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Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Kansas City Royals, 38-47, 4th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 3-1, 3.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-1)             32.1  36  14  12  16  15  1    3.34      
 2007 (7-15)           136   155 102  92  70  99 22    6.09      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36    41  19  17  20  15  2    4.25   46 
 2008-06-28    STL   L   6.1   7   5   3   2   2  1     100   43 
 2008-06-22    SFG  ND   1.1   6   5   5   2   1  0      52   21 
 2008-06-17   @STL   W   7     5   1   1   3   4  0     106   64 
 2008-06-11    TEX  ND   6     6   1   1   5   3  0     109   54 
 2008-06-06   @NYY   W   6.2   7   1   1   1   3  0     104   58 
 2008-05-31    CLE   W   5     5   1   1   3   2  0     100   52 
 2007-09-28    CLE   L   3.2   5   5   5   4   0  1      80   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      1-0   6     8   5   5   1   1  2    7.50   36 
 2005-06-24    BAL   W   6     8   5   5   1   1  2      89   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   19-26   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-35   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @BAL  L   2-5       38-47  4th 11.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 43-40, 4th, 8½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 6-3, 4.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-3)             64.1  70  34  34  24  43  7    4.76      
 2007 (1-3)             32.1  42  28  28  28  28  4    7.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  38.1  37  19  19  15  24  6    4.46   49 
 2008-06-28   @WSN   W   5     6   1   1   3   5  0      99   53 
 2008-06-22   @MIL   L   5     4   4   4   1   2  2      69   44 
 2008-06-17    HOU  ND   4.2   6   4   4   1   4  0      87   39 
 2008-06-11   @BOS   L   5.1   7   6   6   3   0  2      98   27 
 2008-06-05   @MIN   W   6.1   8   2   2   1   1  0      98   49 
 2008-05-31    BOS  ND   5     3   2   2   2   5  2      89   56 
 2008-05-26    NYY   W   7     3   0   0   4   7  0     107   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-0   5.1   8   3   3   1   2  0    5.06   41 
 2008-05-10   @KCR   W   5.1   8   3   3   1   2  0      88   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-13   Road:   19-27   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  34-26   vsLHP:   9-14   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  8-8  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  2   KCR  W   5-2       43-40  4th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 BAL  5  KCR  2        W:Daniel Cabrera (6-4), L: Gil Meche (6-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 5-2; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; 2006 - BAL won 5-1; All-Time - BAL leads 238-177

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  5.44

ARI  4.48

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.70

MIL  4.54

TEX  5.67

BA

C. Jones  .391

J. Votto  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .486

F. Lewis  .359

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .685

B. Hawpe  .458

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.131

T. Wigginton  .811

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

G. Maddux  4.04

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 (4.09 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Olson*
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/.000 109/82 .291/.321/.485/.807 1.194/.686 .841 106/.830 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.550 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 225/168 .246/.324/.362/.686 .995/.584 .728 76/.659 0/3 3/
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 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 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.167 290/197 .323/.382/.496/.878 .801/.915 .899 99/1.106 6/5 9/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 246/181 .250/.301/.268/.569 .563/.572 .534 77/.570 18/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/36 .169/.211/.197/.408 .404/.412 .267 23/.391 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.917 ··· 3/1.167 2/no AB ··· 211/176 .260/.305/.327/.631 .348/.689 .476 78/.728 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 360/256 .262/.344/.432/.777 .517/.883 .718 110/.845 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.666 278/208 .306/.364/.401/.764 .938/.708 .660 88/.847 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 3/1.334 11/.920 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 345/259 .277/.301/.479/.780 1.014/.704 .796 111/.922 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 8/.000 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 193/133 .266/.295/.495/.790 1.039/.682 .941 57/.574 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 177/125 .154/.177/.189/.366 .428/.342 .321 11/.311 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 337/249 .254/.326/.413/.739 .626/.780 .765 106/.761 2/2 9/
IP 64.1 30.2 4.2 1.0 28.1 46.1 36.2 37.1 TOTAL .264/.318/.389/.708 .748/.693 .695 .779 42/25 61/45
ERA-K/9 4.76/6.0 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 4.30/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 286/.273 129/.291 26/.381 5/.000 119/.210 174/.169 166/.205 158/.201 .258  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
29/0/29/6
0/70/0/5
38/27/12/3
20/0/48/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .749 .701 1.262 .400 .608 .435 .662 .656 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.847 42/.798 11/2.352 3/.667 54/.537 77/.500 78/.652 46/.517 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.715 87/.655 15/.564 2/.000 65/.666 97/.386 88/.664 112/.714 .728
Home 122/.647 61/.820 6/1.467 / 19/.743 84/.346 67/.776 85/.620 .749
Last 28d days 118/.820 48/.621 26/1.262 5/.400 68/.603 49/.423 56/.638 52/.835
HR/SB/CS 7/14/1 2/0/3 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 0/1/2 2/5/1 5/2/0 94/73/23
Usage ····X··· ··Xo··X· ··X····X ·····X·· ····X··X ··XX··o· ·XXX·o·X ·oXX····
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/90 .192/.238/.242/.481 .235/.530 .335 36/.382 2/3 0/
12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 37/29 .200/.222/.257/.479 .661/.429 .488 10/.500 0/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.500 15/1.324 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 258/201 .252/.296/.395/.691 .820/.654 .774 81/.843 0/0 7/
17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 17/1.000 8/.625 5/.000 10/.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 343/243 .277/.344/.505/.849 .729/.899 .890 102/1.077 2/0 15/
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 316/244 .273/.314/.386/.700 .715/.695 .744 98/.816 7/2 4/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.500 2/no AB 10/.650 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 368/255 .289/.391/.470/.861 .958/.817 .820 117/.952 8/4 12/
15.Millar G/S/vP 2/1.000 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 91/.683 0/1 11/
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 7/1.738 4/.833 6/.834 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 325/238 .229/.297/.386/.683 .826/.633 .710 90/.544 2/6 10/
16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/1.133 6/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 172/113 .250/.294/.388/.682 .902/.559 .595 50/.717 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 3/2.667 8/1.250 6/.900 2/.000 15/.481 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 370/263 .295/.373/.489/.862 .904/.844 .895 118/1.015 22/7 6/
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.500 275/220 .276/.353/.519/.871 .729/.908 .981 85/.965 2/1 14/
IP 32.1 20.2 42.1 24.0 5.2 40.1 36.0 9.2 TOTAL .259/.327/.420/.746 .790/.730 .785 .809 50/25 91/48
ERA-K/9 3.34/4.2 7.40/7.8 2.13/6.2 6.00/6.4 1.59/4.7 2.68/9.6 1.25/9.8 5.59/8.4 4.48/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.288 98/.282 177/.232 100/.280 21/.190 166/.224 137/.146 41/.176 .265  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
0/0/82/8
57/0/0/2
53/6/2/2
0/81/0/1
OPS .761 .909 .608 .925 .429 .562 .447 .616 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.710 43/.526 70/.718 45/.992 8/.000 79/.725 69/.509 22/.919 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.818 55/1.241 107/.540 55/.873 13/.692 87/.411 68/.386 19/.273 .723
Road 54/.649 54/.825 95/.700 43/.815 11/.364 84/.631 80/.525 10/.000 .749
Last 28d days 119/.773 25/1.298 59/.426 23/1.244 21/.429 54/.629 41/.456 29/.561
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/2/2 8/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 86/32/14
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· ··X··X·· ···X·o·· X·o·o··· ··X··o·· ··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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