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Game Preview: KCR @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 23, 2007 @Miller Park

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Kansas City Royals, 29-45, 5th, 15 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (26, RHP, 4-3, 3.21)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-3)             61.2  58  27  22  15  29  3    3.21      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  46    41  15  14   9  22  3    2.74   57 
 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 
 2007-06-06    CLE   W   7     5   1   0   0   2  0      98   67 
 2007-06-01    TBD   W   8     2   1   1   0   6  1     107   80 
 2007-05-26    SEA   L   7     8   4   4   2   0  1     106   43 
 2007-05-20    COL  ND   5     5   3   3   1   4  0      83   48 
 2007-05-15    OAK  ND   6     5   2   2   3   3  0      99   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      1-0   5     6   1   1   5   4  0    1.80   50 
 2006-04-16    MIL   W   5     6   1   1   5   4  0     112   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-24   Road:   14-21   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  23-30   vsLHP:   6-15   1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  4-12   vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 9-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 22  @MIL  L   6-11      29-45  5th 15.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 20  @STL  L   6-7 (14)  29-44  5th 14.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 19  @STL  L   1-5       29-43  5th 13.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 18  @STL  W   5-3       29-42  5th 13.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 17   FLA  W   5-4       28-42  5th 13.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 16   FLA  L   8-9       27-42  5th 13.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 15   FLA  W   6-2       27-41  5th 13.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 14   STL  W  17-8       26-41  5th 14.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 13   STL  L   3-7       25-41  5th 14.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 12   STL  W   8-1       25-40  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Milwaukee Brewers, 42-31, 1st, 8½ up

SP: David Bush (27, RHP, 4-6, 5.48)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-6)             85.1  97  54  52  17  63  9    5.48      
 2006 (12-11)          210   201 111 103  38 166 26    4.41      
 2005 (5-11)           136.1 142  73  68  29  75 20    4.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  41.1  45  25  24   9  29  4    5.23   47 
 2007-06-16    MIN   W   6.1   5   2   2   2   4  0     104   57 
 2007-06-10    TEX  ND   4.1   6   4   3   2   4  0      78   39 
 2007-06-04    CHC   L   6     7   4   4   1   3  0      92   44 
 2007-05-30    ATL  ND   7     6   1   1   0   6  1      91   67 
 2007-05-25    SDP   L   5     9   7   7   3   4  1      95   22 
 2007-05-19    MIN   L   7.1   8   5   5   1   4  1      96   45 
 2007-05-14    PHI  ND   5.1   4   2   2   0   4  1      70   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-0  23    29  12  12   1  14  1    4.70   48 
 2006-06-23    KCR   W   7.1   9   2   2   0   8  0      98   60 
 2005-10-01    KCR  ND   5     5   3   3   0   1  1      86   46 
 2005-07-23    KCR   W   7     8   3   3   1   2  0     100   50 
 2005-05-11    KCR  ND   3.2   7   4   4   0   3  0      74   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-12   Road:   16-19   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  26-23   vsLHP:  16-8    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest:  6-6  IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Fri, Jun 22   KCR  W  11-6       42-31  1st  8.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 20   SFG  W   7-5       41-31  1st  7.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 19   SFG  W   6-2       40-31  1st  7.0 up
 70 Mon, Jun 18   SFG  W   5-4       39-31  1st  7.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 17  @MIN  L   9-10      38-31  1st  6.5 up
 68 Sat, Jun 16  @MIN  W   5-2       38-30  1st  6.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 15  @MIN  W  11-3       37-30  1st  5.5 up
 66 Thu, Jun 14  @DET  W   6-5       36-30  1st  5.5 up
 65 Wed, Jun 13  @DET  W   3-2       35-30  1st  5.5 up
 64 Tue, Jun 12  @DET  L   0-4       34-30  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 MIL 11  KCR  6    W:Jeff Suppan (8-7), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-9), S: none

Sun, Jun 25, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  0    W:Mark Redman (5-4), L: Rick Helling (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  5    W:Brandon Duckworth (1-1), L: Doug Davis (4-5), S: Ambiorix Burgos (12)
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 MIL  7 @KCR  2    W:David Bush (5-6), L: Bobby Keppel (0-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2001 MIL  5  KCR  2    W:Jamey Wright (6-4), L: Blake Stein (3-5), S: Curt Leskanic (8)
Sat, Jun 16, 2001 KCR  4 @MIL  1    W:Dan Reichert (6-6), L: Jimmy Haynes (5-8), S: Roberto Hernandez (12)
Fri, Jun 15, 2001 KCR  4 @MIL  2    W:Paul Byrd (1-2), L: Kyle Peterson (1-1), S: Roberto Hernandez (11)
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 KCR  7  MIL  4    W:Jeff Suppan (3-6), L: Jimmy Haynes (9-8), S: Ricky Bottalico (6)
Fri, Jul 14, 2000 MIL  4 @KCR  0    W:Jeff D'Amico (5-4), L: Mac Suzuki (4-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 13, 2000 MIL  5 @KCR  2    W:Jamey Wright (5-2), L: Blake Stein (0-2), S: Bob Wickman (14)
Season Series: 2007 - MIL leads 1-0; 2006 - KCR won 2-1; 2005 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 205-171

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  6.17

COL  4.59

WSN  3.90

RA/G

SDP  3.42

ATL  4.66

TBD  6.13

BA

M. Ordonez  .383

T. Buck  .281

D. Navarro  .170

OBP

B. Bonds  .490

C. Crawford  .353

D. Navarro  .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .693

R. Weeks  .456

D. Navarro  .240

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.119

L. Overbay  .807

D. Navarro  .481

ERA

D. Haren  1.78

S. Kazmir  4.10

K. Wells  6.75

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.89

B. Arroyo  6.13

S. Trachsel  2.90

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB
52.Capellan
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
50.Spurling
G/S/vB
59.Turnbow
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
38.Wise
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 4/.500 4/1.833 4/2.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 195/122 .242/.297/.326/.623 .734/.558 .665 70/.704 7/0 2/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 8/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 191/149 .258/.346/.558/.904 1.000/.877 1.122 61/.771 0/0 13/5
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/27 .237/.250/.289/.539 .160/.718 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/1
30.Cortez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .250/.250/.333/.583 /.583 .333 13/.583 0/0 0/1
32.Costa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/48 .180/.192/.220/.412 .500/.405 .367 22/.236 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 340/230 .269/.349/.395/.744 .762/.736 .754 112/.706 3/1 4/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 42/36 .324/.425/.353/.778 .400/.836 1.307 42/.778 2/0 0/1
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 199/123 .253/.352/.359/.711 .726/.701 .559 73/.479 5/3 2/4
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 274/216 .232/.322/.365/.687 .641/.700 .699 92/.813 7/2 5/9
6.LaRue G/S/vP 8/.542 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 4/1.750 89/61 .173/.236/.321/.557 .976/.375 .477 37/.806 1/0 2/1
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 270/204 .272/.293/.358/.651 .630/.658 .451 91/.724 3/2 1/12
43.Shealy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/127 .221/.289/.313/.602 .333/.714 .676 86/.597 0/0 3/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 10/1.056 ··· 3/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 304/213 .294/.373/.431/.804 .675/.858 .670 105/.728 7/3 5/2
56.Thomson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 85.1 10.0 31.1 17.1 21.2 33.1 50.2 30.2 TOTAL .256/.322/.388/.710 .695/.716 .678 37/14 52/48
ERA-K/9 5.48/6.6 3.60/5.4 2.30/12.7 3.63/3.6 3.74/5.8 3.51/11.1 2.84/8.0 3.23/6.2 4.09/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (19-4-2)
 LaRue (12-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.290 41/.194 124/.179 73/.262 101/.312 137/.182 211/.217 123/.228 .261  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Butler
 Gathright
 Costa
0/3/69/10
45/0/2/5
0/73/0/3
3/0/0/2
6/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
11/0/3/0
OPS .778 .574 .472 .642 .828 .534 .672 .628 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.639 14/.214 63/.402 36/.639 43/.676 48/.588 90/.775 46/.625 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.882 27/.736 61/.538 37/.646 58/.944 89/.506 121/.598 77/.630 .740
Home 195/.738 15/.667 76/.317 28/.661 40/.951 76/.516 88/.526 60/.594 .677
Last 28d days 100/.630 41/.574 57/.659 23/.513 31/.919 55/.399 79/.674 43/.742
HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 1/1/0 0/2/0 0/3/1 3/1/0 2/0/1 4/4/2 3/4/0 68/42/10
Usage ······X· ·····X·· ··X·X·X· ··o····X ·····o·· X·o·o·X· X·o·X··· X·····o·
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Bannister
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 109/81 .333/.376/.596/.972 1.781/.717 1.095 104/.985 3/0 5/5
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 184/155 .237/.344/.316/.660 .606/.670 .477 70/.647 3/2 1/0
33.Estrada# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 241/164 .284/.304/.427/.731 .809/.694 .648 88/.640 0/0 6/5
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 319/212 .288/.379/.635/1.014 .815/1.120 1.116 107/1.104 0/2 26/8
9.Graffanino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 9/1.417 ··· 168/100 .242/.304/.353/.657 .686/.637 .695 49/1.038 0/1 4/3
18.Gross* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/74 .203/.341/.391/.732 .489/.764 .527 23/.317 2/0 3/0
2.Hall G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 276/183 .269/.338/.445/.783 .891/.728 .790 91/.798 2/4 8/6
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/223 .285/.338/.512/.850 .936/.819 .981 96/.591 0/2 17/8
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 206/122 .309/.385/.525/.910 1.040/.823 .968 107/1.095 13/2 9/1
5.Jenkins* G/S/vP 3/1.667 14/.445 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/179 .283/.346/.518/.864 .519/.928 1.012 73/.800 0/0 12/0
24.Mench G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 9/.944 12/1.100 1/.000 2/2.500 5/1.400 ··· 151/71 .270/.272/.405/.677 .749/.596 .809 36/.707 1/0 2/0
26.Miller G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 79/51 .219/.266/.274/.540 .654/.480 .587 25/.490 1/0 0/1
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/139 .253/.354/.456/.810 .817/.803 .751 29/.791 8/2 5/5
IP 61.2 11.0 25.1 59.2 15.1 47.2 33.1 29.2 TOTAL .267/.332/.452/.784 .822/.766 .817 39/16 99/47
ERA-K/9 3.21/4.2 3.27/7.4 2.84/6.8 5.13/7.4 6.46/5.3 3.59/7.9 2.70/6.8 2.73/9.7 4.76/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Estrada (35-8-0)
 Miller (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 255/.248 50/.279 116/.313 263/.312 71/.317 193/.247 144/.262 122/.206 .283  Jenkins
 Mench
 Hall
 Hart
 Gross
51/0/0/5
25/0/16/4
0/65/0/3
0/0/46/3
1/4/14/2
OPS .689 .762 .863 .882 1.013 .708 .745 .521 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.874 25/.769 61/.797 129/.894 23/1.209 72/.735 51/.583 46/.392 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.556 25/.756 55/.936 134/.869 48/.908 121/.691 93/.830 76/.598 .808
Road 123/.521 20/.955 62/1.076 106/.720 21/.754 78/.717 68/.641 67/.536 .762
Last 28d days 137/.652 38/.632 35/1.107 57/.706 34/.679 61/.456 46/.667 24/.255
HR/SB/CS 3/4/2 1/1/0 2/0/0 8/2/1 5/2/0 4/7/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 83/31/9
Usage ·····X·· ··o·Xo·o X·o····· ··X··X·· X··X··X· ··XX··X· ··X·o·oX ··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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