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Game Preview: ATL @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, September 19, 2010 @Citi Field

Braves, 85-64, 85-64 2nd, 3 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (37, RHP, 13-12, 4.22)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (13-12) 177.0 188 85 83 58 121 17 4.22
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 3-3 41.1 48 16 16 7 34 4 3.48 53
2010-09-13 WSN W 8.0 6 0 0 0 12 0 105 82
2010-09-08 @PIT W 6.0 8 1 1 0 2 0 98 54
2010-08-29 FLA ND 3.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 78 28
2010-08-24 @COL L 6.0 7 3 3 2 4 2 101 48
2010-08-19 WSN L 7.0 6 4 4 0 6 1 98 55
2010-08-14 LAD L 6.0 10 1 1 1 4 0 104 51
2010-08-08 SFG W 5.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 68 51
Last 5 v.NYM 1-2 25.1 29 12 11 7 17 2 3.91 49
2010-08-03 NYM ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 3 0 79 59
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   52-23   Road:   33-41   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  59-38   vsLHP:  26-26   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 32-27   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Sat, Sep 18  @NYM  W   4-2       85-64  2nd  3.0 gb
148 Fri, Sep 17  @NYM  W   6-4       84-64  2nd  3.0 gb
147 Wed, Sep 15   WSN  L   2-4       83-64  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Tue, Sep 14   WSN  L   0-6       83-63  2nd  2.0 gb
145 Mon, Sep 13   WSN  W   4-0       83-62  2nd  1.0 gb
144 Sun, Sep 12   STL  L   3-7       82-62  2nd  1.0 gb
143 Sat, Sep 11   STL  W   6-3 (12)  82-61  1st    Tied
142 Fri, Sep 10   STL  W   8-6       81-61  2nd  1.0 gb
141 Thu, Sep  9   STL  L   4-11      80-61  2nd  1.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8  @PIT  W   9-3       80-60  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Mets, 74-75, 74-75 3rd, 14 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (35, RHP, 11-6, 2.80)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (11-6) 154.1 141 54 48 37 95 12 2.80
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 4-1 52.1 44 18 18 8 31 5 3.10 60
2010-09-14 PIT W 9.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 127 74
2010-09-08 @WSN W 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 88 55
2010-09-03 @CHC L 6.0 8 7 7 1 3 2 81 30
2010-08-29 HOU W 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 108 61
2010-08-24 FLA ND 7.0 10 5 5 0 8 1 110 45
2010-08-18 @HOU ND 8.1 9 2 2 1 6 1 119 62
2010-08-13 PHI W 9.0 1 0 0 1 7 0 105 91
Last 5 v.ATL 0-1 12.2 14 6 5 6 8 2 3.55 49
2010-08-03 @ATL ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 2 0 103 52
2010-07-09 ATL L 6.2 9 4 3 2 6 2 119 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-29   Road:   30-46   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  54-59   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  23-27
 vsEast: 27-36   vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 14-18 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Sat, Sep 18   ATL  L   2-4       74-75  3rd 14.0 gb
148 Fri, Sep 17   ATL  L   4-6       74-74  3rd 13.0 gb
147 Thu, Sep 16   PIT  W   6-2       74-73  3rd 12.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15   PIT  W   8-7       73-73  4th 12.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14   PIT  W   9-1       72-73  4th 12.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13   PIT  W   1-0 (10)  71-73  4th 12.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   PHI  L   0-3       70-73  4th 12.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   PHI  W   4-3       70-72  4th 11.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   PHI  L   4-8       69-72  4th 12.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8  @WSN  W   3-2       69-71  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 ATL  4 @NYM  2        W:Tim Hudson (16-8), L: Dillon Gee (1-1), S: Billy Wagner (35)
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 ATL  6 @NYM  4        W:Tommy Hanson (10-11), L: Jonathon Niese (9-9), S: Billy Wagner (34)
Thu, Sep 02, 2010 NYM  4 @ATL  2        W:Johan Santana (11-9), L: Tim Hudson (15-6), S: Hisanori Takahashi (3)
Wed, Sep 01, 2010 ATL  4  NYM  1        W:Tommy Hanson (9-10), L: Mike Pelfrey (13-8), S: Billy Wagner (31)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 ATL  9  NYM  2        W:Mike Minor (3-0), L: Jonathon Niese (8-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 ATL  9  NYM  3        W:Jair Jurrjens (6-4), L: Pat Misch (0-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 ATL  8  NYM  3        W:Michael Dunn (1-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (10-6), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - ATL over 10-7; 2009 - ATL won 13-5; 2008 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 378-310

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  5.33

ARI  4.46

SEA  3.18

RA/G

SDP  3.64

CHW  4.38

PIT  5.39

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

J. Reyes  .286

B. Wood  .159

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

J. Damon  .358

B. Wood  .183

SLG

J. Hamilton  .635

M. Prado  .469

B. Wood  .229

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

R. Raburn  .820

B. Wood  .412

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

J. Niese  3.76

P. Maholm  5.36

K/9IP

J. Lester  9.85

A. Burnett  7.03

M. Buehrle  4.12

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

Braves Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.01 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
35.Gee
G/S/vB
50.Green
G/S/vB
18.Igarashi
G/S/vB
32.Mejia
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
22.Valdes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.666 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 209/148 .231/.311/.382/.693 .447/.793 .570 37/.641 2/1 5/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/1.000 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 6/.000 1/5.000 484/327 .255/.317/.356/.674 .654/.683 .666 70/.544 7/1 4/4
26.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 154/118 .239/.320/.470/.790 .716/.812 .847 17/.301 5/0 7/4
23.Diaz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 7/.572 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 226/104 .244/.290/.445/.735 .840/.610 .623 48/.798 3/1 7/2
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.167 .333 13/.154 0/0 0/0
25.Glaus G/S/vP 10/.200 4/.000 6/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 479/324 .240/.342/.401/.743 .760/.735 .730 13/.558 0/0 16/9
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.500 12/.334 7/.629 3/1.667 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 589/434 .261/.306/.465/.771 .708/.793 .820 98/.694 1/2 22/19
19.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .111/.111/.444/.556 1.000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 1/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.250 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 565/378 .287/.402/.480/.882 .759/.945 .919 115/1.087 9/6 18/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 18/.410 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 311/289 .253/.334/.447/.781 1.219/.745 .792 33/.785 0/0 10/2
4.Infante G/S/vP 11/1.454 2/.500 8/.750 5/.400 4/.000 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 10/1.200 3/1.667 1/.000 447/296 .336/.372/.432/.803 .716/.847 .781 114/.698 6/6 7/15
27.Lee G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.333 24/.683 5/.900 3/1.334 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.000 2/.500 1/.000 574/412 .252/.340/.410/.749 .765/.743 .727 85/.782 1/3 17/6
16.McCann* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 4/.833 30/.837 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.667 5/.650 1/.000 517/371 .272/.377/.462/.839 .789/.860 .823 87/.860 5/2 20/11
24.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 6/1.333 6/1.000 3/1.000 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· 258/200 .193/.294/.339/.633 .385/.708 .429 38/1.136 5/2 6/1
14.Prado G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.167 6/.666 6/.167 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 10/1.500 4/.500 ··· 618/436 .311/.353/.469/.822 .761/.848 .765 111/.708 5/3 15/10
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.643 4/2.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 140/56 .274/.377/.444/.821 .832/.792 .819 19/.916 0/1 2/4
IP 154.1 32.0 41.2 58.0 20.0 4.0 26.2 39.0 35.0 114.2 50.0 TOTAL .260/.340/.404/.744 .721/.755 .717 .747 57/28 130/129
ERA-K/9 2.80/5.5 3.09/9.6 1.94/3.5 2.79/8.5 1.80/4.5 2.25/6.8 8.10/7.1 4.62/5.1 2.83/8.5 3.77/8.3 5.58/8.8 3.74/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (71-34-4)
 Ross (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 630/.242 125/.222 169/.230 258/.280 81/.188 20/.214 123/.275 182/.289 149/.295 486/.254 226/.276 .262  Cabrera
 Heyward
 Ankiel
 McLouth
 Diaz
 Infante
 Hinske
79/52/25/8
0/0/127/5
0/60/0/4
2/68/0/1
58/0/0/1
15/0/6/1
50/0/0/0
OPS .639 .639 .672 .714 .595 .850 .854 .770 .686 .722 .813 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.617 34/.517 54/.703 125/.559 37/.614 6/1.100 47/.908 69/.590 55/.806 117/.541 84/1.053 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.655 91/.687 115/.657 133/.863 44/.580 14/.757 76/.820 113/.877 94/.614 369/.781 142/.652 .727
Home 264/.559 60/.748 82/.635 123/.580 55/.674 16/.792 49/.531 85/.723 64/.750 235/.675 80/.930
Last 28d days 144/.672 37/.562 43/.538 49/.423 81/.595 15/.540 32/1.022 55/.862 45/.886 43/.622 26/1.230
HR/SB/CS 12/9/2 3/0/3 3/1/3 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 4/1/0 3/3/1 1/0/1 13/3/4 6/1/1 127/47/25
Usage ····X··· ·o····oo ·o·o·oo· oooX·ooo X····X·· ·X······ ········ ···X···· o·oo···o o··o·X·o ···X····
Mets Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB
38.Dunn*
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
11.Kawakami
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
50.Martinez
G/S/vB
56.Minor*
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
36.Proctor
G/S/vB
40.Saito
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
13.Wagner*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 117/87 .259/.278/.321/.600 .702/.565 .584 16/.343 1/0 0/3
15.Beltran# G/S/vP 37/.399 2/.000 9/1.319 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/1.667 8/1.042 1/.000 9/1.158 6/.167 4/.500 6/.334 227/178 .232/.326/.371/.697 .952/.625 .711 89/.744 3/1 4/0
4.Blanco G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 6/.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.750 140/95 .219/.264/.305/.569 .416/.642 .673 22/.141 1/0 2/1
23.Carter* G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 163/158 .252/.307/.358/.664 .400/.673 .603 45/.542 1/2 3/0
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 29/.852 1/.000 14/.077 15/.607 ··· ··· 3/1.334 9/.333 3/.000 3/2.167 4/.250 ··· 13/.237 295/211 .235/.338/.267/.606 .608/.604 .587 44/.586 8/3 0/2
29.Davis* G/S/vP 9/1.389 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 6/.334 2/no AB 5/.000 547/423 .258/.346/.440/.786 .839/.770 .826 105/.986 3/1 18/8
21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 47/40 .143/.234/.310/.544 .429/.564 .836 47/.544 0/0 1/0
6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 21/7 .300/.333/.550/.883 1.049/.571 .973 19/.980 0/0 1/0
27.Feliciano* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 88/81 .268/.302/.341/.644 .571/.650 .642 19/.503 1/0 0/0
3.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 47/41 .250/.298/.409/.707 1.500/.584 .505 47/.707 1/0 2/0
19.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 56/27 .149/.286/.298/.584 .790/.350 .678 23/.461 0/0 1/0
13.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 15/.667 1/.000 2/.500 12/.546 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/1.150 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 6/.000 6/.000 579/432 .296/.347/.436/.784 .708/.808 .862 97/.695 35/9 10/5
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 12/.817 1/.000 7/.810 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 10/.775 2/.000 6/.533 4/.000 4/.500 5/.000 551/400 .286/.324/.432/.755 .754/.768 .811 53/.698 30/8 11/12
11.Tejada G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 216/163 .198/.294/.258/.552 .652/.517 .585 58/.790 2/2 1/6
30.Thole* G/S/vP 7/.858 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 184/161 .293/.370/.372/.742 .451/.784 .684 76/.785 1/0 2/1
5.Wright G/S/vP 25/.720 1/.000 4/1.833 10/.829 ··· ··· 3/.333 16/.393 2/1.000 7/.429 7/.762 2/.000 7/.143 618/482 .283/.358/.484/.842 1.057/.782 .880 95/.736 19/10 23/19
IP 177.0 14.1 59.2 87.1 13.1 23.2 37.0 57.2 42.2 5.0 53.2 75.2 63.0 TOTAL .249/.315/.379/.694 .715/.688 .727 .704 128/40 112/85
ERA-K/9 4.22/6.2 0.00/11.3 3.17/8.3 5.15/6.1 0.68/17.6 3.80/6.8 5.84/10.0 3.12/7.3 2.32/7.4 7.20/7.2 2.52/11.6 1.78/9.9 1.43/12.9 3.59/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (11-11-3)
 Nickeas (1-0-0)
 Thole (12-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 754/.276 64/.143 248/.243 391/.284 58/.106 95/.264 163/.295 246/.244 174/.224 22/.222 215/.196 311/.191 241/.157 .246  Pagan
 Beltran
 Duda
 Evans
 Carter
 Arias
 Feliciano
27/88/27/9
0/54/0/3
13/0/0/1
5/0/1/0
16/0/11/0
1/0/0/0
11/11/7/0
OPS .743 .527 .653 .830 .425 .735 .837 .698 .634 .864 .550 .520 .486 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 369/.752 29/.519 119/.721 178/.880 26/.487 42/.996 34/.587 69/.979 80/.586 9/.556 93/.630 99/.565 54/.229 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.735 35/.531 129/.591 213/.788 32/.365 53/.534 129/.902 177/.599 94/.675 13/1.128 122/.489 212/.500 187/.560 .666
Road 358/.785 26/.451 108/.617 220/.897 18/.746 32/.860 71/.934 131/.747 84/.683 12/.450 122/.605 140/.542 109/.496
Last 28d days 98/.746 25/.518 32/.592 22/1.396 17/.180 37/.783 86/1.000 29/.582 42/.672 22/.864 28/.254 59/.653 32/.233
HR/SB/CS 17/10/11 0/0/0 3/4/5 10/7/2 0/3/0 3/1/1 5/2/2 4/10/4 2/2/0 1/1/0 4/1/0 1/2/2 5/1/1 117/89/42
Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· ····o··X ········ ···o··oo ······X· ···X···· ·o·X··Xo ····o·o· ····X·o· ·o·o···o oo·X···o Xo···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.