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New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves, at Citi Field, July 7, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, July 7, 2014
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Citi Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Citi Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Braves
Manager:
Fredi Gonzalez
Game #:
89
On This Date:
63-51
Mets
Manager:
Terry Collins
Game #:
90
On This Date:
25-23
Season Series
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 NYM  4 @ATL  0     
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 ATL  4  NYM  3     
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 NYM  6 @ATL  4     
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 ATL  6 @NYM  0     
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 ATL  7 @NYM  5     
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 NYM  4  ATL  3 (14)
Mon, Jun 30, 2014 ATL  5  NYM  3     
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 ATL  5  NYM  4     
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 ATL  3  NYM  1     

Mon, Jul 07, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 ATL    @NYM  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 NYM    @ATL  7:35pm
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 NYM    @ATL  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 21, 2014 NYM    @ATL  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Atlanta Braves
49-39, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-19   Road:   24-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  41-32   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:  17-10
 vsEast: 24-14   vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest:  8-11 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul  6   ARI  L   1-3       49-39  1st  0.5 up
 87 Sat, Jul  5   ARI  W  10-4       49-38  1st  1.5 up
 86 Fri, Jul  4   ARI  W   5-2       48-38  1st  1.5 up
 85 Wed, Jul  2   NYM  W   3-1       47-38  1st  0.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  1   NYM  W   5-4       46-38  1st  0.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30   NYM  W   5-3       45-38  1st  0.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29  @PHI  W   3-2       44-38  1st  0.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28  @PHI  W   5-1       43-38  1st    Tied
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @PHI  W  10-3       42-38  1st    Tied
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @PHI  W   4-2       41-38  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
New York Mets
39-49, 4th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-22   Road:   20-27   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  31-39   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  11-20
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest:  8-11 IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul  6   TEX  W   8-4       39-49  4th 10.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   TEX  L   3-5       38-49  4th 11.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   TEX  W   6-5       38-48  4th 10.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @ATL  L   1-3       37-48  4th 10.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @ATL  L   4-5       37-47  4th  9.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @ATL  L   3-5       37-46  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29  @PIT  L   2-5       37-45  4th  7.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28  @PIT  W   5-3       37-44  4th  6.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27  @PIT  L   2-3 (11)  36-44  5th  5.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 26  @PIT  L   2-5       36-43  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 ATL  3  NYM  1        W:Julio Teheran (8-5), L: Jacob deGrom (1-5), S: Jordan Walden (3)
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 ATL  5  NYM  4        W:Shae Simmons (1-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (26)
Mon, Jun 30, 2014 ATL  5  NYM  3        W:Anthony Varvaro (3-1), L: Jeurys Familia (1-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (25)
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 NYM  4  ATL  3 (14)   W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Gus Schlosser (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 ATL  7 @NYM  5        W:Ervin Santana (2-0), L: Bartolo Colon (1-3), S: Jordan Walden (1)
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 ATL  6 @NYM  0        W:Aaron Harang (3-1), L: Jon Niese (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 NYM  6 @ATL  4        W:Carlos Torres (2-0), L: Luis Avilan (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (2)
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 ATL  4  NYM  3        W:Ervin Santana (1-0), L: Zack Wheeler (0-2), S: Craig Kimbrel (4)
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 NYM  4 @ATL  0        W:Bartolo Colon (1-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 04, 2013 NYM  5 @ATL  2        W:Dillon Gee (11-9), L: Kameron Loe (1-3), S: LaTroy Hawkins (7)
Season Series: 2014 - ATL over 6-3; 2013 - ATL won 10-9; 2012 - ATL won 12-6; All-Time - ATL leads 416-337

SP: Mike Minor (26, LHP, 2-5, 4.73)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-5) 70.1 87 37 37 21 70 13 4.73
2013 (13-9) 204.2 177 79 73 46 181 22 3.21
2012 (11-10) 179.1 151 88 82 56 145 26 4.12
Last 7 GS 0-2 40.1 57 24 24 12 43 7 5.36 45
2014-07-01 NYM ND 4.1 9 4 4 1 5 2 101 33
2014-06-26 @HOU L 6.0 7 5 5 2 5 1 103 41
2014-06-20 @WSN ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 11 1 105 64
2014-06-15 LAA ND 5.0 11 3 3 1 6 2 103 38
2014-06-10 @COL ND 4.0 11 8 8 3 3 1 92 8
2014-06-04 SEA L 7.0 5 1 1 3 10 0 109 70
2014-05-29 @BOS ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 113 62
Last 5 v.NYM 2-1 31.0 27 11 11 5 29 7 3.19 58
2014-07-01 NYM ND 4.1 9 4 4 1 5 2 101 33
2013-06-20 NYM L 6.0 9 4 4 2 6 3 107 42
2013-05-25 @NYM W 7.1 3 0 0 2 10 0 113 80
2013-05-03 NYM ND 7.0 3 3 3 0 4 2 90 63
2012-09-29 NYM W 6.1 3 0 0 0 4 0 88 71

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (33, RHP, 3-3, 3.72)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-3) 58.0 40 26 24 38 54 2 3.72
2013 (3-3) 38.2 32 21 19 16 33 4 4.42
2012 (1-7) 45.2 58 43 42 20 41 11 8.28
Last 7 GS 2-3 33.2 28 18 18 19 26 1 4.81 49
2014-07-01 @ATL L 5.0 7 5 5 3 5 0 98 35
2014-06-26 @PIT L 6.0 5 5 5 4 4 1 96 42
2014-06-20 @MIA L 5.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 85 55
2014-06-15 SDP ND 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 51
2014-06-10 MIL W 6.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 100 64
2014-06-04 @CHC ND 4.1 4 4 4 5 2 0 88 36
2014-05-25 ARI W 6.0 3 2 2 1 6 0 98 63
Last 5 v.ATL 1-3 20.0 31 20 20 9 16 3 9.00 34
2014-07-01 @ATL L 5.0 7 5 5 3 5 0 98 35
2013-09-02 @ATL L 3.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 72 22
2009-06-19 ATL L 4.0 8 6 6 4 2 1 67 20
2007-05-19 ATL W 8.0 9 3 3 0 6 1 103 58

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

Braves Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 16.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB		 38.Black
G/S/vB		 44.Carlyle
G/S/vB		 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB		 61.Eveland*
G/S/vB		 27.Familia
G/S/vB		 71.Germen
G/S/vB		 58.Mejia
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Bethancourt G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 25/19 .292/.320/.333/.653 1.000/.541 .500 25/.653 0/0 0/0
4.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/.000 94/82 .213/.245/.337/.582 .583/.581 .441 25/.865 1/0 3/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 7/1.572 1/5.000 ··· 7/.929 1/no AB 4/2.500 3/2.334 7/1.000 10/.200 390/280 .294/.385/.501/.886 .934/.867 .910 119/.933 0/2 13/4
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.829 9/.444 384/289 .242/.336/.364/.700 .421/.794 .699 110/.619 9/4 8/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 7/.762 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 3/.000 12/.500 346/288 .277/.299/.355/.654 1.004/.586 .705 107/.755 2/0 3/4
11.Laird G/S/vP 9/.819 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 105/85 .234/.314/.298/.612 .513/.636 .625 29/.545 0/0 0/1
7.La Stella* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 146/120 .294/.379/.365/.744 .945/.700 .685 109/.733 2/0 0/2
14.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 103/82 .194/.257/.323/.580 .750/.535 .688 16/.321 0/0 3/4
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 73/60 .182/.239/.242/.482 .450/.487 .500 33/.406 11/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 7/.858 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 3/1.000 2/1.000 11/1.364 331/277 .265/.303/.368/.671 .861/.632 .633 105/.657 3/3 5/8
26.Uggla G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 9/1.111 3/1.666 3/.333 4/.500 4/.750 7/.953 10/.650 144/114 .163/.243/.233/.476 .408/.493 .549 13/.322 0/0 2/9
2.Upton G/S/vP 28/.551 2/.000 ··· ··· 12/.533 4/.500 3/1.667 3/1.333 9/.666 355/270 .211/.275/.342/.616 .492/.650 .561 112/.623 14/3 7/5
8.Upton G/S/vP 7/1.214 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 3/1.167 4/.583 3/.333 3/4.000 12/.083 342/274 .273/.349/.503/.852 1.144/.784 .687 94/.668 7/1 17/5
IP 58.0 18.0 4.1 14.2 13.0 45.1 26.1 61.0 55.1 TOTAL .244/.307/.376/.683 .752/.665 .659 .687 49/13 77/54
ERA-K/9 3.72/8.4 1.50/10.5 0.00/6.3 1.23/7.3 1.38/9.0 2.18/7.7 4.78/8.9 3.98/8.9 3.09/9.8 3.61/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bethancourt (3-1-1)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Laird (15-9-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.196 77/.197 17/.200 51/.146 49/.133 192/.226 113/.257 271/.249 239/.270 .246  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Doumit
0/0/86/6
0/82/0/4
79/0/0/3
13/9/2/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .656 .584 .561 .425 .426 .591 .825 .705 .729 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.705 35/.668 10/.200 35/.473 23/.408 85/.848 46/1.153 129/.578 94/.586 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.623 42/.518 7/1.171 16/.321 26/.442 107/.393 67/.593 142/.813 145/.819 .681
Home 103/.448 33/.519 / 22/.618 24/.439 84/.668 71/1.075 152/.556 130/.849
Last 28d days 106/.740 42/.560 / 27/.468 36/.379 63/.595 40/1.018 42/.372 75/.760
HR/SB/CS 2/10/2 1/3/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/4/0 6/0/0 6/5/0 4/5/0 77/43/13
Usage ·····X·· o·X·X·o· ········ ·X··o·o· o·····oX o·X·o·X· oo·····o o·X·o··· ··X··X··
Mets Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 57.Hale
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 59.Simmons
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 118/104 .275/.356/.392/.748 .516/.781 .960 46/.673 1/0 1/2
29.Campbell G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 103/60 .340/.379/.457/.836 .908/.785 .802 53/.867 1/0 1/2
15.d'Arnaud G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 185/136 .206/.288/.333/.621 .658/.609 .645 40/.891 1/0 5/3
21.Duda* G/S/vP 20/.876 7/.715 4/.250 3/1.334 12/.531 ··· 7/.715 5/.000 297/245 .252/.347/.473/.820 .491/.889 .771 92/.921 2/2 13/2
3.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/.167 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 355/260 .234/.349/.414/.763 .827/.739 .713 98/.898 6/2 12/2
12.Lagares G/S/vP 8/1.125 3/.000 2/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 204/157 .287/.323/.399/.722 .981/.644 .706 32/.500 2/3 2/1
28.Murphy* G/S/vP 19/.602 13/.693 3/.000 6/.900 8/.250 ··· 9/.777 6/.167 392/298 .294/.344/.414/.758 .831/.736 .698 108/.702 11/4 7/9
9.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 41/36 .314/.390/.629/1.019 .650/1.066 .960 20/1.324 1/0 2/0
20.Recker G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 124/102 .211/.254/.351/.605 .465/.636 .505 30/.674 1/1 3/1
11.Tejada G/S/vP 22/.885 6/.833 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 266/196 .240/.350/.302/.652 .730/.624 .733 87/.667 1/1 2/5
5.Wright G/S/vP 24/.983 5/1.467 4/1.500 6/1.267 8/1.232 ··· 9/.444 5/.400 362/278 .274/.329/.392/.721 .993/.637 .717 75/.754 4/4 6/9
1.Young G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 5/2.467 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 228/167 .199/.282/.343/.625 .582/.637 .627 61/.610 7/3 7/1
22.Young# G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.286 5/.650 6/1.333 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 6/1.300 220/165 .236/.319/.314/.634 .510/.677 .490 55/.673 22/3 1/1
IP 70.1 29.0 27.2 53.2 35.1 15.2 33.2 24.2 TOTAL .239/.313/.362/.675 .705/.665 .656 .701 62/24 67/52
ERA-K/9 4.73/9.0 4.03/5.6 4.23/11.4 3.02/4.2 2.04/15.3 1.15/8.6 2.41/9.9 2.55/12.8 3.22/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 d'Arnaud (24-7-5)
 Recker (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 317/.301 128/.279 132/.333 229/.234 144/.143 57/.189 137/.233 103/.191 .248  Young
 Granderson
 Young
 Nieuwenhuis
 Lagares
 Campbell
 Duda
 Abreu
47/1/0/5
10/11/74/5
42/26/4/4
1/7/0/2
0/49/0/2
8/0/1/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/24/0
OPS .853 .703 .806 .637 .443 .492 .611 .550 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/1.001 71/.611 57/.786 110/.699 75/.436 30/.174 46/.589 54/.601 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.811 57/.819 75/.820 119/.581 69/.450 27/.832 91/.622 49/.495 .646
Road 135/.812 62/.662 63/.967 109/.703 72/.490 31/.435 65/.862 40/.544
Last 28d days 133/1.041 35/.507 18/1.088 65/.713 45/.420 41/.509 55/.585 52/.535
HR/SB/CS 13/4/0 1/3/0 2/1/1 2/7/3 1/4/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/3/0 66/56/19
Usage ·····X·· o·o··Xo· ········ ········ ··o··ooX ·o···X·o X···o·o· X·o·oX··

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 2014 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

OAK  4.99

TEX  4.11

SDP  2.98

 RA/G

SEA  3.40

TBR  4.15

COL  5.27

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .350

M. Kemp  .268

C. Carter  .189

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .442

D. LeMahieu  .330

E. Cabrera  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .616

D. Murphy  .414

E. Cabrera  .290

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.046

C. Santana  .748

E. Cabrera  .546

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.89

J. Weaver  3.56

R. Nolasco  5.90

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

H. Ryu  7.57

K. Correia  4.49

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.