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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Cincinnati Reds, 55-71, 6th, 22½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 10-10, 5.51)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-10)          143.2 168  95  88  50 125 24    5.51      
 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         4-3  44.2  43  24  24  12  34  6    4.84   51 
 2008-08-15    STL   L   6.1   9   5   5   2   5  1     106   38 
 2008-08-09    HOU   L   6     5   2   2   4   7  0     118   57 
 2008-08-04    MIL   W   6     4   1   1   2   6  0     111   64 
 2008-07-29   @HOU   L   6.1   8   6   6   0   3  2     109   36 
 2008-07-23    SDP   W   7     6   3   3   0   7  2     102   60 
 2008-07-18    NYM   W   8     4   2   2   1   4  0      95   69 
 2008-07-10   @CHC   W   5     7   5   5   3   2  1     103   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-2  30.2  34  21  14  10  18  5    4.11   46 
 2008-07-10   @CHC   W   5     7   5   5   3   2  1     103   32 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-33   Road:   23-38   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  34-48   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:19-33   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 19  @CHC  L   0-5       55-71  6th 22.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21
Chicago Cubs, 77-48, 1st, 6 up

SP: Ted Lilly (32, LHP, 12-6, 4.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-6)           154   154  77  74  54 141 27    4.32      
 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         3-1  41.1  46  18  18  15  36  8    3.92   51 
 2008-08-14   @ATL   W   6     8   4   4   2   8  1      91   46 
 2008-08-08    STL  ND   7.1   7   2   2   2   4  1      83   58 
 2008-08-02    PIT   W   6.1   6   1   1   3   5  0     109   59 
 2008-07-28   @MIL  ND   6     7   3   3   1   4  2      88   49 
 2008-07-23   @ARI   W   6     6   3   3   3   6  1     115   51 
 2008-07-18   @HOU  ND   7     6   1   1   2   6  1     104   65 
 2008-07-10    CIN   L   2.2   6   4   4   2   3  2      63   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-2  22.2  23  17  17   8  23  7    6.75   46 
 2008-07-10    CIN   L   2.2   6   4   4   2   3  2      63   31 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-17   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  53-37   vsLHP:  24-11   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl:34-22   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 19   CIN  W   5-0       77-48  1st  6.0 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  0        W:Rich Harden (8-2), L: Johnny Cueto (8-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 6-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1073-1044

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  5.55

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.90

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.11

BA

C. Jones  .365

D. Lee  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

C. Utley  .365

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

T. Hunter  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

M. Kemp  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

G. Floyd  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.05 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
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 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 11/.586 284/211 .213/.288/.331/.619 .666/.600 .668 42/.531 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 311/202 .260/.305/.426/.731 .598/.801 .610 98/.651 2/4 12/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/34 .356/.408/.556/.964 1.186/.863 1.500 26/1.131 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 28/25 .385/.429/.769/1.198 1.000/1.223 1.198 28/1.198 2/0 1/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 16/1.119 2/1.000 4/.500 7/.572 5/.650 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 451/315 .249/.335/.479/.813 .938/.761 .804 88/.620 1/0 22/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 24/.792 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 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/6 .214/.214/.429/.643 .875/.333 .000 14/.643 0/0 1/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 12/.728 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.417 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 363/249 .264/.312/.348/.660 .920/.545 .732 96/.463 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 9/.347 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 274/226 .195/.229/.342/.571 .405/.607 .556 61/.614 12/6 8/
18.Phillips G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/27 .200/.254/.309/.563 .509/.630 .656 21/.807 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 16/.392 1/.000 5/.000 9/.222 9/.000 5/1.000 ··· 5/.650 526/364 .269/.316/.465/.780 .996/.686 .732 97/.769 22/7 20/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.833 8/.625 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 124/102 .254/.306/.404/.710 .561/.743 .698 42/.910 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 3/.666 431/285 .279/.343/.445/.788 .795/.785 .804 64/.722 4/4 14/
IP 154.0 25.0 82.1 58.0 68.1 43.0 15.0 50.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.406/.725 .764/.707 .715 .683 69/35 145/90
ERA-K/9 4.32/8.2 2.88/11.2 3.39/7.1 5.43/7.1 2.77/12.0 3.56/8.6 1.20/9.6 2.66/10.8 3.74/7.8

 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 662/.257 106/.237 340/.248 253/.304 272/.130 179/.230 57/.154 206/.199 .241  Bruce
 Patterson
 Dickerson
 Phillips
 Hairston
 Cabrera
11/35/44/5
0/88/0/3
6/1/0/0
2/0/0/0
18/13/8/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .791 .709 .665 .886 .506 .741 .440 .578 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.942 51/.731 162/.646 101/.880 117/.675 49/.850 24/.170 95/.589 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 504/.743 55/.688 178/.683 152/.890 155/.378 130/.701 33/.636 111/.568 .692
Home 300/.783 41/.841 179/.650 132/.900 158/.440 60/.549 39/.400 106/.518 .692
Last 28d days 134/.848 32/.658 54/.650 49/1.086 56/.260 52/.585 57/.440 24/.432
HR/SB/CS 27/9/7 4/1/0 8/1/3 12/2/0 7/3/1 8/2/1 0/3/1 1/1/0 132/63/30
Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ····X·X· ···X·XX· o·Xo·o·· ···X··o· ··oX··X· 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 61.Arroyo
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 12/.166 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 18/.502 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 16/1.233 9/.777 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 16/.527 475/342 .278/.376/.451/.827 .818/.830 .886 95/.863 5/0 14/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 29/.683 6/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 9/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 12/1.500 327/282 .237/.344/.475/.818 .484/.876 .879 54/1.122 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 2/4.000 5/1.600 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 220/202 .289/.378/.516/.894 .508/.925 .855 38/.862 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 500/377 .268/.367/.391/.758 .722/.770 .866 95/.637 11/4 8/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.606 12/1.333 3/1.167 12/.166 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 298/173 .313/.371/.458/.829 .959/.738 .810 56/1.288 5/5 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 31/.929 4/.250 1/.000 6/.167 7/1.571 4/1.000 3/2.000 31/.485 558/427 .292/.358/.470/.828 .954/.792 .859 110/.727 6/2 17/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 34/.691 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 7/2.357 6/1.000 5/1.100 23/1.200 511/393 .287/.387/.509/.897 .725/.950 1.072 104/1.066 2/2 20/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 35/.700 15/.785 ··· 13/.581 2/1.000 3/.666 4/1.500 10/.700 354/253 .292/.339/.557/.896 1.249/.758 1.000 122/.928 12/1 22/
18.Soto G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.000 462/348 .286/.368/.502/.870 .917/.855 .871 80/.975 0/0 18/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 21/.739 3/.666 2/.000 4/.667 4/.666 4/.500 4/.000 8/.125 522/391 .316/.396/.373/.769 .793/.760 .802 108/.705 18/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 14/.517 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 12/.432 87/80 .219/.333/.411/.744 .762/.743 .775 21/.426 0/0 3/
IP 143.2 65.1 40.1 55.1 58.2 32.1 53.1 54.0 TOTAL .281/.359/.448/.808 .822/.803 .868 .863 71/29 142/71
ERA-K/9 5.51/7.8 3.44/9.1 2.68/9.8 3.90/9.9 4.14/7.7 4.45/5.3 4.22/6.1 3.33/6.5 4.63/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (9-8-2)
 Soto (54-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 645/.293 279/.256 184/.269 245/.238 241/.230 144/.315 238/.305 244/.276 .277  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
 Ward
75/0/0/6
0/11/110/4
23/61/2/3
0/84/0/1
0/1/0/0
27/0/24/0
5/0/3/0
OPS .856 .733 .783 .701 .668 .835 .832 .797 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 295/.951 103/.704 73/.769 105/.589 104/.624 58/.768 89/.861 95/.579 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.774 176/.749 111/.792 140/.781 137/.701 86/.885 149/.815 149/.935 .809
Road 285/.985 114/.573 95/1.016 92/.576 132/.820 72/.845 112/.589 117/.698 .800
Last 28d days 135/.769 62/.585 42/1.009 40/.757 46/.770 64/.881 45/.868 46/.872
HR/SB/CS 24/4/1 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· o···oo·o ··Xo·o·o o···o·oo o··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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