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Game Preview: PIT @ CIN, 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Pittsburgh Pirates, 24-27, 5th, 6½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 4-4, 6.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             45.2  47  32  32  35  26  8    6.31      
 2007 (14-10)          201.2 214  90  87  68 135 18    3.88      
 2006 (2-5)             61.2  50  29  26  31  40  3    3.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  37.1  35  22  22  28  21  7    5.30   45 
 2008-05-22    MIL   W   5     8   2   2   4   2  1     100   41 
 2008-05-16   @CHC   L   6     7   7   7   2   3  4      97   31 
 2008-05-10    ATL   W   7.1   7   2   2   2   4  1      92   58 
 2008-04-30   @NYM   W   5     1   0   0   5   4  0      84   64 
 2008-04-24    STL   L   5     2   3   3   7   4  0      94   48 
 2008-04-19   @CHC   L   2.2   6   7   7   4   3  1      80   17 
 2008-04-13    CIN   W   6.1   4   1   1   4   1  0     102   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      2-1  18.1  20  10  10   8   8  1    4.91   46 
 2008-04-13    CIN   W   6.1   4   1   1   4   1  0     102   58 
 2007-08-28    CIN   W   6     8   4   4   2   3  1      99   41 
 2007-04-28    CIN   L   6     8   5   5   2   4  0      96   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-11   Road:    9-16   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  16-16   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:10-14   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, May 27  @CIN  L   6-9       24-27  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   CHC  W   6-5 (11)  24-26  4th  5.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   CHC  W   5-4 (14)  23-26  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   CHC  L   3-12      22-26  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   MIL  W   8-4       22-25  4th  6.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   MIL  L   1-4       21-25  5th  6.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   MIL  L   2-7       21-24  4th  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @CHC  L   3-4       21-23  4th  6.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @CHC  W   7-6       21-22  4th  5.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 16  @CHC  L   4-7       20-22  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Cincinnati Reds, 24-28, 6th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 3-4, 5.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-4)             58.2  75  43  37  22  55  8    5.68      
 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         3-2  37.1  48  26  24  14  37  2    5.79   45 
 2008-05-24   @SDP   W   6.1   7   2   2   1   9  0     107   59 
 2008-05-19   @LAD  ND   5     9   5   3   3   3  0      99   33 
 2008-05-14    FLA  ND   7     5   0   0   3   5  0     111   69 
 2008-05-10   @NYM   W   8     4   1   1   2   9  0     115   77 
 2008-05-04   @ATL   L   1.1   7   7   7   1   0  1      47   11 
 2008-04-28   @STL   W   6     6   3   3   3   6  1     113   51 
 2008-04-23    HOU   L   3.2  10   8   8   1   5  0      91   13 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-2  30    30  15  14   9  19  1    4.20   50 
 2008-04-12   @PIT  ND   5     6   3   2   2   3  0     102   46 
 2007-08-28   @PIT  ND   6     6   1   1   0   6  0      80   62 
 2007-05-26    PIT   L   4     7   6   6   4   0  1      94   20 
 2006-09-30   @PIT   L   7     7   3   3   3   3  0      99   51 
 2006-09-10    PIT   W   8     4   2   2   0   7  0     108   73 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:    9-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-19   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:  10-4 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 8-13   vsWest:  7-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Tue, May 27   PIT  W   9-6       24-28  6th  7.0 gb
 51 Sun, May 25  @SDP  L   9-12(18)  23-28  6th  6.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24  @SDP  W   7-2       23-27  6th  6.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23  @SDP  W   3-2       22-27  6th  7.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 22  @SDP  L   2-8       21-27  6th  7.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @LAD  L   2-5       21-26  6th  7.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @LAD  L   1-4       21-25  6th  7.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 19  @LAD  L   5-6       21-24  5th  7.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18   CLE  W   6-4       21-23  4th  6.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17   CLE  W   4-2       20-23  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 27, 2008 CIN  9  PIT  6        W:Johnny Cueto (3-5), L: Ian Snell (2-4), S: Francisco Cordero (11)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 PIT  9  CIN  1        W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-1), L: Johnny Cueto (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 PIT  4  CIN  3        W:Ian Snell (2-0), L: Mike Lincoln (0-1), S: Matt Capps (3)
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 PIT  1  CIN  0        W:John Grabow (1-0), L: Jared Burton (0-1), S: Matt Capps (2)

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 CIN  5 @PIT  4        W:Jared Burton (4-1), L: Matt Capps (4-6), S: Dave Weathers (29)
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 CIN  8 @PIT  0        W:Aaron Harang (14-3), L: Ian Snell (8-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 PIT  3  CIN  2        W:Shawn Chacon (5-4), L: Bill Bray (3-1), S: Matt Capps (15)
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 PIT  6  CIN  4        W:Tom Gorzelanny (13-7), L: Elizardo Ramirez (0-2), S: Matt Capps (14)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CIN  9 @PIT  8 (10)   W:Jared Burton (3-1), L: Matt Capps (4-5), S: Dave Weathers (21)
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 CIN 13 @PIT  4        W:Matt Belisle (6-8), L: Ian Snell (7-10), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 3-1; 2007 - CIN won 9-7; 2006 - CIN won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1108-1081

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  5.65

OAK  4.52

SDP  3.51

RA/G

OAK  3.56

NYY  4.60

TEX  5.52

BA

C. Jones  .418

M. Teixeira  .267

R. Weeks  .202

OBP

C. Jones  .491

J. Crede  .333

K. Greene  .267

SLG

L. Berkman  .753

B. Roberts  .417

J. Bartlett  .284

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

A. Huff  .758

M. Bourn  .575

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

I. Snell  6.32

J. Garland  2.38

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
33.Fogg
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 13/.585 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.834 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· 3/.833 166/117 .222/.296/.368/.664 .960/.545 .790 73/.781 1/1 4/
38.Bay G/S/vP 18/.944 2/2.000 1/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 8/1.125 2/.500 10/1.271 219/159 .294/.416/.550/.966 .861/1.000 .790 108/1.064 5/0 12/
37.Chavez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2.200 ··· 1/.000 9/7 .222/.222/.333/.556 1.500/.286 3.000 9/.556 0/0 0/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.666 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 88/55 .325/.352/.361/.714 .730/.704 .660 49/.757 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 15/.795 4/1.250 4/1.000 6/1.133 2/.500 13/.616 1/.000 10/.425 196/136 .236/.311/.402/.714 .704/.718 .690 105/.905 1/0 6/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 10/.700 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 9/2.112 2/1.000 8/.453 235/160 .315/.399/.606/1.005 .890/1.059 1.042 112/.960 5/3 12/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 3/1.334 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.700 96/60 .226/.284/.274/.558 .438/.632 .416 33/.644 1/1 0/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 9/1.778 12/.450 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 6/1.100 95/82 .207/.316/.305/.621 .237/.684 .665 48/.630 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 18/.722 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 5/.400 7/1.429 2/.000 10/1.611 211/149 .321/.384/.524/.908 1.039/.856 .923 100/.945 1/0 8/
26.Paulino G/S/vP 10/1.575 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.400 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 111/76 .210/.279/.290/.569 .714/.506 .622 66/.526 0/0 1/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 82/60 .221/.247/.325/.572 1.014/.414 .493 27/.796 2/0 2/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 19/.649 1/no AB 2/3.500 5/.000 4/.750 7/1.000 2/.000 5/1.000 220/161 .243/.272/.316/.587 .679/.553 .658 118/.642 0/0 1/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.334 4/.000 8/.875 1/2.000 15/1.134 19/15 .235/.316/.235/.551 .833/.481 .551 5/1.200 0/0 0/
IP 58.2 22.1 11.0 24.2 23.2 25.0 22.2 16.1 TOTAL .256/.325/.402/.727 .797/.701 .725 .771 16/6 52/45
ERA-K/9 5.68/8.4 4.43/10.9 4.09/9.8 3.65/10.2 2.28/10.6 9.00/6.1 6.35/6.7 4.96/6.6 4.55/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (2-0-0)
 Paulino (20-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 273/.315 99/.273 53/.311 111/.277 100/.155 118/.311 98/.284 81/.313 .272  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 Mientkiewicz
 McLouth
0/0/48/5
17/1/8/3
49/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
4/48/2/0
OPS .874 .795 .826 .750 .552 .902 .846 .947 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.964 39/.910 28/1.024 42/.829 41/.624 56/.861 39/.845 27/.825 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.792 60/.709 25/.583 69/.704 59/.501 62/.944 59/.845 54/1.002 .768
Home 126/.985 48/1.060 5/.200 50/.558 52/.498 36/.974 35/.629 41/.933 .745
Last 28d days 122/.760 51/1.017 43/.786 57/.793 56/.623 28/.881 50/1.070 41/1.039
HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 4/1/0 0/2/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 5/0/0 5/0/0 3/1/0 63/27/10
Usage ···X···· X·o·X·X· ··XX·X·o X·o·o··o o·XXo··· ··o··o·o X·o··oo· ··Xoo···
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
56.Salas
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 141/94 .262/.340/.429/.769 .634/.838 .723 61/.606 0/2 4/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/4 1.000/1.000/1.333/2.333 2.000/2.500 2.333 5/2.333 1/0 0/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.000 7/1.429 23/.962 13/.862 ··· ··· 2/.500 200/137 .256/.405/.564/.969 .860/1.016 .916 94/1.186 1/0 14/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 9/.555 6/1.867 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 202/141 .233/.312/.422/.734 .773/.717 .730 91/.508 1/0 8/
6.Freel G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.833 6/1.200 8/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 130/67 .322/.367/.390/.757 .878/.640 .529 78/.809 5/4 0/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 6/.666 16/.750 13/.982 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 218/153 .249/.344/.376/.720 .578/.780 .698 106/.688 0/1 5/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 86/56 .320/.366/.467/.833 1.010/.750 1.230 62/.828 8/2 1/
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/14 .318/.375/.318/.693 .944/.516 1.633 24/.693 0/0 0/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.600 10/.311 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 156/130 .200/.240/.352/.592 .352/.642 .809 62/.377 8/4 4/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 9/1.556 6/.750 9/.555 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.834 217/153 .295/.341/.530/.871 1.285/.698 .815 102/.875 9/2 9/
26.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 3/2.667 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 47/24 .263/.391/.289/.681 .687/.675 1.071 40/.668 0/0 0/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 10/.311 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/3.000 41/33 .263/.317/.342/.659 .536/.688 .800 12/.962 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 170/110 .284/.347/.535/.883 1.015/.813 .942 92/.896 2/1 10/
IP 45.2 9.0 23.2 24.1 25.0 34.2 8.0 22.2 TOTAL .259/.332/.417/.750 .818/.719 .783 .748 38/17 58/38
ERA-K/9 6.31/5.1 8.00/9.0 2.28/5.3 1.48/8.5 4.32/9.7 4.41/3.9 6.75/6.8 3.97/5.2 5.04/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (20-10-3)
 Ross (6-0-1)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.272 48/.333 92/.239 100/.204 104/.255 150/.305 40/.353 104/.207 .289  Griffey
 Patterson
 Dunn
 Bruce
 Hairston
 Freel
0/0/49/3
0/41/0/2
49/0/0/1
0/1/0/0
8/3/6/0
13/18/5/0
OPS .866 1.051 .582 .540 .584 .817 .936 .676 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.674 9/.222 38/.824 24/.432 35/.564 51/.830 12/1.139 36/.592 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.908 39/1.293 54/.415 76/.573 69/.593 99/.811 28/.850 68/.713 .826
Road 91/.964 17/.542 34/.699 48/.554 52/.606 71/.887 22/.851 50/.531 .834
Last 28d days 102/.868 48/1.051 48/.675 49/.736 52/.524 52/.486 40/.936 46/.732
HR/SB/CS 8/6/1 2/0/0 0/3/1 2/1/1 1/0/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 46/32/13
Usage ·····X·· X···X··X ···X··o· ···X·Xo· X·Xo·X·· ··Xo·oo· 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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