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Game Preview: NYM @ ATL, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @Turner Field

Mets, 53-53, 53-53 4th, 7½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (35, RHP, 7-4, 2.32)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-4) 93.0 84 28 24 24 62 5 2.32
2009 (1-1) 64.1 74 34 33 30 42 8 4.62
2008 (5-8) 112.1 124 65 65 51 58 15 5.21
Last 7 GS 1-4 46.2 38 15 12 10 27 3 2.31 59
2010-07-29 STL W 8.1 4 0 0 2 2 0 118 75
2010-07-25 @LAD ND 5.2 2 0 0 0 6 0 70 71
2010-07-20 @ARI L 7.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 117 52
2010-07-15 @SFG L 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 96 65
2010-07-09 ATL L 6.2 9 4 3 2 6 2 119 46
2010-07-03 @WSN ND 7.0 6 2 0 2 4 0 115 63
2010-06-28 @FLA L 5.0 5 5 5 1 3 0 79 39
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 6.2 9 4 3 2 6 2 4.05 46
2010-07-09 ATL L 6.2 9 4 3 2 6 2 119 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-19   Road:   20-34   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  38-40   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  12-21
 vsEast: 19-21   vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest: 12-17 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Mon, Aug  2  @ATL  L   1-4       53-53  4th  7.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  1   ARI  L   1-14      53-52  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 31   ARI  W   5-4       53-51  3rd  6.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 30   ARI  L   6-9       52-51  3rd  7.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 29   STL  W   4-0       52-50  3rd  6.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 28   STL  L   7-8 (13)  51-50  3rd  7.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 27   STL  W   8-2       51-49  3rd  6.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 25  @LAD  L   0-1       50-49  3rd  7.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 24  @LAD  L   2-3 (13)  50-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @LAD  W   6-1       50-47  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Braves, 60-45, 60-45 1st, 3 up

SP: Derek Lowe (37, RHP, 10-9, 4.58)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (10-9) 129.2 134 68 66 51 84 13 4.58
2009 (15-10) 194.2 232 109 101 63 111 16 4.67
2008 (14-11) 211.0 194 84 76 45 147 14 3.24
Last 7 GS 1-4 41.0 45 19 19 14 33 6 4.17 50
2010-07-29 @WSN L 5.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 98 43
2010-07-23 @FLA ND 5.2 5 4 4 5 6 1 114 44
2010-07-18 MIL W 5.1 8 3 3 1 5 2 92 44
2010-07-11 @NYM L 5.1 8 2 2 2 4 1 96 46
2010-07-05 @PHI L 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 108 62
2010-06-29 WSN L 5.2 8 4 4 2 5 0 105 40
2010-06-24 @CHW ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 101 69
Last 5 v.NYM 1-3 23.0 34 19 18 7 14 2 7.04 39
2010-07-11 @NYM L 5.1 8 2 2 2 4 1 96 46
2010-05-17 NYM L 7.0 4 3 3 3 3 0 93 57
2009-09-21 @NYM W 5.0 6 3 3 0 5 1 69 48
2009-09-16 NYM ND 2.0 5 3 2 2 2 0 45 36
2009-08-18 @NYM L 3.2 11 8 8 0 0 0 82 7
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-13   Road:   25-32   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  42-28   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 13-10 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Aug  2   NYM  W   4-1       60-45  1st  3.0 up
104 Sun, Aug  1  @CIN  L   1-2       59-45  1st  2.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 31  @CIN  L   2-5       59-44  1st  3.5 up
102 Fri, Jul 30  @CIN  W   6-4 (10)  59-43  1st  3.5 up
101 Thu, Jul 29  @WSN  L   3-5       58-43  1st  2.5 up
100 Wed, Jul 28  @WSN  W   3-1       58-42  1st  3.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @WSN  L   0-3       57-42  1st  3.5 up
 98 Sun, Jul 25  @FLA  L   4-5 (11)  57-41  1st  5.0 up
 97 Sat, Jul 24  @FLA  W  10-5       57-40  1st  6.0 up
 96 Fri, Jul 23  @FLA  L   6-7       56-40  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 ATL  4  NYM  1        W:Tim Hudson (12-5), L: Johan Santana (8-6), S: Billy Wagner (25)
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 NYM  3  ATL  0        W:Johan Santana (7-5), L: Derek Lowe (9-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (21)
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 ATL  4 @NYM  0        W:Tim Hudson (9-4), L: Mike Pelfrey (10-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 ATL  4 @NYM  2        W:Eric O'Flaherty (3-1), L: R.A. Dickey (6-2), S: Billy Wagner (20)
Tue, May 18, 2010 ATL  3  NYM  2        W:Billy Wagner (3-0), L: Pedro Feliciano (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 NYM  3 @ATL  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (5-1), L: Derek Lowe (5-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (6)
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 NYM  1  ATL  0  (5)   W:Mike Pelfrey (4-0), L: Tommy Hanson (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 NYM  3  ATL  1        W:Manny Acosta (1-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (3)
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 NYM  5  ATL  2        W:Hisanori Takahashi (1-1), L: Kenshin Kawakami (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (2)

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 ATL  5 @NYM  2        W:Tim Hudson (2-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (10-12), S: Rafael Soriano (26)
Season Series: 2010 - NYM over 5-4; 2009 - ATL won 13-5; 2008 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 372-308

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 2010 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  5.42

STL  4.50

SEA  3.25

RA/G

SDP  3.48

LAD  4.38

ARI  5.60

BA

J. Hamilton  .362

R. Braun  .281

L. Valbuena  .164

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

V. Guerrero  .355

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .660

B. Butler  .459

B. Wood  .225

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.088

J. Buck  .807

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.96

F. Carmona  3.78

K. Millwood  6.05

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.19

E. Jackson  6.97

M. Buehrle  4.08

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

Mets Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
38.Dunn*
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
11.Kawakami
G/S/vB
54.Medlen
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
40.Saito
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Barajas G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 5/.000 264/202 .228/.266/.419/.685 .482/.748 .702 28/.379 0/0 12/3
44.Bay G/S/vP 18/.167 ··· ··· 6/.000 6/2.467 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 6/.167 401/303 .259/.347/.402/.749 .750/.748 .680 55/.438 10/0 6/1
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 34/.437 1/.000 ··· 7/1.262 5/.800 1/.000 7/.953 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 6/.334 69/56 .228/.348/.368/.716 .731/.708 .601 69/.716 0/1 1/0
4.Blanco G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.667 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 101/78 .264/.317/.374/.690 .412/.773 .626 17/.353 1/0 2/1
23.Carter* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 91/91 .253/.286/.379/.665 /.665 .675 23/.634 0/0 2/0
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 27/.718 1/no AB ··· 11/.091 15/.607 6/.334 7/.286 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 12/.258 224/152 .235/.332/.273/.605 .608/.602 .623 50/.541 7/2 0/1
13.Cora* G/S/vP 11/.500 1/.000 ··· 9/.333 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 187/158 .207/.265/.278/.543 .401/.568 .519 39/.260 4/1 0/2
29.Davis* G/S/vP 6/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 4/2.417 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 382/289 .249/.322/.439/.761 .736/.769 .672 89/.762 1/0 15/5
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 2/.000 0/0 0/
27.Feliciano* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 65/60 .290/.302/.387/.689 .800/.679 .746 14/.714 1/0 0/0
12.Francoeur G/S/vP 28/.709 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/1.000 5/1.800 5/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.200 368/277 .237/.288/.368/.656 .769/.620 .671 55/.356 7/2 9/3
Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 14/9 .182/.357/.273/.630 .600/.611 .000 14/.630 0/0 0/0
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 12/.667 ··· ··· ··· 12/.546 5/.400 4/1.250 1/.000 5/1.200 4/.000 5/.000 408/296 .311/.373/.481/.854 .679/.917 .766 96/1.004 24/6 9/3
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 9/.730 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 6/1.500 4/.000 9/.873 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/.000 418/295 .280/.320/.414/.734 .796/.728 .627 80/.694 20/5 7/9
11.Tejada G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 122/90 .212/.297/.250/.547 .754/.467 .533 21/.452 1/2 0/3
30.Thole* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 57/51 .292/.404/.375/.779 .533/.807 1.119 46/.685 0/0 1/0
2.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 18/11 .059/.111/.118/.229 .143/.273 .258 9/.472 0/0 0/0
5.Wright G/S/vP 22/.819 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.833 10/.829 6/.167 13/.398 1/2.000 7/.762 ··· 4/.250 453/350 .302/.375/.514/.889 1.215/.796 .822 91/.689 15/8 17/12
IP 129.2 37.2 4.1 44.2 83.1 103.1 42.2 31.1 40.0 53.0 44.2 TOTAL .251/.316/.388/.704 .714/.701 .661 .615 92/27 85/59
ERA-K/9 4.58/5.8 5.97/7.2 0.00/10.5 2.42/7.2 4.75/6.2 3.66/7.0 2.53/8.0 2.30/7.8 3.38/11.0 1.19/9.2 1.61/13.1 3.59/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (23-4-3)
 Blanco (11-9-2)
 Thole (2-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.271 167/.282 22/.200 185/.240 369/.280 420/.267 179/.247 128/.221 166/.219 211/.171 174/.167 .247  Francoeur
 Bay
 Pagan
 Carter
 Feliciano
 Beltran
0/0/97/9
93/0/0/6
7/79/9/6
7/0/4/0
7/10/3/0
0/15/0/0
OPS .754 .832 .655 .634 .800 .728 .685 .608 .625 .494 .526 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.756 60/.867 10/.543 88/.676 170/.821 180/.762 49/.879 64/.521 71/.703 70/.585 36/.199 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.752 107/.812 12/.750 97/.596 199/.782 240/.702 130/.617 64/.696 95/.566 141/.451 138/.614 .677
Home 252/.713 76/.859 14/.905 98/.643 167/.733 181/.697 72/.654 66/.632 60/.594 111/.452 88/.514
Last 28d days 96/.922 30/1.174 22/.655 44/.774 7/1.571 101/.830 36/.590 1/.000 39/.731 50/.401 40/.522
HR/SB/CS 13/6/9 7/0/0 0/0/0 2/4/4 9/6/2 13/4/1 3/9/1 1/1/0 4/1/0 1/1/2 4/0/0 83/63/28
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ··X·o··· ···XX·o· ········ ···X···· ··ooX··· ········ X··Xo··· Xo·o·oX· o··X·o··
Braves Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB
36.Acosta
G/S/vB
64.Dessens
G/S/vB
25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
22.Valdes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 109/75 .263/.321/.465/.786 .515/.914 .958 40/.941 1/0 4/2
1.Blanco* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/61 .302/.389/.349/.738 .788/.729 .889 13/.490 1/2 0/1
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/.875 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 12/.523 3/.000 ··· 355/246 .264/.326/.362/.687 .720/.673 .648 74/.886 5/1 3/4
27.Clevlen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.500/.750 .000/3.000 3.000 0/ 0/0 0/0
26.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 103/84 .225/.303/.472/.775 .498/.840 .599 22/.551 4/0 5/1
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 140/69 .250/.288/.462/.750 .971/.516 .892 49/1.133 2/1 5/1
25.Glaus G/S/vP 10/.200 3/.000 6/.000 3/.333 2/.000 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 419/290 .244/.356/.409/.765 .846/.730 .803 88/.555 0/0 14/7
Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 11/.364 6/.750 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 412/315 .256/.299/.482/.780 .715/.801 .765 83/.813 1/0 18/13
19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 382/258 .268/.382/.452/.834 .718/.891 .816 79/.882 8/5 11/4
18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.167/.000/.167 .500/.000 .200 / 0/0 0/0
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.498 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 237/225 .271/.342/.486/.827 1.235/.805 .795 48/.786 0/0 8/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 7/1.857 1/.000 7/.858 3/.667 8/1.500 10/.000 2/1.500 ··· 246/161 .343/.376/.409/.784 .642/.858 .847 60/1.036 4/3 2/8
10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 30/.626 18/.977 6/1.000 4/.833 3/.333 1/.000 352/231 .250/.369/.390/.760 .702/.790 .900 71/.675 5/0 8/8
16.McCann* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 27/.777 6/1.667 3/no AB 2/.000 ··· 365/260 .275/.386/.464/.850 .763/.886 .849 78/.925 4/1 14/9
24.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 5/1.600 6/1.000 4/.500 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 220/166 .168/.279/.265/.544 .393/.596 .785 15/.133 4/2 3/1
14.Prado G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.250 9/1.445 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 479/344 .315/.357/.484/.841 .812/.853 .907 89/.786 4/3 13/6
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.643 4/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/41 .282/.378/.376/.754 .750/.760 .720 17/.765 0/1 0/1
IP 93.0 16.2 28.0 42.0 19.2 52.2 94.2 42.2 TOTAL .259/.343/.397/.740 .719/.749 .773 .764 46/20 87/86
ERA-K/9 2.32/6.0 2.70/11.3 1.93/3.5 2.79/8.4 2.29/9.6 2.39/10.9 4.28/8.6 4.85/9.3 3.86/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (53-21-3)
 Ross (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.241 65/.196 115/.235 191/.291 82/.280 220/.224 407/.268 189/.266 .265  Cabrera
 Heyward
 Diaz
 Ankiel
 Infante
 Blanco
 McLouth
 Clevlen
 Hinske
54/39/19/6
0/0/86/3
34/0/0/1
0/27/0/1
14/0/6/1
7/28/0/1
0/57/0/1
2/0/0/0
42/0/0/0
OPS .618 .618 .715 .766 .640 .623 .765 .765 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.607 17/.647 35/.812 88/.644 33/.781 94/.723 93/.614 67/.995 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.626 48/.601 80/.669 103/.875 49/.542 126/.548 314/.812 122/.619 .741
Road 235/.617 31/.554 58/.737 103/.862 50/.618 103/.728 212/.850 131/.735
Last 28d days 133/.597 16/.375 51/.807 38/.899 43/.641 42/.460 81/.748 51/.705
HR/SB/CS 5/7/2 2/0/1 2/0/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 12/3/3 4/1/1 92/36/18
Usage ····X··· ··XX·oX· ·X·o·o·· ··oX·X·· X·X··X·· ··o·oXo· ··X··o·· ···o·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.