NYM @ ATL, Friday, August 31, 2007 Game Preview

New York Mets, 73-60, 1st, 2 up	SP: John Maine (26, RHP, 13-8, 3.68) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-8) 156.2 135 71 64 60 136 19 3.68 2006 (6-5) 90 69 40 36 33 71 15 3.60 2005 (2-3) 40 39 30 28 24 24 8 6.30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 36.1 37 26 23 15 35 6 5.70 46 2007-08-26 LAD L 5.2 9 6 3 1 6 0 111 38 2007-08-21 SDP ND 5.2 6 3 3 4 4 1 118 45 2007-08-15 PIT W 5 5 3 3 3 8 2 117 50 2007-08-09 ATL L 5.1 7 6 6 3 4 2 102 31 2007-08-04 CHC L 2.2 4 6 6 3 1 0 61 24 2007-07-29 WSN W 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 62 70 2007-07-24 PIT W 7 5 2 2 1 7 1 103 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 5.1 7 6 6 3 4 2 10.13 31 2007-08-09 ATL L 5.1 7 6 6 3 4 2 102 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-30 Road: 38-30 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 50-41 vsLHP: 23-19 1-Run: 18-11 vsEast: 25-25 vsCntrl:23-10 vsWest: 17-18 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Thu, Aug 30 @PHI L 10-11 73-60 1st 2.0 up 132 Wed, Aug 29 @PHI L 2-3 73-59 1st 3.0 up 131 Tue, Aug 28 @PHI L 2-4 (10) 73-58 1st 4.0 up 130 Mon, Aug 27 @PHI L 2-9 73-57 1st 5.0 up 129 Sun, Aug 26 LAD L 2-6 73-56 1st 6.0 up 128 Sat, Aug 25 LAD W 4-3 73-55 1st 7.0 up 127 Fri, Aug 24 LAD W 5-2 72-55 1st 6.0 up 126 Thu, Aug 23 SDP L 8-9 (10) 71-55 1st 5.0 up 125 Wed, Aug 22 SDP L 5-7 71-54 1st 5.0 up 124 Tue, Aug 21 SDP W 7-6 71-53 1st 5.0 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Atlanta Braves, 69-65, 3rd, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Tim Hudson (31, RHP, 15-6, 3.23) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (15-6) 183.2 176 67 66 45 110 5 3.23 2006 (13-12) 218.1 235 129 118 79 141 25 4.86 2005 (14-9) 192 194 79 75 65 115 20 3.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 47.2 47 17 17 14 28 1 3.21 55 2007-08-25 STL L 5 9 5 5 3 0 0 82 26 2007-08-20 CIN W 6 7 3 3 3 4 0 87 47 2007-08-15 SFG W 8 8 3 3 1 5 1 92 58 2007-08-09 NYM W 6 9 3 3 1 3 0 108 44 2007-08-04 COL W 7 5 0 0 2 7 0 100 72 2007-07-29 ARI W 7 3 0 0 1 5 0 80 75 2007-07-24 SFG ND 8.2 6 3 3 3 4 0 115 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 3-2 32 37 19 19 12 12 2 5.34 44 2007-08-09 NYM W 6 9 3 3 1 3 0 108 44 2007-04-20 NYM W 8 5 0 0 2 3 0 107 73 2006-09-27 NYM W 6 4 1 1 3 2 0 98 59 2006-07-29 NYM L 5.2 10 9 9 3 2 1 107 12 2006-05-06 NYM L 6.1 9 6 6 3 2 1 107 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-31 Road: 35-34 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 44-35 vsLHP: 25-30 1-Run: 15-21 vsEast: 28-23 vsCntrl:18-17 vsWest: 19-14 IL: 4-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Wed, Aug 29 @FLA W 7-4 69-65 3rd 5.0 gb 133 Tue, Aug 28 @FLA L 3-4 (11) 68-65 3rd 6.0 gb 132 Mon, Aug 27 @FLA W 13-2 68-64 3rd 6.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 26 @STL L 1-4 67-64 3rd 7.0 gb 130 Sat, Aug 25 @STL L 4-5 67-63 2nd 7.0 gb 129 Fri, Aug 24 @STL W 7-2 67-62 2nd 6.0 gb 128 Thu, Aug 23 @CIN L 7-9 (12) 66-62 3rd 6.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 22 @CIN L 2-4 66-61 3rd 6.0 gb 126 Tue, Aug 21 @CIN L 7-8 66-60 3rd 6.0 gb 125 Mon, Aug 20 @CIN W 14-4 66-59 2nd 5.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 09, 2007 ATL 7 @NYM 6 W:Tim Hudson (13-5), L: John Maine (12-7), S: Oscar Villarreal (1) Wed, Aug 08, 2007 NYM 4 ATL 3 W:Aaron Heilman (7-3), L: Rafael Soriano (2-3), S: Billy Wagner (26) Tue, Aug 07, 2007 ATL 7 @NYM 3 W:Buddy Carlyle (7-3), L: Oliver Perez (10-8), S: none Thu, May 24, 2007 ATL 2 NYM 1 W:John Smoltz (7-2), L: Tom Glavine (5-2), S: Bob Wickman (7) Wed, May 23, 2007 NYM 3 @ATL 0 W:Oliver Perez (6-3), L: Chuck James (4-4), S: Billy Wagner (11) Tue, May 22, 2007 ATL 8 NYM 1 W:Kyle Davies (2-2), L: Jorge Sosa (3-1), S: none Sun, Apr 22, 2007 ATL 9 @NYM 6 W:Tyler Yates (1-0), L: Aaron Heilman (1-2), S: Bob Wickman (6) Sat, Apr 21, 2007 NYM 7 ATL 2 W:Oliver Perez (2-1), L: Chuck James (2-2), S: none Fri, Apr 20, 2007 ATL 7 @NYM 3 W:Tim Hudson (3-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-1), S: none Sun, Apr 08, 2007 ATL 3 NYM 2 W:Rafael Soriano (1-0), L: Aaron Heilman (0-1), S: Bob Wickman (3) Season Series: 2007 - ATL leads 8-4; 2006 - NYM won 11-7; 2005 - ATL won 13-6; All-Time - ATL leads 343-286

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 2007 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

NYY 5.89

BAL 4.61

WSN 3.98

RA/G

BOS 3.95

NYY 4.78

TBD 5.95

M. Ordonez .359

A. Soriano .293

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .489

N. Hopper .361

J. Hairston .253

SLG

R. Braun .637

J. Hardy .472

N. Punto .254

OPS

B. Bonds 1.073

B. Phillips .824

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

J. Peavy 2.18

F. Hernandez 4.08

A. Eaton 6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.47

S. Trachsel 2.88

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New York Mets Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 57.Ascanio
G/S/vB 49.Mahay*
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 56.Villarreal
G/S/vB 33.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Alou G/S/vP 12/1.227 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.714 4/.000 9/.444 243/172 .313/.374/.488/.863 1.006/.808 .985 94/.964 3/0 9/0

23.Anderson* G/S/vP 14/.891 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 88/81 .304/.345/.443/.788 .310/.828 .785 29/1.080 4/1 2/1

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 53/.979 ··· ··· 6/2.083 4/1.250 5/1.150 6/1.167 4/1.500 510/366 .273/.358/.518/.876 .926/.856 .926 83/1.162 18/2 25/2

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 17/.580 ··· ··· 5/1.550 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 493/367 .300/.355/.350/.704 .703/.711 .700 92/.772 14/4 1/3

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 15/.933 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 136/110 .287/.328/.402/.730 .875/.694 .579 9/.556 4/2 1/0

28.Conine G/S/vP 22/.454 ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 7/2.547 3/.000 3/1.167 256/102 .264/.322/.405/.727 .783/.647 .600 34/.772 4/0 6/4

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 59/1.129 ··· ··· 12/.083 4/.000 5/.000 3/.000 3/.333 543/370 .249/.326/.426/.752 .673/.790 .833 87/.731 3/0 19/8

9.Difelice G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 44/33 .243/.310/.351/.661 .682/.651 .775 44/.661 0/0 0/1

6.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 174/142 .314/.357/.453/.810 .535/.867 .803 40/.568 3/2 4/3

20.Green* G/S/vP 25/.613 ··· ··· 11/.382 5/.000 4/2.750 5/.650 1/no AB 422/300 .274/.329/.408/.737 .542/.816 .695 64/.742 9/1 8/3

16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 16/.905 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 8/1.000 4/.000 385/271 .268/.311/.352/.663 .859/.583 .746 32/.515 2/0 5/6

44.Milledge G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/99 .289/.336/.415/.750 .895/.683 .619 66/.693 3/2 3/2

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 37/.630 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 8/1.911 5/1.000 629/455 .295/.369/.433/.802 .823/.791 .791 123/.666 72/17 9/8

5.Wright G/S/vP 32/.527 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.533 3/.333 3/2.667 4/1.833 582/419 .319/.414/.537/.951 1.127/.884 .900 114/1.161 30/4 24/17

IP 183.2 8.2 8.0 54.2 74.2 59.0 72.1 57.0 TOTAL .273/.341/.425/.766 .801/.751 .774 173/37 138/75

ERA-K/9

3.23/5.4

0.00/10.3

1.13/9.0

2.47/7.6

1.93/5.9

3.51/8.1

4.11/7.1

4.89/9.5

4.19/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Difelice (6-1-2)
Lo Duca (56-19-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 753/.256 32/.143 34/.226 227/.215 298/.202 228/.199 314/.253 255/.247 .263 Alou
Beltran
Green
Anderson
Milledge
Chavez
Conine 56/0/0/4
0/112/0/3
0/0/99/2
8/3/1/2
10/14/13/2
26/6/17/1
2/0/2/0

OPS .638 .429 .595 .658 .587 .630 .711 .713 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.631 13/.538 13/.533 96/.633 126/.631 112/.663 140/.883 99/.944 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.646 19/.330 21/.619 131/.675 172/.554 116/.599 174/.576 156/.568 .742

Home 376/.654 10/.425 26/.549 121/.646 126/.679 105/.716 163/.691 119/.676 .735

Last 28d days 140/.755 32/.429 4/.333 45/.494 58/.637 41/.520 47/.896 49/.902

HR/SB/CS 5/7/4 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/3 5/7/1 11/7/2 6/3/0 5/4/1 136/82/27

Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·o ····o··· ·ooo··oo ·oX··XoX ·o·····X ··oo···· ··X··o·X

Atlanta Braves Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Maine
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 30.Sele
G/S/vB 29.Sosa
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 309/131 .354/.380/.545/.925 1.024/.794 .931 63/1.225 3/0 12/2

19.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 266/143 .333/.379/.440/.819 .871/.773 .822 108/.867 4/2 3/9

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 7/.429 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.600 3/1.667 9/.222 582/384 .295/.337/.447/.784 .855/.748 .727 111/.700 3/2 16/3

22.Harris* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 10/.600 5/1.000 ··· 336/289 .294/.373/.419/.792 .608/.820 .859 83/.667 17/11 1/4

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/.833 3/2.334 2/.500 5/.933 2/2.000 3/1.000 2/.500 519/350 .289/.389/.490/.879 .805/.914 .822 100/.841 9/4 15/11

25.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.167 21/.638 14/.381 5/.933 7/.453 6/1.000 25/.996 562/369 .226/.319/.433/.752 .816/.719 .739 94/.766 5/1 24/2

10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/2.667 8/.750 12/1.682 13/.885 7/.619 9/.833 5/.000 20/.300 491/305 .332/.418/.590/1.008 .880/1.089 .942 109/.997 5/1 22/8

16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/1.167 8/.715 5/1.600 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/2.333 2/.000 455/302 .273/.322/.475/.797 .736/.828 .837 93/.890 0/0 17/12

27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 18/13 .235/.278/.294/.572 .400/.641 .764 17/.485 0/0 0/0

4.Orr* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/51 .179/.207/.196/.403 .143/.436 .232 0/ 0/0 0/1

24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 16/.563 14/.071 10/1.711 4/1.750 460/316 .305/.402/.562/.965 1.006/.954 .989 112/1.055 0/0 23/3

20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 292/218 .215/.254/.391/.645 .454/.707 .548 18/.444 1/1 10/6

5.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 11/.582 4/.250 142/62 .197/.254/.276/.529 .610/.430 .551 22/.332 1/0 1/6

IP 156.2 51.1 67.1 46.0 48.1 47.2 100.1 58.1 TOTAL .278/.342/.443/.785 .782/.787 .766 59/24 149/92

ERA-K/9

3.68/7.8

2.98/7.4

3.34/6.6

6.26/7.2

5.21/5.8

5.10/5.1

4.22/5.2

2.47/11.0

4.11/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (56-18-6)
Miller (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 663/.230 219/.183 279/.241 204/.271 223/.284 223/.347 426/.254 242/.217 .251 Francoeur
Diaz
Harris
Jones
Orr 0/0/134/18
77/0/2/4
76/15/0/3
0/130/0/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .692 .579 .685 .777 .817 .950 .711 .613 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 326/.780 90/.480 108/.777 86/.641 89/.570 85/1.103 199/.913 51/.674 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.611 129/.646 171/.630 118/.878 134/.978 138/.856 227/.541 191/.597 .705

Road 302/.657 106/.572 146/.763 108/.880 104/.694 146/.877 247/.691 116/.672 .754

Last 28d days 121/.959 46/.687 49/.827 59/.984 41/.702 45/1.030 68/.663 62/.961

HR/SB/CS 19/11/3 2/1/0 8/6/2 7/6/0 6/6/1 4/0/0 9/4/2 5/6/0 140/88/25

Usage ····X··· X·o··XoX ··o··o·X ··X·X··· o··XX··X X··X···· ·X·X··X· X·····XX

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.

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