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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Kansas City Royals, 55-69, 4th, 13½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Leo Nunez (23, RHP, 2-0, 1.96)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-0)             23    17   5   5   8  15  3    1.96      
 2006 (0-0)             13.1  15   7   7   5   7  2    4.73      
 2005 (3-2)             53.2  73  45  45  18  32  9    7.55      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  19    15   3   3   6  11  2    1.42   57 
 2007-08-16    TEX  ND   3     4   1   1   1   3  1      64   49 
 2007-08-11    TOR   W   6     2   1   1   3   4  1      97   65 
 2007-07-29    TEX   W   6     3   0   0   1   1  0      85   66 
 2007-07-17    BOS  ND   4     6   1   1   1   3  0      74   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   27-35   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  41-48   vsLHP:  14-21   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:16-25   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Mon, Aug 20  @CHW  L   3-4       55-69  4th 13.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @OAK  L   1-6       55-68  4th 13.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18  @OAK  W   7-3       55-67  4th 13.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17  @OAK  W   9-2       54-67  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @TEX  W   6-2       53-67  5th 13.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @TEX  L   3-4       52-67  5th 13.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @TEX  L   3-5       52-66  5th 13.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 13   TOR  W   6-2       52-65  5th 12.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12   TOR  L   1-4       51-65  5th 13.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11   TOR  W   4-1       51-64  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Chicago White Sox, 55-69, 4th, 13½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (30, RHP, 10-6, 3.74)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-6)           163.2 144  70  68  39 144 23    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
 2005 (11-15)          215.2 223 112 106  46 192 35    4.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  47.2  46  23  21  13  36  8    3.97   53 
 2007-08-16    OAK  ND   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     109   43 
 2007-08-10    SEA   W   7     9   3   3   1   3  2     112   49 
 2007-08-04    DET   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  1     114   57 
 2007-07-29    TOR   L   7.2   5   4   2   3   5  0     111   59 
 2007-07-24    DET   W   8     4   3   3   1   8  2     109   69 
 2007-07-19    BOS   W   6.1   9   2   2   2   5  0     109   50 
 2007-07-14    BAL  ND   5.2   6   4   4   2   6  2     101   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  33    27  15  14   5  22  3    3.82   56 
 2007-05-13    KCR   L   6     7   4   4   3   3  1     108   42 
 2007-04-24    KCR  ND   6     7   5   5   1   5  0     105   42 
 2006-08-15    KCR   L   5.1   7   4   3   0   1  2      82   41 
 2006-05-06    KCR   W   7.2   4   2   2   0   6  0     116   69 
 2006-04-19    KCR   W   8     2   0   0   1   7  0     108   84 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-32   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  42-45   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:25-20   vsWest: 10-16 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Mon, Aug 20   KCR  W   4-3       55-69  4th 13.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @SEA  L   5-11      54-69  5th 14.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18  @SEA  L   5-7       54-68  5th 14.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17  @SEA  L   4-5       54-67  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @OAK  L   5-8 (10)  54-66  4th 12.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @OAK  L   2-3       54-65  4th 11.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @OAK  L   3-4       54-64  4th 11.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   SEA  L   0-6       54-63  4th 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   SEA  L   6-7       54-62  4th 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   SEA  W   5-3       54-61  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 CHW  4  KCR  3    W:Matt Thornton (4-4), L: David Riske (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (34)
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 CHW  3 @KCR  1    W:Jon Garland (6-5), L: John Thomson (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 CHW  3 @KCR  1 (10)   W:Ryan Bukvich (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (21)
Fri, Jun 29, 2007 KCR  8  CHW  1    W:Brian Bannister (5-4), L: Jose Contreras (5-9), S: Zack Greinke (1)
Sun, May 13, 2007 KCR 11 @CHW  1    W:Jorge de la Rosa (4-3), L: Javier Vazquez (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 CHW  5  KCR  4 (10)   W:Mike MacDougal (1-0), L: Brandon Duckworth (0-3), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2007 CHW  2  KCR  1    W:Jon Garland (2-2), L: Odalis Perez (2-4), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 CHW  9 @KCR  7    W:Boone Logan (1-0), L: Joakim Soria (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 CHW  7 @KCR  4    W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (7)

Sun, Sep 03, 2006 KCR  7  CHW  3    W:Mark Redman (9-8), L: Freddy Garcia (13-9), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CHW leads 7-2; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 299-264

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

NYY  5.93

BAL  4.63

WSN  3.86

RA/G

SDP  3.86

WSN  4.70

TBD  6.00

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

K. Johnson  .291

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

C. Jackson  .361

M. Olivo  .256

SLG

R. Braun  .659

C. Guzman  .468

N. Punto  .261

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

R. Martin  .824

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  1.93

T. Glavine  4.12

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

D. Lowe  6.40

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
Myers*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 12/.969 1/.000 21/.549 7/.286 2/.000 6/1.467 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 314/189 .231/.287/.339/.626 .784/.523 .628 54/.747 10/1 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 8/.679 ··· 19/.276 7/.857 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 313/244 .232/.319/.472/.792 .914/.758 .945 66/.542 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 232/162 .303/.362/.436/.798 .908/.752 .872 99/.731 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 15/.277 ··· 33/.617 5/.600 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.900 ··· 557/392 .271/.354/.386/.741 .685/.765 .708 108/.709 6/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· 15/.666 1/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 147/126 .375/.429/.422/.850 1.105/.808 1.095 60/.974 7/4 0/1
3.German G/S/vP 9/1.238 ··· 8/.661 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 335/200 .272/.365/.380/.745 .766/.730 .597 55/.570 8/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 231/196 .298/.320/.472/.793 .857/.781 .803 82/.968 2/1 5/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 469/348 .245/.319/.405/.724 .725/.723 .694 98/.918 12/3 11/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 38/.667 ··· 14/1.500 3/.667 2/.500 2/.000 6/.334 4/2.250 ··· 361/242 .305/.343/.447/.790 .774/.798 .820 83/.842 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/110 .147/.229/.287/.516 .757/.418 .391 26/.302 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 436/328 .263/.281/.348/.629 .595/.641 .452 82/.434 4/5 1/20
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 95/84 .213/.263/.382/.645 .282/.692 .769 27/.896 0/0 4/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 15/.910 ··· 27/.742 5/.000 5/.200 2/2.500 4/.500 8/1.339 ··· 511/362 .284/.351/.407/.758 .735/.767 .671 98/.702 11/4 6/4
IP 163.2 30.0 135.1 53.1 39.0 30.2 40.2 41.0 13.2 TOTAL .264/.325/.395/.720 .743/.711 .693 62/31 83/78
ERA-K/9 3.74/7.9 2.70/4.8 6.18/5.4 2.87/7.9 4.38/5.8 5.28/8.5 2.66/4.6 5.27/8.1 3.29/5.3 4.86/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (34-8-3)
 LaRue (21-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 660/.237 131/.248 626/.306 202/.197 169/.283 144/.261 175/.247 184/.280 54/.191 .276  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/4/113/13
67/0/10/6
0/122/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
37/5/0/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .695 .754 .824 .499 .754 .768 .692 .812 .533 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.671 43/.640 329/.947 82/.570 78/.565 37/.866 88/.821 77/.895 11/1.602 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.713 88/.806 297/.690 120/.451 91/.909 107/.735 87/.563 107/.753 43/.291 .763
Home 308/.655 73/.883 270/.807 105/.511 91/.819 57/.646 109/.575 90/.913 25/.330 .775
Last 28d days 144/.717 59/.615 104/1.050 39/.053 54/.727 32/.519 21/.850 36/.772 44/.506
HR/SB/CS 23/5/1 4/1/0 16/18/5 2/4/0 5/5/1 2/5/0 3/4/2 4/0/1 0/1/0 141/70/17
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ···X···· ········ ·o·oX·X· ·o··X·o· ········ ·o··X··· ··Xo·o··
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Nunez
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
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
8.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 6/.667 ··· 4/.500 4/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 161/144 .217/.261/.270/.531 .686/.513 .470 26/.231 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 7/1.071 18/.862 11/.455 13/.693 ··· 443/318 .245/.309/.488/.797 .923/.748 .759 100/.999 2/1 24/2
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 2/.500 2/1.000 257/184 .271/.328/.354/.682 .498/.752 .724 56/.778 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 273/188 .245/.297/.454/.751 1.120/.585 .834 105/.772 1/1 14/8
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 131/49 .223/.331/.313/.643 .598/.713 .783 27/.681 1/4 2/0
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/.728 3/1.667 2/1.500 5/.000 ··· 83/40 .235/.241/.272/.513 .644/.375 .401 26/.746 0/0 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.467 27/.569 10/.800 26/.699 2/.500 494/352 .267/.354/.494/.848 .895/.829 .833 85/.760 0/0 23/4
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/186 .252/.294/.302/.595 .541/.610 .587 100/.665 19/3 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/2.000 13/.802 9/.111 16/.760 2/1.000 403/305 .272/.318/.419/.738 .715/.745 .675 79/.921 0/1 12/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.500 17/1.188 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 168/111 .253/.321/.373/.695 .776/.653 .647 92/.642 9/4 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/45 .192/.323/.365/.688 .690/.687 .623 64/.688 1/2 2/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 399/268 .260/.409/.495/.904 .619/1.054 .922 94/.734 0/0 20/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/1.286 13/.891 5/.600 15/.414 2/1.500 414/293 .224/.279/.365/.644 .878/.547 .728 91/.777 1/6 13/14
IP 23.0 16.1 26.1 38.2 88.0 73.2 57.0 53.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.397/.716 .732/.710 .729 59/31 137/77
ERA-K/9 1.96/5.9 5.51/6.6 6.84/5.5 3.03/7.7 4.40/7.7 3.91/7.7 2.53/7.1 2.04/9.5 4.49/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (15-2-3)
 Pierzynski (53-15-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 91/.207 80/.371 119/.287 176/.303 370/.275 306/.267 238/.249 206/.176 .278  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Owens
 Erstad
0/0/104/9
41/0/0/2
15/10/10/2
11/49/0/1
3/43/1/1
OPS .628 .902 .810 .856 .768 .765 .713 .483 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.781 30/.989 52/.931 96/.760 178/.759 115/.821 91/.609 76/.342 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.534 50/.847 67/.723 80/.970 192/.775 191/.732 147/.776 130/.567 .793
Road 48/.798 51/.879 62/.476 92/.939 160/.663 134/.868 118/.743 113/.483 .776
Last 28d days 73/.570 66/.939 50/.932 20/1.084 52/.479 61/.854 51/.775 35/.320
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 8/8/0 6/3/1 2/0/0 128/55/18
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· ····X··· ·····o·o ··o·o··X ·oo··o·X ··X···X· ··o·o··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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