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Game Preview: NYM @ CIN, 1:15pm, Sunday, July 20, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

New York Mets, 52-46, 2nd, 1 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 8-6, 3.64)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-6)            108.2 117  46  44  43  64  4    3.64      
 2007 (3-8)             72.2  85  47  45  39  45  6    5.57      
 2006 (2-1)             21.1  25  14  13  12  13  1    5.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  46.2  39  12  12  15  34  0    2.31   60 
 2008-07-13    COL   W   8     6   0   0   0   5  0     119   75 
 2008-07-08    SFG   W   7     3   0   0   0   5  0     113   76 
 2008-07-03   @STL   W   7     6   1   1   2   6  0     109   65 
 2008-06-27   @NYY   W   5     8   4   4   4   5  0      98   36 
 2008-06-22   @COL   W   5.2   3   0   0   5   5  0      98   63 
 2008-06-16   @LAA   W   6     8   6   6   2   0  0     113   30 
 2008-06-11    ARI  ND   8     5   1   1   2   8  0     112   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-1  12    15   4   4   4   6  0    3.00   50 
 2008-05-10    CIN   L   6     8   2   2   1   3  0     106   50 
 2006-07-18   @CIN   W   6     7   2   2   3   3  0      98   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-18   Road:   24-28   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  33-35   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl: 7-10   vsWest: 18-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 19  @CIN  L   2-7       52-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @CIN  L   2-5       52-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 17  @CIN  W  10-8       52-44  1st    Tied
 95 Sun, Jul 13   COL  W   7-0       51-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   COL  W   3-0       50-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   COL  W   2-1       49-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10   SFG  W   7-3       48-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   SFG  W   5-0       47-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8   SFG  W   7-0       46-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7  @PHI  W  10-9       45-44  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Cincinnati Reds, 48-51, 4th, 10 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 12-3, 2.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-3)           117.2  90  38  30  56 126  5    2.29      
 2007 (2-1)             34    34  18  17  15  29  4    4.50      
 2006 (1-6)             33.1  52  28  27  17  15  7    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  42.2  41  23  19  18  35  2    4.01   51 
 2008-07-12   @MIL   W   7     6   2   1   2  10  1     112   67 
 2008-07-06    WSN   W   6     5   3   3   3   3  0      89   50 
 2008-07-01    PIT  ND   5.1   7   3   3   3   3  0      96   42 
 2008-06-26   @TOR   L   4.1   6   7   5   3   0  1      90   24 
 2008-06-20   @NYY   W   7     7   2   2   1   5  0     103   59 
 2008-06-14    BOS  ND   7     7   3   2   1   9  0     112   61 
 2008-06-09   @FLA   W   6     3   3   3   5   5  0     101   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM    Has never faced NYM.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-20   Road:   20-31   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  29-33   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  17-9 
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl:14-21   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sat, Jul 19   NYM  W   7-2       48-51  4th 10.0 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18   NYM  W   5-2       47-51  4th 11.0 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 17   NYM  L   8-10      46-51  4th 12.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13  @MIL  L   2-3       46-50  4th 11.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12  @MIL  W   8-2       46-49  4th 11.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11  @MIL  W   6-5       45-49  4th 11.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10  @CHC  W  12-7       44-49  4th 11.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @CHC  L   1-5       43-49  4th 12.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @CHC  L   3-7       43-48  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6   WSN  W   6-5       43-47  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 CIN  7  NYM  2        W:Josh Fogg (2-2), L: Oliver Perez (6-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 CIN  5  NYM  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (8-7), L: John Maine (8-7), S: Francisco Cordero (20)
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 NYM 10 @CIN  8        W:Duaner Sanchez (4-1), L: Francisco Cordero (4-2), S: Billy Wagner (23)
Sun, May 11, 2008 NYM  8  CIN  3        W:Oliver Perez (3-3), L: Johnny Cueto (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 CIN  7 @NYM  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (2-4), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 NYM 12  CIN  6        W:Johan Santana (4-2), L: Matt Belisle (1-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 05, 2007 CIN  7  NYM  0        W:Tom Shearn (2-0), L: John Maine (14-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 NYM 11 @CIN  7        W:Oliver Perez (13-9), L: Bill Bray (3-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 NYM 10 @CIN  4        W:Pedro Martinez (1-0), L: Aaron Harang (14-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 NYM  5  CIN  2        W:Oliver Perez (8-6), L: Kyle Lohse (5-11), S: Billy Wagner (20)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - CIN leads 294-247

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.51

CLE  4.55

WSN  3.71

RA/G

OAK  3.67

CLE  4.50

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .374

A. Pierzynski  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

A. Pujols  .471

F. Catalanotto  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .642

D. DeJesus  .467

O. Vizquel  .192

OPS

A. Pujols  1.082

M. DeRosa  .818

T. Pena  .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.82

J. Sanchez  4.10

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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New York Mets Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
56.Coffey
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.667 9/1.194 119/117 .202/.239/.284/.524 .000/.533 .537 37/.543 2/1 1/
15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 10/.856 7/1.143 6/1.500 9/.730 424/318 .270/.363/.480/.843 .830/.846 .787 101/.806 15/1 15/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .167/.167/.167/.333 .667/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 87/51 .282/.356/.462/.818 1.081/.627 .755 38/.870 0/0 3/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/3.000 9/.444 230/199 .261/.306/.309/.615 .559/.624 .608 78/.670 4/1 1/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.067 5/1.600 1/.000 6/.833 3/3.334 3/.000 5/1.000 405/292 .256/.338/.466/.805 .600/.889 .842 107/1.013 1/0 18/
3.Easley G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 5/.800 2/2.000 7/.833 213/148 .278/.322/.366/.688 .790/.644 .749 77/.699 0/0 3/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/18 .243/.256/.324/.581 .733/.402 .929 15/.690 0/0 0/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 22/15 .333/.333/.333/.667 .571/.714 .571 22/.667 1/0 0/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.333 14/.453 5/1.600 455/320 .295/.360/.474/.834 .796/.855 .796 118/.811 32/10 10/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 2/1.000 3/.667 3/1.167 1/5.000 ··· 9/.444 248/184 .243/.335/.294/.629 .474/.685 .537 63/.599 0/0 2/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 6/2.100 ··· 15/1.143 139/89 .298/.331/.458/.789 .822/.769 .755 69/.997 3/0 5/
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 3/.333 9/.708 5/2.133 445/336 .287/.384/.516/.900 1.216/.805 .893 106/1.093 11/4 19/
IP 117.2 47.0 30.0 15.1 44.1 45.2 16.2 41.0 TOTAL .264/.337/.405/.742 .756/.737 .726 .784 91/21 92/65
ERA-K/9 2.29/9.6 3.83/9.4 2.70/9.9 6.46/2.9 3.05/9.8 3.74/8.1 4.86/4.9 3.51/5.9 4.43/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cancel (0-0-0)
 Castro (9-4-0)
 Schneider (25-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 496/.212 207/.268 132/.235 69/.300 193/.217 186/.226 75/.353 189/.265 .269  Chavez
 Beltran
 Anderson
 Tatis
 Easley
 Evans
31/7/38/6
0/94/0/3
20/0/0/1
22/0/13/1
7/0/0/0
10/0/0/0
OPS .606 .790 .702 .884 .654 .670 .857 .785 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.686 79/.806 57/.823 25/.593 81/.590 83/.638 32/.820 70/.595 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.514 128/.778 75/.612 44/1.053 112/.700 103/.695 43/.885 119/.893 .774
Home 236/.653 107/.954 47/.349 38/.619 111/.695 82/.576 23/.748 90/.816 .760
Last 28d days 103/.772 52/.803 33/.816 / 55/.805 47/.416 45/.888 63/.706
HR/SB/CS 5/6/7 7/2/1 2/3/0 3/1/1 4/3/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 123/50/21
Usage ·······X o·o····o o·o···o· ········ ·oX···o· o·X···X· ········ o·X···XX
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.50 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
32.Muniz
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 233/165 .217/.299/.353/.651 .718/.621 .604 38/.445 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 197/123 .271/.335/.441/.776 .574/.893 .940 87/.659 2/4 7/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 21/20 .368/.429/.421/.850 .000/.894 .494 1/.000 0/0 0/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 7/.629 10/1.367 8/1.792 1/.000 6/.334 5/.400 1/no AB 12/.258 381/259 .228/.386/.540/.926 .741/1.006 .900 88/1.077 1/1 27/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 5/.000 350/241 .265/.351/.493/.845 .994/.779 .790 61/1.195 1/0 16/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 7/.572 8/.625 4/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.000 1/2.000 10/.700 388/258 .235/.348/.401/.749 .632/.808 .740 96/.755 0/1 12/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/2.500 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 253/168 .298/.356/.399/.755 1.012/.630 .754 90/.638 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 212/175 .191/.225/.337/.562 .332/.611 .691 24/.426 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 37/18 .171/.216/.229/.445 .316/.583 .217 14/.500 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 4/.500 5/1.800 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 3/1.334 416/285 .276/.320/.466/.786 1.072/.655 .830 99/.736 19/4 15/
26.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 140/72 .257/.393/.404/.796 .678/.911 .886 54/1.015 0/1 3/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.583 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 77/61 .239/.286/.338/.624 .650/.617 .709 19/.816 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 356/230 .278/.348/.463/.811 .843/.794 .840 88/.676 4/4 13/
IP 108.2 35.2 52.1 17.1 41.1 39.0 40.1 40.0 TOTAL .249/.327/.407/.734 .769/.716 .754 .753 61/31 111/71
ERA-K/9 3.64/5.3 3.79/8.3 4.82/10.0 4.15/5.2 3.48/6.8 2.54/4.8 2.90/6.7 2.25/10.1 4.04/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (31-16-5)
 Ross (18-5-4)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 475/.284 157/.277 235/.242 71/.222 174/.206 161/.225 167/.208 158/.189 .248  Dunn
 Griffey
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Phillips
90/0/0/5
0/0/81/5
0/67/0/2
8/25/26/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .740 .768 .735 .661 .603 .681 .620 .538 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.856 73/.601 93/1.036 29/.785 84/.603 81/.475 45/.751 41/.595 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.630 84/.911 142/.544 42/.578 90/.603 80/.897 122/.571 117/.518 .673
Road 208/.905 81/.971 120/.814 42/.960 82/.529 91/.767 85/.671 73/.651 .780
Last 28d days 133/.569 35/.947 60/.625 42/.613 49/.475 42/.825 51/.561 38/.488
HR/SB/CS 4/1/4 5/0/0 6/2/0 2/0/0 3/3/0 4/1/2 3/2/1 4/0/1 97/38/21
Usage ······X· X·o····· XXX····o X·X····X ··o····· ·Xo····o ·X····o· ··o····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.

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