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Game Preview: CIN @ KCR, 3:05pm, Tuesday, March 4, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Reds, 90-72, 90-72

SP: Johnny Cueto (27, RHP, 5-2, 2.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-2) 60.2 46 20 19 18 51 7 2.82
2012 (19-9) 217.0 205 73 67 49 170 15 2.78
2011 (9-5) 156.0 123 51 40 47 104 8 2.31
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.1 31 12 11 8 25 4 2.58 57
2013-09-23 NYM ND 7.0 3 2 1 3 5 1 99 67
2013-09-16 @HOU W 5.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 82 61
2013-06-28 @TEX L 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 25 46
2013-06-21 @ARI L 4.1 11 7 7 1 3 2 96 15
2013-06-16 MIL W 6.0 5 1 1 0 3 1 88 61
2013-05-31 @PIT W 8.0 1 0 0 1 6 0 103 85
2013-05-26 CHC ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 106 65
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 12.0 12 10 5 5 10 0 3.75 48
2010-06-12 KCR W 6.0 5 5 5 4 6 0 109 44
2009-06-14 @KCR L 6.0 7 5 0 1 4 0 110 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   49-31   Road:   41-41   ExtrInn:13-9 
 vsRHP:  63-47   vsLHP:  27-25   1-Run:  27-22
 vsEast: 20-13   vsCntrl:40-36   vsWest: 19-14 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   PIT  L   2-4       90-72  3rd  7.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   PIT  L   3-8       90-71  3rd  6.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   PIT  L   1-4       90-70  3rd  5.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25   NYM  L   0-1       90-69  3rd  4.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24   NYM  L   2-4       90-68  3rd  3.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23   NYM  W   3-2 (10)  90-67  2nd  2.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22  @PIT  W  11-3       89-67  2nd  2.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21  @PIT  L   2-4       88-67  3rd  3.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20  @PIT  W   6-5 (10)  88-66  2nd  2.0 gb
153 Wed, Sep 18  @HOU  W   6-5 (13)  87-66  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Royals, 86-76, 86-76

SP: Danny Duffy (24, LHP, 2-0, 1.85)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 24.1 19 5 5 14 22 0 1.85
2012 (2-2) 27.2 26 13 12 18 28 2 3.90
2011 (4-8) 105.1 119 66 66 51 87 15 5.64
Last 7 GS 2-0 29.1 26 9 8 20 24 0 2.45 52
2013-09-07 DET ND 4.1 2 2 2 5 1 0 87 47
2013-09-02 SEA ND 3.2 5 1 1 4 4 0 91 47
2013-08-28 @MIN W 6.2 5 0 0 0 7 0 103 71
2013-08-16 @DET W 6.0 1 0 0 3 3 0 96 70
2013-08-07 MIN ND 3.2 6 2 2 2 7 0 93 46
2012-05-13 @CHW ND 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 52
2012-05-08 BOS ND 4.1 7 4 3 5 1 0 102 31
Has never faced CIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-37   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  62-52   vsLHP:  24-24   1-Run:  31-25
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:44-32   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @CHW  W   4-1       86-76  3rd  7.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CHW  L   5-6       85-76  3rd  8.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CHW  W   6-1       85-75  3rd  8.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26  @CHW  W   3-2       84-75  3rd  9.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @SEA  L   0-6       83-75  3rd  9.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @SEA  L   0-4       83-74  3rd  8.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @SEA  W   6-5 (12)  83-73  3rd  7.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   TEX  W   4-0 (10)  82-73  3rd  8.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21   TEX  L   1-3       81-73  3rd  9.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20   TEX  W   2-1       81-72  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 KCR  7 @CIN  3        W:Zack Greinke (2-8), L: Sam LeCure (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 CIN 11  KCR  5        W:Johnny Cueto (6-1), L: Brian Bannister (6-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 KCR  6 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Victor Marte (1-0), L: Micah Owings (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  1        W:Brian Bannister (5-3), L: Johnny Cueto (6-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  4        W:Kyle Davies (3-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 KCR  4  CIN  1        W:Luke Hochevar (2-2), L: Matt Maloney (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 CIN  6  KCR  5        W:David Weathers (3-2), L: Elmer Dessens (4-7), S: Todd Coffey (7)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CIN  7  KCR  2        W:Aaron Harang (9-5), L: Scott Elarton (3-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 KCR  9 @CIN  8        W:Jeremy Affeldt (3-5), L: Todd Coffey (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (13)
Sun, Jun 06, 1999 CIN 14 @KCR  3        W:Scott Sullivan (3-0), L: Jay Witasick (1-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 9-8

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 36.Dwyer*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 49.Joseph*
G/S/vB		 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 633/439 .252/.327/.514/.841 .754/.879 .719 104/.760 9/3 34/6
2.Cozart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 600/461 .246/.288/.399/.687 .699/.683 .642 91/.688 4/0 15/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 465/333 .273/.331/.498/.829 .858/.817 .871 88/.813 3/2 19/7
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 22/.902 / /
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/2.000 6/.000 3/.000 6/1.300 6/.333 ··· 1/2.000 22/1.273 1/.000 ··· ··· 318/237 .244/.312/.341/.654 .481/.712 .655 15/.557 0/2 4/14
28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 375/286 .265/.315/.401/.715 .827/.680 .760 32/.419 6/3 7/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 472/336 .275/.346/.531/.877 .937/.853 .856 74/.509 0/1 26/1
23.Lutz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/143 .212/.288/.352/.640 .803/.590 .657 38/.421 1/1 5/1
29.Pena# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 226/154 .236/.262/.321/.583 .645/.554 .492 17/.294 0/1 2/4
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.400 ··· ··· ··· 623/452 .281/.321/.429/.750 .741/.754 .673 94/.554 15/2 18/5
25.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 304/260 .276/.339/.368/.707 .496/.741 .758 51/.515 1/1 1/4
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 10/.100 / /
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 475/332 .337/.474/.567/1.041 .887/1.109 .960 104/.926 5/3 14/6
IP 27.2 17.1 191.2 51.0 69.2 64.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 TOTAL .249/.327/.391/.718 .709/.722 .714 .682 67/35 155/76
ERA-K/9 3.90/9.1 1.56/3.6 5.07/6.6 3.71/11.5 3.36/12.0 3.48/9.0 /0.0 2.35/8.2 5.73/7.0 2.96/12.2 /0.0 /0.0 3.45/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mesoraco (39-10-3)
 Pena (52-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.252 69/.246 827/.281 217/.219 295/.216 260/.231 / 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 / / .250  Bruce
 Heisey
 Schumaker
 Ludwick
 Frazier
0/0/154/8
63/36/13/4
1/15/10/1
108/0/0/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .771 .568 .813 .762 .692 .601 .643 .818 .653 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.491 40/.616 210/.852 76/.827 135/.769 95/.556 / 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 / / .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.859 29/.501 617/.800 141/.724 160/.626 165/.626 / 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 / / .654
Home 97/.868 45/.522 411/.774 123/.597 153/.926 148/.590 / 175/.643 356/.826 155/.611 / /
Last 28d days 19/.511 23/.427 117/.754 22/.282 24/.701 16/.913 11/.473 22/.723 38/.670 45/.491 9/.625 64/.693
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 0/0/0 33/18/8 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 // 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 // // 155/77/36
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB		 53.Beato
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 58.Christiani
G/S/vB		 64.Holmberg*
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 41.Marshall
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 43.Parra*
G/S/vB		 46.Partch
G/S/vB		 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 13/.462 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.100 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/1.000 6/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.333 588/386 .288/.355/.433/.787 .711/.828 .790 107/.784 30/8 10/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.933 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .872 101/.740 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 56/.474 10/0 7/4
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .803 11/.455 16/3 2/9
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .635 56/.668 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .784 80/.565 35/5 5/19
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/115 .238/.270/.304/.574 .547/.591 .529 10/.929 3/0 1/6
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .848 105/.721 10/5 14/2
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/84 .202/.229/.254/.483 .425/.506 .501 7/1.143 1/0 0/5
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .679 101/.820 16/1 14/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 12/.606 5/.650 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 1/4.000 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 83/.775 17/3 12/18
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 352/228 .229/.304/.460/.764 .892/.697 .794 38/.683 9/4 18/2
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .794 82/.589 5/2 20/15
64.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 82/63 .189/.244/.230/.474 .220/.546 .434 21/.488 2/1 0/5
7.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 57/43 .179/.193/.357/.550 .000/.732 .414 / 0/0 2/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .743 86/.891 0/0 11/4
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.833 161/105 .188/.199/.299/.497 .592/.448 .638 73/.850 0/1 3/4
IP 217.0 12.0 58.0 71.2 30.2 57.1 61.0 54.2 58.2 61.0 TOTAL .260/.315/.379/.694 .705/.689 .696 .698 153/32 112/85
ERA-K/9 2.78/7.1 6.75/9.0 2.48/7.0 1.51/15.3 /0.0 /0.0 2.05/9.1 3.14/9.6 /0.0 2.51/10.9 3.46/6.4 5.06/9.4 /0.0 2.66/7.7 3.38/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (22-6-1)
 Perez (25-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 888/.252 51/.244 238/.260 276/.141 / / 123/.160 237/.221 / 256/.232 243/.246 273/.265 / 269/.275 .236  Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Maxwell
 Cain
 Paredes
 Hosmer
 Peguero
 Ciriaco
160/0/0/17
13/19/107/8
0/88/0/8
38/59/20/5
1/50/9/3
1/0/15/1
0/0/3/1
2/0/11/0
2/3/2/0
OPS .667 .667 .676 .450 .512 .627 .597 .752 .738 .747 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 476/.708 19/.663 111/.628 82/.330 / / 58/.427 112/.613 / 102/.410 103/.643 124/.635 / 135/.745 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.620 32/.670 127/.715 194/.501 / / 65/.589 125/.640 / 154/.725 140/.828 149/.827 / 134/.748 .669
Road 516/.675 26/.490 125/.696 127/.337 / / 57/.592 109/.730 / 136/.704 129/.835 125/.624 / 104/.736
Last 28d days 47/.541 / / 36/.289 11/.989 / 40/.589 37/.577 25/.598 10/.100 48/.617 27/.497 17/1.067 64/.446
HR/SB/CS 15/1/9 1/1/1 2/5/2 4/5/1 // // 2/1/0 3/2/3 // 3/1/2 8/1/0 3/12/3 // 2/6/3 170/70/35
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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.