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Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Kansas City Royals, 38-46, 4th, 10½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 6-8, 4.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-8)            102.1 100  54  53  35  82 12    4.66      
 2007 (9-13)           216   218  98  88  62 156 22    3.67      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42.2  36  17  16  14  39  3    3.38   56 
 2008-06-27    STL   W   7     6   1   1   1   2  1     103   62 
 2008-06-21    SFG   W   5.2   3   2   1   2   7  0     101   62 
 2008-06-15   @ARI   W   7.1   4   3   3   1  10  0     115   67 
 2008-06-10    TEX  ND   6     4   1   1   2   4  0     100   62 
 2008-06-05   @CHW   L   5.2   8   5   5   4   5  0     115   34 
 2008-05-30    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   6  2     107   47 
 2008-05-25   @TOR   L   6     5   2   2   2   5  0     115   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      0-3  31.1  30  12  12  11  23  5    3.45   54 
 2008-05-09    BAL   L   5     6   5   5   2   2  2      98   35 
 2007-09-24   @BAL   L   8     7   3   3   1   5  1     124   60 
 2007-05-30    BAL   L   7.1   4   1   1   4   5  0     112   67 
 2007-04-12   @BAL  ND   6     7   0   0   1   5  0      91   62 
 2006-07-31   @BAL  ND   5     6   3   3   3   6  2      96   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   19-25   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-34   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  8-16   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @BAL  L   5-7       38-46  4th 10.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 42-40, 4th, 8½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Daniel Cabrera (27, RHP, 5-4, 4.53)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)            109.1 107  55  55  47  64 14    4.53      
 2007 (9-18)           204.1 207 133 126 108 166 25    5.55      
 2006 (9-10)           148   130  82  78 104 157 11    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-3  42    52  29  29  23  23  5    6.21   40 
 2008-06-27   @WSN   L   6.1   9   4   4   3   4  0      91   40 
 2008-06-21   @MIL   L   6     7   3   3   3   8  1      98   51 
 2008-06-15    PIT  ND   6     6   4   4   5   2  1     109   41 
 2008-06-10   @BOS  ND   5     7   6   6   4   3  2      95   28 
 2008-06-04   @MIN   L   6     8   6   6   0   3  0     102   35 
 2008-05-30    BOS  ND   7     6   2   2   2   2  0     113   57 
 2008-05-25   @TBR  ND   5.2   9   4   4   6   1  1     118   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-0  30    26  11   9  16  24  0    2.70   55 
 2008-05-08   @KCR   W   9     3   1   1   1   7  0     116   83 
 2007-09-24    KCR  ND   7     6   1   1   3   5  0     106   63 
 2007-04-14    KCR  ND   5     7   4   3   1   5  0      93   43 
 2006-05-14    KCR  ND   4     2   2   2   7   3  0      90   46 
 2004-07-20   @KCR   W   5     8   3   2   4   4  0      98   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-13   Road:   19-27   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  33-26   vsLHP:   9-14   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  8-8  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  1   KCR  W   7-5       42-40  4th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 BAL  7  KCR  5        W:Radhames Liz (3-0), L: Luke Hochevar (5-6), S: George Sherrill (27)
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
Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 4-2; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; 2006 - BAL won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 237-177

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  5.42

ARI  4.50

WSN  3.69

RA/G

OAK  3.66

MIL  4.55

TEX  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .393

S. Rolen  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .487

J. Werth  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .692

G. Atkins  .457

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.140

M. Cabrera  .806

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

C. Wang  4.07

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Cabrera
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 ··· 1/.000 105/78 .303/.333/.505/.838 1.194/.722 .907 102/.864 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 13/.490 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 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/1.667 216/157 .272/.338/.344/.682 .904/.602 .702 10/.944 0/1 1/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 20/.582 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 286/193 .316/.377/.480/.857 .801/.885 .858 102/1.027 6/5 8/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 11/1.100 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 243/178 .249/.301/.267/.568 .563/.570 .531 76/.557 18/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/36 .169/.211/.197/.408 .404/.412 .267 27/.346 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 12/.834 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.917 ··· 3/1.167 2/no AB ··· 208/173 .264/.309/.332/.641 .348/.702 .491 78/.728 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.472 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 356/252 .262/.346/.435/.780 .517/.889 .723 113/.801 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 10/.775 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.666 274/204 .306/.365/.403/.769 .938/.713 .664 91/.840 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 16/.846 11/.920 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 341/255 .277/.302/.482/.784 1.014/.708 .803 114/.929 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.533 8/.000 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 193/133 .266/.295/.495/.790 1.039/.682 .941 64/.643 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 7/.858 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 177/125 .154/.177/.189/.366 .428/.342 .321 13/.258 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 333/245 .258/.330/.418/.748 .626/.794 .783 108/.810 2/2 9/
IP 109.1 30.2 4.2 1.0 28.1 46.1 36.2 37.1 TOTAL .265/.319/.390/.710 .748/.695 .698 .779 42/25 60/44
ERA-K/9 4.53/5.3 2.64/3.2 7.71/9.6 0.00/9.0 2.22/6.7 1.17/4.7 3.44/9.6 3.62/9.2 4.33/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (24-5-3)
 Olivo (8-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.261 129/.291 26/.381 5/.000 119/.210 174/.169 166/.205 158/.201 .259  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
29/0/29/6
0/69/0/4
37/27/12/3
20/0/47/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .768 .701 1.262 .400 .608 .435 .662 .656 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.827 42/.798 11/2.352 3/.667 54/.537 77/.500 78/.652 46/.517 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.698 87/.655 15/.564 2/.000 65/.666 97/.386 88/.664 112/.714 .732
Home 165/.914 61/.820 6/1.467 / 19/.743 84/.346 67/.776 85/.620 .755
Last 28d days 137/.910 51/.583 26/1.262 5/.400 68/.603 49/.423 58/.612 52/.835
HR/SB/CS 14/15/4 2/0/3 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 0/1/2 2/5/1 5/2/0 93/73/23
Usage ····X··· ·Xo··X·o ·X····X· ····X··· ···X··X· ·XX··o·X XXX·o·X· oXX····X
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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
3.Bynum* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/90 .192/.238/.242/.481 .235/.530 .335 36/.382 2/3 0/
12.Fahey* G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 34/27 .219/.242/.281/.524 .762/.462 .583 7/.714 0/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 31/.765 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.500 14/1.275 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 254/198 .244/.289/.389/.677 .798/.643 .747 81/.792 0/0 7/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 21/.523 17/1.000 8/.625 5/.000 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 339/240 .277/.345/.498/.844 .737/.889 .879 102/1.044 2/0 14/
10.Jones G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 313/241 .272/.314/.386/.700 .715/.696 .746 99/.786 7/2 4/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 16/.742 3/.000 4/.500 2/no AB 9/.730 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 364/252 .286/.390/.466/.856 .967/.806 .808 118/.947 8/4 12/
15.Millar G/S/vP 25/.122 12/.962 4/.250 1/2.000 9/.583 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 336/247 .239/.336/.391/.727 .824/.694 .771 95/.727 0/1 11/
6.Mora G/S/vP 33/1.026 3/.667 7/1.738 4/.833 5/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 321/235 .228/.295/.386/.681 .836/.626 .706 90/.567 2/6 10/
16.Payton G/S/vP 15/.553 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 38/1.065 8/1.250 6/.900 2/.000 14/.517 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 366/260 .295/.372/.488/.859 .913/.836 .889 119/1.010 22/7 6/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.500 271/217 .276/.354/.523/.877 .743/.911 .998 82/.977 2/1 14/
IP 102.1 20.2 42.1 24.0 3.2 40.1 36.0 9.2 TOTAL .258/.326/.419/.745 .794/.727 .784 .810 50/25 90/48
ERA-K/9 4.66/7.2 7.40/7.8 2.13/6.2 6.00/6.4 2.45/4.9 2.68/9.6 1.25/9.8 5.59/8.4 4.48/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 434/.255 98/.282 177/.232 100/.280 14/.214 166/.224 137/.146 41/.176 .265  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
0/0/81/8
57/0/0/2
52/6/2/2
0/80/0/1
OPS .733 .909 .608 .925 .500 .562 .447 .616 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 207/.729 43/.526 70/.718 45/.992 4/.000 79/.725 69/.509 22/.919 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.737 55/1.241 107/.540 55/.873 10/.700 87/.411 68/.386 19/.273 .723
Road 213/.647 54/.825 95/.700 43/.815 4/.500 84/.631 80/.525 10/.000 .747
Last 28d days 128/.590 27/1.475 64/.424 23/1.244 14/.500 60/.560 48/.523 29/.561
HR/SB/CS 12/3/0 4/2/0 2/2/2 8/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 85/32/14
Usage ····X··· X·X····· ·X··X··X ··X·o··· ·o·o···· ·X··o··X ·o····o· X·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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