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Game Preview: CIN @ PIT, 12:35pm, Thursday, April 24, 2014 @PNC Park

Reds, 10-11, 10-11 3rd, 5½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Tony Cingrani (24, LHP, 1-2, 3.22)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 22.1 14 8 8 13 23 2 3.22
2013 (7-4) 104.2 72 37 34 43 120 14 2.92
2012 (0-0) 5.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 1.80
Last 7 GS 2-4 33.0 23 13 13 18 32 5 3.55 54
2014-04-19 @CHC L 5.0 4 3 3 4 3 1 104 46
2014-04-13 TBR W 6.1 5 2 2 3 6 1 97 58
2014-04-07 @STL L 4.0 3 3 3 4 5 0 88 45
2014-04-02 STL ND 7.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 92 80
2013-09-10 CHC L 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 1 36 41
2013-09-05 STL W 5.1 4 2 2 3 7 1 79 56
2013-08-20 ARI L 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 54 53
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-7 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 15 Wed, Apr 16   PIT  W   4-0        6-9   4th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   PIT  W   7-5        5-9   4th  5.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   PIT  L   7-8        4-9   5th  6.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   TBR  W  12-4        4-8   4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-11
Pirates, 9-13, 9-13 4th, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Cumpton (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 30.2 26 8 7 5 22 1 2.05
Last 7 GS 2-1 27.2 23 8 7 5 19 1 2.28 57
2013-09-29 @CIN W 5.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 65 65
2013-07-30 STL W 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 87 75
2013-07-02 PHI L 5.2 6 3 3 1 3 0 88 47
2013-06-20 @CIN ND 5.0 5 2 1 1 3 1 90 53
2013-06-15 LAD ND 5.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 76 45
Last 5 v.CIN 1-0 10.0 7 2 1 2 6 1 0.90 59
2013-09-29 @CIN W 5.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 65 65
2013-06-20 @CIN ND 5.0 5 2 1 1 3 1 90 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-7    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-13   vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 23   CIN  L   2-5        9-13  4th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   CIN  L   1-4        9-12  4th  6.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   CIN  W   6-5        9-11  3rd  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   MIL  L   2-3 (14)   8-11  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   MIL  L   7-8        8-10  3rd  5.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   MIL  L   3-5        8-9   3rd  4.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   MIL  W  11-2        8-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @CIN  L   0-4        7-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @CIN  L   5-7        7-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @CIN  W   8-7        7-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 CIN  5 @PIT  2        W:Alfredo Simon (3-1), L: Charlie Morton (0-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (3)
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 CIN  4 @PIT  1        W:Johnny Cueto (2-2), L: Edinson Volquez (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 PIT  6  CIN  5        W:Jared Hughes (1-0), L: J.J. Hoover (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 CIN  4  PIT  0        W:Johnny Cueto (1-2), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 CIN  7  PIT  5        W:Mike Leake (2-1), L: Gerrit Cole (2-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Mon, Apr 14, 2014 PIT  8 @CIN  7        W:Bryan Morris (2-0), L: Sam LeCure (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (4)

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 PIT  4 @CIN  2        W:Brandon Cumpton (2-1), L: Greg Reynolds (1-3), S: Kyle Farnsworth (2)
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 PIT  8 @CIN  3        W:Vin Mazzaro (8-2), L: Bronson Arroyo (14-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 PIT  4 @CIN  1        W:A.J. Burnett (10-11), L: Homer Bailey (11-12), S: Jason Grilli (33)
Sun, Sep 22, 2013 CIN 11 @PIT  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (14-11), L: Jeff Locke (10-7), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - CIN over 4-2; 2013 - PIT won 11-8; 2012 - CIN won 11-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1155-1137

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.

Reds Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 250/215 .181/.250/.295/.545 .422/.565 .477 27/.458 4/0 4/0
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 5/1.400 8/.268 11/.455 6/.900 5/.650 7/1.143 1/.000 15/.350 5/.600 697/476 .262/.329/.478/.807 .734/.841 .861 87/.840 7/3 30/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/.800 8/.375 4/1.167 3/.666 5/.600 3/.000 5/.000 4/.750 618/456 .254/.284/.381/.665 .686/.658 .697 71/.421 0/0 12/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.100 7/.286 9/.873 4/.500 6/.000 3/.000 6/.167 4/.833 600/422 .234/.314/.407/.721 .782/.696 .649 87/.775 6/5 19/10
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 22/21 .368/.429/.474/.902 .000/.950 1.238 81/.550 13/1 0/0
28.Heisey G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.100 4/.000 4/1.000 8/.661 1/.000 4/.250 5/.650 3/.000 244/146 .237/.279/.415/.694 .810/.622 .781 39/.732 3/0 9/0
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 6/1.667 5/.400 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/no AB 140/112 .240/.293/.326/.618 .783/.577 .564 62/.728 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.833 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 352/264 .238/.287/.362/.649 .874/.576 .564 46/1.465 0/2 9/5
29.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 13/.462 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .760 34/.845 0/2 4/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 3/1.334 8/.536 10/.200 7/1.381 6/.334 3/.333 1/.000 10/.904 4/1.167 666/468 .261/.310/.396/.706 .746/.689 .795 91/.622 5/3 18/9
7.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .560 16/.393 0/1 1/2
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 13/6 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.167 .000 6/.933 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 5/.400 8/1.250 10/1.100 4/1.750 5/1.400 5/1.850 2/.000 14/.793 6/.533 726/487 .305/.435/.491/.926 .824/.977 .982 95/.925 6/3 24/14
IP 30.2 80.2 50.0 32.0 71.0 65.0 9.1 71.2 73.2 TOTAL .259/.328/.399/.727 .704/.735 .708 .727 24/7 20/9
ERA-K/9 2.05/6.4 3.35/5.9 2.70/13.3 4.78/6.5 1.39/8.9 3.46/5.1 1.93/8.7 2.39/6.8 2.08/7.2 3.82/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mesoraco (45-18-4)
 Pena (42-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 124/.226 333/.223 202/.214 148/.291 279/.223 270/.243 38/.171 280/.198 295/.192 .254  Bruce
 Bernadina
 Heisey
 Ludwick
 Hamilton
 Frazier
0/0/160/13
29/18/40/6
69/1/6/1
32/0/0/0
0/7/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .541 .617 .595 .786 .511 .705 .411 .544 .543 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.638 146/.621 96/.707 60/.967 125/.357 119/.745 14/.214 107/.483 95/.501 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.452 187/.614 106/.496 88/.664 154/.638 151/.674 24/.530 173/.582 200/.563 .715
Home 86/.540 153/.678 106/.462 56/.833 147/.416 136/.612 12/.258 151/.515 164/.554
Last 28d days / 54/1.065 35/.801 5/.800 38/.416 37/.613 37/.574 37/.610 39/.738
HR/SB/CS 1/1/2 6/7/2 4/1/0 2/4/2 1/3/0 8/1/2 0/1/0 5/3/1 4/7/3 26/22/7
Usage o··X···· ···oX··· ··X····· ···oo·o· X···X·o· ·X···X·X ·o·oX··· X·XX·o··

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

Pirates Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Cingrani*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 11/.000 4/.500 12/.432 614/467 .233/.296/.473/.770 .537/.842 .695 94/.707 2/0 36/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 ··· 6/.000 5/.800 6/1.500 11/.364 8/.000 330/273 .211/.249/.309/.558 .529/.565 .545 25/.367 0/0 5/13
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.167 377/303 .205/.326/.334/.661 .406/.727 .723 52/.755 4/0 9/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 95/53 .250/.290/.409/.699 .981/.466 .645 17/.706 2/0 3/1
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 5/2.550 ··· 10/.000 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 566/463 .280/.343/.441/.784 1.053/.724 .781 104/.667 41/15 12/7
55.Martin G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 3/1.167 7/1.071 4/.000 9/.111 506/396 .226/.327/.377/.703 .610/.729 .641 70/.730 9/5 15/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 1/2.000 8/.821 12/.788 8/.000 9/1.931 16/1.433 674/553 .317/.404/.508/.911 1.130/.864 .963 104/.959 27/10 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/2.000 3/.666 365/276 .285/.336/.435/.772 1.152/.654 .649 62/.472 3/2 8/15
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 4/.500 2/.000 8/1.000 5/.650 320/194 .254/.361/.402/.762 .987/.619 .752 37/.800 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 285/260 .215/.281/.333/.614 .291/.644 .736 67/.728 2/3 5/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 340/237 .211/.293/.272/.566 .503/.591 .600 10/.600 4/0 4/2
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 4/.000 4/.500 5/.800 2/.000 341/269 .282/.342/.429/.771 .742/.778 .823 50/.515 3/1 6/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.667 6/.000 9/.111 4/.833 9/1.194 551/457 .251/.339/.418/.757 .518/.805 .842 96/.767 1/2 16/7
IP 104.2 30.2 4.0 66.0 61.0 10.1 55.0 46.0 TOTAL .230/.304/.377/.681 .839/.662 .677 .681 14/3 28/15
ERA-K/9 2.92/10.3 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 3.43/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (53-36-4)
 Stewart (37-17-12)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.196 133/.237 16/.167 269/.200 251/.222 37/.118 233/.250 188/.238 .222  McCutchen
 Marte
 Snider
 Harrison
 Tabata
 Martin
0/155/0/11
124/13/0/6
5/0/79/5
1/0/14/2
40/0/50/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .649 .712 .729 .627 .624 .307 .730 .684 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.533 59/.779 5/1.933 101/.477 105/.446 23/.451 102/.854 93/.475 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.693 74/.656 11/.293 168/.722 146/.756 14/.071 131/.633 95/.893 .630
Road 236/.559 60/.979 / 111/.559 102/.557 26/.317 115/.561 71/.515
Last 28d days 91/.573 18/.600 31/.824 33/1.177 33/.480 7/.571 23/1.282 43/.787
HR/SB/CS 14/5/6 4/5/1 1/0/0 6/1/1 4/0/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 5/6/1 25/6/4
Usage ····X··· X····o·· ····X··· ··X·X··· o··X·X·· o··X···· ····X··· ··oX·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.