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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 4:10pm, Saturday, April 17, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Mets, 3-7, 3-75th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (31, LHP, 1-1, 4.91)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-1) 11.0 9 6 6 5 8 1 4.91
2009 (13-9) 166.2 156 67 58 46 146 20 3.13
2008 (16-7) 234.1 206 74 66 63 206 23 2.53
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.2 45 19 19 9 34 5 3.59 56
2010-04-11 WSN L 5.0 5 5 5 3 3 1 87 37
2010-04-05 FLA W 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 103 63
2009-08-20 ATL L 7.0 9 3 3 0 2 1 77 49
2009-08-15 SFG ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 6 1 110 45
2009-08-09 @SDP W 8.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 109 70
2009-08-04 STL ND 8.0 9 5 5 0 6 2 103 50
2009-07-30 COL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 104 76
Last 5 v.STL 2-0 24.0 22 8 7 4 14 3 2.63 61
2009-08-04 STL ND 8.0 9 5 5 0 6 2 103 50
2009-06-25 STL W 7.0 7 2 1 3 3 0 110 57
2008-07-27 STL W 9.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 118 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   2-4    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   0-4 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @STL  L   3-4        3-7   5th  5.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15  @COL  W   5-0        3-6   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 14  @COL  L   5-6 (10)   2-6   5th  5.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 13  @COL  L   3-11       2-5   5th  4.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   WSN  L   2-5        2-4   5th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   WSN  L   3-4        2-3   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   WSN  W   8-2        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   FLA  L   1-3        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7   FLA  L   6-7 (10)   1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   FLA  W   7-1        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-7    Last 30: 3-7
Cardinals, 7-3, 7-31st, 2 up

SP: Jaime Garcia (23, LHP, 1-0, 1.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-0) 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 1.50
2008 (1-1) 16.0 14 10 10 8 8 4 5.63
Last 7 GS 1-0 11.0 9 4 4 4 9 2 3.27 55
2010-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 95 62
2008-07-20 SDP ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 86 48
Has never faced NYM as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 16   NYM  W   4-3        7-3   1st  2.0 up
  9 Thu, Apr 15   HOU  L   1-5        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Wed, Apr 14   HOU  W   2-1        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 12   HOU  W   5-0        5-2   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @MIL  L   7-8        4-2   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @MIL  W   7-1        4-1   1st  1.0 up
  4 Fri, Apr  9  @MIL  W   5-4        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Thu, Apr  8  @CIN  L   1-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @CIN  W   6-3        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @CIN  W  11-6        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 7-3    Last 30: 7-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 STL  4  NYM  3        W:Chris Carpenter (2-0), L: Fernando Nieve (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (4)

Wed, Aug 05, 2009 NYM  9  STL  0        W:Nelson Figueroa (1-2), L: Kyle Lohse (4-7), S: Bobby Parnell (1)
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 STL 12 @NYM  7 (10)   W:Kyle McClellan (3-2), L: Pedro Feliciano (4-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 NYM  3  STL  2        W:Johan Santana (9-5), L: Chris Carpenter (5-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 NYM 11  STL  0        W:Fernando Nieve (3-0), L: Brad Thompson (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 STL  3 @NYM  0        W:Joel Pineiro (6-8), L: Livan Hernandez (5-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 NYM  6  STL  4        W:Tim Redding (1-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (6-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (19)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 STL 12  NYM  8        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Livan Hernandez (1-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - STL leads 1-0; 2009 - STL won 5-4; 2008 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 363-324

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Mets Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 31.Franklin
G/S/vB		 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 60.Motte
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· 21/.686 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.821 460/343 .226/.258/.403/.661 .793/.618 .715 35/.683 1/0 19/8
44.Bay G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/2.417 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 638/454 .267/.384/.537/.921 .980/.897 .904 44/.706 13/3 36/0
4.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.250 232/162 .235/.320/.382/.703 1.039/.563 .658 7/.000 0/0 6/0
23.Carter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 5/1.300 580/410 .302/.387/.346/.732 .676/.756 .625 34/.609 20/6 1/11
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 8/.661 308/235 .251/.320/.310/.630 .721/.601 .667 25/.577 8/3 1/8
12.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/1.250 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.250 ··· ··· 632/458 .280/.309/.423/.732 .878/.677 .695 43/1.392 6/4 15/1
19.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· 19/.164 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 7/.143 360/260 .250/.336/.361/.697 .721/.688 .646 25/.606 4/1 4/3
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 556/454 .266/.313/.427/.741 .682/.754 .662 / 4/2 12/13
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 376/273 .306/.350/.487/.837 .807/.846 .729 25/.448 14/7 6/2
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.232 11/.964 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 166/131 .279/.355/.395/.750 1.086/.662 .570 30/.552 11/2 2/5
9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 306/198 .260/.296/.391/.688 .616/.727 .668 / 0/0 7/3
17.Tatis# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 5/1.600 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 8/.750 379/224 .282/.339/.438/.777 .822/.746 .765 22/.549 4/1 8/3
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 7/1.171 6/1.300 2/3.000 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 618/485 .307/.390/.447/.837 1.142/.754 .859 45/1.156 27/9 10/18
IP 58.0 61.0 40.0 66.2 43.2 56.2 41.0 TOTAL .246/.336/.388/.723 .718/.726 .680 .723 8/2 9/5
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.19/7.1 1.92/6.5 2.03/4.5 3.38/6.9 2.06/9.5 4.76/8.6 3.29/7.2 2.84/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (53-27-6)
 Blanco (27-18-2)
 Santos (35-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 268/.311 250/.220 160/.209 288/.229 173/.197 244/.264 180/.233 .233  Bay
 Francoeur
 Pagan
 Matthews
 Murphy
 Carter
 Tatis
150/0/0/15
0/0/154/11
20/61/6/5
12/56/28/2
27/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
26/0/2/0
OPS .856 .592 .612 .639 .589 .804 .657 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 120/1.096 114/.553 76/.724 125/.554 107/.398 95/.987 108/.517 .568
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 148/.667 136/.621 84/.513 163/.704 66/.889 149/.686 72/.874 .685
Home / 159/.862 129/.484 79/.518 143/.703 94/.548 132/.827 88/.650
Last 28d days 25/.507 18/.826 23/.757 16/.775 15/1.333 6/.533 16/.779 10/.300
HR/SB/CS // 3/3/2 2/1/1 2/0/1 4/0/0 5/1/1 10/0/1 2/4/3 8/3/2
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Santana*
G/S/vB		 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB		 50.Green
G/S/vB		 18.Igarashi
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
66.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.282 / /
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/15 .323/.353/.484/.837 .387/1.390 .855 33/.827 0/0 1/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 670/485 .313/.394/.515/.909 .807/.944 .982 40/.945 14/7 24/5
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 112/83 .240/.288/.327/.615 .607/.618 .546 4/.000 1/0 2/1
8.Lopez# G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 680/519 .310/.383/.427/.810 .835/.802 .890 28/.917 6/6 9/17
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 24/.717 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 542/393 .265/.329/.447/.775 .742/.787 .647 38/.614 4/2 22/1
22.Mather G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.311 / /
4.Molina G/S/vP 11/.728 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 544/408 .293/.366/.383/.749 .717/.759 .811 35/.705 9/3 6/5
5.Pujols G/S/vP 12/1.583 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 700/515 .327/.443/.658/1.101 1.161/1.080 1.109 43/1.213 16/4 47/13
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 520/405 .251/.307/.407/.714 .474/.783 .738 35/.892 3/1 16/6
13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 429/280 .292/.340/.400/.740 .664/.780 .771 30/.287 14/7 3/9
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 11/.473 4/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 586/477 .303/.364/.393/.757 .518/.812 .747 36/.684 2/2 4/10
34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/46 .230/.242/.379/.621 .717/.529 .675 6/.833 1/0 2/0
IP 166.2 59.1 69.2 88.1 68.0 TOTAL .238/.317/.419/.736 .717/.743 .661 .736 2/1 14/8
ERA-K/9 3.13/7.9 3.03/9.0 4.52/7.0 /0.0 5.30/7.5 3.71/9.7 4.35/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Freese (1-0-0)
 LaRue (10-5-1)
 Molina (32-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 701/.244 242/.231 316/.240 / 413/.281 295/.203 .242  Ludwick
 Holliday
 Rasmus
 Stavinoha
 Schumaker
1/1/133/9
155/0/0/7
9/124/6/3
13/0/10/0
39/6/11/0
OPS .692 .681 .716 .769 .644 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.814 156/.594 130/.788 / 191/.762 146/.541 .557
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 507/.644 86/.851 186/.669 / 222/.775 149/.750 .805
Road 306/.737 117/.815 158/.641 / 157/.847 137/.713
Last 28d days 46/.728 19/.387 5/1.400 14/.298 / 17/.437
HR/SB/CS 20/1/2 7/0/0 5/2/1 // 8/1/2 7/7/2 8/3/1
Usage

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.