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Game Preview: NYM @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Mets, 13-10, 13-10 3rd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (25, LHP, 2-0, 2.81)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 25.2 18 9 8 7 23 2 2.81
2011 (11-11) 157.1 178 88 77 44 138 14 4.40
2010 (9-10) 173.2 192 97 81 62 148 20 4.20
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.1 45 23 21 10 39 5 4.36 51
2012-04-26 MIA ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 97 67
2012-04-20 SFG ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 1 109 49
2012-04-14 @PHI W 6.2 5 0 0 1 5 0 102 68
2012-04-08 ATL W 6.0 2 4 3 4 7 0 102 57
2011-08-23 @PHI L 4.0 10 8 8 1 6 2 84 15
2011-08-16 @SDP L 6.0 10 3 3 0 3 0 87 43
2011-08-11 SDP L 7.2 7 3 2 2 7 1 122 60
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 20.0 18 4 4 7 11 0 1.80 59
2011-04-19 HOU L 6.0 7 2 2 5 3 0 113 48
2010-08-16 @HOU ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 100 64
2009-07-25 @HOU W 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 106 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    5-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @HOU  L   3-4       13-10  3rd  1.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @COL  W   6-5 (11)  13-9   3rd  1.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @COL  W   7-5       12-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @COL  L   9-18      11-9   3rd  3.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26   MIA  W   3-2       11-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25   MIA  W   5-1       10-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24   MIA  W   2-1        9-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 23   SFG  L   2-7        8-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 15 Mon, Apr 23   SFG  L   1-6        8-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21   SFG  W   5-4        8-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-10
Astros, 9-14, 9-14 5th, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: J.A. Happ (29, LHP, 1-1, 4.70)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 23.0 26 12 12 9 24 4 4.70
2011 (6-15) 156.1 157 103 93 83 134 21 5.35
2010 (6-4) 87.1 73 37 33 47 70 8 3.40
Last 7 GS 2-1 42.0 36 17 17 20 42 6 3.64 55
2012-04-25 @MIL ND 5.0 7 4 4 2 8 2 103 43
2012-04-20 LAD L 6.0 8 3 3 4 3 1 115 43
2012-04-15 @MIA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 8 1 102 60
2012-04-09 ATL W 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 92 52
2011-09-24 COL ND 7.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 126 64
2011-09-19 @CIN ND 6.0 3 2 2 3 9 1 105 64
2011-09-13 PHI W 6.0 4 1 1 4 4 1 112 60
Last 5 v.NYM 2-1 27.2 28 15 15 14 17 5 4.88 46
2011-05-14 NYM W 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 110 55
2011-04-21 @NYM L 4.2 6 6 6 1 5 2 109 32
2009-08-22 @NYM W 7.0 8 1 1 2 1 0 118 56
2009-06-09 @NYM ND 5.1 6 4 4 4 4 2 106 40
2008-07-04 NYM ND 4.2 3 2 2 4 3 0 96 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-5    Road:    4-9    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   8-10   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Mon, Apr 30   NYM  W   4-3        9-14  5th  5.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @CIN  L   5-6        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @CIN  L   0-6        8-13  5th  6.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @CIN  W   6-4        8-12  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25  @MIL  W   7-5        7-12  5th  5.0 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24  @MIL  L   6-9        6-12  5th  5.0 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23  @MIL  L   5-6        6-11  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22   LAD  W  12-0        6-10  5th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-5        5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   LAD  L   1-3        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 HOU  4  NYM  3        W:Fernando Rodriguez (1-3), L: Manny Acosta (0-2), S: Brett Myers (5)

Sun, May 15, 2011 NYM  7 @HOU  4        W:Chris Capuano (3-4), L: Aneury Rodriguez (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Sat, May 14, 2011 HOU  7  NYM  3        W:J.A. Happ (3-4), L: R.A. Dickey (1-5), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 NYM  6 @HOU  4        W:Pat Misch (1-0), L: Jeff Fulchino (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (11)
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 NYM  9  HOU  1        W:Chris Capuano (2-1), L: J.A. Happ (1-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 HOU  4 @NYM  3        W:Mark Melancon (2-1), L: R.A. Dickey (1-3), S: Brandon Lyon (4)
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 HOU  6 @NYM  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-2), L: Jonathon Niese (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 NYM  5  HOU  1        W:R.A. Dickey (9-5), L: Bud Norris (6-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 HOU  4 @NYM  1        W:Brett Myers (10-7), L: Johan Santana (10-9), S: Brandon Lyon (9)
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 NYM  2  HOU  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (13-7), L: Nelson Figueroa (3-2), S: Hisanori Takahashi (2)
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - HOU leads 305-256

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 2012 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  5.77

LAD  3.96

PIT  2.64

 RA/G

WSN  2.68

TOR  4.17

MIN  5.64

 BA

M. Kemp  .417

C. Ross  .257

B. Ryan  .136

 OBP

D. Wright  .494

Y. Cespedes  .333

C. Barmes  .186

 SLG

M. Kemp  .893

A. Ellis  .400

M. Byrd  .192

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.383

J. Upton  .733

M. Byrd  .423

 ERA

J. Saunders  .90

R. Nolasco  3.20

C. Buchholz  8.69

 K/9IP

A. Sanchez  11.29

C. Lee  7.04

J. Guthrie  1.85

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

Mets Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Happ*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/18 .333/.417/.476/.893 .333/.944 1.145 24/.893 1/0 0/0
29.Davis* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.733 ··· ··· 87/50 .185/.241/.309/.550 .719/.503 .945 87/.550 0/0 3/1
21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/53 .256/.344/.436/.780 .430/.983 .828 90/.780 0/0 4/1
12.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 6/.333 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 47/19 .244/.277/.467/.743 .909/.526 1.000 47/.743 0/0 2/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/1.143 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 5/.000 103/58 .298/.350/.362/.711 .660/.786 .650 103/.711 0/1 0/5
4.Nickeas G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/4 .188/.316/.188/.503 .500/.500 .971 19/.503 0/0 0/1
9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/52 .325/.386/.475/.861 .685/.934 .869 88/.861 1/0 2/1
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.100 ··· ··· 98/56 .299/.361/.391/.752 1.053/.658 .747 98/.752 1/1 0/2
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/3.000 74/49 .317/.403/.429/.831 1.181/.679 .688 74/.831 0/0 1/4
56.Torres# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 9/2.238 ··· ··· 7/7 .167/.286/.167/.452 /.452 .500 7/.452 0/0 0/0
2.Turner G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/7 .227/.292/.227/.519 .286/.857 .000 24/.519 0/0 0/0
1.Valdespin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
5.Wright G/S/vP 15/1.841 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 10/.500 42/.933 ··· 3/5.000 89/54 .389/.494/.569/1.064 .994/1.065 1.187 89/1.064 2/3 3/1
IP 23.0 1.2 9.2 8.2 13.0 8.1 6.2 11.0 5.1 TOTAL .268/.341/.390/.731 .735/.747 .796 .731 6/6 18/21
ERA-K/9 4.70/9.4 16.20/0.0 2.79/6.5 2.08/8.3 2.77/4.2 3.24/7.6 1.35/6.7 4.09/9.8 5.06/8.5 4.09/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nickeas (5-2-1)
 Thole (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 101/.286 9/.444 44/.263 33/.214 48/.208 36/.333 24/.130 50/.250 24/.200 .260  Duda
 Baxter
 Valdespin
 Nieuwenhuis
 Torres
 Hairston
0/0/22/1
6/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
1/21/0/0
0/2/0/0
8/5/3/0
OPS .855 1.889 .717 .589 .479 .874 .558 .749 .633 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.794 5/1.400 11/.899 12/.523 13/.462 9/.944 9/.111 13/1.815 15/.133 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.910 4/2.500 19/.436 15/.606 17/.235 25/.711 12/1.000 27/.536 8/1.482 .730
Home 53/.791 6/1.167 15/.350 13/.748 18/.333 16/.688 8/.536 18/.863 16/.713
Last 28d days 101/.855 9/1.889 44/.717 33/.589 48/.479 36/.874 24/.558 50/.749 24/.633
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/6/0 0/1/0 26/19/5
Usage ·····X·· o··o···· ·X···X·· ·······X oo·o·o·o o·X····X o··o·oo· oX·X··X· o·o··o·o
Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 47.Batista
G/S/vB		 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 48.Francisco
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 52.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 57.Santana*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 95/61 .360/.404/.547/.951 1.237/.909 .728 95/.951 4/0 1/3
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 80/52 .209/.338/.343/.681 .717/.708 .578 80/.681 3/2 1/0
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 36/30 .273/.333/.424/.758 .500/.778 .940 36/.758 0/0 0/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 58/43 .231/.298/.308/.606 .800/.542 .495 58/.606 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 34/22 .212/.235/.515/.750 .600/.818 .714 34/.750 0/0 2/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/24 .231/.250/.308/.558 .801/.500 .668 40/.558 0/0 0/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.833 4/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 90/61 .279/.311/.372/.683 .298/.802 .676 90/.683 2/0 0/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 9/.583 3/.000 21/.453 ··· 4/.750 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.834 47/1.081 86/53 .273/.349/.390/.738 .310/.945 .895 86/.738 0/0 2/1
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 73/41 .297/.384/.422/.805 .466/.954 .544 73/.805 1/0 2/0
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 95/57 .282/.411/.449/.859 .925/.723 .937 95/.859 0/0 3/0
22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 24/11 .227/.250/.364/.614 .633/.636 1.067 24/.614 0/1 1/1
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 8/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 99/67 .276/.351/.356/.707 .500/.801 .900 99/.707 8/3 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 6/1.834 37/18 .121/.216/.121/.337 .350/.399 .301 37/.337 0/0 0/0
IP 25.2 11.0 10.1 7.0 9.1 10.2 13.1 10.2 24.0 TOTAL .257/.330/.376/.706 .644/.740 .713 .706 18/6 14/15
ERA-K/9 2.81/8.1 9.00/7.4 7.84/8.7 3.86/14.1 7.71/9.7 3.38/12.6 5.40/6.8 2.53/3.4 2.25/10.9 4.35/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (13-1-1)
 Snyder (6-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 101/.191 56/.311 52/.325 28/.200 47/.317 47/.289 58/.320 40/.135 101/.184 .260  Schafer
 Bogusevic
 Maxwell
 Martinez
 Buck
 Downs
0/22/0/2
0/2/17/1
1/5/2/1
21/0/0/0
4/0/6/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .545 .984 .976 .579 1.017 .741 .768 .362 .514 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.263 32/1.130 29/.907 15/.500 30/1.233 25/.695 23/.859 17/.686 24/.356 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.641 21/.804 23/1.066 12/.533 13/.769 21/.833 27/.779 17/.059 52/.662 .687
Road 25/.448 34/1.143 16/.388 16/.779 22/1.459 24/.833 28/.886 13/.490 35/.624
Last 28d days 101/.545 56/.984 52/.976 28/.579 47/1.017 47/.741 58/.768 40/.362 101/.514
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/3/0 2/3/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/2/0 0/2/0 0/3/1 23/21/6
Usage ····X··· X··X·o·X ·X·o···X oooo·o·· ·XX···X· oX·o·o·X ·o·XX·oo ·X···XX· ·X····X·

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.