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Game Preview: CIN @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 30, 2007 @PNC Park

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Cincinnati Reds, 61-72, 4th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Matt Belisle (27, RHP, 7-8, 5.39)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-8)            142   175  90  85  34 100 22    5.39      
 2006 (2-0)             40    43  18  16  19  26  5    3.60      
 2005 (4-8)             85.2 101  49  42  26  59 11    4.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39.2  56  26  25  12  33  8    5.67   43 
 2007-08-25    FLA   W   7     8   4   4   2   9  2     109   52 
 2007-08-10    SDP  ND   5     6   5   5   2   4  2      90   37 
 2007-08-03    PIT   W   6     9   3   3   1   2  1      86   43 
 2007-07-29    CHC   L   6.1   9   4   4   1   4  1      98   42 
 2007-07-24    MIL   L   3.2   6   4   4   2   3  0      53   34 
 2007-07-19    FLA  ND   4.2   9   5   4   2   5  2      85   31 
 2007-07-14    NYM  ND   7     9   1   1   2   6  0     101   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      3-0  27    23   5   5   4  16  1    1.67   62 
 2007-08-03    PIT   W   6     9   3   3   1   2  1      86   43 
 2007-04-28    PIT   W   9     5   1   1   0   5  0      91   78 
 2007-04-06    PIT   W   6     4   1   1   1   6  0     105   65 
 2006-10-01    PIT  ND   6     5   0   0   2   3  0      87   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-33   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 9-8 
 vsRHP:  41-42   vsLHP:  20-30   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:28-29   vsWest: 12-15 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 29  @PIT  W   8-0       61-72  4th  7.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28  @PIT  L   2-3       60-72  4th  8.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 28  @PIT  L   4-6       60-71  4th  8.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   FLA  W   9-3       60-70  4th  6.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   FLA  W  11-7       59-70  4th  7.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   FLA  W   5-3       58-70  4th  8.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 23   ATL  W   9-7 (12)  57-70  4th  8.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22   ATL  W   4-2       56-70  5th  9.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   ATL  W   8-7       55-70  5th  9.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   ATL  L   4-14      54-70  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates, 59-73, 5th, 8½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Morris (32, RHP, 8-8, 4.40)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-8)            167.2 196  97  82  52  87 15    4.40      
 2006 (10-15)          207.2 218 123 115  63 117 22    4.98      
 2005 (14-10)          192.2 209 101  88  37 117 22    4.11      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  44    55  28  26  14  27  5    5.32   44 
 2007-08-25    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   2   2  0      91   60 
 2007-08-20    COL  ND   6.2   7   2   1   3   4  1     104   55 
 2007-08-15    NYM   L   6     7   5   5   2   4  1      95   40 
 2007-08-10    SFG  ND   6     7   5   5   5   0  1      93   33 
 2007-08-04    CIN  ND   6.1   9   5   4   1   4  0      80   40 
 2007-07-29    FLA   L   7    13   6   6   0   8  1     106   35 
 2007-07-24    ATL  ND   6     8   4   4   1   5  1      92   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-2  31.1  34  20  19  10  22  6    5.46   47 
 2007-08-04    CIN  ND   6.1   9   5   4   1   4  0      80   40 
 2007-07-05    CIN   L   6     7   6   6   3   6  2     113   37 
 2006-09-05    CIN   L   7     7   3   3   5   4  0     106   50 
 2006-08-25    CIN   W   9     3   1   1   0   5  1      99   82 
 2005-10-02    CIN  ND   3     8   5   5   1   3  3      74   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-37   Road:   28-36   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  39-51   vsLHP:  20-22   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:29-28   vsWest: 12-17 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Aug 29   CIN  L   0-8       59-73  5th  8.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 28   CIN  W   3-2       59-72  5th  8.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28   CIN  W   6-4       58-72  5th  8.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 26  @HOU  L   4-5       57-72  5th  9.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 25  @HOU  W   4-1       57-71  5th  9.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24  @HOU  W   8-3 (15)  56-71  5th 10.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 23  @COL  W   5-1       55-71  6th 10.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 22  @COL  W  11-2       54-71  6th 11.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 21  @COL  L   2-9       53-71  6th 11.0 gb
123 Mon, Aug 20  @COL  W   4-2 (11)  53-70  6th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 CIN  8 @PIT  0    W:Aaron Harang (14-3), L: Ian Snell (8-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 PIT  3  CIN  2    W:Shawn Chacon (5-4), L: Bill Bray (3-1), S: Matt Capps (15)
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 PIT  6  CIN  4    W:Tom Gorzelanny (13-7), L: Elizardo Ramirez (0-2), S: Matt Capps (14)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CIN  9 @PIT  8 (10)   W:Jared Burton (3-1), L: Matt Capps (4-5), S: Dave Weathers (21)
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 CIN 13 @PIT  4    W:Matt Belisle (6-8), L: Ian Snell (7-10), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2007 CIN  4  PIT  0    W:Kyle Lohse (2-6), L: Ian Snell (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 27, 2007 PIT 14 @CIN 10    W:Zach Duke (2-5), L: Kirk Saarloos (0-4), S: none
Sat, May 26, 2007 PIT  9 @CIN  5    W:John Grabow (1-1), L: Bronson Arroyo (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 25, 2007 PIT 10 @CIN  4 (10)   W:Jonah Bayliss (4-2), L: Dave Weathers (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 CIN  9 @PIT  5    W:Aaron Harang (4-0), L: Paul Maholm (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CIN leads 8-7; 2006 - CIN won 9-7; 2005 - CIN won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1105-1079

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 2007 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.89

CHC  4.60

WSN  3.98

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.79

TBD  5.95

BA

M. Ordonez  .356

M. Ramirez  .292

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .489

T. Tulowitzki  .362

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .641

M. Reynolds  .472

N. Punto  .254

OPS

B. Bonds  1.073

D. Pedroia  .824

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

C. Gaudin  4.06

A. Eaton  6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

J. Weaver  6.36

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Morris
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
32.Chacon
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
58.Sanchez
G/S/vB
27.Youman*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Cantu G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 82/27 .247/.317/.315/.632 .667/.557 .658 17/1.137 0/0 1/0
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 49/.524 5/1.600 12/1.278 23/.962 9/.873 ··· ··· 7/.858 543/356 .263/.372/.556/.928 .734/1.032 .887 102/1.041 9/2 36/4
16.Ellison G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 66/38 .222/.246/.238/.484 .305/.605 .512 18/.229 3/3 0/1
12.Encarnacion G/S/vP 16/.325 9/.555 6/1.133 6/1.867 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 454/304 .279/.347/.402/.749 .727/.758 .749 98/.899 8/1 10/11
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 22/.830 2/2.500 13/.923 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 385/272 .269/.321/.476/.797 .660/.854 .858 46/1.237 0/1 16/15
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 27/1.162 3/.000 7/1.571 14/.857 11/.830 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 538/349 .283/.390/.523/.914 .772/.993 .848 109/.984 6/1 29/7
33.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/2.417 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 299/226 .285/.371/.546/.917 .598/1.021 .883 59/.931 3/3 17/4
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 13/.413 6/2.067 7/1.857 6/1.166 16/.063 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 398/358 .304/.390/.470/.860 .608/.889 .681 82/.808 0/0 10/2
30.Hopper G/S/vP 4/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 243/144 .326/.363/.388/.751 .831/.696 .781 72/.957 8/6 0/0
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/116 .361/.429/.549/.977 1.085/.933 1.007 94/1.072 1/1 4/2
4.Phillips G/S/vP 13/.481 7/1.571 4/.000 4/.833 7/.429 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 585/398 .287/.329/.490/.819 .996/.734 .860 112/.914 25/8 26/6
26.Ross G/S/vP 9/1.015 3/2.667 4/.250 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.333 304/196 .204/.264/.394/.658 .743/.609 .539 19/.440 0/0 15/4
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 7/1.428 3/.666 2/.000 9/.347 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 203/179 .296/.345/.414/.759 .851/.747 .875 73/.947 0/0 2/1
IP 167.2 69.0 89.1 43.0 40.0 12.2 2.2 48.1 TOTAL .265/.334/.439/.773 .727/.796 .747 81/31 179/77
ERA-K/9 4.40/4.7 2.09/7.0 4.13/7.6 3.56/7.5 2.03/10.1 2.13/5.0 0.00/6.7 5.59/4.5 4.71/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ross (31-21-5)
 Valentin (28-3-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 742/.294 275/.217 396/.261 183/.258 161/.193 56/.320 9/.125 218/.304 .281  Hamilton
 Hopper
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Keppinger
 Ellison
9/62/10/6
33/34/13/5
0/0/114/4
122/0/0/2
1/0/1/1
27/7/31/0
OPS .798 .569 .759 .654 .579 .733 .347 .840 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 346/.767 113/.722 148/.946 67/.527 67/.397 21/.921 3/.667 36/1.032 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 396/.826 162/.468 248/.652 116/.731 94/.701 35/.624 6/.167 182/.804 .779
Home 381/.815 137/.607 193/.642 99/.597 75/.422 25/.935 7/.286 173/.792 .763
Last 28d days 139/.805 57/.560 60/.926 40/.310 29/.979 56/.733 9/.347 90/.924
HR/SB/CS 15/14/2 4/1/0 9/7/4 3/9/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 5/4/1 136/94/33
Usage ····X··· ·X··oXo· ·o·o·XX· ·X··oX·X ·o·X·o·· ·o·oXo·X X··o···· X····X··
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Belisle
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
40.Coutlangus*
G/S/vB
36.Gosling*
G/S/vB
81.Guardado*
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
29.Stanton*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 15/.553 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 3/.666 3/.833 491/367 .259/.343/.419/.762 .811/.745 .762 124/.817 6/3 12/14
38.Bay G/S/vP 20/.438 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/5.000 4/.500 4/.833 9/1.238 558/415 .256/.328/.432/.760 .726/.772 .728 115/.683 3/1 20/8
14.Castillo G/S/vP 7/.143 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 6/.933 210/143 .244/.271/.328/.600 .616/.592 .590 62/.548 0/0 0/8
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 8/.750 291/213 .249/.299/.297/.596 .413/.664 .456 66/.613 3/1 0/7
53.Kata# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 131/82 .220/.262/.366/.627 .367/.779 1.013 26/.946 1/0 3/4
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 12/.833 4/1.000 3/2.667 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 10/.900 4/.000 10/.425 529/387 .265/.342/.453/.795 .814/.788 .884 115/.920 1/1 19/4
51.Maldonado G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/8 .000/.273/.000/.273 .667/.125 .250 11/.273 0/0 0/0
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.000 303/244 .244/.327/.440/.767 .731/.775 .806 119/.919 14/1 10/2
22.Nady G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 6/1.300 4/.500 9/1.806 396/298 .291/.343/.499/.842 .850/.839 .817 33/1.015 2/1 17/1
26.Paulino G/S/vP 10/.844 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 3/.000 392/287 .247/.296/.374/.670 .954/.566 .714 87/.758 1/2 9/7
5.Phelps G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 151/60 .326/.404/.538/.942 .897/1.013 .783 36/1.652 0/0 7/3
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 17/1.096 2/3.500 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 550/395 .311/.352/.453/.806 1.004/.728 .799 128/1.032 0/1 11/6
2.Wilson G/S/vP 18/.850 1/5.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 15/1.134 460/356 .273/.329/.384/.713 .824/.682 .710 75/.987 1/4 7/9
IP 142.0 7.1 31.2 36.2 29.0 6.0 16.1 47.2 66.2 TOTAL .260/.322/.409/.731 .769/.716 .742 47/23 126/67
ERA-K/9 5.39/6.3 2.45/8.6 2.56/8.2 3.93/7.8 4.34/8.7 15.00/3.0 7.71/3.3 6.23/6.4 3.38/6.1 4.95/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Maldonado (2-1-0)
 Paulino (60-25-6)
 Phelps (4-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 624/.307 31/.250 132/.191 165/.235 139/.310 34/.433 77/.387 224/.323 278/.218 .282  Bay
 Nady
 Kata
 McLouth
 Bautista
 Castillo
127/0/0/11
4/11/80/4
12/0/1/2
6/62/14/2
2/4/15/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .845 .751 .557 .724 .926 1.204 .923 .863 .621 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.885 10/.311 51/.650 75/.642 54/.746 8/1.000 20/.950 90/.866 121/.702 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.809 21/.960 81/.503 90/.786 85/1.041 26/1.253 57/.912 134/.861 157/.560 .800
Road 296/.822 13/.671 65/.422 67/.794 69/.941 11/1.091 29/.793 92/1.086 138/.626 .817
Last 28d days 82/.959 31/.751 53/.401 5/1.000 42/1.077 34/1.204 44/.682 52/1.019 55/.569
HR/SB/CS 22/8/4 0/0/0 1/4/1 3/3/1 4/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 5/3/0 3/5/1 156/70/25
Usage ····X··· ·o·X··o· ·o··o·oo ········ ·X····o· ·X····X· ·X·o·oo· ····o·oX ····oX·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.

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