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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 17, 2008 @PNC Park

New York Mets, 67-56, 1st, 2 up

SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 10-7, 2.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-7)           168   151  62  54  46 141 20    2.89      
 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         3-0  46.1  38  14  14  14  32  6    2.72   59 
 2008-08-12   @WSN   W   7     8   3   3   2   6  1      94   53 
 2008-08-07    SDP  ND   7     4   2   2   3   7  1     104   65 
 2008-08-02   @HOU  ND   6.1   3   1   1   2   3  0     103   64 
 2008-07-27    STL   W   9     6   1   1   1   5  1     118   75 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-0  12.2   7   3   3   3  12  2    2.13   65 
 2008-04-29    PIT  ND   5.2   2   2   2   3   7  2     114   61 
 2006-06-18   @PIT   W   7     5   1   1   0   5  0      95   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   31-33   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  43-43   vsLHP:  24-13   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 26-20   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 16  @PIT  W   7-4       67-56  1st  2.0 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates, 55-68, 5th, 20 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (25, RHP, 2-1, 1.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             22    14   4   3   7   8  2    1.23      
 2007 (1-4)             14.2  27  21  18   9   5  4   11.05      
 2006 (2-1)             42.2  40  20  18  11  16  6    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  36    35  20  17  13  13  5    4.25   48 
 2008-08-12    CIN   L   7     7   4   3   2   2  2      99   49 
 2008-08-06   @ARI   W   9     2   0   0   1   4  0     113   86 
 2008-08-01   @CHC   W   6     5   0   0   4   2  0     101   60 
 2007-08-14    BAL   L   3     5   5   5   4   1  1      74   26 
 2007-04-28    BOS  ND   0     2   0   0   0   0  0       6   46 
 2007-04-21   @BOS   L   4.1   9   7   7   2   1  1      89   16 
 2006-09-30    TOR  ND   6.2   5   4   2   0   3  1      78   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM    Has never faced NYM.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-30   Road:   22-38   ExtrInn:11-3 
 vsRHP:  41-49   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:25-29   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 16   NYM  L   4-7       55-68  5th 20.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 NYM  7 @PIT  4        W:Pedro Martinez (4-3), L: Zach Duke (4-11), S: Pedro Feliciano (2)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 3-2; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; 2006 - NYM won 5-4; All-Time - PIT leads 353-321

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  5.57

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.05

BA

C. Jones  .365

J. Bay  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

D. Ortiz  .363

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .621

K. Shoppach  .480

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.080

D. Pedroia  .833

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.46

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New York Mets Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Karstens
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 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 8/1.232 537/397 .270/.364/.458/.822 .831/.818 .775 113/.741 17/3 16/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .233/.233/.367/.600 1.231/.118 .500 24/.667 1/1 1/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 123/75 .270/.341/.505/.846 .953/.775 .772 36/.912 0/0 7/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 283/245 .272/.314/.339/.652 .535/.670 .579 53/.806 6/1 1/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 9/.619 ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 515/366 .260/.346/.492/.838 .715/.891 .865 110/.966 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 280/196 .267/.317/.357/.673 .685/.668 .788 67/.626 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/31 .243/.276/.329/.605 .817/.301 .690 37/.631 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 45/41 .421/.511/.684/1.195 2.417/1.088 .855 45/1.195 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/65 .254/.293/.296/.589 .545/.597 .627 55/.558 1/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.625 580/411 .305/.363/.492/.855 .853/.861 .841 125/.930 40/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 5/1.800 1/3.000 ··· 8/.929 297/230 .254/.347/.316/.663 .470/.721 .579 49/.837 0/0 3/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 233/158 .302/.361/.500/.861 .722/.927 .776 94/.972 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 8/1.232 564/425 .292/.383/.515/.898 1.202/.805 .833 119/.888 14/5 23/
IP 22.0 43.0 30.2 41.0 59.1 36.1 5.1 56.2 TOTAL .268/.341/.416/.757 .776/.750 .732 .812 107/28 124/70
ERA-K/9 1.23/3.3 3.35/6.7 4.40/3.8 4.17/6.8 3.03/7.1 5.20/6.4 5.06/1.7 5.24/6.5 5.09/5.9

 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 84/.184 184/.252 129/.218 185/.261 250/.228 171/.236 26/.318 263/.264 .287  Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Murphy
 Tatis
 Easley
33/8/57/6
0/119/0/5
17/0/0/2
10/0/0/1
40/0/29/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .542 .753 .767 .809 .680 .697 .878 .780 .824
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.585 63/.652 53/.888 54/.464 62/.626 73/.790 8/.929 104/.891 .832
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.495 121/.801 76/.687 131/.967 188/.698 98/.629 18/.856 159/.704 .821
Home 30/.829 93/.595 76/.876 96/.785 126/.702 87/.740 7/.821 153/.676 .789
Last 28d days 84/.542 52/.804 58/.684 35/.673 49/.778 44/.842 12/1.056 40/1.061
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 4/5/1 5/3/0 6/4/1 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 143/81/32
Usage ····X··· o····X·· ··o··X·· ··X·o··o ·o·o·o·· ·X····X· X······o 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 57.Santana*
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 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 339/263 .324/.363/.521/.883 .986/.854 1.005 102/.757 2/2 12/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 19/1.055 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 165/106 .293/.341/.340/.681 .662/.690 .767 36/.671 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 2/.500 11/.182 19/1.035 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 410/308 .267/.344/.466/.809 .683/.852 .805 46/1.157 1/0 15/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 112/70 .198/.313/.354/.667 .563/.729 .643 59/.719 0/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/2.667 3/2.500 6/.667 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 540/394 .279/.356/.514/.870 .686/.939 .880 111/.823 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 22/.191 3/1.666 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 237/165 .235/.297/.404/.700 .479/.799 .737 52/.880 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 14/.619 ··· 1/no AB 279/233 .286/.373/.390/.763 .738/.768 .753 91/.896 0/0 2/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/112 .258/.324/.424/.749 .671/.769 .749 62/.677 1/1 4/
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 58/43 .216/.276/.294/.570 .762/.499 .331 55/.544 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 6/.833 2/2.500 5/1.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 474/373 .255/.276/.351/.627 .825/.572 .556 78/.923 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 8/.125 1/3.000 6/.834 2/1.000 ··· ··· 272/220 .281/.326/.357/.683 .530/.717 .805 76/.710 2/2 1/
IP 168.0 45.1 66.1 2.2 50.1 46.2 48.2 10.2 TOTAL .262/.325/.413/.738 .740/.737 .748 .749 32/12 125/81
ERA-K/9 2.89/7.6 3.57/8.5 5.56/10.0 13.50/3.3 3.75/7.0 3.09/5.0 4.25/6.8 3.38/7.6 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 694/.237 197/.260 304/.252 14/.455 215/.220 195/.243 212/.242 41/.275 .250  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Pearce
 Mientkiewicz
4/116/2/5
25/0/15/4
22/8/36/4
1/0/14/1
0/0/9/1
OPS .676 .734 .763 1.357 .637 .723 .710 .793 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.688 95/.519 121/1.010 8/1.375 101/.625 92/.503 52/.878 18/1.150 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 504/.672 102/.939 183/.601 6/1.267 114/.648 103/.923 160/.656 23/.522 .686
Road 358/.697 98/.859 148/.834 8/1.548 102/.527 104/.835 104/.744 17/.471 .779
Last 28d days 147/.620 40/.595 69/.861 14/1.357 41/.783 34/.912 45/1.046 41/.793
HR/SB/CS 20/4/4 5/0/0 9/2/0 1/0/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 2/0/0 129/45/22
Usage ····X··· oo··Xo·o ·XX··X·X X·····o· ·oo··X·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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