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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 7:10pm, Sunday, August 12, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Toronto Blue Jays, 58-57, 3rd, 11½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (30, RHP, 5-6, 4.31)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-6)             94    79  47  45  40 106 15    4.31      
 2006 (10-8)           135.2 138  67  60  39 118 14    3.98      
 2005 (12-12)          209   184  97  80  79 198 12    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  46.2  37  23  21  13  61  6    4.05   59 
 2007-06-28    MIN  ND   4     6   5   5   0   6  2      75   36 
 2007-06-12    SFG   L   4.2   6   3   2   2   4  0      82   44 
 2007-06-07    TBD  ND   7     7   3   3   3  13  1     130   61 
 2007-06-01    CHW   L   7.1   6   3   3   1  12  0     117   65 
 2007-05-27    MIN   L   8     3   4   3   3   8  1     125   67 
 2007-05-22    BAL   W   6.2   6   4   4   2   8  1     103   52 
 2007-05-16    BAL   W   9     3   1   1   2  10  1     103   85 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-1  19.2  24  12  10   4  14  3    4.58   47 
 2007-04-09    KCR   W   6.2   3   1   1   3   5  1     102   66 
 2006-07-07    KCR   L   6     9   6   4   1   4  2     116   37 
 2002-06-10    KCR  ND   7    12   5   5   0   5  0     121   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-22   Road:   23-35   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  40-44   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  20-19
 vsEast: 21-23   vsCntrl:18-16   vsWest:  9-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sat, Aug 11  @KCR  L   1-4       58-57  3rd 11.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10  @KCR  W   2-1       58-56  3rd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Kansas City Royals, 51-64, 5th, 13 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (26, RHP, 8-6, 3.32)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-6)            114   102  47  42  29  58  8    3.32      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  47.1  38  14  14  11  22  4    2.66   58 
 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 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-33   Road:   24-31   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  39-45   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:16-24   vsWest: 15-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sat, Aug 11   TOR  W   4-1       51-64  5th 13.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10   TOR  L   1-2       50-64  5th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 KCR  4  TOR  1    W:Leo Nunez (2-0), L: Dustin McGowan (8-6), S: Joakim Soria (13)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 TOR  2 @KCR  1    W:Shaun Marcum (9-4), L: Gil Meche (7-10), S: Jeremy Accardo (21)
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)
Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 3-2; 2006 - TOR won 4-3; 2005 - TOR won 6-3; All-Time - TOR leads 162-160

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  5.99

NYM  4.66

WSN  3.90

RA/G

SDP  3.88

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.09

BA

M. Ordonez  .355

R. Winn  .292

R. Langerhans  .155

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Hermida  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .661

M. Reynolds  .464

N. Punto  .269

OPS

B. Bonds  1.087

X. Nady  .820

R. Langerhans  .543

ERA

C. Young  2.02

J. Blanton  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

J. Guthrie  6.31

A. Cook  3.31

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Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.92 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.334 2/1.500 7/.486 1/.000 359/276 .250/.345/.451/.796 1.062/.719 .769 97/.505 0/1 15/6
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 4/1.167 6/1.400 3/.000 1/.000 465/353 .271/.322/.442/.764 .877/.726 .654 104/.715 3/2 12/8
3.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.393 1/.000 5/.000 5/.400 ··· 149/108 .248/.310/.338/.648 1.079/.492 .696 87/.606 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 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· 232/174 .270/.295/.358/.653 .874/.579 .562 57/.729 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 340/259 .249/.344/.416/.760 .801/.745 .845 95/.675 1/0 8/2
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/1.167 5/.200 7/.143 ··· 510/390 .302/.359/.524/.883 1.015/.842 .882 108/.836 11/3 20/5
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 268/232 .289/.358/.541/.899 .850/.906 .854 51/.869 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.167 4/.500 17/1.086 1/.000 443/343 .263/.375/.462/.837 1.054/.775 .772 92/.894 0/0 18/
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.143 9/.555 5/2.000 6/1.133 1/.000 488/380 .263/.318/.440/.758 .918/.714 .781 107/.771 8/3 14/2
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.500 2/1.500 ··· 237/181 .252/.339/.421/.760 .706/.781 .626 77/.903 0/0 6/3
IP 114.0 10.0 21.1 37.2 83.0 69.1 53.1 50.0 TOTAL .260/.328/.424/.752 .840/.725 .729 38/17 121/70
ERA-K/9 3.32/4.6 4.50/5.4 8.02/5.9 3.11/7.6 4.66/7.5 3.63/7.5 2.19/7.4 2.16/9.9 4.55/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Thigpen (1-2-0)
 Zaun (46-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.238 51/.333 97/.289 173/.309 354/.284 287/.265 220/.240 197/.185 .278  Rios
 Johnson
 Wells
 Stairs
0/9/111/7
36/0/0/2
0/112/0/2
28/0/12/2
OPS .673 .821 .841 .873 .791 .741 .674 .507 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 214/.752 20/.803 41/.939 93/.787 172/.787 109/.776 83/.522 70/.374 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.607 31/.833 56/.772 80/.970 182/.795 178/.720 137/.766 127/.580 .796
Home 242/.719 21/1.071 45/1.263 83/.777 205/.854 167/.686 120/.684 90/.500 .796
Last 28d days 130/.633 51/.821 39/1.007 33/.897 47/.581 59/.865 46/.622 43/.599
HR/SB/CS 8/6/3 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 7/8/0 4/2/1 2/0/0 119/52/16
Usage ····X··· ···X···X ···X···· ·oo····X ·oX·X··X ·X·X···X XX·o···o X·o·o··o
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
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/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 288/177 .237/.292/.332/.624 .745/.548 .646 52/.609 8/1 4/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/1.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 289/229 .232/.318/.484/.802 .975/.759 .668 61/.514 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/139 .296/.349/.436/.785 .875/.749 .746 97/.742 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 7/.629 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 522/370 .278/.361/.402/.763 .724/.779 .776 106/.729 5/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/2.000 3/1.167 6/.167 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 118/108 .363/.420/.422/.842 .777/.846 .635 35/.986 7/3 0/1
3.German G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 309/192 .285/.372/.401/.773 .825/.740 .932 45/.762 7/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 215/182 .291/.312/.448/.760 .788/.755 .779 85/.878 2/1 4/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 432/328 .243/.316/.395/.711 .694/.717 .741 90/.843 11/3 9/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 16/.635 4/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 330/224 .299/.339/.435/.774 .744/.789 .763 89/.835 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 12/.258 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 147/105 .155/.240/.302/.542 .796/.440 .679 29/.257 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 411/314 .274/.289/.363/.652 .664/.648 .821 79/.651 4/4 1/19
26.Smith* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/73 .215/.253/.329/.582 .200/.636 .538 23/.695 0/0 2/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.666 4/.750 3/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· 481/341 .289/.358/.408/.766 .724/.783 .835 104/.732 11/4 5/4
IP 94.0 48.1 44.0 41.2 56.1 6.2 48.0 22.1 TOTAL .265/.326/.396/.722 .741/.713 .753 57/29 75/76
ERA-K/9 4.31/10.1 2.42/8.6 2.45/9.6 4.54/8.6 2.40/4.6 6.75/5.4 3.56/7.7 2.01/4.8 4.14/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (32-7-3)
 LaRue (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 402/.224 202/.210 183/.214 179/.222 226/.237 32/.419 202/.213 85/.218 .253  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/4/106/13
64/0/7/6
0/114/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
30/4/0/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .703 .558 .604 .649 .631 1.019 .576 .631 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.652 98/.363 93/.540 81/.728 80/.537 14/1.500 72/.644 34/1.101 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 193/.761 104/.739 90/.668 98/.587 146/.682 18/.627 130/.538 51/.306 .687
Road 228/.771 110/.592 87/.643 87/.686 115/.637 20/.850 110/.628 32/.714 .733
Last 28d days / 46/.494 36/.564 19/.737 36/.611 32/1.019 31/.679 34/.548
HR/SB/CS 15/23/0 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/0/0 0/5/1 3/0/0 120/101/14
Usage ·X·X··o· ·o···X·o ····X··· ·X···o·· ·······X o···X··X o··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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