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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, April 29, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Reds, 10-11, 10-112nd, 4 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Bronson Arroyo (33, RHP, 0-2, 7.43)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-2)			23.0	23	19	19	9	16	2	7.43
2009 (15-13)			220.1	214	101	94	65	127	31	3.84
2008 (15-11)			200.0	219	116	106	68	163	29	4.77

Last 7 GS		2-3	46.1	38	24	24	12	32	5	4.66	54
2010-04-23	SDP	L	3.0	8	8	8	2	0	1	88	9
2010-04-18	@PIT	L	6.0	5	5	5	3	7	0	107	46
2010-04-13	@FLA	ND	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	0	102	42
2010-04-08	STL	ND	8.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	109	73
2009-09-30	STL	W	8.1	4	1	1	1	6	0	111	76
2009-09-24	@PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	108	66
2009-09-19	FLA	L	8.0	6	3	3	1	6	2	117	63

Last 5 v.HOU		4-1	38.0	30	8	8	7	21	2	1.89	64
2009-09-14	HOU	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	108	67
2009-05-27	HOU	W	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	92	75
2009-04-20	@HOU	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	2	81	49
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

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

 Home:    6-6    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @HOU  W   6-4       10-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @HOU  W   6-2        9-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25   SDP  W   5-4        8-11  5th  3.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24   SDP  L   0-5        7-11  6th  3.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 23   SDP  L   4-10       7-10  4th  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 22   LAD  W   8-5        7-9   4th  3.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 21   LAD  L   6-14       6-9   4th  4.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20   LAD  W  11-9        6-8   4th  3.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18  @PIT  L   3-5        5-8   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17  @PIT  L   4-5        5-7   4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-11

Astros, 8-12, 8-126th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (32, RHP, 2-2, 2.42)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-2)			26.0	21	8	7	5	21	3	2.42
2009 (8-6)			181.1	183	83	83	42	138	19	4.12
2008 (17-10)			208.2	199	89	82	47	165	23	3.54

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.1	41	20	19	8	37	5	4.35	52
2010-04-23	PIT	W	7.0	4	3	2	1	4	2	91	62
2010-04-17	@CHC	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	101	73
2010-04-11	PHI	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	114	60
2010-04-05	SFG	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	87	47
2009-09-15	@CIN	ND	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	72	42
2009-09-10	ATL	L	2.0	10	6	6	1	5	1	71	16
2009-09-05	PHI	ND	6.1	4	2	2	2	8	0	95	63

Last 5 v.CIN		1-0	30.0	26	10	10	10	17	3	3.00	55
2009-09-15	@CIN	ND	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	72	42
2009-05-26	@CIN	ND	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	94	45
2009-04-27	@CIN	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	98	61
2009-04-17	CIN	ND	6.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	108	63
2008-09-25	CIN	W	6.0	2	1	1	3	3	1	91	64

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

 Home:    5-9    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Wed, Apr 28   CIN  L   4-6        8-12  6th  5.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 27   CIN  L   2-6        8-11  5th  4.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25   PIT  W  10-3        8-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24   PIT  W   5-2        7-10  4th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23   PIT  W   4-3        6-10  6th  4.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22   FLA  L   1-5        5-10  6th  5.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21   FLA  W   5-4        5-9   6th  4.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20   FLA  W   7-5        4-9   6th  4.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @CHC  W   3-2 (10)   3-9   6th  5.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @CHC  W   4-3        2-9   6th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 CIN  6 @HOU  4        W:Mike Leake (2-0), L: Felipe Paulino (0-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 CIN  6 @HOU  2        W:Aaron Harang (1-3), L: Bud Norris (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2009 HOU  3  CIN  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (14-11), L: Johnny Cueto (10-11), S: Jose Valverde (25)
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 CIN 10 @HOU  4        W:Justin Lehr (5-2), L: Felipe Paulino (2-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2009 CIN 10 @HOU  4        W:Matt Maloney (2-4), L: Brian Moehler (8-11), S: none
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 CIN  6  HOU  5        W:Jared Burton (1-0), L: Wesley Wright (3-3), S: Francisco Cordero (37)
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 CIN  5  HOU  4        W:Danny Herrera (4-4), L: Samuel Gervacio (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (36)
Mon, Sep 14, 2009 CIN  3  HOU  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (13-12), L: Wandy Rodriguez (13-10), S: Francisco Cordero (35)
Wed, May 27, 2009 CIN  6  HOU  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (7-3), L: Felipe Paulino (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 26, 2009 CIN  6  HOU  4        W:Nick Masset (2-0), L: Tim Byrdak (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (13)
Season Series: 2010 - CIN leads 2-0; 2009 - CIN won 12-4; 2008 - HOU won 12-3; All-Time - CIN leads 412-383

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 2010 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 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 295/207 .234/.305/.385/.690 .530/.758 .700 / 2/1 7/2

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 24/.596 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 387/271 .223/.303/.470/.773 .643/.825 .635 82/.722 3/3 22/2

2.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 19/.422 4/1.250 708/485 .284/.316/.389/.705 .689/.712 .718 84/.659 13/4 9/25

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 299/255 .275/.370/.373/.743 .623/.763 .783 43/.565 11/3 2/3

64.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .429/.520/.619/1.139 .833/1.190 1.110 6/.333 0/0 1/1

31.Gomes G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 314/203 .267/.338/.541/.879 .914/.859 .822 62/.640 3/1 20/1

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 293/229 .263/.361/.331/.692 .745/.677 .598 34/1.248 0/0 3/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 11/.788 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 6/1.100 2/3.000 331/242 .258/.336/.362/.699 .748/.680 .641 50/.713 1/0 5/5

7.Janish G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 292/210 .211/.296/.305/.601 .580/.609 .621 19/1.127 2/0 1/3

3.Miles# G/S/vP 17/.411 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 12/.834 9/.236 170/135 .185/.224/.242/.466 .552/.443 .470 / 3/0 0/2

4.Phillips G/S/vP 33/.848 4/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 13/.481 13/1.000 644/485 .276/.329/.447/.776 .883/.740 .713 92/.642 25/9 20/9

27.Rolen G/S/vP 41/.553 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/2.000 20/1.134 3/.666 535/400 .305/.368/.455/.823 1.051/.749 .800 70/.891 5/4 11/5

6.Stubbs G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 196/151 .267/.323/.439/.762 .833/.740 .548 76/.555 10/4 8/0

15.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/69 .212/.297/.348/.646 .619/.649 .810 / 0/2 1/0

19.Votto* G/S/vP 24/.724 8/1.250 5/.600 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 6/.733 7/.572 544/384 .322/.414/.567/.981 .931/1.002 .992 90/.869 4/1 25/10

IP 181.1 61.1 82.0 21.0 47.1 78.2 70.2 55.1 TOTAL .243/.317/.386/.703 .672/.713 .688 .703 17/9 20/12

ERA-K/9

4.12/6.9

3.23/8.5

3.40/7.8

2.14/10.7

5.89/7.4

2.86/6.5

4.84/6.4

5.04/5.4

3.94/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (28-21-3)
Hernandez (33-18-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 757/.265 261/.178 336/.233 83/.219 219/.281 314/.205 304/.272 248/.293 .267 Bruce
Balentien
Dickerson
Gomes
Stubbs
Sutton 0/0/98/11
61/0/22/6
37/27/20/5
37/0/34/5
0/42/0/4
5/0/1/0

OPS .732 .669 .680 .620 .804 .629 .872 .779 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.741 125/.700 157/.712 26/.850 114/.850 136/.617 171/.674 119/.770 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 391/.723 136/.640 179/.652 57/.527 105/.757 178/.635 133/1.118 129/.787 .716

Home 336/.761 126/.709 160/.665 34/.620 136/.886 141/.554 152/.919 121/.586

Last 28d days 103/.599 33/.553 30/.903 16/.583 38/.641 38/.749 113/.779 37/.611

HR/SB/CS 19/2/1 10/2/4 7/4/2 1/3/1 5/5/2 7/3/2 18/3/3 2/1/0 13/8/3

Usage ·····X·· ·o·X···· ·o·o··X· XX······ ····Xo·o ····oo·o ···X···· o··o····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.30 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (5.81 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 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB 33.Owings
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 26/.398 3/1.000 14/1.044 2/2.500 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 7/.714 3/1.000 427/394 .247/.314/.367/.681 .907/.663 .757 40/.786 0/1 10/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 17/.620 2/.000 6/.533 6/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 678/525 .285/.354/.384/.738 .723/.742 .710 79/.802 61/12 3/3

77.Feliz G/S/vP 14/1.227 3/1.000 7/.286 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 12/1.000 2/1.000 625/481 .266/.308/.386/.694 .662/.704 .733 72/.684 0/1 12/15

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/15 .091/.130/.091/.221 .125/.267 .133 22/.545 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.750 4/.500 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 344/232 .256/.320/.387/.707 .802/.660 .585 69/.782 0/2 7/8

45.Lee G/S/vP 43/1.024 5/.900 13/.840 ··· 8/1.375 10/.522 ··· 8/.875 5/1.933 662/524 .300/.343/.489/.831 .892/.816 .915 78/.432 5/3 26/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 1.000 55/.509 0/0 0/0

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 16/.757 2/.500 9/.111 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 533/411 .250/.302/.357/.659 .756/.630 .681 36/.301 19/3 9/6

4.Michaels G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 7/1.286 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 152/92 .237/.322/.430/.752 .763/.744 .954 17/.882 1/2 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 26/1.048 4/.500 11/1.064 1/.000 6/1.267 7/.000 ··· 8/.661 1/.000 647/518 .282/.346/.472/.818 .895/.798 .841 77/.514 14/11 25/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 15/.134 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 168/134 .236/.286/.376/.662 .840/.614 .779 33/.555 0/0 4/5

46.Towles G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/37 .188/.250/.354/.604 .804/.518 .217 39/.682 0/0 2/0

IP 220.1 59.1 66.2 61.2 23.0 76.0 119.2 53.1 TOTAL .242/.285/.337/.622 .669/.606 .672 .622 13/7 8/21

ERA-K/9

3.84/5.2

4.40/6.8

2.16/7.8

3.06/6.4

8.22/3.5

2.37/8.3

/0.0

5.34/5.1

2.53/8.1

5.73/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Quintero (14-12-5)
Towles (10-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 923/.256 265/.261 276/.243 262/.276 115/.326 292/.203 / 542/.272 215/.198 .273 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Keppinger
Michaels 0/0/157/16
0/154/0/11
154/0/0/9
2/0/0/1
31/14/3/0

OPS .737 .759 .628 .747 1.127 .584 .799 .576 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 441/.790 113/.636 138/.604 124/.520 49/1.362 109/.618 / 250/.789 100/.380 .823

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 482/.687 152/.850 138/.648 138/.953 66/.955 183/.564 / 292/.806 115/.740 .758

Road 418/.729 149/.793 115/.680 131/.782 55/.816 124/.555 / 330/.841 104/.692

Last 28d days 103/.711 / 53/.666 26/.352 42/.587 50/1.035 39/1.083 49/.650 30/.323

HR/SB/CS 31/12/6 5/4/0 2/3/4 5/1/2 7/0/2 6/2/2 // 18/7/2 3/2/2 25/12/7

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