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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 7:10pm, Monday, April 28, 2014 @Great American Ball Park

Cubs, 8-16, 8-16 5th, 9½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (29, RHP, 0-2, 1.53)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 35.1 30 8 6 9 27 1 1.53
2013 (8-13) 213.2 210 109 103 78 214 25 4.34
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
Last 7 GS 0-3 47.1 43 12 10 13 38 2 1.90 61
2014-04-23 ARI ND 7.1 7 2 2 2 5 0 113 59
2014-04-18 CIN L 7.0 6 3 1 2 7 0 113 62
2014-04-11 @STL ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 4 0 98 65
2014-04-05 PHI L 7.0 6 2 2 3 8 1 113 62
2014-03-31 @PIT ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 89 68
2013-09-29 @STL L 6.0 8 3 3 0 4 0 95 48
2013-09-23 PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 4 7 1 94 61
Last 5 v.CIN 0-2 30.2 34 20 17 16 28 3 4.99 46
2014-04-18 CIN L 7.0 6 3 1 2 7 0 113 62
2013-09-11 @CIN L 5.2 8 6 6 3 5 2 114 31
2013-08-13 CIN ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 0 110 45
2013-06-13 CIN ND 6.0 10 5 5 4 6 0 116 34
2013-05-04 CIN ND 6.0 4 2 1 3 5 1 111 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-8    Road:    3-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   5-13   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sun, Apr 27  @MIL  W   4-0        8-16  5th  9.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26  @MIL  L   3-5        7-16  5th 10.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25  @MIL  L   2-5        7-15  5th  9.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24   ARI  L   2-5        7-14  5th  8.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23   ARI  L   5-7        7-13  5th  8.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22   ARI  W   9-2        7-12  5th  7.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21   ARI  W   5-1        6-12  5th  8.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20   CIN  L   2-8        5-12  5th  8.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 19   CIN  W   8-4        5-11  5th  7.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 18   CIN  L   1-4        4-11  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-16
Reds, 11-14, 11-14 3rd, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Alfredo Simon (33, RHP, 3-1, 1.30)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 27.2 17 5 4 9 17 2 1.30
2013 (6-4) 87.2 68 31 28 26 63 8 2.87
2012 (3-2) 61.0 65 22 18 22 52 2 2.66
Last 7 GS 3-2 45.0 37 17 16 14 29 7 3.20 56
2014-04-23 @PIT W 6.2 4 2 2 5 4 1 112 57
2014-04-18 @CHC W 6.0 4 1 0 2 3 0 101 63
2014-04-12 TBR L 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 102 71
2014-04-06 @NYM W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 79 70
2011-09-28 BOS ND 4.1 6 3 3 3 2 1 87 38
2011-09-23 @DET ND 8.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 105 62
2011-09-18 LAA L 5.0 8 6 6 1 5 3 96 31
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 6.0 4 1 0 2 3 0 0.00 63
2014-04-18 @CHC W 6.0 4 1 0 2 3 0 101 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    7-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-11   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  1-5    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @ATL  L   0-1 (10)  11-14  3rd  7.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @ATL  L   1-4       11-13  3rd  7.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @ATL  L   4-5       11-12  3rd  6.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @PIT  W   2-1       11-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @PIT  W   5-2       10-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @PIT  W   4-1        9-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21  @PIT  L   5-6        8-11  4th  6.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @CHC  W   8-2        8-10  3rd  5.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @CHC  L   4-8        7-10  4th  5.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @CHC  W   4-1        7-9   4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 CIN  8 @CHC  2        W:Homer Bailey (1-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-4), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 CHC  8  CIN  4        W:Edwin Jackson (1-1), L: Tony Cingrani (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 CIN  4 @CHC  1        W:Alfredo Simon (2-1), L: Jeff Samardzija (0-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 CIN  6  CHC  0        W:Mike Leake (13-6), L: Jeff Samardzija (8-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 CHC  9 @CIN  1        W:Edwin Jackson (8-15), L: Tony Cingrani (7-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 CHC  2 @CIN  0        W:Travis Wood (9-11), L: Bronson Arroyo (13-11), S: Kevin Gregg (31)
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 CIN  5 @CHC  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (11-9), L: Chris Rusin (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 CIN  6 @CHC  4 (11)   W:J.J. Hoover (3-5), L: Eduardo Sanchez (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (29)
Mon, Aug 12, 2013 CIN  2 @CHC  0        W:Mat Latos (12-3), L: Travis Wood (7-9), S: Aroldis Chapman (28)
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 CHC  6  CIN  5 (14)   W:Hector Rondon (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - CIN over 2-1; 2013 - CIN won 14-5; 2012 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1106-1103

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 58.Christiani
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 43.Parra*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .510 24/.258 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 7/1.071 5/.000 2/.000 6/.733 10/.600 3/.666 7/.714 4/1.833 555/412 .208/.266/.303/.569 .725/.515 .516 42/.444 4/2 7/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 6/.000 3/1.334 10/.900 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .634 94/.730 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.900 2/2.500 3/1.667 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 4/1.750 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .758 71/.748 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 9/.555 3/.666 1/.000 6/.833 12/1.318 3/1.333 14/.814 10/1.475 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .610 96/.785 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· / /// / 45/.716 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .726 62/.615 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB / /// / 56/.701 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.750 2/.500 6/.167 4/.000 7/1.071 2/1.500 9/.476 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .672 100/.852 6/5 23/5
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 5/.400 4/1.250 10/.650 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .765 78/.485 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 10/.311 4/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .649 53/.487 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 4/2.750 6/.900 ··· 2/no AB 5/1.100 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .706 63/.698 1/4 12/7
IP 87.2 30.2 4.0 66.0 61.0 10.1 55.0 46.0 TOTAL .231/.294/.351/.645 .708/.623 .572 .651 16/6 21/17
ERA-K/9 2.87/6.5 4.11/7.3 2.25/2.2 2.86/9.1 2.66/9.7 1.74/8.7 4.09/8.7 3.33/11.0 3.34/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (8-5-0)
 Castillo (67-28-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.214 133/.237 16/.167 269/.200 251/.222 37/.118 233/.250 188/.238 .225  Schierholtz
 Lake
 Sweeney
 Bonifacio
 Valbuena
0/0/126/5
32/27/0/2
10/45/4/1
20/15/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .625 .712 .729 .627 .624 .307 .730 .684 .672
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.729 59/.779 5/1.933 101/.477 105/.446 23/.451 102/.854 93/.475 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.543 74/.656 11/.293 168/.722 146/.756 14/.071 131/.633 95/.893 .631
Home 169/.597 73/.508 16/.729 158/.673 149/.671 11/.282 118/.897 117/.790
Last 28d days 110/.531 21/.508 35/.728 38/1.115 40/.444 11/.664 22/1.349 43/.787
HR/SB/CS 8/3/4 4/5/1 1/0/0 6/1/1 4/0/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 5/6/1 29/7/4
Usage ····X··· ···oX··· ·oo····· o·o···X· X··oo··X ··o·o··X ···o···· oo····oX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 54.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 63.Schlitter
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Barnhart# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 8/.500 / /
15.Bernadina* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 250/215 .181/.250/.295/.545 .422/.565 .646 30/.484 4/0 4/0
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 28/.797 1/.000 ··· 6/1.334 ··· 19/.979 1/no AB 1/.000 16/1.423 697/476 .262/.329/.478/.807 .734/.841 .749 99/.768 7/3 30/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 25/.572 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 618/456 .254/.284/.381/.665 .686/.658 .634 82/.444 0/0 12/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP 23/1.119 2/.500 ··· 4/.583 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 600/422 .234/.314/.407/.721 .782/.696 .797 93/.746 6/5 19/10
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 22/21 .368/.429/.474/.902 .000/.950 .286 89/.557 13/1 0/0
28.Heisey G/S/vP 8/.929 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 244/146 .237/.279/.415/.694 .810/.622 .613 43/.661 3/0 9/0
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 8/.762 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 140/112 .240/.293/.326/.618 .783/.577 .674 73/.823 0/0 2/0
29.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .668 39/.776 0/2 4/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 31/.452 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 9/.347 1/no AB 2/.500 12/1.144 666/468 .261/.310/.396/.706 .746/.689 .612 103/.591 5/3 18/9
7.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .617 16/.393 0/1 1/2
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/6 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.167 .111 11/.482 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 34/.639 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 14/.650 1/no AB 2/.000 10/.522 726/487 .305/.435/.491/.926 .824/.977 .867 108/.948 6/3 24/14
IP 213.2 98.0 54.2 6.2 52.2 57.1 53.2 TOTAL .247/.317/.375/.692 .700/.690 .754 .707 25/9 20/9
ERA-K/9 4.34/9.0 5.97/7.0 /0.0 4.77/7.2 1.35/9.4 3.59/6.3 /0.0 4.55/10.4 3.69/9.2 3.83/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (42-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 914/.255 442/.300 / 242/.251 30/.130 214/.238 / 254/.210 232/.261 .248  Bruce
 Bernadina
 Heisey
 Frazier
 Ludwick
 Hamilton
0/0/160/13
29/18/40/6
69/1/6/1
2/0/0/0
32/0/0/0
0/7/0/0
OPS .736 .846 .737 .638 .746 .663 .769 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 430/.783 239/.860 / 112/.546 13/.708 122/.543 / 108/.653 123/.753 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 484/.695 203/.830 / 130/.908 17/.584 92/1.033 / 146/.671 109/.786 .648
Road 438/.689 224/.896 / 120/.695 14/.702 98/.786 / 125/.585 114/.841
Last 28d days 115/.610 46/.573 4/.250 49/.445 5/.000 26/.996 27/.542 39/.651 38/.707
HR/SB/CS 25/15/7 15/4/4 // 6/4/1 1/3/0 7/6/5 // 5/1/0 7/5/1 19/23/1
Usage ····X··· ····oX·X ··o····· X···o·o· ········ ····o··o ·o······ oo··X·o· ··Xo···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.