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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Houston Astros, 9-12, 4th, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Chris Sampson (30, RHP, 0-2, 8.74)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             11.1  18  11  11   3   3  0    8.74      
 2007 (7-8)            121.2 138  64  62  30  51 20    4.59      
 2006 (2-1)             34    25  10   8   5  15  3    2.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  33.1  49  26  26   4  10  6    7.02   38 
 2008-04-18    COL   L   0.2   6   6   6   2   1  0      34   15 
 2008-04-09    STL   L   4     6   3   3   1   1  0      68   38 
 2008-04-04   @CHC  ND   6.2   6   2   2   0   1  0      71   55 
 2007-07-31   @ATL   L   4     9   5   5   0   0  2      76   24 
 2007-07-23    LAD   L   5     8   4   4   0   0  0      74   35 
 2007-07-17   @WSN   W   6.2   6   2   2   0   3  2      93   57 
 2007-07-04    PHI   L   6.1   8   4   4   1   4  2     105   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-0   7     5   2   2   2   2  2    2.57   59 
 2007-04-18   @CIN   W   7     5   2   2   2   2  2      87   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-5    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-10   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Tue, Apr 22   SDP  W  11-7        9-12  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   SDP  W  10-3        8-12  4th  5.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   COL  W   6-4        7-12  6th  5.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   COL  L   2-3        6-12  6th  6.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   COL  L   5-11       6-11  6th  6.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @PHI  L   2-10       6-10  6th  5.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @PHI  W   2-1        6-9   5th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @PHI  L   3-4        5-9   6th  5.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13   FLA  W   5-1        5-8   6th  4.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   FLA  W   5-0        4-8   6th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-12
Cincinnati Reds, 9-12, 4th, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 0-2, 5.48)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             21.1  27  17  13   8  18  6    5.48      
 2007 (9-15)           210.2 232 109  99  63 156 28    4.23      
 2006 (14-11)          240.2 222  98  88  64 184 31    3.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-3  39.2  47  25  20  16  27 10    4.54   45 
 2008-04-18    MIL   L   5.2   8   5   4   3   4  1     116   36 
 2008-04-12   @PIT  ND   5     6   3   2   2   3  0     102   46 
 2008-04-07    PHI   L   5.2   9   5   5   0   6  4      99   37 
 2008-04-02    ARI  ND   5     4   4   2   3   5  1      94   49 
 2007-09-28    CHC   L   6     6   4   3   1   1  2      95   46 
 2007-09-22   @SFG  ND   7     5   0   0   5   2  0     110   64 
 2007-09-17   @CHC  ND   5.1   9   4   4   2   6  2      89   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      1-2  30.1  31  20  20  10  18  6    5.93   45 
 2007-05-31   @HOU   L   5    11   8   8   0   2  1      83   15 
 2007-05-01   @HOU   W   7     3   1   1   3   5  0      95   69 
 2007-04-19    HOU  ND   7     5   2   2   1   4  1      96   62 
 2006-09-20   @HOU   L   5.1   7   7   7   4   4  2     118   26 
 2006-08-21    HOU  ND   6     5   2   2   2   3  2      86   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  3-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Tue, Apr 22   LAD  W   8-1        9-12  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   LAD  L   3-9        8-12  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 27, 2007 HOU  4 @CIN  3        W:Dave Borkowski (5-3), L: Gary Majewski (0-4), S: Brad Lidge (18)
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 HOU  7 @CIN  6        W:Dennis Sarfate (1-0), L: Jared Burton (4-2), S: Chad Qualls (5)
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 HOU  8 @CIN  5        W:Felipe Paulino  (1-1), L: Jon Coutlangus (4-2), S: Brad Lidge (17)
Thu, May 31, 2007 HOU 10  CIN  2        W:Woody Williams (2-7), L: Bronson Arroyo (2-6), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2007 CIN  4 @HOU  3        W:Aaron Harang (6-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 CIN  2 @HOU  1        W:Matt Belisle (5-4), L: Chad Qualls (4-2), S: Dave Weathers (10)
Thu, May 10, 2007 CIN  9  HOU  5        W:Aaron Harang (5-1), L: Matt Albers (1-2), S: Dave Weathers (7)
Wed, May 09, 2007 HOU  3 @CIN  2        W:Woody Williams (1-5), L: Matt Belisle (3-2), S: Dan Wheeler (8)
Tue, May 08, 2007 HOU  7 @CIN  6        W:Brad Lidge (2-0), L: Brad Salmon (0-1), S: Dan Wheeler (7)
Mon, May 07, 2007 HOU  5 @CIN  4        W:Roy Oswalt (5-2), L: Kyle Lohse (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (6)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; 2006 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 395-367

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.

Houston Astros Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
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
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 22/.794 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 11/.091 13/.558 17/.580 397/296 .235/.318/.324/.642 .666/.633 .581 / 6/1 3/4
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 33/1.174 1/.000 2/.500 11/1.261 12/.250 5/.933 11/.705 668/510 .278/.386/.510/.896 .800/.926 .970 / 7/3 34/12
27.Blum# G/S/vP 16/.192 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 3/.666 4/.000 370/280 .252/.319/.367/.685 .616/.708 .616 / 0/0 5/5
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 133/103 .277/.348/.378/.727 .434/.809 .664 / 18/1 1/0
22.Cruz# G/S/vP 13/.508 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 293/193 .234/.316/.375/.691 .695/.689 .730 / 6/1 6/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 12/.500 7/.858 ··· ··· 15/1.159 3/.666 2/1.000 347/254 .248/.310/.335/.645 .433/.721 .600 / 7/2 4/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 26/.776 18/.411 2/1.500 11/.855 8/.393 4/1.500 13/.826 697/528 .303/.354/.528/.882 .956/.859 .789 / 10/5 32/4
8.Loretta G/S/vP 19/1.082 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 7/.286 21/.931 511/391 .287/.352/.372/.724 .818/.696 .700 / 1/2 4/7
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 453/376 .288/.342/.405/.746 .697/.757 .638 / 32/4 4/4
9.Pence G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 484/376 .322/.360/.539/.899 .993/.872 .886 / 11/5 17/6
13.Perez# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 / /// / / / /
10.Tejada G/S/vP 16/1.357 2/.000 ··· ··· 22/.638 5/.900 3/3.000 569/428 .296/.357/.442/.799 .912/.762 .734 / 2/1 18/15
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/34 .375/.432/.575/1.007 .733/1.086 1.310 / 0/1 1/0
IP 210.2 59.0 43.0 51.0 63.1 TOTAL .246/.311/.418/.729 .778/.716 .637 .729 23/5 24/7
ERA-K/9 4.23/6.7 3.51/7.0 2.51/7.5 5.82/7.6 2.98/12.2 /0.0 /0.0 4.11/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (47-17-2)
 Towles (3-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 921/.280 253/.226 176/.187 242/.323 261/.218 / / .244  Lee
 Pence
 Cruz
 Erstad
 Berkman
 Blum
 Bourn
157/0/0/8
0/95/14/6
49/3/23/5
12/45/9/2
0/1/31/1
9/0/0/0
79/12/6/0
OPS .789 .707 .550 .897 .588 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.777 96/.747 73/.519 81/.861 116/.642 / / .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 519/.797 157/.682 103/.566 161/.913 145/.544 / / .772
Home 425/.774 123/.535 96/.658 137/.900 164/.431 / / .732
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/3/6 3/7/1 2/4/1 12/6/0 4/3/0 // // 29/6/6
Usage ····X··· Xo····Xo ··Xo·X·X Xo··XX·X ··XX··X· ···o··X· ·o··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 (4.24 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Sampson
G/S/vB
58.Borkowski
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
38.Moehler
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 174/146 .205/.277/.256/.534 .481/.544 .546 / 0/1 1/4
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 6/.167 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 13/1.262 2/.500 5/1.400 ··· 632/411 .264/.386/.554/.940 .789/1.024 .965 / 9/2 40/6
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 5/1.150 6/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 560/378 .289/.356/.438/.794 .804/.790 .790 / 8/1 16/16
6.Freel G/S/vP 5/.400 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 11/.637 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 304/187 .245/.308/.347/.655 .422/.805 .729 / 15/8 3/4
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 40/.784 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 623/405 .277/.372/.496/.869 .735/.943 .940 / 6/1 30/8
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 184/98 .189/.249/.289/.538 .566/.512 .496 / 5/1 3/3
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 4/1.000 6/.666 6/.583 1/no AB 3/.666 13/.847 3/1.167 5/.800 ··· 417/375 .310/.394/.474/.868 .577/.901 1.007 / 0/0 10/3
30.Hopper G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 335/215 .329/.371/.388/.758 .826/.720 .732 / 14/6 0/1
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 276/197 .332/.400/.477/.877 .986/.834 .778 / 2/1 5/3
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 503/346 .269/.304/.386/.690 .795/.644 .825 / 37/9 8/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 6/1.666 7/.143 2/.500 ··· 5/1.100 6/.833 3/.000 5/.900 ··· 702/480 .288/.331/.485/.816 .984/.737 .811 / 32/8 30/8
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 11/.637 3/2.334 2/.000 ··· 265/230 .276/.328/.387/.715 .855/.694 .589 / 0/0 2/1
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/62 .321/.360/.548/.907 .642/1.025 1.145 / 1/0 4/1
IP 121.2 71.2 76.2 45.0 67.1 59.2 64.1 76.1 TOTAL .254/.334/.418/.752 .719/.762 .739 .752 10/6 24/12
ERA-K/9 4.59/3.8 5.15/7.9 3.05/5.0 3.20/9.8 4.41/5.1 4.07/5.4 2.66/10.9 4.24/6.8 /0.0 4.64/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.292 325/.273 319/.228 199/.230 296/.283 257/.282 265/.196 336/.260 / .286  Patterson
 Hopper
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Hairston
 Freel
 Keppinger
 Votto
0/132/0/8
34/56/13/5
0/0/133/5
144/0/0/4
21/22/6/3
1/59/0/3
1/0/1/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .819 .796 .652 .700 .797 .757 .611 .722 .824
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.836 134/.885 155/.561 83/.678 127/.684 101/.871 140/.624 148/.896 / .865
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.804 191/.735 164/.735 116/.716 169/.878 156/.686 125/.595 188/.589 / .796
Road 293/.845 141/.886 179/.527 98/.715 151/.638 116/.715 119/.582 166/.724 / .846
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/3/1 8/2/0 8/3/0 3/2/1 8/2/2 8/3/0 7/4/2 6/3/0 // 29/6/2
Usage ····X··· ··X·XX·· X··Xo·o· ·X······ ···Xoo·· ····X··· X·X··X·X ·X·X·X·· ··X·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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