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Game Preview: LAD @ CIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, August 29, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Dodgers, 76-53, 1st, 4 up

SP: Charlie Haeger (25, RHP, 1-1, 1.93)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 14.0 8 3 3 4 9 2 1.93
2008 (0-0) 4.1 8 10 8 5 4 2 16.62
2007 (0-1) 11.1 17 11 9 8 1 3 7.15
Last 7 GS 1-2 18.1 13 9 8 10 11 2 3.93 53
2009-08-22 CHC W 7.0 3 0 0 4 7 0 110 74
2009-08-17 STL L 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 2 80 57
2006-05-10 LAA L 4.1 5 6 5 6 2 0 113 27
Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-25   Road:   36-28   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  54-40   vsLHP:  22-13   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 35-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Fri, Aug 28  @CIN  L   2-4       76-53  1st  4.0 up
128 Thu, Aug 27  @COL  W   3-2       76-52  1st  4.0 up
127 Wed, Aug 26  @COL  W   6-1       75-52  1st  3.0 up
126 Tue, Aug 25  @COL  L   4-5 (10)  74-52  1st  2.0 up
125 Sun, Aug 23   CHC  L   1-3       74-51  1st  3.5 up
124 Sat, Aug 22   CHC  W   2-0       74-50  1st  4.5 up
123 Fri, Aug 21   CHC  W   2-1       73-50  1st  4.5 up
122 Thu, Aug 20   CHC  W   7-2       72-50  1st  3.5 up
121 Wed, Aug 19   STL  L   2-3       71-50  1st  3.5 up
120 Tue, Aug 18   STL  W   7-3       71-49  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Reds, 56-71, 5th, 17½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Matt Maloney (25, LHP, 0-2, 6.11)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 17.2 18 12 12 5 14 6 6.11
Last 7 GS 0-2 17.2 18 12 12 5 14 6 6.11 46
2009-06-18 ATL L 5.2 6 6 6 2 5 2 106 36
2009-06-12 @KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 2 5 2 104 47
2009-06-06 CHC ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 2 89 55
Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-35   Road:   29-36   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  43-49   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 11-17   vsCntrl:29-29   vsWest: 10-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Fri, Aug 28   LAD  W   4-2       56-71  5th 17.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @MIL  W   8-5       55-71  5th 17.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26  @MIL  W   4-3 (10)  54-71  5th 18.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25  @MIL  W   8-6 (13)  53-71  5th 18.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23  @PIT  W   4-1       52-71  5th 18.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22  @PIT  L   2-12      51-71  6th 18.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21  @PIT  L   2-5       51-70  5th 17.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   SFG  W   2-1 (10)  51-69  5th 17.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   SFG  L   0-1       50-69  5th 17.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   SFG  L   5-8 (10)  50-68  5th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 LAD  6  CIN  2        W:Chad Billingsley (10-5), L: Bronson Arroyo (10-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 LAD 12  CIN  3        W:Randy Wolf (5-4), L: Homer Bailey (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 LAD  7  CIN  5        W:Jason Schmidt (1-0), L: Micah Owings (6-10), S: Jonathan Broxton (23)

Thu, Jun 19, 2008 LAD  7 @CIN  4        W:Eric Stults (1-0), L: Aaron Harang (3-10), S: Takashi Saito (10)
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 LAD  6 @CIN  1        W:Derek Lowe (5-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (4-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 LAD  3 @CIN  1        W:Chad Billingsley (5-7), L: Johnny Cueto (5-7), S: Takashi Saito (9)
Wed, May 21, 2008 LAD  5  CIN  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (2-3), L: Johnny Cueto (2-5), S: Takashi Saito (8)
Tue, May 20, 2008 LAD  4  CIN  1        W:Chad Billingsley (4-5), L: Matt Belisle (1-4), S: Takashi Saito (7)
Mon, May 19, 2008 LAD  6  CIN  5        W:Takashi Saito (2-1), L: Dave Weathers (1-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CIN  8  LAD  1        W:Edinson Volquez (3-0), L: Hong-Chih Kuo (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 3-1; 2008 - LAD won 7-1; 2007 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1149-1124

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  5.66

BAL  4.60

SDP  3.83

RA/G

LAD  3.80

NYM  4.66

WSN  5.45

BA

J. Mauer  .373

R. Roberts  .290

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .442

W. Harris  .361

R. Cedeno  .240

SLG

A. Pujols  .663

B. Butler  .478

N. Punto  .257

OPS

A. Pujols  1.104

T. Hafner  .833

B. Giles  .548

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.20

M. Buehrle  3.92

F. Liriano  5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.49

D. Davis  6.79

J. Lannan  3.75

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Dodgers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
61.Arroyo
G/S/vB
34.Bailey
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
46.Fisher
G/S/vB
52.Herrera*
G/S/vB
62.Lehr
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
33.Owings
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
38.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 25/.727 ··· 1/.000 11/.091 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.350 3/.333 34/.811 93/71 .293/.341/.378/.719 .850/.679 .832 20/.444 1/0 1/0
23.Blake G/S/vP ··· 9/.708 5/.000 4/1.250 7/.453 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/1.000 3/1.667 5/.000 1/.000 493/379 .278/.357/.471/.828 1.015/.774 .831 97/.793 3/4 16/9
14.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 7/.286 102/83 .301/.340/.366/.706 .816/.679 .782 17/.375 0/0 1/2
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 18/1.132 2/.500 1/3.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 12/.977 2/.000 9/1.792 548/398 .287/.372/.539/.911 .612/1.026 .801 112/1.114 5/3 27/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 25/.560 3/1.334 2/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.962 1/.000 28/.793 538/414 .253/.320/.344/.663 .732/.643 .687 113/.515 6/5 6/16
13.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 37/.492 4/.500 2/.000 12/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 537/404 .292/.358/.423/.781 .861/.756 .742 85/.756 7/1 8/5
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 9/1.056 2/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.393 1/.000 4/2.500 523/403 .313/.371/.505/.876 1.188/.786 .938 100/.919 28/6 19/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 15/1.671 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/1.262 ··· 3/1.334 519/405 .276/.349/.387/.735 .866/.699 .840 88/.639 7/2 9/5
5.Loretta G/S/vP ··· 27/1.096 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.250 25/.755 174/131 .221/.305/.260/.564 .686/.526 .701 36/.458 1/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 18/.513 2/.000 4/.833 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 11/1.245 ··· 8/1.000 470/367 .257/.359/.324/.683 .727/.671 .647 83/.621 9/6 4/7
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 31/.854 ··· 5/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.625 4/.000 21/.988 350/253 .321/.377/.404/.781 .843/.758 .908 36/.895 23/10 0/1
99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 14/1.400 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 3/1.666 16/1.525 10/.667 316/260 .308/.427/.542/.970 .753/1.018 .983 105/.827 0/1 13/3
IP 17.2 168.2 70.0 45.2 52.1 45.2 52.1 38.2 57.0 107.2 42.2 40.0 TOTAL .274/.348/.412/.760 .798/.749 .776 .740 90/40 108/68
ERA-K/9 6.11/7.1 4.43/5.0 6.04/5.7 5.32/7.1 2.24/7.7 2.96/8.3 2.58/6.9 4.19/3.3 2.84/7.7 5.52/5.2 2.74/8.2 5.85/6.8 4.39/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 75/.269 726/.270 278/.276 211/.276 208/.239 186/.222 224/.273 166/.268 223/.195 492/.281 177/.208 177/.245 .262
OPS .960 .780 .815 .789 .617 .627 .727 .743 .585 .827 .624 .755 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.723 347/.843 148/.826 96/.683 107/.598 74/.664 103/.553 73/.821 82/.590 228/.822 80/.378 77/.882 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/1.024 379/.722 130/.802 115/.877 101/.634 112/.603 121/.879 93/.684 141/.582 264/.830 97/.820 100/.661 .763
Home 49/.986 391/.792 151/.794 83/.724 118/.582 73/.570 111/.640 81/.577 127/.649 175/.761 94/.494 82/.744
Last 28d days / 150/.569 108/.863 37/.596 50/.786 59/.568 45/.658 141/.749 48/.817 21/.970 34/.912 60/.813
HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 26/10/5 10/6/2 3/2/0 2/2/4 2/1/5 4/1/1 4/2/1 5/2/2 18/7/2 3/2/2 3/4/2 152/59/39
Usage ···X···· X····X·· ·oXX··X· XXoo·X·· ··oX··XX ··oX··X· ·X····X· o·oo···· ·······X ··oo·X·· ··X····X
Reds Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Haeger
G/S/vB
54.Belisario
G/S/vB
58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
31.McDonald
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
44.Padilla
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
38.Troncoso
G/S/vB
36.Weaver
G/S/vB
43.Wolf*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 229/146 .223/.293/.354/.647 .564/.694 .605 58/.722 2/0 5/1
60.Barker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .200/.200/.200/.400 .000/.571 .286 10/.400 0/0 0/0
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 6/2.067 219/139 .281/.361/.563/.923 1.024/.864 1.053 66/.900 1/1 16/1
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.873 151/107 .224/.302/.284/.586 .433/.649 .421 56/.591 0/0 0/2
16.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/20 .205/.271/.273/.544 .607/.450 .437 4/1.250 0/0 0/2
37.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.708 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 51/32 .234/.294/.298/.592 .950/.385 .566 9/.819 0/0 0/0
17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 306/277 .252/.301/.486/.786 .538/.813 .735 67/.947 0/1 13/2
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.166 8/.929 ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 9/.555 9/1.111 493/370 .258/.316/.437/.752 .890/.707 .783 93/.558 20/9 17/8
27.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.900 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/2.314 6/.167 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.167 10/.875 410/300 .315/.368/.472/.840 .984/.789 .874 37/.776 5/2 9/5
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 236/184 .204/.286/.316/.602 .610/.599 .616 64/.597 0/2 4/6
6.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/31 .189/.231/.324/.555 .375/.603 .889 39/.555 1/0 1/0
15.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 47/40 .163/.234/.279/.513 .619/.495 .469 32/.626 0/2 1/0
30.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 49/45 .093/.204/.116/.320 .250/.325 .468 26/.241 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.802 395/273 .313/.400/.548/.948 .939/.952 .940 105/.760 4/1 20/8
IP 14.0 55.2 166.2 60.1 146.0 17.2 50.1 61.0 113.0 54.2 71.0 68.1 177.0 TOTAL .241/.310/.382/.691 .686/.693 .717 .654 75/30 121/92
ERA-K/9 1.93/5.8 2.26/8.1 3.83/8.1 2.83/13.3 2.96/9.4 3.57/11.7 4.11/6.3 3.39/5.2 4.86/5.0 1.81/8.1 2.66/5.5 3.69/6.7 3.25/6.8 3.52/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 55/.163 231/.202 668/.237 239/.166 605/.204 76/.190 216/.247 248/.219 496/.286 225/.213 302/.269 301/.264 715/.229 .232
OPS .526 .584 .672 .502 .603 .685 .705 .670 .777 .603 .667 .793 .660 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.611 99/.738 358/.683 115/.416 132/.534 32/.458 86/.694 104/.636 282/.849 70/.330 135/.691 136/.902 156/.384 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.487 132/.474 310/.658 124/.580 473/.623 44/.837 130/.712 144/.692 214/.686 155/.727 167/.649 165/.703 559/.737 .682
Road / 122/.651 315/.639 115/.784 288/.650 52/.550 101/.767 105/.807 233/.692 108/.599 157/.598 119/.962 379/.642
Last 28d days 55/.526 25/.661 89/.595 52/.735 111/.645 39/.682 62/.684 44/.802 48/.959 50/.558 41/.767 59/.654 168/.566
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 3/6/1 11/5/7 4/6/1 6/5/5 2/1/0 4/1/1 6/5/1 12/3/4 3/4/0 3/5/2 7/7/2 20/6/4 98/73/30
Usage ······X· o··o·o·· X····X·· ·Xo···oo ···X···· ·o·o·o·· o··o·X·· X······· ·X······ ·Xo···XX ·o·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.