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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Mets, 6-7, 3rd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: John Maine (28, RHP, 0-1, 7.20)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			10.0	9	8	8	4	9	2	7.20
2008 (10-8)			140.0	122	70	65	67	122	16	4.18
2007 (15-10)			191.0	168	90	83	75	180	23	3.91

Last 7 GS		2-2	37.0	32	20	20	17	33	7	4.86	50
2009-04-16	SDP	L	5.0	7	6	6	3	4	0	105	30
2009-04-10	@FLA	ND	5.0	2	2	2	1	5	2	83	59
2008-08-23	HOU	L	5.2	10	8	8	2	4	2	105	19
2008-08-18	@PIT	ND	5.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	96	62
2008-08-13	@WSN	W	5.0	1	0	0	4	6	0	90	67
2008-07-28	@FLA	ND	4.1	4	1	1	1	6	1	75	56
2008-07-23	PHI	W	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	2	104	56

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	16.0	14	12	10	7	12	2	5.62	46
2008-06-30	@STL	L	4.0	7	5	3	3	1	0	81	30
2007-04-04	@STL	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	97	79
2006-08-22	STL	ND	5.0	6	7	7	2	5	2	82	30

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

 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @STL  L   4-6        6-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   MIL  L   2-4        6-6   2nd  5.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   MIL  W   1-0        6-5   2nd  4.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   MIL  W   5-4        5-5   2nd  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   SDP  L   5-6        4-5   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   SDP  W   7-2        4-4   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   SDP  L   5-6        3-4   4th  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @FLA  L   1-2        3-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @FLA  W   8-4        3-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @FLA  L   4-5        2-2   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7

Cardinals, 9-5, 1st, Tied

SP: Joel Pineiro (30, RHP, 2-0, 5.40)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			11.2	17	7	7	4	5	1	5.40
2008 (7-7)			148.2	180	89	85	35	81	22	5.15
2007 (7-5)			97.2	110	49	47	26	60	14	4.33

Last 7 GS		4-2	39.2	47	29	27	11	28	8	6.13	43
2009-04-15	@ARI	W	5.0	9	5	5	3	3	1	104	29
2009-04-10	HOU	W	6.2	8	2	2	1	2	0	95	51
2008-09-25	ARI	W	7.0	3	3	3	2	7	1	99	64
2008-09-20	@CHC	L	6.0	6	5	3	2	3	0	87	45
2008-09-12	@PIT	L	4.0	8	7	7	1	4	1	74	21
2008-09-01	@ARI	ND	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	3	82	40
2008-08-16	@CIN	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	6	2	81	52

Last 5 v.NYM		1-0	17.0	24	9	9	3	12	2	4.76	45
2008-07-26	@NYM	ND	4.0	10	5	5	1	2	2	80	23
2008-07-02	NYM	ND	5.0	11	4	4	1	4	0	89	32
2007-09-27	@NYM	W	8.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	93	81

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

 Home:    6-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 21   NYM  W   6-4        9-5   1st    Tied
 13 Sat, Apr 18  @CHC  L   5-7 (11)   8-5   1st    Tied
 12 Fri, Apr 17  @CHC  L   7-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Thu, Apr 16  @CHC  W   7-4        8-3   1st  2.0 up
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @ARI  W  12-7        7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @ARI  L   6-7 (10)   6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13  @ARI  W   2-1        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 12   HOU  W   3-0        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr 11   HOU  W  11-2        4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Fri, Apr 10   HOU  W   5-3        3-2   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-5    Last 30: 9-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 NYM 11 @STL  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (6-6), L: Mitchell Boggs (3-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 STL  8  NYM  7        W:Ryan Franklin (3-2), L: Carlos Muniz (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 NYM  7 @STL  4        W:Tony Armas (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-3), S: Billy Wagner (19)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 STL  7  NYM  1        W:Kyle Lohse (10-2), L: John Maine (8-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 27, 2007 STL  3 @NYM  0        W:Joel Pineiro (7-5), L: Pedro Martinez (3-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (31)
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 NYM  2  STL  0  (6)   W:Tom Glavine (7-5), L: Anthony Reyes (0-10), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 1-0; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 358-320

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Mets Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB Boyer
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 62.Walters
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 14/.594 2/.000 22/.641 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 706/498 .284/.376/.500/.876 1.015/.818 .845 57/.914 25/3 27/3

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 12/.500 5/.650 4/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 359/265 .245/.355/.305/.660 .679/.654 .652 45/.942 17/2 3/6

11.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 157/88 .245/.312/.441/.753 .780/.730 .712 22/.527 0/0 7/4

19.Church* G/S/vP 8/.625 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 359/242 .276/.346/.439/.785 .725/.815 .756 48/.947 2/3 12/1

3.Cora* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 179/149 .270/.371/.349/.719 .619/.741 .658 8/.000 1/1 0/6

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 18/.921 2/.500 19/.883 2/.000 9/.944 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 686/465 .271/.353/.518/.871 .789/.912 .863 58/.922 1/1 38/8

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/138 .313/.397/.473/.871 1.162/.846 .901 56/.795 0/2 2/2

18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 312/286 .269/.314/.360/.674 .231/.717 .634 8/.661 2/3 2/4

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 9/2.111 4/.833 10/1.067 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 763/536 .297/.358/.475/.833 .816/.840 .847 62/.850 56/15 16/17

9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/10 .100/.100/.100/.200 /.200 .000 5/1.400 0/0 0/0

10.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 11/.717 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 482/361 .225/.326/.400/.725 .754/.715 .691 17/.912 9/2 19/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 ··· 306/184 .297/.369/.484/.853 .809/.880 .742 8/.000 3/0 11/4

5.Wright G/S/vP 9/1.181 5/.200 6/1.300 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/3.000 ··· 736/536 .302/.390/.534/.924 1.179/.835 .800 59/.832 15/5 33/16

IP 148.2 72.0 78.2 75.2 43.1 11.0 41.2 46.1 TOTAL .287/.368/.413/.781 1.165/.751 .784 .781 5/4 9/9

ERA-K/9

5.15/4.9

5.88/8.4

3.55/5.8

4.04/7.0

4.15/9.1

0.82/13.1

3.46/9.1

2.33/7.6

/0.0

3.96/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (18-5-1)
Santos (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 645/.301 313/.262 346/.278 327/.269 187/.242 40/.139 177/.227 188/.235 / .255 Beltran
Church
Tatis
Reed
Murphy
Sheffield 0/158/0/8
0/0/83/7
51/0/39/2
6/58/14/2
32/0/0/1
6/0/0/0

OPS .847 .774 .805 .727 .687 .344 .751 .658 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.860 121/.806 140/.764 137/.706 106/.612 19/.347 72/.805 101/.537 / .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.837 192/.754 206/.833 190/.741 81/.783 21/.340 105/.714 87/.802 / .725

Home 225/.761 165/.751 181/.828 158/.633 100/.612 24/.504 85/.718 90/.624 /

Last 28d days 52/.987 11/1.065 24/.297 37/.473 24/.833 29/.752 18/.563 18/.569 19/.859

HR/SB/CS 22/5/4 10/8/2 10/2/1 7/2/1 2/0/2 0/0/0 5/3/1 4/6/2 // 10/2/3

Usage ······X· ······Xo o··X·o·· X··X·X·X ····X·oo o··o··oX ···XX·X· o··o···o ····X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (5.93 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Maine
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 47.Fossum*
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 22.Putz
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

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 463/340 .264/.337/.506/.843 .717/.890 .801 49/.602 2/1 25/8

23.Barden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .000 25/1.266 0/0 0/1

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 8/.708 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 257/221 .248/.346/.365/.711 .489/.749 .663 56/1.106 2/1 6/2

3.Greene G/S/vP 6/.666 2/2.000 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/3.000 1/.000 423/312 .213/.260/.339/.599 .529/.624 .651 57/.714 5/1 10/8

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/136 .213/.296/.348/.643 .549/.680 .543 4/1.000 0/0 4/2

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 617/409 .299/.375/.591/.966 .929/.985 1.013 51/1.186 4/4 37/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 485/336 .304/.349/.392/.740 .860/.690 .767 57/.958 0/2 7/10

5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/1.555 ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 641/446 .357/.462/.653/1.114 1.233/1.063 1.175 65/1.039 7/3 37/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 41/.631 / /

13.Ryan G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/2.000 218/116 .244/.307/.289/.596 .620/.575 .521 24/.865 7/2 0/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 594/461 .302/.359/.406/.765 .423/.861 .711 47/.657 8/2 8/3

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 .111 37/.843 0/0 0/0

IP 140.0 53.1 41.1 79.0 5.0 46.1 68.1 33.1 TOTAL .291/.377/.478/.855 .728/.950 .851 .855 7/1 17/13

ERA-K/9

4.18/7.8

4.05/8.4

5.66/6.1

4.67/7.1

5.40/5.4

3.88/10.9

2.24/10.1

3.51/7.0

3.96/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (13-8-2)
Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 608/.234 237/.281 179/.278 358/.261 19/.176 211/.256 288/.216 138/.280 .241 Ludwick
Schumaker
Ankiel
Duncan
Thurston
Ryan 29/14/124/12
56/79/33/10
17/89/1/4
43/0/2/1
4/0/0/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .694 .790 .806 .690 .440 .749 .630 .748 .656

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 309/.766 119/.575 81/.674 157/.827 7/.143 114/.803 154/.682 66/.899 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.622 118/1.014 98/.920 201/.583 12/.606 97/.686 134/.571 72/.618 .602

Road 334/.680 116/.820 82/.937 147/.809 5/.000 74/.884 150/.626 71/.693

Last 28d days 42/.750 24/.564 2/.500 32/.713 30/.541 33/.666 21/.296 19/.667

HR/SB/CS 16/7/6 7/0/0 4/0/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 4/1/2 4/8/0 5/3/0 9/4/3

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