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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 8:15pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

New York Mets, 41-43, 3rd, 4½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-6)             86.2 102  45  43  41  48  4    4.47      
 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         3-1  41.2  45  20  18  20  28  0    3.89   49 
 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 
 2008-06-05   @SDP  ND   6     8   1   1   3   1  0     112   50 
 2008-05-31    LAD  ND   7     7   2   2   1   6  0     109   60 
 2008-05-26    FLA   L   4     6   6   4   3   3  0      95   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL    Has never faced STL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-18   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  26-33   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl: 5-8    vsWest: 12-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @STL  L   7-8       41-43  3rd  4.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @STL  W   7-4       41-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @STL  L   1-7       40-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   NYY  W   3-1       40-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   NYY  L   2-3       39-41  3rd  4.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   NYY  L   0-9       39-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @NYY  W  15-6       39-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   SEA  W   8-2       38-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24   SEA  L   0-11      37-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 23   SEA  L   2-5       37-38  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
St. Louis Cardinals, 49-37, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Mitchell Boggs (24, RHP, 3-0, 4.37)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             22.2  22  11  11  11  10  3    4.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  20.2  19  10  10  11  10  2    4.35   48 
 2008-06-28   @KCR   W   6     4   1   1   4   6  0      96   62 
 2008-06-21   @BOS   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   1  1      81   45 
 2008-06-15    PHI  ND   4.1   6   4   4   2   3  0      81   36 
 2008-06-10   @CIN   W   5     4   2   2   3   0  1      72   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM    Has never faced NYM.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-18   Road:   24-19   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  34-23   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast:  9-3    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Wed, Jul  2   NYM  W   8-7       49-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   NYM  L   4-7       48-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   NYM  W   7-1       48-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @KCR  W   9-6       47-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @KCR  W   5-1       46-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @KCR  L   2-7       45-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 26  @DET  L   2-3 (10)  45-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @DET  L   7-8       45-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @DET  W   8-4       45-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @BOS  L   3-5 (13)  44-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 STL  8  NYM  7        W:Ryan Franklin (3-2), L: Carlos Muniz (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 NYM  7 @STL  4        W:Tony Armas (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-3), S: Billy Wagner (19)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 STL  7  NYM  1        W:Kyle Lohse (10-2), L: John Maine (8-6), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 STL  3 @NYM  0        W:Joel Pineiro (7-5), L: Pedro Martinez (3-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (31)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 NYM  2  STL  0  (6)   W:Tom Glavine (7-5), L: Anthony Reyes (0-10), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 STL  5 @NYM  3 (11)   W:Brad Thompson (6-3), L: Scott Schoeneweis (0-2), S: Randy Flores (1)
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 NYM  2  STL  1 (11)   W:Aaron Heilman (6-3), L: Russ Springer (3-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 NYM 10 @STL  0        W:John Maine (1-0), L: Braden Looper (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 03, 2007 NYM  4 @STL  1        W:Orlando Hernandez (1-0), L: Kip Wells (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (1)
Sun, Apr 01, 2007 NYM  6 @STL  1        W:Tom Glavine (1-0), L: Chris Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - STL leads 2-1; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; 2006 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 356-317

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  5.44

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.70

MIL  4.54

TEX  5.67

BA

C. Jones  .391

J. Votto  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .486

F. Lewis  .359

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .685

B. Hawpe  .458

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.131

T. Wigginton  .811

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

G. Maddux  4.04

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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New York Mets Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 68.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Mulder*
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Thompson
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 12/.083 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 102/100 .191/.220/.277/.497 .000/.507 .485 44/.550 2/1 1/
15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 22/.641 9/.555 1/.000 42/.422 1/.000 2/3.000 6/.000 10/.633 366/277 .265/.366/.470/.836 .807/.844 .785 114/.841 11/1 12/
1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/.500 2/1.000 11/.830 294/212 .261/.365/.331/.695 .722/.696 .631 90/.623 13/2 3/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 67/42 .271/.358/.441/.799 .900/.739 .854 32/.846 0/0 2/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 10/.555 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.167 184/162 .247/.296/.301/.597 .714/.581 .566 89/.696 4/1 1/
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 221/151 .310/.368/.518/.886 .893/.883 .891 21/.714 1/1 10/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP ··· 18/.941 17/.301 ··· 30/1.083 ··· 4/2.750 5/1.200 11/.586 344/248 .236/.317/.430/.746 .634/.792 .804 109/.831 1/0 14/
3.Easley G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 4/.000 ··· 8/.900 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/.900 160/109 .271/.321/.368/.689 .857/.614 .763 61/.882 0/0 2/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.089 3/.333 1/.000 11/1.273 ··· 5/.600 6/1.000 9/.873 388/275 .295/.355/.481/.836 .777/.867 .813 119/.828 28/9 9/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 11/.364 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 210/155 .255/.333/.304/.638 .488/.694 .564 66/.635 0/0 2/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 18/.860 93/55 .261/.290/.318/.609 .740/.519 .466 45/.562 2/0 1/
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 5/1.150 6/.167 1/no AB 8/1.482 1/4.000 4/1.750 5/2.100 6/1.000 382/290 .294/.387/.517/.904 1.269/.796 .868 114/.907 8/4 16/
IP 22.2 39.1 28.1 45.1 1.1 19.1 25.1 26.2 30.2 TOTAL .258/.333/.396/.729 .758/.718 .715 .721 78/20 75/59
ERA-K/9 4.37/4.0 2.75/6.0 5.72/6.7 2.78/7.7 13.50/6.9 3.72/8.4 2.13/7.5 4.05/4.7 5.58/8.8 4.10/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (8-3-0)
 Schneider (18-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 99/.256 173/.252 132/.281 188/.260 9/.571 84/.229 103/.198 109/.265 144/.274 .267  Church
 Chavez
 Beltran
 Anderson
 Tatis
 Easley
0/0/49/7
30/6/27/6
0/81/0/3
16/0/0/1
13/0/8/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .784 .757 .827 .680 1.127 .719 .566 .778 .776 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.914 66/.687 47/.609 77/.566 4/2.000 38/.835 37/.691 43/.713 59/.608 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.633 107/.800 85/.939 111/.760 5/.450 46/.629 66/.495 66/.821 85/.890 .755
Home 22/.778 88/.769 63/.849 96/.598 9/1.127 38/.770 46/.776 74/.712 84/.813 .738
Last 28d days 99/.784 59/.879 44/.674 63/.855 9/1.127 55/.912 37/.341 33/.636 47/1.111
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 75/31/18
Usage ····X··· o··X··X· ···X··Xo X··oX··X o·o····· o··X···X o··oX··· ·X······ ··X··oX·
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.74 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
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 305/219 .261/.334/.522/.856 .639/.946 .839 97/.967 1/1 17/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 139/52 .254/.341/.381/.722 .744/.682 .756 31/.833 3/1 2/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 220/190 .242/.341/.374/.715 .477/.754 .714 71/.659 2/1 6/
8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/5.000 7/.143 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 346/245 .272/.376/.480/.855 .902/.837 .832 108/1.023 0/1 13/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/.819 ··· ··· 211/167 .264/.318/.326/.644 .628/.648 .714 62/.817 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 5/.833 ··· 5/1.267 3/.666 ··· 19/.161 104/76 .233/.337/.389/.725 .613/.766 .526 46/.974 0/0 3/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 5/.200 298/189 .288/.366/.573/.939 .826/1.002 .872 106/.709 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 218/140 .323/.360/.378/.738 .758/.727 .817 90/.761 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 266/182 .299/.353/.386/.739 1.060/.598 .764 70/.713 0/1 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.833 2/.000 6/.500 4/1.750 2/no AB 22/.604 310/213 .348/.471/.620/1.091 1.378/.963 1.076 52/.939 2/1 17/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 154/91 .268/.311/.317/.628 .784/.520 .467 69/.642 6/2 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 319/241 .302/.366/.448/.814 .438/.932 .765 105/.927 6/0 6/
IP 86.2 33.2 44.0 11.2 35.2 32.2 32.1 34.0 TOTAL .274/.351/.426/.777 .776/.777 .763 .791 35/16 90/44
ERA-K/9 4.47/5.0 2.94/8.3 4.70/9.4 6.17/3.1 3.79/6.8 3.03/3.6 3.34/7.8 1.85/10.6 4.23/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (8-6-1)
 Molina (23-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 395/.303 145/.260 201/.259 49/.273 147/.197 136/.226 136/.214 134/.184 .255  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Barton
 Duncan
45/22/30/8
0/71/0/3
17/5/64/2
25/0/5/2
37/0/0/1
OPS .796 .734 .752 .804 .583 .709 .659 .519 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.952 66/.584 80/1.029 21/1.040 69/.544 68/.510 34/.739 37/.606 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.654 79/.858 121/.574 28/.635 78/.615 68/.912 102/.631 97/.486 .695
Road 182/.945 71/.928 99/.783 32/1.104 66/.463 75/.744 64/.698 58/.550 .786
Last 28d days 136/.728 47/.775 60/.557 20/.911 56/.559 45/.886 44/.954 39/.765
HR/SB/CS 4/1/3 5/0/0 5/2/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/1 3/1/1 3/0/1 87/30/19
Usage ·····X·· Xo·XoX·· XoX··o·X o·X··X·· ·o··X··o ··X··X·· o····X·o ·o·o·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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