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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 2, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Reds, 53-56, 53-56 4th, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Homer Bailey (25, RHP, 5-5, 4.68)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-5) 65.1 69 36 34 18 44 8 4.68
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 2-4 39.1 50 29 28 14 24 6 6.41 41
2011-07-28 NYM L 4.0 12 9 9 2 2 0 74 2
2011-07-23 ATL W 6.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 109 54
2011-07-17 STL W 7.1 3 1 1 3 4 1 88 69
2011-07-07 @MIL L 6.0 8 5 5 2 1 1 87 35
2011-07-02 CLE L 7.0 8 3 2 1 7 1 105 57
2011-06-26 @BAL L 5.0 9 5 5 2 5 2 89 32
2011-05-26 @PHI ND 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 1 70 37
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 18.2 12 6 3 3 17 0 1.45 63
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:   30-27   Road:   23-29   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  41-42   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  16-24
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl:29-23   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Mon, Aug  1  @HOU  L   3-4 (10)  53-56  4th  7.5 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31   SFG  W   9-0       53-55  4th  6.5 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30   SFG  W   7-2       52-55  4th  6.5 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29   SFG  W   4-3 (13)  51-55  4th  6.5 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28   NYM  L   9-10      50-55  4th  6.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27   NYM  L   2-8       50-54  4th  5.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26   NYM  L   6-8       50-53  4th  5.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25   NYM  L   2-4       50-52  4th  4.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 24   ATL  W   4-3       50-51  4th  3.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 23   ATL  W  11-2       49-51  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Astros, 36-73, 36-73 6th, 24½ GB, 26½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 7-7, 3.47)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-7) 122.0 120 49 47 38 106 15 3.47
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 2-4 44.0 39 24 22 17 42 6 4.50 52
2011-07-28 @STL W 7.0 5 3 1 1 6 0 117 64
2011-07-23 @CHC L 7.0 3 2 2 1 7 2 100 69
2011-07-17 PIT ND 5.2 8 4 4 3 11 0 118 45
2011-07-10 @FLA L 5.1 5 5 5 5 3 1 101 36
2011-07-05 @PIT L 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 1 116 40
2011-06-30 TEX W 7.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 106 70
2011-06-24 TBR L 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 2 107 43
Last 5 v.CIN 1-1 29.1 25 16 15 14 34 5 4.60 53
2011-05-11 CIN ND 7.0 10 3 3 0 4 2 114 49
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-36   Road:   18-37   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  21-56   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  7-18   vsCntrl:18-34   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Mon, Aug  1   CIN  W   4-3 (10)  36-73  6th 24.5 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @MIL  L   4-5       35-73  6th 24.5 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @MIL  L   2-6       35-72  6th 23.5 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @MIL  L   0-4       35-71  6th 22.5 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28  @STL  W   5-3       35-70  6th 21.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27  @STL  W   4-2       34-70  6th 21.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @STL  L   1-3       33-70  6th 22.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25  @STL  L   5-10      33-69  6th 21.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 24  @CHC  L   4-5 (10)  33-68  6th 20.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 23  @CHC  L   1-5       33-67  6th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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
Season Series: 2011 - CIN over 6-4; 2010 - CIN won 10-5; 2009 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CIN leads 426-392

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 (4.69 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB
52.Escalona*
G/S/vB
59.Lopez
G/S/vB
54.Melancon
G/S/vB
43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Alonso* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/6 .429/.500/.571/1.071 1.000/1.100 .250 8/1.071 0/0 0/0
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 23/.086 2/1.000 4/.250 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 441/315 .266/.343/.488/.832 .810/.840 .824 88/.943 7/5 21/4
43.Cairo G/S/vP 12/1.139 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 195/168 .276/.349/.418/.767 1.090/.714 .822 60/.790 0/2 5/1
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 13/.641 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 230/194 .246/.345/.317/.662 .845/.630 .738 45/.586 0/0 3/3
28.Heisey G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 5/.800 ··· 238/197 .244/.304/.446/.750 .610/.780 .658 67/.630 4/1 12/2
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 21/.781 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 235/187 .302/.362/.491/.852 .801/.865 .716 50/.797 0/0 10/1
7.Janish G/S/vP 13/.558 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 262/218 .235/.270/.288/.558 .395/.592 .481 18/.889 2/1 0/10
15.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 164/154 .268/.356/.380/.736 .000/.788 .703 41/.860 1/4 3/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP 45/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.417 4/.500 ··· 470/359 .287/.333/.423/.756 .804/.741 .703 98/.726 7/8 10/4
16.Renteria G/S/vP 16/1.224 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 202/164 .247/.313/.309/.622 .916/.558 .490 48/.752 4/1 1/11
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 20/.653 3/.333 ··· 5/1.400 6/.000 1/.000 479/388 .259/.334/.397/.731 .948/.680 .639 97/.784 27/7 13/1
19.Votto* G/S/vP 36/.918 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 484/353 .321/.430/.517/.947 1.022/.917 .997 99/1.012 6/4 17/4
IP 122.0 44.0 21.1 49.1 51.1 27.2 TOTAL .260/.330/.406/.736 .820/.714 .699 .765 64/36 116/62
ERA-K/9 3.47/7.8 4.50/5.1 2.53/8.0 2.74/7.5 2.98/7.4 2.60/10.4 4.54/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (25-15-2)
 Hernandez (29-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 514/.258 205/.284 88/.213 204/.259 218/.237 118/.248 .271  Bruce
 Stubbs
 Lewis
 Heisey
 Alonso
0/0/102/8
0/107/0/5
33/0/4/3
71/13/8/2
2/0/0/0
OPS .736 .752 .615 .659 .636 .715 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.618 76/.850 55/.554 79/.776 91/.679 47/.581 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.772 129/.695 33/.715 125/.585 127/.607 71/.811 .770
Home 216/.743 102/.750 51/.499 115/.753 110/.624 63/.700
Last 28d days 105/.728 32/.685 23/.455 46/.629 50/.436 50/.692
HR/SB/CS 15/15/2 3/7/1 1/5/1 2/1/2 3/3/1 3/3/1 125/94/24
Usage ····X··· ···X···· o··oo··· ·oo····· X···oX·X oX···X··
Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.33 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
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 11/.182 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 4/1.000 309/230 .258/.322/.398/.720 .604/.758 .639 75/.803 1/0 7/6
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/no AB 43/41 .216/.326/.243/.569 .500/.567 .568 10/.775 1/0 0/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/1.000 136/80 .344/.363/.435/.798 .975/.680 .818 31/.816 22/5 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/69 .182/.232/.250/.482 .842/.346 .495 34/.657 0/0 0/4
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 137/113 .227/.321/.454/.775 .345/.871 .938 24/.127 0/0 6/5
3.Durango# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 14/.774 6/1.000 19/.433 2/1.000 441/335 .270/.320/.431/.750 .951/.689 .784 89/.813 3/2 10/4
4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/1.125 1/.000 123/63 .200/.252/.296/.548 .588/.509 .623 29/.545 1/0 2/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 3/3.000 3/.666 164/139 .263/.288/.346/.634 .768/.611 .763 47/.702 1/0 1/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 260/193 .257/.311/.309/.619 .622/.618 .596 54/.549 3/0 1/7
IP 65.1 28.2 35.1 30.1 45.2 50.0 53.1 50.1 TOTAL .260/.312/.376/.688 .700/.684 .718 .656 82/20 60/84
ERA-K/9 4.68/6.1 3.45/7.2 2.04/7.9 3.86/13.4 2.56/6.5 2.34/8.1 3.38/8.4 2.15/6.4 4.02/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (25-6-1)
 Quintero (34-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.271 122/.216 138/.180 121/.096 181/.191 194/.192 235/.254 215/.223 .250  Lee
 Bourgeois
 Michaels
 Durango
 Bogusevic
78/0/0/10
27/10/9/1
25/0/5/1
0/1/0/0
13/0/1/0
OPS .744 .676 .507 .478 .573 .600 .689 .634 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.781 59/.648 77/.453 39/.418 91/.665 81/.511 94/.747 81/.525 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.707 63/.704 61/.575 82/.508 90/.479 113/.661 141/.652 134/.699 .706
Road 120/.774 51/.856 64/.613 58/.489 92/.703 101/.463 112/.537 112/.637
Last 28d days 105/.849 28/.606 31/.701 41/.281 44/.846 32/.225 47/.811 51/.821
HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 3/1/1 0/3/2 2/0/4 4/8/0 5/2/2 4/3/1 4/3/1 114/54/33
Usage ····X··· ···ooX·o ··oX··oo ···Xo·o· ···X··o· ····X·Xo o·Xo·oX· o·X·Xo·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.