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Game Preview: ATL @ NYM, 7:10pm, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 @Shea Stadium

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Atlanta Braves, 60-53, 2nd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: John Smoltz (40, RHP, 10-6, 3.04)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-6)           133.1 136  50  45  30 122 11    3.04      
 2006 (16-9)           232   221  93  90  55 211 23    3.49      
 2005 (14-7)           229.2 210  83  78  53 169 18    3.06      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  44.2  48  20  17  11  46  3    3.43   54 
 2007-08-03    COL   L   6.2   9   7   5   4   5  1     104   33 
 2007-07-28    ARI  ND   7     7   3   3   0   6  1     101   57 
 2007-07-23    SFG   W   7     7   2   1   2   4  0      84   59 
 2007-07-18    CIN  ND   7     5   0   0   2  11  0      93   76 
 2007-07-02    LAD   L   6     7   3   3   1   6  1      87   51 
 2007-06-27    WSN   W   5     5   0   0   1   7  0      89   63 
 2007-06-22    DET   L   6     8   5   5   1   7  0     100   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      3-1  32.2  37  11  11  10  23  3    3.03   53 
 2007-05-24    NYM   W   7     7   0   0   0   5  0     101   68 
 2007-04-22    NYM  ND   5.2   9   6   6   2   3  1      98   28 
 2007-04-07    NYM   W   6     7   2   2   4   4  1     118   50 
 2006-09-26    NYM   W   8     6   0   0   2   6  0     115   74 
 2006-09-06    NYM   L   6     8   3   3   2   5  1     125   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-28   Road:   29-25   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  38-26   vsLHP:  22-27   1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast: 24-19   vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  7  @NYM  W   7-3       60-53  2nd  3.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  5   COL  W   6-5 (10)  59-53  2nd  4.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  4   COL  W   6-4       58-53  2nd  4.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  3   COL  L   2-9       57-53  3rd  5.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  2   HOU  L  11-12(14)  57-52  3rd  4.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  1   HOU  W  12-3       57-51  2nd  3.5 gb
107 Tue, Jul 31   HOU  W  12-4       56-51  3rd  3.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 29  @ARI  W  14-0       55-51  3rd  4.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 28  @ARI  L   3-4 (10)  54-51  3rd  4.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 27  @ARI  L   7-8 (11)  54-50  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
New York Mets, 63-49, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Orlando Hernandez (41, RHP, 7-4, 3.00)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-4)            111    78  40  37  42  94 14    3.00      
 2006 (11-11)          162.1 155  90  84  61 164 22    4.66      
 2005 (9-9)            128.1 137  77  73  50  91 18    5.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  42.2  29  17  16  19  42  7    3.38   58 
 2007-08-03    CHC  ND   6.2   5   2   2   1   9  1     109   64 
 2007-07-28    WSN   W   7     3   1   1   2   8  1      99   73 
 2007-07-22    LAD  ND   6     7   4   4   3   5  2     109   44 
 2007-07-17    SDP   W   7     2   0   0   2   4  0      95   75 
 2007-07-12    CIN   W   6     3   2   2   3   7  0     106   62 
 2007-07-04    COL   L   4     6   6   5   6   2  1     107   24 
 2007-06-29    PHI   W   6     3   2   2   2   7  2      97   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL      3-0  30.2  20  12   8  13  32  5    2.35   60 
 2007-04-08    ATL  ND   6     2   1   1   4   6  1      91   66 
 2006-09-28    ATL   W   5     3   1   0   5   9  0     102   63 
 2006-07-29    ATL   W   8     3   3   0   0   7  0     113   77 
 2000-06-02    ATL   W   7     4   1   1   1   7  0     114   71 
 1999-07-16    ATL  ND   4.2   8   6   6   3   3  4      92   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-24   Road:   33-25   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  43-33   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  14-6 
 vsEast: 20-18   vsCntrl:21-9    vsWest: 14-15 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  7   ATL  L   3-7       63-49  1st  3.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  5  @CHC  W   8-3       63-48  1st  4.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  4  @CHC  L   2-6       62-48  1st  4.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @CHC  W   6-2       62-47  1st  5.0 up
108 Thu, Aug  2  @MIL  W  12-4       61-47  1st  4.0 up
107 Wed, Aug  1  @MIL  W   8-5       60-47  1st  3.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 31  @MIL  L   2-4 (13)  59-47  1st  3.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 29   WSN  W   5-0  (5)  59-46  1st  3.5 up
104 Sat, Jul 28   WSN  L   5-6       58-46  1st  3.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 28   WSN  W   3-1       58-45  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Apr 07, 2007 ATL  5  NYM  3    W:John Smoltz (1-0), L: Tom Glavine (1-1), S: Bob Wickman (2)
Fri, Apr 06, 2007 NYM 11 @ATL  1    W:Oliver Perez (1-0), L: Mark Redman (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - ATL leads 7-3; 2006 - NYM won 11-7; 2005 - ATL won 13-6; All-Time - ATL leads 342-285

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  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

A. Iwamura  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

S. Stewart  .360

M. Olivo  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Helton  .461

N. Punto  .271

OPS

B. Bonds  1.064

G. Dobbs  .820

D. Navarro  .548

ERA

C. Young  1.82

P. Byrd  4.13

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Hernandez
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 264/111 .344/.373/.496/.869 .911/.811 .801 63/.944 3/0 8/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/80 .333/.374/.420/.794 .829/.749 .772 67/.864 3/2 1/7
7.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/.347 4/.500 7/.429 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 2/3.000 8/.250 489/316 .310/.354/.465/.819 .870/.792 .911 112/1.014 2/2 13/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.600 5/1.000 ··· 263/225 .328/.397/.447/.844 .627/.879 .774 90/.814 16/9 1/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.500 2/3.500 1/no AB 4/1.250 1/4.000 3/1.000 2/.500 438/289 .297/.393/.491/.884 .800/.927 .913 88/1.004 9/4 12/11
25.Jones G/S/vP 17/.782 6/1.167 21/.638 12/.349 5/.933 6/.533 5/.800 24/1.042 477/305 .217/.317/.424/.741 .797/.710 .737 103/.817 5/1 21/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 15/.900 7/.858 12/1.682 12/.697 6/.733 8/.393 5/.000 19/.210 401/250 .338/.431/.591/1.022 .921/1.087 1.068 113/1.051 5/1 18/7
16.McCann* G/S/vP 7/.143 7/.833 5/1.600 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 374/244 .267/.317/.452/.769 .659/.828 .720 88/.824 0/0 12/8
27.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.667 6/6 .333/.333/.500/.833 /.833 6/.833 0/0 0/0
1.Prado G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 31/8 .207/.258/.241/.499 .399/.804 .573 1/3.000 0/0 0/2
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 8/.393 2/2.500 ··· ··· 16/.563 13/.077 9/1.681 3/1.667 367/258 .292/.392/.535/.927 .982/.915 .890 105/.851 0/0 16/2
20.Thorman* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 277/204 .220/.261/.402/.663 .460/.732 .768 27/.833 1/1 10/6
5.Woodward G/S/vP 7/.714 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 11/.582 3/.000 122/52 .214/.246/.304/.550 .575/.516 .511 19/.591 1/0 1/5
IP 111.0 41.1 57.0 36.2 40.2 43.2 86.2 48.1 TOTAL .279/.343/.437/.780 .759/.791 .792 56/22 118/80
ERA-K/9 3.00/7.6 2.83/7.8 3.47/6.5 4.91/7.4 5.31/5.7 4.12/5.4 4.26/5.1 1.30/10.8 3.90/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (45-15-6)
 Miller (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 447/.198 178/.174 231/.223 158/.259 186/.277 198/.327 366/.245 188/.178 .242  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Jones
 Harris
0/0/113/15
67/0/1/4
0/110/0/2
61/11/0/2
OPS .633 .549 .652 .721 .824 .925 .707 .517 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.737 76/.461 87/.753 63/.635 77/.535 74/1.054 182/.882 40/.683 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.524 102/.613 144/.595 95/.777 109/1.029 124/.848 184/.542 148/.474 .684
Home 176/.546 95/.575 109/.549 71/.632 92/1.057 73/1.078 152/.713 92/.397 .690
Last 28d days 128/.567 38/.501 54/.487 62/.636 27/.525 46/1.061 99/.845 39/.425
HR/SB/CS 14/14/3 1/1/0 7/3/0 5/4/0 5/4/1 4/0/0 9/4/2 4/2/0 116/70/19
Usage ····X··· o·o·o··o ··o····X X·o·X·Xo o··o·o·· X··X·X·X ··oX·X·X ··X·o·X·
New York Mets Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Smoltz
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
49.Mahay*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
28.Wickman
G/S/vB
33.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Alou G/S/vP 54/.577 12/.416 ··· ··· 6/.000 3/.000 5/.400 9/.444 164/116 .301/.372/.455/.827 1.167/.702 .634 41/.851 2/0 4/0
23.Anderson* G/S/vP 29/.989 7/1.143 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 66/60 .237/.292/.305/.597 .367/.620 .461 37/.642 3/0 1/1
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 23/.360 5/.650 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.417 ··· 414/305 .304/.353/.354/.707 .685/.722 .696 92/.766 11/4 0/3
11.Castro G/S/vP 18/.611 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 136/107 .288/.331/.552/.883 .956/.863 .918 49/.893 0/0 9/2
21.Delgado* G/S/vP 38/1.025 ··· 10/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 12/.643 3/.333 475/320 .254/.333/.440/.773 .658/.831 .721 108/.886 3/0 17/6
3.Easley G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 20/.600 1/3.000 202/113 .269/.337/.445/.782 .966/.637 .778 33/.739 0/1 9/5
6.Gotay# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 142/119 .344/.379/.496/.875 .461/.952 .920 63/.856 2/1 4/3
20.Green* G/S/vP 27/1.250 15/.855 10/.422 3/.000 3/3.167 5/.650 11/.282 1/no AB 372/260 .269/.316/.416/.732 .538/.816 .802 82/.661 9/1 8/3
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 32/1.006 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 8/1.000 2/1.000 4/.000 361/253 .267/.309/.357/.666 .895/.571 .573 58/.522 2/0 5/5
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/62 .306/.348/.494/.842 1.055/.734 1.068 89/.872 1/2 3/1
17.Newhan* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 75/73 .212/.307/.303/.610 .000/.628 .654 13/.672 2/0 1/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 49/.762 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.000 8/1.911 1/.000 4/.500 526/377 .303/.374/.454/.828 .833/.823 .811 118/.836 53/14 8/8
5.Wright G/S/vP 40/.757 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.500 3/2.667 3/.666 3/.333 487/347 .301/.392/.505/.897 1.010/.853 .927 109/.959 25/2 19/12
IP 133.1 27.1 44.0 61.1 50.2 63.1 39.1 47.2 TOTAL .271/.336/.425/.761 .796/.745 .755 137/30 116/61
ERA-K/9 3.04/8.2 4.61/11.2 2.66/7.2 1.91/6.3 3.73/7.8 3.69/8.0 3.89/7.6 4.91/9.1 4.13/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (23-2-0)
 Lo Duca (47-17-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.261 127/.257 185/.229 243/.197 196/.196 270/.238 179/.258 212/.238 .262  Alou
 Green
 Milledge
 Newhan
 Anderson
 Easley
38/0/0/3
0/0/90/2
10/11/2/2
8/0/0/0
6/2/0/0
3/0/5/0
OPS .693 .802 .695 .567 .631 .673 .717 .669 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.721 56/.786 79/.712 105/.613 98/.678 119/.840 84/.670 79/.941 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.662 71/.813 106/.681 138/.533 98/.585 151/.541 95/.755 133/.504 .733
Road 288/.723 48/.747 70/.714 122/.439 98/.512 129/.772 102/.966 99/.688 .757
Last 28d days 116/.712 44/.931 59/.760 55/.396 50/.885 67/.616 38/.425 47/.827
HR/SB/CS 11/4/2 4/2/0 3/0/3 4/7/1 9/7/2 5/2/0 3/6/0 3/4/0 108/71/24
Usage ····X··· o·XX·oo· o····Xo· o····X·o o·Xo·X·o ··o··XX· ··oX·X·· ··X·oo·o

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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