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Game Preview: KCR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Kansas City Royals, 21-23, 4th, 2½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 3-5, 5.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             52.2  59  35  35  19  35  9    5.98      
 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         3-4  41    45  26  26  13  25  7    5.71   45 
 2008-05-15    DET   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  1     109   57 
 2008-05-09    BAL   L   5     6   5   5   2   2  2      98   35 
 2008-05-04   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   0   4  0     110   73 
 2008-04-27    TOR   L   6.2   9   3   3   1   3  1     129   46 
 2008-04-22    CLE   L   3.1   9   8   8   1   2  2      83   11 
 2008-04-16   @LAA   W   6     6   2   2   3   2  0      99   51 
 2008-04-11    MIN   L   6     5   5   5   4   6  1     108   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      3-0  35.1  31  11  11   7  24  5    2.80   59 
 2007-04-02    BOS   W   7.1   6   1   1   1   6  0     103   67 
 2006-08-26    BOS  ND   7     5   2   2   1   7  1     107   65 
 2006-04-17   @BOS  ND   6     8   4   4   1   3  2     102   42 
 2005-05-15    BOS   W   6     7   4   4   3   4  2     110   43 
 2004-09-12    BOS   W   9     5   0   0   1   4  0     129   80 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-12   Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  12-15   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Mon, May 19  @BOS  L   0-7       21-23  4th  2.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @FLA  W   9-3       21-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @FLA  L   3-7       20-22  4th  2.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 16  @FLA  W   7-6       20-21  4th  1.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 15   DET  W   8-4       19-21  4th  2.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 14   DET  W   2-0       18-21  4th  2.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13   DET  W   3-2       17-21  4th  3.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   BAL  W   4-0       16-21  4th  3.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   BAL  L   5-6       15-21  4th  3.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   BAL  L   4-7       15-20  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Boston Red Sox, 28-19, 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Masterson (23, RHP, 0-0, 1.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              6     2   1   1   4   4  1    1.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   6     2   1   1   4   4  1    1.50   64 
 2008-04-24    LAA  ND   6     2   1   1   4   4  1      95   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-5    Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  22-18   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl: 9-5    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Mon, May 19   KCR  W   7-0       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 46 Sun, May 18   MIL  W  11-7       27-19  1st  1.0 up
 45 Sat, May 17   MIL  W   7-6       26-19  1st    Tied
 44 Sat, May 17   MIL  W   5-3       25-19  1st    Tied
 43 Wed, May 14  @BAL  L   3-6       24-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Tue, May 13  @BAL  L   4-5       24-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Mon, May 12  @MIN  L   3-7       24-17  1st  0.5 up
 40 Sun, May 11  @MIN  L   8-9       24-16  1st  1.5 up
 39 Sat, May 10  @MIN  W   5-2       24-15  1st  2.5 up
 38 Fri, May  9  @MIN  L   6-7       23-15  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 19, 2008 BOS  7  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (3-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-3), S: none

Wed, Jul 18, 2007 KCR  6 @BOS  5        W:Odalis Perez (5-8), L: Julian Tavarez (5-8), S: Octavio Dotel (10)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 KCR  9 @BOS  3        W:Jimmy Gobble (4-1), L: Tim Wakefield (10-9), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 BOS  4  KCR  0        W:Kason Gabbard (3-0), L: Brian Bannister (5-6), S: none
Thu, Apr 05, 2007 BOS  4 @KCR  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 BOS  7 @KCR  1        W:Josh Beckett (1-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 KCR  7  BOS  1        W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Curt Schilling (0-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 10, 2006 BOS  9  KCR  3        W:Julian Tavarez (3-4), L: Mark Redman (9-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 09, 2006 KCR 10 @BOS  4 (12)   W:Joe Nelson (1-1), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 08, 2006 KCR 10 @BOS  9        W:Ambiorix Burgos (4-5), L: Mike Timlin (6-5), S: Joe Nelson (6)
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 205-196

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

CHC  5.82

CIN  4.47

SDP  3.30

RA/G

CLE  3.57

MIN  4.48

TEX  5.46

BA

L. Berkman  .389

  

R. Howard  .187

OBP

A. Pujols  .495

  

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .784

  

O. Cabrera  .301

OPS

L. Berkman  1.251

  

K. Greene  .585

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

S. Chacon  4.14

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  10.44

C. Zambrano  6.27

J. Garland  2.01

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/3.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 116/84 .257/.336/.366/.703 .868/.643 .779 56/.759 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 176/122 .276/.352/.365/.718 .915/.635 .770 97/.648 0/1 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/50 .293/.369/.345/.714 .933/.642 .977 41/.623 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.667 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 120/67 .269/.333/.380/.713 .668/.750 .700 104/.690 2/3 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 115/78 .236/.274/.264/.538 .490/.560 .441 49/.564 10/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 36/13 .103/.206/.103/.309 .405/.154 .083 23/.338 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 5/.600 106/87 .263/.305/.303/.608 .474/.638 .573 48/.506 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 182/122 .280/.352/.433/.785 .524/.913 .717 105/.726 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 8/2.125 146/101 .323/.379/.398/.778 .906/.725 .726 79/.877 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 10/.800 169/117 .241/.272/.432/.704 1.017/.567 .717 91/.870 0/0 5/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 88/51 .274/.307/.560/.866 1.084/.715 .944 59/.876 1/0 5/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 130/88 .169/.194/.218/.412 .495/.372 .350 78/.504 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 173/117 .263/.335/.365/.701 .458/.823 .725 92/.642 1/1 2/
IP 6.0 21.0 17.0 6.1 16.2 19.1 20.2 11.0 TOTAL .259/.317/.367/.683 .712/.670 .681 .696 23/17 23/22
ERA-K/9 1.50/6.0 2.14/7.7 5.82/7.9 7.11/7.1 3.24/4.3 0.93/7.5 2.61/10.4 8.18/1.6 4.12/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (15-2-0)
 Olivo (4-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 23/.105 94/.200 78/.290 31/.250 72/.258 74/.191 80/.224 50/.378 .245  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
13/0/20/3
11/19/2/2
20/0/22/2
2/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .524 .648 .842 .715 .702 .539 .599 1.083 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.277 39/.661 25/.697 12/1.144 36/.620 27/.454 43/.580 22/1.264 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.042 55/.638 53/.915 19/.440 36/.762 47/.589 37/.621 28/.926 .728
Home 23/.524 52/.745 42/.919 15/.800 48/.754 36/.684 42/.452 22/1.250 .728
Last 28d days 23/.524 40/.653 32/.938 31/.715 36/.624 49/.649 42/.583 26/.708
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 44/34/9
Usage ··X···X· ·XX···X· ··X··o·o ··X··o·X ·····X·· ·oo····· ··o····o
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.23 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.36 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
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
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
22.Casey* G/S/vP 13/.308 6/.833 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 69/60 .355/.420/.468/.888 1.069/.861 .993 20/.926 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/38 .341/.400/.432/.832 1.467/.639 .640 30/1.005 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .409/.480/.455/.935 1.417/.850 .650 20/.718 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 16/.975 12/.550 5/.000 5/1.000 4/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 105/82 .299/.330/.454/.784 1.109/.698 .828 61/.825 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 3/1.167 6/.500 4/3.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 148/122 .282/.392/.403/.795 .842/.785 .648 76/.691 1/1 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/131 .276/.377/.396/.773 .644/.804 .995 98/.724 18/1 3/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 12/.583 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 119/98 .273/.319/.482/.801 .675/.822 .725 85/.917 0/1 5/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 10/.000 14/1.346 3/.666 3/1.667 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 147/122 .280/.349/.333/.683 .624/.695 .756 73/.654 6/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 18/1.620 8/1.250 7/.714 3/1.167 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 199/163 .247/.357/.476/.833 .556/.897 1.075 108/1.065 0/0 10/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 214/172 .303/.343/.405/.748 .651/.773 .850 119/.656 6/0 2/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 25/.709 6/.500 5/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 189/163 .299/.381/.527/.908 .819/.922 .844 106/.746 1/0 8/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 12/.258 3/2.000 5/1.933 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 138/115 .290/.362/.500/.862 .863/.862 .887 74/.927 0/0 5/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 195/168 .327/.395/.602/.997 1.361/.947 .937 105/1.011 2/2 9/
IP 52.2 9.1 19.0 17.2 14.0 18.1 17.1 19.0 TOTAL .293/.365/.460/.825 .847/.821 .856 .828 40/7 50/28
ERA-K/9 5.98/6.0 3.86/11.6 2.84/8.5 1.53/6.6 5.79/9.6 1.96/10.8 1.04/10.4 6.16/6.6 4.28/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (20-3-6)
 Varitek (14-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.285 42/.243 83/.270 68/.169 58/.241 74/.209 62/.088 90/.313 .258  Drew
 Ramirez
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
0/0/35/3
40/0/0/3
0/32/0/2
17/22/8/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .824 .688 .731 .461 .799 .538 .305 .926 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.761 22/.327 35/.952 30/.517 27/.796 36/.773 27/.388 41/.602 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.887 20/1.125 48/.571 38/.411 31/.800 38/.301 35/.241 49/1.194 .703
Road 105/.714 23/.517 50/.775 32/.305 18/.667 34/.716 36/.355 46/.760 .737
Last 28d days 125/.827 29/.802 38/.661 40/.580 51/.812 45/.424 39/.351 57/.943
HR/SB/CS 9/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 43/19/6
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ··oo·X·· ···X·oo· o···o··· ···oo·X· ···X·oo· ooo·····

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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