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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 7:10pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Cubs, 56-48, 1st, Tied

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (26, LHP, 3-1, 5.19)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-1) 8.2 6 5 5 4 7 0 5.19
2008 (6-9) 105.1 120 79 78 70 67 20 6.66
2007 (14-10) 201.2 214 90 87 68 135 18 3.88
Last 7 GS 1-3 34.1 46 27 26 20 28 8 6.82 40
2008-09-10 @HOU ND 2.1 3 2 2 2 2 1 46 43
2008-09-04 @CIN ND 3.2 7 3 3 2 5 1 82 38
2008-08-29 MIL L 7.0 4 3 3 2 4 1 97 59
2008-08-23 @MIL L 4.2 7 6 6 3 3 1 91 26
2008-07-04 @MIL L 4.2 11 8 7 4 4 2 101 12
2008-06-29 TBR ND 6.0 8 2 2 2 8 2 110 54
2008-06-24 NYY W 6.0 6 3 3 5 2 0 99 45
Last 5 v.CIN 2-2 22.2 31 19 19 12 13 3 7.54 39
2008-09-04 @CIN ND 3.2 7 3 3 2 5 1 82 38
2008-05-28 @CIN L 0.2 4 6 6 2 0 1 38 18
2008-04-13 CIN W 6.1 4 1 1 4 1 0 102 58
2007-08-28 CIN W 6.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 99 41
2007-04-28 CIN L 6.0 8 5 5 2 4 0 96 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-19   Road:   23-29   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  44-38   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl:31-22   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Mon, Aug  3  @CIN  W   4-2       56-48  1st    Tied
103 Sun, Aug  2  @FLA  L   2-3       55-48  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Sat, Aug  1  @FLA  W   9-8 (10)  55-47  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Fri, Jul 31  @FLA  L   2-5       54-47  2nd  0.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 30   HOU  W  12-3       54-46  1st  0.5 up
 99 Wed, Jul 29   HOU  W  12-0       53-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 28   HOU  L   6-11      52-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 27   HOU  W   5-1 (13)  52-45  1st  0.5 up
 96 Sun, Jul 26   CIN  W   5-2       51-45  1st  0.5 up
 95 Sat, Jul 25   CIN  W   5-3       50-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Reds, 45-60, 5th, 11½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (23, RHP, 8-8, 4.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-8) 126.1 126 63 57 43 95 18 4.06
2008 (9-14) 174.0 178 101 93 68 158 29 4.81
Last 7 GS 2-4 34.2 48 31 31 18 29 7 8.05 38
2009-07-30 SDP L 5.0 9 6 6 2 3 1 96 26
2009-07-25 @CHC L 6.0 9 4 4 3 4 2 105 39
2009-07-19 MIL ND 6.0 10 3 3 1 5 1 108 44
2009-07-11 @NYM L 5.0 9 4 4 2 4 0 101 35
2009-07-06 @PHI L 0.2 5 9 9 3 1 2 49 4
2009-07-01 ARI W 6.0 1 0 0 4 8 0 108 74
2009-06-25 @TOR W 6.0 5 5 5 3 4 1 95 43
Last 5 v.CHC 1-4 32.0 33 15 14 8 22 5 3.94 52
2009-07-25 @CHC L 6.0 9 4 4 3 4 2 105 39
2009-04-22 @CHC W 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 108 72
2008-09-06 CHC L 5.1 8 5 5 1 3 2 84 34
2008-08-19 @CHC L 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 111 69
2008-07-09 @CHC L 6.2 8 5 4 2 6 1 111 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-29   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  32-43   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:23-24   vsWest:  6-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Aug  3   CHC  L   2-4       45-60  5th 11.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   COL  L   4-6 (11)  45-59  5th 11.0 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   COL  L   2-6       45-58  5th 11.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   COL  L   3-5       45-57  5th 10.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   SDP  L   4-7       45-56  5th  9.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29   SDP  L   1-7       45-55  5th  9.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28   SDP  L   2-3       45-54  5th  8.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27   SDP  W   6-4       45-53  5th  7.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @CHC  L   2-5       44-53  5th  7.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @CHC  L   3-5       44-52  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 26, 2009 CHC  5  CIN  2        W:Rich Harden (7-6), L: Micah Owings (6-11), S: Kevin Gregg (21)
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 CHC  5  CIN  3        W:Kevin Hart (2-1), L: Johnny Cueto (8-7), S: Kevin Gregg (20)
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 CHC  8  CIN  5        W:Randy Wells (6-4), L: Aaron Harang (5-11), S: none
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 CHC  6 @CIN  3 (14)   W:David Patton (2-1), L: Mike Lincoln (1-1), S: Angel Guzman (1)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 CIN  4  CHC  3 (11)   W:Nick Masset (3-0), L: Sean Marshall (3-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 CHC  2 @CIN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-2), L: Micah Owings (3-7), S: Kevin Gregg (10)
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 CIN  7 @CHC  1        W:Aaron Harang (2-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 CIN  3 @CHC  0        W:Johnny Cueto (1-1), L: Ted Lilly (2-1), S: Francisco Cordero (6)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 CHC  7  CIN  2        W:Rich Harden (1-1), L: Micah Owings (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 CIN  4  CHC  3        W:Francisco Cordero (5-4), L: Kerry Wood (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 7-3; 2008 - CHC won 8-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1082-1050

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 2009 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

LAA  5.73

FLA  4.54

SDP  3.74

RA/G

SFG  3.64

HOU  4.60

WSN  5.50

BA

I. Suzuki  .364

A. McCutchen  .292

A. Casilla  .166

OBP

A. Pujols  .438

T. Gwynn  .365

R. Cedeno  .221

SLG

A. Pujols  .661

Y. Escobar  .471

A. Casilla  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.099

C. Crawford  .836

A. Casilla  .464

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

A. Cook  3.88

T. Wellemeyer  5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.97

K. Correia  6.73

J. Lannan  3.66

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cubs Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB
61.Arroyo
G/S/vB
34.Bailey
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
46.Fisher
G/S/vB
39.Harang
G/S/vB
52.Herrera*
G/S/vB
62.Lehr
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
38.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 64/37 .183/.234/.333/.568 .684/.479 .262 38/.718 1/0 1/2
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/78 .237/.297/.323/.620 .586/.630 .645 15/1.015 0/2 1/2
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 9/.708 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 2/.500 3/2.334 1/.000 315/232 .250/.385/.387/.772 .883/.728 .591 76/.823 1/2 8/2
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 7/.143 6/1.667 3/.333 3/1.334 1/.000 18/1.189 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 325/273 .230/.302/.381/.683 .583/.702 .719 61/.677 2/1 9/6
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 121/89 .308/.347/.607/.955 .831/.997 1.044 40/1.019 0/0 8/2
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 16/.646 12/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 16/.929 1/no AB ··· 6/.167 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 377/337 .270/.385/.441/.826 .580/.853 .854 86/.833 6/8 7/1
27.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 27/25 .304/.407/.435/.842 .000/.916 .748 14/.690 0/1 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 3/.666 175/139 .203/.289/.288/.577 .649/.557 .514 94/.487 0/0 2/2
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/168 .233/.280/.422/.702 .450/.740 .575 39/.618 0/0 8/1
25.Lee G/S/vP 20/1.082 40/.844 2/1.500 7/.286 1/.000 58/.941 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.071 4/2.500 34/.507 28/.748 392/312 .293/.367/.536/.904 .933/.895 .789 92/.973 0/0 21/3
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.188 40/.633 2/.000 9/1.222 1/no AB 49/.999 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.944 1/.000 24/1.289 18/1.091 162/131 .349/.414/.596/1.009 1.372/.931 .934 86/1.062 0/0 9/3
12.Soriano G/S/vP 15/1.534 45/.603 3/3.333 15/.673 1/.000 29/.597 ··· 5/1.350 9/1.158 4/.250 15/.600 13/1.205 438/346 .249/.315/.447/.762 .591/.806 .786 86/1.011 8/2 19/8
2.Theriot G/S/vP 20/.947 31/.707 ··· 6/.400 2/.000 35/.676 ··· ··· 9/.444 1/.000 12/.258 5/.800 447/355 .296/.351/.422/.773 .961/.725 .708 104/.828 14/5 7/12
IP 126.1 137.2 43.1 42.1 32.1 141.1 44.1 5.0 46.0 36.2 37.0 26.1 TOTAL .252/.328/.414/.742 .748/.741 .697 .796 39/24 117/82
ERA-K/9 4.06/6.8 5.10/5.2 7.06/5.6 1.70/7.7 2.78/8.6 4.52/8.0 2.64/6.7 5.40/0.0 2.74/8.0 2.21/8.3 3.41/6.3 6.49/6.2 4.48/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 539/.262 606/.284 194/.264 164/.199 135/.234 586/.297 186/.276 25/.222 181/.190 149/.192 153/.206 117/.237 .263
OPS .772 .833 .808 .548 .633 .821 .741 .678 .556 .597 .711 .725 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 280/.826 287/.903 108/.858 86/.463 58/.730 307/.772 88/.589 14/.800 72/.600 69/.359 61/.751 53/.834 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.716 319/.769 86/.746 78/.633 77/.554 279/.873 98/.882 11/.523 109/.526 80/.801 92/.685 64/.637 .774
Home 237/.827 329/.858 126/.773 106/.545 67/.628 285/.739 95/.651 25/.678 103/.641 79/.438 65/.858 63/.731
Last 28d days 111/1.028 146/.692 120/.938 27/.472 46/.515 136/.982 37/.767 25/.678 52/.741 35/.859 41/.965 /
HR/SB/CS 18/1/4 24/9/5 7/5/1 2/1/3 0/1/5 21/13/5 4/1/1 0/1/0 3/2/1 3/2/2 7/1/0 1/4/1 130/53/34
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ··X····X ·X··o··o ··X·Xo·· X····X·· o·X·o·o· ···X···· ·X·X··o· ·X·o···o X··X··o· ········
Reds Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
46.Dempster
G/S/vB
43.Grabow*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
37.Guzman
G/S/vB
40.Harden
G/S/vB
47.Heilman
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
52.Stevens
G/S/vB
36.Wells
G/S/vB
38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
64.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/106 .209/.266/.348/.614 .567/.644 .617 23/.467 1/0 4/1
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.821 4/.000 2/.000 2/4.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 160/96 .273/.363/.561/.924 1.020/.858 .965 67/.784 1/0 11/1
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.334 6/.666 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 14/.917 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 21/.707 230/182 .191/.239/.268/.507 .594/.484 .472 32/.166 0/1 3/4
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 205/163 .309/.399/.366/.765 .868/.739 .800 42/.553 0/0 1/1
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/61 .226/.309/.274/.582 .552/.600 .467 13/.585 0/0 0/2
17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 3/1.334 17/.411 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 246/220 .235/.289/.451/.740 .551/.763 .689 60/.559 0/0 9/2
4.Phillips G/S/vP 12/.432 16/.321 10/1.025 3/.666 3/.000 8/.000 5/.200 16/.325 9/.722 2/1.000 ··· 6/.900 47/.669 409/304 .269/.329/.464/.794 .936/.744 .844 90/.809 17/7 16/7
27.Rolen G/S/vP 6/.900 33/.710 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 1/.000 8/.125 7/1.571 ··· ··· ··· 47/.620 380/272 .314/.366/.468/.834 .984/.776 .856 77/.676 4/2 8/5
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 173/137 .207/.287/.313/.600 .681/.578 .641 24/.813 0/2 3/3
15.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/21 .174/.208/.261/.469 1.000/.390 .411 20/.566 0/1 0/0
30.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/21 .150/.261/.150/.411 .000/.452 .564 23/.411 0/0 0/0
3.Taveras G/S/vP 7/.453 7/.286 7/.400 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.400 6/.334 8/.250 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 26/.384 372/271 .240/.279/.290/.569 .503/.594 .596 79/.500 21/6 1/4
19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.666 10/.856 3/.666 1/.000 2/3.000 8/.821 4/4.000 4/1.250 7/1.229 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 21/1.029 299/203 .336/.411/.600/1.011 .970/1.032 1.026 90/.899 4/1 17/6
IP 8.2 116.2 49.2 49.2 45.2 98.0 50.1 52.0 66.1 19.1 6.1 102.1 123.2 TOTAL .242/.311/.386/.697 .713/.691 .731 .640 63/27 102/82
ERA-K/9 5.19/7.2 4.09/7.4 3.26/7.6 4.17/9.2 2.36/7.1 4.50/10.6 4.47/7.7 3.63/10.6 3.66/6.1 6.52/5.6 2.84/5.7 2.73/5.7 3.35/7.3 3.80/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 36/.194 499/.262 216/.239 221/.237 183/.201 424/.245 228/.257 233/.159 282/.246 92/.325 25/.095 381/.251 530/.243 .245
OPS .512 .764 .693 .750 .607 .773 .783 .612 .720 .948 .478 .651 .683 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 12/.717 228/.812 63/.698 101/.607 78/.714 191/.810 92/.737 108/.521 91/.548 35/1.071 11/.182 162/.725 244/.722 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 24/.408 271/.723 153/.691 120/.866 105/.527 233/.742 136/.811 125/.692 191/.800 57/.874 14/.702 219/.596 286/.648 .710
Road 28/.459 294/.786 131/.739 116/.866 92/.532 206/.671 111/.709 127/.593 108/.782 40/.874 10/.100 175/.605 283/.680
Last 28d days / 47/.755 51/.621 52/.955 58/.739 117/.626 54/.801 48/.584 38/.562 55/.926 25/.478 107/.740 147/.654
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 14/10/7 4/3/1 10/0/0 5/1/3 19/4/2 6/3/1 1/2/0 8/2/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 8/6/3 8/4/6 112/55/29
Usage ·X····X· o·oo·X·X ·oX·X··· ·oX···X· ···X···· ·oXX··oo X·XX···X ···oo·Xo ··X···XX ······oX X····X·· ··X····X

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.