NY Mets (0-0) at Atlanta (0-0)

7:30 pm ET Turner Field
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Maine tries to duplicate spring success

John Maine enjoyed a dominant spring, and he tries to carry that success over into his 2008 campaign, which starts Friday at 7:35 p.m. ET against the Braves.
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Hudson to take on Mets in opener

Tim Hudson surrendered two first-inning runs in Sunday's Opening Day start against the Nationals and then ended his seven-inning outing by retiring 19 consecutive batters. He was 2-2 with a 3.33 ERA in four starts against the Mets last year.

Mets hitters vs Braves pitchers

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos .288 66 2 7 .310 258 15 45
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .191 47 1 3 .281 274 1 16
Evans, Nick .333 12 1 1 .333 12 1 1
Francoeur, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Green, Andy - - - - .143 14 0 0
Hernandez, Anderson .308 13 0 4 .143 28 0 4
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel .200 20 0 4 .200 20 0 4
Pagan, Angel .200 10 0 2 .208 24 0 2
Reed, Jeremy .286 7 0 2 .286 7 0 2
Reyes, Jose .213 75 2 5 .299 365 9 33
Santos, Omir - - - - - - - -
Sullivan, Cory - - - - .273 33 0 1
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David .369 65 6 15 .289 311 22 51

Braves hitters vs Mets pitchers

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor .200 35 0 3 .200 35 0 3
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan - - - - .276 98 6 18
Conrad, Brooks - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Matt .250 24 0 1 .231 104 4 9
Escobar, Yunel .333 33 1 3 .270 63 2 6
Hernandez, Diory - - - - - - - -
Infante, Omar .273 44 0 7 .276 58 0 9
Johnson, Kelly .339 59 2 13 .286 140 5 23
Jones, Brandon .000 6 0 0 .000 6 0 0
Jones, Chipper .357 42 1 5 .301 279 13 45
McCann, Brian .322 59 1 10 .300 190 4 29
McLouth, Nate .214 28 1 5 .274 62 4 9
Prado, Martin .333 45 0 4 .277 65 0 5
Ross, David .250 12 0 1 .190 42 0 3
Sammons, Clint .000 7 0 0 .000 7 0 0
Schafer, Jordan - - - - - - - -