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Game Preview: KCR @ BOS, 1:35pm, Thursday, May 22, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Kansas City Royals, 21-25, 4th, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 4-5, 4.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-5)             56.2  52  28  27  14  34  6    4.29      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  44.2  45  26  25  10  24  6    5.04   48 
 2008-05-17   @FLA   L   6.1   7   6   6   2   5  1     107   38 
 2008-05-11    BAL   W   8     2   0   0   2   5  0     110   81 
 2008-05-06    LAA   L   6.2  13   5   5   2   3  1     103   29 
 2008-04-30   @TEX   L   3     7   7   7   2   3  3      90   18 
 2008-04-24    CLE   L   6.2   4   2   2   0   4  1      87   62 
 2008-04-18   @OAK   L   5     9   5   5   1   1  0      86   29 
 2008-04-13    MIN   W   9     3   1   0   1   3  0     111   81 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      0-1   6     5   4   4   0   3  3    6.00   49 
 2007-07-16   @BOS   L   6     5   4   4   0   3  3      92   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-12   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  12-17   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 21  @BOS  L   3-6       21-25  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @BOS  L   1-2       21-24  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Boston Red Sox, 30-19, 1st, 2 up

SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 7-0, 2.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-0)             54.1  35  15  13  32  46  4    2.15      
 2007 (15-12)          204.2 191 100 100  80 201 25    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  42.2  31  12  10  27  31  2    2.11   57 
 2008-05-17    MIL   W   6.2   7   2   0   2   6  1     103   60 
 2008-05-10   @MIN   W   7     6   2   2   3   7  0      96   61 
 2008-05-05   @DET   W   5     2   1   1   8   1  0     109   52 
 2008-04-30    TOR  ND   7     2   0   0   2   4  0     111   75 
 2008-04-18    TEX   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   4  1     101   48 
 2008-04-13    NYY   W   5     5   4   4   6   2  0     116   37 
 2008-04-08    DET   W   6.2   4   0   0   4   7  0     108   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-0   7     6   1   1   1  10  1    1.29   70 
 2007-04-05   @KCR   W   7     6   1   1   1  10  1     108   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-5    Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  24-18   vsLHP:   6-1    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:11-5    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Wed, May 21   KCR  W   6-3       30-19  1st  2.0 up
 48 Tue, May 20   KCR  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 21, 2008 BOS  6  KCR  3        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Brett Tomko (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 BOS  2  KCR  1        W:Justin Masterson (1-0), L: Gil Meche (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
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
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 3-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 205-198

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  5.68

TBR  4.51

SDP  3.29

RA/G

CLE  3.65

NYY  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .410

C. Pena  .206

R. Howard  .195

OBP

C. Jones  .482

M. Bourn  .272

K. Greene  .264

SLG

L. Berkman  .763

M. Bourn  .298

O. Cabrera  .290

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

M. Bourn  .569

O. Cabrera  .565

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

D. Lowe  6.30

J. Garland  1.96

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Matsuzaka
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 3/.666 2/1.000 4/2.500 3/1.334 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 5/.400 124/92 .248/.323/.349/.671 .868/.607 .709 60/.717 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 184/130 .262/.337/.348/.685 .915/.594 .704 101/.586 0/1 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/51 .288/.364/.339/.703 .933/.629 .926 42/.607 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 4/.500 2/1.500 3/.000 5/.650 129/74 .282/.341/.393/.734 .700/.760 .745 110/.717 2/3 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/.500 3/1.667 119/81 .250/.299/.278/.577 .509/.607 .516 52/.664 11/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 36/13 .103/.206/.103/.309 .405/.154 .083 22/.356 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 110/90 .255/.303/.294/.597 .450/.631 .551 48/.506 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 190/128 .296/.374/.456/.829 .527/.975 .804 109/.805 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 9/1.888 155/108 .307/.366/.379/.745 .863/.696 .677 85/.815 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 13/.802 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.800 177/124 .235/.266/.418/.683 .997/.551 .678 95/.854 0/0 5/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 89/52 .271/.303/.553/.856 1.084/.701 .925 60/.861 1/0 5/
1.Pena G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 136/94 .162/.185/.208/.393 .495/.348 .323 81/.459 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 181/124 .255/.337/.354/.691 .471/.797 .706 96/.634 1/1 2/
IP 54.1 21.0 18.1 7.1 18.0 20.0 22.0 12.0 TOTAL .256/.316/.361/.677 .712/.662 .670 .693 24/17 23/22
ERA-K/9 2.15/7.6 2.14/7.7 5.40/7.9 6.14/7.4 3.00/5.5 0.90/7.7 2.45/11.0 8.25/1.5 4.03/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (16-2-0)
 Olivo (4-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.183 94/.200 83/.284 34/.226 77/.242 79/.197 84/.213 55/.367 .243  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
15/0/20/3
11/20/3/2
20/0/23/2
2/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/33/0/0
OPS .608 .648 .813 .649 .671 .577 .569 1.048 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.695 39/.661 27/.644 12/1.144 40/.583 30/.600 44/.566 24/1.318 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.539 55/.638 56/.900 22/.377 37/.741 49/.563 40/.573 31/.826 .704
Home 130/.665 52/.745 47/.862 18/.667 53/.703 41/.746 46/.413 27/1.148 .713
Last 28d days 109/.566 40/.653 37/.860 26/.569 36/.624 47/.625 43/.569 26/.683
HR/SB/CS 4/4/2 0/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 44/35/9
Usage ····X··· ····X··· oo·XX··· o···X··o Xo··X··o ·X·····X ·X·oo··· X···o···
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
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 9/1.069 6/.833 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 69/60 .355/.420/.468/.888 1.069/.861 .993 12/.871 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/38 .341/.400/.432/.832 1.467/.639 .640 22/1.157 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 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 2/.000 12/.550 5/.000 5/1.000 5/1.600 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 113/90 .295/.324/.457/.781 1.109/.703 .817 69/.817 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.500 4/3.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 151/125 .283/.391/.402/.792 .842/.782 .649 71/.744 1/1 3/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 166/136 .290/.390/.428/.818 .644/.858 1.071 93/.722 19/1 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.167 2/1.500 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 126/103 .267/.317/.474/.792 .669/.811 .710 92/.896 0/1 5/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 2/1.000 14/1.346 3/.666 3/1.667 6/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 154/129 .285/.353/.336/.689 .624/.701 .762 72/.617 6/2 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/1.666 9/1.111 8/.696 3/1.167 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 207/169 .249/.353/.469/.822 .534/.888 1.030 107/1.001 0/0 10/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 223/180 .304/.342/.402/.744 .683/.760 .834 118/.597 6/0 2/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.666 7/.429 6/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 197/169 .287/.371/.506/.876 .757/.896 .783 105/.692 1/0 8/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/2.000 6/1.917 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 145/121 .295/.372/.519/.892 .913/.888 .950 81/.976 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 6/.733 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 202/174 .320/.386/.584/.970 1.300/.925 .888 107/.959 2/2 9/
IP 56.2 10.1 20.0 17.2 14.2 19.1 18.1 19.0 TOTAL .293/.364/.459/.823 .841/.819 .849 .810 41/7 52/28
ERA-K/9 4.29/5.4 3.48/11.4 2.70/8.6 1.53/6.6 6.14/9.2 1.86/11.2 0.98/10.8 6.16/6.6 4.29/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (20-3-6)
 Varitek (15-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 234/.239 45/.225 89/.282 68/.169 62/.259 77/.200 68/.098 90/.313 .259  Crisp
 Drew
 Ramirez
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
0/34/0/3
0/0/36/3
42/0/0/3
18/22/9/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .655 .639 .747 .461 .812 .516 .343 .926 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.742 23/.312 36/.942 30/.517 29/.810 37/.751 30/.431 41/.602 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.559 22/1.010 53/.619 38/.411 33/.813 40/.286 38/.276 49/1.194 .696
Road 94/.780 26/.453 56/.798 32/.305 22/.727 37/.654 42/.411 46/.760 .739
Last 28d days 133/.786 25/.490 44/.703 40/.580 43/.910 44/.434 45/.402 51/.833
HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 0/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 45/20/6
Usage ····X··· o··X·o·· X···oo·X ·····X·o o·o···o· ·o···oo· X····X·o ··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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