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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, July 27, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Texas Rangers, 46-56, 4th, 13 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Jamey Wright (32, RHP, 3-2, 4.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-2)             34.2  33  18  16  24  15  4    4.15      
 2006 (6-10)           156   167  95  90  64  79 16    5.19      
 2005 (8-16)           171.1 201 119 104  81 101 22    5.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  34.2  33  18  16  24  15  4    4.15   47 
 2007-07-21    CLE  ND   3.1   1   3   1   6   1  0      82   45 
 2007-07-16    OAK   W   7     4   0   0   3   2  0      90   68 
 2007-07-04    LAA   W   6     5   2   2   2   2  0      76   54 
 2007-06-29    BOS   L   5     6   2   2   3   3  0     103   47 
 2007-06-23    HOU   W   5.2   3   2   2   6   5  0      96   54 
 2007-06-16    CIN   L   5     9   4   4   1   1  3      88   33 
 2007-04-10    TBD  ND   2.2   5   5   5   3   1  1      60   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-0  14.1  18   3   3   5   8  2    1.88   53 
 2001-06-17    KCR   W   6.1   9   2   2   1   3  2      96   49 
 2001-06-15    KCR  ND   1     1   0   0   0   2  0      11   53 
 2000-07-13    KCR   W   7     8   1   1   4   3  0     115   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-25   Road:   19-31   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  31-38   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  17-12
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 6-12   vsWest: 15-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Wed, Jul 25   SEA  W   7-6       46-56  4th 13.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 24   SEA  W   4-3       45-56  4th 13.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   SEA  W   2-1       44-56  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   SEA  W   8-7       43-56  4th 14.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   CLE  L   3-8       42-56  4th 15.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21   CLE  W   8-5       42-55  4th 14.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20   CLE  L   2-3       41-55  4th 15.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 19   CLE  L   5-7       41-54  4th 15.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18  @OAK  L   0-6       41-53  4th 14.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17  @OAK  W  11-4       41-52  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals, 44-57, 5th, 16 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (26, RHP, 6-6, 3.68)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-6)             93    84  43  38  25  49  8    3.68      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  44.1  42  20  20  13  27  6    4.06   52 
 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 
 2007-07-04    SEA   L   7     7   4   4   2   2  0      98   47 
 2007-06-29    CHW   W   6.1   4   1   1   4   5  0     100   62 
 2007-06-23    MIL   L   5     6   6   6   3   7  1     103   35 
 2007-06-17    FLA   W   6     9   4   4   1   1  1      77   38 
 2007-06-12    STL   W   7     7   0   0   2   6  0     110   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-31   Road:   23-26   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  32-39   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest: 12-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 26   NYY  W   7-0       44-57  5th 16.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 25   NYY  L   1-7       43-57  5th 17.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24   NYY  L   4-9       43-56  5th 16.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 23   NYY  L   2-9       43-55  4th 16.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 22  @DET  W   5-2       43-54  4th 15.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 21  @DET  L   8-10(10)  42-54  5th 16.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 20  @DET  W  10-2       42-53  5th 15.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18  @BOS  W   6-5       41-53  5th 16.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17  @BOS  W   9-3       40-53  5th 16.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16  @BOS  L   0-4       39-53  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 TEX 15  KCR  2    W:John Koronka (7-6), L: Mark Redman (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 29, 2006 KCR  5 @TEX  3    W:Jorge de la Rosa (3-2), L: Kevin Millwood (10-7), S: Ambiorix Burgos (16)
Fri, Jul 28, 2006 KCR 11 @TEX  3    W:Luke Hudson (3-3), L: Vicente Padilla (10-7), S: none
Thu, Jun 08, 2006 KCR 16  TEX 12    W:Jimmy Gobble (1-1), L: Ron Mahay (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 07, 2006 TEX  4 @KCR  2    W:Akinori Otsuka (2-1), L: Ambiorix Burgos (1-3), S: Francisco Cordero (5)
Tue, Jun 06, 2006 TEX  6 @KCR  2    W:Kevin Millwood (7-3), L: Scott Elarton (1-7), S: Francisco Cordero (4)
Sun, Sep 04, 2005 KCR 17  TEX  8    W:Leo Nunez (3-2), L: Edinson Volquez (0-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2005 TEX  5 @KCR  3    W:Juan Dominguez (3-3), L: D.J. Carrasco (5-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2005 TEX  8 @KCR  7 (10)   W:Francisco Cordero (3-1), L: Mike MacDougal (3-5), S: John Wasdin (3)
Thu, Sep 01, 2005 TEX  5 @KCR  4    W:Kenny Rogers (12-7), L: J.P. Howell (1-5), S: Francisco Cordero (30)
Season Series: 2007 -  0-0; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - KCR leads 247-221

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  5.86

ATL  4.68

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.74

CLE  4.77

TBD  6.31

BA

M. Ordonez  .355

M. Cuddyer  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .491

W. Betemit  .361

D. Navarro  .245

SLG

R. Braun  .676

A. Hill  .458

D. Navarro  .261

OPS

R. Braun  1.075

L. Berkman  .818

D. Navarro  .506

ERA

C. Young  1.82

D. Davis  4.13

J. Contreras  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

B. Arroyo  6.36

A. Cook  3.12

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Bannister
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 218/154 .350/.399/.510/.909 .858/.930 .799 97/.903 2/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 6/1.100 ··· 215/206 .233/.311/.402/.713 .762/.711 .479 60/.802 2/0 6/0
25.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 4/2.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 165/88 .197/.253/.310/.563 .591/.537 .631 66/.309 3/1 3/2
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 312/229 .237/.296/.353/.649 .716/.624 .696 65/.648 4/2 6/8
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 363/283 .303/.380/.438/.818 .569/.887 .768 84/.917 21/4 7/3
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 82/63 .247/.321/.342/.663 .789/.617 .673 32/.426 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/55 .253/.303/.418/.721 .821/.629 .664 65/.765 0/0 1/3
1.Relaford# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 1/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 28/17 .115/.179/.115/.294 .282/.301 .111 28/.294 0/1 0/0
21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 24/.959 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 353/259 .241/.303/.451/.754 1.051/.653 .854 73/.633 0/0 15/0
23.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.300 6/.666 12/1.583 2/2.500 3/.667 ··· 323/227 .299/.402/.536/.938 1.054/.905 .940 61/.855 0/0 13/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 186/137 .256/.315/.427/.742 .462/.842 .829 77/.754 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 250/180 .223/.301/.482/.783 .980/.707 .739 79/.803 2/1 15/4
10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.700 12/1.401 12/.666 1/.000 11/.637 ··· 444/325 .297/.347/.397/.744 .770/.734 .691 97/.707 8/2 4/11
IP 93.0 4.1 22.0 35.0 78.0 63.0 46.2 43.1 TOTAL .258/.324/.425/.749 .780/.737 .723 58/17 112/76
ERA-K/9 3.68/4.7 2.08/8.4 3.27/11.0 3.09/7.5 4.38/7.4 3.57/7.9 2.31/6.9 2.28/10.6 4.58/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (42-29-9)
 Melhuse (15-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 382/.239 25/.294 102/.256 161/.304 331/.284 257/.258 194/.247 174/.192 .279  Byrd
 Lofton
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Relaford
 Laird
16/12/36/5
0/80/0/5
18/21/6/3
31/1/14/2
41/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .688 .853 .744 .866 .799 .730 .687 .508 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.765 9/.889 47/.770 85/.778 159/.806 97/.730 71/.474 62/.424 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.630 16/.831 55/.722 76/.960 172/.792 160/.730 123/.806 112/.555 .803
Home 187/.777 11/1.036 57/.699 81/.798 193/.880 143/.695 97/.742 74/.469 .817
Last 28d days 103/.637 25/.853 41/.764 42/.940 56/.543 50/.778 39/.557 42/.563
HR/SB/CS 8/6/3 0/0/0 2/2/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 6/8/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 107/45/16
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·X··X··· ·X·X···· X·X···o· ··X··X·· ··X·X··· o····X··
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Wright
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.333 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 264/157 .226/.284/.314/.598 .744/.500 .558 55/.582 8/1 4/4
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 ··· 255/200 .232/.318/.514/.832 .932/.804 .628 54/.564 0/0 16/7
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/97 .311/.356/.467/.823 .858/.805 .747 91/.955 0/0 3/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 464/319 .275/.357/.396/.753 .737/.760 .765 101/.682 5/2 5/3
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 288/176 .280/.375/.398/.773 .825/.739 .965 67/1.031 7/5 3/6
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 158/135 .284/.316/.446/.762 .565/.798 .802 57/.769 2/1 3/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 383/287 .245/.325/.383/.708 .706/.709 .712 87/.744 10/3 7/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 37/.283 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 287/184 .301/.341/.442/.783 .747/.805 .810 66/.963 0/0 4/5
6.LaRue G/S/vP 12/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.000 ··· ··· 133/91 .161/.242/.297/.539 .796/.421 .708 32/.527 1/0 3/2
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 365/272 .282/.299/.378/.677 .672/.679 .846 75/.804 3/4 1/17
16.Sanders G/S/vP 15/.652 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/1.021 1/.000 ··· 80/51 .314/.400/.500/.900 .991/.847 1.052 24/.530 0/1 2/0
56.Shiell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/61 .212/.257/.303/.560 .222/.612 .583 10/.700 0/0 1/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 422/290 .283/.355/.400/.755 .727/.767 .806 95/.616 8/3 5/4
IP 34.2 55.0 55.2 30.1 40.2 33.1 37.2 45.1 TOTAL .262/.325/.393/.718 .737/.710 .746 49/24 67/68
ERA-K/9 4.15/3.9 3.11/9.2 4.20/5.5 6.23/5.0 4.20/6.0 2.16/7.8 2.15/7.6 2.58/8.7 4.92/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (28-7-2)
 LaRue (17-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.266 227/.243 245/.278 147/.300 178/.252 132/.192 157/.224 188/.190 .276  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Sanders
 Butler
0/4/92/12
59/0/7/6
0/100/0/3
4/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
8/0/9/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .841 .676 .777 .872 .716 .540 .700 .571 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/1.021 95/.585 111/.791 54/.878 81/.773 62/.382 67/.640 82/.334 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.714 132/.743 134/.766 93/.866 97/.669 70/.685 90/.745 106/.760 .766
Road 73/.904 103/.708 121/.828 85/1.126 82/.691 52/.361 60/.666 84/.489 .814
Last 28d days 90/.626 59/.470 75/.932 9/.583 50/.752 46/.647 53/.789 37/.437
HR/SB/CS 4/0/3 4/1/1 6/2/2 3/3/2 2/4/2 2/0/0 3/0/3 3/0/0 99/59/33
Usage ·····X·· ·XX··Xo· ·X··X··· ····o·X· ·o·X···X ··XX·X·· ···X·X·o ··X·o·X·

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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