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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 12:35pm, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @PNC Park

Mets, 23-20, 23-20 4th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.85)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-2)			42.2	41	24	23	18	39	8	4.85
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	39	20	20	14	32	8	4.91	49
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
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

Last 5 v.PIT		1-0	11.0	12	3	3	1	10	0	2.45	56
2010-08-21	@PIT	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	83	57
2009-05-08	PIT	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	95	55

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

 Home:   12-8    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-9    vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 22  @PIT  W   3-2       23-20  4th  3.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 21  @PIT  L   4-5       22-20  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Pirates, 20-23, 20-23 3rd, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (28, RHP, 2-4, 4.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-4)			39.1	48	23	19	10	24	5	4.35
2011 (10-10)			171.2	186	82	73	77	110	6	3.83
2010 (2-12)			79.2	112	79	67	26	59	15	7.57

Last 7 GS		2-4	39.1	48	23	19	10	24	5	4.35	46
2012-05-18	@DET	L	6.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	92	41
2012-05-12	HOU	W	6.0	7	2	1	1	0	0	88	51
2012-05-06	CIN	L	6.0	7	5	4	2	5	2	97	43
2012-05-01	@STL	L	4.1	8	6	5	2	5	1	95	28
2012-04-25	COL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	101	62
2012-04-20	STL	L	5.0	4	2	1	3	6	0	93	56
2012-04-14	@SFG	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	71	43

Last 5 v.NYM		0-1	15.0	25	12	9	5	6	0	5.40	37
2011-06-10	NYM	L	4.0	9	7	6	1	1	0	81	18
2011-05-30	@NYM	ND	6.0	11	3	1	0	4	0	92	46
2010-09-16	@NYM	ND	5.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	92	46

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

 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-18   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 22   NYM  L   2-3       20-23  3rd  4.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 21   NYM  W   5-4       20-22  3rd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 22, 2012 NYM  3 @PIT  2        W:R.A. Dickey (6-1), L: Juan Cruz (1-1), S: Frank Francisco (11)
Mon, May 21, 2012 PIT  5  NYM  4        W:Jared Hughes (1-0), L: Jon Rauch (3-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (10)

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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - Tied 4-4; 2010 - NYM won 6-1; All-Time - PIT leads 363-337

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 5.43 CHW 4.09 PIT 2.91	RA/G WSN 3.26 CHW 4.05 COL 5.52	BA D. Wright .403 D. Uggla .262 I. Davis .156	OBP D. Wright .503 E. Encarnacion .330 C. Barmes .195	SLG J. Hamilton .758 A. Escobar .413 M. Byrd .242	OPS J. Hamilton 1.186 C. Johnson .750 C. Barmes .473	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 R. Romero 3.64 C. Buchholz 7.84	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.64 D. Haren 7.27 D. Lowe 2.30

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.43

CHW 4.09

PIT 2.91

RA/G

WSN 3.26

CHW 4.05

COL 5.52

D. Wright .403

D. Uggla .262

I. Davis .156

OBP

D. Wright .503

E. Encarnacion .330

C. Barmes .195

SLG

J. Hamilton .758

A. Escobar .413

M. Byrd .242

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.186

C. Johnson .750

C. Barmes .473

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

R. Romero 3.64

C. Buchholz 7.84

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.64

D. Haren 7.27

D. Lowe 2.30

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Mets Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
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 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/47 .378/.453/.600/1.053 .167/1.164 1.279 35/1.186 2/0 0/0

13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 61/50 .280/.400/.380/.780 1.261/.680 .752 45/.781 0/0 1/2

29.Davis* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 151/101 .156/.212/.291/.503 .527/.490 .730 82/.560 0/1 5/3

21.Duda* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 159/107 .264/.346/.386/.732 .651/.771 .702 89/.714 0/0 4/2

12.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/33 .241/.294/.456/.750 .928/.472 .901 56/.841 0/0 3/0

16.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/12 .333/.412/.400/.812 .400/1.000 .732 17/.812 0/0 0/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 181/116 .311/.359/.383/.742 .679/.778 .641 102/.704 2/1 0/5

4.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 59/35 .160/.263/.200/.463 .583/.379 .687 43/.543 0/0 0/1

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/115 .284/.363/.390/.753 .526/.838 .796 99/.684 3/1 2/3

33.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/ .143/.143/.143/.286 .286/ .400 7/.286 0/0 0/0

56.Torres# G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 92/62 .187/.330/.267/.596 .775/.511 .583 89/.604 1/2 1/2

2.Turner G/S/vP 7/.971 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 63/29 .211/.270/.263/.533 .435/.644 .445 41/.546 1/0 0/0

5.Wright G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.200 17/1.338 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 169/115 .403/.503/.604/1.107 1.069/1.116 1.157 103/1.177 4/5 4/3

IP 39.1 16.2 15.2 22.2 22.0 20.0 15.0 TOTAL .259/.335/.375/.710 .702/.714 .752 .714 16/12 25/34

ERA-K/9

4.35/5.5

1.08/8.1

2.87/10.3

1.19/4.8

1.23/9.4

/0.0

3.15/6.3

3.60/6.6

3.37/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Johnson (4-0-0)
Nickeas (12-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.298 72/.283 66/.130 93/.214 86/.190 / 97/.279 58/.173 .243 Torres
Duda
Rottino
Hairston
Baxter
Nieuwenhuis 0/19/0/1
0/0/37/1
2/0/0/0
13/5/6/0
13/0/3/0
14/25/3/0

OPS .811 .705 .566 .616 .610 .784 .588 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.730 37/.873 40/.457 45/.623 38/.649 / 42/.810 33/.599 .675

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.897 35/.544 26/.739 48/.610 48/.578 / 55/.764 25/.566 .706

Home 102/.733 34/.743 35/.499 47/.676 23/.310 / 41/.852 24/.429

Last 28d days 104/.894 39/.782 40/.569 50/.479 69/.645 / 61/.799 35/.648

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

Usage ····X··· X··o·X·· ·o·X·X·· ·Xo···oo ··o·X··· oX··o··X ·oo··o·X

Pirates Batters (2.91 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.88 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 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 57.Santana*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 142/106 .203/.268/.422/.689 .622/.713 .633 96/.722 0/0 7/9

26.Barajas G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 9/.730 102/73 .221/.265/.411/.675 .476/.746 .533 59/.932 0/0 4/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/.889 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.900 6/.933 6/.533 136/108 .167/.195/.278/.473 .371/.500 .517 75/.404 0/2 2/6

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 64/33 .276/.311/.483/.794 .792/.796 .922 46/.911 0/0 1/0

62.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

46.Jones* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.000 99/93 .221/.242/.411/.653 .000/.696 .522 61/.490 1/0 4/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 4/1.000 7/.715 165/121 .340/.394/.551/.945 1.222/.833 .995 90/1.099 8/3 7/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP 5/.600 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 13/.462 108/66 .189/.278/.253/.530 .607/.482 .503 61/.383 1/0 0/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 54/43 .188/.278/.417/.694 1.253/.564 .631 33/.537 0/0 3/0

2.McLouth* G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/2.667 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 2/1.000 7/1.171 17/.635 62/55 .140/.210/.175/.385 .143/.414 .550 39/.262 0/0 0/0

36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 47/20 .171/.255/.244/.499 .644/.311 .335 29/.563 0/2 1/0

31.Tabata G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 7/.953 159/114 .223/.272/.338/.610 .623/.605 .696 100/.699 5/4 2/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.500 164/118 .260/.307/.340/.647 .692/.630 .599 101/.740 1/0 2/2

IP 42.2 19.2 12.1 1.0 17.2 8.0 19.1 23.0 19.0 50.0 TOTAL .218/.268/.349/.617 .656/.602 .613 .633 19/16 35/29

ERA-K/9

4.85/8.2

10.53/8.2

2.92/13.2

0.00/0.0

7.13/10.2

2.25/5.6

2.79/9.3

4.30/8.2

4.26/5.2

3.24/9.5

4.56/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.250 99/.321 45/.150 4/.000 88/.312 32/.226 86/.280 102/.287 81/.250 209/.239 .268 Tabata
Jones
Navarro
McCutchen
Harrison
McLouth 7/0/38/3
0/0/8/1
6/0/2/1
0/40/0/1
1/0/2/0
9/4/3/0

OPS .755 .980 .430 .250 .919 .605 .696 .747 .666 .675 .761

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.422 46/1.028 29/.374 1/ 47/1.092 15/1.043 38/.731 44/.952 36/.804 44/.381 .815

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.815 53/.934 16/.527 3/.000 41/.736 17/.235 48/.668 58/.596 45/.554 165/.756 .725

Road 107/.884 75/1.080 28/.511 4/.250 46/1.175 19/.474 48/.862 56/.860 41/.671 85/.774

Last 28d days 106/.912 58/1.108 24/.352 4/.250 52/.991 19/.474 49/.696 64/.713 46/.963 132/.740

HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/0 0/2/0 4/5/2 46/33/9

Usage ····X··· ····X··o oooo··o· ····X··· o·X··X·· ···X···· ·oX··oo· ····o··X oo·X·oo· ·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.