KCR @ MIN, Sunday, September 28, 2008 Game Preview

Kansas City Royals, 75-86, 4th, 12 GB, 19½ GB in WC	SP: Brandon Duckworth (32, RHP, 3-2, 5.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 32 36 18 18 15 15 2 5.06 2007 (3-5) 46.2 51 30 24 23 21 3 4.63 2006 (1-5) 45.2 62 36 31 24 27 3 6.11 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 36.1 44 24 23 17 17 2 5.70 42 2008-09-21 CHW L 6 5 3 3 1 3 1 90 52 2008-09-16 SEA W 6 5 2 2 2 2 1 85 54 2008-09-11 @MIN ND 5 7 2 2 2 5 0 85 48 2008-09-05 CLE L 4 5 5 5 4 1 0 82 29 2008-08-30 @DET W 6 7 3 3 2 4 0 103 48 2008-08-24 DET W 5 7 3 3 4 0 0 88 37 2007-09-01 @MIN L 4.1 8 6 5 2 2 0 70 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 22.1 25 11 10 8 19 0 4.03 50 2008-09-11 @MIN ND 5 7 2 2 2 5 0 85 48 2007-09-01 @MIN L 4.1 8 6 5 2 2 0 70 25 2006-07-05 MIN ND 6 6 3 3 3 3 0 103 48 2002-06-21 MIN W 7 4 0 0 1 9 0 100 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-43 Road: 37-43 ExtrInn: 7-6 vsRHP: 39-62 vsLHP: 36-24 1-Run: 20-18 vsEast: 14-26 vsCntrl:31-40 vsWest: 17-15 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 161 Sat, Sep 27 @MIN W 4-2 75-86 4th 12.0 gb 160 Fri, Sep 26 @MIN W 8-1 74-86 4th 13.0 gb 159 Wed, Sep 24 @DET W 10-4 73-86 4th 14.0 gb 158 Tue, Sep 23 @DET W 5-0 72-86 4th 15.0 gb 157 Mon, Sep 22 @DET W 6-2 71-86 5th 16.0 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 CHW L 0-3 70-86 5th 16.5 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 CHW W 5-2 70-85 5th 15.5 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 CHW L 4-9 69-85 5th 16.5 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 SEA W 12-0 69-84 5th 15.5 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 SEA W 5-2 68-84 5th 16.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins, 87-74, 1st, ½ up	SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 10-4, 3.59) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-4) 165.1 157 66 66 41 132 20 3.59 2007 (9-9) 143.2 162 70 68 29 102 15 4.26 2006 (5-8) 83.1 114 63 59 16 62 17 6.37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 45.2 39 14 14 15 31 3 2.76 57 2008-09-23 CHW W 7 5 1 1 1 4 0 102 66 2008-09-17 @CLE ND 4.2 6 4 4 1 5 2 103 40 2008-09-13 @BAL W 6 4 1 1 3 4 0 94 61 2008-09-06 DET ND 7.1 4 3 3 4 5 0 101 59 2008-08-31 @OAK W 6 6 1 1 1 4 0 96 59 2008-08-26 @SEA L 6.2 10 3 3 3 3 0 105 42 2008-08-21 @LAA ND 8 4 1 1 2 6 1 103 74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 4-0 36.1 27 9 9 3 29 0 2.23 65 2008-08-10 @KCR ND 7 7 2 2 1 7 0 112 61 2008-04-04 KCR W 6.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 84 50 2007-09-11 @KCR W 5.2 10 3 3 1 4 0 85 40 2007-08-31 KCR W 9 1 0 0 1 9 0 111 93 2007-07-30 KCR W 8 2 1 1 0 7 0 99 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 52-28 Road: 35-46 ExtrInn: 8-10 vsRHP: 58-51 vsLHP: 29-23 1-Run: 26-25 vsEast: 13-22 vsCntrl:42-29 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 161 Sat, Sep 27 KCR L 2-4 87-74 1st 0.5 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 KCR L 1-8 87-73 1st 0.5 up 159 Thu, Sep 25 CHW W 7-6 (10) 87-72 1st 0.5 up 158 Wed, Sep 24 CHW W 3-2 86-72 2nd 0.5 gb 157 Tue, Sep 23 CHW W 9-3 85-72 2nd 1.5 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 @TBR W 4-1 84-72 2nd 2.5 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 @TBR L 2-7 83-72 2nd 2.5 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 @TBR L 1-11 83-71 2nd 2.5 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 @TBR W 11-8 83-70 2nd 1.5 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 @CLE L 4-6 82-70 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 27, 2008 KCR 4 @MIN 2 W:Gil Meche (14-11), L: Matt Guerrier (6-9), S: Joakim Soria (42) Fri, Sep 26, 2008 KCR 8 @MIN 1 W:Kyle Davies (9-7), L: Francisco Liriano (6-4), S: none Thu, Sep 11, 2008 KCR 3 @MIN 2 (10) W:Ramon Ramirez (3-2), L: Matt Guerrier (6-8), S: Joakim Soria (36) Wed, Sep 10, 2008 MIN 7 KCR 1 W:Kevin Slowey (12-9), L: Kyle Davies (6-7), S: none Tue, Sep 09, 2008 MIN 7 KCR 2 W:Nick Blackburn (10-8), L: Brian Bannister (7-15), S: none Sun, Aug 10, 2008 KCR 5 MIN 4 (12) W:Robinson Tejeda (1-2), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none Sat, Aug 09, 2008 MIN 7 @KCR 3 W:Francisco Liriano (2-3), L: Zack Greinke (9-8), S: none Fri, Aug 08, 2008 MIN 4 @KCR 1 W:Kevin Slowey (8-8), L: Kyle Davies (5-3), S: Joe Nathan (31) Thu, May 29, 2008 MIN 5 @KCR 1 W:Kevin Slowey (2-4), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: none Wed, May 28, 2008 MIN 9 @KCR 8 (10) W:Jesse Crain (3-2), L: Joel Peralta (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (14) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 11-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; All-Time - MIN leads 314-289

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 5.60

ATL 4.67

SDP 3.95

RA/G

TOR 3.78

HOU 4.64

TEX 5.96

C. Jones .364

M. Cabrera .294

J. Towles .138

OBP

C. Jones .469

P. Burrell .367

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .651

M. Ordonez .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

F. Tatis .853

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

G. Meche 3.98

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 437/285 .323/.352/.477/.830 .952/.766 .908 114/.773 8/3 10/

14.Buck G/S/vP 14/.690 19/.439 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 14/.748 ··· ··· ··· 7/.619 1/.000 415/284 .226/.306/.368/.674 .772/.631 .657 48/.775 0/3 9/

16.Butler G/S/vP 15/.134 14/.857 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 6/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 477/320 .276/.325/.400/.725 .985/.599 .740 69/.764 0/1 11/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 230/153 .311/.367/.378/.745 .771/.731 .847 91/.814 2/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 11/.455 28/.970 2/1.500 9/.944 1/2.000 14/.917 ··· ··· ··· 14/.368 8/.393 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .825 102/1.025 11/8 12/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 7/.572 21/.461 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .575 22/.803 21/4 0/

3.German G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 241/116 .247/.304/.340/.643 .644/.642 .578 46/.714 7/3 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP 12/.166 23/.864 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.750 9/.819 418/313 .273/.317/.348/.664 .589/.690 .536 22/.654 3/4 3/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/.641 21/1.048 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.167 8/.250 568/381 .261/.353/.435/.787 .629/.868 .755 46/.987 9/2 16/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 13/.641 8/.500 3/1.167 10/.400 3/1.666 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 10/1.171 630/439 .266/.302/.440/.742 .936/.660 .759 109/.905 2/1 20/

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/19 .316/.381/.474/.855 1.000/.839 .857 21/.855 0/0 1/

35.Maier* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 94/59 .284/.315/.318/.633 .636/.632 .699 33/.493 0/2 0/

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .834 56/.536 7/0 12/

1.Pena G/S/vP 9/.222 13/.231 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .389 25/.374 3/1 1/

43.Shealy G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 78/42 .306/.359/.611/.970 .879/1.048 1.193 78/.970 0/0 7/

26.Smith* G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 26/20 .192/.192/.269/.462 .333/.500 .267 7/.286 0/1 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 20/.700 28/1.045 3/2.500 8/.000 2/.000 10/.900 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 11/.773 9/.619 619/413 .255/.313/.403/.717 .730/.710 .732 100/.809 4/3 15/

IP 165.1 118.1 47.0 62.2 56.1 76.1 11.2 17.2 8.0 66.1 46.1 TOTAL .269/.321/.398/.719 .774/.692 .716 .805 79/38 120/94

ERA-K/9

3.59/7.2

5.93/7.4

1.91/7.5

3.59/7.2

4.15/5.3

5.19/7.0

4.63/4.6

4.58/3.1

1.13/4.5

1.36/9.8

2.33/7.6

4.22/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (57-12-4)
Olivo (19-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 678/.250 532/.285 189/.202 268/.257 227/.245 344/.275 50/.250 74/.288 26/.077 256/.179 188/.235 .275 Guillen
Teahen
Gathright
DeJesus
Maier
Gload
Callaspo
Smith
German 45/0/66/10
30/1/91/6
3/100/0/5
71/68/24/3
0/33/4/0
8/0/3/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
38/0/0/0

OPS .687 .775 .516 .744 .699 .802 .885 .819 .154 .524 .658 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 346/.720 243/.866 88/.462 93/.719 90/.628 126/.801 25/.820 34/.860 11/.364 130/.562 101/.537 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.652 289/.700 101/.563 175/.755 137/.746 218/.802 25/.943 40/.784 15/.000 126/.486 87/.802 .752

Home 262/.608 324/.715 90/.493 138/.632 121/.638 169/.762 11/1.155 17/.794 6/.000 147/.427 90/.624 .700

Last 28d days 123/.624 67/.837 38/.485 33/.573 26/.965 50/1.103 50/.885 34/.975 26/.154 37/.540 35/.810

HR/SB/CS 20/8/5 16/11/0 1/2/5 6/6/1 4/3/0 12/8/1 4/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/5/0 4/6/2 182/69/34

Usage ····X··· o·oo···· o·oo···· o·X·o··· ·o······ o·X·X··X ·X······ ·X······ o··o··o· ··XX··X· X·o····X

Minnesota Twins Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS

31.Duckworth
G/S/vB

49.Bale*
G/S/vB

54.Fulchino
G/S/vB

41.Gobble*
G/S/vB

52.Lowery
G/S/vB

32.Mahay*
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

27.Yabuta
G/S/vB

PA/vRH

BA/OBP/SLG/OPS

vLH/RH

Last 28d

SB/CS

HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP

···

···

···

245/197

.294/.340/.390/.730

.455/.799

.689

60/.642

0/2

25.Casilla# G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

428/293

.284/.335/.379/.714

.642/.750

.776

109/.641

7/2

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP

···

···

275/198

.248/.327/.366/.693

.671/.700

.773

16/.542

5/1

12.Everett G/S/vP

···

···

···

150/113

.213/.278/.323/.601

.773/.549

.580

13/.748

0/0

22.Gomez G/S/vP

···

···

608/441

.261/.299/.364/.663

.721/.642

.698

87/.856

33/11

23.Harris G/S/vP

···

···

···

483/322

.266/.328/.397/.725

.715/.730

.725

37/.961

1/1

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

1/1

.000/.000/.000/.000

/.000

1/.000

0/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP

···

···

513/398

.275/.337/.475/.812

.704/.842

.888

79/.849

0/1

20/

27.Macri G/S/vP

···

36/12

.324/.361/.441/.802

.917/.533

.875

4/.000

1/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP

···

···

625/425

.330/.415/.451/.866

.932/.832

.944

108/.884

1/1

33.Morneau* G/S/vP

···

···

704/456

.303/.375/.504/.879

.794/.928

.851

111/.757

0/1

23/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP

···

6/5

.000/.200/.000/.200

/.000

.000

6/.200

0/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP

···

···

371/237

.281/.339/.380/.719

.707/.719

.753

90/.658

13/6

55.Redmond G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

···

137/68

.287/.321/.333/.655

.627/.682

.738

21/.749

0/0

56.Ruiz G/S/vP

···

68/31

.274/.338/.355/.693

.745/.633

.837

14/.298

0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP

···

···

402/275

.296/.386/.434/.820

.871/.797

.848

126/.763

18/7

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP

···

···

···

···

123/84

.283/.322/.389/.712

.703/.716

.770

33/.897

7/1

21.Young G/S/vP

···

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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Brandon Duckworth (32, RHP, 3-2, 5.06)

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 10-4, 3.59)

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