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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 7:05pm, Monday, May 21, 2012 @PNC Park

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Mets, 22-19, 22-19 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (33, LHP, 1-2, 2.89)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-2)			43.2	37	16	14	14	46	3	2.89
2010 (11-9)			199.0	179	67	66	55	144	16	2.98
2009 (13-9)			166.2	156	67	58	46	146	20	3.13

Last 7 GS		1-2	38.2	35	16	14	12	41	3	3.26	56
2012-05-16	CIN	ND	6.2	6	2	2	2	5	1	107	57
2012-05-11	@MIA	ND	6.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	82	55
2012-05-05	ARI	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	108	51
2012-04-29	@COL	ND	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	90	70
2012-04-24	MIA	ND	6.2	3	1	1	2	11	0	105	73
2012-04-17	@ATL	L	1.1	4	6	4	1	0	0	55	25
2012-04-11	WSN	L	5.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	99	58

Last 5 v.PIT		2-2	35.2	21	8	8	5	31	5	2.02	68
2010-08-22	@PIT	L	8.0	4	2	2	1	9	2	109	74
2009-06-02	@PIT	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	85	48
2008-08-17	@PIT	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	113	88
2008-04-29	PIT	ND	5.2	2	2	2	3	7	2	114	61
2006-06-18	@PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	95	68

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

 Home:   12-8    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-9    vsLHP:   6-10   1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Sun, May 20  @TOR  W   6-5       22-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @TOR  L   0-2       21-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @TOR  L   5-14      21-18  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   CIN  W   9-4       21-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   CIN  L   3-6       20-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15   MIL  L   0-8       20-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 14   MIL  W   3-1       20-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @MIA  L   4-8       19-15  3rd  2.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @MIA  W   9-3       19-14  3rd  2.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @MIA  L   5-6       18-14  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Pirates, 19-22, 19-22 3rd, 3 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (33, LHP, 2-5, 3.07)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-5)			41.0	40	15	14	15	44	4	3.07
2011 (5-9)			129.1	118	63	52	48	125	14	3.62
2009 (5-3)			83.0	65	29	26	34	90	8	2.82

Last 7 GS		2-4	34.0	34	14	13	14	40	4	3.44	53
2012-05-16	@WSN	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	7	3	92	50
2012-05-09	WSN	ND	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	53
2012-05-03	@STL	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	11	0	104	58
2012-04-28	@ATL	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	96	60
2012-04-22	STL	L	7.0	7	3	2	4	7	0	102	56
2012-04-16	@ARI	L	5.0	3	2	2	4	3	1	97	52
2012-04-11	@LAD	L	5.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	88	45

Last 5 v.NYM		1-0	6.0	3	3	3	3	6	0	4.50	57
2006-06-16	@NYM	W	6.0	3	3	3	3	6	0	97	57

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

 Home:   10-8    Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-17   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Sun, May 20  @DET  L   3-4       19-22  3rd  3.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @DET  W   4-3       19-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @DET  L   0-6       18-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @WSN  W   5-3       18-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @WSN  L   4-7       17-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @MIA  L   2-6       17-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @MIA  W   3-2       17-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   HOU  W   3-2 (12)  16-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   HOU  W   5-2       15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11   HOU  L   0-1       14-18  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 PIT  3  NYM  1        W:Paul Maholm (3-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (3-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (17)
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 NYM  7 @PIT  0        W:Chris Capuano (5-6), L: Kevin Correia (8-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 PIT  3  NYM  2        W:James McDonald (4-4), L: R.A. Dickey (3-7), S: Joel Hanrahan (16)
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 NYM  8 @PIT  1        W:Dillon Gee (7-0), L: Charlie Morton (6-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 02, 2011 NYM  9  PIT  8        W:Jason Isringhausen (1-0), L: Jose Veras (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 PIT  9 @NYM  3        W:Kevin Correia (8-4), L: Chris Capuano (3-6), S: none
Tue, May 31, 2011 PIT  5 @NYM  1        W:Evan Meek (1-1), L: R.A. Dickey (2-6), S: none
Mon, May 30, 2011 NYM  7  PIT  3        W:Dillon Gee (5-0), L: Daniel McCutchen (1-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 NYM  6  PIT  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (15-9), L: Wil Ledezma (0-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 NYM  8  PIT  7        W:Raul Valdes (3-3), L: Paul Maholm (7-15), S: Hisanori Takahashi (7)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - Tied 4-4; 2010 - NYM won 6-1; All-Time - PIT leads 362-336

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 5.60 HOU 4.07 PIT 2.88	RA/G WSN 3.34 TBR 4.00 MIN 5.49	BA D. Wright .409 K. Johnson .263 R. Weeks .154	OBP D. Wright .510 C. Hart .329 C. Barmes .190	SLG J. Hamilton .785 T. Hunter .413 M. Byrd .238	OPS J. Hamilton 1.227 S. Castro .746 C. Barmes .471	ERA B. Beachy 1.33 B. Norris 3.58 C. Buchholz 7.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.64 J. Johnson 7.23 D. Lowe 2.30

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.60

HOU 4.07

PIT 2.88

RA/G

WSN 3.34

TBR 4.00

MIN 5.49

D. Wright .409

K. Johnson .263

R. Weeks .154

OBP

D. Wright .510

C. Hart .329

C. Barmes .190

SLG

J. Hamilton .785

T. Hunter .413

M. Byrd .238

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.227

S. Castro .746

C. Barmes .471

ERA

B. Beachy 1.33

B. Norris 3.58

C. Buchholz 7.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.64

J. Johnson 7.23

D. Lowe 2.30

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Mets Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB 49.Locke*
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/38 .351/.419/.514/.932 .200/1.023 1.135 28/1.029 2/0 0/0

13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/39 .211/.362/.316/.677 .889/.628 .543 32/.630 0/0 1/2

29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 141/92 .160/.220/.298/.518 .537/.505 .790 78/.549 0/1 5/3

21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 146/100 .273/.356/.406/.762 .665/.808 .756 84/.785 0/0 4/2

12.Hairston G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 80/32 .257/.313/.486/.799 1.009/.488 .999 55/.953 0/0 3/0

16.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/9 .273/.385/.273/.657 .500/.730 .533 13/.657 0/0 0/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 171/108 .323/.368/.399/.767 .702/.805 .678 100/.746 2/1 0/5

4.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/29 .163/.265/.209/.475 .581/.389 .798 35/.579 0/0 0/1

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/107 .276/.347/.381/.727 .522/.807 .754 97/.615 3/1 2/2

56.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 81/55 .212/.350/.303/.653 .852/.559 .670 78/.663 1/2 1/2

2.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 59/28 .204/.254/.259/.513 .411/.619 .395 39/.521 1/0 0/0

5.Wright G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.250 16/1.429 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 155/105 .409/.510/.622/1.132 1.054/1.158 1.209 97/1.220 4/5 4/1

IP 41.0 16.0 14.2 21.2 22.0 17.1 14.1 TOTAL .260/.335/.378/.713 .711/.714 .764 .714 16/12 25/31

ERA-K/9

3.07/9.7

0.56/7.3

3.07/10.4

1.25/4.6

1.23/9.4

/0.0

3.63/6.2

3.77/6.3

3.38/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Johnson (4-0-0)
Nickeas (11-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 173/.256 67/.268 63/.137 88/.213 86/.190 / 86/.303 56/.180 .244 Duda
Torres
Baxter
Nieuwenhuis
Hairston 0/0/34/1
0/18/0/1
10/0/3/0
14/22/3/0
12/5/6/0

OPS .717 .657 .596 .613 .610 .850 .610 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.558 33/.766 38/.483 42/.586 38/.649 / 38/.901 31/.640 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.757 34/.561 25/.773 46/.638 48/.578 / 48/.809 25/.566 .709

Home 59/.607 29/.641 32/.550 42/.678 23/.310 / 30/1.073 22/.470

Last 28d days 73/.754 38/.651 40/.569 48/.496 75/.592 / 53/.928 37/.776

HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/5/0 2/2/1 // 3/2/0 2/2/0 35/26/4

Usage ····X··· ·o·X···o ·X·X··Xo o···ooo· o·X···X· ··o··X·· o··o·X·o

Pirates Batters (2.88 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Carson*
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/103 .200/.269/.425/.694 .626/.715 .635 96/.817 0/0 7/8

26.Barajas G/S/vP 9/.730 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 98/69 .220/.265/.407/.672 .476/.746 .512 63/.885 0/0 4/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.900 5/1.000 129/104 .165/.190/.281/.471 .287/.517 .517 80/.583 0/2 2/6

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/28 .260/.302/.420/.722 .766/.681 .633 39/.808 0/0 1/0

46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.367 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 95/89 .231/.253/.429/.681 .000/.728 .582 62/.655 1/0 4/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 3/.666 157/116 .336/.395/.550/.945 1.189/.849 1.001 95/1.040 7/3 7/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP 10/.600 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 104/65 .198/.288/.264/.552 .657/.490 .550 67/.465 1/0 0/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 50/42 .182/.280/.364/.644 1.042/.578 .513 32/.454 0/0 2/0

2.McLouth* G/S/vP 17/.635 3/2.667 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 2/1.000 6/1.417 61/54 .143/.213/.179/.392 .143/.422 .571 42/.344 0/0 0/0

36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/20 .175/.261/.250/.511 .671/.311 .350 37/.564 0/2 1/0

31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 151/110 .227/.273/.340/.614 .653/.600 .713 101/.715 5/4 2/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 156/116 .261/.310/.338/.648 .667/.641 .595 102/.708 1/0 2/2

IP 43.2 19.2 11.2 1.0 16.2 8.0 19.0 23.0 17.1 TOTAL .217/.269/.346/.615 .639/.606 .608 .663 18/16 34/28

ERA-K/9

2.89/9.5

10.53/8.2

3.09/12.3

0.00/0.0

7.56/10.2

2.25/5.6

2.84/9.0

4.30/8.2

4.15/5.2

4.61/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (18-2-4)
McKenry (8-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.228 99/.321 42/.162 4/.000 80/.329 32/.226 78/.270 102/.287 73/.246 .270 Tabata
Jones
Navarro
McCutchen
Harrison
McLouth 5/0/36/2
0/0/8/1
6/0/2/1
0/38/0/1
1/0/0/0
7/4/3/0

OPS .634 .980 .463 .250 .971 .605 .664 .747 .664 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.289 46/1.028 26/.421 1/ 44/1.177 15/1.043 36/.629 44/.952 34/.853 .833

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.734 53/.934 16/.527 3/.000 36/.745 17/.235 42/.693 58/.596 39/.501 .719

Road 57/.691 75/1.080 25/.573 4/.250 38/1.333 19/.474 40/.833 56/.860 33/.670

Last 28d days 129/.626 61/1.083 22/.482 4/.250 48/1.036 19/.474 42/.618 65/.701 44/.923

HR/SB/CS 3/5/2 5/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/0 0/2/0 44/32/9

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