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Game Preview: HOU @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, October 4, 2009 @Citi Field

Astros, 74-87, 5th, 17 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Wilton Lopez (25, RHP, 0-1, 9.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			14.1	26	17	15	6	8	4	9.42

Last 7 GS		0-1	3.2	6	5	5	2	2	1	12.27	29
2009-09-29	@PHI	L	3.2	6	5	5	2	2	1	57	29

Has never faced NYM.

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

 Home:   44-37   Road:   30-50   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  57-66   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  24-23
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:31-47   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Sat, Oct  3  @NYM  L   1-5       74-87  5th 17.0 gb
160 Fri, Oct  2  @NYM  L   1-7       74-86  5th 17.0 gb
159 Thu, Oct  1  @PHI  W   5-3       74-85  5th 17.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 30  @PHI  L   3-10      73-85  5th 17.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 29  @PHI  L   4-7       73-84  5th 17.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 28  @PHI  W   8-2       73-83  5th 17.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 27   CIN  W   3-2       72-83  5th 17.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 26   CIN  L   4-10      71-83  5th 18.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 25   CIN  L   4-10      71-82  5th 17.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 23   STL  W   3-0       71-81  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19

Mets, 69-92, 4th, 23 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (35, RHP, 2-8, 4.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-8)			61.1	76	33	32	24	52	8	4.70
2008 (3-3)			45.1	48	26	23	26	36	3	4.57
2004 (0-3)			28.1	32	18	18	11	10	4	5.72

Last 7 GS		1-6	41.1	43	19	18	16	37	4	3.92	52
2009-09-28	@WSN	L	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	104	54
2009-09-22	ATL	L	7.0	2	2	2	3	5	0	126	67
2009-09-17	@ATL	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	4	1	81	28
2009-09-11	@PHI	L	5.1	9	2	2	5	3	0	117	40
2009-09-05	CHC	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	8	2	107	48
2009-08-30	@CHC	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	10	0	117	69
2009-08-25	@FLA	L	5.0	4	2	1	0	2	0	78	55

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	10.1	11	12	12	6	5	2	10.45	32
2001-08-21	HOU	L	6.1	7	6	6	4	2	0	97	33
2000-07-05	@HOU	ND	4.0	4	6	6	2	3	2	65	31

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

 Home:   40-40   Road:   29-52   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  53-65   vsLHP:  16-27   1-Run:  19-24
 vsEast: 28-44   vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Sat, Oct  3   HOU  W   5-1       69-92  4th 23.0 gb
160 Fri, Oct  2   HOU  W   7-1       68-92  4th 24.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 30  @WSN  L   4-7       67-92  4th 25.5 gb
158 Tue, Sep 29  @WSN  L   3-4       67-91  4th 24.5 gb
157 Mon, Sep 28  @WSN  L   1-2       67-90  4th 23.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 27  @FLA  W   4-0       67-89  4th 23.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 26  @FLA  L   6-9       66-89  4th 23.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 25  @FLA  W   6-5       66-88  4th 23.5 gb
153 Wed, Sep 23   ATL  L   2-5       65-88  4th 24.0 gb
152 Tue, Sep 22   ATL  L   1-3       65-87  4th 24.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 NYM  7  HOU  1        W:John Maine (7-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (14-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 26, 2009 NYM  8 @HOU  3        W:Livan Hernandez (7-5), L: Brian Moehler (7-6), S: Sean Green (1)
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 NYM 10 @HOU  3        W:Jonathon Niese (1-0), L: Russ Ortiz (3-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 HOU  5  NYM  4        W:Mike Hampton (6-7), L: Johan Santana (11-8), S: Jose Valverde (11)

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
Season Series: 2009 - NYM leads 4-1; 2008 - HOU won 5-2; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 298-248

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 5.64

BAL 4.56

SEA 3.96

RA/G

SFG 3.79

OAK 4.70

WSN 5.43

J. Mauer .366

B. Ryan .290

A. Miles .185

OBP

A. Pujols .446

E. Longoria .363

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .667

M. Byrd .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

A. Hill .836

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.06

Z. Duke 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

A. Pettitte 6.95

J. Lannan 3.88

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Astros Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 35.Broadway
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 33.Maine
G/S/vB 48.Misch*
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 44.Redding
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB 29.Stoner
G/S/vB 36.Takahashi*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 12/.933 ··· 24/.908 4/1.000 1/.000 17/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 12/1.783 9/.819 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 555/409 .272/.397/.508/.905 .706/.980 .853 94/.951 7/4 25/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 16/1.411 5/.000 1/.000 12/.633 4/1.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 426/393 .247/.312/.367/.680 .907/.661 .594 58/.474 0/1 10/3

8.Boone G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 9/1.125 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 9/1.444 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/6 .000/.091/.000/.091 .000/.167 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.333 1/2.000 10/.777 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 669/520 .286/.355/.384/.739 .715/.746 .767 102/.533 61/12 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.946 2/.000 1/.000 9/.444 10/.633 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 230/169 .224/.301/.317/.618 .684/.595 .499 21/.440 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 3/2.333 ··· 6/.900 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/135 .197/.272/.333/.605 .308/.637 .585 13/.237 0/2 2/0

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/15 .091/.130/.091/.221 .125/.267 .393 23/.221 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 6/.533 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 340/230 .258/.321/.391/.712 .817/.660 .817 40/.667 0/2 7/8

45.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.833 ··· 6/1.167 7/1.143 3/.666 1/.000 6/.833 9/1.445 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· 654/518 .302/.346/.493/.839 .890/.825 .763 99/.744 5/3 26/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.600 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 9/.444 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 526/405 .253/.304/.362/.666 .769/.637 .651 93/.834 19/3 9/6

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/62 .286/.333/.357/.690 .665/.698 .841 9/.661 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.250 3/1.666 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 7/.715 ··· ··· 152/92 .237/.322/.430/.752 .763/.744 .588 21/.810 1/2 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 7/.286 3/1.167 ··· 10/.900 7/1.286 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 640/513 .284/.348/.476/.824 .910/.803 .807 100/.780 14/11 25/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/131 .234/.285/.377/.661 .840/.613 .550 26/.644 0/0 4/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 6/1.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 4/.000 5/.400 11/1.445 4/.000 ··· ··· 666/519 .314/.341/.455/.797 .831/.787 .710 98/1.061 5/2 14/20

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/35 .182/.250/.341/.591 .690/.550 .829 36/.644 0/0 2/0

IP 61.1 30.2 32.2 59.1 69.2 81.1 62.1 88.1 184.1 120.0 68.0 70.1 9.0 27.1 TOTAL .261/.320/.402/.722 .757/.712 .694 .696 113/44 142/86

ERA-K/9

4.70/7.6

5.87/5.3

3.31/3.9

3.03/9.0

4.52/7.0

4.43/6.1

4.48/3.3

5.30/7.5

5.03/5.2

5.10/5.7

3.71/9.7

3.97/5.8

4.00/5.0

2.96/7.6

4.51/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.305 143/.302 130/.211 241/.232 308/.244 349/.224 250/.286 413/.281 824/.288 525/.263 294/.204 309/.265 36/.281 116/.235 .265

OPS .851 .744 .676 .684 .723 .676 .811 .769 .778 .792 .646 .765 .843 .724 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.813 70/.879 66/.680 155/.598 127/.785 193/.541 88/.899 191/.762 474/.787 282/.860 145/.545 137/.908 21/.653 62/.859 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.878 73/.618 64/.672 86/.851 181/.681 156/.842 162/.761 222/.775 350/.767 243/.716 149/.750 172/.656 15/1.067 54/.567 .762

Home 147/.906 67/.908 70/.530 124/.560 150/.805 162/.506 95/.908 256/.722 451/.708 235/.779 157/.590 153/.699 11/.282 59/.785

Last 28d days 110/.811 47/.788 35/.790 26/.470 46/.425 80/.624 96/.969 71/.864 147/.806 122/.620 37/.900 42/.750 36/.843 18/.646

HR/SB/CS 8/4/2 0/1/1 5/0/0 7/0/0 5/2/1 8/5/4 9/1/2 8/1/2 18/16/6 18/3/1 7/7/2 6/2/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 158/66/34

Usage ·····X·· ·······X ·······o o··ooo·· Xo·ooo·· ·X·····X X·····X· ·o·X·o·· ····X··· ···X···· o··Xo··· X······X ········ ········

Mets Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 20.Norris
G/S/vB 54.Paronto
G/S/vB 52.Paulino
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 25/.969 20/1.287 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 15/1.114 6/.900 2/.000 353/258 .326/.416/.503/.920 1.025/.878 .786 73/.796 11/1 10/2

1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 6/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 13/.154 1/2.000 2/.000 571/403 .306/.391/.350/.741 .685/.764 .848 95/.641 20/6 1/11

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 69/38 .231/.275/.385/.660 .816/.536 .821 12/.667 0/0 1/1

12.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 14/.703 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 14/1.512 6/.334 1/2.000 627/453 .280/.310/.424/.734 .878/.679 .779 95/.923 6/4 15/1

11.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 396/299 .253/.310/.339/.649 .735/.622 .515 55/.647 7/5 3/12

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 547/448 .265/.313/.427/.740 .704/.748 .825 78/.986 4/2 12/13

16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 1/.000 367/265 .299/.345/.470/.815 .792/.819 .900 100/.768 14/7 6/2

18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 173/162 .245/.292/.308/.601 .800/.588 .586 22/.438 0/3 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 306/198 .260/.296/.391/.688 .616/.727 .704 32/.650 0/0 7/3

23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 17/.912 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/1.339 2/.500 1/.000 194/183 .218/.292/.335/.627 .100/.656 .647 21/1.026 0/0 3/1

10.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.722 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 312/216 .276/.372/.451/.823 .834/.818 .819 5/.400 2/1 10/2

19.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 1/.000 152/132 .248/.329/.383/.712 .417/.758 .916 35/.356 7/1 2/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 375/220 .280/.337/.435/.771 .822/.737 .778 52/.912 4/1 8/3

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/42 .261/.294/.283/.577 .333/.631 .385 42/.478 1/0 0/1

4.Valdez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/66 .256/.326/.337/.664 .399/.779 .579 42/.718 0/1 0/1

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/1.667 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 17/.912 ··· 3/.000 ··· 15/.795 9/.222 2/5.000 614/482 .308/.391/.448/.839 1.138/.758 .818 98/.638 27/9 10/18

IP 14.1 32.0 17.2 61.1 82.0 20.0 63.1 154.2 55.2 6.2 97.2 205.2 54.0 42.2 TOTAL .270/.334/.393/.728 .758/.717 .745 .714 120/43 95/108

ERA-K/9

9.42/5.0

7.88/4.8

4.58/4.6

3.23/8.5

3.40/7.8

2.25/11.2

2.13/6.4

5.47/5.3

4.53/8.7

12.15/4.0

6.27/8.6

3.02/8.4

2.33/9.3

5.70/9.5

4.55/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 75/.394 131/.305 84/.309 258/.181 330/.229 77/.206 254/.250 694/.298 249/.272 36/.455 448/.317 849/.250 219/.207 192/.304 .275

OPS 1.073 .828 .968 .677 .668 .598 .677 .842 .798 1.366 .907 .695 .626 .880 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.970 57/.752 40/1.203 124/.707 153/.699 22/.852 126/.530 342/.828 111/.600 17/1.100 209/1.090 160/.502 102/.772 71/.912 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 31/1.226 74/.884 44/.769 134/.651 177/.642 55/.509 128/.818 352/.855 138/.940 19/1.588 239/.752 689/.742 117/.500 121/.861 .782

Road 51/1.219 75/.812 47/1.198 132/.647 170/.670 43/.580 111/.589 344/.815 112/.739 5/.500 186/1.008 419/.775 100/.674 84/.984

Last 28d days 53/.951 67/.772 36/.823 48/.893 54/.533 44/.717 37/.724 115/.914 93/.696 21/1.100 123/.906 126/.730 42/.643 47/.897

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 2/2/0 4/2/1 10/2/4 7/4/1 1/1/1 7/5/3 21/12/3 9/1/0 4/0/0 20/2/2 21/3/4 5/5/3 9/5/0 176/63/28

Usage ····X··· X····X·· ·X···X·o oo·X·X·o X·X·o·oX oo·ooo·o o·X···o· ···X···· ········ ····X··· ··X····X ·X····X· ··XX··X· o·XoX···

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.