KCR @ BOS, Monday, May 19, 2008 Game Preview

Kansas City Royals, 21-22, 3rd, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 3-2, 3.94) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 29.2 27 13 13 14 24 2 3.94 2007 (0-1) 12.2 11 4 3 4 5 1 2.13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 32.2 30 15 15 16 25 2 4.13 51 2008-05-14 DET W 6 4 0 0 3 5 0 96 66 2008-05-08 BAL L 7 5 4 4 2 5 1 109 54 2008-05-03 @CLE W 6 3 2 2 4 6 1 97 60 2008-04-26 TOR W 6 6 1 1 2 3 0 99 57 2008-04-20 @OAK L 4.2 9 6 6 3 5 0 96 24 2007-09-30 CLE L 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 51 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-12 Road: 11-10 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 12-15 vsLHP: 9-7 1-Run: 5-4 vsEast: 5-5 vsCntrl:10-7 vsWest: 4-9 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 43 Sun, May 18 @FLA W 9-3 21-22 3rd 2.0 gb 42 Sat, May 17 @FLA L 3-7 20-22 4th 2.0 gb 41 Fri, May 16 @FLA W 7-6 20-21 4th 1.5 gb 40 Thu, May 15 DET W 8-4 19-21 4th 2.5 gb 39 Wed, May 14 DET W 2-0 18-21 4th 2.5 gb 38 Tue, May 13 DET W 3-2 17-21 4th 3.0 gb 37 Sun, May 11 BAL W 4-0 16-21 4th 3.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 BAL L 5-6 15-21 4th 3.5 gb 35 Fri, May 9 BAL L 4-7 15-20 4th 3.5 gb 34 Thu, May 8 BAL L 1-4 15-19 4th 2.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:13-17
Boston Red Sox, 27-19, 1st, 1 up	SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 2-2, 3.95) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 57 55 27 25 29 33 6 3.95 2007 (4-0) 63 61 33 32 31 50 10 4.57 2006 (7-2) 81.1 91 43 43 43 60 7 4.76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 41 42 19 17 19 26 4 3.73 50 2008-05-14 @BAL ND 6 5 2 2 2 4 0 86 56 2008-05-09 @MIN ND 5.1 8 5 3 1 2 0 94 37 2008-05-04 TBR W 6 4 1 1 3 5 1 112 62 2008-04-29 TOR ND 8 1 0 0 4 6 0 97 82 2008-04-23 LAA ND 5 9 4 4 2 1 2 80 32 2008-04-19 TEX ND 6.1 10 3 3 2 5 1 106 44 2008-04-14 @CLE ND 4.1 5 4 4 5 3 0 97 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 13 7 4 4 7 9 0 2.77 61 2006-08-08 @KCR L 5 6 4 4 3 5 0 105 41 2006-07-18 KCR W 8 1 0 0 4 4 0 100 80
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-5 Road: 10-14 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 21-18 vsLHP: 6-1 1-Run: 8-6 vsEast: 8-11 vsCntrl: 8-5 vsWest: 8-3 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 46 Sun, May 18 MIL W 11-7 27-19 1st 1.0 up 45 Sat, May 17 MIL W 7-6 26-19 1st Tied 44 Sat, May 17 MIL W 5-3 25-19 1st Tied 43 Wed, May 14 @BAL L 3-6 24-19 2nd 0.5 gb 42 Tue, May 13 @BAL L 4-5 24-18 2nd 0.5 gb 41 Mon, May 12 @MIN L 3-7 24-17 1st 0.5 up 40 Sun, May 11 @MIN L 8-9 24-16 1st 1.5 up 39 Sat, May 10 @MIN W 5-2 24-15 1st 2.5 up 38 Fri, May 9 @MIN L 6-7 23-15 1st 2.5 up 37 Thu, May 8 @DET W 5-1 23-14 1st 3.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jul 18, 2007 KCR 6 @BOS 5 W:Odalis Perez (5-8), L: Julian Tavarez (5-8), S: Octavio Dotel (10) Tue, Jul 17, 2007 KCR 9 @BOS 3 W:Jimmy Gobble (4-1), L: Tim Wakefield (10-9), S: none Mon, Jul 16, 2007 BOS 4 KCR 0 W:Kason Gabbard (3-0), L: Brian Bannister (5-6), S: none Thu, Apr 05, 2007 BOS 4 @KCR 1 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1) Wed, Apr 04, 2007 BOS 7 @KCR 1 W:Josh Beckett (1-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-1), S: none Mon, Apr 02, 2007 KCR 7 BOS 1 W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Curt Schilling (0-1), S: none Sun, Sep 10, 2006 BOS 9 KCR 3 W:Julian Tavarez (3-4), L: Mark Redman (9-9), S: none Sat, Sep 09, 2006 KCR 10 @BOS 4 (12) W:Joe Nelson (1-1), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none Fri, Sep 08, 2006 KCR 10 @BOS 9 W:Ambiorix Burgos (4-5), L: Mike Timlin (6-5), S: Joe Nelson (6) Thu, Aug 10, 2006 KCR 5 BOS 4 W:Andrew Sisco (1-2), L: Curt Schilling (14-5), S: Ambiorix Burgos (18) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 205-195

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 2008 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

CHC 5.80

CIN 4.45

SDP 3.33

RA/G

CLE 3.57

NYM 4.49

TEX 5.42

L. Berkman .399

R. Howard .191

OBP

A. Pujols .493

K. Greene .253

SLG

L. Berkman .804

O. Cabrera .301

OPS

L. Berkman 1.280

K. Greene .568

ERA

E. Volquez 1.33

S. Chacon 4.14

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 10.44

C. Zambrano 6.27

J. Garland 2.01

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 173/122 .279/.353/.370/.723 .943/.635 .781 94/.655 0/1 1/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/50 .298/.375/.351/.726 1.000/.642 1.033 40/.640 0/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.667 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 116/67 .279/.345/.394/.739 .725/.750 .759 100/.719 2/3 3/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 115/78 .236/.274/.264/.538 .490/.560 .441 49/.564 10/2 0/

3.German G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 33/13 .111/.194/.111/.305 .410/.154 .000 20/.336 2/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 5/.600 106/87 .263/.305/.303/.608 .474/.638 .573 48/.506 1/2 0/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 179/122 .286/.358/.441/.799 .553/.913 .741 102/.749 2/2 5/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 8/2.125 143/101 .331/.387/.408/.795 .978/.725 .753 76/.913 1/1 0/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 10/.800 166/117 .245/.277/.440/.717 1.082/.567 .742 88/.900 0/0 5/

21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 85/51 .284/.318/.580/.898 1.186/.715 1.008 56/.924 1/0 5/

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/88 .174/.198/.223/.422 .534/.372 .365 75/.525 3/1 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 170/117 .268/.341/.373/.714 .484/.823 .751 89/.664 1/1 2/

12.Tupman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/1.000/2.000 /2.000 2.000 1/2.000 0/0 0/

IP 57.0 21.0 17.0 6.1 16.2 19.1 20.2 11.0 TOTAL .264/.321/.373/.694 .750/.670 .703 .717 23/17 23/21

ERA-K/9

3.95/5.2

2.14/7.7

5.82/7.9

7.11/7.1

3.24/4.3

0.93/7.5

2.61/10.4

8.18/1.6

4.21/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Olivo (1-4-0)
Tupman (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 245/.258 94/.200 78/.290 31/.250 72/.258 74/.191 80/.224 50/.378 .250 Guillen
DeJesus
Teahen
Callaspo
German
Gload
Gathright 13/0/20/3
11/18/2/2
20/0/21/2
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/32/0/0

OPS .746 .648 .842 .715 .702 .539 .599 1.083 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.678 39/.661 25/.697 12/1.144 36/.620 27/.454 43/.580 22/1.264 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.777 55/.638 53/.915 19/.440 36/.762 47/.589 37/.621 28/.926 .740

Home 131/.782 52/.745 42/.919 15/.800 48/.754 36/.684 42/.452 22/1.250 .751

Last 28d days 123/.695 45/.711 37/.978 31/.715 42/.685 49/.649 42/.583 26/.708

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 44/34/9

Usage ····X··· ·X···X·X XX···X·· ·X··o·o· ·X··o·Xo ····X··· oo······ ·o····oX

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 41.Gobble*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 57.Peralta
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 27.Yabuta
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 69/60 .355/.420/.468/.888 1.069/.861 .993 20/.926 0/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/38 .341/.400/.432/.832 1.467/.639 .640 35/1.003 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .409/.480/.455/.935 1.417/.850 .650 20/.718 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 12/.550 5/.000 5/1.000 4/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 105/82 .299/.330/.454/.784 1.109/.698 .828 61/.825 6/0 2/

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 4/3.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 144/118 .281/.389/.405/.794 .842/.783 .637 77/.689 1/1 3/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/127 .275/.374/.382/.756 .644/.783 .971 99/.715 16/1 3/

25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 115/94 .280/.322/.495/.817 .675/.842 .768 81/.944 0/1 5/

23.Lugo G/S/vP ··· 14/1.346 3/.666 3/1.667 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 144/119 .287/.357/.341/.698 .624/.713 .789 75/.786 6/2 0/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.250 7/.714 3/1.167 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 195/159 .250/.354/.482/.836 .556/.902 1.089 109/1.099 0/0 10/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 210/168 .307/.345/.411/.756 .651/.784 .871 120/.682 5/0 2/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 5/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 185/159 .305/.384/.537/.920 .819/.937 .870 102/.763 1/0 8/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 5/1.933 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 135/112 .281/.356/.471/.827 .863/.819 .803 71/.858 0/0 4/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 ··· 191/164 .329/.398/.605/1.003 1.361/.952 .946 106/1.002 2/2 9/

IP 29.2 9.1 19.0 17.2 13.0 18.1 17.1 18.0 TOTAL .295/.366/.461/.827 .847/.822 .860 .837 37/7 49/27

ERA-K/9

3.94/7.3

3.86/11.6

2.84/8.5

1.53/6.6

6.23/9.7

1.96/10.8

1.04/10.4

6.50/6.5

4.27/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (20-3-6)
Varitek (14-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.237 42/.243 83/.270 68/.169 55/.255 74/.209 62/.088 87/.325 .259 Drew
Ramirez
Crisp
Ellsbury
Youkilis
Lugo 0/0/34/3
39/0/0/3
0/31/0/2
16/21/8/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .654 .688 .731 .461 .845 .538 .305 .961 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.801 22/.327 35/.952 30/.517 26/.829 36/.773 27/.388 40/.618 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.514 20/1.125 48/.571 38/.411 29/.857 38/.301 35/.241 47/1.249 .711

Road 50/.775 23/.517 50/.775 32/.305 15/.800 34/.716 36/.355 43/.819 .736

Last 28d days 102/.581 29/.802 38/.661 40/.580 48/.866 45/.424 39/.351 54/.998

HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 0/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 42/16/6

Usage ····X··· X·o····· ·oo·X··· ··X·oo·· ···o···· ··oo·X·· ··X·oo·o oo······

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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Game Preview: KCR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Monday, May 19, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 3-2, 3.94)

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 2-2, 3.95)

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