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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, April 23, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Reds, 8-6, 4th, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Harang (31, RHP, 1-2, 2.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			20.0	20	6	6	4	17	1	2.70
2008 (6-17)			184.1	205	104	98	50	153	35	4.78
2007 (16-6)			231.2	213	100	96	52	218	28	3.73

Last 7 GS		3-4	48.0	47	17	14	8	33	5	2.62	58
2009-04-18	@HOU	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	6	0	93	37
2009-04-12	PIT	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	108	90
2009-04-06	NYM	L	5.0	7	1	1	3	2	1	114	48
2008-09-27	@STL	L	5.0	9	6	4	1	2	2	75	30
2008-09-22	FLA	W	7.0	8	4	4	2	6	2	122	49
2008-09-17	STL	W	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	111	79
2008-09-12	@ARI	L	7.0	4	1	0	1	4	0	101	70

Last 5 v.CHC		0-4	32.1	35	21	21	14	36	6	5.85	48
2008-09-07	CHC	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	111	55
2008-07-08	@CHC	L	4.1	5	6	6	7	6	2	108	28
2008-05-06	CHC	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	114	55
2008-04-15	@CHC	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	6	2	110	40
2007-09-29	CHC	L	8.0	9	4	4	0	13	2	125	61

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

 Home:    2-3    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @CHC  W   3-0        8-6   4th  1.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6

Cubs, 8-5, 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 1-0, 5.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-0)			19.0	21	11	11	9	20	4	5.21
2008 (14-6)			188.2	172	85	82	72	130	18	3.91
2007 (18-13)			216.1	187	100	95	101	177	23	3.95

Last 7 GS		2-1	39.1	35	27	27	20	36	6	6.18	47
2009-04-17	STL	ND	7.0	9	7	7	3	7	3	109	35
2009-04-11	@MIL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	3	7	1	118	50
2009-04-06	@HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	97	61
2008-09-24	@NYM	ND	4.2	3	5	5	4	2	1	87	36
2008-09-19	STL	L	1.2	6	8	8	3	1	1	45	9
2008-09-14	@HOU	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	10	0	110	96
2008-09-02	HOU	ND	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	86	45

Last 5 v.CIN		5-0	37.0	24	4	4	9	21	2	0.97	69
2008-08-21	CIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	4	4	1	105	61
2008-07-09	CIN	W	8.0	1	1	1	0	5	1	103	81
2008-05-06	@CIN	W	8.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	113	76
2008-04-16	CIN	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	102	57
2007-09-28	@CIN	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	110	68

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Wed, Apr 22   CIN  L   0-3        8-5   2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-5    Last 30: 8-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 CIN  3 @CHC  0        W:Johnny Cueto (1-1), L: Ted Lilly (2-1), S: Francisco Cordero (6)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHC won 8-7; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1076-1048

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 (3.64 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
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 6/.834 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 452/300 .254/.314/.453/.767 .562/.869 .636 46/.781 4/6 21/11

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 122/96 .304/.413/.608/1.021 .852/1.065 .872 36/.718 5/3 6/0

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 45/.733 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 6/.533 7/.453 ··· 4/1.250 582/410 .251/.340/.466/.807 .908/.765 .759 56/.589 1/0 26/23

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 15/.871 ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/.872 ··· ··· ··· 7/.619 / /// / 40/.346 / /

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.400 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/1.286 297/195 .326/.384/.487/.871 .966/.824 .703 32/.567 15/3 6/5

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 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 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.666 507/355 .257/.308/.406/.714 .688/.726 .664 43/.508 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.938 / /

17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .000 16/.779 0/0 0/0

4.Phillips G/S/vP 41/.741 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 12/.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 609/430 .261/.312/.442/.754 .944/.676 .699 57/.559 23/10 21/7

3.Taveras G/S/vP 22/.364 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 538/395 .251/.308/.296/.604 .634/.593 .620 54/.714 68/7 1/7

19.Votto* G/S/vP 18/.860 2/5.000 ··· 2/3.000 3/3.500 3/1.666 6/1.500 ··· ··· 589/397 .297/.368/.506/.874 .862/.880 .873 60/.937 7/5 24/11

IP 188.2 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 65.1 46.0 TOTAL .219/.313/.340/.653 .564/.707 .642 .653 7/2 10/10

ERA-K/9

3.91/6.2

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

3.94/8.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 796/.241 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 279/.245 / 203/.267 .237 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 .686 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .741 .837 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 411/.675 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 80/.817 / 96/1.176 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.698 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 199/.711 / 107/.529 .718

Home 408/.718 67/.938 158/.594 21/1.160 181/.726 193/.430 106/.687 / 111/.792

Last 28d days 84/.861 19/.964 35/.923 33/.705 32/.807 30/.580 28/.906 20/.712 13/.385

HR/SB/CS 18/10/9 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 // 10/2/0 20/3/3

Usage ·····X·· ·o··o·oo X···X··· 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 (5.08 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Harang
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 6/.733 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.393 2/.500 2/1.000 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 1.145 30/.441 5/3 22/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 12/1.195 5/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .840 50/.685 2/0 9/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 9/.833 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.533 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .825 59/1.148 12/4 10/5

4.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 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 4/.833 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 ··· 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 52/1.059 7/.858 7/.286 ··· 9/1.667 4/1.417 7/.286 2/5.000 33/.453 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .838 62/.624 8/2 20/9

7.Miles# G/S/vP 20/.666 4/.833 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.450 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .793 21/.296 3/3 4/4

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 43/.852 8/.536 8/1.125 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 50/.996 2/2 27/18

12.Soriano G/S/vP 23/.444 4/1.833 14/.630 ··· 4/1.750 5/1.150 6/.333 3/.333 12/.750 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .924 65/1.025 19/3 29/5

18.Soto G/S/vP 16/1.207 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .878 32/.397 0/1 23/5

2.Theriot G/S/vP 29/.749 7/.572 5/.500 ··· 7/.533 5/.400 8/.833 ··· 9/.111 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .732 56/.916 22/13 1/14

IP 184.1 58.2 70.1 7.1 70.1 62.0 104.2 35.1 69.1 TOTAL .254/.354/.416/.770 .798/.767 .716 .770 7/5 16/6

ERA-K/9

4.78/7.5

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

4.32/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 793/.284 257/.249 307/.235 37/.333 297/.250 271/.297 466/.256 146/.224 311/.276 .255 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 .838 .712 .682 .962 .714 .817 .754 .566 .778 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 331/.862 107/.750 135/.569 11/.200 120/.674 100/.874 243/.779 81/.453 120/.635 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 462/.820 150/.686 172/.769 26/1.247 177/.741 171/.786 223/.726 65/.708 191/.868 .781

Road 363/.864 124/.739 117/.545 22/.921 167/.813 138/.601 259/.712 89/.584 162/.708

Last 28d days 84/.630 37/.937 29/.595 21/.569 33/1.328 16/.313 45/.923 23/.536 22/.563

HR/SB/CS 35/17/4 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 o·XX·X·· ·o··oo·· ·X···o·· ·····o·X ·X·····X ··XX···· o··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.