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Game Preview: TBD @ KCR, 2:10pm, Monday, July 9, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 34-53, 5th, 19 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (23, LHP, 5-6, 4.41)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-6)            112.1 119  62  55  58 115 12    4.41      
 2006 (10-8)           144.2 132  59  52  52 163 15    3.24      
 2005 (10-9)           186   172  90  78 100 174 12    3.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39.1  47  25  23  25  44  4    5.26   46 
 2007-07-08    KCR   L   5     7   5   4   3   4  0     105   36 
 2007-07-03    BOS   L   6     6   4   3   3   6  0     113   49 
 2007-06-28    CHW   L   5.1   6   4   4   3   9  2     114   46 
 2007-06-23    LAD  ND   6     7   3   3   5   5  0     116   46 
 2007-06-17    COL   W   6     6   3   3   4   5  2     114   49 
 2007-06-12    SDP  ND   6     9   4   4   2  11  0     117   47 
 2007-06-06    TOR   W   5     6   2   2   5   4  0     103   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-2  29    30  20  19  16  32  1    5.90   47 
 2007-07-08    KCR   L   5     7   5   4   3   4  0     105   36 
 2007-06-01    KCR   L   7     8   3   3   1   7  0     105   55 
 2006-04-14    KCR  ND   6     4   2   2   4   6  0      95   58 
 2005-07-28    KCR   W   7     7   5   5   3  10  1     112   50 
 2005-05-12    KCR  ND   4     4   5   5   5   5  0      80   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-24   Road:   15-29   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  22-39   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sun, Jul  8  @KCR  L   4-12      34-53  5th 19.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  7  @KCR  L   7-8       34-52  5th 19.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  6  @KCR  W   6-5       34-51  5th 19.0 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  5  @BOS  L   4-15      33-51  5th 20.0 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  4  @BOS  L   5-7       33-50  5th 19.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  3  @BOS  L   1-4       33-49  5th 18.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  2  @CLE  L   2-10      33-48  5th 17.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  1  @CLE  L   2-3       33-47  5th 16.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 30  @CLE  L   6-8       33-46  5th 16.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 29  @CLE  L   1-2       33-45  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21
Kansas City Royals, 38-50, 5th, 15 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Jorge de la Rosa (26, LHP, 7-9, 5.16)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-9)            106.1 129  65  61  37  65 14    5.16      
 2006 (5-6)             79    81  59  57  54  67 14    6.49      
 2005 (2-2)             42.1  48  23  21  38  42  1    4.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  39.1  56  23  23  15  31  6    5.26   43 
 2007-07-08    TBD   W   5.2   5   2   2   3   7  1      97   55 
 2007-07-03    SEA   W   7     8   3   3   2   2  0      95   49 
 2007-06-27    LAA   W   6    10   0   0   1   1  0      89   52 
 2007-06-22    MIL   L   5    10   7   7   2   6  2      93   23 
 2007-06-16    FLA   L   4.2  13   7   7   1   4  1      86   13 
 2007-06-10    PHI  ND   3.2   5   3   3   4   4  1      93   39 
 2007-06-05    CLE   L   7.1   5   1   1   2   7  1     115   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBD      1-0   5.2   5   2   2   3   7  1    3.18   55 
 2007-07-08    TBD   W   5.2   5   2   2   3   7  1      97   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-28   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  30-33   vsLHP:   8-17   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  6-13   vsCntrl:10-18   vsWest: 12-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul  8   TBD  W  12-4       38-50  5th 15.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   TBD  W   8-7       37-50  5th 15.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   TBD  L   5-6       36-50  5th 15.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  4   SEA  L   0-4       36-49  5th 15.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  3   SEA  W  17-3       36-48  5th 15.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  2   SEA  W   3-2 (11)  35-48  5th 15.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  1   CHW  L   1-3       34-48  5th 15.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 30   CHW  L   1-3 (10)  34-47  5th 14.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 29   CHW  W   8-1       34-46  5th 13.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 27  @LAA  W   1-0       33-46  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 KCR 12  TBD  4    W:Jorge de la Rosa (7-9), L: Scott Kazmir (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 KCR  8  TBD  7    W:Octavio Dotel (2-1), L: Shawn Camp (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TBD  6 @KCR  5    W:James Shields (7-4), L: Odalis Perez (4-8), S: Gary Glover (1)
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 TBD  4  KCR  2    W:James Shields (5-0), L: Gil Meche (3-5), S: Al Reyes (14)
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 TBD  5  KCR  1    W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 KCR  9 @TBD  4    W:Odalis Perez (3-5), L: Edwin Jackson (0-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 KCR  4 @TBD  1    W:Brian Bannister (1-3), L: Scott Kazmir (3-3), S: Octavio Dotel (1)

Sun, Jun 11, 2006 TBD  8 @KCR  2    W:James Shields (2-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 10, 2006 TBD  9 @KCR  5    W:Casey Fossum (2-2), L: Mike Wood (3-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 09, 2006 KCR  4  TBD  2    W:Mark Redman (2-4), L: Mark Hendrickson (3-7), S: Ambiorix Burgos (8)
Season Series: 2007 - KCR leads 4-3; 2006 - TBD won 5-1; 2005 - TBD won 5-3; All-Time - TBD leads 42-38

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  5.95

ATL  4.60

WSN  3.70

RA/G

SDP  3.43

CLE  4.70

TBD  6.17

BA

M. Ordonez  .367

J. Rollins  .286

R. Langerhans  .160

OBP

B. Bonds  .512

M. Teahen  .363

D. Navarro  .238

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .671

O. Hudson  .454

A. Kennedy  .252

OPS

B. Bonds  1.101

K. Lofton  .817

D. Navarro  .492

ERA

C. Young  2.00

G. Maddux  4.19

E. Santana  5.97

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

B. Arroyo  6.04

A. Cook  2.66

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.de la Rosa*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Cantu G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 5/.600 9/.777 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 64/20 .211/.281/.228/.509 .545/.426 .540 19/.158 0/0 0/0
17.Casanova# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/33 .268/.347/.610/.957 .712/1.073 1.086 34/.860 0/0 4/2
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 14/1.417 11/.091 1/.000 2/3.500 6/.000 ··· 374/254 .285/.336/.445/.781 .856/.745 .863 104/.571 23/6 6/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/3.333 ··· 4/1.833 5/2.600 ··· 5/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 151/101 .278/.351/.534/.885 1.048/.806 .935 92/1.049 3/1 8/0
16.Harris G/S/vP 6/.333 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 316/220 .310/.365/.463/.828 .859/.815 .825 113/.818 3/0 8/10
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 226/146 .292/.379/.436/.815 1.014/.705 .810 121/.721 8/3 3/4
10.Mohr G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 16/8 .125/.125/.313/.438 .875/.000 .584 16/.438 0/1 1/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/no AB 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 229/166 .177/.238/.254/.492 .473/.498 .484 65/.430 1/0 1/4
14.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 101/91 .181/.327/.277/.604 .425/.623 .456 54/.557 0/0 2/0
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 13/.641 15/.445 ··· 2/.500 8/.821 1/2.000 277/218 .287/.395/.609/1.004 .752/1.071 1.087 103/.958 0/0 20/4
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 362/260 .269/.318/.441/.759 .959/.685 .762 107/.746 1/4 13/8
9.Wilson G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 91/53 .215/.292/.278/.570 .706/.472 .339 34/.588 3/0 0/10
26.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 364/266 .278/.308/.412/.720 .746/.710 .761 108/.737 6/3 9/6
IP 106.1 18.0 30.0 70.0 18.1 54.1 40.2 36.2 TOTAL .261/.328/.426/.754 .814/.729 .777 70/28 100/73
ERA-K/9 5.16/5.5 3.50/11.0 2.70/7.2 4.63/7.6 5.40/5.4 3.64/7.6 2.21/7.1 2.21/10.3 4.52/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casanova (4-3-3)
 Navarro (36-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 472/.302 83/.257 136/.299 298/.292 84/.307 223/.252 169/.247 148/.191 .278  Young
 Crawford
 Gomes
 Norton
 Mohr
0/24/62/9
82/0/0/2
3/0/23/2
1/0/3/0
3/1/1/0
OPS .844 .729 .854 .821 .941 .724 .692 .484 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.642 38/.695 73/.726 144/.847 27/1.176 84/.748 61/.479 55/.363 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 386/.891 45/.759 63/1.003 154/.797 57/.817 139/.710 108/.810 93/.556 .798
Home 258/.853 52/.681 71/.707 180/.913 63/1.004 131/.713 90/.766 71/.490 .816
Last 28d days 133/1.041 50/.653 36/.892 64/.464 47/.645 60/.712 57/.630 42/.243
HR/SB/CS 14/3/4 2/2/0 3/0/0 8/2/1 5/3/0 5/8/0 4/1/1 0/0/0 91/39/14
Usage X····X·· XX····X· ·o··X·oX oX····X· ··X··X·· ··X····X o···o··X ··X···X·
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (6.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
22.Camp
G/S/vB
15.Fossum*
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
41.Stokes
G/S/vB
52.Switzer*
G/S/vB
45.Witasick
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 14/1.271 1/.000 7/1.071 1/2.000 3/.667 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 231/141 .227/.294/.314/.608 .734/.529 .579 66/.672 8/0 3/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 7/.953 1/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 224/178 .245/.330/.542/.872 .951/.851 .688 60/.714 0/0 15/7
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 89/62 .286/.315/.452/.767 .699/.797 .822 50/.934 0/0 3/1
30.Cortez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .286/.333/.357/.690 1.000/.641 1.500 16/.690 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/1.167 3/.000 10/1.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 406/281 .285/.365/.418/.783 .758/.794 .762 116/.902 4/2 5/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/73 .328/.408/.388/.796 .715/.803 .563 61/.770 5/2 0/1
3.German G/S/vP 7/.629 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/no AB 258/166 .279/.375/.393/.768 .796/.753 .989 100/.863 6/4 2/5
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 126/107 .252/.286/.395/.681 .474/.719 .669 25/.368 2/1 2/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 3/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 334/254 .232/.321/.358/.679 .647/.690 .645 105/.844 9/2 6/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 12/.872 2/2.000 5/.200 5/.000 4/.500 2/3.000 ··· 11/1.145 232/153 .278/.323/.426/.749 .620/.815 .794 14/1.192 0/0 4/3
6.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.200 114/78 .188/.272/.347/.619 .942/.474 .759 41/.712 1/0 3/1
1.Pena G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 324/248 .281/.297/.371/.668 .681/.664 .845 97/.684 3/2 1/14
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 13/.462 3/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 368/258 .282/.363/.402/.765 .672/.806 .851 112/.767 8/3 5/4
IP 112.1 35.0 64.2 44.0 16.2 39.0 1.1 24.1 TOTAL .259/.326/.391/.717 .712/.718 .749 46/18 61/58
ERA-K/9 4.41/9.2 5.66/7.7 7.52/5.8 5.32/5.1 6.48/9.7 6.69/5.3 27.00/6.9 4.81/5.6 5.82/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (26-6-2)
 LaRue (13-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.274 164/.333 312/.343 195/.294 80/.294 187/.357 10/.556 112/.233 .295  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/3/80/10
50/0/7/5
0/87/0/3
3/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
20/2/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .786 .879 .931 .831 .856 .935 1.267 .751 .839
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.526 49/.787 107/.857 85/.954 38/.539 87/1.000 4/.500 38/.830 .816
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.887 115/.911 205/.971 110/.738 42/1.139 100/.880 6/1.833 74/.703 .854
Road 244/.801 67/1.071 137/.849 92/.762 38/.874 83/.892 10/1.267 61/.774 .854
Last 28d days 159/.879 51/.807 57/.936 65/.991 80/.856 58/.870 10/1.267 47/.705
HR/SB/CS 12/8/6 4/1/0 11/9/0 5/5/0 2/1/1 7/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 112/51/23
Usage X····X·· ·X·X·X·o ooo·X··o ··XX··oX X··X·X·· o··Xo··· o··X···· ·Xoo··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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