MIL @ CIN, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Game Preview

Milwaukee Brewers, 62-51, 2nd, 5 GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 5-9, 4.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-9) 119 111 68 62 27 74 20 4.69 2007 (12-10) 186.1 217 110 106 44 134 27 5.12 2006 (12-11) 210 201 111 103 38 166 26 4.41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 48.1 36 20 17 5 36 5 3.17 60 2008-07-31 CHC L 7.1 5 7 6 1 3 3 106 44 2008-07-26 HOU ND 5 9 4 4 0 5 2 93 38 2008-07-10 COL W 8 3 1 0 0 13 0 124 87 2008-07-05 PIT ND 8 4 1 1 0 7 0 100 77 2008-06-30 @ARI L 5 9 5 4 2 1 0 75 30 2008-06-24 @ATL W 7 4 1 1 1 5 0 98 69 2008-06-19 TOR W 8 2 1 1 1 2 0 106 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 0-2 19.2 37 27 26 10 14 4 11.90 28 2008-04-09 CIN L 5.1 6 5 4 3 4 0 95 39 2007-09-07 @CIN L 1 9 8 8 0 1 1 40 4 2007-07-26 @CIN ND 5.1 7 4 4 3 4 1 109 39 2007-04-17 @CIN ND 5 8 4 4 1 3 0 90 37 2006-07-22 @CIN ND 3 7 6 6 3 2 2 68 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-23 Road: 30-28 ExtrInn: 7-5 vsRHP: 39-39 vsLHP: 23-12 1-Run: 22-10 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:28-23 vsWest: 15-8 IL: 7-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 113 Mon, Aug 4 @CIN L 3-6 62-51 2nd 5.0 gb 112 Sun, Aug 3 @ATL L 0-5 62-50 2nd 5.0 gb 111 Sat, Aug 2 @ATL W 4-2 62-49 2nd 4.0 gb 110 Fri, Aug 1 @ATL W 9-0 61-49 2nd 4.0 gb 109 Thu, Jul 31 CHC L 4-11 60-49 2nd 5.0 gb 108 Wed, Jul 30 CHC L 2-7 60-48 2nd 4.0 gb 107 Tue, Jul 29 CHC L 1-7 60-47 2nd 3.0 gb 106 Mon, Jul 28 CHC L 4-6 60-46 2nd 2.0 gb 105 Sun, Jul 27 HOU L 6-11 60-45 2nd 1.0 gb 104 Sat, Jul 26 HOU W 6-4 60-44 1st Tied Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Cincinnati Reds, 52-61, 5th, 15 GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 13-4, 2.71) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (13-4) 133 111 52 40 62 139 10 2.71 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 3-2 38 45 29 22 17 29 7 5.21 43 2008-07-30 @HOU W 6.1 6 5 1 1 5 2 109 53 2008-07-25 COL L 4 7 5 5 2 5 2 99 31 2008-07-20 NYM ND 5 8 4 4 3 3 1 110 35 2008-07-12 @MIL W 7 6 2 1 2 10 1 112 67 2008-07-06 WSN W 6 5 3 3 3 3 0 89 50 2008-07-01 PIT ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 0 96 42 2008-06-26 @TOR L 4.1 6 7 5 3 0 1 90 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIL 1-0 7 6 2 1 2 10 1 1.29 67 2008-07-12 @MIL W 7 6 2 1 2 10 1 112 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-25 Road: 21-36 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 31-41 vsLHP: 21-20 1-Run: 18-10 vsEast: 18-17 vsCntrl:16-23 vsWest: 9-15 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 113 Mon, Aug 4 MIL W 6-3 52-61 5th 15.0 gb 112 Sun, Aug 3 @WSN L 2-4 51-61 6th 16.0 gb 111 Sat, Aug 2 @WSN L 6-10 51-60 6th 15.0 gb 110 Fri, Aug 1 @WSN L 2-5 51-59 6th 14.0 gb 109 Wed, Jul 30 @HOU W 9-5 51-58 4th 13.5 gb 108 Tue, Jul 29 @HOU L 2-6 50-58 6th 13.5 gb 107 Mon, Jul 28 @HOU L 4-5 50-57 4th 12.5 gb 106 Sun, Jul 27 COL L 0-11 50-56 4th 11.5 gb 105 Sat, Jul 26 COL L 1-5 50-55 4th 10.5 gb 104 Fri, Jul 25 COL L 2-7 50-54 4th 10.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Aug 04, 2008 CIN 6 MIL 3 W:Bronson Arroyo (10-8), L: Manny Parra (9-5), S: Francisco Cordero (22) Sun, Jul 13, 2008 MIL 3 CIN 2 W:C.C. Sabathia (8-8), L: Dave Weathers (2-5), S: none Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CIN 8 @MIL 2 W:Edinson Volquez (12-3), L: Seth McClung (5-5), S: none Fri, Jul 11, 2008 CIN 6 @MIL 5 W:Mike Lincoln (1-2), L: Brian Shouse (3-1), S: Francisco Cordero (19) Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CIN 4 MIL 3 (10) W:Jared Burton (1-1), L: Eric Gagne (1-1), S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 MIL 5 @CIN 3 (10) W:Guillermo Mota (1-0), L: Dave Weathers (0-2), S: Eric Gagne (6) Fri, Apr 18, 2008 MIL 5 @CIN 2 W:Ben Sheets (3-0), L: Bronson Arroyo (0-2), S: Eric Gagne (5) 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 Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 6-4; 2007 - CIN won 8-7; 2006 - MIL won 10-9; All-Time - CIN leads 86-84

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

TEX 5.66

COL 4.62

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.90

CLE 4.60

TEX 5.90

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

J. Maine 4.13

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

D. Eveland 6.12

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 45.Bray*
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 38.Majewski
G/S/vB 40.Masset
G/S/vB 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 145/131 .250/.331/.594/.925 .000/1.033 .684 31/.739 1/0 12/

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 483/358 .298/.337/.589/.926 .967/.912 .795 107/1.155 9/3 30/

25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 13/1.356 3/1.333 11/.582 3/1.167 4/.833 ··· 9/.476 314/238 .225/.315/.473/.788 .979/.729 .898 87/.773 8/4 17/

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/1.417 3/.667 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.666 178/161 .245/.337/.329/.666 .494/.684 .698 29/.618 2/1 1/

5.Durham# G/S/vP ··· 12/.250 2/.000 4/.833 3/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB 12/.500 328/246 .285/.378/.408/.786 .677/.821 .773 48/.667 6/2 3/

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 8/.375 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 481/330 .280/.374/.521/.895 .796/.941 .772 104/1.115 2/0 25/

2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.500 ··· 7/1.738 345/226 .229/.294/.424/.717 1.049/.547 .563 69/.770 4/6 14/

7.Hardy G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.286 418/307 .278/.340/.460/.800 .919/.759 .855 99/.624 2/1 15/

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 453/330 .281/.320/.485/.805 .769/.818 .886 91/.617 18/4 16/

33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 181/110 .312/.344/.500/.844 .984/.752 .822 32/.875 3/0 5/

18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/.971 ··· ··· ··· 25/1.070 402/298 .241/.323/.317/.641 .657/.635 .688 89/.411 6/3 1/

11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 54/42 .314/.352/.451/.803 .697/.832 .833 8/.536 1/0 1/

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 8/.679 417/301 .223/.329/.379/.708 .817/.667 .798 88/.815 15/4 9/

IP 133.0 55.1 35.0 49.1 53.1 26.0 47.2 48.0 TOTAL .253/.323/.439/.762 .828/.739 .747 .767 76/27 148/71

ERA-K/9

2.71/9.4

3.90/9.1

2.83/10.3

3.28/9.9

3.71/7.9

3.81/5.9

4.34/6.2

3.38/6.4

4.52/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (37-30-4)
Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 571/.227 242/.262 158/.261 219/.232 216/.226 113/.287 213/.303 221/.279 .274 Braun
Hart
Cameron
Kapler 108/0/0/7
0/0/108/4
0/74/0/2
6/31/13/0

OPS .662 .759 .779 .683 .654 .771 .824 .816 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 295/.722 93/.739 65/.754 93/.611 96/.623 45/.697 81/.857 84/.605 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.595 149/.769 93/.795 126/.734 120/.679 68/.822 132/.805 137/.944 .798

Home 284/.738 135/.894 69/.529 133/.724 94/.513 46/.590 107/1.074 110/.890 .777

Last 28d days 104/.904 50/.550 40/1.029 44/.992 49/.488 46/.648 50/.955 65/.811

HR/SB/CS 10/12/8 7/3/1 3/3/0 4/4/3 7/0/1 3/0/0 4/2/1 6/2/0 142/62/27

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

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Bush
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 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.619 5/1.400 259/187 .220/.293/.345/.638 .676/.621 .593 42/.475 0/2 6/

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 256/164 .272/.324/.443/.767 .552/.883 .860 95/.730 2/4 10/

54.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 32/27 .345/.406/.483/.889 1.600/.770 .482 12/.879 0/0 0/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 21/.583 8/.250 ··· 6/.733 4/.500 14/.214 10/1.600 14/.368 439/301 .237/.380/.549/.929 .805/.982 .895 92/1.025 1/1 32/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 11/.664 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 12/.583 4/.750 405/283 .248/.336/.479/.815 .908/.775 .785 88/.920 1/0 20/

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.750 4/.750 6/1.166 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 217/134 .344/.390/.484/.875 .980/.815 1.138 27/.929 15/3 2/

27.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 313/212 .269/.323/.360/.683 .951/.559 .624 98/.562 2/1 3/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 4/.250 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 12/1.250 ··· 230/193 .194/.225/.341/.566 .332/.611 .642 25/.573 11/5 7/

46.Phillips G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 47/23 .163/.234/.209/.443 .384/.504 .224 18/.528 0/0 0/

4.Phillips G/S/vP 21/.781 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 5/.800 12/.166 473/328 .274/.321/.453/.774 1.001/.675 .797 96/.553 22/6 16/

26.Ross G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 164/86 .228/.377/.362/.740 .652/.818 .850 46/.785 0/1 3/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.000 8/.875 7/.000 95/77 .250/.295/.364/.658 .690/.651 .793 21/.981 0/0 1/

19.Votto* G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 408/268 .279/.346/.455/.801 .817/.793 .784 87/.729 4/4 14/

IP 119.0 27.1 85.0 40.2 34.1 37.2 57.1 85.0 TOTAL .247/.323/.406/.729 .763/.714 .740 .742 65/33 130/85

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.6

6.59/7.6

4.55/7.4

5.09/7.7

4.46/6.0

2.63/6.0

2.83/6.3

4.45/7.0

4.11/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (39-18-6)
Ross (22-9-6)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 494/.244 128/.280 373/.254 179/.278 148/.258 152/.220 241/.244 366/.268 .259 Dunn
Bruce
Patterson
Phillips
Hairston
Cabrera 104/0/0/5
11/34/32/3
0/76/0/3
2/0/0/0
17/13/8/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .747 .898 .750 .810 .774 .624 .653 .774 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.758 67/.805 175/.832 78/.975 64/.934 73/.452 108/.674 172/.602 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.738 61/1.003 198/.677 101/.682 84/.657 79/.794 133/.636 194/.926 .740

Road 203/.852 59/.969 184/.696 86/.653 71/.557 70/.771 134/.727 153/.946 .757

Last 28d days 79/.701 25/.951 72/.801 34/1.020 32/.935 33/.690 40/.614 37/.305

HR/SB/CS 20/11/5 7/0/0 10/5/2 6/4/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 3/1/2 15/5/2 120/53/34

Usage ····X··· ····o··o ·X··X··· ·o·o·oX· ····XX·o ···o·XX· ··o····X X····Xo·

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: MIL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 5-9, 4.69)

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 13-4, 2.71)

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