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Game Preview: NYM @ HOU, 8:05pm, Monday, August 16, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Mets, 58-59, 58-59 3rd, 10 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (23, LHP, 7-5, 3.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-5) 126.0 129 54 49 42 100 14 3.50
2009 (1-1) 25.2 27 12 12 9 18 1 4.21
2008 (1-1) 14.0 20 11 11 8 11 2 7.07
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.0 41 17 16 15 35 7 3.27 55
2010-08-11 COL ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 106 70
2010-08-06 @PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 5 7 0 111 67
2010-08-01 ARI L 4.1 7 7 6 3 2 2 83 22
2010-07-27 STL W 6.0 7 1 1 2 1 0 105 53
2010-07-21 @ARI ND 5.0 6 3 3 1 6 3 99 48
2010-07-16 @SFG L 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 103 62
2010-07-07 CIN L 7.2 6 3 3 1 8 2 99 62
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 1.29 66
2009-07-25 @HOU W 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 106 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-22   Road:   22-37   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  41-45   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  16-22
 vsEast: 22-26   vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest: 14-18 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 15   PHI  L   1-3       58-59  3rd 10.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14   PHI  L   0-4       58-58  3rd  9.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 13   PHI  W   1-0       58-57  3rd  9.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 12   COL  W   4-0       57-57  4th  9.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 11   COL  L   2-6       56-57  4th  9.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug 10   COL  W   1-0       56-56  3rd  8.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  8  @PHI  L   5-6       55-56  3rd  9.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  7  @PHI  W   1-0       55-55  3rd  8.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  6  @PHI  L   5-7       54-55  3rd  8.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4  @ATL  L   3-8       54-54  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Astros, 51-65, 51-65 4th, 15 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (31, LHP, 9-11, 4.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (9-11) 135.2 141 75 63 45 111 11 4.18
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
2008 (9-7) 137.1 136 65 54 44 131 14 3.54
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.1 35 13 11 9 50 3 2.09 65
2010-08-11 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 1 1 9 0 111 69
2010-08-06 @MIL ND 6.1 8 2 1 0 7 0 107 58
2010-07-31 MIL W 8.0 5 0 0 1 9 0 107 80
2010-07-25 CIN W 7.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 109 80
2010-07-19 @CHC W 6.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 89 37
2010-07-11 STL L 6.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 95 56
2010-07-06 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 2 10 0 107 73
Last 5 v.NYM 2-2 29.1 27 13 12 9 23 2 3.68 53
2009-10-02 @NYM L 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 109 46
2007-09-07 @NYM L 4.1 6 5 5 4 4 1 89 31
2007-07-06 NYM W 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 105 86
2006-09-01 NYM ND 4.0 5 3 2 1 5 0 72 46
2005-07-29 NYM W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 93 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-31   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-52   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast:  6-10   vsCntrl:33-24   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sun, Aug 15   PIT  W   8-2       51-65  4th 15.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 14   PIT  W   3-2       50-65  4th 15.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 13   PIT  W   4-1       49-65  4th 16.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 11   ATL  L   2-8 (10)  48-65  4th 16.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 10   ATL  L   2-4       48-64  4th 15.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  9   ATL  W  10-4       48-63  4th 15.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  8  @MIL  L   6-11      47-63  4th 16.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  7  @MIL  L   2-5       47-62  4th 15.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  6  @MIL  L   5-6       47-61  4th 14.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  4  @STL  L   4-8       47-60  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Oct 04, 2009 NYM  4  HOU  0        W:Nelson Figueroa (3-8), L: Wilton Lopez (0-2), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 NYM  5  HOU  1        W:Pat Misch (3-4), L: Yorman Bazardo (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35)
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)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - NYM won 5-1; 2008 - HOU won 5-2; All-Time - HOU leads 298-249

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 2010 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  5.27

FLA  4.46

SEA  3.25

RA/G

SDP  3.41

LAD  4.38

ARI  5.45

BA

J. Jay  .365

H. Pence  .285

L. Valbuena  .163

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

E. Andrus  .357

B. Wood  .183

SLG

J. Hamilton  .636

S. Choo  .467

B. Wood  .223

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.063

C. Young  .813

B. Wood  .406

ERA

A. Wainwright  1.99

C. Richard  3.80

B. Bannister  5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.68

B. Matusz  6.94

M. Buehrle  3.76

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Mets Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
73.Chacin*
G/S/vB
41.Daigle
G/S/vB
47.Fulchino
G/S/vB
22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
37.Lyon
G/S/vB
56.Majewski
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
39.Myers
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 264/202 .228/.266/.419/.685 .482/.748 .702 9/.958 0/0 12/3
44.Bay G/S/vP 26/1.371 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 8/1.089 6/.666 2/no AB 15/1.379 6/.000 ··· 401/303 .259/.347/.402/.749 .750/.748 .680 23/.445 10/0 6/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 15/1.114 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.500 4/.250 6/1.500 ··· 36/.934 2/.000 3/.000 111/85 .219/.306/.333/.640 .789/.585 .499 95/.605 0/1 1/0
4.Blanco G/S/vP 12/.878 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 10/.311 2/.500 1/.000 111/80 .267/.315/.376/.692 .536/.753 .618 23/.565 1/0 2/1
23.Carter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/104 .273/.308/.394/.702 /.702 .710 27/.653 0/2 2/0
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/2.500 1/.000 5/.400 4/1.000 5/.933 ··· 42/.396 ··· 3/.000 243/168 .243/.338/.282/.620 .580/.636 .657 65/.582 7/2 0/1
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 18/.611 ··· 3/.000 187/158 .207/.265/.278/.543 .401/.568 .519 17/.364 4/1 0/2
29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 415/318 .245/.320/.423/.744 .749/.742 .684 86/.595 1/0 15/6
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ / 0/0 0/
27.Feliciano* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/62 .292/.303/.385/.688 .667/.690 .738 10/.800 1/0 0/0
12.Francoeur G/S/vP 14/1.512 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 16/.438 3/1.000 10/.700 ··· 39/.573 4/2.250 1/2.000 393/293 .235/.288/.375/.663 .804/.615 .717 58/.593 7/2 11/3
Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/14 .167/.310/.417/.727 1.026/.377 .833 29/.727 0/0 1/0
26.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/17 .154/.294/.154/.448 /.448 .400 17/.448 0/0 0/0
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 453/328 .302/.359/.464/.824 .690/.873 .758 104/.851 28/6 10/3
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 9/.500 3/2.333 14/.453 ··· 44/.783 2/1.000 1/no AB 465/330 .279/.316/.419/.735 .731/.751 .640 111/.738 23/6 8/12
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/104 .180/.268/.213/.481 .666/.410 .468 20/.100 1/2 0/4
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 87/80 .303/.391/.382/.772 .629/.782 1.059 62/.616 1/0 1/0
2.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/11 .059/.111/.118/.229 .143/.273 .258 / 0/0 0/0
5.Wright G/S/vP 15/.795 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.733 6/.834 9/.708 ··· 35/1.050 3/.000 3/5.000 493/377 .287/.361/.484/.845 1.112/.763 .777 95/.547 16/8 17/15
IP 135.2 1.0 29.1 29.2 10.1 33.2 43.0 55.0 2.0 5.0 164.0 30.1 28.2 TOTAL .248/.312/.382/.693 .709/.688 .661 .603 101/30 90/68
ERA-K/9 4.18/7.4 0.00/0.0 3.99/6.5 5.46/7.6 11.32/5.2 6.15/8.8 3.77/7.7 3.76/6.1 22.50/4.5 7.20/9.0 3.13/6.9 5.93/4.8 6.28/7.2 4.38/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (23-4-3)
 Blanco (11-10-2)
 Thole (6-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 582/.271 5/.250 133/.296 144/.321 63/.439 156/.299 192/.293 240/.248 13/.417 23/.333 677/.245 139/.336 131/.304 .271  Francoeur
 Pagan
 Bay
 Carter
 Martinez
 Feliciano
 Beltran
0/0/104/9
13/81/14/7
93/0/0/6
10/0/4/0
5/0/2/0
7/10/3/0
0/25/0/0
OPS .738 .650 .828 .805 1.246 .856 .761 .665 1.212 .872 .668 .950 .937 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.666 1/ 61/.689 52/.795 23/1.748 62/.859 91/.711 103/.686 2/2.000 8/.536 288/.701 56/.779 31/.579 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 465/.757 4/.500 72/.947 92/.810 40/.980 94/.850 101/.805 137/.647 11/1.091 15/1.043 389/.643 83/1.056 100/1.052 .746
Home 298/.632 5/.650 71/.855 69/.753 34/1.045 71/.805 116/.846 130/.575 / 23/.872 321/.677 71/1.007 62/.786
Last 28d days 107/.467 5/.650 27/.910 35/1.051 / 18/.634 33/1.071 64/.642 9/1.431 4/.250 136/.555 12/1.500 88/.898
HR/SB/CS 11/7/7 0/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 3/4/0 6/1/1 4/4/1 1/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 14/7/7 7/1/1 6/1/0 98/59/31
Usage ····X··· ········ o·····oo ·····o·X ········ o···X··X ·····Xo· ·oo·Xoo· ········ o······· ··X····· ········ ·······X
Astros Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB
36.Acosta
G/S/vB
64.Dessens
G/S/vB
43.Dickey
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
18.Igarashi
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
22.Valdes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 24/.908 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 402/323 .237/.361/.418/.779 .564/.834 .866 82/.621 3/2 13/1
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 16/1.411 3/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 168/146 .266/.327/.325/.652 .234/.712 .559 17/.941 0/0 0/6
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/28 .214/.313/.304/.616 .609/.626 .690 31/.536 7/1 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 465/375 .248/.325/.325/.650 .485/.690 .664 90/.624 39/10 1/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/96 .198/.276/.279/.556 .269/.635 .568 58/.521 0/0 2/0
77.Feliz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.666 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 7/.572 7/.286 ··· ··· 302/225 .223/.245/.314/.559 .742/.497 .619 26/.808 1/1 4/11
18.Hernandez# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 77/59 .230/.260/.284/.544 .284/.621 .395 14/.445 1/0 0/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/139 .360/.384/.551/.935 .692/1.019 .826 94/1.106 2/0 6/8
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 454/337 .286/.349/.397/.745 .793/.729 .791 90/.827 4/1 5/7
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 8/.833 7/2.285 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.733 ··· ··· 463/363 .247/.294/.402/.696 .766/.677 .734 96/.783 3/3 15/5
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 130/70 .254/.292/.508/.801 .903/.708 .902 28/1.143 0/0 7/0
26.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/16 .050/.240/.050/.290 .222/.327 .167 / 0/0 0/1
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 466/364 .285/.330/.460/.790 .858/.771 .904 101/.939 15/6 16/4
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/155 .216/.251/.304/.555 .289/.642 .533 31/.229 0/0 3/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/98 .279/.316/.364/.681 .691/.676 .516 95/.686 0/0 0/3
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/33 .270/.372/.324/.696 1.056/.583 .564 43/.696 0/0 0/0
IP 126.0 20.2 29.0 111.0 44.0 19.1 22.0 57.1 100.2 45.2 TOTAL .247/.305/.363/.668 .669/.668 .687 .749 75/26 77/85
ERA-K/9 3.50/7.1 3.48/10.0 1.86/3.7 2.43/5.8 3.07/8.6 7.91/6.5 3.68/9.0 2.20/10.5 4.20/8.5 4.73/9.1 3.74/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (9-8-3)
 Quintero (27-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 545/.262 82/.235 118/.228 453/.234 204/.301 89/.270 95/.295 236/.213 435/.263 200/.263 .261  Bourn
 Pence
 Lee
 Michaels
 Hernandez
 Bourgeois
0/106/0/8
0/0/111/8
103/0/0/6
25/10/4/1
1/0/0/0
11/8/0/0
OPS .728 .728 .695 .624 .780 .817 .659 .597 .746 .765 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.752 22/.623 36/.788 211/.616 95/.631 34/.594 37/.750 104/.680 105/.573 72/.925 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 441/.722 60/.769 82/.651 242/.630 109/.917 55/.964 58/.599 132/.531 330/.803 128/.660 .732
Road 226/.774 43/.557 58/.737 282/.680 112/.891 51/1.048 54/.723 112/.678 228/.814 142/.738
Last 28d days 130/.712 33/.756 37/.704 153/.579 40/.753 / 42/.740 35/.205 82/.543 39/.754
HR/SB/CS 14/0/4 3/0/3 2/0/2 7/7/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 12/3/3 5/1/1 98/40/20
Usage ····X··· ····X··o ·o······ ··X····X X···o··o ········ oo··X··· ·o···X·· X···Xo·X ·······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.