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Game Preview: NYM @ PHI, 4:05pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Citizens Bank Park

Mets, 39-40, 3rd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Fernando Nieve (26, RHP, 3-1, 2.25)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-1) 24.0 22 6 6 10 14 2 2.25
2008 (0-1) 10.2 17 10 10 2 12 2 8.44
2006 (3-3) 96.1 87 46 45 41 70 18 4.20
Last 7 GS 4-1 40.0 36 12 12 12 23 6 2.70 55
2009-06-29 @MIL L 3.1 11 3 3 1 1 1 68 26
2009-06-24 STL W 6.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 108 67
2009-06-19 TBR W 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 102 63
2009-06-13 @NYY W 6.2 4 2 2 2 2 1 108 58
2006-06-15 @CHC ND 5.2 6 2 2 0 0 1 87 49
2006-06-09 ATL W 7.1 5 2 2 1 9 1 96 68
2006-06-04 CIN ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 2 89 52
Has never faced PHI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-17   Road:   17-23   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  29-32   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @PHI  L   2-7       39-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @PIT  W   9-8 (10)  39-39  3rd  1.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @MIL  W   1-0       38-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @MIL  L   3-6       37-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @MIL  L   6-10      37-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   NYY  L   2-4       37-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   NYY  L   0-5       37-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   NYY  L   1-9       37-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   STL  W   3-2       37-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   STL  W  11-0       36-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Phillies, 40-37, 1st, 1 up

SP: Jamie Moyer (46, LHP, 6-6, 6.05)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-6) 83.1 103 56 56 23 50 19 6.05
2008 (16-7) 196.1 199 85 81 62 123 20 3.71
2007 (14-12) 199.1 222 118 111 66 133 30 5.01
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.0 42 21 21 9 29 7 4.50 51
2009-06-28 @TOR W 5.0 5 4 4 2 4 3 82 43
2009-06-23 @TBR W 6.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 101 59
2009-06-17 TOR L 6.0 10 6 6 2 6 2 101 32
2009-06-11 @NYM ND 6.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 102 47
2009-06-05 @LAD ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 98 64
2009-05-31 WSN W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 102 66
2009-05-25 FLA L 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 113 45
Last 5 v.NYM 1-1 24.0 33 21 21 9 10 7 7.88 37
2009-06-11 @NYM ND 6.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 102 47
2009-05-07 @NYM L 2.1 7 7 7 2 1 3 69 14
2009-05-02 NYM ND 5.2 7 5 5 4 2 2 100 33
2008-09-07 @NYM W 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 0 108 71
2008-08-26 NYM ND 3.0 9 6 6 0 3 2 72 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-22   Road:   26-15   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  9-7  IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jul  3   NYM  W   7-2       40-37  1st  1.0 up
 76 Thu, Jul  2  @ATL  L   2-5       39-37  1st    Tied
 75 Wed, Jul  1  @ATL  L   1-11      39-36  1st  0.5 up
 74 Tue, Jun 30  @ATL  L   4-5 (10)  39-35  1st  1.5 up
 73 Sun, Jun 28  @TOR  W   5-4       39-34  1st  2.5 up
 72 Sat, Jun 27  @TOR  W  10-0       38-34  1st  1.5 up
 71 Fri, Jun 26  @TOR  L   1-6       37-34  1st  0.5 up
 70 Thu, Jun 25  @TBR  L   4-10      37-33  1st  0.5 up
 69 Wed, Jun 24  @TBR  L   1-7       37-32  1st  1.5 up
 68 Tue, Jun 23  @TBR  W  10-1       37-31  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 PHI  6 @NYM  3 (10)   W:Scott Eyre (1-1), L: Bobby Parnell (2-2), S: Ryan Madson (4)
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 PHI  5 @NYM  4 (11)   W:Chan Ho Park (2-1), L: Bobby Parnell (2-1), S: Ryan Madson (3)
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 NYM  6  PHI  5        W:Johan Santana (8-3), L: Clay Condrey (4-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16)
Thu, May 07, 2009 NYM  7  PHI  5        W:Mike Pelfrey (4-0), L: Jamie Moyer (3-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (9)
Wed, May 06, 2009 NYM  1  PHI  0        W:Johan Santana (4-1), L: Scott Eyre (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (8)
Sat, May 02, 2009 PHI  6  NYM  5 (10)   W:Jack Taschner (1-0), L: Sean Green (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 NYM  7 @PHI  4        W:Mike Pelfrey (3-0), L: Chan Ho Park (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5)

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 NYM  6  PHI  3        W:Johan Santana (13-7), L: Cole Hamels (12-9), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 PHI  6 @NYM  2        W:Jamie Moyer (13-7), L: Pedro Martinez (5-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 PHI  3 @NYM  0        W:Brett Myers (9-10), L: Mike Pelfrey (13-9), S: Brad Lidge (34)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - NYM won 11-7; 2007 - PHI won 12-6; All-Time - PHI leads 430-379

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

NYY  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Mets Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB		 37.Durbin
G/S/vB		 53.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 54.Lidge
G/S/vB		 46.Madson
G/S/vB		 61.Park
G/S/vB		 16.Romero*
G/S/vB		 57.Taschner*
G/S/vB		 52.Walker
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 25/1.030 5/1.550 ··· 5/.400 12/.167 21/.679 10/.200 2/.000 4/.000 272/190 .274/.372/.327/.700 .756/.675 .567 85/.680 10/3 0/5
19.Church* G/S/vP 18/.646 9/.958 ··· 7/.762 11/.384 5/.000 7/.453 3/.666 2/.000 232/186 .292/.348/.392/.740 .503/.795 .825 94/.829 6/2 2/1
3.Cora* G/S/vP 7/1.150 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.629 3/.333 2/1.000 2/1.000 184/138 .257/.356/.329/.685 .816/.635 .769 108/.596 7/2 0/3
6.Evans G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/20 .333/.360/.583/.943 1.200/.879 .762 25/.943 0/0 1/1
26.Martinez* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 99/78 .178/.245/.278/.523 .358/.566 .588 64/.473 2/0 1/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/4.667 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.600 2/.000 ··· ··· 246/213 .245/.313/.361/.674 .746/.662 .667 73/.631 1/1 5/7
18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 18/.789 5/.000 ··· ··· 83/79 .282/.313/.346/.659 2.000/.589 .742 20/.367 0/1 0/1
11.Reyes# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .167 13/.237 1/0 0/0
9.Santos G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 152/117 .262/.289/.418/.708 .743/.695 .652 54/.681 0/0 4/1
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 7/.971 6/.900 ··· 6/.533 15/1.266 1/2.000 7/.857 2/.500 3/.333 81/73 .239/.338/.418/.755 .143/.815 .765 46/.874 0/0 2/0
10.Sheffield G/S/vP 42/1.396 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 13/.398 3/.333 ··· ··· 209/144 .288/.397/.508/.906 .909/.904 .866 75/.960 2/1 10/1
17.Tatis G/S/vP 19/1.099 5/1.750 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 16/1.702 4/.833 ··· ··· 175/108 .261/.335/.399/.734 .724/.738 .703 65/.703 3/1 3/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 44/1.257 11/.717 ··· 8/.708 23/.849 11/1.212 7/.571 1/.000 2/1.500 341/272 .338/.425/.488/.913 1.191/.842 .984 110/.880 20/8 5/12
IP 83.1 42.0 6.1 27.1 40.0 55.1 11.1 27.2 9.0 TOTAL .273/.349/.400/.749 .828/.725 .749 .702 79/22 50/60
ERA-K/9 6.05/5.4 4.29/8.4 2.84/5.7 7.57/9.2 3.38/9.2 5.86/7.5 3.18/5.6 5.20/5.5 2.00/4.0 4.86/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 374/.308 188/.221 27/.217 133/.316 170/.240 246/.291 51/.237 135/.304 35/.273 .277
OPS .910 .747 .557 .994 .675 .809 .747 .873 .771 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.767 85/.815 8/.393 70/.977 91/.726 121/.866 18/1.071 43/.859 13/.580 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.955 103/.691 19/.628 63/1.008 79/.620 125/.751 33/.561 92/.877 22/.864 .845
Home 180/.930 83/.748 12/1.000 63/.955 80/.834 115/.840 22/.967 92/.823 10/.675
Last 28d days 102/.948 64/.773 19/.702 13/1.338 63/.969 59/.580 41/.772 41/1.075 35/.771
HR/SB/CS 19/8/2 6/2/1 0/0/0 7/5/1 4/2/0 5/2/2 1/2/0 3/4/2 2/0/0 112/42/21
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ··o····· ·····o·X oX·X·X·· X··X·X·o ···o···o ··X····X
Phillies Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Nieve
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		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 43.Stokes
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 8/8 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 1.000 8/.500 0/0 0/0
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 79/38 .134/.208/.194/.402 .598/.176 .500 29/.301 0/0 0/3
27.Coste G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 116/79 .250/.348/.390/.738 .779/.717 .961 35/.655 0/0 2/0
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/.000 91/91 .244/.297/.451/.748 /.748 .621 38/.871 1/0 4/1
7.Feliz G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/1.000 2/2.500 2/2.000 5/2.400 3/1.334 6/.334 ··· 292/207 .287/.332/.414/.746 .736/.751 .747 93/.673 0/0 5/5
6.Howard* G/S/vP ··· ··· 28/.438 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 336/196 .256/.327/.532/.859 .610/1.040 .836 97/.685 3/0 20/4
40.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/14 .225/.262/.575/.837 .952/.599 1.000 33/.821 0/0 4/0
11.Rollins# G/S/vP 1/2.000 16/.708 22/.768 2/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 5/.650 3/1.167 333/222 .209/.253/.322/.575 .589/.567 .585 85/.556 11/5 6/3
51.Ruiz G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 176/122 .238/.343/.371/.714 .750/.697 .873 66/.407 3/2 3/3
12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 20/1.224 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 12/.333 1/.000 69/65 .286/.420/.482/.902 .250/.940 .900 24/.596 0/0 3/0
26.Utley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 32/.710 ··· 5/1.000 1/5.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 331/198 .300/.426/.556/.982 .926/1.019 .893 106/.946 8/0 17/6
8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· ··· 20/.411 2/.500 6/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 345/229 .294/.360/.441/.802 .867/.769 .794 106/.769 13/4 5/1
28.Werth G/S/vP 1/.000 4/2.250 7/1.571 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 5/.200 1/.000 326/216 .264/.365/.480/.845 1.097/.723 .713 105/.912 11/2 16/2
IP 24.0 8.0 32.1 36.0 11.1 30.1 39.2 33.1 TOTAL .256/.334/.444/.778 .782/.777 .768 .694 53/13 107/37
ERA-K/9 2.25/5.2 3.38/3.4 2.78/8.1 5.00/7.8 3.97/4.8 5.04/7.4 1.59/9.1 3.78/4.3 4.25/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.242 28/.136 127/.197 162/.257 42/.306 142/.341 168/.174 142/.275 .260
OPS .653 .731 .614 .771 .821 .853 .526 .724 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.402 15/.855 78/.522 74/.961 15/.690 56/.893 88/.459 61/.900 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/1.021 13/.594 49/.769 88/.624 27/.899 86/.829 80/.602 81/.596 .723
Road 54/.850 10/.400 61/.745 90/.615 13/1.038 65/.820 79/.532 86/.853
Last 28d days 102/.653 28/.731 40/.732 56/.689 23/.698 41/1.234 65/.627 50/.902
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 2/0/0 5/0/0 4/1/0 0/1/1 2/0/2 2/5/1 3/1/0 72/35/18
Usage ····X··· XX··X·XX ·X···X·· ·Xoo·o·X Xo··X·oX o···X··o ·Xo··X·· ·X·XX·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.