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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Cincinnati Reds, 55-70, 6th, 21½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 8-11, 4.90)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-11)           145   149  86  79  53 136 26    4.90      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  40    46  27  25  15  45  7    5.63   47 
 2008-08-14   @PIT   W   5     4   1   1   3   7  0      95   59 
 2008-08-08    HOU  ND   5     9   3   3   2   9  2     109   44 
 2008-08-03   @WSN   L   6     7   4   3   1   4  1      85   47 
 2008-07-28   @HOU   L   6     8   5   5   1   3  1     110   38 
 2008-07-22    SDP  ND   6     4   3   3   3  10  0     120   59 
 2008-07-17    NYM  ND   5.1   6   6   6   3   6  2      93   35 
 2008-07-09   @CHC   L   6.2   8   5   4   2   6  1     111   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-1  12.2  14   8   7   4  14  2    4.97   49 
 2008-07-09   @CHC   L   6.2   8   5   4   2   6  1     111   44 
 2008-05-05    CHC   W   6     6   3   3   2   8  1     108   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-33   Road:   23-37   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  34-47   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:19-32   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sun, Aug 17   STL  W   7-3       55-70  6th 21.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16   STL  L   3-9       54-70  6th 21.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15   STL  L   3-5       54-69  6th 21.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @PIT  W   3-1       54-68  6th 20.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @PIT  L   2-5       53-68  6th 20.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @PIT  W   5-1       53-67  6th 19.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10   HOU  L   4-13      52-67  6th 19.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9   HOU  L   1-3       52-66  6th 18.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8   HOU  L   5-9 (10)  52-65  6th 18.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   HOU  L   4-7       52-64  6th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21
Chicago Cubs, 76-48, 1st, 5 up

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 7-2, 2.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-2)            112    81  29  27  45 141 10    2.17      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  40    29  11   9  18  53  5    2.03   61 
 2008-08-13   @ATL   W   5     2   0   0   5   2  0      92   60 
 2008-08-05    HOU  ND   5.2   8   5   4   1   8  2      93   42 
 2008-07-31   @MIL   W   7     6   1   1   0   9  1     105   70 
 2008-07-26    FLA  ND   5     2   1   1   3  10  1      87   66 
 2008-07-21   @ARI   L   7     1   1   1   2  10  1     112   79 
 2008-07-12    SFG  ND   5.1   5   0   0   3  10  0      96   65 
 2008-07-06   @CHW   L   5     5   3   2   4   4  0      93   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-0   5.1   6   5   4   3   8  0    6.75   43 
 2004-06-09    CIN   W   5.1   6   5   4   3   8  0     106   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-17   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  52-37   vsLHP:  24-11   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl:33-22   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 17  @FLA  W   9-2       76-48  1st  5.5 up
123 Sat, Aug 16  @FLA  L   1-2       75-48  1st  4.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 15  @FLA  W   6-5       75-47  1st  5.5 up
121 Thu, Aug 14  @ATL  W  11-7       74-47  1st  4.5 up
120 Wed, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-0       73-47  1st  3.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 13  @ATL  W  10-2       72-47  1st  3.5 up
118 Sun, Aug 10   STL  W   6-2       71-47  1st  4.0 up
117 Sat, Aug  9   STL  L   3-12      70-47  1st  4.0 up
116 Fri, Aug  8   STL  W   3-2 (11)  70-46  1st  5.0 up
115 Wed, Aug  6   HOU  W  11-4       69-46  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 CIN 12 @CHC  7        W:Bronson Arroyo (7-7), L: Ted Lilly (9-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 5-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1072-1044

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  5.57

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.65

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .363

D. Wright  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .460

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

J. Kubel  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

C. Beltran  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

J. Campillo  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 11/.586 281/208 .215/.291/.335/.626 .666/.610 .684 44/.554 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 307/198 .263/.309/.432/.741 .598/.818 .630 100/.699 2/4 12/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/34 .356/.408/.556/.964 1.186/.863 1.500 27/1.087 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/21 .409/.458/.864/1.322 1.000/1.371 1.500 24/1.322 1/0 1/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 7/.572 4/.833 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 448/312 .251/.337/.482/.819 .938/.769 .817 90/.637 1/0 22/
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.583 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 231/145 .338/.388/.475/.864 .968/.807 .669 18/.528 15/3 2/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/6 .214/.214/.429/.643 .875/.333 .000 14/.643 0/0 1/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.417 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 359/245 .261/.310/.347/.656 .920/.537 .726 98/.443 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 271/223 .197/.231/.346/.578 .405/.616 .567 59/.636 12/6 8/
18.Phillips G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/27 .200/.254/.309/.563 .509/.630 .656 21/.807 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 9/.222 9/.000 5/1.000 ··· 5/.650 523/361 .270/.317/.468/.785 .996/.692 .741 99/.774 22/7 20/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.833 8/.625 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 123/101 .257/.309/.407/.716 .561/.751 .712 44/.914 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 3/.666 428/282 .281/.346/.448/.794 .795/.794 .817 64/.776 4/4 14/
IP 112.0 25.0 82.1 58.0 67.1 43.0 15.0 49.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.409/.729 .764/.712 .722 .699 68/35 145/89
ERA-K/9 2.17/11.3 2.88/11.2 3.39/7.1 5.43/7.1 2.81/12.0 3.56/8.6 1.20/9.6 2.72/10.7 3.77/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (42-19-6)
 Hanigan (1-0-1)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 454/.200 106/.237 340/.248 253/.304 269/.132 179/.230 57/.154 202/.198 .242  Bruce
 Patterson
 Cabrera
 Dickerson
 Phillips
 Hairston
11/35/43/5
0/87/0/3
1/0/3/0
5/1/0/0
2/0/0/0
18/13/8/0
OPS .604 .709 .665 .886 .512 .741 .440 .579 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 217/.642 51/.731 162/.646 101/.880 115/.688 49/.850 24/.170 92/.610 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.570 55/.688 178/.683 152/.890 154/.381 130/.701 33/.636 110/.554 .693
Home 269/.626 41/.841 179/.650 132/.900 155/.449 60/.549 39/.400 102/.518 .699
Last 28d days 95/.726 33/.637 55/.638 49/1.086 53/.276 57/.716 57/.440 20/.417
HR/SB/CS 10/4/6 4/1/0 8/1/3 12/2/0 7/3/1 8/2/1 0/3/1 1/1/0 132/62/30
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· ···X·X·· ··X·XX·· ·Xo·o··· ··X··o·· ·oX··X·· ···XXo··
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.07 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
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
40.Masset
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 4/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.661 96/52 .292/.337/.427/.764 .895/.656 .859 29/1.011 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 175/87 .277/.339/.371/.710 .672/.750 .813 25/.860 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.167 9/.777 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 16/.527 471/338 .278/.377/.451/.827 .818/.831 .888 95/.897 5/0 14/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 9/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 12/1.500 324/279 .238/.341/.477/.817 .484/.875 .877 54/1.052 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.600 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 219/201 .291/.380/.519/.898 .508/.930 .864 41/.901 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 496/374 .268/.366/.391/.757 .710/.773 .866 96/.652 11/4 8/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 12/1.333 2/2.000 12/.166 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 297/173 .314/.372/.460/.832 .968/.738 .816 55/1.313 5/5 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 7/.762 4/.250 1/.000 6/.167 6/1.500 4/1.000 3/2.000 31/.485 554/423 .290/.357/.468/.825 .954/.787 .853 110/.678 6/2 17/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 6/2.166 6/1.000 5/1.100 23/1.200 507/389 .287/.387/.508/.895 .725/.948 1.070 104/1.033 2/2 20/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.666 15/.785 ··· 13/.581 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.500 10/.700 350/249 .293/.340/.561/.901 1.249/.762 1.012 118/.943 12/1 22/
18.Soto G/S/vP 6/2.067 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.000 458/345 .286/.367/.499/.866 .911/.851 .860 80/.898 0/0 18/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 7/1.285 3/.666 2/.000 4/.667 3/.666 4/.500 4/.000 8/.125 518/387 .316/.396/.371/.767 .793/.758 .799 109/.724 18/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/2.000 2/1.000 12/.432 86/79 .222/.337/.417/.754 .762/.753 .796 21/.709 0/0 3/
IP 145.0 65.1 40.0 55.1 58.2 31.2 53.1 54.0 TOTAL .281/.359/.448/.807 .821/.802 .868 .859 71/29 142/71
ERA-K/9 4.90/8.4 3.44/9.1 2.70/9.7 3.90/9.9 3.53/7.7 4.55/5.4 4.22/6.1 3.33/6.5 4.62/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (9-8-2)
 Soto (53-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.266 279/.256 181/.266 245/.238 237/.220 142/.320 238/.305 244/.276 .277  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 DeRosa
 Ward
 Cedeno
74/0/0/6
0/11/109/4
23/60/2/3
0/83/0/1
27/0/24/0
5/0/3/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .801 .733 .777 .701 .645 .848 .832 .797 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 281/.814 103/.704 72/.750 105/.589 104/.624 57/.782 89/.861 95/.579 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.790 176/.749 109/.794 140/.781 133/.661 85/.897 149/.815 149/.935 .808
Road 292/.839 114/.573 92/1.011 92/.576 128/.782 70/.870 112/.589 117/.698 .799
Last 28d days 128/.793 66/.579 42/.969 40/.757 48/.566 65/.866 49/.921 46/.872
HR/SB/CS 26/6/6 8/3/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 8/0/1 4/0/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 159/68/29
Usage ····X··· ··oX·X·· ···oo·o· ·Xo·o·o· ···o·oo· ··X·oo·· ····X··· ·X··o·o·

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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