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Game Preview: CIN @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 @Busch Stadium III

Reds, 2-5, 2-5 5th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Homer Bailey (28, RHP, 0-1, 8.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 4.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 8.31
2013 (11-12) 209.0 181 85 81 54 199 20 3.49
2012 (13-10) 208.0 206 97 85 52 168 26 3.68
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.1 32 17 15 18 36 4 3.12 57
2014-04-03 STL L 4.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 93 33
2013-09-27 PIT L 5.0 4 4 4 4 3 1 95 42
2013-09-21 @PIT L 5.2 3 4 2 4 3 1 91 50
2013-09-14 @MIL W 7.0 5 3 3 4 3 0 109 54
2013-09-08 LAD ND 7.0 6 2 2 0 9 1 99 66
2013-09-03 STL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 106 80
2013-08-28 @STL W 7.1 5 0 0 2 7 0 117 73
Last 5 v.STL 2-3 29.0 32 15 15 10 23 5 4.66 48
2014-04-03 STL L 4.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 93 33
2013-09-03 STL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 106 80
2013-08-28 @STL W 7.1 5 0 0 2 7 0 117 73
2013-05-01 @STL L 5.1 9 4 4 1 3 1 87 36
2013-04-10 @STL L 5.0 9 7 7 3 2 3 87 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-5    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @STL  L   3-5        2-5   5th  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @NYM  W   2-1        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @NYM  L   3-6        1-4   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @NYM  L   3-4        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   STL  L   6-7        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   STL  W   1-0        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   STL  L   0-1        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-5    Last 20: 2-5    Last 30: 2-5
Cardinals, 4-3, 4-3 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (27, RHP, 1-0, 5.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 5.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 5.40
2013 (15-10) 201.2 189 92 89 76 198 14 3.97
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.2 44 18 17 15 47 6 3.96 51
2014-04-03 @CIN W 5.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 107 45
2013-09-27 CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 98 73
2013-09-21 @MIL W 6.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 109 64
2013-09-16 @COL ND 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 97 56
2013-09-11 MIL ND 6.0 5 1 0 2 10 0 93 68
2013-09-05 @CIN L 5.0 7 4 4 4 6 3 102 39
2013-08-31 @PIT L 4.0 10 7 7 3 4 1 94 15
Last 5 v.CIN 3-1 31.0 29 14 14 12 35 6 4.06 55
2014-04-03 @CIN W 5.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 107 45
2013-09-05 @CIN L 5.0 7 4 4 4 6 3 102 39
2013-08-04 @CIN W 8.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 115 75
2013-06-09 @CIN ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 0 98 49
2013-05-01 CIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 110 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-0    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-2    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Mon, Apr  7   CIN  W   5-3        4-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @PIT  L   1-2        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @PIT  W   6-1        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @PIT  L   2-12       2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CIN  W   7-6        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CIN  L   0-1        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CIN  W   1-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 STL  5  CIN  3        W:Michael Wacha (1-0), L: Tony Cingrani (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2014 STL  7 @CIN  6        W:Lance Lynn (1-0), L: Homer Bailey (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 CIN  1  STL  0        W:J.J. Hoover (1-0), L: Carlos Martinez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 STL  1 @CIN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

Thu, Sep 05, 2013 CIN  6  STL  2        W:Tony Cingrani (7-3), L: Lance Lynn (13-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 STL  5 @CIN  4 (16)   W:Carlos Martinez (2-1), L: Logan Ondrusek (3-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 CIN  1  STL  0        W:Homer Bailey (10-10), L: Seth Maness (5-2), S: Aroldis Chapman (34)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 CIN  7  STL  2        W:Mat Latos (14-5), L: Adam Wainwright (15-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 CIN 10 @STL  0        W:Homer Bailey (9-10), L: Adam Wainwright (15-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 STL  6  CIN  1        W:Joe Kelly (6-3), L: Mat Latos (13-5), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 3-1; 2013 - STL won 11-8; 2012 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 1197-1103

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.

Reds Batters (2.57 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 250/215 .181/.250/.295/.545 .422/.565 .477 14/.508 4/0 4/0
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 19/1.474 2/.000 8/.542 1/5.000 3/.333 1/.000 6/.533 6/.334 697/476 .262/.329/.478/.807 .734/.841 .861 30/.700 7/3 30/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 21/.983 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 4/1.000 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 618/456 .254/.284/.381/.665 .686/.658 .697 24/.087 0/0 12/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP 18/.933 2/.000 ··· 4/2.750 3/1.167 1/5.000 7/.453 2/.000 600/422 .234/.314/.407/.721 .782/.696 .649 29/1.048 6/5 19/10
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 22/21 .368/.429/.474/.902 .000/.950 1.238 18/.229 13/1 0/0
28.Heisey G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 244/146 .237/.279/.415/.694 .810/.622 .781 14/.643 3/0 9/0
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 140/112 .240/.293/.326/.618 .783/.577 .564 24/.917 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 352/264 .238/.287/.362/.649 .874/.576 .564 / 0/2 9/5
29.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .760 20/.888 0/2 4/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 21/.636 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 5/.200 666/468 .261/.310/.396/.706 .746/.689 .795 30/.681 5/3 18/9
7.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .560 4/.000 0/1 1/2
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 13/6 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.167 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 19/1.079 1/2.000 9/.583 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 8/.125 726/487 .305/.435/.491/.926 .824/.977 .982 30/.653 6/3 24/14
IP 201.2 20.0 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .224/.297/.332/.629 .615/.632 .669 .629 2/3 6/3
ERA-K/9 3.97/8.8 4.05/7.2 2.29/7.1 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 3.73/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 856/.252 85/.181 141/.208 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .250  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 .701 .572 .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 380/.765 39/.636 99/.492 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 476/.652 46/.517 42/.635 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .673
Home 414/.641 36/.713 71/.548 130/.700 79/.758 82/.602 165/.559 79/.429
Last 28d days 25/.985 8/1.625 4/.500 9/1.238 22/.556 14/.702 14/.468 10/.311
HR/SB/CS 14/7/7 0/2/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 6/3/2
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ···oo··· ···X···· X·X··X·o ·oo·X··o X···o··o o·o·oo·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.

Cardinals Batters (3.14 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Bailey
G/S/vB		 62.Bell
G/S/vB		 58.Christiani
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 43.Parra*
G/S/vB		 46.Partch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 6/2.583 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.000 3/1.000 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .870 28/.854 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .739 19/.325 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 19/1.263 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 4/1.417 7/1.429 10/.443 3/.333 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .972 31/.868 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 14/.703 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.400 4/1.000 5/1.100 4/.000 4/1.833 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .834 28/.258 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .466 1/ 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 6/.733 7/1.429 4/.000 2/2.500 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .597 7/.000 6/3 5/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 41/1.091 3/1.667 1/.000 5/1.267 12/.533 15/.667 15/.829 5/1.400 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .978 31/.619 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 29/.938 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 12/.788 9/1.270 8/.500 1/3.000 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .732 10/1.025 10/5 7/1
38.Kozma G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.667 2/1.500 ··· 448/305 .217/.275/.273/.548 .536/.554 .502 1/.000 3/1 1/9
4.Molina G/S/vP 28/.914 2/.000 2/.000 6/.533 10/.583 10/.844 31/.627 1/.000 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .813 28/.731 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/1.850 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .940 27/.519 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.583 ··· 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .639 4/.250 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .237 25/.646 3/0 0/0
IP 209.0 4.0 66.0 61.0 55.0 46.0 23.1 TOTAL .199/.283/.319/.602 .561/.622 .770 .602 1/1 5/6
ERA-K/9 3.49/8.6 /0.0 2.25/2.2 2.86/9.1 2.66/9.7 4.09/8.7 3.33/11.0 6.17/6.2 3.60/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 849/.234 / 16/.167 269/.200 251/.222 233/.250 188/.238 106/.210 .200  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
 Kozma
 Peralta
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
26/27/34/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .660 .729 .627 .624 .730 .684 .937 .628
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 422/.746 / 5/1.933 101/.477 105/.446 102/.854 93/.475 43/.753 .871
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 427/.575 / 11/.293 168/.722 146/.756 131/.633 95/.893 63/1.051 .441
Road 461/.705 / / 111/.559 102/.557 115/.561 71/.515 55/.753
Last 28d days 22/1.139 9/1.778 13/.481 10/1.111 3/.000 11/.664 18/.458 12/.258
HR/SB/CS 20/14/3 // 1/0/0 6/1/1 4/0/1 8/1/1 5/6/1 8/5/0 6/1/2
Usage ····X··· X···X··· X···X··· ··Xo·X·· ··o····· ····X··X ·X·X·X·o 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.