Atlanta (65-82) at NY Mets (82-63)

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Braves set for doubleheader at Shea

Mark Bowman and Jon Blau / MLB.com
Mike Hampton will get his shot at Johan Santana. It'll just come many hours later. Friday's scheduled lefty duel was delayed until Saturday at 3:55 p.m. ET because of a rainout, which also pushed southpaw Jo-Jo Reyes' start back to the second game against Mets rookie left-hander Jon Niese.
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Braves probable pitcher

Mike Hampton

  • #32 LHP
  • (2-2) 5.60 ERA 24 SO
Braves: Hampton surrendered a career-high four homers while getting a no-decision with a seven-inning effort against the Nationals on Saturday. The sinkerball specialist has been frustrated by the number of pitches he's been leaving up in the zone recently. While he's still showing some rust, the lefty has also steadily proven that he can still be effective at the Major League level. With injury questions still looming, Hampton needs to pitch well over the final weeks to increase the interest he'll gain on the free-agent market this winter.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 140-103 4.02 2127.0 844 1296 .272
Season 2-2 5.60 53.0 18 24 .299
September 0-0 4.85 13.0 4 7 .286
Vs. NY Mets 0-0 4.50 6.0 1 2 .320

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/13/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Atlanta Braves (NL East) 65 82 .442 18.0 41-34 24-48
New York Mets (NL East) 82 63 .566 - 44-27 38-36
Stats - 09/13/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
ATL .270 685 123 659 50 917 4.50 1309.1 1299 534 974
NYM .267 724 154 682 123 886 4.02 1314.1 1242 520 1047
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Mets to play makeup doubleheader

Marty Noble / MLB.com
Pitching coach Dan Warthen uses playful pseudonyms for the Mets' starting pitchers. The altered identities he listed Friday were Ferarri Santana, Maserati Martinez, Packard Perez, Aston Martin Pelfrey and, for the fifth starter, "Ford or Chevy." Ferrari will pitch the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.
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Mets probable pitcher

Johan Santana

  • #57 LHP
  • (13-7) 2.70 ERA 175 SO
Mets: Santana stopped the bleeding for the Mets Sunday, holding the Phillies to two runs in 7 1/3 innings following his club's two straight losses to its division rival. He allowed five hits -- one a home run -- striking out six and walking three. Most importantly, the 29-year-old once again extended his arm past 100 pitches, a workload he has surpassed in nine out of his last 10 starts, throwing 71 of his 116 pitches for strikes. While Santana has fared well against the Braves in most statistical categories, holding this National League East opponent to four earned runs in 14 innings, both starts have resulted in tough-luck losses and only four Braves have been struck out by Santana in 2008.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 106-51 3.15 1512.0 418 1556 .222
Season 13-7 2.70 203.1 54 175 .233
September 1-0 2.70 13.1 4 16 .235
Vs. Atlanta 0-2 2.57 14.0 0 4 .333

Braves hitters vs Johan Santana

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor - - - - - - - -
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan - - - - .000 3 0 0
Conrad, Brooks - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Matt .500 6 0 0 .533 15 1 3
Escobar, Yunel .333 3 0 1 .300 10 0 1
Hernandez, Diory - - - - - - - -
Infante, Omar .250 4 0 1 .083 24 0 2
Johnson, Kelly .667 6 0 1 .429 14 0 1
Jones, Brandon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Chipper .286 7 0 1 .250 8 0 1
McCann, Brian .333 6 0 0 .385 13 1 1
McLouth, Nate .167 6 1 1 .167 6 1 1
Prado, Martin - - - - .250 4 0 0
Ross, David .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Sammons, Clint - - - - - - - -
Schafer, Jordan - - - - - - - -

Mets hitters vs Mike Hampton

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI

Braves rally past Santana, Mets (66-82) (82-64)

Braves 3, Mets 2

Francoeur does job

Jon Blau / MLB.com
After Mike Hampton battled Johan Santana in a gutsy performance the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, Jeff Francoeur tied the game with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning, and Omar Infante put the Braves on top with a sacrifice fly. Mike Gonzalez closed out the game to earn his 10th save.

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Series at a Glance

 
Johan Santana pitches in the first inning Saturday. (Julie Jacobson/AP)

Mets lose matinee

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
Johan Santana didn't have his best stuff in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, but he held the Braves scoreless for seven innings. But after he gave up two hits to open the eighth and exited, Atlanta rallied for three runs. The loss, coupled with the Phillies' win, cut the Mets' NL East lead to two games.
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Braves 3, Mets 2

AtlantaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Infante, LF4011002.307
  Blanco, G, LF0000000.255
Johnson, 2B5020013.281
Prado, 3B5010003.333
McCann, C5120012.298
Escobar, SS5110003.289
Kotchman, 1B3130100.271
Francoeur, RF4012013.232
Anderson, CF3000003.277
Hampton, P1000111.263
  a-Lillibridge, PH1000010.193
  Ridgway, P0000000.000
  b-Norton, PH0000100.258
  Ohman, P0000000.000
  Bennett, P0000000.222
  Gonzalez, P0000000.000
Totals3631133520 

a-Struck out for Hampton in the 7th. b-Intentionally walked for Ridgway in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Infante; Johnson 2; Prado; McCann 2; Escobar; Kotchman 3; Francoeur.
RBI: Francoeur 2 (67), Infante (36).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Escobar; Infante; Johnson.
S: Anderson.
SF: Infante.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Escobar-Johnson-Kotchman, Prado-McCann-Kotchman).
 
NY MetsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Reyes, J, SS5000020.297
Church, RF4010000.294
Wright, 3B3010101.296
Beltran, CF3110122.282
Delgado, 1B4120000.266
Tatis, LF2010210.294
Easley, 2B4011024.272
Schneider, C2000103.257
  a-Castillo, PH1000000.256
Santana, P3000014.130
  Schoeneweis, P0000000.000
  Stokes, P0000000.667
  Feliciano, P, P0000000.000
  Sanchez, P0000000.000
  b-Evans, PH1000000.270
Totals322715814 

a-Grounded out for Schneider in the 9th. b-Grounded out for Sanchez in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Tatis (15, Hampton), Delgado (27, Hampton).
TB: Church; Wright; Beltran; Delgado 3; Tatis 2; Easley.
RBI: Easley (44).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Beltran; Schneider; Santana 3.
GIDP: Schneider; Easley.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Wright (15, 2nd base off Hampton/McCann).
 
AtlantaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Hampton 6.06225405.34
Ridgway (W, 1-0)1.01000103.12
Ohman (H, 20)0.10000003.56
Bennett (H, 12)0.20000204.08
Gonzalez (S, 10)1.00000104.13
 
NY MetsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Santana 7.09222402.70
Schoeneweis (L, 2-4)0.01110003.10
Stokes (BS, 2)0.21001003.16
Feliciano, P 0.10000103.75
Sanchez 1.00000003.99

Santana pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
Schoeneweis pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

IBB: Tatis (by Hampton), Schneider (by Hampton), Norton (by Stokes).
Pitches-strikes: Hampton 90-47, Ridgway 11-9, Ohman 6-3, Bennett 7-6, Gonzalez 17-11, Santana 114-80, Schoeneweis 2-2, Stokes 8-4, Feliciano, P 5-3, Sanchez 7-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hampton 11-3, Ridgway 1-1, Ohman 0-1, Bennett 0-0, Gonzalez 2-0, Santana 7-10, Schoeneweis 0-0, Stokes 1-1, Feliciano, P 0-0, Sanchez 2-1.
Batters faced: Hampton 27, Ridgway 4, Ohman 1, Bennett 2, Gonzalez 3, Santana 32, Schoeneweis 1, Stokes 4, Feliciano, P 1, Sanchez 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Schoeneweis 2-0, Stokes 3-3, Feliciano, P 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Damien Beal. 2B: Gary Cederstrom. 3B: Fieldin Culbreth.
Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from LF.
September 13, 2008

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