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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, April 18, 2014 @Wrigley Field

Reds, 6-9, 6-9 4th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Alfredo Simon (33, RHP, 1-1, 1.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 15.0 9 2 2 2 10 1 1.20
2013 (6-4) 87.2 68 31 28 26 63 8 2.87
2012 (3-2) 61.0 65 22 18 22 52 2 2.66
Last 7 GS 1-2 43.1 41 20 20 15 34 7 4.15 52
2014-04-12 TBR L 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 102 71
2014-04-06 @NYM W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 79 70
2011-09-28 BOS ND 4.1 6 3 3 3 2 1 87 38
2011-09-23 @DET ND 8.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 105 62
2011-09-18 LAA L 5.0 8 6 6 1 5 3 96 31
2011-09-13 TBR ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 9 1 99 64
2011-09-08 NYY ND 4.0 6 4 4 6 3 0 88 31
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-7    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16   PIT  W   4-0        6-9   4th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   PIT  W   7-5        5-9   4th  5.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   PIT  L   7-8        4-9   5th  6.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   TBR  W  12-4        4-8   4th  6.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   TBR  L   0-1        3-8   5th  6.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   TBR  L   1-2        3-7   5th  5.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @STL  W   4-0        3-6   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @STL  L   5-7        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @STL  L   3-5        2-5   5th  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @NYM  W   2-1        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-9    Last 30: 6-9
Cubs, 4-10, 4-10 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Samardzija (29, RHP, 0-1, 1.29)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 21.0 17 3 3 5 15 1 1.29
2013 (8-13) 213.2 210 109 103 78 214 25 4.34
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
Last 7 GS 0-3 45.2 43 16 16 14 39 5 3.15 57
2014-04-11 @STL ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 4 0 98 65
2014-04-05 PHI L 7.0 6 2 2 3 8 1 113 62
2014-03-31 @PIT ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 89 68
2013-09-29 @STL L 6.0 8 3 3 0 4 0 95 48
2013-09-23 PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 4 7 1 94 61
2013-09-17 @MIL ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 1 106 61
2013-09-11 @CIN L 5.2 8 6 6 3 5 2 114 31
Last 5 v.CIN 0-2 29.2 35 18 17 17 29 4 5.16 46
2013-09-11 @CIN L 5.2 8 6 6 3 5 2 114 31
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   2-8    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @NYY  L   0-2        4-10  5th  6.5 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 16  @NYY  L   0-3        4-9   5th  6.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @STL  L   4-6        4-8   4th  6.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @STL  L   4-10       4-7   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @STL  W   6-3 (11)   4-6   4th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   PIT  L   4-5        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   PIT  W   7-5        3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   PIT  L   6-7        2-5   4th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   PHI  W   8-3        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   PHI  L   0-2        1-4   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-10   Last 30: 4-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 CIN  6  CHC  0        W:Mike Leake (13-6), L: Jeff Samardzija (8-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - CIN won 14-5; 2012 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1105-1101

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Bernadina* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 6/.167 1/.000 2/2.000 250/215 .181/.250/.295/.545 .422/.565 .477 22/.462 4/0 4/0
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 25/.769 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.200 17/1.100 1/.000 9/1.194 13/.725 16/1.423 697/476 .262/.329/.478/.807 .734/.841 .861 60/.681 7/3 30/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 22/.559 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.429 ··· 618/456 .254/.284/.381/.665 .686/.658 .697 49/.298 0/0 12/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP 20/1.313 ··· 1/.000 3/.833 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.666 1/.000 600/422 .234/.314/.407/.721 .782/.696 .649 61/.784 6/5 19/10
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/21 .368/.429/.474/.902 .000/.950 1.238 51/.454 13/1 0/0
28.Heisey G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 6/.667 6/1.500 2/.000 244/146 .237/.279/.415/.694 .810/.622 .781 31/.816 3/0 9/0
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.200 ··· 1/.000 12/.697 1/.000 140/112 .240/.293/.326/.618 .783/.577 .564 47/.724 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 9/1.445 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 352/264 .238/.287/.362/.649 .874/.576 .564 25/1.565 0/2 9/5
29.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/.250 2/.000 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .760 29/.854 0/2 4/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 29/.414 ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 8/.393 1/no AB 6/1.667 25/.410 11/1.255 666/468 .261/.310/.396/.706 .746/.689 .795 65/.715 5/3 18/9
7.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .560 9/.444 0/1 1/2
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/6 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.167 .000 4/.917 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 30/.687 ··· 3/.333 4/1.000 12/.650 1/.000 6/.733 19/1.032 9/.347 726/487 .305/.435/.491/.926 .824/.977 .982 65/1.062 6/3 24/14
IP 213.2 98.0 46.1 54.2 52.2 57.1 62.2 128.2 53.2 TOTAL .248/.318/.407/.725 .699/.735 .682 .725 11/5 18/5
ERA-K/9 4.34/9.0 5.97/7.0 2.72/10.7 4.77/7.2 3.59/6.3 4.55/10.4 3.02/8.6 4.06/7.2 3.69/9.2 4.01/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mesoraco (45-18-4)
 Pena (42-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 914/.255 442/.300 195/.220 242/.251 214/.238 254/.210 254/.199 524/.248 232/.261 .242  Bruce
 Bernadina
 Heisey
 Ludwick
 Hamilton
 Frazier
0/0/160/13
29/18/40/6
69/1/6/1
32/0/0/0
0/7/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .736 .846 .626 .737 .746 .663 .605 .726 .769 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 430/.783 239/.860 82/.572 112/.546 122/.543 108/.653 132/.684 224/.731 123/.753 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 484/.695 203/.830 113/.661 130/.908 92/1.033 146/.671 122/.520 300/.721 109/.786 .637
Home 476/.780 218/.796 115/.531 122/.777 116/.713 129/.740 147/.591 301/.693 118/.698
Last 28d days 79/.606 33/.482 6/1.167 31/.443 19/1.036 24/.833 23/.727 51/.991 20/.921
HR/SB/CS 25/15/7 15/4/4 4/3/0 6/4/1 7/6/5 5/1/0 6/7/0 14/10/6 7/5/1 13/12/1
Usage ······X· ·o····XX ····X··· ·X····Xo ····X··o ······X· ······X· ·····X·· ·o··o···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.36 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 58.Christiani
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .296 15/.067 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 7/1.071 5/.000 1/no AB 6/.733 10/.600 6/.000 4/1.833 3/1.167 555/412 .208/.266/.303/.569 .725/.515 .628 31/.410 4/2 7/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.500 2/1.000 9/.666 ··· 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .616 64/.771 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 5/1.400 4/1.750 3/2.667 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .734 44/.647 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.666 ··· 6/.833 12/1.318 13/.718 8/1.917 2/.000 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .653 59/.761 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 29/.530 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .801 41/.826 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 31/.706 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 1/no AB 6/.167 4/.000 2/1.500 7/.143 3/.667 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .815 62/.922 6/5 23/5
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 472/322 .222/.298/.396/.694 .833/.631 .629 24/.440 15/8 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 4/1.250 8/.542 1/.000 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .776 50/.573 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 7/.453 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .946 34/.449 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/4.000 5/.800 ··· 2/no AB 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .710 36/.602 1/4 12/7
IP 87.2 30.2 4.0 66.0 61.0 55.0 46.0 23.1 TOTAL .230/.293/.339/.632 .657/.622 .700 .632 11/4 10/8
ERA-K/9 2.87/6.5 4.11/7.3 2.25/2.2 2.86/9.1 2.66/9.7 4.09/8.7 3.33/11.0 6.17/6.2 3.50/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (8-5-0)
 Castillo (67-28-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.214 133/.237 16/.167 269/.200 251/.222 233/.250 188/.238 106/.210 .212  Schierholtz
 Ruggiano
 Lake
 Sweeney
 Bonifacio
 Valbuena
0/0/126/5
23/84/5/3
32/27/0/2
10/45/4/1
20/15/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .625 .712 .729 .627 .624 .730 .684 .937 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.729 59/.779 5/1.933 101/.477 105/.446 102/.854 93/.475 43/.753 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.543 74/.656 11/.293 168/.722 146/.756 131/.633 95/.893 63/1.051 .598
Road 190/.648 60/.979 / 111/.559 102/.557 115/.561 71/.515 55/.753
Last 28d days 56/.516 9/.619 24/.685 22/1.414 21/.611 17/.938 30/.486 17/.307
HR/SB/CS 8/3/4 4/5/1 1/0/0 6/1/1 4/0/1 8/1/1 5/6/1 8/5/0 18/4/2
Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ···Xo··· ···X···· ···Xo·X· ········ ··X··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.