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Game Preview: NYM @ WSN, 7:05pm, Friday, August 17, 2012 @Nationals Park

Mets, 56-62, 56-62 3rd, 17 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (33, LHP, 6-8, 4.58)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-8) 112.0 110 59 57 39 107 15 4.58
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 2-5 34.0 48 29 29 13 28 7 7.68 39
2012-08-11 ATL L 1.1 8 8 8 1 2 0 43 7
2012-07-20 LAD L 3.0 7 6 6 3 3 2 72 21
2012-07-15 @ATL L 5.0 8 6 6 2 3 1 95 28
2012-07-06 CHC L 4.2 13 7 7 0 6 3 89 16
2012-06-30 @LAD W 8.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 107 77
2012-06-25 @CHC L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 102 57
2012-06-19 BAL W 6.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 101 67
Last 5 v.WSN 2-2 29.0 25 11 11 15 39 3 3.41 57
2012-04-11 WSN L 5.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 99 58
2010-07-01 @WSN ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 97 66
2010-04-11 WSN L 5.0 5 5 5 3 3 1 87 37
2009-05-27 WSN W 6.0 3 3 3 6 11 1 120 59
2009-04-24 WSN W 6.0 6 1 1 1 10 1 104 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-30   Road:   28-32   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  39-36   vsLHP:  17-26   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 21-24   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest: 17-15 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Thu, Aug 16  @CIN  W   8-4       56-62  3rd 17.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15  @CIN  L   1-6       55-62  3rd 17.5 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14  @CIN  L   0-3       55-61  3rd 16.5 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12   ATL  W   6-5       55-60  3rd 16.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11   ATL  L   3-9       54-60  3rd 17.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10   ATL  L   0-4       54-59  3rd 16.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   MIA  W   6-1       54-58  3rd 15.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   MIA  L   0-13      53-58  3rd 15.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   MIA  L   2-4       53-57  3rd 14.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  5  @SDP  L   3-7       53-56  3rd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-20
Nationals, 73-45, 73-45 1st, 4 up

SP: Ross Detwiler (26, LHP, 6-5, 3.18)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-5) 116.0 102 48 41 33 74 9 3.18
2011 (4-5) 66.0 63 26 22 20 41 7 3.00
2010 (1-3) 29.2 34 22 14 14 17 5 4.25
Last 7 GS 2-2 42.1 39 16 14 9 24 2 2.98 54
2012-08-12 @ARI L 4.2 3 5 4 1 2 0 93 41
2012-08-07 @HOU ND 7.0 3 2 2 2 2 1 85 63
2012-08-02 PHI W 7.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 88 72
2012-07-27 @MIL L 4.2 7 4 4 1 5 1 83 38
2012-07-22 ATL W 7.0 7 2 1 1 3 0 98 59
2012-07-17 NYM ND 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 86 71
2012-07-05 SFG ND 5.0 11 3 3 2 5 0 90 36
Last 5 v.NYM 2-1 26.2 24 9 9 5 17 2 3.04 54
2012-07-17 NYM ND 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 86 71
2012-04-10 @NYM W 5.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 71 68
2011-09-12 @NYM ND 5.2 3 2 2 3 2 0 83 54
2011-09-02 NYM L 3.0 7 6 6 0 2 2 48 23
2009-09-28 NYM W 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 99 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-22   Road:   41-23   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  51-30   vsLHP:  22-15   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 29-17   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 15-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Wed, Aug 15  @SFG  W   6-4       73-45  1st  4.5 up
117 Tue, Aug 14  @SFG  L   1-6       72-45  1st  4.5 up
116 Mon, Aug 13  @SFG  W  14-2       72-44  1st  5.5 up
115 Sun, Aug 12  @ARI  L   4-7       71-44  1st  4.5 up
114 Sat, Aug 11  @ARI  W   6-5       71-43  1st  4.5 up
113 Fri, Aug 10  @ARI  W   9-1       70-43  1st  4.5 up
112 Thu, Aug  9  @HOU  W   5-0       69-43  1st  4.5 up
111 Wed, Aug  8  @HOU  W   4-3       68-43  1st  4.0 up
110 Tue, Aug  7  @HOU  W   3-2 (12)  67-43  1st  4.0 up
109 Mon, Aug  6  @HOU  W   5-4 (11)  66-43  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 WSN  5 @NYM  2        W:Stephen Strasburg (11-4), L: Jeremy Hefner (1-4), S: Tyler Clippard (18)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 WSN  5 @NYM  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (13-5), L: R.A. Dickey (13-2), S: Tyler Clippard (17)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 WSN  8 @NYM  2 (10)   W:Tom Gorzelanny (3-2), L: Tim Byrdak (2-2), S: none
Thu, Jul 19, 2012 NYM  9 @WSN  5        W:R.A. Dickey (13-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (12-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 WSN  4  NYM  3        W:Jordan Zimmermann (7-6), L: Chris Young (2-4), S: Tyler Clippard (15)
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 WSN  5  NYM  4 (10)   W:Ryan Mattheus (3-1), L: Tim Byrdak (2-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 NYM  3 @WSN  1        W:R.A. Dickey (9-1), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-2), S: Frank Francisco (15)
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 WSN  5  NYM  3        W:Edwin Jackson (2-3), L: Jeremy Hefner (1-3), S: Tyler Clippard (5)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 WSN  7  NYM  6 (12)   W:Ross Detwiler (4-3), L: Elvin Ramirez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 WSN  4 @NYM  0        W:Stephen Strasburg (1-0), L: Johan Santana (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 9-3; 2011 - WSN won 10-8; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - NYM leads 373-363

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  5.06

CIN  4.31

MIA  3.69

 RA/G

WSN  3.56

TEX  4.41

COL  5.75

 BA

A. McCutchen  .359

J. Heyward  .275

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

A. LaRoche  .339

J. Smoak  .254

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .609

T. Hunter  .435

J. Carroll  .289

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

P. Alvarez  .771

J. Smoak  .575

 ERA

J. Weaver  2.22

C. Lee  3.83

J. Guthrie  5.75

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.39

D. Holland  7.29

D. Lowe  3.29

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Mets Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 118/106 .306/.415/.439/.854 .250/.917 .975 44/.727 3/0 0/1
44.Bay G/S/vP 10/.311 2/1.000 9/.889 3/.000 16/.990 1/.000 11/.637 7/.453 164/99 .159/.244/.297/.540 .502/.562 .552 65/.376 4/1 6/2
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/.400 5/1.400 5/1.400 2/.000 25/.668 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.000 132/69 .284/.362/.440/.801 .881/.723 .920 28/1.244 0/0 3/4
29.Davis* G/S/vP 5/.800 7/.572 12/.258 1/5.000 15/.762 ··· 7/1.571 5/.200 423/291 .216/.284/.430/.713 .538/.797 .887 97/.837 0/2 21/7
12.Hairston G/S/vP 6/1.166 8/1.625 3/.000 2/2.000 17/.561 2/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 275/130 .266/.309/.514/.823 .925/.707 .869 58/.889 7/1 14/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 4/.000 9/1.431 9/.778 8/.500 9/.555 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 453/302 .293/.336/.414/.749 .721/.764 .645 94/.747 7/2 4/11
6.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/78 .245/.325/.462/.787 .813/.756 .635 40/.495 1/0 5/4
11.Tejada G/S/vP 6/.833 4/.500 3/.333 1/.000 5/1.350 2/1.000 7/.629 6/.334 330/211 .318/.362/.390/.752 .749/.753 .790 115/.751 1/2 1/9
30.Thole* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.000 7/1.667 3/1.000 5/.900 ··· 2/1.500 6/1.000 283/215 .259/.319/.318/.637 .562/.661 .577 62/.579 0/0 1/6
56.Torres# G/S/vP 6/.900 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.071 ··· 7/.929 1/.000 305/183 .237/.348/.342/.690 .813/.610 .676 76/.823 10/4 2/2
2.Turner G/S/vP 7/.453 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 12/1.053 ··· 3/2.333 2/.000 135/64 .270/.311/.349/.660 .555/.776 .646 25/.501 1/1 0/1
1.Valdespin* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 154/130 .253/.283/.479/.762 .554/.801 .640 69/.577 6/1 8/3
5.Wright G/S/vP 12/1.334 5/.200 19/1.412 9/1.778 23/.847 3/.000 18/1.270 9/.222 495/335 .320/.412/.526/.938 .938/.938 .998 106/.645 12/9 16/10
IP 116.0 46.1 54.1 23.2 56.0 45.2 65.1 9.1 TOTAL .256/.325/.395/.720 .680/.741 .740 .675 58/27 100/80
ERA-K/9 3.18/5.7 1.94/9.1 2.98/10.9 2.28/10.3 3.21/7.4 2.56/5.1 2.48/8.5 5.79/6.8 3.27/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Shoppach (19-10-4)
 Thole (42-14-15)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.236 184/.224 225/.170 99/.238 237/.249 180/.235 281/.229 44/.257 .232  Torres
 Bay
 Baxter
 Valdespin
 Hairston
0/83/0/5
41/0/0/2
18/0/14/1
16/7/5/1
46/7/26/1
OPS .651 .583 .549 .702 .726 .698 .663 .701 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.490 73/.428 119/.486 50/.588 103/.664 67/.869 100/.680 11/1.536 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.706 111/.689 106/.617 49/.822 134/.776 113/.595 181/.653 33/.383 .643
Home 250/.652 87/.566 109/.661 53/.669 118/.738 97/.697 121/.606 17/.769
Last 28d days 120/.591 41/.415 50/.493 33/.648 44/.677 54/.894 59/.707 39/.707
HR/SB/CS 9/3/2 3/4/0 4/4/0 1/3/0 5/4/1 6/2/0 4/12/0 0/2/0 92/85/14
Usage ····X··· ·XX···oo ·X···o·· ··o··X·o ···X·o·· ·oo··oo· ····X·X· ··X·o··X
Nationals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB		 46.Acosta
G/S/vB		 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB		 48.Francisco
G/S/vB		 33.Harvey
G/S/vB		 53.Hefner
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 52.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 214/191 .296/.377/.398/.775 .725/.782 .821 69/.906 13/2 3/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 7/.762 2/.000 2/.000 494/342 .255/.322/.417/.738 .843/.688 .658 120/.841 17/5 13/11
26.Flores G/S/vP 11/.955 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 259/182 .219/.253/.314/.567 .537/.579 .550 47/.383 1/2 3/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 418/264 .245/.321/.396/.718 .650/.757 .768 103/.515 13/5 10/5
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.347 5/1.400 173/123 .241/.254/.343/.598 .392/.682 .683 44/.786 1/1 2/3
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 14/.774 4/2.750 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 10/1.056 3/.000 5/1.000 469/333 .265/.339/.499/.838 .876/.822 .776 110/.875 1/1 23/6
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 6/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 362/273 .280/.329/.364/.693 .557/.736 .710 123/.713 4/2 2/3
57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 134/53 .281/.351/.479/.830 .780/.907 .591 40/.661 3/0 6/0
38.Morse G/S/vP 8/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.500 7/.762 1/.000 2/.000 286/206 .300/.325/.478/.803 .767/.817 .696 109/.903 0/1 11/1
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.453 5/.800 314/227 .218/.254/.287/.541 .641/.501 .464 56/.716 1/0 1/3
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 3/1.667 66/58 .276/.348/.517/.866 1.125/.825 .924 11/1.010 0/0 3/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 34/.786 15/.277 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.762 6/.733 3/.000 164/120 .314/.415/.471/.886 1.140/.794 .918 51/1.057 4/0 3/1
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 26/.794 9/.944 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 6/.533 14/1.136 5/.200 4/.500 460/335 .277/.348/.460/.808 .830/.799 .840 118/.913 4/2 16/9
IP 112.0 31.0 14.0 31.2 30.0 56.2 47.2 49.1 43.1 TOTAL .258/.321/.416/.736 .743/.734 .721 .750 79/27 127/68
ERA-K/9 4.58/8.6 9.29/9.3 5.79/14.1 6.25/10.2 3.00/10.2 4.76/5.2 3.02/9.4 4.20/7.5 3.12/6.0 4.26/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (45-6-4)
 Suzuki (45-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.255 153/.310 62/.218 156/.292 125/.191 248/.293 209/.255 216/.251 175/.202 .254  Harper
 Bernadina
 Werth
 Morse
 Lombardozzi
 Moore
7/51/61/5
41/30/5/3
0/8/35/2
32/0/34/2
39/0/0/2
28/0/2/0
OPS .742 .886 .725 .875 .664 .794 .674 .701 .571 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.769 71/.834 33/.463 82/.926 64/.726 135/.773 100/.714 104/.857 71/.696 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.733 82/.932 29/1.057 74/.822 61/.597 113/.819 109/.636 112/.562 104/.488 .698
Road 210/.806 96/.974 36/.732 75/1.054 100/.676 117/.653 119/.844 114/.726 84/.516
Last 28d days 13/1.442 37/.427 46/.624 20/1.663 125/.664 115/.815 41/.660 53/.726 31/.200
HR/SB/CS 15/7/3 6/4/0 3/1/0 5/4/0 3/0/0 6/3/0 4/1/0 3/9/2 3/3/0 120/69/20
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·· ··o·X·X· X···XX·· X·····X· ·X···X·· o·X···o· ··o···o· o·o·ooo·

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.