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

Reds, 7-10, 7-10 4th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Homer Bailey (28, RHP, 0-1, 8.16)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 14.1 24 13 13 5 17 6 8.16
2013 (11-12) 209.0 181 85 81 54 199 20 3.49
2012 (13-10) 208.0 206 97 85 52 168 26 3.68
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.0 42 26 24 17 35 9 5.54 46
2014-04-14 PIT ND 5.0 8 5 5 0 9 4 104 40
2014-04-08 @STL ND 5.0 9 4 4 2 5 1 99 36
2014-04-03 STL L 4.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 93 33
2013-09-27 PIT L 5.0 4 4 4 4 3 1 95 42
2013-09-21 @PIT L 5.2 3 4 2 4 3 1 91 50
2013-09-14 @MIL W 7.0 5 3 3 4 3 0 109 54
2013-09-08 LAD ND 7.0 6 2 2 0 9 1 99 66
Last 5 v.CHC 4-0 33.1 28 12 11 12 30 3 2.97 58
2013-08-13 @CHC ND 6.1 6 4 4 3 5 3 108 47
2013-06-10 @CHC W 8.0 4 1 0 2 8 0 120 78
2013-05-25 CHC W 6.0 5 2 2 3 8 0 116 59
2012-09-18 @CHC W 7.1 4 1 1 2 4 0 106 68
2012-08-10 @CHC W 5.2 9 4 4 2 5 0 104 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-8    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @CHC  L   4-8        7-10  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-10   Last 30: 7-10
Cubs, 5-11, 5-11 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (30, RHP, 1-3, 11.57)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-3) 9.1 20 12 12 0 6 2 11.57
2013 (7-8) 128.2 117 58 58 40 103 14 4.06
2012 (7-7) 125.1 113 59 58 46 122 23 4.16
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.1 46 29 29 13 25 6 7.39 39
2014-04-12 @STL L 3.0 10 9 9 0 2 1 70 5
2014-04-06 PHI W 5.0 6 1 1 0 3 0 71 54
2013-08-10 @STL ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 80 45
2013-08-04 LAD L 6.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 101 66
2013-07-30 MIL ND 6.1 6 4 4 2 6 2 102 49
2013-07-25 @ARI L 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 1 103 45
2013-07-20 @COL L 4.0 9 7 7 4 0 1 87 12
Last 5 v.CIN 1-3 34.0 30 12 12 10 21 3 3.18 56
2013-05-03 CIN L 5.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 95 41
2013-04-23 @CIN ND 8.1 3 2 2 2 6 1 99 73
2011-06-19 @CIN L 7.0 7 2 2 0 3 1 89 58
2008-04-10 CIN L 6.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 95 43
2007-09-16 CIN W 7.0 6 0 0 3 4 0 106 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   2-9    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Sat, Apr 19   CIN  W   8-4        5-11  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-11   Last 30: 5-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 CHC  8  CIN  4        W:Edwin Jackson (1-1), L: Tony Cingrani (1-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - CIN won 14-5; 2012 - CIN won 12-4; All-Time - CHC leads 1106-1102

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

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 (3.88 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
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		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Bernadina* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 6/.167 2/2.000 250/215 .181/.250/.295/.545 .422/.565 .477 23/.439 4/0 4/0
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 13/.725 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.334 18/1.036 1/.000 9/1.194 16/1.423 697/476 .262/.329/.478/.807 .734/.841 .861 69/.751 7/3 30/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 8/.429 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 618/456 .254/.284/.381/.665 .686/.658 .697 57/.291 0/0 12/14
21.Frazier G/S/vP 9/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.583 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 600/422 .234/.314/.407/.721 .782/.696 .649 69/.709 6/5 19/10
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 22/21 .368/.429/.474/.902 .000/.950 1.238 61/.540 13/1 0/0
28.Heisey G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 6/.667 2/.000 244/146 .237/.279/.415/.694 .810/.622 .781 35/.778 3/0 9/0
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 12/.697 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/2.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 140/112 .240/.293/.326/.618 .783/.577 .564 51/.762 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 352/264 .238/.287/.362/.649 .874/.576 .564 33/1.481 0/2 9/5
29.Pena# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 243/133 .297/.315/.397/.713 .608/.801 .760 30/.823 0/2 4/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 25/.410 ··· 3/.000 5/1.400 8/.393 2/.500 6/1.667 11/1.255 666/468 .261/.310/.396/.706 .746/.689 .795 72/.672 5/3 18/9
7.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 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 19/1.032 ··· 3/.333 5/1.200 13/.708 2/.000 6/.733 9/.347 726/487 .305/.435/.491/.926 .824/.977 .982 75/1.030 6/3 24/14
IP 128.2 98.0 46.1 54.2 52.2 57.1 62.2 53.2 TOTAL .250/.319/.397/.715 .698/.721 .674 .715 17/5 18/7
ERA-K/9 4.06/7.2 5.97/7.0 2.72/10.7 4.77/7.2 3.59/6.3 4.55/10.4 3.02/8.6 3.69/9.2 3.82/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 524/.248 442/.300 195/.220 242/.251 214/.238 254/.210 254/.199 232/.261 .246  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 .726 .846 .626 .737 .746 .663 .605 .769 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.731 239/.860 82/.572 112/.546 122/.543 108/.653 132/.684 123/.753 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.721 203/.830 113/.661 130/.908 92/1.033 146/.671 122/.520 109/.786 .620
Home 301/.693 218/.796 115/.531 122/.777 116/.713 129/.740 147/.591 118/.698
Last 28d days 51/.991 38/.503 6/1.167 40/.497 24/.997 27/.731 23/.727 21/.871
HR/SB/CS 14/10/6 15/4/4 4/3/0 6/4/1 7/6/5 5/1/0 6/7/0 7/5/1 13/18/1
Usage ·······X ·X·o···· ······X· X··X···· ·X····X· o······· ········ o··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 (3.50 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Bailey
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 58.Christiani
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 43.Parra*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .296 15/.067 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 26/.588 5/.000 2/.000 6/.733 10/.600 3/.666 7/.714 4/1.833 555/412 .208/.266/.303/.569 .725/.515 .628 35/.527 4/2 7/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 7/.286 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 6/.000 3/1.334 9/.666 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .616 73/.806 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 6/.733 5/.900 2/2.500 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 4/1.750 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .734 52/.748 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 29/.648 3/.666 1/.000 6/.833 12/1.318 2/2.000 14/.814 9/1.667 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .653 67/.729 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· / /// / 31/.536 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .801 50/.742 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 35/.772 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 16/.864 4/.750 2/.500 6/.167 4/.000 6/.900 2/1.500 8/.393 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .815 70/.914 6/5 23/5
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP 7/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 472/322 .222/.298/.396/.694 .833/.631 .629 29/.550 15/8 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 15/1.267 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 4/.000 4/1.250 9/.476 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .776 54/.529 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .946 39/.387 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 15/.354 6/.900 ··· 2/no AB 4/1.000 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .710 40/.658 1/4 12/7
IP 209.0 30.2 4.0 66.0 61.0 10.1 55.0 46.0 TOTAL .233/.298/.348/.646 .669/.636 .712 .646 12/5 13/11
ERA-K/9 3.49/8.6 4.11/7.3 2.25/2.2 2.86/9.1 2.66/9.7 1.74/8.7 4.09/8.7 3.33/11.0 3.59/8.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 849/.234 133/.237 16/.167 269/.200 251/.222 37/.118 233/.250 188/.238 .218  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 .660 .712 .729 .627 .624 .307 .730 .684 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 422/.746 59/.779 5/1.933 101/.477 105/.446 23/.451 102/.854 93/.475 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 427/.575 74/.656 11/.293 168/.722 146/.756 14/.071 131/.633 95/.893 .627
Road 461/.705 60/.979 / 111/.559 102/.557 26/.317 115/.561 71/.515
Last 28d days 70/1.153 13/.508 31/.824 25/1.206 26/.569 / 23/1.282 33/.502
HR/SB/CS 20/14/3 4/5/1 1/0/0 6/1/1 4/0/1 0/0/0 8/1/1 5/6/1 21/5/3
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··· X····Xo· X····X·· ·X···Xo· X······· ·o··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.