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Game Preview: LAD @ NYM, 7:10pm, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 @Citi Field

Dodgers, 52-30, 1st, 7 up

SP: Clayton Kershaw (21, LHP, 5-5, 3.49)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-5)			87.2	63	34	34	52	88	5	3.49
2008 (5-5)			107.2	109	51	51	52	100	11	4.26

Last 7 GS		3-2	37.2	27	10	10	24	37	1	2.39	57
2009-07-01	COL	ND	5.0	1	0	0	5	5	0	97	65
2009-06-26	SEA	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	96	61
2009-06-21	@LAA	W	7.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	107	70
2009-06-16	OAK	ND	5.2	4	0	0	3	8	0	105	66
2009-06-10	SDP	L	2.2	5	3	3	4	2	0	81	34
2009-06-04	PHI	L	5.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	105	54
2009-05-27	@COL	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	98	52

Last 5 v.NYM		0-0	3.2	5	4	4	4	2	1	9.82	33
2008-05-30	@NYM	ND	3.2	5	4	4	4	2	1	83	33

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

 Home:   28-13   Road:   24-17   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  35-21   vsLHP:  17-9    1-Run:  18-8 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 30-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @SDP  W   7-6 (13)  52-30  1st  7.5 up
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @SDP  L   4-7       51-30  1st  6.5 up
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @SDP  W   6-3       51-29  1st  7.5 up
 79 Wed, Jul  1   COL  W   1-0       50-29  1st  7.0 up
 78 Tue, Jun 30   COL  L   0-3       49-29  1st  6.0 up
 77 Mon, Jun 29   COL  W   4-2 (13)  49-28  1st  7.0 up
 76 Sun, Jun 28   SEA  L   2-4       48-28  1st  7.0 up
 75 Sat, Jun 27   SEA  L   1-5       48-27  1st  8.0 up
 74 Fri, Jun 26   SEA  W   8-2       48-26  1st  8.0 up
 73 Thu, Jun 25  @CHW  L   5-6 (13)  47-26  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Mets, 39-42, 3rd, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (25, RHP, 6-3, 4.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-3)			88.2	97	47	42	31	43	6	4.26
2008 (13-11)			200.2	209	86	83	64	110	12	3.72
2007 (3-8)			72.2	85	47	45	39	45	6	5.57

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.2	45	24	19	13	26	2	4.20	47
2009-07-01	@MIL	W	7.2	6	0	0	2	6	0	107	71
2009-06-26	NYY	L	5.0	6	4	2	2	3	0	93	44
2009-06-21	TBR	ND	5.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	88	39
2009-06-16	@BAL	W	5.2	5	2	2	3	2	1	108	50
2009-06-10	PHI	ND	6.0	6	4	2	1	2	1	105	49
2009-06-04	@PIT	L	3.2	9	9	8	4	3	0	83	8
2009-05-29	FLA	ND	7.2	5	1	1	1	6	0	108	70

Last 5 v.LAD		0-0	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	2.57	60
2008-05-31	LAD	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	109	60

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

 Home:   22-17   Road:   17-25   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  29-33   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 18-15   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @PHI  L   0-2       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @PHI  L   1-4       39-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @PHI  L   2-7       39-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @PIT  W   9-8 (10)  39-39  3rd  1.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @MIL  W   1-0       38-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @MIL  L   3-6       37-39  3rd  3.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29  @MIL  L   6-10      37-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   NYY  L   2-4       37-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   NYY  L   0-5       37-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   NYY  L   1-9       37-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 20, 2009 LAD  2  NYM  1        W:Brent Leach (1-0), L: J.J. Putz (1-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (11)
Tue, May 19, 2009 LAD  5  NYM  3        W:Chad Billingsley (6-1), L: John Maine (3-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (10)
Mon, May 18, 2009 LAD  3  NYM  2 (11)   W:Ramon Troncoso (1-0), L: Brian Stokes (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 01, 2008 NYM  6  LAD  1        W:Johan Santana (7-3), L: Hiroki Kuroda (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 NYM  3  LAD  2        W:Duaner Sanchez (2-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (2-2), S: Billy Wagner (11)
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
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 3-0; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - LAD leads 303-245

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 5.57

CHW 4.45

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.69

DET 4.56

WSN 5.64

J. Mauer .389

G. Anderson .284

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .465

M. Bourn .359

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .739

C. Jones .474

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

R. Cano .819

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

J. Cueto 6.77

J. Garland 3.31

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Dodgers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 48.Misch*
G/S/vB 38.Nieve
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Ausmus G/S/vP 5/.933 23/.266 5/1.400 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/51 .283/.345/.321/.666 .944/.615 .820 18/.732 1/0 0/0

23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.125 3/1.167 306/228 .289/.363/.500/.863 1.055/.797 .863 101/.810 2/1 12/6

14.Castro G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/62 .333/.382/.420/.802 1.043/.741 .807 21/.650 0/0 1/1

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/21 .158/.238/.158/.396 /.396 .397 2/.500 0/0 0/0

16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 342/243 .250/.339/.476/.816 .685/.869 .643 99/.767 4/3 16/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 19/.684 8/.750 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 324/241 .254/.324/.340/.664 .710/.649 .675 99/.765 5/4 3/9

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/3.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 6/.750 1/.000 364/262 .288/.355/.416/.770 .878/.730 .718 95/.577 6/0 5/4

27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 336/249 .305/.369/.474/.843 1.113/.753 .884 95/.863 19/4 10/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 347/257 .280/.346/.395/.741 .838/.706 .871 94/.754 6/1 6/3

5.Loretta G/S/vP 6/.666 27/1.099 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 113/89 .245/.345/.296/.641 .785/.604 .814 34/.584 0/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 310/225 .248/.365/.298/.662 .716/.642 .655 91/.667 7/4 1/2

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 4/.500 14/.572 11/.182 1/no AB 2/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 282/199 .328/.386/.411/.797 .926/.747 .881 103/.638 23/8 0/0

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.000 1/no AB 128/104 .333/.477/.636/1.113 1.132/1.109 1.033 8/.821 0/0 7/1

IP 88.2 8.0 33.1 36.0 11.2 29.2 31.1 39.2 34.1 TOTAL .272/.349/.403/.752 .829/.725 .759 .714 73/26 64/43

ERA-K/9

4.26/4.4

3.38/3.4

2.70/8.1

5.00/7.8

3.86/5.4

2.73/5.2

4.88/7.5

1.59/9.1

3.67/4.2

4.26/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.281 32/.154 130/.192 162/.257 53/.261 130/.255 149/.326 168/.174 147/.279 .260

OPS .724 .697 .599 .771 .706 .688 .820 .526 .726 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.783 19/.768 78/.522 74/.961 20/.513 81/.493 61/.837 88/.459 64/.888 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.645 13/.594 52/.720 88/.624 33/.832 49/1.019 88/.809 80/.602 83/.606 .721

Home 204/.738 18/.840 66/.485 72/.962 29/.729 48/.417 77/.883 89/.521 56/.532

Last 28d days 124/.668 32/.697 39/.657 56/.689 34/.561 123/.713 47/1.102 61/.650 55/.892

HR/SB/CS 6/6/5 2/0/0 5/0/0 4/1/0 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/0/2 2/5/1 3/1/0 75/36/18

Usage ·····X·· ···XX··X ··o·X··· ····Xoo· ··oXo··X ··X····X ·X·o···X ····Xo·· ··o·X·XX

Mets Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 45.Leach*
G/S/vB 52.McDonald
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB 49.Vargas
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 3/5.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.637 1/.000 22/.666 279/193 .276/.374/.328/.701 .716/.694 .835 88/.688 10/3 0/5

19.Church* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 3/.333 244/195 .290/.343/.389/.732 .470/.794 .622 101/.789 6/2 2/1

3.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 196/145 .259/.356/.327/.684 .886/.605 .586 115/.600 7/2 0/3

6.Evans G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/30 .278/.297/.472/.770 1.143/.682 1.200 37/.770 0/0 1/1

26.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/79 .176/.242/.275/.517 .358/.559 .418 60/.453 2/0 1/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 254/220 .242/.311/.354/.665 .722/.656 .680 75/.586 1/1 5/7

18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 87/83 .280/.310/.341/.652 2.000/.585 .576 23/.408 0/1 0/1

11.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .286 13/.237 1/0 0/0

9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/118 .268/.303/.423/.726 .797/.701 .743 54/.733 0/0 4/2

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· 6/.900 88/80 .233/.333/.411/.744 .143/.798 .740 49/.835 0/0 2/0

10.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.357 ··· 7/.310 218/150 .281/.390/.492/.882 .866/.889 .951 81/.931 2/1 10/1

17.Tatis G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 184/114 .253/.324/.383/.707 .690/.715 .755 71/.639 3/1 3/1

5.Wright G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 9/.347 2/2.000 13/.862 353/281 .326/.414/.470/.884 1.137/.818 .839 114/.756 20/8 5/12

IP 87.2 48.1 39.2 17.2 24.1 37.0 53.0 TOTAL .270/.347/.394/.740 .815/.717 .749 .686 79/22 50/62

ERA-K/9

3.49/9.0

2.42/8.6

2.72/14.7

3.06/7.6

5.55/5.6

3.89/5.6

1.87/5.4

/0.0

3.57/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.207 206/.209 154/.132 70/.148 111/.244 157/.239 216/.242 / .231

OPS .636 .575 .418 .569 .748 .699 .609 .677

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.481 87/.722 82/.334 39/.671 51/.721 61/.639 95/.608 / .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.684 119/.472 72/.514 31/.444 60/.773 96/.732 121/.610 / .688

Road 168/.721 110/.621 81/.641 28/.345 52/.798 67/.856 106/.508 /

Last 28d days 112/.564 60/.567 46/.651 27/.359 22/.654 44/.397 62/.644 /

HR/SB/CS 5/5/4 2/6/1 1/3/0 1/0/1 3/1/1 3/4/1 2/3/2 // 64/47/24

Usage ·····X·· ·oX··X·o ·X·o·o·X ·ooo··oo ·······o ·o·X··Xo ··Xo·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.