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Game Preview: PIT @ CIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 4, 2012 @Great American Ball Park

Pirates, 60-45, 60-45 2nd, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (27, RHP, 10-5, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-5) 130.2 104 52 49 50 115 13 3.38
2011 (9-9) 171.0 176 86 80 78 142 24 4.21
2010 (4-6) 71.2 70 32 32 29 68 4 4.02
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.1 42 28 27 26 32 9 6.02 44
2012-07-29 @HOU L 5.0 6 5 5 7 5 1 110 33
2012-07-24 CHC L 6.0 5 5 5 3 6 2 87 45
2012-07-18 @COL W 5.0 9 6 6 4 2 2 108 23
2012-07-13 @MIL ND 4.2 8 5 4 5 2 1 109 27
2012-07-07 SFG W 7.0 4 1 1 0 10 0 106 75
2012-07-02 HOU W 7.0 4 2 2 5 4 1 110 60
2012-06-27 @PHI W 5.2 6 4 4 2 3 2 100 42
Last 5 v.CIN 3-0 31.2 24 7 5 11 28 1 1.42 62
2012-05-28 CIN W 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 103 76
2012-05-05 CIN W 6.1 6 1 1 2 7 0 99 62
2011-09-25 CIN ND 5.0 6 3 1 2 4 0 105 49
2011-08-21 CIN ND 6.0 3 3 3 3 5 1 93 56
2011-07-19 CIN W 6.1 4 0 0 3 7 0 87 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-16   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  43-34   vsLHP:  17-11   1-Run:  23-16
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:27-18   vsWest:  9-9  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Fri, Aug  3  @CIN  L   0-3       60-45  2nd  4.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @CHC  W   8-4       60-44  2nd  3.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @CHC  W   5-0       59-44  2nd  3.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30  @CHC  L   4-14      58-44  2nd  3.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29  @HOU  L   5-9       58-43  2nd  3.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28  @HOU  W   4-3       58-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @HOU  W   6-5       57-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @HOU  W   5-3       56-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25   CHC  W   3-2       55-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24   CHC  L   1-5       54-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Reds, 65-41, 65-41 1st, 4½ up

SP: Mike Leake (24, RHP, 4-7, 4.44)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-7) 119.2 133 65 59 28 79 15 4.44
2011 (12-9) 167.2 159 74 72 38 118 23 3.86
2010 (8-4) 138.1 158 77 65 49 91 19 4.23
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.0 50 21 20 7 26 6 4.00 51
2012-07-30 SDP L 1.2 5 5 5 3 1 0 49 23
2012-07-24 @HOU W 8.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 112 65
2012-07-19 ARI ND 5.1 11 6 6 1 2 2 93 23
2012-07-14 STL ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 3 1 86 52
2012-07-04 @LAD L 7.0 6 3 2 0 5 0 86 60
2012-06-29 @SFG W 9.0 9 1 1 1 4 1 111 68
2012-06-24 MIN ND 8.0 5 2 2 0 5 1 86 69
Last 5 v.PIT 1-2 32.0 22 14 14 11 24 4 3.94 57
2012-06-07 PIT ND 7.0 7 4 4 0 5 0 80 52
2012-05-05 @PIT L 7.0 4 3 3 4 4 2 94 57
2011-08-21 @PIT ND 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 2 90 50
2011-07-19 @PIT L 6.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 90 66
2011-04-16 PIT W 6.0 4 2 2 4 6 0 102 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-19   Road:   30-22   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  45-29   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 13-8    vsCntrl:27-15   vsWest: 18-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Fri, Aug  3   PIT  W   3-0       65-41  1st  4.5 up
105 Thu, Aug  2   SDP  W   9-4       64-41  1st  3.5 up
104 Wed, Aug  1   SDP  W   6-4       63-41  1st  3.0 up
103 Tue, Jul 31   SDP  W   7-6       62-41  1st  3.0 up
102 Mon, Jul 30   SDP  L   5-11      61-41  1st  3.0 up
101 Sun, Jul 29  @COL  W   7-2       61-40  1st  3.0 up
100 Sat, Jul 28  @COL  W   9-7       60-40  1st  2.0 up
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @COL  W   3-0       59-40  1st  2.0 up
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @HOU  W   5-3       58-40  1st  2.5 up
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @HOU  W   4-2       57-40  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:17-3    Last 30:23-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 CIN  3  PIT  0        W:Mat Latos (10-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-10), S: Aroldis Chapman (24)
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 PIT  5 @CIN  4 (10)   W:Joel Hanrahan (3-0), L: Aroldis Chapman (4-1), S: Chris Resop (1)
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 CIN  5  PIT  4        W:Johnny Cueto (6-3), L: Brad Lincoln (3-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (6)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 PIT  8 @CIN  4        W:A.J. Burnett (5-2), L: Homer Bailey (4-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (15)
Wed, May 30, 2012 PIT  2  CIN  1        W:A.J. Burnett (4-2), L: Johnny Cueto (5-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (13)
Tue, May 29, 2012 CIN  8 @PIT  1        W:Homer Bailey (4-3), L: Charlie Morton (2-6), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2012 PIT  4  CIN  1        W:James McDonald (4-2), L: Bronson Arroyo (2-3), S: Joel Hanrahan (12)
Sun, May 06, 2012 CIN  5 @PIT  0        W:Mat Latos (2-2), L: Charlie Morton (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 PIT  3  CIN  2        W:James McDonald (2-1), L: Mike Leake (0-4), S: Joel Hanrahan (5)
Fri, May 04, 2012 CIN  6 @PIT  1        W:Johnny Cueto (4-0), L: Kevin Correia (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 5-5; 2011 - PIT won 10-5; 2010 - CIN won 10-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1140-1119

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
Pirates Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Leake
G/S/vB
33.Arredondo
G/S/vB
50.Broxton
G/S/vB
54.Chapman*
G/S/vB
63.LeCure
G/S/vB
51.Marshall*
G/S/vB
66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB
31.Simon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 12/.639 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 363/263 .236/.306/.479/.784 .640/.840 .802 81/.750 1/0 21/15
26.Barajas G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 247/177 .201/.279/.352/.631 .446/.700 .660 51/.556 0/0 8/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 9/.375 2/1.000 7/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 6/1.500 5/.800 1/.000 320/246 .207/.236/.293/.529 .664/.488 .542 64/.574 0/2 5/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 156/88 .237/.287/.381/.668 .697/.644 .693 19/.631 5/3 2/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 23/.694 3/.000 2/.500 7/.000 1/.000 7/.429 2/2.000 3/.000 295/259 .268/.295/.511/.806 .622/.832 .828 76/.803 2/0 16/3
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/27 .222/.216/.389/.605 1.300/.370 .605 37/.605 2/1 2/0
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 24/.804 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 8/.000 6/1.500 2/1.000 425/319 .373/.433/.630/1.063 1.266/.995 1.032 87/1.247 14/8 22/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 152/121 .278/.349/.571/.920 1.317/.828 1.019 33/1.158 0/0 10/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .217/.280/.435/.715 1.167/.638 .422 12/1.083 0/1 0/0
7.Presley* G/S/vP 7/1.738 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 281/224 .231/.270/.379/.649 .705/.634 .666 53/.551 9/5 8/2
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 1/2.000 200/136 .199/.250/.301/.551 .652/.505 .511 4/.250 1/0 3/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 54/37 .250/.315/.479/.794 1.412/.489 .880 54/.794 1/0 3/1
18.Walker# G/S/vP 22/1.192 3/1.667 ··· 5/.800 3/.000 8/.125 2/.500 2/1.000 426/310 .290/.358/.441/.799 .655/.850 .838 85/1.039 7/5 11/4
IP 119.2 43.2 37.1 52.2 38.2 41.0 40.1 40.2 TOTAL .245/.301/.405/.706 .723/.700 .726 .743 53/39 118/59
ERA-K/9 4.44/5.9 2.68/9.9 2.17/6.3 1.37/16.7 3.26/8.8 2.41/10.5 2.90/5.8 2.43/8.0 3.34/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (58-4-5)
 McKenry (30-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.285 186/.203 155/.265 201/.126 161/.241 174/.255 171/.224 178/.263 .249  Jones
 Harrison
 McCutchen
 Presley
 Snider
 Marte
0/0/39/2
1/0/11/1
0/100/0/1
65/2/4/1
10/0/3/0
7/1/0/0
OPS .788 .649 .678 .424 .686 .639 .663 .719 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.799 94/.551 76/.715 60/.311 81/.635 59/.569 75/.627 90/.649 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.775 92/.741 79/.644 141/.473 80/.736 115/.675 96/.683 88/.786 .677
Home 253/.919 121/.619 70/.725 111/.484 91/.531 81/.520 84/.544 106/.759
Last 28d days 96/.913 38/.898 22/.714 53/.352 37/.518 37/.411 43/.677 47/.773
HR/SB/CS 15/7/5 5/3/2 1/2/2 3/3/0 3/1/3 3/1/1 3/1/0 1/5/2 99/58/30
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· o·o····· X·XX··Xo ···X·X·· ··oX··o· ·o··X·X· ····X··X
Reds Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
32.Qualls
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 18/1.194 3/.000 13/1.203 2/1.000 2/.000 5/2.800 4/.250 421/292 .249/.333/.499/.831 .673/.900 .897 85/.865 7/1 21/4
43.Cairo G/S/vP 12/.606 1/3.000 8/.500 ··· 5/1.400 3/.833 2/.000 97/72 .151/.175/.215/.390 .452/.369 .356 28/.371 1/0 0/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 7/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 436/334 .247/.293/.398/.690 .744/.674 .757 88/.638 3/0 11/10
21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 274/197 .272/.328/.532/.860 .839/.869 .836 75/.745 1/2 13/4
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 9/1.069 1/2.000 11/.705 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 248/192 .276/.357/.355/.711 .862/.669 .612 58/.742 0/0 2/3
28.Heisey G/S/vP 12/.364 2/.000 10/1.200 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 268/207 .275/.316/.406/.722 .803/.699 .676 41/.829 4/3 4/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 11/.637 4/1.250 7/1.229 3/.666 7/.572 4/.500 ··· 299/215 .260/.329/.546/.875 .972/.839 .869 75/1.158 0/0 19/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Paul* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 20/18 .389/.450/.500/.950 .000/1.063 .633 20/.950 2/0 0/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 21/.818 6/.334 15/.938 3/.666 10/.800 7/.286 3/.500 401/283 .296/.336/.457/.793 .736/.817 .919 78/.999 8/1 13/2
27.Rolen G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/.000 13/.879 ··· 8/.542 2/3.000 ··· 211/156 .230/.308/.369/.677 .611/.701 .812 75/.911 1/1 5/7
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 15/.414 5/.200 10/.100 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.971 2/.500 362/263 .235/.304/.398/.703 .891/.630 .681 87/.880 23/6 13/3
15.Valdez G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 110/84 .240/.274/.270/.544 .808/.465 .736 21/.659 2/1 0/1
IP 130.2 39.2 42.1 50.2 39.2 50.2 33.1 TOTAL .254/.319/.425/.744 .781/.731 .779 .799 59/20 123/56
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.9 1.82/14.1 2.76/10.6 1.95/5.0 4.76/5.0 3.73/6.0 4.32/8.6 3.60/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (27-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.219 160/.171 175/.191 207/.218 176/.304 230/.270 136/.244 .244  Bruce
 Heisey
 Stubbs
 Paul
 Ludwick
 Frazier
 Valdez
0/0/103/5
45/21/10/4
0/87/0/2
3/0/0/1
68/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
0/5/0/0
OPS .665 .557 .642 .637 .860 .724 .732 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 281/.616 81/.467 96/.524 97/.688 71/1.092 93/.756 63/.759 .664
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 251/.719 79/.645 79/.787 110/.593 105/.712 137/.704 73/.706 .726
Road 245/.814 89/.645 84/.788 107/.618 78/.771 130/.733 95/.797
Last 28d days 107/1.071 26/.651 37/.766 32/.550 23/.865 35/.801 32/.813
HR/SB/CS 13/6/3 4/1/0 6/6/0 3/9/0 7/9/1 6/4/0 4/8/0 98/88/9
Usage ·····X·· ··o···o· ··X····X ··o·Xo·X o···o··· ··o·o·Xo ··o·X··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.