CHC @ CIN, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago Cubs, 19-14, 2nd, 2½ GB	SP: Jon Lieber (38, RHP, 2-1, 1.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 19.1 21 7 4 2 9 2 1.86 2007 (3-6) 78 91 44 41 22 54 7 4.73 2006 (9-11) 168 196 100 92 24 100 27 4.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 43 58 31 30 10 36 4 6.28 42 2007-06-20 @CLE L 5.1 10 7 7 2 3 0 90 21 2007-06-15 DET L 5 10 7 6 2 5 1 96 24 2007-06-09 @KCR W 9 3 0 0 0 11 0 106 92 2007-06-04 SFG L 5 10 5 5 3 2 1 81 26 2007-05-29 ARI L 6.2 13 5 5 0 5 0 96 33 2007-05-24 @FLA ND 5 6 4 4 3 3 0 98 39 2007-05-18 TOR W 7 6 3 3 0 7 2 113 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 34.2 24 12 11 6 29 4 2.86 62 2007-04-20 @CIN ND 5.2 1 0 0 1 5 0 77 71 2006-08-11 CIN ND 7 5 3 2 2 7 2 100 62 2006-05-13 @CIN W 8.2 2 0 0 0 6 0 110 86 2005-05-12 CIN L 5.1 7 6 6 3 5 2 98 32 2002-06-27 CIN ND 8 9 3 3 0 6 0 109 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 8-8 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 12-11 vsLHP: 7-3 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl:14-9 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Tue, May 6 @CIN W 3-0 19-14 2nd 2.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Cincinnati Reds, 13-21, 6th, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 4-1, 1.27) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 35.1 24 6 5 18 42 1 1.27 2007 (2-1) 34 34 18 17 15 29 4 4.50 2006 (1-6) 33.1 52 28 27 17 15 7 7.29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 40.2 30 9 8 21 45 1 1.77 61 2008-05-02 @ATL L 6 4 2 1 2 9 1 100 65 2008-04-27 @SFG W 7 5 1 1 3 10 0 104 70 2008-04-22 LAD W 7 3 1 1 4 7 0 105 70 2008-04-17 @CHC W 5 4 1 1 4 7 0 112 58 2008-04-11 @PIT ND 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 75 59 2008-04-06 PHI W 5.1 5 1 1 2 8 0 95 60 2007-09-28 @SEA ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 0 101 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 5 4 1 1 4 7 0 1.80 58 2008-04-17 @CHC W 5 4 1 1 4 7 0 112 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-9 Road: 6-12 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 9-15 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 6-3 vsEast: 2-5 vsCntrl: 6-13 vsWest: 5-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Tue, May 6 CHC L 0-3 13-21 6th 9.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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 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) Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1070-1042

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 5.91

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.36

RA/G

OAK 3.54

KCR 4.44

PIT 5.84

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Looper 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

T. Redding 6.18

J. Garland 2.03

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.91 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 2/.000 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 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 60/32 .373/.458/.549/1.007 .793/1.208 .845 53/1.049 2/0 1/

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/no AB 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 3/.000 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 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 143/112 .322/.415/.463/.878 .906/.870 .593 112/.771 3/2 1/

9.Johnson G/S/vP 2/2.000 11/1.454 1/3.000 12/.166 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 111/69 .271/.351/.313/.664 .699/.641 .625 96/.645 1/2 0/

25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 5/.800 5/.200 37/1.283 5/1.850 11/1.000 30/.503 155/117 .326/.406/.585/.992 1.177/.934 .819 122/.908 2/1 8/

20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/54 .232/.302/.304/.605 .222/.674 .708 46/.676 2/0 1/

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.733 4/1.750 34/1.286 5/2.133 3/.000 22/1.102 135/102 .278/.415/.528/.943 .996/.924 .883 104/1.033 0/1 6/

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 14/.846 2/.500 13/.581 14/1.024 1/.000 ··· 10/.700 91/72 .190/.242/.333/.575 .649/.556 .743 57/.721 3/0 3/

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 129/97 .349/.442/.651/1.093 1.080/1.098 1.091 102/1.157 0/0 6/

2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.667 8/1.125 3/.666 1/.000 7/.143 142/110 .325/.397/.421/.818 .882/.799 .702 114/.890 8/6 1/

33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 35.1 13.2 15.2 13.0 22.1 15.0 11.2 8.1 TOTAL .282/.371/.441/.812 .802/.816 .718 .825 25/12 34/25

ERA-K/9

1.27/10.7

3.29/11.2

4.02/12.6

2.08/8.3

9.27/6.9

3.60/5.4

3.86/4.6

4.32/3.3

4.66/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (4-1-1)
Soto (13-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.195 59/.220 71/.270 57/.196 107/.312 61/.273 51/.279 44/.294 .271 Fukudome
Soriano
Pie
DeRosa
Ward
Johnson 0/2/30/3
19/0/0/2
0/24/0/1
12/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
7/22/0/0

OPS .555 .656 .800 .612 .934 .670 .799 .824 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.586 19/.556 29/.963 24/.971 50/.843 23/.606 19/.898 13/.607 .802

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.512 40/.697 42/.696 33/.380 57/1.018 38/.709 32/.733 31/.907 .762

Home 49/.577 32/.730 23/.536 28/.495 36/.974 23/.447 20/.516 21/.804 .732

Last 28d days 121/.543 42/.563 55/.923 47/.710 87/.867 51/.697 42/.815 26/.912

HR/SB/CS 1/1/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 37/13/8

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

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lieber
G/S/vB 44.Fox
G/S/vB 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB 62.Howry
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 20/.550 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 11/.586 1/no AB 92/60 .301/.370/.518/.888 .781/.943 .745 69/.910 0/1 3/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 28/1.024 2/2.500 ··· 7/.286 7/.286 3/.000 49/1.078 7/1.571 128/95 .216/.367/.402/.769 .710/.789 .672 96/.846 1/0 5/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· ··· 7/.572 4/.833 3/.000 4/.500 8/.625 134/97 .259/.358/.500/.858 .799/.876 .896 101/.942 1/0 7/

6.Freel G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· 10/.944 4/.000 4/1.000 17/.388 6/.900 74/40 .309/.351/.368/.719 .820/.631 .434 61/.804 4/3 0/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 26/.861 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 7/.286 2/.000 25/.945 5/2.000 137/105 .238/.314/.377/.691 .388/.787 .724 106/.610 0/1 4/

15.Hairston G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 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 14/.786 ··· ··· 16/.542 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 46/36 .132/.261/.184/.445 .100/.547 .317 31/.573 0/1 0/

27.Keppinger G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.750 142/105 .292/.336/.392/.728 .939/.658 .895 108/.605 2/0 2/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/88 .200/.263/.433/.696 .258/.757 .856 72/.582 5/2 4/

4.Phillips G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 8/.000 4/.000 4/.833 3/.000 139/106 .269/.309/.469/.779 1.352/.605 .719 105/.758 5/2 5/

26.Ross G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 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 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.750 31/27 .207/.258/.241/.499 .000/.576 .750 23/.360 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 100/70 .283/.340/.478/.818 1.121/.695 .613 85/.872 0/1 4/

IP 19.1 1.2 2.0 15.1 21.0 6.2 17.0 15.0 TOTAL .246/.317/.397/.713 .760/.696 .702 .714 20/12 34/22

ERA-K/9

1.86/4.2

10.80/5.3

0.00/0.0

7.04/6.5

1.29/12.0

2.70/4.0

4.24/8.5

4.80/5.4

3.73/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (11-8-2)
Ross (1-0-0)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.273 7/.333 6/.167 72/.354 78/.129 30/.250 67/.183 65/.259 .241 Griffey
Dunn
Hairston
Freel
Patterson 0/0/32/1
32/0/0/0
2/2/4/0
9/11/3/0
0/27/0/0

OPS .742 1.167 .333 1.011 .408 .720 .574 .776 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.965 3/2.333 3/.667 28/1.054 30/.622 15/.431 31/.381 23/.737 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.644 4/.000 3/.000 44/.983 48/.280 15/1.045 36/.732 42/.798 .692

Road 55/.700 7/1.167 6/.333 34/.840 30/.500 22/.722 34/.518 34/.830 .696

Last 28d days 60/.767 7/1.167 6/.333 51/.946 56/.422 30/.720 50/.566 49/.854

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 30/17/11

Usage ····X··X ·o··X··· ··X····· ····X·X· ···X·XX· ·oo·o··o oo··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, 12:35pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: Jon Lieber (38, RHP, 2-1, 1.86)

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 4-1, 1.27)

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