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New York Mets, 47-37, 1st, 3 up

SP: Mike Pelfrey (23, RHP, 0-6, 6.11)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-6)             35.1  40  25  24  20  16  3    6.11      
 2006 (2-1)             21.1  25  14  13  12  13  1    5.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-6  35.1  40  25  24  20  16  3    6.11   41 
 2007-07-01    PHI   L   5     4   3   2   3   3  1     103   49 
 2007-05-12    MIL   L   5     8   4   4   3   3  0      87   35 
 2007-05-06    ARI   L   5.1   3   3   3   4   1  0      92   47 
 2007-05-01    FLA   L   6.1   5   3   3   3   3  0     106   51 
 2007-04-25    COL   L   3     8   6   6   1   1  1      61   19 
 2007-04-20    ATL   L   5     6   4   4   2   3  1      92   40 
 2007-04-13    WSN  ND   5.2   6   2   2   4   2  0      97   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      0-1   4.1   6   5   5   1   3  0   10.38   33 
 2006-07-23    HOU   L   4.1   6   5   5   1   3  0      81   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-19   Road:   24-18   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  31-26   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  11-4 
 vsEast: 18-15   vsCntrl:11-3    vsWest: 10-12 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Thu, Jul  5  @HOU  W   6-2       47-37  1st  3.0 up
 83 Wed, Jul  4  @COL  L   7-17      46-37  1st  3.0 up
 82 Tue, Jul  3  @COL  L   3-11      46-36  1st  4.0 up
 81 Mon, Jul  2  @COL  L   2-6       46-35  1st  4.0 up
 80 Sun, Jul  1  @PHI  L   3-5       46-34  1st  4.0 up
 79 Sat, Jun 30  @PHI  W   8-3       46-33  1st  4.0 up
 78 Fri, Jun 29  @PHI  W   5-2       45-33  1st  4.0 up
 77 Fri, Jun 29  @PHI  W   6-5       44-33  1st  4.0 up
 76 Wed, Jun 27   STL  W   2-0  (6)  43-33  1st  3.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 26   STL  L   3-5 (11)  42-33  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros, 37-49, 5th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (28, LHP, 5-7, 4.23)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)             95.2  94  50  45  25  82 12    4.23      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
 2005 (10-10)          128.2 135  82  79  53  80 19    5.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  41    40  20  18  11  32  6    3.95   52 
 2007-07-01    COL   W   7     3   0   0   2   4  0     117   73 
 2007-06-26    MIL   L   5     7   6   6   4   5  1      92   30 
 2007-06-20    LAA  ND   6.1   5   4   3   1   2  1      97   50 
 2007-06-15    SEA   W   7.2   6   1   1   0   7  1     102   70 
 2007-06-10    CHW   L   5     7   5   4   1   3  3      91   37 
 2007-06-05    COL   W   5     5   1   1   1   7  0      93   59 
 2007-05-30    CIN   L   5     7   3   3   2   4  0      90   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-0  10     9   5   4   3   8  0    3.60   52 
 2006-09-01    NYM  ND   4     5   3   2   1   5  0      72   46 
 2005-07-29    NYM   W   6     4   2   2   2   3  0      93   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-21   Road:   15-28   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  27-37   vsLHP:  10-12   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl:15-24   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Thu, Jul  5   NYM  L   2-6       37-49  5th 11.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  4   PHI  L   3-8       37-48  5th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  3   PHI  W   5-4 (13)  37-47  4th 11.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  2   PHI  W   7-5       36-47  4th 12.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  1   COL  W  12-0       35-47  5th 12.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 30   COL  L   0-5       34-47  5th 13.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 29   COL  W   9-8       34-46  5th 12.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 28   COL  W   8-5 (11)  33-46  5th 13.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 27  @MIL  L   3-6 (11)  32-46  5th 14.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 26  @MIL  L   5-11      32-45  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 NYM  6 @HOU  2    W:John Maine (10-4), L: Jason Jennings (1-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 03, 2006 HOU  2  NYM  1    W:Roy Oswalt (11-8), L: Orlando Hernandez (9-10), S: Brad Lidge (29)
Sat, Sep 02, 2006 NYM  4 @HOU  2    W:John Maine (5-3), L: Jason Hirsh (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (34)
Fri, Sep 01, 2006 NYM  8 @HOU  7    W:Guillermo Mota (2-3), L: Russ Springer (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (33)
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 HOU  8 @NYM  4    W:Roy Oswalt (7-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 NYM  4  HOU  3    W:Orlando Hernandez (6-8), L: Brandon Backe (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (20)
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 NYM  7  HOU  0    W:John Maine (1-3), L: Taylor Buchholz (6-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 31, 2005 NYM  9 @HOU  4    W:Aaron Heilman (4-3), L: Dan Wheeler (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 30, 2005 HOU  2  NYM  0    W:Andy Pettitte (9-7), L: Tom Glavine (7-9), S: Brad Lidge (26)
Fri, Jul 29, 2005 HOU  5  NYM  2    W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), L: Kris Benson (7-4), S: Brad Lidge (25)
Season Series: 2007 - NYM leads 1-0; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; 2005 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - HOU leads 290-238

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 2007 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

DET  5.95

NYM  4.60

WSN  3.67

RA/G

SDP  3.35

CHW  4.68

TBD  6.10

BA

M. Ordonez  .370

C. Granderson  .284

D. Navarro  .181

OBP

B. Bonds  .514

T. Tulowitzki  .358

D. Navarro  .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .660

J. Willingham  .453

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.121

M. DeRosa  .814

D. Navarro  .501

ERA

C. Young  2.00

D. Wells  4.16

R. Tejeda  6.70

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

D. Willis  6.15

A. Cook  2.72

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New York Mets Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
62.McLemore*
G/S/vB
47.Miller*
G/S/vB
36.Moehler
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Alomar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 359/251 .267/.341/.476/.817 .901/.780 .838 113/.708 13/2 15/2
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/73 .293/.349/.547/.896 1.250/.851 1.025 28/1.162 0/0 5/1
21.Delgado* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 352/238 .242/.304/.431/.735 .663/.770 .773 105/.790 2/0 13/4
3.Easley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/97 .260/.339/.459/.798 .954/.691 .790 33/.858 0/1 8/5
23.Franco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/41 .188/.322/.250/.572 .856/.445 .823 13/.585 2/1 1/0
6.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/61 .317/.368/.508/.876 .347/.954 .882 23/1.006 1/0 3/0
20.Green* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/192 .278/.331/.439/.770 .547/.867 .720 90/.593 6/1 7/2
9.Ledee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/36 .233/.333/.433/.766 /.766 .566 36/.766 1/0 1/0
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 295/204 .284/.331/.384/.715 .910/.631 .870 93/.644 2/0 5/5
17.Newhan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/56 .200/.298/.280/.578 .000/.590 .473 / 1/0 1/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 391/282 .310/.391/.447/.838 .925/.800 .892 117/.766 43/11 4/5
22.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/112 .250/.301/.403/.704 .743/.687 .606 74/.590 0/1 3/4
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/259 .291/.376/.506/.882 1.004/.834 .809 110/.977 18/1 15/10
IP 95.2 39.0 37.0 5.2 22.0 30.0 41.2 39.2 TOTAL .269/.335/.423/.758 .801/.741 .770 102/22 86/43
ERA-K/9 4.23/7.7 6.00/4.6 4.62/7.8 7.94/11.1 6.95/10.2 5.40/6.6 4.32/9.3 6.13/10.4 4.76/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (17-0-0)
 Lo Duca (40-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.255 183/.299 162/.254 32/.393 112/.300 132/.306 181/.281 167/.253 .276  Beltran
 Green
 Ledee
 Easley
 Newhan
0/79/0/2
0/0/67/1
10/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .743 .873 .783 1.183 .911 .816 .796 .775 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.827 88/.947 66/.872 11/1.645 63/.872 45/.985 66/.700 64/.734 .814
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.724 95/.809 96/.722 21/.929 49/.964 87/.732 115/.854 103/.801 .788
Home 195/.597 60/1.195 89/.597 29/1.317 64/.836 54/.871 98/.791 81/.909 .768
Last 28d days 128/.706 24/.908 56/1.016 29/1.317 33/.850 54/.602 54/.864 52/.868
HR/SB/CS 12/8/6 8/6/0 6/1/0 2/0/0 2/2/0 5/2/0 7/5/4 8/2/0 110/47/18
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· X·X···oo ·Xo···X· ·oooo··o ·X··o··o ··oX···o ··oX···X
Houston Astros Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
30.Sele
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/188 .258/.336/.354/.690 .804/.659 .808 65/.833 3/1 2/1
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 358/273 .263/.388/.440/.828 .674/.876 .747 107/.989 4/3 14/5
7.Biggio G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 333/252 .260/.302/.405/.707 .948/.629 .815 101/.839 3/2 5/7
4.Bruntlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/29 .303/.439/.303/.742 .990/.637 .928 43/.742 1/2 0/1
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/99 .216/.301/.317/.618 .698/.571 .613 63/.466 5/1 1/1
14.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/146 .207/.305/.359/.664 .739/.626 .505 50/.454 0/1 7/10
26.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 200/165 .299/.375/.475/.850 1.100/.801 1.018 98/1.018 0/0 7/6
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 379/291 .295/.348/.515/.863 .869/.862 .937 127/.807 6/5 16/2
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/211 .329/.407/.434/.841 .921/.824 .819 120/.925 1/1 2/4
13.Munson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/44 .235/.322/.412/.734 .696/.746 .828 51/.746 0/0 2/1
19.Palmeiro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/72 .269/.372/.313/.685 .750/.678 .510 29/.910 0/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/216 .345/.372/.593/.965 1.003/.955 1.039 122/.917 7/4 11/2
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/212 .231/.328/.458/.786 .911/.765 .596 73/.755 1/1 10/3
IP 35.1 32.0 39.2 18.2 31.2 28.0 33.2 37.1 TOTAL .261/.332/.413/.745 .786/.732 .759 35/24 84/54
ERA-K/9 6.11/4.1 2.53/7.9 4.08/6.8 7.71/7.7 5.68/4.8 5.14/5.8 2.94/8.8 1.69/12.3 3.92/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (27-12-1)
 Munson (15-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.292 139/.174 167/.237 86/.309 147/.293 135/.345 148/.246 145/.179 .241  Lee
 Scott
 Pence
 Palmeiro
 Burke
 Berkman
83/0/0/7
0/1/58/5
0/61/1/3
9/0/11/2
0/25/8/2
0/1/14/0
OPS .824 .567 .725 .843 .889 .957 .703 .542 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.988 60/.441 65/.889 40/.730 62/.603 54/.963 45/.821 30/.693 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.670 79/.654 102/.625 46/.938 85/1.105 81/.953 103/.653 115/.505 .685
Road 47/.718 64/.582 85/.794 42/1.220 63/.614 70/.878 62/.760 71/.636 .731
Last 28d days 23/.704 47/.587 54/.796 59/.918 46/.798 43/.983 40/.960 41/.416
HR/SB/CS 3/6/0 1/0/0 6/2/0 4/3/0 5/3/1 2/0/0 2/4/1 4/0/0 88/57/14
Usage ····X··· oX···Xo· ·o··XXo· ·XX·o·X· ·XX·oo·· ·XX····· o·XX···· 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.

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