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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 1:40pm, Thursday, April 23, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Mets, 6-8, 4th, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (34, RHP, 1-0, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-0)			11.2	13	6	6	3	7	1	4.63
2008 (13-11)			180.0	257	129	121	43	67	25	6.05
2007 (11-11)			204.1	247	116	112	79	90	34	4.93

Last 7 GS		3-1	39.2	46	21	21	12	15	5	4.76	45
2009-04-17	MIL	ND	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	92	40
2009-04-11	@FLA	W	6.2	6	2	2	3	4	0	99	55
2008-09-24	@SFG	W	7.0	12	5	5	2	3	1	113	34
2008-09-17	SDP	W	5.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	75	61
2008-09-10	@ATL	ND	4.1	8	4	4	3	1	1	70	29
2008-09-02	SFG	ND	5.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	74	40
2008-08-27	@SFG	L	6.1	5	2	2	0	2	2	82	57

Last 5 v.STL		2-0	34.2	31	11	10	15	18	5	2.60	56
2007-07-04	@STL	ND	7.0	10	3	3	0	4	2	90	49
2006-09-08	STL	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	1	98	66
2006-04-29	@STL	ND	7.0	3	1	0	4	4	0	99	69
2005-05-29	@STL	W	7.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	121	55
2004-08-04	@STL	ND	6.2	9	4	4	4	6	1	121	42

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

 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @STL  L   2-5        6-8   4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8

Cardinals, 10-5, 1st, 1 up

SP: Kyle Lohse (30, RHP, 2-0, 2.57)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			21.0	13	7	6	3	12	1	2.57
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		4-0	45.0	39	16	14	10	32	3	2.80	57
2009-04-18	@CHC	ND	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	0	97	43
2009-04-12	HOU	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	112	85
2009-04-07	PIT	W	7.0	5	3	2	1	4	1	108	60
2008-09-23	ARI	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	2	82	48
2008-09-18	@CIN	W	6.2	6	3	2	2	5	0	101	55
2008-09-09	CHC	ND	5.1	8	3	3	2	5	0	98	43
2008-09-03	@ARI	ND	6.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	107	67

Last 5 v.NYM		1-2	25.1	34	19	18	12	14	4	6.39	39
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
2007-07-15	@NYM	L	4.2	6	5	5	3	3	1	100	32

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

 Home:    7-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYM  W   5-2       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-5    Last 30:10-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 2-0; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; 2007 - NYM won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 359-320

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 (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB 54.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 44/1.585 2/.000 22/.641 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 706/498 .284/.376/.500/.876 1.015/.818 .845 61/.975 25/3 27/3

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 6/1.167 5/.650 4/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 359/265 .245/.355/.305/.660 .679/.654 .652 48/.911 17/2 3/6

11.Castro G/S/vP 5/2.100 3/1.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 157/88 .245/.312/.441/.753 .780/.730 .712 25/.544 0/0 7/4

19.Church* G/S/vP 12/1.318 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 359/242 .276/.346/.439/.785 .725/.815 .756 52/.866 2/3 12/1

3.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 179/149 .270/.371/.349/.719 .619/.741 .658 9/.000 1/1 0/6

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 25/1.207 2/.500 19/.883 2/.000 9/.944 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· 686/465 .271/.353/.518/.871 .789/.912 .863 62/.857 1/1 38/8

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/138 .313/.397/.473/.871 1.162/.846 .901 60/.774 0/2 2/2

18.Reed* G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 312/286 .269/.314/.360/.674 .231/.717 .634 8/.661 2/3 2/4

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 14/.857 4/.833 10/1.067 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 763/536 .297/.358/.475/.833 .816/.840 .847 66/.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 11/1.455 ··· 12/.650 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 482/361 .225/.326/.400/.725 .754/.715 .691 18/.850 9/2 19/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 3/2.667 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 14/1.143 5/.200 6/1.300 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/3.000 ··· 736/536 .302/.390/.534/.924 1.179/.835 .800 63/.828 15/5 33/16

IP 200.0 72.0 78.2 75.2 43.1 11.0 41.2 46.1 TOTAL .283/.362/.405/.767 1.153/.736 .759 .767 5/4 9/9

ERA-K/9

3.78/5.4

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

3.83/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 839/.272 313/.262 346/.278 327/.269 187/.242 40/.139 177/.227 188/.235 / .253 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 .734 .774 .805 .727 .687 .344 .751 .658 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.701 121/.806 140/.764 137/.706 106/.612 19/.347 72/.805 101/.537 / .669

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 475/.759 192/.754 206/.833 190/.741 81/.783 21/.340 105/.714 87/.802 / .729

Home 473/.671 165/.751 181/.828 158/.633 100/.612 24/.504 85/.718 90/.624 /

Last 28d days 78/.489 11/1.065 25/.285 37/.473 24/.833 29/.752 18/.563 21/.639 19/.859

HR/SB/CS 18/9/3 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··· ·······X oo··X·o· ·X··X·X· ·····X·o ·o··o··o ····XX·X oo··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 (5.87 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
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 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 463/340 .264/.337/.506/.843 .717/.890 .801 53/.554 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 3/2.334 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 257/221 .248/.346/.365/.711 .489/.749 .663 60/1.025 2/1 6/2

3.Greene G/S/vP 21/.490 2/2.000 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/3.000 2/.000 423/312 .213/.260/.339/.599 .529/.624 .651 61/.710 5/1 10/8

21.LaRue G/S/vP 14/.445 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/136 .213/.296/.348/.643 .549/.680 .543 4/1.000 0/0 4/2

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 617/409 .299/.375/.591/.966 .929/.985 1.013 52/1.161 4/4 37/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 11/.364 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 485/336 .304/.349/.392/.740 .860/.690 .767 61/.924 0/2 7/10

5.Pujols G/S/vP 33/.743 ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 641/446 .357/.462/.653/1.114 1.233/1.063 1.175 69/1.046 7/3 37/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 44/.711 / /

13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/2.334 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 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 594/461 .302/.359/.406/.765 .423/.861 .711 51/.698 8/2 8/3

22.Thurston* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 .111 41/.862 0/0 0/0

IP 180.0 53.1 41.1 79.0 5.0 46.1 68.1 33.1 TOTAL .290/.376/.471/.848 .724/.933 .838 .848 8/2 17/13

ERA-K/9

6.05/3.4

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

4.07/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 811/.342 237/.281 179/.278 358/.261 19/.176 211/.256 288/.216 138/.280 .242 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 .895 .790 .806 .690 .440 .749 .630 .748 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 392/.876 119/.575 81/.674 157/.827 7/.143 114/.803 154/.682 66/.899 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 419/.912 118/1.014 98/.920 201/.583 12/.606 97/.686 134/.571 72/.618 .608

Road 377/.957 116/.820 82/.937 147/.809 5/.000 74/.884 150/.626 71/.693

Last 28d days 48/.720 24/.564 6/.533 32/.713 30/.541 33/.666 21/.296 23/.545

HR/SB/CS 25/3/5 7/0/0 4/0/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 4/1/2 4/8/0 5/3/0 9/5/4

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