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

Pittsburgh Pirates, 57-79, 6th, 27 GB, 22½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (26, RHP, 5-10, 5.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-10)           137.1 175  93  88  78 110 14    5.77      
 2007 (9-12)           208   209  94  87  68 177 22    3.76      
 2006 (14-11)          186   198 104  98  74 169 29    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  37    44  23  23  20  34  3    5.59   45 
 2008-08-26    CHC  ND   4     5   5   5   4   2  0      95   30 
 2008-08-19   @STL   W   7     4   0   0   1   8  0     103   76 
 2008-08-14    CIN   L   6     6   2   2   5   2  1     107   49 
 2008-08-09   @PHI   L   6     8   3   3   3   5  0     106   46 
 2008-08-03   @CHC  ND   4     7   4   4   3   3  0      86   32 
 2008-07-28    COL   W   7     8   4   4   1   8  1     100   52 
 2008-07-23   @HOU  ND   3     6   5   5   3   6  1      85   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-4  27.2  41  25  25  19  16  5    8.13   32 
 2008-08-14    CIN   L   6     6   2   2   5   2  1     107   49 
 2008-05-27   @CIN   L   5     6   7   7   7   6  1     106   26 
 2008-04-12    CIN   W   6.1   9   3   3   2   2  0      93   43 
 2007-08-29    CIN   L   5.1  10   7   7   2   4  2      87   22 
 2007-08-03    CIN   L   5    10   6   6   3   2  1     104   22 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-37   Road:   23-42   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  43-56   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:26-39   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Aug 31   MIL  L   0-7       57-79  6th 27.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   MIL  L   3-11      57-78  6th 27.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   MIL  L   1-3       57-77  6th 27.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CHC  L   0-2       57-76  6th 26.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CHC  L   9-14      57-75  6th 25.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   CHC  L   3-12      57-74  5th 24.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @MIL  L   3-4 (12)  57-73  5th 23.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @MIL  L   3-6       57-72  5th 22.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @MIL  L   4-10      57-71  5th 21.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @STL  L   2-11      57-70  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22
Cincinnati Reds, 61-76, 5th, 23½ GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 4-14, 5.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-14)           143.1 167  87  84  41 128 29    5.27      
 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  37.1  48  33  33  18  37 14    7.96   39 
 2008-08-28   @HOU   L   7     7   3   3   0   9  3     106   60 
 2008-08-22   @COL   W   6     6   0   0   3   4  0     115   61 
 2008-08-16    STL   L   3.1   7   8   8   3   4  3      78   15 
 2008-08-10    HOU   L   4     9   8   8   1   3  3      87   14 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-1  36    34  16  16   5  32  5    4.00   57 
 2008-06-30    PIT  ND   7     7   3   3   1   8  1     104   58 
 2008-05-29    PIT   L   4    10   6   6   0   2  1      73   20 
 2007-08-29   @PIT   W   9     2   0   0   1   8  0      94   90 
 2007-05-25    PIT  ND   8     5   2   2   2   5  2     112   67 
 2007-04-29   @PIT   W   8    10   5   5   1   9  1     114   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-33   Road:   26-43   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  37-53   vsLHP:  24-23   1-Run:  21-14
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:21-36   vsWest: 13-17 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Aug 31   SFG  W   9-3       61-76  5th 24.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 CIN  3 @PIT  1        W:Johnny Cueto (8-11), L: Ian Snell (4-10), S: Francisco Cordero (23)
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 PIT  5  CIN  2        W:Paul Maholm (8-7), L: Josh Fogg (2-5), S: John Grabow (3)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 CIN  5 @PIT  1        W:Edinson Volquez (14-5), L: Jeff Karstens (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 PIT  9 @CIN  5        W:Denny Bautista (1-1), L: Daryl Thompson (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 7-5; 2007 - CIN won 9-7; 2006 - CIN won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1112-1085

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  5.48

LAA  4.62

SFG  3.83

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.60

TEX  5.99

BA

A. Pujols  .363

A. Pierzynski  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .470

L. Overbay  .366

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .648

J. Hardy  .486

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.117

B. Roberts  .839

T. Pena  .400

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

J. Lannan  3.92

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Harang
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
37.Chavez G/S/vP 7/.429 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 103/80 .255/.282/.327/.608 .534/.630 .494 23/.609 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 18/1.213 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 379/292 .322/.359/.511/.870 .904/.860 .799 80/.626 2/2 13/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.629 1/.000 5/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 185/116 .284/.332/.331/.663 .590/.703 .613 39/.712 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 28/1.081 6/1.833 9/.444 2/.500 1/.000 10/.900 1/.000 10/.425 458/342 .260/.334/.461/.795 .678/.835 .817 61/.682 1/0 18/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 152/100 .165/.270/.286/.555 .555/.555 .538 66/.484 1/0 4/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 15/.354 4/.500 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.583 575/415 .270/.350/.497/.847 .635/.931 .864 78/.663 14/3 23/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 12/.667 11/.282 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.000 5/1.800 11/.637 271/185 .230/.294/.379/.672 .470/.770 .659 60/.510 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 13/.404 13/.413 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/1.100 297/248 .277/.367/.383/.750 .779/.744 .752 55/.687 0/0 2/
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/77 .235/.311/.284/.595 .845/.550 .723 45/.794 4/4 0/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 193/140 .267/.337/.471/.808 .745/.829 .789 91/.759 1/1 7/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 2/1.000 8/.750 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 210/156 .227/.274/.325/.599 .852/.511 .533 45/.442 3/2 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 40/.497 3/.333 2/3.500 7/.500 4/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 6/.833 517/400 .257/.280/.363/.643 .796/.598 .700 85/.817 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 52/.824 3/.000 1/5.000 7/.143 2/2.000 3/.000 2/2.000 17/1.236 324/259 .274/.314/.351/.666 .569/.688 .529 72/.667 2/2 1/
IP 143.1 70.0 42.2 59.1 62.2 36.1 59.0 59.1 TOTAL .259/.321/.406/.727 .710/.733 .723 .634 37/15 133/87
ERA-K/9 5.27/8.0 3.47/9.1 2.95/9.7 3.64/10.0 4.60/7.5 5.45/5.7 3.97/6.3 3.34/5.9 4.57/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (11-11-2)
 Doumit (57-18-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 626/.293 298/.257 197/.276 260/.240 259/.244 165/.333 261/.300 270/.283 .276  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Mientkiewicz
 Morgan
4/124/2/5
34/0/17/5
26/8/41/4
0/0/10/1
5/14/6/0
OPS .872 .740 .808 .695 .707 .874 .816 .794 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.888 105/.720 77/.773 113/.583 110/.655 64/.758 96/.815 105/.614 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 359/.859 193/.750 120/.830 147/.778 149/.745 101/.953 165/.817 165/.909 .807
Home 313/.855 176/.851 92/.624 160/.768 114/.550 75/.789 126/1.038 131/.888 .804
Last 28d days 96/1.131 56/.662 39/.932 41/.743 43/.971 52/1.101 48/.778 49/.693
HR/SB/CS 29/13/3 9/5/1 4/3/0 5/4/3 10/0/1 5/1/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 173/76/31
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· ··o··o·· ··oo···· ··X··o·· ·X···o·· ········ ···oo···
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
43.Chavez
G/S/vB
35.Davis
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 308/232 .207/.279/.315/.594 .638/.577 .570 49/.363 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 358/235 .254/.304/.423/.727 .555/.816 .825 102/.630 2/6 14/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 72/49 .288/.333/.455/.788 .923/.725 .833 40/.707 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/60 .324/.410/.662/1.072 .708/1.183 1.304 78/1.072 5/1 4/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 28/.604 3/.000 2/.000 9/.555 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.867 5/.200 496/349 .253/.339/.483/.821 .967/.761 .863 91/.852 1/0 24/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/18 .276/.382/.552/.934 .717/1.143 1.015 34/.934 0/0 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 11/1.245 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 4/1.167 408/280 .268/.315/.351/.666 .921/.553 .590 95/.612 3/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 8/.946 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 10/.600 5/.600 308/254 .197/.233/.339/.572 .435/.602 .592 78/.590 13/9 8/
46.Phillips G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/28 .207/.258/.310/.568 .538/.606 .526 15/.933 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 24/.631 5/.600 1/.000 11/1.909 ··· 2/5.000 8/.542 8/.625 570/398 .265/.314/.456/.770 .963/.688 .836 97/.750 23/10 21/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 24/1.625 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 10/.311 4/1.500 128/106 .250/.313/.397/.709 .561/.741 .718 33/.864 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 6/1.334 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 479/320 .294/.361/.458/.820 .792/.833 .811 71/.927 5/5 15/
IP 137.1 50.1 46.1 43.1 2.2 26.2 65.0 62.1 TOTAL .246/.319/.406/.725 .753/.712 .749 .703 77/45 155/99
ERA-K/9 5.77/7.2 3.93/7.2 5.24/6.8 3.53/6.7 6.75/10.0 5.40/4.0 3.05/7.3 5.20/6.5 5.23/5.9

 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 651/.313 217/.265 217/.285 173/.255 13/.364 120/.313 277/.218 290/.266 .288  Bruce
 Patterson
 Dickerson
 Cabrera
 Phillips
11/35/55/6
0/99/0/3
17/4/0/0
4/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .882 .798 .876 .705 .930 .787 .660 .785 .827
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.947 71/.659 65/.531 83/.636 2/.500 64/.784 68/.650 113/.880 .825
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.826 146/.856 152/1.039 90/.768 11/.964 56/.788 209/.663 177/.723 .828
Road 346/.918 103/1.007 97/.876 64/.950 / 73/.839 135/.622 117/.888 .863
Last 28d days 104/.764 43/.898 46/.973 13/.769 13/.930 94/.834 39/.438 42/.960
HR/SB/CS 14/18/3 5/6/1 7/5/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 1/4/1 8/3/2 6/4/1 157/91/36
Usage ······X· ···X··XX ·o····XX ··X···X· ··X··o·· ·o·····X ·X····X· ·Xo···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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