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Game Preview: STL @ NYM, 4:10pm, Saturday, June 2, 2012 @Citi Field

Cardinals, 27-25, 27-25 2nd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (25, RHP, 8-1, 2.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-1)			63.2	48	18	18	20	60	4	2.54
2011 (1-1)			34.2	25	12	12	11	40	3	3.12

Last 7 GS		5-1	44.2	38	15	15	16	43	2	3.02	58
2012-05-28	@ATL	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	107	66
2012-05-23	SDP	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	99	44
2012-05-18	@LAD	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	5	0	103	41
2012-05-13	ATL	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	7	0	121	56
2012-05-07	@ARI	W	5.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	91	64
2012-05-02	PIT	W	6.2	3	2	2	1	6	0	100	65
2012-04-25	@CHC	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	110	71

Has never faced NYM as starter.

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

 Home:   13-11   Road:   14-14   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  3-9    vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @NYM  L   0-8       27-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @ATL  L   7-10      27-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 50 Tue, May 29  @ATL  L   4-5       27-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @ATL  W   8-2       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   PHI  W   8-3       26-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Sat, May 26   PHI  L   0-4       25-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Fri, May 25   PHI  L   3-5 (10)  25-21  2nd  0.5 gb
 45 Thu, May 24   PHI  L   9-10      25-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 23   SDP  W   6-3       25-19  1st  0.5 up
 43 Tue, May 22   SDP  W   4-0       24-19  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Mets, 29-23, 29-23 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (37, RHP, 7-1, 3.06)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-1)			64.2	54	23	22	17	61	8	3.06
2011 (8-13)			208.2	202	85	76	54	134	18	3.28
2010 (11-9)			174.1	165	62	55	42	104	13	2.84

Last 7 GS		5-0	47.1	32	12	11	10	46	3	2.09	65
2012-05-27	SDP	W	7.1	3	0	0	1	10	0	102	81
2012-05-22	@PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	11	0	89	74
2012-05-17	CIN	ND	6.0	5	4	3	1	8	1	92	55
2012-05-12	@MIA	W	6.0	9	2	2	1	0	0	95	45
2012-05-06	ARI	W	8.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	117	70
2012-04-30	@HOU	ND	6.0	3	3	3	2	6	1	77	58
2012-04-25	MIA	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	100	73

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	16.0	20	13	13	6	6	1	7.31	39
2011-07-20	STL	ND	6.1	8	4	4	1	4	0	93	44
2010-07-29	STL	W	8.1	4	0	0	2	2	0	118	75
2004-06-13	STL	L	1.1	8	9	9	3	0	1	63	-1

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

 Home:   17-11   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  22-9    vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast: 15-9    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Fri, Jun  1   STL  W   8-0       29-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 30   PHI  L   6-10      28-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 50 Tue, May 29   PHI  W   6-3       28-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Mon, May 28   PHI  L   4-8       27-22  2nd  2.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   SDP  W   2-0       27-21  2nd  2.5 gb
 47 Sat, May 26   SDP  W   9-0       26-21  2nd  2.5 gb
 46 Fri, May 25   SDP  W   6-1       25-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 45 Thu, May 24   SDP  L   5-11      24-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 23  @PIT  W   3-1       24-20  3rd  2.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 22  @PIT  W   3-2       23-20  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 NYM  8  STL  0        W:Johan Santana (3-2), L: Adam Wainwright (4-6), S: none

Thu, Sep 22, 2011 NYM  8 @STL  6        W:Manny Acosta (4-1), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-6), S: Bobby Parnell (6)
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
Season Series: 2012 - NYM over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 368-331

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 TEX 5.63 TBR 4.25 PIT 3.04	RA/G WSN 3.34 NYY 4.33 COL 5.53	BA C. Ruiz .381 S. Choo .266 R. Weeks .158	OBP D. Wright .469 M. Napoli .333 N. Hundley .228	SLG J. Hamilton .758 A. Rios .426 K. Suzuki .256	OPS J. Hamilton 1.175 A. Rios .760 K. Suzuki .502	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 F. Doubront 3.86 M. Minor 6.98	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.70 E. Jackson 7.30 H. Alvarez 2.63

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.63

TBR 4.25

PIT 3.04

RA/G

WSN 3.34

NYY 4.33

COL 5.53

C. Ruiz .381

S. Choo .266

R. Weeks .158

OBP

D. Wright .469

M. Napoli .333

N. Hundley .228

SLG

J. Hamilton .758

A. Rios .426

K. Suzuki .256

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.175

A. Rios .760

K. Suzuki .502

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

F. Doubront 3.86

M. Minor 6.98

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.70

E. Jackson 7.30

H. Alvarez 2.63

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Cardinals Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 61.Egbert
G/S/vB 48.Francisco
G/S/vB 53.Hefner
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 57.Santana*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 48/30 .302/.375/.488/.863 .516/1.082 .714 48/.863 0/0 1/1

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 14/.786 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 16/.711 37/.784 202/146 .287/.386/.580/.967 .867/1.005 .801 93/1.046 6/2 15/0

56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/9 .222/.300/.222/.522 .000/.583 .667 11/.522 0/1 0/0

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 63/38 .345/.397/.709/1.106 1.139/1.082 .844 50/1.187 1/0 5/1

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/19 .143/.143/.171/.314 .375/.263 .267 19/.421 0/0 0/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 109/91 .234/.333/.383/.716 .789/.702 .722 43/.770 1/1 2/2

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.333 184/145 .262/.321/.494/.815 .790/.821 .829 83/.674 0/0 10/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 5/1.000 1/.000 16/.713 226/153 .328/.388/.453/.841 .972/.781 .906 103/.803 8/2 4/4

27.Greene G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 124/62 .221/.290/.425/.715 .841/.583 .666 78/.775 6/1 4/3

60.Hill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .200/.200/.400/.600 1.000/.000 .000 5/.600 0/0 0/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 10/.733 15/.767 230/162 .277/.361/.475/.836 .938/.795 .850 107/.939 2/2 10/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 6/1.500 20/.768 192/150 .330/.374/.540/.913 .943/.905 .815 88/.951 4/0 8/2

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/37 .240/.275/.320/.595 .596/.594 .675 39/.316 1/0 1/1

IP 64.2 14.1 0.2 20.2 17.2 22.0 26.1 22.0 68.0 TOTAL .277/.342/.453/.796 .783/.801 .746 .794 35/11 66/28

ERA-K/9

3.06/8.5

3.14/12.6

0.00/0.0

6.10/10.4

5.60/6.1

3.27/9.0

4.78/8.6

4.09/4.9

2.38/9.0

4.42/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (3-1-1)
Molina (16-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 258/.231 52/.136 2/.000 98/.287 76/.297 98/.280 115/.290 94/.261 271/.200 .260 Robinson
Holliday
Beltran
Greene
Chambers
Craig 3/21/2/2
51/0/0/2
0/1/43/1
0/0/1/0
1/3/1/0
1/0/4/0

OPS .697 .425 .000 .840 .793 .718 .771 .662 .568 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.815 34/.363 2/.000 54/.936 41/.991 44/.675 54/.966 44/.804 58/.378 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.611 18/.533 / 44/.731 35/.571 54/.753 61/.599 50/.538 213/.621 .701

Home 131/.581 24/.286 2/.000 49/.565 57/.903 49/.591 59/.692 53/.656 186/.476

Last 28d days 132/.601 19/.111 2/.000 42/.702 63/.790 43/.783 46/.826 45/.810 139/.549

HR/SB/CS 8/0/2 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/4/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 2/4/1 0/2/0 4/5/2 53/37/11

Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·o ····o··· ···X·o·· ···X···· ··ooX··· ··o·o··o ··XXo··· X·····X·

Mets Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 63.Cleto
G/S/vB 66.Marte
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 52.Sanchez
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 74/64 .323/.392/.523/.915 .100/1.045 .682 49/.946 2/0 0/1

29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 175/119 .167/.229/.290/.519 .469/.542 .310 76/.541 0/1 5/4

21.Duda* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 195/128 .259/.344/.429/.773 .743/.789 .848 100/.772 0/0 8/2

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 101/38 .274/.317/.558/.875 1.042/.599 .846 39/1.135 1/0 6/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 215/135 .305/.358/.386/.744 .660/.794 .860 98/.750 3/1 0/7

4.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/43 .148/.235/.230/.465 .514/.432 .298 47/.444 0/0 1/1

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 185/132 .301/.370/.393/.762 .558/.839 .712 84/.678 3/1 2/3

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.111 12/7 .417/.417/.583/1.000 .400/1.429 1.000 12/1.000 0/0 0/0

33.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/4 .200/.273/.500/.773 .840/.500 .894 20/.856 1/0 2/0

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 96/67 .271/.340/.353/.693 .789/.649 .782 10/.400 0/0 1/4

56.Torres# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 110/68 .211/.349/.300/.649 .923/.480 .733 87/.613 2/2 1/2

1.Valdespin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/18 .095/.136/.238/.374 .000/.461 .000 16/.521 1/0 1/1

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 8/1.292 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 11/.523 207/137 .366/.469/.570/1.038 .960/1.067 .933 102/1.037 5/5 5/4

IP 63.2 22.2 1.0 23.1 21.0 19.1 6.2 65.0 TOTAL .260/.334/.389/.723 .710/.730 .702 .731 21/12 37/39

ERA-K/9

2.54/8.5

1.99/8.3

0.00/18.0

3.86/8.1

3.43/8.6

4.66/6.5

2.70/8.1

4.98/7.9

3.90/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nickeas (12-4-4)
Thole (17-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.211 94/.213 4/.250 97/.222 82/.192 80/.230 26/.091 277/.275 .259 Duda
Baxter
Torres
Nieuwenhuis
Valdespin
Rottino
Hairston 0/0/46/2
18/0/3/1
0/28/0/1
15/31/8/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
17/6/6/0

OPS .603 .550 .500 .667 .588 .679 .322 .788 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.689 37/.722 4/.500 42/.525 42/.396 42/.595 16/.321 152/.737 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.503 57/.441 / 55/.772 40/.796 38/.773 10/.300 125/.847 .698

Road 151/.605 46/.499 4/.500 38/.358 41/.628 51/.768 16/.466 127/.720

Last 28d days 131/.715 51/.721 4/.500 53/.702 48/.612 50/.755 26/.322 164/.699

HR/SB/CS 4/1/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 3/1/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/1/0 39/19/11

Usage ····X··· ··o··o·X X······· ···X·o·· ··X····X ··X·oo·· ···oo·X· 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.