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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 31, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Kansas City Royals, 47-58, 5th, 14 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Jorge de la Rosa (26, LHP, 8-10, 5.35)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-10)           119.1 144  75  71  47  77 18    5.35      
 2006 (5-6)             79    81  59  57  54  67 14    6.49      
 2005 (2-2)             42.1  48  23  21  38  42  1    4.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  36.2  48  22  22  18  28  7    5.40   43 
 2007-07-26    NYY   W   5.1   6   0   0   2   5  0      96   59 
 2007-07-21    DET  ND   4.1   7   7   7   2   1  2      79   20 
 2007-07-15    CLE   L   3.1   2   3   3   6   6  2      83   44 
 2007-07-08    TBD   W   5.2   5   2   2   3   7  1      97   55 
 2007-07-03    SEA   W   7     8   3   3   2   2  0      95   49 
 2007-06-27    LAA   W   6    10   0   0   1   1  0      89   52 
 2007-06-22    MIL   L   5    10   7   7   2   6  2      93   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  19    20  11   9  14  12  1    4.26   46 
 2007-04-22    MIN   W   8     5   1   0   1   4  0      94   73 
 2006-09-25    MIN   L   4.2   5   2   2   6   5  0      90   45 
 2006-08-31    MIN   L   5     6   2   2   3   3  1      84   47 
 2006-08-03    MIN   L   1.1   4   6   5   4   0  0      54   20 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-31   Road:   23-27   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  35-40   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl:13-22   vsWest: 15-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
103 Sat, Jul 28   TEX  W   6-5       46-57  5th 14.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27   TEX  W   6-1       45-57  5th 15.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Minnesota Twins, 54-51, 3rd, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 8-11, 4.76)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-11)           128.2 151  72  68  29  52 11    4.76      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
 2005 (9-8)            188.1 212  83  72   9  71 25    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  43    49  32  28   9  19  5    5.86   42 
 2007-07-25    TOR   L   5.1   8   6   5   2   1  0      90   29 
 2007-07-20    LAA   W   6.2  10   5   4   2   1  0      97   35 
 2007-07-14    OAK   W   6.2   2   3   3   2   4  0      90   60 
 2007-07-08    CHW   L   5    10   6   5   0   1  3      80   26 
 2007-07-03    NYY   L   5.1   9   6   5   1   2  1      84   29 
 2007-06-28    TOR   W   7     6   5   5   2   5  1     104   48 
 2007-06-23    FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  0      90   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  31    37  14  14   1   8  7    4.06   48 
 2006-09-27    KCR   L   4     6   5   5   0   0  2      54   30 
 2006-08-05    KCR   W   6.1  10   3   3   0   1  2      79   42 
 2006-05-04    KCR   L   7     8   1   1   1   2  0      86   58 
 2005-08-30    KCR   W   6.2   8   4   4   0   2  2     108   44 
 2005-07-10    KCR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   3  1      81   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-24   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  40-35   vsLHP:  14-16   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:17-21   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Jul 30   KCR  W   3-1       54-51  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29  @CLE  W   4-1       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28  @CLE  W   3-2       52-51  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27  @CLE  L   4-10      51-51  3rd  9.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25  @TOR  L   1-13      51-50  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24  @TOR  L   0-7       51-49  3rd  8.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23  @TOR  L   4-6       51-48  3rd  9.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   LAA  L   2-7       51-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21   LAA  W   5-2       51-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20   LAA  W   7-5       50-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 MIN  3  KCR  1    W:Scott Baker (5-4), L: Gil Meche (7-8), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 MIN  1  KCR  0 (11)   W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 KCR  4 @MIN  3    W:Odalis Perez (2-2), L: Sidney Ponson (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 KCR  3  MIN  1    W:Jorge de la Rosa (2-1), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Sat, Apr 21, 2007 MIN  7 @KCR  5    W:Pat Neshek (2-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (6)
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 KCR 11  MIN  7    W:Odalis Perez (1-2), L: Sidney Ponson (1-2), S: David Riske (2)

Thu, Sep 28, 2006 MIN  2  KCR  1 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (7-0), L: Scott Dohmann (2-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 27, 2006 KCR  6 @MIN  4    W:Mark Redman (11-10), L: Carlos Silva (10-15), S: Joe Nelson (9)
Tue, Sep 26, 2006 MIN  3  KCR  2    W:Johan Santana (19-6), L: Joel Peralta (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Mon, Sep 25, 2006 MIN  8  KCR  1    W:Boof Bonser (7-5), L: Jorge de la Rosa (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; 2005 - MIN won 13-6; All-Time - MIN leads 297-277

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  5.81

LAD  4.67

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.74

TBD  6.30

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

S. Casey  .289

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

M. Tejada  .360

M. Olivo  .250

SLG

R. Braun  .662

R. Cano  .456

N. Punto  .275

OPS

R. Braun  1.057

A. Ethier  .820

D. Navarro  .536

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.11

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

J. Guthrie  6.35

A. Cook  3.12

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 17/1.353 9/1.158 8/.125 4/.000 ··· 4/1.417 8/.375 275/168 .232/.287/.324/.611 .744/.528 .612 59/.621 8/1 4/4
14.Buck G/S/vP 12/1.500 12/.878 5/.200 3/.333 9/.555 ··· 11/.300 265/210 .241/.328/.513/.841 .932/.819 1.050 52/.734 0/0 16/7
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/111 .305/.346/.464/.810 .864/.784 .883 94/.929 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 22/.727 11/.775 11/.473 4/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 9/.000 482/335 .281/.366/.403/.769 .741/.781 .740 101/.675 5/3 5/3
3.German G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 5/.600 1/2.000 4/1.250 293/180 .279/.372/.394/.766 .817/.733 .609 54/.915 7/5 3/6
11.Gload* G/S/vP 13/.398 4/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 8/1.750 5/1.100 5/.400 174/149 .288/.316/.448/.764 .600/.793 .657 64/.884 2/1 3/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 398/300 .243/.321/.381/.702 .724/.694 .695 86/.744 10/3 7/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 6/.400 4/1.417 13/.154 2/.500 17/.529 10/.500 4/.250 298/195 .305/.346/.441/.787 .747/.808 .757 77/.949 1/0 4/5
6.LaRue G/S/vP 4/2.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 137/95 .158/.250/.292/.542 .796/.428 .385 33/.593 1/0 3/2
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 379/286 .284/.300/.379/.679 .672/.681 .490 75/.827 3/4 1/18
16.Sanders G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/3.500 12/.000 ··· 11/.974 9/.819 1/.000 85/56 .315/.412/.493/.905 .991/.858 .756 29/.595 0/1 2/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP 5/2.600 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 72/63 .206/.250/.294/.544 .222/.592 .519 12/.584 0/0 1/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 13/.308 5/.600 6/.167 2/1.000 3/.666 8/.708 5/.200 438/303 .283/.356/.404/.760 .721/.777 .696 93/.661 9/3 5/4
IP 128.2 60.1 48.0 50.2 83.2 25.1 36.2 TOTAL .264/.327/.395/.722 .738/.716 .683 51/25 68/69
ERA-K/9 4.76/3.6 1.79/6.4 1.88/9.2 1.95/10.7 5.27/4.1 3.91/6.8 5.89/8.1 4.19/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (29-7-2)
 LaRue (17-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 552/.295 232/.188 190/.237 192/.143 367/.299 117/.309 174/.298 .264  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Sanders
 Butler
0/4/96/12
63/0/7/6
0/104/0/3
4/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
9/0/9/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .767 .522 .586 .472 .804 .803 .872 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.840 94/.565 89/.620 78/.446 174/.821 69/.652 84/.989 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 270/.691 138/.493 101/.556 114/.488 193/.790 48/1.013 90/.764 .720
Home 268/.690 129/.559 113/.564 102/.328 166/.694 61/.719 87/.845 .698
Last 28d days 131/.874 42/.563 45/.415 46/.619 45/.845 33/.674 42/1.008
HR/SB/CS 11/4/3 3/3/2 1/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 7/1/1 120/37/26
Usage ·····X·· ···o·oo· oXo··X·· ·oo···X· ···X·o·X ·X···o·· ···X·o·o
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.de la Rosa*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 5/.650 6/.500 5/.900 ··· 367/271 .257/.327/.329/.656 .719/.634 .711 99/.633 20/1 3/19
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .273/.273/.273/.546 /.546 .666 11/.546 0/0 0/1
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 45/25 .233/.250/.256/.506 .474/.530 .453 / 4/0 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.944 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 171/107 .267/.333/.393/.726 .856/.651 .685 38/.857 2/0 2/3
20.Ford G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 2/.500 29/1.187 15/.354 5/.400 5/1.200 ··· 116/74 .226/.293/.358/.651 .688/.632 .642 25/.513 2/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 12/.650 ··· 3/.000 20/.871 19/1.146 5/.800 16/.875 2/1.000 408/298 .288/.333/.532/.865 .974/.824 .925 85/.787 11/5 21/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 313/258 .241/.295/.402/.697 .687/.699 .680 74/.788 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/1.192 ··· ··· 17/.782 16/.683 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 321/214 .303/.392/.448/.840 .658/.932 .701 97/.804 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 13/.408 ··· 2/2.500 22/.923 15/.667 3/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 431/288 .300/.367/.580/.947 .723/1.061 .931 99/1.106 1/0 28/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/1.045 ··· ··· 12/.606 14/.539 8/.875 7/1.417 ··· 377/257 .211/.301/.275/.576 .512/.613 .518 82/.587 13/5 1/7
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· 6/1.267 5/.400 5/1.200 4/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 217/159 .282/.327/.351/.678 .888/.604 .701 23/.579 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 8/.625 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 112/86 .190/.270/.270/.540 .361/.594 .569 18/.804 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 6/1.633 ··· 194/164 .291/.337/.374/.711 .559/.739 .790 49/.825 6/2 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/2.000 5/.200 10/.522 6/2.333 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 32/25 .138/.219/.172/.391 .143/.457 .297 21/.390 0/0 0/0
IP 119.1 4.1 23.0 36.0 79.0 66.0 48.2 44.1 TOTAL .267/.332/.400/.732 .711/.740 .733 81/19 86/53
ERA-K/9 5.35/5.8 2.08/8.4 3.91/11.3 3.25/7.8 4.33/7.5 3.41/7.6 2.22/7.2 2.44/10.4 4.49/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (13-16-2)
 Redmond (16-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.299 25/.294 108/.264 167/.308 334/.281 269/.255 201/.239 178/.194 .276  Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
 White
0/100/0/3
67/0/0/2
31/11/3/1
16/8/16/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .862 .853 .797 .874 .791 .717 .668 .527 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.630 9/.889 50/.817 89/.801 160/.800 102/.713 74/.453 63/.417 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 436/.917 16/.831 58/.780 78/.954 174/.782 167/.719 127/.790 115/.587 .796
Road 253/.885 14/.718 45/.803 86/.947 138/.672 114/.773 97/.627 100/.537 .760
Last 28d days 118/.898 25/.853 35/.882 39/.973 46/.621 52/.728 40/.521 35/.728
HR/SB/CS 18/5/4 0/0/0 3/2/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 6/8/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 110/46/16
Usage ····X··· ······X· ··X··X·· X····X·X ··X·X·X· ·X····X· ··oo··X· ···Xo···

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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