GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: NY METS (75-60) at ATLANTA (69-67)

NL: NY METS (75-60) at ATLANTA (69-67)

<h3>Glavine faces off against Smoltz as Mets aim for sweep</h3>



<div class="pre">NY Mets (75-60) at Atlanta (69-67) 1:05 pm EDT</div>

ATLANTA (Ticker) - Good friends Tom Glavine and John Smoltz faceoff for the fourth time this season as the New York Mets aimfor a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Despite coming off a disastrous four-game sweep at the hands ofthe Philadelphia Phillies during the week, the Mets haverebounded by taking the first two games against the Braves.

On Saturday, rookie Mike Pelfrey picked up his first win of theseason with six strong innings and New York got homers fromCarlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and Lastings Milledge in a 5-1victory.


The Mets, who halted a season-high five-game losing streak inFriday's opener, leads the Phillies (72-63) by three games inthe National League East. The Braves (69-67) are 6 1/2 gamesoff the pace.


History suggests that Glavine (11-6, 4.15 ERA) will struggle inthis one. The 41-year-old lefthander is 0-2 in three startsagainst Smoltz this season, and has not fared well against hisformer team in general. The future Hall of Famer is just 3-11with a 5.35 ERA in 18 starts against Atlanta.


In his last outing, Glavine yielded eight hits in sevenscoreless innings, but did not figure in a 4-2 loss in 10innings to Philadelphia on Tuesday. In his last start againstSmoltz, he allowed two runs and five hits in six innings of a2-1 loss on May 24.


Meanwhile, Smoltz (12-6, 3.06) will try and help Atlanta avoidits ninth loss in the last 12 games.


In his last outing, Smoltz allowed three runs and six hits insix innings, but did not factor into the decision in a 4-3 lossto the Florida Marlins on Tuesday.


The righthander threw seven scoreless innings in that May 24matchup with Glavine.

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS AT ATLANTA -- LINEUPS

NY METS ATLANTA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Jose Reyes SS .296 10 49 Yunel Escobar SS .331 3 24
Luis Castillo 2B .269 1 10 Matt Diaz LF .349 12 38
David Wright 3B .316 24 87 Chipper Jones 3B .327 22 79
Carlos Beltran CF .279 26 86 Mark Teixeira 1B .313 10 32
Carlos Delgado 1B .252 21 79 Jeff Francoeur RF .295 16 83
Moises Alou LF .311 9 31 Andruw Jones CF .224 24 84
Shawn Green RF .274 8 38 Brian Mccann C .271 17 82
Paul Lo Duca C .267 5 33 Kelly Johnson 2B .287 15 63
Tom Glavine LHP .250 0 3 John Smoltz RHP .093 0 2
(11-6, 4.15) (12-6, 3.06)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA
WARMUPS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE (11-6, 4.15)
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ (12-6, 3.06)

UMPIRES: HP - ERIC COOPER
1B - ANDY FLETCHER
2B - MIKE REILLY
3B - JEFF KELLOGG

WEATHER: 80 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 23 mph, right to left</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA
STARTING BATS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE AND PAUL LO DUCA
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ AND BRIAN MCCANN

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.296, 10 HR, 49 RBI)
L CASTILLO (.269, 1 HR, 10 RBI)
D WRIGHT (.316, 24 HR, 87 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 2 0
ATLANTA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: Y ESCOBAR (.331, 3 HR, 24 RBI)
M DIAZ (.349, 12 HR, 38 RBI)
C JONES (.327, 22 HR, 79 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS ATLANTA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
L Castillo 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
D Wright 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
M Alou lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311
S Green rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
T Glavine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 4 0 2 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Smoltz/B McCann).


ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .331
M Diaz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .349
C Jones 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327
M Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
J Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
B McCann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
K Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
J Smoltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .093

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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NY METS - 0 -- 0
ATLANTA - -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.15

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.04

Pitches-strikes: J Smoltz 18-13. Ground balls-fly balls: J Smoltz 1-1.
Batters faced: J Smoltz 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY JEFF FRANCOEUR SCORED YUNEL ESCOBAR.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, M DIAZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 0
ATLANTA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: A JONES (.224, 24 HR, 84 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 0 2 0
ATLANTA 1 1 2 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR NY METS: C DELGADO (.252, 21 HR, 79 RBI)
M ALOU (.311, 9 HR, 31 RBI)
S GREEN (.274, 8 HR, 38 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
L Castillo 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
D Wright 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
M Alou lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311
S Green rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
T Glavine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Totals 4 0 2 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Smoltz/B McCann).


ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
M Diaz lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352
C Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326
M Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .313
J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .295
A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .270
K Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
J Smoltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .093

Totals 5 1 2 1 2 0 4

BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (84). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
McCann 2. Team LOB - 3.


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NY METS - 0 -- 0
ATLANTA - 1 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.17

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.04

Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 26-13; J Smoltz 18-13. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Glavine 2-1; J Smoltz 1-1. Batters faced: T Glavine 7; J Smoltz 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY TOM GLAVINE SCORED MOISES ALOU.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P LO DUCA ON FIRST, S GREEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1
ATLANTA 1 TOP, 2ND

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.296, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 1 1 5 0
ATLANTA 1 1 2 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: K JOHNSON (.287, 15 HR, 63 RBI)
J SMOLTZ (.093, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
Y ESCOBAR (.333, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS ATLANTA (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .295
L Castillo 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
D Wright 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
M Alou lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
S Green rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
P Lo Duca c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
T Glavine p 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250

Totals 9 1 5 1 0 2 5

BATTING: SF - T Glavine. RBI - T Glavine (4). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Reyes 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Smoltz/B McCann).


ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
M Diaz lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352
C Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326
M Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .313
J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .295
A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .270
K Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
J Smoltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .093

Totals 5 1 2 1 2 0 4

BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (84). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
McCann 2. Team LOB - 3.


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NY METS - 01 -- 1
ATLANTA - 1 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.17

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 3.08

Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 26-13; J Smoltz 35-27. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Glavine 2-1; J Smoltz 1-2. Batters faced: T Glavine 7; J Smoltz 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 1 1 5 0
ATLANTA 1 0 1 2 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR NY METS: L CASTILLO (.276, 1-FOR-1)
D WRIGHT (.317, 1-FOR-1)
C BELTRAN (.278, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .295
L Castillo 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
D Wright 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
C Beltran cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
M Alou lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
S Green rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
P Lo Duca c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
T Glavine p 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250

Totals 9 1 5 1 0 2 5

BATTING: SF - T Glavine. RBI - T Glavine (4). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Reyes 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Smoltz/B McCann).


ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .332
M Diaz lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352
C Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326
M Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .313
J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .295
A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .270
K Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
J Smoltz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 8 1 2 1 2 0 4

BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (84). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
McCann 2. Team LOB - 3.


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NY METS - 01 -- 1
ATLANTA - 10 -- 1
----------------------------------------------------

NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.15

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 3.08

Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 40-23; J Smoltz 35-27. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Glavine 5-1; J Smoltz 1-2. Batters faced: T Glavine 10; J Smoltz 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 1 0 1 5 0
ATLANTA 1 0 1 2 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M DIAZ (.352, 1-FOR-1)
C JONES (.326, 0-FOR-1)
M TEIXEIRA (.313, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS ATLANTA (1) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .295
L Castillo 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
D Wright 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
C Beltran cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
M Alou lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
S Green rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
P Lo Duca c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
T Glavine p 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250

Totals 12 1 5 1 0 2 5

BATTING: SF - T Glavine. RBI - T Glavine (4). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Reyes 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Smoltz/B McCann).


ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .332
M Diaz lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352
C Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326
M Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .313
J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .295
A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .270
K Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
J Smoltz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 8 1 2 1 2 0 4

BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (84). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
McCann 2. Team LOB - 3.


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NY METS - 010 -- 1
ATLANTA - 10 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.15

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 3 5 1 1 0 2 0 3.06

Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 40-23; J Smoltz 47-34. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Glavine 5-1; J Smoltz 3-3. Batters faced: T Glavine 10; J Smoltz 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 1 0 1 5 0
ATLANTA 1 0 0 1 2 0 (TOP 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR NY METS: C DELGADO (.252, 0-FOR-1)
M ALOU (.314, 1-FOR-1)
S GREEN (.276, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .295
L Castillo 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
D Wright 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
C Beltran cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
C Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
M Alou lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
S Green rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
P Lo Duca c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269
T Glavine p 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250

Totals 12 1 5 1 0 2 5

BATTING: SF - T Glavine. RBI - T Glavine (4). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Reyes 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Smoltz/B McCann).


ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .332
M Diaz lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .350
C Jones 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326
M Teixeira 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .310
J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .295
A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .270
K Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
J Smoltz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 11 1 2 1 2 1 4

BATTING: RBI - J Francoeur (84). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
McCann 2. Team LOB - 3.


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NY METS - 010 -- 1
ATLANTA - 100 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 4.13

ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 3 5 1 1 0 2 0 3.06

Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 54-31; J Smoltz 47-34. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Glavine 6-2; J Smoltz 3-3. Batters faced: T Glavine 13; J Smoltz 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.

Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: NY METS at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
ATLANTA 1 0 0 1 2 0 (BOT 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - TOM GLAVINE
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J FRANCOEUR (.295, 0-FOR-1, RBI)
A JONES (.224, 0-FOR-0, BB)
B MCCANN (.270, 0-FOR-1)</div>