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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 1:10pm, Sunday, August 19, 2012 @Great American Ball Park

Cubs, 47-72, 47-72 5th, 25 GB, 22½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (25, RHP, 0-9, 6.96)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-9) 63.1 78 51 49 20 37 8 6.96
2011 (5-13) 165.2 187 96 90 49 117 23 4.89
2010 (12-9) 175.0 187 94 89 60 102 17 4.58
Last 7 GS 0-6 35.1 46 30 30 13 17 6 7.64 38
2012-08-14 HOU L 5.0 8 4 4 0 3 1 70 38
2012-08-09 CIN ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 99 50
2012-08-04 @LAD L 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 100 59
2012-07-03 @ATL L 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 1 77 26
2012-05-17 PHI L 2.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 58 27
2012-05-12 @MIL L 6.0 9 6 6 2 1 1 99 29
2012-05-05 LAD L 5.0 4 5 5 3 1 0 81 37
Last 5 v.CIN 1-3 29.2 30 19 17 13 23 4 5.16 47
2012-08-09 CIN ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 99 50
2012-04-20 CIN L 5.0 7 6 5 2 4 0 90 33
2011-08-24 CIN L 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 97 53
2010-04-14 CIN W 6.2 5 3 3 4 5 1 117 53
2009-05-05 CIN L 6.0 7 4 3 3 5 0 97 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-28   Road:   17-44   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  35-51   vsLHP:  12-21   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:21-33   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Sat, Aug 18  @CIN  W   9-7       47-72  5th 25.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug 18  @CIN  L   3-5       46-72  5th 25.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug 17  @CIN  L   3-7       46-71  5th 25.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 15   HOU  W   7-2       46-70  5th 24.5 gb
115 Tue, Aug 14   HOU  L   1-10      45-70  5th 24.5 gb
114 Mon, Aug 13   HOU  W   7-1       45-69  5th 23.5 gb
113 Sun, Aug 12   CIN  L   0-3       44-69  5th 24.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug 11   CIN  L   2-4       44-68  5th 23.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug 10   CIN  L   8-10      44-67  5th 22.0 gb
110 Thu, Aug  9   CIN  W   5-3       44-66  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Reds, 73-48, 73-48 1st, 6½ up

SP: Mat Latos (24, RHP, 10-3, 3.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-3) 148.2 130 64 60 46 134 21 3.63
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 3-1 44.0 34 12 12 16 36 4 2.45 59
2012-08-14 NYM ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 104 69
2012-08-08 @MIL ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 97 74
2012-08-03 PIT W 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 100 72
2012-07-29 @COL W 8.0 4 2 2 3 8 1 117 71
2012-07-23 @HOU W 5.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 95 44
2012-07-18 ARI L 4.2 6 5 5 2 3 2 75 33
2012-07-13 STL ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 97 53
Last 5 v.CHC 2-2 23.1 21 11 9 8 30 1 3.47 56
2011-09-26 CHC W 7.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 103 81
2010-09-28 CHC L 5.2 7 4 2 2 6 1 94 47
2010-08-19 @CHC W 7.0 5 2 2 1 10 0 91 68
2009-08-19 CHC L 3.2 7 5 5 4 5 0 92 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-22   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  50-34   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 15-9    vsCntrl:33-21   vsWest: 18-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Sat, Aug 18   CHC  L   7-9       73-48  1st  6.5 up
120 Sat, Aug 18   CHC  W   5-3       73-47  1st  6.5 up
119 Fri, Aug 17   CHC  W   7-3       72-47  1st  6.0 up
118 Thu, Aug 16   NYM  L   4-8       71-47  1st  6.0 up
117 Wed, Aug 15   NYM  W   6-1       71-46  1st  7.0 up
116 Tue, Aug 14   NYM  W   3-0       70-46  1st  6.0 up
115 Sun, Aug 12  @CHC  W   3-0       69-46  1st  4.5 up
114 Sat, Aug 11  @CHC  W   4-2       68-46  1st  4.5 up
113 Fri, Aug 10  @CHC  W  10-8       67-46  1st  3.5 up
112 Thu, Aug  9  @CHC  L   3-5       66-46  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:22-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 CHC  9 @CIN  7        W:Brooks Raley (1-2), L: Todd Redmond (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (15)
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 CIN  5  CHC  3        W:Johnny Cueto (16-6), L: Jeff Samardzija (8-11), S: Aroldis Chapman (29)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 CIN  7  CHC  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (9-7), L: Travis Wood (4-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 CIN  3 @CHC  0        W:Johnny Cueto (15-6), L: Brooks Raley (0-2), S: Aroldis Chapman (28)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 CIN  4 @CHC  2        W:Bronson Arroyo (8-7), L: James Russell (5-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (27)
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 CIN 10 @CHC  8        W:Homer Bailey (10-7), L: Justin Germano (1-2), S: Aroldis Chapman (26)
Thu, Aug 09, 2012 CHC  5  CIN  3        W:Shawn Camp (3-5), L: Sean Marshall (4-4), S: Carlos Marmol (14)
Thu, May 03, 2012 CIN  4  CHC  3 (10)   W:Logan Ondrusek (2-0), L: Rafael Dolis (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 CHC  3 @CIN  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (3-1), L: Bronson Arroyo (1-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 CIN  4 @CHC  3        W:Johnny Cueto (2-0), L: Rodrigo Lopez (0-1), S: Sean Marshall (3)
Season Series: 2012 - CIN over 8-4; 2011 - CIN won 11-7; 2010 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1100-1083

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.01

NYM  4.34

CHC  3.73

 RA/G

WSN  3.55

DET  4.39

COL  5.75

 BA

A. McCutchen  .356

E. Aybar  .273

J. Smoak  .193

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .422

D. Pedroia  .336

J. Smoak  .256

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .609

J. Mauer  .441

J. Carroll  .286

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.024

B. Phillips  .773

J. Smoak  .590

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  2.38

C. Lee  3.83

J. Guthrie  5.75

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.39

U. Jimenez  7.32

D. Lowe  3.28

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cubs Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Latos
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
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.200 2/.000 7/.453 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.000 2/2.000 427/308 .268/.308/.385/.693 .654/.709 .539 84/.747 6/1 6/2
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 49/45 .234/.265/.362/.627 .750/.616 .872 10/.900 0/0 0/2
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/54 .275/.324/.464/.788 1.079/.679 .741 37/.950 0/0 3/2
13.Castro G/S/vP 9/.444 6/.533 ··· 7/.453 9/1.556 2/2.000 7/.572 2/.000 508/372 .280/.311/.428/.739 .733/.741 .720 107/.822 20/10 12/18
51.Clevenger* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 166/142 .226/.277/.310/.587 .167/.661 .331 42/.433 0/1 1/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/1.250 3/.333 3/1.666 3/.333 436/337 .267/.359/.400/.759 .470/.837 .705 95/.873 5/6 5/1
7.Jackson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 47/41 .182/.234/.318/.552 .333/.586 .544 47/.552 0/0 1/1
6.LaHair* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.167 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 335/282 .258/.343/.451/.794 .297/.888 .853 47/.409 4/2 14/5
21.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 179/90 .211/.258/.331/.590 .617/.562 .488 30/.300 2/1 4/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 195/136 .290/.328/.464/.793 .561/.894 .765 109/.719 1/2 9/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP 8/.625 5/.400 7/.714 6/.334 7/.715 5/1.800 4/1.250 ··· 446/329 .262/.321/.490/.811 .806/.813 .785 90/.822 5/1 22/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 179/126 .226/.307/.390/.697 .623/.728 .703 67/.818 0/1 4/6
5.Vitters G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/23 .091/.088/.121/.209 .000/.304 .214 34/.209 1/0 0/1
IP 148.2 48.1 40.2 59.0 42.2 46.2 44.1 46.2 TOTAL .243/.299/.381/.680 .622/.702 .652 .670 76/34 100/77
ERA-K/9 3.63/8.1 2.61/9.5 2.88/6.2 1.37/16.5 3.16/9.1 2.70/11.0 3.25/6.1 2.31/8.7 3.39/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (15-4-2)
 Clevenger (31-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 616/.233 207/.203 174/.286 225/.132 179/.245 195/.240 190/.230 202/.258 .249  Soriano
 DeJesus
 Cardenas
 LaHair
 Mather
 Jackson
104/0/0/9
1/36/72/7
3/0/0/0
1/0/30/0
20/18/7/0
0/12/0/0
OPS .708 .644 .731 .419 .697 .610 .710 .700 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 333/.816 100/.562 87/.760 65/.286 88/.643 72/.529 81/.678 99/.641 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 283/.580 107/.714 87/.704 160/.474 91/.748 123/.657 109/.728 103/.755 .682
Home 339/.707 135/.610 79/.732 124/.491 98/.588 93/.464 98/.616 130/.722
Last 28d days 138/.543 39/.749 28/.911 52/.455 37/.745 38/.244 37/1.018 43/.790
HR/SB/CS 21/16/2 5/4/2 1/4/2 3/3/0 3/2/3 3/1/2 6/1/0 1/5/2 115/66/31
Usage ····X··· ·oo·X··· ·X······ Xo····Xo X······· X···o··· o·o····· X·X·····
Reds Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Volstad
G/S/vB		 16.Beliveau*
G/S/vB		 28.Bowden
G/S/vB		 55.Cabrera
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 52.Castillo
G/S/vB		 60.Corpas
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 43.Raley*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 15/.553 ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.586 6/1.166 12/1.409 474/331 .253/.331/.516/.847 .759/.884 .961 96/.988 7/1 25/4
43.Cairo G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 1/.000 121/90 .172/.198/.276/.474 .527/.456 .503 43/.598 3/0 1/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 2/.500 3/.000 1/3.000 495/382 .248/.294/.411/.705 .697/.708 .773 109/.730 3/0 13/12
21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.833 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 2/1.500 335/241 .289/.343/.551/.894 .903/.891 .865 105/.920 3/2 17/6
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 5/.933 2/.500 3/.333 277/212 .279/.366/.354/.720 .845/.683 .620 61/.843 0/0 2/4
28.Heisey G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 284/215 .271/.312/.398/.711 .781/.688 .680 35/.786 5/3 4/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 20/.681 6/2.100 5/2.200 358/258 .273/.342/.584/.926 1.058/.876 .934 95/1.257 0/1 25/1
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 177/136 .209/.288/.348/.636 .803/.583 .622 30/.419 1/1 5/1
26.Paul* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 43/40 .324/.419/.459/.878 .333/.911 .745 39/.936 3/0 1/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 12/1.183 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 6/.666 27/.430 6/.500 4/.500 459/325 .289/.330/.442/.773 .733/.789 .876 90/.732 9/1 13/3
27.Rolen G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 3/1.667 11/.182 2/.500 ··· 236/176 .249/.326/.411/.738 .615/.780 .881 67/1.034 1/1 6/8
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 9/.708 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 10/.600 6/.000 5/.600 422/309 .230/.298/.386/.684 .859/.618 .709 109/.801 28/6 14/4
15.Valdez G/S/vP 16/.929 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 139/103 .202/.230/.225/.454 .627/.396 .559 41/.249 2/1 0/1
IP 63.1 10.1 17.0 7.0 60.0 8.1 32.0 38.1 15.1 54.1 TOTAL .254/.319/.430/.748 .793/.732 .790 .813 71/21 144/68
ERA-K/9 6.96/5.3 1.74/7.9 5.29/5.8 6.43/11.6 3.60/6.6 9.72/8.7 3.94/5.3 4.23/11.5 7.63/5.9 3.64/6.8 4.37/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (28-21-2)
 Mesoraco (36-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.301 47/.231 73/.281 32/.231 254/.256 48/.385 133/.246 178/.217 71/.281 237/.277 .254  Bruce
 Heisey
 Stubbs
 Paul
 Ludwick
 Frazier
 Valdez
0/0/116/6
46/24/11/4
0/102/0/3
6/0/1/2
81/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
0/5/0/0
OPS .820 .579 .878 .690 .719 1.083 .741 .706 .843 .806 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.787 15/.739 33/.751 11/.482 103/.722 19/1.356 44/.886 87/.782 8/.875 86/.773 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.844 32/.505 40/.972 21/.804 151/.716 29/.873 89/.674 91/.630 63/.837 151/.824 .742
Road 131/.796 25/.571 41/.878 16/.646 117/.636 19/1.260 78/.838 74/.782 47/.859 111/.834
Last 28d days 75/.807 38/.518 15/.557 32/.690 57/1.009 8/1.875 57/.750 39/.560 71/.843 43/.883
HR/SB/CS 8/10/2 0/0/0 4/2/0 0/2/0 6/6/2 2/3/0 4/3/2 3/4/0 4/1/0 5/7/1 123/93/24
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ·X··X··· Xo··o··X o··o··o· ····X··· X·····X· X··X··o· X·····X· o··o·o·X

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.