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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 8:35pm, Wednesday, August 15, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Kansas City Royals, 52-66, 5th, 13½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (28, RHP, 7-10, 3.95)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-10)           157.1 165  77  69  44 112 18    3.95      
 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         2-4  41.1  47  27  27  12  28  7    5.88   45 
 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 
 2007-07-20    DET   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1     119   64 
 2007-07-14    CLE   W   5     8   4   4   1   5  1     100   39 
 2007-07-07    TBD  ND   6     5   6   6   4   4  2      90   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-3  23.2  31  24  17  15  10  4    6.46   37 
 2006-08-11    TEX   L   1     2   9   4   6   0  0      54   17 
 2006-05-30    TEX   L   5.1   9   6   6   5   4  2     114   25 
 2005-04-28    TEX   W   7.2   4   1   1   1   3  1     104   69 
 2005-04-10    TEX  ND   3.2   7   5   3   2   0  0      89   29 
 2004-10-03    TEX   L   6     9   3   3   1   3  1      95   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  40-47   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:16-24   vsWest: 15-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 14  @TEX  L   3-5       52-66  5th 13.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 13   TOR  W   6-2       52-65  5th 12.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12   TOR  L   1-4       51-65  5th 13.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11   TOR  W   4-1       51-64  5th 13.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10   TOR  L   1-2       50-64  5th 14.0 gb
113 Thu, Aug  9   MIN  W   1-0       50-63  5th 14.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   MIN  L   4-11      49-63  5th 14.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   MIN  W   5-1       49-62  5th 14.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5  @NYY  L   5-8       48-62  5th 13.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4  @NYY  L   8-16      48-61  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Texas Rangers, 52-66, 4th, 17½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Vicente Padilla (29, RHP, 3-8, 6.69)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-8)             80.2 111  69  60  35  47 12    6.69      
 2006 (15-10)          200   206 108 100  70 156 21    4.50      
 2005 (9-12)           147   146  79  77  74 103 22    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  31.2  64  35  34  11  27  4    9.66   29 
 2007-06-21    CHC  ND   4    10   4   4   3   5  0      87   28 
 2007-06-15    CIN   W   5    12   6   6   0   5  2     102   24 
 2007-06-10    MIL  ND   4.2  11   2   2   1   5  1      93   38 
 2007-05-31    SEA   L   3     9   7   7   1   1  0      72   13 
 2007-05-26    BOS   L   5.1   5   6   5   3   4  0     100   37 
 2007-05-21    MIN   W   5.2   5   2   2   2   4  0      99   53 
 2007-05-16    TBD   L   4    12   8   8   1   3  1      77    8 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-1   3.2   9   7   7   1   1  1   17.18   15 
 2006-07-28    KCR   L   3.2   9   7   7   1   1  1      77   15 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-28   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  37-45   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest: 16-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 14   KCR  W   5-3       52-66  4th 17.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   TBD  W   9-1       51-66  4th 18.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   TBD  L   0-3       50-66  4th 18.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   TBD  W   7-4       50-65  4th 17.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  8   OAK  L   3-6       49-65  4th 17.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  7   OAK  W   8-6       49-64  4th 17.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  6   OAK  L   7-9 (13)  48-64  4th 17.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @TOR  L   1-4       48-63  4th 16.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @TOR  L   5-9       48-62  4th 15.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3  @TOR  L   4-6       48-61  4th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 TEX  5  KCR  3    W:Kevin Millwood (8-9), L: Kyle Davies (5-9), S: C.J. Wilson (5)
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 KCR 10  TEX  0    W:Leo Nunez (1-0), L: Kameron Loe (5-9), S: Joel Peralta (1)
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 KCR  6  TEX  5    W:Odalis Perez (6-9), L: Kevin Millwood (7-9), S: Octavio Dotel (11)
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 KCR  6  TEX  1    W:Brian Bannister (7-6), L: Jamey Wright (3-3), S: none

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 TEX 15  KCR  2    W:John Koronka (7-6), L: Mark Redman (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 29, 2006 KCR  5 @TEX  3    W:Jorge de la Rosa (3-2), L: Kevin Millwood (10-7), S: Ambiorix Burgos (16)
Fri, Jul 28, 2006 KCR 11 @TEX  3    W:Luke Hudson (3-3), L: Vicente Padilla (10-7), S: none
Thu, Jun 08, 2006 KCR 16  TEX 12    W:Jimmy Gobble (1-1), L: Ron Mahay (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 07, 2006 TEX  4 @KCR  2    W:Akinori Otsuka (2-1), L: Ambiorix Burgos (1-3), S: Francisco Cordero (5)
Tue, Jun 06, 2006 TEX  6 @KCR  2    W:Kevin Millwood (7-3), L: Scott Elarton (1-7), S: Francisco Cordero (4)
Season Series: 2007 - KCR leads 3-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - KCR leads 250-222

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  5.94

TOR  4.63

WSN  3.91

RA/G

SDP  3.85

CLE  4.67

TBD  6.05

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

B. Hawpe  .291

R. Langerhans  .154

OBP

B. Bonds  .498

N. Markakis  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .684

B. Roberts  .466

N. Punto  .267

OPS

B. Bonds  1.081

I. Suzuki  .826

R. Langerhans  .538

ERA

C. Young  2.02

G. Maddux  4.00

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

B. Arroyo  6.38

S. Trachsel  3.06

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
47.Murray*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
29.Wood
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.333 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 296/184 .230/.284/.322/.606 .738/.527 .595 56/.492 8/1 4/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 294/233 .227/.313/.475/.788 .957/.745 .958 59/.456 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 206/150 .302/.354/.434/.788 .875/.757 .869 96/.770 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/2.000 534/381 .275/.360/.396/.756 .719/.772 .736 104/.779 6/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 125/115 .343/.403/.398/.801 .777/.803 1.084 38/.889 7/3 0/1
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 315/197 .284/.374/.399/.773 .830/.738 .634 47/.804 8/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP 8/.400 ··· 3/1.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/.833 222/188 .286/.306/.448/.754 .882/.731 .702 84/.846 2/1 4/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 443/337 .242/.315/.398/.713 .680/.723 .669 91/.812 11/3 10/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 14/.846 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 41/.411 338/232 .302/.343/.438/.781 .744/.798 .806 83/.929 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.500 152/110 .149/.232/.291/.523 .796/.418 .401 31/.240 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 414/317 .272/.287/.360/.647 .664/.642 .471 75/.574 4/5 1/19
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/79 .202/.256/.310/.566 .282/.604 .627 26/.523 0/0 2/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 493/352 .289/.357/.411/.768 .728/.784 .685 103/.785 11/4 6/4
IP 80.2 63.0 67.1 47.0 26.2 5.2 54.0 28.0 48.0 TOTAL .263/.324/.393/.717 .743/.707 .684 59/30 77/76
ERA-K/9 6.69/5.2 2.71/9.9 4.68/5.6 4.79/6.7 4.39/5.1 7.94/4.7 2.17/8.8 4.50/4.8 4.31/4.9 4.92/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (32-7-3)
 LaRue (21-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.326 257/.227 300/.286 210/.264 117/.279 29/.227 215/.165 127/.277 209/.283 .276  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/4/109/13
65/0/7/6
0/117/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
32/4/0/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .869 .633 .810 .766 .804 .914 .511 .836 .844 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.963 107/.529 131/.749 92/.765 45/.846 8/.946 92/.309 78/.897 86/1.040 .802
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.794 150/.709 169/.854 118/.764 72/.778 21/.896 123/.668 49/.743 123/.718 .774
Home 181/.755 139/.606 148/.758 115/.771 53/.998 6/1.500 124/.559 69/.730 89/.739 .750
Last 28d days / 53/.450 87/.989 54/.919 40/1.086 20/.788 39/.103 23/.266 74/.797
HR/SB/CS 12/1/1 4/1/1 8/2/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 5/1/1 5/1/4 112/66/36
Usage X·o···X· ··X····· ··X·X··X ··X···Xo ···o··X· X···o··X ····X··· ···X····
Texas Rangers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.89 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
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
19.Botts# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/39 .244/.300/.400/.700 .909/.635 .762 50/.700 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 282/205 .319/.369/.473/.842 .830/.847 .999 99/.687 2/3 4/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 15/1.044 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 2/.000 6/1.100 ··· 267/257 .251/.327/.443/.770 .661/.772 .949 67/.961 2/0 8/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 215/148 .209/.276/.347/.623 .584/.640 .656 60/.818 1/2 6/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 371/280 .252/.338/.434/.772 1.012/.693 .826 63/.706 15/0 14/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 358/265 .235/.291/.355/.646 .685/.632 .619 67/.737 4/2 7/8
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 18/.555 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 96/72 .230/.295/.310/.605 .708/.564 .542 29/.392 0/0 1/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .556/.556/1.222/1.778 2.334/1.500 1.714 7/1.714 0/0 0/0
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/117 .254/.297/.365/.662 .737/.608 .726 68/.433 0/0 4/6
21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 381/277 .243/.304/.449/.753 .981/.673 .660 51/.808 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 243/186 .238/.304/.374/.678 .392/.766 .609 83/.597 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 289/210 .232/.310/.484/.794 .983/.722 .849 69/.851 2/1 17/4
10.Young G/S/vP 33/1.069 ··· ··· 12/1.401 12/.666 2/.000 12/.583 1/.000 515/384 .307/.361/.421/.782 .859/.756 .855 100/.984 9/2 7/12
IP 157.1 13.0 23.2 38.0 84.1 70.2 55.1 51.0 TOTAL .258/.323/.420/.743 .773/.732 .780 67/17 126/83
ERA-K/9 3.95/6.4 3.46/5.5 7.61/5.3 3.08/7.6 4.59/7.4 3.57/7.5 2.28/7.3 2.12/9.9 4.53/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (46-30-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Saltalamacchia (23-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 664/.271 62/.302 109/.297 174/.307 359/.281 292/.264 229/.240 200/.182 .279  Byrd
 Wilkerson
 Cruz
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Botts
 Murphy
 Laird
16/26/36/7
35/1/15/2
16/0/44/2
51/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
4/1/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .737 .751 .853 .867 .784 .738 .686 .499 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 326/.746 22/.876 47/1.000 94/.778 173/.782 109/.776 87/.511 72/.363 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.728 40/.683 62/.752 80/.970 186/.784 183/.717 142/.791 128/.576 .795
Road 309/.758 33/.603 52/.492 90/.961 149/.694 120/.816 109/.687 107/.512 .778
Last 28d days 130/.755 53/.752 51/.998 26/1.075 44/.498 57/.752 49/.604 42/.614
HR/SB/CS 18/2/3 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 7/8/0 5/2/1 2/0/0 121/53/16
Usage ····X··· o·X···X· ··X···X· ·o··oo·· ·X··oX·X ·X··X·X· X··XX·o· ·o·X·o·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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