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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, August 15, 2008 @PNC Park

New York Mets, 65-56, 1st, 1 up

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 10-8, 4.11)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           138   154  65  63  48  82  9    4.11      
 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         4-2  44.1  46  19  19   5  28  5    3.86   53 
 2008-08-10    FLA   L   4.2   7   6   6   3   3  0      98   26 
 2008-08-05    SDP   W   6.2   9   2   2   1   3  2     101   50 
 2008-07-30   @FLA   L   4     8   5   5   0   3  0      78   29 
 2008-07-25    STL   W   7     7   1   1   0   5  0      99   64 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT    Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   29-33   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  42-43   vsLHP:  23-13   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 26-20   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14  @WSN  W   9-3       65-56  1st  1.0 up
120 Wed, Aug 13  @WSN  W  12-0       64-56  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 12  @WSN  W   4-3       63-56  2nd  1.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   PIT  L   5-7       62-56  2nd  2.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   FLA  L   2-8       62-55  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   FLA  W   8-6       62-54  2nd  1.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   FLA  W   3-0       61-54  2nd  1.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7   SDP  W   5-3       60-54  3rd  2.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6   SDP  L   2-4       59-54  3rd  3.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5   SDP  W   6-5       59-53  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates, 55-66, 5th, 19 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jason Davis (28, RHP, 1-1, 1.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             13    10   4   2   6   6  0    1.38      
 2007 (2-0)             37    42  27  24  25  19  4    5.84      
 2006 (3-2)             55.1  67  28  23  14  37  1    3.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  40.1  43  21  16  18  32  2    3.57   50 
 2008-08-10   @PHI  ND   6     4   2   0   4   3  0      90   59 
 2005-07-04    DET   W   6     4   0   0   2   5  0      94   67 
 2005-06-11   @SFG   W   7     9   3   3   1   5  0      77   51 
 2005-06-04   @CHW   L   4.2   7   4   4   3   3  1     106   34 
 2005-04-10   @DET   W   6     8   5   4   1   7  0      88   44 
 2004-09-04    ANA   L   5     4   3   1   3   3  0     104   51 
 2004-07-07    TEX  ND   5.2   7   4   4   4   6  1      98   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      0-1   4    11   7   7   3   4  1   15.75   13 
 2004-06-15   @NYM   L   4    11   7   7   3   4  1      91   13 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   22-38   ExtrInn:11-3 
 vsRHP:  41-47   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl:25-29   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14   CIN  L   1-3       55-66  5th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   CIN  W   5-2       55-65  5th 18.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   CIN  L   1-5       54-65  5th 17.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11  @NYM  W   7-5       54-64  5th 17.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @PHI  L   3-6       53-64  5th 17.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @PHI  L   2-4       53-63  5th 16.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @PHI  W   2-0 (12)  53-62  5th 16.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @ARI  W   2-0       52-62  5th 16.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @ARI  L   1-3       51-62  6th 16.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @ARI  L   7-13      51-61  6th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 PIT  7 @NYM  5        W:Denny Bautista (4-2), L: Aaron Heilman (2-7), S: John Grabow (2)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 PIT 13 @NYM  1        W:Tom Gorzelanny (2-3), L: Oliver Perez (2-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 NYM  5  PIT  4 (11)   W:Jorge Sosa (3-1), L: John Van Benschoten (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 16, 2007 PIT 10  NYM  7        W:Damaso Marte (1-0), L: Aaron Heilman (7-5), S: Matt Capps (11)
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 NYM 10 @PIT  8        W:John Maine (13-7), L: Matt Morris (7-8), S: Billy Wagner (28)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 NYM  5 @PIT  4        W:Jorge Sosa (9-6), L: Salomon Torres (1-4), S: Billy Wagner (27)
Thu, Jul 26, 2007 PIT  8 @NYM  4        W:Paul Maholm (7-12), L: Oliver Perez (9-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 NYM  6  PIT  3        W:Tom Glavine (9-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (9-6), S: Billy Wagner (23)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 NYM  8  PIT  4        W:John Maine (11-5), L: Ian Snell (7-8), S: none
Sun, Sep 17, 2006 PIT  3  NYM  0        W:Zach Duke (10-13), L: John Maine (5-5), S: Salomon Torres (9)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 2-1; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; 2006 - NYM won 5-4; All-Time - PIT leads 353-319

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  5.64

FLA  4.67

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .367

M. Teixeira  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .608

J. Reyes  .484

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.055

C. Beltran  .831

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

M. Parra  4.02

L. Hernandez  5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Mets Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Davis
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
38.Hansen
G/S/vB
58.Sanchez
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 8/.750 ··· ··· 7/1.429 528/392 .273/.368/.463/.831 .833/.830 .790 112/.808 17/3 16/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .233/.233/.367/.600 1.231/.118 .500 25/.640 1/1 1/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 119/74 .259/.328/.472/.800 .856/.765 .675 32/.750 0/0 6/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 281/243 .271/.313/.337/.650 .535/.668 .573 54/.752 6/1 1/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· 3/.333 506/361 .260/.346/.494/.840 .713/.894 .871 108/.991 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 276/195 .267/.318/.359/.676 .685/.672 .798 70/.568 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/30 .258/.292/.348/.640 .878/.312 .789 35/.730 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/37 .441/.525/.735/1.260 3.500/1.111 .908 40/1.260 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/61 .239/.282/.284/.565 .545/.569 .579 53/.540 1/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 8/1.625 570/404 .304/.362/.484/.847 .809/.866 .824 124/.856 40/11 12/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 5/1.800 ··· ··· 8/.929 293/226 .254/.348/.313/.662 .470/.720 .573 51/.736 0/0 3/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 225/153 .306/.360/.510/.870 .725/.938 .790 93/.948 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 555/420 .293/.386/.520/.906 1.227/.810 .847 118/.981 14/5 23/
IP 13.0 42.0 30.2 41.0 58.1 35.1 4.1 55.2 TOTAL .268/.341/.416/.757 .770/.752 .732 .806 107/27 122/70
ERA-K/9 1.38/4.2 3.43/6.6 4.40/3.8 4.17/6.8 3.09/7.3 5.35/6.4 4.15/0.0 5.34/6.3 5.10/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cancel (1-0-0)
 Castro (12-4-0)
 Schneider (28-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.238 181/.257 129/.218 185/.261 246/.228 167/.235 19/.333 259/.264 .287  Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Murphy
 Tatis
 Easley
31/8/57/6
0/117/0/4
16/0/0/2
9/0/0/1
40/0/27/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .588 .767 .767 .809 .679 .695 .868 .785 .825
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.594 62/.664 53/.888 54/.464 60/.594 71/.786 4/1.000 101/.898 .837
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.581 119/.816 76/.687 131/.967 186/.706 96/.630 15/.833 158/.709 .820
Home 4/.667 90/.617 76/.876 96/.785 122/.700 83/.738 / 149/.682 .790
Last 28d days 51/.588 49/.859 70/.634 35/.673 48/.726 43/.775 5/1.200 40/1.144
HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 4/5/1 5/3/0 6/4/1 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 141/81/31
Usage ····X··· ···X··o· o··X··X· X·o··oo· ·o·o··o· ····X·X· ·····o·· ··X·X···
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.47 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
44.Kunz
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 88/71 .229/.261/.313/.575 .728/.538 .727 16/.438 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 330/256 .329/.367/.531/.898 .992/.870 1.039 101/.801 2/2 12/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 164/105 .295/.344/.342/.686 .662/.697 .778 36/.671 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 19/1.035 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 401/301 .263/.342/.466/.808 .698/.845 .801 45/1.115 1/0 15/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/62 .182/.308/.307/.615 .563/.650 .523 53/.593 0/0 3/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 6/.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 531/386 .280/.359/.517/.876 .691/.946 .891 110/.800 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 232/160 .234/.294/.402/.696 .479/.796 .730 55/.809 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 14/.619 ··· 1/no AB 278/232 .288/.374/.392/.766 .738/.771 .759 91/.896 0/0 2/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 140/104 .256/.321/.432/.753 .671/.776 .759 54/.679 1/1 4/
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 54/39 .208/.259/.292/.551 .762/.466 .241 51/.522 1/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/1.300 ··· ··· 191/143 .227/.275/.335/.610 .920/.506 .670 61/.499 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/1.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 465/365 .251/.272/.347/.619 .802/.568 .538 77/.935 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 264/212 .274/.320/.336/.657 .530/.685 .758 75/.552 2/2 0/
IP 138.0 44.0 65.1 2.1 50.0 46.2 48.2 9.2 TOTAL .261/.324/.412/.736 .740/.735 .745 .728 32/12 123/81
ERA-K/9 4.11/5.3 3.68/8.6 5.65/10.1 3.86/3.9 3.60/7.0 3.09/5.0 4.25/6.8 3.72/8.4 4.08/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-8-2)
 Doumit (48-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 603/.290 191/.262 300/.255 9/.286 213/.217 195/.243 211/.238 37/.278 .249  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Pearce
 Mientkiewicz
4/114/2/5
23/0/15/4
22/8/35/4
1/0/13/1
0/0/9/1
OPS .770 .734 .769 1.089 .618 .723 .703 .825 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.877 92/.537 120/1.020 6/1.167 101/.625 92/.503 52/.878 16/1.171 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 307/.669 99/.920 180/.605 3/.500 112/.611 103/.923 159/.646 21/.571 .681
Road 254/.931 92/.867 144/.849 3/1.000 100/.483 104/.835 103/.730 13/.462 .778
Last 28d days 128/.873 39/.729 72/.886 9/1.089 39/.683 38/.851 50/.997 37/.825
HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 5/0/0 9/2/0 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 127/45/22
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·o·o X··X·XXo ····o··· o··X·o·o ···ooo·o o·oooo·o ·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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