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Game Preview: CIN @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 14, 2008 @PNC Park

Cincinnati Reds, 53-68, 6th, 20½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 7-11, 5.01)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-11)           140   145  85  78  50 129 26    5.01      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  42    49  29  27  13  46  8    5.79   46 
 2008-08-08    HOU  ND   5     9   3   3   2   9  2     109   44 
 2008-08-03   @WSN   L   6     7   4   3   1   4  1      85   47 
 2008-07-28   @HOU   L   6     8   5   5   1   3  1     110   38 
 2008-07-22    SDP  ND   6     4   3   3   3  10  0     120   59 
 2008-07-17    NYM  ND   5.1   6   6   6   3   6  2      93   35 
 2008-07-09   @CHC   L   6.2   8   5   4   2   6  1     111   44 
 2008-07-03    WSN   W   7     7   3   3   1   8  1      95   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      1-1  11    14   8   7   4  10  2    5.73   44 
 2008-05-27    PIT   W   5     9   3   2   3   4  0     119   40 
 2008-04-13   @PIT   L   6     5   5   5   1   6  2      82   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-31   Road:   22-37   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  32-45   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 18-17   vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest:  9-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 13  @PIT  L   2-5       53-68  6th 20.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @PIT  W   5-1       53-67  6th 19.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10   HOU  L   4-13      52-67  6th 19.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9   HOU  L   1-3       52-66  6th 18.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8   HOU  L   5-9 (10)  52-65  6th 18.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   HOU  L   4-7       52-64  6th 17.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   MIL  L   3-6       52-63  6th 17.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   MIL  L   1-8       52-62  5th 16.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   MIL  W   6-3       52-61  5th 15.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3  @WSN  L   2-4       51-61  6th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Pittsburgh Pirates, 55-65, 5th, 18 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (26, RHP, 4-9, 6.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-9)            120.1 160  86  81  68  98 13    6.06      
 2007 (9-12)           208   209  94  87  68 177 22    3.76      
 2006 (14-11)          186   198 104  98  74 169 29    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  34.2  44  25  24  19  34  6    6.23   43 
 2008-08-09   @PHI   L   6     8   3   3   3   5  0     106   46 
 2008-08-03   @CHC  ND   4     7   4   4   3   3  0      86   32 
 2008-07-28    COL   W   7     8   4   4   1   8  1     100   52 
 2008-07-23   @HOU  ND   3     6   5   5   3   6  1      85   30 
 2008-07-18   @COL   L   6     6   4   3   3   5  2      96   48 
 2008-07-13    STL  ND   5     5   4   4   3   6  1      90   44 
 2008-07-08    HOU  ND   3.2   4   1   1   3   1  1      88   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN      1-4  28.2  40  26  26  16  20  5    8.16   34 
 2008-05-27   @CIN   L   5     6   7   7   7   6  1     106   26 
 2008-04-12    CIN   W   6.1   9   3   3   2   2  0      93   43 
 2007-08-29    CIN   L   5.1  10   7   7   2   4  2      87   22 
 2007-08-03    CIN   L   5    10   6   6   3   2  1     104   22 
 2007-05-28   @CIN   L   7     5   3   3   2   6  1     106   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-27   Road:   22-38   ExtrInn:11-3 
 vsRHP:  41-46   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl:25-28   vsWest: 10-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 13   CIN  W   5-2       55-65  5th 18.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   CIN  L   1-5       54-65  5th 17.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11  @NYM  W   7-5       54-64  5th 17.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @PHI  L   3-6       53-64  5th 17.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @PHI  L   2-4       53-63  5th 16.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @PHI  W   2-0 (12)  53-62  5th 16.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @ARI  W   2-0       52-62  5th 16.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @ARI  L   1-3       51-62  6th 16.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @ARI  L   7-13      51-61  6th 15.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @CHC  L   5-8       51-60  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 PIT  5  CIN  2        W:Paul Maholm (8-7), L: Josh Fogg (2-5), S: John Grabow (3)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 CIN  5 @PIT  1        W:Edinson Volquez (14-5), L: Jeff Karstens (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 PIT  9 @CIN  5        W:Denny Bautista (1-1), L: Daryl Thompson (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 PIT  6 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Matt Capps (2-3), L: Dave Weathers (2-4), S: Romulo Sanchez (1)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 CIN  4  PIT  3        W:Francisco Cordero (3-1), L: Matt Capps (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2008 PIT  7 @CIN  2        W:Phil Dumatrait (2-2), L: Aaron Harang (2-7), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 CIN  9  PIT  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (4-4), L: Tom Gorzelanny (4-5), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 CIN  9  PIT  6        W:Johnny Cueto (3-5), L: Ian Snell (2-4), S: Francisco Cordero (11)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 PIT  9  CIN  1        W:Tom Gorzelanny (1-1), L: Johnny Cueto (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 PIT  4  CIN  3        W:Ian Snell (2-0), L: Mike Lincoln (0-1), S: Matt Capps (3)
Season Series: 2008 - PIT leads 7-4; 2007 - CIN won 9-7; 2006 - CIN won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1112-1084

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  5.69

MIL  4.71

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.94

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .370

J. Inglett  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

D. Ortiz  .360

T. Pena  .180

SLG

A. Pujols  .605

C. Jackson  .483

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.064

O. Infante  .833

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

H. Kuroda  4.02

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB
54.Bautista
G/S/vB
48.Beam
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
35.Davis
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
38.Hansen
G/S/vB
58.Sanchez
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Bako* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 273/201 .216/.289/.339/.628 .676/.608 .679 45/.512 0/2 6/
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 289/184 .269/.315/.448/.763 .603/.851 .656 107/.757 2/4 12/
54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 47/34 .349/.404/.535/.939 1.135/.863 1.500 27/.970 1/0 1/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.500/.900 .000/1.167 .900 5/.900 1/0 0/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 25/.681 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.867 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 436/302 .249/.337/.482/.819 .954/.761 .835 99/.806 1/0 22/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 219/135 .347/.396/.487/.883 .994/.820 .669 6/.533 15/3 2/
65.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/ .286/.286/.714/1.000 1.000/ .000 7/1.000 0/0 1/
27.Keppinger G/S/vP 7/1.285 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.167 345/231 .262/.310/.347/.657 .920/.531 .717 107/.477 2/1 3/
23.Patterson* G/S/vP 5/.900 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 10/.600 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 259/213 .196/.227/.347/.574 .423/.606 .562 47/.625 11/6 8/
18.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/25 .189/.246/.245/.491 .509/.462 .681 22/.618 0/0 0/
4.Phillips G/S/vP 21/.659 5/.600 ··· ··· 2/5.000 8/.542 1/.000 1/.000 8/.625 506/347 .270/.318/.461/.780 .982/.688 .748 103/.705 22/6 18/
60.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 1.000 4/.500 0/0 0/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP 21/1.404 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.311 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.500 107/88 .253/.299/.384/.683 .652/.690 .609 31/.907 0/0 2/
IP 120.1 42.0 29.2 39.0 13.0 58.1 35.1 4.1 55.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.407/.727 .766/.708 .720 .717 67/34 140/88
ERA-K/9 6.06/7.3 3.43/6.6 4.25/3.6 4.38/6.7 1.38/4.2 3.09/7.3 5.35/6.4 4.15/0.0 5.34/6.3 5.12/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (42-19-6)
 Hanigan (1-0-0)
 Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.323 181/.257 125/.215 179/.272 51/.238 246/.228 167/.235 19/.333 259/.264 .288  Bruce
 Patterson
 Dickerson
 Phillips
 Hairston
 Cabrera
11/35/39/5
0/83/0/3
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
17/13/8/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .904 .767 .751 .840 .588 .679 .695 .868 .785 .825
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 272/.946 62/.664 51/.835 51/.492 28/.594 60/.594 71/.786 4/1.000 101/.898 .832
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.867 119/.816 74/.697 128/.994 23/.581 186/.706 96/.630 15/.833 158/.709 .822
Home 256/.828 90/.617 72/.853 90/.843 4/.667 122/.700 83/.738 / 149/.682 .790
Last 28d days 121/.961 55/.852 66/.597 33/.762 51/.588 48/.726 43/.775 5/1.200 40/1.144
HR/SB/CS 13/17/3 4/5/1 5/3/0 6/4/1 0/2/0 8/3/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 140/81/31
Usage ····X··· ··X··o·· ··X··X·· ·o··oo·· ···X···· o·o··o·· ···X·X·· ····o··· ·X·X····
Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
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
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 85/68 .225/.259/.313/.571 .728/.532 .731 13/.385 0/0 1/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/2.333 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 329/255 .330/.368/.533/.900 .992/.873 1.045 104/.811 2/2 12/
5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 1/.000 5/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 164/105 .295/.344/.342/.686 .662/.697 .778 37/.651 0/0 0/
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 100/58 .176/.300/.306/.606 .563/.637 .493 49/.574 0/0 3/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 6/.733 4/.500 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.583 527/383 .280/.359/.520/.879 .681/.954 .898 110/.800 14/3 22/
18.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 11/.282 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.000 4/2.250 11/.637 231/159 .236/.296/.404/.699 .479/.802 .737 55/.809 1/1 8/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 3/.000 13/.413 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/1.100 277/231 .289/.375/.393/.769 .738/.775 .765 93/.892 0/0 2/
39.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 136/100 .262/.324/.443/.766 .671/.794 .786 50/.709 1/1 4/
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/35 .222/.260/.311/.571 .762/.487 .238 47/.541 1/0 0/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.750 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 191/143 .227/.275/.335/.610 .920/.506 .670 62/.490 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 2/3.500 6/.600 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.833 460/360 .247/.269/.344/.613 .802/.559 .523 76/.889 0/1 8/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/5.000 6/.167 2/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 17/1.236 259/207 .271/.319/.335/.654 .530/.683 .756 73/.511 2/2 0/
IP 140.0 63.1 39.0 52.1 57.2 29.1 52.1 52.0 TOTAL .261/.324/.413/.738 .740/.737 .749 .725 32/12 123/81
ERA-K/9 5.01/8.3 3.55/9.1 2.77/9.5 3.78/9.8 3.59/7.8 4.60/5.5 4.30/6.2 3.29/6.4 4.62/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (10-8-2)
 Doumit (48-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 612/.268 270/.252 176/.266 232/.233 234/.223 132/.319 232/.299 235/.278 .276  McLouth
 Moss
 Michaels
 Pearce
 Mientkiewicz
4/113/2/5
22/0/15/4
22/8/35/4
1/0/12/1
0/0/9/1
OPS .809 .730 .780 .701 .654 .831 .827 .805 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.829 101/.719 69/.755 98/.590 102/.637 53/.765 88/.872 90/.599 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.793 169/.736 107/.795 134/.778 132/.666 79/.879 144/.801 145/.933 .805
Road 269/.861 114/.573 90/1.012 89/.597 128/.782 69/.883 106/.563 114/.718 .803
Last 28d days 130/.853 68/.550 49/.900 49/1.124 55/.591 57/.795 54/1.022 54/.813
HR/SB/CS 26/6/6 8/3/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 8/0/1 3/0/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 154/68/29
Usage ·····X·· X··oo·Xo ·o·X··X· ·o·o·X·· oo···X·o o··X··oX ···o·X·· ·o··X·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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