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Game Preview: NYM @ TBR, 1:10pm, Thursday, June 14, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Mets, 34-29, 34-29 2nd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (33, LHP, 3-3, 2.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-3)			73.0	56	26	24	22	73	8	2.96
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		3-1	49.0	40	18	18	11	44	8	3.31	60
2012-06-08	@NYY	L	5.0	7	6	6	1	5	4	86	33
2012-06-01	STL	W	9.0	0	0	0	5	8	0	134	90
2012-05-26	SDP	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	96	86
2012-05-21	@PIT	ND	6.1	8	4	4	2	7	1	96	46
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

Last 5 v.TBR		2-2	34.1	25	11	11	11	41	4	2.88	63
2009-06-20	TBR	L	7.1	3	2	2	3	3	1	98	64
2007-04-13	TBD	L	7.0	6	4	4	1	10	1	98	58
2006-09-05	@TBD	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	95	89
2006-07-20	TBD	W	6.0	6	3	3	4	7	1	101	51
2005-07-01	TBD	ND	6.0	8	2	2	2	9	1	101	55

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

 Home:   19-12   Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  26-14   vsLHP:   8-15   1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Wed, Jun 13  @TBR  W   9-1       34-29  2nd  5.0 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 12  @TBR  W  11-2       33-29  3rd  5.0 gb
 61 Sun, Jun 10  @NYY  L   4-5       32-29  3rd  4.5 gb
 60 Sat, Jun  9  @NYY  L   2-4       32-28  3rd  3.5 gb
 59 Fri, Jun  8  @NYY  L   1-9       32-27  3rd  2.5 gb
 58 Thu, Jun  7  @WSN  W   3-1       32-26  3rd  1.5 gb
 57 Wed, Jun  6  @WSN  L   3-5       31-26  4th  2.5 gb
 56 Tue, Jun  5  @WSN  L   6-7 (12)  31-25  3rd  1.5 gb
 55 Mon, Jun  4   STL  L   4-5       31-24  3rd  0.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3   STL  W   6-1       31-23  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Rays, 35-27, 35-27 3rd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (25, RHP, 4-2, 2.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-2)			74.2	66	28	22	29	52	11	2.65
2011 (13-10)			189.0	146	64	62	72	117	21	2.95
2010 (4-0)			36.1	32	14	14	8	33	5	3.47

Last 7 GS		1-2	42.1	39	18	13	17	31	6	2.76	54
2012-06-08	@MIA	ND	4.1	5	1	1	7	3	0	108	45
2012-06-02	BAL	L	6.2	4	2	1	1	8	1	100	67
2012-05-27	@BOS	ND	7.2	7	3	3	2	3	1	106	54
2012-05-21	TOR	L	7.1	8	5	2	1	3	1	108	50
2012-05-16	BOS	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	104	62
2012-05-11	@BAL	ND	6.2	5	3	3	1	6	2	95	57
2012-05-05	OAK	ND	3.2	5	3	2	3	2	1	102	40

Has never faced NYM as starter.

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

 Home:   19-13   Road:   16-14   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  26-15   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Wed, Jun 13   NYM  L   1-9       35-27  3rd  2.0 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12   NYM  L   2-11      35-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10  @MIA  W   4-2       35-25  1st  0.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun  9  @MIA  W  13-4       34-25  1st  0.5 up
 58 Fri, Jun  8  @MIA  W   5-1       33-25  1st  0.5 up
 57 Thu, Jun  7  @NYY  W   7-3       32-25  1st    Tied
 56 Wed, Jun  6  @NYY  L   1-4       31-25  3rd  1.0 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5  @NYY  L   0-7       31-24  1st    Tied
 54 Sun, Jun  3   BAL  W   8-4       31-23  1st  1.0 up
 53 Sat, Jun  2   BAL  L   1-2       30-23  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 NYM  9 @TBR  1        W:R.A. Dickey (10-1), L: David Price (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 NYM 11 @TBR  2        W:Chris Young (1-0), L: Alex Cobb (2-3), S: none

Sun, Jun 21, 2009 TBR 10 @NYM  6        W:Joe Nelson (2-0), L: Bobby Parnell (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 TBR  3 @NYM  1        W:James Shields (6-5), L: Johan Santana (8-5), S: J.P. Howell (4)
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 NYM  5  TBR  3        W:Fernando Nieve (2-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (5-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (18)
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 NYM 10 @TBD  0        W:Kevin Appier (4-5), L: Albie Lopez (3-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 09, 2001 TBD  5  NYM  2        W:Tanyon Sturtze (3-5), L: Al Leiter (3-4), S: Travis Phelps (2)
Fri, Jun 08, 2001 TBD  7  NYM  5        W:Ryan Rupe (3-5), L: Steve Trachsel (1-7), S: Esteban Yan (6)
Sun, Jun 04, 2000 TBD 15 @NYM  5        W:Esteban Yan (3-3), L: Bobby Jones (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 03, 2000 NYM  1  TBD  0        W:Al Leiter (6-1), L: Steve Trachsel (3-6), S: Armando Benitez (15)
Season Series: 2012 - NYM over 2-0; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - NYM leads 10-7

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 5.27 LAD 4.31 PIT 3.25	RA/G WSN 3.25 KCR 4.30 COL 5.77	BA M. Cabrera .367 D. DeJesus .268 B. Ryan .157	OBP J. Votto .483 A. Ramirez .335 A. Ramirez .238	SLG J. Hamilton .683 D. Jeter .431 B. Ryan .241	OPS J. Votto 1.131 M. Wieters .760 B. Ryan .508	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 J. Vargas 3.90 L. Hochevar 6.57	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 J. Weaver 7.43 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.27

LAD 4.31

PIT 3.25

RA/G

WSN 3.25

KCR 4.30

COL 5.77

M. Cabrera .367

D. DeJesus .268

B. Ryan .157

OBP

J. Votto .483

A. Ramirez .335

A. Ramirez .238

SLG

J. Hamilton .683

D. Jeter .431

B. Ryan .241

OPS

J. Votto 1.131

M. Wieters .760

B. Ryan .508

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

J. Vargas 3.90

L. Hochevar 6.57

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

J. Weaver 7.43

H. Alvarez 2.72

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Mets Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB 40.Davis
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

44.Bay G/S/vP ··· 10/.222 2/.500 4/.750 1/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 78/52 .183/.244/.338/.582 .784/.492 .515 21/.095 1/1 3/1

29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 215/150 .181/.265/.316/.581 .580/.579 .807 77/.676 0/1 6/5

21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 239/162 .264/.351/.447/.799 .696/.850 .757 100/.840 0/0 10/2

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 124/49 .284/.331/.578/.908 1.105/.600 .903 49/1.230 3/1 8/0

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 260/165 .285/.331/.360/.690 .650/.713 .559 97/.543 4/1 0/9

4.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 80/48 .155/.231/.225/.456 .496/.428 .645 31/.395 0/0 1/1

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 224/166 .295/.359/.400/.759 .581/.817 .780 80/.747 4/2 3/3

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 51/36 .326/.431/.488/.920 .343/1.183 .929 51/.920 0/0 1/2

33.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/7 .207/.303/.448/.751 .892/.286 .641 29/.865 3/0 2/0

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 133/97 .269/.331/.328/.659 .688/.646 .538 41/.512 0/0 1/4

56.Torres# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· 145/94 .221/.333/.328/.661 .958/.505 .581 73/.638 2/2 1/2

1.Valdespin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/28 .184/.205/.421/.626 .545/.659 .878 19/.842 2/0 2/3

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· 10/.200 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.583 1/2.000 2/2.500 256/172 .350/.453/.575/1.028 1.000/1.035 1.096 104/.876 7/7 8/7

IP 74.2 27.0 29.2 19.0 21.1 26.0 15.0 28.2 TOTAL .258/.331/.392/.723 .719/.725 .735 .723 30/16 48/50

ERA-K/9

2.65/6.3

3.33/6.7

2.12/9.1

6.16/7.6

1.69/10.6

4.15/11.4

2.40/7.8

0.94/8.2

3.60/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nickeas (14-4-6)
Thole (21-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.236 117/.275 124/.212 83/.268 83/.171 103/.206 63/.207 108/.170 .241 Bay
Torres
Duda
Nieuwenhuis
Valdespin
Rottino
Hairston 19/0/0/2
0/37/0/2
0/0/53/2
20/35/11/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
19/6/11/0

OPS .716 .724 .584 .866 .429 .685 .528 .425 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.698 35/.700 55/.522 39/.809 39/.532 52/.643 29/.614 62/.425 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.737 82/.733 69/.625 44/.916 44/.336 51/.729 34/.456 46/.425 .675

Home 182/.640 63/.532 72/.721 41/.814 41/.225 51/.652 29/.633 53/.248

Last 28d days 109/.742 37/.686 42/.647 28/1.290 30/.175 34/.500 46/.556 35/.426

HR/SB/CS 11/2/2 4/1/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 61/37/8

Usage ·····X·· o····X·o X···X·X· XX····Xo o··o·Xo· ···X·oo· ·X··X··· ···X·Xo·

Rays Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB 47.Batista
G/S/vB 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 48.Francisco
G/S/vB 53.Hefner
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 62.Ramirez
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 162/120 .250/.309/.378/.687 .778/.657 .618 36/.537 8/1 3/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/90 .263/.333/.383/.717 .653/.759 .503 73/.679 9/4 4/7

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 220/156 .288/.397/.538/.935 .754/1.010 .946 82/.935 2/0 11/0

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/24 .242/.324/.333/.658 .993/.481 .485 25/.668 0/1 0/3

35.Matsui* G/S/vP 21/1.166 18/1.435 7/1.214 11/.788 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 32/20 .161/.188/.387/.575 .705/.500 .672 32/.575 0/0 2/0

28.Molina G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/91 .188/.268/.297/.565 .458/.582 .490 39/.520 0/0 2/3

23.Pena* G/S/vP 29/1.071 16/.975 7/.619 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 264/168 .192/.341/.346/.687 .611/.732 .773 93/.590 1/1 8/2

10.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 92/70 .232/.304/.256/.560 .136/.690 .472 42/.429 1/2 0/5

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 206/140 .222/.274/.346/.620 .642/.605 .645 73/.569 3/0 5/7

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 12/.817 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 196/117 .220/.281/.424/.704 .510/.835 .708 63/.603 3/0 9/

44.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 40/20 .237/.275/.342/.617 .633/.600 .579 40/.617 0/0 0/2

2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.476 11/.818 2/.500 10/.200 ··· 3/3.333 ··· 3/3.333 198/130 .287/.330/.427/.757 .752/.760 .832 98/.784 11/2 4/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 9/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 8/.750 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 250/165 .223/.352/.417/.769 .670/.822 .512 85/.617 6/4 8/6

IP 73.0 31.1 17.1 25.1 23.2 26.2 5.0 24.1 TOTAL .235/.317/.383/.700 .686/.707 .678 .626 48/19 64/53

ERA-K/9

2.96/9.0

3.45/6.6

3.63/10.9

5.33/10.0

5.32/5.7

3.71/9.1

10.80/7.2

4.81/5.2

4.18/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (6-2-0)
Molina (14-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.210 140/.261 67/.148 116/.267 103/.290 124/.281 29/.381 104/.276 .256 Upton
Zobrist
Joyce
Jennings
Matsui
Johnson 0/47/0/6
0/0/40/2
32/0/30/2
22/17/0/0
6/0/1/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .625 .772 .465 .785 .764 .740 1.089 .737 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.522 69/.720 44/.414 62/.839 53/.974 60/.692 13/1.007 46/.768 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.655 71/.824 23/.558 54/.727 50/.546 64/.787 16/1.163 58/.712 .707

Road 108/.882 78/.686 40/.561 63/.993 46/.594 67/.887 25/1.108 47/.740

Last 28d days 113/.610 24/.400 26/.431 36/.395 90/.758 46/.878 29/1.089 35/.937

HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 3/6/3 1/1/0 3/4/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 64/43/12

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

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.