CHC @ CIN, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 18-14, 2nd, 2½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 4-1, 2.11) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 47 44 11 11 11 35 3 2.11 2007 (18-13) 216.1 187 100 95 101 177 23 3.95 2006 (16-7) 214 162 91 81 115 210 20 3.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 47 44 11 11 11 35 3 2.11 60 2008-05-01 MIL ND 6.1 7 1 1 2 3 1 111 56 2008-04-26 @WSN W 7 5 0 0 4 5 0 114 68 2008-04-21 NYM W 7 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 65 2008-04-16 CIN W 7 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 57 2008-04-11 @PHI L 6 9 5 5 1 6 1 107 39 2008-04-06 HOU W 7 7 2 2 0 7 1 103 62 2008-03-31 MIL ND 6.2 3 0 0 1 5 0 85 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 3-2 33.2 36 12 12 10 16 1 3.21 53 2008-04-16 CIN W 7 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 57 2007-09-28 @CIN W 7 6 0 0 1 4 0 110 68 2007-09-18 CIN L 5.1 7 4 4 3 1 1 100 36 2007-08-14 CIN L 7 13 6 6 2 0 0 104 25 2007-07-29 @CIN W 7.1 2 0 0 3 6 0 113 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 7-8 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 11-11 vsLHP: 7-3 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:13-9 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Mon, May 5 @CIN L 3-5 18-14 2nd 2.5 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Cincinnati Reds, 13-20, 5th, 8 GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 1-4, 2.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 48.1 41 18 16 11 41 5 2.98 2007 (16-6) 231.2 213 100 96 52 218 28 3.73 2006 (16-11) 234.1 242 109 98 56 216 28 3.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 48.1 41 18 16 11 41 5 2.98 59 2008-04-30 @STL L 6 7 3 3 3 4 0 97 47 2008-04-25 @SFG L 7.1 8 3 2 1 8 0 114 59 2008-04-20 MIL ND 8 4 1 1 0 8 1 114 78 2008-04-15 @CHC L 6 8 5 5 2 6 2 110 40 2008-04-10 @MIL W 8 5 1 1 0 3 0 99 71 2008-04-05 PHI ND 7 6 2 2 3 6 0 108 60 2008-03-31 ARI L 6 3 3 2 2 6 2 99 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 2-3 29 28 18 18 6 32 8 5.59 52 2008-04-15 @CHC L 6 8 5 5 2 6 2 110 40 2007-09-29 CHC L 8 9 4 4 0 13 2 125 61 2007-09-18 @CHC W 7 6 2 2 2 6 0 107 61 2007-08-14 @CHC W 7 4 5 5 1 7 3 97 55 2007-07-28 CHC L 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-8 Road: 6-12 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 9-14 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 2-5 vsCntrl: 6-12 vsWest: 5-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Mon, May 5 CHC W 5-3 13-20 5th 8.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1069-1042

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 6.00

NYM 4.53

SFG 3.31

RA/G

TOR 3.55

TBR 4.42

TEX 5.88

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Lester 3.94

B. Arroyo 8.63

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

B. Backe 6.13

J. Garland 2.03

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Chicago Cubs Batters (6.00 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Harang
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
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 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Blanco G/S/vP 15/.266 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 4/2.000 5/.650 7/.762 22/14 .368/.455/.368/.823 1.196/.607 1.000 18/.900 0/0 0/

5.Cedeno G/S/vP 13/.539 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 56/28 .383/.473/.574/1.047 .793/1.328 .895 49/1.100 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 16/1.083 8/.875 3/2.000 ··· 8/1.607 2/.000 2/.000 14/.607 135/98 .259/.381/.398/.779 .658/.825 .501 106/.721 2/0 3/

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 9/.708 3/1.000 3/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 63/57 .291/.371/.473/.844 .400/.886 .926 56/.822 1/0 2/

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 139/108 .331/.424/.475/.899 .906/.897 .621 108/.795 3/2 1/

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 10/1.600 1/3.000 12/.166 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 110/69 .274/.355/.316/.670 .718/.641 .638 95/.652 1/2 0/

25.Lee G/S/vP 41/1.179 3/.333 5/.800 5/.200 37/1.283 5/1.850 11/1.000 30/.503 151/113 .333/.411/.598/1.009 1.177/.955 .847 118/.928 2/1 8/

20.Pie* G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/51 .231/.305/.308/.613 .250/.674 .749 42/.694 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 34/.780 1/.000 5/.900 4/1.750 34/1.286 5/2.133 3/.000 22/1.102 131/98 .276/.412/.533/.946 .996/.928 .885 100/1.040 0/1 6/

12.Soriano G/S/vP 15/.467 13/.658 2/.500 13/.581 14/1.024 1/.000 ··· 10/.700 86/68 .177/.233/.316/.549 .513/.559 .717 52/.693 3/0 3/

18.Soto G/S/vP 7/1.714 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 125/93 .352/.448/.667/1.115 1.080/1.127 1.132 98/1.187 0/0 6/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 20/.683 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.667 8/1.125 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.143 137/105 .322/.397/.421/.819 .882/.800 .694 109/.895 7/6 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 11/.964 ··· 7/.786 12/.432 28/26 .095/.321/.286/.607 .500/.608 .154 23/.638 0/0 1/

IP 48.1 13.0 14.2 13.0 22.1 14.2 11.2 8.1 TOTAL .283/.373/.446/.819 .800/.826 .726 .834 24/12 34/23

ERA-K/9

2.98/7.6

3.46/11.8

4.30/12.9

2.08/8.3

9.27/6.9

3.68/5.5

3.86/4.6

4.32/3.3

4.71/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (4-1-1)
Soto (13-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.232 56/.213 67/.271 57/.196 107/.312 60/.278 51/.279 44/.294 .272 Fukudome
Soriano
Pie
DeRosa
Ward
Johnson 0/2/29/3
18/0/0/2
0/23/0/1
12/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
7/22/0/0

OPS .678 .634 .820 .612 .934 .682 .799 .824 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.709 18/.588 28/1.002 24/.971 50/.843 23/.606 19/.898 13/.607 .810

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.655 38/.645 39/.699 33/.380 57/1.018 37/.730 32/.733 31/.907 .766

Home 81/.591 29/.696 19/.544 28/.495 36/.974 22/.468 20/.516 21/.804 .742

Last 28d days 139/.685 39/.525 56/.896 47/.710 87/.867 50/.713 43/.794 33/.930

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 37/12/8

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

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
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 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 20/.550 ··· 1/3.000 11/.586 1/no AB 89/57 .313/.382/.538/.920 .781/.998 .800 69/.964 0/1 3/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 66/1.002 2/2.500 ··· 7/.286 28/1.024 7/.286 3/.000 48/1.105 7/1.571 124/91 .222/.371/.414/.785 .710/.812 .699 97/.869 1/0 5/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 36/.933 ··· ··· 7/.572 9/1.444 4/.833 3/.000 3/.666 8/.625 130/93 .268/.369/.518/.887 .799/.917 .965 102/.949 1/0 7/

6.Freel G/S/vP 23/.462 ··· ··· 10/.944 8/.500 4/.000 4/1.000 17/.388 6/.900 70/36 .323/.357/.385/.742 .820/.667 .457 58/.822 4/3 0/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 38/1.144 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 26/.861 7/.286 2/.000 25/.945 5/2.000 133/101 .229/.308/.373/.681 .388/.778 .704 107/.624 0/0 4/

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 5/.600 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 27/16 .333/.360/.417/.777 1.069/.625 1.000 27/.777 1/1 0/

21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 36/.804 ··· ··· 16/.542 14/.786 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 45/35 .135/.267/.189/.456 .100/.564 .332 31/.573 0/1 0/

27.Keppinger G/S/vP 17/.812 ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.750 139/102 .299/.343/.402/.745 .939/.678 .943 110/.612 2/0 2/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/2.750 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/88 .200/.263/.433/.696 .258/.757 .856 77/.640 5/2 4/

4.Phillips G/S/vP 32/.925 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 8/.000 8/.000 4/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 135/102 .278/.319/.484/.803 1.352/.629 .766 106/.751 5/2 5/

26.Ross G/S/vP 14/.953 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 27/.642 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.750 31/27 .207/.258/.241/.499 .000/.576 .750 24/.345 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 96/66 .281/.333/.483/.816 1.121/.685 .589 84/.890 0/1 4/

IP 47.0 1.2 2.0 15.1 19.1 21.0 6.2 16.0 15.0 TOTAL .249/.319/.404/.723 .760/.709 .724 .724 20/11 34/22

ERA-K/9

2.11/6.7

10.80/5.3

0.00/0.0

7.04/6.5

1.86/4.2

1.29/12.0

2.70/4.0

4.50/7.9

4.80/5.4

3.85/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (10-8-2)
Ross (1-0-0)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 188/.251 7/.333 6/.167 72/.354 81/.273 78/.129 30/.250 63/.179 65/.259 .244 Griffey
Dunn
Hairston
Freel
Patterson 0/0/31/1
31/0/0/0
2/2/4/0
9/10/3/0
0/27/0/0

OPS .677 1.167 .333 1.011 .742 .408 .720 .579 .776 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.679 3/2.333 3/.667 28/1.054 25/.965 30/.622 15/.431 29/.334 23/.737 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.674 4/.000 3/.000 44/.983 56/.644 48/.280 15/1.045 34/.778 42/.798 .703

Road 57/.763 7/1.167 6/.333 34/.840 55/.700 30/.500 22/.722 30/.521 34/.830 .716

Last 28d days 139/.720 7/1.167 6/.333 51/.946 60/.767 56/.422 30/.720 46/.572 49/.854

HR/SB/CS 3/2/4 1/1/0 0/0/1 3/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 30/17/10

Usage ····X··· o··X···· ·X······ ···X·X·· ···X··X· ··X·XX·· oo·o··o· o··oX··· ···X·oo·

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, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 4-1, 2.11)

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 1-4, 2.98)

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