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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 2:05pm, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Kansas City Royals, 55-70, 5th, 13½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (26, RHP, 9-7, 3.31)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-7)            127.2 113  52  47  33  63  9    3.31      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  47.2  38  14  14   9  20  5    2.64   59 
 2007-08-17    OAK   W   9     4   2   2   1   4  1     109   74 
 2007-08-12    TOR   L   4.2   7   3   3   3   1  0      93   36 
 2007-08-07    MIN   W   7     6   1   1   1   1  0      98   61 
 2007-08-01    MIN  ND   7     8   3   3   1   2  0     101   50 
 2007-07-27    TEX   W   7     4   0   0   2   6  0     116   73 
 2007-07-22    DET   W   7     4   1   1   1   3  1     102   67 
 2007-07-16    BOS   L   6     5   4   4   0   3  3      95   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-0  10.2   9   5   4   6   9  0    3.38   52 
 2007-06-29    CHW   W   6.1   4   1   1   4   5  0     100   62 
 2007-04-24    CHW  ND   4.1   5   4   3   2   4  0      82   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  41-49   vsLHP:  14-21   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:16-26   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 21  @CHW  L   2-5       55-70  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Chicago White Sox, 56-69, 4th, 12½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Jose Contreras (35, RHP, 6-15, 6.18)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-15)           135.1 170 106  93  47  81 16    6.18      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
 2005 (15-7)           204.2 177  91  82  75 154 23    3.61      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-7  39    66  48  47  14  23 10   10.85   25 
 2007-08-17    SEA   L   7     9   5   4   0   5  1      97   46 
 2007-07-31    NYY   L   2.2   8   7   7   1   2  3      58   15 
 2007-07-25    DET   L   4.2  12   9   9   3   3  2      95    4 
 2007-07-20    BOS   L   7.1  10  10  10   3   2  1      99   17 
 2007-07-15    BAL   L   6    10   5   5   2   3  2     102   33 
 2007-07-04    BAL   L   5     8   6   6   2   5  1     105   30 
 2007-06-29    KCR   L   6.1   9   6   6   3   3  0     105   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-3  32    38  24  18   9  24  3    5.06   45 
 2007-06-29    KCR   L   6.1   9   6   6   3   3  0     105   31 
 2006-09-01    KCR   L   5     7   7   2   2   6  1      92   39 
 2006-08-16    KCR   L   6.2  12   7   7   1   6  2      98   27 
 2006-07-31    KCR   W   7     9   4   3   2   3  0     122   46 
 2006-04-17    KCR   W   7     1   0   0   1   6  0     101   80 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-32   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  43-45   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:26-20   vsWest: 10-16 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 21   KCR  W   5-2       56-69  4th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 CHW  5  KCR  2    W:Javier Vazquez (11-6), L: Leo Nunez (2-1), S: Bobby Jenks (35)
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)
Season Series: 2007 - CHW leads 8-2; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 300-264

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  3.89

RA/G

SDP  3.86

NYY  4.66

TBD  6.00

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Guillen  .290

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .490

N. Markakis  .361

M. Olivo  .256

SLG

R. Braun  .651

B. McCann  .468

N. Punto  .259

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

G. Dobbs  .826

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

C. Wang  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

C. James  6.40

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
34.Floyd
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
36.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 21/.549 2/1.000 21/.549 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 6/1.467 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 318/193 .235/.289/.343/.632 .784/.535 .638 58/.773 10/1 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 19/.276 ··· 19/.276 ··· 7/.857 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/no AB 316/247 .231/.320/.469/.788 .914/.754 .935 65/.571 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 236/166 .299/.360/.430/.790 .908/.742 .852 98/.718 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 33/.617 ··· 33/.617 ··· 6/.500 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 6/.733 ··· 561/395 .270/.354/.385/.739 .680/.764 .705 107/.703 6/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 15/.666 ··· 15/.666 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 152/130 .364/.421/.409/.830 1.050/.792 1.042 65/.918 7/4 0/1
3.German G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 8/.661 ··· 4/.666 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.833 3/.000 ··· 336/201 .271/.364/.378/.742 .766/.726 .593 56/.559 8/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 235/199 .302/.323/.473/.796 .889/.779 .811 82/.930 2/1 5/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 473/351 .243/.318/.402/.720 .719/.720 .688 98/.860 12/3 11/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 14/1.500 ··· 14/1.500 3/.333 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 6/.334 5/1.800 ··· 365/245 .304/.342/.444/.787 .767/.796 .813 83/.817 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 3/2.667 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/110 .147/.229/.287/.516 .757/.418 .391 26/.302 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 439/331 .264/.282/.348/.629 .595/.641 .455 81/.465 4/5 1/20
26.Smith* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 96/85 .211/.260/.378/.638 .282/.683 .754 27/.896 0/0 4/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 27/.742 ··· 27/.742 ··· 5/.000 5/.200 2/2.500 4/.500 8/1.339 ··· 511/362 .284/.351/.407/.758 .735/.767 .671 93/.737 11/4 6/4
IP 135.1 30.0 135.1 27.1 54.1 40.0 30.2 40.2 41.2 14.0 TOTAL .263/.325/.394/.719 .742/.710 .691 62/31 83/78
ERA-K/9 6.18/5.4 2.70/4.8 6.18/5.4 7.57/5.9 2.82/8.1 4.28/5.8 5.28/8.5 2.66/4.6 5.18/8.0 3.21/5.1 4.83/6.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 626/.306 132/.254 626/.306 129/.342 205/.194 172/.277 144/.261 176/.252 185/.278 55/.188 .276  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/4/113/13
67/0/11/6
0/123/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
38/5/0/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .824 .765 .824 1.015 .491 .740 .768 .700 .807 .523 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 329/.947 43/.640 329/.947 59/1.109 84/.556 80/.550 37/.866 89/.835 78/.883 11/1.602 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.690 89/.821 297/.690 70/.935 121/.447 92/.899 107/.735 87/.563 107/.753 44/.284 .762
Home 270/.807 74/.899 270/.807 79/1.137 108/.496 94/.791 57/.646 110/.589 91/.902 26/.317 .772
Last 28d days 104/1.050 56/.639 104/1.050 74/.874 37/.056 51/.702 32/.519 17/.937 35/.734 42/.481
HR/SB/CS 16/18/5 4/1/0 16/18/5 10/5/0 2/4/0 5/5/1 2/5/0 3/4/2 4/0/1 0/1/0 141/70/17
Usage ····X··· ·oX··X·· ····X··· ··oX···· ·o······ ·oo·oX·X ·oo··X·o ········ ·Xo··X·· ·o·Xo·o·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Bannister
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 22/.182 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 7/1.071 19/.979 11/.455 13/.693 ··· 447/320 .245/.309/.485/.794 .924/.743 .754 101/1.010 2/1 24/2
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/1.500 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 2/.500 2/1.000 258/184 .270/.327/.352/.679 .490/.752 .717 57/.763 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 277/190 .245/.297/.455/.751 1.093/.596 .832 102/.775 1/1 14/8
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/.728 3/1.667 2/1.500 5/.000 ··· 83/40 .235/.241/.272/.513 .644/.375 .401 24/.725 0/0 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.367 ··· ··· 5/2.467 28/.547 10/.800 26/.699 2/.500 498/354 .270/.357/.502/.860 .919/.834 .858 81/.817 0/0 24/4
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 240/189 .249/.293/.298/.591 .530/.607 .578 95/.639 19/3 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· 7/2.000 14/.742 9/.111 16/.760 2/1.000 407/307 .269/.315/.415/.730 .700/.740 .661 77/.856 0/1 12/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.444 18/1.119 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 170/113 .257/.323/.382/.705 .776/.669 .672 87/.694 9/4 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 67/47 .200/.323/.418/.741 .649/.776 .758 67/.741 1/2 3/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 5/1.400 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 403/270 .263/.409/.508/.917 .609/1.081 .948 90/.669 0/0 21/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 1/.000 7/1.286 13/.891 5/.600 16/.388 2/1.500 417/295 .222/.277/.362/.639 .870/.543 .716 87/.797 1/6 13/15
IP 127.2 19.1 26.1 39.2 88.0 73.2 57.0 53.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.399/.718 .729/.713 .733 59/31 140/78
ERA-K/9 3.31/4.4 4.66/6.5 6.84/5.5 3.18/7.7 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 519/.236 90/.338 119/.287 180/.301 370/.275 306/.267 238/.249 206/.176 .278  Dye
 Podsednik
 Erstad
 Owens
0/0/105/9
42/0/0/2
4/43/1/1
11/50/0/1
OPS .675 .818 .810 .867 .768 .765 .713 .483 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.779 35/.840 52/.931 98/.743 178/.759 115/.821 91/.609 76/.342 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.588 55/.803 67/.723 82/1.012 192/.775 191/.732 147/.776 130/.567 .793
Road 253/.604 61/.764 62/.476 96/.955 160/.663 134/.868 118/.743 113/.483 .779
Last 28d days 137/.640 65/.798 50/.932 24/1.114 46/.427 49/.947 44/.828 35/.320
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 5/1/0 8/4/1 8/8/0 6/3/1 2/0/0 131/55/18
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·o ·····X·· ·o····o· ·X·o·o·· ··oo··o· ·o·X···X ···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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