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Game Preview: BAL @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Baltimore Orioles, 19-18, 3rd, 4 GB, tied for WC

SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 3-3, 3.19)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             36.2  35  15  13  14  20  2    3.19      
 2007 (6-8)            121   140  81  80  66  96 14    5.95      
 2006 (0-0)              8     6   2   2   1   6  1    2.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  39    43  21  19  16  23  2    4.38   47 
 2008-05-06   @OAK   L   5.1   8   4   3   1   1  0      84   38 
 2008-05-01    TBR   L   6     6   4   3   3   6  1     110   49 
 2008-04-26   @CHW   W   8     3   0   0   0   4  0      96   80 
 2008-04-19    NYY   W   5.2   5   0   0   4   2  0      88   57 
 2008-04-13   @TBR   L   4.2   5   6   6   4   4  1      85   30 
 2008-04-08   @TEX   W   6     7   1   1   2   3  0      81   55 
 2007-09-30    NYY   L   3.1   9   6   6   2   3  0      93   19 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-6    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-13   vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Sat, May 10  @KCR  W   6-5       19-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Fri, May  9  @KCR  W   7-4       18-18  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-11   Last 30:13-16
Kansas City Royals, 15-21, 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 3-4, 4.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-4)             42.1  43  22  21  10  24  5    4.46      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  42.1  43  22  21  10  24  5    4.46   50 
 2008-05-06    LAA   L   6.2  13   5   5   2   3  1     103   29 
 2008-04-30   @TEX   L   3     7   7   7   2   3  3      90   18 
 2008-04-24    CLE   L   6.2   4   2   2   0   4  1      87   62 
 2008-04-18   @OAK   L   5     9   5   5   1   1  0      86   29 
 2008-04-13    MIN   W   9     3   1   0   1   3  0     111   81 
 2008-04-08    NYY   W   5     5   2   2   4   6  0      97   51 
 2008-04-02   @DET   W   7     2   0   0   0   4  0      86   77 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL    Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-12   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-15   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sat, May 10   BAL  L   5-6       15-21  4th  3.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   BAL  L   4-7       15-20  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 10, 2008 BAL  6 @KCR  5        W:Garrett Olson (2-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-4), S: George Sherrill (13)
Fri, May 09, 2008 BAL  7 @KCR  4        W:Steve Trachsel (2-4), L: Gil Meche (2-5), S: George Sherrill (12)
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
Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 3-0; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; 2006 - BAL won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 236-175

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

CHC  5.69

LAA  4.55

SDP  3.30

RA/G

OAK  3.66

LAA  4.47

DET  5.50

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

E. Jackson  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.16

E. Jackson  6.17

J. Garland  2.07

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Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/11 .417/.417/.500/.917 .000/1.000 .917 12/.917 0/0 0/
2.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/67 .257/.313/.270/.584 .463/.616 .542 58/.558 2/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 115/97 .215/.243/.364/.608 .801/.572 .608 76/.601 0/0 3/
17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 16/.938 7/.715 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 151/112 .270/.338/.474/.812 .667/.866 .796 105/.792 2/0 6/
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 137/112 .228/.277/.370/.647 .809/.612 .566 101/.663 3/1 2/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 161/119 .271/.398/.459/.856 .667/.925 .914 114/.844 6/2 7/
15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 11/1.055 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 156/117 .239/.321/.370/.690 .830/.644 .566 110/.696 0/1 5/
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 7/1.738 4/.833 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 163/128 .259/.317/.422/.739 .824/.717 .856 120/.742 2/3 5/
16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 5/1.400 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 75/51 .225/.257/.324/.581 .792/.473 .602 56/.580 3/0 2/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 35/27 .172/.294/.310/.604 1.089/.451 .653 30/.644 0/0 1/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 164/121 .257/.341/.403/.744 .744/.745 .707 117/.682 11/4 3/
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 122/100 .262/.344/.383/.727 .485/.777 .580 85/.574 1/1 1/
IP 42.1 7.0 17.0 15.0 12.0 15.2 13.1 16.0 TOTAL .248/.318/.390/.708 .738/.699 .692 .689 30/12 36/23
ERA-K/9 4.46/5.1 5.14/12.9 2.65/7.9 1.80/7.8 6.00/9.8 1.15/10.9 0.00/10.2 7.31/6.8 4.49/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (24-9-1)
 Quiroz (11-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.259 33/.250 75/.273 59/.176 50/.239 62/.237 48/.091 80/.338 .266  Markakis
 Jones
 Scott
 Payton
0/0/37/4
0/36/0/1
27/0/0/1
22/3/1/1
OPS .703 .726 .712 .479 .807 .562 .263 1.004 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.882 19/.380 33/.846 26/.519 25/.735 32/.873 21/.248 38/.596 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.530 14/1.271 42/.607 33/.443 25/.875 30/.237 27/.274 42/1.363 .723
Home 112/.650 19/.892 29/.691 31/.630 35/.810 31/.427 17/.369 44/1.077 .748
Last 28d days 132/.798 27/.907 51/.811 39/.540 50/.807 48/.537 31/.233 65/1.036
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 35/16/4
Usage ····X··· o···Xo·· ·X··X··X X·o···o· X·oo·o·· ·o···X·o ··X···oo ·X·X····
Kansas City Royals Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Burres*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.417 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.933 108/79 .258/.343/.376/.719 .814/.686 .652 74/.765 0/1 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 144/108 .277/.340/.362/.702 .993/.609 .633 99/.623 0/0 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/48 .292/.382/.354/.736 1.429/.626 .601 37/.672 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 8/.750 93/59 .317/.387/.463/.851 .896/.824 .817 92/.860 2/2 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 91/72 .256/.278/.291/.568 .526/.580 .666 45/.652 10/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 26/9 .091/.160/.091/.251 .330/.111 .356 21/.261 1/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 101/86 .266/.310/.298/.608 .400/.646 .624 58/.513 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.000 152/109 .283/.349/.449/.798 .461/.931 .910 106/.778 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 117/89 .306/.353/.370/.724 .693/.733 .783 78/.695 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/no AB 10/.786 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 137/103 .198/.234/.344/.577 .824/.497 .530 90/.697 0/0 3/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.000 8/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 63/41 .246/.270/.525/.794 1.128/.619 .660 54/.873 0/0 4/
1.Pena G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 103/75 .162/.176/.202/.378 .371/.381 .368 75/.480 2/0 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 144/103 .264/.340/.364/.705 .479/.798 .644 98/.593 0/1 1/
IP 36.2 26.1 13.2 3.2 21.1 0.2 15.2 16.1 11.0 TOTAL .256/.311/.359/.669 .690/.662 .658 .678 19/13 19/16
ERA-K/9 3.19/4.9 2.39/4.4 1.32/5.3 2.45/7.3 0.84/3.8 54.00/0.0 4.02/9.7 4.41/7.2 4.91/5.7 4.11/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (15-2-0)
 Olivo (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.254 105/.204 57/.264 14/.091 78/.139 8/.667 71/.232 71/.186 50/.370 .243  DeJesus
 Guillen
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gathright
6/17/1/2
10/0/20/2
20/0/15/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/26/0/0
OPS .662 .515 .624 .649 .348 1.524 .707 .636 1.018 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.683 52/.424 19/.868 6/.333 34/.282 6/1.333 32/.991 23/.411 34/1.140 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.649 53/.607 38/.499 8/.821 44/.395 2/2.000 39/.494 48/.751 16/.708 .715
Road 100/.620 42/.623 34/.664 14/.649 46/.440 / 34/.561 39/.649 24/1.714 .683
Last 28d days 126/.639 83/.569 40/.659 14/.649 78/.348 8/1.524 51/.805 55/.793 30/.918
HR/SB/CS 2/4/1 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 39/35/12
Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·· o··o·o·· ···o··X· Xo···Xoo ········ ···o··X· XX·X···· oo·o·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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