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Game Preview: LAD @ CIN, 7:10pm, Monday, April 21, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-11, 5th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Brad Penny (30, RHP, 2-2, 2.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             24.1  29   9   8   6  13  0    2.96      
 2007 (16-4)           208   199  75  70  73 135  9    3.03      
 2006 (16-9)           189   206  94  91  54 148 19    4.33      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  40.1  50  21  18  13  23  4    4.02   46 
 2008-04-16    PIT   W   5.2   5   1   0   0   4  0      85   61 
 2008-04-11    SDP   L   6    10   4   4   3   3  0     119   36 
 2008-04-05   @SDP   L   6    10   4   4   1   3  0     109   38 
 2008-03-31    SFG   W   6.2   4   0   0   2   3  0      89   67 
 2007-09-25    COL  ND   5     6   4   4   3   2  0      99   38 
 2007-09-19   @COL  ND   6     9   4   3   1   2  3      85   41 
 2007-09-14    ARI   W   5     6   4   3   3   6  1     103   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      4-0  30.1  20   8   8  13  20  3    2.37   59 
 2007-05-12    CIN   W   6.1   4   1   1   1   4  0     109   64 
 2006-08-28    CIN   W   5     4   1   1   5   3  0     104   53 
 2006-08-02   @CIN   W   6     3   2   2   2   6  2      97   62 
 2005-05-06   @CIN   W   7     1   0   0   2   4  0      89   77 
 2004-06-01    CIN  ND   6     8   4   4   3   3  1     101   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-4    Road:    2-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-8    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @ATL  L   1-6        7-11  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @ATL  L   1-4        7-10  4th  6.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @ATL  L   1-6        7-9   4th  5.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   PIT  W   8-1        7-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   PIT  W  11-2        6-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   PIT  L   4-6        5-8   5th  4.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   SDP  L   0-1        5-7   3rd  4.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   SDP  W  11-1        5-6   3rd  4.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   SDP  L   5-7        4-6   3rd  4.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @ARI  L   3-4        4-5   3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-11   Last 30: 7-11
Cincinnati Reds, 8-11, 4th, 4½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Matt Belisle (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-9)            177.2 212 111 105  43 125 26    5.32      
 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         2-1  42.2  45  25  24  11  34  6    5.06   49 
 2007-09-27    HOU  ND   7     3   2   2   1   4  0      80   66 
 2007-09-21   @SFG  ND   5.1   9   5   4   3   3  0      83   32 
 2007-09-16   @MIL   L   6     6   5   5   2   9  0     101   47 
 2007-09-11    STL   W   7     6   2   2   2   5  2     103   60 
 2007-09-04    NYM  ND   5.1   6   5   5   1   0  2      95   35 
 2007-08-30   @PIT  ND   5     7   2   2   0   4  0      81   49 
 2007-08-25    FLA   W   7     8   4   4   2   9  2     109   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAD    Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-5    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20   MIL  W   4-3 (10)   8-11  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   MIL  L   3-5 (10)   7-11  5th  5.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   MIL  L   2-5        7-10  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @CHC  W   9-2        7-9   5th  4.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @CHC  L   3-12       6-9   5th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @CHC  L   5-9        6-8   5th  4.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @PIT  L   1-9        6-7   5th  3.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @PIT  L   3-4        6-6   4th  3.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @PIT  L   0-1        6-5   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @MIL  W   4-1        6-4   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-11   Last 30: 8-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 09, 2007 LAD  5 @CIN  4 (11)   W:Scott Proctor (3-5), L: Victor Santos (1-4), S: Takashi Saito (28)
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 CIN  1  LAD  0        W:Aaron Harang (11-3), L: Chad Billingsley (7-3), S: Dave Weathers (22)
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 CIN  4  LAD  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (5-12), L: Mark Hendrickson (4-6), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 LAD 10  CIN  5        W:Jonathan Broxton (2-1), L: Kirk Saarloos (0-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 LAD  7  CIN  3        W:Brad Penny (5-0), L: Kyle Lohse (1-4), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2007 LAD  2  CIN  0        W:Randy Wolf (4-3), L: Bronson Arroyo (2-3), S: Takashi Saito (11)
Wed, Aug 30, 2006 LAD  7  CIN  3        W:Greg Maddux (12-11), L: Aaron Harang (13-10), S: none
Tue, Aug 29, 2006 LAD  6  CIN  5 (16)   W:Derek Lowe (12-8), L: Ryan Franklin (5-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 28, 2006 LAD  6  CIN  5        W:Brad Penny (14-7), L: Chris Michalak (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (3)
Thu, Aug 03, 2006 LAD  3 @CIN  0        W:Greg Maddux (10-11), L: Eric Milton (7-7), S: Takashi Saito (11)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - LAD won 4-2; 2006 - LAD won 6-0; All-Time - LAD leads 1139-1122

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
56.Coffey
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
50.Mercker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bennett G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 4/.250 170/123 .252/.286/.335/.621 .484/.675 .754 / 1/1 2/1
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 507/388 .284/.350/.452/.802 .716/.830 .817 / 0/4 13/5
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 2/3.500 4/.833 1/no AB 9/.944 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.000 643/468 .270/.333/.355/.687 .744/.666 .608 / 25/6 6/19
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/.334 7/1.000 5/1.400 4/.250 466/363 .283/.328/.371/.700 .611/.724 .570 / 3/1 7/10
14.Hu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/21 .241/.241/.517/.759 .600/.842 .333 / 0/0 2/1
25.Jones G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.667 3/.666 6/1.133 7/1.262 3/.000 18/.289 659/441 .222/.311/.413/.724 .785/.694 .745 / 5/2 26/2
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 311/200 .342/.373/.521/.894 1.002/.835 .851 / 10/5 10/4
12.Kent G/S/vP 3/2.333 5/.400 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 5/1.067 30/1.181 562/437 .302/.375/.500/.875 .950/.855 .824 / 1/3 20/14
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 375/269 .331/.381/.538/.919 .866/.939 1.076 / 0/1 15/9
55.Martin G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 5/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· 620/467 .293/.374/.469/.843 1.062/.773 .932 / 21/9 19/14
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 5/.250 7/.286 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 14/.594 729/519 .293/.331/.353/.685 .621/.710 .665 / 64/15 0/5
22.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 141/129 .260/.350/.382/.732 .500/.756 .633 / 2/0 2/0
3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/20 .382/.417/.647/1.064 .908/1.187 1.364 / 1/0 2/0
IP 177.2 59.0 43.0 51.0 63.1 TOTAL .260/.333/.399/.733 .849/.683 .605 .733 15/5 13/13
ERA-K/9 5.32/6.3 3.51/7.0 2.51/7.5 5.82/7.6 2.98/12.2 /0.0 /0.0 4.12/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bennett (24-4-2)
 Martin (82-41-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 771/.301 253/.226 176/.187 242/.323 261/.218 / / .238  Ethier
 Pierre
 Jones
 Kemp
 Sweeney
 Loney
 Young
60/0/102/10
0/162/0/4
0/154/0/3
0/6/88/2
7/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .825 .707 .550 .897 .588 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.848 96/.747 73/.519 81/.861 116/.642 / / .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.806 157/.682 103/.566 161/.913 145/.544 / / .772
Home 401/.828 123/.535 96/.658 137/.900 164/.431 / / .708
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 26/11/6 3/7/1 2/4/1 12/6/0 4/3/0 // // 27/6/5
Usage ····Xo·· Xo·X·X·· ··XX·X·X XX··X··X ·o··X··· ··o·X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
56.Kuo*
G/S/vB
21.Loaiza
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
45.Proctor
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.500 ··· ··· 13/.616 5/.900 2/1.000 ··· 174/146 .205/.277/.256/.534 .481/.544 .546 / 0/1 1/4
7.Castro G/S/vP 6/1.333 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 98/62 .180/.211/.236/.446 .617/.354 .433 / 0/0 0/3
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 25/.427 12/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.667 1/.000 3/1.000 632/411 .264/.386/.554/.940 .789/1.024 .965 / 9/2 40/6
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 560/378 .289/.356/.438/.794 .804/.790 .790 / 8/1 16/16
6.Freel G/S/vP 17/1.243 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 304/187 .245/.308/.347/.655 .422/.805 .729 / 15/8 3/4
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 30/1.285 9/.347 2/2.000 ··· 5/.600 10/.425 2/1.000 4/.500 623/405 .277/.372/.496/.869 .735/.943 .940 / 6/1 30/8
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 9/.722 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 25/.638 33/.969 2/.000 2/.500 417/375 .310/.394/.474/.868 .577/.901 1.007 / 0/0 10/3
30.Hopper G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 335/215 .329/.371/.388/.758 .826/.720 .732 / 14/6 0/1
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 276/197 .332/.400/.477/.877 .986/.834 .778 / 2/1 5/3
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 6/.334 12/.166 ··· ··· 18/.572 3/2.667 8/.833 ··· 503/346 .269/.304/.386/.690 .795/.644 .825 / 37/9 8/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 7/.929 2/1.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 702/480 .288/.331/.485/.816 .984/.737 .811 / 32/8 30/8
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 265/230 .276/.328/.387/.715 .855/.694 .589 / 0/0 2/1
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/62 .321/.360/.548/.907 .642/1.025 1.145 / 1/0 4/1
IP 208.0 67.1 82.0 30.1 37.1 4.0 86.1 64.1 TOTAL .244/.328/.396/.723 .663/.742 .680 .723 9/5 20/11
ERA-K/9 3.03/5.8 3.88/5.2 2.85/10.9 7.42/8.0 5.79/4.8 15.75/9.0 3.65/6.7 1.40/10.9 3.54/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (28-7-8)
 Valentin (40-5-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 865/.260 281/.253 334/.225 140/.285 164/.259 20/.333 382/.242 234/.151 .263  Patterson
 Hopper
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Freel
 Keppinger
 Votto
0/132/0/8
34/56/13/5
0/0/133/5
144/0/0/4
1/59/0/3
1/0/1/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .685 .648 .617 .791 .872 1.122 .738 .448 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 401/.605 108/.490 167/.589 28/.601 64/.997 8/1.250 163/.766 121/.558 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 464/.753 173/.745 167/.640 112/.839 100/.795 12/1.017 219/.717 113/.329 .628
Road 378/.709 131/.587 159/.766 89/.735 77/.788 / 188/.725 104/.550 .828
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/14/5 1/2/3 6/6/3 3/3/0 10/1/0 2/0/0 12/9/4 5/2/0 12/6/3
Usage ····X··· oX··o·oo ····o·Xo ··o··X·· ·X···X·· ··X····X X·o·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.

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