ATL @ NYM, Thursday, August 21, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 56-71, 4th, 14 GB, 16½ GB in WC	SP: Mike Hampton (35, LHP, 2-1, 6.92) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 26 31 20 20 11 10 2 6.92 2005 (5-3) 69.1 74 28 27 18 27 5 3.50 2004 (13-9) 172.1 198 86 82 65 87 15 4.28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 34.1 51 30 30 13 13 2 7.86 35 2008-08-16 SFG W 6 7 2 2 2 4 0 88 52 2008-08-10 @ARI L 4 5 6 6 2 3 1 73 29 2008-08-05 @SFG W 7 4 2 2 1 2 1 90 62 2008-07-31 STL ND 5 7 4 4 4 0 0 81 33 2008-07-26 @PHI ND 4 8 6 6 2 1 0 89 21 2005-08-19 SDP L 3.1 11 7 7 1 3 0 78 12 2005-08-14 ARI W 5 9 3 3 1 0 0 77 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 3-2 24.2 32 19 19 7 17 3 6.93 42 2005-07-17 @NYM L 2 7 5 5 0 2 1 58 24 2005-04-27 @NYM W 7 7 3 3 2 5 2 101 54 2004-07-30 NYM W 7 4 1 1 1 6 0 102 70 2004-07-25 @NYM W 6 5 3 3 2 2 0 103 50 2004-04-12 @NYM L 2.2 9 7 7 2 2 0 80 12
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-31 Road: 22-40 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 40-46 vsLHP: 16-25 1-Run: 6-24 vsEast: 20-26 vsCntrl:11-24 vsWest: 17-14 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 127 Wed, Aug 20 @NYM L 3-6 56-71 4th 14.0 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @NYM L 3-7 56-70 4th 13.0 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 SFG L 0-5 56-69 4th 12.0 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 SFG L 1-3 56-68 4th 12.0 gb 123 Sat, Aug 16 SFG W 11-5 56-67 4th 11.0 gb 122 Fri, Aug 15 SFG L 1-5 55-67 4th 11.0 gb 121 Thu, Aug 14 CHC L 7-11 55-66 4th 10.0 gb 120 Wed, Aug 13 CHC L 0-8 55-65 4th 9.0 gb 119 Wed, Aug 13 CHC L 2-10 55-64 4th 9.0 gb 118 Sun, Aug 10 @ARI L 1-6 55-63 4th 9.5 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:10-20
New York Mets, 70-57, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 4-3, 4.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 69 75 40 38 28 49 14 4.96 2007 (3-1) 28 33 11 8 7 32 0 2.57 2006 (9-8) 132.2 108 72 66 39 137 19 4.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 38.2 33 15 14 17 28 10 3.26 53 2008-08-16 @PIT W 7 8 1 1 1 4 1 95 60 2008-08-11 PIT ND 6 3 1 1 4 3 0 99 61 2008-08-06 SDP L 6.1 4 3 2 3 3 2 101 55 2008-08-01 @HOU ND 5 5 3 3 2 5 3 87 48 2008-07-12 COL ND 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 66 60 2008-07-07 @PHI W 5.1 5 2 2 3 6 2 105 53 2008-07-02 @STL ND 5 7 5 5 1 4 2 90 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 4-1 31.1 29 16 16 9 26 4 4.60 53 2006-09-27 @ATL L 2.2 8 7 7 2 1 2 61 13 2006-07-28 @ATL W 6 5 4 4 2 2 0 77 46 2006-04-28 @ATL W 7 4 2 2 1 5 1 108 65 2006-04-17 ATL W 6.2 6 3 3 2 8 1 108 56 2005-09-16 ATL W 9 6 0 0 2 10 0 122 83
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-23 Road: 32-34 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 45-43 vsLHP: 25-14 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 28-20 vsCntrl:13-16 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 127 Wed, Aug 20 ATL W 6-3 70-57 1st 1.5 up 126 Tue, Aug 19 ATL W 7-3 69-57 1st 1.5 up 125 Mon, Aug 18 @PIT L 2-5 68-57 1st 1.5 up 124 Sun, Aug 17 @PIT W 4-0 68-56 1st 2.0 up 123 Sat, Aug 16 @PIT W 7-4 67-56 1st 2.0 up 122 Fri, Aug 15 @PIT W 2-1 66-56 1st 1.0 up 121 Thu, Aug 14 @WSN W 9-3 65-56 1st 1.0 up 120 Wed, Aug 13 @WSN W 12-0 64-56 1st Tied 119 Tue, Aug 12 @WSN W 4-3 63-56 2nd 1.0 gb 118 Mon, Aug 11 PIT L 5-7 62-56 2nd 2.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 20, 2008 NYM 6 ATL 3 W:Mike Pelfrey (12-8), L: Jair Jurrjens (11-9), S: none Tue, Aug 19, 2008 NYM 7 ATL 3 W:Aaron Heilman (3-7), L: Jeff Bennett (2-5), S: none Thu, May 22, 2008 ATL 4 NYM 2 W:Tim Hudson (7-3), L: Johan Santana (5-3), S: Will Ohman (1) Wed, May 21, 2008 ATL 11 NYM 4 W:Jair Jurrjens (5-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-5), S: none Tue, May 20, 2008 ATL 6 NYM 2 W:Jorge Campillo (1-0), L: Claudio Vargas (0-2), S: Manny Acosta (3) Tue, May 20, 2008 ATL 6 NYM 1 W:Tom Glavine (2-1), L: John Maine (5-3), S: none Sun, Apr 27, 2008 NYM 6 ATL 3 W:Nelson Figueroa (2-1), L: John Smoltz (3-2), S: Billy Wagner (6) Sat, Apr 26, 2008 NYM 4 ATL 3 W:John Maine (2-2), L: Tim Hudson (3-2), S: Billy Wagner (5) Fri, Apr 25, 2008 ATL 6 @NYM 3 W:Jair Jurrjens (3-2), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-1), S: none Sun, Apr 06, 2008 ATL 3 NYM 1 W:John Smoltz (1-0), L: Johan Santana (1-1), S: Rafael Soriano (1) Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 7-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYM won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 351-295

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 2008 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

TEX 5.58

ARI 4.66

WSN 3.67

RA/G

TOR 3.91

MIN 4.60

TEX 6.07

C. Jones .362

D. Wright .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .462

K. Fukudome .365

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .613

C. Delgado .482

T. Pena .207

OPS

A. Pujols 1.069

D. Pedroia .834

T. Pena .388

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

K. Lohse 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.18

D. Lowe 6.34

L. Hernandez 3.46

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Martinez
G/S/vB 56.Ayala
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 50.Sanchez
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 35.Smith
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 443/335 .258/.373/.315/.688 .671/.694 .717 108/.673 11/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 496/348 .283/.355/.379/.734 .687/.754 .693 115/.727 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 19/.579 5/.400 5/1.933 12/.500 2/.000 5/1.267 5/.600 ··· 512/357 .230/.287/.354/.641 .606/.656 .614 103/.585 0/1 10/

4.Infante G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 9/.611 2/no AB ··· 236/146 .304/.355/.453/.808 .860/.775 .810 108/.860 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.334 10/.786 8/.875 2/.000 8/.575 ··· ··· 469/352 .263/.332/.408/.740 .796/.722 .688 89/.689 10/3 9/

28.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/45 .278/.316/.463/.779 .833/.763 .907 / 0/0 1/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 53/.743 11/1.236 11/.546 14/1.738 3/1.167 13/.413 3/.666 ··· 429/278 .362/.462/.573/1.035 1.007/1.050 .917 49/.813 2/0 19/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 15/.515 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.661 1/2.000 ··· 332/233 .296/.344/.427/.771 .623/.836 .736 90/.919 2/3 6/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 16/.525 5/.000 15/.742 7/1.904 2/.000 10/.400 2/.000 ··· 453/310 .295/.371/.533/.904 .850/.929 .879 74/.794 4/0 21/

20.Norton# G/S/vP 12/.523 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 187/133 .247/.348/.389/.736 .679/.760 .651 39/.855 0/0 4/

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 117/55 .317/.379/.510/.889 1.046/.713 .980 39/1.085 1/1 1/

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/22 .214/.267/.321/.588 .661/.561 30/.588 0/0 1/

IP 69.0 58.1 45.2 67.1 50.1 48.1 49.1 12.0 TOTAL .265/.342/.406/.747 .734/.753 .723 .741 39/21 108/81

ERA-K/9

4.96/6.4

5.71/5.6

3.74/8.5

5.48/9.9

4.11/7.0

2.98/4.8

4.20/6.9

4.50/6.8

4.02/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (77-21-5)
Sammons (6-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 310/.278 259/.278 199/.263 309/.252 219/.232 201/.240 215/.239 48/.298 .249 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Jones
Infante
Norton 0/0/119/10
55/58/3/7
0/81/0/3
14/0/2/1
22/3/0/0
24/0/2/0

OPS .837 .772 .737 .761 .666 .710 .706 .866 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.824 118/.775 96/.536 123/1.010 101/.625 94/.491 53/.889 20/1.395 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.850 141/.769 103/.929 186/.598 118/.699 107/.906 162/.647 28/.500 .686

Home 121/.631 148/.693 99/.615 161/.696 113/.739 95/.596 108/.679 24/1.029 .662

Last 28d days 101/.796 41/.671 37/.483 72/.852 35/.962 37/.848 46/1.057 48/.866

HR/SB/CS 14/5/0 6/1/1 5/0/0 9/2/0 4/4/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 3/0/0 130/45/22

Usage ····X··· ·o··X··X ··o·oo·· ·X···XX· ··o··oo· ·oo····· ··X·o·o· ··X·o··X

New York Mets Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Hampton*
G/S/vB 30.Bennett
G/S/vB 56.Boyer
G/S/vB 38.Carlyle
G/S/vB 33.DeSalvo
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Nunez
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB 54.Tavarez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 13/1.615 5/1.000 2/.000 4/1.500 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 4/.000 3/3.500 553/407 .273/.366/.464/.830 .835/.828 .869 113/.818 17/3 17/

40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/17 .233/.258/.367/.625 1.269/.118 .650 23/.625 1/1 1/

11.Castro G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 131/77 .263/.336/.492/.827 .872/.795 .938 35/.644 0/0 7/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/.000 285/246 .270/.312/.336/.648 .520/.668 .724 40/.821 6/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 9/1.667 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.400 2/3.500 11/1.182 4/1.167 532/374 .254/.342/.482/.824 .692/.883 .803 111/.824 1/1 26/

3.Easley G/S/vP 13/.237 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.286 293/203 .262/.313/.348/.661 .651/.665 .564 70/.549 0/0 5/

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/32 .276/.313/.382/.695 .922/.329 .607 44/.800 0/0 0/

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/51 .404/.491/.617/1.108 2.417/1.016 1.302 55/1.108 0/0 2/

4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/75 .271/.303/.306/.609 .500/.634 .536 63/.605 2/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 17/1.284 4/.750 4/.833 8/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 594/421 .301/.361/.484/.845 .858/.844 .858 123/.847 40/12 13/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 7/.762 5/.400 7/.000 10/1.350 304/236 .256/.349/.328/.677 .481/.734 .747 52/.858 0/0 4/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 14/1.083 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.889 1/no AB 10/.400 249/166 .298/.361/.489/.850 .738/.905 .949 105/.949 3/0 10/

5.Wright G/S/vP 9/.222 4/1.750 5/.200 8/.700 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 576/431 .291/.384/.516/.900 1.166/.816 .973 115/.895 14/5 24/

IP 26.0 74.1 65.0 45.1 1.0 19.0 13.0 50.2 36.0 TOTAL .267/.341/.414/.755 .769/.750 .781 .785 108/28 127/71

ERA-K/9

6.92/3.5

4.36/6.5

4.85/7.9

3.57/8.3

9.00/9.0

3.79/9.9

5.54/6.2

3.20/8.5

5.00/7.2

4.25/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cancel (1-0-0)
Castro (12-4-0)
Schneider (28-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 116/.304 329/.258 274/.245 190/.235 7/.500 81/.208 63/.283 207/.197 174/.317 .255 Chavez
Beltran
Evans
Murphy
Tatis
Easley 35/8/59/6
0/123/0/5
19/0/0/2
12/0/0/1
42/0/33/1
7/0/0/0

OPS .819 .723 .711 .682 1.071 .617 .780 .580 .799 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/1.015 115/.825 109/.707 74/.951 5/1.550 16/.750 29/.615 99/.520 77/.951 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.791 214/.665 165/.713 116/.520 2/.000 65/.576 34/.912 108/.636 97/.676 .731

Road 66/.830 137/.897 129/.786 76/.704 / 32/.447 15/.277 92/.602 80/.835 .712

Last 28d days 116/.819 55/.569 45/1.056 53/.642 7/1.071 30/.706 41/.831 37/.711 55/.793

HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 5/6/2 7/8/2 4/5/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/2 1/4/0 112/88/28

Usage ····X··· ·X··oX·X o·X···Xo X··Xo·XX ····X··· ·X·····X ··o·X·XX ooo··ooX ·o·X·XoX

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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Game Preview: ATL @ NYM, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 21, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Mike Hampton (35, LHP, 2-1, 6.92)

SP: Pedro Martinez (36, RHP, 4-3, 4.96)

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