KCR @ DET, Thursday, April 3, 2008 Game Preview

Kansas City Royals, 2-0, 1st, Tied	SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-7) 122 122 52 50 36 106 12 3.69 2006 (1-0) 6.1 7 3 3 3 5 1 4.26 2005 (5-17) 183 233 125 118 53 114 23 5.80 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 34 30 8 7 10 31 4 1.85 57 2007-09-26 CHW L 5 7 3 3 2 6 2 93 45 2007-09-20 CHW W 8 2 0 0 0 10 0 101 88 2007-09-15 CLE L 5.1 4 2 1 5 3 1 103 52 2007-09-09 NYY ND 3.2 6 3 3 2 1 1 90 36 2007-09-03 TEX W 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 82 61 2007-08-29 DET ND 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 71 57 2007-08-24 CLE ND 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 48 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-2 21.1 28 13 13 3 14 4 5.48 45 2007-08-29 DET ND 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 71 57 2007-05-06 DET L 4 9 6 6 0 1 3 85 21 2007-04-16 DET L 0.2 3 4 4 3 1 1 49 28 2005-09-20 DET W 7 6 2 2 0 4 0 100 61 2005-09-09 DET W 5.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 67 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 2-0 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 1-0 vsLHP: 1-0 1-Run: 1-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 2-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Wed, Apr 2 @DET W 4-0 2-0 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 @DET W 5-4 (11) 1-0 1st Tied Last 10: 2-0 Last 20: 2-0 Last 30: 2-0
Detroit Tigers, 0-2, 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Bonderman (25, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (11-9) 174.1 193 105 97 48 145 23 5.01 2006 (14-8) 214 214 104 97 64 202 18 4.08 2005 (14-13) 189 199 101 96 57 145 21 4.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 38.1 49 30 29 18 24 6 6.81 40 2007-09-09 SEA L 1.1 7 6 6 2 1 0 45 15 2007-09-04 CHW L 5.1 7 3 3 2 3 2 100 43 2007-08-30 KCR W 7 6 1 1 0 3 0 87 64 2007-08-25 NYY L 5.2 8 7 7 4 0 1 105 21 2007-08-19 NYY L 6 7 4 3 5 5 1 115 44 2007-08-14 CLE ND 7 4 2 2 2 8 1 109 67 2007-08-09 TBD L 6 10 7 7 3 4 1 106 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 30 30 12 12 7 27 3 3.60 54 2007-08-30 KCR W 7 6 1 1 0 3 0 87 64 2007-04-18 KCR ND 7 3 1 1 0 6 0 86 73 2007-04-08 KCR ND 6 7 2 2 1 8 1 106 57 2006-10-01 KCR ND 4.1 7 4 4 1 2 0 68 34 2006-07-13 KCR W 5.2 7 4 4 5 8 2 108 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-2 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 0-2 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-1 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-2 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Wed, Apr 2 KCR L 0-4 0-2 4th 2.0 gb 1 Mon, Mar 31 KCR L 4-5 (11) 0-1 4th 1.0 gb Last 10: 0-2 Last 20: 0-2 Last 30: 0-2
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Apr 02, 2008 KCR 4 @DET 0 W:Brian Bannister (1-0), L: Kenny Rogers (0-1), S: none Mon, Mar 31, 2008 KCR 5 @DET 4 (11) W:Leo Nunez (1-0), L: Denny Bautista (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1) Sun, Sep 23, 2007 DET 7 KCR 2 W:Justin Verlander , L: Jorge de la Rosa , S: none Sat, Sep 22, 2007 KCR 7 @DET 4 W:Kyle Davies , L: Kenny Rogers , S: none Fri, Sep 21, 2007 DET 5 KCR 4 W:Tim Byrdak , L: Leo Nunez , S: Todd Jones Thu, Aug 30, 2007 DET 6 @KCR 1 W:Jeremy Bonderman , L: Leo Nunez , S: none Wed, Aug 29, 2007 KCR 5 DET 0 W:Ryan Braun , L: Andrew Miller , S: David Riske Tue, Aug 28, 2007 KCR 6 DET 3 W:Brian Bannister , L: Nate Robertson , S: none Sun, Jul 22, 2007 KCR 5 @DET 2 W:Brian Bannister , L: Nate Robertson , S: none Sat, Jul 21, 2007 DET 10 KCR 8 (10) W:Chad Durbin , L: Joakim Soria , S: none Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 2-0; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 257-243

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Pierre .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

G. Atkins .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

R. Ludwick .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

T. Glaus .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Kansas City Royals Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 40.Bazardo
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 21.Willis*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Buck G/S/vP 27/.583 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.393 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.944 1/.000 ··· 399/311 .222/.308/.429/.738 .739/.737 .878 / 0/1 18/8

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 6/1.500 3/.000 ··· 360/251 .292/.347/.447/.794 .981/.715 .823 / 0/0 8/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/120 .215/.265/.271/.535 .629/.508 .551 / 1/1 0/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 33/.741 ··· ··· 8/.929 7/.762 ··· 6/2.000 13/.495 6/.167 ··· 703/502 .260/.351/.372/.722 .657/.749 .685 / 10/4 7/4

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 10/.522 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 5/2.050 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 261/217 .307/.371/.342/.713 .625/.730 .851 / 9/8 0/4

3.German G/S/vP 6/1.300 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 6/.733 2/.500 6/1.000 7/1.571 1/.000 ··· 405/234 .264/.351/.376/.727 .793/.678 .620 / 11/7 4/9

7.Gload* G/S/vP 12/.334 10/.819 1/no AB 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 8/.875 1/2.000 ··· 346/294 .288/.318/.441/.759 .854/.742 .756 / 2/2 7/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· 601/446 .247/.314/.411/.725 .686/.738 .670 / 14/4 15/15

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 13/.539 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 16/.580 3/.666 4/2.667 7/1.857 3/.666 11/.920 486/333 .302/.346/.426/.772 .844/.739 .785 / 1/2 6/6

11.Guillen G/S/vP 11/1.364 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 6/.533 3/1.167 4/1.250 13/1.385 2/1.000 17/.423 659/501 .290/.353/.460/.813 1.049/.741 .838 / 5/1 23/8

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 469/367 .237/.262/.405/.667 .806/.629 .574 / 3/2 16/12

1.Pena G/S/vP 7/.286 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 5/.450 2/.000 1/3.000 536/396 .267/.284/.356/.640 .638/.640 .505 / 5/6 2/23

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 23/1.201 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 2/3.000 3/1.167 4/1.500 6/.334 ··· 608/432 .285/.353/.410/.763 .672/.799 .699 / 13/5 7/6

IP 174.1 8.2 23.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 177.2 46.1 205.1 TOTAL /// / / /0

ERA-K/9

5.01/7.5

12.46/8.3

2.28/5.7

4.74/7.0

4.26/4.8

5.19/3.6

3.02/5.7

4.76/6.0

2.33/7.4

5.17/6.4

0.00/0.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (44-12-3)
Olivo (51-25-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 753/.278 48/.429 96/.218 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 781/.283 189/.228 942/.294 Teahen
Guillen
DeJesus
Gathright
German
Gload
Callaspo
Butler 0/5/137/17
0/0/150/9
0/156/0/5
64/10/0/3
8/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
3/0/7/1
6/0/0/0

OPS .779 .989 .638 .714 .702 .751 .727 .787 .619 .846

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.788 28/1.096 48/.844 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 204/.732 101/.545 122/.356

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.769 20/.833 48/.420 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 577/.807 88/.707 820/.919

Home 376/.796 21/1.303 62/.540 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 429/.765 99/.487 491/.826

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 23/19/4 0/1/0 2/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 22/7/4 1/1/1 29/6/1 //

Usage ··X····· o······· ··o····· ··o····· ··o····· X······· ··o·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (2.00 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 41.Gobble*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 25.Tomko
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/1.043 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 19/.669 ··· 13/.231 8/1.375 10/.311 ··· 4/.250 4/2.500 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25

15.Inge G/S/vP 21/.736 3/.666 25/.849 3/.666 7/.286 ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18

19.Jones* G/S/vP 14/.629 ··· 24/1.000 6/.200 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 14/.445 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 15/.266 ··· 13/.462 5/.400 11/1.182 ··· 5/1.800 6/1.133 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· 14/1.286 3/.666 8/1.000 ··· 8/.500 24/.488 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1

8.Renteria G/S/vP 7/1.000 3/2.000 3/2.000 6/1.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 23/.579 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 18/1.055 1/.000 22/1.005 5/.650 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 15/.400 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 9/1.194 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.500 ··· 6/.533 20/.825 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 13/.398 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· / /// / / / /

IP 122.0 40.0 53.2 67.0 43.2 17.1 69.0 131.1 TOTAL /// / / /1

ERA-K/9

3.69/7.8

4.05/9.4

3.02/8.4

2.55/7.4

3.92/7.6

8.31/7.8

2.48/9.8

5.55/7.2

0.00/0.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.265 179/.290 233/.277 281/.218 182/.259 78/.313 270/.187 588/.284 Jones
Ordonez
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn 2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1

OPS .747 .719 .810 .664 .756 .891 .510 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.752 77/.735 127/.724 117/.542 77/.919 32/.624 106/.446 276/.817

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.741 102/.708 106/.909 164/.755 105/.643 46/1.053 164/.550 312/.801

Road 226/.721 99/.735 119/.892 133/.677 88/.860 33/.429 140/.537 330/.810

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 12/7/3 1/0/0 6/2/1 4/1/3 8/5/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 18/8/5 //

Usage o·X····· 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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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

SP: Jeremy Bonderman (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

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