CIN @ HOU, Thursday, August 28, 2008 Game Preview

Cincinnati Reds, 58-75, 5th, 25 GB, 19 GB in WC	SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 4-13, 5.35) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-13) 136.1 160 84 81 41 119 26 5.35 2007 (16-6) 231.2 213 100 96 52 218 28 3.73 2006 (16-11) 234.1 242 109 98 56 216 28 3.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 35.1 51 35 35 21 30 12 8.92 34 2008-08-22 @COL W 6 6 0 0 3 4 0 115 61 2008-08-16 STL L 3.1 7 8 8 3 4 3 78 15 2008-08-10 HOU L 4 9 8 8 1 3 3 87 14 2008-07-08 @CHC L 4.1 5 6 6 7 6 2 108 28 2008-06-30 PIT ND 7 7 3 3 1 8 1 104 58 2008-06-25 @TOR ND 5.2 7 5 5 3 3 2 118 35 2008-06-19 LAD L 5 10 5 5 3 2 1 107 26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.HOU 3-1 33.1 35 21 20 4 25 6 5.40 49 2008-08-10 HOU L 4 9 8 8 1 3 3 87 14 2007-05-30 @HOU W 9 6 3 2 0 7 0 106 72 2007-05-10 HOU W 6.2 9 5 5 1 2 1 103 37 2007-04-18 HOU ND 6 3 1 1 2 8 0 101 68 2006-09-19 @HOU W 7.2 8 4 4 0 5 2 94 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-33 Road: 26-42 ExtrInn: 6-8 vsRHP: 35-52 vsLHP: 23-23 1-Run: 20-13 vsEast: 18-17 vsCntrl:21-35 vsWest: 10-17 IL: 9-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Wed, Aug 27 @HOU L 1-4 58-75 5th 25.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @HOU W 2-1 58-74 5th 24.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 24 @COL L 3-4 (12) 57-74 6th 23.5 gb 130 Sat, Aug 23 @COL L 6-7 57-73 6th 22.5 gb 129 Fri, Aug 22 @COL W 8-5 57-72 6th 21.5 gb 128 Thu, Aug 21 @CHC L 2-3 56-72 6th 22.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @CHC W 2-1 56-71 6th 21.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @CHC L 0-5 55-71 6th 22.5 gb 125 Sun, Aug 17 STL W 7-3 55-70 6th 21.5 gb 124 Sat, Aug 16 STL L 3-9 54-70 6th 21.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30: 8-22
Houston Astros, 67-66, 4th, 16 GB, 10 GB in WC	SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 8-12, 5.54) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-12) 152.2 173 96 94 71 116 29 5.54 2007 (3-1) 28.2 27 13 12 11 11 4 3.77 2006 (3-2) 43 43 18 18 18 19 4 3.77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 41 49 35 35 21 33 7 7.68 39 2008-08-23 @NYM W 7 5 3 3 1 4 1 102 58 2008-08-16 ARI L 5.2 9 11 11 5 6 3 119 8 2008-08-11 SFG W 7 4 1 1 3 6 0 103 68 2008-08-06 @CHC L 3.1 9 11 11 6 0 2 99 -8 2008-08-01 NYM ND 6 10 3 3 2 4 0 96 42 2008-07-26 @MIL ND 5.1 4 2 2 4 5 0 91 53 2008-07-20 CHC L 6.2 8 4 4 0 8 1 93 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 3-0 28.1 29 8 8 13 22 1 2.54 54 2005-06-30 @CIN ND 3.2 4 2 2 6 5 0 81 44 2005-05-31 CIN W 6.2 9 3 3 2 1 1 103 43 2005-04-09 CIN ND 5 6 2 2 1 5 0 81 51 2004-09-06 CIN W 7 7 1 1 1 8 0 101 66 2004-08-31 @CIN W 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 91 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-29 Road: 32-37 ExtrInn: 4-3 vsRHP: 46-48 vsLHP: 21-18 1-Run: 17-20 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl:28-31 vsWest: 17-13 IL: 7-11 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Wed, Aug 27 CIN W 4-1 67-66 4th 16.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CIN L 1-2 66-66 4th 16.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @NYM L 1-9 66-65 4th 15.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @NYM W 6-4 (10) 66-64 4th 14.0 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @NYM W 8-3 65-64 4th 14.0 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @NYM L 0-3 64-64 4th 14.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @MIL L 2-5 64-63 4th 13.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @MIL W 5-2 64-62 4th 13.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 @MIL L 3-9 63-62 4th 13.5 gb 124 Sun, Aug 17 ARI W 3-0 63-61 4th 13.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 27, 2008 HOU 4 CIN 1 W:Roy Oswalt (12-9), L: Josh Fogg (2-7), S: Jose Valverde (34) Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CIN 2 @HOU 1 W:Bronson Arroyo (12-10), L: Geoff Geary (2-3), S: none Sun, Aug 10, 2008 HOU 13 @CIN 4 W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-4), L: Aaron Harang (3-12), S: none Sat, Aug 09, 2008 HOU 3 @CIN 1 W:Brian Moehler (8-4), L: Bronson Arroyo (10-9), S: Jose Valverde (28) Fri, Aug 08, 2008 HOU 9 @CIN 5 (10) W:Chris Sampson (6-4), L: Francisco Cordero (4-4), S: none Thu, Aug 07, 2008 HOU 7 @CIN 4 W:Roy Oswalt (9-8), L: Josh Fogg (2-4), S: none Wed, Jul 30, 2008 CIN 9 @HOU 5 W:Edinson Volquez (13-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), S: none Tue, Jul 29, 2008 HOU 6 CIN 2 W:Brian Moehler (6-4), L: Bronson Arroyo (9-8), S: Wesley Wright (1) Mon, Jul 28, 2008 HOU 5 CIN 4 W:Roy Oswalt (8-8), L: Johnny Cueto (7-10), S: Jose Valverde (27) Thu, Apr 24, 2008 HOU 5 @CIN 3 W:Jack Cassel (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (3) Season Series: 2008 - HOU leads 9-2; 2007 - HOU won 11-4; 2006 - CIN won 10-5; All-Time - CIN leads 397-376

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 2008 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 5.54

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.71

RA/G

TOR 3.89

SFG 4.60

TEX 5.99

A. Pujols .357

A. Rios .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .636

D. Pedroia .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

C. Jackson .839

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Backe
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 29.Geary
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 2/.000 2/.500 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 298/225 .206/.278/.318/.596 .666/.572 .619 43/.348 0/2 6/

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 340/220 .252/.297/.423/.720 .552/.809 .609 99/.701 2/5 14/

54.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 63/42 .276/.317/.431/.748 .865/.692 .709 35/.754 1/0 1/

21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 60/47 .308/.400/.635/1.035 .481/1.197 .981 60/1.035 3/1 3/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 4/1.750 4/.833 10/.533 5/.400 1/5.000 481/336 .249/.333/.468/.801 .927/.748 .779 92/.628 1/0 22/

29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/11 .250/.333/.542/.875 .717/1.121 .913 27/.875 0/0 2/

27.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 390/267 .268/.316/.352/.668 .931/.550 .737 93/.562 3/1 3/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 4/.000 1/.000 295/244 .196/.233/.337/.570 .381/.610 .556 74/.666 13/9 8/

46.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 61/28 .193/.246/.298/.544 .493/.606 .611 18/.863 0/0 1/

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 7/1.071 4/.000 11/1.182 6/.667 3/1.667 557/388 .263/.311/.456/.767 .952/.687 .711 100/.670 23/8 21/

60.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/4 .125/.125/.125/.250 .500/.000 .333 8/.250 0/0 0/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 126/104 .252/.310/.400/.710 .561/.742 .697 33/.816 0/0 3/

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 2/.000 461/306 .288/.354/.456/.809 .774/.827 .842 66/.917 5/4 15/

IP 152.2 57.2 49.1 58.0 49.0 103.1 59.1 47.0 TOTAL .244/.316/.403/.719 .743/.708 .704 .657 74/41 152/99

ERA-K/9

5.54/6.8

4.37/8.3

3.65/7.5

2.48/6.8

4.78/6.8

4.27/4.6

3.94/10.2

4.98/8.4

4.56/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (47-20-7)
Hanigan (4-1-1)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 684/.287 244/.252 212/.227 238/.195 202/.250 420/.269 254/.230 205/.203 .268 Bruce
Patterson
Phillips
Dickerson
Cabrera 11/35/51/6
0/95/0/3
2/0/0/0
13/3/0/0
3/0/3/0

OPS .875 .696 .798 .567 .668 .696 .726 .736 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.912 104/.848 87/.462 100/.644 92/.885 172/.709 119/.620 83/.541 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.843 140/.584 125/1.047 138/.511 110/.495 248/.686 135/.811 122/.877 .793

Home 318/.866 121/.608 110/.818 132/.620 111/.673 188/.876 140/.684 102/.702 .794

Last 28d days 134/.979 38/.927 56/.890 42/.546 30/.348 58/.688 40/.337 36/.744

HR/SB/CS 29/4/6 6/3/1 10/3/1 3/0/0 3/2/2 6/2/2 10/6/0 8/5/0 174/42/21

Usage ····X··· ··X····o ·o··X··· ·X··o··· o··o···· ···X···o o··X···· ··X····o

Houston Astros Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Harang
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 45.Bray*
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 38.Majewski
G/S/vB 40.Masset
G/S/vB 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Abercrombie G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 31/12 .207/.226/.448/.674 .874/.348 .884 14/.676 0/1 2/

11.Ausmus G/S/vP 29/.315 4/.250 1/no AB 11/.091 14/.517 7/.453 ··· 27/.339 212/148 .223/.301/.299/.600 .783/.523 .575 31/.475 0/1 2/

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 45/1.100 4/.000 5/.800 13/.308 8/.542 9/.476 1/.000 18/.678 550/394 .334/.433/.601/1.034 .858/1.108 1.062 102/.899 15/3 26/

27.Blum# G/S/vP 10/1.667 1/.000 3/1.167 6/1.333 4/.500 4/1.750 ··· 6/.334 268/215 .238/.280/.419/.699 .577/.723 .675 71/.846 1/1 12/

14.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 432/316 .222/.280/.298/.578 .549/.589 .642 54/.452 34/8 5/

13.Castillo G/S/vP 28/.719 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.933 422/294 .242/.289/.379/.668 .662/.670 .656 32/.188 2/2 6/

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/1.000 9/.888 ··· 15/1.159 4/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 275/215 .297/.330/.390/.720 .733/.716 .648 91/.785 2/2 3/

8.Loretta G/S/vP 18/.500 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.334 8/.250 4/1.000 1/2.000 12/1.017 258/162 .269/.341/.379/.720 .914/.612 .812 54/.742 0/0 4/

31.Newhan* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 63/58 .233/.270/.383/.653 .600/.658 .658 30/.680 0/0 1/

9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 3/2.000 5/1.600 2/.000 3/.000 531/389 .260/.301/.441/.742 .724/.749 .767 99/.669 7/8 19/

55.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 2/2.000 124/92 .224/.250/.284/.534 .713/.475 .462 66/.641 0/0 1/

10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/1.166 5/1.400 ··· 24/.716 8/.708 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 550/399 .284/.316/.417/.733 .787/.713 .771 106/.687 7/7 12/

21.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/.833 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 6/1.900 1/.000 4/.000 350/239 .295/.363/.532/.895 1.108/.799 1.069 93/1.104 4/5 17/

IP 136.1 67.1 42.2 57.1 61.2 35.1 59.0 57.1 TOTAL .263/.323/.418/.741 .786/.724 .777 .775 93/41 143/56

ERA-K/9

5.35/7.9

3.34/9.2

2.53/9.7

3.77/10.2

4.52/7.6

5.60/5.4

3.97/6.3

3.45/6.1

4.56/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ausmus (17-5-4)
Quintero (12-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.295 287/.257 194/.268 253/.238 254/.236 162/.340 261/.300 263/.279 .275 Pence
Bourn
Erstad
Abercrombie
Wigginton
Newhan 0/0/128/13
0/108/0/7
40/34/6/2
9/6/0/2
12/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .871 .733 .773 .698 .683 .891 .816 .793 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.899 105/.720 76/.764 108/.592 108/.649 63/.771 96/.815 100/.604 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 344/.849 182/.739 118/.779 145/.775 146/.708 99/.974 165/.817 163/.908 .805

Road 285/.888 122/.582 105/.977 100/.580 145/.833 90/.941 135/.599 136/.703 .788

Last 28d days 68/1.236 52/.541 40/.924 39/.767 46/.912 63/1.164 58/.699 56/.824

HR/SB/CS 26/13/3 8/5/1 3/3/0 5/4/3 9/0/1 5/1/0 6/2/1 6/2/0 164/76/31

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· o··X···· ·····X·o o··oo·X· o··X·X·· ···XX·X· ···X·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.

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Game Preview: CIN @ HOU, 2:05pm, Thursday, August 28, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 4-13, 5.35)

SP: Brandon Backe (30, RHP, 8-12, 5.54)

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