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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Cincinnati Reds, 43-48, 4th, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 7-8, 4.63)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-8)            105   103  59  54  38  91 19    4.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  43.1  38  17  17  19  32  7    3.53   54 
 2008-07-03    WSN   W   7     7   3   3   1   8  1      95   58 
 2008-06-28   @CLE   W   6.1   5   0   0   3   2  0      98   62 
 2008-06-22   @NYY   L   5     4   1   1   0   7  0      75   62 
 2008-06-17    LAD   L   7     5   2   2   3   2  0     109   58 
 2008-06-11    STL   L   5     5   6   6   8   2  2     101   27 
 2008-06-06   @FLA   W   6     8   3   3   3   8  2     115   49 
 2008-06-01    ATL   W   7     4   2   2   1   3  2     100   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-0   6     6   3   3   2   8  1    4.50   54 
 2008-05-05    CHC   W   6     6   3   3   2   8  1     108   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-19   Road:   17-29   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-32   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-8 
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @CHC  L   3-7       43-48  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6   WSN  W   6-5       43-47  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5   WSN  W   3-2       42-47  4th 10.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4   WSN  W   3-0       41-47  5th 11.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3   WSN  W   5-3       40-47  6th 11.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2   PIT  L   5-9       39-47  6th 12.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   PIT  L   5-6 (11)  39-46  6th 11.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   PIT  W   4-3       39-45  5th 11.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @CLE  W   9-5       38-45  6th 11.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @CLE  W   5-0       37-45  6th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs, 54-36, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 9-3, 2.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-3)            112.1 109  39  37  38  73  7    2.96      
 2007 (18-13)          216.1 187 100  95 101 177 23    3.95      
 2006 (16-7)           214   162  91  81 115 210 20    3.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  46.1  49  20  19  19  27  3    3.69   51 
 2008-07-04   @STL   W   6     4   0   0   2   5  0      87   67 
 2008-06-18   @TBR   L   6.2   7   5   4   4   2  0      99   40 
 2008-06-12    ATL  ND   7     8   2   2   3   3  1     103   53 
 2008-06-07   @LAD   L   6.2  13   7   7   1   6  2     107   25 
 2008-06-02   @SDP   W   5     5   3   3   4   2  0      92   43 
 2008-05-28    LAD  ND   8     6   1   1   4   3  0     130   65 
 2008-05-23   @PIT   W   7     6   2   2   1   6  0     109   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      3-2  34.1  37  12  12  10  13  1    3.15   52 
 2008-05-06   @CIN   W   8     3   0   0   3   3  0     113   76 
 2008-04-16    CIN   W   7     8   2   2   1   5  0     102   57 
 2007-09-28   @CIN   W   7     6   0   0   1   4  0     110   68 
 2007-09-18    CIN   L   5.1   7   4   4   3   1  1     100   36 
 2007-08-14    CIN   L   7    13   6   6   2   0  0     104   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-10   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  37-27   vsLHP:  17-9    1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 20-7  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Tue, Jul  8   CIN  W   7-3       54-36  1st  3.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @STL  W   7-1       53-36  1st  3.5 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @STL  L   4-5       52-36  1st  2.5 up
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @STL  W   2-1       52-35  1st  3.5 up
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @SFG  L   3-8       51-35  1st  2.5 up
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @SFG  W   6-5       51-34  1st  2.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @SFG  L   1-2       50-34  1st  2.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @SFG  W   9-2       50-33  1st  2.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29  @CHW  L   1-5       49-33  1st  2.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28  @CHW  L   5-6       49-32  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 CHC  7  CIN  3        W:Ryan Dempster (10-3), L: Aaron Harang (3-11), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 CIN  9  CHC  0        W:Edinson Volquez (5-1), L: Jon Lieber (2-2), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 CHC  3 @CIN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (5-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-5), S: Kerry Wood (5)
Mon, May 05, 2008 CIN  5  CHC  3        W:Johnny Cueto (2-3), L: Ryan Dempster (4-1), S: Francisco Cordero (5)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 CIN  9 @CHC  2        W:Edinson Volquez (2-0), L: Ted Lilly (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 CHC 12  CIN  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (2-1), L: Josh Fogg (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 CHC  9  CIN  5        W:Ryan Dempster (2-0), L: Aaron Harang (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 CIN  8  CHC  4        W:Homer Bailey (4-2), L: Ryan Dempster (2-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 CHC  4 @CIN  0        W:Rich Hill (11-8), L: Aaron Harang (16-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CHC  6 @CIN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (18-13), L: Bronson Arroyo (9-15), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 4-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1071-1043

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.46

COL  4.49

WSN  3.58

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIN  4.59

TEX  5.74

BA

C. Jones  .379

C. Crawford  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .477

M. Cabrera  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .663

T. Hunter  .462

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.103

A. Ethier  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

D. Lowe  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.500 21/.762 ··· 11/.586 1/no AB 221/155 .224/.306/.367/.673 .741/.641 .749 50/.442 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/109 .265/.337/.435/.773 .566/.874 .570 96/.547 2/3 6/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 69/.976 2/.000 7/.286 29/1.165 8/.250 49/1.078 8/1.300 351/241 .225/.385/.509/.894 .711/.971 .905 96/.792 1/1 22/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 39/.856 2/1.000 7/.572 10/1.300 4/.833 4/.500 9/.555 317/224 .247/.334/.452/.786 .777/.788 .836 65/.845 1/0 13/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 42/1.128 4/.250 7/.572 28/.871 7/.286 25/.945 5/2.000 354/240 .238/.350/.399/.750 .639/.802 .760 90/.680 0/1 11/
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.143 7/1.429 ··· ··· 1/.000 195/123 .335/.383/.468/.851 1.057/.742 .560 53/.822 15/2 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 20/.683 ··· 5/1.417 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.750 219/152 .293/.350/.394/.744 1.014/.631 .761 56/.526 2/0 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 205/172 .192/.223/.342/.565 .338/.610 .479 40/.410 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .143/.200/.179/.379 .231/.494 .692 15/.205 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 35/.838 1/.000 9/.222 10/.000 9/.000 4/.833 3/.000 381/265 .289/.333/.489/.822 1.139/.684 .785 102/.866 18/4 14/
26.Ross G/S/vP 14/.953 ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 4/4.000 3/1.000 7/.286 118/65 .245/.372/.351/.723 .679/.760 .546 46/.817 0/1 1/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 27/.642 1/.000 8/.625 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.750 75/60 .232/.280/.319/.599 .486/.627 .569 24/.742 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 12/.962 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 325/216 .282/.354/.467/.821 .835/.814 .795 95/.753 4/4 12/
IP 112.1 14.1 44.1 42.2 50.2 43.1 36.2 TOTAL .247/.325/.399/.724 .755/.709 .704 .665 60/28 97/60
ERA-K/9 2.96/5.9 2.51/13.8 4.67/6.9 3.16/5.1 3.55/12.4 2.91/11.2 2.70/5.9 3.85/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (31-15-5)
 Ross (15-5-4)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.255 63/.231 191/.302 185/.301 198/.136 175/.196 155/.254 .246  Dunn
 Griffey
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Phillips
 Hairston
83/0/0/4
0/0/74/4
0/61/0/2
6/20/23/1
2/0/0/0
15/10/6/0
OPS .680 .710 .835 .834 .538 .585 .702 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.704 32/.711 76/.820 67/1.054 85/.798 80/.596 57/.696 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.653 31/.695 115/.843 118/.709 113/.348 95/.574 98/.705 .684
Home 246/.664 20/.667 106/.926 63/.827 107/.417 88/.506 76/.663 .690
Last 28d days 85/.632 43/.802 47/.743 41/.650 45/.767 41/.770 37/.793
HR/SB/CS 7/6/5 2/1/0 7/2/0 7/0/0 7/3/1 1/0/0 3/3/2 90/48/17
Usage ····X··· o·oooX·· X·o·X·oo ·····X·· o·oo·oX· ···XX·o· ·····o··
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 8/.661 64/37 .300/.344/.350/.694 .767/.640 .819 19/.594 0/0 1/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 144/77 .271/.343/.357/.699 .625/.765 .783 37/.506 3/1 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.333 9/.777 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 15/.564 341/248 .289/.376/.460/.837 .895/.816 .925 98/.717 3/0 11/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.550 3/.000 11/1.469 243/208 .230/.326/.407/.733 .532/.769 .827 87/1.002 2/1 9/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 151/137 .262/.356/.485/.840 .580/.864 .794 51/1.017 2/0 6/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.833 368/278 .285/.392/.417/.810 .738/.833 1.033 101/.776 8/4 7/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 12/1.333 2/2.000 1/3.000 12/.166 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 222/134 .271/.339/.385/.725 .872/.632 .725 30/.840 4/4 3/
25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 5/.800 5/.200 5/1.850 4/1.000 30/.503 403/306 .305/.370/.512/.882 .910/.874 .888 112/.976 5/2 15/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 4/1.750 5/2.133 6/1.000 22/1.102 363/277 .287/.380/.506/.887 .736/.935 1.082 96/.787 1/1 15/
18.Soto G/S/vP 3/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.500 343/257 .290/.373/.535/.909 1.044/.863 .892 98/.906 0/0 16/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 4/.667 3/.666 4/.500 7/.143 367/274 .312/.388/.364/.752 .778/.743 .851 96/.665 15/8 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 3/2.000 12/.432 56/50 .283/.411/.435/.845 .900/.839 1.189 22/.885 0/0 1/
IP 105.0 45.0 27.0 47.1 40.2 40.2 16.1 34.2 TOTAL .282/.360/.445/.805 .810/.804 .894 .797 53/22 103/56
ERA-K/9 4.63/7.8 4.00/9.4 2.67/9.7 2.28/9.5 2.43/9.7 4.20/8.0 4.41/5.0 3.89/5.7 4.47/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (7-3-2)
 Soto (41-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 452/.259 199/.273 118/.233 204/.246 175/.199 167/.233 73/.333 156/.275 .271  Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 Ward
 DeRosa
0/6/79/4
18/42/0/1
0/62/0/1
0/1/0/0
2/0/2/0
20/0/12/0
OPS .795 .806 .694 .660 .607 .704 .809 .819 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.788 77/.828 53/.834 87/.694 74/.557 75/.654 32/.820 60/.600 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.800 122/.790 65/.579 117/.636 101/.643 92/.746 41/.801 96/.955 .782
Road 187/.877 97/.644 76/.874 92/.737 74/.647 92/.810 50/.837 74/.774 .815
Last 28d days 127/.742 67/.914 38/.606 61/.600 53/.622 42/.739 59/.827 48/.733
HR/SB/CS 19/6/4 7/2/1 2/3/0 3/4/0 3/2/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 114/47/20
Usage ·····X·· X·····Xo ··X···oo ··X·oo·X ··XXXo·o ···o···X X·····X· ···oo··X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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