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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Cincinnati Reds, 43-47, 4th, 10½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 3-10, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-10)           118.2 133  62  59  27 102 18    4.47      
 2007 (16-6)           231.2 213 100  96  52 218 28    3.73      
 2006 (16-11)          234.1 242 109  98  56 216 28    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  40    58  31  30   8  30  8    6.75   39 
 2008-06-30    PIT  ND   7     7   3   3   1   8  1     104   58 
 2008-06-25   @TOR  ND   5.2   7   5   5   3   3  2     118   35 
 2008-06-19    LAD   L   5    10   5   5   3   2  1     107   26 
 2008-06-13    BOS   W   7     4   1   1   0   7  0     118   72 
 2008-06-08   @FLA   L   5.1  11   8   7   0   4  2      91   20 
 2008-06-03   @PHI   L   6     9   3   3   1   4  1     113   45 
 2008-05-29    PIT   L   4    10   6   6   0   2  1      73   20 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      2-3  35    34  19  19   7  38  7    4.89   54 
 2008-05-06    CHC   L   7     7   3   3   2   6  0     114   55 
 2008-04-15   @CHC   L   6     8   5   5   2   6  2     110   40 
 2007-09-29    CHC   L   8     9   4   4   0  13  2     125   61 
 2007-09-18   @CHC   W   7     6   2   2   2   6  0     107   61 
 2007-08-14   @CHC   W   7     4   5   5   1   7  3      97   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-19   Road:   17-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-31   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-8 
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:11-18   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sun, Jul  6   WSN  W   6-5       43-47  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5   WSN  W   3-2       42-47  4th 10.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4   WSN  W   3-0       41-47  5th 11.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3   WSN  W   5-3       40-47  6th 11.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2   PIT  L   5-9       39-47  6th 12.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   PIT  L   5-6 (11)  39-46  6th 11.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   PIT  W   4-3       39-45  5th 11.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @CLE  W   9-5       38-45  6th 11.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @CLE  W   5-0       37-45  6th 12.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @CLE  L   0-6       36-45  6th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Chicago Cubs, 53-36, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Ryan Dempster (31, RHP, 9-3, 3.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-3)            111    88  47  40  43  93 11    3.24      
 2007 (2-7)             66.2  59  36  35  30  55  8    4.73      
 2006 (1-9)             75    77  47  40  36  67  5    4.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  40.2  40  20  20  14  37  7    4.43   52 
 2008-07-02   @SFG  ND   6     5   2   2   2   7  1      91   59 
 2008-06-27   @CHW   L   2.1   7   8   8   3   1  1      71    9 
 2008-06-22    CHW   W   8    10   1   1   1   4  0     103   61 
 2008-06-17   @TBR  ND   5     6   1   1   2   6  1     104   55 
 2008-06-11    ATL   W   9     4   2   2   0  11  1     119   82 
 2008-06-05   @LAD  ND   5.1   5   3   3   2   1  1      82   45 
 2008-05-31    COL   W   5     3   3   3   4   7  2      93   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-2  30.1  33  25  19  20  28  6    5.64   43 
 2008-05-05   @CIN   L   6     4   5   0   1   7  1      83   60 
 2008-04-15    CIN   W   6     5   4   4   5   3  1     106   44 
 2005-04-27    CIN  ND   5.1   8   6   6   5   7  1      97   30 
 2002-05-22   @CIN   L   6     7   5   5   5   2  2      91   35 
 2000-08-27    CIN  ND   7     9   5   4   4   9  1     121   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-10   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  36-27   vsLHP:  17-9    1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 20-7  IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @STL  W   7-1       53-36  1st  3.5 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @STL  L   4-5       52-36  1st  2.5 up
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @STL  W   2-1       52-35  1st  3.5 up
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @SFG  L   3-8       51-35  1st  2.5 up
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @SFG  W   6-5       51-34  1st  2.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @SFG  L   1-2       50-34  1st  2.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @SFG  W   9-2       50-33  1st  2.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29  @CHW  L   1-5       49-33  1st  2.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28  @CHW  L   5-6       49-32  1st  3.5 up
 80 Fri, Jun 27  @CHW  L   3-10      49-31  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 07, 2008 CIN  9  CHC  0        W:Edinson Volquez (5-1), L: Jon Lieber (2-2), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 CHC  3 @CIN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (5-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-5), S: Kerry Wood (5)
Mon, May 05, 2008 CIN  5  CHC  3        W:Johnny Cueto (2-3), L: Ryan Dempster (4-1), S: Francisco Cordero (5)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 CIN  9 @CHC  2        W:Edinson Volquez (2-0), L: Ted Lilly (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 CHC 12  CIN  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (2-1), L: Josh Fogg (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 CHC  9  CIN  5        W:Ryan Dempster (2-0), L: Aaron Harang (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 CIN  8  CHC  4        W:Homer Bailey (4-2), L: Ryan Dempster (2-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 CHC  4 @CIN  0        W:Rich Hill (11-8), L: Aaron Harang (16-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CHC  6 @CIN  0        W:Carlos Zambrano (18-13), L: Bronson Arroyo (9-15), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CHC  3  CIN  2        W:Bobby Howry (6-7), L: Gary Majewski (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1070-1043

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  5.49

COL  4.51

WSN  3.62

RA/G

OAK  3.67

MIN  4.57

TEX  5.78

BA

C. Jones  .384

R. Aurilia  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .481

J. Loney  .358

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .665

C. Beltran  .465

T. Pena  .204

OPS

C. Jones  1.114

J. Loney  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

P. Maholm  4.05

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.49

T. Wakefield  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 14/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 21/.762 ··· 11/.586 1/no AB 217/151 .223/.302/.368/.670 .741/.636 .745 50/.376 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/105 .273/.342/.448/.789 .577/.894 .594 95/.561 2/3 6/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 18/1.611 2/.000 7/.286 29/1.165 7/.286 49/1.078 8/1.300 347/237 .228/.386/.515/.901 .711/.983 .920 96/.808 1/1 22/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 14/.377 2/1.000 7/.572 10/1.300 4/.833 4/.500 9/.555 317/224 .247/.334/.452/.786 .777/.788 .836 69/.901 1/0 13/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 28/.873 3/.000 7/.572 28/.871 7/.286 25/.945 5/2.000 350/237 .240/.349/.402/.751 .633/.807 .762 90/.664 0/1 11/
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 7/1.429 ··· ··· 1/.000 190/119 .343/.388/.479/.867 1.049/.768 .578 48/.882 15/2 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.750 215/148 .289/.347/.392/.739 1.014/.621 .753 52/.487 2/0 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 17/.706 2/1.000 3/1.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 205/172 .192/.223/.342/.565 .338/.610 .479 41/.400 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/16 .148/.207/.185/.392 .231/.527 .750 14/.220 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 9/.222 10/.000 8/.000 4/.833 3/.000 377/261 .292/.337/.494/.831 1.139/.695 .802 102/.866 18/4 14/
26.Ross G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 4/4.000 3/1.000 7/.286 118/65 .245/.372/.351/.723 .679/.760 .546 46/.817 0/1 1/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 7/.286 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.750 74/59 .221/.270/.294/.564 .486/.584 .505 24/.610 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 321/212 .281/.352/.469/.821 .835/.813 .794 95/.773 4/4 12/
IP 111.0 14.0 43.1 42.2 50.0 43.1 36.2 TOTAL .248/.325/.401/.726 .755/.712 .708 .666 60/28 97/60
ERA-K/9 3.24/7.5 2.57/13.5 4.36/6.9 3.16/5.1 3.60/12.4 2.91/11.2 2.70/5.9 3.86/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (30-14-4)
 Ross (15-5-4)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 459/.215 60/.235 185/.295 185/.301 196/.138 175/.196 155/.254 .247  Dunn
 Griffey
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Phillips
 Hairston
82/0/0/4
0/0/73/4
0/61/0/2
6/19/23/1
2/0/0/0
15/10/6/0
OPS .631 .700 .824 .834 .544 .585 .702 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.652 30/.718 72/.795 67/1.054 84/.809 80/.596 57/.696 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.611 30/.670 113/.840 118/.709 112/.351 95/.574 98/.705 .687
Home 272/.589 17/.639 100/.911 63/.827 105/.425 88/.506 76/.663 .693
Last 28d days 126/.753 40/.790 47/.765 45/.690 44/.788 41/.770 37/.793
HR/SB/CS 11/5/2 2/1/0 7/2/0 7/0/0 7/3/1 1/0/0 3/3/2 90/48/17
Usage ·····X·· ·oooX··· ·o·X·oo· ····X··· ·oo·oX·· ··XX·o·X ····o···
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Harang
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 15/.266 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 8/.661 64/37 .300/.344/.350/.694 .767/.640 .819 19/.594 0/0 1/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 16/.563 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 144/77 .271/.343/.357/.699 .625/.765 .783 37/.506 3/1 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 16/1.083 8/.875 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 15/.564 337/245 .292/.378/.465/.843 .906/.820 .941 98/.761 3/0 11/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 35/.788 5/1.933 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.550 2/.000 11/1.469 239/205 .233/.328/.413/.740 .548/.774 .851 83/1.037 2/1 9/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 9/.708 4/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 147/134 .252/.345/.449/.794 .350/.832 .695 48/.868 2/0 5/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/.800 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.833 364/275 .287/.391/.420/.811 .747/.832 1.040 102/.782 8/3 7/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 12/1.333 2/2.000 1/3.000 12/.166 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 222/134 .271/.339/.385/.725 .872/.632 .725 34/.813 4/4 3/
25.Lee G/S/vP 45/1.110 3/.333 1/.000 5/.800 5/.200 5/1.850 4/1.000 30/.503 399/303 .306/.368/.515/.884 .920/.872 .891 113/.993 4/2 15/
19.Murton G/S/vP 23/1.131 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.417 8/.500 42/23 .250/.286/.300/.586 .433/.711 .556 27/.642 0/0 0/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 37/.811 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 4/1.750 5/2.133 5/.800 22/1.102 359/273 .283/.379/.498/.877 .736/.923 1.066 97/.776 1/1 15/
18.Soto G/S/vP 10/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 339/253 .289/.375/.527/.902 1.044/.853 .877 99/.912 0/0 15/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 24/.739 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.667 3/.666 4/.500 7/.143 363/271 .313/.390/.366/.755 .788/.744 .860 97/.657 15/8 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 2/3.000 12/.432 55/49 .289/.418/.444/.863 .900/.858 1.253 21/.929 0/0 1/
IP 118.2 43.1 27.0 47.1 40.2 40.2 14.1 34.2 TOTAL .283/.359/.444/.803 .812/.800 .891 .797 52/21 101/56
ERA-K/9 4.47/7.7 4.15/9.4 2.67/9.7 2.28/9.5 2.43/9.7 4.20/8.0 5.02/5.0 3.89/5.7 4.44/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (7-3-2)
 Soto (41-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.284 192/.276 118/.233 204/.246 175/.199 167/.233 67/.350 156/.275 .271  Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 Murton
 DeRosa
 Ward
0/6/78/3
18/42/0/1
0/61/0/1
0/1/0/0
10/0/2/0
19/0/12/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .804 .813 .694 .660 .607 .704 .855 .819 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.778 74/.820 53/.834 87/.694 74/.557 75/.654 29/.910 60/.600 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.823 118/.806 65/.579 117/.636 101/.643 92/.746 38/.813 96/.955 .780
Road 235/.867 90/.646 76/.874 92/.737 74/.647 92/.810 44/.909 74/.774 .811
Last 28d days 107/.802 68/.905 38/.606 61/.600 53/.622 49/.627 53/.886 52/.776
HR/SB/CS 18/10/2 7/2/1 2/3/0 3/4/0 3/2/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 112/46/19
Usage ·······X ·····Xo· ·X···oo· ·X·oo·Xo ·XXXo·oX ··o···X· ·····X·· ··oo··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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