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Game Preview: NYM @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, August 30, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Mets, 58-72, 4th, 17½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (35, RHP, 1-3, 5.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 25.0 37 16 15 8 17 4 5.40
2008 (3-3) 45.1 48 26 23 26 36 3 4.57
2004 (0-3) 28.1 32 18 18 11 10 4 5.72
Last 7 GS 1-6 33.0 46 28 25 20 17 5 6.82 37
2009-08-25 @FLA L 5.0 4 2 1 0 2 0 78 55
2009-08-03 ARI L 1.2 10 6 6 1 0 3 53 10
2009-04-19 MIL L 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 91 51
2008-05-12 WSN L 5.0 5 6 4 5 4 0 108 36
2008-05-06 @LAD L 5.0 8 5 5 4 3 1 97 30
2008-04-27 ATL W 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 0 98 42
2008-04-22 @CHC L 5.0 7 3 3 5 2 0 92 38
Last 5 v.CHC 0-3 17.2 24 15 11 13 15 1 5.60 40
2008-04-22 @CHC L 5.0 7 3 3 5 2 0 92 38
2004-09-23 CHC L 2.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 40 30
2002-09-04 @CHC L 5.2 6 3 3 5 8 0 114 48
2002-06-04 CHC ND 5.0 6 5 1 2 4 1 81 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-32   Road:   24-40   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  45-51   vsLHP:  13-21   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 23-27   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 13-19 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 29  @CHC  L   4-11      58-72  4th 17.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @CHC  L   2-5       58-71  4th 17.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27  @FLA  W  10-3       58-70  4th 16.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @FLA  L   3-5       57-70  4th 17.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @FLA  L   1-2       57-69  4th 16.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   PHI  L   2-6       57-68  4th 16.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   PHI  L   7-9       57-67  4th 15.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   PHI  L   1-4       57-66  4th 14.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   PHI  W   4-2       57-65  4th 13.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20   ATL  L   2-3       56-65  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Cubs, 65-62, 2nd, 9 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 7-5, 3.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-5) 128.0 117 60 54 60 105 9 3.80
2008 (14-6) 188.2 172 85 82 72 130 18 3.91
2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.0 37 22 19 22 36 2 4.50 49
2009-08-25 WSN L 4.1 7 8 8 3 4 1 95 18
2009-08-01 @FLA ND 3.0 3 2 1 3 2 0 62 46
2009-07-27 HOU ND 7.0 3 1 1 4 4 1 103 67
2009-07-22 @PHI W 6.2 10 5 4 3 7 0 115 40
2009-07-17 @WSN W 5.0 4 1 0 4 6 0 113 59
2009-07-12 STL W 6.0 5 3 3 2 7 0 94 55
2009-07-07 ATL L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 91 57
Last 5 v.NYM 3-0 31.2 24 13 13 17 20 5 3.69 54
2008-09-24 @NYM ND 4.2 3 5 5 4 2 1 87 36
2008-04-21 NYM W 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 65
2007-08-03 NYM ND 5.0 2 1 1 7 5 1 91 57
2007-05-15 @NYM W 8.0 6 1 1 3 3 1 116 66
2006-07-25 @NYM W 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 101 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-24   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  51-48   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest: 11-17 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Sat, Aug 29   NYM  W  11-4       65-62  2nd  9.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 28   NYM  W   5-2       64-62  2nd  9.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 27   WSN  L   4-5       63-62  2nd  9.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 26   WSN  W   9-4       63-61  2nd  9.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 25   WSN  L   6-15      62-61  2nd  9.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23  @LAD  W   3-1       62-60  2nd  8.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 22  @LAD  L   0-2       61-60  2nd  8.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 21  @LAD  L   1-2       61-59  2nd  7.0 gb
119 Thu, Aug 20  @LAD  L   2-7       61-58  2nd  7.0 gb
118 Wed, Aug 19  @SDP  W   7-1       61-57  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 CHC  5  NYM  2        W:Kevin Gregg (5-5), L: Brian Stokes (1-3), S: Carlos Marmol (6)

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 NYM  7  CHC  6        W:Joe Smith (6-3), L: Kevin Hart (2-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 CHC  9 @NYM  6 (10)   W:Bobby Howry (7-4), L: Luis Ayala (2-10), S: Kerry Wood (34)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 NYM  6  CHC  2        W:Johan Santana (15-7), L: Chad Gaudin (9-5), S: Luis Ayala (9)
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 CHC  9 @NYM  5        W:Jason Marquis (11-9), L: Jonathon Niese (1-1), S: Kerry Wood (33)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CHC  8  NYM  1        W:Ted Lilly (1-3), L: Nelson Figueroa (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 CHC  7  NYM  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (3-1), L: John Maine (1-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 NYM  8 @CHC  3        W:Tom Glavine (10-6), L: Jason Marquis (8-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CHC  6  NYM  2        W:Ted Lilly (12-5), L: John Maine (12-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 NYM  6 @CHC  2        W:Guillermo Mota (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-0; 2008 - CHC won 4-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - CHC leads 339-336

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 2009 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

LAA  5.70

DET  4.61

SDP  3.87

 RA/G

SFG  3.78

NYM  4.66

WSN  5.43

 BA

J. Mauer  .372

A. Callaspo  .290

B. Schneider  .179

 OBP

J. Mauer  .441

H. Matsui  .362

R. Cedeno  .239

 SLG

A. Pujols  .666

J. Dye  .479

N. Punto  .257

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.106

J. Rivera  .837

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

C. Carpenter  2.20

J. Lannan  3.95

B. Penny  5.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.49

D. Davis  6.79

J. Lannan  3.68

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Mets Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 22.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 40.Harden
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 19/1.184 4/.500 3/.000 3/.000 9/.985 1/.000 2/.000 15/.500 17/.646 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 449/311 .313/.404/.366/.770 .744/.783 .659 86/.872 15/6 1/9
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 50/35 .234/.280/.383/.663 .851/.582 .544 3/.000 0/0 1/1
12.Francoeur G/S/vP 18/.925 9/.889 10/.325 7/.572 11/1.080 5/.800 5/.000 15/.571 15/.600 3/1.167 11/.728 2/.000 503/365 .268/.299/.404/.703 .806/.664 .645 103/.890 5/4 11/1
11.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 318/244 .254/.317/.324/.642 .801/.594 .776 67/.708 5/4 1/8
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 444/361 .260/.316/.393/.708 .637/.725 .623 105/.770 3/2 7/11
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.833 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· 234/165 .294/.342/.498/.840 .929/.794 .724 100/.901 11/6 6/1
18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/.800 ··· 11/.788 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 ··· ··· 141/132 .246/.293/.323/.616 1.000/.592 .622 25/.477 0/3 0/1
9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 266/184 .267/.307/.399/.706 .645/.734 .693 65/.667 0/0 6/3
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 19/.821 11/.182 4/.000 5/1.800 5/.450 2/.500 ··· 12/.533 9/.333 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 162/153 .179/.267/.307/.574 .125/.598 .603 37/.219 0/0 3/1
10.Sheffield G/S/vP 13/1.115 22/.955 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 17/.886 5/.400 29/.528 1/.000 ··· ··· 307/214 .279/.371/.457/.828 .846/.820 .831 62/.670 2/1 10/2
19.Sullivan* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 95/83 .271/.326/.376/.703 .258/.768 .683 65/.713 5/0 0/0
17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/.666 16/.404 ··· 4/.833 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 306/186 .260/.323/.425/.748 .777/.730 .726 84/.828 3/1 7/2
4.Valdez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 44/32 .244/.295/.317/.613 .167/.789 .713 18/.627 0/0 0/1
IP 128.0 149.2 28.1 57.2 60.2 56.1 124.0 59.1 142.1 60.1 75.2 126.2 TOTAL .269/.338/.393/.731 .776/.716 .713 .729 103/40 76/90
ERA-K/9 3.80/7.4 4.15/7.8 5.72/8.6 2.81/7.2 4.15/8.9 3.20/7.0 3.99/10.4 4.40/7.6 3.35/7.5 3.58/10.9 4.64/6.7 3.06/5.5 3.97/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.248 612/.262 122/.231 249/.223 260/.222 228/.204 524/.227 257/.262 573/.242 276/.162 328/.270 518/.255 .246
OPS .699 .756 .652 .668 .726 .642 .721 .786 .699 .608 .786 .670 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.714 294/.837 32/.554 75/.659 118/.569 96/.661 236/.735 107/.721 121/.662 126/.544 107/.669 224/.791 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.685 318/.681 90/.688 174/.672 142/.856 132/.629 288/.708 150/.830 452/.709 150/.662 221/.842 294/.578 .713
Home 270/.719 235/.755 35/.700 96/.612 129/.605 112/.589 267/.801 124/.844 272/.590 130/.630 201/.753 259/.706
Last 28d days 23/1.089 136/.690 86/.708 33/.495 42/.802 48/.739 100/.488 34/.896 72/.553 43/.584 46/1.186 137/.723
HR/SB/CS 9/4/7 18/14/8 3/1/0 4/4/1 12/0/0 8/1/3 21/5/3 7/3/2 21/9/4 1/2/0 10/2/1 11/10/4 137/69/36
Usage ····X··· X·····X· ····X··· ··oX··Xo ·oo·o··· ··ooo··· ···X···· X···o··o ·X·····X ·X·X··X· o···X··· ··X·····
Cubs Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB		 35.Broadway
G/S/vB		 64.Dessens
G/S/vB		 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB		 50.Green
G/S/vB		 48.Misch*
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 44.Redding
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 43.Stokes
G/S/vB		 36.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 127/77 .274/.331/.462/.792 .831/.766 1.002 63/1.025 1/0 3/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.333 2/.000 4/.833 3/2.500 ··· ··· 3/5.000 10/.200 1/3.000 ··· 407/298 .262/.393/.413/.805 .835/.802 .963 93/.907 2/3 11/3
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 364/311 .226/.294/.378/.672 .572/.689 .634 43/.631 2/1 9/7
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/127 .295/.345/.532/.877 .722/.939 .746 60/.748 0/0 10/4
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 461/407 .274/.386/.462/.849 .587/.882 .800 85/.936 6/8 11/2
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/50 .259/.377/.345/.722 .377/.865 .840 46/.611 2/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 220/180 .240/.326/.339/.664 .633/.671 .765 49/.917 0/0 2/3
25.Lee G/S/vP 14/.547 ··· 21/.536 4/1.167 1/3.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 12/.977 ··· 1/.000 ··· 492/388 .295/.376/.547/.923 .917/.921 1.027 104/.977 0/0 25/4
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.800 5/.933 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 158/126 .177/.219/.238/.457 .605/.418 .460 27/.240 3/0 0/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/1.434 ··· 28/1.131 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 27/.637 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 229/190 .327/.389/.548/.937 1.112/.903 1.081 67/.764 0/1 11/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 7/1.381 9/.000 2/4.000 ··· 515/402 .243/.305/.428/.733 .569/.776 .708 81/.537 9/2 20/10
18.Soto G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 307/227 .215/.322/.377/.699 .788/.669 .763 51/.534 1/0 9/3
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 545/428 .290/.342/.393/.735 .863/.700 .784 102/.625 16/7 7/13
IP 25.0 19.0 23.1 49.1 57.1 29.0 66.2 146.1 83.1 58.0 56.2 20.2 TOTAL .254/.331/.414/.745 .717/.753 .791 .753 45/27 137/103
ERA-K/9 5.40/6.1 5.21/5.7 2.70/4.2 3.10/8.4 5.02/7.4 3.41/4.7 5.81/7.0 4.80/5.2 5.94/5.8 3.10/9.3 3.34/5.7 3.05/7.4 4.41/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 124/.346 76/.288 91/.188 201/.238 257/.258 127/.278 289/.283 654/.285 376/.282 249/.196 248/.255 87/.236 .265
OPS .943 .702 .604 .685 .762 .727 .746 .758 .851 .626 .737 .761 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.963 37/.820 53/.666 126/.615 110/.838 49/.725 132/.798 382/.763 207/.946 125/.524 109/.881 40/1.056 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.929 39/.593 38/.523 75/.809 147/.707 78/.728 157/.703 272/.750 169/.735 124/.734 139/.627 47/.512 .752
Road 30/.580 34/.442 44/.697 89/.838 132/.625 69/.765 100/.757 291/.813 190/.909 108/.673 130/.816 40/.658
Last 28d days 98/.991 / 40/.463 34/1.071 55/.852 51/.639 99/.716 142/.784 110/.790 47/.933 55/.677 11/.489
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 0/1/0 3/0/0 6/0/0 5/1/1 1/1/1 5/1/2 10/15/6 14/2/1 6/5/2 5/1/0 2/0/0 123/55/30
Usage ····X·XX X······· ·ooo·ooo ··o··X·X ··o·X·XX ·X····Xo X····X·· ···X···· ··X····X ····X··· ·XXo·o·o 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.