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Game Preview: WSN @ CIN, 1:15pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Washington Nationals, 34-55, 5th, 14½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (22, RHP, 1-0, 1.80)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              5     1   1   1   3   3  0    1.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0   5     1   1   1   3   3  0    1.80   61 
 2008-07-01   @FLA   W   5     1   1   1   3   3  0      95   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN    Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-26   Road:   16-29   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  20-34   vsLHP:  14-21   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 14-21   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  2-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sat, Jul  5  @CIN  L   2-3       34-55  5th 14.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4  @CIN  L   0-3       34-54  5th 14.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3  @CIN  L   3-5       34-53  5th 13.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2  @FLA  L   2-4       34-52  5th 12.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1  @FLA  W   9-6       34-51  5th 11.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30  @FLA  L   5-6 (10)  33-51  5th 11.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29   BAL  W   3-2 (12)  33-50  5th 11.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28   BAL  L   1-9       32-50  5th 12.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27   BAL  W   4-2       32-49  5th 11.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 25   LAA  W   5-4       31-49  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Cincinnati Reds, 42-47, 4th, 10½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 10-3, 2.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-3)           104.2  79  33  26  51 113  4    2.24      
 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         3-1  42.2  37  20  17  18  37  1    3.59   54 
 2008-07-01    PIT  ND   5.1   7   3   3   3   3  0      96   42 
 2008-06-26   @TOR   L   4.1   6   7   5   3   0  1      90   24 
 2008-06-20   @NYY   W   7     7   2   2   1   5  0     103   59 
 2008-06-14    BOS  ND   7     7   3   2   1   9  0     112   61 
 2008-06-09   @FLA   W   6     3   3   3   5   5  0     101   54 
 2008-06-04   @PHI   W   7     2   0   0   2   8  0     113   79 
 2008-05-30    ATL  ND   6     5   2   2   3   7  0     102   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.WSN    Has never faced WSN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-19   Road:   17-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  26-31   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  15-8 
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:11-18   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sat, Jul  5   WSN  W   3-2       42-47  4th 10.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4   WSN  W   3-0       41-47  5th 11.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3   WSN  W   5-3       40-47  6th 11.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2   PIT  L   5-9       39-47  6th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CIN  3  WSN  2        W:Francisco Cordero (4-1), L: Joel Hanrahan (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 CIN  3  WSN  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (6-7), L: Jay Bergmann (1-6), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 CIN  5  WSN  3        W:Johnny Cueto (7-8), L: Jesus Colome (2-2), S: Francisco Cordero (16)

Thu, Aug 02, 2007 WSN  7  CIN  3        W:Mike Bacsik (5-6), L: Phil Dumatrait (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 WSN  7  CIN  2        W:John Lannan (1-0), L: Bronson Arroyo (4-12), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 WSN  6  CIN  3        W:Matt Chico (5-6), L: Bobby Livingston (2-2), S: Chad Cordero (22)
Thu, May 24, 2007 WSN  4 @CIN  3        W:Mike Bacsik (1-0), L: Matt Belisle (4-4), S: Chad Cordero (6)
Wed, May 23, 2007 WSN 12 @CIN  7        W:Jason Simontacchi (2-2), L: Kyle Lohse (1-6), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 WSN  8 @CIN  4        W:Jesus Colome (4-0), L: Jon Coutlangus (2-1), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2007 CIN  8  WSN  7        W:Jon Coutlangus (2-0), L: Jon Rauch (2-1), S: Dave Weathers (9)
Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 3-0; 2007 - WSN won 6-1; 2006 - CIN won 5-1; All-Time - CIN leads 223-186

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

COL  4.51

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.69

BA

C. Jones  .385

M. Kemp  .284

T. Pena  .162

OBP

C. Jones  .477

N. McLouth  .358

T. Pena  .184

SLG

L. Berkman  .669

A. Ramirez  .463

T. Pena  .214

OPS

L. Berkman  1.106

F. Thomas  .816

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

J. Contreras  4.02

T. Gorzelanny  6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

D. Eveland  6.05

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Washington Nationals Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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
10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 16/1.171 ··· 2/.000 8/.000 6/.533 ··· 10/.222 162/109 .216/.327/.439/.766 1.035/.633 .803 83/.865 1/0 7/
7.Bernadina* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/22 .111/.111/.111/.222 .400/.182 .182 27/.222 0/2 0/
8.Boone G/S/vP ··· 10/.311 ··· ··· 4/.000 13/.481 ··· 15/.929 180/108 .258/.313/.417/.730 .913/.608 .773 48/.588 0/1 5/
34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/143 .263/.367/.434/.801 .664/.858 .850 120/.919 10/1 6/
3.Flores G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 177/131 .275/.333/.438/.771 .814/.755 .877 86/.588 0/1 4/
15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· 13/.308 ··· 2/1.500 5/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 393/264 .315/.342/.432/.774 .924/.701 .751 120/.756 3/3 5/
1.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 149/122 .213/.324/.362/.687 .433/.740 .601 63/.841 6/1 4/
25.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 3/2.334 4/.833 3/.666 185/131 .186/.292/.261/.553 .517/.567 .574 12/.432 1/2 3/
16.Lo Duca G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 11/.800 20/1.097 91/65 .235/.319/.296/.615 .549/.642 .629 35/.687 0/0 0/
2.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 300/185 .243/.315/.321/.636 .636/.637 .738 72/.693 4/4 2/
53.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/55 .250/.299/.325/.624 .678/.592 .498 19/.334 0/0 1/
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 189/105 .213/.254/.281/.535 .558/.516 .377 56/.613 0/1 2/
21.Young# G/S/vP 2/1.000 14/.819 ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 2/.500 ··· 6/.167 162/109 .272/.383/.404/.787 1.003/.665 .878 95/.909 0/0 4/
IP 104.2 43.1 26.0 46.1 39.2 40.2 14.1 34.2 TOTAL .239/.313/.358/.671 .697/.658 .691 .708 40/20 65/60
ERA-K/9 2.24/9.7 4.15/9.4 2.77/9.3 2.33/9.3 2.50/9.5 4.20/8.0 5.02/5.0 3.89/5.7 4.46/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (30-7-7)
 Lo Duca (11-2-1)
 Nieves (18-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.210 192/.276 114/.232 200/.246 168/.187 167/.233 67/.350 156/.275 .271  Dukes
 Pena
 Kearns
 Lopez
 Harris
 Bernadina
 Lo Duca
8/1/43/5
50/0/0/3
0/0/45/2
8/0/0/1
38/5/0/1
0/6/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .606 .813 .691 .664 .595 .704 .855 .819 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.665 74/.820 52/.851 86/.678 71/.520 75/.654 29/.910 60/.600 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.535 118/.806 62/.556 114/.653 97/.649 92/.746 38/.813 96/.955 .782
Home 210/.660 102/.967 38/.352 108/.602 94/.552 75/.577 23/.748 82/.856 .762
Last 28d days 130/.704 71/.863 41/.725 60/.574 50/.574 49/.627 58/.904 54/.746
HR/SB/CS 4/6/6 7/2/1 2/3/0 3/4/0 3/2/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 112/46/19
Usage ····X··· ···Xo·X· ···oo··o ·oo·Xo·o XXo·oX·X o···X·X· ···X··X· oo··X··o
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Washington Nationals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB
56.Ayala
G/S/vB
43.Colome
G/S/vB
38.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
36.Manning*
G/S/vB
51.Rauch
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
59.Shell
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/4.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 217/151 .223/.302/.368/.670 .741/.636 .602 55/.561 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 160/104 .275/.344/.451/.794 .577/.903 .957 104/.543 2/3 6/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 343/234 .228/.388/.507/.895 .719/.972 .871 101/.770 1/1 21/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 313/220 .247/.335/.455/.790 .777/.793 .750 74/.900 1/0 13/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 2/.000 3/2.000 4/1.750 1/no AB 346/234 .242/.350/.406/.756 .639/.812 .749 94/.724 0/1 11/
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.888 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 185/114 .341/.388/.482/.869 1.049/.767 1.159 48/.937 14/2 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 210/143 .296/.356/.402/.758 1.014/.644 .762 47/.542 2/0 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 205/172 .192/.223/.342/.565 .338/.610 .691 43/.548 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/16 .148/.207/.185/.392 .231/.527 .118 15/.205 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.833 1/.000 373/258 .289/.332/.490/.822 1.134/.683 .843 107/.830 17/4 14/
26.Ross G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 114/61 .239/.364/.337/.701 .679/.720 .886 45/.700 0/1 1/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.650 1/.000 ··· 73/58 .224/.274/.299/.572 .486/.595 .657 25/.584 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 317/208 .283/.350/.472/.822 .835/.815 .853 100/.758 4/4 12/
IP 5.0 43.1 40.1 53.1 17.0 43.1 51.2 10.0 TOTAL .248/.325/.401/.726 .756/.712 .746 .674 58/28 96/59
ERA-K/9 1.80/5.4 5.40/6.0 5.80/8.3 4.39/10.5 4.76/11.1 2.49/8.3 3.66/5.7 3.60/8.1 4.52/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (30-14-4)
 Ross (15-5-4)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 21/.063 195/.281 190/.276 234/.237 75/.197 168/.220 225/.245 42/.278 .273  Dunn
 Griffey
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Phillips
 Hairston
81/0/0/4
0/0/72/4
0/61/0/2
6/19/23/1
2/0/0/0
15/9/6/0
OPS .301 .770 .737 .712 .715 .605 .627 .798 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/.286 91/.819 90/.692 102/.672 30/.604 84/.636 118/.593 21/.873 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/.305 104/.728 100/.776 132/.739 45/.791 84/.574 107/.666 21/.722 .792
Road 21/.301 81/.873 78/.648 114/.729 33/.990 66/.544 106/.721 17/.873 .776
Last 28d days 21/.301 46/.744 63/.679 69/.781 40/.646 51/.603 68/.485 42/.798
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 5/0/1 1/3/1 5/10/0 3/1/0 4/3/0 2/9/0 1/0/1 96/68/18
Usage ····X··· o·o·o·X· ··o··o·X X··oo·oo o·ooX·oX ····XXo· o··X·XX· ·Xo·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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