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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @Comerica Park

Kansas City Royals, 56-78, 5th, 20 GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Duckworth (32, RHP, 1-0, 5.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              5     7   3   3   4   0  0    5.40      
 2007 (3-5)             46.2  51  30  24  23  21  3    4.63      
 2006 (1-5)             45.2  62  36  31  24  27  3    6.11      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  36.1  44  23  17  18  17  1    4.21   43 
 2008-08-24    DET   W   5     7   3   3   4   0  0      88   37 
 2007-09-01   @MIN   L   4.1   8   6   5   2   2  0      70   25 
 2007-04-13   @BAL   L   5     9   4   2   4   4  0      96   37 
 2007-04-08    DET  ND   6.1   4   0   0   1   2  0      90   66 
 2006-07-23    LAA   L   5     5   3   3   4   1  0      86   42 
 2006-07-18   @BOS   L   6     5   1   1   1   5  0     106   62 
 2006-07-13   @DET   L   4.2   6   6   3   2   3  1      99   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-1  22    24  13   7   7  11  1    2.86   48 
 2008-08-24    DET   W   5     7   3   3   4   0  0      88   37 
 2007-04-08    DET  ND   6.1   4   0   0   1   2  0      90   66 
 2006-07-13   @DET   L   4.2   6   6   3   2   3  1      99   35 
 2002-06-09   @DET   W   6     7   4   1   0   6  0     102   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-39   Road:   27-39   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  32-58   vsLHP:  24-20   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 14-26   vsCntrl:19-32   vsWest: 10-15 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Aug 29  @DET  L   3-6       56-78  5th 20.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   TEX  L   2-3       56-77  5th 20.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   TEX  L   1-2       56-76  5th 20.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   TEX  L   4-9       56-75  5th 19.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   DET  W   7-3       56-74  5th 18.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   DET  L   0-4       55-74  5th 19.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   DET  L   3-4       55-73  5th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21  @CLE  L   3-10      55-72  5th 18.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @CLE  L   5-8       55-71  5th 17.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @CLE  L   4-9       55-70  5th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30:10-20
Detroit Tigers, 65-69, 4th, 11 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 9-11, 5.09)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-11)           161   188  99  91  67  76 17    5.09      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  40.1  48  31  29  20  31  5    6.47   41 
 2008-08-24   @KCR   L   6     8   7   6   4   4  1     107   30 
 2008-08-18   @TEX   W   6     8   3   3   4   7  0     106   47 
 2008-08-13    TOR   L   6.1   7   4   4   3   2  1      95   42 
 2008-08-08    OAK   L   7     6   4   3   3   5  1     111   53 
 2008-08-02   @TBR   L   3.1   6   7   7   4   8  0     109   24 
 2008-07-28   @CLE   L   5.2   9   5   5   1   1  2      98   31 
 2008-07-22   @KCR   W   6     4   1   1   1   4  0      79   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-4  28    36  22  19  11  19  2    6.11   41 
 2008-08-24   @KCR   L   6     8   7   6   4   4  1     107   30 
 2008-07-22   @KCR   W   6     4   1   1   1   4  0      79   63 
 2008-05-15   @KCR   L   4    11   7   7   3   1  1      92   10 
 2008-04-02    KCR   L   6     5   2   2   1   4  0      87   57 
 2007-09-22    KCR   L   6     8   5   3   2   6  0      90   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-31   Road:   31-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  42-53   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:24-34   vsWest: 16-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Aug 29   KCR  W   6-3       65-69  4th 11.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CLE  L   7-9       64-69  4th 12.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CLE  L   4-10      64-68  4th 12.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   CLE  L   3-4 (10)  64-67  3rd 11.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @KCR  L   3-7       64-66  3rd 10.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @KCR  W   4-0       64-65  3rd 10.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @KCR  W   4-3       63-65  3rd 11.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @TEX  L   1-9       62-65  3rd 11.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @TEX  W  11-3       62-64  3rd 10.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @TEX  W   8-7       61-64  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 DET  6  KCR  3        W:Zach Miner (8-4), L: Kyle Davies (5-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 KCR  7  DET  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-0), L: Kenny Rogers (9-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 DET  4 @KCR  0        W:Zach Miner (7-4), L: Kyle Davies (5-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 DET  4 @KCR  3        W:Justin Verlander (10-13), L: Brian Bannister (7-13), S: Fernando Rodney (6)
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 DET  7 @KCR  1        W:Armando Galarraga (8-4), L: Zack Greinke (7-7), S: none
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 DET  7 @KCR  1        W:Kenny Rogers (8-6), L: Kyle Davies (3-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 DET 19 @KCR  4        W:Zach Miner (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (6-8), S: none
Thu, May 15, 2008 KCR  8  DET  4        W:Gil Meche (3-5), L: Kenny Rogers (3-4), S: none
Wed, May 14, 2008 KCR  2  DET  0        W:Luke Hochevar (3-2), L: Justin Verlander (1-7), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Tue, May 13, 2008 KCR  3  DET  2        W:Leo Nunez (3-0), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 7-6; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 262-249

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

TEX  5.51

ARI  4.63

WSN  3.79

RA/G

TOR  3.87

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.98

BA

C. Jones  .358

J. Bay  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .464

K. Fukudome  .366

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .632

R. Howard  .482

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.096

H. Matsui  .835

T. Pena  .393

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

O. Perez  3.90

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

V. Padilla  6.37

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 1/2.000 318/222 .329/.355/.487/.842 1.060/.750 .917 108/.793 5/2 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 23/.478 5/1.000 3/.000 2/4.500 3/.666 9/1.158 2/.000 362/261 .222/.296/.367/.663 .786/.616 .682 67/.401 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 18/1.100 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 3/.000 403/286 .269/.320/.376/.696 .917/.609 .672 93/.701 0/1 7/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 134/106 .289/.353/.331/.684 .926/.619 .778 25/.708 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 25/.430 3/.667 11/1.182 2/1.000 ··· 11/.472 7/.143 470/310 .292/.351/.428/.779 .675/.834 .782 71/.569 10/7 10/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 12/.900 3/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 292/219 .245/.299/.264/.564 .560/.565 .555 17/.464 21/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 27/.794 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/1.350 2/.000 192/104 .240/.296/.333/.630 .576/.673 .574 69/.681 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 10/.800 5/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 391/294 .271/.315/.343/.658 .554/.693 .525 82/.685 3/4 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 26/1.196 8/.750 10/1.000 5/.000 7/.762 1/.000 2/1.000 517/377 .247/.282/.421/.704 .964/.612 .707 101/.597 2/1 17/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 261/174 .264/.291/.472/.763 .932/.681 .859 40/.914 5/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 209/144 .164/.184/.209/.393 .582/.310 .359 14/.714 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 19/15 .211/.211/.316/.526 .500/.533 .364 19/.526 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 20/.800 5/.933 1/2.000 3/.000 3/2.000 6/.500 8/.250 514/361 .244/.309/.379/.688 .672/.695 .703 101/.659 3/3 11/
IP 161.0 55.2 30.1 40.0 63.0 30.1 45.1 TOTAL .261/.314/.383/.698 .754/.674 .683 .684 68/34 92/83
ERA-K/9 5.09/4.2 3.88/8.7 5.34/6.8 5.85/5.8 3.86/6.0 4.75/11.0 3.18/8.5 4.57/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (49-8-3)
 Olivo (18-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 722/.299 236/.283 132/.286 184/.294 277/.285 133/.191 192/.263 .270  Guillen
 Gathright
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Callaspo
 German
 Smith
 Gload
45/0/49/9
0/86/0/5
24/1/82/4
60/52/15/3
3/0/0/0
25/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/2/0
OPS .840 .872 .818 .850 .810 .671 .714 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.797 112/.962 59/.657 82/.855 99/.890 63/.688 99/.761 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 524/.856 124/.796 73/.951 102/.846 178/.765 70/.652 93/.665 .773
Home 296/.816 126/.842 62/.717 109/.891 143/.732 52/.405 103/.750 .768
Last 28d days 137/.860 51/.964 45/.835 24/.900 75/1.088 53/.580 41/.840
HR/SB/CS 17/1/2 14/6/7 3/0/1 5/0/0 9/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 140/54/28
Usage ·····X·· o·o·X·o· ···Xo··· o·X·X··X ···X·o·· X···o··X o·o···o·
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Duckworth
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
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
40.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· 4/.750 6/1.166 2/.500 ··· 6/.833 24/.619 569/432 .287/.346/.515/.861 .894/.850 .864 109/.876 1/0 28/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 7/1.771 4/.500 1/.000 7/.429 6/.000 4/.833 501/382 .299/.380/.503/.883 .743/.928 .872 118/.945 9/4 16/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 11/.864 ··· 12/.606 12/1.250 3/1.667 4/.250 5/1.350 4/1.750 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .887 68/.855 9/3 10/
15.Inge G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 9/.222 9/.000 1/.000 8/.714 2/.000 3/.333 313/243 .220/.317/.399/.716 .733/.710 .831 95/.580 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 207/187 .267/.329/.556/.885 .775/.894 .918 61/.713 0/0 12/
3.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/62 .246/.317/.386/.703 2.000/.681 .739 8/.500 2/0 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 13/1.000 15/.733 2/.000 6/1.467 2/2.000 3/1.334 508/387 .310/.370/.476/.846 .859/.842 .992 108/.731 1/5 16/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 13/.770 ··· 9/.889 8/1.750 1/.000 10/.600 3/.000 9/1.492 532/384 .311/.356/.424/.780 .861/.749 .715 101/.901 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 157/84 .250/.308/.403/.710 .780/.647 .754 42/.635 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 5/1.400 3/.666 3/.666 4/.500 2/1.000 27/.773 481/362 .266/.317/.368/.686 .901/.618 .836 87/.905 4/3 9/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/84 .329/.450/.463/.913 .874/.922 .946 29/.699 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/31 .108/.132/.162/.294 .125/.333 .368 17/.192 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 20/.867 ··· 5/.200 9/.944 3/1.167 6/.533 3/.333 11/1.727 387/293 .226/.323/.383/.706 .709/.705 .675 100/.726 7/1 13/
33.Thames G/S/vP 7/1.314 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 3/1.666 284/170 .243/.296/.532/.828 .857/.809 .901 40/.600 0/3 22/
IP 5.0 11.0 37.0 50.0 61.1 56.0 36.0 35.0 TOTAL .274/.342/.441/.783 .807/.775 .837 .776 51/25 158/97
ERA-K/9 5.40/0.0 9.00/7.4 3.16/4.6 5.76/6.5 2.93/9.0 1.93/9.3 3.75/9.8 4.63/7.5 4.69/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (19-9-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.350 56/.333 164/.261 211/.266 257/.233 219/.179 148/.160 157/.277 .270  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/110/6
0/112/0/4
2/11/0/2
59/0/7/2
25/5/19/2
41/0/20/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .858 .932 .720 .866 .615 .536 .542 .790 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/1.100 30/.933 77/.803 93/.928 122/.804 113/.546 70/.626 71/.716 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.778 26/.930 87/.647 118/.821 135/.448 106/.525 78/.460 86/.852 .746
Road / 31/.715 68/.582 88/.904 112/.694 117/.644 52/.329 105/.736 .781
Last 28d days 24/.858 24/.920 57/.944 54/.896 49/.873 35/.921 58/.464 37/.540
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 15/3/1 2/3/1 5/2/1 3/6/0 3/1/2 142/67/19
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· o··o··o· ····X·X· ··oX·X·· ·····X·· o···X·X· X·X··X·o

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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