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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Kansas City Royals, 54-64, 4th, 12 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 7-10, 5.37)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-10)           132.1 152  85  79  42  84 16    5.37      
 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         0-4  33.2  50  32  30  16  28  5    8.02   36 
 2008-08-05    BOS   L   4     6   3   3   2   3  0      87   39 
 2008-07-30   @OAK  ND   5     8   2   2   4   7  0     111   46 
 2008-07-25    TBR   L   5.1   7   3   2   1   1  0     100   44 
 2008-07-20   @CHW  ND   3     8   5   5   1   4  1      77   26 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  22    29  23  23   8  15  6    9.41   37 
 2008-07-20   @CHW  ND   3     8   5   5   1   4  1      77   26 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  32-48   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 13-24   vsCntrl:18-23   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Sun, Aug 10   MIN  W   5-4 (12)  54-64  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   MIN  L   3-7       53-64  4th 12.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   MIN  L   1-4       53-63  4th 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   BOS  L   2-8       53-62  4th 11.5 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   BOS  L   2-8       53-61  4th 10.5 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   BOS  W   4-3       53-60  4th  9.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   CHW  W  14-3       52-60  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   CHW  W   9-7       51-60  4th 11.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1   CHW  L   2-4       50-60  4th 12.0 gb
109 Wed, Jul 30  @OAK  W   4-3 (10)  50-59  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Chicago White Sox, 65-52, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 8-10, 4.74)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-10)           148   159  80  78  44 141 21    4.74      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  46    52  30  30  15  44  8    5.87   47 
 2008-08-07    DET   L   7     8   5   5   4   8  2     122   45 
 2008-08-01   @KCR   W   6     5   2   2   2   3  0      98   55 
 2008-07-27   @DET   L   7    11   6   6   2   3  2     106   32 
 2008-07-21    TEX   L   7     4   3   3   2  10  1     113   65 
 2008-07-09   @KCR  ND   5.2  11   6   6   1   3  1      87   25 
 2008-07-03    OAK   L   9     4   3   3   1  10  2     121   76 
 2008-06-28    CHC  ND   4.1   9   5   5   3   7  0     105   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-1  31.2  33  16  15   8  25  3    4.26   51 
 2008-08-01   @KCR   W   6     5   2   2   2   3  0      98   55 
 2008-07-09   @KCR  ND   5.2  11   6   6   1   3  1      87   25 
 2007-09-17   @KCR   W   8     5   2   2   0  13  1     109   77 
 2007-08-21    KCR   W   6     5   2   1   2   3  0     102   57 
 2007-05-13    KCR   L   6     7   4   4   3   3  1     108   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-19   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  42-38   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:33-21   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 11   BOS  L   1-5       65-52  2nd  0.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   BOS  W   6-5       65-51  1st  0.5 up
116 Sat, Aug  9   BOS  L   2-6       64-51  2nd  0.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   BOS  W   5-3       64-50  1st  0.5 up
114 Thu, Aug  7   DET  L   3-8       63-50  1st  0.5 up
113 Wed, Aug  6   DET  W   5-1       63-49  1st  1.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  5   DET  W  10-8 (14)  62-49  1st  1.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  3  @KCR  L   3-14      61-49  2nd  0.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @KCR  L   7-9       61-48  1st  0.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  1  @KCR  W   4-2       61-47  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 KCR 14  CHW  3        W:Zack Greinke (9-7), L: Clayton Richard (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 KCR  9  CHW  7        W:Kyle Davies (5-2), L: Mark Buehrle (8-10), S: Joakim Soria (31)
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 CHW  4 @KCR  2        W:Javier Vazquez (8-9), L: Luke Hochevar (6-9), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 KCR  8 @CHW  7        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (4-2), S: Joakim Soria (26)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 7-5; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 311-273

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  5.61

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.74

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .370

C. Utley  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

M. Aviles  .360

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

S. Drew  .481

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

J. Willingham  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
41.Broadway
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
49.Ramirez*
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 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 247/175 .335/.360/.521/.882 1.190/.758 .995 98/.972 4/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 18/.904 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 9/.889 ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 317/230 .230/.306/.379/.685 .819/.636 .750 62/.606 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.697 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 344/245 .270/.326/.384/.710 .949/.615 .723 89/.907 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 27/.509 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.400 8/.625 4/1.750 1/.000 9/.472 408/267 .297/.358/.450/.808 .711/.859 .813 65/.654 10/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 11/.989 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 7/.800 ··· ··· 5/.600 151/80 .219/.270/.299/.570 .499/.630 .442 60/.670 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 20/1.100 2/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.762 339/254 .268/.317/.335/.652 .509/.701 .499 84/.619 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 18/.866 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 6/.333 492/340 .258/.352/.416/.768 .544/.872 .725 88/.899 5/2 13/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 27/.870 ··· 2/2.000 11/.614 1/.000 12/.872 1/.000 5/.000 452/332 .258/.290/.449/.739 .980/.654 .769 72/.639 2/0 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/32 .310/.326/.310/.635 .833/.557 .667 44/.635 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.250 ··· 7/.143 9/.222 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/2.500 238/163 .264/.294/.485/.779 1.088/.640 .880 32/.861 3/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 199/140 .157/.178/.204/.382 .573/.304 .338 10/.400 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/6 .250/.250/.500/.750 .000/1.000 8/.750 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 24/.728 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.955 450/319 .252/.318/.389/.707 .651/.730 .701 72/.586 3/2 10/
IP 148.0 0.1 21.0 52.2 42.1 24.2 15.1 48.2 TOTAL .263/.317/.390/.707 .763/.684 .694 .729 63/30 88/65
ERA-K/9 4.74/8.6 0.00/0.0 2.57/7.7 3.25/12.5 1.91/4.7 2.55/4.0 6.46/6.5 2.96/10.5 4.01/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (39-8-3)
 Olivo (17-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 641/.273 1/.000 82/.194 226/.192 163/.221 98/.237 70/.311 197/.208 .258  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Maier
 Gload
 German
40/0/39/8
22/1/74/4
52/43/13/3
0/14/0/0
6/0/2/0
20/0/0/0
OPS .791 .000 .517 .619 .582 .591 .834 .596 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 313/.828 1/.000 36/.528 68/.629 83/.595 36/.621 32/.925 95/.493 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.756 / 46/.508 158/.614 80/.568 62/.573 38/.761 102/.688 .706
Home 305/.735 1/.000 45/.472 114/.514 90/.574 59/.546 53/.778 104/.615 .691
Last 28d days 119/.801 1/.000 61/.486 39/.554 38/.411 52/.689 35/.796 44/.909
HR/SB/CS 21/6/2 0/0/0 0/1/2 6/14/1 1/4/0 1/3/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 111/106/26
Usage ····X··· o······· ··Xo·oX· ·o·o·oX· ·o·o·Xo· o··X··o· o·X·X·o· XX·o··X·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
63.Newman*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
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 3/2.334 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 151/91 .238/.268/.448/.716 .834/.638 .797 12/1.167 3/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 2/.000 3/.000 15/.583 532/392 .267/.325/.349/.673 .720/.657 .697 104/.595 18/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 14/.517 14/.714 ··· 4/.833 15/.600 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 464/337 .300/.358/.562/.920 .827/.952 .998 87/.928 3/2 27/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.357 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 451/305 .243/.350/.418/.768 .676/.812 .773 77/.864 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 98/58 .278/.330/.344/.674 .964/.472 .500 15/.481 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 18/.545 9/.583 ··· 3/1.167 13/.763 5/.400 5/.200 5/.200 369/270 .220/.322/.368/.690 .652/.705 .844 75/.703 1/0 11/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 11/1.273 8/1.000 ··· 3/.666 13/.077 2/.000 7/.310 7/1.286 421/321 .286/.317/.418/.736 .744/.733 .696 89/.662 1/0 9/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/2.400 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.500 7/.429 2/1.000 3/.333 495/367 .284/.382/.565/.947 .858/.977 .983 100/1.131 5/3 32/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.600 1/.000 3/.666 335/242 .308/.326/.469/.795 .897/.756 .789 90/.805 8/6 10/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 12/1.472 10/1.100 ··· ··· 7/.429 1/5.000 3/.666 10/.300 461/337 .234/.354/.409/.763 .723/.775 .903 82/.805 3/2 16/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 15/1.616 11/1.205 ··· 2/4.000 8/1.786 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/2.467 434/316 .255/.376/.521/.896 .934/.881 .817 90/.930 1/0 24/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 11/1.445 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.500 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 210/170 .230/.286/.356/.642 .831/.598 .636 51/.718 1/1 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 67/59 .290/.318/.484/.802 .250/.882 .599 24/.490 6/0 2/
IP 132.1 58.1 8.2 30.1 44.0 57.0 53.2 28.0 TOTAL .265/.336/.445/.782 .762/.788 .818 .788 50/23 165/85
ERA-K/9 5.37/5.7 2.62/6.8 9.35/6.2 2.67/5.0 4.70/6.5 2.84/9.5 1.51/9.7 3.86/9.0 4.61/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (30-7-1)
 Pierzynski (76-19-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.289 244/.241 49/.366 132/.246 180/.255 233/.220 203/.158 114/.153 .267  Griffey
 Quentin
 Swisher
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/4/91/7
114/0/0/4
5/63/16/3
0/0/108/3
0/11/0/1
1/64/2/0
6/18/1/0
OPS .783 .659 1.128 .682 .793 .568 .475 .520 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 290/.812 98/.694 14/1.349 64/.778 82/.887 111/.746 106/.526 56/.630 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.756 146/.636 35/1.054 68/.591 98/.719 122/.406 97/.421 58/.404 .727
Road 237/.901 123/.652 33/1.040 45/.411 67/.784 104/.630 105/.536 27/.114 .757
Last 28d days 93/.898 44/1.050 / 49/.943 61/.556 50/.643 40/.479 51/.418
HR/SB/CS 16/3/3 5/2/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 10/3/1 1/3/1 4/2/1 2/5/0 115/56/18
Usage ······X· ·····X·o ········ ·XX···X· ···X·XX· ·X·X·o·X ·X·····X ·oX···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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