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CLE  6
DET  5

CHW  9
@KCR  4

NYY  3
BAL  2

OAK  2
SEA  0

TBR 11
MIN  1

LAA 15
@TEX 13

BOS  4
@TOR  3

NYM  9
@ATL  5

STL 12
@CHC  6

CIN 11
MIL  2

COL  3
ARI  2

FLA 14
PHI  8

SFG  7
@LAD  1

HOU  5
@PIT  1

SDP 11
@WSN  6

(14)
Standings at end of play this day

Turner Field, Attendance: 42,803

Friday, September 19, 2008, 7:30pm
Time of Game: 3:25
Mets
9
86-67
Won 3
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Mets            1  0  3   1  0  0   0  4  0    9 12  3
Braves          0  2  1   0  1  0   1  0  0    5  8  1
W: P Feliciano (3-4), L: J Tavarez (1-4)
Braves
5
67-87
Lost 4
4th, 19½ GB

BATTING

New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Reyes SS                    4   3   3   2    1   1  .302  .850   21    0   1   HR,SB
L Castillo 2B                 4   0   1   0    1   0  .252  .668   26    2   3   SB,GDP
D Wright 3B                   5   1   2   2    0   1  .294  .906   23    0   2   2B
C Beltran CF                  5   1   1   1    0   3  .281  .876   23    3   0   2B
C Delgado 1B                  5   1   2   1    0   0  .266  .860   17    8   1   
R Castro C                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .779   11    7   1   2B
  A Reyes PH                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .217  .504    3    0   0   SH
  B Schneider C               1   0   0   0    0   1  .264  .724    4    2   0   
R Church RF                   4   0   0   0    1   3  .284  .808   23    5   0   
N Evans LF                    2   1   1   1    1   0  .272  .740   12    0   0   HR,IW
  N Figueroa P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .297         0   0   
  R Rincon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Heilman P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  P Feliciano P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Murphy PH                 1   1   1   2    0   0  .374 1.013    1    0   0   2B
  B Stokes P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .667 1.334         0   1   
O Perez P                     3   0   0   0    0   1  .111  .302   12    0   0   
  E Chavez LF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .270  .642    3    0   0   
Totals                       38   9  12   9    4  10              179   27   9
BATTING
2B: C Beltran (39, off J Reyes); R Castro (7, off J Reyes); D Murphy (8, off J Tavarez); D Wright (41, off J Reyes).
HR: N Evans (2, off J Reyes; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF); J Reyes (16, off J Reyes; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line).
SH: A Reyes (5, off J Tavarez).
IBB: N Evans (2, by J Reyes).
TB: J Reyes 6; N Evans 4; D Wright 3; D Murphy 2; C Beltran 2; R Castro 2; C Delgado 2; L Castillo.
GIDP: L Castillo (12).
RBI: D Murphy 2 (16); J Reyes 2 (64); D Wright 2 (116); C Delgado (107); C Beltran (108); N Evans (9).
2-out RBI: J Reyes; D Wright.
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 6 for 12.
FIELDING
E: R Church (1); D Wright (15); J Reyes (17).
BASERUNNING
SB: L Castillo (17, 2nd base off J Julio/C Sammons); J Reyes (52, 3rd base off J Reyes/C Sammons).
Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Prado LF-3B                 5   0   2   0    0   0  .318  .839   15    1   1   
K Johnson 2B                  4   0   1   0    1   2  .284  .793   26    0   6   
C Jones 3B                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .362 1.033   12    0   2   
  G Blanco LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .254  .682         0   0   
  Y Escobar PH                0   0   0   0    0   0  .288  .767         0   0   
  G Norton PH                 0   0   0   0    1   0  .265  .818    4    0   0   IW
  J Tavarez P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  V Nunez P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Acosta P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  B McCann PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .299  .892    3    0   0   
O Infante SS                  3   1   2   2    0   1  .299  .768   16    2   3   2B,SF
C Kotchman 1B                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .271  .738   15   10   1   
J Francoeur RF                3   1   1   0    1   2  .235  .646   18    2   0   
C Sammons C                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .149  .429   13   10   0   
J Anderson CF                 4   0   1   1    0   3  .260  .659   19    1   0   
J Reyes P                     1   1   1   0    0   0  .143  .386    3    0   0   2B
  B Carlyle P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .583         0   0   
  R Gotay PH                  0   1   0   0    1   0  .216  .639    7    0   0   
  J Julio P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Jones PH-LF               2   1   0   0    0   0  .260  .706    7    0   0   
Totals                       34   5   8   3    4   9              158   27  13
BATTING
2B: J Reyes (2, off O Perez); O Infante (22, off O Perez).
SF: O Infante (5, off O Perez).
IBB: G Norton (2, by A Heilman).
TB: O Infante 3; M Prado 2; J Reyes 2; J Anderson; K Johnson; J Francoeur.
RBI: O Infante 2 (39); J Anderson (8).
2-out RBI: J Anderson; O Infante.
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 3 for 12.
FIELDING
DP: 1. O Infante-C Kotchman.
E: K Johnson (12).

PITCHING

New York Mets                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
O Perez                        6     6   4   3    3   6   0   4.10   26  109-73   42·11·20    9· 7· 1· 0     49    -     1.60  -0.09
N Figueroa, BS (1)             0     1   1   0    0   0   0   4.57    2    5-3     3· 0· 0    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.44  -0.34
R Rincon                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    1    5-2     1· 1· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.77   0.01
A Heilman                      0.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   5.35    2    9-4     2· 1· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    2.80   0.10
P Feliciano, W (3-4)           0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.96    1    5-3     2· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    3.13   0.09
B Stokes                       2     1   0   0    0   2   0   3.38    7   25-18   11· 3· 4    2· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.57   0.04
Totals                         9     8   5   3    4   9   0          39  158-103  61·16·26   14·10· 2· 0          4-0 
Atlanta Braves                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Reyes                        3.1   7   5   5    2   2   2   5.74   19   82-47   26· 5·16    7· 6· 2· 0     26    -     0.98  -0.42
B Carlyle                      1.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.84    4   18-10    5· 2· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.65   0.08
J Julio                        2     0   0   0    2   3   0   4.00    8   34-20    6· 6· 8    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.08   0.11
J Tavarez, L (1-4)             0.2   5   4   1    0   1   0   5.02    8   24-15    9· 3· 3    3· 3· 1· 0          0-0    1.75  -0.47
V Nunez                        0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   4.67    1    5-3     0· 1· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.30   0.01
M Acosta                       1     0   0   0    0   2   0   3.78    3   14-8     2· 4· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.06   0.00
Totals                         9    12   9   6    4  10   2          43  177-103  48·21·34   16· 9· 4· 0          3-0 
N Figueroa faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: A Heilman (7; G Norton); J Reyes (4; N Evans).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bill Hohn.
Time of Game: 3:25.
Attendance: 42,803.
Weather: 74° F, Wind 10mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   New York Mets                 Atlanta Braves                       
1. J Reyes              SS    1. M Prado              LF 
2. L Castillo           2B    2. K Johnson            2B 
3. D Wright             3B    3. C Jones              3B 
4. C Beltran            CF    4. O Infante            SS 
5. C Delgado            1B    5. C Kotchman           1B 
6. R Castro             C     6. J Francoeur          RF 
7. R Church             RF    7. C Sammons            C  
8. N Evans              LF    8. J Anderson           CF 
9. O Perez              P     9. J Reyes              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   1  5-5  12-  1   31%  88% D Murphy        J Tavarez       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Delgado Scores; Reyes Scores/unER
   b 7   0  5-4  1--  3  -26%  30% M Prado         N Figueroa      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Jones Scores/Adv on E9/No RBI/unER; Prado to 2B
   b 2   2  1-0  1-3  7  -18%  38% J Anderson      O Perez         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Infante Scores; Francoeur Scores/No RBI/unER/Adv on E5 (throw); Anderson out at 2B
   b 3   2  4-2  1-3  4  -12%  56% O Infante       O Perez         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Reyes Scores; Johnson to 3B
   b 7   1  5-5  1-3  5   12%  41% O Infante       A Heilman       Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Jo-Jo Reyes facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  4   60%  J Reyes         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  5   58%  L Castillo      Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  6   57%  D Wright        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   56%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Oliver Perez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   58%  M Prado         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   60%  K Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   61%  C Jones         Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.

Top of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Jo-Jo Reyes facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   59%  C Delgado       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   62%  R Castro        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  5   59%  R Church        Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  5   60%  N Evans         Intentional Walk
   O      12-  7   56%  O Perez         Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Oliver Perez facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   52%  O Infante       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  3   54%  C Kotchman      Groundout: 2B-1B; Infante to 2B
          -2-  5   52%  J Francoeur     Walk
   O      12-  2   56%  C Sammons       Flyball: RF (RF Line); Infante to 3B
   RRO    1-3  7   38%  J Anderson      Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Infante Scores; Francoeur Scores/No RBI/unER/Adv on E5 (throw); Anderson out at 2B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 2.

Top of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Behind 1-2, Jo-Jo Reyes facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   43%  J Reyes         Walk
   O      1--  6   41%  L Castillo      Groundout: 2B-1B; Reyes to 2B
          -2-      44%  D Wright        Reyes Steals 3B
   R      --3  5   52%  " "             Double to RF (Ground Ball); Reyes Scores
   R      -2-  4   63%  C Beltran       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Wright Scores
   R      -2-  2   72%  C Delgado       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Beltran Scores
   O      1--  4   70%  R Castro        Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   O      1--  1   68%  R Church        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Behind 2-4, Oliver Perez facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   61%  J Reyes         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   63%  M Prado         Groundout: 2B-1B; Reyes to 3B
          --3 10   60%  K Johnson       Walk
   O      1-3  5   68%  C Jones         Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
   R      1-3  4   56%  O Infante       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Reyes Scores; Johnson to 3B
   O      -23  3   63%  C Kotchman      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 3.

Top of the 4th, Mets Batting, Ahead 4-3, Jo-Jo Reyes facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  4   74%  N Evans         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      ---  2   72%  O Perez         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   74%  J Reyes         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
                  Buddy Carlyle replaces Jo-Jo Reyes pitching and batting 9th
   OO     1--  6   70%  L Castillo      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-5, Oliver Perez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   73%  J Francoeur     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   75%  C Sammons       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   76%  J Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 3.

Top of the 5th, Mets Batting, Ahead 5-3, Buddy Carlyle facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   74%  D Wright        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  6   73%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   72%  C Delgado       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-5, Oliver Perez facing 9-1-2
                  Ruben Gotay pinch hits for Buddy Carlyle batting 9th
          ---  7   67%  R Gotay         Walk
          1--  4   58%  M Prado         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Gotay to 2B
          12-  3   47%  K Johnson       Single to 3B (Bunt to Weak 3B); Gotay to 3B; Prado to 2B
   O      123  4   57%  C Jones         Strikeout Looking
   RO     123  3   60%  O Infante       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Gotay Scores
   O      12-  4   67%  C Kotchman      Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 4.

Top of the 6th, Mets Batting, Ahead 5-4, Jorge Julio facing 6-7-8
                  Jorge Julio replaces Ruben Gotay pitching and batting 9th; Martin Prado moves to 3B; Gregor Blanco replaces Chipper Jones playing LF batting 3rd
   O      ---  2   64%  R Castro        Lineout: CF
          ---  6   67%  R Church        Walk
   O      1--  3   64%  N Evans         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3   61%  O Perez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 4-5, Oliver Perez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   65%  J Francoeur     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   68%  C Sammons       Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   70%  J Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 4.

Top of the 7th, Mets Batting, Ahead 5-4, Jorge Julio facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   67%  J Reyes         Strikeout Looking
          ---  7   70%  L Castillo      Walk
   O      1--  5   68%  D Wright        Strikeout Swinging, Castillo Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   64%  C Beltran       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Braves Batting, Behind 4-5, Nelson Figueroa facing 9-1-2
                  Nelson Figueroa replaces Nick Evans pitching and batting 8th; Endy Chavez replaces Oliver Perez playing LF batting 9th; Brandon Jones pinch hits for Jorge Julio batting 9th
          ---  2   57%  B Jones         Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   R      1--  3   30%  M Prado         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Jones Scores/Adv on E9/No RBI/unER; Prado to 2B
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Nelson Figueroa pitching and batting 8th
   O      -2-  5   31%  K Johnson       Flyball: RF; Prado to 3B
                  Aaron Heilman replaces Ricardo Rincon pitching and batting 8th; Greg Norton pinch hits for Yunel Escobar batting 3rd; Yunel Escobar pinch hits for Gregor Blanco batting 3rd
          --3  4   29%  G Norton        Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  5   41%  O Infante       Strikeout Swinging
                  Pedro Feliciano replaces Aaron Heilman pitching and batting 8th
   O      1-3  5   50%  C Kotchman      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 5.

Top of the 8th, Mets Batting, Tied 5-5, Julian Tavarez facing 5-6-7
                  Julian Tavarez replaces Greg Norton pitching and batting 3rd; Brandon Jones moves to LF
          ---  2   57%  C Delgado       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
                  Argenis Reyes pinch hits for Ramon Castro batting 6th
          1--  3   67%  A Reyes         Reached on E4 (catch) (Bunt to Front of Home to 3B); Delgado to 2B
   O      12-  5   57%  R Church        Strikeout Swinging
                  Daniel Murphy pinch hits for Pedro Feliciano batting 8th
   RR     12-  1   88%  D Murphy        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Delgado Scores; Reyes Scores/unER
   O      -2-  3   86%  E Chavez        Groundout: 1B-P; Murphy to 3B
   R      --3  6   93%  J Reyes         Single to CF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Murphy Scores/unER
          1--  2   93%  L Castillo      Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Reyes to 2B
   R      12-  2   97%  D Wright        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Reyes Scores/unER; Castillo to 2B
                  Vladimir Nunez replaces Julian Tavarez pitching and batting 3rd
   O      12-  5   96%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Mets 9, Braves 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Braves Batting, Behind 5-9, Brian Stokes facing 6-7-8
                  Brian Stokes replaces Daniel Murphy pitching and batting 8th; Brian Schneider replaces Argenis Reyes playing C batting 6th
          ---  1   93%  J Francoeur     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   96%  C Sammons       Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4   98%  J Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   99%  B Jones         Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 9, Braves 5.

Top of the 9th, Mets Batting, Ahead 9-5, Manny Acosta facing 5-6-7
                  Manny Acosta replaces Vladimir Nunez pitching and batting 3rd
   O      ---  4   98%  C Delgado       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   98%  B Schneider     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   98%  R Church        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 9, Braves 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 5-9, Brian Stokes facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   99%  M Prado         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  5  100%  K Johnson       Strikeout Looking
                  Brian McCann pinch hits for Manny Acosta batting 3rd
   O      ---  3  100%  B McCann        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 9, Braves 5.

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