CHC @ CIN, Monday, May 5, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 18-13, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC	SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 4-0, 3.16) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-0) 37 22 15 13 19 22 2 3.16 2007 (2-7) 66.2 59 36 35 30 55 8 4.73 2006 (1-9) 75 77 47 40 36 67 5 4.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 43.2 28 18 16 24 28 3 3.30 56 2008-04-30 MIL W 6 4 3 3 5 1 0 106 48 2008-04-25 @WSN ND 7 4 3 2 3 5 1 108 61 2008-04-20 PIT W 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 94 46 2008-04-15 CIN W 6 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 44 2008-04-09 @PIT ND 7 1 0 0 2 5 0 98 78 2008-04-03 MIL W 6 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 63 2005-05-04 @MIL ND 6.2 6 3 3 5 6 1 107 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 2-1 32.1 35 21 20 20 28 5 5.57 45 2008-04-15 CIN W 6 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 44 2005-04-27 CIN ND 5.1 8 6 6 5 7 1 97 30 2002-05-22 @CIN L 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 91 35 2000-08-27 CIN ND 7 9 5 4 4 9 1 121 46 2000-08-04 @CIN W 8 6 1 1 1 7 0 99 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 7-7 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 11-10 vsLHP: 7-3 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:13-8 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 31 Sun, May 4 @STL L 3-5 18-13 2nd 1.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @STL W 9-3 18-12 2nd 0.5 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @STL L 3-5 (11) 17-12 2nd 1.5 gb 28 Thu, May 1 MIL L 3-4 17-11 2nd 0.5 gb 27 Wed, Apr 30 MIL W 19-5 17-10 1st Tied 26 Tue, Apr 29 MIL L 7-10 16-10 1st Tied 25 Sun, Apr 27 @WSN L 0-2 16-9 1st 0.5 up 24 Sat, Apr 26 @WSN W 7-0 16-8 1st 1.5 up 23 Fri, Apr 25 @WSN L 3-5 15-8 1st 1.5 up 22 Thu, Apr 24 @COL L 2-4 15-7 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Cincinnati Reds, 12-20, 6th, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 1-3, 5.40) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 35 32 23 21 6 33 6 5.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 35 32 23 21 6 33 6 5.40 51 2008-04-29 @STL L 1.2 8 7 6 1 2 0 55 14 2008-04-24 HOU L 7 8 5 5 2 2 1 99 41 2008-04-19 MIL ND 7 5 3 2 2 5 1 99 60 2008-04-13 @PIT L 6 5 5 5 1 6 2 82 47 2008-04-08 @MIL ND 6.1 5 2 2 0 8 1 96 63 2008-04-03 ARI W 7 1 1 1 0 10 1 92 81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-8 Road: 6-12 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 8-14 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 2-5 vsCntrl: 5-12 vsWest: 5-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Sun, May 4 @ATL L 7-14 12-20 6th 8.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @ATL L 1-9 12-19 6th 7.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @ATL L 0-2 12-18 6th 7.0 gb 29 Wed, Apr 30 @STL L 2-5 12-17 5th 6.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 @STL L 2-7 12-16 5th 5.0 gb 27 Mon, Apr 28 @STL W 4-3 12-15 4th 5.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @SFG W 10-1 11-15 5th 5.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @SFG W 10-9 10-15 5th 6.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 @SFG L 1-3 9-15 6th 6.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 HOU L 3-5 9-14 6th 6.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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 Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CHC 3 CIN 2 W:Bobby Howry (6-7), L: Gary Majewski (0-3), S: none Tue, Sep 18, 2007 CIN 5 @CHC 2 W:Aaron Harang (16-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (16-13), S: Dave Weathers (31) Mon, Sep 17, 2007 CHC 7 CIN 6 W:Will Ohman (2-4), L: Dave Weathers (2-6), S: none Thu, Aug 16, 2007 CHC 12 CIN 4 W:Jason Marquis (10-7), L: Bobby Livingston (3-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 2-1; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1069-1041

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

CHC 6.10

MIL 4.58

SFG 3.31

RA/G

TOR 3.66

TBR 4.42

TEX 5.84

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Bonderman 3.86

B. Arroyo 8.63

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.71

R. Halladay 6.00

J. Garland 2.03

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Chicago Cubs Batters (6.10 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.13 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 33.Fogg
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 50.Mercker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 4/2.000 5/.650 22/14 .368/.455/.368/.823 1.196/.607 1.000 18/.900 0/0 0/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 56/28 .383/.473/.574/1.047 .793/1.328 .895 54/1.049 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 8/1.607 2/.000 2/.000 131/94 .267/.385/.410/.794 .658/.849 .516 109/.744 1/0 3/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/2.000 59/53 .294/.379/.490/.870 .400/.918 .998 53/.832 1/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· ··· 135/104 .342/.437/.491/.928 .906/.935 .662 111/.857 3/2 1/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 10/1.600 2/2.000 1/3.000 12/.166 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 109/68 .277/.358/.319/.677 .718/.651 .652 99/.673 1/2 0/

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 5/.800 4/.250 37/1.283 5/1.850 11/1.000 146/108 .339/.418/.614/1.032 1.177/.983 .882 120/.966 2/1 8/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 55/47 .224/.291/.306/.597 .250/.661 .728 39/.661 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 4/1.750 34/1.286 5/2.133 3/.000 131/98 .276/.412/.533/.946 .996/.928 .885 107/.990 0/1 6/

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 13/.658 ··· 2/.500 12/.523 14/1.024 ··· ··· 81/63 .173/.222/.320/.542 .513/.551 .722 54/.666 3/0 3/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 121/89 .333/.430/.618/1.047 1.080/1.035 1.002 101/1.095 0/0 5/

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.500 8/1.125 1/2.000 1/.000 132/100 .316/.389/.410/.800 .882/.774 .641 106/.885 7/6 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.333 11/.964 ··· 7/.786 27/25 .100/.333/.300/.633 .500/.636 .167 23/.638 0/0 1/

IP 35.0 13.0 4.0 14.2 12.0 22.1 13.2 11.2 TOTAL .283/.373/.447/.820 .800/.828 .723 .831 23/12 33/21

ERA-K/9

5.40/8.5

3.46/11.8

0.00/9.0

4.30/12.9

2.25/9.0

9.27/6.9

3.95/5.9

3.86/4.6

4.77/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (4-1-1)
Soto (12-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.242 56/.213 21/.333 67/.271 51/.167 107/.312 57/.294 51/.279 .272 Fukudome
Soriano
Pie
DeRosa
Ward
Johnson 0/2/28/3
17/0/0/2
0/22/0/1
12/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
7/22/0/0

OPS .731 .634 .817 .820 .552 .934 .721 .799 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.803 18/.588 9/.944 28/1.002 21/.905 50/.843 23/.606 19/.898 .821

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.692 38/.645 12/.717 39/.699 30/.343 57/1.018 34/.800 32/.733 .759

Home 81/.608 29/.696 / 19/.544 22/.333 36/.974 19/.544 20/.516 .740

Last 28d days 121/.828 44/.490 21/.817 56/.896 41/.647 87/.867 47/.762 44/.774

HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 36/11/8

Usage ·····X·· ·oo·o·o· Xoo··X·· Xo····X· ·X····o· X····X·· ·o··X··· X···X··X

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 44.Fox
G/S/vB 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB 62.Howry
G/S/vB 32.Lieber
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 43.Wuertz
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP 12/1.208 ··· ··· 1/3.000 20/.550 ··· ··· 11/.586 1/no AB 86/55 .312/.384/.532/.916 .710/1.038 .783 70/.973 0/1 3/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 15/1.467 2/2.500 ··· 7/.286 28/1.024 7/.286 3/.000 47/1.133 7/1.571 120/87 .221/.375/.389/.764 .710/.785 .647 97/.807 1/0 4/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 11/.384 ··· ··· 7/.572 9/1.444 4/.833 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.625 126/89 .275/.373/.532/.905 .799/.943 1.012 102/.933 1/0 7/

6.Freel G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 10/.944 8/.500 4/.000 3/.666 17/.388 6/.900 66/33 .328/.364/.393/.757 .783/.730 .449 58/.841 3/3 0/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 25/.900 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 26/.861 7/.286 1/.000 25/.945 5/2.000 129/98 .228/.310/.377/.687 .400/.782 .721 104/.636 0/0 4/

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 26/16 .333/.360/.417/.777 1.069/.625 1.000 26/.777 1/1 0/

21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 10/.786 ··· ··· 16/.542 14/.786 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 45/35 .135/.267/.189/.456 .100/.564 .332 32/.553 0/1 0/

27.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.750 136/99 .298/.343/.403/.747 .939/.679 .959 111/.619 2/0 2/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 17/.706 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/2.750 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/88 .200/.263/.433/.696 .258/.757 .856 78/.631 5/2 4/

4.Phillips G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 9/.222 8/.000 8/.000 4/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 131/98 .279/.321/.492/.812 1.352/.635 .784 106/.751 5/2 5/

26.Ross G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 4/4.000 3/1.167 3/1.000 7/.286 13/8 .167/.231/.250/.481 .200/.625 1.250 13/.481 0/0 0/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.750 31/27 .207/.258/.241/.499 .000/.576 .750 25/.330 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 92/62 .294/.348/.506/.854 1.121/.731 .660 80/.937 0/1 4/

IP 37.0 1.1 2.0 15.1 19.1 21.0 6.0 15.0 15.0 TOTAL .250/.322/.406/.728 .751/.719 .736 .721 19/11 33/21

ERA-K/9

3.16/5.4

13.50/0.0

0.00/0.0

7.04/6.5

1.86/4.2

1.29/12.0

3.00/4.5

4.80/7.8

4.80/5.4

3.96/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (9-8-2)
Ross (1-0-0)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.173 6/.400 6/.167 72/.354 81/.273 78/.129 26/.190 60/.189 65/.259 .246 Griffey
Dunn
Hairston
Freel
Patterson 0/0/30/1
30/0/0/0
2/2/4/0
8/9/3/0
0/26/0/0

OPS .528 1.400 .333 1.011 .742 .408 .593 .611 .776 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.469 3/2.333 3/.667 28/1.054 25/.965 30/.622 13/.245 27/.361 23/.737 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.573 3/.000 3/.000 44/.983 56/.644 48/.280 13/.962 33/.803 42/.798 .710

Road 51/.378 6/1.400 6/.333 34/.840 55/.700 30/.500 18/.544 27/.582 34/.830 .727

Last 28d days 126/.548 6/1.400 6/.333 55/.916 73/.763 60/.428 26/.593 43/.615 56/.797

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 3/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 29/16/10

Usage ····X··· ··X····· X······· ··X·X··· ··X··X·· ·X·XX··· o·o··o·o ··oX···o ··X·oo·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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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 7:10pm, Monday, May 5, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 4-0, 3.16)

SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 1-3, 5.40)

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