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Game Preview: NYM @ ATL, 7:10pm, Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @Turner Field

Mets, 54-53, 54-53 3rd, 6½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (26, RHP, 10-5, 4.10)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-5)			125.0	142	58	57	48	76	7	4.10
2009 (10-12)			184.1	213	112	103	66	107	18	5.03
2008 (13-11)			200.2	209	86	83	64	110	12	3.72

Last 7 GS		1-3	31.1	60	30	29	14	15	2	8.33	31
2010-07-30	ARI	ND	5.2	8	5	4	2	4	0	118	37
2010-07-24	@LAD	ND	5.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	82	47
2010-07-19	@ARI	L	1.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	74	15
2010-07-10	ATL	L	4.0	12	4	4	3	2	0	93	21
2010-07-05	CIN	L	4.2	9	7	7	4	1	1	92	15
2010-06-30	@FLA	ND	4.2	12	4	4	1	3	0	108	26
2010-06-25	MIN	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	2	1	117	54

Last 5 v.ATL		2-3	27.0	42	19	18	14	16	3	6.00	37
2010-07-10	ATL	L	4.0	12	4	4	3	2	0	93	21
2010-05-17	@ATL	W	7.2	7	2	2	2	3	1	103	58
2010-04-25	ATL	W	5.0	5	0	0	5	3	0	106	55
2009-09-23	ATL	L	6.0	9	4	3	3	5	0	116	42
2009-07-17	@ATL	L	4.1	9	9	9	1	3	2	104	11

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

 Home:   33-19   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  39-40   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest: 12-17 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Aug  3  @ATL  W   3-2       54-53  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Braves, 60-46, 60-46 1st, 2 up

SP: Kris Medlen (24, RHP, 6-2, 3.66)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-2)			103.1	104	46	42	20	80	13	3.66
2009 (3-5)			67.2	65	34	32	30	72	5	4.26

Last 7 GS		3-0	45.0	42	21	20	9	37	6	4.00	54
2010-07-30	@CIN	ND	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	82	46
2010-07-24	@FLA	ND	6.0	8	5	5	1	8	2	97	43
2010-07-07	@PHI	W	6.2	7	4	4	2	5	2	88	47
2010-07-02	FLA	ND	6.1	6	1	1	1	5	1	81	61
2010-06-25	DET	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	105	62
2010-06-19	KCR	ND	6.1	5	4	3	2	5	0	98	52
2010-06-13	@MIN	W	8.0	4	3	3	1	5	1	92	66

Last 5 v.NYM		0-0	6.1	4	2	2	2	6	2	2.84	61
2010-05-18	NYM	ND	6.1	4	2	2	2	6	2	90	61

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

 Home:   35-14   Road:   25-32   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  42-29   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 20-20   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest: 13-10 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Aug  3   NYM  L   2-3       60-46  1st  2.0 up
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 NYM  3 @ATL  2        W:Manny Acosta (2-1), L: Billy Wagner (5-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (23)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - NYM over 6-4; 2009 - ATL won 13-5; 2008 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 372-309

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 5.39

LAA 4.48

SEA 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.47

SEA 4.36

ARI 5.56

J. Hamilton .358

D. Uggla .280

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

O. Hudson .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .649

V. Martinez .462

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.075

N. Markakis .808

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.96

T. Hanson 3.83

K. Millwood 6.05

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.19

E. Jackson 6.97

M. Buehrle 3.92

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Mets Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 38.Dunn*
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 6/2.467 5/.650 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 6/.167 401/303 .259/.347/.402/.749 .750/.748 .680 51/.475 10/0 6/1

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.262 5/.800 7/.953 1/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 6/.334 73/59 .230/.342/.361/.703 .824/.668 .592 73/.703 0/1 1/0

4.Blanco G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 101/78 .264/.317/.374/.690 .412/.773 .626 17/.353 1/0 2/1

23.Carter* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 92/92 .261/.293/.386/.680 /.680 .696 23/.725 0/1 2/0

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB ··· 12/.091 15/.607 7/.286 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 13/.237 228/155 .242/.336/.284/.621 .599/.630 .651 54/.608 7/2 0/1

13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.333 3/.666 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 187/158 .207/.265/.278/.543 .401/.568 .519 35/.290 4/1 0/2

29.Davis* G/S/vP 4/2.417 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 386/292 .249/.324/.438/.762 .744/.768 .675 89/.767 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 ··· 1/.000 66/60 .286/.297/.381/.678 .667/.679 .718 11/.727 1/0 0/0

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· 2/.500 11/1.000 5/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 11/.637 372/280 .237/.290/.377/.667 .819/.618 .694 59/.441 7/2 10/3

Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 15/9 .167/.333/.250/.583 .500/.611 .000 15/.583 0/0 0/0

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 12/.546 4/1.250 1/.000 5/1.200 5/.000 5/.000 412/299 .311/.372/.478/.850 .673/.915 .761 96/.947 24/6 9/3

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.967 6/1.500 9/.873 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 5/.000 423/299 .279/.319/.414/.733 .789/.728 .626 81/.724 20/5 7/9

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 60/54 .294/.400/.373/.773 .533/.799 1.065 45/.623 1/0 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 6/.167 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.833 10/.829 13/.398 1/2.000 7/.762 1/.000 4/.250 457/353 .299/.372/.509/.881 1.202/.788 .807 91/.665 15/8 17/12

IP 103.1 39.2 4.1 45.2 83.1 42.2 31.1 40.0 54.0 45.2 TOTAL .251/.316/.388/.704 .716/.701 .663 .620 93/28 86/59

ERA-K/9

3.66/7.0

5.67/7.0

0.00/10.5

2.56/7.1

4.75/6.2

2.53/8.0

2.30/7.8

3.38/11.0

1.17/9.3

1.77/13.0

3.59/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (23-4-3)
Blanco (11-10-2)
Thole (2-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.267 174/.277 22/.200 189/.243 369/.280 179/.247 128/.221 166/.219 216/.173 178/.169 .247 Francoeur
Bay
Pagan
Carter
Feliciano
Beltran 0/0/98/9
93/0/0/6
8/79/9/6
7/0/4/0
7/10/3/0
0/16/0/0

OPS .728 .813 .655 .642 .800 .685 .608 .625 .498 .544 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.762 63/.823 10/.543 91/.683 170/.821 49/.879 64/.521 71/.703 71/.595 37/.194 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.702 111/.808 12/.750 98/.603 199/.782 130/.617 64/.696 95/.566 145/.453 141/.638 .677

Home 181/.697 76/.859 14/.905 102/.658 167/.733 72/.654 66/.632 60/.594 116/.460 92/.548

Last 28d days 72/.780 37/1.025 22/.655 43/.813 7/1.571 36/.590 1/.000 34/.658 53/.441 41/.639

HR/SB/CS 13/4/1 7/0/0 0/0/0 2/4/5 9/6/2 3/9/1 1/1/0 4/1/0 1/1/2 5/0/0 84/64/29

Usage ····X··· X·X·o··· ···X·o·· X···XX·o ········ ···ooX·· ········ ·X··Xo·· XXo·o·oX Xo··X·o·

Braves Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 36.Acosta
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 43.Dickey
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 3/.666 2/1.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 113/79 .262/.319/.456/.775 .515/.891 .925 44/.899 1/0 4/2

1.Blanco* G/S/vP 12/.781 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/63 .299/.382/.343/.725 .657/.738 .889 17/.494 2/2 0/1

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 14/.558 2/3.000 1/.000 11/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 12/.523 3/.000 ··· 359/250 .265/.328/.368/.695 .720/.684 .667 74/.878 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/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 104/85 .222/.300/.467/.767 .498/.829 .581 23/.524 4/0 5/1

23.Diaz G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 141/70 .248/.286/.459/.744 .971/.508 .876 46/1.097 2/1 5/1

25.Glaus G/S/vP 15/.564 4/.000 6/.000 10/.200 3/.333 2/.000 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 420/291 .244/.355/.408/.763 .846/.727 .798 85/.561 0/0 14/7

Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB 11/.364 5/.650 6/.750 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 416/319 .258/.303/.482/.785 .715/.806 .774 83/.804 1/1 18/14

19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 387/262 .268/.382/.452/.835 .712/.895 .818 84/.883 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 6/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 18/.410 2/.000 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 240/228 .268/.338/.479/.816 1.235/.794 .771 50/.752 0/0 8/1

4.Infante G/S/vP 10/.944 1/.000 7/.858 11/1.454 3/.667 8/1.500 11/.000 2/1.500 ··· 251/166 .340/.372/.409/.781 .642/.850 .831 60/1.019 4/3 2/8

10.Jones# G/S/vP 35/1.139 ··· 30/.626 4/.750 19/1.007 6/1.000 5/.650 3/.333 1/.000 357/235 .248/.373/.388/.760 .707/.788 .899 72/.678 5/0 8/8

16.McCann* G/S/vP 39/1.219 ··· 3/.666 7/.286 28/.825 6/1.667 3/no AB 2/.000 ··· 369/263 .275/.388/.463/.850 .776/.881 .849 78/.931 4/1 14/9

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 15/.762 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 19/1.401 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.000 4/.250 9/1.445 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 479/344 .315/.357/.484/.841 .812/.853 .907 84/.684 4/3 13/6

8.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 14/.643 ··· 4/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/41 .282/.378/.376/.754 .750/.760 .720 17/.765 0/1 0/1

IP 125.0 18.1 28.0 99.0 42.1 19.2 53.2 94.2 42.2 TOTAL .259/.343/.397/.739 .720/.748 .771 .753 46/21 87/87

ERA-K/9

4.10/5.5

2.45/10.8

1.93/3.5

2.36/5.8

2.76/8.3

2.29/9.6

2.35/10.7

4.28/8.6

4.85/9.3

3.84/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (54-22-3)
Ross (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 546/.296 70/.186 115/.235 405/.239 194/.293 82/.280 223/.221 407/.268 189/.266 .264 Cabrera
Heyward
McLouth
Diaz
Ankiel
Infante
Blanco
Hinske
Clevlen 55/39/19/6
0/0/87/3
0/57/0/1
34/0/0/1
0/28/0/1
14/0/6/1
7/29/0/1
42/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .777 .609 .715 .627 .772 .640 .614 .765 .765 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.811 20/.618 35/.812 183/.626 90/.653 33/.781 96/.707 93/.614 67/.995 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.740 50/.602 80/.669 222/.627 104/.880 49/.542 127/.543 314/.812 122/.619 .740

Road 226/.854 36/.544 58/.737 263/.630 106/.870 50/.618 106/.706 212/.850 131/.735

Last 28d days 88/1.054 21/.396 48/.863 161/.622 41/.918 41/.622 45/.427 81/.748 51/.705

HR/SB/CS 7/7/4 2/0/2 2/0/2 5/7/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 12/3/3 4/1/1 92/36/19

Usage ····X··· X··XX·oX ··X·o·o· X····X·· o··oX·X· ·X·X··X· o··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.