CIN @ NYY, Friday, June 20, 2008 Game Preview

Cincinnati Reds, 33-41, 6th, 12½ GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 9-2, 1.64) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-2) 88 59 21 16 44 105 3 1.64 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 4-0 44 30 12 11 19 51 1 2.25 63 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 2008-05-30 ATL ND 6 5 2 2 3 7 0 102 58 2008-05-23 @SDP ND 6 2 1 1 2 12 0 92 74 2008-05-18 CLE W 6 4 2 2 4 5 1 111 57 2008-05-13 FLA W 6 7 1 1 2 5 0 110 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-17 Road: 12-24 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 20-28 vsLHP: 13-13 1-Run: 12-7 vsEast: 12-12 vsCntrl:10-16 vsWest: 7-11 IL: 4-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 74 Thu, Jun 19 LAD L 4-7 33-41 6th 12.5 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 LAD L 1-6 33-40 6th 12.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 LAD L 1-3 33-39 6th 12.5 gb 71 Sun, Jun 15 BOS L 0-9 33-38 6th 12.5 gb 70 Sat, Jun 14 BOS L 4-6 (10) 33-37 6th 11.5 gb 69 Fri, Jun 13 BOS W 3-1 33-36 6th 10.5 gb 68 Thu, Jun 12 STL W 6-2 32-36 6th 11.5 gb 67 Wed, Jun 11 STL L 0-10 31-36 6th 11.5 gb 66 Tue, Jun 10 STL L 2-7 31-35 6th 10.5 gb 65 Mon, Jun 9 @FLA W 9-4 31-34 6th 9.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
New York Yankees, 40-33, 3rd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-4, 3.87) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-4) 81.1 88 44 35 11 46 11 3.87 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 38 41 22 14 6 26 4 3.32 51 2008-06-14 @HOU W 6 6 3 3 0 4 1 89 52 2008-06-09 KCR ND 8 7 2 2 0 3 1 89 63 2008-06-04 TOR W 6 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 63 2008-05-30 @MIN W 6 6 4 2 1 4 0 109 51 2008-05-24 SEA W 5 7 4 4 1 4 2 74 40 2008-05-20 BAL L 0.2 5 7 1 2 1 0 41 25 2008-05-14 @TBR W 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 87 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 0-1 5.1 8 6 6 1 7 4 10.13 34 2003-06-04 @CIN L 5.1 8 6 6 1 7 4 84 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-15 Road: 19-18 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 28-22 vsLHP: 12-11 1-Run: 13-9 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 8-1 IL: 6-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 73 Thu, Jun 19 SDP W 2-1 40-33 3rd 5.0 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 SDP W 8-5 39-33 3rd 5.5 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 SDP W 8-0 38-33 3rd 5.5 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 @HOU W 13-0 37-33 3rd 6.0 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 @HOU W 8-4 36-33 3rd 6.0 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 @HOU W 2-1 35-33 3rd 6.0 gb 67 Thu, Jun 12 @OAK W 4-1 34-33 3rd 7.0 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 @OAK L 4-8 33-33 3rd 7.0 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 @OAK W 3-1 33-32 3rd 6.0 gb 64 Mon, Jun 9 KCR L 2-3 32-32 3rd 7.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jun 05, 2003 NYY 10 @CIN 2 W:Jose Contreras (3-1), L: Danny Graves (3-5), S: none Wed, Jun 04, 2003 CIN 6 NYY 2 W:Paul Wilson (3-4), L: Mike Mussina (7-4), S: none Tue, Jun 03, 2003 CIN 4 NYY 3 W:Chris Reitsma (4-2), L: Antonio Osuna (1-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - CIN leads 2-1

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 5.51

MIL 4.56

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.69

KCR 4.59

TEX 5.78

C. Jones .394

K. Johnson .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .485

K. Johnson .352

C. Patterson .230

SLG

L. Berkman .706

C. Guzman .449

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.155

R. Howard .804

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

R. Wolf 4.16

B. Bonser 6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 61.Traber*
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP 9/.472 10/1.167 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 187/125 .241/.319/.404/.723 .792/.685 .860 56/.541 0/2 6/

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/66 .318/.406/.511/.917 .808/.970 .745 101/.917 2/2 4/

54.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 16/15 .214/.313/.214/.527 .000/.564 16/.527 0/0 0/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.666 14/.451 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 285/196 .228/.396/.511/.908 .766/.970 .951 104/.927 1/1 18/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 281/201 .241/.324/.450/.774 .733/.787 .798 93/.758 1/0 12/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 47/.569 8/.250 ··· 27/.973 ··· ··· 14/1.271 4/.000 ··· 284/196 .244/.356/.391/.746 .686/.773 .805 90/.801 0/1 7/

30.Hopper G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/18 .290/.371/.290/.662 .819/.494 .745 7/1.071 1/0 0/

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/38 .182/.250/.200/.450 .714/.298 .464 43/.363 0/0 0/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 10/.708 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 180/149 .195/.230/.343/.574 .360/.619 .479 38/.297 9/5 5/

46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/12 .143/.217/.190/.408 .273/.533 .700 23/.408 0/0 0/

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 309/216 .268/.317/.489/.807 1.162/.655 .811 115/.724 13/3 13/

26.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/50 .229/.357/.314/.671 .676/.667 .452 54/.642 0/0 1/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP 3/1.333 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 58/49 .226/.276/.283/.559 .472/.575 .480 23/.604 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/172 .278/.346/.479/.825 .906/.785 .771 109/.803 4/3 11/

IP 81.1 33.1 7.1 28.2 36.2 22.0 34.0 8.1 21.0 TOTAL .247/.326/.403/.729 .791/.701 .717 .708 51/24 82/54

ERA-K/9

3.87/5.1

4.05/8.1

1.23/4.9

5.65/5.6

5.65/8.1

2.86/10.2

0.79/10.3

4.32/6.5

3.00/9.0

4.17/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (28-11-3)
Ross (11-1-3)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.277 140/.301 29/.222 121/.257 170/.285 95/.198 118/.132 39/.281 85/.197 .261 Dunn
Griffey
Patterson
Bruce
Hopper 70/0/0/3
0/0/64/3
0/50/0/2
2/14/15/1
4/5/3/0

OPS .742 .942 .538 .704 .822 .674 .363 .817 .550 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.558 64/1.057 12/.697 50/.932 87/.983 46/.663 55/.294 23/1.110 39/.766 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.881 76/.854 17/.426 71/.551 83/.658 49/.684 63/.425 16/.450 46/.380 .740

Home 194/.788 70/.990 25/.544 60/.741 71/.655 52/.837 52/.385 14/.429 50/.515 .715

Last 28d days 125/.710 53/1.034 29/.538 37/.785 45/.993 54/.830 53/.411 1/.000 55/.552

HR/SB/CS 11/6/3 9/5/6 0/1/1 2/1/2 6/0/0 3/1/1 2/1/0 1/3/1 2/3/0 65/60/29

Usage ·····X·· oX···oX· ····o··· ····X··· ····oo·· ·X··Xo·· Xoo····X ··o····· X·o···X·

New York Yankees Batters (4.73 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.300 12/.917 303/212 .278/.340/.444/.784 .857/.752 .905 113/.771 8/3 8/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/2.417 2/.000 66/47 .254/.273/.476/.749 .684/.777 .912 39/.743 0/1 3/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 275/188 .252/.313/.374/.686 .611/.720 .646 103/.640 5/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 286/204 .228/.273/.328/.601 .643/.585 .709 106/.655 1/3 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 17/.846 ··· ··· 12/.697 3/1.666 2/1.000 4/.500 304/210 .331/.394/.493/.887 .861/.898 .888 112/1.041 13/5 6/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 14/1.271 1/3.000 ··· 7/.429 3/.666 1/.000 5/2.300 246/166 .259/.394/.574/.968 1.129/.894 .994 96/1.185 1/1 17/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .191/.255/.234/.489 .269/.623 .118 6/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 13/.408 1/no AB ··· 14/.748 3/.000 2/.500 7/.000 296/205 .276/.333/.381/.714 .685/.727 .702 119/.659 5/1 4/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.111 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 273/187 .321/.403/.463/.865 .817/.889 .861 93/.910 0/0 7/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.333 69/46 .262/.348/.393/.741 .654/.778 .586 23/.812 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/97 .221/.241/.321/.561 .489/.596 .585 49/.631 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 12/.750 ··· ··· 10/1.367 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 109/86 .316/.404/.505/.909 .935/.902 .804 43/1.074 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 11/2.227 ··· ··· 8/1.625 5/1.400 1/3.000 3/2.000 227/166 .335/.414/.629/1.044 1.116/1.017 1.180 117/1.184 8/1 14/

IP 88.0 34.1 21.1 37.1 31.2 33.0 7.0 27.1 TOTAL .273/.342/.430/.772 .761/.776 .797 .848 41/17 76/39

ERA-K/9

1.64/10.7

4.46/10.2

2.53/8.9

2.65/9.9

2.84/9.9

5.18/7.4

2.57/5.1

3.95/5.6

4.53/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-17-5)
Posada (22-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.190 151/.271 93/.235 161/.247 134/.177 139/.242 30/.280 124/.269 .266 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Damon 0/0/69/5
0/70/1/3
21/0/3/2
57/6/0/0

OPS .561 .794 .672 .667 .599 .759 .807 .839 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.652 58/.869 43/.846 67/.665 57/.600 59/.748 12/.900 47/.640 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.456 93/.744 50/.518 94/.669 77/.596 80/.767 18/.744 77/.957 .776

Road 181/.491 60/.527 62/.891 72/.816 62/.691 74/.887 14/.721 53/.807 .807

Last 28d days 140/.526 65/.916 50/.516 65/.512 51/.652 48/.536 30/.807 50/.687

HR/SB/CS 3/5/3 6/2/1 1/2/0 3/3/0 3/2/1 7/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 98/40/12

Usage ·····X·· Xo··X··o ····Xo·· ··X·o·oX X·····oo X····X·· ·X··X··· o·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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Game Preview: CIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, June 20, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 9-2, 1.64)

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-4, 3.87)

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