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Game Preview: CIN @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Reds, 31-30, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Johnny Cueto (23, RHP, 6-3, 2.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-3)			81.0	61	22	21	24	58	8	2.33
2008 (9-14)			174.0	178	101	93	68	158	29	4.81

Last 7 GS		4-2	48.1	36	16	15	15	29	6	2.79	59
2009-06-09	@WSN	W	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	111	66
2009-06-03	@STL	W	6.1	7	1	1	0	3	0	101	58
2009-05-29	@MIL	L	7.0	3	3	3	4	3	2	104	58
2009-05-24	CLE	ND	7.0	6	3	2	3	7	0	111	59
2009-05-19	PHI	L	7.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	112	51
2009-05-13	@ARI	W	7.0	4	3	3	2	4	2	100	59
2009-05-08	STL	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	98	64

Has never faced KCR.

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

 Home:   14-14   Road:   17-16   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  22-22   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @KCR  L   4-7       31-30  3rd  2.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @KCR  L   1-4       31-29  3rd  2.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11  @WSN  L   2-3       31-28  3rd  1.5 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10  @WSN  W   4-2 (12)  31-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  9  @WSN  W   3-2       30-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7   CHC  L   3-6 (14)  29-27  3rd  3.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6   CHC  W   4-3 (11)  29-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5   CHC  L   1-2       28-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @STL  L   1-3       28-25  3rd  2.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @STL  W   9-3       28-24  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Royals, 27-34, 4th, 6½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (28, RHP, 4-3, 4.69)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-3)			55.2	62	35	29	22	36	4	4.69
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76
2007 (12-9)			165.0	156	76	71	44	77	15	3.87

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.1	49	28	25	12	29	3	6.03	42
2009-06-09	@CLE	ND	5.0	4	4	1	3	5	0	97	51
2009-06-03	@TBR	L	3.2	9	8	8	3	2	1	91	10
2009-05-29	CHW	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	4	1	87	22
2009-05-24	@STL	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	99	52
2009-05-19	CLE	ND	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	87	37
2009-05-13	@OAK	L	5.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	86	53
2009-05-07	SEA	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	105	68

Has never faced CIN.

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

 Home:   17-15   Road:   10-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  17-20   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Sat, Jun 13   CIN  W   7-4       27-34  4th  6.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12   CIN  W   4-1       26-34  5th  7.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  25-34  5th  7.5 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10  @CLE  W   9-0       25-33  4th  7.5 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  9  @CLE  L   4-8       24-33  5th  7.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @TOR  L   0-4       24-32  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @TOR  W   6-2       24-31  4th  5.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @TOR  L   3-9       23-31  4th  5.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @TBR  L   2-3       23-30  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @TBR  L   0-9       23-29  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  4        W:Kyle Davies (3-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 KCR  4  CIN  1        W:Luke Hochevar (2-2), L: Matt Maloney (0-1), S: none

Thu, Jun 29, 2006 CIN  6  KCR  5        W:Dave Weathers (3-2), L: Elmer Dessens (4-7), S: Todd Coffey (7)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CIN  7  KCR  2        W:Aaron Harang (9-5), L: Scott Elarton (3-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 KCR  9 @CIN  8        W:Jeremy Affeldt (3-5), L: Todd Coffey (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (13)
Sun, Jun 06, 1999 CIN 14 @KCR  3        W:Scott Sullivan (3-0), L: Jay Witasick (1-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 05, 1999 CIN  7 @KCR  4 (10)   W:Scott Williamson (5-1), L: Jeff Montgomery (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 05, 1999 CIN  9 @KCR  4        W:Steve Parris (4-0), L: Jose Rosado (3-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 1998 KCR  6 @CIN  4        W:Pat Rapp (7-6), L: Scott Klingenbeck (1-3), S: Scott Service (1)
Mon, Jun 22, 1998 KCR  3 @CIN  0        W:Jim Pittsley (1-1), L: Mike Remlinger (4-9), S: Jeff Montgomery (15)
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CIN leads 7-6

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 5.66

WSN 4.48

SEA 3.76

RA/G

LAD 3.76

TBR 4.63

WSN 5.82

J. Mauer .408

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .192

OBP

J. Mauer .483

P. Konerko .348

D. Navarro .232

SLG

J. Mauer .748

A. Rios .448

E. Burriss .277

OPS

J. Mauer 1.231

D. Lee .800

D. Navarro .550

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.72

J. Pineiro 3.99

M. Parra 7.52

K/9IP

J. Vazquez 11.21

E. Jackson 6.63

J. Garland 3.55

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Reds Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 34.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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/173 .212/.299/.461/.760 .497/.863 .570 95/.670 3/2 15/1

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/132 .242/.370/.358/.728 .377/.764 .827 57/.741 2/2 2/3

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 43/25 .324/.395/.486/.882 .915/.860 .937 43/.882 1/0 1/0

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 7/1.000 14/1.357 2/.000 1/.000 14/1.192 181/135 .224/.270/.315/.585 .523/.607 .581 91/.664 0/1 2/3

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 196/136 .250/.302/.426/.728 .884/.658 .696 89/.725 4/1 7/6

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 121/98 .317/.400/.385/.785 1.005/.734 .747 70/.852 0/0 1/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 8/.661 4/.500 3/2.334 12/.750 228/181 .251/.326/.362/.688 .581/.716 .603 100/.668 1/0 5/5

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/40 .283/.353/.348/.701 .871/.648 .882 15/.481 0/0 0/1

17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 143/126 .256/.315/.527/.842 .364/.909 .938 69/.732 0/0 7/1

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/1.200 234/171 .273/.343/.498/.841 1.010/.781 .764 85/.930 6/4 10/5

23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/110 .214/.308/.304/.611 .732/.587 .595 63/.447 0/2 2/2

3.Taveras G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 8/1.096 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.750 227/174 .229/.283/.289/.572 .440/.610 .485 73/.258 12/3 1/2

IP 55.2 6.2 6.2 24.0 21.0 20.0 12.2 27.1 TOTAL .244/.320/.392/.712 .709/.713 .669 .683 32/17 63/44

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.8

4.05/10.7

2.70/8.1

5.63/6.0

3.43/9.0

4.05/8.6

2.13/9.9

4.28/6.6

4.19/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.281 29/.208 24/.182 101/.214 84/.228 100/.318 56/.200 117/.302 .260

OPS .734 .519 .568 .680 .603 .933 .586 .824 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.752 12/.333 9/.722 47/.762 37/.567 44/.701 28/.472 50/.627 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.713 17/.662 15/.481 54/.606 47/.631 56/1.137 28/.713 67/.975 .734

Home 103/.731 16/.885 15/.343 58/.635 44/.512 53/.907 20/.794 74/.793

Last 28d days 126/.899 29/.519 24/.568 31/1.289 28/.437 37/1.127 17/.635 33/1.185

HR/SB/CS 4/7/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/2 2/1/2 3/0/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 45/49/11

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

Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Cueto
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 56.Maloney*
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

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 148/73 .292/.356/.400/.756 .895/.615 .700 63/.631 11/2 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 237/147 .288/.342/.438/.780 .935/.691 .964 95/.757 0/0 5/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 225/149 .314/.364/.469/.833 .942/.775 .903 86/.697 0/1 4/5

2.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 215/132 .228/.336/.378/.714 .678/.738 .698 46/.415 13/2 3/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.666 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 239/151 .240/.291/.382/.673 .486/.786 .755 91/.661 1/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 9/.347 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 4/.000 9/.476 194/123 .253/.345/.406/.751 .665/.803 .801 91/.679 1/0 7/2

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/16 .200/.259/.200/.459 .606/.343 .568 22/.461 0/0 0/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 7/.429 3/.000 4/.250 211/136 .232/.308/.437/.745 .557/.852 .770 75/.547 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/64 .229/.325/.329/.654 1.104/.533 .854 43/.581 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 147/77 .250/.281/.464/.745 .804/.691 .581 62/.916 2/1 8/2

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/17 .211/.238/.368/.607 1.167/.489 .600 14/.464 0/0 0/0

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 28/21 .115/.179/.154/.332 .452/.293 .100 16/.517 0/0 0/3

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/2.750 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 234/140 .277/.342/.441/.783 .698/.841 .854 82/.741 3/0 8/6

IP 81.0 27.1 27.0 9.1 23.0 23.0 12.0 23.2 66.0 21.0 21.2 TOTAL .251/.317/.402/.719 .728/.714 .772 .650 35/8 54/43

ERA-K/9

2.33/6.4

5.27/6.6

2.00/8.7

2.89/9.7

1.96/7.0

8.22/3.5

4.50/6.8

0.76/8.7

4.64/6.1

0.86/7.7

2.49/6.6

3.91/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 320/.210 132/.297 107/.247 38/.226 99/.279 115/.326 50/.267 86/.104 296/.268 80/.153 90/.189 .248

OPS .632 .811 .594 .626 .719 1.127 .962 .328 .769 .451 .598 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.662 61/.723 59/.536 15/.867 40/.601 49/1.362 11/.586 29/.401 128/.830 32/.262 30/.493 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.596 71/.883 48/.664 23/.410 59/.802 66/.955 39/1.056 57/.290 168/.722 48/.567 60/.646 .741

Road 182/.549 75/.798 45/.619 22/.843 46/.675 55/.816 26/.911 37/.194 175/.744 39/.783 52/.445

Last 28d days 139/.685 52/.875 45/.504 38/.626 33/.875 43/1.192 50/.962 30/.271 120/.858 32/.351 33/.517

HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 1/0/0 0/1/2 0/0/2 1/1/1 7/0/2 4/1/2 0/2/1 8/4/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 65/27/20

Usage ····X··· X·o···X· ···XX·Xo o·X···X· ··o···oo ·X····X· ·X·····X ··oX···X ··X····· ···oX·o· ···Xo·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.