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Game Preview: HOU @ CIN, 1:10 pm, Sunday, April 29, 2012 @Great American Ball Park

Astros, 8-13, 8-13 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (21, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-8)			94.0	107	61	56	26	67	14	5.36

Last 7 GS		2-3	42.2	52	28	26	7	26	7	5.48	45
2011-08-20	SFG	W	5.0	7	2	0	2	4	0	86	51
2011-08-14	@LAD	L	5.1	7	7	7	3	3	3	98	26
2011-08-09	@ARI	ND	5.0	12	7	7	0	2	0	90	17
2011-08-03	CIN	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	96	56
2011-07-29	@MIL	L	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	78	55
2011-07-24	@CHC	ND	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	102	46
2011-07-18	WSN	L	8.1	5	4	4	1	6	2	113	62

Last 5 v.CIN		1-0	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	3.86	56
2011-08-03	CIN	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	96	56

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

 Home:    4-5    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-9    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @CIN  L   0-6        8-13  5th  6.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @CIN  W   6-4        8-12  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25  @MIL  W   7-5        7-12  5th  5.0 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24  @MIL  L   6-9        6-12  5th  5.0 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23  @MIL  L   5-6        6-11  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22   LAD  W  12-0        6-10  5th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   LAD  L   1-5        5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   LAD  L   1-3        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @WSN  W  11-4        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @WSN  L   2-3        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-13

Reds, 10-11, 10-11 2nd, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Mat Latos (24, RHP, 1-2, 5.64)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-2)			22.1	25	14	14	10	14	2	5.64
2011 (9-14)			194.1	168	82	75	62	185	16	3.47
2010 (14-10)			184.2	150	63	60	50	189	16	2.92

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.0	40	18	18	13	40	4	3.60	56
2012-04-24	SFG	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	95	70
2012-04-18	@STL	L	5.2	9	8	8	3	6	1	112	22
2012-04-12	@WSN	ND	5.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	99	47
2012-04-07	MIA	L	4.2	7	4	4	2	4	1	81	36
2011-09-26	CHC	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	103	81
2011-09-20	@COL	W	8.2	6	1	1	1	9	0	123	76
2011-09-14	@SFG	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	8	2	104	58

Last 5 v.HOU		3-1	27.1	16	7	7	4	25	1	2.30	66
2011-06-05	HOU	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	98	48
2011-04-16	@HOU	L	6.1	4	5	5	2	6	1	93	49
2010-07-02	HOU	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	105	81
2010-05-07	@HOU	W	8.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	107	87

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sat, Apr 28   HOU  W   6-0       10-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27   HOU  L   4-6        9-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26   SFG  L   5-6        9-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25   SFG  W   4-2        9-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24   SFG  W   9-2        8-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @CHC  W   4-3        7-9   2nd  4.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @CHC  L   1-6        6-9   4th  4.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @CHC  W   9-4        6-8   2nd  4.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @STL  W   6-3        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @STL  L   1-11       4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 CIN  6  HOU  0        W:Johnny Cueto (3-0), L: Lucas Harrell (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 HOU  6 @CIN  4        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Mike Leake (0-3), S: Brett Myers (4)

Wed, Sep 21, 2011 CIN  2  HOU  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (9-12), L: Wandy Rodriguez (11-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 CIN  6  HOU  4        W:Homer Bailey (9-7), L: Bud Norris (6-11), S: Francisco Cordero (34)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - CIN won 9-6; 2010 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 430-395

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 2012 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 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Latos
G/S/vB 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 60.Hoover
G/S/vB 63.LeCure
G/S/vB 51.Marshall*
G/S/vB 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB 31.Simon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 234/174 .276/.297/.357/.654 .766/.618 .657 86/.958 7/3 2/2

12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 94/37 .205/.267/.265/.532 .466/.641 .529 8/.393 4/3 0/1

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 182/167 .287/.348/.457/.805 .421/.839 .799 74/.712 4/2 4/2

6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 160/142 .228/.275/.342/.617 .300/.654 .574 29/.898 1/1 2/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / 51/.653 / /

16.Downs G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .781 26/.591 0/0 10/6

23.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.821 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 3/1.334 4/1.500 1/.000 405/302 .251/.291/.378/.670 .635/.681 .737 83/.664 2/2 7/15

45.Lee G/S/vP 12/.834 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 10/.733 3/1.167 ··· 653/498 .275/.342/.446/.788 1.028/.715 .779 86/.738 4/3 18/7

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 341/224 .252/.303/.382/.685 .876/.582 .593 65/.726 1/1 6/15

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 226/169 .274/.319/.423/.742 1.119/.620 .728 90/.895 0/1 6/1

22.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 22/.673 / /

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .586 93/.686 22/4 2/2

18.Snyder G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 4/1.167 ··· 119/84 .271/.376/.396/.772 .826/.750 .938 37/.337 0/1 3/0

IP 194.1 53.0 50.0 77.2 75.2 61.1 115.2 TOTAL .258/.334/.373/.707 .659/.740 .688 .707 17/4 11/15

ERA-K/9

3.47/8.6

3.23/8.2

3.60/12.8

/0.0

3.71/8.5

2.26/9.4

3.23/6.0

4.90/6.5

3.46/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Snyder (17-6-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 799/.233 226/.226 207/.147 / 307/.205 307/.234 268/.238 499/.284 .251 Lee
Bogusevic
Martinez
Bixler
Schafer
Wright
Downs
Buck 80/0/0/10
13/0/40/9
51/0/1/5
27/4/6/1
0/79/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
25/1/14/0

OPS .655 .720 .534 .645 .566 .676 .834 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 420/.697 92/.705 63/.392 / 116/.661 104/.503 94/.635 262/.808 .698

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.607 134/.730 144/.598 / 191/.635 203/.599 174/.698 237/.862 .699

Home 375/.641 124/.619 98/.527 / 152/.717 152/.636 129/.701 273/.835

Last 28d days 98/.809 40/.494 47/.379 10/.200 43/.802 33/.830 39/.428 45/.851

HR/SB/CS 16/25/8 5/2/4 2/2/4 // 10/4/2 1/9/2 6/4/1 15/10/8 17/15/4

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 3/1.000 18/.977 ··· 11/1.233 664/468 .256/.341/.474/.814 .804/.818 .842 85/.919 8/7 32/4

2.Cozart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/26 .324/.324/.486/.811 .667/.880 1.385 89/.726 0/0 2/0

21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/95 .232/.289/.438/.727 .985/.654 .644 11/1.545 1/0 6/2

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 12/.900 ··· 2/1.000 304/256 .267/.356/.357/.714 .871/.685 .646 49/.612 0/0 6/4

9.Harris* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 19/.263 ··· 1/.000 283/241 .246/.351/.317/.668 .887/.631 .531 31/.296 5/4 2/1

28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 308/242 .254/.309/.487/.797 .553/.865 .861 45/.559 6/1 18/3

48.Ludwick G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.000 18/1.736 2/.500 ··· 558/417 .237/.310/.363/.674 .763/.644 .657 60/.709 1/1 13/2

39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/45 .180/.226/.360/.586 .625/.579 .911 35/.785 0/0 2/3

4.Phillips G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/2.300 9/1.112 31/.470 2/.000 9/1.556 675/518 .300/.353/.457/.810 .851/.798 .882 60/.758 14/9 18/6

27.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.400 21/1.326 ··· 3/.333 269/208 .242/.279/.397/.676 .769/.648 .782 75/.569 1/0 5/4

6.Stubbs G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 4/.500 13/.968 2/.000 3/2.334 681/547 .243/.321/.364/.686 .896/.636 .761 88/.628 40/10 15/3

15.Valdez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· ··· 300/197 .249/.294/.341/.634 .665/.618 .718 28/.491 3/3 1/9

19.Votto* G/S/vP 3/2.667 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 7/.572 23/.891 2/.000 7/.453 719/518 .309/.416/.531/.947 .987/.930 .874 94/.864 8/6 29/6

IP 94.0 19.2 27.2 71.0 13.1 216.0 52.1 12.0 TOTAL .238/.303/.380/.683 .708/.646 .759 .683 8/4 17/14

ERA-K/9

5.36/6.4

7.32/6.9

2.93/9.4

/0.0

2.79/7.1

11.48/4.1

4.46/6.7

3.96/9.8

1.50/8.2

4.03/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (34-18-2)
Mesoraco (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 415/.285 99/.326 125/.272 / 298/.264 71/.409 917/.267 231/.264 44/.154 .260 Bruce
Ludwick
Stubbs
Heisey
Frazier
Harris 0/0/155/10
117/0/14/10
0/157/0/8
88/18/10/2
4/0/0/1
33/7/6/0

OPS .817 .946 .809 .686 1.133 .751 .781 .583 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.795 45/.630 54/.697 / 108/.804 25/2.071 404/.786 88/.755 30/.205 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.834 54/1.257 71/.889 / 190/.619 46/.628 513/.724 143/.796 14/1.352 .747

Road 215/.844 42/.736 55/.977 / 143/.688 33/1.112 493/.727 105/.755 22/.282

Last 28d days / 8/1.875 40/.712 33/.589 45/.422 35/.900 21/.640 42/.652 23/.664

HR/SB/CS 14/4/0 5/1/0 3/1/0 // 6/1/2 4/2/0 31/15/6 6/7/1 1/2/0 24/17/5

Usage ·o······ ···X···X ·····X·X ·o·o·o·o X····Xo· ·o·oo··· ·X··X·o· o··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.