Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 20, 2009 - Box Score

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National League Standings, August 20, 2009

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Angel
Pagan 2b
Luis
Castillo 1b
Daniel
Murphy rf
Jeff
Francoeur lf
Cory
Sullivan 3b
Fernando
Tatis c
Brian
Schneider ss
Anderson
Hernandez p
Johan
Santana

August 20, 2009, Citi Field, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 3, New York Mets 2

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Omar Infante 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0

Garret Anderson lf 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Reid Gorecki lf 3 0 1 0 0 1

Chipper Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Brian McCann c 4 1 1 1 0 1

Yunel Escobar ss 3 0 1 0 1 0

Matt Diaz rf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Adam LaRoche 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0

Ryan Church cf 4 1 2 1 0 0

Kenshin Kawakami p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Peter Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rafael Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Angel Pagan cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .281

Luis Castillo 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .312

Daniel Murphy 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .253

Jeff Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .297

Cory Sullivan lf 2 0 1 1 1 0 .281

- Gary Sheffield ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .285

- Francisco Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Fernando Tatis 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .249

Brian Schneider c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182

- Omir Santos ph-c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .265

Anderson Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219

Johan Santana p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .167

- Jeremy Reed ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254

- Billy Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Wilson Valdez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241

Schaefer Mets Player of the Game

Johan
Johan Santana
Points awarded for this game:
Johan Santana 3.29, Cory Sullivan 1.08, Luis Castillo 1.06, Omir Santos 0.89, Billy Wagner 0.86, Francisco Rodriguez 0.53, Jeff Francoeur 0.51, Fernando Tatis 0.04.
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Atlanta Braves 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 0

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Kenshin Kawakami (W) 7.0 7 1 1 2 5

Mike Gonzalez 0.2 0 1 0 1 1

Peter Moylan 0.1 1 0 0 0 0

Rafael Soriano (Save) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Johan Santana (L,13-9) 7.0 9 3 3 0 2 3.13

Billy Wagner 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00

Francisco Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 3.21

Left on base: Braves 5, Mets 10
Errors: Chipper Jones.
2B: Johan Santana (3), Fernando Tatis (14), Jeff Francoeur (7), Ryan Church, Adam LaRoche.
HR: Brian McCann.
SH: Kenshin Kawakami 2.
SF: Omar Infante.

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