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

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

BA

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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