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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

New York Mets, 41-42, 3rd, 3½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 2-2, 7.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             30.1  42  25  24  11  21  4    7.12      
 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         2-3  37.1  49  28  26  12  29  4    6.27   42 
 2008-06-27    NYY   L   5.2   6   6   6   5   4  0     106   32 
 2008-06-21   @COL   L   4.1   9   6   6   1   5  2      75   25 
 2008-06-15    TEX   W   6     6   2   1   1   4  0      92   57 
 2008-06-08   @SDP  ND   5    10   4   4   0   4  0      97   35 
 2008-06-03   @SFG   W   6     7   3   3   3   3  0     109   46 
 2008-04-01   @FLA  ND   3.1   4   4   4   1   1  2      57   36 
 2007-09-27    STL   L   7     7   3   2   1   8  0     105   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-1  32.2  26  11   9   7  35  2    2.48   62 
 2007-09-27    STL   L   7     7   3   2   1   8  0     105   60 
 2005-09-11   @STL   W   8     8   2   2   2   7  0     112   63 
 2005-05-14    STL  ND   6     5   5   4   2   4  2      88   46 
 2003-06-11    STL  ND   3     2   0   0   0   3  0      47   58 
 1997-08-25   @STL   W   8.2   4   1   1   2  13  0     139   83 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-18   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  26-32   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest: 12-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @STL  W   7-4       41-42  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
St. Louis Cardinals, 48-37, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 2-4, 4.33)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             70.2  74  35  34  16  36  8    4.33      
 2007 (7-5)             97.2 110  49  47  26  60 14    4.33      
 2006 (8-13)           165.2 209 123 117  64  87 23    6.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  43.2  43  21  21  10  26  5    4.33   51 
 2008-06-27   @KCR   L   7.2  10   7   7   2   2  1     110   31 
 2008-06-22   @BOS  ND   7     7   2   2   0   1  1      81   56 
 2008-06-17    KCR  ND   7     7   1   1   0   4  0      99   63 
 2008-06-12   @CIN  ND   5     3   2   2   1   6  1      70   58 
 2008-05-20   @SDP   L   5.2   6   3   3   3   7  1      90   49 
 2008-05-15    PIT  ND   5     6   4   4   1   2  1      70   40 
 2008-05-10   @MIL  ND   6.1   4   2   2   3   4  0     103   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-0   8     3   0   0   1   6  0    0.00   81 
 2007-09-27   @NYM   W   8     3   0   0   1   6  0      93   81 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-18   Road:   24-19   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  33-23   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  8-3    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Tue, Jul  1   NYM  L   4-7       48-37  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 NYM  7 @STL  4        W:Tony Armas (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-3), S: Billy Wagner (19)
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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 355-317

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  5.42

ARI  4.50

WSN  3.69

RA/G

OAK  3.66

MIL  4.55

TEX  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .393

S. Rolen  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .487

J. Werth  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .692

G. Atkins  .457

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.140

M. Cabrera  .806

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

C. Wang  4.07

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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New York Mets Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
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 12/.872 12/.083 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 101/99 .194/.222/.280/.502 .000/.513 .494 43/.564 2/1 1/
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 8/.250 22/.641 9/.555 ··· 42/.422 ··· 2/3.000 6/.000 10/.633 361/272 .266/.368/.471/.839 .807/.849 .790 113/.868 11/1 12/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 12/.500 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/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 67/42 .271/.358/.441/.799 .900/.739 .854 32/.846 0/0 2/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 10/.500 10/.555 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.167 179/157 .253/.303/.309/.611 .714/.597 .592 88/.712 4/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 1/.000 216/147 .307/.367/.521/.888 .876/.894 .895 16/.688 1/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 12/.833 17/1.005 17/.301 ··· 29/1.048 ··· 4/2.750 5/1.200 11/.586 339/244 .236/.316/.432/.748 .619/.800 .807 108/.855 1/0 14/
3.Easley G/S/vP 7/.143 6/.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.971 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 155/105 .257/.312/.350/.662 .865/.568 .702 57/.806 0/0 2/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.089 3/.333 ··· 11/1.273 ··· 4/.750 6/1.000 9/.873 383/270 .291/.352/.474/.826 .777/.852 .792 119/.860 28/9 9/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 7/.453 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/.667 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 18/.860 92/54 .253/.283/.310/.593 .740/.491 .430 48/.484 2/0 1/
5.Wright G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/1.150 6/.167 ··· 8/1.482 ··· 4/1.750 5/2.100 6/1.000 377/285 .288/.382/.508/.890 1.269/.775 .839 114/.828 8/4 16/
IP 70.2 38.1 28.1 44.0 1.0 18.1 25.0 26.2 30.2 TOTAL .257/.332/.394/.726 .755/.715 .709 .714 78/20 75/58
ERA-K/9 4.33/4.6 2.82/6.1 5.72/6.7 2.66/7.8 0.00/9.0 3.93/8.4 2.16/7.6 4.05/4.7 5.58/8.8 4.07/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (8-3-0)
 Schneider (18-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 295/.270 170/.257 132/.281 183/.266 5/.400 80/.227 101/.191 109/.265 144/.274 .266  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Anderson
 Tatis
 Easley
0/0/48/7
29/6/27/6
0/80/0/3
16/0/0/1
13/0/8/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .754 .772 .827 .692 .800 .701 .557 .778 .776 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.795 64/.710 47/.609 73/.599 1/2.000 35/.919 36/.712 43/.713 59/.608 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.720 106/.809 85/.939 110/.755 4/.500 45/.545 65/.470 66/.821 85/.890 .750
Home 101/.638 85/.800 63/.849 91/.618 5/.800 34/.737 44/.765 74/.712 84/.813 .733
Last 28d days 108/.743 56/.931 44/.674 58/.904 5/.800 51/.899 35/.300 33/.636 47/1.111
HR/SB/CS 8/3/2 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 75/31/18
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·o ··X··Xo· ··oX··Xo ·o······ ··X···X· ··oX···o X······· ·X··oX··
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.70 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
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 4/.833 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 300/214 .258/.333/.513/.846 .639/.934 .819 92/.942 1/1 16/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 139/52 .254/.341/.381/.722 .744/.682 .756 31/.833 3/1 2/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 219/190 .238/.338/.354/.692 .317/.754 .671 70/.590 2/1 5/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 26/.423 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 7/.143 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 341/240 .269/.372/.459/.831 .902/.802 .783 103/.952 0/1 11/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 26/.398 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/.819 ··· ··· 211/167 .264/.318/.326/.644 .628/.648 .714 62/.817 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 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 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 5/.200 294/185 .284/.361/.572/.933 .826/.994 .856 102/.683 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.250 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 213/136 .327/.364/.383/.746 .769/.734 .844 85/.784 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 265/182 .296/.351/.383/.734 1.047/.598 .754 69/.694 0/1 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 11/.673 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 6/.500 4/1.750 2/no AB 22/.604 305/208 .355/.479/.633/1.111 1.378/.989 1.116 47/1.052 2/1 17/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 150/88 .275/.320/.326/.646 .797/.539 .493 65/.684 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/237 .299/.362/.440/.802 .445/.915 .739 100/.896 6/0 6/
IP 30.1 32.2 43.0 11.0 35.2 32.2 31.1 34.0 TOTAL .274/.351/.423/.774 .773/.775 .756 .782 35/16 86/43
ERA-K/9 7.12/6.2 2.76/8.3 4.60/9.4 5.73/3.3 3.79/6.8 3.03/3.6 3.45/7.8 1.85/10.6 4.18/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (8-6-1)
 Molina (23-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 145/.328 140/.254 197/.263 46/.268 147/.197 136/.226 132/.212 134/.184 .255  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Barton
 Duncan
44/22/30/8
0/70/0/3
17/5/63/2
25/0/5/2
36/0/0/1
OPS .884 .707 .761 .741 .583 .709 .646 .519 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.903 64/.515 79/1.044 20/1.097 69/.544 68/.510 32/.644 37/.606 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.863 76/.866 118/.579 26/.481 78/.615 68/.912 100/.645 97/.486 .695
Road 91/1.001 66/.885 95/.803 29/1.032 66/.463 75/.744 60/.673 58/.550 .780
Last 28d days 100/.865 42/.696 56/.577 17/.761 64/.583 45/.886 40/.947 43/.738
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 4/0/0 5/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/1 3/1/1 3/0/1 83/30/19
Usage ····X··· o·XoX··X oX··o·X· ·X··X··· o··X··o· ·X··X··o ····X·o· 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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