NYM @ PIT, Saturday, August 16, 2008 Game Preview

New York Mets, 66-56, 1st, 1 up	SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 3-3, 5.37) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 62 67 39 37 27 45 13 5.37 2007 (3-1) 28 33 11 8 7 32 0 2.57 2006 (9-8) 132.2 108 72 66 39 137 19 4.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 37.1 31 20 19 21 28 9 4.58 49 2008-08-11 PIT ND 6 3 1 1 4 3 0 99 61 2008-08-06 SDP L 6.1 4 3 2 3 3 2 101 55 2008-08-01 @HOU ND 5 5 3 3 2 5 3 87 48 2008-07-12 COL ND 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 66 60 2008-07-07 @PHI W 5.1 5 2 2 3 6 2 105 53 2008-07-02 @STL ND 5 7 5 5 1 4 2 90 36 2008-06-27 NYY L 5.2 6 6 6 5 4 0 106 32 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.PIT 1-1 29 28 11 11 9 35 1 3.41 57 2008-08-11 PIT ND 6 3 1 1 4 3 0 99 61 2006-09-15 @PIT L 3 6 4 4 1 4 0 68 34 2006-05-03 PIT ND 6 3 1 1 1 9 1 77 70 2005-07-10 @PIT W 7 5 1 1 1 9 0 94 71 1997-09-15 @PIT ND 7 11 4 4 2 10 0 128 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-23 Road: 30-33 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 43-43 vsLHP: 23-13 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 26-20 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 15 @PIT W 2-1 66-56 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates, 55-67, 5th, 20 GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-10, 5.10) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-10) 139.1 178 87 79 40 66 16 5.10 2007 (3-8) 107.1 161 74 66 25 41 14 5.53 2006 (10-15) 215.1 255 116 107 68 117 17 4.47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-5 37.1 54 38 35 11 27 11 8.44 35 2008-08-11 @NYM ND 6 8 5 3 1 3 2 105 42 2008-08-05 @ARI L 7 4 2 2 1 6 1 93 66 2008-07-30 COL L 5 8 6 6 2 3 1 96 28 2008-07-25 SDP L 6 7 5 5 2 5 1 83 41 2008-07-20 @COL L 5 10 9 9 1 5 2 90 15 2008-07-11 STL L 6 10 5 5 1 4 2 90 35 2008-07-06 @MIL ND 2.1 7 6 5 3 1 2 67 19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 2-0 26.1 26 9 7 4 18 2 2.39 57 2008-08-11 @NYM ND 6 8 5 3 1 3 2 105 42 2006-09-17 NYM W 8 8 0 0 1 6 0 127 71 2006-07-04 @NYM ND 5.1 8 4 4 1 4 0 81 39 2005-08-18 @NYM W 7 2 0 0 1 5 0 103 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-29 Road: 22-38 ExtrInn:11-3 vsRHP: 41-48 vsLHP: 14-19 1-Run: 19-16 vsEast: 14-15 vsCntrl:25-29 vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 15 NYM L 1-2 55-67 5th 20.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 15, 2008 NYM 2 @PIT 1 W:Mike Pelfrey (11-8), L: Jason Davis (1-2), S: Aaron Heilman (3) 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; 2006 - NYM won 5-4; All-Time - PIT leads 353-320

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 5.59

MIL 4.67

WSN 3.69

RA/G

TOR 3.95

MIN 4.62

TEX 6.10

C. Jones .366

D. Erstad .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .462

S. Schumaker .362

T. Pena .180

SLG

L. Berkman .607

J. Werth .482

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.060

T. Hunter .834

T. Pena .386

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

J. Maine 3.97

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.11

P. Maholm 6.32

L. Hernandez 3.48

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New York Mets Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Duke*
G/S/vB 54.Bautista
G/S/vB 48.Beam
G/S/vB 61.Burnett*
G/S/vB 35.Davis
G/S/vB 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB 38.Hansen
G/S/vB 58.Sanchez
G/S/vB 30.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 13/.237 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 14/.368 9/.666 ··· ··· 7/1.429 532/395 .271/.365/.459/.824 .827/.823 .778 112/.738 17/3 16/

40.Cancel G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .233/.233/.367/.600 1.231/.118 .500 25/.640 1/1 1/

11.Castro G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 119/74 .259/.328/.472/.800 .856/.765 .675 32/.750 0/0 6/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 5/1.550 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 282/244 .270/.311/.336/.647 .535/.665 .569 55/.738 6/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/1.167 9/.619 ··· ··· 3/.333 510/364 .260/.347/.495/.843 .730/.891 .875 109/1.012 1/1 26/

3.Easley G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 276/195 .267/.318/.359/.676 .685/.672 .798 67/.595 0/0 5/

6.Evans G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/30 .258/.292/.348/.640 .878/.312 .789 35/.730 0/0 0/

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 44/40 .421/.500/.684/1.184 2.417/1.075 .824 44/1.184 0/0 2/

4.Reyes# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/65 .254/.293/.296/.589 .545/.597 .627 56/.585 1/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 14/.428 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 8/1.625 575/409 .304/.363/.484/.846 .809/.865 .823 125/.883 40/12 12/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 5/1.800 1/3.000 ··· 8/.929 297/230 .254/.347/.316/.663 .470/.721 .579 52/.785 0/0 3/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 229/157 .301/.358/.502/.860 .725/.923 .773 94/.932 3/0 10/

5.Wright G/S/vP 13/1.052 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 559/423 .293/.385/.518/.903 1.217/.809 .841 118/.971 14/5 23/

IP 139.1 42.0 30.2 41.0 20.0 59.1 36.1 4.1 55.2 TOTAL .268/.341/.415/.756 .770/.750 .730 .807 107/28 122/70

ERA-K/9

5.10/4.3

3.43/6.6

4.40/3.8

4.17/6.8

1.80/4.0

3.03/7.1

5.20/6.4

4.15/0.0

5.34/6.3

5.07/5.9

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 634/.308 181/.257 129/.218 185/.261 80/.235 250/.228 171/.236 19/.333 259/.264 .287 Chavez
Beltran
Evans
Tatis
Murphy
Easley 32/8/57/6
0/118/0/5
16/0/0/2
40/0/28/1
10/0/0/1
7/0/0/0

OPS .842 .767 .767 .809 .571 .680 .697 .868 .785 .823

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.804 62/.664 53/.888 54/.464 48/.581 62/.626 73/.790 4/1.000 101/.898 .834

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 534/.849 119/.816 76/.687 131/.967 32/.553 188/.698 98/.629 15/.833 158/.709 .818

Home 328/.805 90/.617 76/.876 96/.785 33/.554 126/.702 87/.740 / 149/.682 .787

Last 28d days 133/.918 49/.859 70/.634 35/.673 80/.571 49/.778 44/.842 5/1.200 36/1.128

HR/SB/CS 16/5/4 4/5/1 5/3/0 6/4/1 0/2/1 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 141/81/32

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

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Martinez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 6/.500 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 334/259 .326/.365/.526/.891 1.000/.859 1.023 101/.764 2/2 12/

5.Gomez G/S/vP 19/.329 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 165/106 .293/.341/.340/.681 .662/.690 .767 37/.651 0/0 0/

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 20/.259 10/.200 19/1.035 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 405/304 .268/.346/.469/.815 .690/.857 .815 45/1.210 1/0 15/

15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/66 .185/.306/.304/.610 .563/.640 .521 56/.598 0/0 3/

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/2.500 6/.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 535/389 .280/.358/.517/.875 .686/.946 .889 110/.831 14/3 22/

18.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 236/164 .236/.298/.406/.704 .479/.805 .744 55/.896 1/1 8/

16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 21/.714 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 14/.619 ··· 1/no AB 278/232 .288/.374/.392/.766 .738/.771 .759 90/.906 0/0 2/

39.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 144/108 .256/.319/.426/.746 .671/.766 .743 58/.666 1/1 4/

51.Pearce G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 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 16/.313 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 5/2.100 2/2.500 5/1.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 469/368 .251/.272/.348/.621 .825/.563 .542 77/.948 0/1 8/

2.Wilson G/S/vP 8/.286 1/.000 8/.125 ··· 6/.834 2/1.000 ··· ··· 268/216 .273/.319/.347/.666 .530/.697 .775 76/.614 2/2 1/

IP 62.0 44.2 66.1 2.1 50.1 46.2 48.2 9.2 TOTAL .261/.324/.412/.736 .742/.735 .746 .737 32/12 124/81

ERA-K/9

5.37/6.5

3.63/8.7

5.56/10.0

3.86/3.9

3.75/7.0

3.09/5.0

4.25/6.8

3.72/8.4

4.05/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chavez (10-8-2)
Doumit (48-17-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.275 195/.263 304/.252 9/.286 215/.220 195/.243 211/.238 37/.278 .249 McLouth
Michaels
Moss
Pearce
Mientkiewicz 4/115/2/5
22/8/36/4
24/0/15/4
1/0/13/1
0/0/9/1

OPS .841 .742 .763 1.089 .637 .723 .703 .825 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.892 94/.525 121/1.010 6/1.167 101/.625 92/.503 52/.878 16/1.171 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.787 101/.949 183/.601 3/.500 114/.648 103/.923 159/.646 21/.571 .682

Road 161/.984 96/.879 148/.834 3/1.000 102/.527 104/.835 103/.730 13/.462 .778

Last 28d days 73/.798 43/.769 72/.886 9/1.089 41/.783 34/.912 44/1.022 37/.825

HR/SB/CS 13/5/0 5/0/0 9/2/0 1/0/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 128/45/22

Usage ····X··· o··Xo·o· XX··X·XX ·····o·· oo··X·o· ····ooo· ·o·oooo· ··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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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 16, 2008 @PNC Park

SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 3-3, 5.37)

SP: Zach Duke (25, LHP, 4-10, 5.10)

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