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Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Kansas City Royals, 38-45, 4th, 9½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 5-5, 4.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-5)             78.1  82  45  40  36  48  8    4.60      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  42.2  50  25  23  16  22  5    4.85   45 
 2008-06-25    COL   W   8     7   2   2   2   3  1      95   61 
 2008-06-20    SFG  ND   4.2   9   4   4   2   0  0      72   28 
 2008-06-14   @ARI   W   7    10   3   2   0   6  0     111   53 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      0-1   7     5   4   4   2   5  1    5.14   54 
 2008-05-08    BAL   L   7     5   4   4   2   5  1     109   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-33   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  8-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @BAL  W   6-5 (11)  38-45  4th  9.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   STL  L   6-9       37-45  4th  9.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   STL  L   1-5       37-44  4th  8.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   STL  W   7-2       37-43  4th  7.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25   COL  W   4-2       36-43  4th  7.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24   COL  W   7-3       35-43  5th  8.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 23   COL  W   8-4       34-43  5th  8.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   SFG  W  11-10      33-43  5th  8.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   SFG  W   5-3       32-43  5th  9.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   SFG  L   4-9       31-43  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 41-40, 4th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 2-0, 5.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             23.2  20  15  15  13  18  4    5.70      
 2007 (0-2)             24.2  25  21  19  23  24  3    6.93      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  28    32  25  25  19  23  5    8.04   41 
 2008-06-26   @CHC   W   5     4   2   2   4   4  0      98   51 
 2008-06-20   @MIL  ND   2     4   5   5   4   2  2      53   26 
 2008-06-14    PIT  ND   6.1   4   4   4   1   5  2     107   53 
 2008-06-08   @TOR  ND   5     4   2   2   3   3  0      91   51 
 2008-06-03   @MIN   W   5.1   4   2   2   1   4  0      90   55 
 2007-09-22   @TEX  ND   2.2   6   6   6   4   4  1      86   22 
 2007-09-05   @TBD   L   1.2   6   4   4   2   1  0      58   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-13   Road:   19-27   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  32-26   vsLHP:   9-14   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  8-8  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jun 30   KCR  L   5-6 (11)  41-40  4th  8.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29  @WSN  L   2-3 (12)  41-39  4th  7.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @WSN  W   9-1       41-38  4th  7.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @WSN  L   2-4       40-38  4th  8.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26  @CHC  W  11-4       40-37  4th  7.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25  @CHC  L   4-7       39-37  4th  7.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24  @CHC  W   7-5       39-36  4th  6.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22  @MIL  L   3-7       38-36  4th  7.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21  @MIL  L   2-3       38-35  4th  6.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20  @MIL  W   8-5       38-34  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 KCR  6 @BAL  5 (11)   W:Ron Mahay (4-0), L: Chad Bradford (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (22)
Sun, May 11, 2008 KCR  4  BAL  0        W:Brian Bannister (4-4), L: Brian Burres (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 BAL  6 @KCR  5        W:Garrett Olson (2-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-4), S: George Sherrill (13)
Fri, May 09, 2008 BAL  7 @KCR  4        W:Steve Trachsel (2-4), L: Gil Meche (2-5), S: George Sherrill (12)
Thu, May 08, 2008 BAL  4 @KCR  1        W:Daniel Cabrera (3-1), L: Luke Hochevar (2-2), S: none

Mon, Sep 24, 2007 BAL  3  KCR  2        W:Jamie Walker (3-2), L: Gil Meche (9-13), S: Chad Bradford (2)
Wed, May 30, 2007 BAL  3 @KCR  0        W:Erik Bedard (4-3), L: Gil Meche (3-4), S: Chris Ray (12)
Tue, May 29, 2007 BAL  6 @KCR  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-1), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-5), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2007 BAL  9 @KCR  1        W:Steve Trachsel (4-3), L: Scott Elarton (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 BAL  6  KCR  4        W:Scott Williamson (1-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-1), S: Chris Ray (3)
Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 3-2; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; 2006 - BAL won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 236-177

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  5.45

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.63

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.55

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .394

R. Barajas  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

K. Johnson  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .699

M. Tejada  .456

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

O. Hudson  .805

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

J. Suppan  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

T. Wakefield  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Liz
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
23.Bukvich
G/S/vB
26.Cabrera
G/S/vB
54.Cormier
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 100/75 .319/.350/.532/.882 1.298/.751 1.006 97/.910 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 222/165 .250/.329/.367/.696 .995/.596 .749 79/.695 0/3 3/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/1.667 212/154 .271/.335/.344/.679 .921/.592 .697 6/1.000 0/1 1/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 286/193 .316/.377/.480/.857 .801/.885 .858 106/1.056 6/5 8/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 239/175 .243/.293/.262/.555 .539/.560 .503 76/.500 18/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/36 .169/.211/.197/.408 .404/.412 .267 27/.346 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.917 ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 204/169 .263/.305/.332/.637 .348/.699 .478 78/.683 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 351/249 .260/.345/.422/.767 .527/.865 .697 112/.747 2/2 10/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 269/201 .307/.365/.406/.770 .913/.724 .664 90/.833 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 11/.920 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 337/252 .281/.306/.488/.793 1.026/.716 .821 114/.929 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 8/.000 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 189/130 .261/.291/.494/.785 1.023/.682 .939 64/.628 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 177/125 .154/.177/.189/.366 .428/.342 .321 16/.343 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 329/242 .257/.331/.409/.740 .633/.780 .768 108/.805 2/2 8/
IP 23.2 30.2 4.2 1.0 28.1 46.1 36.1 36.2 TOTAL .264/.319/.389/.708 .749/.693 .695 .771 42/25 58/44
ERA-K/9 5.70/6.8 2.64/3.2 7.71/9.6 0.00/9.0 2.22/6.7 1.17/4.7 2.97/9.7 3.68/9.1 4.32/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (24-5-3)
 Olivo (7-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.230 129/.291 26/.381 5/.000 119/.210 174/.169 163/.206 155/.198 .258  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
28/0/29/6
0/68/0/4
37/27/12/3
20/0/46/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .750 .701 1.262 .400 .608 .435 .658 .656 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.689 42/.798 11/2.352 3/.667 54/.537 77/.500 76/.636 45/.530 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.792 87/.655 15/.564 2/.000 65/.666 97/.386 87/.673 110/.708 .736
Home 24/.687 61/.820 6/1.467 / 19/.743 84/.346 64/.772 82/.619 .752
Last 28d days 102/.750 51/.583 26/1.262 5/.400 68/.603 54/.443 55/.602 52/.794
HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 2/0/3 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 0/1/2 2/5/1 5/2/0 91/73/23
Usage ····X··· Xo··X·o· X····X·· ···X···· ··X··X·· XX··o·X· XX·o·X·· XX····X·
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 13/.923 ··· ··· 3/.000 74/45 .275/.296/.391/.687 .605/.737 1.125 53/.668 0/1 1/
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 31/24 .207/.233/.241/.475 .762/.391 .481 4/.500 0/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.500 14/1.275 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 250/194 .239/.285/.387/.672 .798/.635 .737 81/.819 0/0 7/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/.666 16/.938 8/.625 5/.000 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 335/237 .274/.343/.498/.842 .724/.892 .876 102/1.002 2/0 14/
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 309/237 .272/.312/.387/.698 .715/.693 .742 99/.797 7/2 4/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.500 2/no AB 9/.730 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 360/249 .287/.392/.469/.861 .977/.808 .817 119/.938 8/4 12/
15.Millar G/S/vP 3/.000 11/1.055 4/.250 1/2.000 9/.583 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 332/244 .241/.337/.395/.732 .834/.697 .783 95/.795 0/1 11/
6.Mora G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.667 7/1.738 4/.833 5/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 317/231 .230/.295/.390/.685 .836/.632 .717 90/.612 2/6 10/
16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/1.133 6/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 169/110 .255/.299/.395/.694 .902/.576 .621 51/.792 3/0 6/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/64 .213/.280/.320/.600 .961/.486 .647 28/.596 0/0 2/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 4/.000 7/.715 6/.900 2/.000 14/.517 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 362/257 .295/.370/.480/.850 .871/.841 .868 120/1.005 21/7 5/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.500 267/214 .281/.360/.532/.891 .758/.925 1.035 82/1.028 2/1 14/
IP 78.1 19.2 42.1 24.0 3.2 40.1 36.0 8.2 TOTAL .258/.326/.419/.745 .790/.729 .785 .820 49/25 89/48
ERA-K/9 4.60/5.5 7.32/7.8 2.13/6.2 6.00/6.4 2.45/4.9 2.68/9.6 1.25/9.8 6.23/7.2 4.45/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (57-15-4)
 Quiroz (16-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.271 93/.275 177/.232 100/.280 14/.214 166/.224 137/.146 38/.194 .265  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
0/0/80/8
56/0/0/2
52/6/2/2
0/79/0/1
OPS .766 .878 .608 .925 .500 .562 .447 .671 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.921 40/.516 70/.718 45/.992 4/.000 79/.725 69/.509 22/.919 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.621 53/1.181 107/.540 55/.873 10/.700 87/.411 68/.386 16/.327 .721
Road 185/.792 49/.759 95/.700 43/.815 4/.500 84/.631 80/.525 7/.000 .748
Last 28d days 133/.778 27/1.419 64/.424 23/1.244 14/.500 60/.560 48/.523 26/.633
HR/SB/CS 8/9/3 3/2/0 2/2/2 8/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 84/31/14
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ X··X··X· ·X·o···· o·o····X X··o··Xo o····o·· ·XX·····

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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