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Game Preview: STL @ NYM, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 @Citi Field

Cardinals, 58-50, 1st, Tied

SP: Joel Pineiro (30, RHP, 9-9, 2.84)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-9) 136.1 131 53 43 15 61 3 2.84
2008 (7-7) 148.2 180 89 85 35 81 22 5.15
2007 (7-5) 97.2 110 49 47 26 60 14 4.33
Last 7 GS 4-1 52.2 36 11 8 4 22 1 1.37 66
2009-07-29 LAD ND 8.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 112 71
2009-07-24 @PHI W 6.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 97 66
2009-07-19 ARI W 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 93 66
2009-07-09 @MIL W 9.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 100 82
2009-07-03 @CIN ND 7.0 8 3 2 0 1 0 81 52
2009-06-28 MIN L 6.2 8 5 3 0 2 1 92 44
2009-06-23 @NYM W 9.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 100 83
Last 5 v.NYM 3-0 34.0 32 11 11 6 13 2 2.91 56
2009-06-23 @NYM W 9.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 100 83
2009-04-22 NYM W 8.0 6 2 2 2 0 0 91 60
2008-07-26 @NYM ND 4.0 10 5 5 1 2 2 80 23
2008-07-02 NYM ND 5.0 11 4 4 1 4 0 89 32
2007-09-27 @NYM W 8.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 93 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-23   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  40-35   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:27-23   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sun, Aug  2   HOU  L   0-2       58-50  1st  0.5 up
107 Sat, Aug  1   HOU  W   3-1       58-49  1st  0.5 up
106 Fri, Jul 31   HOU  W   4-3       57-49  1st  0.5 up
105 Thu, Jul 30   LAD  L   3-5 (10)  56-49  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 29   LAD  W   3-2 (15)  56-48  1st  0.5 up
103 Tue, Jul 28   LAD  W  10-0       55-48  1st  0.5 up
102 Mon, Jul 27   LAD  W   6-1       54-48  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 26  @PHI  L   2-9       53-48  2nd  0.5 gb
100 Sat, Jul 25  @PHI  L   6-14      53-47  1st  0.5 up
 99 Fri, Jul 24  @PHI  W   8-1       53-46  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Mets, 50-55, 4th, 10 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (30, LHP, 12-8, 2.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (12-8) 137.0 124 54 45 43 128 16 2.96
2008 (16-7) 234.1 206 74 66 63 206 23 2.53
2007 (15-13) 219.0 183 88 81 52 235 33 3.33
Last 7 GS 4-3 47.2 45 15 13 16 31 4 2.45 57
2009-07-30 COL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 104 76
2009-07-24 @HOU L 6.2 12 5 5 3 3 1 106 30
2009-07-18 @ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 115 70
2009-07-11 CIN W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 114 71
2009-07-05 @PHI L 7.0 3 2 2 2 3 2 101 64
2009-06-30 @MIL L 6.0 9 6 5 4 4 1 110 32
2009-06-25 STL W 7.0 7 2 1 3 3 0 110 57
Last 5 v.STL 2-0 16.0 13 3 2 4 8 1 1.12 66
2009-06-25 STL W 7.0 7 2 1 3 3 0 110 57
2008-07-27 STL W 9.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 118 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-24   Road:   21-31   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  40-40   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 20-20   vsCntrl:16-13   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Aug  3   ARI  L   5-6       50-55  4th 10.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   ARI  L   2-5       50-54  4th  9.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   ARI  W   9-6       50-53  4th  9.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   ARI  L   2-3       49-53  4th 10.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   COL  L   2-4       49-52  4th  9.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 30   COL  W   7-0       49-51  4th  9.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28   COL  W   4-0       48-51  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27   COL  W   7-3       47-51  4th 10.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @HOU  W   8-3       46-51  4th 10.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @HOU  W  10-3       45-51  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 NYM  3  STL  2        W:Johan Santana (9-5), L: Chris Carpenter (5-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 NYM 11  STL  0        W:Fernando Nieve (3-0), L: Brad Thompson (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 STL  3 @NYM  0        W:Joel Pineiro (6-8), L: Livan Hernandez (5-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 NYM  6  STL  4        W:Tim Redding (1-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (6-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 STL 12  NYM  8        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Livan Hernandez (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 STL  5  NYM  2        W:Joel Pineiro (3-0), L: John Maine (0-2), S: Ryan Franklin (4)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 STL  6  NYM  4        W:Jason Motte (1-1), L: J.J. Putz (1-1), S: Ryan Franklin (3)

Sun, Jul 27, 2008 NYM  9  STL  1        W:Johan Santana (9-7), L: Kyle Lohse (12-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 STL 10 @NYM  8 (14)   W:Brad Thompson (3-2), L: Aaron Heilman (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 NYM  7  STL  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (9-6), L: Mitchell Boggs (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 4-3; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 361-323

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  5.73

FLA  4.54

SDP  3.74

RA/G

SFG  3.64

HOU  4.60

WSN  5.50

BA

I. Suzuki  .364

A. McCutchen  .292

A. Casilla  .166

OBP

A. Pujols  .438

T. Gwynn  .365

R. Cedeno  .221

SLG

A. Pujols  .661

Y. Escobar  .471

A. Casilla  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.099

C. Crawford  .836

A. Casilla  .464

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

A. Cook  3.88

T. Wellemeyer  5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.97

K. Correia  6.73

J. Lannan  3.66

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Cardinals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
50.Green
G/S/vB
61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
48.Misch*
G/S/vB
49.Niese*
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
46.Perez*
G/S/vB
44.Redding
G/S/vB
75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 6/.533 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 289/215 .237/.291/.406/.697 .612/.727 .684 62/.798 2/3 8/4
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 10/.311 3/.666 5/1.600 14/.967 1/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.778 5/.200 4/1.833 ··· 393/304 .257/.327/.469/.795 1.002/.733 .816 69/.877 1/1 20/9
3.Greene G/S/vP 9/.111 3/2.000 3/.000 24/.428 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 15/.667 4/1.250 2/3.000 2/.000 152/95 .198/.280/.351/.631 .482/.718 .679 1/.000 2/1 5/8
15.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 34/.706 7/1.238 ··· ··· 8/.750 19/.576 15/.800 ··· 1/3.000 445/311 .310/.400/.500/.900 .855/.917 .837 103/1.252 13/4 14/4
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 16/.517 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 23/.832 11/.546 ··· ··· 73/52 .250/.301/.324/.625 .749/.575 .543 17/.567 1/0 1/1
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 20/.436 ··· 1/2.000 10/.300 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 6/.334 8/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 345/250 .267/.331/.476/.807 .707/.845 .924 98/.994 4/1 17/1
12.Lugo G/S/vP 26/.432 ··· 5/.500 22/.905 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 9/.333 4/.250 163/108 .299/.352/.435/.787 .705/.829 .949 40/.982 4/0 2/8
4.Molina G/S/vP 7/.858 2/1.000 ··· 14/.428 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 20/1.117 9/.444 2/.000 2/.000 375/281 .283/.354/.373/.728 .690/.739 .651 82/.725 6/1 5/2
5.Pujols G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· 2/.500 40/1.025 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 33/1.414 31/1.119 2/.500 2/.000 459/331 .314/.438/.661/1.099 1.103/1.098 1.013 105/.778 10/3 34/8
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 341/265 .252/.307/.426/.732 .472/.807 .721 75/.443 1/1 11/5
13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.893 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.750 3/1.666 ··· 3/1.334 257/158 .280/.321/.377/.699 .706/.693 .665 72/.624 8/5 1/6
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.000 2/3.000 8/1.071 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 400/318 .294/.353/.390/.743 .553/.792 .795 87/.680 2/2 3/7
22.Thurston* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 272/217 .227/.327/.339/.666 .718/.654 .563 41/.656 3/2 1/10
IP 137.0 43.2 47.2 120.2 17.2 24.0 42.2 121.1 48.2 61.2 48.0 45.0 TOTAL .256/.326/.413/.738 .663/.767 .746 .744 47/21 111/86
ERA-K/9 2.96/8.4 2.47/8.0 4.72/7.0 4.77/5.0 4.08/4.6 4.50/6.0 4.01/7.4 4.75/5.0 7.03/8.1 6.57/5.8 2.06/9.2 3.40/5.4 4.24/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.235 167/.206 207/.250 516/.300 83/.324 102/.286 190/.299 537/.285 244/.281 274/.291 202/.178 193/.266 .262
OPS .676 .608 .736 .827 .822 .747 .761 .753 .892 .879 .555 .752 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.819 102/.516 90/.820 279/.799 37/.826 36/.859 79/.757 306/.792 66/.641 157/.921 100/.413 86/.859 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.618 65/.762 117/.674 237/.860 46/.819 66/.681 111/.763 231/.703 178/.995 117/.822 102/.699 107/.667 .744
Home 303/.593 90/.466 100/.866 207/.813 42/.727 77/.859 105/.785 306/.744 124/.872 135/.838 111/.546 91/.707
Last 28d days 116/.606 37/.640 45/.611 102/.834 30/1.056 55/.708 41/.546 154/.828 129/.840 53/.993 34/.694 46/.837
HR/SB/CS 16/1/2 6/0/0 4/1/1 14/8/5 0/1/1 1/1/2 2/0/2 9/11/6 8/5/2 9/2/0 4/5/1 4/1/0 95/49/26
Usage ····X··· o·oo··XX ·X·oX·o· ···X···· ····X··· X·X·X··· ·X····X· ··X····X XXo·X··· ··oX···o o·oXo··X
Mets Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB
29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB
26.Lohse
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
60.Motte
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
50.Wainwright
G/S/vB
37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Berroa G/S/vP 11/.964 5/.000 17/1.037 ··· 40/.757 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 46/28 .146/.205/.195/.400 .458/.359 .508 22/.449 0/0 0/4
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 18/.583 28/.795 4/.000 ··· 6/1.167 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 5/1.300 5/.800 ··· 9/1.667 367/258 .297/.395/.353/.748 .712/.764 .830 88/.901 12/4 0/7
3.Cora* G/S/vP 8/.000 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 7/.762 3/.333 ··· 4/.833 272/206 .254/.330/.309/.639 .782/.592 .591 76/.533 8/2 0/6
12.Francoeur G/S/vP 11/.673 10/.900 8/1.333 ··· 14/.297 3/1.167 4/1.250 ··· ··· 5/1.100 10/.875 5/1.850 404/292 .259/.290/.378/.669 .745/.640 .748 92/.826 5/2 9/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/1.867 343/290 .248/.316/.373/.689 .671/.692 .750 89/.755 2/1 7/8
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 137/104 .288/.328/.448/.776 .680/.792 .775 86/.740 8/1 1/0
18.Reed* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.300 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 117/110 .257/.299/.339/.639 1.143/.605 .628 30/.600 0/3 0/1
9.Santos G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 201/147 .263/.299/.419/.718 .739/.709 .688 46/.692 0/0 6/2
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 10/.522 13/.616 11/.364 1/.000 12/1.060 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 10/.900 1/.000 2/1.000 128/119 .206/.307/.364/.672 .125/.709 .693 40/.515 0/0 3/0
10.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/.500 4/.250 12/.650 ··· 14/1.084 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 247/174 .283/.385/.476/.861 .876/.854 .884 29/.715 2/1 10/1
19.Sullivan* G/S/vP 2/1.000 11/.364 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 34/32 .267/.324/.400/.724 .000/.772 .931 34/.724 1/0 0/0
17.Tatis G/S/vP 8/1.000 11/.182 4/1.250 1/2.000 3/2.667 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 7/.858 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 222/131 .242/.309/.409/.718 .730/.710 .813 38/.765 3/1 6/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 16/.938 9/.444 6/1.300 ··· 17/1.059 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/3.000 10/1.711 1/.000 15/1.709 450/357 .322/.413/.468/.881 1.202/.798 .860 97/.869 23/9 7/12
IP 136.1 115.2 40.2 18.0 78.1 45.0 27.1 39.1 24.0 63.2 158.1 110.2 TOTAL .267/.339/.392/.731 .792/.712 .743 .696 90/28 64/71
ERA-K/9 2.84/4.0 2.10/6.5 1.33/6.6 3.00/4.5 4.14/5.9 3.20/6.6 1.98/10.5 5.26/7.8 4.50/8.2 4.95/3.4 2.79/8.0 5.77/5.8 3.71/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.257 444/.222 157/.190 73/.250 329/.252 198/.223 109/.186 170/.264 111/.266 277/.276 669/.249 506/.327 .258
OPS .635 .577 .494 .675 .728 .649 .572 .814 .724 .779 .663 .897 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.609 214/.535 71/.407 43/.722 157/.676 88/.554 71/.347 70/.997 71/.556 132/.792 295/.783 266/1.038 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.661 230/.615 86/.565 30/.611 172/.773 110/.726 38/.997 100/.684 40/1.026 145/.767 374/.572 240/.747 .700
Road 289/.693 252/.578 82/.724 40/.721 143/.830 103/.677 43/.515 81/.756 58/.808 153/.802 294/.745 231/.982
Last 28d days 107/.431 153/.660 33/.563 31/.611 95/.757 35/.842 19/.410 40/1.097 16/1.000 48/.636 184/.612 77/1.108
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 5/1/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 9/2/1 3/0/0 3/0/1 7/0/1 2/3/1 7/2/1 13/8/4 17/4/1 88/29/17
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ···ooX·X ·o···X·· ····X··· ····XX·o ···ooo·o ·X···Xo· ····Xo·· ···Xo··· ·X····X· ····o···

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.