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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, April 28, 2012 @Great American Ball Park

Astros, 8-12, 8-12 5th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 1-1, 3.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 22.2 19 10 10 10 11 1 3.97
2011 (0-2) 18.0 23 12 9 8 15 0 4.50
2010 (1-0) 24.0 34 18 13 17 15 2 4.88
Last 7 GS 1-2 36.0 37 18 16 15 21 1 4.00 48
2012-04-23 @MIL L 5.0 5 5 5 3 1 1 86 35
2012-04-18 @WSN ND 6.2 4 1 1 3 4 0 97 63
2012-04-13 @MIA ND 4.0 7 4 4 4 2 0 85 30
2012-04-07 COL W 7.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 93 75
2011-09-25 COL L 3.0 7 5 3 1 1 0 67 29
2011-09-02 MIL ND 5.1 3 0 0 2 4 0 114 64
2010-09-18 DET ND 5.0 8 3 3 2 5 0 88 42
Has never faced CIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    4-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @CIN  W   6-4        8-12  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25  @MIL  W   7-5        7-12  5th  5.0 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24  @MIL  L   6-9        6-12  5th  5.0 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23  @MIL  L   5-6        6-11  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22   LAD  W  12-0        6-10  5th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-5        5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   LAD  L   1-3        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @WSN  W  11-4        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @WSN  L   2-3        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @WSN  L   0-1        4-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-12
Reds, 9-11, 9-11 2nd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (26, RHP, 2-0, 1.78)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 25.1 22 6 5 6 19 2 1.78
2011 (9-5) 156.0 123 51 40 47 104 8 2.31
2010 (12-7) 185.2 181 79 75 56 138 19 3.64
Last 7 GS 2-0 41.0 40 14 13 9 26 3 2.85 55
2012-04-22 @CHC W 6.1 5 2 1 2 7 0 111 62
2012-04-17 @STL ND 7.0 7 1 1 2 5 1 113 62
2012-04-11 STL ND 5.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 91 44
2012-04-05 MIA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 95 73
2011-09-14 CHC ND 3.2 3 0 0 1 2 0 46 56
2011-09-07 @CHC ND 7.0 7 3 3 0 3 0 103 54
2011-09-02 @STL ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 2 1 78 31
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 35.1 30 9 8 8 26 3 2.04 62
2010-09-29 HOU L 7.0 8 2 1 0 4 0 100 59
2010-09-17 @HOU ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 101 55
2010-07-24 @HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 122 79
2009-09-27 @HOU L 7.1 6 3 3 5 5 1 111 54
2009-04-27 HOU ND 7.0 7 1 1 1 5 1 98 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-5    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 27   HOU  L   4-6        9-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26   SFG  L   5-6        9-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25   SFG  W   4-2        9-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24   SFG  W   9-2        8-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @CHC  W   4-3        7-9   2nd  4.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @CHC  L   1-6        6-9   4th  4.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @CHC  W   9-4        6-8   2nd  4.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @STL  W   6-3        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @STL  L   1-11       4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @STL  L   1-2 (10)   4-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 HOU  6 @CIN  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Mike Leake (0-3), S: Brett Myers (4)

Wed, Sep 21, 2011 CIN  2  HOU  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (9-12), L: Wandy Rodriguez (11-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 CIN  6  HOU  4        W:Homer Bailey (9-7), L: Bud Norris (6-11), S: Francisco Cordero (34)
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 HOU  3 @CIN  2        W:David Carpenter (1-3), L: Nick Masset (3-6), S: Mark Melancon (19)
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 HOU  5  CIN  4        W:Jordan Lyles (1-6), L: Nick Masset (1-5), S: Mark Melancon (11)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 CIN  5 @HOU  1        W:Homer Bailey (6-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 HOU  4  CIN  3 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (6-3), L: Logan Ondrusek (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2011 HOU  4  CIN  3        W:Mark Melancon (3-1), L: Mike Leake (3-2), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 CIN  7 @HOU  3        W:Homer Bailey (2-0), L: Brett Myers (1-3), S: none
Mon, May 09, 2011 CIN  6 @HOU  1        W:Travis Wood (2-3), L: Aneury Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 1-0; 2011 - CIN won 9-6; 2010 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 429-395

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

J. Vazquez  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.

Astros Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB		 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .657 82/1.008 7/3 2/2
12.Bixler G/S/vP 4/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 94/37 .205/.267/.265/.532 .466/.641 .529 7/.452 4/3 0/1
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .799 74/.712 4/2 4/2
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .574 25/.820 1/1 2/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / 51/.653 / /
16.Downs G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .781 22/.608 0/0 10/6
23.Johnson G/S/vP 9/.708 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.334 4/1.500 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .737 79/.642 2/2 7/15
45.Lee G/S/vP 24/1.011 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 10/.733 3/1.167 ··· 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .779 86/.738 4/3 18/7
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 341/224 .252/.303/.382/.685 .876/.582 .593 61/.719 1/1 6/15
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .728 86/.923 0/1 6/1
22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 22/.673 / /
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .586 89/.695 22/4 2/2
18.Snyder G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.715 4/1.167 ··· 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .938 33/.380 0/1 3/0
IP 156.0 53.0 50.0 77.2 75.2 61.1 115.2 TOTAL .261/.336/.379/.715 .656/.757 .702 .715 17/4 11/14
ERA-K/9 2.31/6.0 3.23/8.2 3.60/12.8 /0.0 3.71/8.5 2.26/9.4 3.23/6.0 4.90/6.5 3.63/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Snyder (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 631/.220 226/.226 207/.147 / 307/.205 307/.234 268/.238 499/.284 .254  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Bixler
 Schafer
 Wright
 Downs
 Buck
80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
27/4/6/1
0/79/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
25/1/14/0
OPS .593 .720 .534 .645 .566 .676 .834 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 288/.588 92/.705 63/.392 / 116/.661 104/.503 94/.635 262/.808 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.598 134/.730 144/.598 / 191/.635 203/.599 174/.698 237/.862 .718
Home 260/.516 124/.619 98/.527 / 152/.717 152/.636 129/.701 273/.835
Last 28d days 108/.635 40/.494 41/.329 10/.200 43/.802 33/.830 36/.465 45/.851
HR/SB/CS 8/1/4 5/2/4 2/2/4 // 10/4/2 1/9/2 6/4/1 15/10/8 17/15/4
Usage ·····X·· o·oo···o ··X··X·o X·o····· o··X···· ·Xo··X·· ·X···oo· X·····X·

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 (3.75 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 3/1.000 18/.977 ··· 10/1.375 664/468 .256/.341/.474/.814 .804/.818 .842 81/.842 8/7 32/4
2.Cozart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/26 .324/.324/.486/.811 .667/.880 1.385 85/.737 0/0 2/0
21.Frazier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/95 .232/.289/.438/.727 .985/.654 .644 11/1.545 1/0 6/2
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 12/.900 ··· 2/1.000 304/256 .267/.356/.357/.714 .871/.685 .646 45/.623 0/0 6/4
9.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 19/.263 ··· 1/.000 283/241 .246/.351/.317/.668 .887/.631 .531 31/.296 5/4 2/1
28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 308/242 .254/.309/.487/.797 .553/.865 .861 41/.566 6/1 18/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.000 18/1.736 2/.500 ··· 558/417 .237/.310/.363/.674 .763/.644 .657 60/.709 1/1 13/2
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/45 .180/.226/.360/.586 .625/.579 .911 35/.785 0/0 2/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/2.300 9/1.112 31/.470 2/.000 8/1.768 675/518 .300/.353/.457/.810 .851/.798 .882 56/.701 14/9 18/6
27.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.556 21/1.326 ··· 3/.333 269/208 .242/.279/.397/.676 .769/.648 .782 71/.573 1/0 5/4
6.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 4/.500 13/.968 2/.000 3/2.334 681/547 .243/.321/.364/.686 .896/.636 .761 84/.659 40/10 15/3
15.Valdez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· ··· 300/197 .249/.294/.341/.634 .665/.618 .718 28/.491 3/3 1/9
19.Votto* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 7/.572 23/.891 2/.000 6/.533 719/518 .309/.416/.531/.947 .987/.930 .874 90/.868 8/6 29/6
IP 18.0 19.2 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .236/.304/.375/.678 .718/.631 .757 .678 7/4 16/14
ERA-K/9 4.50/7.5 7.32/6.9 2.93/9.4 /0.0 2.79/7.1 11.48/4.1 4.46/6.7 3.96/9.8 1.50/8.2 3.96/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 86/.307 99/.326 125/.272 / 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 44/.154 .260  Bruce
 Ludwick
 Stubbs
 Heisey
 Frazier
 Harris
0/0/155/10
117/0/14/10
0/157/0/8
88/18/10/2
4/0/0/1
33/7/6/0
OPS .710 .946 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.897 45/.630 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.647 54/1.257 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .760
Road 38/.815 42/.736 55/.977 / 143/.688 33/1.112 493/.727 105/.755 22/.282
Last 28d days 93/.707 8/1.875 40/.712 33/.589 45/.422 32/.989 21/.640 42/.652 20/.775
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 5/1/0 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 23/16/5
Usage ····X··· o······· ··X···Xo ····X·X· o·o·o·oo ····Xo·o o·oo···· X··X·o·· ··o·o··o

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.