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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, September 16, 2007 @Jacobs Field

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Kansas City Royals, 63-84, 4th, 23½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Billy Buckner (23, RHP, 0-1, 5.29)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-1)             17    18  10  10  12   9  2    5.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   9.1  10   9   9   8   6  2    8.68   36 
 2007-09-10    MIN   L   5.1   3   3   3   5   4  0      95   49 
 2007-09-04    TEX  ND   4     7   6   6   3   2  2      74   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-42   Road:   31-42   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  46-60   vsLHP:  17-24   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast: 11-25   vsCntrl:23-35   vsWest: 19-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Sat, Sep 15  @CLE  L   0-6       63-84  4th 23.5 gb
146 Fri, Sep 14  @CLE  L   4-5       63-83  4th 22.5 gb
145 Wed, Sep 12   MIN  W   6-3       63-82  4th 21.5 gb
144 Tue, Sep 11   MIN  L   3-6       62-82  4th 22.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep 10   MIN  L   2-4       62-81  4th 21.5 gb
142 Sun, Sep  9   NYY  L   3-6       62-80  4th 20.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  8   NYY  L   5-11      62-79  4th 19.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  7   NYY  L   2-3       62-78  4th 18.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  5  @TEX  L   2-3       62-77  4th 19.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  4  @TEX  L   8-9       62-76  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Cleveland Indians, 87-61, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Aaron Laffey (22, LHP, 3-1, 5.29)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-1)             32.1  38  20  19   8  17  2    5.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  32.1  38  20  19   8  17  2    5.29   44 
 2007-09-09    LAA   W   5     6   2   1   2   3  0      85   50 
 2007-09-04    MIN  ND   4     6   5   5   1   1  0      67   30 
 2007-08-30    SEA  ND   6.1   7   4   4   0   4  1      82   47 
 2007-08-25    KCR   W   6     8   2   2   1   4  0      93   51 
 2007-08-09    CHW   W   5.2   5   4   4   3   4  1      95   44 
 2007-08-04    MIN   L   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0      82   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-0   6     8   2   2   1   4  0    3.00   51 
 2007-08-25    KCR   W   6     8   2   2   1   4  0      93   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-27   Road:   41-34   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  59-43   vsLHP:  28-18   1-Run:  26-21
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:43-22   vsWest: 17-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sat, Sep 15   KCR  W   6-0       87-61  1st  5.5 up
147 Fri, Sep 14   KCR  W   5-4       86-61  1st  5.5 up
146 Wed, Sep 12  @CHW  L   4-7       85-61  1st  5.5 up
145 Tue, Sep 11  @CHW  W   8-3       85-60  1st  6.5 up
144 Mon, Sep 10  @CHW  W   6-2       84-60  1st  6.0 up
143 Sun, Sep  9  @LAA  W   6-2       83-60  1st  6.0 up
142 Sat, Sep  8  @LAA  W   6-1       82-60  1st  5.0 up
141 Fri, Sep  7  @LAA  L   2-3 (10)  81-60  1st  5.0 up
140 Thu, Sep  6  @LAA  L   3-10      81-59  1st  6.0 up
139 Wed, Sep  5  @MIN  W   6-2       81-58  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 CLE  6  KCR  0    W:Fausto Carmona (17-8), L: Zack Greinke (6-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4    W:Joe Borowski (4-5), L: David Riske (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 CLE  5 @KCR  3 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (3-0), L: Joel Peralta (1-3), S: Joe Borowski (37)
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 CLE  9 @KCR  4    W:Aaron Laffey (2-1), L: Kyle Davies (5-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 KCR  2  CLE  1    W:John Bale (1-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (14-7), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  3    W:Fausto Carmona (11-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (7-10), S: Joe Borowski (26)
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 KCR  6 @CLE  5    W:Gil Meche (6-6), L: C.C. Sabathia (12-4), S: Octavio Dotel (9)
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4    W:Joe Borowski (2-3), L: Zack Greinke (4-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 CLE  8  KCR  3    W:Fausto Carmona (7-1), L: Odalis Perez (3-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 KCR  4 @CLE  3    W:Brian Bannister (2-3), L: Paul Byrd (6-2), S: Octavio Dotel (2)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 9-5; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; 2005 - CLE won 13-6; All-Time - CLE leads 251-246

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  5.86

BAL  4.62

WSN  4.03

RA/G

SDP  4.03

NYY  4.78

TBD  5.85

BA

M. Ordonez  .356

J. Reyes  .292

J. LaRue  .143

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

T. Glaus  .366

J. LaRue  .235

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .657

T. Glaus  .473

N. Punto  .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.079

R. Spilborghs  .829

J. LaRue  .502

ERA

J. Peavy  2.44

F. Hernandez  4.03

A. Eaton  6.31

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.42

S. Trachsel  3.04

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
44.Koplove
G/S/vB
58.Lara*
G/S/vB
31.Lee*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Brazell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 0/0 0/
35.Brown G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/.834 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 27/.713 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 365/219 .251/.296/.346/.642 .788/.546 .635 59/.819 10/2 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 27/1.227 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 363/283 .232/.322/.459/.781 .815/.771 .948 53/.695 0/0 18/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 312/220 .296/.353/.447/.800 .975/.728 .860 88/.764 0/0 6/3
32.Costa* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 103/95 .224/.252/.306/.559 .250/.585 .601 36/.816 0/1 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/2.000 8/.268 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 23/.670 ··· 7/1.464 ··· 3/.666 652/463 .268/.357/.382/.739 .695/.757 .705 104/.679 9/4 7/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 223/187 .318/.381/.354/.735 .677/.746 .874 83/.625 9/7 0/4
3.German G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 ··· 6/.400 ··· 2/.000 374/218 .266/.359/.373/.732 .782/.696 .599 48/.505 10/6 3/9
11.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.666 10/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 304/259 .293/.313/.446/.758 .889/.735 .789 74/.641 2/2 7/3
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 552/416 .256/.322/.424/.746 .737/.748 .708 91/.835 14/4 14/12
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.750 5/.800 7/1.000 3/.000 ··· 13/1.045 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 449/305 .297/.343/.420/.763 .786/.752 .767 97/.670 1/2 5/6
30.Huber G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
6.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 5/.000 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 186/132 .143/.235/.267/.502 .647/.442 .412 34/.398 1/0 4/4
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 496/367 .259/.278/.338/.616 .614/.616 .468 66/.469 4/5 1/22
12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .200/.273/.300/.573 .250/.714 .573 / 0/0 0/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 4/.000 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/116 .200/.242/.358/.601 .258/.635 .746 34/.458 0/0 5/2
29.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· 9/.778 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 26/.911 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 262/182 .264/.321/.423/.743 .836/.703 .779 37/.920 0/0 7/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 20/1.189 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 558/398 .285/.359/.411/.770 .690/.802 .684 47/.906 11/5 7/6
IP 32.1 70.0 57.2 32.0 5.0 1.1 93.2 21.2 51.1 13.0 57.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.391/.717 .739/.708 .696 71/40 95/95
ERA-K/9 5.29/4.7 1.54/8.1 5.31/8.0 3.09/6.8 7.20/7.2 13.50/13.8 6.53/6.1 2.91/10.0 4.38/8.2 8.31/4.8 1.41/9.3 4.11/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (41-10-3)
 LaRue (25-13-2)
 Phillips (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.306 255/.187 259/.295 138/.220 23/.300 7/.333 431/.290 96/.271 231/.276 60/.333 219/.172 .268  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Butler
 Costa
0/4/124/15
71/0/17/6
0/143/0/5
7/0/0/2
56/7/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
15/0/13/0
OPS .800 .500 .771 .668 .891 1.262 .861 .706 .781 .982 .486 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/1.029 102/.612 132/.720 70/.636 9/.476 2/2.500 111/.970 38/.516 92/.766 27/.933 84/.327 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.685 153/.426 127/.826 68/.700 14/1.121 5/.650 320/.823 58/.823 139/.790 33/1.020 135/.580 .728
Home 25/.800 113/.504 119/.750 71/.800 5/1.100 / 218/.849 51/.864 114/.805 37/.771 112/.481 .735
Last 28d days 92/.803 50/.564 45/.874 28/.641 5/1.100 7/1.262 13/1.288 35/.589 26/1.007 3/1.667 54/.364
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 4/4/4 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/0 17/4/1 1/0/1 5/4/2 3/1/0 4/2/1 134/85/39
Usage ······X· ·o···X·· ·X····X· ····oo·· ········ ········ ···X···· ····o·X· ···o···· ········ o···X·X·
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Buckner
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
31.Duckworth
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
58.Musser*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
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
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 435/316 .246/.273/.326/.599 .558/.615 .598 8/.750 14/4 3/15
1.Blake G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 17/.891 ··· ··· 5/1.267 8/.857 6/1.750 1/.000 618/440 .267/.337/.431/.768 .792/.758 .693 92/.683 3/4 16/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/2.000 132/101 .298/.359/.465/.824 1.022/.757 .772 110/.826 0/0 3/1
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 196/171 .234/.301/.389/.690 .501/.718 .608 / 2/1 4/0
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/51 .275/.309/.529/.839 .750/.846 1.131 7/.714 0/2 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.350 6/1.000 4/.000 496/346 .296/.365/.479/.843 .930/.807 .861 101/.705 0/1 18/8
27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 222/132 .309/.338/.392/.730 .694/.755 .769 30/.667 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 4/1.167 1/.000 256/163 .270/.324/.496/.820 .939/.750 1.013 95/.795 8/2 12/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 26/.861 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 606/385 .255/.377/.440/.817 .838/.806 .784 114/.827 1/1 22/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 524/422 .295/.370/.410/.780 .561/.833 .796 94/.802 23/7 7/3
30.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 53/37 .176/.208/.294/.502 .500/.503 .713 1/.000 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.334 3/2.667 2/.000 26/.465 ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 1/5.000 1/.000 599/387 .307/.379/.509/.888 .881/.891 .893 108/.910 0/0 22/4
8.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.375 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· 268/127 .269/.318/.404/.722 .787/.655 .757 23/.577 3/4 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 343/289 .255/.344/.342/.686 .594/.704 .696 13/.397 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 2/.500 9/1.083 ··· ··· 3/.333 8/.125 5/.400 3/.666 602/451 .268/.334/.421/.755 .773/.749 .848 100/.627 4/3 18/17
11.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.200 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 156/121 .268/.323/.479/.801 1.179/.704 .888 21/.883 0/0 6/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 20/.879 ··· ··· 4/1.250 5/.900 3/.333 2/3.000 692/467 .275/.387/.462/.849 .787/.880 .905 124/.830 33/10 23/2
IP 17.0 34.2 35.1 38.2 49.0 3.0 24.2 35.2 82.0 67.0 61.2 TOTAL .268/.343/.427/.770 .793/.760 .792 71/37 161/85
ERA-K/9 5.29/4.8 4.15/8.8 7.39/5.6 4.19/4.0 3.12/7.9 0.00/3.0 4.38/6.9 4.54/6.8 3.95/7.1 2.42/6.7 2.63/9.8 4.48/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (64-29-6)
 Shoppach (21-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 73/.295 155/.286 169/.310 176/.270 216/.281 14/.250 116/.314 154/.289 344/.276 277/.235 244/.194 .278  Lofton
 Sizemore
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Dellucci
 Blake
 Gutierrez
 Francisco
41/82/0/7
0/146/0/4
68/1/25/4
0/0/84/4
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
9/6/75/2
12/0/4/0
OPS .952 .716 .876 .741 .834 .690 .936 .831 .774 .699 .529 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/1.080 66/.696 80/1.030 78/.775 119/.731 10/.844 41/1.150 70/1.018 132/.773 108/.623 96/.449 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 28/.741 89/.731 89/.747 98/.714 97/.956 4/.250 75/.811 84/.685 212/.774 169/.746 148/.581 .791
Road 20/1.500 88/.696 83/.625 93/.808 109/.952 / 43/.710 73/.946 150/.863 133/.762 127/.522 .773
Last 28d days 73/.952 87/.669 50/1.038 28/.923 41/.712 14/.690 24/1.079 63/1.113 41/.782 43/.779 38/.773
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/1/0 6/2/1 0/0/0 5/3/1 7/5/0 9/8/0 8/4/1 3/0/0 151/66/23
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X·X· X···o··X ······X· X···oX·· ·······X ·····X·· o···X··· ·X···X·· ·o·X·o·· ···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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