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Game Preview: NYM @ CHC, 7:05pm, Monday, April 21, 2008 @Wrigley Field

New York Mets, 10-7, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 1-1, 3.78)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             16.2  18   7   7  12  10  2    3.78      
 2007 (15-10)          191   168  90  83  75 180 23    3.91      
 2006 (6-5)             90    69  40  36  33  71 15    3.60      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39.2  39  19  19  21  44  4    4.31   51 
 2008-04-16    WSN   W   6.2   5   2   2   4   4  1     100   56 
 2008-04-10    PHI  ND   6     5   1   1   5   1  1      90   54 
 2008-04-05   @ATL   L   4     8   4   4   3   5  0      96   32 
 2007-09-29    FLA   W   7.2   1   0   0   2  14  0     115   89 
 2007-09-23   @FLA  ND   5     6   3   3   2   9  0     102   50 
 2007-09-18   @WSN   L   4.1  11   8   8   2   6  2      88   13 
 2007-09-12    ATL  ND   6     3   1   1   3   5  0     102   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      0-2  14.2  14   9   9   9  12  0    5.52   47 
 2007-08-04   @CHC   L   2.2   4   6   6   3   1  0      61   24 
 2007-05-15    CHC   L   5     7   3   3   3   4  0      96   42 
 2006-07-26    CHC  ND   7     3   0   0   3   7  0     118   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-3    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   8-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sun, Apr 20  @PHI  L   4-5       10-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 19  @PHI  W   4-2       10-6   1st  0.5 up
 15 Fri, Apr 18  @PHI  W   6-4        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Thu, Apr 17   WSN  W   3-2 (14)   8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 16   WSN  W   5-2        7-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 15   WSN  W   6-0        6-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13   MIL  L   7-9        5-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 12   MIL  L   3-5        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 11   MIL  W   4-2        5-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  8 Thu, Apr 10   PHI  W   4-3 (12)   4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-7    Last 30:10-7 
Chicago Cubs, 12-6, 1st, ½ up

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 2-1, 3.04)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             26.2  27   9   9   3  23  2    3.04      
 2007 (18-13)          216.1 187 100  95 101 177 23    3.95      
 2006 (16-7)           214   162  91  81 115 210 20    3.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45    43  13  13  10  34  3    2.60   58 
 2008-04-16    CIN   W   7     8   2   2   1   5  0     102   57 
 2008-04-11   @PHI   L   6     9   5   5   1   6  1     107   39 
 2008-04-06    HOU   W   7     7   2   2   0   7  1     103   62 
 2008-03-31    MIL  ND   6.2   3   0   0   1   5  0      85   72 
 2007-09-28   @CIN   W   7     6   0   0   1   4  0     110   68 
 2007-09-23    PIT   W   6     3   0   0   3   6  0      93   69 
 2007-09-18    CIN   L   5.1   7   4   4   3   1  1     100   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      3-1  29    23  13  11  18  23  4    3.41   54 
 2007-08-03    NYM  ND   5     2   1   1   7   5  1      91   57 
 2007-05-15   @NYM   W   8     6   1   1   3   3  1     116   66 
 2006-07-25   @NYM   W   7     8   5   5   1   6  2     101   46 
 2006-07-15    NYM   W   6     3   2   2   4   7  0     103   61 
 2005-08-07   @NYM   L   3     4   4   2   3   2  0      80   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-4    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl:11-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 20   PIT  W  13-6       12-6   1st  0.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   PIT  W  13-1       11-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18   PIT  W   3-2       10-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   CIN  L   2-9        9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16   CIN  W  12-3        9-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15   CIN  W   9-5        8-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @PHI  W   6-5 (10)   7-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @PHI  L   1-7        6-5   3rd  2.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @PHI  L   3-5        6-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @PIT  W   7-3        6-3   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-6    Last 30:12-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Thu, May 17, 2007 NYM  6  CHC  5        W:Ambiorix Burgos (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 16, 2007 NYM  8  CHC  1        W:Jorge Sosa (3-0), L: Rich Hill (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 15, 2007 CHC 10 @NYM  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-3), L: John Maine (5-1), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2007 NYM  5  CHC  4        W:Aaron Heilman (4-2), L: Michael Wuertz (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 26, 2006 NYM  1  CHC  0 (10)   W:Aaron Heilman (1-3), L: Glendon Rusch (3-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 25, 2006 CHC  8 @NYM  6        W:Carlos Zambrano (11-3), L: Tom Glavine (11-4), S: Bobby Howry (3)
Mon, Jul 24, 2006 CHC  8 @NYM  7        W:Greg Maddux (8-11), L: Steve Trachsel (9-5), S: Ryan Dempster (17)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYM leads 334-333

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 2008 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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Mets Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
22.Hart
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP 13/.237 ··· 3/.666 9/.661 3/1.167 4/.000 9/.222 3/.000 106/98 .295/.343/.463/.806 .268/.849 .823 / 4/1 3/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 16/.838 ··· 16/.945 34/.810 ··· 3/.000 6/1.500 3/1.167 636/456 .276/.353/.525/.878 .940/.853 .925 / 23/2 33/5
30.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 16/.563 ··· 89/66 .253/.315/.519/.834 .811/.842 .983 / 0/0 6/3
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 16/1.188 ··· ··· 34/.781 3/.000 3/.000 23/.742 ··· 615/459 .301/.362/.359/.721 .778/.701 .694 / 19/6 1/5
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 20/.921 ··· 3/1.000 10/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 165/134 .287/.325/.380/.705 .724/.700 .604 / 5/2 1/0
19.Church* G/S/vP 14/.571 ··· 3/.333 7/1.715 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 530/394 .272/.349/.464/.813 .655/.866 .848 / 3/2 15/3
44.Clark G/S/vP 26/.814 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 3/1.167 3/1.000 10/.543 6/1.500 123/79 .262/.352/.346/.698 .822/.627 .797 / 1/3 0/1
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 20/.962 ··· 11/.091 36/1.438 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.000 2/.500 607/412 .258/.333/.448/.781 .704/.818 .870 / 4/0 24/8
3.Easley G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 17/1.221 15/.533 1/.000 ··· 10/1.067 5/.000 218/117 .280/.358/.466/.824 1.041/.638 .880 / 0/1 10/5
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/83 .264/.306/.439/.745 .755/.736 .604 / 4/1 4/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 13/.385 ··· 2/2.000 28/1.357 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 3/1.334 765/554 .280/.354/.421/.775 .795/.768 .764 / 78/21 12/12
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 17/.933 ··· 3/.666 18/.457 3/.333 2/.500 6/.500 2/.000 477/337 .235/.326/.336/.661 .636/.671 .679 / 0/0 6/6
5.Wright G/S/vP 14/.468 ··· 3/1.334 25/.815 1/.000 3/.666 5/.200 3/.333 711/513 .325/.416/.546/.963 1.106/.908 .912 / 34/5 30/21
IP 216.1 11.0 81.1 78.0 69.1 103.1 24.1 72.1 TOTAL .264/.350/.385/.736 .843/.663 .758 .736 13/6 10/9
ERA-K/9 3.95/7.4 0.82/10.6 3.32/8.0 4.73/6.2 1.43/12.5 3.92/5.8 3.33/8.9 3.48/9.8 4.11/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (9-5-4)
 Schneider (53-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.233 42/.189 336/.245 342/.293 285/.169 446/.267 101/.207 312/.234 .247  Beltran
 Church
 Anderson
 Chavez
 Easley
 Pagan
 Clark
0/141/0/6
91/41/0/4
12/3/1/2
37/10/24/1
3/0/6/0
2/34/29/0
38/14/15/0
OPS .701 .566 .670 .785 .508 .750 .609 .712 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 467/.780 14/.071 144/.566 161/.836 106/.616 75/.600 32/.443 93/.707 .836
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 458/.620 28/.829 192/.746 181/.741 179/.445 371/.781 69/.683 219/.714 .671
Home 450/.739 21/.460 180/.706 177/.866 143/.503 209/.796 47/.410 187/.742 .710
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/4/3 0/1/0 8/2/0 7/2/0 3/9/0 13/5/2 0/0/1 8/7/1 19/13/5
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· X··o···X ··oX···· ··X··X·X X·oo···o ··o··o·X XX·o·o·o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago Cubs Batters (6.17 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Maine
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
29.Sosa
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.666 5/.400 58/36 .167/.193/.222/.415 .145/.574 .422 / 0/0 0/0
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 80/46 .203/.231/.392/.623 .382/.823 .622 / 2/1 4/2
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 8/1.571 574/410 .293/.371/.420/.792 .745/.810 .815 / 1/2 10/11
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 260/201 .278/.336/.402/.738 .586/.781 .861 / 5/4 3/8
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 19/.924 2/.500 307/222 .236/.305/.320/.625 .913/.513 .618 / 4/2 2/0
25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.667 4/1.167 13/1.115 5/2.600 ··· ··· 7/.929 3/2.667 650/509 .317/.400/.513/.913 1.015/.885 1.081 / 6/5 22/7
19.Murton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 261/160 .281/.352/.438/.791 .892/.727 .655 / 1/0 8/4
20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/156 .215/.271/.333/.604 .269/.689 .556 / 8/1 2/0
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 6/.666 3/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 8/.125 13/.898 558/431 .310/.366/.549/.915 1.220/.826 1.046 / 0/0 26/10
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/30 .389/.433/.667/1.100 1.096/1.104 .962 / 0/0 3/0
2.Theriot G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 597/456 .266/.326/.346/.672 .797/.634 .729 / 28/4 3/11
33.Ward* G/S/vP 5/2.050 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 133/123 .327/.436/.527/.963 .775/.978 1.026 / 0/0 3/1
IP 191.0 64.0 86.0 59.0 44.1 112.2 68.1 TOTAL .282/.366/.456/.822 .822/.822 .888 .822 16/6 22/13
ERA-K/9 3.91/8.5 3.09/8.6 3.03/6.6 /0.0 5.03/6.3 3.45/9.1 4.47/5.5 2.63/10.5 3.29/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (8-3-2)
 Soto (10-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 810/.235 275/.200 352/.224 / 265/.271 205/.274 481/.255 282/.216 .223  Johnson
 Murton
 DeRosa
 Ward
 Pie
 Theriot
70/1/8/3
28/1/41/3
1/0/22/1
1/0/10/1
2/80/0/1
4/0/2/0
OPS .703 .610 .634 .797 .757 .719 .611 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 392/.759 112/.483 141/.738 / 108/.556 58/.858 214/.938 61/.698 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.653 163/.697 211/.568 / 157/.963 147/.720 267/.549 221/.587 .611
Road 400/.739 135/.626 177/.724 / 131/.704 99/.788 271/.691 131/.705 .745
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/12/5 3/3/0 8/8/2 // 8/6/1 3/5/1 10/4/2 6/6/0 21/4/4
Usage ····X··· Xooo···o ·Xoo·X·X ·o·X·X·· ·X·····o Xo·XX··X o··X···X ·oooo···

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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