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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 7:10pm, Monday, May 5, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

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

BA

  

  

  

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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