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Game Preview: CIN @ MIL, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 31, 2009 @Miller Park

Reds, 26-22, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Micah Owings (26, RHP, 3-5, 4.78)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-5) 49.0 51 30 26 24 30 6 4.78
2008 (6-9) 104.2 104 73 69 41 87 14 5.93
2007 (8-8) 152.2 146 81 73 50 106 20 4.30
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.1 43 25 21 19 23 3 4.93 44
2009-05-26 HOU ND 5.0 6 3 3 4 3 0 99 42
2009-05-21 PHI L 3.0 6 5 5 3 3 1 71 27
2009-05-12 @ARI W 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 90 67
2009-05-07 MIL W 6.0 7 5 4 1 4 0 100 43
2009-05-02 @PIT L 5.2 9 5 5 2 0 0 99 29
2009-04-26 ATL W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 1 102 64
2009-04-21 @CHC L 4.2 5 5 2 4 3 1 94 39
Last 5 v.MIL 1-3 20.0 27 18 16 5 12 4 7.20 39
2009-05-07 MIL W 6.0 7 5 4 1 4 0 100 43
2009-04-15 @MIL L 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 89 41
2008-06-04 @MIL L 3.0 8 5 4 1 3 0 67 27
2007-07-16 @MIL L 6.0 7 4 4 1 3 2 87 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-12   Road:   13-10   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Sat, May 30  @MIL  L   5-9       26-22  3rd  2.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @MIL  L   2-3       26-21  3rd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   HOU  W   6-1       26-20  3rd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Brewers, 29-20, 1st, Tied

SP: Yovani Gallardo (23, RHP, 4-2, 3.32)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 59.2 42 22 22 22 56 6 3.32
2008 (0-0) 24.0 22 5 5 8 20 3 1.88
2007 (9-5) 110.1 103 48 45 37 101 8 3.67
Last 7 GS 3-1 48.0 33 13 13 16 47 4 2.44 64
2009-05-25 STL ND 8.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 126 80
2009-05-20 @HOU L 5.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 94 30
2009-05-09 CHC W 5.0 5 2 2 4 8 1 102 53
2009-05-04 @PIT ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 5 1 108 53
2009-04-29 PIT W 8.0 2 0 0 1 11 0 116 88
2009-04-24 @HOU W 9.0 5 2 2 0 7 1 106 76
2009-04-18 @NYM ND 6.0 5 0 0 2 7 0 103 67
Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 18.2 13 9 9 10 9 3 4.34 52
2009-04-13 CIN L 5.0 3 7 7 4 3 2 100 32
2008-04-20 @CIN ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 4 1 112 66
2007-07-24 @CIN W 6.2 6 1 1 3 2 0 105 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   14-11   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  22-16   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:20-10   vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 30   CIN  W   9-5       29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Fri, May 29   CIN  W   3-2       28-20  1st    Tied
 47 Wed, May 27   STL  L   2-3       27-20  2nd  1.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 26   STL  L   1-8       27-19  1st    Tied
 45 Mon, May 25   STL  W   1-0 (10)  27-18  1st  1.0 up
 44 Sun, May 24  @MIN  L   3-6       26-18  1st    Tied
 43 Sat, May 23  @MIN  L   2-6       26-17  1st    Tied
 42 Fri, May 22  @MIN  L   3-11      26-16  1st  1.0 up
 41 Thu, May 21  @HOU  W   4-3       26-15  1st  2.0 up
 40 Wed, May 20  @HOU  L   4-6       25-15  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 30, 2009 MIL  9  CIN  5        W:Seth McClung (2-1), L: Aaron Harang (5-5), S: none
Fri, May 29, 2009 MIL  3  CIN  2        W:Braden Looper (5-3), L: Johnny Cueto (4-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (12)
Thu, May 07, 2009 CIN  6  MIL  5        W:Micah Owings (2-3), L: Braden Looper (2-2), S: Francisco Cordero (8)
Wed, May 06, 2009 MIL 15 @CIN  3        W:Manny Parra (1-4), L: Bronson Arroyo (4-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 MIL  9  CIN  3        W:Braden Looper (1-0), L: Micah Owings (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 CIN  6 @MIL  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (2-0), L: Manny Parra (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 CIN  7 @MIL  6        W:Edinson Volquez (1-1), L: Yovani Gallardo (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 MIL  8 @CIN  1        W:Todd Coffey (1-0), L: Bronson Arroyo (15-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 CIN  4  MIL  3        W:Johnny Cueto (9-13), L: C.C. Sabathia (15-10), S: Francisco Cordero (32)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 CIN 11  MIL  2        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (10-10), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - MIL leads 4-3; 2008 - CIN won 10-8; 2007 - CIN won 8-7; All-Time - CIN leads 93-92

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

NYY  5.69

LAA  4.67

SEA  3.78

RA/G

STL  3.88

TEX  4.67

WSN  6.20

BA

J. Bartlett  .373

M. DeRosa  .268

D. Ortiz  .185

OBP

A. Pujols  .460

J. Werth  .344

C. Davis  .253

SLG

R. Ibanez  .683

A. Cabrera  .426

D. Ortiz  .283

OPS

A. Pujols  1.130

B. Abreu  .780

G. Atkins  .556

ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

J. Lannan  4.11

A. Sonnanstine  7.66

K/9IP

J. Santana  11.73

C. Lee  6.57

J. Garland  3.36

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

Reds Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB
60.Coffey
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
51.Hoffman
G/S/vB
50.Julio
G/S/vB
73.McClung
G/S/vB
26.Parra*
G/S/vB
57.Stetter*
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 2/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.167 14/1.065 2/.000 1/.000 192/138 .230/.302/.511/.814 .594/.895 .634 104/.784 3/1 14/1
26.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 108/97 .250/.380/.386/.766 .489/.794 .893 48/.899 1/2 2/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/7 .400/.471/.467/.937 1.100/.629 .000 17/.937 1/0 0/0
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 130/96 .215/.256/.314/.570 .353/.652 .510 54/.630 0/0 2/2
15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 9/.611 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 13/1.059 12/1.417 1/.000 2/.500 153/102 .270/.322/.496/.818 .894/.779 .801 104/.979 4/1 7/3
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 7/.572 ··· 5/.400 74/55 .328/.425/.393/.818 1.036/.741 .779 54/.760 0/0 1/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.400 12/.817 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 171/135 .291/.355/.397/.752 .730/.758 .713 95/.810 0/0 3/3
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/no AB 46/34 .300/.378/.375/.753 .871/.708 1.000 28/.717 0/0 0/1
17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 1/.000 1/3.000 97/85 .273/.330/.545/.875 .250/.970 .953 64/.797 0/0 4/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 4/.000 8/.542 12/.584 4/.500 13/.308 175/122 .275/.339/.503/.842 .902/.818 .700 79/1.073 4/3 8/3
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 103/85 .250/.337/.364/.700 .789/.681 .733 86/.653 0/2 2/2
3.Taveras G/S/vP 3/.333 11/.664 4/.500 2/.000 3/.666 4/.666 7/.629 ··· 3/.666 197/150 .266/.325/.335/.660 .503/.706 .620 102/.633 12/2 1/1
IP 59.2 24.1 21.2 14.0 17.1 26.1 53.1 15.0 24.0 TOTAL .257/.331/.416/.748 .733/.753 .704 .794 28/13 54/34
ERA-K/9 3.32/8.4 2.59/5.6 1.25/9.1 0.00/7.1 5.71/6.8 2.73/6.8 5.57/7.8 4.20/8.4 3.75/9.4 4.07/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 244/.193 96/.275 83/.190 47/.128 82/.197 113/.207 248/.278 66/.185 100/.184 .240
OPS .624 .686 .545 .255 .702 .646 .813 .685 .544 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.602 42/.868 24/.879 22/.364 32/.998 60/.971 60/.920 37/.564 53/.460 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.651 54/.548 59/.415 25/.160 50/.520 53/.283 188/.781 29/.838 47/.644 .700
Home 104/.528 45/.714 44/.461 32/.188 34/.639 60/.750 104/.689 32/.464 51/.683
Last 28d days 109/.749 37/.548 38/.535 34/.235 41/.650 52/.580 133/.859 31/.688 41/.225
HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 2/3/1 5/4/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 58/25/7
Usage ·····X·· ·o·Xo··· ····o·o· ·o···o·· ····X··X X···X··· ···X···· X··oo·o· X····oo·
Brewers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Owings
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
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP 11/1.636 8/.125 5/.933 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 12/1.117 204/166 .318/.431/.547/.978 1.396/.882 .803 100/.990 3/3 9/1
25.Cameron G/S/vP 13/1.468 4/.250 15/.508 ··· 4/1.250 9/.819 2/1.500 4/.833 13/.658 194/145 .279/.376/.533/.910 .820/.935 .978 96/.751 2/0 10/0
20.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.950 1/.000 7/5 .286/.286/.571/.857 .000/1.200 .857 7/.857 0/0 0/0
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/1.100 7/.686 1/2.000 3/.333 4/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 11/.700 122/110 .327/.392/.411/.803 .432/.845 .819 78/.848 0/1 1/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 11/1.636 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 6/.533 2/2.500 1/no AB 11/.712 215/155 .278/.419/.544/.963 .920/.980 1.037 104/1.052 0/0 12/1
24.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/27 .160/.300/.360/.660 1.000/.614 .167 30/.660 0/0 1/1
22.Gerut* G/S/vP 5/.900 2/1.000 7/.829 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.700 131/112 .213/.244/.361/.605 .819/.568 .302 53/.434 2/0 4/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 4/.250 6/1.300 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 11/1.545 147/110 .224/.293/.381/.673 .989/.560 .842 58/.397 1/0 4/3
7.Hardy G/S/vP 6/1.333 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.750 2/1.000 3/.000 15/.800 176/134 .239/.318/.394/.712 .457/.787 .695 87/.927 0/0 5/3
1.Hart G/S/vP 10/.700 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 3/.000 ··· 13/.725 198/157 .256/.330/.415/.745 .659/.768 .885 90/.673 3/3 5/2
18.Kendall G/S/vP 9/.236 5/.900 15/.650 ··· 2/no AB 6/.000 3/.000 3/.333 28/1.162 162/131 .203/.292/.254/.546 .614/.530 .577 79/.581 0/1 0/4
14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/30 .237/.311/.289/.601 .641/.580 .237 36/.644 0/0 0/0
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 32/23 .323/.313/.419/.732 .222/.937 .933 18/.722 0/0 0/0
IP 49.0 21.1 21.0 4.0 18.2 17.0 15.2 17.0 16.2 TOTAL .250/.339/.417/.755 .767/.752 .779 .749 11/10 58/26
ERA-K/9 4.78/5.5 6.33/7.2 1.71/9.0 0.00/6.8 1.93/7.7 9.00/3.7 1.15/7.5 0.53/6.9 2.70/5.9 4.07/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 217/.270 103/.307 81/.239 16/.154 83/.278 88/.333 60/.115 65/.158 72/.207 .248
OPS .778 .847 .582 .466 .724 1.123 .368 .427 .681 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.978 47/.733 47/.486 6/.667 34/.558 36/1.377 21/.458 23/.372 26/.530 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.630 56/.942 34/.708 10/.300 49/.843 52/.948 39/.318 42/.450 46/.762 .725
Road 122/.727 55/.856 31/.624 4/.500 35/.627 37/.834 21/.248 31/.713 41/.550
Last 28d days 116/.737 51/.849 39/.520 16/.466 47/.812 39/.988 22/.282 31/.443 44/.852
HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 5/0/2 0/2/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 52/23/15
Usage ····X··· X····X·X ····XoX· o····Xo· X···X··X X···o··o ····o··· ·o····oo ····o·Xo

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.