September 28, 2002 Atlanta Braves at New York Mets Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 8
SEA 4 NYY 4
@BAL 2 TBD 9
@BOS 6 CLE 6
KCR 5
(10) MIN 3
CHW 2 OAK 10
@TEX 8 TOR 10
DET 2 ARI 17
COL 8 CHC 5
PIT 4 PHI 9
@FLA 3 LAD 14
SDP 2 MON 6
CIN 0 ATL 5
@NYM 2 SFG 5
HOU 2 STL 3
MIL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Shea Stadium, Attendance: 38,988

Saturday, September 28, 2002
Time of Game: 3:05

Braves

101-58

Won 4

1st

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

W: T Hodges (2-0), L: A Leiter (13-13), S: J Smoltz (55)

Mets

74-86

Lost 6

5th, 27½ GB

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .276  .712   16    2   1   SB
  J Garcia SS                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .197  .410    8    1   1   
J Franco 1B                   5   0   3   0    0   1  .287  .745   14    7   0   
G Sheffield RF                2   1   2   0    0   0  .304  .910    7    0   0   2B,SB
  M Giles 3B                  3   0   0   0    0   1  .232  .721   11    1   1   
C Jones LF                    2   0   1   1    0   1  .328  .974    7    0   0   
  D Bragg PR-LF-CF            3   1   1   0    0   1  .271  .755   12    3   0   
A Jones CF                    2   1   1   1    1   0  .263  .876   11    1   0   
  M Franco LF                 2   0   1   0    0   0  .323  .926    7    1   0   
J Lopez C                     2   0   0   1    1   1  .234  .672   11    3   1   
  S Torrealba C               2   0   0   0    0   0  .063  .274    7    5   0   
V Castilla 3B                 2   1   1   2    0   0  .232  .618    6    0   0   HR
  A Pratt P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  T Hodges P                  2   0   0   0    0   2  .000  .000    9    0   1   
  T Spooneybarger P           0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Smoltz P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
M DeRosa 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .297  .770   16    2   3   
T Glavine P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .103  .259    4    0   1   
  W Helms PH-RF               3   0   1   0    0   1  .246  .697   11    1   0   
Totals                       40   5  13   5    2  11              157   27  10

BATTING

2B: G Sheffield (25, off A Leiter).

HR: V Castilla (12, off A Leiter; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: V Castilla 4; G Sheffield 3; J Franco 3; R Furcal 2; D Bragg; M Franco; W Helms; C Jones; A Jones.

RBI: V Castilla 2 (61); J Lopez (52); C Jones (100); A Jones (94).

2-out RBI: J Lopez.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 3. M Giles-M DeRosa-J Franco; J Lopez-R Furcal-M DeRosa; J Garcia-J Franco.

E: M Giles (8).

BASERUNNING

SB: G Sheffield (12, 2nd base off A Leiter/M Piazza); R Furcal (27, 3rd base off A Leiter/M Piazza).

New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Cedeno LF                   4   1   1   0    1   0  .258  .660   22    2   0   SB
M Scutaro SS                  5   0   1   1    0   2  .229  .593   11    1   2   
M Piazza C                    2   0   0   0    1   1  .278  .894   12    4   0   GDP
  J Cerda P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  G Roberts P                 0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  T Perez PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .294  .767    4    0   0   
  S Strickland P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  P Feliciano P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Burnitz PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .215  .677    5    0   0   
M Vaughn 1B                   4   0   2   1    0   1  .258  .800   18    4   0   2B
E Alfonzo 3B                  2   0   0   0    2   1  .309  .854   17    0   4   IW
T Wigginton 2B                4   0   1   0    0   2  .289  .844   13    3   1   
R Gonzalez CF                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .265  .685    9    5   0   
B Clark RF                    3   1   3   0    1   0  .197  .524   20    1   0   
A Leiter P                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .151  .432    3    0   0   GDP
  J Phillips PH-C             2   0   0   0    1   0  .333  .881   19    7   0   GDP
Totals                       33   2   8   2    6   8              153   27   7

BATTING

2B: M Vaughn (18, off T Glavine).

IBB: E Alfonzo (8, by T Glavine).

TB: B Clark 3; M Vaughn 3; R Cedeno; M Scutaro; T Wigginton.

GIDP: J Phillips (1); A Leiter (2); M Piazza (26).

RBI: M Scutaro (6); M Vaughn (71).

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 7.

BASERUNNING

SB: R Cedeno (25, 2nd base off T Glavine/J Lopez).

PITCHING

Atlanta Braves                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Glavine                      2     3   1   1    2   2   0   2.96   10   44-24   13· 1·10    3· 0· 3· 0     46    -     1.48  -0.01
A Pratt                        1.1   1   1   1    4   1   0   6.75    9   40-18    8· 3· 7    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.88  -0.06
T Hodges, W (2-0)              3.2   2   0   0    0   3   0   5.40   13   41-29   17· 6· 6    4· 5· 1· 0          3-1    1.36   0.23
T Spooneybarger, H (11)        1     2   0   0    0   0   0   2.66    4   15-11    6· 3· 2    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.89   0.05
J Smoltz, S (55)               1     0   0   0    0   2   0   3.25    3   13-9     2· 4· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.60   0.04
Totals                         9     8   2   2    6   8   0          39  153-91   46·17·28   10· 8· 7· 0          3-1

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
A Leiter, L (13-13)            4     9   5   5    2   4   1   3.48   23   73-46   24· 7·15    8· 4· 4· 1     26    -     1.03  -0.34
J Cerda                        2     1   0   0    0   3   0   2.45    7   32-20    8· 4· 8    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.39   0.05
G Roberts                      1     2   0   0    0   2   0   2.20    5   16-11    6· 5· 0    0· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.67   0.02
S Strickland                   1     1   0   0    0   2   0   3.54    4   20-12    6· 4· 2    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.25   0.01
P Feliciano                    1     0   0   0    0   0   0   7.50    3   14-8     3· 2· 3    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.13   0.01
Totals                         9    13   5   5    2  11   1          42  155-97   47·22·28   11· 9· 8· 1           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: T Glavine (8; E Alfonzo).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dale Scott, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Ron Kulpa.

Time of Game: 3:05.

Attendance: 38,988.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 71° F, Wind 9mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                New York Mets                        
1. R Furcal             SS    1. R Cedeno             LF 
2. J Franco             1B    2. M Scutaro            SS 
3. G Sheffield          RF    3. M Piazza             C  
4. C Jones              LF    4. M Vaughn             1B 
5. A Jones              CF    5. E Alfonzo            3B 
6. J Lopez              C     6. T Wigginton          2B 
7. V Castilla           3B    7. R Gonzalez           CF 
8. M DeRosa             2B    8. B Clark              RF 
9. T Glavine            P     9. A Leiter             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   1  5-2  123  1   17%  85% M Piazza        T Hodges        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   b 1   1  1-0  12-  6  -15%  37% M Vaughn        T Glavine       Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Cedeno Scores; Piazza to 3B
   t 3   1  1-3  -2-  1   12%  86% V Castilla      A Leiter        Home Run; Jones Scores
   t 3   0  1-1  -2-  1   11%  68% C Jones         A Leiter        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Sheffield Scores; Jones to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
   b 8   1  5-2  12-  6   11%  97% J Phillips      T Spooneybarger Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Al Leiter facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   54%  R Furcal        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  1   50%  J Franco        Flyball: RF
          1--  2   54%  G Sheffield     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Furcal to 2B
          12-      59%  C Jones         Furcal Steals 3B; Sheffield Steals 2B
   O      -23  4   51%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          -23  5   52%  A Jones         Walk
   R      123  4   62%  J Lopez         Walk; Furcal Scores; Sheffield to 3B; Jones to 2B
   O      123  5   56%  V Castilla      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mets Batting, Behind 0-1, Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   52%  R Cedeno        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   54%  M Scutaro       Strikeout Swinging, Cedeno Steals 2B
          -2-  6   52%  M Piazza        Walk
   R      12-  6   37%  M Vaughn        Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Cedeno Scores; Piazza to 3B
          -23  4   36%  E Alfonzo       Intentional Walk
   O      123  5   43%  T Wigginton     Strikeout Looking
   O      123  1   50%  R Gonzalez      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 1.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Al Leiter facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   48%  M DeRosa        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   46%  T Glavine       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   47%  R Furcal        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   45%  J Franco        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Tied 1-1, Tom Glavine facing 8-9-1
          ---  7   41%  B Clark         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   49%  A Leiter        Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt C-SS-2B (Front of Home)
   O      ---  5   50%  R Cedeno        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 1.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Al Leiter facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   57%  G Sheffield     Double (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   R      -2-  1   68%  C Jones         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Sheffield Scores; Jones to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
                  Darren Bragg pinch runs for Chipper Jones batting 4th
   R      -2-  2   77%  A Jones         Single to RF (Line Drive); Bragg Scores; Jones to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
   O      -2-  1   74%  J Lopez         Popfly: 2B
   RR     -2-  1   86%  V Castilla      Home Run; Jones Scores
   O      ---  1   85%  M DeRosa        Flyball: CF
                  Wes Helms pinch hits for Tom Glavine batting 9th
          ---  2   86%  W Helms         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      1--  5   85%  R Furcal        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Behind 1-5, Andy Pratt facing 2-3-4
                  Andy Pratt replaces Vinny Castilla pitching and batting 7th; Marcus Giles replaces Gary Sheffield playing 3B batting 3rd; Darren Bragg moves to LF; Wes Helms moves to RF
   O      ---  3   87%  M Scutaro       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   88%  M Piazza        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   87%  M Vaughn        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   85%  E Alfonzo       Walk; Vaughn to 2B
   O      12-  2   89%  T Wigginton     Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 1.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-1, Al Leiter facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   90%  J Franco        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   89%  M Giles         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  4   88%  D Bragg         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  4   87%  A Jones         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Mets Batting, Behind 1-5, Andy Pratt facing 7-8-9
                  Matt Franco replaces Andruw Jones playing LF batting 5th; Darren Bragg moves to CF
   O      ---  2   89%  R Gonzalez      Groundout: P-1B
          ---  5   86%  B Clark         Walk
                  Jason Phillips pinch hits for Al Leiter batting 9th
          1--  7   83%  J Phillips      Walk; Clark to 2B
          12-  6   77%  R Cedeno        Walk; Clark to 3B; Phillips to 2B
                  Trey Hodges replaces Andy Pratt pitching and batting 7th
   R      123  1   68%  M Scutaro       Single to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF); Clark Scores; Phillips to 3B; Cedeno to 2B
   OO     123  1   85%  M Piazza        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-2, Jaime Cerda facing 6-7-8
                  Jaime Cerda replaces Mike Piazza pitching and batting 3rd; Jason Phillips moves to C
   O      ---  6   83%  J Lopez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   83%  T Hodges        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   82%  M DeRosa        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-5, Trey Hodges facing 4-5-6
                  Steve Torrealba replaces Javy Lopez playing C batting 6th
   O      ---  3   85%  M Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   82%  E Alfonzo       Reached on E5 (throw to 1B) (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   85%  T Wigginton     Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   87%  R Gonzalez      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-2, Jaime Cerda facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   86%  W Helms         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   85%  R Furcal        Flyball: CF
          ---  3   86%  J Franco        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   85%  M Giles         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-5, Trey Hodges facing 8-9-1
                  Jesse Garcia replaces Rafael Furcal playing SS batting 1st
          ---  4   80%  B Clark         Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   84%  J Phillips      Flyball: LF
   O      1--  2   88%  R Cedeno        Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      1--  1   90%  M Scutaro       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-2, Grant Roberts facing 4-5-6
                  Grant Roberts replaces Jaime Cerda pitching and batting 3rd
          ---  3   91%  D Bragg         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   93%  M Franco        Single to RF (Line Drive); Bragg to 2B
   O      12-  2   93%  S Torrealba     Flyball: CF; Bragg to 3B
   O      1-3  4   90%  T Hodges        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  4   88%  M DeRosa        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-5, Trey Hodges facing 3-4-5
                  Timo Perez pinch hits for Grant Roberts batting 3rd
   O      ---  4   91%  T Perez         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   92%  M Vaughn        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   93%  E Alfonzo       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-2, Scott Strickland facing 9-1-2
                  Scott Strickland replaces Timo Perez pitching and batting 3rd
   O      ---  7   93%  W Helms         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  8   92%  J Garcia        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   93%  J Franco        Single (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  1   92%  M Giles         Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-5, Tim Spooneybarger facing 6-7-8
                  Tim Spooneybarger replaces Trey Hodges pitching and batting 7th
          ---  2   87%  T Wigginton     Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   92%  R Gonzalez      Foul Flyball: RF
          1--  4   86%  B Clark         Single to RF (Line Drive); Wigginton to 2B
   OO     12-  6   97%  J Phillips      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-2, Pedro Feliciano facing 4-5-6
                  Pedro Feliciano replaces Scott Strickland pitching and batting 3rd
   O      ---  5   97%  D Bragg         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   96%  M Franco        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   96%  S Torrealba     Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-5, John Smoltz facing 1-2-3
                  John Smoltz replaces Tim Spooneybarger pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  5   98%  R Cedeno        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3  100%  M Scutaro       Strikeout Swinging
                  Jeromy Burnitz pinch hits for Pedro Feliciano batting 3rd
   O      ---  5  100%  J Burnitz       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation