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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Reds, 20-16, 20-16 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (27, RHP, 3-1, 5.63)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-1) 38.1 34 25 24 28 38 7 5.63
2010 (4-3) 62.2 59 30 30 35 67 6 4.31
2009 (4-2) 49.2 34 25 24 32 47 6 4.35
Last 7 GS 3-1 38.1 34 25 24 28 38 7 5.63 47
2011-05-06 @CHC W 5.0 6 4 3 4 3 0 98 40
2011-04-30 FLA ND 5.0 2 1 1 5 4 0 102 58
2011-04-24 @STL L 5.2 6 3 3 3 7 1 105 49
2011-04-17 PIT ND 5.2 5 6 6 6 6 3 110 35
2011-04-11 @SDP W 6.0 3 2 2 3 5 0 88 60
2011-04-06 HOU W 5.0 5 4 4 5 8 0 99 44
2011-03-31 MIL ND 6.0 7 5 5 2 5 3 91 41
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 32.1 23 8 8 13 38 1 2.23 64
2011-04-06 HOU W 5.0 5 4 4 5 8 0 99 44
2010-09-28 HOU ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 8 0 104 57
2009-04-29 HOU W 8.0 1 0 0 1 6 0 106 85
2009-04-19 @HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 5 7 0 104 62
2008-09-23 @HOU W 7.1 6 1 1 1 9 1 98 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-9    Road:   10-7    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  16-14   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Tue, May 10  @HOU  W   7-3       20-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 35 Mon, May  9  @HOU  W   6-1       19-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8  @CHC  W   2-0       18-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7  @CHC  L   2-3       17-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6  @CHC  W   5-4       17-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  5   HOU  W  10-4       16-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4   HOU  W   3-2       15-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  3   HOU  L   4-10      14-15  2nd  2.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  1   FLA  L   5-9       14-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30   FLA  W   4-3 (10)  14-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Astros, 13-23, 13-23 6th, 8 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 2-3, 4.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 45.0 51 20 20 11 37 5 4.00
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.0 51 20 20 11 37 5 4.00 52
2011-05-06 @PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 108 61
2011-04-30 MIL ND 8.0 7 0 0 0 6 0 114 74
2011-04-24 @MIL L 7.0 10 4 4 3 9 2 126 47
2011-04-19 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 118 71
2011-04-13 CHC L 5.0 9 5 5 2 4 1 86 31
2011-04-08 FLA ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 2 0 83 59
2011-04-02 @PHI L 4.0 9 7 7 1 5 0 83 20
Last 5 v.CIN 2-1 28.1 24 15 14 15 39 3 4.45 54
2010-09-28 @CIN ND 6.0 3 2 1 4 8 0 108 64
2010-09-17 CIN ND 6.0 3 3 3 6 10 1 120 58
2010-07-25 CIN W 7.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 109 80
2010-05-28 @CIN L 3.1 8 8 8 2 5 2 86 15
2009-09-27 CIN W 6.0 9 2 2 1 9 0 107 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-11   Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-17   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Tue, May 10   CIN  L   3-7       13-23  6th  8.0 gb
 35 Mon, May  9   CIN  L   1-6       13-22  6th  7.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8  @PIT  L   4-5       13-21  6th  6.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7  @PIT  L   1-6       13-20  6th  5.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6  @PIT  W   3-2       13-19  5th  5.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  5  @CIN  L   4-10      12-19  6th  5.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4  @CIN  L   2-3       12-18  6th  4.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  3  @CIN  W  10-4       12-17  6th  4.5 gb
 28 Sun, May  1   MIL  W   5-0       11-17  6th  5.0 gb
 27 Sat, Apr 30   MIL  W   2-1       10-17  6th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 HOU  3 @CIN  2        W:Fernando Abad (1-0), L: Nick Masset (0-1), S: Brandon Lyon (1)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 CIN 12  HOU  4        W:Edinson Volquez (1-0), L: Nelson Figueroa (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 CIN  8  HOU  2        W:Mike Leake (1-0), L: J.A. Happ (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 30, 2010 CIN  9  HOU  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (17-10), L: Brett Myers (14-8), S: none
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 HOU  2 @CIN  0        W:Nelson Figueroa (6-4), L: Johnny Cueto (12-7), S: Brandon Lyon (20)
Season Series: 2011 - CIN over 6-2; 2010 - CIN won 10-5; 2009 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CIN leads 426-390

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
Reds Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
58.Abad*
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
52.Escalona*
G/S/vB
47.Fulchino
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 20/.100 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.666 5/.000 ··· 145/119 .250/.326/.469/.795 .644/.827 .663 100/.917 4/1 8/2
43.Cairo G/S/vP 12/1.139 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/2.334 3/1.667 ··· 69/64 .290/.338/.355/.693 .500/.706 .744 60/.726 0/1 1/0
31.Gomes G/S/vP 22/1.174 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 131/109 .192/.344/.413/.757 1.160/.677 .763 83/.589 5/2 6/1
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 13/.641 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 81/71 .288/.350/.411/.761 1.500/.657 .660 56/.665 0/0 2/1
28.Heisey G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 59/52 .235/.322/.392/.714 .971/.680 .736 36/.600 2/0 2/0
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 18/.686 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 76/66 .296/.342/.479/.821 .522/.865 .450 48/.908 0/0 3/0
7.Janish G/S/vP 10/.733 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 2/1.000 1/.000 108/95 .280/.306/.340/.646 .481/.668 .578 69/.629 1/1 0/2
15.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 8/8 .250/.250/.625/.875 /.875 .333 8/.875 0/0 1/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 41/.684 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/1.125 4/1.417 3/.666 143/119 .315/.373/.465/.838 1.348/.749 .794 88/.821 2/0 4/0
16.Renteria G/S/vP 12/1.683 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 71/63 .283/.371/.300/.671 1.550/.577 .560 57/.530 1/0 0/5
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 16/.327 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.000 5/1.400 4/.000 157/136 .266/.350/.446/.796 .907/.779 .715 104/.810 11/1 6/0
3.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/15 .267/.313/.467/.779 2.000/.695 .714 16/.779 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 32/.842 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 6/.500 3/.666 ··· 156/126 .344/.468/.560/1.028 1.179/.986 1.125 101/.936 4/2 5/0
IP 45.0 12.0 15.0 0.0 16.0 8.0 17.2 TOTAL .263/.337/.417/.754 .933/.725 .697 .731 30/8 42/15
ERA-K/9 4.00/7.4 7.50/6.0 4.80/4.8 /0.0 2.81/8.4 4.50/7.9 1.53/6.1 5.06/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (15-3-0)
 Hernandez (12-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.285 62/.315 71/.344 1/ 69/.242 38/.303 72/.231 .291  Bruce
 Heisey
 Stubbs
 Lewis
 Gomes
0/0/33/2
17/5/4/1
0/36/0/0
1/0/0/0
30/0/0/0
OPS .775 .943 .855 .680 .742 .542 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.635 27/.519 23/.899 1/ 30/.588 8/1.339 25/.304 .869
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.812 35/1.329 48/.833 / 39/.748 30/.580 47/.659 .777
Home 82/.747 29/1.198 35/.757 1/ 38/.776 22/1.050 35/.494
Last 28d days 116/.701 36/.889 40/.976 1/ 42/.590 15/.539 49/.640
HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 3/0/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 38/30/9
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·oo X··o·o·o o······· ··o··oo· X·o·o·X· o···o·oo
Astros Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB
45.Bray*
G/S/vB
54.Chapman*
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
63.LeCure
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/.800 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 36/23 .212/.278/.303/.581 .154/.841 .182 36/.581 0/0 0/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/9 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 .333 9/.667 0/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 12/.523 7/.286 3/2.000 7/.453 4/.500 4/.250 1/.000 152/109 .256/.338/.338/.676 .492/.748 .675 101/.635 13/0 0/0
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 41/31 .270/.341/.432/.774 .522/.855 1.058 28/.486 0/0 1/1
22.Hall G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.333 122/91 .216/.279/.315/.594 .712/.554 .606 77/.550 0/1 1/1
3.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 26/25 .231/.231/.269/.500 2.000/.440 .765 15/.733 0/0 0/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 3/1.333 121/91 .181/.215/.345/.560 .374/.622 .525 80/.593 0/1 4/5
45.Lee G/S/vP 15/.200 1/.000 1/.000 14/.774 6/1.000 18/.457 2/1.000 138/104 .229/.268/.366/.635 .947/.533 .551 87/.653 1/0 3/2
9.Pence G/S/vP 18/.634 2/.000 2/2.000 16/.846 6/1.166 14/.368 3/1.666 157/115 .301/.344/.486/.830 .883/.811 .907 104/.857 2/0 5/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 3/3.000 2/.000 88/74 .259/.299/.346/.645 .968/.588 .774 60/.547 1/0 0/3
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 135/100 .277/.328/.345/.673 .658/.676 .687 81/.516 1/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 52/29 .289/.385/.489/.874 .874/.875 .838 32/.837 0/0 2/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 4/.000 131/100 .336/.400/.466/.866 .608/.947 1.074 86/.943 1/0 2/2
IP 38.1 13.0 12.2 15.2 25.1 20.2 20.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.378/.693 .683/.697 .723 .675 31/4 19/30
ERA-K/9 5.63/8.9 0.69/7.6 4.26/10.6 2.30/6.3 3.91/7.8 4.79/9.6 2.61/8.3 4.22/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Quintero (19-8-1)
 Towles (11-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.245 48/.159 59/.146 61/.196 103/.217 93/.253 87/.216 .256  Lee
 Pence
 Bourn
 Bogusevic
28/0/0/4
0/0/36/4
0/33/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .800 .456 .602 .602 .722 .719 .615 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.654 21/.296 16/.538 27/.833 33/.583 30/.823 28/.495 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.872 27/.579 43/.621 34/.425 70/.786 63/.670 59/.668 .737
Road 73/.668 20/.472 31/.610 29/.575 53/.533 51/.640 35/.807
Last 28d days 98/.795 36/.492 37/.709 42/.707 60/.949 57/.534 57/.648
HR/SB/CS 7/8/3 0/3/1 0/0/2 2/2/0 4/1/0 3/1/0 2/2/1 39/27/12
Usage ····X··· ooo··oo· X····o·· ··oXX·X· ··o·Xo·· X·o·oX·o ·o·o·ooX

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.