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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

New York Mets, 40-42, 3rd, 3½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Tony Armas (30, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-5)             97   111  68  65  38  73 18    6.03      
 2006 (9-12)           154   167  96  86  64  97 19    5.03      
 2005 (7-7)            101.1 100  57  56  54  59 16    4.97      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36.1  39  23  23  14  25  6    5.70   45 
 2007-09-10    MIL   W   6     3   0   0   0   3  0      65   69 
 2007-09-05   @STL   W   6     5   2   2   2   5  1      96   57 
 2007-08-31   @MIL   L   6     4   3   3   2   5  1     103   55 
 2007-08-26   @HOU  ND   5.1   7   3   3   1   4  0     100   45 
 2007-08-21   @COL   L   4.1   8   7   7   3   4  2     104   20 
 2007-08-16    NYM  ND   2.2   6   5   5   5   2  1      74   23 
 2007-08-11   @SFG   W   6     6   3   3   1   2  1      87   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      3-1  29.1  23  12  12  14  24  3    3.68   54 
 2007-09-05   @STL   W   6     5   2   2   2   5  1      96   57 
 2007-08-01    STL   W   6.1   4   1   1   1   5  1      85   65 
 2006-04-28   @STL   W   6     4   2   2   3   5  0     108   58 
 2005-05-27   @STL   L   5     5   5   5   5   2  1     101   34 
 2001-08-08    STL  ND   6     5   2   2   3   7  0     106   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-18   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  25-32   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest: 12-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @STL  L   1-7       40-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   NYY  W   3-1       40-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   NYY  L   2-3       39-41  3rd  4.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   NYY  L   0-9       39-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @NYY  W  15-6       39-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   SEA  W   8-2       38-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   SEA  L   0-11      37-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 23   SEA  L   2-5       37-38  3rd  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22  @COL  W   3-1       37-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 21  @COL  L   1-7       36-37  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
St. Louis Cardinals, 48-36, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (29, RHP, 7-2, 3.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-2)             88.1  77  36  34  28  68 11    3.46      
 2007 (3-3)             79.1  77  50  40  40  60 11    4.54      
 2006 (1-4)             78.1  68  38  36  50  54  6    4.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  40.1  36  15  15  12  26  5    3.35   54 
 2008-06-26   @DET  ND   5     4   0   0   0   3  0      76   62 
 2008-06-13    PHI   L   3.1   8   8   8   3   3  3      90   12 
 2008-06-05   @WSN   W   6     5   0   0   1   5  0      79   66 
 2008-05-30    PIT   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  1      94   63 
 2008-05-25   @LAD  ND   6     5   3   3   0   4  1      85   54 
 2008-05-19   @SDP   W   6     6   2   2   3   2  0     100   51 
 2008-05-14    PIT   W   7     2   1   1   3   5  0     108   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      0-0   6     3   1   1   3   5  0    1.50   64 
 2007-06-26   @NYM  ND   6     3   1   1   3   5  0      97   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-17   Road:   24-19   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  33-22   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  8-2    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Mon, Jun 30   NYM  W   7-1       48-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @KCR  W   9-6       47-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @KCR  W   5-1       46-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @KCR  L   2-7       45-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 26  @DET  L   2-3 (10)  45-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @DET  L   7-8       45-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @DET  W   8-4       45-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @BOS  L   3-5 (13)  44-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @BOS  W   9-3       44-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @BOS  W   5-4       43-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 NYM 10 @STL  0        W:John Maine (1-0), L: Braden Looper (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 03, 2007 NYM  4 @STL  1        W:Orlando Hernandez (1-0), L: Kip Wells (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (1)
Sun, Apr 01, 2007 NYM  6 @STL  1        W:Tom Glavine (1-0), L: Chris Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 24, 2006 NYM  6  STL  2        W:Dave Williams (3-3), L: Jason Marquis (13-12), S: none
Wed, Aug 23, 2006 NYM 10  STL  8        W:Steve Trachsel (13-5), L: Mark Mulder (6-6), S: Billy Wagner (32)
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 1-0; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 355-316

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  5.45

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.63

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.55

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .394

R. Barajas  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

K. Johnson  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .699

M. Tejada  .456

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

O. Hudson  .805

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

J. Suppan  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

T. Wakefield  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.18

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New York Mets Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Mulder*
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 12/.083 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 100/98 .196/.224/.283/.507 .000/.518 .503 42/.578 2/1 1/
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 6/.733 22/.641 9/.555 ··· 42/.422 ··· 2/3.000 4/.000 10/.633 356/267 .271/.374/.479/.852 .807/.866 .813 113/.897 11/1 12/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/.500 2/1.000 11/.830 294/212 .261/.365/.331/.695 .722/.696 .631 95/.624 13/2 3/
11.Castro G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 63/38 .255/.349/.418/.767 .900/.679 .781 33/.770 0/0 2/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 2/1.000 10/.555 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.167 174/152 .248/.300/.306/.606 .714/.590 .579 83/.706 4/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 211/142 .305/.367/.519/.885 .876/.890 .890 16/.388 1/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 5/1.600 17/1.005 17/.301 ··· 29/1.048 ··· 4/2.750 4/.750 11/.586 335/240 .228/.307/.419/.727 .619/.771 .769 109/.788 1/0 14/
3.Easley G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.971 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.900 151/101 .257/.313/.353/.666 .865/.571 .716 58/.911 0/0 2/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 6/.334 8/1.089 3/.333 ··· 11/1.273 ··· 4/.750 4/1.500 9/.873 378/265 .292/.354/.478/.832 .777/.861 .803 119/.842 28/8 9/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 2/1.000 10/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 205/151 .256/.332/.306/.637 .475/.699 .560 65/.612 0/0 2/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 18/.860 92/54 .253/.283/.310/.593 .740/.491 .430 53/.519 2/0 1/
5.Wright G/S/vP 6/1.467 5/1.150 6/.167 ··· 8/1.482 ··· 4/1.750 3/1.667 6/1.000 372/280 .283/.376/.492/.868 1.269/.745 .797 114/.753 8/4 15/
IP 88.1 38.1 28.1 44.0 1.0 18.1 25.0 22.2 30.2 TOTAL .255/.331/.392/.723 .755/.710 .702 .703 78/19 74/57
ERA-K/9 3.46/6.9 2.82/6.1 5.72/6.7 2.66/7.8 0.00/9.0 3.93/8.4 2.16/7.6 4.37/5.6 5.58/8.8 4.03/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (7-3-0)
 Schneider (18-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.233 170/.257 132/.281 183/.266 5/.400 80/.227 101/.191 95/.286 144/.274 .265  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Anderson
 Tatis
 Easley
0/0/47/7
28/6/27/6
0/79/0/3
16/0/0/1
13/0/8/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .689 .772 .827 .692 .800 .701 .557 .809 .776 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.675 64/.710 47/.609 73/.599 1/2.000 35/.919 36/.712 33/.846 59/.608 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.699 106/.809 85/.939 110/.755 4/.500 45/.545 65/.470 62/.789 85/.890 .747
Home 172/.723 85/.800 63/.849 91/.618 5/.800 34/.737 44/.765 60/.745 84/.813 .727
Last 28d days 64/.852 56/.931 44/.674 61/.859 5/.800 51/.899 39/.322 19/.684 51/1.043
HR/SB/CS 11/3/4 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/2 1/0/0 2/0/0 74/31/17
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· ·X··Xo·· ·oX··Xo· o······· ·X···X·· ·oX···o· ········ X··oX···
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Armas
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 296/211 .259/.334/.506/.840 .646/.922 .806 90/.904 1/1 15/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 138/52 .256/.343/.385/.728 .753/.682 .771 35/.798 3/1 2/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 215/186 .238/.340/.357/.696 .317/.760 .678 66/.596 2/1 5/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 6/.167 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 337/236 .265/.368/.453/.821 .902/.787 .761 104/.910 0/1 11/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/.819 ··· ··· 211/167 .264/.318/.326/.644 .628/.648 .714 63/.804 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 10/1.150 ··· 5/.833 ··· 5/1.267 3/.666 ··· 19/.161 101/73 .241/.347/.402/.749 .613/.801 .569 43/1.045 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 4/.250 293/185 .285/.362/.574/.936 .835/.994 .863 106/.717 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 14/.643 4/1.250 3/1.334 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 209/132 .328/.366/.380/.746 .769/.733 .849 85/.796 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP 10/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 261/178 .295/.352/.384/.736 1.047/.599 .759 70/.753 0/1 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 19/1.007 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 6/.500 4/1.750 2/no AB 22/.604 301/204 .357/.482/.635/1.117 1.378/.994 1.126 46/1.040 2/1 17/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 146/85 .276/.322/.328/.650 .811/.534 .492 61/.697 5/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 310/233 .300/.364/.439/.803 .445/.918 .739 96/.903 6/0 6/
IP 32.1 42.1 11.0 34.2 32.2 31.1 33.0 TOTAL .274/.352/.423/.774 .776/.773 .757 .788 34/16 85/43
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.78/8.4 4.68/9.6 5.73/3.3 3.89/7.0 3.03/3.6 3.45/7.8 1.91/10.4 4.18/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (8-6-1)
 Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 139/.256 194/.262 46/.268 144/.202 136/.226 132/.212 131/.189 .255  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Barton
 Duncan
44/22/29/8
0/69/0/3
17/5/63/2
25/0/5/2
35/0/0/1
OPS .712 .757 .741 .596 .709 .646 .532 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 63/.524 77/1.075 20/1.097 68/.553 68/.510 32/.644 37/.606 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 76/.866 117/.556 26/.481 76/.632 68/.912 100/.645 94/.502 .695
Road / 65/.900 92/.795 29/1.032 63/.486 75/.744 60/.673 55/.581 .781
Last 28d days / 44/.663 53/.549 17/.761 61/.614 50/1.015 43/.874 41/.777
HR/SB/CS // 4/0/0 5/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/1 3/1/1 3/0/1 82/29/19
Usage ·XoX··X· X··o·X·X X··X···· ··X··o·o X··X··o· ···X·o·· ·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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