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Game Preview: CIN @ MIL, 1:05pm, Thursday, April 10, 2008 @Miller Park

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Cincinnati Reds, 5-4, 3rd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 0-1, 2.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             13     9   5   4   5  12  2    2.77      
 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         2-3  49    44  21  20  12  50  6    3.67   58 
 2008-04-05    PHI  ND   7     6   2   2   3   6  0     108   60 
 2008-03-31    ARI   L   6     3   3   2   2   6  2      99   60 
 2007-09-29    CHC   L   8     9   4   4   0  13  2     125   61 
 2007-09-23    SFG   L   7    10   5   5   1   7  1     102   43 
 2007-09-18    CHC   W   7     6   2   2   2   6  0     107   61 
 2007-09-13    STL   W   7     3   3   3   2   5  0      86   62 
 2007-09-08    MIL  ND   7     7   2   2   2   7  1     113   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      0-1  35.2  43  18  18   7  37  8    4.54   52 
 2007-09-08    MIL  ND   7     7   2   2   2   7  1     113   60 
 2007-08-19    MIL  ND   6.2   9   6   6   0   8  4     107   40 
 2007-07-23    MIL  ND  10     7   1   1   0  10  1     121   84 
 2006-07-30    MIL   L   6    10   4   4   3   9  1     111   42 
 2006-07-03    MIL  ND   6    10   5   5   2   3  1      99   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @MIL  W  12-4        5-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @MIL  L   2-3 (10)   4-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   PHI  L   3-5        4-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   PHI  W   8-2        4-2   3rd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   PHI  W   4-3        3-2   3rd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   PHI  L   4-8        2-2   3rd  0.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3   ARI  W   3-2        2-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2   ARI  W   6-5        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   ARI  L   2-4        0-1   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20: 5-4    Last 30: 5-4 
Milwaukee Brewers, 6-2, 1st, Tied

SP: Carlos Villanueva (24, RHP, 1-0, 3.38)

   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   8   2   2   2   6  0    3.38      
 2007 (8-5)            114.1 101  52  50  53  99 16    3.94      
 2006 (2-2)             53.2  43  22  22  11  39  8    3.69      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  40.1  37  10  10  19  31  4    2.23   56 
 2008-04-04    SFG   W   5.1   8   2   2   2   6  0     104   48 
 2007-09-26    STL   L   6     5   3   3   4   3  1      85   49 
 2007-09-21    ATL  ND   6     3   1   1   3   4  1      75   63 
 2007-09-16    CIN   W   7     6   0   0   3   4  0     106   66 
 2007-09-10    PIT   L   5     5   2   2   3   4  1      82   50 
 2007-09-04    HOU   W   6     5   1   1   2   6  1      95   62 
 2007-06-13    DET  ND   5     5   1   1   2   4  0      77   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-0  18.1  17   3   3   7  13  0    1.47   59 
 2007-09-16    CIN   W   7     6   0   0   3   4  0     106   66 
 2006-07-05    CIN  ND   5.1   7   3   3   2   4  0     107   44 
 2006-06-14    CIN  ND   6     4   0   0   2   5  0      79   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-1    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr  9   CIN  L   4-12       6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Tue, Apr  8   CIN  W   3-2 (10)   6-1   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6   SFG  W   7-0        5-1   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5   SFG  W   5-4        4-1   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4   SFG  W  13-4        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CHC  L   3-6        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CHC  W   8-2        2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CHC  W   4-3 (10)   1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-2    Last 20: 6-2    Last 30: 6-2 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 CIN 12 @MIL  4        W:Josh Fogg (1-1), L: David Bush (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 MIL  3  CIN  2 (10)   W:Salomon Torres (1-0), L: Dave Weathers (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 MIL  5  CIN  2        W:Carlos Villanueva , L: Matt Belisle , S: Francisco Cordero 
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 MIL  5  CIN  3        W:Jeff Suppan , L: Kirk Saarloos , S: Francisco Cordero 
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CIN  6 @MIL  5        W:Tom Shearn , L: Ben Sheets , S: Bill Bray 
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIL 10 @CIN  5        W:Ben Sheets , L: Phil Dumatrait , S: none
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 MIL  4 @CIN  3        W:Derrick Turnbow , L: Dave Weathers , S: Francisco Cordero 
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 CIN 11  MIL  4        W:Bronson Arroyo , L: David Bush , S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 CIN  7 @MIL  6        W:Bill Bray , L: Scott Linebrink , S: Dave Weathers 
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 MIL  8  CIN  4        W:Claudio Vargas , L: Elizardo Ramirez , S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - CIN won 8-7; 2006 - MIL won 10-9; All-Time - Tied 81-81

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
59.Turnbow
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.619 ··· 174/146 .205/.277/.256/.534 .481/.544 .518 / 0/1 1/4
7.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 5/.800 5/.750 ··· 10/.200 1/.000 98/62 .180/.211/.236/.446 .617/.354 .453 / 0/0 0/3
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 10/.311 8/.250 1/no AB 5/.900 3/.000 14/.214 11/1.636 12/1.983 632/411 .264/.386/.554/.940 .789/1.024 .915 / 9/2 40/6
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 13/.539 7/.286 560/378 .289/.356/.438/.794 .804/.790 .799 / 8/1 16/16
6.Freel G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.900 4/.500 2/.000 13/.585 4/.250 304/187 .245/.308/.347/.655 .422/.805 .560 / 15/8 3/4
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 12/.917 15/.600 1/3.000 6/.666 4/.500 17/.551 11/.384 7/.619 623/405 .277/.372/.496/.869 .735/.943 .802 / 6/1 30/8
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 7/1.547 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/.542 23/.139 4/.000 10/.933 417/375 .310/.394/.474/.868 .577/.901 .717 / 0/0 10/3
30.Hopper G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 335/215 .329/.371/.388/.758 .826/.720 .780 / 14/6 0/1
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 4/.833 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.858 276/197 .332/.400/.477/.877 .986/.834 .967 / 2/1 5/3
23.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 6/1.700 3/.333 4/.833 ··· 12/1.250 5/.400 503/346 .269/.304/.386/.690 .795/.644 .554 / 37/9 8/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 6/.666 8/1.950 702/480 .288/.331/.485/.816 .984/.737 .821 / 32/8 30/8
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/1.750 3/.000 8/.875 6/.333 265/230 .276/.328/.387/.715 .855/.694 .834 / 0/0 2/1
19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 89/62 .321/.360/.548/.907 .642/1.025 .605 / 1/0 4/1
IP 114.1 52.0 12.0 59.1 69.2 47.2 52.2 68.0 TOTAL .252/.350/.414/.764 .674/.781 .886 .764 6/3 10/5
ERA-K/9 3.94/7.8 3.81/8.8 3.75/8.2 5.76/7.1 2.45/6.7 3.02/6.0 5.47/7.7 4.63/11.1 3.95/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (28-7-8)
 Valentin (40-5-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 489/.236 222/.245 51/.250 261/.264 289/.240 201/.257 231/.277 292/.183 .237  Patterson
 Hopper
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Freel
 Keppinger
 Votto
0/132/0/8
34/56/13/5
0/0/133/5
144/0/0/4
1/59/0/3
1/0/1/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .740 .670 .697 .747 .706 .616 .761 .582 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.793 107/.575 17/.853 105/.667 113/.613 93/.526 91/.814 111/.597 .903
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.704 115/.760 34/.609 156/.802 176/.766 108/.695 140/.728 181/.572 .599
Home 247/.710 125/.708 19/.388 127/.713 145/.636 95/.546 125/.863 155/.582 .729
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/6/3 3/1/0 0/0/0 8/9/0 8/4/1 0/6/2 7/2/1 4/3/3 9/11/4
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··· X·····X· ·X··X··· X···X··X ·o···o·· ·X···X·X X·····X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Milwaukee Brewers Batters (5.88 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Harang
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
56.Coffey
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
57.Lincoln
G/S/vB
50.Mercker*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 10/1.200 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 492/364 .324/.370/.634/1.004 1.480/.845 1.045 / 15/5 34/26
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 28/.816 3/.667 2/.500 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 10/.200 7/.666 334/274 .220/.323/.309/.632 .533/.653 .562 / 4/2 3/2
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 82/60 .342/.390/.500/.890 1.414/.714 .749 / 0/0 0/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 26/1.010 4/2.500 1/no AB 8/.929 ··· 1/.000 7/1.229 3/.333 681/464 .288/.395/.618/1.013 .834/1.100 1.088 / 2/2 50/14
14.Gross* G/S/vP 12/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 210/195 .235/.329/.437/.766 .424/.788 .887 / 3/1 7/2
2.Hall G/S/vP 42/1.241 4/.250 3/1.000 14/1.714 ··· 2/.000 9/.555 8/1.500 503/339 .254/.315/.425/.740 .795/.713 .786 / 4/5 14/9
7.Hardy G/S/vP 12/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.500 638/471 .277/.323/.463/.786 .950/.729 .803 / 2/3 26/13
1.Hart G/S/vP 7/.429 2/1.000 3/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 566/380 .295/.353/.539/.892 1.032/.824 .951 / 23/7 24/3
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.533 2/.000 3/1.666 / /// / / / /
18.Kendall G/S/vP 25/.606 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 7/.971 1/.000 16/1.130 26/1.109 514/375 .242/.301/.309/.610 .523/.642 .547 / 3/4 3/9
11.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 15/13 .231/.286/.692/.978 2.500/.705 .821 / 0/0 2/0
23.Weeks G/S/vP 25/.748 3/.333 3/.333 9/1.067 ··· ··· 4/1.583 9/.833 506/347 .235/.374/.433/.807 .849/.787 .752 / 25/2 16/13
IP 231.2 59.0 43.0 51.0 63.1 77.2 TOTAL .283/.333/.459/.792 .931/.728 .856 .792 9/1 10/3
ERA-K/9 3.73/8.5 3.51/7.0 2.51/7.5 5.82/7.6 2.98/12.2 /0.0 /0.0 3.59/5.6 3.43/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (111-20-12)
 Rivera (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 948/.242 253/.226 176/.187 242/.323 261/.218 / / 328/.233 .214  Hall
 Hart
 Gross
 Dillon
 Kendall
0/130/0/5
0/34/113/4
3/5/45/3
8/0/1/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .690 .707 .550 .897 .588 .669 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 424/.655 96/.747 73/.519 81/.861 116/.642 / / 143/.731 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 524/.717 157/.682 103/.566 161/.913 145/.544 / / 185/.622 .713
Road 463/.683 130/.881 80/.424 105/.892 97/.843 / / 157/.666 .611
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/13/8 3/7/1 2/4/1 12/6/0 4/3/0 // // 4/5/1 16/5/1
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·X·X ·X·o·X·· o·Xo·X·X ····X·o· X··X··o· Xoo·o··X ·o···XX·

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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