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Game Preview: CIN @ MIL, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @Miller Park

Cincinnati Reds, 65-79, 5th, 21½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Ramon Ramirez (25, RHP, 0-0, 2.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             10     5   3   3   2   8  2    2.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   7     5   3   3   2   6  2    3.86   59 
 2008-08-30    SFG  ND   7     5   3   3   2   6  2      98   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL    Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-36   Road:   27-43   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  38-56   vsLHP:  27-23   1-Run:  23-16
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:25-39   vsWest: 13-17 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Mon, Sep  8  @MIL  W   5-4       65-79  5th 21.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7   CHC  W   4-3       64-79  5th 22.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   CHC  L   9-14      63-79  5th 23.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5   CHC  W  10-2       63-78  5th 22.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4   PIT  W   8-6       62-78  5th 23.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3   PIT  L   5-6       61-78  5th 23.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2   PIT  L   2-3       61-77  5th 23.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Milwaukee Brewers, 82-62, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 10-8, 4.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-8)           161.2 180  94  82  60  80 24    4.56      
 2007 (12-12)          206.2 243 113 106  68 114 18    4.62      
 2006 (12-7)           190   207 100  87  69 104 21    4.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  47.1  43  19  18  13  19  9    3.42   54 
 2008-09-04    SDP   L   5.1   7   5   4   4   3  1     106   35 
 2008-08-30   @PIT   W   7     3   2   2   2   2  1     102   63 
 2008-08-23    PIT   W   7     8   3   3   0   3  1      98   52 
 2008-08-17   @LAD  ND   6     9   4   4   2   4  3      90   40 
 2008-08-12   @SDP   W   8     4   2   2   2   3  2      98   67 
 2008-08-06   @CIN   W   7     7   3   3   0   3  1      92   54 
 2008-08-01   @ATL   W   7     5   0   0   3   1  0     100   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      2-0  33    26  12  12   6  13  2    3.27   56 
 2008-08-06   @CIN   W   7     7   3   3   0   3  1      92   54 
 2008-04-19   @CIN  ND   6.2   3   2   2   1   3  0      87   62 
 2008-04-08    CIN  ND   7     6   1   1   2   1  0      93   60 
 2007-09-15    CIN   W   6.1   7   3   3   2   2  0      94   47 
 2007-09-08   @CIN  ND   6     3   3   3   1   4  1      82   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-30   Road:   39-32   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  51-45   vsLHP:  31-17   1-Run:  27-13
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:39-26   vsWest: 20-13 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Mon, Sep  8   CIN  L   4-5       82-62  2nd  4.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7   SDP  L   1-10      82-61  2nd  4.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   SDP  W   1-0       82-60  2nd  4.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5   SDP  W   3-2 (11)  81-60  2nd  4.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4   SDP  L   2-5       80-60  2nd  5.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3   NYM  L   2-9       80-59  2nd  4.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2   NYM  L   5-6 (10)  80-58  2nd  4.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1   NYM  L   2-4       80-57  2nd  4.5 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31  @PIT  W   7-0       80-56  2nd  4.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @PIT  W  11-3       79-56  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 CIN  5 @MIL  4        W:Jared Burton (5-1), L: Salomon Torres (6-5), S: Francisco Cordero (28)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 MIL  6 @CIN  3        W:Jeff Suppan (7-7), L: Homer Bailey (0-6), S: Salomon Torres (22)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 MIL  8 @CIN  1        W:David Bush (6-9), L: Edinson Volquez (13-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 CIN  6  MIL  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (10-8), L: Manny Parra (9-5), S: Francisco Cordero (22)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 MIL  3  CIN  2        W:C.C. Sabathia (8-8), L: Dave Weathers (2-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CIN  8 @MIL  2        W:Edinson Volquez (12-3), L: Seth McClung (5-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 7-6; 2007 - CIN won 8-7; 2006 - MIL won 10-9; All-Time - CIN leads 87-86

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  5.47

FLA  4.63

SDP  3.88

RA/G

TOR  3.82

CLE  4.61

TEX  5.97

BA

R. Furcal  .366

J. Dye  .293

J. Towles  .141

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

O. Hudson  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .649

N. Markakis  .484

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.116

B. Giles  .838

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.28

M. Parra  4.03

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.19

J. Lester  6.56

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
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
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 8/.661 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.536 5/1.400 319/243 .207/.282/.316/.597 .638/.583 .615 50/.422 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 388/255 .263/.322/.446/.768 .598/.856 .642 107/.774 3/6 16/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP 19/.979 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 83/55 .289/.337/.474/.811 .824/.804 .709 40/.628 1/0 2/
26.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 11/8 .500/.545/.600/1.145 1.000/1.196 1.500 11/1.145 0/0 0/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 104/79 .322/.427/.678/1.105 .890/1.169 .950 104/1.105 5/2 6/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 20/.500 ··· ··· 6/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 7/1.428 2/no AB 14/.500 8/1.232 526/370 .256/.344/.475/.819 .934/.771 .776 97/.791 1/0 24/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 19/.210 ··· ··· 1/3.000 9/1.167 4/.750 6/1.166 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 232/146 .337/.387/.473/.860 .968/.801 .663 14/.593 15/3 2/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 51/27 .279/.392/.465/.857 .673/1.027 .868 47/.768 0/0 2/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 17/.669 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.750 8/.393 441/305 .264/.310/.348/.659 .915/.547 .730 105/.644 3/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 29/.386 ··· ··· 7/1.429 6/1.700 4/.250 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 15/1.133 4/.000 330/273 .204/.239/.337/.575 .452/.601 .553 78/.661 13/9 8/
46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/31 .210/.258/.306/.564 .523/.612 .611 12/1.000 0/0 1/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 24/.598 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.200 4/.000 2/1.000 6/.900 2/.500 10/.600 12/.166 603/424 .262/.312/.444/.756 .944/.678 .702 105/.631 23/10 21/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 10/.700 7/.000 132/110 .244/.311/.387/.697 .561/.725 .684 29/.901 0/0 3/
19.Votto* G/S/vP 13/1.129 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.667 4/.750 1/no AB 4/.250 511/343 .292/.362/.479/.841 .797/.863 .838 85/1.091 6/5 19/
IP 161.2 14.2 10.1 37.2 92.0 50.1 42.1 49.0 24.0 72.1 95.2 TOTAL .247/.322/.408/.730 .756/.718 .703 .747 79/46 164/103
ERA-K/9 4.56/4.5 3.68/10.4 5.23/3.5 6.69/7.2 4.40/6.9 4.11/7.9 5.31/5.7 2.39/6.1 3.38/11.2 2.74/5.7 4.23/7.7 3.83/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (51-20-8)
 Hanigan (8-2-1)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 702/.287 59/.241 48/.310 175/.289 402/.257 216/.255 193/.287 198/.225 103/.163 305/.238 413/.264 .255  Bruce
 Patterson
 Cabrera
 Phillips
 Hairston
 Castillo
 Dickerson
11/35/62/6
0/106/0/3
7/0/3/0
2/0/0/0
18/13/8/0
2/0/0/0
23/7/0/0
OPS .810 .737 .827 .945 .748 .744 .849 .622 .606 .628 .762 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.748 21/1.333 23/.918 90/.874 190/.825 94/.928 79/.953 97/.477 41/.542 144/.672 193/.630 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.877 38/.400 25/.751 85/1.020 212/.680 122/.609 114/.777 101/.771 62/.648 161/.589 220/.878 .716
Home 283/.792 38/.616 32/1.009 101/1.029 207/.775 117/.850 104/1.074 104/.479 47/.548 155/.572 245/.612 .713
Last 28d days 138/.817 4/.833 8/.946 37/.980 25/.798 33/.388 40/1.163 35/.563 7/.629 54/.600 39/.762
HR/SB/CS 24/3/6 4/1/0 1/0/1 11/0/0 10/5/3 6/4/1 6/2/2 4/1/1 2/2/2 3/1/2 17/5/2 149/67/42
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·o···X·· ···X··oX ·o···X·· ····o·XX ·X·o···o ···oo··o ·····X·o X··X··X· ····X··X
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Ramirez
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
40.Masset
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 5/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 581/418 .301/.346/.582/.928 .948/.920 1.020 83/.940 14/4 34/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 14/1.250 4/1.750 1/.000 13/.595 5/1.100 6/1.867 1/.000 11/.586 428/312 .255/.342/.520/.862 1.017/.806 .696 88/1.082 16/5 24/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.875 250/225 .231/.337/.311/.649 .570/.657 .593 53/.729 3/1 1/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 83/52 .217/.341/.304/.646 1.201/.346 .488 3/.000 1/0 1/
5.Durham# G/S/vP ··· 13/.231 3/.000 1/no AB 6/.750 5/.400 1/2.000 4/.833 12/.500 380/292 .284/.374/.411/.785 .681/.814 .849 40/.711 8/3 4/
21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 2.000/.000 1.000 2/1.000 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.666 10/.400 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/5.000 8/.500 615/411 .260/.359/.472/.831 .700/.899 .902 105/.536 3/1 28/
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .500/.500/1.000/1.500 /1.500 1.500 2/1.500 0/0 0/
22.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 44/42 .189/.279/.216/.495 2.000/.438 .368 2/.000 2/1 0/
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 4/.750 3/.000 3/.000 5/1.500 ··· 10/1.711 422/260 .226/.292/.404/.696 .932/.554 .785 66/.585 4/6 15/
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 12/.500 552/394 .287/.350/.491/.841 .990/.784 .805 108/1.022 2/1 23/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 9/.583 585/418 .282/.314/.486/.801 .841/.785 .717 106/.682 22/5 20/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 2/1.500 2/.500 2/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 242/155 .301/.340/.500/.840 1.001/.749 .855 45/.868 3/1 8/
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 11/.705 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 27/1.127 517/377 .254/.335/.336/.670 .672/.670 .644 94/.757 7/3 2/
47.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.314 5/1.000 2/2.000 5/1.350 2/1.000 261/230 .233/.276/.322/.598 .263/.645 .467 7/.429 0/1 1/
40.Nelson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.667/1.000 .000/1.500 1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/
20.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .833 13/.237 0/0 0/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 68/47 .311/.382/.443/.825 .569/.927 .808 8/.393 2/0 1/
10.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
50.Salome G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 10/.744 522/362 .230/.336/.383/.719 .803/.682 .641 85/.728 18/5 12/
IP 10.0 72.1 44.0 52.0 63.1 64.2 37.2 62.0 61.1 TOTAL .256/.327/.438/.765 .824/.742 .772 .761 102/34 183/91
ERA-K/9 2.70/7.2 3.61/9.3 2.86/9.6 2.77/9.2 3.41/9.7 4.87/7.5 5.73/5.7 3.92/6.2 3.23/6.0 4.60/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (51-38-4)
 Rivera (16-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 36/.147 310/.262 203/.274 225/.244 278/.236 271/.253 175/.338 271/.297 278/.279 .275  Braun
 Hart
 Cameron
 Kapler
 Nix
 Dillon
 Gwynn
131/0/0/8
0/0/139/5
0/101/0/2
17/35/13/1
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/6/1/0
OPS .518 .742 .800 .678 .689 .718 .910 .817 .787 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/.904 111/.736 81/.776 96/.661 124/.578 113/.656 68/.811 100/.874 106/.621 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.118 199/.744 122/.815 129/.689 154/.778 158/.763 107/.977 171/.786 172/.888 .805
Road / 122/.582 105/.977 99/.681 103/.562 146/.827 90/.941 138/.601 139/.702 .787
Last 28d days 36/.518 47/.735 28/1.027 17/1.089 49/.592 43/1.119 45/1.133 39/.759 46/.641
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 9/6/1 4/4/0 5/4/0 5/6/3 10/0/1 6/1/0 7/2/1 6/2/0 184/84/32
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ···o··X· o·X···X· oX··XX·· o·X··o·· ··XX···· X···X··· ·X····o·

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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