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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 21, 2007 @Comerica Park

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Kansas City Royals, 42-53, 5th, 15½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Jorge de la Rosa (26, LHP, 7-10, 5.25)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-10)           109.2 131  68  64  43  71 16    5.25      
 2006 (5-6)             79    81  59  57  54  67 14    6.49      
 2005 (2-2)             42.1  48  23  21  38  42  1    4.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  35.1  53  25  25  19  30  7    6.37   39 
 2007-07-15    CLE   L   3.1   2   3   3   6   6  2      83   44 
 2007-07-08    TBD   W   5.2   5   2   2   3   7  1      97   55 
 2007-07-03    SEA   W   7     8   3   3   2   2  0      95   49 
 2007-06-27    LAA   W   6    10   0   0   1   1  0      89   52 
 2007-06-22    MIL   L   5    10   7   7   2   6  2      93   23 
 2007-06-16    FLA   L   4.2  13   7   7   1   4  1      86   13 
 2007-06-10    PHI  ND   3.2   5   3   3   4   4  1      93   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-0  13    12   6   5   3  11  2    3.46   56 
 2007-04-17    DET  ND   6     8   5   4   0   6  2      91   44 
 2007-04-06    DET   W   7     4   1   1   3   5  0     103   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-28   Road:   22-25   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  32-35   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:12-20   vsWest: 12-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Fri, Jul 20  @DET  W  10-2       42-53  5th 15.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18  @BOS  W   6-5       41-53  5th 16.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17  @BOS  W   9-3       40-53  5th 16.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16  @BOS  L   0-4       39-53  5th 16.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 15  @CLE  L   3-5       39-52  5th 15.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @CLE  W   6-5       39-51  5th 14.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @CLE  L   4-5       38-51  5th 15.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   TBD  W  12-4       38-50  5th 15.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   TBD  W   8-7       37-50  5th 15.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   TBD  L   5-6       36-50  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Detroit Tigers, 57-37, 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Verlander (24, RHP, 11-3, 3.26)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-3)           116    94  46  42  40 103 10    3.26      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
 2005 (0-2)             11.1  15   9   9   5   7  1    7.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-1  48    34  17  16  16  53  3    3.00   62 
 2007-07-15    SEA   W   7     8   4   4   1   6  0     106   50 
 2007-07-05    CLE   W   7     6   3   2   0   7  1     110   62 
 2007-06-29    MIN   L   5     4   6   6   5   5  1      99   35 
 2007-06-23    ATL   W   7     4   1   1   2  11  1     110   74 
 2007-06-17    PHI   W   6     7   3   3   2   6  0      98   50 
 2007-06-12    MIL   W   9     0   0   0   4  12  0     112   95 
 2007-06-06    TEX   W   7     5   0   0   2   6  0     105   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      4-0  31    22   8   7  10  22  0    2.03   61 
 2007-05-04    KCR   W   7     7   2   2   1   3  0     103   57 
 2007-04-16    KCR   W   6     5   3   3   0   6  0      98   56 
 2007-04-06    KCR  ND   6     2   1   0   5   4  0      97   65 
 2006-09-24    KCR   W   5     6   2   2   2   3  0      88   48 
 2006-07-15    KCR   W   7     2   0   0   2   6  0     101   77 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-20   Road:   32-17   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  37-30   vsLHP:  20-7    1-Run:  20-12
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 10-8  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Fri, Jul 20   KCR  L   2-10      57-37  1st  1.0 up
 93 Thu, Jul 19  @MIN  W   4-3 (10)  57-36  1st  2.0 up
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @MIN  W   3-2       56-36  1st  2.0 up
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @MIN  W   1-0       55-36  1st  1.0 up
 90 Sun, Jul 15  @SEA  W  11-7       54-36  1st  0.5 up
 89 Sat, Jul 14  @SEA  L   4-6       53-36  1st  0.5 up
 88 Fri, Jul 13  @SEA  W   6-3       53-35  1st  0.5 up
 87 Thu, Jul 12  @SEA  L   2-3       52-35  1st  0.5 up
 86 Sun, Jul  8   BOS  W   6-5       52-34  1st  1.0 up
 85 Sat, Jul  7   BOS  W   3-2 (13)  51-34  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 KCR 10 @DET  2    W:Gil Meche (7-6), L: Kenny Rogers (3-2), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 DET 13 @KCR  4    W:Chad Durbin (2-1), L: Zack Greinke (1-4), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2007 DET  7 @KCR  5    W:Jose Mesa (1-1), L: Brandon Duckworth (0-2), S: Todd Jones (12)
Fri, May 04, 2007 DET  6 @KCR  3    W:Justin Verlander (2-1), L: Brian Bannister (0-2), S: Todd Jones (11)
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 KCR  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Fernando Rodney (1-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 DET  7  KCR  6    W:Wilfredo Ledezma (3-0), L: David Riske (0-2), S: Todd Jones (7)
Mon, Apr 16, 2007 DET 12  KCR  5    W:Justin Verlander (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2007 DET  3 @KCR  2    W:Fernando Rodney (1-1), L: David Riske (0-1), S: Todd Jones (3)
Sat, Apr 07, 2007 DET  6 @KCR  5    W:Mike Maroth (1-0), L: Gil Meche (1-1), S: Todd Jones (2)
Fri, Apr 06, 2007 KCR  3  DET  1    W:Jorge de la Rosa (1-0), L: Jose Mesa (0-1), S: David Riske (1)
Season Series: 2007 - DET leads 7-3; 2006 - DET won 14-4; 2005 - DET won 10-9; All-Time - KCR leads 251-239

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

DET  5.80

ATL  4.66

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.47

DET  4.69

TBD  6.03

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

T. Glaus  .288

R. Langerhans  .163

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

S. Casey  .363

D. Ross  .241

SLG

R. Braun  .656

L. Scott  .459

D. Navarro  .271

OPS

B. Bonds  1.074

J. Peralta  .819

D. Navarro  .515

ERA

C. Young  1.85

J. Washburn  4.02

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.08

D. Willis  6.25

A. Cook  3.20

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
41.Capellan
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.167 7/.286 ··· 4/.500 ··· 249/149 .231/.293/.324/.617 .774/.514 .641 54/.597 8/0 4/3
14.Buck G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/.500 5/.800 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 240/185 .239/.329/.527/.856 .932/.833 1.041 49/.670 0/0 15/7
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 119/81 .333/.370/.495/.865 .773/.908 .924 79/1.033 0/0 3/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 16/.938 1/2.000 9/.444 6/1.267 6/.900 ··· 4/2.000 4/.250 435/300 .274/.354/.397/.751 .720/.766 .741 95/.777 5/2 5/3
3.German G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 5/.900 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 273/169 .283/.377/.395/.772 .804/.751 .587 74/.936 7/5 2/5
11.Gload* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/122 .256/.289/.391/.680 .550/.702 .694 41/.483 2/1 2/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.555 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 361/272 .239/.325/.362/.687 .613/.711 .726 87/.684 10/3 6/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 11/.546 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 15/.481 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 264/172 .291/.333/.429/.762 .653/.821 .734 43/.930 0/0 4/4
6.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 125/89 .173/.258/.318/.576 .942/.431 .410 36/.624 1/0 3/1
1.Pena G/S/vP 7/.762 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 343/257 .277/.292/.369/.661 .599/.682 .474 73/.696 3/3 1/16
16.Sanders G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 23/.364 ··· ··· ··· 64/42 .351/.422/.579/1.001 1.155/.919 .749 8/.625 0/1 2/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 7/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/59 .203/.250/.297/.547 .222/.598 .535 8/.625 0/0 1/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 12/.444 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 399/276 .286/.363/.402/.765 .696/.795 .684 95/.640 8/3 5/4
IP 116.0 19.0 91.0 42.1 40.1 22.2 19.0 25.0 TOTAL .261/.326/.390/.716 .711/.717 .683 49/22 63/63
ERA-K/9 3.26/8.0 4.26/7.6 4.05/4.8 5.74/7.0 4.69/4.9 3.18/8.7 2.84/6.2 3.24/5.8 4.25/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (27-6-2)
 LaRue (15-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.218 84/.243 393/.260 191/.286 180/.278 104/.221 83/.264 102/.250 .264  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Sanders
 Butler
0/4/87/12
55/0/7/6
0/94/0/3
4/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
6/0/7/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .643 .713 .756 .793 .713 .658 .708 .659 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.711 24/.683 185/.690 58/.819 100/.792 44/.510 28/.472 52/.492 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.571 60/.724 208/.818 133/.782 80/.614 60/.771 55/.827 50/.838 .769
Home 236/.655 53/.821 141/.913 106/.995 85/.692 60/.757 21/.754 47/.524 .771
Last 28d days 111/.667 43/.846 52/.723 36/.673 48/.587 29/.537 33/.755 21/.714
HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 3/3/0 14/5/1 4/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/2 1/1/0 97/44/16
Usage ·····X·· X······· ··X···X· o·X····· ·oXo···X ··oo·o·· ·X···X·o ·oo····o
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.80 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.de la Rosa*
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
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
21.Casey* G/S/vP 11/1.045 ··· 2/.000 20/.485 5/.400 5/1.400 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· 314/265 .298/.363/.401/.764 .762/.764 .774 72/.947 2/0 2/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/1.073 11/1.182 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 402/322 .294/.347/.561/.908 .422/1.029 .822 95/.892 10/0 13/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 4/.250 ··· 13/.231 17/.753 7/1.514 15/.564 2/.500 355/274 .312/.380/.541/.921 1.044/.899 .965 93/.850 7/6 14/19
20.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 20/1.128 13/.000 3/1.334 9/.583 1/.000 127/72 .268/.291/.333/.624 .724/.549 .656 29/.310 4/0 1/3
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 5/.250 ··· 24/.891 20/.774 6/.000 19/1.014 3/.000 342/263 .244/.334/.403/.737 .949/.677 .753 80/.559 5/1 11/11
27.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.567 ··· 4/.750 ··· 19/.269 20/1.289 7/1.000 13/.490 2/2.000 304/225 .219/.267/.380/.647 .889/.561 .550 49/.303 0/3 9/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/.333 5/.400 13/.462 13/.308 7/.286 21/1.279 2/3.000 397/302 .359/.436/.595/1.031 1.229/.970 1.017 90/.736 2/1 15/1
19.Perez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 7/1.333 ··· 8/7 .143/.250/.143/.393 2.000/.143 .000 8/.393 0/0 0/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.311 13/1.384 9/.778 1/4.000 4/.500 4/1.000 381/285 .330/.374/.426/.800 .779/.806 .889 80/.757 3/2 3/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 92/80 .232/.289/.329/.618 .697/.606 .489 21/.334 0/0 0/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/2 .429/.600/.571/1.171 .900/2.000 2.000 10/1.171 0/0 0/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 2/.500 3/1.000 22/1.005 16/1.188 4/.000 13/1.231 2/1.000 324/229 .286/.299/.437/.736 .789/.714 .761 71/.658 0/2 8/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 15/1.266 1/.000 9/1.194 4/1.167 4/.000 4/.250 407/313 .301/.405/.558/.963 1.026/.944 1.030 91/1.047 16/4 23/0
IP 109.2 2.0 14.2 20.0 33.2 74.1 57.1 43.2 41.0 TOTAL .287/.349/.468/.817 .856/.803 .824 51/20 111/67
ERA-K/9 5.25/5.8 0.00/9.0 6.75/5.5 3.15/10.8 2.67/7.2 4.48/7.4 3.77/8.0 2.47/7.0 1.98/10.8 4.50/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (11-4-3)
 Rodriguez (33-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 489/.299 9/.375 61/.196 91/.256 151/.292 318/.289 235/.257 183/.248 164/.185 .278  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Raburn
 Infante
 Perez
0/92/0/7
80/0/0/5
0/0/87/3
7/0/6/1
0/2/3/0
1/12/6/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .854 .750 .684 .720 .826 .816 .735 .695 .481 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.687 2/1.000 24/.627 42/.755 81/.698 152/.822 87/.770 65/.466 60/.404 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.893 7/.666 37/.709 49/.690 70/.971 166/.811 148/.714 118/.817 104/.526 .800
Road 231/.855 9/.750 37/.368 39/.774 80/.935 138/.672 104/.760 93/.621 93/.475 .755
Last 28d days 94/.888 9/.750 3/.000 41/.668 35/.705 55/.501 42/.858 39/.513 42/.369
HR/SB/CS 16/4/4 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/1/0 8/3/1 5/8/0 4/1/1 0/0/0 99/42/14
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· o······· ··o···X· ··oo·Xoo o··X··Xo ···X···X ··o··X·X ··XX··Xo

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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