005 92/1.011 4/2 23/

62.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/26 .235/.316/.392/.708 .406/1.051 .704 16/.750 0/0 2/

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 5/.800 3/1.167 1/.000 7/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 7/.286 277/187 .324/.363/.410/.773 .726/.794 .757 78/.903 1/2 3/

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 6/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 340/230 .301/.353/.385/.738 .932/.648 .717 83/.748 0/2 4/

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.333 3/1.334 3/.666 6/.500 5/1.267 4/.500 22/.604 399/274 .351/.459/.594/1.052 1.276/.950 1.061 108/.914 4/1 19/

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 186/100 .243/.301/.284/.585 .646/.531 .731 48/.325 6/2 0/

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/.572 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 395/295 .302/.366/.424/.789 .397/.919 .849 95/.727 8/1 6/

IP 138.2 37.0 56.2 5.0 17.2 44.1 40.2 43.0 45.0 TOTAL .275/.349/.426/.775 .750/.787 .802 .797 45/19 112/53

ERA-K/9

3.05/7.8

4.14/8.3

4.76/9.8

7.20/7.2

5.60/5.1

4.06/6.9

2.43/4.9

3.14/6.9

2.00/9.6

4.06/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (9-7-1)
Molina (28-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 578/.245 164/.280 255/.250 26/.333 75/.254 192/.224 168/.225 182/.217 174/.177 .249 Schumaker
Ankiel
Ludwick
Miles
Mather 56/26/33/8
0/89/0/4
20/5/79/4
1/0/0/0
4/2/13/0

OPS .690 .782 .744 .756 .708 .637 .684 .640 .499 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.689 77/.567 100/1.021 10/1.325 30/.828 93/.660 84/.463 49/.823 44/.552 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 407/.691 87/.971 155/.570 16/.404 45/.630 99/.615 84/.914 133/.573 130/.480 .677

Home 276/.680 83/.607 135/.683 26/.756 33/.406 103/.756 77/.592 97/.614 98/.401 .653

Last 28d days 103/.677 28/1.029 67/.711 26/.756 37/.691 48/.762 38/.642 50/.624 47/.409

HR/SB/CS 17/3/4 5/0/0 7/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 3/3/0 4/1/2 3/2/1 4/0/1 105/39/22

Usage ····X··· oo··X··X Xoo·o··X X······· o······X Xo··o·X· o··o···· Xo·oo··· X·oo··X·

New York Mets Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Lohse
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 8/.000 ··· 12/.083 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 1/.000 131/129 .208/.248/.283/.531 .000/.540 .515 33/.570 2/1 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 41/1.610 5/.400 22/.641 9/.555 2/.500 2/.000 2/3.000 6/.000 11/.697 454/341 .264/.362/.462/.824 .787/.835 .867 106/.711 16/2 15/

40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 14/9 .214/.214/.286/.500 1.400/.000 .400 10/.500 1/0 0/

11.Castro G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 100/61 .286/.350/.505/.855 .994/.766 .873 38/.964 0/0 5/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 8/.500 3/1.667 11/.500 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.500 8/.875 259/225 .269/.315/.329/.644 .603/.650 .705 93/.771 5/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 22/1.369 3/.000 19/.883 17/.301 1/no AB 1/.000 4/2.750 6/1.000 12/1.017 437/315 .262/.348/.496/.844 .642/.928 .825 110/1.219 1/0 22/

3.Easley G/S/vP 13/.539 ··· 8/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 227/158 .277/.324/.359/.684 .762/.650 .634 77/.736 0/0 3/

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/19 .225/.256/.300/.556 .697/.380 .361 19/.610 0/0 0/

4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 40/30 .297/.333/.378/.712 .600/.752 .786 40/.712 1/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 11/.818 2/1.000 9/1.194 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 8/.750 11/.697 488/345 .300/.365/.495/.860 .794/.892 .905 120/.923 34/10 12/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 12/1.060 4/.000 11/.364 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 8/1.125 1/no AB 258/193 .247/.337/.300/.638 .467/.697 .754 60/.615 0/0 2/

17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/.667 2/.500 ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 19/.812 158/104 .306/.361/.479/.840 .824/.847 .899 67/1.187 3/0 6/

5.Wright G/S/vP 11/.819 2/.000 6/1.300 6/.167 1/no AB 2/.500 4/1.750 7/1.429 7/1.047 478/361 .290/.391/.510/.901 1.203/.811 .911 114/.960 13/4 19/

IP 134.1 21.2 50.0 36.0 14.0 57.0 33.1 39.0 37.0 TOTAL .266/.341/.411/.752 .753/.752 .774 .843 98/22 102/67

ERA-K/9

3.35/4.7

4.57/6.2

3.96/6.1

6.00/7.0

4.50/3.9

2.84/7.4

1.89/7.8

3.92/5.5

5.11/9.5

4.25/5.7

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 554/.260 109/.281 225/.289 168/.276 66/.245 234/.257 138/.224 161/.269 166/.250 .272 Chavez
Beltran
Anderson
Tatis
Easley
Evans 31/7/44/6
0/100/0/3
23/0/0/1
28/0/14/1
7/0/0/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .688 .799 .872 .831 .879 .687 .609 .763 .737 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.696 52/.848 87/.715 59/.655 26/.632 99/.620 51/.759 71/.761 72/.618 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.681 57/.758 138/.968 109/.920 40/1.041 135/.736 87/.519 90/.764 94/.828 .773

Road 213/.812 59/.679 106/.806 81/.830 23/.803 114/.746 69/.421 68/.813 69/.748 .779

Last 28d days 143/.591 13/.801 61/1.072 44/.864 37/.515 55/.695 38/.721 66/.698 27/.440

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 1/4/0 8/1/1 5/6/2 4/2/0 6/2/1 2/1/2 3/0/1 3/0/0 108/37/20

Usage ····X··· ·X····oo X·X··X·X X··X··o· X··X·XX· o·X·o·o· X·o··X·o XX····X· X···oo·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: STL @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, July 27, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Kyle Lohse (29, RHP, 12-2, 3.35)

SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 8-7, 3.05)

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