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Game Preview: NYM @ WSN, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @Nationals Park

New York Mets, 10-9, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (29, LHP, 2-2, 3.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             27.2  20  11  10   4  28  5    3.25      
 2007 (15-13)          219   183  88  81  52 235 33    3.33      
 2006 (19-6)           233.2 186  79  72  47 245 24    2.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  45.2  36  24  22  10  50  8    4.34   57 
 2008-04-18   @PHI   W   7     4   3   3   0  10  1     105   67 
 2008-04-12    MIL   L   6.2   6   5   4   2   7  3     113   49 
 2008-04-06   @ATL   L   7     7   1   1   0   3  0      91   62 
 2008-03-31   @FLA   W   7     3   2   2   2   8  1     100   69 
 2007-09-26   @DET  ND   3     2   3   2   3   4  0      58   46 
 2007-09-21    CHW   L   7     8   6   6   1  11  3     106   47 
 2007-09-15    DET   L   8     6   4   4   2   7  0     107   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      1-1  15    10   5   4   0  12  2    2.40   67 
 2007-06-09    WSN   L   7     7   3   2   0   5  1     100   58 
 2004-06-15   @MON   W   8     3   2   2   0   7  1     100   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-3    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   2-7    vsLHP:   8-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl: 1-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @CHC  L   1-8       10-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @CHC  L   1-7       10-8   2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:10-9 
Washington Nationals, 6-15, 5th, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Tim Redding (30, RHP, 3-1, 3.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-1)             22    17  14   8   9  17  3    3.27      
 2007 (3-6)             84    84  35  34  38  47 10    3.64      
 2005 (0-6)             30.2  44  41  36  17  19  7   10.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  37.2  37  23  16  12  29  6    3.82   49 
 2008-04-18   @FLA   W   6     3   4   4   1  10  1      92   59 
 2008-04-13    ATL   W   5     6   3   3   3   2  1      99   42 
 2008-04-07    FLA   L   4     7   7   1   2   3  1      84   33 
 2008-04-02   @PHI   W   7     1   0   0   3   2  0      93   74 
 2007-09-28   @PHI   L   5     6   4   3   2   3  0      81   42 
 2007-09-22    PHI  ND   6.2   8   1   1   0   7  1     106   61 
 2007-09-17    NYM  ND   4     6   4   4   1   2  2      67   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      1-0  25.2  24  11   9  11  24  4    3.16   52 
 2007-09-17    NYM  ND   4     6   4   4   1   2  2      67   35 
 2007-07-28   @NYM  ND   6     5   1   1   4   8  0     106   62 
 2003-08-07    NYM  ND   5     6   3   2   1   4  2      96   48 
 2003-04-22   @NYM   W   6     3   1   1   2   6  0      92   66 
 2001-08-01    NYM  ND   4.2   4   2   1   3   4  0      98   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-5    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-10   vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @ATL  W   6-0        6-15  5th  6.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @ATL  L   3-7        5-15  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @FLA  L   1-6        5-14  5th  6.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @FLA  L   5-6        5-13  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @FLA  W   6-4        5-12  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @NYM  L   2-3 (14)   4-12  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @NYM  L   2-5        4-11  5th  5.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @NYM  L   0-6        4-10  5th  4.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13   ATL  W   5-4        4-9   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   ATL  L   2-10       3-9   5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 6-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 NYM  3  WSN  2 (14)   W:Jorge Sosa (2-1), L: Joel Hanrahan (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 NYM  5  WSN  2        W:John Maine (1-1), L: Matt Chico (0-3), S: Billy Wagner (2)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 NYM  6  WSN  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 WSN  9 @NYM  6        W:Joel Hanrahan (5-3), L: Joe Smith (3-2), S: Luis Ayala (1)
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 WSN 10 @NYM  9        W:Jay Bergmann (6-5), L: Tom Glavine (13-7), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 WSN 13 @NYM  4        W:Matt Chico (6-9), L: Mike Pelfrey (3-8), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 NYM  8 @WSN  4        W:Mike Pelfrey (3-7), L: Matt Chico (5-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 WSN  9  NYM  8        W:Jesus Colome (5-1), L: John Maine (14-10), S: Chad Cordero (35)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 WSN 12  NYM  4        W:Jonathan Albaladejo (1-0), L: Aaron Sele (3-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 NYM  8 @WSN  2        W:Orlando Hernandez (8-4), L: Jon Rauch (8-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 3-0; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYM won 12-6; All-Time - NYM leads 334-321

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 (4.63 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Redding
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
32.Cordero
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.King*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Anderson* G/S/vP 14/.547 4/.500 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 6/1.667 4/1.250 2/.000 106/98 .295/.343/.463/.806 .268/.849 .823 / 4/1 3/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 4/1.750 8/1.250 7/.486 10/1.643 4/.833 2/.000 13/.510 7/.453 636/456 .276/.353/.525/.878 .940/.853 .925 / 23/2 33/5
30.Casanova# G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 89/66 .253/.315/.519/.834 .811/.842 .983 / 0/0 6/3
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 14/.594 13/1.076 7/.572 4/.500 5/.650 10/.800 8/.833 5/.400 615/459 .301/.362/.359/.721 .778/.701 .694 / 19/6 1/5
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/2.000 9/.944 5/.000 2/.000 165/134 .287/.325/.380/.705 .724/.700 .604 / 5/2 1/0
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 530/394 .272/.349/.464/.813 .655/.866 .848 / 3/2 15/3
44.Clark G/S/vP 6/.533 5/1.417 ··· 4/.833 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 4/1.000 123/79 .262/.352/.346/.698 .822/.627 .797 / 1/3 0/1
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 13/.795 5/1.000 6/1.133 4/2.417 13/1.038 9/.730 607/412 .258/.333/.448/.781 .704/.818 .870 / 4/0 24/8
3.Easley G/S/vP 1/no AB 6/.000 3/.666 6/1.100 2/1.000 3/2.000 2/2.500 2/1.500 218/117 .280/.358/.466/.824 1.041/.638 .880 / 0/1 10/5
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 161/83 .264/.306/.439/.745 .755/.736 .604 / 4/1 4/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 9/1.306 12/.583 6/1.500 10/.100 8/.125 4/.666 11/.673 6/.833 765/554 .280/.354/.421/.775 .795/.768 .764 / 78/21 12/12
23.Schneider* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 477/337 .235/.326/.336/.661 .636/.671 .679 / 0/0 6/6
5.Wright G/S/vP 6/1.917 12/.788 3/.666 11/.855 9/1.667 1/.000 12/1.310 7/.619 711/513 .325/.416/.546/.963 1.106/.908 .912 / 34/5 30/21
IP 84.0 42.1 66.0 75.0 51.0 39.2 87.1 93.0 TOTAL .255/.342/.368/.710 .817/.638 .705 .710 14/7 10/11
ERA-K/9 3.64/5.0 3.19/6.0 3.82/5.9 3.36/7.4 6.00/7.6 4.76/5.7 3.61/7.3 3.68/6.2 4.64/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 366/.265 181/.267 286/.258 321/.260 247/.286 175/.248 354/.230 398/.255 .269  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 .757 .712 .709 .731 .862 .801 .619 .678 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.717 83/.613 122/.859 152/.611 123/.829 88/.631 163/.622 165/.689 .648
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.791 98/.789 164/.597 169/.842 124/.894 87/.975 191/.618 233/.670 .910
Home 237/.735 83/.560 149/.624 177/.709 104/.737 88/.724 189/.574 186/.602 .841
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 10/5/3 5/1/1 6/3/0 8/2/2 9/4/2 6/4/1 7/5/1 1/2/2 25/11/4
Usage ····X··· o·o·Xo·X ·X·X·Xo· ·o·o··X· ·X·X·X·X o··ooo·o o···oX·· ··XX·Xo·

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

Washington Nationals Batters (3.62 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
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
10.Belliard G/S/vP 22/.372 3/.666 8/1.000 3/.000 12/1.792 4/.750 7/.143 10/.733 557/402 .290/.332/.427/.759 .892/.708 .778 / 3/0 11/7
8.Boone G/S/vP 18/.343 3/1.667 7/.762 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 5/.600 12/1.500 228/168 .286/.388/.423/.811 .605/.880 .758 / 2/0 5/5
23.Estrada# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 15/.400 5/.800 4/1.250 1/.000 7/1.000 9/.444 464/326 .278/.296/.403/.699 .754/.675 .639 / 0/0 10/6
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 6/.833 4/2.000 19/.737 ··· 15/.421 5/.000 192/150 .328/.380/.466/.846 .810/.856 .935 / 2/0 2/8
1.Harris* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.800 ··· 391/335 .270/.349/.392/.741 .525/.776 .809 / 17/11 2/4
24.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/2.000 11/.598 1/no AB 7/.619 1/.000 18/.631 7/.453 / /// / / / /
25.Kearns G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.971 8/.250 2/.000 4/.500 6/.533 12/1.017 13/.408 674/507 .266/.355/.411/.765 .883/.728 .695 / 2/2 16/2
2.Lopez# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 10/.400 3/.000 13/.539 1/.000 18/.289 8/.000 671/470 .245/.308/.352/.659 .720/.633 .633 / 24/9 9/21
12.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 329/279 .263/.337/.386/.723 .666/.734 .720 / 4/1 6/4
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 206/136 .272/.341/.446/.787 .956/.704 .961 / 3/2 7/2
53.Nieves G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 66/50 .164/.190/.230/.420 .467/.405 .585 / 0/0 0/2
26.Pena G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.200 3/.000 317/193 .253/.319/.439/.758 .913/.659 .588 / 2/1 13/3
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB 9/.708 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 12/1.283 8/1.357 722/555 .266/.330/.458/.788 1.103/.695 .815 / 4/1 24/23
IP 219.0 64.0 86.0 59.0 44.1 112.2 68.1 TOTAL .227/.306/.340/.646 .647/.646 .614 .646 6/5 11/13
ERA-K/9 3.33/9.7 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 3.56/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (73-11-5)
 Nieves (21-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 878/.225 275/.200 352/.224 / 265/.271 205/.274 481/.255 282/.216 .233  Kearns
 Mackowiak
 Harris
 Pena
 Milledge
0/6/158/9
65/1/24/5
85/20/0/4
55/12/37/3
11/14/28/2
OPS .679 .610 .634 .797 .757 .719 .611 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.650 112/.483 141/.738 / 108/.556 58/.858 214/.938 61/.698 .827
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 656/.688 163/.697 211/.568 / 157/.963 147/.720 267/.549 221/.587 .634
Road 462/.682 135/.626 177/.724 / 131/.704 99/.788 271/.691 131/.705 .778
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 33/6/5 3/3/0 8/8/2 // 8/6/1 3/5/1 10/4/2 6/6/0 24/4/5
Usage ····X··· o·Xooo·· ·X·Xoo·X ·X·o·X·X o··X···· X·Xo·XX· Xoo··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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