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Game Preview: ATL @ NYM, 4:05pm, Saturday, September 8, 2012 @Citi Field

Braves, 79-60, 79-60 2nd, 6½ GB, 4½ up in WC

SP: Kris Medlen (26, RHP, 7-1, 1.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-1) 104.0 82 19 18 18 86 2 1.56
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 6-0 49.2 36 4 3 5 50 1 0.54 71
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
2012-08-16 SDP W 9.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 104 83
2012-08-11 @NYM W 6.1 5 1 1 1 7 0 88 65
2012-08-05 HOU ND 5.1 5 1 1 2 6 0 79 58
2012-07-31 MIA W 5.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 57 57
Last 5 v.NYM 1-0 17.0 13 5 5 4 16 2 2.65 58
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:   40-32   Road:   39-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  53-31   vsLHP:  26-29   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 32-23   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Fri, Sep  7  @NYM  W   3-0       79-60  2nd  6.5 gb
138 Thu, Sep  6   COL  W   1-0       78-60  2nd  7.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5   COL  W   1-0       77-60  2nd  7.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4   COL  L   0-6       76-60  2nd  7.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3   COL  W   6-1       76-59  2nd  6.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2   PHI  W   8-7       75-59  2nd  6.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1   PHI  L   1-5       74-59  2nd  6.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31   PHI  L   5-8 (10)  74-58  2nd  6.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 29  @SDP  L   2-8       74-57  2nd  5.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28  @SDP  W   2-0       74-56  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Mets, 65-73, 65-73 4th, 20 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Hefner (26, RHP, 2-5, 4.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-5) 75.2 87 40 38 12 47 8 4.52
Last 7 GS 1-3 42.2 47 20 18 8 31 5 3.80 51
2012-09-01 @MIA ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 92 55
2012-08-26 HOU ND 8.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 103 74
2012-08-19 @WSN L 5.0 8 5 5 0 3 2 78 34
2012-08-04 @SDP W 6.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 72 60
2012-07-30 @SFG ND 5.2 10 4 4 3 5 0 92 35
2012-07-25 WSN L 6.0 6 3 2 2 7 2 110 55
2012-06-06 @WSN L 6.0 7 4 3 1 3 1 99 46
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-36   Road:   35-37   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  46-42   vsLHP:  19-31   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 27-28   vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Fri, Sep  7   ATL  L   0-3       65-73  4th 20.0 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @STL  W   6-2       65-72  4th 19.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @STL  L   1-5       64-72  4th 19.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @STL  L   4-5       64-71  4th 18.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @MIA  W   5-1       64-70  3rd 17.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1  @MIA  W   5-3       63-70  4th 17.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31  @MIA  W   3-0       62-70  4th 18.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30  @PHI  L   2-3       61-70  4th 18.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29  @PHI  W   3-2       61-69  3rd 17.5 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28  @PHI  W   9-5 (10)  60-69  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 ATL  7  NYM  5        W:Cristhian Martinez (4-1), L: Chris Young (2-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (26)
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 ATL 14  NYM  6        W:Cristhian Martinez (1-0), L: R.A. Dickey (2-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - ATL over 8-5; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - ATL won 11-7; All-Time - ATL leads 396-324

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
Braves Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Hefner
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
36.McHugh
G/S/vB
32.Mejia
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 183/57 .251/.290/.404/.693 .681/.720 .703 33/.406 4/1 4/3
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .667/.000 / 0/0 0/0
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· 5/.400 7/1.071 633/395 .283/.355/.406/.761 .752/.766 .765 109/.677 38/11 9/2
13.Constanza* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 45/36 .220/.273/.244/.517 .444/.536 .217 9/.700 4/0 0/0
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 189/149 .250/.296/.460/.757 .468/.833 .626 31/.704 1/1 9/5
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 2/2.500 5/.900 ··· 3/2.500 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 532/307 .264/.348/.457/.804 .686/.894 .781 105/.733 2/0 19/7
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 4/.500 4/.250 559/332 .277/.346/.498/.844 .658/.975 .924 107/.921 19/7 25/5
20.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.750 3/1.334 137/121 .197/.277/.287/.564 .258/.606 .568 8/.125 0/0 1/2
4.Janish G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.900 1/.000 182/112 .189/.269/.238/.507 .512/.504 .425 83/.505 1/0 0/2
11.Johnson G/S/vP 1/3.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 253/117 .305/.352/.424/.776 .844/.694 .828 52/.699 2/2 3/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/1.083 ··· 5/.600 12/.705 374/203 .300/.377/.491/.868 .841/.891 .736 83/.779 1/0 14/10
16.McCann* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.500 ··· 4/1.750 15/.134 431/273 .224/.295/.393/.688 .642/.715 .684 68/.362 2/0 18/2
27.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.500 3/2.667 113/98 .283/.357/.434/.791 .552/.830 .811 3/.000 0/0 2/1
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 181/120 .245/.291/.331/.623 .555/.656 .631 12/.091 2/0 2/7
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 17/1.000 ··· 6/.000 6/.000 603/381 .294/.351/.431/.782 .832/.753 .759 116/.845 17/3 9/4
8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 163/89 .266/.344/.462/.805 .753/.848 .753 38/.714 1/0 7/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 2/1.000 12/.650 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/2.500 14/1.096 ··· 7/.762 13/.821 545/356 .209/.338/.381/.719 .756/.699 .799 87/.680 2/3 18/11
IP 75.2 38.0 7.1 21.2 1.0 39.1 2.1 47.1 11.0 2.0 56.1 12.1 55.1 49.1 TOTAL .250/.322/.397/.720 .689/.739 .708 .670 91/26 136/72
ERA-K/9 4.52/5.6 7.58/9.0 4.91/3.7 3.74/10.8 0.00/9.0 5.49/10.1 3.86/3.9 3.04/10.1 3.27/9.0 4.50/4.5 2.88/8.5 7.30/7.3 4.39/7.5 2.92/5.7 4.06/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (0-0-0)
 McCann (66-24-6)
 Ross (17-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 326/.283 178/.276 32/.214 89/.205 3/.333 183/.270 12/.400 199/.212 42/.211 7/.143 244/.265 60/.313 244/.257 198/.196 .251  Heyward
 Prado
 Johnson
 Bourn
 Constanza
 Baker
 Hinske
0/2/132/11
106/0/0/9
32/24/27/3
0/136/0/2
13/0/0/2
2/0/25/0
4/0/4/0
OPS .766 .792 .705 .646 .667 .798 1.055 .648 .620 .714 .692 .871 .719 .553 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.785 81/.813 18/.667 49/.410 3/.667 93/.853 9/.661 107/.725 21/.740 4/.000 113/.697 30/.608 114/.830 81/.666 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.745 97/.774 14/.747 40/.956 / 90/.744 3/2.000 92/.559 21/.524 3/1.667 131/.688 30/1.158 130/.624 117/.476 .684
Home 160/.833 59/.718 16/1.042 35/.594 / 93/.695 / 47/.498 23/.279 7/.714 108/.568 24/.619 108/.730 104/.637
Last 28d days 86/.700 27/.347 18/.528 33/.669 3/.667 37/.836 4/.667 103/.561 42/.620 7/.714 42/.783 / 29/.829 28/.332
HR/SB/CS 8/4/0 6/4/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 5/6/0 0/2/0 3/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 4/1/0 0/1/0 4/10/2 3/3/0 133/82/23
Usage ······X· ····X·X· ····o··· ··o·oo·· ···o···· ··o··oo· ···o···· ···X···· ····X··· X······· o···oo·· ········ ···X··X· ··o··o··
Mets Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.86 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
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Baxter* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 173/156 .283/.387/.441/.829 .378/.877 .659 72/.746 5/1 2/1
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 6/1.167 191/102 .165/.246/.300/.546 .546/.545 .502 32/.715 4/1 7/2
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/no AB 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 2/1.500 2/.000 168/80 .275/.349/.423/.772 .869/.659 .647 37/.669 0/0 3/4
29.Davis* G/S/vP 14/.974 1/.000 4/.000 3/.667 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.100 5/.400 496/340 .223/.300/.449/.750 .547/.848 .570 89/.969 0/2 26/8
21.Duda* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.500 ··· 7/.714 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 6/.500 388/264 .237/.327/.385/.712 .596/.769 .755 33/.565 1/0 13/4
12.Hairston G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 6/.333 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 326/159 .268/.310/.503/.813 .917/.702 .711 57/.776 7/2 15/1
15.Lewis* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.500 2/.500 0/0 0/0
19.Lutz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .100/.100/.100/.200 .000/.500 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 12/.523 1/.000 9/.778 5/.200 523/352 .288/.329/.399/.728 .678/.752 .809 82/.525 7/2 5/14
4.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 114/52 .168/.241/.228/.469 .511/.417 .311 / 0/0 1/2
6.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 203/98 .256/.333/.483/.817 .760/.878 .864 49/.847 1/0 8/7
11.Tejada G/S/vP 7/.715 1/3.000 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.167 2/1.000 6/.334 6/.334 401/266 .294/.340/.364/.704 .756/.678 .663 89/.521 2/2 1/10
30.Thole* G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.536 ··· 7/.000 2/.000 316/242 .240/.298/.293/.591 .515/.615 .635 40/.283 0/0 1/6
56.Torres# G/S/vP 6/.800 1/.000 4/.000 3/.667 1/4.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 363/221 .225/.325/.322/.647 .805/.550 .681 69/.412 10/5 2/2
2.Turner G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.300 166/84 .288/.337/.392/.730 .583/.873 .735 38/.880 1/1 1/1
1.Valdespin* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/148 .238/.277/.445/.723 .583/.750 .845 33/.579 7/2 8/3
5.Wright G/S/vP 15/.277 ··· 13/1.308 16/.913 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.000 16/.393 5/.800 9/.889 575/390 .312/.402/.499/.901 .899/.900 .858 96/.675 12/10 17/10
IP 104.0 25.1 51.2 55.0 11.1 52.1 68.2 2.2 48.2 48.2 TOTAL .252/.320/.388/.707 .675/.724 .681 .630 63/32 116/91
ERA-K/9 1.56/7.4 2.13/8.5 4.53/6.3 3.27/7.2 0.79/8.8 1.20/16.5 4.19/8.3 0.00/0.0 2.03/7.9 3.33/10.7 3.57/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nickeas (18-5-7)
 Shoppach (25-11-6)
 Thole (49-16-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 392/.220 105/.231 239/.280 230/.232 46/.256 191/.119 291/.288 10/.000 199/.251 221/.273 .249  Torres
 Duda
 Baxter
 Bay
 Hairston
 Valdespin
 Lewis
0/101/0/5
8/0/80/4
18/0/29/2
55/0/0/2
51/10/34/1
21/10/6/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .537 .588 .796 .720 .700 .358 .762 .100 .664 .780 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.517 42/.476 118/.857 84/.728 20/.929 99/.273 146/.646 1/.000 67/.294 81/.705 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.557 63/.656 121/.737 146/.715 26/.519 92/.448 145/.876 9/.111 132/.856 140/.823 .708
Road 174/.511 50/.640 111/.766 95/.737 8/.750 85/.304 132/.830 / 117/.648 110/.617
Last 28d days 118/.409 43/.424 19/.498 46/.773 7/.286 35/.419 62/.866 10/.100 34/.614 43/.533
HR/SB/CS 2/3/2 0/2/0 5/8/3 9/3/2 1/1/0 3/5/0 6/4/0 0/0/0 3/1/2 6/5/0 128/83/35
Usage ····X··· o··X·oX· ···o·Xo· o··X···X ········ ooX····o ·····X·X ·o·o·oo· Xoo····o o····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.