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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, July 20, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Kansas City Royals, 44-54, 4th, 12 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 7-8, 5.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-8)            115   123  72  67  34  69 15    5.24      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  40.2  47  33  29  16  24  7    6.42   41 
 2008-07-09    CHW  ND   6.2   4   5   5   3   6  2     106   49 
 2008-07-04   @TBR   L   5     8   7   6   1   6  1     102   30 
 2008-06-29    STL   L   4.2   9   7   7   4   1  1     102   15 
 2008-06-23    COL   W   7     3   3   0   6   5  1     113   64 
 2008-06-18   @STL   W   7     9   2   2   0   1  0      81   52 
 2008-06-12    TEX  ND   7     6   4   4   0   4  2     127   53 
 2008-06-07   @NYY  ND   3.1   8   5   5   2   1  0      71   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      2-1  25.1  25  19  19  11  16  5    6.75   44 
 2008-07-09    CHW  ND   6.2   4   5   5   3   6  2     106   49 
 2007-09-25   @CHW  ND   0.2   4   5   5   1   1  0      44   24 
 2007-09-19    CHW   L   5     8   6   6   1   1  3      76   27 
 2007-08-22   @CHW   W   6.2   5   2   2   2   3  0     101   57 
 2007-06-29    CHW   W   6.1   4   1   1   4   5  0     100   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-24   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  27-41   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  7-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 19  @CHW  W   9-1       44-54  4th 12.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @CHW  L   5-9       43-54  4th 13.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13   SEA  L   3-4       43-53  4th 12.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12   SEA  W   5-4       43-52  4th 12.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   SEA  W   3-1       42-52  4th 12.0 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   CHW  W   4-1       41-52  4th 13.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   CHW  L   6-7       40-52  4th 14.0 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8   CHW  L   7-8 (13)  40-51  4th 13.0 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @TBR  W   7-4 (10)  40-50  4th 12.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @TBR  L   2-9       39-50  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:18-12
Chicago White Sox, 55-41, 1st, ½ up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 7-4, 2.67)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-4)            114.2 101  35  34  31  94  8    2.67      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  46    37  13  12  11  43  2    2.35   61 
 2008-07-12   @TEX   W   7.2   7   4   4   0   8  1     110   57 
 2008-07-06    OAK   W   6.1   4   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-01    CLE  ND   8     4   1   1   1   8  1      98   77 
 2008-06-26   @LAD   W   6     4   0   0   4   3  0     107   63 
 2008-06-20   @CHC  ND   6     5   1   1   0   5  0      85   63 
 2008-06-14    COL  ND   6     5   0   0   1   6  0     105   67 
 2008-06-09    MIN  ND   6     8   5   4   3   4  0      97   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-0  13.2  10   3   3   3   7  3    1.98   62 
 2008-06-04    KCR  ND   5.2   6   2   2   2   1  2      96   48 
 2007-06-30   @KCR  ND   8     4   1   1   1   6  1      96   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-14   Road:   22-27   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  35-28   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:27-13   vsWest:  9-10 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 19   KCR  L   1-9       55-41  1st  0.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18   KCR  W   9-5       55-40  1st  1.5 up
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TEX  L  11-12      54-40  1st  1.5 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TEX  W   9-7       54-39  1st  1.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TEX  L   2-7       53-39  1st  1.5 up
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @KCR  L   1-4       53-38  1st  2.5 up
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @KCR  W   7-6       53-37  1st  3.5 up
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @KCR  W   8-7 (13)  52-37  1st  2.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       51-37  1st  1.0 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5   OAK  W   6-1       50-37  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 KCR  9 @CHW  1        W:Gil Meche (7-9), L: Gavin Floyd (10-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Mark Buehrle (7-8), L: Zack Greinke (7-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 KCR  4  CHW  1        W:Ron Mahay (5-0), L: Mark Buehrle (6-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 CHW  7 @KCR  6        W:Adam Russell (3-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (0-2), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 CHW  8 @KCR  7 (13)   W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (6-3), L: Gil Meche (3-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 6-2; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 310-270

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

TEX  5.51

CLE  4.55

WSN  3.71

RA/G

OAK  3.67

CLE  4.50

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .374

A. Pierzynski  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

A. Pujols  .471

F. Catalanotto  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .642

D. DeJesus  .467

O. Vizquel  .192

OPS

A. Pujols  1.082

M. DeRosa  .818

T. Pena  .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.82

J. Sanchez  4.10

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.08 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
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· 158/117 .309/.342/.490/.832 1.026/.768 .846 95/.715 3/1 4/
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 8/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.250 263/194 .251/.319/.391/.711 .901/.644 .756 68/.807 0/3 6/
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.334 1/.000 3/.000 264/192 .256/.314/.360/.674 .958/.572 .738 58/.687 0/1 4/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.400 7/.715 1/.000 7/.715 3/.666 1/.000 9/.472 353/238 .304/.360/.467/.827 .739/.871 .836 94/.832 8/5 10/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· 6/.400 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 266/196 .252/.305/.269/.574 .538/.586 .549 52/.648 20/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 5/.500 2/.000 7/.800 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.000 95/47 .209/.250/.244/.494 .430/.556 .295 24/.766 3/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 264/208 .267/.319/.325/.644 .382/.718 .508 93/.841 3/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 4/.000 2/1.500 8/.000 3/no AB 1/no AB 5/.400 413/288 .251/.337/.406/.743 .486/.857 .684 98/.676 4/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/1.334 21/.602 5/.400 4/.750 4/.250 4/.500 1/2.000 6/2.000 322/239 .307/.357/.405/.763 .950/.700 .693 72/.793 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 12/1.417 10/.550 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 380/284 .270/.295/.462/.756 .943/.695 .764 79/.534 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/1.400 8/.250 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 206/143 .260/.291/.474/.766 .987/.672 .899 30/.714 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 190/134 .154/.176/.203/.379 .530/.318 .347 22/.490 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 10/.856 4/2.750 1/.000 10/1.056 387/280 .249/.318/.400/.718 .640/.748 .721 92/.664 2/2 10/
IP 114.2 43.1 32.1 38.0 34.0 41.1 9.2 39.0 TOTAL .262/.315/.387/.701 .726/.692 .688 .717 52/25 72/54
ERA-K/9 2.67/7.4 2.91/12.9 1.95/5.3 2.37/7.6 3.18/8.7 4.14/6.3 5.59/8.4 2.31/11.1 3.64/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (35-6-3)
 Olivo (10-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 465/.234 190/.204 125/.246 146/.207 141/.250 185/.298 45/.325 155/.183 .250  Guillen
 Gathright
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Gload
 German
35/0/30/6
0/77/0/5
20/0/60/4
45/35/12/3
1/0/2/0
11/0/0/0
OPS .628 .621 .635 .597 .687 .814 .850 .513 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.640 57/.637 62/.622 67/.573 77/.615 68/.866 22/.883 75/.434 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.623 133/.614 63/.647 79/.617 64/.775 117/.786 23/.820 80/.586 .680
Home 239/.669 93/.528 68/.668 82/.594 64/.690 99/1.078 28/.757 77/.518 .676
Last 28d days 107/.563 37/.398 16/.779 35/.698 37/.839 49/1.005 30/.947 44/.622
HR/SB/CS 8/14/6 4/12/1 1/4/0 5/2/0 3/3/1 3/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 85/91/18
Usage ·······X ·X·····o ········ ········ o·····Xo oo····X· X·····X· ·o····XX
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
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 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 140/85 .227/.261/.409/.670 .684/.660 .803 29/.684 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.143 3/.666 5/.000 23/.554 2/.000 3/.000 15/.583 436/316 .268/.325/.360/.685 .729/.668 .722 99/.647 15/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.000 11/.764 4/.000 9/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 339/257 .258/.327/.474/.801 .346/.944 .901 73/.534 0/3 16/
23.Dye G/S/vP 12/.432 9/1.056 13/.385 14/.643 5/.933 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 386/275 .309/.365/.560/.925 .878/.942 1.050 97/1.045 3/2 21/
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 11/.728 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 83/48 .289/.341/.368/.710 .988/.505 .564 23/.529 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 16/.402 9/3.722 9/.583 13/.763 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 4/.250 302/221 .216/.321/.363/.684 .613/.710 .822 35/.637 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/1.556 8/1.714 7/.714 11/.091 4/.000 2/.000 6/.334 6/.666 340/257 .283/.322/.421/.743 .691/.759 .730 74/.581 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/3.334 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 403/294 .277/.377/.531/.908 .802/.946 .891 98/.838 5/3 23/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 252/176 .308/.327/.460/.787 .783/.788 .783 80/.868 7/4 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 10/1.375 12/.973 10/1.100 6/.500 7/.453 ··· 2/1.000 9/.333 386/273 .235/.353/.399/.753 .761/.748 .862 89/.794 2/2 12/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 13/1.738 8/.393 9/1.111 7/2.071 12/.349 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/2.467 353/254 .250/.374/.503/.877 .963/.840 .766 82/1.088 1/0 18/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 11/1.445 7/1.286 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 160/128 .218/.268/.347/.614 .746/.581 .534 18/.588 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 44/38 .341/.364/.585/.949 .333/1.052 .758 28/1.060 5/0 2/
IP 115.0 23.2 49.2 31.0 13.0 45.2 43.0 17.0 TOTAL .265/.337/.442/.779 .743/.792 .817 .781 42/19 130/67
ERA-K/9 5.24/5.4 7.99/7.6 1.81/7.1 5.52/7.0 1.38/4.2 2.76/9.5 1.47/9.6 4.76/7.9 4.54/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (25-5-1)
 Pierzynski (66-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.276 117/.278 203/.218 127/.269 50/.188 186/.217 163/.149 71/.167 .265  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/89/3
5/50/10/3
93/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/51/2/0
3/13/1/0
OPS .762 .898 .571 .865 .471 .539 .474 .534 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.815 51/.492 80/.621 57/.989 18/.114 86/.712 85/.542 36/.693 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.711 66/1.250 123/.539 70/.767 32/.668 100/.388 78/.402 35/.367 .723
Road 191/.888 73/.827 111/.634 67/.784 24/.598 90/.586 92/.594 27/.114 .760
Last 28d days 105/.912 32/.927 49/.339 35/.815 50/.471 39/.456 36/.486 42/.376
HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 4/2/0 2/2/2 9/2/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 4/1/1 1/5/0 101/45/15
Usage ········ ·o······ o·····o· ·X······ o······X o······· ······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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