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Game Preview: PIT @ CIN, 7:10pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Pittsburgh Pirates, 39-44, 5th, 10½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: John Van Benschoten (28, RHP, 1-2, 8.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)              8.2  13   9   8   6   9  1    8.31      
 2007 (0-7)             39    55  45  44  29  26  4   10.15      
 2004 (1-3)             28.2  33  27  22  19  18  3    6.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-6  24    42  38  37  18  17  5   13.88   28 
 2008-05-12    ATL   L   4     9   7   6   2   5  1      77   21 
 2007-09-27    ARI   L   2     6   4   4   2   1  1      50   27 
 2007-09-17   @SDP   L   5     5   3   3   3   2  1      84   44 
 2007-07-27   @PHI   L   2.1   6   7   7   4   2  1      84   15 
 2007-07-16    COL   L   2     6   9   9   2   0  0      62    6 
 2007-07-07    CHC   L   2.2   7   5   5   3   2  0      73   23 
 2007-07-02    MIL  ND   6     3   3   3   2   5  1     100   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN    Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-19   Road:   14-25   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  28-29   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:16-19   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @CIN  W   6-5 (11)  39-44  5th 10.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @CIN  L   3-4       38-44  5th 11.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   TBR  L   3-4       38-43  5th 10.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28   TBR  W   4-3 (13)  38-42  4th 10.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   TBR  L   5-10      37-42  4th 11.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25   NYY  L   0-10      37-41  4th 12.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24   NYY  W  12-5       37-40  4th 11.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   TOR  L   5-8       36-40  4th 12.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   TOR  W   6-3       36-39  4th 11.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   TOR  W   1-0 (12)  35-39  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Cincinnati Reds, 39-46, 6th, 11½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Daryl Thompson (22, RHP, 0-1, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             10    12   4   4   6   4  1    3.60      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1  10    12   4   4   6   4  1    3.60   46 
 2008-06-27   @CLE   L   5     8   4   4   2   2  1      99   35 
 2008-06-21   @NYY  ND   5     4   0   0   4   2  0      96   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT    Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-18   Road:   17-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  24-30   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  14-8 
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:11-17   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Tue, Jul  1   PIT  L   5-6 (11)  39-46  6th 11.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   PIT  W   4-3       39-45  5th 11.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @CLE  W   9-5       38-45  6th 11.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @CLE  W   5-0       37-45  6th 12.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @CLE  L   0-6       36-45  6th 13.5 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 26  @TOR  L   1-7       36-44  6th 13.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @TOR  W   6-5 (10)  36-43  6th 13.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @TOR  L   1-14      35-43  6th 13.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @NYY  L   1-4       35-42  6th 13.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @NYY  W   6-0       35-41  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 PIT  6 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Matt Capps (2-3), L: Dave Weathers (2-4), S: Romulo Sanchez (1)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 CIN  4  PIT  3        W:Francisco Cordero (3-1), L: Matt Capps (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2008 PIT  7 @CIN  2        W:Phil Dumatrait (2-2), L: Aaron Harang (2-7), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 CIN  9  PIT  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (4-4), L: Tom Gorzelanny (4-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 5-3; 2007 - CIN won 9-7; 2006 - CIN won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1110-1083

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  5.42

ARI  4.50

WSN  3.69

RA/G

OAK  3.66

MIL  4.55

TEX  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .393

S. Rolen  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .487

J. Werth  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .692

G. Atkins  .457

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.140

M. Cabrera  .806

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

C. Wang  4.07

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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

Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Thompson
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 7/.714 5/.400 2/.000 3/2.000 3/.833 272/195 .258/.331/.432/.763 .906/.711 .914 84/.869 1/1 9/
38.Bay G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 8/1.333 4/.250 3/.333 5/.400 11/1.136 352/264 .280/.386/.524/.910 .789/.948 .819 103/.834 6/0 16/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 67/54 .222/.254/.317/.571 .846/.502 .444 41/.593 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 180/138 .337/.383/.602/.986 .943/.999 .800 70/1.037 0/0 10/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 1/.000 1/.000 4/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 116/73 .324/.357/.361/.718 .732/.709 .682 22/.781 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 7/.572 9/1.413 2/.500 1/.000 10/.900 10/.425 313/230 .235/.313/.383/.696 .669/.705 .730 89/.820 1/0 8/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 10/.583 370/261 .282/.361/.523/.885 .709/.960 .977 107/.629 9/3 15/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 10/.311 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.000 11/.637 165/108 .233/.280/.360/.640 .496/.717 .627 58/.605 1/1 3/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP ··· 12/.450 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.100 165/139 .268/.370/.348/.718 .584/.742 .615 58/.883 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 4/.750 5/.400 2/.000 7/1.096 12/1.591 289/211 .318/.381/.519/.900 1.004/.863 .963 48/.852 1/0 10/
31.Rivas G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 112/80 .231/.264/.365/.629 .927/.511 .650 18/.423 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/3.500 7/.000 5/.750 4/.000 2/1.000 6/.833 356/277 .229/.257/.313/.570 .682/.538 .607 104/.547 0/1 5/
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 3/1.334 6/.167 2/2.000 2/.000 17/1.236 144/111 .323/.360/.377/.737 .795/.721 .718 105/.739 2/2 0/
IP 10.0 41.1 25.0 44.1 36.2 39.2 12.2 32.2 TOTAL .259/.324/.407/.732 .755/.724 .741 .729 23/10 83/61
ERA-K/9 3.60/3.6 4.14/9.2 2.52/9.0 2.44/9.3 2.45/9.8 4.31/7.7 5.68/5.7 4.13/5.8 4.51/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (9-6-2)
 Doumit (18-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.300 182/.273 110/.232 192/.244 155/.178 164/.238 60/.370 150/.288 .271  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 McLouth
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/65/9
20/5/23/3
80/0/0/2
4/78/2/2
0/0/7/1
OPS .816 .805 .667 .658 .592 .718 .900 .854 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.890 71/.767 51/.869 83/.638 65/.553 73/.673 26/.962 57/.633 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.745 111/.829 59/.492 109/.672 90/.619 91/.754 34/.853 93/.989 .783
Home / 92/.969 34/.241 100/.587 81/.540 72/.602 16/.875 76/.929 .766
Last 28d days 46/.816 67/.822 40/.608 57/.548 47/.685 57/.618 55/.949 55/.789
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 7/2/1 1/3/0 3/4/0 3/2/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 108/45/17
Usage ····X··· o·X·Xo·X o··oo·oo Xo·o··X· oX·X··o· X·X··X·· ··X·X··X X··oo·oX
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Van Benschoten
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
58.Sanchez
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 206/141 .223/.299/.375/.674 .753/.635 .602 55/.547 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 143/91 .283/.350/.425/.775 .574/.886 .956 106/.511 2/3 4/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 8/1.643 23/.962 15/.831 ··· 2/.500 331/223 .222/.387/.502/.889 .726/.962 .855 104/.739 1/1 20/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.555 6/1.867 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 301/211 .246/.336/.458/.794 .781/.797 .754 73/.902 1/0 13/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.125 16/.750 14/1.171 1/.000 3/1.667 329/223 .240/.347/.401/.748 .679/.781 .729 92/.761 0/1 10/
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 170/103 .331/.378/.483/.861 1.060/.743 1.196 52/.924 13/2 2/
30.Hopper G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 58/29 .200/.286/.200/.486 .591/.375 .585 28/.410 1/0 0/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 198/135 .315/.372/.427/.799 1.085/.673 .868 35/.705 2/0 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.600 10/.311 1/.000 4/.000 203/170 .188/.220/.340/.560 .338/.605 .683 47/.457 10/5 6/
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 11/1.909 6/.750 11/1.091 1/.000 7/.714 356/245 .284/.329/.491/.820 1.140/.675 .839 108/.750 16/4 14/
26.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/2.750 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 110/59 .247/.368/.348/.716 .680/.748 .938 47/.715 0/1 1/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 10/.311 6/1.467 1/2.000 2/1.500 71/55 .215/.268/.277/.545 .486/.571 .597 25/.457 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 302/197 .282/.348/.480/.828 .849/.816 .868 104/.768 4/3 12/
IP 8.2 20.0 4.1 24.0 40.1 40.2 40.2 1.0 40.2 TOTAL .247/.324/.401/.726 .766/.706 .746 .667 56/27 92/58
ERA-K/9 8.31/9.3 3.15/4.5 10.38/4.2 5.25/6.8 3.12/6.5 3.54/6.9 3.54/9.7 9.00/0.0 3.76/5.5 5.08/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (29-13-4)
 Ross (15-4-3)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.342 87/.232 21/.200 114/.297 160/.250 176/.244 165/.227 6/.400 185/.220 .288  Dunn
 Griffey
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Hairston
 Hopper
78/0/0/4
0/0/68/4
0/59/0/2
4/16/22/1
14/8/6/0
8/7/4/0
OPS .944 .691 1.000 .911 .700 .686 .597 .900 .672 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.956 32/.529 10/1.587 35/.592 80/.661 42/.736 54/.675 2/1.000 65/.654 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/.916 55/.773 11/.489 79/1.073 80/.739 134/.670 111/.559 4/.833 120/.681 .831
Road 19/.802 35/.698 / 56/.768 61/.999 85/.714 75/.599 6/.900 78/.739 .866
Last 28d days 4/.250 26/.579 21/1.000 52/.818 61/.826 55/.974 57/.667 6/.900 62/.586
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 5/4/1 6/3/2 4/1/1 0/0/0 2/3/1 92/50/21
Usage ···o···· o···o··· ···X··X· o·o·X·o· oo·XX··· X···X·X· XX·X···o X······· o·Xo···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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