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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Monday, April 9, 2012 @Great American Ball Park

Cardinals, 3-1, 3-1 1st, ½ up

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-9) 183.1 208 103 95 73 104 16 4.66
2010 (10-11) 202.2 203 99 95 68 128 20 4.22
2008 (1-2) 34.2 33 13 12 7 19 5 3.12
Last 7 GS 2-2 34.0 44 20 17 17 24 2 4.50 45
2011-09-27 @HOU ND 2.1 7 5 5 1 2 0 45 24
2011-09-22 NYM ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 4 0 84 62
2011-09-17 @PHI L 3.1 5 2 1 5 1 0 71 40
2011-09-11 ATL W 5.1 5 2 2 1 4 0 89 53
2011-09-05 MIL L 6.0 9 3 2 1 9 1 107 52
2011-08-31 @MIL W 5.0 8 3 2 0 1 1 66 42
2011-08-26 PIT ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 3 0 110 40
Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 26.1 31 16 16 8 16 7 5.47 45
2011-07-15 @CIN ND 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 2 82 54
2011-07-06 CIN ND 4.1 8 7 7 1 0 3 70 18
2011-04-24 CIN W 6.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 87 67
2010-05-21 CIN ND 5.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 94 38
2006-06-23 CIN L 6.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 104 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    3-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Sun, Apr  8  @MIL  W   9-3        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sat, Apr  7  @MIL  L   0-6        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Fri, Apr  6  @MIL  W  11-5        2-0   1st  0.5 up
  1 Wed, Apr  4  @MIA  W   4-1        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-1    Last 20: 3-1    Last 30: 3-1
Reds, 2-1, 2-1 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Homer Bailey (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-7) 132.0 136 68 65 33 106 18 4.43
2010 (4-3) 109.0 109 55 54 40 100 11 4.46
2009 (8-5) 113.1 115 61 57 52 86 12 4.53
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.2 44 22 21 8 43 7 4.33 53
2011-09-26 @NYM ND 5.0 9 4 4 1 7 0 102 39
2011-09-20 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 119 60
2011-09-15 CHC ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 9 2 103 50
2011-09-09 @COL W 7.2 6 1 1 1 6 1 113 68
2011-09-03 @STL L 3.0 6 5 4 1 3 0 69 31
2011-08-29 PHI L 8.0 6 3 3 0 9 1 100 67
2011-08-24 @FLA ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 4 2 102 59
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 30.0 28 14 12 9 24 3 3.60 53
2011-09-03 @STL L 3.0 6 5 4 1 3 0 69 31
2011-07-17 STL W 7.1 3 1 1 3 4 1 88 69
2010-09-05 @STL L 6.0 5 4 4 1 4 1 75 49
2010-05-01 @STL ND 6.2 7 3 2 3 6 1 121 53
2009-09-29 STL W 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 108 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Sun, Apr  8   MIA  W   6-5        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   MIA  L   3-8        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Thu, Apr  5   MIA  W   4-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 CIN  3 @STL  2 (10)   W:Bill Bray (5-2), L: Fernando Salas (5-6), S: Francisco Cordero (30)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 STL  6  CIN  4        W:Jaime Garcia (11-7), L: Homer Bailey (7-7), S: Jason Motte (2)
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 CIN 11 @STL  8        W:Jose Arredondo (4-4), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 CIN  3  STL  1        W:Homer Bailey (4-4), L: Jaime Garcia (9-4), S: Francisco Cordero (18)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 STL  4 @CIN  1        W:Chris Carpenter (5-7), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-8), S: Fernando Salas (17)
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 CIN  6  STL  5        W:Logan Ondrusek (4-3), L: Fernando Salas (5-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 CIN  9 @STL  8 (13)   W:Jose Arredondo (1-3), L: Raul Valdes (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (1)
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 STL  8  CIN  1        W:Jaime Garcia (8-3), L: Edinson Volquez (5-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 STL  1  CIN  0        W:Chris Carpenter (4-7), L: Johnny Cueto (5-3), S: Fernando Salas (15)
Sun, May 15, 2011 CIN  9  STL  7        W:Travis Wood (3-3), L: Chris Carpenter (1-3), S: Francisco Cordero (7)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - CIN won 9-6; 2010 - STL won 12-6; All-Time - STL leads 1175-1087

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (6.00 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Bailey
G/S/vB		 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 61.Arroyo
G/S/vB		 45.Bray*
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 44.Leake
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 51.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 20/1.017 5/.700 1/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 9/.000 ··· ··· 598/436 .300/.385/.525/.910 .923/.908 .839 19/1.143 4/2 22/1
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 8/1.232 ··· 71/.891 6/.666 3/1.667 10/.100 5/.600 23/.962 2/.000 3/1.666 587/475 .301/.412/.547/.959 .804/.998 1.028 14/1.000 2/6 31/6
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/17 .067/.263/.133/.396 .500/.378 .333 7/.619 0/0 0/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 72/44 .262/.333/.338/.672 .668/.674 .697 4/.000 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 12/1.500 4/.833 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .706 12/.533 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/2.500 10/.100 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 6/.167 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .795 19/1.000 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 12/.834 1/.000 34/.447 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.500 1/.000 13/.648 1/4.000 ··· 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .599 20/1.234 9/5 8/14
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 121/72 .212/.322/.288/.611 .632/.596 .689 5/.650 11/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 17/1.138 3/.666 42/.883 4/.833 2/.500 6/1.267 7/.629 9/.944 7/1.429 2/.500 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .927 20/.639 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 19/1.316 4/.250 2/.500 2/1.500 2/1.500 8/.700 3/1.667 1/2.000 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .791 12/.667 6/7 10/3
44.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 2/2.000 / /
4.Molina G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 41/.395 4/.750 3/.667 6/.666 4/.833 26/.840 2/.000 1/.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .808 14/1.049 4/5 14/6
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/3 .000/.125/.000/.125 .200/.000 .000 6/1.833 0/0 0/0
IP 132.0 53.0 199.0 48.1 50.0 167.2 77.2 75.2 61.1 115.2 TOTAL .327/.384/.507/.891 .930/.902 .891 .891 3/1 6/1
ERA-K/9 4.43/7.2 3.23/8.2 5.07/4.9 2.98/8.2 3.60/12.8 3.86/6.3 3.71/8.5 2.26/9.4 3.23/6.0 4.90/6.5 4.00/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-2-1)
 Molina (46-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 561/.264 226/.226 855/.286 196/.202 207/.147 693/.250 307/.205 307/.234 268/.238 499/.284 .252  Beltran
 Jay
 Berkman
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Cruz
 Greene
0/0/134/10
19/75/56/5
16/0/110/4
115/0/0/4
1/5/3/0
0/0/2/0
2/0/8/0
OPS .728 .720 .855 .606 .534 .714 .645 .566 .676 .834 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.777 92/.705 408/.976 102/.557 63/.392 331/.743 116/.661 104/.503 94/.635 262/.808 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.687 134/.730 447/.745 94/.659 144/.598 362/.688 191/.635 203/.599 174/.698 237/.862 .725
Home 287/.716 124/.619 464/.850 99/.516 98/.527 400/.718 152/.717 152/.636 129/.701 273/.835
Last 28d days / 5/.400 29/.787 / 10/.400 / 9/1.000 3/.000 4/.250 5/1.800
HR/SB/CS 18/9/2 5/2/4 46/9/4 3/4/2 2/2/4 23/5/2 10/4/2 1/9/2 6/4/1 15/10/8 3/5/1
Usage ·X······ X······· X··o···· ·X······ ···o···· oo······ ·o······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 66.Marte
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 16.Romero*
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 9/.889 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 12/.432 1/no AB 6/.167 3/1.667 4/.250 12/.878 664/468 .256/.341/.474/.814 .804/.818 .842 12/1.341 8/7 32/4
43.Cairo G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.750 2/1.000 8/.286 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 276/223 .265/.330/.412/.742 .919/.700 .763 4/.000 3/4 8/4
2.Cozart G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 38/26 .324/.324/.486/.811 .667/.880 1.385 12/1.765 0/0 2/0
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 6/.666 7/.143 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 7/.143 ··· ··· 5/.200 5/.000 304/256 .267/.356/.357/.714 .871/.685 .646 8/.393 0/0 6/4
9.Harris* G/S/vP 14/.453 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 8/1.089 2/5.000 10/.200 ··· 3/1.167 13/.000 283/241 .246/.351/.317/.668 .887/.631 .531 2/.000 5/4 2/1
28.Heisey G/S/vP 6/2.500 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 308/242 .254/.309/.487/.797 .553/.865 .861 5/1.000 6/1 18/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 10/.650 3/2.500 ··· ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 3/1.666 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 558/417 .237/.310/.363/.674 .763/.644 .657 8/.536 1/1 13/2
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/45 .180/.226/.360/.586 .625/.579 .911 3/.667 0/0 2/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 14/1.143 15/.500 1/.000 ··· 17/1.020 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/2.334 27/.352 675/518 .300/.353/.457/.810 .851/.798 .882 13/.558 14/9 18/6
27.Rolen G/S/vP 10/1.200 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.347 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 12/.633 269/208 .242/.279/.397/.676 .769/.648 .782 9/.708 1/0 5/4
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 5/.200 8/.542 2/.000 1/.000 10/.733 9/.666 ··· 2/3.000 6/.900 11/.673 681/547 .243/.321/.364/.686 .896/.636 .761 11/.473 40/10 15/3
15.Valdez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 300/197 .249/.294/.341/.634 .665/.618 .718 1/.000 3/3 1/9
19.Votto* G/S/vP 11/.598 10/1.600 1/.000 ··· 11/.717 6/.900 4/1.750 3/.666 3/.000 12/.250 719/518 .309/.416/.531/.947 .987/.930 .874 12/.833 8/6 29/6
IP 183.1 60.2 34.2 141.2 68.0 24.2 62.0 75.0 TOTAL .253/.308/.484/.792 / .792 .792 0/0 5/2
ERA-K/9 4.66/5.1 3.56/7.1 3.12/10.4 /0.0 4.19/4.8 2.25/8.3 4.01/6.9 3.34/8.9 2.28/9.0 /0.0 3.86/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (34-18-2)
 Mesoraco (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 809/.290 260/.266 136/.203 / 607/.260 268/.202 116/.286 256/.223 295/.186 / .211  Bruce
 Ludwick
 Stubbs
 Heisey
 Harris
0/0/155/10
117/0/14/10
0/157/0/8
88/18/10/2
33/7/6/0
OPS .789 .711 .591 .750 .558 .784 .623 .566 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 384/.734 92/.715 55/.723 / 247/.638 99/.738 46/.549 118/.478 129/.649 / .394
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 425/.838 168/.710 81/.504 / 360/.827 169/.454 70/.937 138/.748 166/.502 / .769
Road 401/.814 130/.622 71/.751 / 266/.749 136/.611 38/.713 114/.613 166/.670 /
Last 28d days / 12/.583 22/.374 5/1.000 7/1.262 8/.875 3/1.333 1/.000 7/2.000 22/.688
HR/SB/CS 16/13/4 4/2/2 3/2/1 // 21/6/3 2/6/1 1/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 // 6/0/0
Usage X·X····· X······· ·X······ ··X····· o···X··· ·oo····· ····o··· ·X··o··· ·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.