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Game Preview: NYM @ TEX, 4:10pm, Saturday, June 25, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Thursday, June 23, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Mets, 37-39, 37-39 4th, 10½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (24, LHP, 6-6, 3.70)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-6) 92.1 94 45 38 30 72 7 3.70
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 4-2 44.0 42 17 11 11 40 1 2.25 57
2011-06-19 LAA L 4.0 8 5 4 0 3 0 67 31
2011-06-14 @ATL W 6.1 5 2 2 0 4 0 95 59
2011-06-09 @MIL W 7.2 3 1 1 4 8 0 99 73
2011-06-03 ATL ND 7.2 8 2 2 1 7 1 111 61
2011-05-29 PHI W 6.1 5 1 0 4 6 0 122 63
2011-05-24 @CHC L 5.0 7 6 2 1 5 0 85 41
2011-05-18 WSN W 7.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 112 71
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-20   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  27-29   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Fri, Jun 24  @TEX  L   1-8       37-39  4th 10.5 gb
 75 Thu, Jun 23   OAK  W   4-1       37-38  4th  9.5 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 22   OAK  W   3-2 (13)  36-38  4th 10.5 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 21   OAK  L   3-7       35-38  4th 10.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 19   LAA  L   3-7       35-37  3rd  9.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 18   LAA  W   6-1       35-36  3rd  9.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 17   LAA  L   3-4       34-36  3rd  9.5 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 16  @ATL  L   8-9 (10)  34-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 15  @ATL  W   4-0       34-34  3rd  8.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 14  @ATL  W   4-3       33-34  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Rangers, 41-36, 41-36 1st, 2½ up

SP: Alexi Ogando (27, RHP, 7-2, 2.66)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-2) 88.0 66 28 26 20 64 8 2.66
2010 (4-1) 41.2 31 6 6 16 39 2 1.30
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.0 32 18 16 7 26 3 3.51 56
2011-06-19 @ATL L 5.0 5 3 1 1 3 0 104 51
2011-06-14 @NYY L 1.2 6 6 6 1 1 0 53 19
2011-06-03 @CLE W 8.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 100 75
2011-05-18 @KCR ND 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 116 65
2011-05-03 @SEA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 102 63
2011-04-17 @NYY ND 6.1 6 5 5 1 1 3 92 41
2011-04-11 @DET W 7.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 79 76
Has never faced NYM as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-14   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  27-26   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest:  9-9  IL: 6-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jun 24   NYM  W   8-1       41-36  1st  2.5 up
 76 Wed, Jun 22   HOU  L   3-5       40-36  1st  2.0 up
 75 Tue, Jun 21   HOU  W   5-4 (11)  40-35  1st  2.0 up
 74 Mon, Jun 20   HOU  W   8-3       39-35  1st  1.0 up
 73 Sun, Jun 19  @ATL  L   2-4       38-35  1st  0.5 up
 72 Sat, Jun 18  @ATL  W   5-4 (10)  38-34  1st  1.5 up
 71 Fri, Jun 17  @ATL  W   6-2       37-34  1st  0.5 up
 70 Thu, Jun 16  @NYY  L   2-3 (12)  36-34  1st  0.5 up
 69 Wed, Jun 15  @NYY  L   4-12      36-33  1st  1.0 up
 68 Tue, Jun 14  @NYY  L   4-12      36-32  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 TEX  8  NYM  1        W:Matt Harrison , L: Mike Pelfrey , S: none

Sun, Jun 15, 2008 NYM  4  TEX  2        W:Pedro Martinez (2-0), L: Kason Gabbard (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (14)
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 TEX  8 @NYM  7        W:Kevin Millwood (5-3), L: John Maine (6-5), S: C.J. Wilson (13)
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 NYM  7  TEX  1        W:Oliver Perez (5-4), L: Scott Feldman (1-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 NYM 11 @TEX  0        W:Al Leiter (7-3), L: Colby Lewis (4-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 NYM  8 @TEX  2        W:Jae Weong Seo (4-2), L: Victor Santos (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TEX  9  NYM  7        W:John Thomson (4-7), L: Steve Trachsel (4-4), S: Ugueth Urbina (18)
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 1-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - NYM leads 4-3

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

BOS  5.35

TBR  4.12

SFG  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

CHW  4.27

CHC  5.01

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .345

C. Johnson  .239

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .452

D. DeJesus  .308

D. Uggla  .242

 SLG

P. Fielder  .649

J. Loney  .360

D. Barton  .267

 OPS

P. Fielder  1.095

C. Johnson  .679

C. Figgins  .525

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

M. Buehrle  3.73

J. Vazquez  6.37

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.78

T. Cahill  6.66

C. Pavano  3.52

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

Mets Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 44.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 16/.884 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 198/143 .222/.310/.310/.620 .786/.559 .514 80/.579 6/1 3/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 9/.730 ··· ··· ··· 13/1.262 14/.857 290/220 .280/.372/.488/.860 .915/.839 .763 106/.788 3/0 10/0
21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/51 .176/.254/.216/.470 .393/.482 .391 36/.536 1/0 0/0
12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 3/.666 ··· 69/25 .266/.319/.469/.788 .716/.905 .910 14/1.214 1/0 3/1
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 119/102 .240/.336/.317/.653 .991/.601 .859 26/.657 2/3 1/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 248/203 .285/.336/.382/.718 .518/.764 .672 96/.786 4/3 4/4
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 191/141 .242/.326/.345/.672 .469/.743 .772 101/.797 11/3 2/3
9.Paulino G/S/vP 1/.000 14/.357 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 98/56 .322/.371/.389/.760 .759/.761 .839 44/.788 0/0 1/4
20.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/103 .229/.299/.381/.680 .414/.720 .643 24/.477 4/0 3/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 13/.885 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.600 3/.000 330/249 .337/.382/.510/.892 .767/.933 .776 102/1.012 26/5 3/10
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/83 .272/.353/.301/.654 .539/.702 .602 86/.662 0/0 0/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 182/162 .232/.330/.271/.601 .311/.638 .543 57/.822 0/2 0/2
2.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/134 .267/.341/.376/.716 .657/.738 .645 100/.607 6/2 2/5
IP 88.0 34.1 28.0 18.0 22.1 29.0 17.1 TOTAL .253/.328/.375/.704 .642/.725 .666 .707 73/19 46/42
ERA-K/9 2.66/6.5 4.72/5.8 3.21/6.1 6.50/7.0 4.03/8.1 2.48/8.1 4.67/6.8 5.08/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (16-8-5)
 Thole (31-8-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 163/.211 77/.235 49/.286 45/.189 42/.333 48/.286 35/.226 .240  Pagan
 Pridie
 Beltran
 Bay
 Duda
 Murphy
 Hairston
 Harris
0/45/0/4
5/28/6/2
0/0/65/2
47/0/0/1
3/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
8/8/4/0
19/3/1/0
OPS .555 .586 .851 .739 1.071 .800 .669 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.595 44/.635 34/.736 20/.600 19/1.464 21/.686 17/.435 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.477 33/.513 15/1.117 25/.825 23/.754 27/.900 18/.889 .667
Home / 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/
Last 28d days 64/.590 41/.583 19/.544 45/.739 25/1.173 24/.707 13/.641
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 0/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 2/3/1 1/0/0 37/20/11
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ······oo ·····X·· ······X· ······X· ·····o·o
Rangers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 77.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 45.Isringhausen
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 160/119 .273/.329/.315/.644 .674/.633 66/.782 22/3 3/14
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/1.264 4/.000 ··· 14/.643 160/118 .267/.300/.407/.707 .736/.696 61/.577 0/1 13/7
3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 19/11 .133/.235/.133/.369 .762/.100 6/.000 0/1 1/2
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 49/39 .419/.468/.558/1.026 1.450/.920 30/.844 3/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 4/.000 111/83 .204/.252/.417/.670 .586/.698 54/.806 4/2 17/5
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/23 .242/.359/.273/.632 .435/.788 14/.742 9/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 4/2.250 4/.250 ··· 6/1.133 79/62 .333/.392/.569/.962 .588/1.070 61/.959 4/1 7/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 8/.250 ··· ··· 10/.422 158/113 .161/.263/.255/.518 .396/.568 59/.554 15/2 8/7
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/94 .270/.339/.360/.699 .452/.778 47/.683 2/1 10/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 111/78 .227/.324/.237/.561 .345/.655 26/.558 5/5 4/2
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .111/.273/.111/.384 .000/.425 7/.452 0/0 0/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 4/.000 ··· ··· 105/69 .274/.324/.326/.650 .795/.576 38/.918 0/1 3/4
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.100 14/.891 3/.000 ··· 26/.644 152/110 .319/.368/.399/.767 .802/.754 58/.530 4/1 5/2
IP 92.1 7.1 19.0 17.0 24.1 17.0 36.0 TOTAL .252/.319/.352/.670 .633/.685 .695 39/11 22/60
ERA-K/9 3.70/7.0 11.05/4.9 3.79/11.8 5.82/4.2 2.96/7.8 3.18/12.2 3.25/10.2 4.00/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (1-2-0)
 Torrealba (15-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.263 25/.333 82/.268 73/.302 93/.185 78/.275 149/.267 .254  Murphy
 Cruz
 Blanco
 Chavez
 Hamilton
 Moreland
 Gentry
33/4/1/2
6/0/32/1
0/0/1/1
1/8/4/1
11/7/0/1
0/0/15/0
0/19/1/0
OPS .708 .985 .730 .921 .633 .727 .729 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.566 9/.556 47/.745 36/.944 43/.779 38/.669 87/.847 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.757 16/1.238 35/.704 37/.897 50/.510 40/.772 62/.561 .695
Road 180/.665 7/.857 46/.781 41/.921 47/.935 32/.450 62/.509
Last 28d days 135/.618 25/.985 25/.547 24/.708 31/.605 41/.607 46/.918
HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 3/2/1 4/6/2 2/3/0 3/5/1 68/52/17
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·o ··oo···· ···X·o·· ··o····· ··oX···X ·oX·····

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.