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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, September 3, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Kansas City Royals, 61-75, 4th, 17 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (23, RHP, 5-5, 4.07)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-5)             95    98  44  43  27  82  8    4.07      
 2006 (1-0)              6.1   7   3   3   3   5  1    4.26      
 2005 (5-17)           183   233 125 118  53 114 23    5.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-3  28.2  41  20  20  11  15  5    6.28   41 
 2007-08-29    DET  ND   4     5   0   0   0   5  0      71   57 
 2007-08-24    CLE  ND   3     1   0   0   1   2  0      48   58 
 2007-05-06    DET   L   4     9   6   6   0   1  3      85   21 
 2007-05-01    LAA   L   5    10   6   6   2   3  1      91   24 
 2007-04-26    MIN  ND   7     4   0   0   4   1  0     108   66 
 2007-04-21    MIN  ND   5     9   4   4   1   2  0      89   34 
 2007-04-16    DET   L   0.2   3   4   4   3   1  1      49   28 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-2  21    29  14  14   8  14  3    6.00   41 
 2005-09-02    TEX  ND   5.2   7   3   3   3   3  1     102   43 
 2005-06-05    TEX   L   4.1  10   7   7   0   3  1      82   18 
 2005-05-25    TEX   L   5     6   4   4   3   4  1     104   40 
 2004-08-22    TEX   W   6     6   0   0   2   4  0      96   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-37   Road:   30-38   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  44-53   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:22-31   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Sep  2  @MIN  W   8-1       61-75  4th 17.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  1  @MIN  L   4-6       60-75  4th 18.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 31  @MIN  L   0-5       60-74  4th 17.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 31  @MIN  W   9-4       60-73  4th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Texas Rangers, 63-73, 4th, 17 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Kameron Loe (25, RHP, 6-10, 5.35)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-10)           133   157  94  79  52  75 13    5.35      
 2006 (3-6)             78.1 105  54  51  22  34 10    5.86      
 2005 (9-6)             92    89  43  35  31  45  7    3.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  37.1  44  31  22  21  24  2    5.30   41 
 2007-08-29    CHW  ND   6     5   4   1   2   7  0      89   57 
 2007-08-23    SEA   L   5.2  10   7   3   0   4  1     100   33 
 2007-08-18    MIN   W   5     3   0   0   5   2  0      80   58 
 2007-07-29    KCR   L   5.1   8   6   6   3   2  0      81   27 
 2007-07-24    SEA  ND   6.2   7   3   3   2   5  0     117   51 
 2007-07-19    CLE   L   6     6   6   6   4   2  1      97   34 
 2007-07-14    LAA   L   2.2   5   5   3   5   2  0      67   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-1   8    16  14  14   5   3  0   15.75   18 
 2007-07-29    KCR   L   5.1   8   6   6   3   2  0      81   27 
 2006-06-08    KCR  ND   2.2   8   8   8   2   1  0      60    9 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-31   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  44-49   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 18-23   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Sep  2  @LAA  W   8-7       63-73  4th 17.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  1  @LAA  W   7-6       62-73  4th 18.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 31  @LAA  L   6-7 (10)  61-73  4th 19.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 30   CHW  W   5-1       61-72  4th 18.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 29   CHW  W   5-4 (11)  60-72  4th 18.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 28   CHW  W   4-3       59-72  4th 18.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   SEA  W   5-3       58-72  4th 18.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   SEA  W   5-3       57-72  4th 18.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   SEA  L   2-4       56-72  4th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 23   SEA  L   4-9       56-71  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 KCR  6 @TEX  2    W:Ryan Braun (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (4-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TEX  4  KCR  3    W:Mike Wood (3-1), L: Gil Meche (7-11), S: C.J. Wilson (6)
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
Season Series: 2007 - KCR leads 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - KCR leads 251-223

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  5.85

BAL  4.59

WSN  3.95

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.77

TBD  5.91

BA

J. Keppinger  .361

M. Lamb  .292

J. LaRue  .140

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

J. Varitek  .361

J. LaRue  .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .635

C. Young  .470

N. Punto  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.058

M. Lamb  .827

J. LaRue  .507

ERA

J. Peavy  2.10

C. Gaudin  4.06

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

M. Belisle  6.37

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Loe
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
48.Rheinecker*
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/.333 3/1.333 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 352/214 .245/.293/.342/.634 .782/.540 .638 68/.731 10/2 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.750 3/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.167 337/261 .230/.320/.464/.784 .842/.768 .957 61/.667 0/0 17/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.417 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.666 274/189 .300/.354/.464/.818 .973/.750 .887 99/.856 0/0 6/1
32.Costa* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 89/81 .233/.247/.314/.561 .250/.593 .579 22/.981 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 7/.619 5/.200 2/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 4/2.000 607/424 .269/.354/.381/.735 .696/.752 .704 103/.553 7/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 191/158 .315/.372/.351/.723 .700/.727 .877 88/.593 9/4 0/2
3.German G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/no AB ··· ··· 362/215 .263/.357/.370/.727 .767/.700 .590 61/.491 9/5 3/9
11.Gload* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/2.250 3/.833 271/226 .300/.317/.459/.776 .889/.754 .801 76/.762 2/2 6/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 513/380 .249/.319/.420/.739 .731/.741 .727 94/.927 13/4 14/11
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 41/.411 403/268 .304/.347/.435/.782 .815/.766 .772 88/.716 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.500 173/123 .140/.234/.273/.507 .704/.428 .404 29/.266 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 470/348 .262/.280/.342/.622 .611/.626 .475 75/.422 4/5 1/21
56.Shiell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 107/96 .198/.243/.347/.590 .282/.624 .698 26/.567 0/0 4/1
29.Sweeney G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 236/162 .251/.309/.409/.719 .815/.675 .740 11/.818 0/0 7/1
IP 133.0 71.1 33.0 54.1 36.0 40.0 61.2 39.0 59.1 TOTAL .263/.323/.392/.715 .746/.704 .694 67/34 90/82
ERA-K/9 5.35/5.1 2.65/10.0 6.00/4.6 4.64/7.1 3.25/4.8 5.85/6.1 2.77/8.8 3.69/4.6 3.94/4.9 4.74/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.293 289/.221 162/.301 241/.252 153/.252 189/.307 254/.192 171/.282 258/.279 .274  Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Butler
 Costa
68/0/17/6
0/133/0/4
7/0/0/2
48/6/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
12/0/12/0
OPS .805 .614 .871 .744 .727 .903 .584 .801 .803 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.879 122/.495 60/.923 107/.709 57/.692 52/.707 103/.380 99/.890 104/1.013 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.731 167/.703 102/.840 134/.771 96/.747 137/.978 151/.728 72/.684 154/.673 .768
Home 351/.810 158/.560 62/.534 130/.726 71/.902 136/.840 144/.612 97/.735 117/.739 .744
Last 28d days 76/.730 47/.380 / 50/.725 55/.730 114/.895 59/.703 67/.557 58/.604
HR/SB/CS 13/11/5 4/1/1 3/3/2 3/4/2 4/2/1 8/0/0 4/1/0 6/1/1 5/2/4 127/74/40
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·o·o ········ ··X·X··o X···oo·· ···ooo·· Xo··X··X ··X··X·· ·X··o···
Texas Rangers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
38.Buckner
G/S/vB
31.Duckworth
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
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
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 12/.833 ··· 1/.000 7/.429 ··· 162/121 .291/.340/.514/.853 .838/.857 .950 4/1.750 3/1 6/6
19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 108/75 .202/.296/.298/.594 .700/.546 .569 88/.593 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 359/257 .305/.354/.457/.811 .784/.822 .903 106/.763 4/3 7/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.929 ··· 306/291 .270/.347/.461/.807 .717/.811 .957 58/1.117 2/0 9/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 282/189 .213/.275/.345/.620 .574/.643 .636 93/.578 1/2 7/4
3.Hairston G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 174/93 .193/.251/.300/.551 .560/.543 .492 1/.000 5/1 3/3
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/.500 ··· 451/333 .265/.349/.458/.807 1.005/.735 .882 114/.895 17/1 18/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 403/291 .223/.280/.341/.621 .641/.612 .632 67/.515 6/2 8/10
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 42/33 .410/.452/.692/1.145 1.778/.961 .986 40/1.099 0/0 1/1
59.Rupe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 260/150 .275/.315/.430/.746 .676/.797 .753 86/.862 0/0 9/8
21.Sosa G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 420/291 .249/.307/.459/.766 1.020/.660 .702 50/.862 0/0 18/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 293/215 .235/.309/.373/.681 .471/.758 .595 76/.587 1/0 7/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/.707 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 335/243 .237/.310/.488/.798 .903/.758 .879 60/.903 2/1 19/4
10.Young G/S/vP 12/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 12/1.401 ··· 3/.000 13/.693 1/.000 589/438 .307/.358/.412/.770 .840/.746 .808 106/.865 11/2 7/12
IP 95.0 25.1 32.0 7.2 38.0 43.2 22.0 78.1 62.1 58.2 TOTAL .260/.324/.423/.747 .760/.742 .771 75/18 150/100
ERA-K/9 4.07/7.8 4.26/7.8 6.47/5.9 1.17/3.5 3.79/4.0 3.30/7.8 4.50/6.5 3.79/7.5 2.31/6.8 2.61/9.4 4.45/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (52-33-9)
 Saltalamacchia (25-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 396/.272 116/.307 145/.293 31/.296 172/.268 196/.286 99/.292 327/.272 259/.242 233/.194 .279  Byrd
 Cruz
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Botts
 Sosa
 Murphy
 Laird
16/43/36/8
16/0/61/5
21/22/6/3
36/1/15/2
60/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
16/2/6/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .753 .753 .823 .795 .738 .850 .880 .768 .701 .537 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.740 45/.807 65/.941 16/.804 75/.789 105/.717 31/1.087 123/.798 100/.621 90/.457 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.764 71/.721 80/.733 15/.785 97/.699 91/1.002 68/.777 204/.749 159/.750 143/.587 .791
Road 160/.663 71/.712 70/.567 / 93/.808 101/.976 36/.669 141/.853 125/.721 124/.535 .772
Last 28d days 51/.464 75/.748 61/.938 31/.795 24/.935 25/.621 7/.619 52/.938 55/.765 48/.628
HR/SB/CS 8/4/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 6/1/0 5/3/0 8/8/0 6/3/1 3/0/0 138/55/20
Usage ····X··· ··X····o ··X·X··· ···X···· ·X······ ····oo·X ·X······ ··X··X·o ·X··X··o o····o·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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