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Game Preview: STL @ NYM, 12:10pm, Wednesday, August 5, 2009 @Citi Field

Cardinals, 59-50, 1st, Tied

SP: Kyle Lohse (30, RHP, 4-6, 4.14)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-6)			78.1	75	39	36	25	51	9	4.14
2008 (15-6)			200.0	211	88	84	49	119	18	3.78
2007 (9-12)			192.2	207	109	99	57	122	22	4.62

Last 7 GS		1-4	36.0	34	17	16	12	24	5	4.00	51
2009-07-30	LAD	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	92	59
2009-07-25	@PHI	ND	4.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	90	42
2009-07-20	@HOU	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	109	58
2009-07-12	@CHC	L	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	2	96	34
2009-06-03	CIN	L	2.0	4	2	1	0	1	1	35	43
2009-05-23	KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	98	80
2009-05-18	MIL	L	4.0	4	4	4	3	5	1	89	40

Last 5 v.NYM		2-1	25.2	36	16	14	10	12	3	4.91	42
2009-04-23	NYM	W	5.0	8	2	1	1	1	0	90	45
2008-07-27	@NYM	L	5.0	11	7	7	1	2	3	97	18
2008-06-30	NYM	W	7.0	5	1	0	2	4	0	105	67
2007-09-15	@NYM	ND	5.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	112	40
2007-08-30	NYM	ND	3.2	5	3	3	2	2	0	80	39

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

 Home:   31-23   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  40-35   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl:27-23   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Tue, Aug  4  @NYM  W  12-7 (10)  59-50  1st    Tied
108 Sun, Aug  2   HOU  L   0-2       58-50  1st  0.5 up
107 Sat, Aug  1   HOU  W   3-1       58-49  1st  0.5 up
106 Fri, Jul 31   HOU  W   4-3       57-49  1st  0.5 up
105 Thu, Jul 30   LAD  L   3-5 (10)  56-49  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 29   LAD  W   3-2 (15)  56-48  1st  0.5 up
103 Tue, Jul 28   LAD  W  10-0       55-48  1st  0.5 up
102 Mon, Jul 27   LAD  W   6-1       54-48  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 26  @PHI  L   2-9       53-48  2nd  0.5 gb
100 Sat, Jul 25  @PHI  L   6-14      53-47  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Mets, 50-56, 4th, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (22, LHP, 1-1, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			24.0	26	12	12	8	16	1	4.50
2008 (1-1)			14.0	20	11	11	8	11	2	7.07

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.0	46	23	23	16	27	3	5.45	45
2009-07-30	COL	L	6.1	8	4	4	4	3	1	100	40
2009-07-25	@HOU	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	106	66
2009-05-13	ATL	ND	4.2	7	5	5	2	5	0	73	33
2009-05-08	PIT	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	95	55
2008-09-22	CHC	L	3.0	7	6	6	2	2	1	78	21
2008-09-13	ATL	W	8.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	116	75
2008-09-02	@MIL	ND	3.0	7	5	5	4	2	1	73	23

Has never faced STL.

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

 Home:   29-25   Road:   21-31   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  40-41   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 20-20   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Aug  4   STL  L   7-12(10)  50-56  4th 10.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3   ARI  L   5-6       50-55  4th 10.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   ARI  L   2-5       50-54  4th  9.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   ARI  W   9-6       50-53  4th  9.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   ARI  L   2-3       49-53  4th 10.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   COL  L   2-4       49-52  4th  9.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 30   COL  W   7-0       49-51  4th  9.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28   COL  W   4-0       48-51  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27   COL  W   7-3       47-51  4th 10.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @HOU  W   8-3       46-51  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 NYM  3  STL  2        W:Johan Santana (9-5), L: Chris Carpenter (5-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 NYM 11  STL  0        W:Fernando Nieve (3-0), L: Brad Thompson (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 STL  3 @NYM  0        W:Joel Pineiro (6-8), L: Livan Hernandez (5-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 NYM  6  STL  4        W:Tim Redding (1-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (6-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 STL 12  NYM  8        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Livan Hernandez (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 STL  5  NYM  2        W:Joel Pineiro (3-0), L: John Maine (0-2), S: Ryan Franklin (4)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 STL  6  NYM  4        W:Jason Motte (1-1), L: J.J. Putz (1-1), S: Ryan Franklin (3)

Sun, Jul 27, 2008 NYM  9  STL  1        W:Johan Santana (9-7), L: Kyle Lohse (12-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 STL 10 @NYM  8 (14)   W:Brad Thompson (3-2), L: Aaron Heilman (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 NYM  7  STL  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (9-6), L: Mitchell Boggs (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 5-3; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 362-323

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

LAA 5.73

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.74

RA/G

SFG 3.64

HOU 4.58

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .364

M. Montero .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .438

B. McCann .365

R. Cedeno .217

SLG

A. Pujols .661

C. Ross .472

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.099

M. Prado .839

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

A. Cook 3.88

T. Wellemeyer 5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

K. Correia 6.73

J. Lannan 3.66

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Cardinals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
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 57.Santana*
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.333 1/3.000 6/.533 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 289/215 .237/.291/.406/.697 .612/.727 .684 57/.870 2/3 8/4

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 4/.250 5/1.600 14/.967 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.778 5/.200 4/1.833 10/.311 ··· 393/304 .257/.327/.469/.795 1.002/.733 .816 69/.877 1/1 20/9

3.Greene G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 24/.428 1/.000 3/.000 15/.667 4/1.250 2/3.000 9/.111 2/.000 152/95 .198/.280/.351/.631 .482/.718 .679 1/.000 2/1 5/8

15.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 34/.706 ··· 8/.750 19/.576 15/.800 ··· ··· 1/3.000 445/311 .310/.400/.500/.900 .855/.917 .837 99/1.286 13/4 14/4

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/2.000 16/.517 1/.000 2/no AB 23/.832 11/.546 ··· 3/.000 ··· 73/52 .250/.301/.324/.625 .749/.575 .543 17/.567 1/0 1/1

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/.300 1/.000 6/1.000 6/.334 8/1.000 2/.500 20/.436 1/no AB 345/250 .267/.331/.476/.807 .707/.845 .924 93/.952 4/1 18/1

12.Lugo G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.600 5/.500 22/.905 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 9/.333 26/.432 4/.250 163/108 .299/.352/.435/.787 .705/.829 .949 40/.982 4/0 2/8

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 14/.428 ··· 6/1.167 20/1.117 9/.444 2/.000 7/.858 2/.000 375/281 .283/.354/.373/.728 .690/.739 .651 77/.652 6/1 5/2

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.200 2/.500 40/1.025 ··· 6/.167 33/1.414 31/1.119 2/.500 8/1.125 2/.000 459/331 .314/.438/.661/1.099 1.103/1.098 1.013 100/.769 10/3 36/8

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 341/265 .252/.307/.426/.732 .472/.807 .721 70/.317 1/1 11/5

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.893 1/.000 1/.000 6/.750 3/1.666 ··· 8/.125 3/1.334 257/158 .280/.321/.377/.699 .706/.693 .665 68/.632 8/5 1/6

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/3.000 8/1.071 ··· 4/.250 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 7/.762 1/.000 400/318 .294/.353/.390/.743 .553/.792 .795 82/.707 2/2 3/7

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.334 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 272/217 .227/.327/.339/.666 .718/.654 .563 36/.655 3/2 1/10

IP 24.0 44.0 7.2 48.0 120.2 42.2 121.1 48.2 61.2 49.0 145.0 45.1 TOTAL .256/.326/.413/.738 .663/.767 .746 .736 47/21 111/86

ERA-K/9

4.50/6.0

3.07/8.2

10.57/3.5

5.06/6.9

4.77/5.0

4.01/7.4

4.75/5.0

7.03/8.1

6.57/5.8

2.39/9.2

3.10/8.3

3.38/5.4

4.26/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.286 169/.204 41/.429 207/.250 516/.300 198/.292 537/.285 244/.281 287/.285 202/.178 579/.235 197/.260 .263

OPS .747 .600 1.332 .736 .827 .752 .753 .892 .860 .555 .676 .736 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.859 104/.506 10/1.950 90/.820 279/.799 82/.744 306/.792 66/.641 163/.927 100/.413 166/.819 87/.848 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.681 65/.762 31/1.141 117/.674 237/.860 116/.756 231/.703 178/.995 124/.771 102/.699 413/.618 110/.648 .745

Home 77/.859 92/.455 41/1.332 100/.866 207/.813 113/.767 306/.744 124/.872 148/.806 111/.546 303/.593 95/.674

Last 28d days 55/.708 39/.606 15/2.233 42/.658 102/.834 49/.544 133/.791 129/.840 59/.907 34/.694 116/.606 43/.620

HR/SB/CS 1/1/2 6/0/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 14/8/5 2/0/2 9/11/6 8/5/2 9/2/0 4/5/1 16/1/2 4/1/0 98/49/27

Usage ·····X·· oo·oo··X ·X······ o·X·oX·o ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ··X····X ···X···· ·XXo·X·· X··oX··· X····X·· oo·oXo··

Mets Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Berroa G/S/vP 40/.757 5/.000 17/1.037 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.964 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 46/28 .146/.205/.195/.400 .458/.359 .508 22/.449 0/0 0/5

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 6/1.167 28/.795 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 18/.583 5/1.300 5/.800 ··· 9/1.667 371/262 .296/.393/.352/.745 .712/.759 .822 88/.901 12/4 0/7

3.Cora* G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 8/.000 7/.762 3/.333 ··· 4/.833 276/210 .254/.328/.308/.637 .782/.590 .588 76/.533 8/3 0/6

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 14/.297 10/.900 8/1.333 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.250 ··· 11/.673 ··· 5/1.100 10/.875 5/1.850 408/296 .257/.287/.374/.662 .745/.631 .733 92/.804 5/2 9/1

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/1.867 347/294 .248/.315/.381/.696 .671/.700 .764 92/.788 2/1 7/8

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 141/108 .297/.341/.469/.809 .680/.834 .840 90/.792 8/2 1/0

18.Reed* G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 118/111 .255/.297/.336/.633 1.143/.600 .616 31/.579 0/3 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 205/151 .268/.302/.426/.729 .739/.724 .707 47/.786 0/0 6/2

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 12/1.060 13/.616 11/.364 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 10/.522 3/1.334 10/.900 1/.000 2/1.000 128/119 .206/.307/.364/.672 .125/.709 .693 40/.515 0/0 3/0

10.Sheffield G/S/vP 14/1.084 4/.250 12/.650 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.500 4/1.750 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 251/178 .282/.382/.477/.859 .876/.852 .880 30/.726 2/1 10/1

19.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· 11/.364 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 35/33 .258/.314/.387/.701 .000/.747 .879 35/.701 1/0 0/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/2.667 11/.182 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 8/1.000 7/.858 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 223/132 .241/.308/.407/.715 .730/.704 .806 36/.809 3/1 6/1

5.Wright G/S/vP 17/1.059 9/.444 6/1.300 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 16/.938 1/3.000 10/1.711 1/.000 15/1.709 454/361 .321/.412/.465/.877 1.202/.794 .853 97/.876 23/9 7/12

IP 78.1 115.2 41.2 18.0 46.0 27.1 39.1 141.1 25.0 63.2 158.1 112.2 TOTAL .266/.339/.392/.731 .792/.712 .743 .711 91/28 65/71

ERA-K/9

4.14/5.9

2.10/6.5

1.30/6.5

3.00/4.5

3.13/6.7

1.98/10.5

5.26/7.8

3.18/3.9

4.32/8.3

4.95/3.4

2.79/8.0

5.67/5.7

3.71/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 329/.252 444/.222 157/.190 73/.250 198/.223 109/.186 170/.264 540/.257 111/.266 277/.276 669/.249 506/.327 .258

OPS .728 .577 .494 .675 .649 .572 .814 .635 .724 .779 .663 .897 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.676 214/.535 71/.407 43/.722 88/.554 71/.347 70/.997 267/.609 71/.556 132/.792 295/.783 266/1.038 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.773 230/.615 86/.565 30/.611 110/.726 38/.997 100/.684 273/.661 40/1.026 145/.767 374/.572 240/.747 .700

Road 143/.830 252/.578 82/.724 40/.721 103/.677 43/.515 81/.756 289/.693 58/.808 153/.802 294/.745 231/.982

Last 28d days 95/.757 153/.660 32/.581 31/.611 35/.842 19/.410 40/1.097 107/.431 16/1.000 48/.636 150/.642 77/1.108

HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 5/1/3 2/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 3/0/1 7/0/1 3/0/1 2/3/1 7/2/1 13/8/4 17/4/1 88/29/17

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· o···ooX· ··o···X· X····XX· ····ooo· ··X···Xo X·····X· X····Xo· ····Xo·· ··X····X X····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.