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Game Preview: LAD @ NYM, 3:55pm, Saturday, May 31, 2008 @Shea Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers, 27-27, 2nd, 2½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 4-6, 3.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-6)             58.2  49  26  24  31  67  3    3.68      
 2007 (12-5)           147   131  56  54  64 141 15    3.31      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  44    31  15  14  20  47  2    2.86   60 
 2008-05-26   @CHC   L   6     4   2   2   2   7  1      83   61 
 2008-05-20    CIN   W   7     4   0   0   2   7  0     103   74 
 2008-05-15   @MIL   W   7     3   1   1   4   5  0     105   68 
 2008-05-10    HOU   L   5     6   5   4   2   4  0      96   39 
 2008-05-05    NYM   W   6     5   1   1   4   4  0      96   58 
 2008-04-30   @FLA   W   7     3   1   1   4   8  0     107   71 
 2008-04-24    ARI   L   6     6   5   5   2  12  1     109   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-0   6     5   1   1   4   4  0    1.50   58 
 2008-05-05    NYM   W   6     5   1   1   4   4  0      96   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-23   vsLHP:  10-4    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 9-11   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, May 30  @NYM  W   9-5       27-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @NYM  L   4-8       26-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 52 Wed, May 28  @CHC  L   1-2 (10)  26-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 51 Tue, May 27  @CHC  L   1-3       26-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 50 Mon, May 26  @CHC  L   1-3       26-24  2nd  3.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 25   STL  W   4-3 (10)  26-23  2nd  3.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 24   STL  L   0-4       25-23  2nd  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 23   STL  L   1-2       25-22  2nd  3.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   CIN  W   5-2       25-21  2nd  3.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   CIN  W   4-1       24-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14
New York Mets, 26-27, 4th, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 2-6, 5.33)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             49    63  31  29  24  23  4    5.33      
 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         0-6  37    53  29  27  20  16  4    6.57   36 
 2008-05-26    FLA   L   4     6   6   4   3   3  0      95   30 
 2008-05-21   @ATL   L   4     8   6   6   3   2  1     104   21 
 2008-05-15    WSN   L   7.2   3   1   1   3   4  0     100   70 
 2008-05-10    CIN   L   6     8   2   2   1   3  0     106   50 
 2008-05-03   @ARI   L   5     9   5   5   4   1  0     102   26 
 2008-04-25    ATL   L   5.1   9   5   5   4   1  1      99   27 
 2008-04-20   @PHI  ND   5    10   4   4   2   2  2      98   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD    Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:   11-16   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  13-21   vsLHP:  13-6    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Fri, May 30   LAD  L   5-9       26-27  4th  4.5 gb
 52 Thu, May 29   LAD  W   8-4       26-26  4th  4.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 28   FLA  W   7-6 (12)  25-26  4th  4.5 gb
 50 Tue, May 27   FLA  W   5-3       24-26  4th  5.5 gb
 49 Mon, May 26   FLA  L   3-7       23-26  4th  6.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 25  @COL  L   1-4       23-25  4th  5.5 gb
 47 Sat, May 24  @COL  W   9-2       23-24  4th  4.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 23  @COL  L   5-6 (13)  22-24  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Thu, May 22  @ATL  L   2-4       22-23  4th  4.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 21  @ATL  L   4-11      22-22  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 30, 2008 LAD  9 @NYM  5        W:Chan Ho Park (2-1), L: Aaron Heilman (0-2), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2008 NYM  8  LAD  4        W:Claudio Vargas (2-2), L: Brad Penny (5-6), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 NYM 12 @LAD  1        W:John Maine (4-2), L: Brad Penny (5-3), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 LAD  5  NYM  4        W:Hong-Chih Kuo (2-1), L: Nelson Figueroa (2-2), S: Takashi Saito (5)
Mon, May 05, 2008 LAD  5  NYM  1        W:Chad Billingsley (2-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 26, 2007 LAD  6 @NYM  2        W:David Wells (6-8), L: John Maine (13-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 NYM  4  LAD  3        W:Orlando Hernandez (9-4), L: Eric Stults (1-2), S: Aaron Heilman (1)
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 NYM  5  LAD  2        W:Oliver Perez (12-8), L: Brad Penny (14-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 NYM  5 @LAD  4 (10)   W:Pedro Feliciano (2-1), L: D.J. Houlton (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (22)
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 LAD  8  NYM  6        W:Brad Penny (12-1), L: Jorge Sosa (7-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)
Season Series: 2008 - LAD leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - LAD leads 300-243

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

CHC  5.71

CIN  4.51

KCR  3.58

RA/G

TOR  3.56

KCR  4.67

COL  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .409

B. Roberts  .268

R. Weeks  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

D. Murphy  .331

K. Greene  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .757

J. Thome  .422

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Cantu  .756

M. Bourn  .571

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

S. Chacon  3.95

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.38

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.75 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 168/125 .298/.369/.464/.833 1.206/.711 .793 85/.896 1/0 5/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 201/154 .305/.370/.443/.813 .505/.906 .820 83/.780 2/1 4/
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/79 .170/.240/.205/.444 .675/.392 .255 64/.358 1/0 0/
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 201/142 .302/.355/.440/.795 .992/.709 .808 97/.752 10/3 3/
12.Kent G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· ··· 10/1.100 4/1.500 13/.824 172/123 .248/.291/.391/.682 .827/.624 .747 75/.498 0/0 5/
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.500 223/158 .281/.332/.433/.765 .736/.777 .615 98/.826 2/3 5/
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 223/172 .326/.430/.439/.869 .836/.879 .963 99/.862 4/4 4/
57.Maza G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 35/28 .281/.324/.375/.699 .452/.756 .532 35/.699 0/0 1/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 11/.182 23/.590 1/.000 3/.666 8/1.196 1/2.000 13/.658 180/136 .275/.345/.306/.651 .875/.579 .666 111/.626 21/4 0/
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 50/43 .093/.200/.116/.316 .429/.293 .341 25/.207 0/0 0/
13.Tiffee# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.333/.667 .000/1.000 .000 3/.667 0/0 0/
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/23 .286/.375/.321/.696 .583/.741 .833 21/.600 0/0 0/
IP 49.0 20.2 28.1 5.1 18.2 22.2 21.1 22.0 TOTAL .268/.338/.386/.724 .828/.685 .708 .664 50/17 36/34
ERA-K/9 5.33/4.2 2.61/6.5 6.67/9.9 0.00/6.8 4.34/6.7 1.19/4.0 2.95/8.9 0.41/10.2 4.16/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (0-1-0)
 Martin (32-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.325 92/.286 134/.283 17/.118 80/.222 85/.189 88/.197 87/.171 .249  Kemp
 Ethier
 Pierre
 Sweeney
 Young
0/21/30/7
22/0/30/3
40/1/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .870 .761 .837 .294 .606 .546 .528 .439 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/1.057 42/.643 55/1.264 4/.500 33/.756 44/.342 20/.825 27/.638 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.704 50/.861 79/.541 13/.231 47/.505 41/.766 68/.442 60/.353 .674
Home 156/.732 48/.656 76/.765 17/.294 49/.675 41/.500 48/.436 50/.371 .683
Last 28d days 128/.864 49/.796 57/.790 4/.000 46/.753 51/.482 32/.513 45/.646
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 2/0/0 5/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/1 0/1/1 1/0/1 55/19/13
Usage ····X··· oo··X·X· o·X·X··X oo······ ··Xo··oo ooo··X·X ·X··o··X ··oo···X
New York Mets Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 4/1.500 3/2.667 4/.250 7/.629 20/.950 9/1.158 5/.200 1/.000 231/168 .262/.368/.431/.799 .913/.758 .820 114/.849 7/1 4/
30.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.111 2/4.000 ··· ··· 54/39 .265/.333/.367/.701 .785/.669 .628 13/.748 0/0 1/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 7/.453 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 20/.717 3/2.167 2/.000 1/2.000 188/133 .276/.386/.378/.764 .796/.751 1.005 88/.937 9/1 3/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 26/16 .318/.423/.409/.832 .944/.760 .533 26/.832 0/0 0/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 81/74 .227/.275/.293/.568 .762/.550 .779 45/.576 0/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP 9/.333 4/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 3/.666 ··· 187/129 .309/.376/.527/.904 .924/.894 .793 72/.917 1/1 9/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.500 5/.800 8/.250 8/2.350 8/.804 5/.000 ··· 214/143 .222/.304/.386/.690 .636/.717 .721 98/.745 0/0 8/
3.Easley G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.629 2/.000 5/.800 7/.453 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 89/61 .217/.247/.289/.536 .686/.471 .607 48/.475 0/0 1/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .190/.227/.333/.561 .956/.250 .192 22/.561 0/0 0/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/.250 6/1.167 5/.000 9/.583 5/.000 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 244/168 .281/.340/.479/.820 .826/.816 .898 123/.834 16/5 7/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 8/.536 6/1.633 2/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 132/87 .256/.323/.316/.639 .527/.701 .687 68/.580 0/0 2/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.683 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 31/17 .286/.323/.429/.751 .593/.886 .633 31/.751 1/0 1/
5.Wright G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 7/.858 5/1.000 7/.429 3/.333 1/.000 245/178 .284/.388/.529/.917 1.349/.761 .935 120/.836 7/4 11/
IP 58.2 16.2 23.1 33.0 33.2 24.1 23.2 13.2 TOTAL .256/.333/.399/.732 .788/.708 .756 .739 50/14 49/35
ERA-K/9 3.68/10.3 1.62/7.0 3.86/12.0 2.18/10.4 2.41/4.3 5.55/9.6 1.90/10.3 1.32/3.9 3.94/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (2-2-1)
 Castro (2-1-0)
 Schneider (14-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 256/.227 73/.273 97/.218 134/.218 145/.252 109/.228 97/.207 57/.255 .257  Church
 Beltran
 Chavez
 Tatis
 Easley
 Evans
0/0/41/5
0/51/0/3
21/2/8/2
4/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .663 .630 .610 .619 .726 .835 .577 .674 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.795 36/.563 39/.995 35/.810 66/.937 38/.900 48/.633 24/.935 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 139/.555 37/.696 58/.383 99/.544 79/.559 71/.799 49/.521 33/.500 .627
Road 130/.662 28/.665 40/.737 79/.722 95/.858 58/1.048 33/.495 32/.792 .778
Last 28d days 126/.585 27/.662 48/.626 59/.498 71/.558 46/.949 47/.520 35/.718
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 0/4/1 1/3/1 2/1/0 4/3/0 6/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 38/34/9
Usage ····X··· ·o···o·o X·oX·X·· ·X····o· X·o·X··· ·o··X·oX X·X··X·· ·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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