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

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Kansas City Royals, 59-73, 4th, 16½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (28, RHP, 7-11, 3.85)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-11)           175.1 183  84  75  51 126 19    3.85      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
 2005 (10-8)           143.1 153  92  81  72  83 18    5.09      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  41.1  47  22  21  14  28  4    4.57   47 
 2007-08-26    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   4  0     112   52 
 2007-08-20    CHW  ND   5.2   6   2   2   2   6  1     104   53 
 2007-08-15    TEX   L   6.1   5   3   2   3   4  0     105   54 
 2007-08-10    TOR   L   5     7   2   2   0   5  0     101   50 
 2007-08-05    NYY   L   4     6   6   6   5   2  1      91   23 
 2007-07-30    MIN   L   7     7   2   2   1   6  0      98   60 
 2007-07-25    NYY   L   7.1   9   5   5   1   1  2     120   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-1  29.1  25  15  15  14  22  3    4.60   51 
 2007-07-30    MIN   L   7     7   2   2   1   6  0      98   60 
 2005-08-19    MIN  ND   5     5   3   3   6   3  1     102   42 
 2005-08-08    MIN  ND   5     5   4   4   3   2  0      88   40 
 2005-04-05    MIN  ND   4.1   6   4   4   2   4  0      82   37 
 2004-08-10    MIN   W   8     2   2   2   2   7  2     125   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-37   Road:   28-36   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  42-51   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:20-29   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Thu, Aug 30   DET  L   1-6       59-73  4th 16.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 29   DET  W   5-0       59-72  4th 15.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 28   DET  W   6-3       58-72  4th 15.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 26   CLE  L   3-5 (11)  57-72  4th 15.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 25   CLE  L   4-9       57-71  4th 14.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24   CLE  W   2-1       57-70  4th 13.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22  @CHW  W   7-6       56-70  4th 13.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21  @CHW  L   2-5       55-70  5th 13.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20  @CHW  L   3-4       55-69  4th 13.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @OAK  L   1-6       55-68  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 67-66, 3rd, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (25, RHP, 7-6, 4.42)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-6)            112   124  56  55  24  76 13    4.42      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
 2005 (3-3)             53.2  48  21  20  14  32  5    3.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  47.2  50  18  17  10  29  5    3.21   54 
 2007-08-26    BAL   W   6     7   3   2   1   0  0      93   47 
 2007-08-21    SEA   L   6.2  14   3   3   1   2  2     101   35 
 2007-08-15    SEA  ND   6.2   8   1   1   2   7  1      86   59 
 2007-08-10    LAA   L   5.1   9   6   6   3   4  1      83   27 
 2007-08-05    CLE   W   8     4   0   0   2   4  0      93   76 
 2007-07-30    KCR   W   8     2   1   1   0   7  0      99   81 
 2007-07-24    TOR   L   7     6   4   4   1   5  1      94   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-2  27    19  10  10   3  21  1    3.33   61 
 2007-07-30    KCR   W   8     2   1   1   0   7  0      99   81 
 2006-04-26    KCR   L   7     7   3   3   0   6  0      95   57 
 2005-09-26    KCR   L   5     6   5   5   2   3  1      80   36 
 2005-08-29    KCR  ND   7     4   1   1   1   5  0      98   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-30   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  46-46   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:21-29   vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 29  @CLE  L   3-4       67-66  3rd  8.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28  @CLE  L   5-6       67-65  3rd  7.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 27  @CLE  L   3-8       67-64  3rd  6.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26  @BAL  W  11-3       67-63  3rd  5.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25  @BAL  W   8-1       66-63  3rd  5.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24  @BAL  W   7-4       65-63  3rd  5.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 23  @BAL  W   5-2       64-63  3rd  6.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22   SEA  W   8-4       63-63  3rd  6.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   SEA  L   2-7       62-63  3rd  6.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   SEA  L   4-9       62-62  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 09, 2007 KCR  1  MIN  0    W:Kyle Davies (5-8), L: Matt Garza (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 MIN 11 @KCR  4    W:Johan Santana (12-9), L: Odalis Perez (6-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 KCR  5  MIN  1    W:Brian Bannister (8-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 KCR  5 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Zack Greinke (5-5), L: Juan Rincon (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (11)
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)
Season Series: 2007 - KCR leads 6-5; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; 2005 - MIN won 13-6; All-Time - MIN leads 299-280

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  5.89

BAL  4.61

WSN  3.98

RA/G

BOS  3.95

NYY  4.78

TBD  5.95

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

A. Soriano  .293

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .489

N. Hopper  .361

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .637

J. Hardy  .472

N. Punto  .254

OPS

B. Bonds  1.073

B. Phillips  .824

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

J. Peavy  2.18

F. Hernandez  4.08

A. Eaton  6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.47

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
51.DePaula
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 12/.417 ··· ··· 9/1.158 9/.111 4/.000 9/.644 343/206 .242/.292/.341/.632 .789/.530 .635 63/.708 10/1 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· 13/.808 5/.200 3/.333 11/.300 329/254 .225/.316/.454/.770 .855/.746 .935 60/.514 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 262/178 .294/.351/.454/.805 .960/.734 .865 96/.810 0/0 6/1
32.Costa* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 77/70 .203/.221/.257/.478 .286/.497 .372 10/.844 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.899 11/.473 4/.000 9/.000 592/411 .272/.356/.385/.741 .697/.761 .714 101/.595 7/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 176/145 .338/.393/.377/.769 .750/.773 1.001 85/.792 9/4 0/1
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 355/208 .264/.358/.373/.731 .767/.706 .593 61/.538 9/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 6/.334 257/213 .299/.319/.455/.774 .909/.745 .798 74/.865 2/2 5/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 2/5.000 496/365 .247/.320/.404/.724 .743/.717 .698 90/.804 13/4 11/11
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· ··· 5/1.100 14/.547 2/.500 5/.200 389/255 .312/.355/.448/.802 .810/.798 .810 82/.836 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 166/116 .140/.238/.273/.511 .704/.427 .401 26/.160 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 456/337 .259/.278/.339/.617 .584/.629 .455 73/.307 4/5 1/20
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 107/96 .198/.243/.347/.590 .282/.624 .698 29/.506 0/0 4/1
IP 112.0 15.1 6.1 74.1 57.0 61.1 48.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.390/.714 .745/.702 .691 67/33 85/79
ERA-K/9 4.42/6.1 5.28/5.9 9.95/4.3 2.06/6.1 1.74/9.2 2.49/10.0 5.81/7.9 4.11/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (34-9-3)
 LaRue (21-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.282 71/.241 33/.346 288/.207 222/.214 238/.164 221/.277 .264  Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Butler
 Costa
67/0/16/6
0/130/0/4
6/0/0/2
45/5/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
12/0/9/0
OPS .759 .742 1.062 .561 .546 .529 .818 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.821 34/.711 17/.567 117/.559 104/.551 95/.513 106/.958 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.705 37/.766 16/1.625 171/.563 118/.540 143/.538 115/.692 .714
Home 231/.752 29/.472 2/ 156/.585 135/.537 126/.453 110/.787 .705
Last 28d days 141/.823 40/.633 15/.343 51/.711 28/.151 44/.743 42/.510
HR/SB/CS 13/8/4 1/0/0 2/0/0 5/5/2 2/3/0 6/1/1 8/2/1 152/49/37
Usage ····X··· ··o·ooo· ···Xoo·· ···X·X·X ······o· ··oo··o· ·X··oX··
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
38.Buckner
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
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 8/1.125 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 5/.800 6/.500 6/.733 ··· 460/334 .280/.346/.390/.736 .905/.672 .717 85/1.068 21/2 5/21
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/30 .267/.333/.367/.700 .000/.774 .527 19/.728 0/0 1/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 153/87 .243/.282/.286/.568 .657/.499 .504 101/.575 9/1 0/7
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 21/.818 4/.500 8/1.500 3/.000 502/350 .277/.355/.442/.797 .913/.747 .891 108/.701 3/0 13/4
41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/20 .240/.296/.240/.536 .571/.522 .222 / 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 17/.443 2/1.500 2/4.000 ··· 20/.871 6/1.000 16/.875 4/1.000 526/373 .297/.340/.539/.879 .946/.851 .913 110/.922 14/7 26/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/34 .128/.190/.205/.396 .375/.399 .466 14/.143 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 370/305 .257/.314/.415/.729 .656/.744 .721 53/.904 3/0 10/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/1.114 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 18/.733 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 420/277 .294/.388/.419/.807 .643/.892 .675 91/.714 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 13/.558 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 22/.923 4/1.500 5/1.000 3/.000 548/360 .284/.349/.527/.875 .684/.977 .870 109/.637 1/0 29/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.666 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 12/.606 8/.875 8/1.171 1/.000 457/304 .196/.285/.254/.539 .464/.582 .486 79/.362 15/6 1/9
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 5/1.200 4/.500 2/.500 281/186 .288/.342/.346/.688 .844/.611 .697 60/.746 0/0 1/0
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 6/1.633 1/.000 267/210 .304/.350/.372/.722 .684/.732 .714 64/.829 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 15/.400 2/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.522 3/.000 8/.250 1/.000 79/53 .162/.215/.284/.499 .606/.448 .170 47/.568 0/0 2/0
IP 175.1 23.0 31.0 7.2 43.2 76.2 60.1 57.2 TOTAL .267/.332/.398/.730 .726/.731 .714 97/25 101/70
ERA-K/9 3.85/6.5 4.30/7.4 6.10/5.8 1.17/3.5 3.30/7.8 3.87/7.6 2.39/7.0 2.65/9.4 4.48/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (8-0-0)
 Mauer (18-22-3)
 Redmond (23-15-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 740/.271 106/.330 137/.280 31/.296 196/.286 320/.273 252/.248 230/.197 .280  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 White
 Jones
0/0/111/16
0/128/0/5
32/11/18/3
73/0/0/2
11/0/0/0
2/0/1/0
OPS .733 .789 .794 .795 .850 .773 .710 .545 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 365/.736 41/.819 61/.927 16/.804 105/.717 120/.802 96/.635 89/.462 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 375/.729 65/.770 76/.694 15/.785 91/1.002 200/.755 156/.756 141/.596 .792
Road 359/.749 61/.764 62/.476 / 101/.976 134/.868 118/.743 121/.549 .779
Last 28d days 122/.753 75/.829 68/.865 31/.795 29/.716 51/1.074 51/.875 48/.628
HR/SB/CS 19/3/4 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 6/1/0 8/8/0 6/3/1 3/0/0 137/55/19
Usage ····X··· ····o·X· ·X···X·· X····X·· ·oo·X·X· ··X·o·o· ·X··o·o· ··o·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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