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Game Preview: KCR @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, June 25, 2007 @Angel Stadium

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Kansas City Royals, 30-46, 5th, 16 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: John Thomson (33, RHP, 0-0, )

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2006 (2-7)             80.1  93  55  43  32  46 11    4.82      
 2005 (4-6)             98.2 111  52  49  28  61  6    4.47      
 2004 (14-8)           198.1 210  93  82  52 133 20    3.72      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  30.1  45  32  28  13  13  6    8.31   35 
 2006-07-09    CIN  ND   2.2   2   0   0   1   2  0      44   55 
 2006-07-04    STL   L   3.2   7   5   5   3   1  1      71   25 
 2006-06-14    FLA  ND   6     4   2   2   2   3  1      87   57 
 2006-06-08    HOU   L   5     6   4   4   2   2  2      79   39 
 2006-06-03    ARI   L   4.1  11   8   8   1   1  2      81    9 
 2006-05-29    LAD   L   1.1   7   7   5   3   1  0      50   14 
 2006-05-24    SDP   W   7.1   8   6   4   1   3  0      87   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-24   Road:   15-22   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  24-31   vsLHP:   6-15   1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast:  4-12   vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest:  7-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sun, Jun 24  @MIL  W   4-3 (11)  30-46  5th 16.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 23  @MIL  L   1-7       29-46  5th 16.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 22  @MIL  L   6-11      29-45  5th 15.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 20  @STL  L   6-7 (14)  29-44  5th 14.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 19  @STL  L   1-5       29-43  5th 13.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 18  @STL  W   5-3       29-42  5th 13.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 17   FLA  W   5-4       28-42  5th 13.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 16   FLA  L   8-9       27-42  5th 13.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 15   FLA  W   6-2       27-41  5th 13.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 14   STL  W  17-8       26-41  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 49-27, 1st, 8 up

SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 10-4, 2.96)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-4)            97.1  91  37  32  28  75 10    2.96      
 2006 (13-11)          217.2 203  98  86  72 190 14    3.56      
 2005 (14-5)           209   208  85  80  71 199 13    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  44    35  20  16  15  25  7    3.27   54 
 2007-06-18    HOU  ND   4.2   8   6   6   4   4  2     103   24 
 2007-06-13    CIN   W   6     3   3   1   1   4  1      97   61 
 2007-06-06    MIN   L   7     7   6   4   1   2  2     113   44 
 2007-06-01    BAL   W   7.1   5   2   2   2   4  1      97   62 
 2007-05-27    NYY   W   8     5   2   2   2   4  0     105   66 
 2007-05-22    DET   W   5     3   1   1   4   3  1     101   56 
 2007-05-16    SEA   W   6     4   0   0   1   4  0      90   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-1  32    37  14  12   6  28  4    3.38   53 
 2007-04-30    KCR   W   6.1   8   1   1   1   7  0     104   59 
 2006-06-15    KCR  ND   7     4   1   0   1   8  0     107   74 
 2004-08-24    KCR   W   5     7   5   5   2   6  1      94   37 
 2004-08-08    KCR  ND   6.2  11   4   4   1   4  1      96   39 
 2003-09-07    KCR   L   7     7   3   2   1   3  2     104   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-10   Road:   20-17   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  36-20   vsLHP:  13-7    1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest: 15-7  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sun, Jun 24   PIT  W   4-3 (10)  49-27  1st  8.0 up
 75 Sat, Jun 23   PIT  W  10-1       48-27  1st  8.0 up
 74 Fri, Jun 22   PIT  W   5-4 (11)  47-27  1st  7.0 up
 73 Wed, Jun 20   HOU  W   8-4       46-27  1st  6.0 up
 72 Tue, Jun 19   HOU  L   5-9       45-27  1st  6.0 up
 71 Mon, Jun 18   HOU  W  10-9       45-26  1st  6.0 up
 70 Sun, Jun 17  @LAD  W  10-4       44-26  1st  6.0 up
 69 Sat, Jun 16  @LAD  W   3-0       43-26  1st  5.0 up
 68 Fri, Jun 15  @LAD  L   1-2       42-26  1st  4.0 up
 67 Thu, Jun 14  @CIN  W   9-7       42-25  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 03, 2007 KCR  5  LAA  2    W:Gil Meche (3-1), L: Jered Weaver (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Wed, May 02, 2007 KCR  3  LAA  1    W:Jorge de la Rosa (3-2), L: Ervin Santana (2-4), S: Joakim Soria (4)
Tue, May 01, 2007 LAA  7 @KCR  5    W:Bartolo Colon (3-0), L: Zack Greinke (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (10)
Mon, Apr 30, 2007 LAA  3 @KCR  1    W:John Lackey (4-2), L: Odalis Perez (2-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (9)

Wed, Sep 20, 2006 LAA  3 @KCR  0    W:Kelvim Escobar (11-13), L: Odalis Perez (6-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (44)
Tue, Sep 19, 2006 LAA  5 @KCR  2    W:Joe Saunders (6-3), L: Jorge de la Rosa (5-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (43)
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 LAA  3 @KCR  1    W:Jered Weaver (7-0), L: Brandon Duckworth (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (25)
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 LAA  4 @KCR  3 (10)   W:Scot Shields (6-6), L: Todd Wellemeyer (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (24)
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 KCR  8  LAA  3    W:Runelvys Hernandez (2-4), L: Bartolo Colon (1-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 20, 2006 KCR  9  LAA  4    W:Elmer Dessens (5-7), L: Kevin Gregg (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 2-2; 2006 - LAA won 7-3; 2005 - LAA won 7-2; All-Time - Tied 248-248

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 2007 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

DET  6.09

COL  4.55

CHW  3.87

RA/G

SDP  3.39

CLE  4.66

TBD  6.05

BA

M. Ordonez  .381

J. Rollins  .284

D. Navarro  .180

OBP

B. Bonds  .500

A. Ramirez  .354

D. Navarro  .247

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .707

I. Rodriguez  .453

A. Kennedy  .255

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.140

C. Beltran  .810

J. Kendall  .510

ERA

D. Haren  1.78

J. Washburn  4.09

V. Padilla  6.69

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.89

B. Sheets  6.09

A. Cook  2.86

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
48.Carrasco
G/S/vB
58.Moseley
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 5/.900 200/126 .242/.300/.324/.624 .723/.566 .665 71/.743 7/0 2/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 5/1.250 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 196/154 .251/.342/.545/.887 1.000/.855 1.075 62/.783 0/0 13/5
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 42/28 .250/.262/.325/.587 .374/.691 .411 3/1.000 0/0 0/1
30.Cortez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/14 .250/.308/.333/.641 /.641 .422 14/.641 0/0 0/1
32.Costa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 56/52 .185/.196/.222/.418 .500/.412 .386 22/.332 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 13/.728 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 7/.858 350/240 .278/.359/.405/.764 .762/.765 .791 114/.792 3/2 4/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 48/42 .282/.391/.308/.699 .400/.739 .974 48/.699 2/0 0/1
3.German G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/no AB 208/131 .253/.351/.354/.705 .715/.699 .562 78/.518 5/3 2/4
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 283/223 .234/.326/.367/.693 .642/.707 .710 93/.843 9/2 5/9
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 93/65 .176/.237/.318/.555 .976/.382 .479 38/.839 1/0 2/1
1.Pena G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 279/213 .274/.295/.361/.656 .630/.664 .472 94/.678 3/2 1/12
43.Shealy G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 185/132 .220/.286/.310/.596 .333/.701 .659 84/.587 0/0 3/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.500 1/3.000 5/.250 3/.000 314/222 .290/.367/.423/.790 .668/.840 .651 107/.733 8/3 5/2
52.Thomson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 97.1 31.1 36.1 39.1 20.1 33.1 42.2 TOTAL .256/.322/.386/.708 .695/.714 .676 40/15 52/48
ERA-K/9 2.96/6.9 3.73/4.3 6.19/7.4 2.52/3.4 6.20/5.8 2.43/13.2 1.90/8.6 3.83/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (21-4-2)
 LaRue (13-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 408/.243 127/.224 177/.268 151/.241 98/.313 136/.208 162/.158 .253  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Butler
 Gathright
 Costa
0/3/71/10
46/0/3/5
0/75/0/3
3/0/0/2
6/0/0/0
12/0/0/0
11/0/5/0
OPS .675 .612 .852 .627 .830 .587 .501 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.705 49/.706 75/.588 67/.577 39/1.261 64/.655 78/.585 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.651 78/.552 102/1.042 84/.667 59/.552 72/.527 84/.423 .701
Home 194/.737 68/.547 78/.840 67/.634 44/.817 76/.680 81/.556 .681
Last 28d days 108/.758 51/.602 44/.890 53/.787 29/.492 42/.473 60/.343
HR/SB/CS 10/10/4 2/2/2 7/0/0 2/1/1 2/2/0 2/4/1 4/1/0 77/47/15
Usage ······X· X·X··Xo· ····o·XX oo···X·o o······· X·o·X·o· X·X·X·X·
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Thomson
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
58.Musser*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 162/124 .248/.289/.282/.571 .677/.540 .627 35/.555 2/4 0/4
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 15/.133 6/.167 6/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 333/255 .336/.372/.451/.823 .838/.818 .756 117/.897 9/0 4/4
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 8/.250 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/2.050 1/.000 205/154 .302/.356/.386/.742 .737/.744 .906 110/1.011 18/2 1/7
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 18/1.154 3/1.667 6/1.917 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 319/246 .325/.423/.562/.985 .959/.993 1.094 117/.883 1/2 14/5
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .333/.375/.333/.708 .000/.757 .666 16/.708 1/0 0/0
12.Hillenbrand G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 7/1.000 ··· 6/1.166 5/.400 1/.000 204/151 .254/.275/.325/.600 .623/.592 .739 52/.713 0/2 3/1
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/136 .298/.331/.435/.766 .785/.762 .632 99/.719 3/2 3/5
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 236/202 .333/.411/.556/.967 .686/1.014 1.047 65/1.272 2/0 8/1
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 4/.500 9/1.069 ··· 4/2.333 7/.762 1/.000 313/237 .285/.342/.452/.794 .677/.841 .914 97/.816 11/3 10/3
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 95/75 .242/.258/.286/.544 .900/.444 .615 25/.653 2/1 0/0
22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/23 .292/.370/.542/.912 1.500/.798 1.040 12/.917 0/0 1/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 198/146 .250/.345/.446/.791 .873/.765 .857 77/.729 4/2 7/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 92/25 .274/.326/.452/.778 .812/.684 .822 35/.848 1/0 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 243/170 .343/.439/.409/.848 .893/.828 .803 104/.952 18/2 0/1
IP 12.0 26.1 61.2 15.1 49.2 35.1 30.2 TOTAL .291/.349/.425/.774 .792/.768 .826 74/20 59/45
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.75/9.0 2.73/6.8 4.96/7.4 6.46/5.3 3.62/8.0 2.55/7.1 2.64/10.0 4.76/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (10-6-1)
 Napoli (37-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 54/.277 119/.304 269/.306 71/.317 201/.247 152/.256 126/.200 .281  Matthews
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Aybar
 Quinlan
 Morales
 Haynes
0/73/0/3
44/7/11/2
0/0/61/1
0/0/1/0
10/0/2/0
0/0/2/0
3/1/4/0
OPS .805 .839 .864 1.013 .704 .734 .513 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 27/.708 62/.783 130/.887 23/1.209 75/.704 53/.558 46/.392 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 27/.907 57/.900 139/.842 48/.908 126/.704 99/.824 80/.582 .809
Road / 24/1.034 65/1.020 112/.684 21/.754 86/.707 76/.630 71/.522 .759
Last 28d days / 42/.702 36/1.011 63/.644 34/.679 59/.524 54/.648 28/.258
HR/SB/CS // 2/1/0 2/0/0 8/2/1 5/3/0 4/7/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 86/34/9
Usage X···o·Xo o·X·o··· X···X··X ··X··X·· ·X··XX·· Xo··X·o· 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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