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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 12:35pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @PNC Park

Mets, 38-39, 3rd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Tim Redding (31, RHP, 1-3, 6.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 45.1 48 32 32 19 30 7 6.35
2008 (10-11) 182.0 195 110 100 65 120 27 4.95
2007 (3-6) 84.0 84 35 34 38 47 10 3.64
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.1 46 30 30 15 26 7 6.86 41
2009-06-27 NYY L 5.1 6 5 5 2 6 2 102 40
2009-06-22 STL W 7.0 5 4 4 1 4 2 95 54
2009-06-17 @BAL ND 5.1 7 4 4 4 2 1 95 36
2009-06-11 PHI ND 7.0 6 3 3 0 6 0 92 59
2009-06-05 @WSN ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 88 56
2009-05-30 FLA L 4.0 8 7 7 2 2 1 80 18
2009-05-24 @BOS L 4.2 8 6 6 4 4 1 94 24
Last 5 v.PIT 1-1 25.2 31 15 11 7 12 4 3.86 46
2008-06-10 @PIT ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 3 2 96 42
2008-05-04 PIT W 6.1 6 1 1 0 5 1 96 62
2005-04-10 PIT L 5.0 5 4 0 2 1 0 83 48
2004-09-09 @PIT ND 4.2 4 2 2 3 2 1 83 47
2004-06-21 PIT ND 3.2 8 4 4 1 1 0 76 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-17   Road:   16-22   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  29-31   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 69 Tue, Jun 23   STL  L   0-3       35-34  2nd  2.5 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 22   STL  W   6-4       35-33  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Pirates, 36-42, 6th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 5-4, 4.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-4) 99.1 108 51 48 33 63 5 4.35
2008 (9-9) 206.1 201 89 85 63 139 21 3.71
2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.0 54 29 27 15 31 3 5.79 43
2009-06-27 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 85 60
2009-06-21 @COL L 5.0 8 5 5 4 7 1 83 34
2009-06-16 @MIN L 5.0 14 8 8 1 4 0 97 10
2009-06-11 @ATL ND 7.0 4 1 0 3 8 0 106 72
2009-06-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 104 48
2009-05-31 HOU L 7.0 8 2 1 2 4 0 108 57
2009-05-25 @CHC ND 4.0 7 7 7 3 2 1 93 19
Last 5 v.NYM 3-1 31.0 30 14 14 11 16 2 4.06 51
2009-05-09 @NYM L 5.0 10 7 7 1 2 1 93 20
2008-08-18 NYM ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 96 60
2007-07-26 @NYM W 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 90 50
2006-09-15 NYM W 7.0 2 1 1 3 4 0 106 70
2006-07-03 @NYM W 6.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 116 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-16   Road:   14-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  24-32   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   5-11
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:11-23   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jul  1   CHC  L   1-4       36-42  6th  6.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30   CHC  W   3-0       36-41  6th  6.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29   CHC  L   1-3       35-41  6th  6.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   KCR  L   2-3       35-40  6th  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   KCR  W   6-2       35-39  6th  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   KCR  W   5-3       34-39  6th  5.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CLE  W   3-2       33-39  6th  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CLE  W  10-6       32-39  6th  7.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CLE  L   4-5       31-39  6th  8.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @COL  L   4-5       31-38  6th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 PIT 11  NYM  6        W:Steven Jackson (1-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 PIT  3  NYM  1        W:Zach Duke (6-4), L: Johan Santana (7-3), S: Matt Capps (12)
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 PIT  8  NYM  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-1), L: J.J. Putz (1-4), S: Matt Capps (11)
Sun, May 10, 2009 NYM  8  PIT  4        W:Livan Hernandez (3-1), L: Ian Snell (1-5), S: none
Sat, May 09, 2009 NYM 10  PIT  1        W:John Maine (3-2), L: Paul Maholm (3-1), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 NYM  7  PIT  3        W:Bobby Parnell (1-0), L: Tyler Yates (0-2), S: none

Mon, Aug 18, 2008 PIT  5  NYM  2        W:Sean Burnett (1-1), L: Pedro Feliciano (2-3), S: John Grabow (4)
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 NYM  4 @PIT  0        W:Johan Santana (11-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 NYM  7 @PIT  4        W:Pedro Martinez (4-3), L: Zach Duke (4-11), S: Pedro Feliciano (2)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 NYM  2 @PIT  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (11-8), L: Jason Davis (1-2), S: Aaron Heilman (3)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; 2007 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - PIT leads 357-325

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

TBR  5.59

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.75

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .383

M. Cabrera  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .455

C. Iannetta  .360

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .743

B. Phillips  .473

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

T. Tulowitzki  .815

N. Punto  .546

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Harang  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Volstad  6.61

J. Garland  3.33

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Mets Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 50.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 7/.971 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 262/183 .275/.371/.326/.697 .760/.670 .550 85/.650 10/3 0/5
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 222/179 .285/.341/.390/.731 .438/.796 .814 84/.815 6/2 2/1
3.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 174/131 .254/.359/.324/.683 .752/.656 .777 108/.567 6/2 0/3
6.Evans G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/13 .333/.333/.667/1.000 1.000/1.000 .600 15/1.000 0/0 1/1
26.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 95/74 .186/.255/.291/.546 .358/.599 .632 69/.552 2/0 1/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 241/209 .246/.315/.365/.680 .704/.676 .678 78/.623 1/1 5/6
18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 82/78 .282/.317/.346/.663 2.000/.593 .750 21/.340 0/1 0/1
11.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/11 .083/.083/.083/.167 .000/.182 .000 12/.167 0/0 0/0
9.Santos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/114 .263/.286/.416/.702 .788/.674 .631 54/.636 0/0 4/1
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/69 .238/.342/.429/.771 .143/.836 .791 44/.947 0/0 2/0
10.Sheffield G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 204/142 .289/.397/.514/.912 .896/.918 .875 76/.898 2/1 10/1
17.Tatis G/S/vP 6/.750 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 169/105 .248/.317/.362/.680 .705/.664 .560 64/.594 2/1 2/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 18/.516 1/.000 2/1.500 8/.661 16/1.429 2/.500 2/4.000 ··· 331/265 .345/.432/.500/.932 1.217/.861 1.026 110/1.022 20/8 5/12
IP 99.1 26.2 34.0 36.0 33.2 12.2 28.2 12.0 TOTAL .273/.349/.400/.750 .820/.728 .750 .706 73/21 49/59
ERA-K/9 4.35/5.7 4.73/6.4 3.44/6.9 3.75/8.0 7.49/9.6 4.97/4.3 2.83/5.6 3.75/6.8 4.19/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 430/.278 116/.287 136/.242 162/.257 163/.342 56/.234 117/.200 23/.190 .262
OPS .731 .789 .696 .729 .925 .719 .686 .594 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.451 54/.805 58/.538 46/.612 82/.909 19/.768 46/.619 11/.382 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.808 62/.772 78/.816 116/.780 81/.941 37/.695 71/.732 12/.788 .751
Home 164/.588 77/.852 62/.438 73/.688 113/.876 32/.856 56/.617 23/.594
Last 28d days 135/.830 35/.635 48/.746 55/.613 46/1.129 52/.752 40/.732 23/.594
HR/SB/CS 5/10/2 4/3/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/3/1 0/0/0 68/50/17
Usage ····X··· ·o···Xo· o·oo···o ·o··X·Xo o····X·· o··o·o·X X·oo···· X····X··
Pirates Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Redding
G/S/vB		 64.Dessens
G/S/vB		 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB		 50.Green
G/S/vB		 48.Misch*
G/S/vB		 38.Nieve
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.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/60 .265/.282/.347/.628 .489/.733 .506 38/.427 0/1 1/2
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 152/127 .265/.338/.412/.750 .556/.787 .809 60/.723 1/0 3/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / 0/0 0/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 9/1.083 4/1.750 15/.467 3/.333 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.666 308/220 .271/.360/.485/.845 .754/.884 1.061 102/.941 2/2 11/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 291/218 .278/.354/.396/.750 .801/.733 .761 103/.678 2/0 3/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/82 .284/.333/.440/.774 .827/.752 .613 117/.774 4/0 1/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 212/175 .268/.316/.379/.695 .648/.705 .810 59/.728 0/0 1/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1 .143/.250/.286/.536 .619/.000 .600 8/.536 0/0 0/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.250 6/.500 3/1.667 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 323/229 .315/.355/.480/.835 .859/.825 .862 104/.766 5/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.500 18/.627 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 102/87 .256/.363/.267/.630 1.055/.562 .670 18/.819 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 27/.830 26/.360 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 216/159 .288/.316/.420/.736 .846/.697 .769 88/.828 2/1 3/7
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/69 .318/.392/.411/.803 .736/.854 .853 56/.891 2/0 2/3
IP 45.1 6.0 31.2 34.2 7.2 24.0 29.1 37.2 31.1 TOTAL .268/.333/.398/.732 .708/.741 .781 .736 44/15 49/40
ERA-K/9 6.35/6.0 4.50/4.5 2.56/7.9 5.19/7.5 5.87/3.5 2.25/5.2 5.22/7.4 1.19/9.3 4.02/4.3 4.26/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 205/.265 24/.150 124/.193 155/.267 40/.324 102/.242 142/.341 154/.154 135/.282 .260
OPS .803 .742 .586 .790 .866 .653 .853 .484 .748 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.888 13/.885 76/.468 72/.968 13/.801 59/.402 56/.893 83/.396 58/.914 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.691 11/.582 48/.787 83/.647 27/.899 43/1.021 86/.829 71/.592 77/.628 .727
Road 103/.771 6/.333 58/.695 83/.639 11/1.261 54/.850 65/.820 65/.432 79/.907
Last 28d days 129/.754 24/.742 40/.585 58/.615 21/.770 102/.653 46/1.175 54/.487 46/.939
HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/0/2 1/5/1 3/1/0 70/34/17
Usage ····X··· ··X·XX·· ···X··o· oo·o·X·· ··X·oX·o ··X····X ··X··o·o o··X··X· ·XX·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.