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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Kansas City Royals, 23-35, 5th, 8½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 3-5, 4.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             47    47  30  26  27  33  4    4.98      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  42.1  38  24  20  24  28  4    4.25   49 
 2008-05-29    MIN   L   5.1   9   5   5   3   3  0      90   30 
 2008-05-24   @TOR   L   6     6   5   4   4   4  1     108   42 
 2008-05-19   @BOS   L   6     5   7   4   6   2  1     114   36 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-16   Road:   11-19   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-26   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @CHW  L   5-9       23-35  5th  8.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  1   CLE  W   6-1       23-34  5th  7.5 gb
 56 Sat, May 31   CLE  W   4-2       22-34  5th  8.5 gb
 55 Fri, May 30   CLE  L   4-5       21-34  5th  9.5 gb
 54 Thu, May 29   MIN  L   1-5       21-33  5th  9.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   MIN  L   8-9 (10)  21-32  5th  8.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   MIN  L   3-4 (12)  21-31  4th  7.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @TOR  L   2-7       21-30  4th  7.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @TOR  L   1-3       21-29  4th  6.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @TOR  L   0-6       21-28  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Chicago White Sox, 31-26, 1st, 1½ up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 4-4, 2.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             63    58  20  20  18  50  4    2.86      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39.1  41  12  12  11  34  4    2.75   54 
 2008-05-29   @TBR   W   6     6   1   1   1   8  0     102   63 
 2008-05-24    LAA   L   5     5   2   2   2   4  1      99   51 
 2008-05-18   @SFG  ND   6     6   3   3   3   3  1      98   48 
 2008-05-13   @LAA  ND   6.1   7   0   0   2   5  0      99   62 
 2008-05-08    MIN   W   5     6   2   2   2   5  0      89   50 
 2008-05-03   @TOR   L   4.2   7   2   2   1   5  1     107   46 
 2008-04-26    BAL   L   6.1   4   2   2   0   4  1      92   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-0   8     4   1   1   1   6  1    1.13   75 
 2007-06-30   @KCR  ND   8     4   1   1   1   6  1      96   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-9    Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  21-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Tue, Jun  3   KCR  W   9-5       31-26  1st  1.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  1  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  30-26  1st  1.0 up
 56 Sat, May 31  @TBR  L   0-2       30-25  1st  2.0 up
 55 Fri, May 30  @TBR  L   1-2       30-24  1st  2.0 up
 54 Thu, May 29  @TBR  W   5-1       30-23  1st  2.0 up
 53 Wed, May 28  @CLE  W   6-5       29-23  1st  2.0 up
 52 Tue, May 27  @CLE  L   2-8       28-23  1st  2.0 up
 51 Mon, May 26  @CLE  W   6-3 (12)  28-22  1st  3.0 up
 50 Sun, May 25   LAA  W   3-2       27-22  1st  2.5 up
 49 Sat, May 24   LAA  L   0-2       26-22  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Gavin Floyd (6-3), L: Zack Greinke (5-3), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 CHW 10  KCR  0        W:Lance Broadway (1-1), L: Billy Buckner (1-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 1-0; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 305-268

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 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  5.76

NYY  4.45

KCR  3.66

RA/G

TOR  3.55

KCR  4.64

TEX  5.68

BA

C. Jones  .409

J. Lugo  .275

R. Sexson  .199

OBP

C. Jones  .492

H. Pence  .342

K. Greene  .259

SLG

L. Berkman  .745

K. Fukudome  .433

J. Bartlett  .275

OPS

L. Berkman  1.213

M. Young  .775

J. Bartlett  .569

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

C. Wang  4.14

J. Washburn  6.56

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.22

J. Garland  2.58

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.857 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.500 143/103 .258/.322/.375/.697 .929/.610 .740 50/.696 0/2 2/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/72 .275/.341/.313/.653 .875/.601 .733 42/.438 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.500 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 7/.619 ··· 184/119 .299/.353/.413/.766 .804/.745 .722 110/.742 4/4 4/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 167/120 .252/.294/.278/.573 .508/.597 .542 80/.600 14/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 6/.800 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 52/22 .178/.240/.200/.440 .526/.332 .269 32/.619 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 130/110 .254/.295/.295/.590 .450/.616 .473 40/.481 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 243/170 .280/.354/.417/.771 .472/.901 .748 110/.786 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 19/.669 4/.500 3/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/1.800 1/2.000 183/132 .295/.354/.380/.733 .875/.681 .630 82/.821 1/1 1/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 9/1.666 7/.143 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 227/167 .251/.278/.434/.711 .911/.640 .712 101/.968 0/0 7/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.200 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 129/86 .293/.318/.545/.863 1.013/.791 .985 72/.848 2/0 6/
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 164/117 .158/.178/.196/.374 .440/.348 .335 71/.372 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/no AB 8/1.339 ··· 225/160 .255/.338/.380/.718 .571/.781 .709 92/.693 1/1 4/
IP 63.0 25.0 23.1 24.0 19.2 24.0 20.2 6.2 TOTAL .259/.313/.365/.677 .711/.664 .660 .701 30/19 30/28
ERA-K/9 2.86/7.1 3.24/13.3 1.54/5.4 1.50/6.8 2.29/8.7 3.38/8.6 3.48/11.3 14.85/6.7 3.39/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (19-2-1)
 Olivo (6-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 262/.241 112/.221 90/.210 92/.195 82/.253 104/.244 84/.162 40/.424 .240  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gathright
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
20/0/20/3
18/20/8/3
20/0/29/2
0/45/0/1
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .623 .611 .566 .561 .629 .746 .507 1.015 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.591 36/.830 45/.589 50/.459 41/.532 43/.904 36/.633 11/1.055 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.633 76/.511 45/.543 42/.677 41/.727 61/.636 48/.415 29/.997 .633
Home 111/.681 46/.653 41/.539 41/.617 28/.893 47/1.026 34/.531 8/1.417 .643
Last 28d days 123/.717 62/.447 41/.463 42/.387 29/.395 33/.651 35/.641 33/1.036
HR/SB/CS 4/8/3 1/7/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/4/0 35/55/10
Usage ·····X·· o·X··XX· X·····X· ····o·X· ··oo·o·· ········ ··o·XX·· ·······X
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.64 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
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
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 76/62 .236/.276/.361/.637 .599/.646 .657 41/.595 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 257/195 .240/.298/.318/.616 .633/.609 .597 116/.688 9/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 11/.764 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 208/164 .265/.337/.465/.801 .333/.927 .738 92/.759 0/2 9/
23.Dye G/S/vP 1/no AB 9/1.056 12/.416 12/.417 ··· 2/.000 ··· 219/164 .285/.338/.480/.818 .690/.855 .865 107/.845 0/1 9/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 11/.728 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 44/25 .372/.386/.442/.828 1.082/.640 .750 23/1.024 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/.500 7/3.457 7/.762 11/.920 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 223/167 .202/.318/.330/.648 .622/.656 .785 99/.511 1/0 6/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 47/34 .250/.267/.273/.539 .962/.375 .588 16/.904 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 1/.000 8/1.714 5/1.000 9/.111 ··· 4/.500 ··· 202/161 .298/.347/.452/.799 .668/.833 .724 91/.821 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 231/180 .295/.403/.585/.988 .865/1.022 1.098 109/.986 4/2 15/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/75 .275/.292/.431/.724 .833/.674 .599 72/.912 2/1 3/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 11/.920 8/.929 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 230/171 .202/.326/.321/.647 .657/.641 .627 92/.650 1/2 5/
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 7/1.571 6/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 217/160 .208/.332/.421/.753 .894/.695 .612 85/.729 1/0 10/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.286 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 34/.668 0/0 3/
IP 47.0 16.0 26.0 18.2 25.1 23.1 23.0 TOTAL .249/.327/.407/.734 .698/.744 .729 .756 21/10 68/34
ERA-K/9 4.98/6.3 5.06/9.6 2.42/7.3 5.79/7.2 3.20/10.7 1.16/10.0 5.48/6.7 4.58/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (15-3-0)
 Pierzynski (40-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.261 71/.226 113/.268 77/.250 106/.229 89/.127 108/.295 .264  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
4/35/8/2
55/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/51/1
0/28/2/0
OPS .756 .697 .716 .831 .562 .406 .864 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.946 31/.267 46/.822 35/.817 46/.751 41/.472 48/.552 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.577 40/1.056 67/.648 42/.843 60/.417 48/.351 60/1.118 .724
Road 105/.842 44/.641 61/.812 28/.643 46/.687 45/.410 56/.726 .767
Last 28d days 135/.766 40/.689 46/.786 38/.672 47/.565 45/.631 42/.625
HR/SB/CS 4/8/1 1/1/0 2/2/2 5/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 60/25/9
Usage ·····X·· X······X ···Xoo·X ···X··X· ··X·X·X· ···X···X o····X··

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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