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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, July 10, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Cincinnati Reds, 43-49, 4th, 12½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 6-7, 5.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-7)             99   125  71  64  38  91 18    5.82      
 2007 (9-15)           210.2 232 109  99  63 156 28    4.23      
 2006 (14-11)          240.2 222  98  88  64 184 31    3.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  34.1  47  27  26  12  30 10    6.82   41 
 2008-07-04    WSN   W   6     5   0   0   3   3  0      95   62 
 2008-06-29   @CLE   W   6     5   2   1   2   6  1      94   60 
 2008-06-24   @TOR   L   1    11  10  10   1   1  3      52   -9 
 2008-06-18    LAD   L   6.1   7   6   6   1   6  1     100   40 
 2008-06-12    STL  ND   6     2   0   0   1   4  0      86   71 
 2008-06-07   @FLA  ND   4.2   7   4   4   2   6  2     103   38 
 2008-06-02   @PHI   L   4.1  10   5   5   2   4  3      88   25 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      0-3  32.2  35  20  13   9  25  4    3.58   50 
 2007-09-28    CHC   L   6     6   4   3   1   1  2      95   46 
 2007-09-17   @CHC  ND   5.1   9   4   4   2   6  2      89   38 
 2007-07-27    CHC  ND   7.2   4   2   0   1   5  0     123   71 
 2007-04-14   @CHC   L   6.2   8   6   2   3   4  0     104   43 
 2007-04-04    CHC   L   7     8   4   4   2   9  0     108   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-19   Road:   17-30   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-33   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-8 
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:11-20   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @CHC  L   1-5       43-49  4th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Chicago Cubs, 55-36, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 9-5, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-5)            112.2 108  59  56  39 105 19    4.47      
 2007 (15-8)           207   181  91  88  55 174 28    3.83      
 2006 (15-13)          181.2 179  98  87  81 160 28    4.31      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  47.2  38  16  16  18  44  7    3.02   59 
 2008-07-05   @STL  ND   6     7   2   2   1   5  1      90   54 
 2008-06-30   @SFG   W   8     7   2   2   2   5  0     110   63 
 2008-06-25    BAL   W   7     5   4   4   2   4  2     108   53 
 2008-06-20    CHW  ND   6.2   7   3   3   3   8  2     106   53 
 2008-06-15   @TOR   W   6     1   0   0   5   6  0     110   71 
 2008-06-10    ATL   W   6.2   4   3   3   3   8  1      98   59 
 2008-06-04   @SDP   L   7.1   7   2   2   2   8  1     110   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-2  26    19  14  14   7  30  5    4.85   55 
 2008-04-17    CIN   L   6     6   5   5   3   6  1      94   43 
 2007-09-30   @CIN  ND   2     0   0   0   0   1  0      21   57 
 2007-09-19    CIN  ND   7     5   2   2   1   8  2      99   66 
 2007-08-15    CIN  ND   5     6   6   6   2   5  2      85   34 
 2007-04-15    CIN   L   6     2   1   1   1  10  0     101   73 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-10   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  38-27   vsLHP:  17-9    1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest: 20-7  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Wed, Jul  9   CIN  W   5-1       55-36  1st  4.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (10-3), L: Johnny Cueto (7-9), S: Kerry Wood (23)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 5-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1072-1043

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  4.53

WSN  3.60

RA/G

OAK  3.66

NYM  4.58

TEX  5.72

BA

C. Jones  .375

M. DeRosa  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .472

O. Hudson  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .661

J. Bowker  .461

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.107

J. Crede  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Sanchez  3.97

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.36

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
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 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 21/.762 1/.000 11/.586 1/no AB 224/158 .221/.302/.362/.664 .741/.628 .727 50/.442 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 170/113 .265/.335/.430/.766 .566/.860 .567 96/.547 2/3 6/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 11/1.259 2/.000 3/.333 7/.286 29/1.165 8/.250 49/1.078 8/1.300 354/244 .227/.384/.518/.902 .711/.982 .922 96/.852 1/1 23/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 14/.731 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.572 10/1.300 4/.833 4/.500 9/.555 320/227 .245/.331/.447/.778 .777/.777 .818 65/.845 1/0 13/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 14/.665 4/.250 3/1.666 7/.572 28/.871 8/.393 25/.945 5/2.000 358/244 .236/.349/.395/.745 .639/.794 .751 91/.650 0/1 11/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 22/.797 1/no AB 3/.833 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 10/.888 ··· ··· 5/1.417 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 4/.750 223/156 .289/.348/.388/.736 1.014/.623 .747 60/.510 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 9/.347 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 6/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 206/173 .191/.222/.340/.562 .338/.606 .475 40/.410 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .143/.200/.179/.379 .231/.494 .692 13/.237 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 14/.071 1/.000 4/.000 9/.222 10/.000 9/.000 5/.650 3/.000 385/269 .285/.330/.483/.813 1.139/.673 .768 106/.832 18/4 14/
26.Ross G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.833 8/.625 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.750 75/60 .232/.280/.319/.599 .486/.627 .569 23/.776 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 328/219 .279/.351/.463/.813 .835/.802 .780 95/.753 4/4 12/
IP 112.2 14.1 62.2 44.1 42.2 51.1 43.2 36.2 TOTAL .245/.323/.397/.720 .755/.704 .697 .668 60/29 98/63
ERA-K/9 4.47/8.4 2.51/13.8 3.59/6.3 4.67/6.9 3.16/5.1 3.51/12.3 2.89/11.1 2.70/5.9 3.82/7.4

 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 484/.245 63/.231 263/.263 191/.302 185/.301 203/.140 176/.195 155/.254 .245  Dunn
 Griffey
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Phillips
 Hairston
84/0/0/4
0/0/75/4
0/61/0/2
6/21/23/1
2/0/0/0
15/10/6/0
OPS .759 .710 .693 .835 .834 .547 .581 .702 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.867 32/.711 136/.655 76/.820 67/1.054 89/.800 80/.596 57/.696 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 365/.724 31/.695 127/.734 115/.843 118/.709 114/.355 96/.568 98/.705 .680
Home 229/.758 20/.667 125/.595 106/.926 63/.827 112/.438 89/.500 76/.663 .682
Last 28d days 139/.677 43/.802 48/.840 47/.743 41/.650 50/.785 42/.750 37/.793
HR/SB/CS 19/5/2 2/1/0 6/1/3 7/2/0 7/0/0 7/3/1 1/0/0 3/3/2 91/48/18
Usage ····X··· ·o·oooX· ····X··o ·X·o·X·o ······X· Xo·oo·oX o···XX·o ······o·
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
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 12/.166 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 18/.502 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 14/1.286 9/.777 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 16/.527 345/252 .285/.372/.454/.826 .895/.801 .901 98/.674 3/0 11/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 26/.644 6/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.550 3/.000 12/1.500 247/212 .226/.325/.401/.726 .532/.760 .804 87/.997 2/1 9/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 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 48/1.086 2/0 6/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.650 373/283 .287/.392/.420/.813 .738/.836 1.032 102/.738 8/4 7/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.606 12/1.333 2/2.000 1/3.000 12/.166 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 226/138 .270/.338/.383/.720 .872/.628 .716 34/.796 4/4 3/
25.Lee G/S/vP 28/.857 4/.250 1/.000 5/.800 5/.200 5/1.850 4/1.000 31/.485 408/311 .304/.370/.510/.880 .910/.870 .883 113/.967 5/2 15/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 31/.716 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 4/1.750 5/2.133 6/1.000 23/1.200 367/281 .291/.384/.521/.905 .736/.958 1.117 96/.848 1/1 16/
18.Soto G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/1.000 347/261 .289/.372/.535/.907 1.044/.861 .889 98/.918 0/0 16/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 18/.627 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 4/.667 3/.666 4/.500 8/.125 372/279 .313/.388/.365/.753 .778/.744 .850 96/.653 15/8 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 14/.517 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 99.0 45.0 27.0 47.1 40.2 40.2 16.1 36.0 TOTAL .282/.360/.446/.805 .810/.803 .892 .796 53/22 104/57
ERA-K/9 5.82/8.3 4.00/9.4 2.67/9.7 2.28/9.5 2.43/9.7 4.20/8.0 4.41/5.0 3.75/5.5 4.47/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (7-3-2)
 Soto (41-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 458/.310 199/.273 118/.233 204/.246 175/.199 167/.233 73/.333 165/.274 .271  Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 Ward
 DeRosa
0/6/80/4
19/42/0/1
0/63/0/1
0/1/0/0
2/0/2/0
20/0/12/0
OPS .894 .806 .694 .660 .607 .704 .809 .813 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/1.023 77/.828 53/.834 87/.694 74/.557 75/.654 32/.820 63/.624 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.784 122/.790 65/.579 117/.636 101/.643 92/.746 41/.801 102/.927 .783
Road 233/.989 97/.644 76/.874 92/.737 74/.647 92/.810 50/.837 83/.767 .815
Last 28d days 113/.868 67/.914 31/.683 61/.600 53/.622 42/.739 59/.827 57/.730
HR/SB/CS 18/4/1 7/2/1 2/3/0 3/4/0 3/2/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 115/47/20
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ···X···o ···X·oo· ···XXXo· ····o··· ·X·····X X···oo··

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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