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Game Preview: WSN @ CIN, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 13, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Nationals, 40-74, 5th, 24½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Collin Balester (23, RHP, 1-1, 5.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 19.0 21 12 11 4 11 6 5.21
2008 (3-7) 80.0 92 53 49 28 50 12 5.51
Last 7 GS 1-2 32.1 41 25 24 8 21 9 6.68 42
2009-08-07 ARI ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 3 3 82 29
2009-08-02 @PIT ND 5.2 5 2 2 2 3 1 85 52
2009-07-28 @MIL W 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 93 57
2009-07-23 STL L 3.0 3 3 2 1 2 1 54 44
2008-09-26 @PHI L 1.2 7 7 7 1 1 1 52 13
2008-09-19 SDP ND 5.0 9 5 5 0 4 2 96 33
2008-09-14 @FLA ND 6.2 4 1 1 3 5 0 98 64
Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 11.0 10 6 6 5 8 2 4.91 48
2008-08-03 CIN W 5.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 101 55
2008-07-06 @CIN L 5.2 4 5 5 3 3 1 102 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-33   Road:   14-41   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  31-56   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:10-19   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 12  @ATL  L   2-6       40-74  5th 24.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @ATL  L   1-8       40-73  5th 23.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   ARI  W   9-2       40-72  5th 22.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   ARI  W   5-2       39-72  5th 23.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   ARI  W   7-6       38-72  5th 24.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6   FLA  W  12-8       37-72  5th 25.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   FLA  W   5-4       36-72  5th 25.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4   FLA  W   6-4       35-72  5th 25.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3  @PIT  W   8-4       34-72  5th 26.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @PIT  W   5-3       33-72  5th 27.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Reds, 49-64, 5th, 13½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (32, RHP, 10-11, 5.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-11) 144.2 159 88 81 52 82 25 5.04
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 2-4 46.2 49 22 19 13 30 5 3.66 52
2009-08-08 @SFG L 7.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 102 53
2009-08-02 COL ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 1 1 114 49
2009-07-28 SDP L 6.1 9 3 3 2 6 1 119 47
2009-07-22 @LAD L 5.1 5 5 5 4 8 1 100 42
2009-07-17 MIL W 7.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 109 69
2009-07-10 @NYM W 9.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 115 84
2009-07-05 STL L 5.0 11 8 5 2 2 1 89 19
Last 5 v.WSN 2-1 25.2 25 13 13 11 22 2 4.56 51
2008-07-04 WSN W 6.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 95 62
2007-08-01 @WSN L 1.2 7 7 7 2 1 1 58 12
2007-05-21 WSN ND 2.0 6 6 6 3 2 1 62 19
2006-05-11 WSN ND 8.0 6 0 0 1 8 0 117 77
2006-04-26 @WSN W 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 119 86
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-30   Road:   25-34   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  36-45   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:25-27   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug 12  @STL  L   2-5       49-64  5th 13.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11  @STL  W   5-4       49-63  5th 12.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug 10  @STL  L   1-4       48-63  5th 13.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9  @SFG  W   5-2       48-62  5th 12.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8  @SFG  L   2-4       47-62  5th 12.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7  @SFG  W  10-5       47-61  5th 11.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   CHC  W   4-0       46-61  5th 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   CHC  L   3-6       45-61  5th 12.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3   CHC  L   2-4       45-60  5th 11.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   COL  L   4-6 (11)  45-59  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 WSN  3  CIN  2        W:Julian Tavarez (2-4), L: Danny Herrera (0-2), S: Joe Beimel (1)
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 CIN  4 @WSN  2 (12)   W:Nick Masset (4-0), L: Ron Villone (3-1), S: Dave Weathers (1)
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 CIN  3 @WSN  2        W:Johnny Cueto (6-3), L: Ross Detwiler (0-3), S: Francisco Cordero (15)

Sun, Aug 03, 2008 WSN  4  CIN  2        W:Collin Balester (2-3), L: Johnny Cueto (7-11), S: Joel Hanrahan (1)
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 WSN 10  CIN  6        W:Charlie Manning (1-2), L: Mike Lincoln (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 WSN  5  CIN  2        W:Odalis Perez (4-8), L: Homer Bailey (0-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CIN  6  WSN  5        W:Edinson Volquez (11-3), L: Collin Balester (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (18)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CIN  3  WSN  2        W:Francisco Cordero (4-1), L: Joel Hanrahan (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 CIN  3  WSN  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (6-7), L: Jay Bergmann (1-6), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 CIN  5  WSN  3        W:Johnny Cueto (7-8), L: Jesus Colome (2-2), S: Francisco Cordero (16)
Season Series: 2009 - CIN leads 2-1; 2008 - CIN won 4-3; 2007 - WSN won 6-1; All-Time - CIN leads 226-190

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

LAA  5.66

OAK  4.58

SDP  3.82

RA/G

SFG  3.74

NYM  4.62

WSN  5.44

BA

J. Mauer  .369

S. Schumaker  .292

A. Casilla  .172

OBP

A. Pujols  .445

H. Matsui  .364

J. Gerut  .239

SLG

A. Pujols  .683

G. Beckham  .479

A. Casilla  .219

OPS

A. Pujols  1.128

S. Victorino  .838

A. Casilla  .485

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.20

D. Braden  3.89

T. Wellemeyer  5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.89

B. Tallet  6.67

N. Blackburn  3.68

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Nationals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Arroyo
G/S/vB
34.Bailey
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
47.Cueto
G/S/vB
46.Fisher
G/S/vB
39.Harang
G/S/vB
52.Herrera*
G/S/vB
62.Lehr
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
38.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Bard# G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 12/.282 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 6/.167 201/170 .247/.318/.352/.670 .748/.656 .590 65/.562 0/1 2/5
10.Belliard G/S/vP 16/.313 ··· 2/.000 10/.000 3/.000 ··· 21/.950 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.429 158/102 .221/.274/.331/.605 .588/.614 .546 46/.822 2/0 3/3
34.Dukes G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 2/.500 1/no AB 6/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 251/192 .248/.311/.412/.722 .766/.708 .663 40/.719 2/8 7/3
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/2.083 6/.500 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 11/.000 47/.912 474/346 .278/.405/.570/.975 .793/1.048 1.052 100/1.093 0/1 30/13
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 204/151 .267/.305/.369/.674 .947/.581 .729 82/.462 1/0 1/9
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 3/1.000 7/.666 6/.666 ··· 7/1.143 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 12/.667 21/.243 411/310 .319/.338/.438/.776 .779/.775 .733 88/.963 3/5 5/14
22.Harris* G/S/vP 16/.626 2/2.000 1/.000 7/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.500 240/206 .230/.361/.388/.749 .662/.761 .670 50/.537 9/2 4/3
1.Morgan* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 6/1.667 ··· 7/1.404 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.666 477/362 .307/.370/.388/.758 .481/.843 .739 109/.929 38/17 3/3
23.Nieves G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 161/118 .245/.286/.286/.571 .463/.611 .654 39/.453 0/0 0/4
8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .333/.333/.333/.667 2.000/.000 3/.667 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 11/1.233 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 8/.250 330/257 .308/.418/.591/1.009 1.146/.973 1.123 101/1.039 3/2 18/5
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 7/1.171 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 4/1.250 493/368 .305/.371/.534/.906 .770/.948 .892 106/1.209 1/0 24/13
IP 144.2 49.1 39.1 45.1 134.0 39.2 148.1 46.1 20.0 51.0 39.0 29.0 TOTAL .268/.347/.418/.765 .758/.767 .776 .808 56/31 109/119
ERA-K/9 5.04/5.1 7.48/5.3 5.72/6.2 1.79/7.4 4.23/6.8 2.95/8.2 4.43/8.0 2.53/6.8 1.80/2.2 3.00/7.9 2.08/8.3 6.21/6.2 4.43/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.282 222/.274 181/.304 179/.219 574/.263 146/.225 645/.292 196/.277 83/.260 198/.197 153/.187 129/.229 .263
OPS .823 .828 .857 .585 .781 .639 .809 .733 .617 .600 .580 .707 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 303/.891 121/.880 84/.750 93/.534 295/.856 61/.714 331/.786 94/.572 38/.535 76/.595 72/.343 58/.803 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.760 101/.767 97/.948 86/.636 279/.703 85/.583 314/.833 102/.887 45/.682 122/.603 81/.790 71/.629 .770
Home 329/.858 126/.773 73/.756 106/.545 264/.846 70/.598 315/.742 99/.666 56/.476 109/.667 82/.421 63/.731
Last 28d days 144/.779 123/.999 22/1.500 38/.687 120/1.032 48/.549 149/.833 40/.631 83/.617 63/.910 30/.749 12/.489
HR/SB/CS 25/10/5 9/5/1 3/1/0 2/2/3 19/2/4 1/1/5 22/13/5 4/1/1 0/1/0 5/2/1 3/2/2 1/4/1 138/56/34
Usage ····X··· o····X·· X·X····· ·X·o·X·· ··X····· X·o·X··· ···X···· ·oo····· ·X·····X oX·o·X·· oo······ ··X·····
Reds Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Balester
G/S/vB
57.Bergmann
G/S/vB
17.Burnett*
G/S/vB
36.Clippard
G/S/vB
26.Kensing
G/S/vB
31.Lannan*
G/S/vB
54.MacDougal
G/S/vB
60.Martin
G/S/vB
49.Mock
G/S/vB
52.Rivera
G/S/vB
29.Sosa
G/S/vB
35.Stammen
G/S/vB
41.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
64.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 199/126 .235/.302/.380/.681 .599/.729 .649 45/.909 1/0 5/1
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 263/221 .265/.364/.372/.736 .656/.751 .715 34/.609 9/3 2/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 5/.800 183/114 .261/.344/.509/.854 .972/.780 .909 78/.720 1/0 11/1
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.000 ··· 13/.697 262/208 .217/.266/.306/.572 .525/.585 .516 64/.616 0/1 3/6
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 230/183 .283/.373/.333/.706 .766/.691 .788 62/.369 0/0 1/1
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 99/65 .216/.296/.261/.557 .552/.560 .439 11/.282 0/0 0/2
17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 8/.696 ··· 7/1.286 266/239 .240/.297/.446/.743 .579/.762 .679 64/.600 0/0 9/2
4.Phillips G/S/vP 6/1.467 9/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.056 7/.762 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 444/331 .264/.326/.457/.783 .908/.740 .818 100/.677 18/8 17/8
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/155 .215/.292/.337/.630 .680/.615 .652 45/.811 0/2 4/4
15.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/25 .185/.214/.259/.474 1.000/.408 .411 24/.554 0/1 0/0
30.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/26 .167/.310/.208/.519 .333/.535 .769 29/.519 0/0 0/0
3.Taveras G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.200 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 3/2.334 ··· ··· 405/297 .236/.272/.284/.556 .508/.573 .594 90/.457 24/6 1/4
19.Votto* G/S/vP 6/1.917 6/.833 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 333/225 .314/.396/.553/.949 .906/.971 .974 102/.775 4/1 17/6
IP 19.0 29.1 49.0 27.0 26.0 153.1 32.2 21.1 36.2 14.1 9.0 89.1 34.2 TOTAL .240/.310/.382/.692 .697/.691 .726 .631 68/28 107/86
ERA-K/9 5.21/5.2 4.60/7.4 3.12/6.4 2.67/10.3 9.35/4.5 3.58/3.8 3.86/4.4 5.91/3.4 6.14/6.4 6.91/6.3 3.00/6.0 5.24/4.0 3.89/5.4 5.03/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 78/.284 123/.266 194/.182 107/.165 129/.360 645/.273 149/.263 97/.315 179/.342 67/.310 32/.250 355/.289 161/.271 .281
OPS .888 .803 .583 .636 1.005 .755 .743 .938 .929 .946 .750 .790 .810 .807
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.899 49/1.128 87/.573 58/.373 60/.947 164/.922 71/.719 51/1.175 93/.900 34/1.418 14/.500 198/.789 73/.823 .854
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.878 74/.597 107/.590 49/.953 69/1.052 481/.698 78/.763 46/.654 86/.953 33/.508 18/.944 157/.790 88/.799 .771
Road 43/.694 71/.866 113/.623 40/.867 76/1.142 281/.891 64/.960 26/.846 69/.954 34/.894 8/1.500 192/.779 67/.950
Last 28d days 78/.888 51/.713 38/.482 76/.531 58/.833 169/.700 45/.605 97/.938 116/1.010 11/.282 32/.750 103/1.015 48/.848
HR/SB/CS 6/0/2 4/2/1 4/4/1 4/1/0 5/4/0 15/6/6 2/4/1 5/0/1 5/1/1 3/1/0 2/0/0 9/15/2 3/0/1 114/70/30
Usage ·····X·· o··o·oo· X···XXoo ·X·o··X· ·X····X· ·X·····X ·····X·X ···X···· ····X··· ·X···X·· o··Xo·XX X·····X· o··o·oX·

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.