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Game Preview: WSN @ CIN, 1:10pm, Sunday, August 16, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

Nationals, 42-75, 5th, 24½ GB, 22½ GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (24, LHP, 8-9, 3.58)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-9)			153.1	159	69	61	48	65	15	3.58
2008 (9-15)			182.0	172	89	79	72	117	23	3.91
2007 (2-2)			34.2	36	17	16	17	10	3	4.15

Last 7 GS		2-4	46.1	53	22	20	10	17	3	3.88	49
2009-08-11	@ATL	L	4.2	6	6	5	4	1	0	81	27
2009-08-05	FLA	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	102	52
2009-07-31	@PIT	L	7.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	115	41
2009-07-26	SDP	ND	8.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	81	69
2009-07-21	NYM	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	106	74
2009-07-16	CHC	L	6.2	7	3	2	1	2	1	106	51
2009-07-09	@HOU	L	5.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	97	26

Last 5 v.CIN		1-0	17.2	15	7	6	7	6	0	3.06	52
2009-06-11	CIN	ND	6.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	88	56
2008-07-03	@CIN	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	93	50
2007-08-01	CIN	W	5.2	5	2	2	2	1	0	97	50

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

 Home:   26-33   Road:   16-42   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  33-57   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast: 13-34   vsCntrl:12-20   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug 15  @CIN  W  10-6       42-75  5th 24.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @CIN  W   2-0       41-75  5th 25.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13  @CIN  L   0-7       40-75  5th 25.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Reds, 50-66, 5th, 15 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Justin Lehr (31, RHP, 2-0, 1.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			20.0	19	4	4	8	5	0	1.80
2006 (2-1)			15.2	24	16	15	7	12	2	8.62
2005 (1-1)			34.2	32	19	15	18	23	4	3.89

Last 7 GS		2-0	20.0	19	4	4	8	5	0	1.80	56
2009-08-11	@STL	W	6.0	11	1	1	1	1	0	89	46
2009-08-05	CHC	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	117	82
2009-07-31	COL	ND	5.0	4	3	3	6	0	0	97	41

Has never faced WSN.

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

 Home:   25-32   Road:   25-34   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  37-47   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 11-16   vsCntrl:25-27   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug 15   WSN  L   6-10      50-66  5th 15.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   WSN  L   0-2       50-65  5th 14.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   WSN  W   7-0       50-64  5th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 WSN  2 @CIN  0        W:Garrett Mock (2-4), L: Aaron Harang (6-14), S: Mike MacDougal (12)
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 CIN  7  WSN  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (11-11), L: Collin Balester (1-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - CIN won 4-3; 2007 - WSN won 6-1; All-Time - CIN leads 227-192

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 5.70

OAK 4.61

SDP 3.86

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.66

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .375

N. Schierholtz .291

A. Casilla .179

OBP

A. Pujols .447

R. Davis .363

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .686

B. Butler .475

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

M. Prado .837

A. Casilla .496

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Moyer 5.47

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

D. Davis 6.86

N. Blackburn 3.68

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Nationals Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Lehr
G/S/vB 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 40.Masset
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB 38.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Bard# G/S/vP 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 12/.282 ··· ··· 2/no AB 6/.167 208/176 .239/.313/.340/.653 .723/.640 .557 65/.562 0/1 2/5

10.Belliard G/S/vP ··· 16/.313 ··· 2/.000 10/.000 3/.000 ··· 24/1.049 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.429 166/109 .230/.285/.355/.640 .614/.653 .625 51/.883 2/0 4/3

34.Dukes G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 2/2.500 2/.500 2/.500 6/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 259/200 .244/.305/.406/.711 .766/.694 .644 48/.658 2/8 7/4

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/.750 ··· ··· 4/2.083 6/.500 1/.000 12/.333 ··· 3/1.167 11/.000 47/.912 485/357 .281/.410/.567/.977 .793/1.050 1.055 98/1.132 0/1 31/13

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 207/154 .263/.301/.363/.664 .947/.569 .707 73/.405 1/0 1/9

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 1/2.000 12/.432 ··· 3/1.000 7/.666 6/.666 ··· 11/.728 1/.000 ··· 12/.667 21/.243 423/322 .313/.333/.429/.762 .779/.757 .707 96/.918 3/5 5/14

22.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 17/.588 2/2.000 1/.000 7/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.500 246/212 .224/.357/.378/.735 .662/.744 .644 47/.576 9/2 4/3

1.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 6/1.667 ··· 11/1.245 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.666 490/374 .309/.373/.387/.760 .487/.841 .743 108/.884 38/17 3/3

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/122 .252/.291/.311/.602 .463/.651 .708 38/.523 0/0 1/4

8.Padilla G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .143/.143/.143/.286 1.000/.000 .000 7/.286 0/0 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 14/1.227 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 8/.250 341/268 .302/.413/.575/.989 1.146/.950 1.079 99/1.085 3/2 18/5

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP ··· 14/.742 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 10/.775 ··· 3/.000 4/1.500 4/1.250 505/380 .302/.368/.526/.894 .770/.931 .869 105/1.189 1/0 24/13

IP 20.0 153.2 49.1 40.1 46.1 136.2 39.2 155.1 47.2 52.0 39.0 33.0 TOTAL .266/.346/.414/.760 .758/.761 .765 .803 56/32 111/119

ERA-K/9

1.80/2.2

4.74/5.0

7.48/5.3

5.58/6.3

1.75/7.2

4.61/6.7

2.95/8.2

4.35/8.0

2.45/7.0

2.94/8.1

2.08/8.3

6.27/6.8

4.37/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.260 665/.272 225/.285 187/.294 182/.215 574/.263 165/.237 674/.289 196/.277 206/.196 156/.182 129/.229 .261

OPS .617 .794 .845 .836 .575 .781 .668 .807 .733 .599 .568 .707 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.535 317/.866 122/.890 86/.731 94/.527 295/.856 65/.700 345/.773 94/.572 78/.595 72/.343 58/.803 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.682 348/.728 103/.793 101/.923 88/.620 279/.703 100/.647 329/.842 102/.887 128/.600 84/.759 71/.629 .766

Home 56/.476 359/.801 126/.773 73/.756 109/.528 264/.846 70/.598 344/.744 99/.666 114/.660 82/.421 63/.731

Last 28d days 83/.617 144/.691 101/1.041 28/1.245 37/.650 120/1.032 67/.647 148/.831 37/.688 62/.818 30/.749 12/.489

HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 25/10/5 9/5/1 3/1/0 2/2/3 19/2/4 2/1/5 24/13/5 4/1/1 5/2/2 3/2/2 1/4/1 141/56/35

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ···o···· o··X·X·· ·o··X·o· X····X·· ···X·o·X ·X····X· X···oo·· ·X·oX·o· ···oo··· X····X··

Reds Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

64.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/131 .234/.299/.375/.674 .599/.716 .642 46/.900 1/0 5/1

60.Barker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 / /// / / 0/0 0/

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 273/231 .266/.362/.369/.731 .656/.744 .678 39/.657 9/3 2/3

31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.333 2/5.000 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/no AB ··· 5/.800 192/123 .272/.354/.568/.922 .972/.894 1.062 79/.908 1/0 14/1

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 234/187 .287/.375/.351/.726 .766/.717 .824 58/.468 0/0 2/1

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 103/69 .217/.294/.261/.555 .552/.556 .444 14/.368 0/0 0/2

17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 8/.696 ··· 7/1.286 274/247 .244/.299/.452/.751 .579/.770 .702 62/.636 0/0 9/2

4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/1.056 9/.944 9/.833 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 3/.000 5/1.350 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 456/342 .264/.324/.453/.777 .918/.730 .810 99/.702 18/8 17/8

23.Rosales G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 208/166 .211/.296/.333/.629 .680/.616 .638 51/.736 0/2 4/4

15.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .167/.194/.233/.427 1.000/.364 .390 26/.511 0/1 1/0

30.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/34 .129/.270/.161/.432 .333/.437 .611 37/.432 0/0 0/0

3.Taveras G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.833 4/2.250 ··· ··· 414/306 .239/.275/.286/.562 .508/.581 .607 85/.476 24/6 1/4

19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/.666 9/1.389 6/.833 7/.572 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 345/235 .314/.397/.545/.942 .888/.967 .955 101/.756 4/1 17/6

IP 153.1 24.0 31.1 50.0 28.2 26.2 34.2 27.1 42.2 15.1 9.2 89.1 34.2 TOTAL .241/.310/.383/.693 .697/.692 .729 .629 68/28 111/87

ERA-K/9

3.58/3.8

6.00/4.9

4.60/7.5

3.06/6.5

2.51/10.3

10.46/4.7

3.63/4.4

4.61/3.0

5.27/6.7

7.04/5.9

2.79/5.6

5.24/4.0

3.89/5.4

5.02/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 645/.273 100/.277 133/.263 204/.198 107/.165 129/.360 155/.250 97/.315 205/.333 72/.306 38/.270 378/.282 162/.269 .280

OPS .755 .926 .807 .635 .636 1.005 .711 .938 .906 .943 .857 .788 .804 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.922 46/.884 51/1.114 93/.590 58/.373 60/.947 72/.708 51/1.175 99/.897 37/1.341 16/.750 212/.800 74/.810 .855

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 481/.698 54/.962 82/.627 111/.674 49/.953 69/1.052 83/.711 46/.654 106/.913 35/.568 22/.935 166/.773 88/.799 .775

Road 281/.891 65/.817 81/.865 123/.708 40/.867 76/1.142 70/.864 26/.846 95/.898 39/.895 14/1.500 215/.777 68/.935

Last 28d days 141/.683 100/.926 48/.610 43/.766 71/.568 58/.833 47/.502 97/.938 142/.963 16/.464 38/.857 101/.999 49/.830

HR/SB/CS 15/6/6 9/0/2 5/2/1 5/4/1 4/1/0 5/4/0 2/4/1 5/0/1 5/1/1 3/1/0 3/0/0 11/15/2 3/0/1 122/70/30

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·oXo··o· oo·X···X X···X·o· X···X··· ·oo····· X·····X· ·X·····X ··o·X··· ·o·o··Xo ···X···· ···o··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.