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Game Preview: CHC @ CIN, 12:35pm, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 @Great American Ball Park

Cubs, 62-82, 62-82 5th, 22 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (28, RHP, 8-11, 4.29)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-11) 189.0 184 96 90 69 190 21 4.29
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
2011 (8-4) 88.0 64 35 29 50 87 5 2.97
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.0 54 30 30 15 44 6 6.00 46
2013-09-04 MIA ND 6.0 9 6 6 2 9 2 110 37
2013-08-30 PHI ND 6.2 8 5 5 2 6 1 103 42
2013-08-24 @SDP W 8.0 7 2 2 2 7 1 106 65
2013-08-19 WSN W 9.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 105 76
2013-08-13 CIN ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 0 110 45
2013-08-08 @PHI L 3.1 11 9 9 0 3 1 83 5
2013-08-03 LAD L 6.0 7 3 3 5 9 0 112 50
Last 5 v.CIN 0-2 29.0 33 16 15 14 29 5 4.66 48
2013-08-13 CIN ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 0 110 45
2013-06-13 CIN ND 6.0 10 5 5 4 6 0 116 34
2013-05-04 CIN ND 6.0 4 2 1 3 5 1 111 60
2013-04-24 @CIN L 6.0 7 1 1 3 8 1 104 59
2012-08-18 @CIN L 5.0 6 4 4 0 5 3 86 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-46   Road:   33-36   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  41-63   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  19-29
 vsEast: 13-16   vsCntrl:22-39   vsWest: 14-20 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 10  @CIN  W   9-1       62-82  5th 22.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep  9  @CIN  W   2-0       61-82  5th 22.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  8   MIL  L   1-3       60-82  5th 22.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  7   MIL  L   3-5       60-81  5th 21.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  6   MIL  W   8-5       60-80  4th 21.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4   MIA  W   9-7       59-80  5th 22.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  3   MIA  L   2-6       58-80  5th 23.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2   MIA  L   3-4       58-79  5th 22.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  1   PHI  W   7-1       58-78  5th 21.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 31   PHI  W   4-3       57-78  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Reds, 82-64, 82-64 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Mike Leake (25, RHP, 12-6, 3.46)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-6) 177.0 176 74 68 42 108 20 3.46
2012 (8-9) 179.0 201 97 91 41 116 26 4.58
2011 (12-9) 167.2 159 74 72 38 118 23 3.86
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.1 49 30 29 10 25 6 6.31 42
2013-09-06 LAD W 7.2 5 2 2 0 5 1 98 66
2013-09-01 @COL L 4.1 8 6 6 2 4 1 71 25
2013-08-26 @STL ND 6.1 7 5 5 1 3 1 102 41
2013-08-21 ARI W 6.0 6 4 4 0 3 1 102 47
2013-08-16 @MIL ND 5.0 9 4 4 2 3 1 81 34
2013-08-11 SDP ND 7.0 6 2 1 3 4 0 109 60
2013-08-04 STL L 5.0 8 7 7 2 3 1 76 24
Last 5 v.CHC 2-0 32.2 32 12 12 7 20 3 3.31 55
2013-06-12 @CHC W 8.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 103 77
2013-05-03 @CHC W 5.2 9 2 2 0 3 0 89 46
2013-04-22 CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 5 1 108 56
2012-09-19 @CHC ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 1 1 86 43
2012-08-09 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 97 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-27   Road:   35-37   ExtrInn:10-9 
 vsRHP:  58-40   vsLHP:  24-24   1-Run:  24-20
 vsEast: 19-11   vsCntrl:36-30   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Tue, Sep 10   CHC  L   1-9       82-64  3rd  3.0 gb
145 Mon, Sep  9   CHC  L   0-2       82-63  3rd  2.0 gb
144 Sun, Sep  8   LAD  W   3-2       82-62  2nd  1.5 gb
143 Sat, Sep  7   LAD  W   4-3 (10)  81-62  3rd  1.5 gb
142 Fri, Sep  6   LAD  W   3-2       80-62  3rd  2.0 gb
141 Thu, Sep  5   STL  W   6-2       79-62  3rd  3.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  4   STL  L   4-5 (16)  78-62  3rd  3.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  3   STL  W   1-0       78-61  3rd  3.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  2   STL  W   7-2       77-61  3rd  3.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  1  @COL  L   4-7       76-61  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 CHC  9 @CIN  1        W:Edwin Jackson (8-15), L: Tony Cingrani (7-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 CHC  2 @CIN  0        W:Travis Wood (9-11), L: Bronson Arroyo (13-11), S: Kevin Gregg (31)
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 CIN  5 @CHC  0        W:Bronson Arroyo (11-9), L: Chris Rusin (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 CIN  6 @CHC  4 (11)   W:J.J. Hoover (3-5), L: Eduardo Sanchez (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (29)
Mon, Aug 12, 2013 CIN  2 @CHC  0        W:Mat Latos (12-3), L: Travis Wood (7-9), S: Aroldis Chapman (28)
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 CHC  6  CIN  5 (14)   W:Hector Rondon (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (2-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 CIN  2 @CHC  1        W:Mike Leake (6-3), L: Travis Wood (5-5), S: Aroldis Chapman (17)
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 CIN 12 @CHC  2        W:Tony Cingrani (3-0), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 10, 2013 CIN  6 @CHC  2        W:Homer Bailey (4-4), L: Scott Feldman (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 26, 2013 CHC  5 @CIN  4 (10)   W:Kevin Gregg (1-0), L: J.J. Hoover (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - CIN over 13-5; 2012 - CIN won 12-4; 2011 - CIN won 11-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1105-1100

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 2013 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
Cubs Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Leake
G/S/vB
54.Chapman*
G/S/vB
58.Christiani
G/S/vB
30.Duke*
G/S/vB
60.Hoover
G/S/vB
63.LeCure
G/S/vB
66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB
43.Parra*
G/S/vB
46.Partch
G/S/vB
40.Reynolds
G/S/vB
31.Simon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 28/.793 9/.347 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.733 10/.600 6/.000 4/1.833 3/1.167 1/2.000 6/.900 501/371 .215/.272/.319/.591 .722/.544 .559 94/.623 4/2 7/4
47.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 108/101 .276/.333/.480/.813 .429/.841 .651 61/.992 2/0 4/0
7.Boscan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP 11/.182 5/.800 1/.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 2/.000 5/1.400 4/1.750 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 402/307 .272/.349/.385/.734 .682/.750 .745 59/.785 2/0 6/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 40/.772 13/.490 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 12/1.318 13/.718 8/1.917 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 629/464 .240/.279/.343/.622 .621/.622 .597 109/.576 8/6 9/18
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 206/155 .313/.356/.474/.830 .992/.774 .787 90/.866 4/4 6/3
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.223 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 38/20 .235/.316/.265/.580 .802/.400 .650 32/.588 0/0 0/0
8.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/5.000 1/.000 122/101 .282/.352/.618/.971 1.359/.897 .965 89/.917 1/0 10/4
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 226/162 .304/.367/.510/.877 1.170/.768 .746 44/.921 0/1 12/4
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 15/1.038 9/.222 1/no AB 3/.333 6/.167 4/.000 2/1.500 6/.167 3/.667 2/1.000 2/.000 616/420 .229/.325/.419/.744 .633/.795 .661 102/.686 5/5 21/5
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 17/1.279 2/.000 ··· 9/.777 2/.000 5/.650 4/1.250 7/.629 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 446/387 .255/.308/.483/.791 .627/.811 .777 82/.626 6/3 20/2
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.533 155/115 .286/.351/.529/.879 .953/.854 .785 34/.918 1/0 6/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 15/.967 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/no AB 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/4.000 354/318 .229/.337/.392/.729 .625/.740 .734 20/1.200 1/3 11/5
22.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 28/26 .125/.222/.125/.347 .000/.376 .393 13/.258 0/0 0/0
IP 177.0 58.1 3.0 25.0 60.0 55.0 46.0 40.2 21.1 20.2 74.0 TOTAL .240/.304/.399/.702 .698/.704 .661 .716 60/31 160/87
ERA-K/9 3.46/5.5 2.62/15.6 0.00/3.0 7.20/5.4 2.85/9.3 2.78/10.0 4.30/8.0 3.32/11.3 6.75/6.3 5.66/3.5 3.28/6.7 3.41/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Boscan (0-0-0)
 Castillo (65-26-8)
 Navarro (35-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 735/.261 236/.173 12/.000 117/.327 243/.194 224/.217 199/.256 171/.242 99/.227 91/.310 308/.220 .236  Schierholtz
 Lake
 Bogusevic
 Sweeney
 Valbuena
 McDonald
0/0/112/4
23/25/0/2
20/7/0/1
10/30/4/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/4/0
OPS .713 .561 .250 .845 .616 .617 .755 .693 .999 .821 .652 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 368/.694 56/.372 4/.500 37/.823 93/.470 94/.421 89/.875 87/.509 40/.823 40/.942 142/.765 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 367/.731 180/.621 8/.125 80/.857 150/.712 130/.761 110/.655 84/.886 59/1.103 51/.729 166/.557 .664
Home 335/.745 144/.358 12/.250 45/.677 150/.667 139/.661 103/.943 111/.828 50/1.152 61/.937 155/.633
Last 28d days 125/.812 40/.553 12/.250 16/.438 34/.652 37/.443 41/.635 39/.482 17/1.604 66/.794 54/.811
HR/SB/CS 20/8/4 7/1/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 6/1/1 4/0/0 7/1/1 5/6/0 8/5/0 3/1/1 8/2/3 151/60/29
Usage ····X··· ··o·oXoo X······· X·oo·oo· ··oX··X· ···o·oo· Xo····X· ·X··oX·X X······· X······· ·o·o··X·
Reds Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
32.Baker
G/S/vB
28.Bard
G/S/vB
55.Cabrera
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
12.Lim
G/S/vB
50.Parker
G/S/vB
43.Raley*
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
46.Strop
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 22/.718 ··· ··· 4/1.000 6/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.166 5/1.200 ··· 17/1.100 1/.000 13/.725 625/418 .265/.326/.489/.816 .750/.849 .780 110/.765 3/3 29/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 14/1.100 27/.557 6/1.100 ··· 9/1.181 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 13/.718 648/443 .291/.425/.471/.896 .597/1.035 .952 119/1.085 17/11 20/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 19/.649 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.429 557/406 .256/.288/.380/.667 .659/.670 .649 96/.804 0/0 10/13
21.Frazier G/S/vP 17/1.257 ··· ··· 3/.833 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 3/.833 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 9/.666 540/372 .234/.314/.395/.710 .747/.693 .810 95/.687 5/3 15/8
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 4/0 0/0
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 10/.733 228/168 .212/.323/.285/.608 .641/.596 .674 47/.670 0/1 2/1
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 8/1.167 151/140 .219/.327/.273/.600 .606/.600 .667 23/.707 0/0 0/4
28.Heisey G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 6/1.500 225/133 .234/.281/.424/.705 .845/.615 .629 44/1.006 3/0 9/0
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.200 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.333 11/.697 136/99 .194/.248/.242/.490 .621/.439 .494 16/.762 0/0 0/2
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/2.100 ··· ··· 5/2.200 ··· 12/.697 88/69 .256/.307/.390/.697 .684/.698 .829 78/.734 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 323/242 .241/.294/.364/.658 .914/.575 .739 56/.437 0/2 8/5
37.Miller G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 40/23 .235/.350/.353/.703 .686/.716 .863 2/1.500 0/0 0/1
26.Paul* G/S/vP 14/.902 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 226/206 .236/.327/.397/.724 .311/.765 .737 9/.583 0/1 7/2
4.Phillips G/S/vP 26/.462 ··· ··· 3/1.667 9/.222 ··· 3/.000 6/.500 4/1.750 ··· 8/.393 1/no AB 25/.410 598/412 .264/.313/.413/.725 .762/.709 .616 110/.760 4/3 18/9
15.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 199/108 .249/.318/.322/.640 .735/.561 .638 4/.000 3/5 0/0
36.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .250/.400/.250/.650 /.650 .650 3/1.167 0/0 0/
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/2 .000/.125/.000/.125 .000/.500 .167 5/.200 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 27/.688 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 12/.650 1/.000 19/1.032 654/430 .306/.431/.497/.928 .848/.971 .884 116/.877 5/3 22/13
IP 189.0 5.0 1.0 0.2 57.0 1.2 41.0 5.2 47.2 1.1 50.2 50.0 123.1 TOTAL .251/.328/.396/.724 .710/.730 .732 .767 47/32 143/70
ERA-K/9 4.29/9.0 0.00/1.8 9.00/9.0 0.00/25.7 3.00/7.4 0.00/0.0 2.63/10.5 3.18/3.2 5.48/7.2 0.00/13.8 3.55/6.4 4.86/9.9 4.23/7.2 3.94/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (13-13-3)
 Mesoraco (40-14-3)
 Miller (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 807/.253 17/.133 6/.250 4/.333 244/.226 9/.333 172/.213 21/.176 219/.276 7/.000 208/.239 225/.209 507/.255 .246  Bruce
 Choo
 Paul
 Heisey
 Robinson
 Ludwick
 Hamilton
 Frazier
0/0/144/12
1/138/0/7
57/0/0/3
65/1/4/1
55/14/2/0
22/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .727 .388 .750 .833 .673 .889 .607 .639 .806 .429 .735 .676 .745 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 380/.764 6/.733 4/1.250 1/2.000 116/.515 5/1.100 78/.604 8/.375 98/.631 4/.250 119/.557 93/.683 216/.754 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 427/.695 11/.200 2/.000 3/.333 128/.815 4/.500 94/.608 13/.829 121/.952 3/.667 89/.988 132/.671 291/.737 .741
Road 359/.652 / / / 127/.645 6/.750 64/.705 / 107/.776 / 93/.756 105/.554 211/.801
Last 28d days 122/.768 17/.388 / 4/.833 45/.615 9/.889 50/.613 4/.000 34/.720 7/.429 34/1.030 39/.698 53/.617
HR/SB/CS 21/14/5 0/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 5/4/2 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/0/0 6/4/1 0/3/0 6/6/3 5/1/0 14/10/6 136/100/37
Usage ······X· ··X····· ········ ···o···o ·X··X·X· X··o···· ···X···X ···o···· ··o····o ···X···X ··X····· ·o··X·o· ··X·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.