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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, August 21, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Cincinnati Reds, 56-71, 6th, 21½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Fogg (31, RHP, 2-5, 7.71)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             65.1  83  59  56  24  38 13    7.71      
 2007 (10-9)           165.2 194  99  91  59  94 23    4.94      
 2006 (11-9)           172   206 115 105  60  93 24    5.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  35    43  26  25  13  20  6    6.43   41 
 2008-08-13   @PIT   L   4.2   6   4   4   2   2  1      83   36 
 2008-08-07    HOU   L   4     8   6   6   1   1  1      88   22 
 2008-08-02   @WSN  ND   5.1   6   3   3   3   5  0     105   46 
 2008-07-27    COL   L   3.2   8   7   7   3   4  2      93   18 
 2008-07-19    NYM   W   6     8   2   1   1   1  1      82   50 
 2008-07-11   @MIL  ND   5.1   1   3   3   2   6  1      84   58 
 2008-07-05    WSN  ND   6     6   1   1   1   1  0     102   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      3-2  26.1  35  21  20   5  13  4    6.84   40 
 2008-04-16   @CHC   L   2     7   9   9   2   3  1      63    7 
 2007-08-11    CHC   W   6     5   2   2   2   3  0      88   55 
 2006-09-29   @CHC   W   7     5   2   2   0   4  0      86   63 
 2006-08-12    CHC   W   6    10   4   3   1   1  1      86   38 
 2005-09-02    CHC   L   5.1   8   4   4   0   2  2      94   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-33   Road:   24-38   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  34-48   vsLHP:  22-23   1-Run:  19-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:20-33   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 20  @CHC  W   2-1       56-71  6th 21.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @CHC  L   0-5       55-71  6th 22.5 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17   STL  W   7-3       55-70  6th 21.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16   STL  L   3-9       54-70  6th 21.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15   STL  L   3-5       54-69  6th 21.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @PIT  W   3-1       54-68  6th 20.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @PIT  L   2-5       53-68  6th 20.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @PIT  W   5-1       53-67  6th 19.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10   HOU  L   4-13      52-67  6th 19.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9   HOU  L   1-3       52-66  6th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Chicago Cubs, 77-49, 1st, 5 up

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 12-5, 3.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-5)           157   144  62  59  53 107 15    3.38      
 2007 (18-13)          216.1 187 100  95 101 177 23    3.95      
 2006 (16-7)           214   162  91  81 115 210 20    3.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  44.2  35  23  22  15  34  8    4.43   54 
 2008-08-15   @FLA  ND   6     4   5   5   5   6  1     119   45 
 2008-08-09    STL   L   4.1  10   9   9   1   3  4      88    9 
 2008-08-03    PIT  ND   5     3   2   1   1   2  1      82   56 
 2008-07-29   @MIL   W   8     5   0   0   2   9  0     118   79 
 2008-07-24    FLA   W   7     6   2   2   0   6  1     125   63 
 2008-07-19   @HOU   L   6.1   6   4   4   6   3  0     104   42 
 2008-07-09    CIN   W   8     1   1   1   0   5  1     103   81 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      4-1  35.1  25   7   7   8  18  2    1.78   64 
 2008-07-09    CIN   W   8     1   1   1   0   5  1     103   81 
 2008-05-06   @CIN   W   8     3   0   0   3   3  0     113   76 
 2008-04-16    CIN   W   7     8   2   2   1   5  0     102   57 
 2007-09-28   @CIN   W   7     6   0   0   1   4  0     110   68 
 2007-09-18    CIN   L   5.1   7   4   4   3   1  1     100   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-18   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  53-38   vsLHP:  24-11   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 20   CIN  L   1-2       77-49  1st  5.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 19   CIN  W   5-0       77-48  1st  6.0 up
124 Sun, Aug 17  @FLA  W   9-2       76-48  1st  5.5 up
123 Sat, Aug 16  @FLA  L   1-2       75-48  1st  4.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 15  @FLA  W   6-5       75-47  1st  5.5 up
121 Thu, Aug 14  @ATL  W  11-7       74-47  1st  4.5 up
120 Wed, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-0       73-47  1st  3.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 13  @ATL  W  10-2       72-47  1st  3.5 up
118 Sun, Aug 10   STL  W   6-2       71-47  1st  4.0 up
117 Sat, Aug  9   STL  L   3-12      70-47  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 CIN  2 @CHC  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (11-10), L: Ted Lilly (12-7), S: Francisco Cordero (24)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  0        W:Rich Harden (8-2), L: Johnny Cueto (8-12), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 CIN 12 @CHC  7        W:Bronson Arroyo (7-7), L: Ted Lilly (9-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (10-3), L: Johnny Cueto (7-9), S: Kerry Wood (23)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 CHC  7  CIN  3        W:Ryan Dempster (10-3), L: Aaron Harang (3-11), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 6-5; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1073-1045

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  5.58

ARI  4.66

WSN  3.67

RA/G

TOR  3.91

MIN  4.60

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .362

D. Wright  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

K. Fukudome  .365

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

C. Delgado  .482

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.069

D. Pedroia  .834

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

D. Lowe  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 11/.586 284/211 .213/.288/.331/.619 .666/.600 .668 42/.531 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 315/202 .257/.305/.421/.726 .588/.801 .602 97/.652 2/4 12/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 53/35 .333/.377/.521/.898 1.021/.838 1.171 30/.996 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 32/25 .333/.375/.667/1.042 .429/1.223 .922 32/1.042 2/0 1/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 42/.789 2/1.000 4/.500 7/.572 5/.650 4/.250 1/.000 4/.500 455/316 .249/.334/.479/.813 .940/.758 .803 88/.596 1/0 22/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/6 .235/.235/.471/.706 .909/.333 .500 17/.706 0/0 1/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 23/.590 2/2.000 1/.000 5/1.417 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 367/249 .265/.314/.348/.662 .918/.545 .734 95/.481 3/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 274/226 .195/.229/.342/.571 .405/.607 .556 61/.614 12/6 8/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/27 .200/.254/.309/.563 .509/.630 .656 21/.807 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 38/.766 1/.000 5/.000 9/.222 9/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 5/.650 530/365 .268/.315/.463/.778 .977/.690 .729 97/.754 22/7 20/
60.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .167/.167/.167/.333 .500/.000 .500 6/.333 0/0 0/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 27/.642 1/.000 3/.833 8/.625 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 124/102 .254/.306/.404/.710 .561/.743 .698 38/.757 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 15/.762 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.666 435/286 .276/.340/.441/.781 .778/.782 .789 64/.722 4/4 14/
IP 157.0 26.0 82.1 58.0 68.1 43.0 16.0 50.2 TOTAL .245/.318/.405/.723 .756/.707 .710 .656 70/35 145/90
ERA-K/9 3.38/6.1 2.77/11.1 3.39/7.1 5.43/7.1 2.77/12.0 3.56/8.6 1.13/9.0 2.66/10.8 3.73/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (42-19-6)
 Hanigan (1-0-1)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 655/.243 110/.237 340/.248 253/.304 272/.130 179/.230 61/.161 206/.199 .240  Bruce
 Patterson
 Phillips
 Dickerson
 Cabrera
11/35/45/5
0/89/0/3
2/0/0/0
7/2/0/0
2/0/3/0
OPS .680 .700 .665 .886 .506 .741 .444 .578 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 326/.661 53/.700 162/.646 101/.880 117/.675 49/.850 25/.163 95/.589 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.697 57/.700 178/.683 152/.890 155/.378 130/.701 36/.639 111/.568 .690
Home 342/.677 45/.807 179/.650 132/.900 158/.440 60/.549 43/.409 106/.518 .687
Last 28d days 130/.758 33/.701 54/.650 43/1.001 51/.200 52/.585 61/.444 24/.432
HR/SB/CS 15/6/7 4/1/0 8/1/3 12/2/0 7/3/1 8/2/1 0/3/1 1/1/0 132/64/30
Usage ·····X·· o··X···X ·····X·X ····X·XX ·o·Xo·o· ····X··o o··oX··X ·X···XXo
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Fogg
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.661 96/52 .292/.337/.427/.764 .895/.656 .859 29/1.011 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 175/87 .277/.339/.371/.710 .672/.750 .813 24/.897 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 8/1.607 9/.777 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 16/.527 479/346 .280/.377/.452/.828 .818/.832 .888 95/.870 5/0 14/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 30/1.410 6/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 12/1.500 331/286 .235/.342/.470/.812 .484/.868 .864 58/1.063 2/1 16/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 5/.200 5/1.600 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 221/203 .288/.376/.513/.889 .508/.920 .846 39/.839 2/0 8/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 503/380 .266/.365/.388/.753 .722/.763 .854 93/.607 11/4 8/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 1/.000 12/1.333 3/1.167 12/.166 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 298/173 .313/.371/.458/.829 .959/.738 .810 52/1.189 5/5 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 37/1.283 4/.250 1/.000 6/.167 7/1.571 4/1.000 3/2.000 32/.469 562/431 .290/.358/.467/.825 .954/.787 .851 109/.676 6/2 17/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 34/1.286 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 7/2.357 6/1.000 5/1.100 23/1.200 515/397 .287/.386/.507/.893 .725/.945 1.062 103/1.078 2/2 20/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 14/1.024 15/.785 ··· 13/.581 2/1.000 3/.666 4/1.500 11/.637 358/257 .290/.338/.552/.890 1.249/.751 .986 121/.923 12/1 22/
18.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/1.000 465/351 .285/.370/.501/.871 .917/.856 .872 78/1.017 0/0 18/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 8/1.125 3/.666 2/.000 4/.667 4/.666 4/.500 4/.000 9/.111 526/395 .313/.393/.370/.762 .793/.752 .789 107/.699 18/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 11/.964 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 12/.432 87/80 .219/.333/.411/.744 .762/.743 .775 20/.450 0/0 3/
IP 65.1 65.1 40.1 56.1 58.2 32.1 53.1 55.0 TOTAL .280/.358/.446/.805 .822/.799 .861 .847 71/29 142/71
ERA-K/9 7.71/5.2 3.44/9.1 2.68/9.8 3.83/10.2 4.14/7.7 4.45/5.3 4.22/6.1 3.27/6.4 4.60/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (9-8-2)
 Soto (55-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.307 279/.256 184/.269 248/.234 241/.230 144/.315 238/.305 247/.273 .275  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Ward
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
76/0/0/6
0/11/111/4
23/61/2/3
0/85/0/1
5/0/3/0
0/1/0/0
27/0/24/0
OPS .909 .733 .783 .691 .668 .835 .832 .786 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.846 103/.704 73/.769 106/.583 104/.624 58/.768 89/.861 95/.579 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.967 176/.749 111/.792 142/.769 137/.701 86/.885 149/.815 152/.915 .807
Road 150/.816 114/.573 95/1.016 95/.556 132/.820 72/.845 112/.589 120/.679 .794
Last 28d days 99/1.007 58/.568 42/1.009 41/.703 46/.770 64/.881 45/.868 49/.815
HR/SB/CS 13/3/1 8/3/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 8/0/1 4/0/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 159/68/29
Usage ····X··X ····oX·X ·o···oo· o··Xo·o· ·o···o·o ·o··X·oo ······X· o··X··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.

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