CIN @ ARI, Sunday, September 14, 2008 Game Preview

Cincinnati Reds, 67-81, 5th, 22 GB, 16 GB in WC	SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 8-13, 4.77) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-13) 160.1 161 93 85 59 149 28 4.77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 37.1 40 20 18 13 36 6 4.34 50 2008-09-06 CHC L 5.1 8 5 5 1 3 2 84 34 2008-08-24 @COL ND 3 0 1 0 3 4 0 74 58 2008-08-19 @CHC L 7 4 1 1 2 6 0 111 69 2008-08-14 @PIT W 5 4 1 1 3 7 0 95 59 2008-08-08 HOU ND 5 9 3 3 2 9 2 109 44 2008-08-03 @WSN L 6 7 4 3 1 4 1 85 47 2008-07-28 @HOU L 6 8 5 5 1 3 1 110 38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 1-0 7 1 1 1 0 10 1 1.29 81 2008-04-03 ARI W 7 1 1 1 0 10 1 92 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-36 Road: 29-45 ExtrInn: 8-8 vsRHP: 39-57 vsLHP: 28-24 1-Run: 25-18 vsEast: 18-17 vsCntrl:26-40 vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 148 Sat, Sep 13 @ARI W 3-2 (10) 67-81 5th 22.0 gb 147 Fri, Sep 12 @ARI L 2-3 66-81 5th 22.5 gb 146 Wed, Sep 10 @MIL L 3-4 66-80 5th 21.5 gb 145 Tue, Sep 9 @MIL W 5-4 (11) 66-79 5th 20.5 gb 144 Mon, Sep 8 @MIL W 5-4 65-79 5th 21.5 gb 143 Sun, Sep 7 CHC W 4-3 64-79 5th 22.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 CHC L 9-14 63-79 5th 23.0 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 CHC W 10-2 63-78 5th 22.0 gb 140 Thu, Sep 4 PIT W 8-6 62-78 5th 23.0 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 PIT L 5-6 61-78 5th 23.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:15-15
Arizona Diamondbacks, 72-75, 2nd, 4½ GB, 10½ GB in WC	SP: Max Scherzer (23, RHP, 0-2, 3.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-2) 39 32 16 13 15 45 2 3.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 20 21 11 8 8 27 0 3.60 52 2008-09-07 @LAD ND 5 5 3 3 1 11 0 94 55 2008-05-17 DET L 5 3 2 0 4 5 0 102 58 2008-05-10 @CHC ND 6 5 1 0 1 6 0 79 65 2008-05-05 PHI L 4 8 5 5 2 5 0 92 29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 41-32 Road: 31-43 ExtrInn: 4-5 vsRHP: 46-56 vsLHP: 26-19 1-Run: 19-21 vsEast: 15-21 vsCntrl:16-18 vsWest: 35-27 IL: 6-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 147 Sat, Sep 13 CIN L 2-3 (10) 72-75 2nd 4.5 gb 146 Fri, Sep 12 CIN W 3-2 72-74 2nd 3.5 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 @SFG L 3-4 71-74 2nd 3.5 gb 144 Tue, Sep 9 @SFG L 4-5 71-73 2nd 2.5 gb 143 Mon, Sep 8 @SFG L 2-6 71-72 2nd 1.5 gb 142 Sun, Sep 7 @LAD L 3-5 71-71 2nd 1.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 @LAD L 2-7 71-70 2nd 0.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 @LAD L 0-7 71-69 1st 0.5 up 139 Wed, Sep 3 STL W 4-3 71-68 1st 1.5 up 138 Tue, Sep 2 STL L 2-8 70-68 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 13, 2008 CIN 3 @ARI 2 (10) W:Dave Weathers (3-6), L: Tony Pena (1-2), S: Francisco Cordero (30) Fri, Sep 12, 2008 ARI 3 CIN 2 W:Brandon Webb (20-7), L: Aaron Harang (4-16), S: Chad Qualls (3) Thu, Apr 03, 2008 CIN 3 ARI 2 W:Johnny Cueto (1-0), L: Doug Davis (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (1) Wed, Apr 02, 2008 CIN 6 ARI 5 W:Jeremy Affeldt (1-0), L: Brandon Lyon (0-1), S: none Mon, Mar 31, 2008 ARI 4 @CIN 2 W:Brandon Webb (1-0), L: Aaron Harang (0-1), S: Brandon Lyon (1) Sun, Jul 08, 2007 CIN 4 ARI 3 (11) W:Kirk Saarloos (1-4), L: Jose Valverde (0-3), S: none Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CIN 5 ARI 4 W:Jon Coutlangus (4-1), L: Tony Pena (3-2), S: Dave Weathers (17) Fri, Jul 06, 2007 CIN 8 ARI 1 W:Kyle Lohse (5-10), L: Micah Owings (5-4), S: none Wed, Apr 11, 2007 CIN 3 @ARI 2 W:Matt Belisle (2-0), L: Micah Owings (1-1), S: Dave Weathers (3) Tue, Apr 10, 2007 ARI 5 CIN 4 (11) W:Juan Cruz (2-0), L: Dave Weathers (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 3-2; 2007 - CIN won 4-2; 2006 - ARI won 4-2; All-Time - ARI leads 38-37

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 2008 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

TEX 5.47

TBR 4.65

SDP 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.83

CLE 4.61

TEX 5.89

R. Furcal .366

H. Ramirez .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .464

A. Ethier .368

T. Pena .182

SLG

A. Pujols .649

J. Hardy .487

T. Pena .207

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

L. Scott .843

T. Pena .388

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

E. Jackson 4.06

L. Hernandez 6.21

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

J. Shields 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB 33.Buckner
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 46.Ledezma*
G/S/vB 38.Lyon
G/S/vB 36.Peguero
G/S/vB 56.Pena
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 57.Rauch
G/S/vB 47.Rosales
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 322/246 .208/.282/.319/.602 .638/.588 .623 45/.422 0/2 6/

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 405/265 .259/.319/.443/.762 .581/.856 .639 103/.842 3/6 17/

54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/59 .256/.301/.419/.720 .673/.746 .509 45/.440 1/0 2/

26.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .471/.500/.529/1.029 1.000/1.033 1.091 18/1.029 0/0 0/

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 112/87 .323/.432/.656/1.088 .890/1.143 .937 93/1.040 5/3 6/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 12/.334 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 545/382 .258/.347/.478/.825 .934/.779 .791 101/.900 1/0 25/

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 244/150 .327/.384/.472/.856 .973/.789 .672 16/.875 15/3 3/

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/32 .296/.387/.444/.832 .741/.919 .811 48/.888 0/0 2/

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/45 .188/.278/.203/.481 .782/.300 .515 0/ 0/0 0/

27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 453/310 .263/.309/.345/.654 .896/.544 .717 98/.639 3/1 3/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 7/.858 3/.000 ··· ··· 342/284 .204/.237/.335/.572 .452/.596 .549 72/.560 13/9 8/

46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/31 .215/.271/.308/.579 .554/.612 .638 11/.664 0/0 1/

62.Richar* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .375/.375/.500/.875 /.875 .875 8/.875 0/0 0/

60.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .071/.133/.071/.205 .286/.125 .237 10/.100 0/0 0/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 7/.429 5/1.650 ··· ··· 135/113 .254/.319/.393/.712 .561/.742 .717 16/.466 0/0 3/

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 530/353 .287/.360/.473/.833 .790/.854 .822 103/1.013 6/5 19/

IP 39.0 13.0 45.2 58.0 53.1 8.1 67.2 66.2 68.2 28.0 32.0 TOTAL .247/.322/.406/.728 .751/.717 .700 .735 79/47 167/108

ERA-K/9

3.00/10.4

3.46/6.9

2.76/12.4

4.19/8.2

5.23/6.8

4.32/4.3

3.99/6.5

3.11/8.8

3.93/8.4

3.86/4.8

4.22/5.3

4.06/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (53-20-8)
Hanigan (10-4-1)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.229 56/.314 193/.190 265/.239 244/.314 32/.259 290/.275 276/.237 281/.248 124/.269 144/.262 .256 Bruce
Patterson
Dickerson
Cabrera
Phillips
Hairston
Castillo 11/35/66/7
0/110/0/3
26/7/0/0
9/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
20/15/9/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .630 .924 .658 .730 .827 .725 .735 .628 .724 .766 .787 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.830 24/.726 90/.569 65/.723 110/.766 8/.804 139/.776 129/.577 144/.708 50/.819 62/.704 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.483 32/1.080 103/.735 200/.733 134/.878 24/.698 151/.699 147/.672 137/.743 74/.723 82/.851 .726

Home 80/.546 26/.923 96/.627 167/.727 138/.952 21/.578 156/.739 135/.523 157/.692 59/.975 73/.782 .737

Last 28d days 31/.543 18/.789 40/.689 27/.570 40/1.183 19/.743 52/.638 45/.414 47/1.186 25/.570 17/.842

HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 3/0/0 4/5/3 4/12/2 7/1/1 0/0/0 5/2/0 4/2/0 10/3/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 137/81/23

Usage ······X· ·····X·· X··Xo··X ·······X ·X·X···· ·····o·· X···X·X· ·o·oX·o· o···o·oX ···o·o·· o····oo·

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB 64.Adkins
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 45.Bray*
G/S/vB 51.Burton
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 38.Majewski
G/S/vB 40.Masset
G/S/vB 56.Owings
G/S/vB 63.Pettyjohn*
G/S/vB 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/3.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.600 198/97 .195/.311/.274/.586 .642/.523 .526 19/.406 5/0 2/

13.Clark# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 178/123 .226/.360/.322/.681 .822/.613 .610 24/.350 0/0 3/

21.D'Antona G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/7 .200/.294/.200/.494 .522/.452 .425 4/.500 0/0 0/

6.Drew* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.000 7/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 600/438 .281/.318/.478/.797 .711/.828 .888 102/.765 3/3 17/

32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.167 1/no AB ··· 4/2.083 ··· 7/.953 3/.000 ··· 6/1.867 ··· 3/5.000 588/407 .239/.389/.514/.903 .756/.968 .879 99/.894 2/1 36/

4.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.417 1/2.000 3/1.167 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.453 336/236 .266/.343/.339/.682 .818/.620 .665 47/.486 2/1 1/

7.Hammock G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 47/26 .171/.277/.195/.472 .449/.490 .561 / 0/0 0/

34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 566/408 .294/.375/.447/.822 .989/.762 .837 88/.643 8/2 12/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 189/156 .260/.330/.426/.756 .804/.746 .722 36/.695 0/0 4/

11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 236/169 .241/.348/.307/.654 .656/.653 .761 66/.609 0/0 0/

27.Reynolds G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 561/405 .243/.323/.472/.795 .997/.720 .822 92/.668 11/1 27/

28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/113 .235/.250/.348/.598 .348/.651 .595 13/.000 4/0 1/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/4.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 136/127 .222/.326/.368/.693 .667/.696 .733 17/1.037 0/2 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/251 .243/.352/.467/.819 .889/.787 .777 56/.774 0/0 15/

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 7/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 267/229 .257/.300/.402/.701 .861/.675 .771 55/.395 0/0 8/

10.Upton G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 360/251 .247/.356/.431/.786 .832/.767 1.005 31/.795 1/4 11/

29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/

24.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 639/467 .246/.312/.437/.749 .900/.694 .789 98/.803 13/5 19/

IP 160.1 0.1 73.0 44.1 53.1 65.1 4.0 67.0 37.2 62.0 104.2 64.0 TOTAL .249/.325/.410/.735 .779/.718 .786 .667 55/22 139/102

ERA-K/9

4.77/8.4

0.00/0.0

3.58/9.2

2.84/9.8

3.54/9.3

3.31/9.8

6.75/11.2

4.70/7.5

5.73/5.7

3.92/6.2

5.93/7.5

/0.0

3.38/6.2

4.54/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hammock (11-2-0)
Montero (26-3-0)
Snyder (44-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 703/.261 2/.000 313/.263 205/.273 236/.250 284/.230 20/.353 278/.250 175/.338 271/.297 466/.256 / 291/.280 .273 Upton
Dunn
Young
Salazar
Jackson
Burke
Romero 0/0/88/6
114/0/21/5
0/145/0/4
26/2/15/3
66/0/0/3
18/0/9/1
11/2/36/1

OPS .795 .500 .743 .799 .719 .673 1.068 .706 .910 .817 .754 .784 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 301/.783 / 113/.748 83/.773 99/.740 127/.563 7/.167 115/.662 68/.811 100/.874 243/.779 / 110/.628 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.803 2/.500 200/.740 122/.815 137/.704 157/.762 13/1.455 163/.737 107/.977 171/.786 223/.726 / 181/.878 .797

Road 334/.802 2/.500 125/.589 107/.972 110/.771 109/.529 10/.873 153/.800 90/.941 138/.601 259/.712 / 152/.704 .779

Last 28d days 68/.744 2/.500 34/.828 24/.978 28/1.339 46/.633 6/1.350 41/1.055 33/1.175 33/.713 / / 53/.737

HR/SB/CS 28/7/6 0/1/0 9/6/1 4/4/0 6/4/0 5/6/3 1/0/0 10/0/1 6/1/0 7/2/1 14/3/2 // 6/3/0 185/88/34

Usage ·······X ····o··· o···o··· ·o··o··· ·X··Xo·X o···ooX· X······· ·o··oo·X ·······X ·····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.

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Game Preview: CIN @ ARI, 4:10pm, Sunday, September 14, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 8-13, 4.77)

SP: Max Scherzer (23, RHP, 0-2, 3.00)

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