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Game Preview: NYM @ ATL, 4:00pm, Saturday, July 18, 2009 @Turner Field

Mets, 42-47, 4th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (30, LHP, 10-7, 3.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-7) 116.1 103 49 40 37 112 15 3.09
2008 (16-7) 234.1 206 74 66 63 206 23 2.53
2007 (15-13) 219.0 183 88 81 52 235 33 3.33
Last 7 GS 3-4 44.1 44 26 24 16 23 9 4.87 48
2009-07-11 CIN W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 114 71
2009-07-05 @PHI L 7.0 3 2 2 2 3 2 101 64
2009-06-30 @MIL L 6.0 9 6 5 4 4 1 110 32
2009-06-25 STL W 7.0 7 2 1 3 3 0 110 57
2009-06-20 TBR L 7.1 3 2 2 3 3 1 98 64
2009-06-14 @NYY L 3.0 9 9 9 2 3 1 82 6
2009-06-09 PHI W 7.0 8 5 5 1 2 4 91 42
Last 5 v.ATL 0-3 34.1 40 11 8 6 23 1 2.10 56
2009-05-11 ATL L 6.1 7 2 0 1 6 0 108 60
2008-09-13 ATL ND 7.0 9 2 2 2 4 0 114 53
2008-05-22 @ATL L 7.0 12 4 3 0 1 0 90 40
2008-04-06 @ATL L 7.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 91 62
2007-06-14 ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 9 1 109 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-20   Road:   17-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  32-36   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @ATL  L   0-11      42-47  4th  8.5 gb
 88 Thu, Jul 16  @ATL  L   3-5       42-46  4th  7.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 12   CIN  W   9-7       42-45  4th  6.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 11   CIN  W   4-0       41-45  4th  6.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 10   CIN  L   0-3       40-45  4th  6.5 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  9   LAD  L   2-11      40-44  4th  5.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  8   LAD  W   5-4       40-43  4th  4.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  7   LAD  L   0-8       39-43  4th  4.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @PHI  L   0-2       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @PHI  L   1-4       39-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Braves, 45-45, 2nd, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Kenshin Kawakami (34, RHP, 5-6, 4.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-6) 88.2 84 48 42 36 68 10 4.26
Last 7 GS 2-0 37.1 30 17 15 13 24 5 3.62 53
2009-07-08 @CHC W 6.0 4 1 1 2 2 1 85 60
2009-07-03 @WSN ND 4.1 6 5 4 3 6 1 92 36
2009-06-24 NYY ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 60
2009-06-19 @BOS W 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 83 62
2009-06-13 @BAL ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 3 1 104 45
2009-06-08 PIT ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 5 0 95 56
2009-06-02 CHC ND 7.0 7 4 3 1 2 1 96 50
Last 5 v.NYM 0-1 5.0 8 2 2 3 7 0 3.60 47
2009-05-05 NYM L 5.0 8 2 2 3 7 0 113 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-21   Road:   22-24   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  27-32   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 18-12   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 17   NYM  W  11-0       45-45  2nd  6.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16   NYM  W   5-3       44-45  3rd  6.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @COL  L   7-8       43-45  3rd  6.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11  @COL  W   4-3       43-44  3rd  5.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @COL  W   4-1       42-44  3rd  5.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9  @COL  L   6-7       41-44  3rd  5.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8  @CHC  W   4-1       41-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7  @CHC  W   2-1       40-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6  @CHC  L   2-4       39-43  4th  5.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @WSN  L   3-5       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 ATL  5  NYM  3        W:Manny Acosta (1-0), L: Pedro Feliciano (2-3), S: Rafael Soriano (13)
Wed, May 13, 2009 ATL  8 @NYM  7 (12)   W:Jeff Bennett (1-1), L: Ken Takahashi (0-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (6)
Tue, May 12, 2009 NYM  4  ATL  3 (10)   W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-0), L: Jeff Bennett (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2009 ATL  8 @NYM  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-1), L: Johan Santana (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 NYM  4 @ATL  3        W:Livan Hernandez (2-1), L: Kenshin Kawakami (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (7)
Mon, May 04, 2009 NYM  6 @ATL  4        W:John Maine (2-2), L: Javier Vazquez (2-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (6)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 ATL  7  NYM  6        W:Jorge Julio (3-0), L: Scott Schoeneweis (2-5), S: Mike Gonzalez (13)
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 ATL  4  NYM  2        W:Jorge Campillo (8-7), L: Pedro Martinez (5-6), S: Mike Gonzalez (12)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 NYM  9 @ATL  5        W:Pedro Feliciano (3-4), L: Julian Tavarez (1-4), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 ATL  7 @NYM  4        W:Jorge Julio (2-0), L: Luis Ayala (2-9), S: Mike Gonzalez (11)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 4-3; 2008 - ATL won 11-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - ATL leads 359-301

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 2009 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  5.63

FLA  4.56

SDP  3.76

RA/G

SFG  3.68

CHW  4.60

WSN  5.63

BA

J. Mauer  .373

R. Zimmerman  .288

J. Giambi  .191

OBP

A. Pujols  .456

D. Fowler  .362

D. Navarro  .254

SLG

A. Pujols  .723

A. Ethier  .473

N. Punto  .223

OPS

A. Pujols  1.179

J. Varitek  .826

N. Punto  .543

ERA

D. Haren  2.01

R. Oswalt  3.85

J. Geer  5.79

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.96

B. Zito  6.79

J. Garland  3.62

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Mets Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
36.Logan*
G/S/vB
32.Lowe
G/S/vB
54.Medlen
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
39.Soriano
G/S/vB
50.Valdez
G/S/vB
33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Berroa G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 13/.725 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 14/.357 24/14 .136/.174/.182/.356 .422/.308 .438 2/.000 0/0 0/3
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 7/.000 6/.533 1/3.000 17/.423 ··· 5/.200 ··· 6/.000 ··· 78/.846 305/212 .289/.388/.340/.728 .733/.726 .589 72/.828 11/3 0/6
3.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 8/.429 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 19/.865 225/168 .241/.327/.298/.626 .824/.553 .728 95/.476 7/2 0/3
12.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/.583 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 337/241 .252/.283/.353/.636 .727/.600 .533 72/.686 5/2 5/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 278/243 .248/.313/.366/.679 .700/.675 .655 70/.621 1/1 5/7
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 68/51 .305/.379/.390/.769 .593/.793 .653 17/.588 6/0 0/0
18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.733 ··· 10/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 96/91 .289/.323/.356/.678 1.600/.626 .704 29/.545 0/2 0/1
9.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/124 .268/.301/.412/.713 .701/.716 .697 42/.617 0/0 4/2
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.762 5/.000 ··· 12/.555 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/1.500 103/94 .224/.333/.412/.745 .125/.800 .741 44/.785 0/0 3/0
10.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 22/1.395 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 58/.630 243/170 .284/.387/.476/.863 .876/.857 .827 63/.827 2/1 10/1
17.Tatis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 6/.666 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 12/.917 197/122 .247/.318/.391/.709 .685/.722 .636 60/.671 3/1 4/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.900 7/1.314 12/1.235 ··· 11/1.091 ··· 10/.311 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 6/1.667 382/304 .323/.408/.459/.868 1.120/.803 .914 97/.649 20/8 5/12
IP 88.2 20.0 42.0 120.1 8.0 118.2 33.1 38.0 32.1 43.2 1.2 119.0 TOTAL .269/.343/.389/.732 .797/.713 .727 .629 82/24 52/63
ERA-K/9 4.26/6.9 3.15/6.3 3.43/11.8 2.77/5.9 2.25/2.2 4.40/4.8 5.67/8.9 4.50/6.9 3.34/6.1 1.44/12.4 5.40/0.0 2.95/10.3 3.87/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 384/.252 87/.253 182/.229 475/.243 28/.174 515/.274 146/.267 166/.266 135/.236 171/.153 4/.500 477/.229 .252
OPS .774 .714 .713 .686 .495 .727 .811 .702 .580 .439 1.250 .611 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.711 42/.790 64/.677 229/.792 17/.507 263/.670 75/.679 68/.779 68/.565 83/.485 2/2.500 249/.650 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 202/.832 45/.646 118/.732 246/.587 11/.473 252/.787 71/.948 98/.650 67/.595 88/.397 2/.000 228/.568 .712
Home 187/.657 44/.703 82/.764 230/.632 9/.730 259/.725 48/.743 89/.638 73/.641 92/.348 / 264/.600
Last 28d days 55/.638 41/.866 45/.723 137/.737 28/.495 151/.858 50/1.048 48/.705 37/.540 45/.300 4/1.250 110/.604
HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 2/2/0 4/4/2 8/8/6 0/2/0 6/7/2 4/1/1 0/7/3 1/0/3 1/2/0 0/0/0 10/5/3 62/55/30
Usage ········ ·o···ooX ········ X·····X· o····X·· ·X·····X X····X·· ·o···XX· ·····oXo ·X····oX o····o·· ········
Braves Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB
64.Dessens
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
50.Green
G/S/vB
61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
48.Misch*
G/S/vB
38.Nieve
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
46.Perez*
G/S/vB
44.Redding
G/S/vB
75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
43.Stokes
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Anderson* G/S/vP 28/.646 4/.000 2/1.000 6/.900 13/.539 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.417 6/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 254/190 .280/.311/.415/.726 .811/.697 .787 85/.793 1/0 6/3
25.Church* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 10/.347 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.417 5/1.200 7/.286 ··· ··· 264/208 .274/.324/.365/.690 .445/.752 .576 80/.600 6/2 2/1
26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .355/.394/.710/1.104 1.500/1.024 33/1.104 0/0 2/0
23.Diaz G/S/vP 18/1.334 ··· 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 23/.674 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/94 .302/.374/.465/.840 .938/.748 .889 43/1.047 4/0 4/1
19.Escobar G/S/vP 13/.962 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.804 14/1.715 9/1.413 3/1.667 1/.000 321/213 .294/.356/.444/.801 .667/.865 .764 60/.877 3/1 8/11
27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/56 .149/.197/.239/.436 .188/.511 .516 41/.536 0/0 1/1
10.Jones# G/S/vP 13/.993 28/.657 14/.665 ··· 74/1.086 1/.000 5/1.850 2/2.000 19/1.295 37/1.066 15/1.600 3/1.167 ··· 323/219 .289/.409/.464/.873 .953/.832 .862 86/.742 1/1 9/14
22.Kotchman* G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 8/1.583 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.222 12/.250 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 284/196 .276/.352/.396/.748 .652/.792 .748 76/.821 0/0 4/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 16/.876 ··· 18/.728 1/.000 11/1.064 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· 23/1.078 23/.670 10/.775 1/no AB 1/.000 277/183 .298/.373/.483/.857 .624/.970 .821 91/.687 3/1 9/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 10/.967 3/2.667 6/1.000 3/2.334 8/.411 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 7/.453 6/.833 ··· 1/no AB 346/225 .266/.344/.475/.819 .794/.833 .817 86/.812 11/1 14/0
20.Norton# G/S/vP 5/.000 8/.661 2/.500 1/.000 7/1.286 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/.250 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 53/41 .116/.283/.163/.446 .697/.362 .396 2/1.000 0/0 0/0
14.Prado G/S/vP 7/.666 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 6/.833 19/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 219/124 .328/.394/.490/.884 1.094/.731 .841 92/1.034 0/2 5/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 5/.400 14/.643 3/2.000 2/.500 4/.750 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 24/.212 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 105/71 .278/.375/.533/.908 .624/1.050 .670 16/.563 0/0 6/0
IP 116.1 12.0 36.0 40.0 100.2 14.2 35.2 35.0 103.0 32.2 52.1 42.2 37.0 TOTAL .261/.332/.398/.730 .753/.719 .717 .763 30/11 70/63
ERA-K/9 3.09/8.7 3.00/4.5 2.75/7.8 5.40/7.0 5.10/4.7 3.68/5.5 3.03/5.8 4.37/8.0 5.07/4.7 7.99/7.7 7.22/6.2 1.90/8.9 3.89/4.9 4.35/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.232 41/.182 140/.202 175/.261 438/.313 66/.263 157/.269 166/.324 432/.284 166/.291 241/.289 182/.181 164/.276 .264
OPS .682 .689 .608 .772 .854 .687 .760 .803 .724 .912 .863 .559 .750 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.887 24/.780 85/.526 80/.880 238/.837 26/.549 90/.603 66/.834 238/.766 44/.664 137/.927 90/.448 73/.925 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.602 17/.569 55/.743 95/.687 200/.874 40/.785 67/.975 100/.784 194/.672 122/1.011 104/.776 92/.672 91/.615 .731
Road 213/.772 14/.457 66/.709 90/.615 254/.880 31/.746 82/.849 74/.791 179/.704 92/.987 119/.868 79/.532 92/.840
Last 28d days 141/.653 41/.689 29/.669 39/.927 103/1.030 47/.573 100/.941 42/.942 125/.678 51/.829 87/1.001 43/.824 55/.782
HR/SB/CS 15/0/2 2/0/0 5/0/0 4/1/0 12/6/3 0/1/1 4/2/1 2/0/2 6/9/5 5/1/1 8/2/0 3/5/1 3/1/0 81/40/20
Usage ······X· X······· ·o···ooo o····o·o ········ ·X······ ·······X ·o···X·o X····X·· ·X······ X······· ·····Xo· ·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.