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Game Preview: ATL @ NYM, 12:10pm, Thursday, August 9, 2007 @Shea Stadium

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Atlanta Braves, 60-54, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (31, RHP, 12-5, 2.95)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-5)           158.2 143  53  52  37  98  4    2.95      
 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         5-0  46.2  41  11  11  11  31  0    2.12   60 
 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 
 2007-07-19    STL   W   7     5   1   1   1   3  0      93   65 
 2007-07-13    PIT   W   7     5   0   0   1   4  0      89   70 
 2007-07-05    LAD  ND   3    10   6   6   2   2  0      75   15 
 2007-06-30    FLA   W   7     7   1   1   1   6  0     105   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYM      3-2  35    31  17  17  12  15  2    4.37   51 
 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 
 2006-04-19    NYM   W   9     3   1   1   1   6  0      97   82 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-28   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  38-27   vsLHP:  22-27   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 24-20   vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  8  @NYM  L   3-4       60-54  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
New York Mets, 64-49, 1st, 4 up

SP: John Maine (26, RHP, 12-6, 3.27)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-6)           135   108  53  49  49 114 14    3.27      
 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         4-2  41    33  23  19  11  36  4    4.17   53 
 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 
 2007-07-18    SDP  ND   6     7   4   4   2   5  2     106   45 
 2007-07-13    CIN   L   4.2   6   7   4   3   3  1      94   30 
 2007-07-05    HOU   W   7.2   6   2   2   2   9  0     121   66 
 2007-06-29    PHI   W   8     4   2   1   0   6  0     101   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ATL    Has never faced ATL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-24   Road:   33-25   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  44-33   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  15-6 
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:21-9    vsWest: 14-15 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug  8   ATL  W   4-3       64-49  1st  4.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, Apr 07, 2007 ATL  5  NYM  3    W:John Smoltz (1-0), L: Tom Glavine (1-1), S: Bob Wickman (2)
Season Series: 2007 - ATL leads 7-4; 2006 - NYM won 11-7; 2005 - ATL won 13-6; All-Time - ATL leads 342-286

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  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

M. Stairs  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Spiezio  .360

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Buck  .462

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

O. Hudson  .818

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

G. Maddux  4.15

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.23 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 264/111 .344/.373/.496/.869 .911/.811 .801 63/.944 3/0 8/2
19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 179/83 .327/.367/.412/.779 .829/.720 .742 70/.825 3/2 1/7
7.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 7/.429 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.600 2/3.000 8/.250 493/319 .307/.351/.461/.812 .865/.785 .896 116/.975 2/2 13/3
22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.600 5/1.000 ··· 267/229 .328/.398/.445/.843 .627/.878 .776 94/.815 16/10 1/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/3.500 2/.500 4/1.250 2/2.000 3/1.000 2/.500 442/293 .297/.391/.488/.879 .800/.921 .904 92/.981 9/4 12/11
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 21/.638 13/.413 5/.933 7/.453 5/.800 24/1.042 481/308 .215/.314/.420/.734 .791/.702 .724 107/.784 5/1 21/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 12/1.682 13/.885 6/.733 9/.833 5/.000 19/.210 405/253 .340/.432/.593/1.025 .929/1.085 1.072 117/1.059 5/1 18/7
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 8/.715 5/1.600 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 377/247 .267/.317/.451/.768 .659/.826 .720 91/.818 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 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 31/8 .207/.258/.241/.499 .399/.804 .573 1/3.000 0/0 0/2
24.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.667 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 16/.563 14/.071 9/1.681 3/1.667 371/261 .294/.394/.535/.929 .992/.912 .892 109/.856 0/0 16/2
20.Thorman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 278/205 .219/.260/.400/.660 .460/.729 .763 28/.801 1/1 10/6
5.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 11/.582 3/.000 123/52 .214/.252/.304/.556 .585/.516 .527 20/.629 1/0 1/5
IP 135.0 41.1 58.0 36.2 40.2 43.2 86.2 49.1 TOTAL .278/.342/.435/.777 .760/.788 .789 56/23 118/81
ERA-K/9 3.27/7.6 2.83/7.8 3.41/6.5 4.91/7.4 5.31/5.7 4.12/5.4 4.26/5.1 1.28/10.6 3.89/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (46-16-6)
 Miller (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.217 178/.174 234/.225 158/.259 186/.277 198/.327 366/.245 193/.185 .242  Francoeur
 Diaz
 Jones
 Harris
0/0/114/15
67/0/1/4
0/111/0/2
62/11/0/2
OPS .642 .549 .652 .721 .824 .925 .707 .532 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 274/.710 76/.461 90/.749 63/.635 77/.535 74/1.054 182/.882 40/.683 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.581 102/.613 144/.595 95/.777 109/1.029 124/.848 184/.542 153/.493 .683
Home 279/.657 95/.575 112/.552 71/.632 92/1.057 73/1.078 152/.713 97/.431 .687
Last 28d days 111/.703 38/.501 57/.497 62/.636 27/.525 46/1.061 99/.845 44/.498
HR/SB/CS 14/10/3 1/1/0 7/3/1 5/4/0 5/4/1 4/0/0 9/4/2 4/2/0 116/70/20
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·o·· ···o···· ·X·o·X·X ·o··o·o· ·X··X·X· ···oX·X· ···X·o·X
New York Mets Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
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 9/1.194 12/.416 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 3/.000 5/.400 9/.444 168/120 .299/.369/.469/.838 1.167/.722 .670 45/.897 2/0 5/0
23.Anderson* G/S/vP 13/.802 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 14/.517 5/.650 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.417 ··· 418/308 .307/.355/.357/.712 .697/.724 .705 96/.785 11/4 0/3
11.Castro G/S/vP 13/.641 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 56/1.125 ··· 11/.091 4/.000 4/.000 2/.000 12/.643 3/.333 479/324 .251/.330/.436/.766 .658/.820 .707 112/.851 3/0 17/6
3.Easley G/S/vP 25/.700 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 20/.600 1/3.000 203/113 .269/.340/.445/.785 .972/.637 .784 34/.759 0/1 9/5
6.Gotay# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 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 22/.641 15/.855 11/.382 4/.000 3/3.167 5/.650 11/.282 1/no AB 376/264 .277/.324/.423/.747 .538/.835 .832 86/.725 9/1 8/3
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP 16/.905 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 8/1.000 2/1.000 4/.000 365/257 .267/.309/.356/.665 .895/.570 .572 62/.521 2/0 5/5
44.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/66 .303/.344/.483/.827 1.055/.718 1.021 93/.855 1/2 3/1
17.Newhan* G/S/vP 11/.955 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 33/.586 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.000 8/1.911 1/.000 4/.500 530/380 .305/.377/.456/.833 .827/.831 .820 122/.853 54/15 8/8
5.Wright G/S/vP 29/.436 ··· ··· 5/.650 3/.333 3/2.667 3/.666 3/.333 491/351 .299/.389/.501/.890 1.010/.843 .911 113/.925 25/2 19/12
IP 158.2 27.1 44.1 61.2 51.2 63.1 39.1 47.2 TOTAL .271/.336/.425/.761 .797/.746 .756 138/31 117/61
ERA-K/9 2.95/5.6 4.61/11.2 2.64/7.1 1.90/6.3 3.83/7.7 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 (47-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 638/.243 127/.257 188/.233 244/.196 201/.201 270/.238 179/.258 212/.238 .262  Alou
 Green
 Milledge
 Newhan
 Anderson
 Easley
39/0/0/3
0/0/91/2
10/12/2/2
8/0/0/0
6/2/0/0
3/0/5/0
OPS .609 .802 .702 .565 .651 .673 .717 .669 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.602 56/.786 79/.712 105/.613 100/.685 119/.840 84/.670 79/.941 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.617 71/.813 109/.693 139/.528 101/.619 151/.541 95/.755 133/.504 .731
Road 295/.571 48/.747 73/.732 123/.435 103/.558 129/.772 102/.966 99/.688 .759
Last 28d days 134/.470 44/.931 62/.778 56/.389 55/.935 67/.616 38/.425 47/.827
HR/SB/CS 4/6/3 4/2/0 3/0/3 4/7/1 10/7/2 5/2/0 3/6/0 3/4/0 109/72/25
Usage ····X··· ·o·XX·oo ·o····Xo ·o····X· ·o·Xo·X· ···o··XX ···oX·X· ···X·oo·

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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