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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 7:10pm, Tuesday, September 20, 2011 @Great American Ball Park

Astros, 53-100, 53-100 6th, 36½ GB, 33½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 6-10, 3.68)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-10) 183.1 170 90 75 68 173 23 3.68
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
2009 (6-3) 55.2 59 29 28 25 54 9 4.53
Last 7 GS 1-2 43.1 35 20 17 16 41 6 3.53 56
2011-09-14 PHI L 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 0 72 67
2011-09-09 @WSN ND 7.0 5 3 2 2 4 1 116 59
2011-09-03 MIL L 5.1 9 6 5 1 5 2 121 32
2011-08-28 @SFG ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 10 0 98 72
2011-08-23 @COL ND 5.0 6 5 4 4 6 1 110 39
2011-08-17 CHC W 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 2 101 45
2011-08-12 @LAD ND 7.0 2 0 0 4 8 0 102 77
Last 5 v.CIN 0-1 16.0 20 12 12 10 13 1 6.75 40
2011-08-01 CIN ND 5.0 10 3 3 3 2 0 102 34
2010-07-23 CIN ND 6.0 4 4 4 3 5 1 88 50
2010-04-27 CIN L 5.0 6 5 5 4 6 0 95 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-46   Road:   25-54   ExtrInn: 4-12
 vsRHP:  33-74   vsLHP:  20-26   1-Run:  19-28
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:27-46   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Mon, Sep 19  @CIN  W   3-2       53-100 6th 36.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18  @CHC  W   3-2       52-100 6th 37.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 17  @CHC  L   1-2       51-100 6th 37.5 gb
150 Fri, Sep 16  @CHC  L   3-4 (12)  51-99  6th 36.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 14   PHI  L   0-1       51-98  6th 35.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13   PHI  W   5-2       51-97  6th 35.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12   PHI  W   5-1       50-97  6th 35.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11  @WSN  L   2-8       49-97  6th 36.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10  @WSN  W   9-3       49-96  6th 35.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9  @WSN  L   3-4 (11)  48-96  6th 36.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Reds, 74-80, 74-80 3rd, 16 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Homer Bailey (25, RHP, 8-7, 4.43)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-7) 120.0 121 62 59 30 94 17 4.43
2010 (4-3) 109.0 109 55 54 40 100 11 4.46
2009 (8-5) 113.1 115 61 57 52 86 12 4.53
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.2 41 20 19 9 44 7 3.92 55
2011-09-15 CHC ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 9 2 103 50
2011-09-09 @COL W 7.2 6 1 1 1 6 1 113 68
2011-09-03 @STL L 3.0 6 5 4 1 3 0 69 31
2011-08-29 PHI L 8.0 6 3 3 0 9 1 100 67
2011-08-24 @FLA ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 4 2 102 59
2011-08-19 @PIT ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 96 46
2011-08-13 SDP W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 1 117 67
Last 5 v.HOU 3-0 26.2 17 7 4 6 21 0 1.35 65
2011-08-02 @HOU W 8.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 99 69
2011-05-10 @HOU W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 95 72
2011-05-05 HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 95 66
2007-09-25 HOU ND 5.2 3 5 2 2 5 0 93 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-39   Road:   34-41   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  59-59   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  26-31
 vsEast: 11-19   vsCntrl:39-35   vsWest: 18-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Mon, Sep 19   HOU  L   2-3       74-80  3rd 16.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 18   MIL  L   1-8       74-79  3rd 16.0 gb
152 Sat, Sep 17   MIL  L   1-10      74-78  3rd 15.0 gb
151 Fri, Sep 16   MIL  L   3-6       74-77  3rd 14.0 gb
150 Thu, Sep 15   CHC  W   8-6 (11)  74-76  3rd 13.0 gb
149 Wed, Sep 14   CHC  W   7-2       73-76  3rd 13.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13   CHC  W   2-1       72-76  3rd 14.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12   CHC  L   8-12      71-76  3rd 14.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11  @COL  L   1-4       71-75  3rd 14.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10  @COL  L   7-12      71-74  3rd 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 HOU  3 @CIN  2        W:David Carpenter (1-3), L: Nick Masset (3-6), S: Mark Melancon (19)
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 HOU  5  CIN  4        W:Jordan Lyles (1-6), L: Nick Masset (1-5), S: Mark Melancon (11)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 CIN  5 @HOU  1        W:Homer Bailey (6-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 HOU  4  CIN  3 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (6-3), L: Logan Ondrusek (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2011 HOU  4  CIN  3        W:Mark Melancon (3-1), L: Mike Leake (3-2), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 CIN  7 @HOU  3        W:Homer Bailey (2-0), L: Brett Myers (1-3), S: none
Mon, May 09, 2011 CIN  6 @HOU  1        W:Travis Wood (2-3), L: Aneury Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 05, 2011 CIN 10  HOU  4        W:Homer Bailey (1-0), L: Brett Myers (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 CIN  3  HOU  2        W:Francisco Cordero (2-0), L: Brandon Lyon (3-2), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2011 HOU 10 @CIN  4        W:J.A. Happ (2-4), L: Mike Leake (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - CIN over 7-6; 2010 - CIN won 10-5; 2009 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CIN leads 427-394

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 2011 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
Astros Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Bailey
G/S/vB
33.Arredondo
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
54.Chapman*
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
46.Fisher
G/S/vB
57.Horst*
G/S/vB
63.LeCure
G/S/vB
56.Maloney*
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 206/148 .267/.284/.354/.637 .757/.594 .654 75/.494 6/2 2/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 14/.220 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.666 5/.800 463/336 .251/.321/.393/.714 .659/.733 .745 79/.801 3/1 11/12
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 160/149 .285/.346/.465/.811 .282/.851 .824 72/.684 3/2 4/1
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 3/1.000 245/138 .297/.326/.358/.684 .913/.511 .708 48/.680 31/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/125 .192/.257/.258/.516 .673/.463 .499 39/.539 0/0 0/6
16.Downs G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 4/.500 206/159 .284/.359/.519/.878 .916/.867 .812 46/.915 0/0 9/6
23.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 5/.400 4/1.500 384/285 .245/.284/.368/.652 .587/.674 .700 17/.485 2/2 6/13
45.Lee G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 14/.774 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 3/.000 20/.472 3/1.167 614/465 .276/.339/.453/.792 1.016/.721 .787 98/1.084 4/3 18/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 192/140 .273/.323/.426/.749 1.090/.629 .681 98/.602 0/1 5/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.125 1/.000 169/75 .199/.256/.295/.551 .605/.484 .477 17/.412 1/0 2/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 161/125 .305/.338/.411/.748 .507/.820 .766 81/.692 5/3 2/5
55.Quintero G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 7/1.262 1/.000 4/2.250 4/.500 256/200 .248/.267/.329/.596 .686/.571 .544 48/.542 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 311/239 .240/.299/.284/.583 .655/.561 .601 31/.412 3/0 1/7
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 313/234 .243/.312/.321/.633 .556/.660 .586 85/.672 19/4 2/2
8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/62 .267/.371/.300/.671 1.000/.624 .368 25/.650 2/0 0/0
46.Towles G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 148/97 .176/.259/.290/.549 .505/.572 .498 3/.000 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 368/306 .261/.336/.365/.701 .537/.735 .597 9/.000 1/1 4/6
IP 120.0 49.1 46.0 3.1 46.0 65.2 22.2 14.2 74.2 18.2 68.1 60.0 TOTAL .259/.312/.375/.687 .731/.672 .665 .662 113/31 90/108
ERA-K/9 4.43/7.0 3.10/7.8 2.74/7.6 5.40/2.7 3.91/13.1 2.47/5.5 4.76/6.7 3.07/5.5 3.86/8.3 9.16/6.3 3.82/7.8 3.30/6.0 4.20/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (43-9-2)
 Quintero (46-14-3)
 Towles (33-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 506/.260 212/.219 184/.196 17/.308 192/.153 256/.196 104/.267 66/.288 298/.212 96/.409 306/.277 263/.242 .255  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Shuck
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
 Schafer
 Downs
 Wright
78/0/0/10
13/0/35/6
44/0/0/4
6/6/13/1
26/0/16/1
33/32/12/1
0/73/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .724 .711 .575 1.053 .555 .570 .732 .823 .666 1.182 .739 .684 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.790 86/.678 98/.568 6/1.917 57/.437 117/.699 39/.738 21/1.040 113/.680 28/1.162 116/.754 92/.649 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.668 126/.735 86/.582 11/.633 135/.606 139/.460 65/.726 45/.726 185/.657 68/1.190 190/.730 171/.703 .721
Home 258/.729 122/.612 97/.471 17/1.053 98/.527 123/.499 60/.792 44/.825 152/.717 46/.981 158/.769 129/.701
Last 28d days 130/.705 48/.912 25/.556 17/1.053 39/.636 43/.595 28/.934 25/.882 48/.641 24/1.500 31/.680 42/.925
HR/SB/CS 17/8/2 5/2/2 2/3/2 1/0/0 2/1/4 6/9/1 3/2/1 2/0/0 10/4/2 7/0/0 5/6/1 6/4/1 179/74/40
Usage ····X··· X·o·oo·· ····X··· ·o·X···X ·X··X··· ·o··X·o· o·X····X ···X···X ·X···X·· ·X······ Xo··oo·o oo···X··
Reds Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB
68.Abreu
G/S/vB
67.Carpenter
G/S/vB
63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
64.Harrell
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
41.Lyles
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
60.Pendleton
G/S/vB
62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
65.Sosa
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Alonso* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/76 .346/.418/.580/.998 .651/1.065 .715 57/.832 0/0 5/1
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.375 626/444 .255/.339/.476/.816 .799/.822 .842 110/.637 8/7 31/4
43.Cairo G/S/vP 6/1.800 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 272/222 .266/.331/.402/.733 .867/.703 .748 34/.599 3/4 7/4
25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 71/62 .239/.282/.418/.700 .222/.772 .596 51/.794 1/0 3/2
21.Frazier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 109/88 .228/.284/.455/.740 1.129/.645 .644 39/.756 1/0 6/2
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 304/256 .267/.356/.357/.714 .871/.685 .646 44/.616 0/0 6/4
28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 279/222 .248/.299/.488/.787 .524/.857 .861 37/.946 5/1 17/3
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/2.334 322/252 .283/.342/.451/.792 .783/.793 .976 36/.611 0/0 12/1
7.Janish G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 349/290 .206/.251/.252/.504 .396/.526 .553 35/.268 3/2 0/12
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/25 .192/.222/.385/.607 1.500/.533 .891 27/.607 0/0 1/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.417 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 8/1.768 643/495 .294/.345/.448/.794 .839/.781 .866 115/.902 11/8 17/6
16.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 313/250 .253/.311/.352/.663 .824/.624 .717 66/.717 4/2 5/12
17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/66 .247/.272/.326/.598 .733/.543 .525 46/.645 0/1 0/0
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/1.400 4/.000 7/.000 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 655/528 .245/.322/.365/.687 .899/.637 .766 97/.570 38/9 15/3
3.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .280/.333/.400/.733 1.600/.527 .833 10/.522 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 9/1.319 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 3/2.667 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 679/492 .316/.424/.541/.965 1.008/.948 .884 116/.926 8/5 28/6
IP 183.1 2.2 23.0 0.1 51.0 12.2 67.0 92.2 70.1 14.2 80.0 49.1 43.2 10.2 TOTAL .256/.325/.408/.733 .795/.716 .754 .704 90/47 177/88
ERA-K/9 3.68/8.5 3.38/20.0 3.52/9.0 0.00/0.0 4.24/5.3 2.84/8.5 2.82/7.1 5.24/6.3 2.94/7.9 4.30/6.1 5.18/7.0 2.74/10.2 4.74/6.8 0.84/9.3 4.38/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (34-18-2)
 Hernandez (38-22-3)
 Mesoraco (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 779/.245 13/.111 104/.276 2/.500 239/.276 57/.275 281/.265 407/.286 296/.238 67/.208 344/.246 210/.246 188/.250 38/.091 .263  Bruce
 Stubbs
 Heisey
 Sappelt
 Frazier
 Alonso
0/0/147/9
0/150/0/8
82/15/10/2
26/4/0/1
4/0/0/1
16/0/0/1
OPS .721 .718 .836 1.000 .732 .665 .683 .817 .643 .740 .770 .713 .791 .392 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 399/.813 5/.400 42/.616 2/1.000 87/.834 12/1.000 101/.786 183/.789 126/.711 28/.982 137/.888 81/.701 73/.861 28/.220 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.624 8/.875 62/.981 / 152/.676 45/.568 180/.625 224/.840 170/.594 39/.540 207/.696 129/.721 115/.747 10/.856 .751
Road 333/.683 4/.250 49/.978 2/1.000 119/.717 31/.827 138/.645 215/.844 147/.640 31/.783 185/.672 105/.755 119/.905 21/.296
Last 28d days 107/.608 13/.718 39/.844 2/1.000 22/.485 31/.373 41/.668 16/.908 44/.457 5/.933 25/.956 38/.416 113/.792 24/.214
HR/SB/CS 23/16/6 0/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 3/10/1 0/0/0 5/1/2 14/4/0 5/6/1 2/0/0 13/13/0 4/4/1 6/2/2 1/0/0 175/124/28
Usage ·····X·· ········ o··X··X· ···o···· o·oo···· ···o···· ···X·X·· o······· oXo····X ········ ········ ···X··X· ··X····· o·oo·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.