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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Kansas City Royals, 47-59, 5th, 14 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (26, RHP, 7-6, 3.42)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-6)            100    88  43  38  27  55  8    3.42      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  44.1  39  20  20  13  27  6    4.06   53 
 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 
 2007-06-23    MIL   L   5     6   6   6   3   7  1     103   35 
 2007-06-17    FLA   W   6     9   4   4   1   1  1      77   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-31   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  35-41   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl:13-23   vsWest: 15-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Minnesota Twins, 55-51, 3rd, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 5-7, 4.73)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)            120   132  72  63  46 105 17    4.73      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  41    45  27  25  12  24  6    5.49   45 
 2007-07-27    CLE   L   2.2   9   6   4   2   3  1      71   21 
 2007-07-21    LAA  ND   7.2   5   2   2   0   1  0      99   62 
 2007-07-15    OAK  ND   6.1   5   3   3   3   6  1     101   54 
 2007-07-07    CHW   L   7     4   3   3   2   4  1     105   59 
 2007-07-02    NYY   L   5.1   9   4   4   3   6  1     101   37 
 2007-06-27    TOR   L   6     7   5   5   2   2  1      94   38 
 2007-06-22    FLA  ND   6     6   4   4   0   2  1      66   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-2  25    23  13  11  14  32  4    3.96   52 
 2007-04-26    KCR  ND   5     3   0   0   7   8  0     105   62 
 2007-04-21    KCR  ND   5     7   5   3   1   7  2      87   43 
 2006-09-25    KCR   W   6.2   2   1   1   2   5  1     104   69 
 2006-08-30    KCR   L   5.1   7   3   3   0   8  0      70   50 
 2006-07-04    KCR   L   3     4   4   4   4   4  1      73   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-24   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  40-35   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:18-21   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 31   KCR  W   5-3       55-51  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 MIN  5  KCR  3    W:Carlos Silva (9-11), L: Jorge de la Rosa (8-11), S: Joe Nathan (24)
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)
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; 2005 - MIN won 13-6; All-Time - MIN leads 298-277

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  5.78

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.26

BA

R. Braun  .347

X. Nady  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

B. Harris  .361

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .657

J. Encarnacion  .458

N. Punto  .275

OPS

B. Bonds  1.051

D. Pedroia  .817

D. Navarro  .536

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.11

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Arroyo  6.33

A. Cook  3.26

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
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 14/.630 9/1.158 9/.111 4/.000 ··· 4/1.417 8/.375 279/172 .232/.287/.323/.610 .744/.527 .609 57/.633 8/1 4/4
14.Buck G/S/vP 5/.200 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 89/.863 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 14/.748 11/.775 11/.473 4/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 9/.000 486/339 .280/.365/.401/.766 .741/.778 .736 100/.653 5/4 5/3
3.German G/S/vP 3/.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 48/.905 7/5 3/6
11.Gload* G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 8/1.750 5/1.100 5/.400 178/153 .281/.309/.437/.746 .600/.772 .616 63/.841 2/1 3/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/2.750 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 401/303 .241/.318/.378/.696 .724/.686 .683 84/.739 10/3 7/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 11/1.636 4/1.417 14/.547 2/.500 17/.529 10/.500 4/.250 302/199 .311/.351/.456/.807 .747/.838 .798 81/1.015 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 140/98 .163/.252/.317/.569 .796/.471 .443 31/.360 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 382/289 .285/.301/.378/.679 .672/.681 .493 74/.811 3/4 1/18
16.Sanders G/S/vP 3/.333 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 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 75/66 .211/.253/.338/.591 .222/.644 .616 15/.800 0/0 2/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 11/.920 5/.600 7/.143 2/1.000 3/.666 8/.708 5/.200 442/307 .280/.352/.399/.751 .721/.765 .682 92/.630 9/3 5/4
IP 120.0 60.1 49.0 50.2 83.2 25.1 36.2 TOTAL .264/.327/.396/.723 .738/.716 .685 51/28 71/71
ERA-K/9 4.73/7.9 1.79/6.4 2.02/9.4 1.95/10.7 5.27/4.1 3.91/6.8 5.89/8.1 4.18/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (29-7-2)
 LaRue (18-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.277 232/.188 194/.238 192/.143 367/.299 117/.309 174/.298 .263  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Sanders
 Butler
0/4/97/12
63/0/7/6
0/105/0/3
4/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
9/0/9/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .785 .522 .601 .472 .804 .803 .872 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 269/.857 94/.565 91/.606 78/.446 174/.821 69/.652 84/.989 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.711 138/.493 103/.595 114/.488 193/.790 48/1.013 90/.764 .724
Home 311/.751 129/.559 117/.589 102/.328 166/.694 61/.719 87/.845 .699
Last 28d days 99/.713 42/.563 49/.486 46/.619 36/.862 33/.674 37/.995
HR/SB/CS 17/7/4 3/3/2 2/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 7/1/1 123/37/29
Usage ····X··· ····o·oo ooXo··X· ··oo···X ····X·o· ··X···o· ····X·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 40.Bannister
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
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 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 5/.650 6/.500 5/.900 ··· 371/271 .260/.329/.334/.663 .741/.634 .723 99/.671 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 48/25 .261/.277/.283/.560 .591/.530 .543 3/1.334 4/0 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 174/107 .261/.327/.386/.713 .814/.651 .658 41/.789 2/0 2/3
20.Ford G/S/vP ··· ··· 29/1.187 15/.354 5/.400 5/1.200 ··· 119/74 .239/.303/.376/.679 .758/.632 .698 27/.671 3/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 20/.871 19/1.146 5/.800 16/.875 2/1.000 412/298 .288/.333/.537/.870 .984/.824 .933 86/.840 11/5 22/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 313/258 .241/.295/.402/.697 .687/.699 .680 71/.794 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 17/.782 16/.683 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 325/214 .300/.390/.443/.833 .644/.932 .690 97/.788 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 22/.923 15/.667 3/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 435/288 .297/.363/.574/.937 .702/1.061 .912 99/1.053 1/0 28/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.606 14/.539 8/.875 7/1.417 ··· 377/257 .211/.301/.275/.576 .512/.613 .518 79/.610 13/5 1/7
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 5/1.200 4/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 221/159 .278/.326/.346/.672 .851/.604 .689 27/.539 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 8/.625 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 112/86 .190/.270/.270/.540 .361/.594 .569 17/.732 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 6/1.633 ··· 198/164 .290/.335/.372/.707 .552/.739 .777 50/.849 6/2 1/1
24.White G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 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 100.0 6.1 36.0 79.0 66.0 48.2 44.1 TOTAL .267/.332/.400/.732 .712/.740 .732 82/19 87/53
ERA-K/9 3.42/5.0 1.42/5.7 3.25/7.8 4.33/7.5 3.41/7.6 2.22/7.2 2.44/10.4 4.50/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.233 31/.217 167/.308 334/.281 269/.255 201/.239 178/.194 .276  Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
 White
0/101/0/3
67/0/0/2
32/11/3/1
16/8/17/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .666 .661 .874 .791 .717 .668 .527 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.733 12/.639 89/.801 160/.800 102/.713 74/.453 63/.417 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.614 19/.675 78/.954 174/.782 167/.719 127/.790 115/.587 .798
Road 195/.605 20/.485 86/.947 138/.672 114/.773 97/.627 100/.537 .759
Last 28d days 104/.583 31/.661 39/.973 46/.621 52/.728 40/.521 35/.728
HR/SB/CS 8/6/3 0/0/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 6/8/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 111/47/16
Usage ····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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