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Game Preview: NYM @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, July 24, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

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Mets, 44-50, 4th, 10½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (30, LHP, 11-7, 2.92)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-7)			123.1	108	49	40	39	117	15	2.92
2008 (16-7)			234.1	206	74	66	63	206	23	2.53
2007 (15-13)			219.0	183	88	81	52	235	33	3.33

Last 7 GS		3-4	44.1	41	21	19	17	26	5	3.86	52
2009-07-18	@ATL	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	115	70
2009-07-11	CIN	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	114	71
2009-07-05	@PHI	L	7.0	3	2	2	2	3	2	101	64
2009-06-30	@MIL	L	6.0	9	6	5	4	4	1	110	32
2009-06-25	STL	W	7.0	7	2	1	3	3	0	110	57
2009-06-20	TBR	L	7.1	3	2	2	3	3	1	98	64
2009-06-14	@NYY	L	3.0	9	9	9	2	3	1	82	6

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	13.1	11	1	1	3	8	0	0.68	65
2008-08-22	HOU	W	7.0	8	0	0	1	5	0	121	65
2008-08-02	@HOU	ND	6.1	3	1	1	2	3	0	103	64

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-20   Road:   19-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  34-38   vsLHP:  10-12   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 20-20   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @WSN  L   1-3       44-50  4th 10.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @WSN  L   0-4       44-49  4th 10.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20  @WSN  W   6-2       44-48  4th  9.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19  @ATL  L   1-7       43-48  4th  9.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18  @ATL  W   5-1       43-47  4th  8.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @ATL  L   0-11      42-47  4th  8.5 gb
 88 Thu, Jul 16  @ATL  L   3-5       42-46  4th  7.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 12   CIN  W   9-7       42-45  4th  6.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 11   CIN  W   4-0       41-45  4th  6.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 10   CIN  L   0-3       40-45  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Astros, 49-46, 2nd, 1½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 5-7, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-7)			89.1	93	50	46	34	57	8	4.63
2008 (3-4)			78.0	83	45	42	28	38	10	4.85
2005 (5-3)			69.1	74	28	27	18	27	5	3.50

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.1	39	17	16	13	24	1	3.48	52
2009-07-18	@LAD	L	5.2	7	5	4	2	4	0	92	39
2009-07-11	WSN	L	3.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	70	23
2009-07-06	PIT	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	98	67
2009-06-30	@SDP	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	97	65
2009-06-12	@ARI	L	5.0	8	3	3	5	2	0	99	36
2009-06-05	PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	89	68
2009-05-31	@PIT	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	90	69

Last 5 v.NYM		2-1	28.0	32	14	14	9	19	4	4.50	49
2008-09-13	@NYM	ND	6.0	6	2	2	5	4	0	90	51
2008-08-21	@NYM	ND	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	100	45
2005-07-17	@NYM	L	2.0	7	5	5	0	2	1	58	24
2005-04-27	@NYM	W	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	2	101	54
2004-07-30	NYM	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	102	70

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-23   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  39-35   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 18-9  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Wed, Jul 22   STL  W   4-3       49-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21   STL  W  11-6       48-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20   STL  W   3-2       47-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @LAD  L   3-4       46-46  4th  4.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @LAD  L   2-5       46-45  4th  3.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @LAD  W   8-1       46-44  2nd  3.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @LAD  W   3-0       45-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   WSN  W   5-0       44-44  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   WSN  L   2-13      43-44  4th  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   WSN  W   6-5       43-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 NYM  9  HOU  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (13-8), L: Brian Moehler (9-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 HOU  6 @NYM  4 (10)   W:LaTroy Hawkins (3-1), L: Pedro Feliciano (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 HOU  8 @NYM  3        W:Brandon Backe (8-12), L: John Maine (10-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 NYM  3  HOU  0        W:Johan Santana (12-7), L: Roy Oswalt (11-9), S: Luis Ayala (1)
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 HOU  4  NYM  0        W:Randy Wolf (7-10), L: Oliver Perez (7-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 HOU  5  NYM  4 (10)   W:Jose Valverde (5-3), L: Aaron Heilman (1-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 HOU  7  NYM  3        W:Doug Brocail (5-5), L: Aaron Heilman (1-5), S: none
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 NYM  4  HOU  1        W:Pedro Martinez (2-0), L: Roy Oswalt (14-7), S: Billy Wagner (32)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 NYM  3  HOU  1        W:Tom Glavine (13-6), L: Woody Williams (8-14), S: Billy Wagner (31)
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 NYM 11  HOU  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-13), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - HOU won 5-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 297-244

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 2009 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

NYY 5.51

FLA 4.49

SDP 3.64

RA/G

SFG 3.77

FLA 4.66

WSN 5.55

J. Mauer .357

Y. Molina .288

R. Cedeno .189

OBP

M. Ramirez .475

C. Counsell .362

R. Cedeno .240

SLG

A. Pujols .711

B. Phillips .465

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.161

T. Tulowitzki .823

B. Giles .548

ERA

D. Haren 1.96

J. Lester 3.87

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

K. Kawakami 6.71

J. Lannan 3.74

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Mets Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 50.Arias
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 23.Ortiz
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 54.Paronto
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Berroa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.453 4/.750 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 32/21 .103/.133/.138/.271 .382/.211 .304 8/.000 0/0 0/3

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 49/.906 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 54/.656 24/.565 ··· 10/.200 1/2.000 1/.000 327/229 .289/.385/.337/.722 .714/.725 .594 76/.741 11/4 0/7

3.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 30/.624 9/.222 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 241/181 .242/.322/.295/.617 .780/.559 .697 84/.469 7/2 0/5

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 11/.920 8/.393 ··· ··· 11/1.253 5/.400 ··· 361/260 .258/.286/.364/.650 .731/.618 .572 77/.680 5/2 6/1

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 301/259 .241/.309/.353/.662 .627/.668 .629 74/.564 2/1 5/8

16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 93/71 .317/.378/.439/.817 .541/.876 .790 42/.792 6/0 0/0

18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/105 .257/.295/.324/.618 1.143/.582 .591 34/.469 0/2 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/131 .253/.290/.389/.679 .654/.687 .613 39/.402 0/0 4/2

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 14/.857 21/.619 12/1.333 2/.000 8/1.339 2/.500 1/.000 114/105 .208/.310/.375/.685 .125/.728 .647 47/.580 0/0 3/0

10.Sheffield G/S/vP 32/.931 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 19/1.733 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 245/172 .286/.388/.481/.869 .876/.865 .839 60/.846 2/1 10/1

19.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 4/.000 11/.955 8/.804 ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 20/1.175 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/.875 5/.600 14/.786 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 205/126 .242/.310/.385/.695 .648/.723 .611 50/.710 3/1 4/1

5.Wright G/S/vP 15/.871 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.666 14/.967 13/1.706 20/.450 2/.000 12/.367 8/.250 1/no AB 406/324 .316/.404/.447/.851 1.087/.791 .878 96/.535 21/8 5/12

IP 89.1 32.2 32.0 42.0 41.0 86.0 79.0 135.1 0.1 125.2 24.0 19.2 TOTAL .265/.338/.382/.720 .772/.704 .705 .585 84/25 53/69

ERA-K/9

4.63/5.7

1.38/8.5

3.38/7.9

3.64/6.0

2.41/6.6

4.92/5.9

4.33/6.7

3.66/6.9

108.00/0.0

2.72/8.4

3.00/10.9

5.49/11.0

4.12/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 381/.277 140/.178 138/.197 171/.231 168/.258 379/.288 347/.272 553/.250 5/1.000 514/.244 97/.225 89/.321 .266

OPS .774 .513 .679 .675 .697 .841 .768 .710 3.133 .690 .675 .864 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.750 55/.478 66/.767 82/.631 81/.574 205/.668 168/.737 264/.736 1/ 111/.593 45/.853 35/.857 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 283/.781 85/.534 72/.600 89/.711 87/.807 174/1.041 179/.797 289/.685 4/3.083 403/.717 52/.516 54/.863 .765

Home 190/.819 76/.522 66/.688 95/.673 95/.698 206/.855 226/.735 268/.789 5/3.133 267/.642 61/.707 42/.738

Last 28d days 92/.736 58/.482 31/.603 52/.779 26/.654 105/.642 96/.809 140/.469 5/3.133 137/.617 34/.681 8/.875

HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 1/3/0 5/1/2 4/2/0 5/5/3 14/4/0 6/6/3 15/2/1 1/0/0 13/1/1 4/2/1 4/2/0 105/37/13

Usage ·····X·· ··o·XX·X ·o·····o ···o·o·· ·o·XX··X ···X···· ····X··· ·X····X· ··X····· ··X····X ·o·o···X ··oo·o··

Astros Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 48.Misch*
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 46.Perez*
G/S/vB 44.Redding
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.533 24/.908 4/1.000 ··· 33/.994 3/1.666 ··· 12/1.783 9/.222 9/.819 2/.000 1/.000 371/276 .273/.407/.525/.932 .609/1.055 .923 79/1.112 6/2 18/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 15/.800 16/1.411 5/.000 ··· 24/.750 4/1.500 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 248/226 .275/.347/.381/.728 .981/.701 .804 75/.860 0/1 4/2

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 404/324 .285/.358/.402/.760 .738/.765 .729 101/.728 36/8 3/1

41.Coste G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 9/.444 9/.476 10/.633 1/2.000 1/2.000 136/96 .244/.333/.387/.720 .754/.706 .902 31/.680 0/0 2/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 7/.929 ··· 1/no AB 36/32 .176/.194/.206/.400 .000/.452 .353 11/.191 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 13/.614 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/.666 6/.533 ··· 6/1.000 9/1.431 ··· 1/.000 ··· 204/133 .269/.347/.400/.747 .896/.661 .608 44/.792 0/2 3/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 35/1.059 8/.833 ··· 4/1.250 14/.786 3/.666 ··· 6/.833 14/.702 9/1.445 6/.733 ··· 385/301 .307/.356/.489/.844 1.047/.788 .944 97/.813 3/2 15/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 6/.667 5/1.600 1/.000 ··· 36/.657 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 9/.444 2/.000 1/.000 277/219 .253/.309/.335/.643 .929/.574 .736 82/.739 9/3 3/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 25/.167 4/.250 3/1.666 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 7/.715 88/46 .175/.250/.313/.563 .672/.459 .566 15/.651 1/1 1/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 7/1.428 3/1.167 ··· 10/.900 6/2.067 7/1.286 1/.000 ··· 386/307 .294/.358/.467/.824 .984/.782 .867 92/.561 9/6 12/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 6/.167 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/71 .230/.247/.322/.569 .748/.525 .638 35/.378 0/0 1/5

77.Rodriguez G/S/vP 38/.543 7/.143 1/2.000 6/1.100 19/.551 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.467 8/.286 9/.222 ··· 277/223 .261/.293/.421/.715 .806/.692 .671 59/.822 0/2 8/3

10.Tejada G/S/vP 39/.969 ··· ··· 5/1.000 17/.787 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 6/.500 5/.400 11/1.445 4/.000 407/317 .327/.356/.469/.825 .861/.814 .905 103/.812 3/2 8/12

IP 123.1 12.1 37.0 41.1 107.2 16.1 37.1 110.0 38.2 55.1 44.2 39.1 TOTAL .267/.329/.406/.735 .795/.718 .760 .739 67/31 79/51

ERA-K/9

2.92/8.5

3.65/4.4

2.92/7.8

5.23/7.0

4.93/4.7

3.86/5.0

4.10/7.5

4.99/4.6

7.68/7.4

7.16/5.9

1.81/9.1

3.66/4.8

4.36/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 519/.229 51/.214 147/.222 183/.256 466/.305 76/.302 175/.309 484/.287 194/.283 261/.298 188/.174 172/.268 .263

OPS .670 .725 .667 .761 .834 .786 .775 .751 .877 .889 .540 .725 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.852 31/.708 90/.563 82/.856 258/.807 33/.739 71/.811 271/.775 54/.676 150/.923 94/.428 79/.876 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.594 20/.744 57/.843 101/.689 208/.866 43/.826 104/.752 213/.721 140/.961 111/.842 94/.656 93/.601 .738

Road 242/.735 24/.649 73/.816 98/.609 282/.844 41/.925 83/.734 231/.767 120/.912 139/.917 85/.492 100/.790

Last 28d days 112/.626 45/.836 27/1.053 40/.725 101/.970 54/.767 42/.611 154/.761 79/.765 80/1.153 41/.794 55/.741

HR/SB/CS 15/0/2 2/0/0 6/0/0 4/1/1 12/6/3 0/1/1 2/0/2 9/9/6 5/2/2 9/2/0 3/5/1 3/1/0 86/41/23

Usage ·····X·· ····o·X· ·o·o·o·o ·o·o·oo· ···X···· ····Xo·X ·oo·X··o ·X····X· ··X····X ····X·X· ···o·o·· ··o·oo·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.