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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Astros, 18-26, 6th, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (25, RHP, 1-3, 6.90)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-3)			30.0	43	25	23	16	22	4	6.90
2007 (2-1)			19.0	22	15	15	7	11	5	7.11

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.0	43	23	21	14	23	4	4.97	45
2009-05-22	TEX	ND	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	102	39
2009-05-12	@COL	L	4.0	7	8	7	4	2	2	96	16
2009-04-29	@CIN	L	5.2	6	2	1	2	3	0	88	52
2009-04-24	MIL	L	6.0	10	4	4	0	4	0	91	40
2009-04-19	CIN	ND	6.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	97	70
2007-09-30	ATL	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	78	68
2007-09-25	@CIN	W	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	87	32

Last 5 v.CIN		1-1	16.2	17	7	6	5	11	1	3.24	51
2009-04-29	@CIN	L	5.2	6	2	1	2	3	0	88	52
2009-04-19	CIN	ND	6.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	97	70
2007-09-25	@CIN	W	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	87	32

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

 Home:    9-15   Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-21   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 9-19   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 26  @CIN  L   4-6       18-26  6th  8.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 25  @CIN  L   5-8       18-25  6th  8.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   TEX  L   0-5       18-24  6th  7.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   TEX  L   3-6       18-23  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   TEX  L   5-6 (10)  18-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   MIL  L   3-4       18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   6-4       18-20  5th  6.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   2-4       17-20  5th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @CHC  W   6-5       17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   4-5       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30:12-17

Reds, 25-20, 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (32, RHP, 6-3, 5.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-3)			56.0	62	36	36	21	29	12	5.79
2008 (15-11)			200.0	219	116	106	68	163	29	4.77
2007 (9-15)			210.2	232	109	99	63	156	28	4.23

Last 7 GS		4-3	43.2	50	30	30	15	22	11	6.18	43
2009-05-22	CLE	W	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	1	105	68
2009-05-17	@SDP	L	7.0	6	3	3	4	4	1	119	53
2009-05-11	@ARI	W	7.0	10	5	5	0	5	3	123	42
2009-05-06	MIL	L	1.0	7	9	9	3	0	2	46	0
2009-05-01	@PIT	W	8.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	113	75
2009-04-25	ATL	L	5.2	9	9	9	3	5	2	102	17
2009-04-20	@HOU	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	2	81	49

Last 5 v.HOU		2-3	32.0	37	20	20	7	20	4	5.62	46
2009-04-20	@HOU	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	2	81	49
2008-08-26	@HOU	W	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	109	74
2008-08-09	HOU	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	7	0	118	57
2008-07-29	@HOU	L	6.1	8	6	6	0	3	2	109	36
2008-04-23	HOU	L	3.2	10	8	8	1	5	0	91	13

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

 Home:   12-12   Road:   13-8    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  17-13   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 26   HOU  W   6-4       25-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 25   HOU  W   8-5       24-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 24   CLE  W   4-3 (11)  23-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 23   CLE  L   6-7       22-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   CLE  W   3-1       22-19  3rd  3.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   PHI  L   5-12      21-19  4th  4.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   PHI  W   5-1       21-18  4th  3.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   PHI  L   3-4       20-18  4th  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @SDP  L   1-3       20-17  4th  3.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @SDP  L   5-6 (16)  20-16  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 26, 2009 CIN  6  HOU  4        W:Nick Masset (2-0), L: Tim Byrdak (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (13)
Mon, May 25, 2009 CIN  8  HOU  5        W:Aaron Harang (5-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (12)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 CIN  3  HOU  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-2), L: Felipe Paulino  (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (7)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 HOU  8 @CIN  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Aaron Harang (2-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 HOU  4 @CIN  1        W:Chris Sampson (2-0), L: Francisco Cordero (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 CIN  4 @HOU  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (3-0), L: Geoff Geary (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (5)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 CIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Edinson Volquez (2-1), L: Geoff Geary (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (4)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 HOU  7  CIN  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-1), L: Aaron Harang (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CIN  2 @HOU  1        W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Jose Valverde (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (3)

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 HOU  8  CIN  6        W:Roy Oswalt (17-10), L: Johnny Cueto (9-14), S: Jose Valverde (43)
Season Series: 2009 - CIN leads 6-3; 2008 - HOU won 12-3; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - CIN leads 404-382

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TBR 5.71

MIL 4.70

SEA 3.70

RA/G

LAD 3.87

TEX 4.76

WSN 6.15

M. Cabrera .377

A. Beltre .217

B. Upton .189

OBP

C. Beltran .460

B. Upton .285

A. Beltre .251

SLG

R. Ibanez .724

E. Bonifacio .304

B. Giles .277

OPS

R. Ibanez 1.134

E. Bonifacio .597

B. Giles .558

ERA

Z. Greinke .84

K. Slowey 4.23

J. Moyer 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.09

G. Meche 6.67

M. Pelfrey 3.19

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Astros Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
G/S/vB 51.Burton
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 46.Fisher
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 49/1.112 4/.250 16/.250 ··· 3/.333 8/.542 4/.250 8/1.425 4/.000 20/.603 184/136 .233/.370/.487/.856 .737/.900 .981 92/.992 0/2 10/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 23/.399 2/1.500 10/1.278 ··· 2/2.500 6/.334 1/2.000 6/.834 3/1.000 7/.453 141/130 .266/.333/.331/.664 .909/.641 .552 68/.579 0/1 1/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 186/154 .285/.355/.382/.737 .742/.735 .826 105/.741 15/3 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 23/.434 2/1.000 16/1.081 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 27/.296 4/.000 54/49 .146/.208/.208/.416 .000/.462 .248 30/.447 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 78/47 .313/.403/.522/.925 1.044/.845 1.232 46/.748 0/0 2/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 36/1.089 4/1.167 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 8/1.375 5/.400 8/.875 5/1.933 12/.349 186/145 .324/.366/.535/.901 1.166/.827 .872 99/.985 1/1 8/1

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 13/.955 1/no AB 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.333 166/129 .219/.288/.295/.583 .916/.497 .563 94/.545 6/3 1/2

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/6 .286/.286/.286/.571 .000/.667 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/0

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 12/.583 39/20 .182/.308/.303/.611 .806/.426 .368 16/.259 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 20/1.117 3/.666 8/1.232 1/no AB 1/.000 6/1.267 4/.000 7/.762 1/.000 4/.500 186/150 .352/.425/.519/.943 .802/.977 .830 98/1.060 5/4 5/0

55.Quintero G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 24/16 .208/.208/.250/.458 .375/.500 .500 16/.688 0/0 0/2

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.222 1/3.000 7/.858 ··· ··· 8/.804 4/.250 3/1.000 31/.970 7/.857 146/125 .259/.303/.452/.755 1.286/.659 .777 72/.812 0/2 5/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 32/1.073 2/1.000 28/.833 1/.000 3/1.334 9/1.015 3/.666 6/.933 22/.473 3/2.000 191/150 .348/.372/.519/.891 .954/.874 .753 97/1.044 2/1 5/8

IP 56.0 20.2 21.0 3.0 17.2 16.0 15.2 49.0 16.0 16.2 TOTAL .269/.333/.411/.744 .859/.713 .739 .787 30/18 39/22

ERA-K/9

5.79/4.7

6.10/7.0

1.71/9.0

0.00/3.0

2.04/8.1

9.56/3.4

1.15/7.5

4.78/5.5

0.56/6.8

2.70/5.9

4.03/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 241/.290 98/.301 81/.239 12/.111 78/.279 82/.348 60/.115 217/.270 62/.167 72/.207 .248

OPS .869 .838 .582 .444 .729 1.151 .368 .778 .450 .681 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.821 45/.720 47/.486 4/.500 33/.576 35/1.364 21/.458 94/.978 22/.390 26/.530 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.916 53/.937 34/.708 8/.375 45/.843 47/.992 39/.318 123/.630 40/.474 46/.762 .725

Home 96/1.036 48/.838 50/.554 12/.444 48/.800 51/1.325 39/.434 95/.843 34/.182 31/.845

Last 28d days 133/.833 49/.827 43/.518 12/.444 47/.871 33/1.030 22/.282 143/.760 32/.429 47/.788

HR/SB/CS 12/1/3 1/0/0 0/0/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 5/0/2 0/2/1 6/3/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 47/22/14

Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· XoX·o·oo ·Xo····· X··X·o·· o··o·o·· o······· X····X·· ··oo··oo o·Xo·X··

Reds Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 180/127 .228/.306/.481/.787 .606/.859 .861 106/.731 3/1 12/1

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 103/92 .229/.369/.349/.718 .489/.743 .533 50/.779 1/2 2/3

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/6 .429/.500/.500/1.000 1.100/.750 1.000 16/1.000 1/0 0/0

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 7/.000 1/.000 119/85 .218/.263/.318/.581 .353/.679 .669 56/.669 0/0 2/2

15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 3/no AB 3/.666 7/1.547 9/.888 ··· 141/91 .256/.314/.456/.770 .913/.687 .782 98/.875 4/0 5/3

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 64/45 .309/.381/.382/.763 1.036/.649 .791 48/.728 0/0 1/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 8/1.196 2/3.000 1/.000 163/127 .294/.360/.385/.745 .730/.749 .789 96/.815 0/0 2/3

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 46/34 .300/.378/.375/.753 .871/.708 .644 29/.691 0/0 0/1

17.Nix* G/S/vP 5/2.200 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 87/75 .288/.333/.588/.921 .250/1.035 .839 56/.890 0/0 4/0

4.Phillips G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 12/1.083 4/2.750 170/118 .275/.337/.490/.827 .889/.801 1.035 88/1.017 4/3 7/3

23.Rosales G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 96/78 .259/.351/.383/.734 .789/.721 .729 92/.724 0/2 2/2

3.Taveras G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 8/1.750 1/.000 189/142 .273/.333/.345/.679 .503/.733 .712 109/.671 12/2 1/1

19.Votto* G/S/vP 9/.555 7/1.429 2/.000 1/3.000 6/.666 2/.000 146/98 .364/.473/.645/1.117 1.205/1.067 1.168 56/1.371 2/1 8/3

IP 30.0 17.0 17.2 19.2 28.0 13.2 TOTAL .257/.332/.410/.742 .735/.745 .781 .786 28/12 48/33

ERA-K/9

6.90/6.6

3.71/6.9

4.08/7.1

2.75/8.2

1.93/3.9

7.24/9.9

4.66/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 147/.347 72/.206 70/.200 84/.247 112/.225 67/.377 .279

OPS .942 .704 .611 .695 .658 .974 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/1.050 36/.986 25/.598 38/.570 51/.608 27/.997 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.875 36/.416 45/.609 46/.798 61/.702 40/.954 .795

Road 64/1.036 52/.615 26/.863 35/.494 54/.850 37/1.126

Last 28d days 72/1.211 47/.810 47/.579 40/.585 58/.620 34/.878

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 52/15/7

Usage ····X··· Xo·o·o·· ·X·X·o·X o···Xo·· ····Xoo· ···Xoo··

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.