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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, August 10, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Toronto Blue Jays, 57-56, 3rd, 11½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (25, RHP, 8-4, 3.63)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-4)            114    97  49  46  31  91 20    3.63      
 2006 (3-4)             78.1  87  44  44  38  65 14    5.06      
 2005 (0-0)              8     6   0   0   4   4  0    0.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  42    45  24  21   6  27  8    4.50   49 
 2007-08-04    TEX   W   6     8   3   2   0   5  0     108   51 
 2007-07-29    CHW   W   8     2   1   1   0   8  1      99   82 
 2007-07-23    MIN   W   6     8   4   4   0   3  3      87   43 
 2007-07-18    NYY   L   6     5   3   3   2   1  0      93   49 
 2007-07-13    BOS   W   6     7   5   3   1   6  1     105   47 
 2007-07-07    CLE   L   3.1   9   8   8   1   2  3      83   11 
 2007-07-01    SEA  ND   6.2   6   0   0   2   2  0     112   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-0   6     7   1   1   2   4  0    1.50   56 
 2006-08-25    KCR   W   6     7   1   1   2   4  0      97   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-22   Road:   22-34   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  39-43   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 21-23   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  9-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug  8   NYY  W  15-4       57-56  3rd 11.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7   NYY  L   2-9       56-56  3rd 11.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6   NYY  L   4-5       56-55  3rd 11.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   TEX  W   4-1       56-54  3rd 11.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   TEX  W   9-5       55-54  3rd 11.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   TEX  W   6-4       54-54  3rd 11.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @TBD  L   2-6       53-54  3rd 12.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @TBD  W   2-0       53-53  3rd 11.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30  @TBD  L   4-5 (11)  52-53  3rd 12.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29  @CHW  W   4-1       52-52  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Kansas City Royals, 50-63, 5th, 14 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (28, RHP, 7-9, 3.96)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-9)            152.1 158  75  67  44 107 18    3.96      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
 2005 (10-8)           143.1 153  92  81  72  83 18    5.09      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42.2  45  27  27  15  24  7    5.70   45 
 2007-08-05    NYY   L   4     6   6   6   5   2  1      91   23 
 2007-07-30    MIN   L   7     7   2   2   1   6  0      98   60 
 2007-07-25    NYY   L   7.1   9   5   5   1   1  2     120   40 
 2007-07-20    DET   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1     119   64 
 2007-07-14    CLE   W   5     8   4   4   1   5  1     100   39 
 2007-07-07    TBD  ND   6     5   6   6   4   4  2      90   38 
 2007-07-02    SEA  ND   6.1   5   2   2   3   1  0     113   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      3-1  27.2  30  14  14  12  19  3    4.55   47 
 2006-09-12    TOR   W   5.1   5   2   2   2   7  1      91   55 
 2006-07-25    TOR   L   4.1  10   7   7   4   5  0      98   16 
 2006-07-14    TOR   W   6     6   3   3   1   5  2      97   52 
 2005-06-01    TOR   W   6.2   5   0   0   2   1  0     114   63 
 2004-09-01    TOR  ND   5.1   4   2   2   3   1  0     105   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-32   Road:   24-31   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  38-44   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  9-20   vsCntrl:16-24   vsWest: 15-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Thu, Aug  9   MIN  W   1-0       50-63  5th 14.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   MIN  L   4-11      49-63  5th 14.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   MIN  W   5-1       49-62  5th 14.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5  @NYY  L   5-8       48-62  5th 13.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4  @NYY  L   8-16      48-61  5th 13.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3  @NYY  L   1-7       48-60  5th 13.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @MIN  W   5-3 (10)  48-59  4th 13.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @MIN  L   3-5       47-59  5th 14.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30  @MIN  L   1-3       47-58  5th 14.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29   TEX  W  10-0       47-57  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 TOR  7  KCR  4    W:Gustavo Chacin (1-0), L: Jorge de la Rosa (1-1), S: B.J. Ryan (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 KCR  6 @TOR  3    W:Zack Greinke (1-1), L: Josh Towers (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 TOR  9  KCR  1    W:A.J. Burnett (1-1), L: Odalis Perez (0-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 27, 2006 TOR 10  KCR  6    W:Ted Lilly (11-11), L: Odalis Perez (5-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 26, 2006 KCR  2 @TOR  0    W:Runelvys Hernandez (4-8), L: Roy Halladay (16-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 25, 2006 TOR  6  KCR  3    W:Shaun Marcum (2-3), L: Luke Hudson (6-5), S: B.J. Ryan (29)
Sun, Jul 09, 2006 TOR 11 @KCR  3    W:Roy Halladay (12-2), L: Jimmy Gobble (3-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 08, 2006 TOR  7 @KCR  5    W:Brian Tallet (2-0), L: Joel Peralta (1-1), S: B.J. Ryan (24)
Fri, Jul 07, 2006 KCR 13  TOR  3    W:Luke Hudson (2-3), L: A.J. Burnett (1-3), S: none
Thu, Jul 06, 2006 KCR  6  TOR  2    W:Mark Redman (6-4), L: Ty Taubenheim (1-5), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 2-1; 2006 - TOR won 4-3; 2005 - TOR won 6-3; All-Time - TOR leads 161-159

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  5.95

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.81

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Encarnacion  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Taguchi  .361

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

M. Mora  .463

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

G. Dobbs  .820

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Francis  4.06

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Glaus G/S/vP 29/.693 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.334 1/3.000 6/.583 1/.000 351/268 .250/.348/.453/.801 1.062/.722 .775 102/.606 0/1 15/6
2.Hill G/S/vP 11/.864 ··· ··· 4/2.250 4/1.167 5/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 457/345 .274/.325/.448/.773 .877/.739 .669 108/.822 3/2 12/8
3.Johnson G/S/vP 10/1.225 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 1/.000 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 144/103 .258/.321/.352/.673 1.079/.517 .742 93/.659 4/1 2/0
18.Luna G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.200 5/.200 0/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 225/167 .273/.295/.364/.659 .874/.584 .569 61/.621 4/2 1/6
1.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 331/251 .252/.344/.423/.767 .811/.752 .864 99/.690 1/0 8/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 7/2.357 ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/1.167 4/.250 7/.143 ··· 502/382 .302/.359/.528/.887 1.015/.846 .889 113/.942 10/3 20/5
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 12/.606 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 264/228 .290/.360/.546/.906 .850/.914 .865 50/.958 2/1 14/5
59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/24 .275/.339/.314/.653 .661/.640 .737 17/.769 1/0 0/0
35.Thomas G/S/vP 14/.748 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.167 3/.000 16/1.046 1/.000 435/335 .265/.375/.467/.842 1.054/.779 .781 97/.923 0/0 18/
10.Wells G/S/vP 23/.808 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 9/.555 4/2.500 6/1.133 1/.000 480/372 .261/.317/.437/.754 .918/.707 .772 114/.744 7/3 14/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 14/.748 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 230/174 .246/.336/.400/.736 .706/.752 .570 82/.787 0/0 5/3
IP 152.1 10.0 21.1 37.1 82.2 67.2 50.0 48.2 TOTAL .260/.329/.426/.755 .841/.728 .732 36/17 120/70
ERA-K/9 3.96/6.3 4.50/5.4 8.02/5.9 3.13/7.7 4.68/7.5 3.72/7.4 2.34/7.6 2.22/10.2 4.65/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Thigpen (1-2-0)
 Zaun (41-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 642/.270 51/.333 97/.289 171/.313 349/.285 279/.262 207/.242 188/.189 .280  Rios
 Johnson
 Wells
 Stairs
0/9/109/7
34/0/0/2
0/110/0/2
27/0/12/2
OPS .739 .821 .841 .883 .793 .740 .673 .515 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.753 20/.803 41/.939 91/.807 169/.789 108/.764 79/.492 68/.385 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.726 31/.833 56/.772 80/.970 180/.796 171/.726 128/.783 120/.590 .803
Home 333/.721 21/1.071 45/1.263 81/.798 200/.858 159/.683 107/.682 81/.519 .808
Last 28d days 132/.794 51/.821 39/1.007 35/1.000 51/.622 56/.802 38/.583 40/.620
HR/SB/CS 18/2/3 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 7/8/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 118/49/16
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· ·X····X· ·····X·· ··X··X·· ·X···X·· ·o···o·· ··o··o··
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Marcum
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 288/177 .237/.292/.332/.624 .745/.548 .646 57/.681 8/1 4/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 284/224 .237/.324/.494/.818 .975/.777 .692 60/.621 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/128 .294/.342/.441/.783 .875/.745 .741 95/.798 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 6/.750 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 511/361 .284/.367/.410/.777 .735/.795 .804 105/.753 5/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 6/.167 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 109/99 .362/.423/.426/.849 .777/.856 .617 28/.983 5/3 0/1
3.German G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 305/188 .285/.373/.403/.776 .825/.746 .945 47/.817 7/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/172 .302/.324/.469/.793 .750/.801 .835 78/.974 2/1 4/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 423/320 .238/.314/.378/.692 .701/.688 .701 89/.731 10/3 8/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 4/1.500 3/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 322/216 .306/.345/.445/.790 .744/.812 .794 90/.894 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 144/102 .157/.245/.307/.552 .796/.451 .706 30/.292 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 402/305 .275/.290/.364/.654 .664/.651 .833 78/.596 3/4 1/19
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/73 .215/.253/.329/.582 .200/.636 .538 23/.695 0/0 2/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.000 4/.750 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 470/330 .289/.360/.409/.769 .724/.788 .845 102/.779 10/4 5/4
IP 114.0 47.1 43.1 41.2 55.2 6.2 47.1 21.1 TOTAL .266/.328/.398/.726 .742/.719 .763 52/29 74/76
ERA-K/9 3.63/7.2 2.47/8.8 2.49/9.8 4.54/8.6 2.26/4.4 6.75/5.4 3.61/7.8 2.11/5.1 4.17/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (30-7-3)
 LaRue (19-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.229 198/.209 182/.215 179/.222 221/.228 32/.419 201/.214 81/.216 .254  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/4/103/13
64/0/7/6
0/111/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
27/4/0/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .720 .559 .606 .649 .613 1.019 .579 .624 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.777 96/.372 92/.546 81/.728 77/.490 14/1.500 71/.655 32/1.075 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.659 102/.733 90/.668 98/.587 144/.678 18/.627 130/.538 49/.320 .691
Road 241/.631 106/.595 86/.651 87/.686 110/.600 20/.850 109/.634 28/.708 .738
Last 28d days 126/.727 48/.498 40/.557 23/.695 41/.514 32/1.019 39/.859 38/.468
HR/SB/CS 20/3/1 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/0/0 0/5/1 3/0/0 119/96/14
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o·o· ···X·o·· ··X····· ···o··X· ·····X·· ··X··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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