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Game Preview: SFG @ CIN, 12:35pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

San Francisco Giants, 59-76, 4th, 10 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Matt Cain (23, RHP, 8-10, 3.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-10)           182.2 159  76  72  76 161 14    3.55      
 2007 (7-16)           200   173  84  81  79 163 14    3.65      
 2006 (13-12)          190.2 157  93  88  87 179 18    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  50.1  40  13  12  18  35  2    2.15   61 
 2008-08-25    COL   L   6     6   3   3   4   4  1     112   48 
 2008-08-20    FLA  ND   7.2   5   2   2   4   4  1     125   61 
 2008-08-15   @ATL   W   7     6   1   1   1   5  0     110   65 
 2008-08-10    LAD  ND   7     6   4   4   4   4  0     126   49 
 2008-08-04    ATL   W   6.2   5   1   1   5   6  0     108   61 
 2008-07-29   @LAD   L   7     8   2   1   0   8  0     118   63 
 2008-07-24    WSN   W   9     4   0   0   0   4  0     113   83 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      2-1  18.2  20   6   6   6  19  0    2.89   56 
 2007-09-20    CIN   L   6     7   2   2   2   4  0     113   52 
 2007-07-04   @CIN   W   5.2   9   4   4   2   6  0     111   39 
 2006-08-27    CIN   W   7     4   0   0   2   9  0     124   76 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-39   Road:   29-37   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  45-50   vsLHP:  14-26   1-Run:  26-17
 vsEast: 19-13   vsCntrl: 9-27   vsWest: 25-24 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30  @CIN  L   6-7       59-76  4th 10.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @CIN  L   7-11      59-75  4th 10.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   COL  W   4-1       59-74  4th  9.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   COL  L   2-7       58-74  4th 10.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   COL  L   2-4       58-73  4th 10.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   SDP  W   7-4       58-72  4th 10.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   SDP  W   4-3       57-72  4th 11.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   SDP  W   5-0       56-72  4th 11.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   FLA  W   4-3       55-72  4th 12.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   FLA  W   6-5       54-72  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Cincinnati Reds, 60-76, 5th, 25 GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (31, RHP, 12-10, 5.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-10)          159.2 176  97  90  57 132 24    5.07      
 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         4-3  47.2  40  19  19  15  35  5    3.59   56 
 2008-08-26   @HOU   W   9     5   1   1   2   3  0     109   74 
 2008-08-20   @CHC   W   7     3   1   1   5   4  0     116   66 
 2008-08-15    STL   L   6.1   9   5   5   2   5  1     106   38 
 2008-08-09    HOU   L   6     5   2   2   4   7  0     118   57 
 2008-08-04    MIL   W   6     4   1   1   2   6  0     111   64 
 2008-07-29   @HOU   L   6.1   8   6   6   0   3  2     109   36 
 2008-07-23    SDP   W   7     6   3   3   0   7  2     102   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SFG      2-2  35    27   9   9  18  26  1    2.31   60 
 2007-09-22   @SFG  ND   7     5   0   0   5   2  0     110   64 
 2007-07-05    SFG   W   6.2   7   3   3   2   4  0     114   50 
 2006-09-05    SFG   W   9     3   0   0   2   7  0     117   86 
 2006-08-26   @SFG   L   6     8   4   4   4   6  1     119   42 
 2004-06-20   @SFG   L   6.1   4   2   2   5   7  0     124   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-33   Road:   26-43   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  36-53   vsLHP:  24-23   1-Run:  21-14
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:21-36   vsWest: 12-17 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Aug 30   SFG  W   7-6       60-76  5th 25.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29   SFG  W  11-7       59-76  5th 26.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28  @HOU  L   2-3       58-76  5th 26.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27  @HOU  L   1-4       58-75  5th 25.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26  @HOU  W   2-1       58-74  5th 24.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @COL  L   3-4 (12)  57-74  6th 23.5 gb
130 Sat, Aug 23  @COL  L   6-7       57-73  6th 22.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22  @COL  W   8-5       57-72  6th 21.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @CHC  L   2-3       56-72  6th 22.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @CHC  W   2-1       56-71  6th 21.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 CIN  7  SFG  6        W:Mike Lincoln (2-5), L: Jack Taschner (3-2), S: Francisco Cordero (26)
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 CIN 11  SFG  7        W:Edinson Volquez (16-5), L: Barry Zito (8-16), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 CIN 10 @SFG  1        W:Edinson Volquez (4-0), L: Barry Zito (0-6), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CIN 10 @SFG  9        W:Matt Belisle (1-1), L: Brad Hennessey (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (3)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 SFG  3  CIN  1        W:Jonathan Sanchez (2-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-3), S: Brian Wilson (8)

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 SFG  5  CIN  4        W:Randy Messenger (2-4), L: Aaron Harang (16-5), S: Brian Wilson (6)
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 SFG  2  CIN  0        W:Brad Hennessey (4-5), L: Bill Bray (3-3), S: Brian Wilson (5)
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CIN  9 @SFG  8 (11)   W:Marcus McBeth (3-2), L: Scott Munter (1-1), S: Dave Weathers (33)
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 CIN  4 @SFG  2        W:Homer Bailey (3-2), L: Matt Cain (7-16), S: Dave Weathers (32)
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 CIN  6  SFG  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (3-9), L: Matt Morris (7-5), S: Dave Weathers (16)
Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 4-1; 2007 - CIN won 4-3; 2006 - SFG won 5-2; All-Time - SFG leads 1187-979

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  5.49

LAA  4.63

WSN  3.82

RA/G

TOR  3.88

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.96

BA

A. Pujols  .362

M. Fontenot  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

C. Pena  .365

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .644

R. Howard  .487

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.113

B. Abreu  .837

T. Pena  .400

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

G. Smith  3.90

N. Robertson  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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San Francisco Giants Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.00 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
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
38.Majewski
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
58.Ramirez
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Aurilia G/S/vP 8/.929 5/1.600 2/1.500 3/1.167 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 15/.733 370/247 .274/.324/.417/.741 .862/.683 .800 65/.670 1/1 9/
7.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 241/151 .282/.363/.316/.679 .731/.646 .687 91/.693 12/5 0/
5.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 43/42 .237/.326/.447/.773 /.757 1.077 43/.773 1/0 2/
14.Lewis* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 497/389 .285/.356/.452/.808 .724/.831 .694 89/.856 21/7 9/
1.Molina G/S/vP 12/.583 8/.250 1/.000 11/.728 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 474/349 .280/.310/.419/.729 .644/.760 .756 83/.781 0/0 11/
23.Ochoa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/74 .236/.292/.315/.606 .607/.606 .567 75/.579 0/1 0/
10.Roberts* G/S/vP 7/.762 5/.200 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.071 81/80 .239/.321/.324/.645 .000/.654 .442 46/.853 4/2 0/
57.Rohlinger G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .111/.143/.222/.365 .714/.245 .308 28/.365 0/1 0/
33.Rowand G/S/vP 9/.476 14/.774 2/.000 6/.334 1/5.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 516/382 .279/.347/.437/.784 1.033/.696 .820 95/.811 2/3 13/
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 54/36 .385/.389/.519/.908 .859/.932 .838 54/.908 0/0 1/
8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 198/158 .226/.269/.349/.618 .504/.645 .699 37/.763 12/5 1/
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 12/.432 20/.572 1/no AB 13/.982 7/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.286 231/175 .186/.250/.216/.466 .361/.499 .309 27/.547 4/1 0/
2.Winn# G/S/vP 18/.353 20/.750 2/3.500 23/.310 3/1.334 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.666 4/.000 546/394 .307/.363/.436/.800 .876/.769 .852 111/1.098 25/2 9/
IP 159.2 69.0 42.2 59.1 62.2 35.1 59.0 7.0 59.1 TOTAL .258/.318/.381/.699 .710/.694 .692 .737 101/38 79/86
ERA-K/9 5.07/7.4 3.39/9.3 2.95/9.7 3.64/10.0 4.60/7.5 5.60/5.4 3.97/6.3 3.86/7.7 3.34/5.9 4.58/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (52-28-5)
 Sandoval (2-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 703/.283 293/.255 197/.276 260/.240 259/.244 162/.340 261/.300 27/.200 270/.283 .276  Lewis
 Winn
 Rowand
 Roberts
 Velez
 Burriss
107/14/2/10
0/5/123/6
0/126/0/4
22/0/0/3
7/1/7/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .821 .735 .808 .695 .707 .891 .816 .699 .794 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 320/.902 105/.720 77/.773 113/.583 110/.655 63/.771 96/.815 16/1.089 105/.614 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.752 188/.743 120/.830 147/.778 149/.745 99/.974 165/.817 11/.182 165/.909 .807
Home 360/.752 171/.847 92/.624 160/.768 114/.550 72/.825 126/1.038 27/.699 131/.888 .804
Last 28d days 138/.611 51/.628 39/.932 46/.736 46/.949 53/1.183 48/.778 27/.699 59/.813
HR/SB/CS 24/5/2 9/5/1 4/3/0 5/4/3 10/0/1 5/1/0 6/2/1 2/0/0 6/2/0 172/76/31
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· o··o··X· oo······ X··o··oo ···o··X· ······XX X······· ·oo···X·
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. San Francisco Giants Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB
52.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB
56.Matos
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
34.Sadler
G/S/vB
37.Taschner*
G/S/vB
45.Walker
G/S/vB
38.Wilson
G/S/vB
22.Yabu
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 1/5.000 303/228 .206/.277/.316/.593 .647/.573 .567 44/.332 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 353/230 .255/.300/.426/.726 .555/.815 .824 104/.660 2/6 14/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/44 .295/.343/.475/.819 .923/.764 .890 38/.786 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/56 .328/.411/.688/1.098 .669/1.238 1.431 73/1.098 4/1 4/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 491/344 .252/.334/.480/.814 .967/.751 .850 94/.756 1/0 24/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 34/18 .276/.382/.552/.934 .717/1.143 1.015 34/.934 0/0 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 403/276 .265/.311/.346/.657 .916/.540 .568 98/.532 3/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 303/250 .201/.237/.345/.582 .444/.612 .617 78/.685 13/9 8/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/28 .193/.246/.298/.544 .493/.606 .476 15/.800 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 10/.300 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 570/398 .265/.314/.456/.770 .963/.688 .836 105/.724 23/10 21/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 3/1.667 1/.000 128/106 .250/.313/.397/.709 .561/.741 .718 34/.836 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 474/316 .287/.354/.451/.805 .777/.819 .781 74/.897 5/4 15/
IP 182.2 35.0 14.1 21.0 36.2 42.0 48.0 54.0 56.2 TOTAL .245/.318/.405/.723 .751/.710 .745 .685 75/44 155/99
ERA-K/9 3.55/7.9 3.86/11.3 3.77/6.9 3.43/9.4 4.66/7.8 4.50/7.1 4.50/8.1 4.00/9.7 3.65/5.9 4.33/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (47-20-7)
 Hanigan (4-1-1)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.234 159/.224 70/.344 85/.184 162/.215 195/.287 206/.246 232/.241 253/.256 .257  Bruce
 Patterson
 Dickerson
 Cabrera
 Phillips
11/35/54/6
0/98/0/3
16/4/0/0
4/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .693 .761 .980 .596 .727 .793 .739 .661 .702 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.699 76/.619 25/1.030 32/.336 58/.587 102/.701 68/1.106 110/.529 91/.927 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 406/.687 83/.890 45/.949 53/.748 104/.813 93/.893 138/.557 122/.777 162/.579 .755
Road 314/.673 74/.754 25/1.031 37/.459 78/.733 96/.744 111/.624 109/.635 102/.774 .737
Last 28d days 149/.684 42/1.075 17/1.542 25/.655 56/.710 33/1.289 35/.771 39/.455 47/.776
HR/SB/CS 14/9/8 5/1/1 2/2/1 3/3/0 6/3/2 5/5/1 7/2/1 4/1/1 3/1/0 118/78/30
Usage ·····X·· ·o···XX· ·X······ X···oX·· ·X···X·· o··oo·o· oX··o··· ···X··oo o···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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