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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 8:05pm, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Reds, 7-6, 4th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (23, RHP, 0-1, 4.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			10.2	10	5	5	7	12	1	4.22
2008 (9-14)			174.0	178	101	93	68	158	29	4.81

Last 7 GS		1-3	32.2	35	19	18	20	28	4	4.96	46
2009-04-17	@HOU	ND	4.2	2	1	1	6	3	0	88	53
2009-04-11	PIT	L	6.0	8	4	4	1	9	1	109	48
2008-09-25	@HOU	L	2.2	7	5	5	3	1	0	75	22
2008-09-20	MIL	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	102	56
2008-09-14	@ARI	ND	5.0	4	1	1	6	4	1	115	53
2008-09-06	CHC	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	3	2	84	34
2008-08-24	@COL	ND	3.0	0	1	0	3	4	0	74	58

Last 5 v.CHC		1-3	25.0	26	14	13	7	23	4	4.68	50
2008-09-06	CHC	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	3	2	84	34
2008-08-19	@CHC	L	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	111	69
2008-07-09	@CHC	L	6.2	8	5	4	2	6	1	111	44
2008-05-05	CHC	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	8	1	108	54

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    2-3    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @CHC  L   2-7        7-6   4th  1.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20  @HOU  W   4-3        7-5   3rd  0.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19  @HOU  W   4-2        6-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18  @HOU  L   0-7        5-5   4th  1.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17  @HOU  W   2-1        5-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @MIL  L   3-9        4-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 14  @MIL  W   6-1        4-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Mon, Apr 13  @MIL  W   7-6        3-3   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sun, Apr 12   PIT  W   2-0        2-3   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Sat, Apr 11   PIT  L   2-10       1-3   5th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-6    Last 30: 7-6

Cubs, 8-4, 1st, Tied

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 2-0, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			11.2	9	5	5	2	11	4	3.86
2008 (17-9)			204.2	187	96	93	64	184	32	4.09
2007 (15-8)			207.0	181	91	88	55	174	28	3.83

Last 7 GS		6-1	41.2	27	16	16	9	35	6	3.46	59
2009-04-13	COL	W	6.2	1	0	0	2	8	0	104	78
2009-04-08	@HOU	W	5.0	8	5	5	0	3	4	73	34
2008-09-27	@MIL	W	6.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	80	67
2008-09-20	STL	W	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	1	99	52
2008-09-15	@HOU	W	7.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	88	83
2008-09-10	@STL	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	90	73
2008-09-05	@CIN	L	2.0	4	5	5	3	1	1	42	26

Last 5 v.CIN		0-4	19.2	18	16	16	10	18	4	7.32	45
2008-09-05	@CIN	L	2.0	4	5	5	3	1	1	42	26
2008-08-20	CIN	L	7.0	2	2	2	2	7	0	100	70
2008-07-10	CIN	L	2.2	6	4	4	2	3	2	63	31
2008-04-17	CIN	L	6.0	6	5	5	3	6	1	94	43
2007-09-30	@CIN	ND	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	57

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    4-2    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-3    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Tue, Apr 21   CIN  W   7-2        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18   STL  W   7-5 (11)   7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 17   STL  W   8-7        6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   STL  L   4-7        5-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   COL  L   2-5        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   COL  W   4-0        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @MIL  W   8-5        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @MIL  W   6-5        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @MIL  L   3-4        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8  @HOU  W  11-6        2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-4    Last 30: 8-4

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 CHC  7  CIN  2        W:Rich Harden (1-1), L: Micah Owings (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 CIN  4  CHC  3        W:Francisco Cordero (5-4), L: Kerry Wood (4-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 CHC 14 @CIN  9        W:Jason Marquis (10-8), L: Johnny Cueto (8-13), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CIN 10  CHC  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (14-10), L: Ted Lilly (13-9), S: none
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 CHC  3  CIN  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (13-5), L: Josh Fogg (2-6), S: Kerry Wood (26)
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 CIN  2 @CHC  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (11-10), L: Ted Lilly (12-7), S: Francisco Cordero (24)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  0        W:Rich Harden (8-2), L: Johnny Cueto (8-12), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 CIN 12 @CHC  7        W:Bronson Arroyo (7-7), L: Ted Lilly (9-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 CHC  5  CIN  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (10-3), L: Johnny Cueto (7-9), S: Kerry Wood (23)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 CHC  7  CIN  3        W:Ryan Dempster (10-3), L: Aaron Harang (3-11), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 1-0; 2008 - CHC won 8-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1076-1047

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 2009 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 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 51.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 452/300 .254/.314/.453/.767 .562/.869 .636 42/.680 4/6 21/11

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 122/96 .304/.413/.608/1.021 .852/1.065 .872 35/.742 5/3 6/0

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 21/1.022 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 6/.533 7/.453 ··· 4/1.250 582/410 .251/.340/.466/.807 .908/.765 .759 52/.640 1/0 26/23

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 16/.975 ··· ··· ··· 13/.872 ··· ··· ··· 7/.619 / /// / 36/.328 / /

15.Hairston G/S/vP 24/.792 2/.500 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/1.286 297/195 .326/.384/.487/.871 .966/.824 .703 28/.577 15/3 6/5

29.Hanigan G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 98/57 .271/.367/.365/.732 .635/.804 .667 12/.606 0/0 2/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 20/1.529 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.666 507/355 .257/.308/.406/.714 .688/.726 .664 39/.562 0/0 15/9

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/54 .188/.270/.250/.520 .787/.348 .517 12/.955 0/0 1/3

16.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.938 / /

17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .000 15/.833 0/0 0/0

4.Phillips G/S/vP 21/.354 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 12/.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 609/430 .261/.312/.442/.754 .944/.676 .699 53/.521 23/10 21/7

3.Taveras G/S/vP 8/1.357 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 538/395 .251/.308/.296/.604 .634/.593 .620 50/.755 68/7 1/7

19.Votto* G/S/vP 14/1.352 2/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/3.500 3/1.666 6/1.500 ··· ··· 589/397 .297/.368/.506/.874 .862/.880 .873 56/.951 7/5 24/11

IP 204.2 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 65.1 46.0 TOTAL .215/.317/.337/.654 .589/.689 .642 .654 6/2 9/10

ERA-K/9

4.09/8.1

4.29/10.8

3.41/7.6

5.59/9.3

5.21/9.5

2.68/11.8

3.86/8.0

/0.0

5.28/9.6

4.10/9.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (15-8-1)
Hernandez (99-24-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 861/.239 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 279/.245 / 203/.267 .235 Bruce
Taveras
Hairston
Nix
Dickerson 11/35/78/8
0/124/0/6
24/17/12/1
2/0/0/0
28/7/0/0

OPS .734 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .741 .837 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.928 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 80/.817 / 96/1.176 .813

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 659/.675 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 199/.711 / 107/.529 .738

Home 382/.736 67/.938 158/.594 21/1.160 181/.726 193/.430 106/.687 / 111/.792

Last 28d days 46/.779 19/.964 30/.825 28/.644 32/.807 30/.580 28/.906 20/.712 13/.385

HR/SB/CS 32/12/8 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 // 10/2/0 19/2/3

Usage ········ o··o·oo· ···X···· ···X·oX· X··oXo·· o··Xo··· ·····X·· ·····XX· X····Xo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (5.50 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB 51.Burton
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 40.Masset
G/S/vB 33.Owings
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.393 2/.500 2/1.000 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 1.145 26/.518 5/3 22/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .840 49/.701 2/0 9/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 10/.633 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.650 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .825 55/1.205 12/4 10/5

4.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .593 5/.200 21/4 0/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 22/19 .095/.095/.143/.238 .667/.167 .000 24/.917 0/0 0/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/4.667 ··· ··· 80/69 .342/.400/.534/.934 .818/.953 .950 18/1.076 1/0 2/2

9.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.900 3/1.000 12/.166 1/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .745 20/.694 5/6 6/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 13/.885 7/.858 7/.286 ··· 9/1.667 4/1.417 7/.286 2/5.000 32/.469 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .838 58/.596 8/2 20/9

7.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.667 4/.833 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.450 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .793 18/.347 3/3 4/4

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.158 8/.536 7/1.000 1/2.000 7/2.357 6/.900 9/.708 1/.000 24/1.289 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 1.040 46/1.005 2/2 27/18

12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/1.333 4/1.833 14/.630 ··· 4/1.750 5/1.150 6/.333 3/.333 11/.637 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .924 61/1.028 19/3 29/5

18.Soto G/S/vP 12/1.591 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .878 28/.458 0/1 23/5

2.Theriot G/S/vP 13/1.230 7/.572 4/.667 ··· 7/.533 5/.400 8/.833 ··· 9/.111 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .732 52/.993 22/13 1/14

IP 174.0 58.2 70.1 7.1 70.1 62.0 104.2 35.1 69.1 TOTAL .260/.365/.434/.799 .798/.799 .766 .799 7/5 16/4

ERA-K/9

4.81/8.2

3.22/8.9

3.33/10.0

7.36/9.9

4.48/7.3

3.92/6.2

5.93/7.5

2.04/10.2

3.25/6.0

4.66/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (6-1-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 769/.264 257/.249 307/.235 37/.333 297/.250 271/.297 466/.256 146/.224 311/.276 .260 Soriano
Fukudome
Gathright
Bradley
Johnson
Miles
Hoffpauir 108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
3/100/0/5
1/0/19/4
26/78/6/3
4/1/1/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .803 .712 .682 .962 .714 .817 .754 .566 .778 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.798 107/.750 135/.569 11/.200 120/.674 100/.874 243/.779 81/.453 120/.635 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 444/.805 150/.686 172/.769 26/1.247 177/.741 171/.786 223/.726 65/.708 191/.868 .800

Road 376/.824 124/.739 117/.545 22/.921 167/.813 138/.601 259/.712 89/.584 162/.708

Last 28d days 47/.812 37/.937 25/.610 21/.569 33/1.328 16/.313 45/.923 23/.536 18/.580

HR/SB/CS 29/7/6 6/4/1 6/7/3 1/0/0 10/1/1 7/2/1 14/3/2 0/1/0 6/3/0 14/8/7

Usage ····X··· X··X··X· ·XX·X··· o··oo··o X···o··o ····o·X· X·····X· ·XX····· ··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.