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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 4, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Kansas City Royals, 13-16, 4th, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 1-4, 7.22)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-4)             33.2  43  27  27  15  23  6    7.22      
 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         1-4  39.2  50  29  29  17  30  6    6.58   41 
 2008-04-27    TOR   L   6.2   9   3   3   1   3  1     129   46 
 2008-04-22    CLE   L   3.1   9   8   8   1   2  2      83   11 
 2008-04-16   @LAA   W   6     6   2   2   3   2  0      99   51 
 2008-04-11    MIN   L   6     5   5   5   4   6  1     108   44 
 2008-04-05   @MIN   L   5.2   6   6   6   2   5  1      87   36 
 2008-03-31   @DET  ND   6     8   3   3   4   5  1      99   45 
 2007-09-29    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   7  0     103   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-1  24.1  38  21  21  10  19  3    7.77   36 
 2008-04-22    CLE   L   3.1   9   8   8   1   2  2      83   11 
 2007-09-29    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   7  0     103   55 
 2007-08-26    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   4  0     112   52 
 2007-07-14   @CLE   W   5     8   4   4   1   5  1     100   39 
 2006-04-12   @CLE  ND   4     7   5   5   4   1  0      79   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   9-11   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sat, May  3  @CLE  W   4-2       13-16  4th  2.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  1  @TEX  L   1-2       12-16  5th  3.0 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @TEX  L   9-11      12-15  5th  2.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @TEX  W   9-5       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   TOR  L   2-5       11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   TOR  W   2-1       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   TOR  W   8-4       10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   CLE  L   0-2        9-13  5th  3.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24   CLE  L   6-9        9-12  5th  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   CLE  L   1-15       9-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-16
Cleveland Indians, 14-16, 3rd, 1½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 0-1, 6.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              5.2   3   4   4   1   1  0    6.35      
 2007 (4-2)             49.1  54  26  25  12  25  2    4.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38    38  21  20   8  17  1    4.74   47 
 2008-04-28    NYY   L   5.2   3   4   4   1   1  0      78   47 
 2007-09-30   @KCR   W   5     4   1   1   0   2  0      58   57 
 2007-09-25   @SEA  ND   5.2   4   1   1   2   3  0      75   58 
 2007-09-16    KCR   L   6.1   8   4   4   2   3  0      83   42 
 2007-09-09   @LAA   W   5     6   2   1   2   3  0      85   50 
 2007-09-04   @MIN  ND   4     6   5   5   1   1  0      67   30 
 2007-08-30    SEA  ND   6.1   7   4   4   0   4  1      82   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-1  17.1  20   7   7   3   9  0    3.63   50 
 2007-09-30   @KCR   W   5     4   1   1   0   2  0      58   57 
 2007-09-16    KCR   L   6.1   8   4   4   2   3  0      83   42 
 2007-08-25   @KCR   W   6     8   2   2   1   4  0      93   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-10   Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  3   KCR  L   2-4       14-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  1   SEA  W   3-2 (11)  14-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 28 Wed, Apr 30   SEA  W   8-3       13-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   SEA  L   2-7       12-15  4th  3.0 gb
 26 Mon, Apr 28   NYY  L   2-5       12-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   NYY  L   0-1       12-13  2nd  2.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   NYY  W   4-3       12-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   NYY  W   6-4       11-12  2nd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @KCR  W   2-0       10-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @KCR  W   9-6        9-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 03, 2008 KCR  4 @CLE  2        W:Luke Hochevar (2-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-5), S: Joakim Soria (7)
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 CLE  2 @KCR  0        W:Cliff Lee (4-0), L: Brian Bannister (3-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 CLE  9 @KCR  6        W:Fausto Carmona (3-1), L: Brett Tomko (1-3), S: Rafael Betancourt (1)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CLE 15 @KCR  1        W:C.C. Sabathia (1-3), L: Gil Meche (1-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 CLE  4 @KCR  2        W:Aaron Laffey (4-2), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (45)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 KCR  4  CLE  3        W:Joakim Soria (2-3), L: Rafael Perez (1-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CLE  5 @KCR  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (19-7), L: Kyle Davies (7-15), S: Joe Borowski (44)
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 KCR  4 @CLE  3        W:Billy Buckner (1-1), L: Aaron Laffey (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 CLE  6  KCR  0        W:Fausto Carmona (17-8), L: Zack Greinke (6-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4        W:Joe Borowski (4-5), L: David Riske (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 3-1; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 256-249

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  6.20

TEX  4.58

SFG  3.26

RA/G

TOR  3.68

HOU  4.45

TEX  5.94

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

K. Lohse  3.79

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.71

J. Washburn  5.95

J. Garland  2.03

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.62 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 86/62 .240/.326/.373/.699 .783/.668 .747 70/.760 0/1 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP 8/.625 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 118/90 .299/.356/.374/.730 1.048/.635 .794 97/.733 0/0 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 42/36 .368/.429/.447/.876 1.667/.736 1.038 37/.884 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 7/.821 8/.268 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.225 5/.400 61/37 .358/.426/.491/.917 .810/.993 1.006 60/.933 1/1 2/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 5/1.100 1/.000 82/66 .247/.272/.286/.557 .375/.604 .496 60/.586 8/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 9/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.333 3/.000 20/7 .056/.105/.056/.161 .258/.000 .000 19/.170 1/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.258 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 82/69 .293/.346/.320/.666 .462/.706 .601 62/.621 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 5/.900 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 121/88 .291/.355/.427/.783 .480/.893 .731 99/.793 2/2 3/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/.250 88/67 .300/.356/.350/.706 .683/.713 .729 66/.640 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 118/90 .168/.203/.319/.522 .786/.442 .623 96/.542 0/0 3/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 49/33 .234/.265/.511/.776 1.442/.462 .793 45/.778 0/0 3/
1.Pena G/S/vP 8/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.750 2/.000 87/64 .157/.174/.205/.379 .364/.384 .370 72/.432 2/0 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 5/.650 122/87 .287/.369/.407/.776 .564/.864 .798 101/.726 0/1 1/
IP 5.2 12.1 6.0 12.1 14.2 19.1 1.2 12.2 TOTAL .259/.315/.360/.674 .702/.665 .693 .680 16/12 15/12
ERA-K/9 6.35/1.6 5.84/8.8 3.00/6.0 3.65/6.6 1.84/4.3 3.26/7.0 10.80/15.9 4.97/7.1 3.96/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (14-1-0)
 Olivo (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.143 55/.327 29/.250 51/.222 62/.283 84/.253 11/.250 57/.314 .262  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gathright
6/0/20/2
5/12/0/1
20/0/9/1
0/24/0/0
OPS .393 .890 .671 .669 .656 .760 .830 .837 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.282 27/.536 7/.762 23/.798 27/.679 38/.757 2/.500 24/.533 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/.490 28/1.222 22/.641 28/.566 35/.639 46/.762 9/.873 33/1.037 .716
Home 24/.393 36/.820 20/.753 28/.851 45/.705 67/.789 11/.830 28/.797 .762
Last 28d days 24/.393 42/.725 20/.753 37/.606 54/.585 71/.798 11/.830 52/.831
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/2 31/11/8
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o··· ····X··· ···o·o·· o·X·o·oX X··X·X·X ····o··· o···o···
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.59 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
46.Nunez
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
1.Blake G/S/vP 27/1.295 17/.891 2/.000 5/1.267 10/1.194 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 102/79 .209/.294/.352/.646 .317/.739 .431 84/.713 1/0 2/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/.829 6/.334 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 101/74 .198/.293/.256/.549 .385/.621 .430 81/.515 0/1 0/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 49/32 .216/.396/.270/.666 .745/.614 .862 49/.666 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 19/1.007 ··· ··· 6/.834 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 79/77 .279/.367/.471/.838 .500/.841 .772 71/.852 1/0 3/
25.Garko G/S/vP 11/1.364 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 8/.804 1/.000 8/.000 1/.000 116/91 .229/.353/.344/.697 1.031/.613 .715 95/.610 0/0 2/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 5/.400 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.000 7/.953 1/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 104/79 .260/.304/.375/.679 .782/.644 .845 84/.685 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 24/.721 29/.837 10/.300 2/.500 4/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 125/93 .215/.312/.355/.667 .665/.668 .669 104/.626 0/1 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .077/.143/.077/.220 /.154 .000 16/.220 0/0 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 26/.808 29/.601 9/.873 3/1.666 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 96/63 .352/.385/.418/.803 1.086/.639 .800 93/.785 0/0 0/
8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.667 8/.375 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 67/39 .207/.258/.276/.533 .417/.616 .596 56/.599 1/1 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 20/1.322 9/1.083 3/1.666 3/.333 10/.100 ··· 7/.572 1/5.000 109/86 .222/.287/.404/.691 .761/.671 .518 88/.783 1/0 5/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/28 .306/.375/.444/.819 .500/.970 .940 26/.945 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 23/.515 23/.761 5/1.600 5/1.000 6/1.100 1/.000 3/1.667 3/2.334 131/90 .278/.397/.454/.851 .741/.898 .984 109/.815 7/1 4/
IP 33.2 5.2 14.1 11.1 8.0 13.2 12.0 13.0 TOTAL .245/.330/.369/.699 .700/.699 .687 .703 17/5 22/15
ERA-K/9 7.22/6.1 4.76/12.6 1.88/8.2 2.38/8.0 6.75/10.1 0.66/9.9 0.00/11.2 8.31/5.5 4.54/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (11-8-0)
 Shoppach (0-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.314 26/.190 62/.259 47/.200 35/.273 53/.220 41/.077 66/.333 .268  Michaels
 Carroll
 Dellucci
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
15/0/6/3
1/0/0/0
23/0/0/0
0/28/0/0
0/3/26/0
OPS .902 .689 .674 .539 .799 .504 .203 1.021 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.796 15/.348 29/.785 19/.610 16/.741 28/.852 18/.229 32/.472 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/1.003 11/1.260 33/.579 28/.487 19/.842 25/.122 23/.182 34/1.522 .728
Road 80/.839 14/.487 46/.726 25/.351 15/.800 31/.700 28/.226 36/.893 .747
Last 28d days 101/.898 23/.792 57/.739 37/.627 35/.799 47/.460 30/.101 63/1.040
HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 26/15/3
Usage ······X· ····o·o· X···X··X ··o····o ···X··X· o···X··o o···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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