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Game Preview: ATL @ NYM, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @Citi Field

Braves, 62-56, 3rd, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (36, RHP, 12-7, 4.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-7)			150.0	162	72	68	49	79	8	4.08
2008 (14-11)			211.0	194	84	76	45	147	14	3.24
2007 (12-14)			199.1	194	100	86	59	147	20	3.88

Last 7 GS		5-0	43.1	45	14	14	13	23	3	2.91	53
2009-08-12	WSN	W	7.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	101	56
2009-08-06	@LAD	ND	6.1	8	2	2	2	2	0	103	49
2009-08-01	LAD	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	85	50
2009-07-26	@MIL	W	6.0	9	2	2	0	3	1	94	49
2009-07-21	SFG	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	92	57
2009-07-16	NYM	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	112	49
2009-07-10	@COL	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	88	64

Last 5 v.NYM		2-1	21.2	25	16	15	12	6	0	6.23	40
2009-07-16	NYM	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	112	49
2009-05-11	@NYM	W	6.2	5	2	2	2	1	0	95	55
2007-07-19	NYM	L	3.0	10	9	8	3	0	0	81	2
2006-06-06	NYM	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	109	53

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-27   Road:   30-29   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  37-39   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 23-17   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 17-15 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17   ARI  W   9-4       62-56  3rd  5.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   PHI  L   1-4       61-56  3rd  6.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   PHI  W   4-3       61-55  3rd  5.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   PHI  L   2-3       60-55  3rd  6.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   WSN  W   6-2       60-54  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   WSN  W   8-1       59-54  3rd  4.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9  @LAD  W   8-2       58-54  3rd  4.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8  @LAD  W   2-1 (10)  57-54  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7  @LAD  W   9-5 (12)  56-54  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6  @LAD  L   4-5       55-54  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Mets, 55-63, 4th, 12½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Oliver Perez (27, LHP, 2-3, 5.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-3)			60.1	60	41	40	55	58	8	5.97
2008 (10-7)			194.0	167	100	91	105	180	24	4.22
2007 (15-10)			177.0	153	90	70	79	174	22	3.56

Last 7 GS		1-1	38.2	32	17	16	34	38	5	3.72	51
2009-08-12	@ARI	ND	5.1	6	1	1	6	7	0	111	53
2009-08-07	@SDP	ND	6.1	2	1	1	2	7	0	93	70
2009-08-01	ARI	ND	5.0	6	3	2	5	7	1	112	47
2009-07-27	COL	ND	5.0	5	3	3	4	5	2	103	46
2009-07-21	@WSN	L	6.0	4	4	4	6	4	0	103	46
2009-07-16	@ATL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	4	6	2	101	52
2009-07-08	LAD	W	5.0	4	2	2	7	2	0	108	46

Last 5 v.ATL		1-0	32.1	27	14	13	17	30	3	3.62	55
2009-07-16	@ATL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	4	6	2	101	52
2008-09-19	@ATL	ND	6.0	6	4	3	3	6	0	109	49
2008-09-14	ATL	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	8	0	111	66
2008-08-19	ATL	ND	6.1	7	3	3	5	3	0	114	45
2007-09-10	ATL	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	114	64

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-27   Road:   23-36   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  43-46   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 20-20   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 13-19 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17   SFG  L   1-10      55-63  4th 12.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   SFG  W   3-2       55-62  4th 12.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   SFG  L   4-5 (10)  54-62  4th 12.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   SFG  W   3-0       54-61  4th 12.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @ARI  W   6-4       53-61  4th 11.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @ARI  L   2-6       52-61  4th 11.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @ARI  L   4-7       52-60  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @SDP  W   5-1       52-59  4th 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @SDP  L   1-3       51-59  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @SDP  L   2-6       51-58  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 ATL  7  NYM  1        W:Javier Vazquez (7-7), L: Tim Redding (1-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 NYM  5 @ATL  1        W:Johan Santana (11-7), L: Kenshin Kawakami (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 ATL 11  NYM  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (8-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (7-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - ATL leads 5-4; 2008 - ATL won 11-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - ATL leads 360-302

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

LAA 5.79

DET 4.62

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .377

N. Schierholtz .293

A. Casilla .182

OBP

A. Pujols .446

M. Bourn .364

R. Cedeno .235

SLG

A. Pujols .680

P. Konerko .478

A. Casilla .227

OPS

A. Pujols 1.126

V. Martinez .840

A. Casilla .499

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Guthrie 5.66

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Braves Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Perez*
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 44.Redding
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 57.Santana*
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Anderson* G/S/vP 6/2.000 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.900 13/.539 1/no AB 9/.651 5/1.000 2/.000 29/.695 2/2.000 367/264 .280/.311/.426/.736 .724/.741 .724 100/.684 1/0 11/3

25.Church* G/S/vP 5/1.200 6/.334 10/.347 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 8/1.000 10/.522 ··· 6/.533 ··· 340/256 .274/.343/.383/.726 .588/.769 .805 62/.775 6/2 4/2

23.Diaz G/S/vP 23/.674 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 21/1.321 1/.000 260/138 .293/.358/.457/.815 .963/.684 .807 70/.720 8/2 7/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP 14/1.715 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 5/1.400 3/.666 11/.844 12/1.967 3/1.667 16/.775 2/.000 424/280 .298/.367/.449/.816 .706/.870 .801 87/.725 3/3 11/12

4.Infante G/S/vP 12/.788 4/1.000 3/.667 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.453 ··· 6/.000 26/.237 1/no AB 108/59 .337/.387/.411/.797 .827/.772 .786 11/.586 1/0 1/3

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 12/.639 3/.333 1/.000 13/.539 1/.000 22/.707 12/.166 3/.666 18/.833 2/1.000 296/212 .226/.300/.406/.706 .958/.605 .717 33/1.234 5/2 8/8

10.Jones# G/S/vP 37/1.066 30/.626 15/.971 13/.585 ··· 74/1.086 2/2.000 22/1.458 16/1.496 4/.833 16/.795 1/.000 429/285 .297/.410/.490/.900 .978/.858 .933 88/.940 3/1 15/14

22.LaRoche* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/1.350 16/.438 2/2.000 3/.333 38/.926 1/.000 6/2.250 11/1.064 3/2.667 9/.619 3/1.666 442/302 .262/.346/.464/.810 .667/.880 .597 78/.999 2/2 17/1

16.McCann* G/S/vP 23/.670 1/.000 19/.801 4/.833 1/.000 11/1.064 ··· 26/1.364 11/.697 1/no AB 19/.737 2/.000 389/255 .284/.358/.491/.849 .594/.981 .838 95/.810 3/1 13/7

13.McLouth* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/2.667 6/1.000 2/2.500 4/1.750 8/.411 1/no AB 6/.500 9/.873 1/.000 14/.676 1/no AB 454/301 .258/.346/.441/.786 .728/.816 .828 88/.732 17/2 15/1

20.Norton# G/S/vP 4/.250 8/.661 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/1.286 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 4/1.417 75/60 .138/.333/.172/.506 .883/.409 .440 20/.664 0/0 0/0

14.Prado G/S/vP 19/.666 2/1.000 4/.250 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/1.444 1/.000 1/.000 11/.700 5/.000 335/199 .309/.363/.468/.831 .991/.728 .821 96/.738 0/3 8/4

8.Ross G/S/vP 24/.212 14/.643 3/2.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 116/73 .273/.374/.515/.889 .596/1.064 1.044 11/.697 0/0 6/1

IP 60.1 17.1 47.0 14.2 51.2 135.0 54.0 134.2 68.2 55.0 159.2 50.2 TOTAL .264/.337/.408/.745 .749/.743 .758 .766 43/18 106/75

ERA-K/9

5.97/8.7

3.63/4.2

2.87/8.0

6.14/8.0

5.05/7.3

5.47/5.0

3.50/7.7

4.75/5.1

6.42/5.8

3.27/9.2

3.10/8.1

3.02/5.7

4.28/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 295/.264 66/.232 186/.220 68/.362 227/.250 566/.306 244/.272 594/.281 312/.292 237/.195 673/.239 222/.251 .263

OPS .855 .770 .635 1.088 .747 .844 .693 .745 .861 .620 .683 .718 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.573 41/.780 115/.557 19/1.379 97/.821 313/.833 105/.710 348/.781 177/.940 117/.506 184/.775 99/.850 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.973 25/.755 71/.769 49/.980 130/.693 253/.856 139/.680 246/.693 135/.757 120/.737 489/.648 123/.615 .743

Home 124/.872 27/.786 99/.476 59/1.137 108/.882 207/.813 144/.650 335/.724 148/.806 132/.572 367/.638 104/.658

Last 28d days 129/.783 15/.905 41/.544 42/1.284 46/.724 100/.891 73/.460 139/.713 51/.712 49/.915 154/.726 53/.639

HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 3/0/0 6/0/0 4/1/1 5/1/1 15/8/5 2/0/2 9/12/6 9/2/1 6/5/1 19/1/2 4/1/0 106/50/28

Usage ·····X·· o······X ·o·o·Xo· X······· ··o··X·· X·····X· ···X···· ·X·····X X·····X· ·XXo·X·· ··X····· ·o·X·oo·

Mets Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 36.Logan*
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Soriano
G/S/vB 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 17/.423 4/.000 8/.000 ··· 9/.476 7/.533 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 6/.000 81/.876 404/285 .304/.398/.364/.762 .769/.760 .849 82/.895 13/4 1/9

3.Cora* G/S/vP 8/.429 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.500 22/.838 308/235 .251/.320/.310/.630 .721/.601 .589 70/.643 8/3 1/8

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 20/.583 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 457/333 .262/.296/.384/.680 .740/.658 .727 104/.774 5/3 10/1

29.Green G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / 0/0 0/

11.Hernandez# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 277/214 .254/.321/.323/.644 .832/.591 .554 39/.683 5/4 1/8

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 8/.393 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 392/328 .249/.312/.370/.681 .615/.695 .762 98/.724 2/2 7/8

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/1.334 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 3/1.000 183/133 .287/.333/.476/.809 .821/.794 .950 98/.813 8/4 3/1

18.Reed* G/S/vP 10/.900 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.733 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 132/124 .254/.298/.336/.634 1.143/.604 .626 21/.850 0/3 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 233/165 .256/.293/.395/.688 .635/.711 .704 60/.681 0/0 6/2

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 12/.555 2/.000 7/.762 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 9/1.194 147/138 .192/.288/.336/.624 .125/.653 .646 36/.382 0/0 3/0

10.Sheffield G/S/vP 22/1.395 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 58/.630 276/197 .283/.377/.464/.841 .851/.837 .840 31/.624 2/1 10/1

19.Sullivan* G/S/vP 14/.517 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/59 .263/.328/.421/.749 .200/.792 .713 64/.749 3/0 0/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 12/.917 257/154 .248/.311/.409/.720 .748/.701 .794 59/.766 3/1 6/1

IP 150.0 29.1 56.0 79.2 150.1 124.1 12.0 47.0 52.1 41.0 53.0 162.1 TOTAL .266/.338/.391/.728 .777/.713 .749 .739 95/35 71/81

ERA-K/9

4.08/4.7

3.68/7.1

2.57/11.6

3.05/7.0

2.99/6.5

4.13/6.2

5.25/3.8

4.40/9.4

3.27/7.6

3.29/6.1

2.55/12.2

2.99/9.9

3.68/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 646/.280 133/.287 234/.218 309/.245 622/.245 537/.253 47/.225 203/.247 223/.247 167/.235 212/.176 646/.225 .252

OPS .731 .791 .665 .715 .685 .776 .565 .722 .647 .582 .523 .626 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.696 61/.871 85/.624 160/.824 305/.731 275/.699 26/.573 108/.619 90/.763 86/.536 104/.717 333/.683 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.770 72/.727 149/.689 149/.602 317/.640 262/.856 21/.556 95/.835 133/.572 81/.629 108/.342 313/.564 .696

Road 310/.744 63/.740 126/.620 152/.765 292/.755 273/.874 26/.406 120/.734 111/.672 73/.557 105/.664 327/.639

Last 28d days 131/.750 39/.774 45/.555 104/.773 126/.728 124/.819 15/.851 50/.543 53/.489 31/.607 38/.940 142/.691

HR/SB/CS 8/9/3 2/3/0 4/6/2 7/13/6 11/11/6 15/6/5 0/3/0 4/1/1 0/9/3 1/3/3 4/2/0 15/6/4 82/76/36

Usage ·····X·· ······X· X·Xo·X·· X·····X· ···X···· ··X····· o······· ·o······ ··o··X·· Xoo···X· ···o···· ·X······

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.