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Game Preview: NYM @ PIT, 7:05pm, Friday, July 12, 2013 @PNC Park

Mets, 40-48, 40-48 4th, 11 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Hefner (27, RHP, 4-6, 3.39)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-6) 101.0 93 47 38 28 79 14 3.39
2012 (4-7) 93.2 110 55 53 18 62 9 5.09
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.0 39 17 8 8 37 4 1.64 59
2013-07-07 @MIL W 7.0 2 1 1 1 8 1 105 76
2013-07-02 ARI W 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 97 69
2013-06-27 @COL ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 3 0 80 58
2013-06-21 @PHI W 6.0 10 3 2 1 6 0 107 47
2013-06-16 CHC ND 5.0 6 3 1 1 5 0 87 51
2013-06-11 STL L 6.0 8 6 1 1 2 1 98 43
2013-06-04 @WSN ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 103 71
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 0.00 77
2012-09-26 PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 103 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-27   Road:   23-21   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  21-34   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 15-23   vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Wed, Jul 10  @SFG  W   7-2       40-48  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  9  @SFG  W  10-6       39-48  4th 11.5 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  8  @SFG  W   4-3 (16)  38-48  4th 11.5 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  7  @MIL  W   2-1       37-48  4th 11.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  6  @MIL  L   6-7       36-48  4th 12.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  5  @MIL  W  12-5       36-47  4th 11.5 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  4   ARI  L   4-5 (15)  35-47  4th 12.5 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  3   ARI  L   3-5       35-46  4th 12.5 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  2   ARI  W   9-1       35-45  4th 12.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  1   ARI  W   5-4 (13)  34-45  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Pirates, 54-36, 54-36 2nd, 1 GB, 8 up in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (29, RHP, 1-2, 3.38)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 24.0 23 15 9 9 18 2 3.38
2012 (2-6) 50.1 62 30 26 11 25 5 4.65
2011 (10-10) 171.2 186 82 73 77 110 6 3.83
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.0 37 22 16 10 19 2 4.11 47
2013-07-06 @CHC L 6.0 7 4 4 3 6 2 99 45
2013-06-30 MIL ND 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 50
2013-06-23 @LAA ND 5.2 4 6 3 5 5 0 99 43
2013-06-18 @CIN W 5.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 61 64
2013-06-13 SFG L 5.0 7 4 2 1 5 0 86 45
2012-05-29 CIN L 4.0 6 4 4 1 0 0 61 33
2012-05-23 NYM L 7.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 97 50
Last 5 v.NYM 0-2 22.0 33 15 12 5 7 0 4.91 40
2012-05-23 NYM L 7.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 97 50
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:   30-17   Road:   24-19   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  44-27   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl:25-15   vsWest:  6-6  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Wed, Jul 10   OAK  W   5-0       54-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  9   OAK  L   1-2       53-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 88 Mon, Jul  8   OAK  L   1-2       53-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul  7  @CHC  L   3-4 (11)  53-34  1st    Tied
 86 Sat, Jul  6  @CHC  L   1-4       53-33  1st  1.0 up
 85 Fri, Jul  5  @CHC  W   6-2       53-32  1st  2.0 up
 84 Thu, Jul  4   PHI  L   4-6       52-32  1st  2.0 up
 83 Wed, Jul  3   PHI  W   6-5       52-31  1st  2.0 up
 82 Tue, Jul  2   PHI  L   1-3       51-31  1st  2.0 up
 81 Sun, Jun 30   MIL  W   2-1 (14)  51-30  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 12, 2013 PIT  3 @NYM  2        W:Justin Wilson (3-0), L: Scott Rice (1-2), S: Jason Grilli (15)
Sat, May 11, 2013 PIT 11 @NYM  2        W:Francisco Liriano (1-0), L: Jonathon Niese (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 10, 2013 PIT  7 @NYM  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-2), L: Shaun Marcum (0-3), S: Jason Grilli (14)
Thu, May 09, 2013 NYM  3  PIT  2        W:Bobby Parnell (4-0), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2012 NYM  6  PIT  5        W:R.A. Dickey (20-6), L: Kevin Correia (11-11), S: Bobby Parnell (5)
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 NYM  6  PIT  0        W:Jeremy Hefner (3-7), L: Jeff Locke (0-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 PIT 10 @NYM  6        W:Wandy Rodriguez (12-13), L: Collin McHugh (0-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 NYM  6  PIT  2        W:Jenrry Mejia (1-1), L: Kyle McPherson (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 NYM  3 @PIT  1        W:Jonathon Niese (3-2), L: Charlie Morton (2-5), S: Frank Francisco (12)
Tue, May 22, 2012 NYM  3 @PIT  2        W:R.A. Dickey (6-1), L: Juan Cruz (1-1), S: Frank Francisco (11)
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 3-1; 2012 - NYM won 5-2; 2011 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - PIT leads 367-342

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 2013 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

BOS  5.23

CHC  4.11

MIA  3.27

 RA/G

PIT  3.37

MIA  4.29

HOU  5.32

 BA

M. Cabrera  .366

J. Lucroy  .268

B. Upton  .177

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .457

R. Weeks  .330

M. Dominguez  .255

 SLG

C. Davis  .696

G. Parra  .427

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.138

N. McLouth  .767

B. Upton  .565

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.89

H. Bailey  3.70

W. Davis  5.89

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.84

P. Corbin  7.20

J. Guthrie  4.35

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

Mets Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB		 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
47.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 51/13 .244/.306/.444/.751 .775/.664 .698 33/.779 0/0 3/0
44.Buck G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 11/.282 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 305/219 .213/.279/.394/.672 .628/.689 .715 80/.640 2/1 14/3
6.Byrd G/S/vP 12/.361 ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 292/174 .268/.313/.506/.818 .817/.819 .965 115/.827 1/2 15/2
29.Davis* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 229/171 .172/.262/.261/.523 .422/.559 .486 22/.749 2/0 5/4
12.Lagares G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 145/71 .230/.252/.338/.590 .665/.511 .667 71/.644 0/2 1/3
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 386/249 .269/.303/.390/.693 .530/.784 .740 120/.563 9/3 6/11
9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/77 .213/.286/.347/.632 .000/.694 .608 54/.860 2/0 2/0
3.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 161/107 .246/.319/.359/.678 .563/.737 .749 106/.632 1/0 2/3
20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/41 .167/.228/.417/.645 .738/.549 .541 39/.692 0/0 5/3
13.Satin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/37 .362/.486/.569/1.055 1.233/.881 .976 70/1.089 1/0 1/1
1.Valdespin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 142/122 .191/.254/.321/.574 .361/.610 .772 25/.377 4/3 4/2
5.Wright G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 5/2.467 1/.000 ··· ··· 385/254 .308/.403/.517/.919 1.044/.859 .949 120/.994 14/2 13/9
22.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 286/169 .260/.319/.364/.683 .750/.639 .713 106/.755 15/6 1/2
IP 24.0 36.2 38.2 40.1 42.1 39.1 45.0 51.0 TOTAL .235/.303/.378/.682 .681/.682 .709 .726 48/21 86/56
ERA-K/9 3.38/6.8 3.68/4.9 2.09/14.2 2.90/5.8 0.85/9.4 2.75/5.7 3.40/7.2 1.94/7.6 3.10/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (28-15-2)
 Recker (12-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 109/.250 150/.281 152/.183 164/.267 163/.191 156/.194 178/.195 199/.171 .225  Byrd
 Lagares
 Nieuwenhuis
 Valdespin
 Brown
 Young
0/2/70/6
0/45/0/5
6/19/2/2
5/16/8/1
6/0/5/1
27/15/20/1
OPS .700 .684 .499 .675 .463 .638 .607 .510 .644
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.755 82/.776 76/.605 66/.591 74/.368 70/.729 63/.472 58/.553 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.646 68/.576 76/.395 98/.728 89/.544 86/.565 115/.686 141/.493 .636
Home 34/.751 126/.717 83/.401 91/.587 90/.369 88/.501 98/.524 117/.509
Last 28d days 84/.659 123/.696 39/.769 49/.560 34/.176 56/.917 45/.222 50/.452
HR/SB/CS 2/8/1 2/1/3 2/0/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 5/1/2 5/3/1 3/4/3 70/56/26
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ··X····· ····o··o ····o··· ····Xo·· ··o·X··o ·o·X·o··
Pirates Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Hefner
G/S/vB		 30.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 46.Burke
G/S/vB		 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 56.Rice*
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 45.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 321/243 .253/.315/.521/.835 .657/.893 .749 100/1.047 1/0 23/16
12.Barmes G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 192/152 .207/.241/.279/.520 .369/.560 .557 19/.745 0/0 2/8
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/12 .143/.200/.143/.343 .500/.282 .347 4/.250 0/0 0/1
2.Inge G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 108/72 .184/.208/.243/.450 .457/.446 .276 21/.400 0/0 1/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 278/261 .255/.306/.424/.729 .180/.766 .711 69/.696 2/0 8/5
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 387/317 .289/.339/.458/.796 1.079/.733 .773 107/.822 28/10 9/4
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 292/232 .242/.344/.401/.744 .773/.737 .654 85/.674 6/2 8/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 6/.334 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 375/307 .303/.376/.465/.841 1.043/.797 .970 103/.868 18/5 9/3
19.McKenry G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 102/76 .189/.245/.326/.571 .392/.635 .496 25/.285 0/0 3/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 177/134 .261/.316/.398/.714 1.104/.595 .603 92/.661 3/1 4/7
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 9/.889 2/.500 ··· ··· 210/137 .230/.344/.408/.753 .976/.637 .698 68/.579 1/0 7/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 245/221 .224/.294/.332/.626 .304/.660 .744 50/.569 2/3 3/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 123/85 .306/.369/.459/.828 .649/.910 .771 33/1.055 2/0 2/0
IP 101.0 15.1 25.2 23.2 39.1 41.0 34.1 17.2 28.0 TOTAL .243/.310/.389/.698 .696/.699 .689 .736 64/24 87/65
ERA-K/9 3.39/7.0 2.35/9.4 3.86/7.7 4.18/6.1 3.20/7.6 2.41/7.7 4.46/7.3 0.51/7.6 3.54/6.8 3.93/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (21-21-4)
 McKenry (35-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.243 63/.196 121/.295 100/.258 171/.297 158/.190 149/.254 68/.197 123/.231 .261  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Inge
 Jones
 Harrison
 Tabata
 Martin
0/87/0/7
81/8/0/4
5/0/70/4
0/0/6/1
0/0/20/1
1/0/1/0
8/0/28/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .703 .625 .743 .693 .751 .504 .708 .493 .737 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.844 25/.414 47/.867 49/.706 69/.800 70/.459 93/.511 33/.499 57/.794 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.580 38/.770 74/.668 51/.678 102/.717 88/.538 56/1.054 35/.486 66/.689 .715
Road 226/.712 25/.593 76/.746 54/.582 77/.804 73/.490 63/.638 35/.523 101/.660
Last 28d days 128/.595 51/.674 34/.912 42/.463 57/.553 46/.315 31/.978 68/.493 123/.737
HR/SB/CS 14/2/2 2/1/0 0/4/0 1/0/0 4/4/0 0/2/0 1/3/3 1/1/0 4/7/1 78/40/18
Usage ····X··· ···X··oo ···X·XX· ·o·Xo·oo ·o···X·X ···XX··X ··oo···X ··XX···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.