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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Kansas City Royals, 54-65, 5th, 12½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 6-10, 5.54)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-10)           117   131  77  72  45  64 10    5.54      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  38.2  49  32  32   9  16  2    7.45   38 
 2008-08-06    BOS   L   5.2   7   5   5   3   2  0      92   34 
 2008-08-01    CHW   L   6    10   4   4   0   2  0      93   38 
 2008-07-26    TBR  ND   5     4   2   2   1   0  0      78   50 
 2008-07-21    DET   L   5     8   7   7   1   5  1      93   27 
 2008-07-11    SEA   W   7     5   1   1   0   4  0      92   67 
 2008-07-06   @TBR   L   4     9   7   7   1   1  1      67   16 
 2008-07-01   @BAL   L   6     6   6   6   3   2  0      98   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1  11.2  15   8   8   5   4  2    6.17   39 
 2008-08-01    CHW   L   6    10   4   4   0   2  0      93   38 
 2008-06-04   @CHW  ND   5.2   5   4   4   5   2  2     108   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  32-49   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 13-24   vsCntrl:18-24   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 12  @CHW  L   0-9       54-65  5th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Chicago White Sox, 66-52, 1st, ½ up

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 9-10, 3.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-10)           155.1 168  79  68  37  92 16    3.94      
 2007 (10-9)           201   208  86  81  45 115 22    3.63      
 2006 (12-13)          204   247 124 113  48  98 36    4.99      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  43.2  52  25  21   8  30  7    4.33   48 
 2008-08-08    BOS   W   7     4   1   1   2   8  0     110   71 
 2008-08-02   @KCR   L   4.1  14   8   8   0   1  2      85    4 
 2008-07-28   @MIN   L   5     8   5   4   1   2  2      94   34 
 2008-07-22    TEX   W   7.1   6   1   1   0   3  1      91   65 
 2008-07-18    KCR   W   7     4   4   3   2   3  1      98   56 
 2008-07-10   @KCR   L   7.1   6   2   0   0   8  0     107   70 
 2008-07-04    OAK   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   5  1     105   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-2  30    37  21  18   7  23  5    5.40   44 
 2008-08-02   @KCR   L   4.1  14   8   8   0   1  2      85    4 
 2008-07-18    KCR   W   7     4   4   3   2   3  1      98   56 
 2008-07-10   @KCR   L   7.1   6   2   0   0   8  0     107   70 
 2007-08-20    KCR  ND   5.1   6   3   3   2   4  1     101   46 
 2007-05-12    KCR  ND   6     7   4   4   3   7  1     114   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-19   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  43-38   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:34-21   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 12   KCR  W   9-0       66-52  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  0        W:Javier Vazquez (9-10), L: Brian Bannister (7-11), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 8-5; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 312-273

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  5.70

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.95

CLE  4.63

TEX  6.04

BA

C. Jones  .370

D. Mientkiewicz  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

T. Wigginton  .361

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .608

E. Hinske  .483

T. Pena  .204

OPS

C. Jones  1.066

R. Ibanez  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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 10/.956 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 251/179 .333/.359/.521/.879 1.190/.758 .985 102/.964 4/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 44/.534 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 9/.889 ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 320/233 .228/.303/.375/.679 .819/.627 .733 65/.576 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 15/1.190 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 348/249 .266/.322/.379/.701 .949/.605 .706 93/.866 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 49/.501 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.400 8/.625 4/1.750 1/.000 9/.472 412/271 .294/.355/.445/.799 .711/.846 .795 69/.614 10/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 23/.620 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 9/.873 2/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.762 342/257 .269/.317/.335/.652 .509/.700 .503 87/.621 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/.553 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 3/.000 2/.500 6/.333 496/344 .258/.352/.419/.771 .544/.874 .731 92/.907 5/2 13/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· 2/2.000 11/.614 1/.000 12/.872 2/.000 5/.000 456/336 .258/.289/.447/.736 .980/.652 .764 76/.631 2/0 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/32 .310/.326/.310/.635 .833/.557 .667 44/.635 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 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 5/.000 ··· ··· 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 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 11/9 .182/.182/.364/.545 .000/.667 .000 11/.545 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 39/.936 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.955 454/323 .252/.319/.388/.708 .651/.731 .703 76/.598 3/2 10/
IP 155.1 0.1 21.0 52.2 42.1 24.2 16.1 48.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.389/.705 .763/.681 .689 .717 63/30 88/66
ERA-K/9 3.94/5.3 0.00/0.0 2.57/7.7 3.25/12.5 1.91/4.7 2.55/4.0 6.06/6.6 2.96/10.5 3.97/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (40-8-3)
 Olivo (17-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 650/.279 1/.000 82/.194 226/.192 163/.221 98/.237 73/.297 197/.208 .257  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Maier
 Gload
 German
41/0/39/8
22/1/75/4
52/44/13/3
0/14/0/0
6/0/2/0
20/0/0/0
OPS .745 .000 .517 .619 .582 .591 .797 .596 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.754 1/.000 36/.528 68/.629 83/.595 36/.621 33/.894 95/.493 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.742 / 46/.508 158/.614 80/.568 62/.573 40/.720 102/.688 .704
Home 305/.645 1/.000 45/.472 114/.514 90/.574 59/.546 56/.733 104/.615 .687
Last 28d days 133/.776 1/.000 61/.486 39/.554 38/.411 52/.689 38/.726 44/.909
HR/SB/CS 16/3/5 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 oo·X·X·o ·XX·o··X
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
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 ··· 3/2.334 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 152/91 .243/.273/.458/.732 .871/.638 .828 13/1.308 3/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/.000 3/.000 15/.583 536/395 .267/.324/.348/.672 .714/.657 .694 108/.591 18/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 7/.143 14/.714 1/3.000 4/.833 15/.600 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 468/340 .302/.359/.571/.930 .846/.959 1.018 91/.980 3/2 28/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP 3/1.334 8/1.357 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 454/308 .241/.348/.415/.763 .676/.804 .762 80/.829 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 5/.600 9/.583 1/no AB 3/1.167 13/.763 5/.400 5/.200 5/.200 373/273 .219/.322/.366/.687 .649/.701 .835 79/.687 1/0 11/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.572 8/1.000 1/3.000 3/.666 13/.077 2/.000 7/.310 7/1.286 425/324 .288/.319/.429/.748 .767/.743 .722 93/.724 1/0 10/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.334 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 6/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.600 1/.000 3/.666 338/245 .306/.326/.466/.792 .897/.752 .784 93/.795 9/6 10/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/.666 10/1.100 1/.000 ··· 7/.429 1/5.000 3/.666 10/.300 465/340 .235/.353/.415/.768 .716/.784 .911 86/.832 3/2 17/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/1.166 11/1.205 1/.000 2/4.000 8/1.786 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/2.467 438/319 .252/.372/.515/.887 .926/.872 .802 94/.887 1/0 24/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 1/3.000 5/.400 6/.500 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 213/172 .232/.287/.361/.648 .889/.591 .647 54/.735 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 117.0 58.1 9.2 30.1 44.0 57.0 53.2 28.0 TOTAL .265/.336/.447/.783 .769/.788 .821 .796 51/23 168/85
ERA-K/9 5.54/4.9 2.62/6.8 10.24/5.6 2.67/5.0 4.70/6.5 2.84/9.5 1.51/9.7 3.86/9.0 4.62/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.282 244/.241 58/.408 132/.246 180/.255 233/.220 203/.158 114/.153 .267  Griffey
 Quentin
 Swisher
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/5/91/7
114/0/0/4
6/63/16/3
0/0/109/3
0/11/0/1
1/65/2/0
6/18/1/0
OPS .762 .659 1.217 .682 .793 .568 .475 .520 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 261/.870 98/.694 17/1.422 64/.778 82/.887 111/.746 106/.526 56/.630 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.651 146/.636 41/1.142 68/.591 98/.719 122/.406 97/.421 58/.404 .729
Road 234/.823 123/.652 42/1.186 45/.411 67/.784 104/.630 105/.536 27/.114 .761
Last 28d days 98/.759 44/1.050 9/1.681 49/.943 61/.556 50/.643 40/.479 51/.418
HR/SB/CS 10/13/3 5/2/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 10/3/1 1/3/1 4/2/1 2/5/0 118/57/18
Usage ······X· ······X· X······· ··XX···X ····X·XX ··X·X·o· ··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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