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Game Preview: WSN @ NYM, 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @Citi Field

Nationals, 20-21, 20-21 4th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (28, LHP, 2-2, 3.40)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-2)			42.1	29	17	16	14	35	8	3.40
2010 (7-9)			136.1	136	70	62	68	119	11	4.09
2009 (7-3)			47.0	45	30	29	17	47	6	5.55

Last 7 GS		2-2	42.1	29	17	16	14	35	8	3.40	57
2011-05-13	FLA	ND	4.2	8	4	4	1	6	3	88	37
2011-05-07	@FLA	W	7.0	2	2	2	4	6	1	106	67
2011-05-02	SFG	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	95	80
2011-04-27	NYM	ND	6.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	85	62
2011-04-21	@STL	L	5.0	2	2	2	4	3	1	108	54
2011-04-15	MIL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	85	56
2011-04-09	@NYM	L	5.1	4	6	5	2	8	2	98	44

Last 5 v.NYM		1-3	24.2	21	17	14	13	24	2	5.11	48
2011-04-27	NYM	ND	6.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	85	62
2011-04-09	@NYM	L	5.1	4	6	5	2	8	2	98	44
2010-04-22	@NYM	L	5.2	4	4	2	2	7	0	105	54
2008-04-30	@NYM	W	5.0	1	0	0	5	4	0	84	64
2007-07-25	@NYM	L	2.1	7	6	6	3	1	0	59	17

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

 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast: 11-16   vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Mon, May 16   PIT  W   4-2       20-21  4th  5.5 gb
 40 Sun, May 15   FLA  W   8-4       19-21  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Sat, May 14   FLA  L   0-1       18-21  4th  7.5 gb
 38 Fri, May 13   FLA  L   5-6 (11)  18-20  4th  7.5 gb
 37 Thu, May 12  @ATL  L   5-6 (10)  18-19  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 11  @ATL  W   7-3 (11)  18-18  4th  6.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 10  @ATL  W   7-6       17-18  4th  6.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8  @FLA  L   0-8       16-18  4th  6.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7  @FLA  W   5-2       16-17  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6  @FLA  W   3-2 (10)  15-17  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Mets, 19-22, 19-22 5th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (24, LHP, 2-4, 5.03)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-4)			48.1	52	28	27	19	32	6	5.03
2010 (9-10)			173.2	192	97	81	62	148	20	4.20
2009 (1-1)			25.2	27	12	12	9	18	1	4.21

Last 7 GS		2-4	41.1	48	26	25	18	29	6	5.44	44
2011-05-12	@COL	W	6.1	7	5	5	2	3	2	88	40
2011-05-06	LAD	ND	5.2	7	3	3	3	5	1	116	45
2011-04-30	@PHI	L	6.1	6	2	2	2	3	1	96	54
2011-04-24	ARI	W	7.0	6	3	2	2	3	0	95	56
2011-04-19	HOU	L	6.0	7	2	2	5	3	0	113	48
2011-04-13	COL	L	6.0	7	5	5	3	5	2	101	40
2011-04-07	@PHI	L	4.0	8	6	6	1	7	0	77	28

Last 5 v.WSN		1-0	11.1	12	7	7	5	11	2	5.56	47
2010-07-02	@WSN	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	8	1	117	69
2010-05-11	WSN	ND	4.1	6	6	6	5	3	1	91	25

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

 Home:    8-12   Road:   11-10   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  12-18   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 38 Fri, May 13  @HOU  W   6-4       18-20  4th  7.5 gb
 37 Thu, May 12  @COL  W   9-5       17-20  5th  7.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 10  @COL  W   4-3       16-20  5th  7.5 gb
 35 Mon, May  9  @COL  L   1-2       15-20  5th  8.5 gb
 34 Sun, May  8   LAD  L   2-4       15-19  5th  7.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7   LAD  W   4-2       15-18  5th  7.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6   LAD  W   6-3       14-18  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 WSN  4  NYM  3        W:Livan Hernandez (3-2), L: Chris Capuano (2-2), S: Drew Storen (4)
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 NYM  6 @WSN  3        W:Pedro Beato (1-0), L: Sean Burnett (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (6)
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 NYM  6 @WSN  4        W:Ryota Igarashi (1-0), L: Jordan Zimmermann (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 WSN  7 @NYM  3 (11)   W:Drew Storen (1-1), L: Blaine Boyer (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 NYM  8  WSN  4        W:Chris Capuano (1-0), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 WSN  6 @NYM  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (1-1), L: R.A. Dickey (1-1), S: none

Sun, Oct 03, 2010 WSN  2 @NYM  1 (14)   W:Joel Peralta (1-0), L: Oliver Perez (0-5), S: Miguel Batista (2)
Sat, Oct 02, 2010 NYM  7  WSN  2        W:Ryota Igarashi (1-1), L: Tyler Clippard (11-8), S: none
Fri, Oct 01, 2010 NYM  2  WSN  1 (10)   W:Hisanori Takahashi (10-6), L: Tyler Clippard (11-7), S: none
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 NYM  3 @WSN  2        W:R.A. Dickey (10-6), L: Livan Hernandez (9-11), S: Hisanori Takahashi (5)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 3-3; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - NYM won 10-8; All-Time - NYM leads 365-347

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 CIN 5.36 HOU 4.10 MIN 3.08	RA/G ATL 3.16 MIL 4.26 MIN 5.38	BA J. Reyes .313 M. Prado .296	OBP J. Reyes .364 M. Prado .338	SLG J. Reyes .469 M. Prado .450	OPS J. Reyes .833 M. Prado .788	ERA J. Johnson 1.64 J. Hammel 3.71 R. Dempster 6.71	K/9IP M. Garza 10.99 C. Carpenter 6.71 C. Pavano 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CIN 5.36

HOU 4.10

MIN 3.08

RA/G

ATL 3.16

MIL 4.26

MIN 5.38

J. Reyes .313

M. Prado .296

OBP

J. Reyes .364

M. Prado .338

SLG

J. Reyes .469

M. Prado .450

OPS

J. Reyes .833

M. Prado .788

ERA

J. Johnson 1.64

J. Hammel 3.71

R. Dempster 6.71

K/9IP

M. Garza 10.99

C. Carpenter 6.71

C. Pavano 3.42

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Nationals Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2.000 42/38 .306/.405/.361/.766 .000/.854 .476 42/.766 4/0 0/0

43.Bixler G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/2 .077/.143/.077/.220 .258/.000 .222 15/.220 0/0 0/0

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 74/68 .221/.274/.250/.524 .667/.511 .438 51/.572 1/0 0/0

6.Desmond G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 151/114 .217/.255/.362/.617 .774/.569 .555 79/.604 13/1 3/8

18.Espinosa# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 163/119 .196/.296/.377/.673 .673/.672 .748 98/.524 3/1 5/3

15.Hairston G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 3/no AB 7/.786 2/1.500 ··· 6/.334 118/85 .234/.299/.346/.645 .624/.652 .544 83/.677 1/2 2/5

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/2.000 10/.443 12/.750 9/.222 4/2.500 ··· 6/2.500 161/117 .182/.298/.277/.576 .444/.623 .716 97/.509 1/0 3/0

38.Morse G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 97/60 .247/.278/.337/.615 .537/.664 .710 47/.754 1/1 2/0

19.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 86/77 .310/.326/.548/.873 .667/.898 .803 56/.921 2/1 5/1

3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/68 .270/.340/.416/.756 .798/.732 .528 62/.685 0/2 2/2

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.444 1/no AB ··· 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 11/.364 68/57 .238/.284/.397/.680 .636/.690 .705 36/.775 0/0 2/1

12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/1.167 6/.833 ··· ··· 16/.250 27/27 .095/.296/.095/.392 /.392 .457 15/.421 0/0 0/0

28.Werth G/S/vP 9/.819 6/.750 3/1.167 6/.334 12/.500 ··· 9/.222 171/128 .238/.333/.422/.755 .568/.810 .665 100/.824 6/1 6/3

IP 48.1 21.2 10.0 13.0 4.0 4.2 20.2 TOTAL .225/.298/.348/.646 .585/.665 .619 .637 36/10 32/24

ERA-K/9

5.03/6.0

1.66/10.0

5.40/10.8

2.08/6.9

2.25/4.5

0.00/11.5

0.87/10.0

4.06/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramos (7-7-0)
Rodriguez (7-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 214/.280 86/.197 46/.275 49/.146 14/.083 17/.067 90/.237 .262 Bernadina
Werth
Morse
Nix
Bixler
Hairston 2/9/1/2
0/0/39/2
25/0/0/2
24/3/2/1
2/0/0/0
8/6/0/0

OPS .775 .630 .781 .499 .548 .310 .591 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.733 39/.988 27/.644 24/.490 7/.952 8/.536 51/.694 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.792 47/.357 19/1.000 25/.507 7/.143 9/.111 39/.452 .751

Home 111/.791 33/.652 21/.753 21/.095 / 11/.000 45/.636

Last 28d days 110/.734 47/.543 21/.508 37/.486 6/.167 17/.310 63/.543

HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 4/2/1 1/0/0 1/2/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/4/1 46/30/11

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

Mets Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 22.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

44.Bay G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 6/.000 15/1.313 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 90/67 .218/.315/.333/.648 .812/.593 .806 90/.648 2/1 2/0

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 10/1.643 3/.333 8/.250 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 155/115 .286/.381/.564/.945 1.003/.919 1.178 93/.969 0/0 8/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP 13/.322 4/1.250 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 51/21 .200/.294/.289/.583 .531/.654 .670 20/.585 1/0 1/1

22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 90/76 .205/.311/.308/.619 1.071/.543 .386 35/.361 1/3 1/0

26.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.857/1.143 1.000/1.250 .000 7/1.143 0/0 1/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.600 4/1.750 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 125/107 .248/.315/.389/.704 .863/.676 .690 87/.648 1/1 3/3

9.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 7/.453 ··· ··· 2/.000 33/21 .345/.424/.379/.804 .955/.714 .745 33/.804 0/0 0/0

20.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/63 .246/.329/.462/.790 .382/.864 .790 75/.790 2/0 3/0

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 19/.449 6/.650 8/.708 4/1.500 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 196/147 .313/.364/.469/.833 .720/.870 1.025 110/.821 16/3 1/3

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 / /// / / / /

30.Thole* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/.750 3/1.334 116/101 .220/.302/.260/.562 .354/.593 .476 57/.582 0/1 0/2

2.Turner G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/27 .318/.362/.455/.816 .522/1.023 .831 42/.868 1/1 1/1

IP 42.1 16.0 25.0 14.2 5.2 9.1 23.2 TOTAL .242/.323/.389/.713 .670/.728 .769 .743 39/11 36/20

ERA-K/9

3.40/7.4

6.19/4.5

1.80/10.8

2.45/9.8

1.59/14.2

1.93/6.8

0.38/7.2

3.65/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Paulino (2-4-2)
Thole (23-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.193 66/.271 93/.202 61/.208 24/.167 43/.306 90/.155 .257 Beltran
Bay
Pridie
Martinez
Hairston
Murphy
Harris 0/0/35/2
21/0/0/1
0/20/0/0
0/0/1/0
8/4/4/0
1/0/0/0
17/3/1/0

OPS .669 .679 .614 .623 .542 .905 .437 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.382 28/.450 49/.623 24/1.053 12/.958 24/1.028 33/.531 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.740 38/.849 44/.603 37/.323 12/.167 19/.707 57/.383 .686

Road 70/.672 33/.595 47/.424 40/.690 19/.704 28/.849 45/.322

Last 28d days 121/.614 34/.704 47/.777 42/.610 24/.542 24/.918 43/.377

HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 30/14/12

Usage ····X··· ·o···Xoo ··X·X·oX ··o·X·X· ···o···· ···o·Xo· ·o··X·oo

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.