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Game Preview: MIL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Friday, April 18, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Milwaukee Brewers, 9-6, 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Ben Sheets (29, RHP, 2-0, 1.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             23    12   3   3   4  20  1    1.17      
 2007 (12-5)           141.1 138  62  60  37 106 17    3.82      
 2006 (6-7)            106   105  47  45  11 116  9    3.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  23    12   3   3   4  20  1    1.17   73 
 2008-04-12    NYM   W   7.2   5   3   3   2   5  1     116   60 
 2008-04-06    SFG   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     109   85 
 2008-03-31    CHC  ND   6.1   2   0   0   2   7  0      99   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN    Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   5-0    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @STL  W   5-3 (10)   9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @STL  L   4-5        8-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15  @STL  L   1-6        8-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @NYM  W   9-7        8-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @NYM  W   5-3        7-4   2nd  1.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @NYM  L   2-4        6-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   CIN  L   1-4        6-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   CIN  L   4-12       6-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   CIN  W   3-2 (10)   6-1   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr  6   SFG  W   7-0        5-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6 
Cincinnati Reds, 7-9, 5th, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 0-1, 5.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             15.2  19  12   9   5  14  5    5.17      
 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         0-1  15.2  19  12   9   5  14  5    5.17   44 
 2008-04-12    PIT  ND   5     6   3   2   2   3  0     102   46 
 2008-04-07    PHI   L   5.2   9   5   5   0   6  4      99   37 
 2008-04-02    ARI  ND   5     4   4   2   3   5  1      94   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL    Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @CHC  W   9-2        7-9   5th  4.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @CHC  L   3-12       6-9   5th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @CHC  L   5-9        6-8   5th  4.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @PIT  L   1-9        6-7   5th  3.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @PIT  L   3-4        6-6   4th  3.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @PIT  L   0-1        6-5   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @MIL  W   4-1        6-4   4th  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @MIL  W  12-4        5-4   4th  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @MIL  L   2-3 (10)   4-4   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   PHI  L   3-5        4-3   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-9    Last 30: 7-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 CIN  4 @MIL  1        W:Aaron Harang (1-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (2)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 CIN 12 @MIL  4        W:Josh Fogg (1-1), L: David Bush (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 MIL  3  CIN  2 (10)   W:Salomon Torres (1-0), L: Dave Weathers (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 MIL  5  CIN  2        W:Carlos Villanueva , L: Matt Belisle , S: Francisco Cordero 
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 MIL  5  CIN  3        W:Jeff Suppan , L: Kirk Saarloos , S: Francisco Cordero 
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CIN  6 @MIL  5        W:Tom Shearn , L: Ben Sheets , S: Bill Bray 
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIL 10 @CIN  5        W:Ben Sheets , L: Phil Dumatrait , S: none
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 MIL  4 @CIN  3        W:Derrick Turnbow , L: Dave Weathers , S: Francisco Cordero 
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 CIN 11  MIL  4        W:Bronson Arroyo , L: David Bush , S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 CIN  7 @MIL  6        W:Bill Bray , L: Scott Linebrink , S: Dave Weathers 
Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 2-1; 2007 - CIN won 8-7; 2006 - MIL won 10-9; All-Time - CIN leads 82-81

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
56.Coffey
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
50.Mercker*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 492/364 .324/.370/.634/1.004 1.480/.845 .966 / 15/5 34/26
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 10/.733 3/.667 2/.500 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 10/.200 7/.666 334/274 .220/.323/.309/.632 .533/.653 .688 / 4/2 3/2
27.Dillon G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 82/60 .342/.390/.500/.890 1.414/.714 .993 / 0/0 0/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 19/1.038 4/2.500 1/no AB 8/.929 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.229 3/.333 681/464 .288/.395/.618/1.013 .834/1.100 .942 / 2/2 50/14
14.Gross* G/S/vP 25/.985 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 210/195 .235/.329/.437/.766 .424/.788 .663 / 3/1 7/2
2.Hall G/S/vP 14/.220 4/.250 3/1.000 14/1.714 1/.000 2/.000 9/.555 8/1.500 503/339 .254/.315/.425/.740 .795/.713 .694 / 4/5 14/9
7.Hardy G/S/vP 8/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.500 638/471 .277/.323/.463/.786 .950/.729 .769 / 2/3 26/13
1.Hart G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.000 3/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 566/380 .295/.353/.539/.892 1.032/.824 .832 / 23/7 24/3
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.533 2/.000 3/1.666 / /// / / / /
18.Kendall G/S/vP 16/.450 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 7/.971 1/.000 16/1.130 26/1.109 514/375 .242/.301/.309/.610 .523/.642 .665 / 3/4 3/9
11.Rivera G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 15/13 .231/.286/.692/.978 2.500/.705 1.167 / 0/0 2/0
23.Weeks G/S/vP 15/.277 3/.333 3/.333 9/1.067 ··· ··· 4/1.583 9/.833 506/347 .235/.374/.433/.807 .849/.787 .853 / 25/2 16/13
IP 210.2 59.0 43.0 51.0 63.1 77.2 TOTAL .244/.302/.398/.701 .918/.617 .644 .701 11/2 16/7
ERA-K/9 4.23/6.7 3.51/7.0 2.51/7.5 5.82/7.6 2.98/12.2 /0.0 /0.0 3.59/5.6 4.39/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (111-20-12)
 Rivera (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 921/.280 253/.226 176/.187 242/.323 261/.218 / / 328/.233 .241  Hall
 Hart
 Gross
 Dillon
 Kendall
0/130/0/5
0/34/113/4
3/5/45/3
8/0/1/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .789 .707 .550 .897 .588 .669 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.777 96/.747 73/.519 81/.861 116/.642 / / 143/.731 .648
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 519/.797 157/.682 103/.566 161/.913 145/.544 / / 185/.622 .798
Home 425/.774 123/.535 96/.658 137/.900 164/.431 / / 171/.672 .722
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/3/6 3/7/1 2/4/1 12/6/0 4/3/0 // // 4/5/1 24/5/3
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··o·· X·X···X· X·X·Xo·· ·X··X··o ·X···X·· ·X······ XX····X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Sheets
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
59.Turnbow
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 15/.414 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.619 1/no AB 174/146 .205/.277/.256/.534 .481/.544 .546 / 0/1 1/4
7.Castro G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.000 4/.000 5/.800 5/.750 ··· 10/.200 1/.000 98/62 .180/.211/.236/.446 .617/.354 .433 / 0/0 0/3
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 37/.553 8/.250 1/no AB 5/.900 3/.000 15/.200 11/1.636 12/1.983 632/411 .264/.386/.554/.940 .789/1.024 .965 / 9/2 40/6
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.400 13/.539 7/.286 560/378 .289/.356/.438/.794 .804/.790 .790 / 8/1 16/16
6.Freel G/S/vP 11/.637 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.900 4/.500 2/.000 13/.585 4/.250 304/187 .245/.308/.347/.655 .422/.805 .729 / 15/8 3/4
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 19/.987 15/.600 1/3.000 6/.666 4/.500 18/.520 11/.384 7/.619 623/405 .277/.372/.496/.869 .735/.943 .940 / 6/1 30/8
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/.542 24/.132 4/.000 10/.933 417/375 .310/.394/.474/.868 .577/.901 1.007 / 0/0 10/3
30.Hopper G/S/vP 5/1.550 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 335/215 .329/.371/.388/.758 .826/.720 .732 / 14/6 0/1
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 8/.750 276/197 .332/.400/.477/.877 .986/.834 .778 / 2/1 5/3
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 41/.494 5/1.600 6/1.700 3/.333 4/.833 1/.000 12/1.250 6/.334 503/346 .269/.304/.386/.690 .795/.644 .825 / 37/9 8/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 11/1.122 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 6/.666 8/1.950 702/480 .288/.331/.485/.816 .984/.737 .811 / 32/8 30/8
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 12/.973 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/1.750 3/.000 8/.875 6/.333 265/230 .276/.328/.387/.715 .855/.694 .589 / 0/0 2/1
19.Votto* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 89/62 .321/.360/.548/.907 .642/1.025 1.145 / 1/0 4/1
IP 141.1 52.0 12.0 59.1 69.2 47.2 52.2 68.0 TOTAL .254/.343/.405/.748 .656/.782 .721 .748 9/4 16/9
ERA-K/9 3.82/6.8 3.81/8.8 3.75/8.2 5.76/7.1 2.45/6.7 3.02/6.0 5.47/7.7 4.63/11.1 4.30/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (28-7-8)
 Valentin (40-5-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 592/.253 222/.245 51/.250 261/.264 289/.240 201/.257 231/.277 292/.183 .263  Patterson
 Hopper
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Freel
 Keppinger
 Votto
0/132/0/8
34/56/13/5
0/0/133/5
144/0/0/4
1/59/0/3
1/0/1/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .707 .670 .697 .747 .706 .616 .761 .582 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.582 107/.575 17/.853 105/.667 113/.613 93/.526 91/.814 111/.597 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.815 115/.760 34/.609 156/.802 176/.766 108/.695 140/.728 181/.572 .691
Road 283/.722 97/.617 32/.875 134/.779 144/.777 106/.677 106/.639 137/.581 .767
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 17/21/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/9/0 8/4/1 0/6/2 7/2/1 4/3/3 15/14/6
Usage ·····X·· X···oo·· X······· X···X··· ·oX···X· ooo·Xo·o ·o··X·X· ··X····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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