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Game Preview: CIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Saturday, April 19, 2014 @Wrigley Field

Reds, 7-9, 7-9 4th, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Tony Cingrani (24, LHP, 1-1, 2.60)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 17.1 10 5 5 9 20 1 2.60
2013 (7-4) 104.2 72 37 34 43 120 14 2.92
2012 (0-0) 5.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 1.80
Last 7 GS 3-3 34.1 23 11 11 15 38 5 2.88 57
2014-04-13 TBR W 6.1 5 2 2 3 6 1 97 58
2014-04-07 @STL L 4.0 3 3 3 4 5 0 88 45
2014-04-02 STL ND 7.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 92 80
2013-09-10 CHC L 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 1 36 41
2013-09-05 STL W 5.1 4 2 2 3 7 1 79 56
2013-08-20 ARI L 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 54 53
2013-08-15 @MIL W 6.1 4 1 1 1 9 1 95 69
Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 21.2 15 10 10 3 20 5 4.15 57
2013-09-10 CHC L 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 1 36 41
2013-06-11 @CHC W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 92 65
2013-05-04 @CHC ND 6.0 3 4 4 1 5 2 97 54
2013-04-23 CHC ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 9 1 99 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @CHC  W   4-1        7-9   4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-9    Last 30: 7-9 
Cubs, 4-11, 4-11 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (30, RHP, 0-1, 6.19)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 16.0 19 12 11 11 14 0 6.19
2013 (8-18) 175.1 197 110 97 59 135 16 4.98
2012 (10-11) 189.2 173 90 85 58 168 23 4.03
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.2 46 24 23 17 28 3 5.80 43
2014-04-13 @STL L 6.0 8 4 4 3 5 0 114 42
2014-04-08 PIT ND 4.2 9 6 6 4 4 0 85 22
2014-04-02 @PIT ND 5.1 2 2 1 4 5 0 94 59
2013-09-28 @STL L 2.2 8 6 6 3 1 1 65 16
2013-09-22 ATL L 6.0 8 3 3 0 6 2 109 50
2013-09-16 @MIL L 4.0 2 2 2 3 3 0 76 50
2013-09-10 @CIN W 7.0 9 1 1 0 4 0 98 59
Last 5 v.CIN 2-1 33.0 32 11 11 4 30 3 3.00 59
2013-09-10 @CIN W 7.0 9 1 1 0 4 0 98 59
2013-05-05 CIN L 5.0 8 4 4 1 5 0 86 39
2012-05-13 @CIN ND 5.0 5 3 3 0 4 2 77 49
2012-04-14 CIN W 9.0 2 1 1 1 9 0 92 87
2011-09-04 CIN ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 8 1 113 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-5    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   2-9    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Fri, Apr 18   CIN  L   1-4        4-11  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-11   Last 30: 4-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 CIN  4 @CHC  1        W:Alfredo Simon (2-1), L: Jeff Samardzija (0-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)

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
Season Series: 2014 - CIN over 1-0; 2013 - CIN won 14-5; 2012 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1105-1102

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

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 (3.88 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
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 6/.167 ··· 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 14/.214 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.200 18/1.036 1/.000 9/1.194 13/.725 16/1.423 697/476 .262/.329/.478/.807 .734/.841 .861 65/.676 7/3 30/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 10/.322 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.429 ··· 618/456 .254/.284/.381/.665 .686/.658 .697 53/.314 0/0 12/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.833 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.666 1/.000 600/422 .234/.314/.407/.721 .782/.696 .649 65/.756 6/5 19/10
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/21 .368/.429/.474/.902 .000/.950 1.238 56/.477 13/1 0/0
28.Heisey G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 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 16/.670 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/2.200 ··· 1/.000 12/.697 1/.000 140/112 .240/.293/.326/.618 .783/.577 .564 51/.762 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 352/264 .238/.287/.362/.649 .874/.576 .564 29/1.477 0/2 9/5
29.Pena# G/S/vP 9/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 12/.872 ··· 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 67/.724 5/3 18/9
7.Santiago# G/S/vP 10/.555 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 234/174 .224/.298/.288/.586 .591/.584 .560 12/.333 0/1 1/2
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/6 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.167 .000 5/1.150 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 16/1.250 ··· 3/.333 4/1.000 13/.708 1/.000 6/.733 19/1.032 9/.347 726/487 .305/.435/.491/.926 .824/.977 .982 70/1.025 6/3 24/14
IP 175.1 98.0 46.1 54.2 52.2 57.1 62.2 128.2 53.2 TOTAL .247/.318/.400/.718 .703/.723 .672 .718 16/5 18/6
ERA-K/9 4.98/6.9 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 3.88/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 777/.281 442/.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 .775 .846 .626 .737 .746 .663 .605 .726 .769 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.816 239/.860 82/.572 112/.546 122/.543 108/.653 132/.684 224/.731 123/.753 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 423/.741 203/.830 113/.661 130/.908 92/1.033 146/.671 122/.520 300/.721 109/.786 .639
Home 349/.763 218/.796 115/.531 122/.777 116/.713 129/.740 147/.591 301/.693 118/.698
Last 28d days 75/.887 38/.503 6/1.167 31/.443 24/.997 24/.833 23/.727 51/.991 20/.921
HR/SB/CS 16/18/2 15/4/4 4/3/0 6/4/1 7/6/5 5/1/0 6/7/0 14/10/6 7/5/1 13/17/1
Usage ·····X·· X·o····X ·····X·· ··X····X X····X·· ·······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 (3.20 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Cingrani*
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 ··· 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 8/.125 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 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 9/.666 ··· 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .616 68/.775 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 9/.722 5/.900 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 5/1.400 4/1.750 3/2.667 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .734 48/.656 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 10/.200 3/.666 ··· 6/.833 12/1.318 13/.718 9/1.667 2/.000 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .653 63/.744 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 30/.511 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .801 45/.749 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 31/.706 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 10/.633 4/.750 1/no AB 6/.167 4/.000 2/1.500 8/.393 3/.667 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .815 66/.926 6/5 23/5
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 472/322 .222/.298/.396/.694 .833/.631 .629 25/.422 15/8 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 4/1.250 9/.476 1/.000 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .776 54/.529 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .946 38/.398 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 ··· 2/no AB 4/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .710 40/.658 1/4 12/7
IP 104.2 30.2 4.0 66.0 61.0 55.0 46.0 23.1 TOTAL .227/.290/.331/.621 .657/.608 .666 .621 11/4 10/10
ERA-K/9 2.92/10.3 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 3.28/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.196 133/.237 16/.167 269/.200 251/.222 233/.250 188/.238 106/.210 .210  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 .649 .712 .729 .627 .624 .730 .684 .937 .655
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.533 59/.779 5/1.933 101/.477 105/.446 102/.854 93/.475 43/.753 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.693 74/.656 11/.293 168/.722 146/.756 131/.633 95/.893 63/1.051 .585
Road 236/.559 60/.979 / 111/.559 102/.557 115/.561 71/.515 55/.753
Last 28d days 69/.517 13/.508 24/.685 22/1.414 26/.569 17/.938 33/.502 17/.307
HR/SB/CS 14/5/6 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·· o··X···X ····Xo·· ····X··· X···Xo·X ········ o··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.