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Game Preview: NYM @ ATL, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 30, 2012 @Turner Field

Mets, 73-85, 73-85 4th, 23 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Jenrry Mejia (22, RHP, 1-1, 4.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 11.0 14 6 6 7 5 1 4.91
2010 (0-4) 39.0 46 21 20 20 22 3 4.62
Last 7 GS 1-3 19.1 27 16 15 12 9 1 6.98 39
2012-09-24 PIT W 5.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 96 61
2012-09-15 @MIL L 3.0 6 5 5 5 0 0 68 22
2010-09-15 PIT ND 2.1 0 1 0 2 1 0 45 54
2010-09-10 PHI L 4.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 81 21
2010-09-04 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 2 2 0 96 35
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-45   Road:   37-40   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  52-48   vsLHP:  21-37   1-Run:  20-20
 vsEast: 31-37   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Sat, Sep 29  @ATL  L   0-2       73-85  4th 23.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28  @ATL  W   3-1       73-84  4th 22.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   PIT  W   6-5       72-84  4th 23.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26   PIT  W   6-0       71-84  4th 23.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   PIT  L   6-10      70-84  4th 23.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24   PIT  W   6-2       70-83  4th 23.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   MIA  W   3-2       69-83  4th 23.0 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22   MIA  W   4-3       68-83  4th 24.0 gb
150 Fri, Sep 21   MIA  W   7-3       67-83  4th 24.0 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20   PHI  L   1-16      66-83  4th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Braves, 92-66, 92-66 2nd, 4 GB, 7 up in WC

SP: Kris Medlen (26, RHP, 9-1, 1.64)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-1) 132.0 100 25 24 22 116 6 1.64
2011 (0-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
2010 (6-2) 107.2 108 48 44 21 83 13 3.68
Last 7 GS 5-0 52.0 35 7 6 5 58 4 1.04 73
2012-09-25 MIA ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 8 2 92 63
2012-09-19 @MIA W 8.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 99 79
2012-09-14 WSN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 13 1 96 75
2012-09-08 @NYM W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 80 57
2012-09-03 COL W 9.0 5 1 0 0 12 0 111 87
2012-08-28 @SDP W 8.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 100 81
2012-08-22 @WSN W 7.0 7 0 0 1 7 0 103 69
Last 5 v.NYM 2-0 23.0 17 7 7 6 19 3 2.74 58
2012-09-08 @NYM W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 80 57
2012-08-11 @NYM W 6.1 5 1 1 1 7 0 88 65
2010-08-04 NYM ND 4.1 4 2 2 1 3 0 67 49
2010-05-18 NYM ND 6.1 4 2 2 2 6 2 90 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-33   Road:   45-33   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  62-36   vsLHP:  30-30   1-Run:  25-12
 vsEast: 45-26   vsCntrl:18-17   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Sat, Sep 29   NYM  W   2-0       92-66  2nd  4.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   NYM  L   1-3       91-66  2nd  4.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   MIA  W   6-2       91-65  2nd  4.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26   MIA  W   3-0       90-65  2nd  4.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   MIA  W   4-3       89-65  2nd  4.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @PHI  W   2-1       88-65  2nd  4.5 gb
152 Sat, Sep 22  @PHI  W   8-2       87-65  2nd  5.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21  @PHI  L   2-6       86-65  2nd  5.5 gb
150 Wed, Sep 19  @MIA  W   3-0       86-64  2nd  5.0 gb
149 Tue, Sep 18  @MIA  L   3-4 (10)  85-64  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 ATL  2  NYM  0        W:Mike Minor (11-10), L: Chris Young (4-9), S: Craig Kimbrel (41)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 NYM  3 @ATL  1        W:Jonathon Niese (13-9), L: Tim Hudson (16-7), S: Bobby Parnell (6)
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 ATL  3 @NYM  2 (10)   W:Craig Kimbrel (1-1), L: Bobby Parnell (4-4), S: Peter Moylan (1)
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 ATL 11 @NYM  3        W:Kris Medlen (8-1), L: Jeremy Hefner (2-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 ATL  3 @NYM  0        W:Paul Maholm (12-9), L: Jonathon Niese (10-9), S: Craig Kimbrel (35)
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 NYM  6  ATL  5        W:Jonathon Niese (9-6), L: Ben Sheets (4-2), S: Jon Rauch (2)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 ATL  9 @NYM  3        W:Kris Medlen (3-1), L: Johan Santana (6-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 ATL  4 @NYM  0        W:Paul Maholm (10-7), L: Matt Harvey (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 ATL  6  NYM  1        W:Ben Sheets (1-0), L: Johan Santana (6-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 ATL  8  NYM  7        W:Anthony Varvaro (1-0), L: Bobby Parnell (2-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (27)
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 11-6; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 399-325

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
Mets Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Medlen
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
52.Batista
G/S/vB
32.Durbin
G/S/vB
53.Gearrin
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
50.Martinez
G/S/vB
58.Moylan
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
30.Sheets
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Baxter* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 206/184 .257/.359/.406/.765 .287/.823 .923 43/.519 5/3 3/1
44.Bay G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 16/.661 7/.629 1/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 5/.650 5/.800 31/.919 7/1.314 211/107 .158/.232/.295/.527 .536/.518 .574 29/.422 5/1 8/2
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/.500 6/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 184/84 .262/.335/.415/.750 .775/.718 .851 26/.442 0/1 4/4
29.Davis* G/S/vP 17/1.009 2/.000 4/.000 3/.667 2/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.100 5/.800 6/.333 566/392 .224/.304/.454/.758 .554/.854 .886 84/.871 0/2 31/8
21.Duda* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/1.000 1/.000 4/2.500 ··· 9/.555 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.715 446/300 .241/.330/.395/.724 .662/.756 .709 67/.762 1/0 15/5
12.Hairston G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 6/.333 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 382/187 .260/.298/.504/.803 .885/.716 .868 65/.700 8/2 19/1
15.Lewis* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 10/.925 1/.000 23/22 .158/.304/.158/.462 .000/.485 .500 23/.462 0/0 0/0
19.Lutz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .091/.091/.091/.182 .000/.500 .250 2/.000 0/0 0/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.182 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 13/.581 2/.500 10/.900 8/.375 5/.200 593/403 .293/.336/.408/.743 .670/.778 .687 89/.887 10/2 6/15
4.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 122/55 .174/.242/.229/.471 .534/.393 .631 8/.500 0/0 1/2
6.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 234/113 .239/.315/.435/.750 .723/.779 .756 42/.415 1/0 8/10
11.Tejada G/S/vP 10/.500 2/1.500 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.600 3/1.000 7/.286 6/.334 6/.334 481/318 .292/.338/.355/.693 .774/.652 .689 94/.636 4/4 1/12
30.Thole* G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 9/.472 ··· 7/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 349/268 .237/.299/.294/.593 .562/.602 .566 37/.658 0/0 1/6
56.Torres# G/S/vP 6/.800 1/.000 4/.000 3/.667 1/4.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/2.000 12/.633 3/.000 419/250 .227/.325/.324/.649 .778/.565 .611 67/.643 12/5 2/2
2.Turner G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/.821 179/90 .273/.324/.388/.712 .610/.812 .706 20/.724 1/1 2/2
1.Valdespin* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 202/170 .241/.286/.422/.709 .573/.736 .616 29/.541 10/3 8/3
5.Wright G/S/vP 18/.347 1/2.000 13/1.308 16/.913 2/1.000 5/.200 4/.000 17/.368 6/.666 17/1.328 9/.889 658/446 .306/.391/.496/.886 .903/.878 .914 95/.750 14/10 21/10
IP 132.0 33.0 52.2 60.0 18.1 61.1 72.2 4.0 56.1 48.1 57.2 TOTAL .249/.316/.386/.702 .674/.717 .725 .663 77/38 136/100
ERA-K/9 1.64/7.9 2.18/7.9 4.61/6.1 3.15/7.0 1.47/9.8 1.03/16.6 3.96/7.9 2.25/2.2 1.76/7.4 3.54/6.1 3.28/10.5 3.45/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nickeas (18-6-8)
 Shoppach (30-14-7)
 Thole (55-17-18)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 497/.211 132/.220 244/.283 253/.231 72/.227 226/.124 309/.281 18/.200 227/.233 204/.280 258/.270 .244  Torres
 Duda
 Baxter
 Bay
 Hairston
 Valdespin
 Lewis
0/120/0/6
21/0/81/5
18/1/41/2
64/0/0/2
57/13/44/1
21/11/9/1
4/1/3/0
OPS .537 .575 .811 .713 .625 .357 .755 .694 .611 .787 .743 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.515 54/.571 119/.867 89/.760 28/.896 119/.322 154/.637 3/1.167 76/.313 124/.717 92/.661 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.560 78/.577 125/.757 164/.684 44/.450 107/.395 155/.868 15/.599 151/.764 80/.900 166/.788 .694
Home 270/.572 62/.478 128/.821 141/.691 45/.576 125/.382 166/.711 11/.282 95/.607 100/.719 129/.860
Last 28d days 136/.494 31/.516 9/1.111 30/.727 26/.487 48/.345 18/.619 14/.930 37/.307 / 40/.493
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/2/0 6/8/3 9/3/2 1/1/0 3/8/1 6/4/0 1/1/0 3/1/2 6/4/0 6/5/0 143/94/39
Usage ····X··· o·o····· ········ o··o···o ·o······ X··Xo·o· ·oo····· ········ ···oo·oX ········ o·X····X
Braves Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Mejia
G/S/vB
46.Acosta
G/S/vB
73.Carson*
G/S/vB
66.Edgin*
G/S/vB
27.Familia
G/S/vB
48.Francisco
G/S/vB
45.Hampson*
G/S/vB
33.Harvey
G/S/vB
53.Hefner
G/S/vB
36.McHugh
G/S/vB
39.Parnell
G/S/vB
62.Ramirez
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 192/57 .246/.286/.391/.678 .660/.720 .670 10/.311 4/1 4/3
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .667/.000 .286 0/ 0/0 0/1
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.667 4/1.250 ··· 8/.661 1/.000 5/.400 7/1.071 690/437 .274/.346/.391/.737 .727/.743 .756 77/.526 39/12 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 79/68 .243/.321/.271/.592 .364/.631 .737 42/.718 5/2 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 196/156 .240/.286/.443/.728 .468/.794 .887 14/.286 1/1 9/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.733 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 5/.400 ··· 6/.666 ··· 607/355 .263/.344/.462/.806 .724/.867 .867 95/.713 2/0 23/11
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.661 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 3/1.666 3/1.000 ··· 7/.762 1/.000 5/.400 4/.250 640/388 .267/.335/.479/.814 .640/.931 .750 101/.674 20/8 27/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/2.500 4/1.750 3/1.334 144/128 .194/.271/.302/.573 .258/.614 .536 7/.714 0/0 2/2
4.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 186/116 .186/.269/.234/.502 .512/.497 .577 12/.167 1/0 0/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/4.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 283/125 .287/.332/.396/.728 .791/.648 .612 38/.373 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.750 ··· 3/.333 ··· 12/1.083 ··· 6/.500 12/.705 439/249 .286/.374/.457/.830 .823/.836 .926 77/.576 1/0 14/11
16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 9/1.444 ··· 5/1.267 16/.126 481/317 .229/.299/.400/.699 .681/.708 .688 58/.678 3/0 20/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.500 3/2.667 126/111 .259/.328/.393/.721 .552/.745 .748 15/.133 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 184/121 .242/.288/.327/.615 .536/.656 .598 4/.000 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.833 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 18/1.055 2/1.000 6/.000 6/.000 680/441 .305/.361/.443/.804 .866/.770 .826 97/.905 17/4 10/4
8.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.833 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 189/101 .254/.323/.438/.761 .712/.803 .755 38/.598 1/0 8/2
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 168/105 .294/.339/.418/.758 .823/.719 .783 43/.665 1/0 3/3
26.Uggla G/S/vP 2/2.500 12/.650 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.667 4/1.417 ··· 16/1.053 ··· 8/.833 14/.758 622/412 .221/.347/.387/.734 .776/.713 .661 89/.860 4/3 19/12
IP 11.0 44.0 13.1 25.2 8.1 42.1 8.2 59.1 86.1 20.0 65.2 19.2 62.2 56.1 TOTAL .248/.320/.391/.711 .691/.723 .723 .635 97/31 148/84
ERA-K/9 4.91/4.1 6.75/8.6 4.73/3.4 4.56/10.5 8.64/7.6 5.53/10.0 2.08/3.1 2.73/10.6 5.32/5.7 6.75/6.3 2.60/8.1 5.95/9.6 4.16/7.3 3.51/6.4 4.10/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (1-0-0)
 McCann (76-24-6)
 Ross (17-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.326 202/.260 57/.260 107/.204 35/.281 197/.269 32/.214 245/.200 379/.295 88/.295 278/.255 94/.289 271/.239 227/.208 .251  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/151/11
117/0/0/9
36/32/27/3
0/149/0/3
20/3/0/2
4/0/25/0
5/0/4/0
OPS .885 .744 .779 .693 .687 .791 .576 .631 .789 .977 .665 .836 .681 .615 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.697 89/.767 32/.875 62/.591 16/.838 102/.840 20/.440 135/.662 200/.836 39/1.155 125/.647 47/.731 128/.766 92/.768 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/1.024 113/.725 25/.655 45/.837 19/.557 95/.740 12/.788 110/.592 179/.734 49/.850 153/.680 47/.947 143/.607 135/.513 .685
Road 19/1.303 126/.808 19/.330 57/.666 6/.333 93/.864 16/.900 152/.692 170/.716 23/1.126 143/.779 41/1.050 144/.708 95/.453
Last 28d days 51/.885 32/.357 27/.863 22/.786 35/.687 17/.686 24/.360 71/.629 53/.925 65/1.229 42/.582 34/.775 33/.449 32/.926
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 6/4/1 2/1/0 5/1/0 0/1/0 5/6/0 0/2/1 5/0/0 9/4/1 5/1/2 4/1/0 1/1/1 4/10/2 7/4/0 157/93/28
Usage ·····X·· ·o···XX· ····oo·· ········ ···X·o·· ········ ·o··Xo·· ········ ···X···· ····X··· ·oo·ooo· o···X··· o···oXo· ··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.