8/17/09 Mets 9, Braves 4

The Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves by a score of 9 to 4 tonight.

Win- Oliver Perez (3-3)
Loss- Derek Lowe (12-8)

Full boxscore and recap available here, courtesy of MLB.com.


Game Notes

-Holy run support, Batman

-Mets scored 8 runs in a 29 minute 4th inning on a single-inning franchise record 10 hits.

-Oliver Perez gave up 4 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings of work (including home runs by Matt Diaz and Adam LaRoche), but got the win.

-Derek Lowe was rolling through the Mets lineup, but with one out in the 4th, he took a line drive to the hand. That line drive clearly messed him up, as he ended up surrendering 8 runs that inning before his early exit.

-Braves starting first baseman Martin Prado, who had been experiencing sporadic headaches recently, left the game after his at-bat in the first due to the aforementioned headaches. He was replaced by Adam LaRoche, who homered in the game.

-Luis Castillo, Gary Sheffield, and Jeff Francoeur all went 3-for-5 in tonight's game.

-Former Met Ryan Church went 0-for-4 tonight.

-Daniel "The Wrench" Murphy went 1-for-4, and recorded 2 outs in the lengthy 4th inning.

Mets Players of the Game: Everyone except Daniel Murphy

8/17/09 Braves at Mets Lineups

Tonight the Atlanta Braves take on the Mets at Citi Field for the first game of a 3-game series. The game can be seen at 7:10 PM on SNY.

IF Alex Cora was placed on the 15-day DL prior to today's game. IF Wilson Valdez was called up from AAA Buffalo to take Cora's place on the active roster.

Mets Lineup
Angel Pagan CF .287/.333/.476
Luis Castillo 2B .302/.396/.361
Gary Sheffield LF .283/.379/.463
Daniel Murphy 1B .252/.314/.374
Jeff Francoeur RF .263/.296/.384
Fernando Tatis 3B .244/.306/.402
Omir Santos C .256/.293/.395
Anderson Hernandez SS .254/.320/.321
Oliver Perez LHP 2-3, 5.97 ERA

Braves Lineup
Omar Infante 2B .333/.383/.406
Martin Prado 1B .310/.363/.470
Chipper Jones 3B .295/.406/.486
Brian McCann C .284/.358/.491
Yunel Escobar SS .298/.368/.449
Garret Anderson LF .282/.313/.435
Matt Diaz RF .291/.360/.453
Ryan Church CF .274/.342/.384
Derek Lowe RHP 12-7, 4.08 ERA

Mike's Pregame Prediction: Braves win 5-2