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Game Preview: STL @ NYM, 8:05pm, Sunday, June 3, 2012 @Citi Field

Cardinals, 27-26, 27-26 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 4-4, 3.84)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-4)			61.0	65	29	26	19	44	5	3.84
2011 (12-9)			183.1	208	103	95	73	104	16	4.66
2010 (10-11)			202.2	203	99	95	68	128	20	4.22

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.1	51	24	23	12	34	5	5.13	46
2012-05-29	@ATL	L	5.0	5	5	5	3	6	2	88	40
2012-05-24	PHI	ND	3.2	8	6	6	3	4	0	92	22
2012-05-19	@LAD	L	6.1	6	4	3	1	5	1	109	51
2012-05-14	CHC	ND	5.0	12	4	4	2	2	1	107	27
2012-05-08	@ARI	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	115	75
2012-05-03	PIT	L	6.1	9	4	4	1	4	1	89	42
2012-04-27	MIL	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	101	64

Last 5 v.NYM		1-1	21.0	18	8	8	7	12	0	3.43	56
2011-09-22	NYM	ND	6.0	3	1	1	4	4	0	84	62
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:   13-11   Road:   14-15   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-20   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @NYM  L   0-5       27-26  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Mets, 30-23, 30-23 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (25, LHP, 3-2, 4.55)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-2)			55.1	48	29	28	25	51	9	4.55
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		1-2	36.2	34	22	22	18	34	8	5.40	49
2012-05-28	PHI	ND	5.0	2	4	4	5	7	1	115	49
2012-05-23	@PIT	W	7.2	5	1	1	2	5	0	102	68
2012-05-18	@TOR	L	3.0	8	8	8	2	6	4	77	15
2012-05-13	@MIA	ND	6.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	99	63
2012-05-07	@PHI	ND	5.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	101	52
2012-05-01	@HOU	L	3.0	6	5	5	2	1	2	60	26
2012-04-26	MIA	ND	7.0	4	2	2	0	6	1	97	67

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	13.2	13	6	4	4	10	1	2.63	53
2011-07-21	STL	L	6.0	5	5	3	1	7	1	85	52
2010-07-27	STL	W	6.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	105	53
2009-08-05	STL	ND	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	28	54

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

 Home:   18-11   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  23-9    vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast: 15-9    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Sat, Jun  2   STL  W   5-0       30-23  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 NYM  5  STL  0        W:R.A. Dickey (8-1), L: Lance Lynn (8-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - NYM over 2-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 368-332

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 5.57 SEA 4.22 PIT 3.00	RA/G WSN 3.27 SDP 4.31 COL 5.54	BA M. Cabrera .373 I. Desmond .265 N. Hundley .162	OBP J. Votto .475 N. Markakis .333 N. Hundley .224	SLG J. Hamilton .742 L. Duda .425 K. Suzuki .256	OPS J. Hamilton 1.154 C. Lee .759 N. Hundley .495	ERA B. Beachy 1.87 H. Kuroda 3.82 M. Minor 6.98	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.70 B. Matusz 7.11 H. Alvarez 2.63

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.57

SEA 4.22

PIT 3.00

RA/G

WSN 3.27

SDP 4.31

COL 5.54

M. Cabrera .373

I. Desmond .265

N. Hundley .162

OBP

J. Votto .475

N. Markakis .333

N. Hundley .224

SLG

J. Hamilton .742

L. Duda .425

K. Suzuki .256

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.154

C. Lee .759

N. Hundley .495

ERA

B. Beachy 1.87

H. Kuroda 3.82

M. Minor 6.98

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.70

B. Matusz 7.11

H. Alvarez 2.63

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Cardinals Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
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 50/32 .289/.360/.467/.827 .516/1.009 .648 50/.827 0/0 1/2

3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 16/.711 37/.784 206/150 .287/.383/.579/.962 .867/.998 .800 92/1.028 6/2 15/0

56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/10 .200/.273/.200/.473 .000/.522 .500 12/.473 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 46/1.105 1/0 5/1

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/19 .143/.143/.171/.314 .375/.263 .267 18/.333 0/0 0/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 113/95 .245/.339/.388/.727 .789/.715 .739 47/.790 1/1 2/2

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.333 187/148 .257/.316/.485/.801 .790/.803 .805 81/.674 0/0 10/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 5/1.000 1/.000 16/.713 230/157 .327/.386/.449/.835 .972/.773 .892 102/.796 8/2 4/4

27.Greene G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 126/64 .217/.286/.417/.703 .841/.564 .645 76/.598 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 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 10/.733 15/.767 234/166 .272/.355/.466/.821 .938/.774 .822 106/.918 2/2 10/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 6/1.500 20/.768 195/153 .330/.373/.536/.909 .943/.900 .811 87/.963 4/0 8/2

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 83/40 .256/.289/.346/.635 .596/.678 .731 41/.426 1/0 1/1

IP 55.1 14.1 0.2 20.2 17.2 22.0 26.1 22.0 68.0 TOTAL .276/.341/.451/.791 .783/.795 .739 .776 35/11 66/30

ERA-K/9

4.55/8.3

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

4.33/8.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 236/.230 52/.136 2/.000 98/.287 76/.297 98/.280 115/.290 94/.261 271/.200 .259 Holliday
Robinson
Beltran
Craig
Greene
Chambers 52/0/0/2
3/22/2/2
0/1/44/1
1/0/4/0
0/0/1/0
1/3/1/0

OPS .708 .425 .000 .840 .793 .718 .771 .662 .568 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.419 34/.363 2/.000 54/.936 41/.991 44/.675 54/.966 44/.804 58/.378 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.751 18/.533 / 44/.731 35/.571 54/.753 61/.599 50/.538 213/.621 .697

Home 100/.592 24/.286 2/.000 49/.565 57/.903 49/.591 59/.692 53/.656 186/.476

Last 28d days 119/.765 18/.118 2/.000 40/.739 63/.790 43/.783 46/.826 45/.810 139/.549

HR/SB/CS 9/2/0 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·· ····X·o· ····X··· ···ooX·· ···o·o·· ···XXo·· ·X·····X

Mets Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.11 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 61.Freeman*
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 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 74/64 .323/.392/.523/.915 .100/1.045 .682 49/.946 2/0 0/1

29.Davis* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.533 179/123 .170/.235/.291/.526 .469/.551 .332 77/.561 0/1 5/4

21.Duda* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 200/133 .259/.345/.425/.770 .743/.784 .839 102/.791 0/0 8/2

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

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 219/139 .308/.361/.393/.754 .660/.808 .874 99/.775 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 190/137 .292/.360/.381/.741 .558/.807 .672 85/.670 3/1 2/3

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 9/1.111 16/11 .385/.500/.538/1.038 .400/1.386 1.038 16/1.038 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 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 100/71 .281/.347/.360/.706 .789/.670 .800 11/.545 0/0 1/4

56.Torres# G/S/vP 14/.641 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 115/73 .211/.342/.295/.637 .923/.474 .699 88/.589 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 7/.000 9/1.810 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 11/.523 212/142 .369/.472/.591/1.063 .960/1.101 .987 104/1.098 5/5 6/4

IP 61.0 23.2 1.0 0.2 24.2 21.0 19.1 7.2 65.0 TOTAL .260/.335/.390/.724 .710/.732 .706 .742 21/12 38/39

ERA-K/9

3.84/6.5

2.28/8.7

0.00/18.0

13.50/12.9

4.01/8.0

3.43/8.6

4.66/6.5

2.35/8.2

4.98/7.9

3.91/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.271 98/.214 4/.250 5/.333 104/.237 82/.192 80/.230 30/.080 277/.275 .259 Duda
Baxter
Torres
Rottino
Hairston
Nieuwenhuis
Valdespin 0/0/47/2
18/0/3/1
0/29/0/1
5/0/0/0
17/6/6/0
16/31/8/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .717 .584 .500 .933 .691 .588 .679 .313 .788 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.761 40/.662 4/.500 4/.833 47/.623 42/.396 42/.595 19/.328 152/.737 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.685 58/.529 / 1/ 57/.744 40/.796 38/.773 11/.273 125/.847 .702

Road 130/.615 50/.564 4/.500 5/.933 45/.462 41/.628 51/.768 20/.425 127/.720

Last 28d days 125/.863 55/.771 4/.500 5/.933 60/.738 45/.657 46/.778 30/.313 137/.727

HR/SB/CS 5/1/3 1/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 3/1/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/1/0 40/19/11

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