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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, June 5, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Kansas City Royals, 23-36, 5th, 9½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 3-7, 5.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-7)             70.2  75  42  42  25  54 11    5.35      
 2007 (9-13)           216   218  98  88  62 156 22    3.67      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  43.2  41  18  18  11  34  6    3.71   54 
 2008-05-30    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   6  2     107   47 
 2008-05-25   @TOR   L   6     5   2   2   2   5  0     115   57 
 2008-05-20   @BOS   L   7     5   2   2   2   8  0     119   65 
 2008-05-15    DET   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  1     109   57 
 2008-05-09    BAL   L   5     6   5   5   2   2  2      98   35 
 2008-05-04   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   0   4  0     110   73 
 2008-04-27    TOR   L   6.2   9   3   3   1   3  1     129   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-0  30    27  16  14  11  19  3    4.20   50 
 2007-09-18    CHW   W   7     4   2   1   2   5  0     108   66 
 2007-08-20   @CHW  ND   5.2   6   2   2   2   6  1     104   53 
 2007-04-23    CHW  ND   7     8   3   3   0   3  1     111   52 
 2006-09-22   @CHW  ND   4.1   6   6   5   3   4  1      92   30 
 2006-05-03   @CHW  ND   6     3   3   3   4   1  0      96   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-16   Road:   11-20   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  13-26   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @CHW  L   4-6 (15)  23-36  5th  9.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Chicago White Sox, 32-26, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 5-3, 2.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             74.2  60  25  24  19  47  3    2.89      
 2007 (10-17)          189   232 134 117  62 113 21    5.57      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  49.2  33  11  11  11  34  2    1.99   65 
 2008-05-30   @TBR  ND   7     5   1   1   3   5  0     101   65 
 2008-05-25    LAA  ND   8     3   2   2   0  10  1     107   78 
 2008-05-20    CLE   W   6     4   1   1   0   4  0      99   64 
 2008-05-14   @LAA   W   7     4   1   1   3   3  0     104   65 
 2008-05-09   @SEA   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  0      98   63 
 2008-05-04   @TOR   L   8     6   4   4   0   5  0     104   59 
 2008-04-27    BAL   W   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  1     100   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-3  32.2  33  22  16   8  21  2    4.41   49 
 2007-09-25    KCR  ND   6.1   6   5   4   1   3  1      86   45 
 2007-09-19   @KCR   W   9     5   0   0   1   6  0     100   82 
 2007-08-22    KCR   L   6     6   4   4   1   3  0     104   46 
 2007-06-29   @KCR   L   6.1   9   6   6   3   3  0     100   31 
 2006-09-01   @KCR   L   5     7   7   2   2   6  1      89   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  22-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:16-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Wed, Jun  4   KCR  W   6-4 (15)  32-26  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  4 (15)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-2), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 2-0; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 306-268

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  5.68

MIL  4.48

KCR  3.66

RA/G

TOR  3.57

NYY  4.63

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .409

F. Lewis  .273

R. Sexson  .200

OBP

C. Jones  .492

A. Gordon  .344

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .741

E. Longoria  .436

J. Bartlett  .271

OPS

L. Berkman  1.209

C. Guzman  .778

J. Bartlett  .561

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

O. Perez  4.09

N. Robertson  6.03

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

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 52.Contreras
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
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 19/.276 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.250 149/106 .258/.329/.371/.700 .895/.625 .743 52/.675 0/2 2/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 89/73 .284/.348/.321/.669 .875/.621 .780 42/.487 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 40/.697 2/1.000 7/.715 ··· 5/.600 2/1.000 8/.536 191/121 .299/.351/.414/.765 .789/.750 .722 112/.715 4/4 4/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 25/.680 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· 5/.500 ··· 2/1.000 169/121 .250/.293/.276/.569 .497/.597 .535 82/.592 14/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 7/.800 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.000 56/23 .167/.226/.188/.414 .472/.332 .232 34/.557 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 10/.311 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 133/110 .248/.288/.288/.576 .391/.616 .450 39/.442 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.962 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 250/173 .271/.344/.404/.748 .447/.884 .707 112/.709 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 24/1.027 20/.633 5/.400 4/.750 4/.250 1/.000 5/1.800 190/135 .295/.351/.376/.727 .884/.665 .627 86/.743 1/1 1/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 12/1.136 9/.222 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 234/171 .253/.282/.431/.713 .899/.645 .716 105/.906 1/0 7/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/.650 7/.286 3/.000 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 136/90 .295/.324/.558/.882 1.060/.794 1.010 79/.882 2/0 7/
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/2.167 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 166/118 .156/.176/.194/.370 .431/.345 .328 69/.353 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 33/.594 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 7/.453 1/no AB 8/1.339 231/162 .254/.338/.390/.728 .632/.770 .729 94/.729 1/1 5/
IP 74.2 27.2 25.1 25.0 22.0 24.1 21.2 TOTAL .258/.312/.364/.676 .708/.663 .658 .681 31/19 32/29
ERA-K/9 2.89/5.7 2.93/12.3 2.13/5.7 1.44/7.2 2.05/8.2 3.33/8.9 3.32/11.2 3.36/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (19-3-1)
 Olivo (6-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.220 123/.206 98/.227 97/.207 89/.232 105/.241 87/.156 .239  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gathright
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
21/0/20/3
18/21/9/3
20/0/30/2
0/46/0/2
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .570 .590 .588 .574 .577 .739 .488 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.660 40/.760 48/.638 52/.441 45/.483 43/.904 38/.596 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.479 83/.511 50/.539 45/.721 44/.674 62/.624 49/.406 .634
Home 132/.582 57/.601 49/.587 46/.638 35/.708 48/1.002 37/.486 .642
Last 28d days 134/.453 68/.433 49/.523 47/.431 33/.345 30/.441 38/.587
HR/SB/CS 3/10/1 1/8/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 37/56/10
Usage ·····X·· Xo·X··XX XX·····X X····o·X X··oo·o· o······· o··o·XX·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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
25.Tomko
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 78/64 .243/.282/.378/.660 .599/.674 .713 42/.653 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 26/.945 7/.143 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.625 1/2.000 264/201 .242/.298/.317/.614 .657/.601 .595 120/.698 9/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 13/.385 11/.764 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 213/169 .271/.347/.489/.837 .333/.969 .823 94/.869 0/2 10/
23.Dye G/S/vP 35/.614 9/1.056 12/.416 12/.417 ··· 3/.000 8/1.089 1/3.000 225/170 .282/.333/.476/.809 .690/.842 .838 109/.809 0/1 9/
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.400 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 26/.968 8/3.708 8/.661 11/.920 1/.000 3/.333 5/.650 2/.000 230/172 .202/.322/.342/.664 .699/.652 .815 102/.530 1/0 7/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 48/35 .244/.261/.267/.528 .962/.364 .556 16/.775 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 20/.411 8/1.714 6/.834 9/.111 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 209/167 .292/.340/.441/.781 .652/.814 .688 94/.739 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 7/1.171 1/no AB 238/185 .291/.399/.573/.972 .858/1.003 1.053 112/.991 4/3 15/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 114/81 .264/.295/.415/.710 .833/.657 .581 76/.904 2/1 3/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 22/.741 11/.920 8/.929 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 ··· 234/175 .203/.325/.320/.645 .657/.637 .622 92/.627 1/2 5/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 27/.885 7/.286 8/1.300 6/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 16/.837 2/.000 223/165 .206/.327/.429/.756 .878/.707 .630 88/.741 1/0 11/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 15/.805 7/1.286 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 5/1.200 12/.000 ··· 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 30/.767 0/0 3/
IP 70.2 16.0 27.1 18.2 27.1 25.1 58.0 25.0 TOTAL .248/.326/.408/.734 .705/.743 .731 .759 21/11 71/34
ERA-K/9 5.35/6.9 6.19/9.6 2.30/6.9 5.79/7.2 2.96/9.9 1.07/9.2 6.21/6.2 5.04/6.8 4.56/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (15-3-0)
 Pierzynski (41-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.273 73/.238 118/.265 77/.250 112/.216 96/.141 254/.294 116/.291 .262  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
4/36/8/2
56/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/52/1
0/29/2/0
OPS .794 .773 .702 .831 .531 .443 .824 .846 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.823 31/.267 48/.783 35/.817 48/.718 42/.460 133/.806 50/.529 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.766 42/1.182 70/.649 42/.843 64/.390 54/.430 121/.842 66/1.090 .729
Road 158/.653 46/.766 66/.777 28/.643 52/.604 52/.480 149/.853 64/.715 .767
Last 28d days 126/.758 42/.820 51/.745 35/.733 53/.498 52/.672 104/.951 44/.498
HR/SB/CS 11/3/0 2/1/0 2/2/2 5/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 9/3/0 4/3/0 63/25/10
Usage ·····X·· oX······ X···Xoo· ····X··X X··X·X·X X···X··· o····X·· Xo····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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