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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 23, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Detroit Tigers, 63-65, 3rd, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Zach Miner (26, RHP, 6-4, 3.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-4)             75.1  75  37  33  36  41  6    3.94      
 2007 (3-4)             53.2  56  22  18  22  34  3    3.02      
 2006 (7-6)             93   100  53  50  32  59 11    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36    40  16  13  10  21  4    3.25   50 
 2008-08-17    BAL  ND   1.1   6   5   5   4   1  0      52   19 
 2008-08-12    TOR  ND   6     5   1   1   1   5  1     103   62 
 2008-08-07   @CHW   W   6     7   2   1   0   3  0      98   55 
 2008-08-01   @TBR   L   5.1   8   4   3   3   3  1      95   38 
 2008-07-27    CHW   W   6     5   2   2   0   5  2      92   59 
 2008-07-21   @KCR   W   6     3   0   0   1   1  0      88   66 
 2007-05-17   @BOS   L   5.1   6   2   1   1   3  0      99   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-2  10.2  16  10  10   3   2  1    8.44   38 
 2008-07-21   @KCR   W   6     3   0   0   1   1  0      88   66 
 2006-09-30    KCR   L   0.1   5   5   5   0   0  1      32   21 
 2006-07-16    KCR   L   4.1   8   5   5   2   1  0      94   26 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   30-37   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  40-51   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:22-30   vsWest: 16-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 22  @KCR  W   4-3       63-65  3rd 11.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @TEX  L   1-9       62-65  3rd 11.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @TEX  W  11-3       62-64  3rd 10.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @TEX  W   8-7       61-64  3rd 10.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   BAL  L   8-16      60-64  3rd 10.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   BAL  W   5-3       60-63  3rd  9.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   BAL  L   2-11      59-63  3rd  9.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   TOR  W   5-1       59-62  3rd  9.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   TOR  L   3-4       58-62  3rd  9.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   TOR  L   4-6       58-61  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Kansas City Royals, 55-73, 5th, 19 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 5-4, 4.71)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             70.2  87  39  37  31  41  8    4.71      
 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         2-3  34.1  43  18  18  14  22  5    4.72   45 
 2008-08-14   @CHW   L   5     9   3   3   2   7  0     100   42 
 2008-08-08    MIN   L   2.1   3   3   3   5   2  0      69   36 
 2008-08-02    CHW   W   5.1   5   3   3   1   2  2      90   47 
 2008-07-27    TBR   W   5     6   1   1   2   2  0      83   51 
 2008-07-22    DET   L   4     5   2   2   1   3  1      96   46 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-2  15.2  17   7   7   5  10  3    4.02   49 
 2008-07-22    DET   L   4     5   2   2   1   3  1      96   46 
 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:   28-35   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  32-54   vsLHP:  23-19   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 14-26   vsCntrl:18-30   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 22   DET  L   3-4       55-73  5th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21  @CLE  L   3-10      55-72  5th 18.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @CLE  L   5-8       55-71  5th 18.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @CLE  L   4-9       55-70  5th 17.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @NYY  L   6-15      55-69  5th 15.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16  @NYY  L   2-3 (13)  55-68  5th 14.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15  @NYY  W   4-3       55-67  5th 13.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14  @CHW  L   2-9       54-67  5th 14.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13  @CHW  L   0-4       54-66  5th 13.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12  @CHW  L   0-9       54-65  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 DET  4 @KCR  3        W:Justin Verlander (10-13), L: Brian Bannister (7-13), S: Fernando Rodney (6)
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 DET  7 @KCR  1        W:Armando Galarraga (8-4), L: Zack Greinke (7-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 6-4; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 261-247

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  5.57

FLA  4.64

WSN  3.74

RA/G

TOR  3.94

SFG  4.63

TEX  6.08

BA

C. Jones  .359

J. Bay  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .461

J. Inglett  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .618

M. Reynolds  .481

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

J. Gerut  .838

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

J. Jurrjens  6.45

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
G/S/vB
63.Newman*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
40.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 5/1.400 2/.500 ··· 5/1.000 23/.648 543/414 .293/.354/.527/.880 .921/.868 .854 115/.995 1/0 27/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· 7/1.771 3/.666 1/.000 6/.500 5/.000 2/1.000 472/362 .300/.374/.502/.876 .762/.912 .892 124/.991 9/4 15/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 8/2.250 ··· ··· 11/.473 12/1.250 2/1.500 4/.250 5/1.350 4/1.750 479/377 .285/.375/.436/.811 .836/.807 .737 87/.760 9/3 10/
15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 8/.250 8/.000 1/.000 7/.834 2/.000 1/.000 290/225 .215/.315/.409/.724 .695/.731 .627 91/.716 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 198/180 .271/.328/.569/.897 .789/.907 .874 66/.739 0/0 12/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· ··· 12/1.084 14/.643 2/.000 5/1.800 1/2.000 2/2.000 481/367 .310/.374/.475/.849 .886/.837 .716 112/.747 0/5 15/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 8/1.000 7/1.715 1/.000 9/.444 2/.000 8/1.417 509/369 .310/.356/.428/.784 .899/.742 .830 109/.890 6/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 150/82 .255/.315/.409/.724 .793/.663 .674 43/.643 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.500 2/1.000 25/.838 458/344 .266/.317/.359/.676 .894/.607 .562 94/.822 4/3 7/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/81 .321/.448/.462/.909 .929/.905 .884 30/.647 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .111/.135/.167/.302 .125/.345 .154 20/.161 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 8/.708 ··· ··· 4/.250 9/.944 2/2.000 6/.533 2/.500 11/1.727 363/276 .234/.331/.399/.729 .754/.721 .746 99/.822 7/1 13/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 1/5.000 268/160 .235/.291/.530/.821 .819/.823 .759 49/.372 0/3 21/
IP 70.2 10.0 15.2 34.0 48.1 58.0 55.0 33.0 29.2 TOTAL .275/.343/.444/.787 .818/.777 .734 .797 48/25 152/93
ERA-K/9 4.71/5.2 9.90/7.2 8.62/4.6 3.44/4.8 5.40/6.3 3.10/9.5 1.96/9.5 3.82/9.8 5.46/7.9 4.75/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (18-7-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.304 52/.341 84/.362 152/.262 201/.257 241/.225 215/.178 136/.149 139/.289 .269  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Sheffield
 Guillen
0/0/104/6
0/106/0/4
2/11/0/2
54/0/7/2
23/5/18/2
38/0/19/1
6/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .850 .946 1.102 .731 .846 .599 .536 .544 .834 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.872 29/.968 29/1.085 73/.821 91/.888 116/.762 112/.551 65/.612 65/.733 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.831 23/.918 55/1.111 79/.648 110/.812 125/.450 103/.521 71/.475 74/.928 .749
Home 217/.839 21/1.321 16/1.295 87/.818 113/.798 129/.515 98/.410 87/.653 38/1.035 .739
Last 28d days 86/.862 20/.956 35/1.064 54/1.000 60/.791 41/.714 44/.747 46/.448 43/.798
HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 1/1/0 4/1/0 2/1/0 14/3/1 2/3/1 5/2/1 3/6/0 3/1/2 138/64/19
Usage ········ ··o··Xo· ·X···X·· ···X···X ·o·o··X· ··o···X· ··X····X ·X····X· o··X····
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Miner
G/S/vB
62.Beltran
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 292/205 .333/.360/.505/.865 1.127/.756 .828 109/.956 5/2 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 2/4.500 3/.666 8/1.089 1/.000 351/251 .225/.296/.371/.668 .795/.618 .654 72/.437 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 3/.000 380/269 .263/.316/.369/.684 .878/.606 .699 94/.712 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/1.556 ··· 2/.500 11/1.182 2/1.000 ··· 10/.536 6/.167 445/293 .292/.353/.436/.789 .699/.837 .797 67/.582 10/7 10/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 7/1.714 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 279/207 .248/.301/.264/.565 .522/.580 .583 4/.250 21/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 5/1.350 1/.000 181/101 .235/.292/.327/.619 .523/.695 .655 75/.618 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 368/278 .277/.324/.351/.675 .563/.712 .795 82/.749 3/4 3/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/2.500 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 5/.750 522/358 .254/.349/.420/.769 .562/.867 .809 90/.926 7/2 14/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/.834 2/2.000 7/.858 10/1.000 4/.000 7/.762 1/.000 2/1.000 494/360 .251/.285/.426/.712 .942/.630 .704 93/.633 2/1 16/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 249/168 .265/.293/.479/.772 1.004/.663 .675 36/.961 4/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 209/144 .164/.184/.209/.393 .582/.310 .442 17/.588 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 19/15 .211/.211/.316/.526 .500/.533 .750 19/.526 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 3/2.000 6/.500 7/.286 491/346 .244/.312/.379/.691 .670/.699 .696 95/.627 3/3 10/
IP 75.1 12.0 51.2 27.0 37.2 59.1 28.1 43.0 TOTAL .262/.315/.386/.701 .753/.680 .722 .712 67/34 90/77
ERA-K/9 3.94/4.9 5.25/6.0 4.18/8.7 6.00/7.0 5.50/5.7 3.49/6.2 4.76/10.8 2.72/8.6 4.56/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (46-8-3)
 Olivo (18-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 331/.261 53/.277 222/.281 120/.306 173/.288 259/.283 125/.194 180/.252 .270  Guillen
 Gathright
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 German
 Smith
 Gload
45/0/43/8
0/81/0/5
24/1/82/4
56/49/13/3
21/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/2/0
OPS .765 .890 .885 .875 .811 .788 .690 .699 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.814 20/.725 106/.987 55/.682 79/.819 93/.917 59/.739 94/.746 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.725 33/.977 116/.800 65/1.045 94/.803 166/.715 66/.641 86/.649 .768
Road 177/.798 17/.769 106/.929 70/.908 75/.792 131/.880 81/.856 86/.698 .797
Last 28d days 111/.929 29/.829 42/1.113 43/.951 13/.462 81/.978 64/.683 53/.650
HR/SB/CS 6/8/3 3/0/0 14/6/6 3/0/1 3/0/0 7/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 129/53/26
Usage ·····X·· ··X··XXo ····X·X· ···o·X·X X··oo··· ··X··X·X X···o·o· ···X·oo·

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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