DET @ KCR, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 50-49, 3rd, 5½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 7-6, 4.62) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 120.2 140 68 62 47 45 12 4.62 2007 (3-4) 63 65 36 31 25 36 8 4.43 2006 (17-8) 204 195 97 87 62 99 23 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 47 52 21 20 13 12 4 3.83 49 2008-07-17 @BAL W 6 11 4 4 2 1 1 87 33 2008-07-10 MIN ND 7 9 3 3 2 1 0 97 46 2008-07-04 @SEA L 7.2 6 4 4 2 3 1 104 52 2008-06-29 COL W 6 8 3 3 2 2 1 98 44 2008-06-24 STL L 5.1 9 5 5 3 2 1 98 29 2008-06-17 @SFG W 7 5 1 1 1 2 0 90 64 2008-06-12 CHW ND 8 4 1 0 1 1 0 96 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 1-4 30.1 38 21 18 8 18 2 5.34 43 2008-05-15 @KCR L 4 11 7 7 3 1 1 92 10 2008-04-02 KCR L 6 5 2 2 1 4 0 87 57 2007-09-22 KCR L 6 8 5 3 2 6 0 90 44 2007-07-20 KCR L 6.1 9 6 5 1 4 0 103 36 2006-09-23 @KCR W 8 5 1 1 1 3 1 89 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-20 Road: 22-29 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 30-42 vsLHP: 20-7 1-Run: 13-15 vsEast: 10-10 vsCntrl:15-24 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 99 Mon, Jul 21 @KCR W 19-4 50-49 3rd 5.5 gb 98 Sun, Jul 20 @BAL W 5-1 49-49 3rd 6.5 gb 97 Sat, Jul 19 @BAL L 10-11(10) 48-49 3rd 7.5 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 @BAL L 4-7 48-48 3rd 7.5 gb 95 Thu, Jul 17 @BAL W 6-5 48-47 3rd 6.5 gb 94 Sun, Jul 13 MIN W 4-2 47-47 3rd 7.0 gb 93 Sat, Jul 12 MIN L 5-6 46-47 3rd 8.0 gb 92 Fri, Jul 11 MIN L 2-3 46-46 3rd 7.0 gb 91 Thu, Jul 10 MIN L 6-7 (11) 46-45 3rd 7.0 gb 90 Wed, Jul 9 CLE W 8-6 46-44 3rd 7.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals, 45-55, 4th, 11 GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 3-1, 4.59) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 49 59 27 25 20 25 5 4.59 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 1-1 37.1 47 25 23 16 20 5 5.54 43 2008-07-13 SEA ND 7 6 3 3 1 4 1 96 56 2008-07-08 CHW ND 5.2 9 3 3 2 2 1 102 39 2008-07-03 @BAL ND 4 8 7 7 1 4 2 77 21 2008-06-28 STL L 6.1 7 5 3 2 2 1 100 43 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-1 11.2 12 5 5 4 7 2 3.86 50 2007-09-22 @DET W 5.1 9 3 3 1 1 1 84 38 2007-06-23 DET L 6.1 3 2 2 3 6 1 101 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-25 Road: 23-30 ExtrInn: 3-5 vsRHP: 27-42 vsLHP: 18-13 1-Run: 14-14 vsEast: 10-20 vsCntrl:15-18 vsWest: 7-12 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 100 Mon, Jul 21 DET L 4-19 45-55 4th 11.0 gb 99 Sun, Jul 20 @CHW W 8-7 45-54 4th 11.0 gb 98 Sat, Jul 19 @CHW W 9-1 44-54 4th 12.0 gb 97 Fri, Jul 18 @CHW L 5-9 43-54 4th 13.0 gb 96 Sun, Jul 13 SEA L 3-4 43-53 4th 12.0 gb 95 Sat, Jul 12 SEA W 5-4 43-52 4th 12.0 gb 94 Fri, Jul 11 SEA W 3-1 42-52 4th 12.0 gb 93 Thu, Jul 10 CHW W 4-1 41-52 4th 13.0 gb 92 Wed, Jul 9 CHW L 6-7 40-52 4th 14.0 gb 91 Tue, Jul 8 CHW L 7-8 (13) 40-51 4th 13.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jul 21, 2008 DET 19 @KCR 4 W:Zach Miner (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (6-8), S: none Thu, May 15, 2008 KCR 8 DET 4 W:Gil Meche (3-5), L: Kenny Rogers (3-4), S: none Wed, May 14, 2008 KCR 2 DET 0 W:Luke Hochevar (3-2), L: Justin Verlander (1-7), S: Joakim Soria (10) 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) Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 6-1; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 261-244

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 5.47

CLE 4.57

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.66

NYM 4.51

TEX 5.80

C. Jones .372

M. Kotsay .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

A. Pujols .468

J. Loney .359

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .632

J. Damon .470

O. Vizquel .191

OPS

A. Pujols 1.071

B. Giles .820

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

J. Sanchez 4.10

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

M. Garza 6.14

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.94 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 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.383 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 13/.795 2/.500 ··· 4/1.250 414/323 .290/.355/.496/.851 .844/.853 .821 99/.997 1/0 17/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/1.166 14/1.218 2/.000 6/2.167 ··· 1/.000 6/.500 4/.000 333/266 .297/.361/.480/.841 .742/.867 .830 116/.953 6/4 10/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/2.067 15/.486 8/1.375 11/.473 3/.666 2/1.500 4/.250 4/1.750 378/293 .290/.372/.439/.811 .895/.792 .710 87/.743 8/2 8/

15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.250 25/.849 3/.666 7/.286 3/1.667 1/.000 7/.834 2/.000 195/153 .218/.314/.418/.732 .542/.785 .561 24/.762 1/1 7/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 119/110 .294/.345/.679/1.023 1.270/1.004 .927 60/1.256 0/0 10/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/.833 13/.462 5/.400 12/1.084 3/1.000 2/.000 5/1.800 ··· 355/280 .305/.369/.491/.860 .868/.857 .725 40/.784 0/2 13/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 6/.000 15/1.333 4/1.000 8/1.000 9/.819 1/.000 9/.444 1/.000 385/286 .307/.350/.394/.744 .924/.682 .768 99/.640 3/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 107/59 .240/.311/.448/.759 .878/.650 .678 28/1.074 1/0 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.550 7/.858 3/1.000 3/.667 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 352/266 .252/.305/.323/.628 .857/.557 .561 71/.466 3/3 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.533 24/.982 6/.533 4/.000 13/.802 1/.000 5/.400 3/.333 313/232 .289/.335/.415/.750 .711/.764 .688 73/.848 6/1 5/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/57 .358/.485/.547/1.032 .944/1.050 1.109 23/.888 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/.333 2/2.500 4/1.833 3/.333 3/.000 2/2.000 6/.533 1/no AB 251/196 .224/.339/.369/.708 .663/.720 .701 88/.765 5/0 7/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 13/.398 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.666 219/135 .266/.329/.598/.927 1.007/.879 .891 76/.880 0/3 19/

IP 49.0 24.2 50.2 21.1 15.2 47.0 44.0 18.2 TOTAL .274/.343/.440/.782 .826/.770 .717 .845 37/17 114/71

ERA-K/9

4.59/4.6

11.31/7.3

1.78/7.1

1.69/5.9

1.15/4.6

3.06/10.0

1.43/9.8

5.30/8.7

4.71/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (8-2-2)
Rodriguez (30-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.304 131/.318 208/.224 86/.203 60/.193 193/.225 166/.146 81/.167 .268 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/77/4
0/77/0/3
44/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
18/4/13/0
19/0/16/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .838 .996 .588 .568 .480 .580 .465 .584 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.844 54/.579 82/.645 38/.695 21/.293 88/.793 86/.535 39/.788 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.833 77/1.330 126/.553 48/.461 39/.581 105/.399 80/.392 42/.383 .728

Home 140/.826 58/1.205 92/.494 45/.745 26/.354 96/.494 71/.323 54/.846 .741

Last 28d days 100/.924 46/1.212 47/.467 3/1.667 55/.431 42/.654 35/.441 52/.479

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 5/2/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/5/0 105/45/15

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

Kansas City Royals Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 167/123 .323/.353/.506/.860 1.121/.771 .839 95/.758 3/1 4/

14.Buck G/S/vP 21/.523 2/1.500 3/.000 4/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 7/1.262 1/.000 8/.250 267/198 .255/.322/.397/.720 .901/.657 .682 67/.828 0/3 6/

16.Butler G/S/vP 12/1.283 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.800 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 273/199 .256/.315/.356/.671 .959/.568 .581 67/.675 0/1 4/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 18/.620 1/2.000 10/1.000 7/.762 ··· 9/1.556 8/.500 6/.167 6/1.500 362/244 .306/.362/.465/.827 .737/.872 .819 94/.781 9/7 10/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 10/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 7/1.714 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 270/200 .256/.308/.273/.581 .538/.595 .617 50/.691 21/4 0/

3.German G/S/vP 21/.771 ··· 1/.000 7/.829 3/.333 6/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.200 99/48 .236/.281/.292/.573 .575/.572 .689 25/1.129 4/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 4/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 272/213 .265/.321/.321/.642 .437/.700 .759 93/.773 3/4 1/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.333 1/no AB 3/2.500 3/.333 4/.500 5/.000 2/.000 5/.750 2/.000 420/293 .248/.336/.401/.736 .488/.846 .802 96/.665 4/2 11/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 21/1.769 ··· 5/.200 16/.580 4/.500 6/2.033 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 328/243 .305/.354/.401/.755 .925/.697 .885 78/.757 2/1 3/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 20/1.215 2/.000 10/1.000 7/.762 7/.762 6/.834 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 385/289 .268/.294/.457/.750 .943/.688 .731 75/.413 2/0 13/

21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/145 .255/.286/.465/.751 .955/.662 .606 30/.611 2/0 9/

1.Pena G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 1/3.000 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 192/136 .152/.174/.201/.375 .530/.314 .413 19/.389 3/1 1/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 17/.794 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/1.167 3/2.000 3/1.167 5/.600 7/.286 5/.200 392/281 .248/.316/.397/.714 .635/.745 .715 88/.595 2/2 10/

IP 120.2 29.2 16.0 37.2 41.1 50.2 11.0 30.0 14.1 TOTAL .263/.316/.386/.702 .736/.689 .715 .697 56/28 72/55

ERA-K/9

4.62/3.4

4.85/3.9

6.19/6.8

4.78/3.1

3.05/6.3

3.73/4.3

6.55/6.5

3.00/7.2

1.88/8.8

4.45/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (35-6-3)
Olivo (10-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 534/.300 135/.277 73/.318 170/.295 178/.272 220/.238 51/.209 127/.266 68/.255 .268 Guillen
Gathright
Teahen
DeJesus
Gload
German 36/0/31/7
0/78/0/5
20/0/61/4
46/36/12/3
1/0/2/0
12/0/0/0

OPS .835 .758 .838 .790 .704 .675 .775 .720 .761 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.817 48/1.019 35/.589 80/.882 65/.974 96/.675 25/1.012 70/.855 30/.627 .802

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 389/.842 87/.618 38/1.080 90/.710 113/.544 124/.675 26/.508 57/.561 38/.849 .727

Road 296/.830 69/.875 42/.979 73/.765 86/.841 127/.735 30/1.100 57/.649 41/.755 .771

Last 28d days 141/.948 48/.940 54/.729 48/.972 36/.753 46/.613 44/.532 28/.742 59/.706

HR/SB/CS 12/1/2 3/5/1 0/0/1 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/5/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 86/40/21

Usage ····X··· X·ooo··· ··Xo···· ·o··X··· X·X····· X······· ··X·o··· ···oo··· ··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, July 22, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 7-6, 4.62)

SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 3-1, 4.59)

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