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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Monday, April 20, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

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Reds, 6-5, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (32, RHP, 2-0, 4.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			12.1	12	6	6	6	7	1	4.38
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		4-1	45.2	45	23	20	17	33	5	3.94	52
2009-04-14	@MIL	W	6.1	4	1	1	4	3	1	105	60
2009-04-09	NYM	W	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	0	100	38
2008-09-26	@STL	ND	7.0	13	6	6	2	5	1	102	30
2008-09-21	MIL	L	6.0	6	6	5	3	8	1	91	43
2008-09-16	STL	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	107	63
2008-09-10	@MIL	ND	7.0	5	2	0	4	3	0	120	62
2008-09-05	CHC	W	6.1	4	1	1	2	6	0	122	65

Last 5 v.HOU		1-4	30.0	39	25	25	7	20	3	7.50	39
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
2007-05-31	@HOU	L	5.0	11	8	8	0	2	1	83	15

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
  3 Thu, Apr  9   NYM  W   8-6        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8   NYM  L   7-9        0-2   6th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-5    Last 30: 6-5

Astros, 4-8, 5th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 1-1, 2.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			11.0	8	3	3	5	13	0	2.45
2008 (3-4)			78.0	83	45	42	28	38	10	4.85
2005 (5-3)			69.1	74	28	27	18	27	5	3.50

Last 7 GS		2-3	43.0	38	19	16	16	32	6	3.35	54
2009-04-15	@PIT	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	100	71
2009-04-10	@STL	L	5.0	4	3	3	4	5	0	92	48
2008-09-28	@HOU	L	6.0	4	3	3	0	5	1	76	57
2008-09-23	@PHI	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	94	53
2008-09-18	PHI	L	7.0	6	4	2	2	1	1	102	52
2008-09-13	@NYM	ND	6.0	6	2	2	5	4	0	90	51
2008-09-06	WSN	ND	7.0	8	5	4	1	5	4	105	47

Last 5 v.CIN		1-1	24.2	26	18	15	14	15	1	5.47	44
2003-05-26	CIN	ND	6.0	6	3	3	2	9	1	119	55
2003-05-21	@CIN	L	3.2	5	6	6	5	0	0	78	22
2002-08-08	CIN	W	6.0	3	1	0	4	2	0	120	62
2002-04-24	@CIN	ND	2.2	6	3	3	2	1	0	57	33
2001-06-16	@CIN	ND	6.1	6	5	3	1	3	0	101	47

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

 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 19   CIN  L   2-4        4-8   5th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   CIN  W   7-0        4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   CIN  L   1-2        3-7   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @PIT  W   6-3        3-6   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @PIT  W   4-1        2-6   6th  4.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @PIT  L   0-7        1-6   6th  4.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @STL  L   0-3        1-5   6th  3.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @STL  L   2-11       1-4   6th  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @STL  L   3-5        1-3   6th  1.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8   CHC  L   6-11       1-2   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-8    Last 30: 4-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 HOU  5  CIN  0        W:Randy Wolf (12-12), L: Ramon Ramirez (1-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 CIN  2 @HOU  1        W:Edinson Volquez (17-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-7), S: Francisco Cordero (34)
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 HOU  3  CIN  2        W:Brandon Backe (9-12), L: Aaron Harang (4-14), S: Jose Valverde (35)
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 HOU  4  CIN  1        W:Roy Oswalt (12-9), L: Josh Fogg (2-7), S: Jose Valverde (34)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CIN  2 @HOU  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (12-10), L: Geoff Geary (2-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 HOU 13 @CIN  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-4), L: Aaron Harang (3-12), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 HOU  3 @CIN  1        W:Brian Moehler (8-4), L: Bronson Arroyo (10-9), S: Jose Valverde (28)
Season Series: 2009 - CIN leads 2-1; 2008 - HOU won 12-3; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; All-Time - CIN leads 400-380

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 (3.82 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 2/.000 452/300 .254/.314/.453/.767 .562/.869 .636 38/.557 4/6 21/11

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 122/96 .304/.413/.608/1.021 .852/1.065 .872 25/.874 5/3 6/0

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 5/.650 10/.533 7/.429 1/5.000 582/410 .251/.340/.466/.807 .908/.765 .759 40/.710 1/0 26/23

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 43/.471 ··· ··· 11/1.300 6/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· / /// / 28/.258 / /

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.547 8/1.000 2/.000 ··· 297/195 .326/.384/.487/.871 .966/.824 .703 20/.583 15/3 6/5

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/57 .271/.367/.365/.732 .635/.804 .667 8/.661 0/0 2/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.196 1/no AB 4/2.250 ··· 507/355 .257/.308/.406/.714 .688/.726 .664 31/.544 0/0 15/9

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/54 .188/.270/.250/.520 .787/.348 .517 8/.714 0/0 1/3

16.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 12/.606 / /

17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 13/12 .083/.154/.083/.237 .000/.258 .000 11/.673 0/0 0/0

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.071 5/.000 11/1.182 7/.572 3/1.667 609/430 .261/.312/.442/.754 .944/.676 .699 41/.699 23/10 21/7

3.Taveras G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 6/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 538/395 .251/.308/.296/.604 .634/.593 .620 36/.739 68/7 1/7

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.666 5/.650 2/.000 589/397 .297/.368/.506/.874 .862/.880 .873 43/1.057 7/5 24/11

IP 78.0 55.1 14.0 64.0 62.0 117.1 72.0 55.2 TOTAL .208/.317/.336/.652 .535/.721 .632 .652 5/2 8/6

ERA-K/9

4.85/4.4

3.90/7.6

9.00/7.7

2.53/6.3

3.92/7.0

4.22/4.7

3.38/10.4

5.01/9.2

4.59/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 331/.281 237/.222 72/.339 262/.197 252/.235 478/.266 303/.225 250/.214 .283 Bruce
Taveras
Hairston
Dickerson
Nix 11/35/78/8
0/124/0/6
24/17/12/1
28/7/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .818 .777 .981 .570 .626 .697 .686 .733 .803

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.929 99/.469 38/1.053 110/.612 115/.839 192/.746 140/.648 105/.621 .884

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.791 138/1.011 34/.900 152/.539 137/.456 286/.665 163/.714 145/.819 .732

Home 139/.849 123/.763 31/1.156 144/.626 145/.631 218/.846 174/.639 120/.687

Last 28d days 46/.529 18/.347 3/.000 30/.885 22/.909 28/.721 16/.979 19/1.193

HR/SB/CS 10/4/4 10/4/1 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/2/2 8/2/2 10/8/0 8/5/0 12/4/2

Usage ····X··· o··X··Xo Xo······ X·o·X·o· ··oXX··· oo·X··X· ··X·X··o ···o··X·

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

Astros Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.82 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 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

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 46/1.067 2/.500 13/.308 3/.333 8/.542 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 20/.603 665/487 .312/.420/.567/.986 .803/1.057 1.046 47/.767 18/4 29/5

27.Blum# G/S/vP 20/.153 2/1.500 8/1.500 2/2.500 5/.400 ··· 6/.834 3/1.000 6/.334 356/297 .240/.287/.418/.705 .614/.720 .708 37/.761 1/2 14/4

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 514/383 .229/.288/.300/.588 .508/.614 .635 41/.675 41/10 5/5

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 23/.434 1/2.000 15/1.159 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 27/.296 3/.000 342/267 .276/.309/.363/.672 .599/.693 .618 7/.452 2/3 4/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 502/347 .266/.310/.346/.657 .901/.550 .602 17/1.463 3/1 3/8

45.Lee G/S/vP 33/1.026 3/1.667 9/.708 ··· 8/1.375 3/.000 5/1.000 3/2.667 12/.349 481/366 .314/.368/.569/.937 .959/.930 .943 43/.704 4/1 28/1

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 10/1.056 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.333 422/306 .293/.354/.427/.781 .753/.791 .812 31/.683 20/5 6/12

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 11/.637 321/220 .224/.292/.360/.652 .509/.718 .665 11/.282 2/1 8/4

9.Pence G/S/vP 17/1.079 3/.666 5/1.000 1/.000 5/1.550 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 642/479 .269/.318/.466/.783 .722/.804 .775 46/.898 11/10 25/1

55.Quintero G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 183/147 .226/.270/.298/.567 .627/.553 .564 4/.000 0/0 2/1

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.334 1/3.000 5/.800 ··· 7/.715 2/.500 ··· 31/.970 6/1.000 429/324 .276/.319/.394/.714 .724/.710 .813 41/.627 10/1 7/5

31.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/22 .214/.214/.286/.500 .333/.545 .727 15/.000 0/1 0/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 29/1.189 ··· 24/.716 2/1.000 8/.708 3/.666 3/.833 20/.358 3/2.000 666/491 .283/.314/.415/.729 .743/.724 .757 46/.818 7/7 13/11

IP 200.0 58.2 70.1 7.1 70.1 62.0 104.2 35.1 69.1 TOTAL .245/.313/.379/.692 .740/.678 .773 .692 6/4 9/2

ERA-K/9

4.77/7.3

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

5.11/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Quintero (15-9-1)
Rodriguez (52-25-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 871/.281 257/.249 307/.235 37/.333 297/.250 271/.297 466/.256 146/.224 311/.276 .254 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Erstad
Smith 0/0/156/16
0/130/0/9
110/0/0/4
34/8/43/4
56/40/6/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .811 .712 .682 .962 .714 .817 .754 .566 .778 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 396/.924 107/.750 135/.569 11/.200 120/.674 100/.874 243/.779 81/.453 120/.635 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 475/.715 150/.686 172/.769 26/1.247 177/.741 171/.786 223/.726 65/.708 191/.868 .809

Road 404/.894 124/.739 117/.545 22/.921 167/.813 138/.601 259/.712 89/.584 162/.708

Last 28d days 53/.731 28/1.054 15/.564 18/.548 26/1.300 16/.313 22/1.002 13/.321 13/.503

HR/SB/CS 29/5/2 6/4/1 6/7/3 1/0/0 10/1/1 7/2/1 14/3/2 0/1/0 6/3/0 11/8/6

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