What Can I Expect From The Dodgers Series? Not Much

If you look at the head to head stats this could be a good series. But only if you simply skim the numbers.

Look at the seven stats highlighted and there is the main problem with the Mets and why this could be a very very painful three game set.

Of the seven the one I think is most egregious are the errors. The Dodgers come in with 37 and the Mets with 55. Of those 55 aproximately 12 either contributed to losing the lead after the 7th inning or let the tying/winning run score in a road game.

What is worst is that some 25% of the errors this year were from lackadaisical play. Errors happen, thats baseball but this type of play seems to point towards not being in the game.

Too many errors on this team are from not appying this simple rule: TWO-HANDS!!

LA Dodgers (52-30, 24-17 Road) NY Mets (39-42, 22-17 Home)

 LAD: C. Kershaw  (5-5, 3.49 ERA)  NYM: M. Pelfrey  (6-3, 4.26 ERA)

Head to Head Analysis

Dodgers HITTING STATS Mets .272 Average .270 398 Runs 355 774 Hits 739 151 Doubles 154 14 Triples 17 64 Home Runs 50 375 RBIs 334 320 Walks 308 542 Strikeouts 453 30 HBP 26 69 GIDP 75 73/26 SB / CS 79/22 26 Sac Flies 27 37 Sac Hits 46 .349 OBP .347 .403 SLG% .394 .752 OPS .741	Dodgers PITCHING STATS Mets 3.57 ERA 4.26 25/41 Sv / SvOpp 23/35 313 Runs 375 296 Earned Runs 341 629 Hits 717 64 HRs 75 315 Walks 311 635 Strikeouts 519 1 Complete Games 1 5 Shutouts 5 41 Holds 48 62 GIDP 60 34 Quality Starts 43 .231 Opp. Avg .260 .315 Opp. OBP .337 .362 Opp. SLG% .403 .677 Opp. OPS .740
Dodgers DEFENSE STATS Mets 82 Games Played 81 2240 Putouts 2162 37 Errors 55 816 Assists 785 77 Double-plays 75 .988 Fielding % .982	Dodgers CATCHER STATS Mets 71/24 SB Att/CS 54/18 66.2% SB % 66.7% 0 Passed-Balls 0 3 Pitcher Pickoffs 1 1 Catcher Pickoffs 0 7 Pitcher Caught Stealing 5

We also can't seem to get hits with runners in scoring position in any consistent manner. There was a game recently where we had the bases loaded three times and three different hitters came up and we did not get a single run. That is almost impossible.

A drunk on the local beer league team could manage to get in front of a pitch in order to score a run. Any kind of fly ball and we get a run. Its laughable. Only I'm not laughing any more.

Which stat do you think shows more why these two teams are in thier relative positions in the standings?