Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: NYM @ ATL, 12:10pm, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 @Turner Field

Mets, 7-4, 7-4 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (37, RHP, 2-0, 2.08)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-0)			13.0	14	3	3	5	10	2	2.08
2011 (8-13)			208.2	202	85	76	54	134	18	3.28
2010 (11-9)			174.1	165	62	55	42	104	13	2.84

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.2	41	11	10	15	29	3	1.89	60
2012-04-13	@PHI	W	7.0	9	1	1	1	7	1	103	61
2012-04-07	ATL	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	94	53
2011-09-24	PHI	ND	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	101	70
2011-09-17	@ATL	L	7.2	3	1	1	6	4	0	108	67
2011-09-12	WSN	L	7.0	8	3	2	0	7	0	112	58
2011-09-07	@FLA	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	106	69
2011-09-02	@WSN	W	6.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	100	43

Last 5 v.ATL		2-2	32.2	23	12	10	14	19	3	2.76	57
2012-04-07	ATL	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	94	53
2011-09-17	@ATL	L	7.2	3	1	1	6	4	0	108	67
2011-08-05	ATL	L	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	98	64
2011-06-16	@ATL	ND	4.0	6	6	4	3	4	1	90	31
2011-06-05	ATL	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	114	72

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @ATL  L   3-9        7-4   2nd  1.5 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @ATL  W   6-1        7-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @PHI  L   2-8        6-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @PHI  W   5-0        6-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @PHI  W   5-2        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11   WSN  L   0-4        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Tue, Apr 10   WSN  L   2-6        4-1   1st  1.0 up
  4 Mon, Apr  9   WSN  W   4-3        4-0   1st  2.0 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   ATL  W   7-5        3-0   1st  1.0 up
  2 Sat, Apr  7   ATL  W   4-2        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-4    Last 30: 7-4

Braves, 6-5, 6-5 3rd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (26, RHP, 0-1, 7.71)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-1)			9.1	14	8	8	5	6	4	7.71
2011 (13-6)			152.0	142	52	50	44	90	14	2.96
2010 (7-6)			116.1	120	63	60	42	86	13	4.64

Last 7 GS		1-4	39.2	51	25	25	19	16	10	5.67	41
2012-04-13	MIL	ND	5.0	7	5	5	2	3	2	81	34
2012-04-07	@NYM	L	4.1	7	3	3	3	3	2	102	37
2011-08-30	WSN	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	3	3	100	33
2011-08-22	@CHC	W	6.1	8	0	0	5	1	0	97	53
2011-08-17	SFG	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	1	0	92	35
2011-08-01	@WSN	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	2	87	32
2011-07-27	PIT	ND	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	116	62

Last 5 v.NYM		2-3	28.2	29	14	13	15	24	2	4.08	49
2012-04-07	@NYM	L	4.1	7	3	3	3	3	2	102	37
2011-06-14	NYM	L	5.1	8	4	4	5	3	0	104	34
2011-06-04	@NYM	L	6.1	6	4	3	0	6	0	90	53
2011-04-16	NYM	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	100	76
2010-08-30	NYM	W	5.2	6	3	3	6	8	0	108	47

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-2    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17   NYM  W   9-3        6-5   3rd  2.5 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   NYM  L   1-6        5-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   MIL  W   7-4        5-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   MIL  W   2-1        4-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   MIL  W  10-8        3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @HOU  W   6-3        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @HOU  W   6-4        1-4   5th  3.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @HOU  L   3-8        0-4   5th  4.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @NYM  L   5-7        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @NYM  L   2-4        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-5    Last 30: 6-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 ATL  9  NYM  3        W:Randall Delgado (2-0), L: Johan Santana (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 NYM  6 @ATL  1        W:Dillon Gee (1-1), L: Tommy Hanson (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 NYM  7  ATL  5        W:Jonathon Niese (1-0), L: Mike Minor (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 NYM  4  ATL  2        W:R.A. Dickey (1-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (2)
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 NYM  1  ATL  0        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-0), L: Tommy Hanson (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (1)

Sun, Sep 18, 2011 NYM  7 @ATL  5        W:Tim Byrdak (2-0), L: Jonny Venters (6-2), S: Manny Acosta (2)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 ATL  1  NYM  0        W:Tim Hudson (15-10), L: R.A. Dickey (8-13), S: Craig Kimbrel (45)
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 NYM 12 @ATL  2        W:Chris Capuano (11-12), L: Derek Lowe (9-15), S: none
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 ATL  5 @NYM  1        W:Julio Teheran (1-1), L: Dillon Gee (12-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 ATL  6 @NYM  5        W:Mike Minor (5-2), L: Chris Schwinden (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (43)
Season Series: 2012 - NYM over 4-1; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 389-323

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 J. Vazquez 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

J. Vazquez 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Mets Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Jurrjens
G/S/vB 32.Durbin
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 40/37 .235/.350/.441/.791 .333/.820 .727 8/.542 0/0 1/0

44.Bay G/S/vP 21/.564 6/.333 25/.902 4/.500 1/2.000 4/1.000 4/1.000 6/1.167 509/375 .245/.329/.374/.703 .918/.629 .618 39/.685 11/1 12/2

13.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 12/.917 2/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 454/349 .249/.297/.339/.636 .577/.653 .694 11/1.045 2/5 2/13

29.Davis* G/S/vP 11/.182 2/no AB 17/.647 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.958 4/1.250 4/.500 149/99 .302/.383/.543/.925 .493/1.142 .924 44/.480 0/0 7/1

21.Duda* G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/2.667 8/1.089 5/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 6/.500 347/279 .292/.370/.482/.852 .715/.886 .857 44/.619 1/0 10/3

12.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.583 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 145/57 .235/.303/.470/.773 .702/.886 .826 17/.706 1/1 7/2

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 28/.797 3/.666 9/.222 3/.000 9/.708 3/.666 8/.875 4/.250 423/332 .320/.362/.448/.809 .755/.825 .838 49/.739 5/5 6/10

4.Nickeas G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 59/29 .189/.246/.264/.510 .476/.545 .377 9/.222 0/1 1/0

9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· / /// / 31/.816 / /

11.Tejada G/S/vP 9/.611 1/.000 16/.891 2/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 5/.400 5/.400 376/279 .284/.360/.335/.696 .704/.692 .713 47/.731 5/1 0/12

30.Thole* G/S/vP 14/.972 2/.000 15/.852 4/.250 5/.200 5/.800 6/.000 2/.000 386/342 .268/.345/.344/.690 .525/.709 .680 34/.944 0/2 3/2

2.Turner G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.300 487/345 .260/.334/.356/.690 .629/.715 .654 13/.308 7/2 4/13

5.Wright G/S/vP 34/.825 15/.983 58/.847 3/.000 3/.000 10/.311 5/.800 7/1.214 447/351 .254/.345/.427/.771 .806/.761 .773 35/1.296 13/2 14/19

IP 152.0 68.1 175.1 77.0 77.2 2.1 73.2 88.0 TOTAL .248/.324/.390/.714 .650/.745 .707 .714 1/3 11/8

ERA-K/9

2.96/5.3

5.53/7.8

4.47/5.1

2.10/14.8

3.36/6.7

0.00/7.8

0.98/8.2

1.84/9.8

4.07/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nickeas (9-4-4)
Thole (65-17-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 627/.249 318/.306 751/.291 306/.178 308/.197 8/.125 301/.221 357/.176 .281 Bay
Baxter
Duda
Hairston
Murphy 122/0/0/4
3/0/10/1
4/0/42/1
10/10/15/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .690 .872 .772 .499 .586 .250 .572 .508 .761

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 281/.760 143/.835 353/.791 147/.442 135/.618 4/.000 93/.512 92/.402 .661

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.634 175/.900 398/.754 159/.549 173/.561 4/.500 208/.599 265/.545 .846

Home 320/.668 162/.802 384/.714 181/.498 163/.455 5/.400 147/.502 175/.496

Last 28d days 46/1.096 18/1.611 26/.826 19/.688 12/.833 34/.544 24/1.049 22/.697

HR/SB/CS 14/15/9 12/6/3 16/9/9 3/1/3 8/0/0 0/0/0 2/5/2 2/2/2 11/6/1

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·X······ ···XX·Xo ······o· X·o·X··X o···X·Xo ···oo·oX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 47.Batista
G/S/vB 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 48.Francisco
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 57.Santana*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 26/.755 7/.000 2/1.000 8/.453 3/.666 4/.250 2/.000 6/1.267 17/.666 722/510 .294/.349/.386/.734 .645/.772 .759 49/.570 61/14 2/3

23.Diaz G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.666 5/.450 11/.728 36/1.242 268/125 .263/.302/.323/.625 .692/.550 .655 21/.804 5/2 0/2

25.Francisco* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 97/83 .258/.289/.452/.740 .286/.820 .621 15/.767 1/0 3/2

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 14/.929 4/1.167 2/.000 7/.286 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 635/431 .282/.346/.448/.795 .707/.837 .805 43/.476 4/4 21/6

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 18/1.038 6/.900 4/1.167 5/.200 3/.000 4/.833 3/.666 2/.000 13/.398 456/341 .227/.319/.389/.708 .577/.754 .682 42/1.050 9/2 14/6

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 23/.511 1/.000 11/1.155 5/.800 3/.666 3/.333 3/3.000 3/1.334 5/.000 264/228 .233/.311/.403/.713 .461/.754 .688 12/.717 0/1 10/0

10.Jones# G/S/vP 11/1.636 3/.000 32/.912 7/.762 ··· 10/.933 4/.750 11/.773 30/.670 512/351 .275/.344/.470/.814 .750/.843 .915 23/.927 2/2 18/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP 22/.717 4/1.250 12/.639 10/.200 1/no AB 8/1.500 4/1.750 15/.134 33/.836 527/363 .270/.351/.466/.817 .794/.826 .877 41/.841 3/2 24/5

1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 / /// / 28/.622 / /

14.Prado G/S/vP 21/.490 6/.750 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 15/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 23/.409 590/432 .260/.302/.385/.687 .673/.692 .742 44/.710 4/8 13/8

8.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 171/113 .263/.333/.428/.761 .613/.833 .819 4/1.250 0/1 6/3

26.Uggla G/S/vP 26/.077 11/.717 9/.583 5/.200 1/2.000 12/1.017 6/.533 13/.821 23/.320 672/488 .233/.311/.453/.764 .648/.808 .801 46/.527 1/3 36/15

2.Wilson G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.583 15/.718 4/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.666 9/.666 232/134 .243/.274/.285/.559 .557/.561 .540 14/.160 5/2 0/4

IP 208.2 47.0 60.0 37.2 50.2 59.1 68.2 52.0 TOTAL .229/.298/.370/.668 .720/.631 .738 .668 11/2 10/10

ERA-K/9

3.28/5.8

3.45/8.8

3.60/4.7

3.82/11.2

3.55/9.4

3.64/9.7

2.62/8.6

4.85/6.2

/0.0

2.88/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (104-29-7)
Ross (22-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 876/.256 204/.269 262/.225 168/.239 218/.246 268/.258 282/.216 225/.269 / .248 Bourn
Prado
Heyward
Diaz
Hinske 0/156/0/6
100/0/0/6
0/0/122/4
18/0/54/3
33/0/16/2

OPS .690 .759 .681 .688 .721 .679 .596 .799 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.776 86/.673 100/.906 110/.604 133/.819 115/.685 78/.611 118/.757 / .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 519/.632 118/.823 162/.541 58/.857 85/.568 153/.672 204/.590 107/.839 / .662

Road 406/.754 92/.763 120/.757 92/.717 81/.598 133/.558 121/.480 113/.947 /

Last 28d days 53/.858 32/.935 25/.833 10/.100 16/.438 21/.636 31/.939 22/.139 52/.652

HR/SB/CS 18/7/3 6/5/3 2/4/0 3/1/1 7/13/1 4/9/0 3/13/2 11/1/1 // 5/9/3

Usage ····X··· X·X···X· X·X···XX ·o····X· ····X··· ···Xo··X X·o···X· ·X·X··o· X·····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.