DET @ KCR, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 51-49, 3rd, 5½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.41) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-4) 100.1 83 47 38 37 68 13 3.41 2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42 46 19 14 11 29 7 3.00 51 2008-07-18 @BAL L 6.2 8 5 4 0 6 3 104 46 2008-07-11 MIN L 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 113 50 2008-07-05 @SEA ND 6 5 1 1 3 2 1 95 57 2008-06-30 @MIN ND 6 9 4 3 1 3 0 101 42 2008-06-25 STL ND 4.2 8 5 4 0 3 3 77 33 2008-06-18 @SFG W 6 7 2 0 2 5 0 104 57 2008-06-13 LAD W 7 3 0 0 1 5 0 100 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-20 Road: 23-29 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 31-42 vsLHP: 20-7 1-Run: 13-15 vsEast: 10-10 vsCntrl:16-24 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 100 Tue, Jul 22 @KCR W 7-1 51-49 3rd 5.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:19-11
Kansas City Royals, 45-56, 4th, 12 GB, 13½ GB in WC	SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 7-6, 3.90) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 127 131 56 55 39 106 18 3.90 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 2-2 41 45 19 19 14 44 5 4.17 52 2008-07-18 @CHW L 3 11 7 7 3 2 1 87 8 2008-07-10 CHW ND 7 6 1 1 1 8 1 109 68 2008-07-05 @TBR L 6 7 2 2 1 7 0 113 56 2008-06-30 @BAL ND 5 7 5 5 1 5 1 86 37 2008-06-24 COL W 6 9 3 3 0 10 1 99 52 2008-06-19 @STL W 7 2 1 1 1 7 1 112 75 2008-06-13 @ARI ND 7 3 0 0 7 5 0 111 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-2 21.2 32 13 13 7 12 6 5.40 43 2008-05-13 DET ND 6 9 2 2 2 2 1 97 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-26 Road: 23-30 ExtrInn: 3-5 vsRHP: 27-42 vsLHP: 18-14 1-Run: 14-14 vsEast: 10-20 vsCntrl:15-19 vsWest: 7-12 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 101 Tue, Jul 22 DET L 1-7 45-56 4th 12.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 22, 2008 DET 7 @KCR 1 W:Kenny Rogers (8-6), L: Kyle Davies (3-2), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 6-2; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 261-245

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 5.44

CLE 4.55

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.63

NYM 4.54

TEX 5.84

C. Jones .371

A. Huff .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

A. Pujols .468

M. Grudzielanek .359

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .628

R. Vazquez .470

O. Vizquel .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.073

B. Giles .825

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

M. Cain 4.08

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

G. Floyd 6.19

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· 4/.750 5/1.400 13/.795 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 419/328 .289/.353/.492/.845 .844/.845 .811 100/.955 1/0 17/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 16/.813 2/.000 6/2.167 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.500 5/.000 338/271 .295/.359/.475/.834 .742/.858 .817 117/.945 6/4 10/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 25/.711 8/1.375 11/.473 12/1.250 3/.666 2/1.500 4/.250 5/1.350 383/298 .290/.375/.441/.816 .895/.799 .722 88/.805 8/2 8/

15.Inge G/S/vP 24/1.011 3/.666 7/.286 8/.000 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 3/3.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 123/114 .286/.341/.661/1.002 1.270/.982 .893 64/1.203 0/0 10/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 21/.333 5/.400 12/1.084 14/.643 3/1.000 2/.000 5/1.800 1/2.000 360/285 .310/.372/.492/.864 .868/.863 .739 41/.829 0/2 13/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 18/.833 4/1.000 8/1.000 7/1.715 9/.819 1/.000 9/.444 2/.000 390/291 .308/.351/.406/.756 .924/.699 .791 100/.675 3/0 4/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 13/.693 7/.858 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.667 2/1.000 4/.500 2/1.000 356/270 .255/.307/.325/.632 .857/.564 .571 71/.495 3/3 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 24/.959 6/.533 4/.000 8/.875 13/.802 1/.000 5/.400 4/.833 317/236 .289/.334/.412/.747 .711/.759 .683 73/.805 6/1 5/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/57 .358/.485/.547/1.032 .944/1.050 1.109 23/.888 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 15/.795 4/1.833 3/.333 9/.944 3/.000 2/2.000 6/.533 2/.500 255/200 .226/.337/.373/.711 .663/.724 .707 88/.745 6/0 7/

33.Thames G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.666 219/135 .266/.329/.598/.927 1.007/.879 .891 72/.865 0/3 19/

IP 127.0 50.2 21.1 34.0 15.2 47.0 44.0 20.2 TOTAL .275/.343/.440/.783 .826/.771 .720 .845 38/17 115/72

ERA-K/9

3.90/7.5

1.78/7.1

1.69/5.9

5.82/6.4

1.15/4.6

3.06/10.0

1.43/9.8

4.79/8.7

4.71/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (8-2-2)
Rodriguez (31-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.265 208/.224 86/.203 141/.277 60/.193 193/.225 166/.146 90/.187 .268 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/78/4
0/78/0/3
44/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
18/4/14/0
20/0/16/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .756 .588 .568 .868 .480 .580 .465 .593 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.791 82/.645 38/.695 62/.993 21/.293 88/.793 86/.535 42/.726 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.727 126/.553 48/.461 79/.775 39/.581 105/.399 80/.392 48/.471 .731

Home 194/.675 92/.494 45/.745 74/.949 26/.354 96/.494 71/.323 63/.817 .743

Last 28d days 100/.923 43/.512 3/1.667 49/.838 55/.431 35/.692 35/.441 61/.509

HR/SB/CS 18/1/2 2/2/2 0/0/0 9/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/5/0 106/46/15

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

Kansas City Royals Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
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 1/.000 ··· ··· 171/124 .321/.351/.506/.857 1.113/.765 .835 95/.733 3/1 4/

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 4/1.000 3/.666 3/.000 8/1.089 1/.000 9/.222 271/200 .251/.317/.391/.708 .874/.650 .661 67/.781 0/3 6/

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.800 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 277/200 .252/.310/.350/.661 .919/.565 .561 71/.636 0/1 4/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 10/1.000 7/.762 ··· 9/1.556 9/.429 6/.167 6/1.500 366/245 .302/.358/.459/.817 .718/.868 .799 94/.759 9/7 10/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 7/1.714 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 273/201 .253/.305/.269/.574 .522/.592 .602 53/.650 21/4 0/

3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.829 3/.333 6/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 6/.933 103/50 .250/.300/.326/.626 .577/.676 .786 29/1.244 5/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 4/.000 4/.250 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 275/214 .262/.318/.317/.635 .422/.697 .742 92/.735 3/4 1/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 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 92/.633 4/2 11/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 16/.580 4/.500 6/2.033 5/.000 3/.666 1/.000 332/244 .310/.359/.408/.767 .978/.694 .915 82/.807 2/1 3/

11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 10/1.000 7/.762 7/.762 6/.834 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 389/290 .265/.290/.452/.742 .913/.685 .715 75/.381 2/0 13/

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/145 .255/.286/.465/.751 .955/.662 .606 26/.629 2/0 9/

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 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 15/.467 3/1 1/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 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 84/.608 2/2 10/

IP 100.1 29.2 16.0 37.2 41.1 50.2 13.0 30.0 15.1 TOTAL .262/.315/.385/.700 .731/.689 .711 .688 57/28 72/56

ERA-K/9

3.41/6.1

4.85/3.9

6.19/6.8

4.78/3.1

3.05/6.3

3.73/4.3

5.54/8.3

3.00/7.2

1.76/8.8

4.42/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (36-6-3)
Olivo (10-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 425/.218 135/.277 73/.318 170/.295 178/.272 220/.238 58/.200 127/.266 72/.254 .267 Guillen
Gathright
Teahen
DeJesus
Gload
German 36/0/32/7
0/79/0/5
20/0/61/4
47/36/12/3
1/0/2/0
12/0/0/0

OPS .678 .758 .838 .790 .704 .675 .710 .720 .779 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.849 48/1.019 35/.589 80/.882 65/.974 96/.675 28/.898 70/.855 30/.627 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.474 87/.618 38/1.080 90/.710 113/.544 124/.675 30/.508 57/.561 42/.867 .727

Road 249/.635 69/.875 42/.979 73/.765 86/.841 127/.735 37/.927 57/.649 45/.781 .766

Last 28d days 134/.861 41/.905 48/.729 48/.972 36/.753 46/.613 48/.529 28/.742 63/.730

HR/SB/CS 13/6/0 3/5/1 0/0/1 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/5/0 2/2/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 86/41/21

Usage ····X··· ·X·ooo·· ···Xo··· ··o··X·· ·X·X···· ·X······ X··X·o·· ····oo·· X··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, 2:10pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 7-4, 3.41)

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 7-6, 3.90)

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