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Game Preview: NYM @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, May 26, 2011 @Wrigley Field

Mets, 23-25, 23-25 4th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (36, RHP, 2-5, 4.71)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-5) 57.1 68 32 30 21 34 7 4.71
2010 (11-9) 174.1 165 62 55 42 104 13 2.84
2009 (1-1) 64.1 74 34 33 30 42 8 4.62
Last 7 GS 1-4 45.1 56 28 27 13 23 7 5.36 44
2011-05-20 @NYY W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 101 63
2011-05-14 @HOU L 5.1 11 6 6 0 2 2 106 24
2011-05-08 LAD L 7.0 10 4 3 2 3 1 108 44
2011-05-03 SFG ND 6.0 7 6 6 1 1 1 84 34
2011-04-27 @WSN ND 6.2 8 2 2 1 3 0 92 52
2011-04-20 HOU L 8.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 104 52
2011-04-14 COL L 6.1 8 5 5 4 4 1 109 37
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 6.0 8 7 7 1 3 2 10.50 30
2010-09-03 @CHC L 6.0 8 7 7 1 3 2 81 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-12   Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Wed, May 25  @CHC  W   7-4  (7)  23-25  4th  6.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24  @CHC  L   1-11      22-25  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22  @NYY  L   3-9       22-24  4th  6.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21  @NYY  L   3-7       22-23  4th  6.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20  @NYY  W   2-1       22-22  4th  5.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19   WSN  W   1-0       21-22  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18   WSN  W   3-0       20-22  4th  6.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 16   FLA  L   1-2 (11)  19-22  5th  6.5 gb
 40 Sun, May 15  @HOU  W   7-4       19-21  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Sat, May 14  @HOU  L   3-7       18-21  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Cubs, 21-26, 21-26 5th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (30, RHP, 4-2, 4.88)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-2) 62.2 60 34 34 22 41 5 4.88
2010 (11-6) 129.2 119 55 48 69 117 7 3.33
2009 (9-7) 169.1 155 78 71 78 152 10 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.0 41 22 22 13 28 2 4.40 52
2011-05-21 @BOS ND 5.2 7 3 3 3 2 1 122 42
2011-05-16 @CIN L 5.1 6 6 6 3 3 0 95 32
2011-05-10 STL ND 7.0 8 4 4 2 3 0 107 46
2011-05-04 @LAD W 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 107 71
2011-04-29 @ARI W 6.0 4 2 2 3 2 1 108 55
2011-04-24 LAD L 5.0 8 6 6 0 4 0 85 31
2011-04-18 SDP ND 8.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 110 85
Last 5 v.NYM 1-2 27.0 27 14 13 12 29 3 4.33 51
2010-09-04 NYM W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 102 67
2010-04-20 @NYM L 6.0 6 2 2 3 9 0 119 58
2009-09-04 @NYM ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 97 66
2009-08-30 NYM L 3.1 11 4 3 0 3 0 75 27
2008-09-24 @NYM ND 4.2 3 5 5 4 2 1 87 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-14   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  13-21   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 25   NYM  L   4-7  (7)  21-26  5th  7.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   NYM  W  11-1       21-25  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 22  @BOS  L   1-5       20-25  5th  6.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 21  @BOS  W   9-3       20-24  5th  5.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 20  @BOS  L   5-15      19-24  5th  5.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 19  @FLA  W   5-1       19-23  5th  5.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 18  @FLA  W   7-5       18-23  5th  6.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 17  @CIN  L   5-7       17-23  5th  7.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 16  @CIN  L   4-7       17-22  4th  6.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 14   SFG  L   0-3  (6)  17-21  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 25, 2011 NYM  7 @CHC  4  (7)   W:Dillon Gee (4-0), L: Casey Coleman (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 CHC 11  NYM  1        W:Ryan Dempster (3-4), L: Jonathon Niese (3-5), S: none

Sun, Sep 05, 2010 NYM 18 @CHC  5        W:Jonathon Niese (9-7), L: Ryan Dempster (12-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 CHC  5  NYM  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (7-6), L: Jenrry Mejia (0-3), S: Carlos Marmol (27)
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 CHC  7  NYM  6        W:James Russell (1-1), L: R.A. Dickey (9-6), S: Carlos Marmol (26)
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 NYM  5  CHC  2        W:Johan Santana (2-1), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 CHC  9 @NYM  3        W:Carlos Silva (2-0), L: Oliver Perez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 NYM  4  CHC  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (3-0), L: Carlos Zambrano (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 19, 2010 NYM  6  CHC  1        W:Fernando Nieve (1-1), L: James Russell (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 06, 2009 NYM  4  CHC  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (10-10), L: Randy Wells (10-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (30)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - NYM won 4-3; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - Tied 344-344

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 2011 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  5.21

BAL  4.15

MIN  3.42

 RA/G

ATL  3.24

NYY  4.15

MIN  5.25

 BA

M. Joyce  .367

G. Parra  .261

J. Gomes  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

N. McLouth  .332

V. Wells  .224

 SLG

J. Bautista  .795

A. Gonzalez  .400

A. LaRoche  .258

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.287

C. Young  .730

M. Ellis  .511

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

C. Billingsley  3.69

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

J. Masterson  6.72

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Mets Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB		 64.Berg
G/S/vB		 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 57.Maine*
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bay G/S/vP 50/1.314 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 7/.571 8/.661 1/.000 1/3.000 14/1.072 117/89 .230/.319/.330/.649 .721/.627 .511 88/.559 2/1 2/0
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 24/.708 ··· 12/.917 2/3.000 2/.000 8/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 7/1.229 183/137 .287/.383/.548/.930 1.047/.884 .800 91/1.020 0/0 8/0
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.000 .000 2/.500 0/0 0/0
12.Hairston G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 55/21 .224/.309/.327/.636 .624/.654 .473 21/.749 1/0 1/1
22.Harris* G/S/vP 27/.426 ··· 7/.143 ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 98/84 .233/.327/.326/.652 1.071/.588 .844 32/.566 1/3 1/1
26.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .263/.300/.526/.826 .750/.846 .871 20/.826 0/0 1/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.393 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 153/128 .246/.316/.391/.707 .697/.709 .774 89/.597 1/1 4/3
9.Paulino G/S/vP 23/.270 ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 9/1.127 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 45/30 .325/.400/.350/.750 .851/.700 .817 45/.750 0/0 0/2
20.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 97/81 .235/.316/.400/.716 .414/.774 .695 80/.712 4/0 3/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 22/.654 1/.000 6/1.667 1/2.000 3/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 6/.533 228/171 .316/.366/.455/.820 .787/.831 .651 110/.823 17/4 1/4
11.Tejada G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 22/15 .333/.364/.381/.745 .762/.733 .600 22/.745 0/0 0/0
30.Thole* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 132/115 .207/.280/.241/.522 .310/.553 .557 55/.432 0/1 0/2
2.Turner G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 76/48 .314/.368/.457/.826 .717/.886 .745 63/.855 1/1 1/1
IP 62.2 12.0 18.1 3.0 21.0 19.0 30.2 26.1 18.2 TOTAL .246/.325/.383/.708 .682/.716 .662 .691 42/12 37/25
ERA-K/9 4.88/5.9 3.75/4.5 4.42/5.4 9.00/9.0 1.29/11.6 1.42/9.0 5.87/5.0 3.76/10.6 2.41/7.2 4.69/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (3-4-3)
 Thole (25-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.261 52/.250 87/.278 18/.438 84/.157 79/.250 137/.317 123/.194 86/.260 .270  Beltran
 Bay
 Pridie
 Martinez
 Hairston
 Murphy
 Harris
 Evans
0/0/41/2
28/0/0/1
0/27/0/1
1/0/3/0
8/6/4/0
1/0/0/0
17/4/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .728 .797 .788 1.500 .463 .604 .906 .603 .762 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.745 20/.988 33/.556 5/.600 39/.610 34/.478 45/.631 54/.724 31/.729 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.712 32/.677 54/.937 13/1.888 45/.328 45/.708 92/1.049 69/.512 55/.780 .787
Home 104/.713 26/.656 47/.684 8/.946 35/.477 39/.705 68/.986 54/.641 45/.630
Last 28d days 137/.718 24/.867 29/.703 18/1.500 34/.339 34/.657 74/.694 53/.647 51/.890
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 1/0/1 2/1/2 2/0/0 0/3/0 1/2/1 7/5/0 0/8/0 2/1/1 41/37/14
Usage ····X··· o··X···· ·o·X··o· X··o·Xo· ····o·XX ····X··X X··X·X·· ·X···X·X ···Xo·o·
Cubs Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 33.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 45.Isringhausen
G/S/vB		 48.Misch*
G/S/vB		 50.O'Connor*
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/no AB 87/47 .376/.391/.494/.885 1.200/.610 .872 38/.854 0/0 1/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 184/145 .312/.339/.387/.726 .858/.689 .720 98/.671 3/1 1/2
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .154/.154/.154/.308 .000/.400 .000 13/.308 0/0 0/2
13.Castro G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 207/156 .330/.353/.445/.798 .853/.779 .872 96/.763 4/0 1/9
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/36 .231/.250/.333/.583 .500/.593 .759 21/.619 0/0 1/3
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 9/.844 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 142/130 .304/.429/.339/.768 .788/.766 .981 79/.551 1/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 54/41 .234/.308/.383/.691 .350/.784 .503 39/.669 0/0 1/5
5.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 69/43 .367/.435/.633/1.068 .923/1.164 1.236 41/1.078 0/1 2/0
39.Montanez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/1 .500/.600/.750/1.350 1.167/2.000 1.350 5/1.350 0/0 0/0
22.Pena* G/S/vP 12/1.133 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.000 165/123 .214/.360/.351/.711 .333/.845 .662 88/.935 0/2 5/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.733 4/.250 18/.749 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 186/145 .290/.349/.379/.728 .647/.750 .724 89/.652 0/1 1/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 5/1.400 4/.500 8/1.089 8/1.500 5/1.800 ··· 10/.100 170/127 .272/.300/.519/.819 1.044/.743 .771 81/.865 0/0 11/4
IP 57.1 24.0 10.2 15.0 6.0 6.2 23.2 TOTAL .277/.334/.401/.734 .798/.714 .726 .742 10/7 33/35
ERA-K/9 4.71/5.3 2.25/9.4 5.91/10.1 1.80/7.8 7.50/6.0 0.00/10.7 0.76/9.5 4.09/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (1-2-0)
 Hill (9-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 257/.298 97/.212 49/.268 56/.146 29/.280 25/.091 102/.230 .259  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Montanez
 Baker
42/0/0/3
0/0/34/1
8/9/9/0
2/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .818 .638 .776 .470 .859 .336 .583 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.868 42/.978 28/.644 27/.427 12/.970 12/.450 58/.662 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.778 55/.401 21/.967 29/.507 17/.769 13/.237 44/.475 .760
Road 112/.809 64/.632 27/.824 31/.771 29/.859 14/.630 48/.509
Last 28d days 111/.883 44/.657 20/.635 32/.427 21/.873 25/.336 58/.518
HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 4/3/1 1/0/0 1/3/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/4/1 52/33/11
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··· ···o··o· ·····o·X ·X·X···· ·X···X·· ·····ooX

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.