DET @ KCR, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 16-22, 5th, 4½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-4, 6.64) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 40.2 52 30 30 11 31 6 6.64 2007 (9-13) 177.2 199 98 94 63 119 22 4.76 2006 (13-13) 208.2 206 98 89 67 137 29 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 40.2 52 30 30 11 31 6 6.64 41 2008-05-06 BOS L 6.1 10 4 4 2 4 1 109 39 2008-05-01 @NYY W 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 106 40 2008-04-25 LAA L 7 6 4 4 1 3 1 89 51 2008-04-20 @TOR L 5 8 5 5 1 5 1 93 35 2008-04-15 MIN ND 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 94 49 2008-04-10 @BOS L 5.1 8 4 4 2 6 0 107 40 2008-04-04 CHW ND 5 7 5 5 2 5 1 91 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 1-4 28.1 37 21 19 9 18 6 6.04 41 2007-08-28 @KCR L 4.1 6 6 6 4 2 1 91 25 2007-07-22 KCR L 6 11 5 4 1 5 1 96 36 2005-09-20 @KCR L 7 6 4 3 1 2 2 90 52 2005-07-15 KCR W 5 5 1 1 2 3 1 99 54 2004-09-07 KCR L 6 9 5 5 1 6 1 102 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-12 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 11-21 vsLHP: 5-1 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl: 4-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Sat, May 10 NYY L 2-5 16-22 4th 3.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 NYY W 6-5 16-21 4th 3.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 BOS L 1-5 15-21 5th 3.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 BOS W 10-9 15-20 5th 3.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 BOS L 0-5 14-20 5th 3.5 gb 33 Mon, May 5 BOS L 3-6 14-19 5th 3.5 gb 32 Sun, May 4 @MIN L 6-7 14-18 5th 3.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @MIN L 1-4 14-17 4th 2.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @MIN L 1-11 14-16 4th 1.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 @NYY W 8-4 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals, 16-21, 4th, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 4-1, 1.80) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 50 39 11 10 12 36 5 1.80 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 50 39 11 10 12 36 5 1.80 64 2008-05-07 LAA W 7 5 3 3 2 8 1 107 61 2008-05-01 @TEX L 7 4 2 2 0 9 2 105 70 2008-04-25 TOR ND 7 5 1 1 1 4 1 93 66 2008-04-19 @OAK ND 5 8 3 2 4 6 0 100 43 2008-04-14 @SEA W 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 107 76 2008-04-09 NYY W 8 6 0 0 2 2 0 107 70 2008-04-03 @DET W 7 6 1 1 2 3 1 99 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-2 22.2 29 13 13 5 14 5 5.16 46 2008-04-03 @DET W 7 6 1 1 2 3 1 99 62 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-12 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 10-15 vsLHP: 6-6 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 5-5 vsCntrl: 7-7 vsWest: 4-9 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 37 Sun, May 11 BAL W 4-0 16-21 4th 3.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Apr 03, 2008 KCR 4 @DET 1 W:Zack Greinke (1-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2) 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 (18-6), L: Jorge de la Rosa (8-12), S: none Sat, Sep 22, 2007 KCR 7 @DET 4 W:Kyle Davies (7-14), L: Kenny Rogers (3-3), S: none Fri, Sep 21, 2007 DET 5 KCR 4 W:Tim Byrdak (2-0), L: Leo Nunez (2-4), S: Todd Jones (38) Thu, Aug 30, 2007 DET 6 @KCR 1 W:Jeremy Bonderman (11-7), L: Leo Nunez (2-2), S: none Wed, Aug 29, 2007 KCR 5 DET 0 W:Ryan Braun (2-0), L: Andrew Miller (5-5), S: David Riske (4) Tue, Aug 28, 2007 KCR 6 DET 3 W:Brian Bannister (11-7), L: Nate Robertson (7-11), S: none Sun, Jul 22, 2007 KCR 5 @DET 2 W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Nate Robertson (6-7), S: none Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 3-0; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 258-243

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC 5.87

CHW 4.61

SDP 3.36

RA/G

CLE 3.71

MIN 4.49

TEX 5.58

D. Pedroia .304

OBP

D. Pedroia .342

SLG

D. Pedroia .404

OPS

D. Pedroia .746

ERA

C. Lee .67

J. Lester 4.06

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.16

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.07

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
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

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 160/137 .252/.338/.439/.776 1.010/.735 .794 110/.849 1/0 6/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 13/1.000 12/1.073 1/.000 6/2.167 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 75/72 .246/.347/.554/.901 .000/.942 1.297 75/.901 2/1 5/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 22/.668 13/.231 8/1.375 10/.311 9/1.127 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· 143/114 .295/.380/.443/.823 .671/.867 .694 95/.679 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP 24/1.011 25/.849 3/.666 7/.286 8/.000 ··· 7/.834 ··· 108/92 .227/.340/.386/.726 .277/.803 .535 61/.602 1/1 3/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/16 .267/.313/.467/.779 /.779 16/.779 0/0 1/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 18/.389 13/.462 5/.400 11/1.182 11/.546 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 161/138 .315/.385/.503/.889 1.065/.859 .733 108/.991 0/1 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 15/.866 14/1.286 3/.666 8/1.000 4/2.250 ··· 8/.500 ··· 135/113 .277/.358/.387/.745 .880/.721 1.010 85/.937 2/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .304/.407/.522/.929 .800/.965 .743 25/.860 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 10/.700 3/2.000 6/1.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 147/126 .266/.295/.367/.661 1.318/.556 .808 91/.684 1/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 21/.905 22/1.005 5/.650 4/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 134/108 .270/.318/.410/.728 .629/.753 .673 86/.774 3/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/30 .357/.455/.643/1.097 1.250/1.073 1.167 26/1.180 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 12/1.017 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.500 7/1.171 1/2.000 6/.533 ··· 120/99 .208/.367/.333/.700 .449/.758 .663 77/.716 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP 5/.400 13/.398 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 54/37 .260/.315/.380/.695 1.020/.554 .792 34/.759 0/0 2/

IP 50.0 7.0 17.0 15.0 12.0 15.2 14.1 16.0 TOTAL .264/.343/.416/.759 .827/.747 .739 .791 18/4 37/23

ERA-K/9

1.80/6.5

5.14/12.9

2.65/7.9

1.80/7.8

6.00/9.8

1.15/10.9

0.00/10.1

7.31/6.8

4.36/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (1-0-2)
Rodriguez (14-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.213 33/.250 75/.273 59/.176 50/.239 62/.237 51/.085 80/.338 .261 Inge
Ordonez
Granderson
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn
Joyce 1/10/0/2
0/0/35/1
0/17/0/0
4/0/0/0
10/0/6/0
10/1/2/0
3/0/1/0

OPS .617 .726 .712 .479 .807 .562 .246 1.004 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.687 19/.380 33/.846 26/.519 25/.735 32/.873 23/.226 38/.596 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.563 14/1.271 42/.607 33/.443 25/.875 30/.237 28/.264 42/1.363 .713

Home 83/.625 19/.892 29/.691 31/.630 35/.810 31/.427 20/.311 44/1.077 .725

Last 28d days 107/.671 27/.907 51/.811 39/.540 50/.807 48/.537 34/.212 65/1.036

HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 35/16/5

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

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.59 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 41.Cruceta
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 50.Rapada*
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Buck G/S/vP 9/.944 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 108/79 .258/.343/.376/.719 .814/.686 .652 66/.790 0/1 2/

16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 148/109 .286/.351/.368/.720 1.007/.622 .674 95/.588 0/0 1/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/48 .275/.362/.333/.695 1.000/.626 .556 40/.617 0/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 13/.495 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 6/2.000 ··· 6/.167 97/59 .314/.381/.453/.835 .852/.824 .793 91/.865 2/2 3/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/.000 5/2.050 ··· 1/.000 95/73 .247/.277/.281/.557 .511/.572 .633 45/.591 10/2 0/

3.German G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/2.000 ··· 6/.733 2/.500 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 26/9 .091/.160/.091/.251 .330/.111 .356 17/.184 1/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 101/86 .266/.310/.298/.608 .400/.646 .624 58/.513 1/2 0/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 5/.750 156/110 .282/.346/.444/.790 .475/.922 .888 102/.731 2/2 5/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 7/1.857 1/2.000 ··· 16/.580 4/.500 4/2.667 ··· 3/.666 121/90 .313/.358/.384/.742 .726/.748 .823 77/.753 1/1 0/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 13/1.385 ··· ··· 6/.533 5/1.100 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 141/104 .207/.241/.356/.597 .894/.492 .575 86/.730 0/0 3/

21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 67/42 .262/.284/.523/.807 1.152/.604 .700 50/.750 0/0 4/

1.Pena G/S/vP 5/.450 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 104/76 .160/.175/.200/.375 .371/.376 .360 68/.467 2/0 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 3/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.334 148/104 .263/.338/.361/.699 .492/.789 .635 93/.626 0/1 1/

IP 40.2 5.2 3.0 14.0 22.1 20.1 9.0 12.2 TOTAL .257/.312/.359/.671 .699/.661 .663 .669 19/13 19/18

ERA-K/9

6.64/6.9

3.18/9.5

3.00/9.0

4.50/3.9

2.01/6.5

8.41/5.3

1.00/8.0

2.13/7.1

5.15/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (15-2-0)
Olivo (1-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 184/.306 23/.150 16/.308 63/.250 89/.256 95/.288 33/.212 52/.283 .267 DeJesus
Guillen
Teahen
Callaspo
German
Gathright 7/17/1/2
10/0/20/2
20/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/27/0/0

OPS .861 .561 1.053 .780 .642 .826 .455 .694 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/1.078 12/.350 6/1.100 34/.983 35/.714 42/.694 20/.600 30/.774 .800

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.776 11/.773 10/1.025 29/.563 54/.593 53/.934 13/.231 22/.581 .759

Road 76/.853 8/.125 / 23/.716 36/.848 46/1.151 21/.381 20/.683 .761

Last 28d days 135/.820 23/.561 16/1.053 43/.951 45/.676 58/.712 27/.556 38/.762

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 36/15/6

Usage ······X· ··X··X·· ····X·X· ···X·o·o ····o·oX ···X·X·· ····o··o ··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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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-4, 6.64)

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 4-1, 1.80)

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