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| 961 | CINCINNATI | +165 | Ov 7.5,-115 | +160 | Ov 7,-120 | | 962 | ST LOUIS | -175 | Un 7.5,-105 | -170 | Un 7,+100 |
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| All Games | 71-83 | -14.2 | 67-81 | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.293 | 3.8 | 0.239 | 0.304 | | Road Games | 31-48 | -14 | 36-41 | 3.5 | 0.235 | 0.284 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.311 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 55-66 | -13.2 | 50-66 | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.292 | 3.8 | 0.239 | 0.304 | | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -4.3 | 2-5 | 1.6 | 0.192 | 0.251 | 3.7 | 0.210 | 0.297 | | Grass Games | 71-83 | -14.2 | 67-81 | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.293 | 3.8 | 0.239 | 0.304 | | Night Games | 41-60 | -20.4 | 46-51 | 3.5 | 0.233 | 0.289 | 4.1 | 0.247 | 0.310 | | Division | 35-33 | +1 | 32-36 | 4.0 | 0.249 | 0.310 | 3.6 | 0.241 | 0.304 |
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| All Games | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.293 | 154 | 5136 | 1221 | 382 | 120 | 0.02 | 529 | 400 | 1186 | 121 | 998 | 101 | 66 | | | | Road Games | 3.5 | 0.235 | 0.284 | 79 | 2701 | 634 | 189 | 49 | 0.02 | 260 | 185 | 630 | 61 | 515 | 51 | 35 | | | | Righty Starters | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.292 | 121 | 4039 | 963 | 294 | 89 | 0.02 | 409 | 304 | 938 | 98 | 789 | 86 | 53 | | |
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| All Games | 4.14 | 1.394 | 399.7 | 195 | 184 | 362 | 44 | 195 | 429 | 10-30 | 41 | 19 | 68.3% | | Road Games | 4.98 | 1.503 | 184.3 | 106 | 102 | 189 | 19 | 88 | 175 | 5-19 | 18 | 13 | 58.1% |
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| All Games | 86-68 | +3.7 | 69-79 | 3.8 | 0.254 | 0.314 | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.303 | | Home Games | 50-29 | +10 | 37-39 | 4.1 | 0.260 | 0.323 | 3.8 | 0.236 | 0.296 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 66-51 | +3.7 | 51-62 | 3.7 | 0.254 | 0.310 | 3.6 | 0.238 | 0.301 | | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +4.4 | 1-6 | 3.3 | 0.233 | 0.296 | 1.7 | 0.214 | 0.260 | | Grass Games | 83-66 | +2.2 | 68-75 | 3.8 | 0.255 | 0.314 | 3.8 | 0.244 | 0.303 | | Night Games | 55-45 | -0.3 | 43-53 | 3.7 | 0.252 | 0.313 | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.304 | | Division | 43-28 | +7.5 | 39-30 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.320 | 3.9 | 0.250 | 0.306 |
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| All Games | 3.8 | 0.254 | 0.314 | 154 | 5154 | 1308 | 383 | 101 | 0.02 | 560 | 449 | 1063 | 55 | 1096 | 157 | 85 | | | | Home Games | 4.1 | 0.260 | 0.323 | 79 | 2585 | 671 | 215 | 54 | 0.02 | 307 | 244 | 483 | 33 | 557 | 87 | 40 | | | | Righty Starters | 3.7 | 0.254 | 0.310 | 117 | 3924 | 995 | 276 | 72 | 0.02 | 408 | 322 | 803 | 39 | 824 | 125 | 70 | | |
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| All Games | 3.58 | 1.224 | 450.3 | 190 | 179 | 403 | 37 | 148 | 410 | 23-21 | 53 | 16 | 76.8% | | Home Games | 3.44 | 1.216 | 241 | 97 | 92 | 203 | 14 | 90 | 229 | 15-13 | 33 | 10 | 76.7% |
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| 9/6/2014 | CUETO(R) | NY METS | GEE(R) | 2-1 | W | -155 | 7 un | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 9/7/2014 | LATOS(R) | NY METS | WHEELER(R) | 3-4 | L | -115 | 7 un | P | 9 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | | 9/8/2014 | AXELROD(R) | ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | 0-5 | L | +115 | 8 un | U | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 9/9/2014 | LEAKE(R) | ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | 9-5 | W | +125 | 7 un | O | 12 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | | 9/10/2014 | SIMON(R) | ST LOUIS | LACKEY(R) | 4-2 | W | +125 | 7.5 ov | U | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 9/11/2014 | CUETO(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 1-0 | W | -115 | 7 un | U | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | 9/12/2014 | CORCINO(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 2-3 | L | 170 | 8 un | U | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 9/13/2014 | HOLMBERG(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 5-1 | W | 187 | 8 ov | U | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | | 9/14/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | GARZA(R) | 2-9 | L | 140 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | | 9/15/2014 | SIMON(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | 0-1 | L | 115 | 7 ov | U | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 9/16/2014 | CUETO(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | ARRIETA(R) | 0-7 | L | -115 | 6 un | O | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 9/17/2014 | CORCINO(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | 1-3 | L | 180 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 9/19/2014 | HOLMBERG(L) | @ ST LOUIS | LACKEY(R) | 1-2 | L | 195 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | | 9/20/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | | | 9/21/2014 | SIMON(R) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | | | 9/23/2014 | CUETO(R) | MILWAUKEE | FIERS(R) | | | 9/24/2014 | | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | | | 9/25/2014 | HOLMBERG(L) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | | | 9/26/2014 | LEAKE(R) | PITTSBURGH | | | | 9/27/2014 | | PITTSBURGH | | |
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| 9/6/2014 | LYNN(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 5-3 | W | -110 | 7.5 ov | O | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 9/7/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | NELSON(R) | 9-1 | W | -125 | 7.5 ev | O | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | | 9/8/2014 | MILLER(R) | @ CINCINNATI | AXELROD(R) | 5-0 | W | -125 | 8 un | U | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | 9/9/2014 | WACHA(R) | @ CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 5-9 | L | -135 | 7 un | O | 14 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | | 9/10/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ CINCINNATI | SIMON(R) | 2-4 | L | -135 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 9/11/2014 | LYNN(R) | @ CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 0-1 | L | 105 | 7 un | U | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 9/12/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | 5-1 | W | -235 | 7 un | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 9/13/2014 | MILLER(R) | COLORADO | MORALES(L) | 5-4 | W | -195 | 7 un | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 9/14/2014 | GONZALES(L) | COLORADO | LYLES(R) | 4-1 | W | -185 | 7.5 un | U | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | | 9/16/2014 | LYNN(R) | MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 2-3 | L | -155 | 7 un | U | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 9/17/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | MILWAUKEE | FIERS(R) | 2-0 | W | -150 | 6.5 un | U | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 9/18/2014 | MILLER(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 3-2 | W | -135 | 7.5 un | U | 12 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | | 9/19/2014 | LACKEY(R) | CINCINNATI | HOLMBERG(L) | 2-1 | W | -215 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 9/20/2014 | WACHA(R) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | | | 9/21/2014 | LYNN(R) | CINCINNATI | SIMON(R) | | | 9/22/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | | | 9/23/2014 | MILLER(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | ARRIETA(R) | | | 9/24/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | | | 9/26/2014 | WACHA(R) | @ ARIZONA | CAHILL(R) | | | 9/27/2014 | | @ ARIZONA | | |
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| |  | CINCINNATI: CINCINNATI (AP) - Bryan Price's father worked for a savings and loan that had San Francisco Giants season tickets and would make some of them available to employees.
Any team was good to see. Two were best.
''So you go in there and battle for tickets to certain games,'' Price said. ''And I would circle the Reds and the Dodgers.''
He loved how the franchises were stocked with stars. He knew it would be fun watching them play his hometown Giants. He even dreamed of some playing or working for one of those teams.
That's why the last six weeks of spring training left him with a too-good-to-be-true feeling at times. He's managing the Reds, one of those teams he loved to see.
''It's almost a constant, surreal experience for me at this point,'' he said in February.
The surreal part gave way to reality pretty fast.
Starter Mat Latos had knee surgery the day spring training opened. Closer Aroldis Chapman got hit in the head by a line drive and is out for at least a month after having a plate put into his forehead. Starter Homer Bailey strained his groin. Relievers Jonathan Broxton and Sean Marshall aren't ready to start the season.
| | ST LOUIS: ST. LOUIS (AP) - Last October, the St. Louis Cardinals were sufficiently flush with arms that they carried rookie Shelby Miller and deposed closer Edward Mujica in ceremonial roles and made it to Game 6 of the World Series against Boston.
After leading major league rookies with 15 wins, Miller was limited to one postseason inning due to concerns about a heavy workload. Mujica was used only in mop-up duty after mid-September.
The National League champions are perhaps even deeper, across the board, entering opening day March 31 at Cincinnati. The team that tied for the major league high with 97 wins has a surplus of viable candidates.
''I think we have the potential to be great,'' said ace Adam Wainwright, who won 19 games and finished second in NL Cy Young balloting. ''We just have to go out there, not listen to the hype, and perform.''
The 32-year-old Wainwright qualifies as the grizzled leader of a rotation that could include three members coming off big rookie debuts. Michael Wacha was a postseason sensation and the NLCS MVP, Miller went wire-to-wire as the fifth starter and Carlos Martinez, who's had an impressive spring, moved into the setup role when fellow rookie Trevor Rosenthal took over as closer.
Wacha and Martinez are 22, Miller and Rosenthal just 23.
There's also 15-game winner Lance Lynn, who struck out 10 in four innings of his last spring training start, and lefty Jaime Garcia could fit into the mix sometime in April coming off shoulder surgery. And don't forget Joe Kelly, another rookie who won 10 games and was the rotation's strongest starter much of the second half.
And one of the National League's best lineups, too.
Much is expected from a loyal fan base that extends several states, and that's OK.
''Our expectations,'' Lynn said, ''are higher than theirs.''
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*Reds-Cardinals Preview* ========================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Cincinnati (71-82) at St. Louis (85-68), 7:15 p.m. EDT
Outstanding pitching has the St. Louis Cardinals inching closer to another trip to the postseason, but Michael Wacha's shoulder could derail his involvement.
Wacha attempts to shake off his recent troubles in his first start in 11 days and lead the Cardinals to another home victory over the skidding Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.
St. Louis (86-68) is atop the NL Central by 2 1/2 games over second-place Pittsburgh with eight left in the regular season - one fewer than the Pirates.
The Cardinals' arms, however, are doing more than enough to keep them at a distance, compiling a 1.41 ERA during a 6-1 stretch with the rotation accounting for five of those wins and a 1.09 ERA.
John Lackey provided the latest gem Friday, allowing one run in 7 2-3 innings of a 2-1 win over the Reds (71-83) as he tried to improve his chance of making the playoff rotation.
That could come at Wacha's expense, as he'll gets his third start after spending almost three months on the disabled list with a shoulder injury.
The right-hander (5-6, 3.14 ERA), last year's NL championship series MVP as a rookie, may have been feeling the effects of that injury at Cincinnati on Sept. 9, when control issues plagued him in a 9-5 loss. He gave up six runs with three walks in four innings, and manager Mike Matheny doesn't seem hesitant to pull him if he sees similar numbers this time.
"I don't see us going backwards," Matheny told MLB's official website of a potential pitch count. "I think we'll have kind of a number in mind. If he looks good, we'll stretch him. If he doesn't, we're not going to necessarily have to push it to a number. We have to win a game."
Prior to his last meeting with the Reds, Wacha had allowed one run in 22 2-3 innings while going 1-0 in four games - three starts - against them.
He may feel good about re-establishing that success since the Cardinals have won 10 of the past 12 home meetings with Cincinnati, which has been outscored 22-4 while batting .167 during a five-game overall slide.
The Reds mustered seven singles in the opener of this three-game set as they fell to 22-38 in one-run decisions - the most defeats in the majors in those close contests.
"It's a broken record," manager Bryan Price said. "To be honest with you, it's at the point where you're tired talking about the same game, losing 2-1, 3-2.
"At some point in time we've got to do something to win some of these games."
Giving the ball to Mike Leake (11-12, 3.65) may not help since he's feeling the impact of logging a career-high 202 1-3 innings, 10 more than his previous most set last year.
The right-hander allowed three runs and three walks while hitting one batter in six innings of a 9-2 loss at Milwaukee on Sunday.
"I had a little dead arm. I didn't have the full ability to give full effort," Leake said. "Dead arm can get you. It's one of those things that's hard to explain, but everybody understands what it is.
Leake is 2-1 with a 2.67 ERA in four starts against the Cardinals this season, allowing three runs with six strikeouts in six innings opposite Wacha on Sept. 9.
Matt Holliday may be thrilled to face Leake since he's 13 for 33 (.394) against him. The left fielder is hitting .365 with 18 RBIs in his past 19 home meetings with Cincinnati after homering and doubling Friday.
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