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Game Preview: LAD @ CIN, 1:10pm, Sunday, August 30, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Dodgers, 77-53, 1st, 5 up

SP: Clayton Kershaw (21, LHP, 8-7, 2.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-7)			146.0	104	49	48	81	153	6	2.96
2008 (5-5)			107.2	109	51	51	52	100	11	4.26

Last 7 GS		0-2	39.1	34	14	13	21	49	1	2.97	57
2009-08-25	@COL	ND	6.1	4	2	2	1	6	1	104	62
2009-08-19	STL	ND	3.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	97	44
2009-08-14	@ARI	L	4.1	6	4	4	4	9	0	97	40
2009-08-08	ATL	ND	7.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	103	82
2009-08-03	MIL	L	4.0	4	3	3	6	6	0	92	42
2009-07-29	@STL	ND	8.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	112	79
2009-07-24	FLA	ND	6.0	9	3	2	3	6	0	106	47

Has never faced CIN.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   40-25   Road:   37-28   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  54-40   vsLHP:  23-13   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 35-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sat, Aug 29  @CIN  W  11-4       77-53  1st  5.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Reds, 56-72, 5th, 18½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (32, RHP, 11-12, 4.43)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-12)			168.2	176	90	83	55	94	26	4.43
2008 (15-11)			200.0	219	116	106	68	163	29	4.77
2007 (9-15)			210.2	232	109	99	63	156	28	4.23

Last 7 GS		1-4	49.2	45	16	16	12	29	5	2.90	58
2009-08-25	@MIL	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	116	64
2009-08-19	SFG	L	8.0	9	1	1	1	5	0	99	64
2009-08-13	WSN	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	103	85
2009-08-08	@SFG	L	7.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	102	53
2009-08-02	COL	ND	7.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	114	49
2009-07-28	SDP	L	6.1	9	3	3	2	6	1	119	47
2009-07-22	@LAD	L	5.1	5	5	5	4	8	1	100	42

Last 5 v.LAD		1-3	29.1	33	18	16	12	24	2	4.91	46
2009-07-22	@LAD	L	5.1	5	5	5	4	8	1	100	42
2008-06-18	LAD	L	6.1	7	6	6	1	6	1	100	40
2008-05-19	@LAD	ND	5.0	9	5	3	3	3	0	99	33
2007-08-07	LAD	W	6.2	6	0	0	0	5	0	103	67
2007-05-11	@LAD	L	6.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	117	50

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-36   Road:   29-36   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  43-50   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 11-17   vsCntrl:29-29   vsWest: 10-17 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 29   LAD  L   4-11      56-72  5th 18.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 CIN  4  LAD  2        W:Homer Bailey (4-4), L: Chad Billingsley (12-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - LAD leads 4-1; 2008 - LAD won 7-1; 2007 - LAD won 4-2; All-Time - LAD leads 1150-1124

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 5.70

DET 4.61

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.78

NYM 4.66

WSN 5.43

J. Mauer .372

A. Callaspo .290

B. Schneider .179

OBP

J. Mauer .441

H. Matsui .362

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .666

J. Dye .479

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

J. Rivera .837

B. Giles .548

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

J. Lannan 3.95

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

D. Davis 6.79

J. Lannan 3.68

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Dodgers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 9/.000 4/1.250 7/.453 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/1.000 3/1.667 5/.000 1/.000 497/383 .275/.354/.466/.820 1.015/.765 .817 97/.753 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 6/.333 1/3.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 12/.977 2/.000 9/1.792 553/403 .285/.371/.534/.905 .612/1.016 .791 113/1.051 5/3 27/3

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 25/.560 7/1.142 2/5.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.962 1/.000 28/.793 543/419 .257/.322/.346/.668 .732/.650 .697 114/.554 6/5 7/16

13.Hudson# G/S/vP 37/.492 7/.286 2/.000 13/.308 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 541/408 .289/.356/.419/.775 .861/.748 .730 86/.709 7/1 9/6

27.Kemp G/S/vP 9/1.056 6/1.867 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.393 1/.000 4/2.500 528/408 .314/.373/.505/.878 1.188/.790 .941 101/.967 28/7 20/2

7.Loney* G/S/vP 15/1.671 5/.800 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 7/1.262 ··· 3/1.334 523/409 .276/.348/.392/.740 .866/.705 .847 88/.653 7/2 9/5

5.Loretta G/S/vP 27/1.096 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.250 25/.755 175/132 .226/.309/.265/.573 .686/.538 .715 37/.500 1/0 0/0

55.Martin G/S/vP 18/.513 5/.800 4/.833 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/1.245 ··· 8/1.000 474/371 .260/.360/.326/.686 .727/.674 .653 84/.664 9/6 4/7

9.Pierre* G/S/vP 31/.854 1/.000 5/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.625 4/.000 21/.988 351/254 .319/.376/.403/.779 .843/.755 .902 36/.895 23/10 0/1

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/1.300 ··· 15/1.285 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 3/1.666 16/1.525 10/.667 321/265 .306/.424/.536/.960 .753/1.005 .965 106/.825 0/1 14/3

IP 168.2 70.0 45.2 52.1 45.2 53.1 38.2 57.0 109.2 42.2 40.0 TOTAL .274/.348/.411/.759 .798/.747 .774 .740 91/40 109/68

ERA-K/9

4.43/5.0

6.04/5.7

5.32/7.1

2.24/7.7

3.94/8.3

2.70/6.8

4.19/3.3

2.84/7.7

5.42/5.3

2.74/8.2

5.85/6.8

4.38/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 726/.270 310/.270 211/.276 214/.243 186/.222 224/.273 166/.268 225/.198 492/.281 177/.208 177/.245 .262

OPS .780 .777 .789 .625 .627 .727 .743 .604 .827 .624 .755 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.843 163/.780 96/.683 110/.600 74/.664 103/.553 73/.821 83/.650 228/.822 80/.378 77/.882 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.722 147/.775 115/.877 104/.648 112/.603 121/.879 93/.684 142/.577 264/.830 97/.820 100/.661 .762

Home 391/.792 183/.734 83/.724 124/.598 73/.570 111/.640 81/.577 129/.682 175/.761 94/.494 82/.744

Last 28d days 150/.569 116/.729 37/.596 56/.798 51/.602 38/.659 141/.749 50/.892 21/.970 34/.912 60/.813

HR/SB/CS 26/10/5 10/7/2 3/2/0 2/2/4 2/1/5 4/1/1 4/2/1 6/2/2 18/7/2 3/2/2 3/4/2 153/60/39

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ··oXX··X ·XXoo·X· X··oX··X o··oX··X ··X····X ·o·oo··· X······· ···oo·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 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 37.Haeger
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Balentien G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 233/150 .224/.292/.357/.649 .564/.696 .611 61/.738 2/0 5/1

60.Barker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .273/.273/.273/.545 .000/.750 .500 11/.545 0/0 0/0

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 6/2.067 223/143 .291/.368/.582/.949 1.024/.907 1.104 67/.948 1/1 16/1

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.873 156/112 .216/.292/.273/.566 .433/.618 .393 61/.539 0/0 1/2

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/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 8/.708 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 55/36 .224/.309/.286/.595 .950/.406 .577 13/.762 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 64/.994 0/1 13/2

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 15/.343 8/.929 ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 9/.555 9/1.111 497/374 .261/.319/.438/.757 .890/.714 .794 93/.594 20/9 17/8

27.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.730 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/2.314 6/.167 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.167 10/.875 414/304 .313/.367/.468/.835 .984/.783 .863 37/.816 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/36 .214/.250/.333/.583 .375/.631 .857 44/.583 2/0 1/0

15.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 47/40 .163/.234/.279/.513 .619/.495 .469 28/.606 0/2 1/0

30.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 49/45 .093/.204/.116/.320 .250/.325 .468 26/.241 0/0 1/1

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/1.136 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.802 399/277 .313/.401/.549/.950 .939/.955 .944 105/.785 4/1 20/8

IP 146.0 57.2 166.2 60.1 16.1 17.2 50.1 62.0 113.0 54.2 71.1 71.2 177.0 TOTAL .242/.311/.383/.693 .686/.696 .720 .672 76/32 122/92

ERA-K/9

2.96/9.4

2.18/8.0

3.83/8.1

2.83/13.3

3.86/6.6

3.57/11.7

4.11/6.3

3.34/5.1

4.86/5.0

1.81/8.1

2.65/5.4

3.52/6.9

3.25/6.8

3.52/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 605/.204 235/.203 693/.241 239/.166 55/.163 76/.190 219/.249 254/.223 496/.286 225/.213 302/.269 301/.264 715/.229 .233

OPS .603 .583 .685 .502 .526 .685 .705 .676 .777 .603 .667 .793 .660 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.534 99/.738 361/.690 115/.416 19/.611 32/.458 87/.685 105/.651 282/.849 70/.330 135/.691 136/.902 156/.384 .662

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 473/.623 136/.475 332/.678 124/.580 36/.487 44/.837 132/.716 149/.691 214/.686 155/.727 167/.649 165/.703 559/.737 .684

Road 288/.650 126/.646 340/.669 115/.784 / 52/.550 104/.764 111/.813 233/.692 108/.599 157/.598 119/.962 379/.642

Last 28d days 111/.645 29/.636 114/.688 52/.735 55/.526 36/.743 65/.683 46/.820 48/.959 50/.558 41/.767 59/.654 140/.523

HR/SB/CS 6/5/5 3/6/1 12/6/8 4/6/1 2/2/0 2/1/0 4/1/2 6/5/1 12/3/4 3/4/0 3/5/2 7/7/2 20/6/4 99/74/32

Usage ····X··· Xo··o·o· ·X····X· ··Xo···o X······X ··o·o·o· ·o··o·X· oX······ ··X····· ··Xo···X o·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.