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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 12:35pm, Monday, August 18, 2008 @PNC Park

New York Mets, 68-56, 1st, 2 up

SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 10-7, 3.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-7)           129.1 110  62  57  61 115 14    3.97      
 2007 (15-10)          191   168  90  83  75 180 23    3.91      
 2006 (6-5)             90    69  40  36  33  71 15    3.60      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  35.1  26  20  18  22  36  5    4.58   50 
 2008-08-13   @WSN   W   5     1   0   0   4   6  0      90   67 
 2008-07-28   @FLA  ND   4.1   4   1   1   1   6  1      75   56 
 2008-07-23    PHI   W   7     6   3   3   2   5  2     104   56 
 2008-07-18   @CIN   L   4.2   5   5   5   5   5  1     102   34 
 2008-07-10    SFG  ND   4.2   2   3   3   5   8  0     109   51 
 2008-07-05   @PHI  ND   5.2   1   3   3   2   5  1      99   58 
 2008-06-30   @STL   L   4     7   5   3   3   1  0      81   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-2  22.2  19  10   9  10  28  3    3.57   56 
 2007-08-15   @PIT   W   5     5   3   3   3   8  2     117   50 
 2007-07-24    PIT   W   7     5   2   2   1   7  1     103   65 
 2006-09-17   @PIT   L   6     6   2   2   3   6  0     106   55 
 2006-07-03    PIT   L   4.2   3   3   2   3   7  0     107   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   32-33   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  44-43   vsLHP:  24-13   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 26-20   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 17  @PIT  W   4-0       68-56  1st  2.0 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Pittsburgh Pirates, 55-69, 5th, 21 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (26, LHP, 8-7, 3.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-7)            161   158  69  66  41 113 18    3.69      
 2007 (10-15)          177.2 204 110  99  49 105 22    5.02      
 2006 (8-10)           176   202  98  93  81 117 19    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  50    44  16  16  10  42  3    2.88   61 
 2008-08-13    CIN   W   8     7   2   2   0   5  2      97   65 
 2008-08-08   @PHI  ND   7     5   0   0   3  10  0     116   74 
 2008-08-02   @CHC   L   6     8   5   5   2   2  0      84   36 
 2008-07-27    SDP  ND   7     4   1   1   3   9  0     115   71 
 2008-07-22   @HOU   W   8     5   1   1   1   5  0     108   72 
 2008-07-17   @COL   L   6     8   5   5   0   7  1      85   43 
 2008-07-10    NYY   W   8     7   2   2   1   4  0     108   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      3-1  25    23   6   6   9  12  1    2.16   57 
 2007-07-26   @NYM   W   6     6   3   3   1   3  1      90   50 
 2006-09-15    NYM   W   7     2   1   1   3   4  0     106   70 
 2006-07-03   @NYM   W   6     7   1   1   3   3  0     116   54 
 2006-05-04   @NYM   L   6     8   1   1   2   2  0     102   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-31   Road:   22-38   ExtrInn:11-3 
 vsRHP:  41-49   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:25-29   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 17   NYM  L   0-4       55-69  5th 21.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 NYM  4 @PIT  0        W:Johan Santana (11-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 4-2; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; 2006 - NYM won 5-4; All-Time - PIT leads 353-322

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  5.56

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

CLE  4.65

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Martin  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

D. Pedroia  .363

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

R. Howard  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

G. Kapler  .834

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

G. Floyd  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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New York Mets Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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 9/.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 8/1.232 541/401 .272/.365/.465/.829 .831/.829 .790 111/.788 17/3 17/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .233/.233/.367/.600 1.231/.118 .500 23/.565 1/1 1/
11.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 123/75 .270/.341/.505/.846 .953/.775 .772 31/.826 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 48/.894 6/1 1/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 3/.667 ··· 9/.619 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 520/371 .257/.344/.488/.832 .715/.882 .854 109/.898 1/1 26/
3.Easley G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 285/201 .265/.314/.354/.668 .685/.661 .774 71/.619 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 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 49/45 .415/.510/.659/1.169 2.417/1.068 .855 49/1.169 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 82/70 .280/.316/.320/.636 .545/.652 .717 54/.634 1/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 13/.770 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.625 585/416 .304/.361/.490/.851 .853/.855 .833 124/.870 40/12 13/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 5/1.800 1/3.000 ··· 8/.929 301/233 .259/.352/.332/.684 .481/.745 .619 53/.945 0/0 4/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 237/162 .296/.354/.491/.845 .722/.903 .748 95/.927 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP 12/.440 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 8/1.232 564/425 .292/.383/.515/.898 1.202/.805 .833 113/.891 14/5 23/
IP 161.0 43.0 32.1 41.1 59.1 37.1 5.1 56.2 TOTAL .268/.341/.416/.757 .776/.750 .733 .804 107/28 126/71
ERA-K/9 3.69/6.3 3.35/6.7 4.18/3.9 4.14/7.0 3.03/7.1 5.06/6.3 5.06/1.7 5.24/6.5 5.08/5.9

 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 662/.261 184/.252 136/.216 187/.260 250/.228 175/.231 26/.318 263/.264 .287  Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Murphy
 Tatis
 Easley
34/8/57/6
0/120/0/5
17/0/0/2
11/0/0/1
40/0/30/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .714 .753 .750 .808 .680 .684 .878 .780 .824
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.529 63/.652 58/.868 56/.469 62/.626 76/.767 8/.929 104/.891 .834
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 550/.752 121/.801 78/.668 131/.967 188/.698 99/.622 18/.856 159/.704 .819
Home 340/.678 93/.595 83/.839 98/.783 126/.702 91/.713 7/.821 153/.676 .789
Last 28d days 137/.610 47/.776 65/.658 37/.672 49/.778 48/.778 12/1.056 40/1.061
HR/SB/CS 18/5/6 4/5/1 5/3/0 6/4/1 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 145/81/32
Usage ····X··· ·o····X· X··o··X· o··X·o·· ··o·o·o· X·X····X ·X······ ·o···X·X
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Maine
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 ··· ··· 91/71 .221/.253/.302/.555 .616/.538 .683 16/.438 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.000 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 166/106 .291/.339/.338/.677 .650/.690 .756 37/.651 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/.900 11/.182 19/1.035 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 414/308 .264/.341/.460/.801 .656/.852 .789 47/1.084 1/0 15/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 115/70 .202/.313/.354/.667 .571/.729 .644 61/.693 0/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 4/1.833 3/2.500 6/.667 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 544/394 .277/.354/.509/.863 .666/.939 .866 111/.803 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 240/165 .231/.293/.398/.691 .459/.799 .718 55/.829 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 14/.619 ··· 1/no AB 280/233 .285/.371/.388/.760 .721/.768 .747 88/.874 0/0 2/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 151/112 .252/.318/.415/.733 .615/.769 .718 65/.643 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 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/1.300 ··· ··· 191/143 .227/.275/.335/.610 .920/.506 .670 57/.498 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 11/.546 2/2.500 5/1.000 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 478/373 .253/.273/.348/.621 .793/.572 .547 81/.889 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 11/.764 1/.000 8/.125 1/3.000 6/.834 2/1.000 ··· ··· 276/220 .285/.328/.360/.688 .567/.717 .811 77/.754 2/2 1/
IP 129.1 45.1 66.1 2.2 50.1 46.2 48.2 10.2 TOTAL .261/.323/.411/.734 .725/.737 .740 .739 32/12 125/83
ERA-K/9 3.97/8.0 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 4.02/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 559/.229 197/.260 304/.252 14/.455 215/.220 195/.243 212/.242 41/.275 .249  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Pearce
 Mientkiewicz
4/117/2/5
26/0/15/4
23/8/37/4
1/0/15/1
0/0/9/1
OPS .681 .734 .763 1.357 .637 .723 .710 .793 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.733 95/.519 121/1.010 8/1.375 101/.625 92/.503 52/.878 18/1.150 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.629 102/.939 183/.601 6/1.267 114/.648 103/.923 160/.656 23/.522 .684
Road 314/.693 98/.859 148/.834 8/1.548 102/.527 104/.835 104/.744 17/.471 .771
Last 28d days 66/.656 40/.595 69/.861 14/1.357 34/.912 34/.912 45/1.046 41/.793
HR/SB/CS 14/7/6 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· ··XX··X· ·X·····o ··oo··X· ······oo ·o·o·ooo ·o··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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