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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, September 27, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Kansas City Royals, 68-90, 5th, 26 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Billy Buckner (23, RHP, 1-1, 4.50)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-1)             28    30  14  14  14  13  4    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  20.1  22  13  13  10  10  4    5.75   43 
 2007-09-21    DET  ND   5     7   3   3   1   1  1      77   41 
 2007-09-16    CLE   W   6     5   1   1   1   3  1      98   60 
 2007-09-10    MIN   L   5.1   3   3   3   5   4  0      95   49 
 2007-09-04    TEX  ND   4     7   6   6   3   2  2      74   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-44   Road:   34-46   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  49-66   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 11-26   vsCntrl:28-40   vsWest: 19-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Wed, Sep 26  @CHW  L   0-3       68-90  5th 26.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 25  @CHW  W   9-5       68-89  4th 25.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 24  @BAL  L   2-3       67-89  5th 25.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  L   2-7       67-88  5th 25.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 22  @DET  W   7-4       67-87  5th 24.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 21  @DET  L   4-5       66-87  5th 25.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 20   CHW  W   3-0       66-86  4th 24.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 19   CHW  L   0-7       65-86  5th 24.5 gb
150 Tue, Sep 18   CHW  W   3-2       65-85  4th 23.5 gb
149 Mon, Sep 17   CHW  L   3-11      64-85  5th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Chicago White Sox, 69-89, 4th, 25 GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Lance Broadway (23, RHP, 0-1, 2.08)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-1)              4.1   3   2   1   3   6  0    2.08      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-42   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  54-62   vsLHP:  15-27   1-Run:  15-26
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:36-32   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Wed, Sep 26   KCR  W   3-0       69-89  4th 25.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 25   KCR  L   5-9       68-89  4th 25.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 23  @MIN  L   1-7       68-88  4th 24.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 22  @MIN  W   8-3       68-87  4th 23.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 21  @MIN  W   6-4       67-87  4th 24.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 20  @KCR  L   0-3       66-87  5th 24.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 19  @KCR  W   7-0       66-86  4th 24.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 18  @KCR  L   2-3       65-86  5th 24.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 17  @KCR  W  11-3       65-85  4th 23.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 16   LAA  W   9-7       64-85  5th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 CHW  3  KCR  0    W:Jon Garland (10-13), L: Zack Greinke (7-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 KCR  9 @CHW  5    W:Brandon Duckworth (3-5), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 KCR  3  CHW  0    W:Zack Greinke (7-6), L: Jon Garland (9-13), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CHW  7 @KCR  0    W:Jose Contreras (10-16), L: Brian Bannister (12-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 KCR  3  CHW  2    W:Gil Meche (9-12), L: Gavin Floyd (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 CHW 11 @KCR  3    W:Javier Vazquez (13-8), L: Kyle Davies (6-14), S: none
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 KCR  7 @CHW  6    W:Brian Bannister (10-7), L: Jose Contreras (6-16), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 CHW  5  KCR  2    W:Javier Vazquez (11-6), L: Leo Nunez (2-1), S: Bobby Jenks (35)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 CHW  4  KCR  3    W:Matt Thornton (4-4), L: David Riske (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (34)
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 CHW  3 @KCR  1    W:Jon Garland (6-5), L: John Thomson (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Season Series: 2007 - CHW leads 11-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 303-268

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 2007 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.92

CHC  4.65

SFG  4.18

RA/G

SDP  4.01

NYY  4.76

TBD  5.86

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

O. Hudson  .294

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

B. Abreu  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .659

N. Markakis  .478

A. Gonzalez  .250

OPS

C. Ross  1.067

C. Figgins  .837

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.36

C. Zambrano  4.08

A. Eaton  6.33

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

D. Bush  6.56

A. Cook  3.31

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Broadway
G/S/vB
41.Broadway
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
43.Phillips*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Brazell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/2 .500/.667/.500/1.167 2.000/.500 .000 3/1.167 0/0 0/0
35.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 7/.286 2/.000 7/1.547 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 389/234 .257/.301/.346/.647 .817/.537 .652 46/.756 12/2 6/6
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.857 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 2/.500 390/306 .228/.315/.441/.756 .779/.750 .893 64/.681 0/1 18/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 348/245 .292/.348/.447/.794 .974/.720 .843 90/.809 0/0 8/3
32.Costa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 107/98 .228/.262/.307/.569 .347/.588 .605 34/.805 0/1 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 4/.750 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.733 ··· 691/496 .264/.354/.378/.732 .679/.753 .689 103/.644 9/4 7/4
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.666 2/1.000 8/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 250/211 .309/.375/.346/.721 .657/.732 .874 77/.606 9/8 0/4
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· 393/230 .268/.357/.375/.732 .801/.682 .622 38/.736 11/7 3/9
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 10/.675 ··· ··· ··· 336/285 .285/.313/.436/.748 .871/.726 .754 83/.624 2/2 7/3
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 590/439 .247/.315/.414/.728 .691/.741 .670 98/.737 14/4 15/14
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 5/1.800 1/2.000 478/329 .298/.341/.424/.765 .830/.736 .785 89/.602 1/2 6/6
30.Huber G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/138 .148/.240/.272/.512 .610/.471 .387 29/.519 1/0 4/5
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 526/391 .263/.280/.349/.629 .616/.633 .505 73/.673 4/5 2/22
12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 12/8 .182/.250/.273/.523 .250/.625 .573 1/.000 0/0 0/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 145/131 .204/.241/.387/.628 .220/.671 .761 42/.664 0/0 6/5
29.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 278/193 .260/.317/.409/.726 .833/.679 .757 53/.778 0/0 7/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 6/.533 2/2.500 6/.666 1/.000 8/1.339 ··· 599/424 .286/.355/.411/.766 .676/.803 .706 88/.811 13/5 7/6
IP 4.1 4.1 35.2 63.0 49.1 42.0 54.1 6.0 53.1 22.0 TOTAL .262/.323/.389/.712 .736/.704 .694 76/43 101/103
ERA-K/9 2.08/12.6 2.08/12.6 5.05/4.5 2.86/8.0 4.93/6.2 6.43/8.4 4.14/4.5 3.00/1.5 4.89/8.8 2.86/5.3 4.79/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (44-11-3)
 LaRue (26-14-2)
 Phillips (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 19/.200 19/.200 170/.257 241/.196 220/.302 203/.281 241/.270 26/.333 237/.274 90/.238 .277  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Huber
 Butler
 Costa
0/5/134/17
77/0/19/8
0/153/0/5
8/0/0/2
62/9/0/2
7/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
15/0/13/0
OPS .649 .649 .801 .488 .801 .799 .751 .926 .802 .611 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.000 8/1.000 54/.719 103/.548 96/.606 55/.840 121/.746 9/.819 98/.831 19/1.365 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/.455 11/.455 116/.838 138/.444 124/.949 148/.784 120/.756 17/.978 139/.781 71/.425 .761
Home 19/.649 19/.649 98/.919 126/.471 114/.874 97/.728 154/.710 15/.600 119/.912 39/.560 .779
Last 28d days 19/.649 19/.649 21/.929 33/.515 34/.990 38/.907 45/.652 26/.926 32/.661 23/.648
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/5/0 6/7/1 2/9/0 6/4/2 1/0/0 4/1/1 0/2/0 170/94/23
Usage ········ ········ ········ ·····o·· ·o··X··· ·X···X·· ·o·X·o·· ········ ···X···· ·o·o····
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Buckner
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
31.Duckworth
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
58.Musser*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 6/.667 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 196/173 .243/.281/.324/.605 .590/.607 .535 35/.947 2/1 2/10
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/.500 8/.929 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 12/.417 13/.693 2/.000 547/405 .253/.316/.489/.805 .940/.759 .804 73/.756 2/1 28/3
17.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.500 3/.666 338/249 .251/.309/.340/.649 .440/.722 .711 53/.572 7/2 4/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 3/2.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 1/2.000 2/2.500 401/291 .246/.309/.483/.792 1.073/.685 .791 89/.935 1/1 22/10
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 214/119 .186/.282/.250/.532 .545/.521 .576 57/.235 1/5 2/9
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.728 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 1/.000 112/62 .193/.205/.220/.426 .578/.306 .333 19/.269 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 7/3.457 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 11/.920 26/.699 3/.333 625/457 .257/.349/.481/.830 .967/.779 .842 92/.716 0/1 29/5
55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.250 .000 10/.400 0/0 0/0
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 376/305 .268/.327/.315/.642 .580/.656 .612 104/.796 32/8 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 8/1.714 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.111 16/.760 4/.500 505/389 .263/.310/.404/.713 .716/.713 .681 75/.627 1/1 14/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 8/.625 9/.444 ··· ··· 6/.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 219/154 .246/.306/.367/.672 .795/.622 .668 49/.564 12/5 2/5
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 191/152 .224/.286/.414/.700 .683/.703 .690 95/.773 1/3 6/3
30.Terrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 136/74 .228/.348/.368/.717 .748/.702 .720 8/.833 4/3 5/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/4.000 6/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 523/360 .274/.405/.552/.957 .651/1.104 .960 98/1.057 0/1 33/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 15/.643 7/1.286 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 5/.600 16/.388 5/1.200 547/402 .231/.281/.394/.675 .776/.638 .784 99/.880 1/8 20/16
IP 28.0 37.0 39.1 45.2 52.2 9.2 24.2 39.2 84.2 68.0 67.0 TOTAL .246/.317/.403/.720 .728/.717 .739 78/44 185/105
ERA-K/9 4.50/4.2 4.38/9.0 6.64/5.5 4.53/4.1 2.91/8.2 0.93/3.7 4.38/6.9 4.31/7.3 3.83/7.0 2.38/6.6 2.55/9.7 4.47/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (22-3-5)
 Lucy (8-0-0)
 Pierzynski (62-20-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.291 167/.299 183/.299 204/.268 227/.270 41/.222 116/.314 169/.274 355/.277 280/.236 263/.192 .277  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Erstad
 Terrero
 Fields
 Owens
0/0/131/9
51/3/0/3
18/10/10/2
12/44/9/2
5/38/13/2
21/0/0/2
11/81/0/1
OPS .891 .734 .843 .741 .804 .678 .936 .798 .770 .698 .524 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/1.024 73/.713 89/.937 91/.757 124/.725 20/.739 41/1.150 75/.945 133/.766 109/.617 104/.455 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.711 94/.750 94/.758 113/.728 103/.896 21/.619 75/.811 94/.687 222/.773 171/.749 159/.569 .788
Road 64/1.002 99/.735 96/.607 110/.691 119/.892 13/.647 43/.710 88/.860 160/.855 136/.760 140/.537 .774
Last 28d days 95/.899 61/.633 46/1.000 56/.828 31/.519 41/.678 24/1.079 59/.891 35/.749 28/.589 33/.381
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 1/0/0 4/3/1 3/1/0 6/2/1 1/0/0 5/3/1 8/5/0 9/8/0 8/4/1 3/0/0 166/70/25
Usage ·····X·· ·o··Xo·· ·X······ XX·····o ·o··o··· ···X···· ········ ···X·o·· ·o··oo·· ·····o·· ·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.

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