KCR @ TEX, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Game Preview

Kansas City Royals, 62-76, 4th, 18 GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Kyle Davies (23, RHP, 6-11, 5.99) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-11) 112.2 127 82 75 55 85 18 5.99 2006 (3-7) 63.1 90 60 59 33 51 14 8.38 2005 (7-6) 87.2 98 51 48 49 62 8 4.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 26.2 37 23 22 14 26 6 7.43 41 2007-08-31 MIN W 5 4 3 2 1 5 1 91 53 2007-08-25 CLE L 2 8 7 7 1 3 2 60 14 2007-08-19 OAK L 5 6 2 2 3 4 1 99 48 2007-08-14 TEX L 5 8 4 4 1 7 1 98 41 2007-08-09 MIN W 6.2 3 0 0 2 5 0 104 71 2007-08-04 NYY ND 3 6 5 5 3 2 1 80 26 2007-07-16 CIN L 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 22 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 7.1 16 10 10 5 9 1 12.27 28 2007-08-14 TEX L 5 8 4 4 1 7 1 98 41 2005-06-15 TEX L 2.1 8 6 6 4 2 0 81 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-37 Road: 31-39 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 45-54 vsLHP: 17-22 1-Run: 18-17 vsEast: 11-22 vsCntrl:22-31 vsWest: 19-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 138 Tue, Sep 4 @TEX L 8-9 62-76 4th 18.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 3 @TEX W 8-1 62-75 4th 17.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Texas Rangers, 64-74, 4th, 18 GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Vicente Padilla (29, RHP, 4-9, 6.36) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (4-9) 103.1 137 83 73 40 58 15 6.36 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 2-1 36.1 59 26 25 9 26 6 6.19 39 2007-08-31 LAA ND 6.2 10 6 6 1 0 1 84 29 2007-08-26 SEA W 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 87 61 2007-08-21 BAL L 5 7 6 6 4 0 2 91 25 2007-08-15 KCR ND 5 4 1 0 0 8 0 80 65 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 8.2 13 8 7 1 9 1 7.27 40 2007-08-15 KCR ND 5 4 1 0 0 8 0 80 65 2006-07-28 KCR L 3.2 9 7 7 1 1 1 77 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-32 Road: 26-42 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 45-50 vsLHP: 19-24 1-Run: 23-16 vsEast: 18-23 vsCntrl:15-20 vsWest: 20-24 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 138 Tue, Sep 4 KCR W 9-8 64-74 4th 18.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 3 KCR L 1-8 63-74 4th 18.0 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 04, 2007 TEX 9 KCR 8 W:John Rheinecker (2-1), L: Leo Nunez (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (11) Mon, Sep 03, 2007 KCR 8 @TEX 1 W:Zack Greinke (6-5), L: Kameron Loe (6-11), S: none 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) Season Series: 2007 - KCR leads 5-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - KCR leads 252-224

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 5.86

BAL 4.64

WSN 3.96

RA/G

BOS 3.98

KCR 4.78

TBD 5.93

J. Keppinger .356

J. Tyner .293

J. LaRue .145

OBP

B. Bonds .481

J. Hermida .363

J. LaRue .241

SLG

R. Braun .644

A. Gonzalez .473

N. Punto .253

OPS

B. Bonds 1.055

C. Figgins .829

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.10

I. Snell 4.01

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.37

S. Trachsel 2.94

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 47.Murray*
G/S/vB 48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 29.Wood
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

39.Brazell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

35.Brown G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.333 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.666 353/214 .245/.292/.341/.632 .777/.540 .635 69/.720 10/2 6/5

14.Buck G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 5/.600 3/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.167 342/266 .231/.322/.461/.783 .842/.766 .948 62/.691 0/0 17/8

21.Butler G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.417 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/1.666 281/195 .305/.359/.465/.824 .986/.755 .897 102/.871 0/0 6/1

32.Costa* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/85 .236/.258/.326/.584 .250/.616 .624 26/1.006 0/0 0/1

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 5/1.200 5/.200 4/3.500 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 5/2.000 618/435 .268/.357/.379/.736 .696/.753 .707 110/.532 9/4 6/3

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/1.167 4/.833 ··· 196/163 .320/.378/.360/.738 .700/.745 .899 89/.637 9/4 0/2

3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/2.000 ··· ··· 364/216 .265/.360/.372/.733 .776/.703 .602 63/.530 9/5 3/9

11.Gload* G/S/vP 10/.572 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/2.800 4/.583 282/237 .300/.319/.464/.784 .889/.763 .815 83/.763 2/2 7/2

7.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 523/388 .250/.319/.417/.736 .720/.741 .722 100/.914 14/4 14/11

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 16/.732 4/.250 3/.333 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 42/.400 414/279 .305/.353/.436/.789 .815/.776 .784 95/.779 1/2 5/6

30.Huber G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

6.LaRue G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/1.539 176/126 .145/.241/.276/.518 .704/.444 .426 32/.346 1/0 4/4

1.Pena G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 476/353 .258/.277/.338/.614 .606/.617 .463 78/.405 4/5 1/21

12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .200/.273/.300/.573 .250/.714 .573 / 0/0 0/0

26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 111/99 .202/.243/.375/.618 .258/.661 .746 30/.681 0/0 5/1

29.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.661 241/167 .259/.315/.423/.738 .815/.704 .781 16/1.063 0/0 7/1

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/.500 2/1.500 3/1.667 522/370 .290/.357/.412/.769 .729/.785 .695 57/.737 11/4 6/4

IP 103.1 72.1 35.2 54.2 37.0 9.0 41.2 62.1 40.2 60.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.394/.720 .745/.711 .704 70/34 92/83

ERA-K/9

6.36/5.1

2.61/9.8

6.06/4.5

4.77/7.1

3.41/4.6

5.00/5.0

5.62/6.5

2.89/8.7

4.20/4.4

3.88/4.9

4.78/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (34-10-3)
LaRue (23-12-2)
Phillips (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.318 291/.220 176/.299 245/.255 159/.257 40/.182 194/.298 259/.197 183/.301 263/.279 .276 Teahen
Brown
DeJesus
German
Gathright
Gload
Butler
Costa 0/4/115/13
68/0/17/6
0/135/0/4
7/0/0/2
50/6/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
14/0/12/0

OPS .851 .609 .858 .752 .733 .689 .877 .594 .855 .800 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.949 123/.491 67/.939 109/.707 61/.679 13/.564 57/.640 104/.388 105/.975 106/1.007 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.765 168/.699 109/.809 136/.786 98/.767 27/.751 137/.978 155/.736 78/.700 157/.673 .771

Home 222/.698 160/.552 76/.564 134/.741 77/.903 7/1.262 141/.808 149/.628 109/.832 122/.736 .751

Last 28d days 97/.778 45/.372 14/.701 46/.637 58/.675 17/.610 91/.738 53/.876 65/.846 63/.608

HR/SB/CS 15/2/2 4/1/1 3/6/2 3/4/2 4/2/1 1/0/0 8/0/0 4/1/0 7/1/1 5/2/4 129/77/40

Usage ····X··· o··o·X·o ·X······ X···X·X· ·XX···oo ········ oo···ooo X·Xo··X· ·X··X··X X··X··o·

Texas Rangers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Davies
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 13/.891 1/.000 2/.000 7/.429 ··· 170/126 .277/.329/.490/.820 .811/.822 .877 12/.705 3/1 6/6

19.Botts# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 112/78 .224/.313/.337/.649 .772/.593 .669 81/.633 1/0 1/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 365/262 .300/.348/.450/.798 .776/.807 .874 100/.693 4/3 7/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.929 ··· 312/297 .268/.346/.460/.806 .717/.809 .949 58/1.086 2/0 9/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 283/189 .212/.274/.344/.618 .567/.643 .631 83/.552 1/3 7/4

4.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

3.Hairston G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 175/93 .192/.250/.298/.548 .553/.543 .486 2/.000 5/1 3/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.666 2/3.000 1/.000 3/2.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/5.000 5/.400 ··· 460/341 .272/.355/.469/.824 1.033/.749 .913 111/.951 18/2 18/14

15.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 403/291 .223/.280/.341/.621 .641/.612 .632 57/.532 6/2 8/10

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 50/38 .404/.440/.660/1.100 1.583/.938 .957 48/1.060 0/0 1/1

16.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 267/154 .271/.311/.434/.745 .658/.810 .752 83/.882 0/0 10/8

21.Sosa G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 420/291 .249/.307/.459/.766 1.020/.660 .702 43/.851 0/0 18/0

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 299/219 .242/.314/.385/.698 .492/.773 .633 71/.732 1/0 7/5

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 19/.707 5/.400 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 343/248 .239/.315/.498/.813 .889/.784 .904 68/.967 2/1 20/4

10.Young G/S/vP 5/2.100 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 12/1.401 1/.000 4/.500 13/.693 1/.000 597/444 .306/.357/.409/.766 .828/.745 .800 103/.748 12/2 7/12

IP 112.2 28.0 32.0 11.2 38.0 45.0 23.2 79.2 63.0 58.2 TOTAL .261/.325/.424/.749 .759/.745 .774 77/20 152/100

ERA-K/9

5.99/6.8

4.18/7.7

6.47/5.9

5.40/3.8

3.79/4.0

3.40/7.8

4.18/6.5

3.73/7.3

2.29/6.7

2.61/9.4

4.47/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (52-33-9)
Quiroz (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (28-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.283 125/.291 145/.293 51/.341 172/.268 201/.287 106/.295 332/.270 261/.241 233/.194 .279 Byrd
Cruz
Hairston
Wilkerson
Murphy
Catalanotto
Botts
Sosa
Laird 16/45/36/8
16/0/63/5
21/22/6/3
36/1/16/2
18/3/8/2
61/0/0/2
9/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .854 .730 .823 1.068 .738 .856 .884 .762 .697 .537 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 251/.837 48/.752 65/.941 31/1.160 75/.789 109/.740 35/1.067 126/.778 100/.621 90/.457 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.869 77/.718 80/.733 20/.921 97/.699 92/.990 71/.788 206/.752 161/.743 143/.587 .790

Road 292/.857 80/.681 70/.567 20/1.500 93/.808 106/.983 43/.710 146/.837 127/.712 124/.535 .775

Last 28d days 109/.927 84/.715 61/.938 51/1.068 24/.935 30/.693 14/.774 57/.887 57/.744 45/.625

HR/SB/CS 18/12/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 6/1/1 5/3/1 8/8/0 6/3/1 3/0/0 140/57/22

Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ····X·X· X····X·· ···X···· X·····oo X··X···· ·X··X··X o··X··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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SP: Kyle Davies (23, RHP, 6-11, 5.99)

SP: Vicente Padilla (29, RHP, 4-9, 6.36)

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