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Game Preview: NYM @ SFG, 9:05pm, Saturday, July 17, 2010 @AT&T Park

Mets, 48-42, 48-42 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Hisanori Takahashi (35, LHP, 7-3, 4.15)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-3)			78.0	79	36	36	31	72	9	4.15

Last 7 GS		3-2	37.0	46	27	27	15	26	8	6.57	41
2010-07-04	@WSN	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	7	1	86	50
2010-06-29	@FLA	ND	5.2	9	6	6	2	4	2	110	29
2010-06-24	DET	L	4.0	8	6	6	4	4	2	92	22
2010-06-18	@NYY	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	103	65
2010-06-12	@BAL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	93	62
2010-06-06	FLA	ND	5.1	6	5	5	2	5	2	90	39
2010-05-31	@SDP	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	1	1	69	21

Has never faced SFG as starter.

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

 Home:   30-16   Road:   18-26   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  34-31   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  10-16
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  9-8  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @SFG  L   0-1       48-42  2nd  5.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15  @SFG  L   0-2       48-41  2nd  5.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11   ATL  W   3-0       48-40  2nd  4.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10   ATL  L   0-4       47-40  2nd  5.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9   ATL  L   2-4       47-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7   CIN  L   1-3       47-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6   CIN  W   3-0       47-37  2nd  2.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  5   CIN  L   6-8       46-37  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4  @WSN  W   9-5       46-36  2nd  2.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3  @WSN  L   5-6       45-36  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Giants, 49-41, 49-41 3rd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Cain (25, RHP, 6-8, 3.34)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-8)			121.1	105	48	45	42	88	10	3.34
2009 (14-8)			217.2	184	73	70	73	171	22	2.89
2008 (8-14)			217.2	206	95	91	91	186	19	3.76

Last 7 GS		2-4	45.0	54	26	25	17	32	6	5.00	46
2010-07-09	@WSN	L	6.2	11	8	7	3	6	2	114	25
2010-07-04	@COL	ND	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	110	55
2010-06-29	LAD	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	6	0	105	40
2010-06-24	@HOU	L	2.2	9	7	7	2	2	2	72	12
2010-06-19	@TOR	L	7.2	6	3	3	2	3	1	113	56
2010-06-13	OAK	W	7.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	116	60
2010-06-08	@CIN	W	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	116	76

Last 5 v.NYM		1-3	32.1	34	16	16	12	16	1	4.45	49
2009-08-15	@NYM	ND	7.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	100	56
2009-05-17	NYM	W	6.0	3	0	0	5	2	0	119	63
2008-06-04	NYM	L	5.0	5	5	5	4	3	1	93	36
2007-05-31	@NYM	L	7.0	10	4	4	2	5	0	111	44
2007-05-08	NYM	L	7.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	104	44

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

 Home:   27-17   Road:   22-24   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  36-29   vsLHP:  13-12   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 14-6    vsCntrl:19-7    vsWest:  9-20 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 16   NYM  W   1-0       49-41  3rd  3.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15   NYM  W   2-0       48-41  4th  3.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @WSN  W   6-2       47-41  4th  4.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @WSN  W  10-5       46-41  4th  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @WSN  L   1-8       45-41  4th  5.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @MIL  W   9-3       45-40  4th  5.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @MIL  W  15-2       44-40  4th  5.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @MIL  W   6-1       43-40  4th  6.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  5  @MIL  W   6-1       42-40  4th  7.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  4  @COL  L   3-4 (15)  41-40  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 SFG  1  NYM  0        W:Barry Zito (8-4), L: Jonathon Niese (6-4), S: Brian Wilson (24)
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 SFG  2  NYM  0        W:Tim Lincecum (10-4), L: R.A. Dickey (6-3), S: none
Sun, May 09, 2010 SFG  6 @NYM  5        W:Sergio Romo (1-3), L: Jenrry Mejia (0-2), S: Brian Wilson (7)
Sat, May 08, 2010 NYM  5  SFG  4 (11)   W:Hisanori Takahashi (3-1), L: Guillermo Mota (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 07, 2010 NYM  6  SFG  4        W:Francisco Rodriguez (2-0), L: Sergio Romo (0-3), S: none

Mon, Aug 17, 2009 SFG 10 @NYM  1        W:Joe Martinez (3-1), L: Livan Hernandez (7-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 NYM  3  SFG  2        W:Francisco Rodriguez (3-4), L: Sergio Romo (3-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 SFG  5 @NYM  4 (10)   W:Brian Wilson (5-5), L: Francisco Rodriguez (2-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 NYM  3  SFG  0        W:Bobby Parnell (3-4), L: Barry Zito (8-11), S: Francisco Rodriguez (26)
Sun, May 17, 2009 SFG  2  NYM  0        W:Matt Cain (4-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-1), S: Brian Wilson (9)
Season Series: 2010 - SFG over 3-2; 2009 - NYM won 5-3; 2008 - NYM won 5-1; All-Time - SFG leads 300-256

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

BOS 5.41

TOR 4.53

PIT 3.21

RA/G

SDP 3.43

FLA 4.36

ARI 5.73

J. Hamilton .347

F. Lewis .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

C. Hart .354

B. Wood .189

SLG

M. Cabrera .648

L. Berkman .452

B. Wood .229

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.072

A. McCutchen .804

B. Wood .418

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.99

A. Burnett 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.15

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Mets Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Cain
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 53.Bautista
G/S/vB 40.Bumgarner*
G/S/vB 46.Casilla
G/S/vB 49.Martinez
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 47.Ray
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/.444 6/.000 2/2.500 ··· 247/185 .235/.272/.426/.698 .482/.773 .733 50/.427 0/0 11/3

44.Bay G/S/vP 7/1.857 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.167 365/275 .263/.353/.419/.772 .775/.771 .713 82/.714 10/0 6/1

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 11/1.055 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 8/5 .250/.250/.375/.625 1.000/.400 .625 8/.625 0/1 0/0

4.Blanco G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.800 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 84/67 .284/.345/.419/.764 .569/.814 .673 13/.615 1/0 2/0

23.Carter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 74/74 .264/.284/.417/.700 /.700 .663 20/.750 0/0 2/0

13.Cora* G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 167/139 .220/.279/.293/.572 .417/.602 .561 51/.522 3/1 0/2

29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 316/236 .252/.329/.426/.755 .752/.756 .623 90/.662 1/0 11/4

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 2/.000 0/0 0/

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 14/.071 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 4/.500 7/.000 327/247 .250/.300/.389/.688 .818/.646 .695 70/.483 7/2 8/3

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 335/235 .310/.366/.465/.832 .687/.890 .774 65/1.000 19/5 6/2

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 17/1.861 5/.200 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 349/239 .275/.317/.414/.731 .800/.722 .618 56/.695 19/2 6/6

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/85 .224/.300/.265/.565 .787/.483 .570 73/.538 1/2 0/3

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/22 .500/.565/.550/1.115 .000/1.170 1.478 23/1.115 0/0 0/0

2.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .000/.100/.000/.100 .333/.000 .125 1/ 0/0 0/0

5.Wright G/S/vP 21/1.246 5/.600 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 12/.258 1/.000 3/1.333 5/1.550 386/296 .309/.386/.523/.909 1.254/.806 .890 96/.985 15/7 14/9

IP 121.1 31.2 28.0 28.0 17.1 9.0 33.2 38.1 36.2 38.2 TOTAL .258/.322/.396/.718 .736/.712 .680 .688 85/21 70/47

ERA-K/9

3.34/6.5

4.55/7.9

2.89/11.2

2.57/6.8

2.08/14.0

4.00/3.0

3.21/5.1

3.05/4.9

2.21/9.1

1.86/12.1

3.43/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (21-4-3)
Blanco (8-7-2)
Thole (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.236 148/.298 128/.210 113/.229 78/.234 42/.342 142/.252 156/.190 145/.198 167/.235 .239 Francoeur
Pagan
Bay
Beltran
Carter 0/0/86/9
1/76/1/6
85/0/0/5
0/2/0/0
4/0/4/0

OPS .677 .819 .622 .626 .687 .905 .747 .620 .608 .609 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.685 50/.806 54/.590 29/.678 26/.319 19/.566 60/.842 70/.750 49/.513 76/.617 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.669 98/.823 74/.644 84/.608 52/.858 23/1.160 82/.680 86/.509 96/.656 91/.601 .669

Home 219/.546 62/.713 47/.418 26/.711 43/.754 27/.795 59/.647 70/.822 64/.437 97/.664

Last 28d days 105/1.081 45/.817 54/.634 113/.626 34/.856 15/1.117 50/.880 34/.606 43/.561 43/.663

HR/SB/CS 10/12/4 3/1/1 1/5/0 3/3/0 1/1/2 1/2/0 1/4/1 4/4/0 5/0/1 1/0/0 67/78/30

Usage ·······X ·····oo· ·······o ·····X·· ······o· ······X· ·······o ·····Xo· ·····Xo· X····X··

Giants Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 43.Dickey
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 22.Valdes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Burrell G/S/vP ··· 13/.154 1/.000 12/1.524 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 203/153 .249/.335/.412/.747 .742/.749 .887 65/.765 0/1 7/2

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 8/1.768 1/2.000 7/.929 ··· 367/259 .302/.392/.547/.939 .943/.937 .918 99/.955 3/0 17/3

10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 75/66 .333/.373/.507/.881 .444/.944 .669 42/.881 0/0 2/0

28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 157/119 .352/.389/.566/.954 .968/.950 .657 82/1.116 0/1 7/2

16.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 30/.796 5/.400 3/1.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 166/115 .298/.348/.364/.712 .931/.614 .712 67/.620 3/0 1/4

33.Rowand G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.666 6/.834 4/.250 5/.400 1/.000 263/198 .240/.285/.398/.684 .630/.703 .635 65/.804 2/2 8/0

21.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 8/.375 4/.000 4/1.250 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 218/174 .279/.341/.353/.694 1.163/.571 .789 94/.569 1/1 1/0

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 2/.000 376/271 .264/.322/.384/.706 .560/.762 .864 86/.481 2/2 6/6

12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 181/134 .247/.317/.364/.681 .687/.679 .644 37/.577 4/3 2/1

56.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 313/218 .277/.373/.476/.849 .633/.948 .832 81/.825 17/4 7/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.250 6/.833 ··· 2/2.000 7/.000 2/no AB 325/255 .246/.314/.429/.743 .866/.710 .816 72/.429 1/2 12/5

22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 106/86 .263/.327/.463/.790 .794/.789 .905 30/.596 1/2 4/1

IP 78.0 18.2 72.0 34.2 12.2 44.0 30.1 TOTAL .261/.326/.404/.729 .758/.719 .734 .707 34/20 82/42

ERA-K/9

4.15/8.3

1.93/3.9

2.63/6.4

2.34/8.6

1.42/9.9

2.45/10.8

5.04/9.8

3.73/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Posey (9-7-0)
Whiteside (22-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.267 74/.234 300/.257 156/.289 53/.265 186/.235 138/.276 .262 Schierholtz
Torres
Huff
Rowand
Burrell 0/0/68/7
30/37/31/6
30/0/19/4
0/62/0/4
25/0/0/2

OPS .757 .649 .647 .758 .593 .649 .787 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.615 17/.765 129/.574 69/.684 19/.842 80/.754 44/.977 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.798 57/.610 171/.698 87/.819 34/.442 106/.569 94/.680 .735

Road 171/.833 37/.731 187/.627 82/.851 29/.750 85/.723 86/.873

Last 28d days 84/.975 37/.715 136/.602 31/.952 53/.593 38/.748 1/.000

HR/SB/CS 9/3/1 0/0/0 4/7/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 2/0/0 75/31/12

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