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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 1:15pm, Sunday, August 10, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Houston Astros, 57-59, 4th, 12½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 6-4, 3.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-4)             97.1 103  52  43  29  84 12    3.98      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  38    51  26  26  13  33  7    6.16   42 
 2008-08-05   @CHC  ND   5     9   6   6   2   1  0      81   24 
 2008-07-30    CIN   L   4.2   9   6   6   1   4  3      87   25 
 2008-07-25   @MIL   W   6     3   1   1   3   7  0     100   66 
 2008-07-19    CHC   W   6.2   9   1   1   0   7  1     104   59 
 2008-07-12   @WSN   W   5.1   8   4   4   1   1  1      80   36 
 2008-07-06   @ATL  ND   5.1   7   3   3   2   8  1     107   48 
 2008-07-01    LAD  ND   5     6   5   5   4   5  1      93   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-2  29.1  34  18  18   8  27  6    5.52   47 
 2008-07-30    CIN   L   4.2   9   6   6   1   4  3      87   25 
 2007-09-27   @CIN  ND   7     4   2   2   3   6  1     113   64 
 2007-05-30    CIN   L   5     7   3   3   2   4  0      92   43 
 2007-05-08   @CIN  ND   5.2   8   5   5   2   5  1     113   36 
 2007-05-03    CIN  ND   7     6   2   2   0   8  1     103   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-26   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  40-44   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:25-28   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug  9  @CIN  W   3-1       57-59  4th 12.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @CIN  W   9-5 (10)  56-59  4th 13.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @CIN  W   7-4       55-59  4th 13.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHC  L   4-11      54-59  4th 14.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHC  L   7-11      54-58  4th 13.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4  @CHC  W   2-0  (8)  54-57  4th 12.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3   NYM  W   4-0       53-57  4th 13.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2   NYM  W   5-4 (10)  52-57  4th 13.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1   NYM  W   7-3       51-57  4th 13.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   CIN  L   5-9       50-57  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Cincinnati Reds, 52-66, 6th, 18½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 3-11, 4.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-11)           123   138  68  65  34 108 20    4.76      
 2007 (16-6)           231.2 213 100  96  52 218 28    3.73      
 2006 (16-11)          234.1 242 109  98  56 216 28    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  40.1  53  31  30  15  34  9    6.69   41 
 2008-07-08   @CHC   L   4.1   5   6   6   7   6  2     108   28 
 2008-06-30    PIT  ND   7     7   3   3   1   8  1     104   58 
 2008-06-25   @TOR  ND   5.2   7   5   5   3   3  2     118   35 
 2008-06-19    LAD   L   5    10   5   5   3   2  1     107   26 
 2008-06-13    BOS   W   7     4   1   1   0   7  0     118   72 
 2008-06-08   @FLA   L   5.1  11   8   7   0   4  2      91   20 
 2008-06-03   @PHI   L   6     9   3   3   1   4  1     113   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      4-0  37.1  30  13  12   4  28  3    2.89   62 
 2007-05-30   @HOU   W   9     6   3   2   0   7  0     106   72 
 2007-05-10    HOU   W   6.2   9   5   5   1   2  1     103   37 
 2007-04-18    HOU  ND   6     3   1   1   2   8  0     101   68 
 2006-09-19   @HOU   W   7.2   8   4   4   0   5  2      94   52 
 2006-07-25   @HOU   W   8     4   0   0   1   6  0     112   79 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-30   Road:   21-36   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  31-45   vsLHP:  21-21   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:16-28   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Sat, Aug  9   HOU  L   1-3       52-66  6th 18.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8   HOU  L   5-9 (10)  52-65  6th 18.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   HOU  L   4-7       52-64  6th 17.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   MIL  L   3-6       52-63  6th 17.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-8       52-62  5th 16.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   MIL  W   6-3       52-61  5th 15.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3  @WSN  L   2-4       51-61  6th 16.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2  @WSN  L   6-10      51-60  6th 15.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1  @WSN  L   2-5       51-59  6th 14.0 gb
109 Wed, Jul 30  @HOU  W   9-5       51-58  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 HOU  3 @CIN  1        W:Brian Moehler (8-4), L: Bronson Arroyo (10-9), S: Jose Valverde (28)
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 HOU  9 @CIN  5 (10)   W:Chris Sampson (6-4), L: Francisco Cordero (4-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 HOU  7 @CIN  4        W:Roy Oswalt (9-8), L: Josh Fogg (2-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 CIN  9 @HOU  5        W:Edinson Volquez (13-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 HOU  6  CIN  2        W:Brian Moehler (6-4), L: Bronson Arroyo (9-8), S: Wesley Wright (1)
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 HOU  5  CIN  4        W:Roy Oswalt (8-8), L: Johnny Cueto (7-10), S: Jose Valverde (27)
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 HOU  5 @CIN  3        W:Jack Cassel (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 HOU  9 @CIN  3        W:Chris Sampson (1-2), L: Bronson Arroyo (0-3), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 7-1; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; 2006 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 396-374

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  5.53

CLE  4.66

WSN  3.76

RA/G

LAD  3.96

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .370

K. Suzuki  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .169

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

E. Hinske  .479

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

B. Abreu  .827

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

Z. Greinke  4.09

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.18

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Houston Astros Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 17/9 .188/.235/.438/.673 .875/.472 .000 / 0/1 1/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 29/.315 4/.250 1/no AB 11/.091 13/.558 6/.533 ··· 27/.339 189/137 .235/.304/.301/.606 .744/.555 .613 26/.832 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 43/.984 3/.000 3/.666 13/.308 8/.542 9/.476 1/.000 18/.678 485/356 .334/.435/.597/1.032 .822/1.113 1.000 92/.744 15/3 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.600 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 6/.334 207/177 .226/.261/.400/.661 .392/.698 .606 38/.944 1/1 10/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 393/288 .229/.284/.299/.583 .585/.582 .486 37/.775 33/8 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.000 ··· 15/1.159 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 210/172 .279/.316/.371/.686 .564/.712 .714 62/.504 1/2 2/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 18/.500 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.334 8/.250 4/1.000 1/2.000 12/1.017 215/147 .278/.340/.402/.742 .985/.636 .653 23/1.054 0/0 4/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.000 4/.750 7/.143 1/2.000 4/1.333 370/267 .287/.351/.418/.768 .816/.750 .757 101/.932 18/4 5/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 38/35 .194/.237/.306/.542 .000/.590 .330 14/.374 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/2.000 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.000 471/354 .270/.310/.447/.757 .752/.758 .741 93/.856 7/8 16/
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/2.000 85/68 .213/.232/.288/.519 .438/.539 .602 44/.502 0/0 1/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/1.750 ··· 24/.716 8/.708 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 481/358 .284/.318/.425/.743 .763/.736 .696 89/.751 7/5 12/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/.833 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 4/.917 1/.000 4/.000 287/202 .276/.359/.480/.839 1.061/.750 .791 60/.938 4/4 11/
IP 123.0 60.1 37.0 50.1 56.1 28.2 51.2 51.0 TOTAL .264/.324/.417/.740 .775/.729 .701 .790 90/38 123/55
ERA-K/9 4.76/7.9 3.73/9.1 2.92/9.7 3.93/9.8 3.51/8.0 3.45/5.6 4.35/6.3 3.35/6.4 4.58/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (16-4-3)
 Quintero (10-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 530/.286 260/.259 168/.265 226/.241 228/.223 123/.294 231/.300 232/.282 .276  Pence
 Bourn
 Erstad
 Abercrombie
 Newhan
0/0/112/10
0/94/0/7
31/27/4/2
6/3/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .826 .752 .783 .722 .642 .775 .831 .816 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.807 97/.729 67/.729 96/.603 100/.597 48/.718 88/.872 88/.613 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 307/.839 163/.765 101/.817 130/.805 128/.678 75/.815 143/.807 144/.940 .810
Home 272/.750 153/.866 79/.568 140/.786 106/.504 56/.631 125/1.047 121/.883 .789
Last 28d days / 58/.614 43/1.001 44/1.288 53/.489 48/.642 59/.930 59/.863
HR/SB/CS 20/11/3 8/3/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 7/0/1 3/0/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 149/66/28
Usage o·Xoo··· ··X·X··o ·X···X·· ·X·o··oX ··oX·o·X ·X··X··· X·X··XX·
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.417 2/.000 2/.500 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 269/197 .216/.289/.340/.630 .676/.611 .581 41/.513 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 277/180 .277/.325/.453/.778 .599/.871 .867 97/.804 2/4 11/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 39/34 .371/.436/.514/.950 1.600/.863 .651 19/1.009 1/0 0/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 16/1.429 2/.500 2/.000 5/.400 6/.167 11/.473 5/.650 2/.000 460/316 .233/.374/.528/.902 .782/.954 .848 96/.825 1/1 32/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 17/.886 3/.666 2/1.000 4/1.750 4/.833 10/.533 4/.500 1/5.000 425/298 .247/.334/.475/.809 .927/.759 .777 92/.794 1/0 21/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/1.547 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 218/135 .344/.393/.484/.878 .980/.820 1.144 7/.452 15/3 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 332/227 .263/.313/.352/.665 .943/.541 .595 98/.501 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 251/209 .190/.222/.329/.551 .340/.594 .594 43/.478 11/5 7/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 50/25 .174/.240/.217/.457 .450/.462 .279 18/.646 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 12/.900 3/1.167 1/.000 6/1.267 3/.000 11/1.182 6/.667 2/3.000 494/343 .275/.324/.465/.789 1.038/.681 .824 95/.733 22/6 17/
60.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
26.Ross G/S/vP 11/.573 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 8/1.214 1/no AB ··· 173/93 .231/.381/.366/.747 .650/.827 .852 46/.503 0/1 3/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 102/83 .253/.294/.358/.652 .652/.652 .763 26/.826 0/0 1/
IP 97.1 52.1 41.1 51.0 43.1 95.1 53.1 41.0 TOTAL .247/.322/.404/.726 .767/.707 .733 .707 66/33 133/87
ERA-K/9 3.98/7.8 4.13/7.9 2.40/6.8 2.47/7.1 5.40/6.0 4.44/4.5 4.39/10.1 4.61/7.7 4.58/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (41-18-6)
 Ross (24-10-6)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 424/.267 218/.246 177/.211 209/.193 182/.267 388/.271 234/.246 180/.211 .273  Dunn
 Bruce
 Patterson
 Phillips
 Hairston
 Cabrera
109/0/0/5
11/34/37/5
0/81/0/3
2/0/0/0
17/13/8/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .759 .666 .712 .550 .710 .704 .776 .738 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.861 90/.840 76/.534 90/.608 81/.976 160/.681 110/.644 75/.507 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 331/.729 128/.546 101/.856 119/.505 101/.507 228/.718 124/.886 105/.914 .800
Road 194/.833 106/.719 92/.718 95/.486 84/.723 218/.580 108/.816 84/.741 .792
Last 28d days 102/.889 36/.785 39/.714 51/.494 25/.541 74/.604 37/.854 25/.461
HR/SB/CS 12/2/2 5/3/1 5/3/1 2/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/1 10/6/0 6/5/0 154/39/18
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· o··X·X·o o····o·X ··Xo·o·X ·X··X·X· X·X···Xo ·oX·o·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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