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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 1, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Reds, 81-52, 81-52 1st, 9½ up

SP: Homer Bailey (26, RHP, 10-9, 4.24)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-9) 159.1 179 87 75 43 120 22 4.24
2011 (9-7) 132.0 136 68 65 33 106 18 4.43
2010 (4-3) 109.0 109 55 54 40 100 11 4.46
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.0 56 28 25 13 32 5 5.77 41
2012-08-26 STL L 6.0 9 5 5 0 3 1 94 37
2012-08-21 @PHI ND 6.1 7 3 2 0 6 0 100 55
2012-08-16 NYM L 5.2 8 6 4 3 6 2 101 36
2012-08-10 @CHC W 5.2 9 4 4 2 5 0 104 38
2012-08-05 PIT L 4.2 9 4 4 1 3 1 90 32
2012-07-31 SDP ND 3.2 9 6 6 2 2 1 84 19
2012-07-25 @HOU ND 7.0 5 0 0 5 7 0 113 69
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 35.0 25 4 4 11 28 1 1.03 67
2012-07-25 @HOU ND 7.0 5 0 0 5 7 0 113 69
2011-09-20 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 119 60
2011-08-02 @HOU W 8.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 99 69
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-24   Road:   39-28   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  52-37   vsLHP:  29-15   1-Run:  23-18
 vsEast: 17-11   vsCntrl:36-23   vsWest: 21-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Fri, Aug 31  @HOU  W   9-3       81-52  1st  9.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 29  @ARI  W   6-2       80-52  1st  8.0 up
131 Tue, Aug 28  @ARI  W   5-2       79-52  1st  7.0 up
130 Mon, Aug 27  @ARI  W   3-2       78-52  1st  6.0 up
129 Sun, Aug 26   STL  L   2-8       77-52  1st  6.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 25   STL  W   8-2       77-51  1st  7.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 24   STL  L   5-8       76-51  1st  6.0 up
126 Thu, Aug 23  @PHI  L   3-4 (11)  76-50  1st  7.0 up
125 Wed, Aug 22  @PHI  W   3-2       76-49  1st  8.0 up
124 Tue, Aug 21  @PHI  W   5-4       75-49  1st  7.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Astros, 40-92, 40-92 6th, 40½ GB, 34 GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 10-9, 3.92)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-9) 158.1 150 77 69 60 113 11 3.92
2011 (0-2) 18.0 23 12 9 8 15 0 4.50
2010 (1-0) 24.0 34 18 13 17 15 2 4.88
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 37 15 15 20 38 2 3.09 56
2012-08-26 @NYM ND 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 90 74
2012-08-21 @STL L 5.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 104 27
2012-08-14 @CHC W 8.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 104 71
2012-08-09 WSN L 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 100 52
2012-08-04 @ATL W 6.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 112 56
2012-07-29 PIT W 5.2 5 2 2 3 5 1 108 53
2012-07-24 CIN ND 7.0 7 1 1 3 6 0 121 62
Last 5 v.CIN 0-1 13.0 16 7 6 4 7 1 4.15 47
2012-07-24 CIN ND 7.0 7 1 1 3 6 0 121 62
2012-04-28 @CIN L 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 1 86 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-39   Road:   13-53   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  27-71   vsLHP:  13-21   1-Run:  13-25
 vsEast:  9-19   vsCntrl:17-36   vsWest:  8-28 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Fri, Aug 31   CIN  L   3-9       40-92  6th 40.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30   SFG  L   4-8       40-91  6th 39.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29   SFG  L   4-6       40-90  6th 39.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28   SFG  L   2-3       40-89  6th 38.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 26  @NYM  L   1-2       40-88  6th 36.5 gb
127 Sat, Aug 25  @NYM  L   1-3       40-87  6th 36.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 24  @NYM  W   3-1       40-86  6th 35.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 23  @STL  L   5-13      39-86  6th 36.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22  @STL  L   2-4       39-85  6th 36.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @STL  L   0-7       39-84  6th 35.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 CIN  9 @HOU  3        W:Mike Leake (7-8), L: Fernando Abad (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 CIN  5 @HOU  3        W:Sean Marshall (3-3), L: Francisco Cordero (3-7), S: Aroldis Chapman (19)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 CIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Mike Leake (4-6), L: Francisco Cordero (3-6), S: Aroldis Chapman (18)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 CIN  8 @HOU  3        W:Mat Latos (8-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 HOU  5  CIN  3        W:Jordan Lyles (1-1), L: Bronson Arroyo (2-4), S: Brett Myers (13)
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 CIN 12 @HOU  9        W:Sam LeCure (1-1), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-6), S: Aroldis Chapman (5)
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 CIN  4 @HOU  1        W:Mike Leake (2-5), L: J.A. Happ (4-5), S: Aroldis Chapman (4)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 CIN  6  HOU  5        W:Logan Ondrusek (1-0), L: Fernando Rodriguez (0-3), S: Sean Marshall (5)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - CIN over 8-2; 2011 - CIN won 9-6; 2010 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 437-396

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  5.15

SFG  4.31

HOU  3.64

 RA/G

WSN  3.54

DET  4.31

COL  5.52

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

J. Morneau  .274

C. Pena  .190

 OBP

P. Fielder  .410

M. Teixeira  .335

J. Smoak  .258

 SLG

R. Braun  .606

J. Reyes  .435

J. Carroll  .290

 OPS

R. Braun  .993

K. Morales  .777

J. Smoak  .575

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.43

C. Wilson  3.86

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.34

G. Floyd  7.42

H. Alvarez  3.41

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

Reds Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 65.Storey
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 7/2.114 9/1.569 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 9/.347 1/5.000 ··· 14/1.662 521/354 .256/.334/.521/.855 .761/.899 .757 96/.951 7/2 28/6
43.Cairo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 136/96 .169/.199/.262/.460 .508/.440 .425 38/.598 3/0 1/4
2.Cozart G/S/vP 8/.250 4/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 547/412 .247/.288/.409/.697 .705/.694 .658 107/.718 4/0 15/13
21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 384/266 .293/.352/.549/.900 .911/.895 .945 106/1.021 3/2 18/6
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/1.000 308/230 .290/.382/.359/.740 .880/.694 .846 60/.861 0/0 2/4
28.Heisey G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 307/228 .284/.321/.426/.747 .823/.720 .827 39/.912 6/3 6/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 400/281 .276/.346/.554/.900 .990/.863 .863 97/.983 0/1 25/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 23/10 .273/.261/.591/.852 1.154/.422 1.190 19/1.038 0/0 2/1
26.Paul* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 54/50 .298/.377/.447/.824 .250/.865 .821 33/.772 3/1 1/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 8/1.625 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.867 4/.750 1/2.000 10/1.389 508/354 .300/.338/.461/.799 .786/.805 .727 107/.821 11/1 15/4
27.Rolen G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 272/195 .250/.331/.404/.735 .610/.784 .550 57/.893 1/1 6/9
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 4/.000 ··· 3/2.334 467/332 .221/.286/.361/.647 .785/.589 .628 101/.438 28/6 14/4
15.Valdez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 154/112 .201/.227/.222/.449 .582/.400 .335 41/.244 2/1 0/2
IP 158.1 31.2 4.1 22.1 46.2 52.1 55.1 17.0 41.0 TOTAL .257/.320/.429/.749 .790/.733 .714 .772 75/23 156/75
ERA-K/9 3.92/6.4 4.83/7.1 4.15/14.7 4.43/9.3 6.94/6.7 2.41/7.4 5.86/9.1 3.18/9.5 3.73/8.6 4.78/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (31-25-2)
 Navarro (2-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.251 142/.320 20/.200 101/.279 220/.306 205/.245 244/.250 66/.186 179/.258 .274  Bruce
 Stubbs
 Heisey
 Paul
 Ludwick
 Frazier
 Valdez
0/0/127/7
0/112/0/4
49/27/12/4
8/0/1/2
91/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
0/5/0/0
OPS .681 .930 .635 .739 .896 .623 .769 .668 .714 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 317/.713 54/.708 8/.143 46/.706 89/1.005 74/.526 84/.679 21/.367 109/.632 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.653 88/1.073 12/.944 55/.768 131/.818 131/.676 160/.816 45/.801 70/.845 .780
Home 262/.611 66/.959 10/.222 30/.282 86/.820 116/.539 123/.686 43/.630 103/.784
Last 28d days 101/.597 42/1.135 20/.635 45/.795 52/.919 48/.596 53/.723 64/.691 37/.866
HR/SB/CS 11/16/4 6/0/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 7/3/1 4/1/0 8/19/0 2/1/0 4/2/1 155/110/29
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ··Xo··X· ·oo···X· ·Xo····· o··X·X·X oX·X··oo X·o···X· Xo·o···o
Astros Batters (3.64 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Bailey
G/S/vB		 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 50.Broxton
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 51.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.875 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 4/.000 2/1.500 538/398 .294/.347/.404/.751 .908/.696 .725 102/.670 27/7 5/11
39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .180/.212/.260/.472 .474/.470 .349 53/.472 0/0 1/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 2/.500 370/306 .209/.300/.301/.601 .452/.633 .559 48/.492 13/3 6/4
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 235/186 .263/.335/.376/.710 .421/.791 .759 40/.720 0/0 2/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 16/15 .375/.375/.750/1.125 2.000/1.067 1.286 8/1.750 0/0 1/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 215/162 .234/.280/.328/.609 .308/.710 .605 64/.523 3/3 2/5
23.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 264/147 .226/.271/.395/.666 .770/.584 .781 70/.735 10/4 8/6
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 67/57 .182/.194/.379/.573 .200/.639 .512 52/.682 0/1 3/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 253/157 .233/.308/.449/.758 .904/.672 .767 49/.489 5/3 12/2
46.Moore* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 171/160 .225/.294/.411/.705 .473/.721 .683 62/.677 0/1 7/6
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 16/12 .250/.313/.250/.563 .000/.750 .563 16/.563 1/1 0/1
18.Snyder G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 7/.453 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 7/.715 ··· 226/153 .193/.314/.344/.658 .767/.606 .668 34/.934 0/0 7/3
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/3.000 147/113 .290/.361/.489/.849 .638/.916 .910 84/.762 0/0 6/4
IP 159.1 53.0 44.2 64.0 22.0 47.1 50.0 52.0 TOTAL .238/.304/.371/.675 .619/.694 .712 .627 88/36 112/91
ERA-K/9 4.24/6.8 2.72/9.3 2.82/6.2 1.27/15.9 2.45/9.8 3.23/8.9 3.06/11.0 2.60/8.0 3.46/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (46-10-8)
 Snyder (55-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 691/.282 227/.212 189/.280 243/.135 89/.184 199/.250 212/.251 230/.274 .252  Bogusevic
 Maxwell
 Barnes
 Martinez
 Paredes
 Wright
 Moore
 Greene
1/14/88/5
21/40/13/4
0/14/0/1
15/0/3/1
0/0/4/1
0/0/1/0
1/0/4/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .786 .662 .723 .422 .580 .694 .634 .725 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 312/.731 109/.548 93/.745 75/.304 46/.474 96/.653 82/.487 118/.707 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.830 118/.759 96/.701 168/.475 43/.695 103/.731 130/.727 112/.741 .693
Road 331/.628 86/.705 106/.724 116/.332 41/.697 93/.830 112/.734 85/.726
Last 28d days 132/.909 41/.721 30/.971 38/.405 16/.552 38/.726 35/.665 52/.743
HR/SB/CS 22/13/5 6/5/2 1/4/2 3/5/1 2/1/0 3/2/3 3/1/2 1/6/2 125/71/36
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ···oo·X· ···oo··· ··o···X· o····X·o ····XXo· X······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.