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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 12:35pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Chicago Cubs, 19-14, 2nd, 2½ GB

SP: Jon Lieber (38, RHP, 2-1, 1.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             19.1  21   7   4   2   9  2    1.86      
 2007 (3-6)             78    91  44  41  22  54  7    4.73      
 2006 (9-11)           168   196 100  92  24 100 27    4.93      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  43    58  31  30  10  36  4    6.28   42 
 2007-06-20   @CLE   L   5.1  10   7   7   2   3  0      90   21 
 2007-06-15    DET   L   5    10   7   6   2   5  1      96   24 
 2007-06-09   @KCR   W   9     3   0   0   0  11  0     106   92 
 2007-06-04    SFG   L   5    10   5   5   3   2  1      81   26 
 2007-05-29    ARI   L   6.2  13   5   5   0   5  0      96   33 
 2007-05-24   @FLA  ND   5     6   4   4   3   3  0      98   39 
 2007-05-18    TOR   W   7     6   3   3   0   7  2     113   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-1  34.2  24  12  11   6  29  4    2.86   62 
 2007-04-20   @CIN  ND   5.2   1   0   0   1   5  0      77   71 
 2006-08-11    CIN  ND   7     5   3   2   2   7  2     100   62 
 2006-05-13   @CIN   W   8.2   2   0   0   0   6  0     110   86 
 2005-05-12    CIN   L   5.1   7   6   6   3   5  2      98   32 
 2002-06-27    CIN  ND   8     9   3   3   0   6  0     109   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-6    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  12-11   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl:14-9    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Tue, May  6  @CIN  W   3-0       19-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 32 Mon, May  5  @CIN  L   3-5       18-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  4  @STL  L   3-5       18-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  3  @STL  W   9-3       18-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  2  @STL  L   3-5 (11)  17-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  1   MIL  L   3-4       17-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30   MIL  W  19-5       17-10  1st    Tied
 26 Tue, Apr 29   MIL  L   7-10      16-10  1st    Tied
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @WSN  L   0-2       16-9   1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @WSN  W   7-0       16-8   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Cincinnati Reds, 13-21, 6th, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 4-1, 1.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-1)             35.1  24   6   5  18  42  1    1.27      
 2007 (2-1)             34    34  18  17  15  29  4    4.50      
 2006 (1-6)             33.1  52  28  27  17  15  7    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  40.2  30   9   8  21  45  1    1.77   61 
 2008-05-02   @ATL   L   6     4   2   1   2   9  1     100   65 
 2008-04-27   @SFG   W   7     5   1   1   3  10  0     104   70 
 2008-04-22    LAD   W   7     3   1   1   4   7  0     105   70 
 2008-04-17   @CHC   W   5     4   1   1   4   7  0     112   58 
 2008-04-11   @PIT  ND   5     3   0   0   3   1  0      75   59 
 2008-04-06    PHI   W   5.1   5   1   1   2   8  0      95   60 
 2007-09-28   @SEA  ND   5.1   6   3   3   3   3  0     101   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-0   5     4   1   1   4   7  0    1.80   58 
 2008-04-17   @CHC   W   5     4   1   1   4   7  0     112   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-9    Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-15   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  5-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Tue, May  6   CHC  L   0-3       13-21  6th  9.0 gb
 33 Mon, May  5   CHC  W   5-3       13-20  5th  8.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @ATL  L   7-14      12-20  6th  8.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @ATL  L   1-9       12-19  6th  7.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  2  @ATL  L   0-2       12-18  6th  7.0 gb
 29 Wed, Apr 30  @STL  L   2-5       12-17  5th  6.0 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29  @STL  L   2-7       12-16  5th  5.0 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28  @STL  W   4-3       12-15  4th  5.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @SFG  W  10-1       11-15  5th  5.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @SFG  W  10-9       10-15  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 CIN  5 @CHC  2        W:Aaron Harang (16-4), L: Carlos Zambrano (16-13), S: Dave Weathers (31)
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - CHC won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1070-1042

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

CHC  5.91

FLA  4.53

SDP  3.36

RA/G

OAK  3.54

KCR  4.44

PIT  5.84

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

B. Looper  3.95

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.75

T. Redding  6.18

J. Garland  2.03

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Chicago Cubs Batters (5.91 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
33.Fogg
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
50.Mercker*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 4/2.000 5/.650 7/.762 22/14 .368/.455/.368/.823 1.196/.607 1.000 18/.900 0/0 0/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 60/32 .373/.458/.549/1.007 .793/1.208 .845 53/1.049 2/0 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 2/no AB 8/.875 3/2.000 ··· 8/1.607 2/.000 2/.000 14/.607 135/98 .259/.381/.398/.779 .658/.825 .501 106/.721 2/0 3/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 63/57 .291/.371/.473/.844 .400/.886 .926 56/.822 1/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 143/112 .322/.415/.463/.878 .906/.870 .593 112/.771 3/2 1/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 2/2.000 11/1.454 1/3.000 12/.166 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 111/69 .271/.351/.313/.664 .699/.641 .625 96/.645 1/2 0/
25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 5/.800 5/.200 37/1.283 5/1.850 11/1.000 30/.503 155/117 .326/.406/.585/.992 1.177/.934 .819 122/.908 2/1 8/
20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/54 .232/.302/.304/.605 .222/.674 .708 46/.676 2/0 1/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.733 4/1.750 34/1.286 5/2.133 3/.000 22/1.102 135/102 .278/.415/.528/.943 .996/.924 .883 104/1.033 0/1 6/
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 14/.846 2/.500 13/.581 14/1.024 1/.000 ··· 10/.700 91/72 .190/.242/.333/.575 .649/.556 .743 57/.721 3/0 3/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 129/97 .349/.442/.651/1.093 1.080/1.098 1.091 102/1.157 0/0 6/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.667 8/1.125 3/.666 1/.000 7/.143 142/110 .325/.397/.421/.818 .882/.799 .702 114/.890 8/6 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.250 11/.964 ··· 7/.786 12/.432 28/26 .095/.321/.286/.607 .500/.608 .154 23/.638 0/0 1/
IP 35.1 13.2 15.2 13.0 22.1 15.0 11.2 8.1 TOTAL .282/.371/.441/.812 .802/.816 .718 .825 25/12 34/25
ERA-K/9 1.27/10.7 3.29/11.2 4.02/12.6 2.08/8.3 9.27/6.9 3.60/5.4 3.86/4.6 4.32/3.3 4.66/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (4-1-1)
 Soto (13-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.195 59/.220 71/.270 57/.196 107/.312 61/.273 51/.279 44/.294 .271  Fukudome
 Soriano
 Pie
 DeRosa
 Ward
 Johnson
0/2/30/3
19/0/0/2
0/24/0/1
12/0/2/0
1/0/1/0
7/22/0/0
OPS .555 .656 .800 .612 .934 .670 .799 .824 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.586 19/.556 29/.963 24/.971 50/.843 23/.606 19/.898 13/.607 .802
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.512 40/.697 42/.696 33/.380 57/1.018 38/.709 32/.733 31/.907 .762
Home 49/.577 32/.730 23/.536 28/.495 36/.974 23/.447 20/.516 21/.804 .732
Last 28d days 121/.543 42/.563 55/.923 47/.710 87/.867 51/.697 42/.815 26/.912
HR/SB/CS 1/1/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 37/13/8
Usage ····X··· o··oo·o· o·Xo···· ·X·X···· ··X····X oo·o··X· ··X···X· ·X······
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Lieber
G/S/vB
44.Fox
G/S/vB
36.Gallagher
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 20/.550 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 11/.586 1/no AB 92/60 .301/.370/.518/.888 .781/.943 .745 69/.910 0/1 3/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 28/1.024 2/2.500 ··· 7/.286 7/.286 3/.000 49/1.078 7/1.571 128/95 .216/.367/.402/.769 .710/.789 .672 96/.846 1/0 5/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· ··· 7/.572 4/.833 3/.000 4/.500 8/.625 134/97 .259/.358/.500/.858 .799/.876 .896 101/.942 1/0 7/
6.Freel G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· 10/.944 4/.000 4/1.000 17/.388 6/.900 74/40 .309/.351/.368/.719 .820/.631 .434 61/.804 4/3 0/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 26/.861 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 7/.286 2/.000 25/.945 5/2.000 137/105 .238/.314/.377/.691 .388/.787 .724 106/.610 0/1 4/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 27/16 .333/.360/.417/.777 1.069/.625 1.000 27/.777 1/1 0/
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 14/.786 ··· ··· 16/.542 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 46/36 .132/.261/.184/.445 .100/.547 .317 31/.573 0/1 0/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.750 142/105 .292/.336/.392/.728 .939/.658 .895 108/.605 2/0 2/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/88 .200/.263/.433/.696 .258/.757 .856 72/.582 5/2 4/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 8/.000 4/.000 4/.833 3/.000 139/106 .269/.309/.469/.779 1.352/.605 .719 105/.758 5/2 5/
26.Ross G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/4.000 3/1.167 3/1.000 7/.286 13/8 .167/.231/.250/.481 .200/.625 1.250 13/.481 0/0 0/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.750 31/27 .207/.258/.241/.499 .000/.576 .750 23/.360 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 100/70 .283/.340/.478/.818 1.121/.695 .613 85/.872 0/1 4/
IP 19.1 1.2 2.0 15.1 21.0 6.2 17.0 15.0 TOTAL .246/.317/.397/.713 .760/.696 .702 .714 20/12 34/22
ERA-K/9 1.86/4.2 10.80/5.3 0.00/0.0 7.04/6.5 1.29/12.0 2.70/4.0 4.24/8.5 4.80/5.4 3.73/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (11-8-2)
 Ross (1-0-0)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.273 7/.333 6/.167 72/.354 78/.129 30/.250 67/.183 65/.259 .241  Griffey
 Dunn
 Hairston
 Freel
 Patterson
0/0/32/1
32/0/0/0
2/2/4/0
9/11/3/0
0/27/0/0
OPS .742 1.167 .333 1.011 .408 .720 .574 .776 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.965 3/2.333 3/.667 28/1.054 30/.622 15/.431 31/.381 23/.737 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.644 4/.000 3/.000 44/.983 48/.280 15/1.045 36/.732 42/.798 .692
Road 55/.700 7/1.167 6/.333 34/.840 30/.500 22/.722 34/.518 34/.830 .696
Last 28d days 60/.767 7/1.167 6/.333 51/.946 56/.422 30/.720 50/.566 49/.854
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 30/17/11
Usage ····X··X ·o··X··· ··X····· ····X·X· ···X·XX· ·oo·o··o oo··oX·· ····X·oo

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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