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901 | CINCINNATI | -120 | Ov 8.5,-110 | +100 | Ov 7,-105 | 902 | PITTSBURGH | +110 | Un 8.5,-110 | -110 | Un 7,-115 |
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All Games | 10-11 | -1.5 | 10-10 | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.324 | 3.4 | 0.222 | 0.297 | Road Games | 6-6 | -0.4 | 6-5 | 4.2 | 0.271 | 0.329 | 3.6 | 0.236 | 0.317 | vs Right-handed Starters | 7-8 | -1.3 | 7-7 | 3.8 | 0.258 | 0.320 | 3.3 | 0.219 | 0.300 | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.7 | 3-4 | 4.9 | 0.280 | 0.342 | 2.9 | 0.225 | 0.304 | Grass Games | 10-11 | -1.5 | 10-10 | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.324 | 3.4 | 0.222 | 0.297 | Day Games | 6-6 | -0.5 | 6-6 | 4.2 | 0.261 | 0.324 | 3.0 | 0.213 | 0.290 | Division | 8-7 | +0.8 | 8-7 | 4.5 | 0.270 | 0.330 | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.309 |
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All Games | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.324 | 21 | 710 | 184 | 57 | 20 | 0.03 | 83 | 68 | 164 | 24 | 159 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 6 | Road Games | 4.2 | 0.271 | 0.329 | 12 | 417 | 113 | 30 | 6 | 0.01 | 46 | 36 | 94 | 17 | 94 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | Righty Starters | 3.8 | 0.258 | 0.320 | 15 | 511 | 132 | 37 | 11 | 0.02 | 53 | 46 | 121 | 20 | 116 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 5 |
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All Games | 5.48 | 1.674 | 46 | 28 | 28 | 50 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 1-4 | 4 | 4 | 50% | Road Games | 6.40 | 1.816 | 25.3 | 18 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0-3 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
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All Games | 9-13 | -5.2 | 10-10 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.297 | 4.2 | 0.254 | 0.313 | Home Games | 6-7 | -2.2 | 5-6 | 4.2 | 0.237 | 0.313 | 3.6 | 0.240 | 0.302 | vs Left-handed Starters | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 5.0 | 0.229 | 0.325 | 4.0 | 0.187 | 0.278 | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.8 | 4-3 | 4.6 | 0.243 | 0.315 | 4.6 | 0.273 | 0.328 | Grass Games | 9-13 | -5.2 | 10-10 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.297 | 4.2 | 0.254 | 0.313 | Day Games | 3-4 | -1.3 | 1-6 | 1.9 | 0.193 | 0.235 | 2.7 | 0.209 | 0.275 | Division | 9-13 | -5.2 | 10-10 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.297 | 4.2 | 0.254 | 0.313 |
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All Games | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.297 | 22 | 766 | 176 | 54 | 28 | 0.04 | 87 | 73 | 178 | 14 | 153 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 22 | Home Games | 4.2 | 0.237 | 0.313 | 13 | 469 | 111 | 27 | 13 | 0.03 | 52 | 52 | 87 | 7 | 104 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 11 | Lefty Starters | 5.0 | 0.229 | 0.325 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0.06 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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All Games | 3.00 | 1.290 | 69 | 23 | 23 | 65 | 7 | 24 | 60 | 6-3 | 4 | 6 | 40% | Home Games | 2.61 | 1.241 | 48.3 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 4-2 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
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4/11/2014 | CUETO(R) | TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | 1-2 | L | +105 | 7 un | U | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4/12/2014 | SIMON(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 0-1 | L | +115 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4/13/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | TAMPA BAY | RAMOS(L) | 12-4 | W | -125 | 7.5 ov | O | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4/14/2014 | BAILEY(R) | PITTSBURGH | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 7-8 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4/15/2014 | LEAKE(R) | PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | 7-5 | W | -105 | 7 un | O | 15 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4/16/2014 | CUETO(R) | PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | 4-0 | W | -110 | 7 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4/18/2014 | SIMON(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 4-1 | W | -105 | 6.5 un | U | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4/19/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | JACKSON(R) | 4-8 | L | -145 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4/20/2014 | BAILEY(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | VILLANUEVA(R) | 8-2 | W | -135 | 9 un | O | 15 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 4/21/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | 5-6 | L | 130 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4/22/2014 | CUETO(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | VOLQUEZ(R) | 4-1 | W | -110 | 7 ov | U | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4/23/2014 | SIMON(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MORTON(R) | 5-2 | W | 115 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4/24/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | @ PITTSBURGH | CUMPTON(R) | | 4/25/2014 | BAILEY(R) | @ ATLANTA | SANTANA(R) | | 4/26/2014 | LEAKE(R) | @ ATLANTA | HALE(R) | | 4/27/2014 | CUETO(R) | @ ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | | 4/28/2014 | SIMON(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | SAMARDZIJA(R) | | 4/29/2014 | CINGRANI(L) | CHICAGO CUBS | JACKSON(R) | | 4/30/2014 | BAILEY(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | VILLANUEVA(R) | | 5/1/2014 | | MILWAUKEE | | |
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4/10/2014 | COLE(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | 5-4 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4/11/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 2-4 | L | 105 | 8 ov | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4/12/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 2-3 | L | 135 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4/13/2014 | MORTON(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 1-4 | L | 105 | 8.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4/14/2014 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 8-7 | W | 110 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4/15/2014 | COLE(R) | @ CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 5-7 | L | -105 | 7 un | O | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4/16/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | @ CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 0-4 | L | 100 | 7 un | U | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4/17/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 11-2 | W | -110 | 7 ev | O | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4/18/2014 | MORTON(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 3-5 | L | -115 | 7 un | O | 6 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4/19/2014 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | MILWAUKEE | GARZA(R) | 7-8 | L | -110 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4/20/2014 | COLE(R) | MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | 2-3 | L | -125 | 7 un | U | 13 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4/21/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 6-5 | W | -140 | 7 ov | O | 12 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4/22/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 1-4 | L | +100 | 7 ov | U | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4/23/2014 | MORTON(R) | CINCINNATI | SIMON(R) | 2-5 | L | -125 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4/24/2014 | CUMPTON(R) | CINCINNATI | CINGRANI(L) | | 4/25/2014 | COLE(R) | @ ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | | 4/26/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | @ ST LOUIS | LYONS(L) | | 4/27/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | 4/29/2014 | MORTON(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | | 4/30/2014 | COLE(R) | @ BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | |
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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.
| | PITTSBURGH: PITTSBURGH (AP) - The roars have faded. The giddiness of ending 21 years of futility and coming with a game of the National League championship series, too.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are in some ways just another NL contender these days. That dark cloud of two decades of losing is gone after a remarkable 94-68 surge and the playoff berth that came along with it in 2013.
Now the franchise needs to figure out what to do with the rest of its life. For three seasons a club that was a laughingstock when manager Clint Hurdle took over in December 2010 has slowly made inroads to relevance.
Suddenly, the ''World Series or bust'' attitude owner Bob Nutting has espoused for years doesn't seem so laughable anymore.
Press reigning NL Manager of the Year Clint Hurdle on what his team can possibly do for an encore despite a relatively quiet offseason and he responds with his usual eternal optimism.
''Excellence is verb, not a noun,'' Hurdle said. ''You're going to continue to push forward. Our goal is to win a sixth world championship. The fact is, we haven't won an LCS or a division series. We need to maintain our focus on the things we need to do.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (CINCINNATI-PITTSBURGH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Reds-Pirates Preview* ======================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Cincinnati (9-11) at Pittsburgh (9-12), 12:35 p.m. EDT
While Jay Bruce is leading a productive stretch at the plate for the Cincinnati Reds, they're also enjoying a string of outstanding pitching performances as they continue to climb back to .500.
The visiting Reds will try to put up at least four runs in their 11th consecutive game Thursday when Tony Cingrani looks to help them take three of four from the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates.
Since suffering through a 4-for-35 stretch over an 11-game span, Bruce has rediscovered his stroke with 10 hits in 21 at-bats while knocking in a run in each of his last five contests. The two-time All-Star finished with two hits in Wednesday's 5-2 victory.
After a 6-5 loss in the opener, the surging Reds (10-11) have won the last two by a 9-3 margin. Speedy rookie Billy Hamilton has set the tone atop the lineup, going 4 for 10 with two stolen bases in those wins.
"It's not even the power," manager Bryan Price told the team's official website. "What we're looking for is good consistent at-bats from our lineup. It doesn't have to be home runs. It doesn't have to be ringing doubles in the gap. It's just got to be good, efficient and effective at-bats."
Price's club has averaged 6.0 runs and batted .300 while winning seven of 10, and the starters have posted a 1.85 ERA while limiting opponents to a .184 average over the past seven games.
Cingrani (1-2, 3.22 ERA), who has held opponents to a .182 average, hopes to continue that trend after allowing three runs while walking four over five innings of an 8-4 road loss to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The left-hander has given up one hit over 2 1-3 scoreless innings in three relief appearances against the Pirates (9-13), who have totaled 21 runs while dropping five of six.
Cingrani will have to deal with a red-hot Andrew McCutchen, who homered for the third straight game Wednesday. The reigning NL MVP is 7 for 10 in this series and 16 for 31 with four homers over an eight-game hitting streak against Cincinnati, including last year's wild-card game.
Pittsburgh's Brandon Cumpton (2-1, 2.05 in 2013) will make his 2014 debut after veteran left-hander Wandy Rodriguez was placed on the disabled list Monday with a sore right knee.
The right-hander went 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three starts at Triple-A Indianapolis. He'll try to extend his 15-inning scoreless streak in his return, which is tied for the third-longest active streak among big league starters.
"I tried to learn from each outing (last season)," Cumpton said. "Take the positive and stick it in the memory bank, and also note what I struggled with and continue to work on those things and hopefully keep getting better."
Cumpton has made two of his five career starts against the Reds, going 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA. Bruce accounted for the only earned run off him in those meetings when he homered in a 5-3 home loss June 20.
Cumpton also pitched three scoreless innings of relief against the Reds last season.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 4:15:22 AM EST. |
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