BAL @ KCR, Friday, May 9, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 17-18, 4th, 5 GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Steve Trachsel (37, RHP, 1-4, 7.43) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 26.2 33 24 22 19 13 6 7.43 2007 (7-11) 158 176 89 86 76 56 19 4.90 2006 (15-8) 164.2 185 94 91 78 79 23 4.97 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-5 31 38 29 27 21 17 7 7.84 37 2008-05-04 @LAA L 3 7 6 6 2 2 3 66 21 2008-04-26 @CHW ND 3 5 5 4 5 2 1 85 28 2008-04-20 NYY L 6.1 7 3 3 3 5 0 92 49 2008-04-15 TOR L 2.1 5 5 5 3 1 1 64 25 2008-04-10 @TEX L 6.1 5 3 2 4 2 0 100 51 2008-04-04 SEA W 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 1 83 52 2007-09-27 @FLA L 4.1 5 5 5 2 4 1 77 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 34 33 12 10 8 10 1 2.65 54 2007-05-28 @KCR W 9 5 1 1 3 0 0 104 70 2007-04-12 KCR ND 7 3 1 1 1 1 0 86 67 2000-08-22 KCR ND 6 8 3 1 2 2 0 96 48 2000-08-09 @KCR L 5 8 5 5 2 4 1 83 33 2000-07-30 @KCR ND 7 9 2 2 0 3 0 96 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-6 Road: 7-12 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 14-13 vsLHP: 3-5 1-Run: 8-5 vsEast: 6-7 vsCntrl: 3-3 vsWest: 8-8 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Thu, May 8 @KCR W 4-1 17-18 4th 5.0 gb 35 Wed, May 7 @OAK L 5-6 (10) 16-18 5th 5.0 gb 34 Tue, May 6 @OAK L 2-4 16-17 4th 5.0 gb 33 Mon, May 5 @OAK L 1-2 (10) 16-16 4th 4.0 gb 32 Sun, May 4 @LAA L 5-6 16-15 2nd 3.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @LAA L 1-3 16-14 2nd 2.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @LAA W 4-3 16-13 2nd 1.0 gb 29 Thu, May 1 TBR L 2-4 15-13 3rd 1.0 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 TBR L 1-8 15-12 2nd 1.0 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 TBR W 7-4 15-11 1st Tied Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-11 Last 30:12-17
Kansas City Royals, 15-19, 4th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 2-4, 5.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 40.2 47 27 27 15 27 6 5.98 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 2-4 40.2 47 27 27 15 27 6 5.98 44 2008-05-04 @CLE W 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 110 73 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 0-3 33.1 28 9 9 11 31 3 2.43 61 2007-09-24 @BAL L 8 7 3 3 1 5 1 124 60 2007-05-30 BAL L 7.1 4 1 1 4 5 0 112 67 2007-04-12 @BAL ND 6 7 0 0 1 5 0 91 62 2006-07-31 @BAL ND 5 6 3 3 3 6 2 96 46 2006-05-25 BAL L 7 4 2 2 2 10 0 115 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-10 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 10-14 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 3-3 vsEast: 4-3 vsCntrl: 7-7 vsWest: 4-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Thu, May 8 BAL L 1-4 15-19 4th 2.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 LAA W 9-4 15-18 4th 2.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 LAA L 3-5 14-18 4th 2.5 gb 31 Mon, May 5 LAA L 0-4 14-17 3rd 2.5 gb 30 Sun, May 4 @CLE W 2-0 14-16 3rd 2.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 08, 2008 BAL 4 @KCR 1 W:Daniel Cabrera (3-1), L: Luke Hochevar (2-2), S: none Mon, Sep 24, 2007 BAL 3 KCR 2 W:Jamie Walker (3-2), L: Gil Meche (9-13), S: Chad Bradford (2) Wed, May 30, 2007 BAL 3 @KCR 0 W:Erik Bedard (4-3), L: Gil Meche (3-4), S: Chris Ray (12) Tue, May 29, 2007 BAL 6 @KCR 2 W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-1), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-5), S: none Mon, May 28, 2007 BAL 9 @KCR 1 W:Steve Trachsel (4-3), L: Scott Elarton (1-1), S: none Sat, Apr 14, 2007 BAL 6 KCR 4 W:Scott Williamson (1-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-1), S: Chris Ray (3) Fri, Apr 13, 2007 BAL 8 KCR 1 W:Erik Bedard (2-1), L: Brandon Duckworth (0-1), S: none Thu, Apr 12, 2007 BAL 2 KCR 1 (10) W:Chris Ray (1-1), L: Jason Standridge (0-1), S: none Thu, Jul 27, 2006 BAL 6 @KCR 4 W:Rodrigo Lopez (7-11), L: Brandon Duckworth (1-5), S: Chris Ray (26) Wed, Jul 26, 2006 BAL 4 @KCR 3 W:Adam Loewen (1-2), L: Runelvys Hernandez (2-5), S: Chris Ray (25) Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 1-0; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; 2006 - BAL won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 234-175

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

ARI 5.74

TEX 4.53

SDP 3.34

RA/G

OAK 3.58

CHC 4.44

PIT 5.65

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

R. Dempster 6.07

J. Garland 2.03

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.41 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/

2.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/63 .243/.304/.257/.561 .463/.589 .498 61/.533 2/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 29/.747 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 111/94 .204/.234/.359/.593 .728/.569 .584 80/.663 0/0 3/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 18/.334 16/.938 6/.334 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/104 .266/.338/.445/.783 .605/.853 .745 104/.717 2/0 5/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 129/105 .233/.279/.367/.646 .784/.614 .555 97/.634 3/1 2/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 13/.648 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 151/110 .272/.397/.472/.869 .631/.961 .945 112/.875 6/2 7/

15.Millar G/S/vP 22/.139 10/.956 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 147/109 .217/.306/.333/.639 .797/.585 .456 109/.606 0/1 4/

6.Mora G/S/vP 30/.895 3/.667 6/2.067 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 153/119 .252/.305/.403/.708 .851/.669 .812 119/.682 2/3 4/

16.Payton G/S/vP 15/.553 5/.400 5/1.400 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/48 .235/.268/.338/.606 .792/.504 .647 57/.570 3/0 2/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/23 .192/.323/.346/.669 1.089/.515 .782 26/.727 0/0 1/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 35/1.167 7/.715 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 158/116 .254/.342/.406/.748 .763/.742 .710 120/.700 10/4 3/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 116/96 .277/.362/.406/.768 .538/.812 .642 87/.635 1/1 1/

IP 40.2 6.2 15.2 13.1 10.1 15.0 13.1 14.0 TOTAL .244/.316/.383/.699 .728/.691 .676 .675 29/12 33/23

ERA-K/9

5.98/6.0

5.40/13.4

1.72/8.0

2.03/7.4

6.97/9.6

1.20/10.2

0.00/10.2

8.36/6.4

4.36/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (24-9-1)
Quiroz (8-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.292 31/.231 67/.254 53/.174 44/.262 59/.232 48/.091 72/.349 .263 Markakis
Jones
Scott
Payton 0/0/35/4
0/34/0/1
25/0/0/1
20/3/1/1

OPS .820 .707 .669 .472 .867 .557 .263 1.065 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.711 18/.402 29/.785 23/.499 21/.812 31/.902 21/.248 34/.610 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.931 13/1.205 38/.584 30/.450 23/.913 28/.181 27/.274 38/1.461 .712

Home 75/.969 17/.878 21/.549 25/.652 29/.903 28/.401 17/.369 36/1.211 .735

Last 28d days 126/.783 25/.900 48/.720 37/.536 44/.867 51/.545 31/.233 66/1.079

HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 32/15/4

Usage ····X··· ··Xo···· ··X··X·· o···o··o oo·o···· ···X·o·· X···oo·· ·X······

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Trachsel
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 31.McCrory
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Buck G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.933 100/73 .247/.340/.365/.705 .884/.643 .607 70/.751 0/1 2/

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 138/107 .272/.333/.352/.685 .938/.615 .590 101/.586 0/0 1/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/43 .318/.400/.386/.786 1.429/.673 .658 40/.694 0/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 7/.286 83/55 .297/.361/.432/.794 .692/.850 .702 82/.804 1/2 3/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 87/70 .244/.267/.280/.548 .353/.598 .627 48/.624 8/2 0/

3.German G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 22/9 .053/.143/.053/.195 .258/.111 .298 17/.192 1/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 97/82 .278/.323/.311/.634 .400/.679 .674 61/.576 1/2 0/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 142/106 .279/.345/.434/.779 .438/.893 .885 104/.758 2/2 4/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 44/.969 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 108/84 .290/.336/.350/.686 .590/.712 .686 77/.591 1/1 0/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 24/.855 ··· 10/.786 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 129/98 .185/.217/.339/.556 .773/.489 .472 90/.613 0/0 3/

21.Olivo G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 8/.000 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 57/37 .273/.298/.582/.880 1.245/.687 .833 52/.908 0/0 4/

1.Pena G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/74 .167/.182/.208/.390 .401/.386 .396 72/.501 2/0 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 140/100 .264/.343/.368/.711 .491/.802 .654 102/.594 0/1 1/

IP 26.2 25.1 13.0 3.2 18.0 0.2 15.2 14.1 10.2 TOTAL .252/.307/.355/.661 .656/.663 .639 .653 16/13 18/15

ERA-K/9

7.43/4.4

2.13/4.6

1.38/5.5

2.45/7.3

0.50/3.0

54.00/0.0

4.02/9.7

4.40/6.3

4.22/5.0

4.09/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.306 99/.200 54/.260 14/.091 66/.133 8/.667 71/.232 62/.173 45/.317 .238 Guillen
DeJesus
Teahen
Callaspo
Gathright 9/0/20/2
6/16/0/2
20/0/14/1
2/0/0/0
0/25/0/0

OPS .970 .488 .622 .649 .350 1.524 .707 .603 .902 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.721 49/.384 18/.918 6/.333 30/.322 6/1.333 32/.991 19/.328 30/1.023 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/1.212 50/.593 36/.469 8/.821 36/.371 2/2.000 39/.494 43/.733 15/.607 .712

Road 66/1.042 36/.564 31/.663 14/.649 34/.480 / 34/.561 30/.584 19/1.637 .671

Last 28d days 78/1.206 77/.537 41/.676 14/.649 66/.350 8/1.524 60/.832 49/.724 30/1.056

HR/SB/CS 6/4/3 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 38/32/12

Usage ····X··· ··Xo···· ·o·o··oX ·o··X··· ···Xoo·o ·······X ·o··X··· ·X····X· ·o·o··oo

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: BAL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, May 9, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Steve Trachsel (37, RHP, 1-4, 7.43)

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 2-4, 5.98)

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