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Game Preview: KCR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Kansas City Royals, 21-24, 4th, 3½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Tomko (35, RHP, 2-4, 5.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             45.2  53  28  27  12  33  4    5.32      
 2007 (4-12)           131.1 149  89  81  48 105 18    5.55      
 2006 (8-7)            112.1 123  67  59  29  76 17    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  38.2  46  27  26  10  28  3    6.05   44 
 2008-05-16   @FLA   W   6     5   2   2   1   4  1      78   57 
 2008-05-10    BAL   L   5.1   9   6   6   0   8  1     110   34 
 2008-05-05    LAA  ND   7     2   0   0   2   7  0      96   78 
 2008-04-29   @TEX  ND   3.1   7   5   5   3   3  0      89   26 
 2008-04-24    CLE   L   4    11   7   6   2   2  0     108   14 
 2008-04-17   @LAA   L   7     6   5   5   1   3  0     100   47 
 2008-04-12    MIN   L   6     6   2   2   1   1  1      92   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-1   9    15  10  10   2   4  1   10.00   33 
 2003-06-11   @BOS   L   2    10   9   9   2   0  1      71   -2 
 2002-06-19    BOS   W   7     5   1   1   0   4  0      93   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-12   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  12-16   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  5-7    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 20  @BOS  L   1-2       21-24  4th  3.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 19  @BOS  L   0-7       21-23  4th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Boston Red Sox, 29-19, 1st, 1 up

SP: Bartolo Colon (35, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-8)             99.1 132  74  70  29  76 15    6.34      
 2006 (1-5)             56.1  71  39  32  11  31 11    5.11      
 2005 (21-8)           222.2 215  93  86  43 157 26    3.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  32.2  47  27  25  15  29  0    6.89   40 
 2007-09-22    SEA   L   8     8   3   3   0   3  0      90   57 
 2007-09-14   @CHW   L   4.2   8   5   3   2   4  0      99   34 
 2007-07-23    OAK   L   1     4   4   4   1   1  0      33   29 
 2007-07-18   @TBD   L   5     5   3   3   4   7  0     107   48 
 2007-07-06   @NYY  ND   2     7   7   7   2   2  0      61   14 
 2007-06-30   @BAL   L   6     8   3   3   2   6  0     109   48 
 2007-06-24    PIT  ND   6     7   2   2   4   6  0     103   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-2  32    40  22  21   5  21  4    5.91   44 
 2007-05-01   @KCR   W   5     9   5   5   1   5  1      95   33 
 2006-07-21   @KCR   L   6     4   4   3   2   1  1      99   49 
 2005-07-02   @KCR   W   7.1   4   3   3   0   5  0     100   63 
 2005-05-29    KCR   W   7.2  12   4   4   0   6  1      99   45 
 2005-04-10    KCR   L   6    11   6   6   2   4  1     110   28 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-5    Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:10-5    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Tue, May 20   KCR  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Mon, May 19   KCR  W   7-0       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 20, 2008 BOS  2  KCR  1        W:Justin Masterson (1-0), L: Gil Meche (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
Mon, May 19, 2008 BOS  7  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (3-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-3), S: none

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
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 2-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 205-197

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  5.74

DET  4.53

SDP  3.30

RA/G

CLE  3.58

MIN  4.47

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .409

  

R. Howard  .183

OBP

A. Pujols  .486

  

K. Greene  .270

SLG

L. Berkman  .776

  

O. Cabrera  .292

OPS

L. Berkman  1.244

  

O. Cabrera  .569

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

J. Blanton  3.87

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

P. Maholm  6.37

J. Garland  2.01

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
19.Beckett
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
31.Lester*
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
18.Matsuzaka
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 10/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/2.500 2/2.000 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.500 8/.946 120/88 .257/.333/.362/.695 .868/.636 .759 56/.771 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 180/126 .269/.344/.356/.701 .915/.614 .736 97/.612 0/1 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/51 .288/.364/.339/.703 .933/.629 .926 42/.607 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 27/1.010 1/2.000 14/.445 3/.333 1/no AB 10/.000 3/.667 3/.000 3/2.334 2/1.500 3/.000 4/.250 9/.222 124/70 .268/.331/.384/.715 .713/.716 .704 105/.693 2/3 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 11/.637 1/2.000 8/.286 4/1.417 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 18/.398 115/78 .236/.274/.264/.538 .490/.560 .441 48/.577 10/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 8/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 6/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 36/13 .103/.206/.103/.309 .405/.154 .083 22/.356 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 3/.000 110/90 .255/.303/.294/.597 .450/.631 .551 48/.506 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 3/2.667 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 186/125 .293/.366/.455/.821 .536/.958 .786 105/.789 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 14/.572 3/.333 2/.000 9/.583 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 8/2.125 9/.347 150/104 .316/.376/.390/.766 .884/.717 .708 80/.858 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 22/.482 ··· 20/.668 2/.000 1/.000 9/.111 1/2.000 3/.000 13/.802 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.800 14/.702 173/120 .235/.266/.422/.688 .997/.553 .685 91/.870 0/0 5/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 12/.969 89/52 .271/.303/.553/.856 1.084/.701 .925 60/.861 1/0 5/
1.Pena G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 132/90 .167/.191/.214/.405 .495/.364 .340 77/.484 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 12/.977 1/.000 9/1.069 1/2.000 ··· 9/.476 2/.500 3/.667 3/.333 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 8/.500 177/120 .261/.345/.363/.708 .471/.826 .738 92/.663 1/1 2/
IP 21.0 54.0 17.1 6.1 66.0 17.0 12.1 54.1 20.0 22.0 11.0 54.0 TOTAL .257/.316/.365/.681 .715/.665 .677 .700 23/17 23/22
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.14/7.7 4.67/9.3 5.71/8.3 7.11/7.1 3.41/5.7 3.18/4.8 1.46/6.6 2.15/7.6 0.90/7.7 2.45/11.0 8.18/1.6 4.33/5.3 4.05/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (15-2-0)
 Olivo (4-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 94/.200 219/.234 80/.296 31/.250 274/.229 73/.254 47/.128 228/.183 79/.197 84/.213 50/.378 240/.246 .244  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
14/0/20/3
11/20/2/2
20/0/23/2
2/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .648 .675 .846 .715 .672 .692 .533 .608 .577 .569 1.083 .741 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 39/.661 119/.629 26/.669 12/1.144 84/.594 37/.601 26/.632 102/.695 30/.600 44/.566 22/1.264 68/.775 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 55/.638 100/.730 54/.937 19/.440 190/.707 36/.762 21/.413 126/.539 49/.563 40/.573 28/.926 172/.728 .717
Home / 52/.745 83/.756 44/.923 15/.800 160/.648 49/.737 47/.533 130/.665 41/.746 46/.413 22/1.250 112/.754 .722
Last 28d days / 40/.653 141/.736 34/.941 31/.715 152/.574 37/.606 47/.533 109/.566 47/.625 43/.569 25/.737 130/.773
HR/SB/CS // 0/2/0 9/2/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 6/3/0 1/0/2 1/1/0 4/4/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 7/13/2 44/34/9
Usage ···X···X ··X····X o·XX···X ···X··o· ·X····X· o··X··o· X······· ···X···· X·····X· X·oo···· ···o···· ···X····
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Tomko
G/S/vB
19.Bannister
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
55.Meche
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 26/.923 9/1.069 6/.833 7/1.285 ··· 2/.500 13/.308 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 69/60 .355/.420/.468/.888 1.069/.861 .993 16/.971 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/38 .341/.400/.432/.832 1.467/.639 .640 26/1.091 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 36/.855 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .409/.480/.455/.935 1.417/.850 .650 20/.718 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 12/.550 25/.520 ··· 5/.000 20/.929 5/1.000 4/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 109/86 .297/.327/.455/.783 1.109/.701 .822 65/.821 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 23/.641 5/.400 6/.500 7/1.000 3/1.167 4/3.000 6/.900 2/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 151/125 .283/.391/.402/.792 .842/.782 .649 75/.701 1/1 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/131 .276/.377/.396/.773 .644/.804 .995 93/.624 18/1 3/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 23/.626 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.333 3/1.000 15/.467 2/1.500 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 122/101 .265/.311/.469/.781 .675/.797 .673 88/.884 0/1 5/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 14/1.346 11/1.345 3/.000 3/.666 13/.077 3/1.667 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/125 .278/.349/.331/.680 .624/.691 .749 72/.626 6/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/1.666 8/1.250 7/.429 3/.667 7/.714 21/1.576 3/1.167 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 203/167 .253/.360/.477/.837 .556/.900 1.070 107/1.080 0/0 10/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 4/.833 3/.333 2/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 218/176 .296/.336/.397/.733 .651/.754 .816 118/.565 6/0 2/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.044 3/1.666 6/.500 8/1.000 3/.333 5/.000 28/.625 2/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 193/167 .292/.373/.515/.888 .819/.898 .804 105/.712 1/0 8/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 3/2.000 6/.834 3/2.334 5/1.933 15/.277 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 141/118 .286/.362/.492/.854 .863/.852 .867 77/.908 0/0 5/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 5/.200 3/1.000 2/2.000 9/.888 2/1.000 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 198/171 .328/.394/.598/.992 1.361/.942 .928 103/.999 2/2 9/
IP 45.2 56.2 9.1 62.0 35.2 19.0 59.2 17.2 14.0 19.1 17.1 19.0 TOTAL .291/.363/.456/.819 .847/.813 .842 .802 40/7 50/28
ERA-K/9 5.32/6.5 4.29/5.4 3.86/11.6 2.18/6.2 4.29/6.6 2.84/8.5 5.58/6.5 1.53/6.6 5.79/9.6 1.86/11.2 1.04/10.4 6.16/6.6 4.24/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 200/.285 234/.239 42/.243 247/.246 156/.237 83/.270 259/.276 68/.169 58/.241 77/.200 62/.088 90/.313 .256  Crisp
 Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
0/33/0/3
0/0/36/3
41/0/0/3
18/22/8/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .757 .655 .688 .692 .703 .731 .788 .461 .799 .516 .305 .926 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.758 123/.742 22/.327 107/.787 76/.924 35/.952 129/.765 30/.517 27/.796 37/.751 27/.388 41/.602 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.754 111/.559 20/1.125 140/.622 80/.500 48/.571 130/.810 38/.411 31/.800 40/.286 35/.241 49/1.194 .693
Road 100/.774 94/.780 23/.517 137/.687 78/.835 50/.775 133/.667 32/.305 18/.667 37/.654 36/.355 46/.760 .726
Last 28d days 119/.824 133/.786 22/.558 131/.746 130/.655 38/.661 133/.671 40/.580 39/.901 44/.434 39/.351 51/.833
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 6/0/1 0/1/0 7/0/2 3/7/0 2/1/1 9/2/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 43/19/6
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X·o··· ··X····X ·X····X· ···oo·X· X····X·· ····X·oo ·o···o·· o···oo·X ····X·oo ·ooo····

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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