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Game Preview: NYM @ WSN, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 14, 2008 @Nationals Park

New York Mets, 64-56, 1st, Tied

SP: Oliver Perez (26, LHP, 8-7, 3.90)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-7)            136   114  66  59  70 123 19    3.90      
 2007 (15-10)          177   153  90  70  79 174 22    3.56      
 2006 (3-13)           112.2 129  90  82  68 102 20    6.55      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  45.2  33  10   9  18  47  3    1.77   64 
 2008-08-08    FLA   W   7     2   0   0   3   8  0     120   78 
 2008-08-03   @HOU   L   6     8   4   4   0   3  1      78   43 
 2008-07-29   @FLA   W   6     5   1   1   3   5  0     100   60 
 2008-07-24    PHI  ND   7.2   6   1   1   1  12  1     108   74 
 2008-07-19   @CIN   L   6     6   3   2   3   6  0      87   53 
 2008-07-11    COL  ND   6     2   1   1   6   7  1     119   65 
 2008-07-06   @PHI  ND   7     4   0   0   2   6  0     110   73 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN      1-3  26.1  29  17  17  12  20  2    5.81   44 
 2008-04-24   @WSN   L   5.2   6   5   5   4   3  0     100   36 
 2007-08-18   @WSN   W   5.2   7   3   3   3   3  0     101   43 
 2007-04-27   @WSN   L   7     8   4   4   0   9  1     120   54 
 2006-10-01   @WSN  ND   4     5   1   1   1   4  0      77   51 
 2006-05-05   @WSN   L   4     3   4   4   4   1  1      80   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  41-43   vsLHP:  23-13   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 25-20   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 13  @WSN  W  12-0       64-56  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 12  @WSN  W   4-3       63-56  2nd  1.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   PIT  L   5-7       62-56  2nd  2.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   FLA  L   2-8       62-55  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   FLA  W   8-6       62-54  2nd  1.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   FLA  W   3-0       61-54  2nd  1.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7   SDP  W   5-3       60-54  3rd  2.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6   SDP  L   2-4       59-54  3rd  3.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5   SDP  W   6-5       59-53  3rd  2.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @HOU  L   0-4       58-53  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Washington Nationals, 44-77, 5th, 20½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 2-4, 4.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             36.2  39  22  19  11  25  5    4.66      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  36.2  39  22  19  11  25  5    4.66   47 
 2008-08-08   @MIL   L   5     5   4   3   1   4  1      78   46 
 2008-08-03    CIN   W   5.1   6   1   1   2   5  1     101   55 
 2008-07-29    PHI   L   6     6   2   2   0   5  1      90   57 
 2008-07-23   @SFG  ND   5     6   3   3   2   2  0      74   43 
 2008-07-12    HOU   L   4.2  11   6   4   0   3  1      91   25 
 2008-07-06   @CIN   L   5.2   4   5   5   3   3  1     102   41 
 2008-07-01   @FLA   W   5     1   1   1   3   3  0      95   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM    Has never faced NYM.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-35   Road:   21-42   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  28-48   vsLHP:  16-29   1-Run:  15-24
 vsEast: 16-27   vsCntrl:14-23   vsWest:  6-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 13   NYM  L   0-12      44-77  5th 20.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   NYM  L   3-4       44-76  5th 20.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @MIL  L   1-7       44-75  5th 20.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @MIL  L   4-5 (13)  44-74  5th 20.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @MIL  L   0-6       44-73  5th 19.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @MIL  L   0-5       44-72  5th 18.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @COL  W   6-3       44-71  5th 18.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @COL  W   6-3       43-71  5th 18.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @COL  L   2-8       42-71  5th 19.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @COL  W   9-4       42-70  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 NYM 12 @WSN  0        W:John Maine (10-7), L: Jay Bergmann (2-9), S: Brian Stokes (1)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 NYM  4 @WSN  3        W:Johan Santana (10-7), L: Saul Rivera (3-5), S: Pedro Feliciano (1)
Thu, May 15, 2008 WSN  1 @NYM  0        W:Jay Bergmann (1-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-4), S: Jon Rauch (9)
Wed, May 14, 2008 WSN  5 @NYM  3        W:Tim Redding (5-3), L: Claudio Vargas (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (8)
Tue, May 13, 2008 NYM  6  WSN  3        W:John Maine (5-2), L: John Lannan (3-4), S: Billy Wagner (8)
Mon, May 12, 2008 WSN 10 @NYM  4        W:Odalis Perez (1-3), L: Nelson Figueroa (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 WSN 10  NYM  5        W:Mike O'Connor (1-0), L: Oliver Perez (2-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 NYM  7 @WSN  2        W:Johan Santana (3-2), L: Tim Redding (3-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 7-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYM won 12-6; All-Time - NYM leads 338-325

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  5.69

MIL  4.71

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.94

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .370

J. Inglett  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

D. Ortiz  .360

T. Pena  .180

SLG

A. Pujols  .605

C. Jackson  .483

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.064

O. Infante  .833

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

H. Kuroda  4.02

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Mets Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
50.Mock
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
59.Shell
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 9/1.111 9/.500 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 12/.878 ··· 523/387 .275/.370/.466/.835 .833/.836 .798 112/.823 17/3 16/
40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .233/.233/.367/.600 1.231/.118 .500 25/.640 1/1 1/
11.Castro G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 119/74 .259/.328/.472/.800 .856/.765 .675 33/.726 0/0 6/
10.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 281/243 .271/.313/.337/.650 .535/.668 .573 57/.711 6/1 1/
21.Delgado* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 15/.673 7/1.262 ··· ··· 12/.717 ··· 501/356 .260/.347/.491/.838 .713/.892 .868 108/1.049 1/1 25/
3.Easley G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 275/194 .264/.315/.356/.671 .685/.665 .788 74/.564 0/0 5/
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 72/30 .258/.292/.348/.640 .878/.312 .789 39/.705 0/0 0/
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 36/33 .467/.556/.800/1.356 3.500/1.194 1.053 36/1.356 0/0 2/
4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 68/56 .238/.273/.286/.558 .545/.561 .566 49/.560 1/0 1/
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 15/.733 8/1.089 9/.111 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 1/.000 565/399 .305/.364/.487/.851 .809/.872 .832 124/.839 40/11 12/
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 289/222 .254/.350/.302/.652 .470/.708 .553 51/.652 0/0 2/
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 221/149 .302/.348/.502/.851 .725/.911 .748 94/.983 3/0 10/
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 15/.718 5/.650 11/1.323 ··· ··· 11/.573 1/.000 550/415 .294/.387/.521/.909 1.227/.813 .851 118/1.019 14/5 23/
IP 36.2 56.2 56.1 67.2 30.0 19.1 66.2 31.0 TOTAL .268/.341/.416/.757 .770/.752 .731 .815 107/27 120/70
ERA-K/9 4.66/6.1 5.72/5.7 4.79/7.2 3.72/10.1 5.10/8.1 5.59/10.7 3.51/6.6 2.03/7.5 4.46/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cancel (1-0-0)
 Castro (12-4-0)
 Schneider (27-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.267 250/.275 258/.251 287/.218 136/.218 84/.280 290/.242 123/.194 .269  Chavez
 Beltran
 Evans
 Murphy
 Tatis
 Easley
31/8/56/6
0/116/0/4
16/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
39/0/26/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .745 .772 .725 .670 .695 .824 .614 .617 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.780 114/.775 116/.746 127/.669 58/.664 37/.790 143/.552 57/.688 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.715 136/.768 142/.707 160/.670 78/.713 47/.853 147/.678 66/.553 .777
Home 73/.842 139/.686 139/.772 152/.656 68/.580 53/.847 147/.562 71/.610 .759
Last 28d days 91/.744 42/.715 58/.685 37/.626 50/.673 39/.664 49/.566 59/.498
HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 6/1/1 4/5/1 7/10/0 3/3/0 3/2/0 2/11/0 3/2/1 132/90/25
Usage ·····X·· X·ooX··· X··X·XX· ·o·X··X· X·XX···· ··X··X·· ·X·X··o· XoX·X·X·
Washington Nationals Batters (3.70 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Perez*
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
48.Heilman
G/S/vB
44.Kunz
G/S/vB
50.Sanchez
G/S/vB
60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB
35.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Belliard G/S/vP 16/.464 3/.666 8/1.000 ··· 3/.000 12/1.792 5/.600 259/175 .237/.340/.442/.782 1.081/.642 .820 72/.722 3/1 10/
7.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/45 .227/.250/.348/.598 .435/.683 .632 57/.627 3/1 0/
5.Casto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/105 .198/.303/.292/.596 .243/.653 .652 47/.548 1/0 1/
3.Flores G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 273/201 .272/.319/.436/.755 .949/.683 .682 77/.743 0/1 8/
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/50 .231/.296/.308/.603 .282/.747 .467 15/1.226 0/0 0/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 8/1.125 ··· 6/1.550 19/.737 ··· 488/331 .294/.324/.400/.725 .823/.679 .771 64/.456 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 281/212 .252/.345/.438/.783 .840/.764 .790 110/.887 8/3 9/
25.Kearns G/S/vP 29/1.087 8/.833 9/.222 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 9/.583 322/235 .218/.304/.312/.617 .501/.659 .646 107/.620 2/2 6/
29.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/2.667 5/.400 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 89/68 .257/.402/.386/.788 .725/.807 .586 51/1.033 2/0 1/
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 421/291 .258/.321/.402/.723 .735/.717 .731 80/.903 16/6 12/
53.Nieves G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 113/74 .272/.315/.359/.675 .780/.621 .759 20/.800 0/0 1/
4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 48/45 .217/.234/.261/.495 .000/.529 .610 29/.562 1/0 0/
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 13/.539 1/no AB 10/.844 ··· 5/.000 ··· 7/.286 297/196 .267/.316/.407/.723 .675/.748 .629 77/.733 1/0 8/
IP 136.0 44.0 64.1 2.1 49.1 46.2 48.0 TOTAL .242/.314/.362/.676 .711/.660 .666 .692 54/27 86/87
ERA-K/9 3.90/8.1 3.68/8.6 5.74/10.1 3.86/3.9 3.65/6.9 3.09/5.0 4.31/6.9 4.09/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (38-12-7)
 Nieves (26-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.229 191/.262 296/.258 9/.286 211/.219 195/.243 207/.240 .250  Harris
 Kearns
 Casto
 Milledge
 Langerhans
 Bonifacio
55/16/0/3
0/0/76/3
7/0/1/1
0/98/0/1
22/0/4/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .717 .734 .776 1.089 .624 .723 .704 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.570 92/.537 117/1.034 6/1.167 101/.625 92/.503 52/.878 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 445/.765 99/.920 179/.608 3/.500 110/.623 103/.923 155/.646 .682
Road 317/.756 92/.867 140/.865 3/1.000 98/.494 104/.835 99/.733 .781
Last 28d days 133/.643 42/.724 73/.942 9/1.089 41/.727 40/.887 46/1.021
HR/SB/CS 19/8/1 5/0/0 9/2/0 1/0/0 3/4/0 6/2/2 4/3/1 127/44/22
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo·o·oX ··X·XXo· ···o···X ··X·o·o· ··ooo·oX ·oooo·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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