September 10, 2002 New York Mets at Atlanta Braves Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 5
OAK 2 TOR 5
@CLE 4 CHW 12
@KCR 4 MIN 11
DET 4 NYY 5
BAL 2 NYY 3
BAL 1 BOS 12
@TBD 1 TEX 3
SEA 2 ARI 8
SDP 2 ATL 12
NYM 6 MON 6
@CHC 2 CIN 3
PIT 0 HOU 11
COL 4 STL 8
@MIL 3 FLA 6
@PHI 4 FLA 2
@PHI 1 SFG 5
LAD 2

Standings at end of play this day

Turner Field, Attendance: 28,214

Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Time of Game: 3:05

Mets

68-75

Lost 1

5th, 23½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Mets            1  4  0   1  0  0   0  0  0    6 14  0
Braves          0  3  0   3  6  0   0  0  X   12 13  1

W: T Hodges (1-0), L: P Astacio (12-9)

Braves

91-51

Won 1

1st

BATTING

New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Cedeno LF                   5   3   3   2    0   0  .254  .659   20    1   0   HR,SB
R Gonzalez CF-RF              4   1   1   1    1   0  .295  .769   21    4   0   CS
M Piazza C                    4   1   1   2    1   0  .272  .881   23    6   0   HR
E Alfonzo 3B                  4   0   2   1    1   0  .322  .880   27    0   1   
T Wigginton 1B-2B             5   0   2   0    0   2  .293  .865   21    8   1   2B
M Scutaro 2B                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .455    5    0   3   
  T Perez PH-CF               2   0   1   0    0   0  .294  .779    9    1   0   SB
J McEwing RF-2B               2   1   2   0    0   0  .210  .566   10    2   1   2B,HBP
  J Burnitz PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .211  .660    7    0   0   
  J Valentin 1B               0   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .708         2   0   
R Ordonez SS                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .244  .601   12    0   2   GDP
P Astacio P                   3   0   1   0    0   2  .155  .359    9    0   0   
  P Feliciano P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Strickland P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Snead PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  J Cerda P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       37   6  14   6    3   4              167   24   8

BATTING

2B: T Wigginton (4, off D Moss); J McEwing (7, off D Moss).

HR: R Cedeno (7, off D Moss; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF); M Piazza (28, off D Moss; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF-CF).

HBP: J McEwing (2, by T Hodges).

TB: R Cedeno 6; M Piazza 4; J McEwing 3; T Wigginton 3; E Alfonzo 2; P Astacio; T Perez; R Gonzalez; R Ordonez.

GIDP: R Ordonez (16).

RBI: M Piazza 2 (87); R Cedeno 2 (36); E Alfonzo (53); R Gonzalez (10).

2-out RBI: M Piazza 2; R Cedeno; E Alfonzo; R Gonzalez.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

BASERUNNING

SB: R Cedeno (20, 2nd base off D Moss/H Blanco); T Perez (9, 2nd base off D Holmes/H Blanco).

CS: R Gonzalez (2, 2nd base by D Moss/H Blanco).

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   5   0   1   1    0   0  .279  .714   28    1   2   3B
J Franco 1B                   5   1   1   0    0   2  .287  .749   18    8   1   
G Sheffield RF                4   1   0   0    0   0  .301  .917   13    3   0   HBP
  K Ligtenberg P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
C Jones LF                    4   1   2   0    0   0  .318  .956    8    2   2   
A Jones CF                    4   3   3   4    0   0  .258  .866   10    2   0   2·HR
M Giles 2B                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .247  .760         1   0   
  M DeRosa 2B                 4   2   2   1    0   1  .295  .785   17    1   5   HR
V Castilla 3B                 4   1   1   0    0   2  .226  .595   12    3   0   
H Blanco C                    3   2   1   1    1   1  .198  .597   14    5   1   HR
D Moss P                      0   0   0   0    0   0  .106  .288         0   0   
  K Lockhart PH               1   0   1   2    0   0  .215  .612    2    0   0   2B
  T Hodges P                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    0   0   
  M Franco PH                 1   1   1   3    0   0  .352  .992    5    0   0   3B
  T Spooneybarger P           0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D Holmes P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Lopez PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .229  .638    2    0   0   
  K Gryboski P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Bragg RF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .731         1   0   
Totals                       37  12  13  12    1   6              130   27  11

BATTING

2B: K Lockhart (11, off P Astacio).

3B: R Furcal (8, off S Strickland); M Franco (3, off S Strickland).

HR: M DeRosa (3, off P Astacio; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); H Blanco (6, off P Astacio; 4th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF); A Jones 2 (31, 2 off P Astacio; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).

HBP: G Sheffield (11, by P Astacio).

TB: A Jones 9; M DeRosa 5; H Blanco 4; R Furcal 3; M Franco 3; K Lockhart 2; C Jones 2; V Castilla; J Franco.

RBI: A Jones 4 (86); M Franco 3 (30); K Lockhart 2 (28); H Blanco (20); M DeRosa (18); R Furcal (44).

2-out RBI: M Franco 3; K Lockhart 2; R Furcal.

Team LOB: 3.

With RISP: 5 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M DeRosa-J Franco-R Furcal-J Franco.

E: H Blanco (3).

PITCHING

New York Mets                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Astacio, L (12-9)            4     8   8   8    0   1   4   4.29   21   65-47   30· 4·13    7· 4· 4· 4     15    -     0.93  -0.46
P Feliciano                    0     2   2   2    0   0   0   6.00    2    5-4     2· 1· 1    0· 0· 2· 0          2-2    2.16  -0.19
S Strickland                   3     3   2   2    1   4   0   3.74   13   48-27   15· 7· 5    3· 2· 3· 0          2-2    0.48  -0.10
J Cerda                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   2.78    3   12-8     6· 0· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         8    13  12  12    1   6   4          39  130-86   53·12·21   11· 7· 9· 4          4-4

Atlanta Braves                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Moss                         2     8   5   5    2   1   2   3.30   14   46-24   13· 6· 5    0· 4· 5· 2     19    -     0.84  -0.33
T Hodges, W (1-0)              3     5   1   1    0   2   0   3.00   13   45-30   20· 4· 6    3· 3· 4· 0          0-0    1.09   0.05
T Spooneybarger                1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.89    3   13-8     5· 1· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.19   0.01
D Holmes                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.03    4   23-16   10· 0· 6    0· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.15   0.01
K Gryboski                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.74    3   13-9     6· 1· 2    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.09   0.01
K Ligtenberg                   1     0   0   0    1   0   0   2.75    4   18-12    9· 2· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
Totals                         9    14   6   6    3   4   2          41  158-99   63·14·22    8·12·11· 2           -

P Astacio faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.
P Feliciano faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: T Hodges (1; J McEwing); P Astacio (16; G Sheffield).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Ed Rapuano, 3B - Larry Poncino.

Time of Game: 3:05.

Attendance: 28,214.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 88° F, Wind 10mph out to Rightfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   New York Mets                 Atlanta Braves                       
1. R Cedeno             LF    1. R Furcal             SS 
2. R Gonzalez           CF    2. J Franco             1B 
3. M Piazza             C     3. G Sheffield          RF 
4. E Alfonzo            3B    4. C Jones              LF 
5. T Wigginton          1B    5. A Jones              CF 
6. M Scutaro            2B    6. M Giles              2B 
7. J McEwing            RF    7. V Castilla           3B 
8. R Ordonez            SS    8. H Blanco             C  
9. P Astacio            P     9. D Moss               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   2  5-1  12-  2   15%  32% K Lockhart      P Astacio       Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); DeRosa Scores; Castilla Scores
   b 4   1  6-5  ---  2   14%  53% H Blanco        P Astacio       Home Run
   b 5   2  6-8  123  5   13%  96% M Franco        S Strickland    Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Jones Scores; Jones Scores; Blanco Scores
   b 4   0  6-4  ---  3   12%  43% M DeRosa        P Astacio       Home Run
   t 2   2  0-3  1--  3  -12%  12% M Piazza        D Moss          Home Run (LF-CF); Gonzalez Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Damian Moss facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  1   40%  R Cedeno        Home Run (LF-CF)
          ---  5   37%  R Gonzalez      Walk
   O      1--  2   40%  M Piazza        Flyball: LF
   O      1--      44%  E Alfonzo       Gonzalez Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
          ---  6   43%  " "             Walk
          1--  4   41%  T Wigginton     Single to LF (Line Drive); Alfonzo to 2B
   O      12-  3   45%  M Scutaro       Foul Flyball: 1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Pedro Astacio facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  8   42%  R Furcal        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   41%  J Franco        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   40%  G Sheffield     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.

Top of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Damian Moss facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   34%  J McEwing       Double to LF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  5   38%  R Ordonez       Foul Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  3   41%  P Astacio       Strikeout Looking
   R      -2-  3   32%  R Cedeno        Single to LF (Pop Fly to Short LF); McEwing Scores
          1--      31%  R Gonzalez      Cedeno Steals 2B; Cedeno to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw to 2B)
                  Mark DeRosa replaces Marcus Giles playing 2B batting 6th
   R      --3  3   24%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive); Cedeno Scores
   RR     1--  3   12%  M Piazza        Home Run (LF-CF); Gonzalez Scores
          ---  2   11%  E Alfonzo       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   12%  T Wigginton     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Alfonzo out at Hm/LF-C
                  4 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Behind 0-5, Pedro Astacio facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   11%  C Jones         Popfly: 1B
   R      ---  2   16%  A Jones         Home Run
          ---  4   18%  M DeRosa        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
          1--  1   21%  V Castilla      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); DeRosa to 2B
   O      12-  2   17%  H Blanco        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  Keith Lockhart pinch hits for Damian Moss batting 9th
   RR     12-  2   32%  K Lockhart      Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); DeRosa Scores; Castilla Scores
   O      -2-  7   29%  R Furcal        Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 3.

Top of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Ahead 5-3, Trey Hodges facing 6-7-8
                  Trey Hodges replaces Keith Lockhart pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   30%  M Scutaro       Popfly: 2B
          ---  2   28%  J McEwing       Single to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF)
   OO     1--  5   32%  R Ordonez       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Behind 3-5, Pedro Astacio facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   30%  J Franco        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   28%  G Sheffield     Lineout: CF
   O      ---  2   27%  C Jones         Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 3.

Top of the 4th, Mets Batting, Ahead 5-3, Trey Hodges facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   24%  P Astacio       Single (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   20%  R Cedeno        Single to RF (Line Drive); Astacio to 2B
   O      12-  3   24%  R Gonzalez      Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B; Cedeno to 2B
   O      12-  4   27%  M Piazza        Popfly: SS
   R      12-  5   18%  E Alfonzo       Single to LF (Line Drive); Cedeno Scores; Gonzalez to 3B
   O      1-3  5   21%  T Wigginton     Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-6, Pedro Astacio facing 5-6-7
   R      ---  1   31%  A Jones         Home Run (LF-CF)
   R      ---  3   43%  M DeRosa        Home Run
   O      ---  5   40%  V Castilla      Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  2   53%  H Blanco        Home Run
   O      ---  1   51%  T Hodges        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   50%  R Furcal        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 6.

Top of the 5th, Mets Batting, Tied 6-6, Trey Hodges facing 6-7-8
                  Timo Perez pinch hits for Marco Scutaro batting 6th
   O      ---  4   53%  T Perez         Lineout: RF
          ---  5   50%  J McEwing       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  1   54%  R Ordonez       Single to LF (Line Drive); McEwing out at 3B/LF-3B
   O      1--  4   57%  P Astacio       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Braves Batting, Tied 6-6, Pedro Astacio facing 2-3-4
                  Joe McEwing moves to 2B; Timo Perez moves to CF; Raul Gonzalez moves to RF
          ---  2   61%  J Franco        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   68%  G Sheffield     Hit By Pitch; Franco to 2B
                  Pedro Feliciano replaces Pedro Astacio pitching and batting 9th
          12-  1   77%  C Jones         Single to CF (Line Drive); Franco to 3B; Sheffield to 2B
   RR     123  4   87%  A Jones         Single (Line Drive to LF-CF); Franco Scores; Sheffield Scores; Jones to 2B
                  Scott Strickland replaces Pedro Feliciano pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  5   84%  M DeRosa        Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  2   82%  V Castilla      Groundout: SS-1B; Jones to 3B; Jones to 2B
          -23  5   83%  H Blanco        Walk
                  Matt Franco pinch hits for Trey Hodges batting 9th
   RRR    123  5   96%  M Franco        Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Jones Scores; Jones Scores; Blanco Scores
   R      --3  3   98%  R Furcal        Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Franco Scores
   O      --3  4   97%  J Franco        Strikeout Swinging
                  6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Top of the 6th, Mets Batting, Behind 6-12, Tim Spooneybarger facing 1-2-3
                  Tim Spooneybarger replaces Matt Franco pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   98%  R Cedeno        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   98%  R Gonzalez      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   99%  M Piazza        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Bottom of the 6th, Braves Batting, Ahead 12-6, Scott Strickland facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   99%  G Sheffield     Popfly: 2B
          ---  2   99%  C Jones         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   99%  A Jones         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  5   98%  M DeRosa        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Top of the 7th, Mets Batting, Behind 6-12, Darren Holmes facing 4-5-6
                  Darren Holmes replaces Tim Spooneybarger pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  9   99%  E Alfonzo       Lineout: CF
   O      ---  5   99%  T Wigginton     Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   99%  T Perez         Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Jeromy Burnitz pinch hits for Joe McEwing batting 7th
          1--      99%  J Burnitz       Perez Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   99%  " "             Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Bottom of the 7th, Braves Batting, Ahead 12-6, Scott Strickland facing 7-8-9
                  John Valentin replaces Jeromy Burnitz playing 1B batting 7th; Ty Wigginton moves to 2B
   O      ---  4   99%  V Castilla      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   99%  H Blanco        Strikeout Swinging
                  Javy Lopez pinch hits for Darren Holmes batting 9th
   O      ---  2   99%  J Lopez         Foul Flyball: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Top of the 8th, Mets Batting, Behind 6-12, Kevin Gryboski facing 8-9-1
                  Kevin Gryboski replaces Javy Lopez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  R Ordonez       Foul Flyball: RF
                  Esix Snead pinch hits for Scott Strickland batting 9th
   O      ---  3  100%  E Snead         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  9  100%  R Cedeno        Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Bottom of the 8th, Braves Batting, Ahead 12-6, Jaime Cerda facing 1-2-3
                  Jaime Cerda replaces Esix Snead pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5  100%  R Furcal        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5  100%  J Franco        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2  100%  G Sheffield     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

Top of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 6-12, Kerry Ligtenberg facing 2-3-4
                  Kerry Ligtenberg replaces Gary Sheffield pitching and batting 3rd; Darren Bragg replaces Kevin Gryboski playing RF batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  R Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  9  100%  M Piazza        Walk
   O      1--  1  100%  E Alfonzo       Flyball: CF
   O      1--  4  100%  T Wigginton     Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 12.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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