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Game Preview: NYY @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 9, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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New York Yankees, 80-62, 2nd, 5½ GB, 3 up in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (27, RHP, 17-6, 3.68)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (17-6)           173.2 172  72  71  48  87  8    3.68      
 2006 (19-6)           218   233  92  88  52  76 12    3.63      
 2005 (8-5)            116.1 113  58  52  32  47  9    4.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  44    44  20  19  15  26  2    3.89   52 
 2007-09-04    SEA   W   7.1   5   1   1   3   1  1      86   62 
 2007-08-30    BOS   W   7     1   0   0   4   5  0     103   76 
 2007-08-25    DET   W   8     5   2   1   2   6  0     107   70 
 2007-08-19    DET   W   6     9   3   3   2   6  0      93   46 
 2007-08-13    BAL  ND   6     8   5   5   1   2  1      94   37 
 2007-08-08    TOR   L   2.2   9   8   8   2   3  0      59    9 
 2007-08-03    KCR   W   7     7   1   1   1   3  0      98   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-0  31.2  36  17  17   6  12  1    4.83   47 
 2007-08-03    KCR   W   7     7   1   1   1   3  0      98   61 
 2007-07-24    KCR   W   6     7   4   4   2   3  0      98   43 
 2006-09-04    KCR  ND   5.2   7   3   3   1   2  0      96   44 
 2006-05-27    KCR   W   7     7   4   4   0   3  0     105   50 
 2006-04-11    KCR  ND   6     8   5   5   2   1  1      86   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-27   Road:   33-35   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  64-43   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 26-27   vsCntrl:29-11   vsWest: 15-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sat, Sep  8  @KCR  W  11-5       80-62  2nd  5.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  7  @KCR  W   3-2       79-62  2nd  6.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  5   SEA  W  10-2       78-62  2nd  6.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  4   SEA  W  12-3       77-62  2nd  7.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  3   SEA  L   1-7       76-62  2nd  7.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  2   TBD  L   2-8       76-61  2nd  6.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  1   TBD  W   9-6       76-60  2nd  5.0 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31   TBD  L   1-9       75-60  2nd  5.0 gb
134 Thu, Aug 30   BOS  W   5-0       75-59  2nd  5.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29   BOS  W   4-3       74-59  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals, 62-79, 4th, 19½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (23, RHP, 6-5, 3.87)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-5)            100   103  44  43  27  86  8    3.87      
 2006 (1-0)              6.1   7   3   3   3   5  1    4.26      
 2005 (5-17)           183   233 125 118  53 114 23    5.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  33    43  16  16   8  18  4    4.36   46 
 2007-09-03    TEX   W   5     5   0   0   0   4  0      82   61 
 2007-08-29    DET  ND   4     5   0   0   0   5  0      71   57 
 2007-08-24    CLE  ND   3     1   0   0   1   2  0      48   58 
 2007-05-06    DET   L   4     9   6   6   0   1  3      85   21 
 2007-05-01    LAA   L   5    10   6   6   2   3  1      91   24 
 2007-04-26    MIN  ND   7     4   0   0   4   1  0     108   66 
 2007-04-21    MIN  ND   5     9   4   4   1   2  0      89   34 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-2  15.2  16  12  12   8  10  3    6.89   42 
 2005-08-28    NYY   L   4.2  10   7   7   3   2  2      93   15 
 2005-05-31    NYY   W   5     3   3   3   3   2  1     106   48 
 2004-09-14    NYY   L   6     3   2   2   2   6  0     103   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-39   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  45-56   vsLHP:  17-23   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 11-24   vsCntrl:22-31   vsWest: 19-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
137 Mon, Sep  3  @TEX  W   8-1       62-75  4th 17.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  2  @MIN  W   8-1       61-75  4th 17.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  1  @MIN  L   4-6       60-75  4th 18.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 31  @MIN  L   0-5       60-74  4th 17.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 31  @MIN  W   9-4       60-73  4th 17.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 30   DET  L   1-6       59-73  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 NYY 11 @KCR  5    W:Andy Pettitte (13-8), L: Brian Bannister (12-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 NYY  3 @KCR  2    W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-1), L: Neal Musser (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (24)
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 NYY  8  KCR  5    W:Mike Mussina (7-7), L: Gil Meche (7-9), S: Mariano Rivera (17)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 NYY 16  KCR  8    W:Mike Myers (3-0), L: John Bale (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 NYY  7  KCR  1    W:Chien-Ming Wang (13-5), L: Odalis Perez (6-10), S: none
Thu, Jul 26, 2007 KCR  7  NYY  0    W:Jorge de la Rosa (8-10), L: Kei Igawa (2-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 NYY  7 @KCR  1    W:Mike Mussina (5-7), L: Gil Meche (7-7), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 NYY  9 @KCR  4    W:Chien-Ming Wang (11-5), L: Scott Elarton (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 NYY  9 @KCR  2    W:Roger Clemens (3-4), L: Odalis Perez (5-9), S: none

Wed, Sep 06, 2006 NYY  8 @KCR  3    W:Randy Johnson (16-10), L: Runelvys Hernandez (5-9), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - NYY leads 8-1; 2006 - NYY won 7-2; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 246-167

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  5.90

BAL  4.64

WSN  3.94

RA/G

BOS  4.03

KCR  4.79

TBD  5.89

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

B. Giles  .293

J. LaRue  .141

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

A. Rios  .365

J. LaRue  .236

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .669

S. Hatteberg  .474

N. Punto  .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.093

R. Cano  .832

J. LaRue  .505

ERA

J. Peavy  2.43

I. Snell  4.00

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.31

S. Trachsel  2.94

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New York Yankees Batters (5.90 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
38.Buckner
G/S/vB
31.Duckworth
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/2.334 4/.250 1/.000 606/459 .289/.368/.457/.825 .651/.883 .723 106/.961 22/6 16/4
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 258/214 .229/.344/.467/.811 .710/.833 .670 48/.705 0/0 14/7
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 4/2.250 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.300 ··· 534/381 .296/.347/.426/.774 .672/.796 .839 107/.700 13/5 8/3
24.Cano* G/S/vP 5/.933 3/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.929 ··· 2/1.500 4/.750 1/.000 583/395 .300/.349/.483/.832 .845/.825 .798 103/.693 3/4 16/12
18.Damon* G/S/vP 5/1.000 5/.400 5/1.350 ··· ··· 10/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 13/.829 ··· 524/386 .259/.348/.379/.727 .664/.751 .688 87/.789 23/2 10/1
17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 64/35 .259/.317/.569/.886 1.011/.786 .438 25/.513 0/0 6/0
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 7/2.071 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/no AB 5/1.300 ··· 245/185 .246/.347/.450/.797 .800/.794 .791 60/.696 1/0 12/0
63.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 12/.583 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 4/.500 9/1.950 ··· 632/483 .318/.388/.433/.821 .838/.816 .802 103/.632 13/8 9/16
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 10/.856 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.262 1/no AB 5/.400 5/1.000 ··· 558/384 .292/.364/.493/.857 .800/.882 .840 109/.729 3/2 23/3
11.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.542 ··· ··· 9/1.413 ··· 144/123 .228/.293/.378/.671 .302/.733 .439 3/.667 0/0 4/2
26.Molina G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 177/132 .246/.266/.329/.595 .833/.510 .559 24/.875 2/1 1/4
12.Phillips G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 207/150 .292/.338/.373/.711 .655/.732 .599 45/.689 0/3 2/0
20.Posada# G/S/vP 9/.619 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.417 ··· 4/.250 8/.375 ··· 519/366 .334/.418/.546/.964 .961/.965 .991 90/.957 2/0 19/4
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 11/.728 2/2.000 4/.583 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/no AB 6/.167 10/.944 ··· 623/463 .317/.424/.669/1.093 .981/1.130 1.123 110/1.295 22/3 51/11
IP 100.0 29.0 34.0 11.2 38.0 45.2 24.1 80.0 64.1 59.2 TOTAL .290/.364/.467/.831 .778/.852 .800 110/34 183/76
ERA-K/9 3.87/7.7 4.34/7.4 7.15/5.6 5.40/3.8 3.79/4.0 3.35/7.7 4.44/6.7 3.71/7.3 2.24/6.7 2.56/9.5 4.49/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (27-12-2)
 Posada (90-27-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.271 130/.296 158/.304 51/.341 172/.268 205/.291 112/.303 333/.269 266/.237 236/.192 .279  Cabrera
 Matsui
 Abreu
 Damon
 Duncan
 Betemit
18/113/5/12
103/0/0/6
0/0/138/4
22/45/1/3
2/0/8/2
1/0/1/0
OPS .745 .733 .861 1.068 .738 .859 .909 .759 .688 .530 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.742 52/.773 74/1.031 31/1.160 75/.789 112/.738 38/1.107 127/.772 103/.602 93/.441 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.747 78/.708 84/.721 20/.921 97/.699 93/1.001 74/.802 206/.752 163/.742 143/.587 .792
Home 236/.808 45/.821 84/1.135 31/.795 79/.657 99/.730 69/1.037 187/.699 139/.666 109/.540 .806
Last 28d days 62/.492 79/.678 61/.892 51/1.068 24/.935 32/.784 20/.950 46/.883 46/.754 39/.645
HR/SB/CS 8/4/2 1/0/0 4/1/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 6/1/1 5/3/1 8/8/0 6/4/1 3/0/0 146/60/23
Usage ·····X·· ···o·X·· X··o···· ····X··· ·······X ·o··X··· ·X··X··X ·o···X·· ·X··o··X ···o··o·
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB
39.Britton
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
31.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
52.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Brazell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 0/0 0/
35.Brown G/S/vP 9/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.071 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 358/216 .247/.293/.345/.638 .797/.535 .642 70/.694 10/2 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 15/.204 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 349/273 .232/.321/.467/.788 .842/.773 .627 60/.718 0/0 18/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 6/.167 1/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 294/205 .302/.357/.463/.820 .987/.749 .776 99/.891 0/0 6/2
32.Costa* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 96/88 .228/.250/.315/.565 .250/.595 .522 29/.898 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/.900 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 626/442 .267/.356/.376/.732 .704/.743 .757 104/.571 9/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 13/.962 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/2.000 209/173 .313/.378/.352/.730 .677/.740 .554 91/.588 9/5 0/2
3.German G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 368/217 .268/.362/.377/.739 .795/.699 .890 59/.549 10/5 3/9
11.Gload* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 286/241 .300/.322/.463/.785 .889/.765 .760 71/.860 2/2 7/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 531/396 .252/.319/.419/.738 .720/.744 .761 99/.849 14/4 14/11
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 18/.528 1/4.000 ··· 1/2.000 14/1.154 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 7/1.429 426/287 .304/.350/.430/.780 .790/.775 .782 96/.799 1/2 5/6
30.Huber G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.533 180/127 .141/.236/.269/.505 .661/.440 .598 33/.330 1/0 4/4
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 483/357 .257/.277/.336/.612 .608/.614 .774 72/.385 4/5 1/22
12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .200/.273/.300/.573 .250/.714 / 0/0 0/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 4/.000 117/105 .200/.239/.364/.603 .258/.642 .454 34/.657 0/0 5/1
29.Sweeney G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 16/.625 ··· 11/1.136 250/173 .264/.324/.423/.747 .829/.711 .724 25/1.045 0/0 7/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 12/.733 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 533/377 .286/.355/.406/.762 .709/.783 .833 52/.725 11/4 6/4
IP 173.2 11.0 47.0 14.1 54.0 14.1 61.2 1.1 68.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.393/.719 .744/.709 .737 71/35 93/87
ERA-K/9 3.68/4.5 3.27/3.3 3.83/6.3 0.00/11.3 4.33/7.2 6.28/13.2 3.06/9.3 0.00/6.9 4.21/7.0 4.53/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (37-10-3)
 LaRue (23-13-2)
 Phillips (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 710/.264 44/.179 211/.238 52/.143 240/.257 65/.245 250/.247 6/.000 301/.223 .271  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Butler
 Costa
0/4/118/14
69/0/17/6
0/137/0/4
7/0/0/2
52/7/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
14/0/13/0
OPS .689 .640 .713 .356 .758 .907 .623 .333 .689 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.750 18/.489 83/.966 22/.232 119/.856 27/1.159 118/.594 3/.000 126/.733 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 344/.625 26/.742 128/.565 30/.448 121/.667 38/.735 132/.649 3/.667 175/.657 .737
Road 294/.746 18/.634 112/.751 29/.355 125/.814 23/1.023 128/.636 / 149/.617 .783
Last 28d days 136/.602 27/.824 22/.864 38/.373 34/.518 50/.769 57/.748 6/.333 44/.803
HR/SB/CS 8/11/6 2/0/0 3/4/5 0/0/0 8/9/2 5/2/0 4/2/1 0/0/0 4/5/1 135/120/38
Usage ····X··· X···Xo·· X······· ·X·o···· ·o···o·· o··o··X· ·o·o···X ······X· ····X··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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