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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Detroit Tigers, 16-23, 5th, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 1-6, 6.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-6)             49    51  40  35  21  30  7    6.43      
 2007 (18-6)           201.2 181  88  82  67 183 20    3.66      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-6  43    47  36  31  20  24  6    6.49   40 
 2008-05-08    BOS   L   6     9   5   5   1   5  1     107   38 
 2008-05-03   @MIN   L   7     7   4   4   2   5  1     117   50 
 2008-04-27    LAA   L   5.2   7   6   6   4   3  0     100   30 
 2008-04-22    TEX   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  1     110   57 
 2008-04-17   @CLE   L   5     7   5   5   4   1  1     104   30 
 2008-04-12   @CHW   L   7.2   4   6   6   4   3  1     115   46 
 2008-04-06    CHW   L   5.2   7   9   4   3   4  1     109   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-0  30.2  28  16  15   6  28  3    4.40   53 
 2008-03-31    KCR  ND   6     4   4   4   1   6  1      97   53 
 2007-09-23    KCR   W   6     5   2   2   2   6  1     104   58 
 2007-07-21    KCR  ND   5.2   7   5   4   2   7  1      96   42 
 2007-05-04   @KCR   W   7     7   2   2   1   3  0     103   57 
 2007-04-16    KCR   W   6     5   3   3   0   6  0      98   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-12   Road:    8-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-22   vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 4-13   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 13  @KCR  L   2-3       16-23  5th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals, 17-21, 4th, 3 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 2-2, 4.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             23.2  23  13  13  11  19  2    4.94      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  26.2  26  15  15  13  20  2    5.06   48 
 2008-05-08    BAL   L   7     5   4   4   2   5  1     109   54 
 2008-05-03   @CLE   W   6     3   2   2   4   6  1      97   60 
 2008-04-26    TOR   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  0      99   57 
 2008-04-20   @OAK   L   4.2   9   6   6   3   5  0      96   24 
 2007-09-30    CLE   L   3     3   2   2   2   1  0      51   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-12   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-15   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Tue, May 13   DET  W   3-2       17-21  4th  3.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 13, 2008 KCR  3  DET  2        W:Leo Nunez (3-0), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (9)
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
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 4-0; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 259-243

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  5.79

STL  4.49

SDP  3.38

RA/G

CLE  3.62

MIN  4.50

TEX  5.49

BA

D. Pedroia  .307

  

D. Pedroia  .307

OBP

D. Pedroia  .344

  

D. Pedroia  .344

SLG

D. Pedroia  .403

  

D. Pedroia  .403

OPS

D. Pedroia  .747

  

D. Pedroia  .747

ERA

C. Lee  .67

Z. Duke  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

Z. Greinke  6.11

J. Garland  2.07

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 164/141 .262/.354/.447/.800 1.010/.764 .841 110/.851 1/0 6/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 12/1.073 1/.000 6/2.167 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 80/77 .229/.325/.514/.839 .000/.875 1.059 80/.839 2/1 5/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 1/.000 13/.231 8/1.375 10/.311 9/1.127 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· 147/118 .294/.377/.444/.821 .671/.864 .698 95/.632 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP 1/.000 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/20 .333/.400/.667/1.067 /1.067 2.417 20/1.067 0/0 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 13/.462 5/.400 11/1.182 11/.546 2/.000 5/1.800 ··· 165/142 .306/.376/.490/.866 1.065/.833 .694 108/.907 0/1 6/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/1.000 14/1.286 3/.666 8/1.000 4/2.250 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 140/118 .274/.353/.379/.732 .880/.706 .958 86/.931 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .304/.407/.522/.929 .800/.965 .743 25/.860 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 6/1.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 151/130 .266/.293/.364/.657 1.318/.554 .790 92/.677 1/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 22/1.005 5/.650 4/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 138/112 .278/.324/.413/.736 .629/.762 .694 87/.796 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.500 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 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.500 7/1.171 2/2.000 6/.533 ··· 124/103 .202/.363/.323/.686 .449/.738 .640 77/.657 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP 1/5.000 13/.398 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 54/37 .260/.315/.380/.695 1.020/.554 .792 31/.835 0/0 2/
IP 23.2 7.0 17.0 15.2 12.0 17.0 15.1 16.0 TOTAL .264/.343/.415/.758 .827/.746 .738 .782 18/4 38/24
ERA-K/9 4.94/7.2 5.14/12.9 2.65/7.9 1.72/7.5 6.00/9.8 1.06/11.1 0.00/9.4 7.31/6.8 4.30/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (1-0-2)
 Rodriguez (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.250 33/.250 75/.273 61/.170 50/.239 68/.222 54/.080 80/.338 .262  Inge
 Ordonez
 Granderson
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
1/10/0/2
0/0/36/1
0/18/0/0
5/0/0/0
10/0/6/0
10/1/2/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .700 .726 .712 .462 .807 .549 .232 1.004 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.850 19/.380 33/.846 27/.499 25/.735 34/.820 24/.216 38/.596 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.536 14/1.271 42/.607 34/.429 25/.875 34/.273 30/.245 42/1.363 .711
Home 53/.630 19/.892 29/.691 33/.588 35/.810 37/.422 23/.269 44/1.077 .725
Last 28d days 103/.700 24/.940 45/.762 41/.511 50/.807 54/.523 34/.212 59/1.065
HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 36/16/5
Usage ·····X·· ···o···X ····X··X o··X·o·· ···X·oo· X···o··· o·o··X·· ····X·X·
Kansas City Royals Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 17/1.012 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 112/80 .268/.348/.381/.730 .868/.677 .679 66/.800 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP 12/1.318 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 152/110 .279/.349/.360/.709 .929/.628 .654 94/.591 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 23/.759 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 6/2.000 ··· 6/.167 101/59 .311/.376/.444/.821 .817/.824 .773 91/.825 2/2 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 11/.182 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/.000 5/2.050 ··· 1/.000 98/73 .250/.278/.283/.561 .530/.572 .636 47/.609 10/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 11/.182 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 15/.343 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 101/86 .266/.310/.298/.608 .400/.646 .624 54/.514 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 18/.716 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 5/.750 160/111 .274/.338/.432/.769 .445/.913 .842 102/.710 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 17/.544 2/1.000 ··· 16/.580 4/.500 4/2.667 ··· 3/.666 125/91 .328/.371/.397/.768 .846/.739 .875 76/.763 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 14/.220 1/3.000 ··· 6/.533 5/1.100 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 145/105 .216/.248/.374/.622 .903/.516 .629 86/.766 0/0 3/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 67/42 .262/.284/.523/.807 1.152/.604 .700 50/.750 0/0 4/
1.Pena G/S/vP 14/.665 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 107/76 .165/.179/.214/.393 .435/.376 .401 67/.443 2/0 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 21/.627 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.400 3/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.334 152/105 .270/.342/.365/.707 .504/.802 .656 92/.655 0/1 1/
IP 49.0 6.2 3.0 14.0 22.1 20.1 9.0 12.2 TOTAL .260/.314/.362/.676 .706/.663 .671 .671 19/14 19/19
ERA-K/9 6.43/5.5 2.70/10.7 3.00/9.0 4.50/3.9 2.01/6.5 8.41/5.3 1.00/8.0 2.13/7.1 5.08/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.266 29/.200 16/.308 63/.250 89/.256 95/.288 33/.212 52/.283 .269  DeJesus
 Guillen
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gathright
8/17/1/2
10/0/20/2
20/0/17/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/28/0/0
OPS .776 .670 1.053 .780 .642 .826 .455 .694 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.826 14/.452 6/1.100 34/.983 35/.714 42/.694 20/.600 30/.774 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.731 15/.872 10/1.025 29/.563 54/.593 53/.934 13/.231 22/.581 .766
Road 89/.778 14/.536 / 23/.716 36/.848 46/1.151 21/.381 20/.683 .765
Last 28d days 137/.837 29/.670 16/1.053 38/.914 42/.725 58/.712 25/.600 38/.762
HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 36/15/7
Usage ·····X·· X··X··X· ·····X·X ····X·o· ·····o·o ····X·X· ·····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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