ATL @ NYM, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Game Preview

Atlanta Braves, 56-70, 4th, 13 GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-8, 3.15) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-8) 151.1 147 61 53 51 112 8 3.15 2007 (3-1) 30.2 24 16 16 11 13 4 4.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 46.1 47 19 17 13 37 0 3.30 55 2008-08-15 SFG L 7 8 2 2 0 9 0 100 62 2008-08-09 @ARI W 6 7 4 3 2 6 0 107 48 2008-08-04 @SFG L 6 9 4 3 3 1 0 107 38 2008-07-30 STL L 7 7 3 3 3 4 0 116 52 2008-07-25 @PHI W 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 100 81 2008-07-19 WSN L 6.1 8 5 5 1 5 0 98 41 2008-07-08 @LAD W 6 5 1 1 3 6 0 103 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 2-0 13 7 5 4 6 5 0 2.77 58 2008-05-21 NYM W 7 5 2 1 2 1 0 101 60 2008-04-25 @NYM W 6 2 3 3 4 4 0 107 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-31 Road: 22-39 ExtrInn: 2-7 vsRHP: 40-45 vsLHP: 16-25 1-Run: 6-24 vsEast: 20-25 vsCntrl:11-24 vsWest: 17-14 IL: 8-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 117 Sat, Aug 9 @ARI W 11-4 55-62 4th 8.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:10-20
New York Mets, 69-57, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 11-8, 3.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-8) 145 161 65 63 48 83 9 3.91 2007 (3-8) 72.2 85 47 45 39 45 6 5.57 2006 (2-1) 21.1 25 14 13 12 13 1 5.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 44.1 50 19 19 5 24 5 3.86 51 2008-08-15 @PIT W 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 98 64 2008-08-10 FLA L 4.2 7 6 6 3 3 0 98 26 2008-08-05 SDP W 6.2 9 2 2 1 3 2 101 50 2008-07-30 @FLA L 4 8 5 5 0 3 0 78 29 2008-07-25 STL W 7 7 1 1 0 5 0 99 64 2008-07-20 @CIN ND 7 6 5 5 1 4 3 89 48 2008-07-13 COL W 8 6 0 0 0 5 0 119 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 20.1 24 16 16 12 13 3 7.08 40 2008-05-21 @ATL L 4 8 6 6 3 2 1 104 21 2008-04-25 ATL L 5.1 9 5 5 4 1 1 99 27 2007-09-01 @ATL W 6 1 1 1 3 7 0 99 70 2007-04-20 ATL L 5 6 4 4 2 3 1 92 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-23 Road: 32-34 ExtrInn: 8-6 vsRHP: 44-43 vsLHP: 25-14 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 27-20 vsCntrl:13-16 vsWest: 20-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 117 Sun, Aug 10 FLA L 2-8 62-55 2nd 2.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) Sat, Apr 05, 2008 ATL 11 NYM 5 W:Tim Hudson (1-0), L: John Maine (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - ATL leads 7-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - NYM won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 351-294

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 5.55

PIT 4.66

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.90

MIN 4.62

TEX 6.11

C. Jones .365

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .464

C. Utley .365

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .613

T. Hunter .483

T. Pena .207

OPS

A. Pujols 1.070

M. Kemp .833

T. Pena .388

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

K. Lohse 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.18

G. Floyd 6.34

L. Hernandez 3.46

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Atlanta Braves Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
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 5/.800 ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 439/331 .255/.372/.313/.685 .671/.689 .711 109/.733 11/4 1/

19.Escobar G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 492/344 .285/.356/.382/.738 .687/.760 .700 116/.766 2/5 6/

7.Francoeur G/S/vP 13/1.062 5/.400 5/1.933 12/.500 2/.000 5/1.267 5/.600 ··· 509/354 .230/.287/.354/.641 .606/.656 .614 105/.584 0/1 10/

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 9/.611 2/no AB ··· 235/145 .305/.356/.455/.812 .860/.781 .819 111/.855 0/0 3/

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 13/1.129 3/1.334 10/.786 8/.875 2/.000 8/.575 ··· ··· 466/349 .265/.334/.411/.745 .796/.728 .697 90/.716 10/3 9/

10.Jones# G/S/vP 12/1.953 11/1.236 11/.546 14/1.738 3/1.167 13/.413 3/.666 ··· 425/274 .365/.464/.578/1.041 1.007/1.060 .929 48/.832 2/0 19/

22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 479/367 .266/.315/.411/.726 .824/.696 .811 103/.661 2/1 12/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.661 1/2.000 ··· 328/229 .299/.346/.431/.776 .623/.845 .747 86/.945 2/3 6/

16.McCann* G/S/vP 13/1.524 5/.000 15/.742 7/1.904 2/.000 10/.400 2/.000 ··· 449/306 .298/.374/.539/.913 .850/.942 .895 75/.810 4/0 21/

20.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 184/130 .252/.353/.396/.749 .679/.779 .673 37/.969 0/0 4/

14.Prado G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 117/55 .317/.379/.510/.889 1.046/.713 .980 41/1.071 1/1 1/

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

IP 145.0 58.1 45.2 67.1 50.1 48.1 49.1 12.0 TOTAL .266/.342/.407/.750 .734/.757 .728 .761 39/21 108/79

ERA-K/9

3.91/5.2

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

4.02/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (76-21-5)
Sammons (6-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 628/.290 259/.278 199/.263 309/.252 219/.232 201/.240 215/.239 48/.298 .250 Francoeur
Blanco
Kotsay
Norton
Infante 0/0/118/10
54/58/3/7
0/80/0/3
24/0/2/0
22/3/0/0

OPS .765 .772 .737 .761 .666 .710 .706 .866 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 308/.879 118/.775 96/.536 123/1.010 101/.625 94/.491 53/.889 20/1.395 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.657 141/.769 103/.929 186/.598 118/.699 107/.906 162/.647 28/.500 .687

Home 349/.654 148/.693 99/.615 161/.696 113/.739 95/.596 108/.679 24/1.029 .667

Last 28d days 126/.820 48/.775 37/.483 72/.852 35/.962 40/.820 47/1.032 48/.866

HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 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 X···XX·· ·o··oo·· oo······ ·X·o·o·o ·X·o··X·

New York Mets Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Atlanta Braves Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
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 6/.533 5/1.000 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 4/.000 3/3.500 549/403 .275/.367/.467/.834 .835/.833 .877 114/.837 17/3 17/

40.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/17 .233/.258/.367/.625 1.269/.118 .650 24/.598 1/1 1/

11.Castro G/S/vP ··· 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/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/.000 285/246 .270/.312/.336/.648 .520/.668 .724 45/.760 6/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.400 2/3.500 10/1.300 4/1.167 528/371 .255/.341/.484/.825 .697/.882 .805 112/.850 1/1 26/

3.Easley G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.286 293/203 .262/.313/.348/.661 .651/.665 .564 75/.594 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/47 .419/.510/.651/1.161 2.417/1.064 1.450 51/1.161 0/0 2/

4.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/71 .272/.306/.309/.615 .500/.642 .539 59/.613 1/0 1/

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 7/.762 4/.750 4/.833 7/1.143 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 590/417 .303/.363/.488/.851 .858/.852 .871 124/.895 40/12 13/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 7/.762 5/.400 7/.000 10/1.350 301/233 .259/.352/.332/.684 .481/.745 .764 53/.945 0/0 4/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.889 1/no AB 10/.400 245/162 .294/.359/.489/.848 .738/.903 .948 102/.938 3/0 10/

5.Wright G/S/vP 6/.533 4/1.750 5/.200 7/.629 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 572/427 .291/.383/.511/.894 1.166/.808 .962 116/.871 14/5 23/

IP 151.1 74.1 64.0 43.2 1.0 19.0 13.0 50.1 36.0 TOTAL .267/.341/.415/.756 .770/.751 .784 .793 107/28 126/71

ERA-K/9

3.15/6.7

4.36/6.5

4.92/7.9

3.71/8.6

9.00/9.0

3.79/9.9

5.54/6.2

3.22/8.6

5.00/7.2

4.25/6.7

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 646/.253 329/.258 271/.248 184/.242 7/.500 81/.208 63/.283 206/.198 174/.317 .255 Chavez
Beltran
Evans
Tatis
Murphy
Easley 35/8/58/6
0/122/0/5
19/0/0/2
41/0/32/1
11/0/0/1
7/0/0/0

OPS .686 .723 .719 .699 1.071 .617 .780 .583 .799 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.737 115/.825 107/.721 71/.997 5/1.550 16/.750 29/.615 98/.526 77/.951 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.632 214/.665 164/.718 113/.523 2/.000 65/.576 34/.912 108/.636 97/.676 .729

Road 318/.628 137/.897 126/.806 70/.748 / 32/.447 15/.277 91/.609 80/.835 .713

Last 28d days 144/.642 55/.569 45/1.056 52/.871 7/1.071 33/.704 41/.831 40/.692 55/.793

HR/SB/CS 8/21/3 5/6/2 7/8/2 4/5/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/2 1/4/0 111/87/28

Usage ····X··· X··oX·X· ·X···Xo· ··Xo·XX· ···X···· X·····X· ·o·X·XX· oo··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, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Jair Jurrjens (22, RHP, 11-8, 3.15)

SP: Mike Pelfrey (24, RHP, 11-8, 3.91)

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