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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 12:40pm, Monday, July 7, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Kansas City Royals, 39-50, 4th, 12½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 6-9, 4.74)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-9)            108.1 109  59  57  37  82 13    4.74      
 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         3-2  42.2  40  20  18  14  34  4    3.80   53 
 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 
 2008-06-10    TEX  ND   6     4   1   1   2   4  0     100   62 
 2008-06-05   @CHW   L   5.2   8   5   5   4   5  0     115   34 
 2008-05-30    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   6  2     107   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   20-29   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-38   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  9-20   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @TBR  L   2-9       39-50  4th 12.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @TBR  L   0-3       39-49  4th 11.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @TBR  L   2-11      39-48  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @BAL  W  10-7       39-47  4th 10.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @BAL  L   2-5       38-47  4th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @BAL  L   5-7       38-46  4th 10.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @BAL  W   6-5 (11)  38-45  4th  9.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   STL  L   6-9       37-45  4th  9.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   STL  L   1-5       37-44  4th  8.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   STL  W   7-2       37-43  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Rays, 55-32, 1st, 5 up

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 7-4, 3.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-4)             90.2  77  40  35  29  58  9    3.47      
 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         4-3  46.1  32  19  15   9  39  5    2.91   60 
 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 
 2008-06-08   @TEX   L   4     6   3   3   1   2  2      77   39 
 2008-06-03   @BOS   L   5.1   6   7   5   2   3  2      96   33 
 2008-05-28    TEX   W   8     4   2   2   2  10  0     114   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-3  19.2  18  11   7   3  19  0    3.20   55 
 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:   36-13   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  40-23   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 24-15   vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest: 11-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sun, Jul  6   KCR  W   9-2       55-32  1st  5.0 up
 86 Sat, Jul  5   KCR  W   3-0       54-32  1st  4.0 up
 85 Fri, Jul  4   KCR  W  11-2       53-32  1st  3.0 up
 84 Wed, Jul  2   BOS  W   7-6       52-32  1st  3.5 up
 83 Tue, Jul  1   BOS  W   3-1       51-32  1st  2.5 up
 82 Mon, Jun 30   BOS  W   5-4       50-32  1st  1.5 up
 81 Sun, Jun 29  @PIT  W   4-3       49-32  1st  0.5 up
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @PIT  L   3-4 (13)  48-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @PIT  W  10-5       48-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26  @FLA  W   6-1       47-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 KCR  4 @TBD  1        W:Brian Bannister (1-3), L: Scott Kazmir (3-3), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-0; 2007 - KCR won 4-3; 2006 - TBR won 5-1; All-Time - TBR leads 45-38

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  5.48

COL  4.52

WSN  3.62

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.74

BA

C. Jones  .388

R. Braun  .284

T. Pena  .159

OBP

C. Jones  .485

R. Winn  .357

T. Pena  .181

SLG

L. Berkman  .667

J. Kubel  .465

T. Pena  .210

OPS

C. Jones  1.125

A. Ethier  .815

T. Pena  .392

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

P. Maholm  4.05

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.49

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/89 .273/.302/.455/.756 1.194/.631 .745 101/.755 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 231/174 .244/.320/.361/.681 .995/.582 .717 74/.674 0/3 3/
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 229/166 .264/.328/.351/.678 .984/.568 .694 23/.759 0/1 2/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 11/.473 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 5/.000 6/.167 2/1.500 307/208 .312/.370/.475/.845 .772/.881 .836 99/.927 6/5 9/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 253/187 .252/.305/.270/.575 .574/.575 .546 70/.641 19/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 82/39 .176/.215/.203/.418 .404/.433 .296 18/.500 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 7/1.096 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 226/187 .267/.311/.333/.644 .364/.705 .521 88/.765 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 373/265 .255/.335/.419/.755 .516/.853 .683 111/.828 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.400 5/.400 1/no AB 6/.334 294/220 .313/.368/.418/.786 .987/.721 .701 92/.907 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 7/2.238 360/271 .272/.297/.465/.763 1.021/.680 .764 110/.757 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 200/137 .262/.290/.482/.772 .987/.676 .899 48/.577 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 184/129 .159/.181/.210/.392 .541/.331 .367 17/.650 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 348/256 .253/.328/.407/.735 .635/.772 .755 100/.728 2/2 9/
IP 90.2 17.2 32.1 48.0 52.2 22.2 39.2 TOTAL .262/.315/.386/.702 .759/.680 .685 .751 43/25 64/49
ERA-K/9 3.47/5.8 1.02/13.7 3.34/5.9 4.88/5.1 2.91/8.5 3.57/6.3 1.82/5.9 3.57/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (27-5-3)
 Olivo (9-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 375/.228 66/.105 144/.262 213/.286 218/.191 94/.247 154/.165 .238  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
31/0/30/6
0/72/0/5
40/29/12/3
20/0/51/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .639 .337 .715 .829 .586 .677 .514 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.648 25/.478 66/.703 102/.975 72/.537 53/.616 57/.367 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.631 41/.254 78/.725 111/.697 146/.608 41/.755 97/.600 .667
Home 202/.543 42/.321 98/.822 72/.638 120/.516 54/.469 74/.369 .614
Last 28d days 106/.423 43/.240 49/.662 20/.650 53/.587 21/.817 39/.289
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 4/0/1 72/41/18
Usage ·····X·· ·X···Xo· o···X··· ··o····· ·X···oo· o···o·o· ····X·oX
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 130/84 .265/.357/.416/.773 1.093/.591 .706 82/.738 2/1 3/
44.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/3 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.333 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 18/.708 15/1.319 5/.650 3/3.167 3/2.667 ··· ··· 11/.664 372/263 .288/.332/.412/.744 .684/.770 .857 92/.931 22/6 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 20/.478 ··· ··· 12/.795 128/121 .252/.344/.450/.794 .619/.804 .878 43/.772 1/0 6/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 6/2.500 6/1.500 1/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 129/50 .198/.302/.405/.708 .760/.626 .660 24/.589 5/1 6/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 6/.833 208/181 .232/.337/.412/.749 .531/.783 .844 60/.776 2/2 7/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 20/.308 7/.453 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 253/211 .257/.344/.509/.853 .595/.902 .746 65/.834 7/2 13/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/1.333 3/1.167 2/.500 1/4.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 384/280 .277/.347/.382/.729 .666/.753 .710 97/.801 5/2 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 323/240 .281/.353/.537/.890 .864/.899 .809 106/1.146 6/0 16/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 8/.125 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.556 244/188 .318/.370/.435/.805 .746/.833 .797 88/.822 0/3 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 21/1.476 15/.553 4/1.000 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 286/193 .232/.339/.432/.771 .696/.806 .827 43/.813 0/0 12/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/46 .267/.321/.467/.788 .848/.740 .642 16/1.194 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/.334 6/1.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.143 376/275 .278/.392/.411/.803 .817/.797 .797 109/.636 26/10 6/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 7/1.429 34/24 .290/.353/.710/1.063 1.250/.987 .949 17/1.353 1/0 3/
IP 108.1 23.2 44.1 27.2 7.2 40.2 37.0 11.2 TOTAL .266/.342/.421/.763 .752/.767 .762 .827 98/32 94/50
ERA-K/9 4.74/6.8 7.61/7.6 2.03/6.5 5.86/6.5 2.35/5.8 2.66/9.7 1.22/10.0 4.63/7.7 4.61/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (26-16-4)
 Riggans (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.262 114/.278 183/.224 116/.287 30/.233 167/.223 140/.143 50/.167 .268  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Zobrist
 Gomes
0/83/0/8
2/15/58/4
82/0/0/1
5/0/34/1
0/1/1/0
5/0/10/0
OPS .749 .882 .587 .933 .600 .558 .437 .566 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.759 50/.477 73/.686 54/1.048 12/.167 79/.725 70/.501 29/.803 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.739 64/1.236 110/.524 62/.837 18/.889 88/.406 70/.375 21/.246 .729
Road 239/.687 70/.800 101/.655 59/.859 20/.650 85/.623 83/.504 19/.161 .763
Last 28d days 126/.629 38/1.119 52/.239 24/1.114 30/.600 49/.563 34/.180 28/.220
HR/SB/CS 13/3/0 4/2/0 2/2/2 9/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 92/36/14
Usage ····X··· X·X··X·X ···X··X· X··X···X ·X··X·o· o·····X· ···o··o· o·X··X·X

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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