8/19/09 Braves at Mets Lineups

The Specifics

Braves at Mets

Game 2 of 3 (Mets lead series 1-0)

7:10 PM on SNY

Flushing weather, courtesy of Weather.com

The Pitching Matchup

Jair Jurrjens (9-8, 2.99 ERA) vs. Bobby Parnell (3-4, 3.50 ERA)

The Lineups


Mets
1. Angel Pagan CF
2. Luis Castillo 2B
3. Gary Sheffield LF
4. Daniel Murphy 1B
5. Jeff Francoeur RF
6. Fernando Tatis 3B
7. Omir Santos C
8. Anderson Hernandez SS
9. Bobby Parnell P

Braves
1. Omar Infante 2B
2. Garret Anderson LF
3. Chipper Jones 3B
4. Brian McCann C
5. Adam LaRoche 1B
6. Yunel Escobar SS
7. Matt Diaz RF
8. Ryan Church CF
9. Jair Jurrjens P


The Notes

-Bobby Parnell makes his 3rd career start tonight. He is 1-1 with an ERA under 2 in his first 2. His pitch maximum appears to be a regular one at this point: around 100 pitches.

-The Mets are sticking with the lineup that produced big yesterday.

-Martin Prado is out of the Braves lineup due to sporadic headaches he has been suffering.

-Oliver Perez and Jerry Manuel agree that Perez should be able to make his next start.

-Pending a disaster, Billy Wagner will be activated before tomorrow's game. Presumably Elmer Dessens or Andy Green would be demoted to make room for Wagner.

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

8/12/09 Mets at DBacks Lineups

At 3:40 PM, the Mets take on the Diamondbacks at Chase Field for the final game of this 3-game series. The game can be seen on SportsNet New York.

The numbers in parentheses are that player's stats against the opposing starter.

Mets
CF Cory Sullivan .250/.315/.354 (1-for-4, 3B)
2B Alex Cora .256/.325/.316 (3-for-10, 2 2B)
3B David Wright .322/.414/.466 (0-for-7)
LF Gary Sheffield .283/.379/.475 (6-for-16, 2B)
RF Jeff Francoeur .265/.295/.388 (5-for-8, 2B, HR)
1B Fernando Tatis .243/.304/.413 (1-for-2, 2B)
C Omir Santos .263/.302/.410 (never faced Garland)
SS Anderson Hernandez .262/.326/.333 (never faced Garland)
LHP Oliver Perez 2-3, 6.28 ERA

Diamondbacks
RF Trent Oeltjen .500/.500/1.042 (never faced Perez)
SS Augie Ojeda .240/.346/.328 (1-for-1)
LF Ryan Roberts .280/.371/.447 (1-for-3)
3B Mark Reynolds .286/.374/.604 (0-for-4)
CF Gerardo Parra .290/.328/.427 (2-for-3)
C Chris Snyder .208/.337/.370 (1-for-10)
2B Rusty Ryal .500/.500/.500 (never faced Perez)
1B Josh Whitesell .191/.356/.298 (never faced Perez)
RHP Jon Garland 6-10, 4.33 ERA

Mike's Pregame Prediction: Perez pitches decently, but Arizona hits the Mets bullpen hard late in the game, and pulls out a 5-2 win.