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Game Preview: CIN @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 12, 2008 @Miller Park

Cincinnati Reds, 45-49, 4th, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 11-3, 2.36)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-3)           110.2  84  36  29  54 116  4    2.36      
 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         4-1  42.2  37  21  18  18  33  1    3.80   53 
 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 
 2008-06-14    BOS  ND   7     7   3   2   1   9  0     112   61 
 2008-06-09   @FLA   W   6     3   3   3   5   5  0     101   54 
 2008-06-04   @PHI   W   7     2   0   0   2   8  0     113   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL    Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-19   Road:   19-30   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-33   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  17-8 
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:13-20   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Fri, Jul 11  @MIL  W   6-5       45-49  4th 11.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10  @CHC  W  12-7       44-49  4th 11.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9  @CHC  L   1-5       43-49  4th 12.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8  @CHC  L   3-7       43-48  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6   WSN  W   6-5       43-47  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5   WSN  W   3-2       42-47  4th 10.5 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4   WSN  W   3-0       41-47  5th 11.5 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3   WSN  W   5-3       40-47  6th 11.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2   PIT  L   5-9       39-47  6th 12.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   PIT  L   5-6 (11)  39-46  6th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Milwaukee Brewers, 51-42, 3rd, 5 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Seth McClung (27, RHP, 5-4, 4.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             69.1  63  32  32  33  57  9    4.15      
 2007 (0-1)             12    11   9   5   5  11  0    3.75      
 2006 (6-12)           103   120  77  72  68  59 14    6.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  39.1  36  16  16  14  32  5    3.66   53 
 2008-07-07    COL   L   4.2   3   2   2   5   5  0      87   50 
 2008-07-02   @ARI  ND   5.1   8   2   2   1   6  0      96   49 
 2008-06-27   @MIN  ND   4.2   9   5   5   2   2  2      89   26 
 2008-06-21    BAL   W   6.2   3   2   2   5   6  1     103   61 
 2008-06-15    MIN   W   6     4   2   2   0   4  1      78   60 
 2008-06-10   @HOU   L   6     3   2   2   1   5  1      87   62 
 2008-06-03    ARI   W   6     6   1   1   0   4  0      79   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN    Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-16   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  30-33   vsLHP:  21-9    1-Run:  19-10
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:22-15   vsWest: 12-8  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Fri, Jul 11   CIN  L   5-6       51-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10   COL  W  11-1       51-41  2nd  4.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   COL  L   3-8       50-41  3rd  5.0 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8   COL  W   7-3       50-40  3rd  4.0 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7   COL  L   3-4       49-40  3rd  4.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6   PIT  W  11-6       49-39  2nd  3.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   PIT  W   2-1       48-39  3rd  3.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   PIT  W   9-1       47-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  3  @ARI  L   5-6       46-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @ARI  W   4-3       46-38  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 CIN  6 @MIL  5        W:Mike Lincoln (1-2), L: Brian Shouse (3-1), S: Francisco Cordero (19)
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CIN  4  MIL  3 (10)   W:Jared Burton (1-1), L: Eric Gagne (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 MIL  5 @CIN  3 (10)   W:Guillermo Mota (1-0), L: Dave Weathers (0-2), S: Eric Gagne (6)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 MIL  5 @CIN  2        W:Ben Sheets (3-0), L: Bronson Arroyo (0-2), S: Eric Gagne (5)
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 CIN  4 @MIL  1        W:Aaron Harang (1-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (2)
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 (8-4), L: Matt Belisle (8-9), S: Francisco Cordero (43)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 MIL  5  CIN  3        W:Jeff Suppan (10-11), L: Kirk Saarloos (1-5), S: Francisco Cordero (42)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CIN  6 @MIL  5        W:Tom Shearn (3-0), L: Ben Sheets (12-5), S: Bill Bray (1)
Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 4-3; 2007 - CIN won 8-7; 2006 - MIL won 10-9; All-Time - CIN leads 84-83

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  5.52

CLE  4.49

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.62

NYM  4.53

TEX  5.73

BA

C. Jones  .373

N. McLouth  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .470

D. Eckstein  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .656

B. Hawpe  .467

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.100

M. Cameron  .815

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Beckett  3.94

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

G. Floyd  6.04

L. Hernandez  3.36

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 73.McClung
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.536 5/1.400 224/158 .221/.302/.362/.664 .741/.628 .727 50/.442 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 175/114 .269/.337/.436/.773 .581/.870 .594 96/.513 2/3 6/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 1/no AB 8/.250 6/.733 4/.500 15/.200 4/1.167 12/1.440 13/.398 360/248 .225/.381/.521/.902 .696/.988 .920 95/.845 1/1 24/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.667 2/no AB 13/.539 7/1.429 329/230 .255/.337/.469/.806 .896/.768 .875 68/.934 1/0 14/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 1/3.000 15/.600 7/.572 6/.666 18/.520 2/.000 14/.453 15/.829 369/249 .235/.347/.402/.749 .643/.800 .758 94/.693 0/1 12/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 4/.750 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 206/128 .330/.377/.456/.833 1.024/.728 .553 64/.769 15/2 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/.453 234/161 .290/.351/.386/.736 .967/.637 .746 71/.542 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 6/1.700 5/1.600 4/.250 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.154 3/.000 206/173 .191/.222/.340/.562 .338/.606 .475 36/.457 10/5 6/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/17 .133/.188/.167/.354 .200/.494 .600 12/.167 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 4/.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 2/.500 9/.666 11/.182 395/274 .283/.327/.484/.810 1.134/.668 .765 108/.831 19/4 15/
26.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.750 1/.000 127/69 .270/.402/.430/.832 .715/.934 .759 48/1.117 0/1 3/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 1/no AB 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 8/.875 7/.000 75/60 .232/.280/.319/.599 .486/.627 .569 23/.776 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.500 3/1.000 ··· 3/.333 337/221 .284/.353/.472/.825 .884/.795 .804 97/.825 4/4 13/
IP 69.1 22.1 34.0 28.2 32.2 21.1 49.1 76.0 TOTAL .247/.324/.403/.727 .767/.708 .711 .693 61/29 105/66
ERA-K/9 4.15/7.4 6.04/8.1 5.82/8.2 4.40/5.6 1.93/5.5 2.53/11.8 2.74/6.0 4.97/7.1 4.07/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (31-15-5)
 Ross (16-5-4)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.246 106/.284 152/.280 123/.239 128/.202 89/.157 207/.240 334/.285 .258  Griffey
 Dunn
 Patterson
 Bruce
 Phillips
 Hairston
0/0/77/5
85/0/0/4
0/63/0/2
7/21/23/1
2/0/0/0
16/12/7/0
OPS .738 .877 .835 .701 .586 .601 .647 .826 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.849 53/.820 67/1.028 55/.889 63/.444 37/.547 97/.694 163/.625 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.643 53/.934 85/.679 68/.554 65/.731 52/.639 110/.606 171/1.017 .749
Home 148/.794 54/.725 75/.972 60/.829 69/.395 38/.565 96/.510 192/.679 .687
Last 28d days 122/.801 10/.400 36/1.347 33/.673 35/.465 38/.564 51/.712 71/.711
HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 5/0/0 6/4/0 4/1/1 4/1/1 2/0/2 3/1/2 15/4/2 105/43/28
Usage ····X··· ···o··o· ··X··X·· X··o·X·· o·oo·X·· ··o··X·· X···X··· ·X··X··X
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.93 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
51.Burton
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
14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 5/.200 117/105 .255/.342/.627/.969 .000/1.092 1.249 59/.807 1/0 11/
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 393/286 .290/.328/.558/.887 .831/.907 1.106 105/.889 8/3 23/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 13/1.356 3/1.333 1/.000 12/.650 3/1.167 5/1.100 9/.476 239/179 .234/.322/.493/.815 .883/.792 .674 78/.960 8/2 14/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 1/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 8/.572 150/133 .238/.340/.331/.671 .494/.694 .671 50/.697 2/1 1/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 78/50 .234/.364/.328/.692 1.357/.361 .548 26/.574 1/0 1/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 9/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 393/267 .265/.349/.478/.826 .732/.872 1.008 106/.758 1/0 17/
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 4/.750 3/.000 2/.000 4/2.000 9/1.681 290/190 .234/.294/.434/.728 1.104/.535 .961 61/.914 3/5 12/
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 10/.600 336/240 .291/.360/.488/.849 .979/.799 .831 100/1.258 2/1 13/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 7/.453 378/275 .292/.331/.510/.841 .790/.860 .713 103/.846 13/3 15/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 3/1.666 155/92 .313/.351/.514/.865 .966/.792 .870 48/.714 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 9/.889 2/.000 ··· 26/1.109 325/236 .261/.342/.338/.680 .699/.672 .638 95/.707 6/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 50/40 .319/.360/.447/.807 .522/.875 .753 12/.788 1/0 1/
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 9/.833 347/247 .216/.321/.368/.689 .826/.635 .600 75/.710 12/3 8/
IP 110.2 45.0 28.1 48.1 42.2 42.2 16.2 37.0 TOTAL .254/.324/.439/.763 .809/.745 .800 .815 65/21 122/63
ERA-K/9 2.36/9.4 4.00/9.4 2.86/9.9 2.23/9.3 2.32/9.9 4.01/8.0 4.86/4.9 3.65/5.4 4.48/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (27-24-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 467/.212 199/.273 125/.239 208/.241 182/.191 175/.229 75/.353 169/.273 .270  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Dillon
88/0/0/6
0/0/91/3
0/56/0/1
6/28/9/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .606 .806 .707 .647 .588 .690 .857 .811 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.659 77/.828 56/.813 90/.669 74/.557 77/.636 32/.820 64/.614 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.542 122/.790 69/.622 118/.630 108/.610 98/.733 43/.885 105/.929 .782
Road 231/.557 97/.644 83/.878 96/.704 81/.603 100/.777 52/.904 87/.767 .809
Last 28d days 129/.738 64/.874 38/.728 55/.606 53/.606 50/.684 61/.885 61/.731
HR/SB/CS 4/6/6 7/2/1 2/3/0 3/4/0 3/3/2 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 117/48/20
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· oX···X·· ·X···X·o XX···XXX oX····o· o··X···· o·X···oo

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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