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Game Preview: TBR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 24, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Tampa Bay Rays, 59-41, 1st, ½ up

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 8-5, 3.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-5)            110    99  50  45  33  75 11    3.68      
 2007 (5-7)             83    96  44  34  32  67  8    3.69      
 2006 (3-6)             50    62  33  32  23  38  6    5.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  48.1  38  17  15   8  41  3    2.79   61 
 2008-07-19    TOR   W   7.2   2   0   0   0   6  0     107   81 
 2008-07-12   @CLE   L   5    11   7   7   2   6  2     108   21 
 2008-07-07    KCR  ND   6.2   9   3   3   2   5  0     109   47 
 2008-07-01    BOS   W   7     5   1   0   0   3  0     102   68 
 2008-06-26   @FLA   W   9     1   1   1   1  10  1     108   90 
 2008-06-20    HOU   L   6     7   4   3   2   8  0     113   50 
 2008-06-14    FLA   W   7     3   1   1   1   3  0     112   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-3  26.1  27  14  10   5  24  0    3.42   53 
 2008-07-07    KCR  ND   6.2   9   3   3   2   5  0     109   47 
 2007-08-31    KCR   L   5.1   9   8   4   2   6  0      91   30 
 2007-08-09   @KCR   L   6.2   4   1   1   0   6  0     103   68 
 2006-08-29    KCR   L   7.2   5   2   2   1   7  0      98   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-16   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  42-26   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  18-11
 vsEast: 26-18   vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest: 13-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 23   OAK  W   4-3       59-41  1st  0.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 22   OAK  L   1-8       58-41  1st  0.5 up
 98 Mon, Jul 21   OAK  W   4-0       58-40  1st  1.5 up
 97 Sun, Jul 20   TOR  L   4-9       57-40  1st  1.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 19   TOR  W   6-4       57-39  1st  1.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 18   TOR  W   2-1       56-39  1st  0.5 up
 94 Sun, Jul 13  @CLE  L   2-5       55-39  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 12  @CLE  L   4-8       55-38  1st  0.5 up
 92 Fri, Jul 11  @CLE  L   0-5       55-37  1st  1.5 up
 91 Thu, Jul 10  @CLE  L   2-13      55-36  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals, 45-57, 4th, 13 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 7-9, 4.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-9)            126.2 128  66  64  43  94 14    4.55      
 2007 (9-13)           216   218  98  88  62 156 22    3.67      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  44.1  41  18  16  12  31  3    3.25   54 
 2008-07-19   @CHW   W   6.1   2   1   1   1   6  0      91   70 
 2008-07-12    SEA  ND   6.2  10   4   4   1   1  1      98   38 
 2008-07-07   @TBR  ND   5.1   7   2   2   4   5  0     115   47 
 2008-07-02   @BAL   L   6     9   5   4   2   0  1      89   34 
 2008-06-27    STL   W   7     6   1   1   1   2  1     103   62 
 2008-06-21    SFG   W   5.2   3   2   1   2   7  0     101   62 
 2008-06-15   @ARI   W   7.1   4   3   3   1  10  0     115   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-27   Road:   23-30   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  27-43   vsLHP:  18-14   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:15-20   vsWest:  7-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Wed, Jul 23   DET  L   1-7       45-57  4th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 KCR  7 @TBR  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (1-1), L: Dan Wheeler (2-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 TBR  9  KCR  2        W:James Shields (7-5), L: Luke Hochevar (5-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 TBR  3  KCR  0        W:Andy Sonnanstine (10-3), L: Zack Greinke (7-5), S: Grant Balfour (3)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 TBR 11  KCR  2        W:Edwin Jackson (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: none

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 KCR 12  TBD  4        W:Jorge de la Rosa (7-9), L: Scott Kazmir (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 KCR  8  TBD  7        W:Octavio Dotel (2-1), L: Shawn Camp (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TBD  6 @KCR  5        W:James Shields (7-4), L: Odalis Perez (4-8), S: Gary Glover (1)
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 TBD  4  KCR  2        W:James Shields (5-0), L: Gil Meche (3-5), S: Al Reyes (14)
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 TBD  5  KCR  1        W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 KCR  9 @TBD  4        W:Odalis Perez (3-5), L: Edwin Jackson (0-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-1; 2007 - KCR won 4-3; 2006 - TBR won 5-1; All-Time - TBR leads 45-39

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  5.46

COL  4.58

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.63

CLE  4.53

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .286

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

T. Wigginton  .360

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .625

R. Vazquez  .470

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.063

C. Delgado  .824

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

Z. Greinke  4.06

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

T. Wellemeyer  6.24

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 163/92 .236/.321/.382/.703 .861/.574 .715 60/.647 2/1 4/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 21/.701 6/.533 1/.000 3/3.167 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 11/.664 424/288 .269/.310/.379/.689 .584/.739 .558 100/.513 23/7 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 20/.478 ··· ··· 12/.795 146/139 .258/.342/.453/.796 .619/.804 .645 31/.693 1/0 7/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 9/1.476 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 155/55 .197/.310/.424/.734 .814/.589 .753 40/.755 8/1 8/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.833 221/191 .223/.330/.394/.724 .590/.746 .638 30/.750 2/2 7/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 23/.444 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 278/234 .259/.349/.502/.851 .566/.903 .976 47/.787 7/2 14/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 7/1.571 2/.500 ··· 1/4.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 441/307 .277/.355/.377/.731 .641/.771 .729 89/.783 5/3 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 375/267 .272/.347/.523/.870 .844/.880 .920 98/.985 6/0 19/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 11/.182 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.556 283/210 .314/.374/.427/.801 .733/.837 .770 71/.696 0/3 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 24/1.281 5/.800 2/.000 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 2/3.500 4/1.750 340/218 .230/.335/.429/.764 .683/.809 .714 97/.765 0/0 15/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/50 .253/.319/.434/.753 .822/.692 .960 24/.964 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.143 421/292 .273/.386/.397/.782 .806/.772 .780 94/.653 30/13 6/
IP 126.2 51.2 22.1 34.0 16.2 47.0 44.0 20.2 TOTAL .259/.337/.409/.746 .725/.755 .727 .723 106/37 107/58
ERA-K/9 4.55/6.7 1.74/7.1 1.61/5.7 5.82/6.4 2.16/4.9 3.06/10.0 1.43/9.8 4.79/8.7 4.73/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (28-17-4)
 Riggans (14-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 539/.262 214/.229 90/.205 141/.277 67/.222 193/.225 166/.146 90/.187 .269  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/94/0/9
2/17/65/6
94/1/0/2
6/0/40/2
7/0/17/0
OPS .741 .597 .565 .868 .571 .580 .465 .593 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.774 83/.653 39/.676 62/.993 23/.447 87/.802 85/.542 42/.726 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.707 131/.563 51/.475 79/.775 44/.637 106/.395 81/.387 48/.471 .730
Home 250/.824 98/.518 49/.724 74/.949 33/.565 96/.494 71/.323 63/.817 .745
Last 28d days 132/.760 49/.558 7/1.000 49/.838 62/.535 35/.692 32/.484 61/.509
HR/SB/CS 14/4/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 9/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/5/0 106/46/16
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· X·o····· ·X···X·· X··Xo··· ···Xo··· ···o···· ·XX··X··
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 175/127 .313/.343/.494/.837 1.089/.746 .798 95/.733 3/1 4/
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 271/200 .251/.317/.391/.708 .874/.650 .661 63/.767 0/3 6/
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 278/200 .251/.309/.349/.658 .906/.565 .556 72/.627 0/1 4/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 15/.900 1/.000 5/.200 5/.000 7/.143 2/.500 1/no AB 3/1.000 370/248 .304/.360/.463/.822 .737/.865 .810 94/.754 9/7 10/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 12/.182 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 275/203 .251/.302/.267/.569 .522/.586 .592 52/.663 21/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/52 .247/.304/.323/.627 .577/.675 .782 31/1.215 5/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 10/1.125 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 278/216 .259/.314/.314/.628 .415/.690 .725 92/.639 3/4 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 424/297 .248/.335/.399/.734 .488/.841 .795 92/.653 4/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 5/.400 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 334/246 .308/.356/.406/.762 .978/.688 .899 84/.787 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 5/1.000 7/2.238 393/294 .265/.293/.451/.744 .913/.687 .718 75/.425 2/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 213/148 .251/.282/.458/.740 .955/.648 .587 29/.563 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 192/136 .152/.174/.201/.375 .530/.314 .413 15/.467 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 3/1.167 4/.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 396/285 .245/.313/.393/.706 .635/.734 .699 84/.583 2/2 10/
IP 110.0 24.1 55.1 59.0 25.0 29.2 18.2 42.1 TOTAL .261/.314/.384/.697 .731/.684 .704 .678 57/28 72/56
ERA-K/9 3.68/6.1 1.48/13.3 4.55/5.0 2.59/8.7 5.40/6.8 3.34/9.4 4.34/7.7 2.34/5.7 3.79/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 458/.238 93/.125 247/.278 243/.183 109/.256 120/.162 78/.212 167/.172 .242  Guillen
 Gathright
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Gload
 German
37/0/33/7
0/80/0/5
20/1/62/4
47/36/12/3
1/0/2/0
13/0/0/0
OPS .657 .401 .808 .560 .726 .593 .611 .564 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.663 34/.502 117/.918 84/.465 64/.657 64/.504 28/.893 61/.415 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.651 59/.340 130/.710 159/.608 45/.821 56/.694 50/.450 106/.647 .683
Road 200/.816 44/.553 159/.870 111/.652 43/.891 40/.780 33/.714 83/.621 .783
Last 28d days 137/.564 45/.422 43/.643 40/.451 29/.829 17/.912 13/.671 29/.723
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 0/1/0 7/9/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 4/2/0 1/1/0 6/0/1 90/46/19
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· ·X·X···· ··o·oo·· ·X·Xo··· o··X···· ·X·oo··· ····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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