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Game Preview: STL @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 28, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals, 45-36, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Mitchell Boggs (24, RHP, 2-0, 5.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             16.2  18  10  10   7   4  3    5.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  14.2  15   9   9   7   4  2    5.52   43 
 2008-06-21   @BOS   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   1  1      81   45 
 2008-06-15    PHI  ND   4.1   6   4   4   2   3  0      81   36 
 2008-06-10   @CIN   W   5     4   2   2   3   0  1      72   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-17   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  30-22   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  7-2    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 5-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @KCR  L   2-7       45-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 80 Thu, Jun 26  @DET  L   2-3 (10)  45-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @DET  L   7-8       45-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @DET  W   8-4       45-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @BOS  L   3-5 (13)  44-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @BOS  W   9-3       44-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @BOS  W   5-4       43-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19   KCR  L   1-4       42-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18   KCR  L   2-3       42-31  2nd  3.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17   KCR  L   1-2       42-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals, 37-43, 4th, 7½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 3-0, 3.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             26    29   9   9  14  13  0    3.12      
 2007 (7-15)           136   155 102  92  70  99 22    6.09      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  35    43  17  17  19  14  2    4.37   45 
 2008-06-22    SFG  ND   1.1   6   5   5   2   1  0      52   21 
 2008-06-17   @STL   W   7     5   1   1   3   4  0     106   64 
 2008-06-11    TEX  ND   6     6   1   1   5   3  0     109   54 
 2008-06-06   @NYY   W   6.2   7   1   1   1   3  0     104   58 
 2008-05-31    CLE   W   5     5   1   1   3   2  0     100   52 
 2007-09-28    CLE   L   3.2   5   5   5   4   0  1      80   27 
 2007-09-22   @DET   W   5.1   9   3   3   1   1  1      84   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      1-0   7     5   1   1   3   4  0    1.29   64 
 2008-06-17   @STL   W   7     5   1   1   3   4  0     106   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-19   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  24-31   vsLHP:  13-12   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jun 27   STL  W   7-2       37-43  4th  7.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25   COL  W   4-2       36-43  4th  7.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24   COL  W   7-3       35-43  5th  8.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 23   COL  W   8-4       34-43  5th  8.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   SFG  W  11-10      33-43  5th  8.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   SFG  W   5-3       32-43  5th  9.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   SFG  L   4-9       31-43  5th 10.5 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19  @STL  W   4-1       31-42  5th 10.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @STL  W   3-2       30-42  5th 10.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @STL  W   2-1       29-42  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 KCR  7  STL  2        W:Gil Meche (6-8), L: Joel Pineiro (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 KCR  4 @STL  1        W:Zack Greinke (6-4), L: Brad Thompson (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (18)
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Kyle McClellan (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 KCR  2 @STL  1        W:Kyle Davies (3-0), L: Ron Villone (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (16)

Wed, Jun 20, 2007 STL  7  KCR  6 (14)   W:Kip Wells (3-11), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 STL  5  KCR  1        W:Brad Thompson (5-2), L: Scott Elarton (2-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 KCR  5 @STL  3        W:Odalis Perez (4-7), L: Adam Wainwright (5-6), S: Octavio Dotel (6)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 KCR 17  STL  8        W:Zack Greinke (4-4), L: Kip Wells (2-11), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 STL  7 @KCR  3        W:Adam Wainwright (5-5), L: Odalis Perez (3-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 KCR  8  STL  1        W:Brian Bannister (3-3), L: Brad Thompson (4-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 4-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 26-23

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  5.49

OAK  4.51

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.62

BAL  4.59

TEX  5.65

BA

C. Jones  .394

C. Crawford  .284

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

L. Gonzalez  .353

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .698

R. Howard  .454

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.146

K. Johnson  .803

T. Pena  .366

ERA

E. Volquez  2.08

D. Lowe  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

V. Padilla  6.20

L. Hernandez  2.96

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 282/200 .255/.330/.498/.828 .633/.912 .859 84/.800 1/1 14/
54.Barton G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/52 .256/.338/.385/.723 .746/.682 .697 40/.701 3/1 2/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 201/174 .230/.328/.339/.667 .340/.721 .690 52/.463 1/1 4/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/2.500 5/.650 2/1.500 9/1.319 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 328/229 .264/.366/.450/.816 .888/.786 .901 105/.953 0/1 11/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 9/.819 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.196 206/163 .267/.316/.330/.645 .643/.646 .592 62/.796 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 97/70 .229/.340/.337/.678 .638/.693 .745 43/.934 0/0 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 284/177 .285/.359/.578/.937 .844/.992 .996 109/.693 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 3/.333 195/120 .317/.354/.372/.726 .772/.699 .667 78/.762 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 253/171 .296/.352/.387/.739 1.041/.600 .723 70/.774 0/1 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 5/.900 6/.833 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 287/191 .355/.484/.632/1.116 1.394/.977 1.091 43/1.011 2/1 16/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/75 .295/.344/.352/.696 .840/.582 .868 54/.754 5/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 296/221 .303/.367/.446/.813 .428/.940 .863 89/.990 5/0 6/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 .571/.444 .500 16/.500 0/0 0/
IP 26.0 17.2 40.1 23.1 1.0 38.1 35.0 6.0 TOTAL .273/.350/.420/.770 .779/.766 .785 .771 32/15 81/41
ERA-K/9 3.12/4.5 8.15/8.6 2.23/6.3 5.40/6.6 9.00/9.0 2.82/9.9 1.29/9.5 9.00/6.0 4.41/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (8-6-0)
 Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 115/.290 85/.274 170/.236 96/.270 5/.400 159/.225 134/.150 29/.217 .264  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Barton
 Duncan
42/22/28/6
0/66/0/3
17/5/61/2
25/0/5/2
34/0/0/1
OPS .757 .885 .623 .889 1.000 .551 .458 .780 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.642 36/.431 67/.754 43/.992 2/.000 75/.723 69/.509 18/.933 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.898 49/1.254 103/.541 53/.808 3/1.667 84/.398 65/.405 11/.489 .717
Home 61/.854 36/1.057 82/.503 53/.952 5/1.000 82/.491 57/.344 22/1.080 .737
Last 28d days 115/.757 19/1.698 62/.424 22/1.041 5/1.000 60/.519 55/.611 29/.780
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/2/2 7/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 80/29/13
Usage ·····X·· ·······X X··X·Xo· o······· ····X··· o··Xo·X· ··o··oo· ········
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 68.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Mulder*
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 85/63 .313/.341/.563/.904 1.493/.712 .757 82/.938 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 13/1.141 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 212/157 .249/.321/.370/.691 1.035/.575 .634 72/.694 0/3 3/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 109/89 .290/.349/.330/.679 .850/.637 .624 25/.735 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 17/.728 1/.000 1/5.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 281/188 .317/.376/.480/.857 .801/.884 .855 110/1.085 6/5 8/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 227/165 .245/.291/.265/.556 .536/.563 .610 71/.447 17/3 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 74/31 .152/.197/.182/.379 .404/.345 .498 24/.217 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 190/157 .263/.302/.324/.626 .369/.681 .785 68/.724 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 336/238 .266/.345/.431/.776 .504/.889 .881 105/.744 2/2 10/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 31/.678 ··· 8/.375 1/no AB 17/.647 11/.455 254/189 .302/.357/.397/.754 .902/.705 .921 83/.841 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 16/.250 6/.167 1/.000 12/1.467 1/.000 6/.334 19/.422 322/241 .285/.311/.502/.812 1.079/.724 .795 106/1.050 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 184/126 .257/.288/.480/.768 .949/.688 .615 66/.561 2/0 8/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 177/125 .154/.177/.189/.366 .428/.342 .424 18/.301 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 1/4.000 3/1.334 316/232 .256/.329/.411/.740 .632/.780 .701 102/.788 2/2 8/
IP 16.2 36.2 26.2 41.1 17.0 23.2 29.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.390/.706 .749/.689 .723 .777 41/24 57/42
ERA-K/9 5.40/2.2 2.95/5.9 5.74/5.7 2.61/8.1 /0.0 3.71/8.5 2.28/7.6 5.76/8.5 4.11/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (23-4-3)
 Olivo (6-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.277 164/.261 124/.280 173/.264 / 73/.213 96/.200 139/.283 .265  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
27/0/28/6
0/65/0/4
35/27/12/3
20/0/43/3
3/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .857 .789 .820 .691 .673 .574 .797 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/1.029 62/.735 44/.575 67/.607 / 32/.926 33/.736 58/.620 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.644 102/.822 80/.942 106/.745 / 41/.491 63/.486 81/.919 .749
Road 52/.890 79/.776 61/.790 82/.769 / 39/.615 52/.420 60/.727 .768
Last 28d days 74/.857 55/1.009 36/.615 60/.848 / 51/.887 38/.356 53/1.128
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 // 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 74/31/17
Usage ······X· ·X·o···X ·Xo··Xo· ··Xo·oX· ··X··X·· ···o·ooo oX···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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