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Game Preview: KCR @ ARI, 8:10pm, Saturday, June 14, 2008 @Chase Field

Kansas City Royals, 26-42, 5th, 12½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 3-5, 4.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             58.2  56  36  32  32  39  7    4.91      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  42    38  27  23  23  25  6    4.93   47 
 2008-06-09   @NYY  ND   6     4   2   2   0   4  1      87   60 
 2008-06-04   @CHW  ND   5.2   5   4   4   5   2  2     108   40 
 2008-05-29    MIN   L   5.1   9   5   5   3   3  0      90   30 
 2008-05-24   @TOR   L   6     6   5   4   4   4  1     108   42 
 2008-05-19   @BOS   L   6     5   7   4   6   2  1     114   36 
 2008-05-14    DET   W   6     4   0   0   3   5  0      96   66 
 2008-05-08    BAL   L   7     5   4   4   2   5  1     109   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI    Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-18   Road:   13-24   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  16-30   vsLHP:  10-12   1-Run:   8-11
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @ARI  L   0-1 (10)  26-42  5th 12.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12   TEX  W   6-5       26-41  5th 11.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11   TEX  L   5-11      25-41  5th 12.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10   TEX  L   5-6       25-40  5th 12.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @NYY  W   3-2       25-39  5th 12.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @NYY  L   3-6       24-39  5th 12.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @NYY  L  11-12      24-38  5th 11.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @NYY  W   2-1       24-37  5th 10.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5  @CHW  L   2-6       23-37  5th 10.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @CHW  L   4-6 (15)  23-36  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21
Arizona Diamondbacks, 37-31, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 4-3, 4.10)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-3)             63.2  65  36  29  20  67  7    4.10      
 2007 (4-3)             56.2  52  26  24  13  72  7    3.81      
 2006 (17-11)          205   194 125 114  60 172 28    5.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43    44  20  18  11  45  5    3.77   54 
 2008-06-09   @PIT   L   5.2   6   5   4   5   3  0     106   37 
 2008-06-03   @MIL   L   6.1   6   4   3   1   8  1     100   54 
 2008-05-29    SFG  ND   7     6   2   2   2   9  1     103   64 
 2008-05-24   @ATL  ND   6     5   1   1   0  10  0      82   68 
 2008-05-18    DET   W   7     6   0   0   1   5  0      98   69 
 2008-05-13    COL   W   5     9   4   4   0   4  1      90   37 
 2008-05-06    PHI   W   6     6   4   4   2   6  2      97   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-1  33    28   9   9   5  29  2    2.45   61 
 2006-09-06   @KCR   W   7     1   0   0   2   8  0      81   81 
 2006-04-13    KCR   W   5     4   1   1   0   5  0      87   60 
 2005-08-26    KCR   W   8     4   1   1   0   6  0     104   76 
 2005-06-01   @KCR   L   8     9   3   3   1   7  1     104   58 
 2003-09-04   @KCR  ND   5    10   4   4   2   3  1     103   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-12   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-19   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:   9-9 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest: 20-8  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Fri, Jun 13   KCR  W   1-0 (10)  37-31  1st  5.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @NYM  W   5-4 (10)  36-31  1st  4.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @NYM  L   3-5 (13)  35-31  1st  3.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @NYM  W   9-5       35-30  1st  3.5 up
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @PIT  L   3-5       34-30  1st  3.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @PIT  L   4-6       34-29  1st  4.0 up
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @PIT  W   4-3       34-28  1st  4.0 up
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @PIT  W   3-1       33-28  1st  4.0 up
 60 Wed, Jun  4  @MIL  L   1-10      32-28  1st  3.5 up
 59 Tue, Jun  3  @MIL  L   1-7       32-27  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 ARI  1  KCR  0 (10)   W:Billy Buckner (1-0), L: Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 12, 2005 KCR  9 @ARI  4 (12)   W:Ryan Jensen (3-1), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 KCR  8 @ARI  5        W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Brad Halsey (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 ARI 12  KCR 11 (10)   W:Brian Bruney (1-2), L: Mike MacDougal (2-3), S: none
Thu, Sep 04, 2003 ARI  6 @KCR  5 (10)   W:Matt Mantei (5-3), L: Kris Wilson (5-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 ARI  4 @KCR  3        W:Andrew Good (3-1), L: Darrell May (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 KCR  7  ARI  3        W:Jason Grimsley (2-3), L: Eddie Oropesa (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 ARI 12 @KCR  5        W:Robert Ellis (5-2), L: Dan Reichert (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 09, 2001 KCR  3  ARI  2        W:Blake Stein (3-4), L: Armando Reynoso (1-6), S: Roberto Hernandez (9)
Fri, Jun 08, 2001 ARI 11 @KCR  4        W:Randy Johnson (7-4), L: Paul Byrd (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 1-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - ARI leads 6-4

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 2008 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

TEX  5.57

HOU  4.51

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.68

NYY  4.57

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .414

J. Rollins  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .500

L. Gonzalez  .348

R. Cano  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .711

F. Thomas  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.165

S. Drew  .800

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

J. Moyer  4.12

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Johnson*
G/S/vB
33.Buckner
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 33/24 .290/.333/.548/.882 .762/.917 .957 33/.882 1/0 1/
14.Buck G/S/vP 11/.182 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 173/126 .247/.318/.344/.662 .891/.581 .700 57/.583 0/2 2/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 101/82 .301/.356/.344/.701 .895/.652 .802 39/.675 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 11/.808 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 227/150 .294/.351/.422/.773 .779/.769 .768 121/.754 5/5 5/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 201/145 .244/.289/.267/.555 .536/.563 .514 90/.551 17/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/28 .150/.200/.167/.367 .437/.268 .209 36/.406 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 142/119 .239/.277/.276/.553 .391/.585 .440 37/.384 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 285/202 .270/.344/.414/.758 .504/.863 .670 116/.715 2/2 7/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 50/.606 1/2.000 7/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· 221/159 .299/.356/.398/.754 .914/.694 .647 87/.755 1/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 4/.500 ··· 272/200 .282/.305/.500/.805 .999/.736 .836 114/.972 1/0 11/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.333 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· 169/116 .267/.296/.503/.799 .944/.736 .918 93/.727 2/0 8/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/119 .155/.175/.193/.367 .431/.342 .325 48/.208 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 270/193 .249/.330/.386/.716 .623/.754 .703 105/.749 2/1 6/
IP 63.2 1.0 24.1 41.1 28.0 31.2 33.0 21.0 TOTAL .259/.311/.374/.685 .718/.672 .667 .687 38/20 43/33
ERA-K/9 4.10/9.5 0.00/0.0 2.96/13.0 6.31/4.8 1.29/6.1 2.84/6.5 2.45/9.3 3.86/5.1 3.63/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (21-3-2)
 Olivo (6-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.261 3/.333 102/.165 195/.315 113/.245 130/.227 138/.193 93/.225 .242  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
22/0/26/5
0/55/0/4
26/21/10/3
20/0/33/2
3/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .743 .667 .628 .902 .607 .615 .551 .710 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.614 2/.000 45/.597 90/.834 51/.603 59/.652 66/.455 34/.526 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 241/.761 1/2.000 57/.644 105/.955 62/.609 71/.585 72/.642 59/.822 .686
Home 155/.860 3/.667 42/.762 93/1.016 52/.490 68/.633 69/.591 45/.674 .690
Last 28d days 134/.627 3/.667 29/.450 52/.835 36/.596 45/.427 42/.485 38/.823
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 0/0/0 2/4/3 7/2/1 2/1/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 54/40/11
Usage ····X··· o······· ··Xoo·o· ·XX····· ·X·o··oX o·Xoo··o o·Xo·o·· ·X·ooo··
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 114/52 .167/.281/.198/.479 .393/.583 .577 47/.450 3/0 0/
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· ··· 261/174 .275/.317/.483/.800 .753/.823 .834 103/.672 2/1 9/
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· 255/158 .289/.360/.480/.840 .793/.870 .919 106/.853 2/1 7/
34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 238/151 .297/.395/.505/.900 1.050/.818 .893 82/.807 3/0 7/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 70/48 .262/.343/.344/.687 .714/.675 .880 32/.503 0/0 0/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/53 .333/.424/.403/.826 .784/.850 .977 31/.743 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 258/168 .254/.333/.500/.833 .968/.764 .910 95/1.027 5/0 15/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/17 .214/.207/.286/.493 .167/.732 .500 19/.444 0/0 0/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/84 .224/.352/.368/.720 .500/.744 .652 44/.502 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 195/130 .248/.340/.473/.813 .731/.855 .858 77/.739 0/0 7/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/5.000 44/38 .250/.318/.500/.818 .000/.957 1.259 44/.818 0/0 3/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 261/175 .255/.372/.444/.816 .916/.767 1.060 92/.569 1/2 8/
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 308/202 .233/.312/.433/.744 .926/.651 .724 117/.612 4/1 12/
IP 58.2 1.0 16.2 33.2 32.0 29.0 28.2 TOTAL .249/.330/.426/.756 .782/.743 .826 .686 24/10 77/49
ERA-K/9 4.91/6.0 18.00/9.0 8.10/9.2 2.41/6.4 3.38/10.4 1.55/9.3 4.71/6.3 4.65/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (10-1-0)
 Snyder (24-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 259/.250 7/.200 80/.275 144/.258 135/.231 115/.168 133/.299 .267  Upton
 Young
 Salazar
 Burke
 Jackson
 Romero
0/0/63/6
0/66/0/2
18/2/7/2
11/0/1/1
2/0/0/0
5/1/1/0
OPS .754 1.029 .884 .680 .570 .521 .875 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.898 5/1.150 35/.444 60/.816 66/.742 58/.576 58/.579 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.615 2/.500 45/1.261 84/.590 69/.408 57/.466 75/1.103 .740
Road 154/.810 4/.250 49/.759 83/.784 69/.629 68/.626 68/.754 .779
Last 28d days 131/.856 7/1.029 45/.968 64/.665 61/.611 53/.783 53/.677
HR/SB/CS 7/9/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 2/0/1 5/3/0 75/27/10
Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ··o··oo· oo·X·X·X oo·oX·X· ·o··X·XX o·XXo·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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