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Game Preview: PIT @ NYM, 7:10pm, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @Citi Field

Pirates, 48-96, 48-96 6th, 33½ GB, 34 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (28, LHP, 7-14, 5.37)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-14) 167.2 208 109 100 59 90 15 5.37
2009 (8-9) 194.2 221 102 96 60 119 14 4.44
2008 (9-9) 206.1 201 89 85 63 139 21 3.71
Last 7 GS 0-5 36.1 55 35 33 12 26 5 8.17 35
2010-09-10 @CIN ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 8 0 113 58
2010-09-04 WSN L 4.1 9 7 7 2 4 1 85 19
2010-08-30 @CHC L 3.1 9 8 8 1 3 0 73 12
2010-08-24 STL ND 6.2 7 2 2 1 4 1 113 55
2010-08-19 FLA L 5.2 8 4 4 2 2 1 90 37
2010-08-14 @HOU L 6.2 9 3 3 1 4 1 101 47
2010-08-08 COL L 2.2 7 8 6 2 1 1 82 15
Last 5 v.NYM 2-1 29.1 34 19 19 9 14 2 5.83 43
2009-07-02 NYM ND 4.1 11 6 6 1 1 0 81 17
2009-05-09 @NYM L 5.0 10 7 7 1 2 1 93 20
2008-08-18 NYM ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 96 60
2007-07-26 @NYM W 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 90 50
2006-09-15 NYM W 7.0 2 1 1 3 4 0 106 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-39   Road:   15-57   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  30-71   vsLHP:  18-25   1-Run:  18-23
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:26-44   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 14  @NYM  L   1-9       48-96  6th 33.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13  @NYM  L   0-1 (10)  48-95  6th 33.5 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12  @CIN  W   3-1       48-94  6th 32.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11  @CIN  L   4-5 (10)  47-94  6th 33.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10  @CIN  L   3-4 (12)  47-93  6th 32.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8   ATL  L   3-9       47-92  6th 32.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7   ATL  W   5-0       47-91  6th 32.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6   ATL  W   3-1       46-91  6th 33.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5   WSN  L   1-8       45-91  6th 34.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4   WSN  L   2-9       45-90  6th 34.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Mets, 72-73, 72-73 4th, 12½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Jenrry Mejia (20, RHP, 0-4, 4.91)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-4) 36.2 46 20 20 18 21 3 4.91
Last 7 GS 0-2 9.0 17 10 10 3 4 1 10.00 28
2010-09-10 PHI L 4.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 81 21
2010-09-04 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 0 96 35
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-27   Road:   30-46   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  53-57   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  22-27
 vsEast: 27-34   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest: 14-18 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Tue, Sep 14   PIT  W   9-1       72-73  4th 12.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13   PIT  W   1-0 (10)  71-73  4th 12.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   PHI  L   0-3       70-73  4th 12.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   PHI  W   4-3       70-72  4th 11.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   PHI  L   4-8       69-72  4th 12.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8  @WSN  W   3-2       69-71  4th 11.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  7  @WSN  W   4-1       68-71  4th 11.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  6  @WSN  L   3-13      67-71  4th 12.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  5  @CHC  W  18-5       67-70  4th 12.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  4  @CHC  L   3-5       66-70  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 NYM  9  PIT  1        W:R.A. Dickey (11-6), L: Zach Duke (7-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 NYM  1  PIT  0 (10)   W:Hisanori Takahashi (9-6), L: Chan Ho Park (3-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 PIT  2  NYM  1        W:Zach Duke (6-12), L: Johan Santana (10-8), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 NYM  5 @PIT  1  (5)   W:Jonathon Niese (8-5), L: James McDonald (2-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 NYM  7 @PIT  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (12-7), L: Jeff Karstens (2-10), S: none

Thu, Jul 02, 2009 NYM  9 @PIT  8 (10)   W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-2), L: Matt Capps (1-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 PIT 11  NYM  6        W:Steven Jackson (1-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 PIT  3  NYM  1        W:Zach Duke (6-4), L: Johan Santana (7-3), S: Matt Capps (12)
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 PIT  8  NYM  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-1), L: J.J. Putz (1-4), S: Matt Capps (11)
Sun, May 10, 2009 NYM  8  PIT  4        W:Livan Hernandez (3-1), L: Ian Snell (1-5), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - NYM over 4-1; 2009 - NYM won 4-3; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - PIT leads 358-330

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  5.32

ARI  4.46

SEA  3.21

RA/G

SDP  3.53

COL  4.32

PIT  5.38

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

A. Ethier  .286

B. Wood  .160

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

B. Roberts  .359

B. Wood  .185

SLG

J. Hamilton  .635

C. Santana  .467

B. Wood  .213

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

J. Edmonds  .818

B. Wood  .397

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

J. Guthrie  3.74

P. Maholm  5.37

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.95

J. Vazquez  7.14

K. Kendrick  4.13

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Pirates Batters (3.42 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Mejia
G/S/vB
36.Acosta
G/S/vB
64.Dessens
G/S/vB
43.Dickey
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
35.Gee
G/S/vB
50.Green
G/S/vB
18.Igarashi
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
22.Valdes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/205 .232/.312/.404/.716 .626/.763 .550 92/.570 0/0 11/13
23.Bowker* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/103 .176/.225/.304/.529 .000/.573 .686 21/.195 0/0 3/0
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 435/324 .242/.282/.363/.645 .761/.605 .537 83/.605 12/3 6/10
16.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 1.000/1.000/2.500/3.500 /3.500 4.000 2/3.500 0/0 0/
73.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/29 .258/.303/.290/.593 .250/.632 .795 9/.778 0/1 0/1
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 4/1.500 2/.500 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 418/281 .255/.333/.413/.745 .537/.848 .790 79/.798 1/0 12/9
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/67 .146/.228/.207/.436 .741/.327 .369 2/.500 0/0 1/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/2.500 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 588/375 .249/.308/.416/.724 .610/.790 .753 92/.640 6/3 20/11
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 260/167 .206/.267/.277/.545 .688/.467 .557 19/.000 1/1 3/11
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 4/1.417 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 577/419 .275/.351/.430/.781 .845/.756 .718 103/.765 31/9 13/4
85.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 412/267 .277/.332/.380/.712 .926/.602 .673 31/.822 5/3 4/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/5 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.400 .000 6/.333 0/0 0/0
75.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .250/.333/.250/.583 /.583 .452 9/.583 0/1 0/0
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 340/254 .212/.324/.389/.713 .771/.693 .748 59/.600 0/0 14/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 364/264 .304/.353/.406/.759 .745/.764 .679 100/.814 17/7 4/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 389/280 .304/.351/.478/.828 .834/.832 .813 102/.967 2/3 10/7
24.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 4/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/176 .240/.286/.426/.712 1.000/.675 .574 22/.788 1/0 7/4
IP 36.2 31.0 39.2 154.1 53.1 13.0 2.0 26.2 33.1 113.0 48.1 TOTAL .239/.300/.366/.667 .683/.660 .639 .671 81/34 108/118
ERA-K/9 4.91/5.1 3.19/9.6 2.04/3.6 2.80/5.5 2.87/8.4 0.69/4.8 4.50/4.5 8.10/7.1 2.70/8.6 3.74/8.3 5.03/9.1 3.76/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (76-8-8)
 Jaramillo (18-10-1)
 Snyder (60-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 173/.305 121/.229 163/.239 630/.242 243/.295 53/.156 13/.375 123/.275 141/.290 480/.255 215/.266 .263  McCutchen
 Milledge
 Jones
 Tabata
 Young
 Doumit
 Bowker
 Moss
 Presley
0/135/0/8
63/0/45/6
1/0/47/4
76/12/0/4
0/0/20/2
0/0/16/1
16/0/12/1
1/0/1/0
0/2/2/0
OPS .805 .650 .699 .639 .753 .536 1.333 .854 .644 .720 .782 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.619 32/.550 51/.746 273/.617 116/.605 28/.542 4/2.000 47/.908 50/.722 115/.551 80/.978 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.912 89/.688 112/.677 357/.655 127/.890 25/.530 9/1.111 76/.820 91/.600 365/.775 135/.649 .730
Home 76/.797 56/.780 76/.689 264/.559 108/.647 27/.638 9/1.389 49/.531 56/.654 229/.669 69/.848
Last 28d days 46/1.006 36/.542 37/.631 144/.672 37/.642 53/.536 8/1.048 34/.954 40/.710 37/.585 15/1.015
HR/SB/CS 3/3/1 3/0/3 3/1/3 12/9/2 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 4/1/0 0/0/1 12/3/4 6/1/1 124/47/25
Usage ····X··· ··oo···· ·oo·o·o· X·····X· ·ooo··oo ·X·····X ····X··· ····X··· ···o··oo ·X·o··oX ····X···
Mets Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB
43.Gallagher
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
58.Jackson
G/S/vB
36.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
38.Leroux
G/S/vB
32.Lincoln
G/S/vB
48.Martinez
G/S/vB
53.McDonald
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
65.Thomas*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 114/86 .266/.286/.330/.616 .755/.572 .617 13/.432 1/0 0/3
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 15/1.127 2/1.000 9/.476 1/.000 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/3.000 8/.250 3/.333 28/.879 2/.000 ··· 215/170 .236/.335/.385/.719 .949/.657 .768 89/.758 3/1 4/0
4.Blanco G/S/vP 14/.517 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/.350 ··· ··· 139/95 .220/.266/.307/.573 .426/.642 .686 24/.129 1/0 2/1
23.Carter* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/151 .257/.314/.368/.682 .400/.692 .652 49/.680 1/2 3/0
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 7/.971 1/no AB 7/.536 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 24/.586 2/.000 ··· 295/211 .235/.338/.267/.606 .608/.604 .587 48/.531 8/3 0/2
29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/1.571 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 530/411 .261/.347/.446/.793 .837/.780 .845 103/1.049 3/1 18/8
21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/31 .031/.139/.063/.201 .000/.235 .000 36/.201 0/0 0/0
6.Evans G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 15/5 .333/.333/.600/.933 1.000/.800 1.125 13/1.077 0/0 1/0
27.Feliciano* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/76 .278/.296/.354/.651 .571/.658 .653 15/.481 1/0 0/0
3.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/39 .238/.289/.333/.622 1.500/.479 .243 45/.622 1/0 1/0
19.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/26 .133/.278/.289/.567 .744/.364 .652 21/.405 0/0 1/0
13.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 11/1.233 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 7/.929 2/.500 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 565/424 .290/.343/.433/.776 .687/.804 .850 99/.643 33/9 10/5
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 16/.876 2/.000 11/.282 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.833 1/.000 13/.404 5/1.400 ··· 533/387 .288/.325/.427/.752 .768/.759 .807 52/.762 29/8 9/12
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 206/155 .206/.294/.269/.562 .679/.521 .611 58/.747 2/2 1/5
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 171/150 .291/.374/.377/.752 .496/.788 .695 72/.802 1/0 2/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 21/.538 3/1.167 16/1.429 4/.833 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.208 3/2.167 16/.804 3/1.667 ··· 601/469 .288/.359/.494/.854 1.063/.796 .909 94/.853 18/10 23/18
IP 167.2 51.2 62.2 9.0 18.0 19.0 50.2 14.2 56.2 72.1 52.1 18.2 11.2 TOTAL .249/.315/.379/.694 .713/.688 .728 .698 124/40 108/83
ERA-K/9 5.37/4.8 6.10/7.0 3.59/12.6 9.00/7.0 6.00/10.0 6.63/8.5 6.57/3.7 4.30/2.4 4.13/8.1 1.99/7.5 5.16/7.1 3.86/11.1 6.94/3.8 5.09/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (11-11-3)
 Nickeas (1-0-0)
 Thole (12-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 764/.306 244/.274 261/.217 46/.390 81/.276 87/.329 231/.311 71/.328 240/.265 293/.192 233/.277 81/.206 55/.360 .284  Pagan
 Beltran
 Duda
 Feliciano
 Evans
 Carter
 Arias
27/87/25/8
0/51/0/2
10/0/0/1
10/11/5/0
3/0/1/0
16/0/10/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .831 .837 .644 1.118 .729 .895 .898 .867 .714 .548 .798 .651 1.000 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.670 113/.646 100/.729 20/.879 30/.881 38/.902 106/.926 30/.760 125/.784 126/.498 102/.837 35/.971 13/1.385 .852
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 645/.861 131/.994 161/.595 26/1.311 51/.642 49/.880 125/.875 41/.942 115/.641 167/.584 131/.768 46/.434 42/.871 .782
Road 376/.847 113/.883 118/.553 39/1.147 35/.900 39/.657 130/.813 20/1.175 109/.698 135/.657 116/.836 32/.469 17/1.463
Last 28d days 132/.906 66/.778 50/.527 6/.333 45/.650 18/.789 / 18/.764 134/.734 35/.594 50/.515 38/.596 18/1.100
HR/SB/CS 15/8/2 7/2/1 6/5/1 4/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/1 9/3/1 1/3/1 2/2/3 4/10/2 9/2/0 1/1/0 3/0/1 155/110/29
Usage ····X··· o·····X· ··XXo··X o·····o· ····o·o· o·····X· ········ X······· ·X·····X ···XX··o ·oX·X·o· ·o·oo··· ···o··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.