Game Preview: New York Mets Vs Atlanta Braves (Game 4)

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Top Prospect Freddie Freeman made his long awaited debut for the Braves in last night's game. Photo Courtesy of Tim Evearitt.

September 2, 2010 – 7:10 PM Peachtree TV
New York Mets (65-68) Vs. Atlanta Braves (78-55)

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What to Watch For: The Braves come into tonight seeking their sixth straight win and a series sweep of the New York Mets. It is no secret that Tim Hudson has been the teams best pitcher this season and will be going for his 16th win of the season. A case could be made that Hudson is the Braves team MVP this season as no one really expected this kind of season coming off of Tommy John surgery. Jason Heyward has been red hot hitting .520 over the last seven days and has raised his season average up to .284. Matt Diaz carries a lifetime .533 batting average into tonight’s game against Mets starter Johan Santana.

Tim Hudson

Year	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9
2010	15	5	.750	2.24	27	27	184.2	144	47	46	11	58	109	1.094	7.0	2.8	5.3
12 Seasons	163	83	.663	3.38	338	337	2244.1	2102	921	844	175	690	1511	1.244	8.4	2.8	6.1

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Generated 9/2/2010.

Vs.

Johan Santana

Year	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9
2010	10	9	.526	3.02	28	28	194.0	176	66	65	15	54	141	1.186	8.2	2.5	6.5
11 Seasons	132	69	.657	3.11	338	262	1903.2	1606	707	657	202	527	1874	1.120	7.6	2.5	8.9

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Generated 9/2/2010.

The Mets against Tim Hudson

	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Carlos Beltran	63	24	3	4	15	9	8	.381	.458	.619	1.077
Jose Reyes	57	15	2	1	3	2	6	.263	.288	.351	.639
David Wright	49	10	0	1	4	5	3	.204	.291	.265	.556
Luis Castillo	33	8	0	0	3	1	3	.242	.265	.242	.507
Angel Pagan	12	6	1	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.583	1.083
Henry Blanco	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250
Ike Davis	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750
Johan Santana	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Mike Pelfrey	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250
Oliver Perez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	236	65	6	6	27	20	24	.275	.335	.377	.712

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The Braves against Johan Santana

	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Omar Infante	36	7	0	0	3	1	8	.194	.231	.194	.425
Matt Diaz	30	16	3	1	4	1	3	.533	.548	.733	1.282
Brian McCann	27	7	1	2	2	1	6	.259	.286	.519	.804
Martin Prado	18	3	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.222	.389
Melky Cabrera	15	3	2	0	0	2	1	.200	.294	.333	.627
Nate McLouth	15	2	1	1	2	2	2	.133	.235	.400	.635
Alex Gonzalez	10	2	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400
Rick Ankiel	9	4	2	0	3	0	2	.444	.444	.667	1.111
Derrek Lee	9	3	1	1	1	0	2	.333	.333	.778	1.111
David Ross	6	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250
Jason Heyward	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452
Eric Hinske	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Tim Hudson	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750
Kenshin Kawakami	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Derek Lowe	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400
Brooks Conrad	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000
Diory Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	199	50	12	5	15	11	44	.251	.292	.387	.679