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Game Preview: NYM @ STL, 1:45pm, Thursday, September 22, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

Mets, 73-82, 73-82 4th, 25 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Capuano (32, LHP, 11-12, 4.47)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-12) 175.1 185 92 87 50 155 23 4.47
2010 (4-4) 66.0 65 29 29 21 54 9 3.95
2007 (5-12) 150.0 170 93 85 54 132 20 5.10
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.2 42 23 20 9 45 6 4.32 52
2011-09-16 @ATL W 5.0 6 2 2 2 6 1 103 51
2011-09-10 CHC ND 7.0 5 2 1 1 6 0 95 66
2011-09-05 @FLA L 4.0 8 6 6 1 3 1 75 24
2011-08-31 FLA ND 5.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 99 47
2011-08-26 ATL W 9.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 122 96
2011-08-20 MIL ND 5.2 5 7 5 3 7 3 102 39
2011-08-14 @ARI L 6.0 9 4 4 0 6 1 98 44
Last 5 v.STL 1-3 25.2 27 20 17 8 17 3 5.96 44
2010-09-08 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 83 67
2007-08-14 STL L 4.1 8 7 6 1 6 0 96 26
2007-07-28 @STL L 6.1 6 4 4 4 6 0 105 47
2007-05-02 STL ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 43 56
2006-09-29 @STL L 5.0 7 8 6 3 2 2 88 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-44   Road:   42-38   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  56-60   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  20-26
 vsEast: 31-38   vsCntrl:17-18   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Wed, Sep 21  @STL  L   5-6       73-82  4th 25.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20  @STL  L   6-11      73-81  4th 25.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 18  @ATL  W   7-5       73-80  3rd 26.0 gb
152 Sat, Sep 17  @ATL  L   0-1       72-80  3rd 27.0 gb
151 Fri, Sep 16  @ATL  W  12-2       72-79  3rd 26.0 gb
150 Thu, Sep 15   WSN  L   1-10      71-79  4th 27.0 gb
149 Wed, Sep 14   WSN  L   0-2       71-78  3rd 25.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13   WSN  L   2-3       71-77  3rd 24.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12   WSN  L   2-3       71-76  3rd 24.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11   CHC  L   6-10(11)  71-75  3rd 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Cardinals, 86-69, 86-69 2nd, 4½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (33, RHP, 12-9, 4.58)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-9) 175.0 198 97 89 68 98 16 4.58
2010 (10-11) 202.2 203 99 95 68 128 20 4.22
2008 (1-2) 34.2 33 13 12 7 19 5 3.12
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.1 50 21 17 15 24 4 3.99 45
2011-09-17 @PHI L 3.1 5 2 1 5 1 0 71 40
2011-09-11 ATL W 5.1 5 2 2 1 4 0 89 53
2011-09-05 MIL L 6.0 9 3 2 1 9 1 107 52
2011-08-31 @MIL W 5.0 8 3 2 0 1 1 66 42
2011-08-26 PIT ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 3 0 110 40
2011-08-21 @CHC W 7.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 100 56
2011-08-15 @PIT L 5.2 9 5 4 1 3 2 110 35
Last 5 v.NYM 1-1 15.0 15 7 7 3 8 0 4.20 53
2011-07-21 @NYM W 8.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 90 68
2010-06-17 NYM L 7.0 11 5 5 2 5 0 109 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-34   Road:   43-35   ExtrInn: 8-12
 vsRHP:  67-51   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  24-22
 vsEast: 22-12   vsCntrl:40-33   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Wed, Sep 21   NYM  W   6-5       86-69  2nd  4.5 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20   NYM  W  11-6       85-69  2nd  5.5 gb
153 Mon, Sep 19  @PHI  W   4-3       84-69  2nd  5.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18  @PHI  W   5-0       83-69  2nd  6.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 17  @PHI  L   2-9       82-69  2nd  6.5 gb
150 Fri, Sep 16  @PHI  W   4-2 (11)  82-68  2nd  5.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 14  @PIT  W   3-2       81-68  2nd  5.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13  @PIT  W   6-4       80-68  2nd  6.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12  @PIT  L   5-6       79-68  2nd  6.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11   ATL  W   6-3       79-67  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 STL  6  NYM  5        W:Jaime Garcia (13-7), L: Danny Herrera (0-1), S: Jason Motte (8)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 STL 11  NYM  6        W:Octavio Dotel (4-3), L: Josh Stinson (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 STL  6 @NYM  2        W:Jake Westbrook (8-4), L: Jonathon Niese (9-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 NYM  6  STL  5 (10)   W:Jason Isringhausen (2-0), L: Fernando Salas (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 NYM  4  STL  2        W:Dillon Gee (9-3), L: Kyle Lohse (8-7), S: Jason Isringhausen (1)

Thu, Jul 29, 2010 NYM  4  STL  0        W:R.A. Dickey (7-4), L: Blake Hawksworth (4-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (22)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 STL  8 @NYM  7 (13)   W:Mike MacDougal (1-0), L: Pedro Feliciano (2-6), S: Ryan Franklin (19)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 NYM  8  STL  2        W:Jonathon Niese (7-4), L: Adam Wainwright (14-6), S: none
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 STL  5  NYM  3        W:Adam Wainwright (3-0), L: Tobi Stoner (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 NYM  2 @STL  1 (20)   W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-0), L: Joe Mather (0-1), S: Mike Pelfrey (1)
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 3-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - STL won 5-4; All-Time - STL leads 368-329

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
Mets Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
63.Cleto
G/S/vB
65.Dickson
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
52.Sanchez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 24/23 .238/.333/.429/.762 .000/.798 .667 5/.600 0/0 0/0
44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 508/375 .246/.329/.375/.704 .926/.629 .618 85/.929 11/1 12/2
21.Duda* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 347/279 .292/.370/.482/.852 .715/.886 .857 110/.913 1/0 10/3
6.Evans G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 162/100 .262/.327/.421/.748 .765/.739 .983 102/.659 0/0 4/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP 11/.473 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 8/1.089 1/5.000 3/2.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 251/214 .257/.356/.332/.688 .942/.646 .795 40/.905 4/4 2/1
13.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/29 .200/.259/.280/.539 .535/.545 .377 30/.399 0/1 1/0
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 7/.762 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.125 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 527/390 .263/.321/.375/.696 .672/.704 .716 105/.644 31/7 7/10
15.Pascucci G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/ .167/.167/.167/.333 .333/ .000 6/.333 0/0 0/1
9.Paulino G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 239/138 .274/.319/.347/.666 .712/.633 .734 28/.450 0/0 1/7
20.Pridie* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/184 .218/.295/.335/.630 .596/.636 .571 20/.583 6/1 4/2
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 7/1.286 10/.967 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 560/425 .330/.376/.480/.856 .809/.872 .825 98/.716 36/7 5/18
3.Satin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .250/.250/.333/.583 .833/.333 1.000 12/.583 0/0 0/0
11.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 344/252 .277/.355/.330/.685 .723/.671 .696 86/.676 4/0 0/12
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 366/323 .265/.345/.343/.688 .538/.706 .667 56/.617 0/2 3/2
2.Turner G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 471/332 .263/.335/.358/.693 .634/.716 .652 68/.782 7/2 4/12
5.Wright G/S/vP 4/.000 8/1.292 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.611 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 420/327 .260/.350/.441/.791 .819/.783 .791 110/.806 12/2 14/18
IP 175.0 58.0 4.1 8.1 49.1 139.2 66.0 32.0 59.1 71.2 28.2 TOTAL .265/.335/.391/.726 .710/.732 .727 .703 122/33 103/113
ERA-K/9 4.58/5.0 3.57/7.1 12.46/12.6 3.24/7.6 3.65/10.0 4.06/4.8 1.91/8.2 4.78/5.6 3.19/8.8 2.26/8.9 1.88/10.3 3.80/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nickeas (9-4-4)
 Paulino (46-12-6)
 Thole (63-15-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 770/.289 251/.268 25/.333 34/.290 200/.185 595/.257 258/.208 134/.276 245/.219 282/.183 114/.151 .263  Pagan
 Bay
 Pridie
 Duda
 Harris
 Baxter
 Evans
0/120/0/5
121/0/0/4
13/37/20/2
4/0/42/1
26/6/5/0
2/0/5/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .788 .722 1.107 .869 .588 .736 .566 .873 .616 .562 .515 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/.718 90/.708 13/1.189 12/.432 78/.887 244/.628 95/.740 59/.877 113/.470 124/.631 45/.451 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.848 161/.729 12/1.017 22/1.109 122/.411 351/.811 163/.464 75/.869 132/.741 158/.509 69/.558 .723
Home 384/.781 126/.796 25/1.107 14/.607 94/.542 335/.732 122/.516 77/.970 139/.624 124/.405 51/.470
Last 28d days 121/.866 22/.679 4/.500 20/1.137 32/.421 61/.668 55/.643 19/.819 48/.750 44/.550 /
HR/SB/CS 16/12/4 4/1/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 6/1/1 20/6/3 2/6/1 8/1/1 3/2/1 7/2/0 1/1/0 134/62/24
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ········ ········ ·oo·oo·o ·X··Xo·· X·o··X·o ··o·oo·· ·Xo·Xo·o ·o·XoX·· ········
Cardinals Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Capuano*
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
47.Batista
G/S/vB
27.Beato
G/S/vB
40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
77.Carrasco
G/S/vB
19.Herrera*
G/S/vB
18.Igarashi
G/S/vB
45.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
63.Schwinden
G/S/vB
64.Stinson
G/S/vB
36.Thayer
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 22/.981 3/.000 14/1.207 ··· ··· 7/.429 4/.833 ··· 20/.422 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 558/454 .300/.412/.555/.967 .798/1.008 .895 96/.923 2/6 31/6
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .400/.400/.800/1.200 /1.200 1.333 5/1.200 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 202/137 .308/.353/.508/.861 .951/.816 .830 49/.691 5/0 8/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/43 .254/.329/.333/.662 .693/.641 .661 1/.000 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 367/301 .263/.333/.354/.688 .518/.725 .672 35/.751 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.333 1/no AB ··· 336/259 .293/.339/.437/.777 .911/.738 .769 63/.709 0/0 10/11
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 22/.996 1/no AB 21/.476 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 353/273 .230/.300/.344/.644 .640/.645 .684 104/.869 9/5 7/13
27.Greene G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/72 .204/.317/.282/.598 .601/.596 .440 1/3.000 10/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 26/.945 2/1.500 12/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 503/396 .295/.388/.528/.915 .857/.928 .908 72/.716 1/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 473/374 .299/.344/.429/.773 .697/.793 .755 86/.774 6/6 10/3
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.321 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 107/89 .232/.295/.358/.653 .873/.610 .670 18/.458 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 16/.498 4/.833 7/.762 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 488/376 .300/.340/.458/.797 .833/.787 .792 80/.913 4/5 13/6
44.Patterson* G/S/vP 11/.384 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 395/305 .239/.271/.359/.630 .770/.589 .622 14/.231 13/9 6/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 36/1.739 2/.500 13/.885 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 618/501 .305/.374/.552/.926 .932/.924 .972 101/1.059 8/1 36/14
8.Punto# G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/.000 7/1.904 ··· 4/.000 15/.534 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 149/94 .261/.375/.387/.762 .749/.768 .588 18/.603 1/1 0/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/3 .000/.125/.000/.125 .200/.000 .167 8/.125 0/0 0/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.000 ··· 9/.472 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· ··· 382/339 .284/.331/.349/.680 .714/.676 .732 71/.484 0/2 2/6
3.Theriot G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 8/1.089 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 466/335 .274/.323/.340/.663 .732/.636 .661 29/.820 4/5 1/18
IP 175.1 42.1 50.1 65.1 37.1 48.1 8.2 33.1 46.2 55.0 16.0 9.2 6.1 TOTAL .272/.339/.423/.762 .753/.764 .745 .772 53/37 155/110
ERA-K/9 4.47/8.0 3.61/9.1 4.29/4.5 4.41/5.1 3.38/11.1 5.40/4.7 5.19/5.2 5.40/10.8 4.05/8.5 3.93/10.0 5.06/6.8 6.52/5.6 4.26/2.9 4.21/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-2-1)
 Laird (16-4-3)
 Molina (44-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 754/.269 184/.262 227/.246 276/.238 165/.230 216/.328 36/.290 165/.290 200/.211 254/.269 73/.277 41/.257 26/.333 .264  Jay
 Berkman
 Patterson
 Holliday
 Craig
 Schumaker
 Cruz
 Chambers
 Robinson
 Greene
19/68/56/5
16/0/103/4
56/39/24/4
111/0/0/4
22/5/18/3
5/5/29/1
0/0/2/0
5/4/0/0
0/5/2/0
2/0/8/0
OPS .769 .761 .740 .723 .675 .897 .827 .808 .653 .706 .749 .636 .766 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.614 76/.692 87/1.020 108/.795 107/.583 93/.884 17/.741 56/.648 88/.869 108/.702 36/.838 13/.993 7/1.571 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 585/.815 108/.811 140/.565 168/.677 58/.857 123/.902 19/.898 109/.873 112/.498 146/.706 37/.669 28/.468 19/.488 .736
Road 354/.865 89/.790 120/.757 139/.837 92/.717 110/.965 20/1.117 80/.814 97/.739 130/.571 27/.750 29/.601 8/.875
Last 28d days 125/.676 57/.602 90/.733 41/1.001 28/.582 41/1.287 25/.399 34/.732 16/.327 56/.802 73/.749 41/.636 10/.633
HR/SB/CS 23/9/5 6/5/2 2/4/0 5/6/3 3/1/1 7/5/2 1/0/0 2/3/1 6/10/2 4/9/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 141/118/31
Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· o··X·o·o o·····X· ·o·ooo·· ·X····X· o··X··o· ·····oX· ········ X··X···· X·····X· ·X···X·o ·X····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.