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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Cincinnati Reds, 50-58, 6th, 13½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 12-4, 2.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-4)           126.2 105  47  39  61 134  8    2.77      
 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         3-2  38.2  46  26  23  17  29  5    5.35   44 
 2008-07-25    COL   L   4     7   5   5   2   5  2      99   31 
 2008-07-20    NYM  ND   5     8   4   4   3   3  1     110   35 
 2008-07-12   @MIL   W   7     6   2   1   2  10  1     112   67 
 2008-07-06    WSN   W   6     5   3   3   3   3  0      89   50 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU    Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-25   Road:   20-33   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  31-39   vsLHP:  19-19   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:14-23   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Tue, Jul 29  @HOU  L   2-6       50-58  6th 13.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28  @HOU  L   4-5       50-57  4th 12.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27   COL  L   0-11      50-56  4th 11.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 26   COL  L   1-5       50-55  4th 10.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   COL  L   2-7       50-54  4th 10.5 gb
103 Wed, Jul 23   SDP  W   9-5       50-53  4th 10.0 gb
102 Tue, Jul 22   SDP  W   4-3 (11)  49-53  4th 10.0 gb
101 Mon, Jul 21   SDP  L   4-6       48-53  4th 11.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20   NYM  L   5-7 (10)  48-52  4th 11.0 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19   NYM  W   7-2       48-51  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Houston Astros, 50-56, 4th, 12½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 6-3, 3.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-3)             87.2  85  40  31  26  79  9    3.18      
 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         4-0  42    43  17  17  12  43  5    3.64   54 
 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 
 2008-06-26    TEX   W   8     5   1   1   0   9  0     105   77 
 2008-06-21   @TBR  ND   5.2   5   2   2   2   6  1     100   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      0-2  26    31  20  19  12  24  3    6.58   43 
 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 
 2006-06-02    CIN   L   1.1   6   8   7   5   1  0      64    8 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-25   Road:   24-31   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  35-41   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  16-19
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:21-25   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 29   CIN  W   6-2       50-56  4th 12.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   CIN  W   5-4       49-56  4th 12.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27  @MIL  W  11-6       48-56  5th 12.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26  @MIL  L   4-6       47-56  6th 12.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @MIL  W   3-1       47-55  6th 12.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23   PIT  L   7-8       46-55  6th 13.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22   PIT  L   2-8       46-54  5th 12.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   PIT  L   3-9       46-53  5th 12.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   CHC  L   0-9       46-52  5th 12.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   CHC  W   4-1       46-51  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 HOU  8 @CIN  5        W:Felipe Paulino  (1-1), L: Jon Coutlangus (4-2), S: Brad Lidge (17)
Thu, May 31, 2007 HOU 10  CIN  2        W:Woody Williams (2-7), L: Bronson Arroyo (2-6), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2007 CIN  4 @HOU  3        W:Aaron Harang (6-2), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 CIN  2 @HOU  1        W:Matt Belisle (5-4), L: Chad Qualls (4-2), S: Dave Weathers (10)
Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 4-0; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; 2006 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 395-371

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  5.62

CLE  4.59

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.57

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .369

C. Hart  .285

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

J. Werth  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

J. Crede  .474

T. Pena  .201

OPS

A. Pujols  1.077

J. Cantu  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

O. Perez  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.32 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
54.Paronto
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 250/181 .219/.294/.348/.643 .707/.616 .699 44/.498 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/156 .264/.318/.407/.725 .529/.823 .584 93/.651 2/4 7/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 28/27 .308/.357/.385/.742 .000/.770 1.714 8/.375 0/0 0/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 13/.917 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.400 3/.666 9/.347 3/.333 1/.000 418/290 .238/.383/.548/.931 .768/.997 .949 87/1.074 1/1 30/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 15/.871 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.750 2/1.500 8/.679 3/.333 ··· 384/270 .256/.344/.491/.835 .960/.783 .877 83/.985 1/0 19/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 16/2.146 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.500 8/1.042 3/.000 ··· 420/286 .246/.357/.427/.784 .689/.828 .750 91/.916 0/1 14/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 292/202 .277/.329/.371/.700 .975/.582 .761 94/.495 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 221/184 .183/.216/.322/.538 .332/.579 .463 18/.284 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/22 .154/.214/.205/.419 .300/.529 .632 14/.445 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/.819 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.267 3/.666 9/1.444 4/.000 1/3.000 452/317 .276/.323/.462/.785 1.051/.672 .757 96/.654 21/5 16/
26.Ross G/S/vP 11/.573 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· 154/82 .244/.389/.387/.776 .675/.865 .687 44/.942 0/1 3/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 92/74 .259/.304/.376/.681 .690/.678 .558 21/1.129 0/0 1/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 390/257 .270/.338/.440/.779 .806/.765 .767 88/.611 4/4 13/
IP 87.2 48.1 35.1 47.1 10.1 86.2 48.1 37.1 TOTAL .247/.323/.404/.728 .764/.711 .712 .736 63/32 121/78
ERA-K/9 3.18/8.1 3.91/7.6 2.80/5.9 2.66/7.4 3.48/3.5 4.47/4.5 4.66/10.2 4.58/8.0 4.56/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (39-17-6)
 Ross (20-6-6)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 374/.249 200/.240 155/.220 196/.201 39/.250 353/.266 214/.254 165/.210 .271  Griffey
 Dunn
 Bruce
 Patterson
 Phillips
 Cabrera
0/0/89/7
99/0/0/5
10/32/28/3
0/72/0/2
2/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .710 .646 .762 .571 .762 .698 .800 .741 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.779 85/.850 67/.611 84/.639 15/.414 146/.670 96/.709 68/.531 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.693 115/.498 88/.885 112/.520 24/.984 207/.717 118/.866 97/.898 .795
Home 207/.629 101/.611 81/.718 108/.639 6/.333 153/.910 115/.784 89/.749 .808
Last 28d days 100/.818 35/.833 47/.891 67/.470 39/.762 70/.378 34/.763 30/.497
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 4/1/1 5/3/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/1 10/6/0 5/5/0 144/36/14
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· ·X·····X ·o·X··X· ··X····o ··X·X·X· ·o··X··· oo··o·oo
Houston Astros Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.97 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
56.Coffey
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.600 11/.091 13/.558 6/.533 27/.339 181/135 .244/.307/.313/.619 .786/.564 .611 45/.860 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 11/1.261 12/.250 6/.750 9/.476 17/.521 444/327 .344/.444/.621/1.065 .899/1.128 1.105 93/.759 15/2 22/
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.600 4/.500 3/1.667 5/.400 193/165 .227/.264/.398/.662 .341/.707 .737 52/.767 1/0 9/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 377/274 .231/.288/.304/.593 .598/.591 .681 46/.577 33/8 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.858 ··· ··· 15/1.159 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 180/152 .272/.313/.379/.692 .567/.714 .660 62/.500 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· 18/.411 1/.000 11/.855 8/.393 6/1.500 10/.600 10/.300 439/333 .303/.351/.545/.896 .975/.870 .945 98/.998 4/1 24/
8.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 8/.250 4/1.000 11/1.122 203/140 .268/.330/.377/.707 .957/.601 .781 43/.733 0/0 3/
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 7/.143 4/1.333 323/232 .280/.345/.374/.719 .798/.688 .719 69/.869 17/4 2/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .233/.281/.367/.648 .000/.718 .750 20/.689 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/1.666 ··· 428/320 .271/.308/.438/.746 .723/.754 .737 96/.743 7/8 13/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 55/41 .204/.204/.241/.444 .308/.488 .394 14/.154 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 22/.638 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 439/328 .286/.323/.430/.753 .745/.756 .834 85/.643 7/4 11/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/2.334 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 256/176 .265/.355/.439/.795 .991/.711 .850 59/.743 4/4 8/
IP 126.2 53.1 34.1 19.1 47.1 51.1 23.1 44.0 TOTAL .263/.323/.409/.732 .776/.718 .780 .713 89/35 105/50
ERA-K/9 2.77/9.5 4.05/9.3 2.62/10.2 6.05/3.7 3.42/9.7 3.33/7.9 3.47/5.8 3.48/6.3 4.53/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (15-4-3)
 Quintero (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.226 235/.269 154/.254 87/.321 210/.225 205/.211 99/.284 203/.278 .273  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Erstad
0/0/102/9
0/91/0/7
100/0/0/4
30/20/4/2
OPS .654 .777 .735 .923 .677 .628 .718 .801 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.726 90/.765 64/.767 31/.725 90/.594 91/.579 40/.701 77/.621 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.573 145/.782 90/.713 56/1.029 120/.737 114/.667 59/.731 126/.908 .790
Road 260/.564 100/.623 85/.914 31/1.211 82/.599 111/.727 57/.858 99/.754 .802
Last 28d days 103/.860 53/.680 44/.902 18/1.056 55/.922 41/.276 39/.433 53/.654
HR/SB/CS 8/12/7 7/3/1 2/3/0 4/1/1 4/4/3 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 135/60/23
Usage ····X··· ··Xo··XX ···oX··o ··X·X·X· ··X···o· ·X·o···X X·XoX··o ····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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