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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Kansas City Royals, 12-16, 5th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 1-1, 5.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             10.2  15   7   7   5   8  0    5.91      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  13.2  18   9   9   7   9  0    5.93   42 
 2008-04-26    TOR   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  0      99   57 
 2008-04-20   @OAK   L   4.2   9   6   6   3   5  0      96   24 
 2007-09-30    CLE   L   3     3   2   2   2   1  0      51   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-1   3     3   2   2   2   1  0    6.00   44 
 2007-09-30    CLE   L   3     3   2   2   2   1  0      51   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    7-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   9-11   vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Thu, May  1  @TEX  L   1-2       12-16  5th  3.0 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @TEX  L   9-11      12-15  5th  2.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @TEX  W   9-5       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   TOR  L   2-5       11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   TOR  W   2-1       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   TOR  W   8-4       10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   CLE  L   0-2        9-13  5th  3.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24   CLE  L   6-9        9-12  5th  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   CLE  L   1-15       9-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-7        9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-16
Cleveland Indians, 14-15, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 1-4, 7.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-4)             32    40  28  28  17  33  6    7.88      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  39    48  31  31  18  37  7    7.15   41 
 2008-04-27    NYY   L   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     111   77 
 2008-04-22   @KCR   W   6     4   0   0   2  11  0     102   73 
 2008-04-16    DET   L   4     8   9   9   5   1  2      93    6 
 2008-04-11    OAK   L   3.1  12   9   9   2   4  0      91    2 
 2008-04-05   @OAK   L   5.1   6   4   4   4   2  1     107   38 
 2008-03-31    CHW  ND   5.1   6   5   5   3   7  2     100   40 
 2007-09-28   @KCR   W   7     8   3   3   1   4  1      96   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  35    35  15  15   9  40  2    3.86   57 
 2008-04-22   @KCR   W   6     4   0   0   2  11  0     102   73 
 2007-09-28   @KCR   W   7     8   3   3   1   4  1      96   52 
 2007-09-14    KCR  ND   7     7   4   4   2  13  0     115   58 
 2007-08-24   @KCR   L   8     5   2   2   2   6  0     119   68 
 2007-07-14    KCR   L   7    11   6   6   2   6  1     113   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-9    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-10   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Thu, May  1   SEA  W   3-2 (11)  14-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 28 Wed, Apr 30   SEA  W   8-3       13-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   SEA  L   2-7       12-15  4th  3.0 gb
 26 Mon, Apr 28   NYY  L   2-5       12-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   NYY  L   0-1       12-13  2nd  2.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   NYY  W   4-3       12-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   NYY  W   6-4       11-12  2nd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @KCR  W   2-0       10-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @KCR  W   9-6        9-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @KCR  W  15-1        8-12  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 CLE  2 @KCR  0        W:Cliff Lee (4-0), L: Brian Bannister (3-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 CLE  9 @KCR  6        W:Fausto Carmona (3-1), L: Brett Tomko (1-3), S: Rafael Betancourt (1)
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 CLE 15 @KCR  1        W:C.C. Sabathia (1-3), L: Gil Meche (1-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 CLE  4 @KCR  2        W:Aaron Laffey (4-2), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (45)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 KCR  4  CLE  3        W:Joakim Soria (2-3), L: Rafael Perez (1-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CLE  5 @KCR  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (19-7), L: Kyle Davies (7-15), S: Joe Borowski (44)
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 KCR  4 @CLE  3        W:Billy Buckner (1-1), L: Aaron Laffey (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 CLE  6  KCR  0        W:Fausto Carmona (17-8), L: Zack Greinke (6-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4        W:Joe Borowski (4-5), L: David Riske (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 CLE  5 @KCR  3 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (3-0), L: Joel Peralta (1-3), S: Joe Borowski (37)
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 3-0; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 256-248

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  6.10

HOU  4.60

SDP  3.27

RA/G

STL  3.57

CHC  4.45

TEX  6.03

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

J. Lannan  3.74

C. Sabathia  7.88

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.71

Z. Greinke  5.86

J. Garland  2.23

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 38/.536 6/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 82/61 .225/.317/.352/.669 .639/.680 .701 66/.726 0/1 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP 17/1.004 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 114/89 .291/.351/.369/.720 1.099/.619 .782 97/.711 0/0 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 42/36 .368/.429/.447/.876 1.667/.736 1.038 41/.898 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 44/.614 8/.268 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.225 5/.400 56/36 .354/.429/.479/.908 .718/1.024 1.004 55/.926 0/1 2/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 5/1.100 1/.000 82/66 .247/.272/.286/.557 .375/.604 .496 64/.553 8/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 23/.702 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.333 3/.000 20/7 .056/.105/.056/.161 .258/.000 .000 19/.170 1/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 6/.666 12/.258 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 82/69 .293/.346/.320/.666 .462/.706 .601 66/.645 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 116/87 .292/.353/.434/.787 .434/.903 .735 98/.808 2/2 3/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 26/.689 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.250 83/66 .316/.373/.368/.742 .812/.724 .778 65/.640 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 15/.553 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 113/88 .176/.212/.333/.546 .885/.452 .672 95/.569 0/0 3/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 12/.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 45/32 .233/.267/.512/.778 1.551/.477 .800 45/.778 0/0 3/
1.Pena G/S/vP 17/.450 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.750 2/.000 83/63 .152/.171/.203/.373 .317/.391 .360 68/.428 2/0 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 29/.571 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 4/.250 118/87 .269/.356/.394/.750 .437/.864 .756 101/.684 0/1 1/
IP 32.0 12.1 6.0 12.1 14.1 17.0 1.2 12.2 TOTAL .257/.314/.358/.672 .680/.670 .691 .674 15/12 15/12
ERA-K/9 7.88/9.3 5.84/8.8 3.00/6.0 3.65/6.6 1.88/4.4 3.71/6.9 10.80/15.9 4.97/7.1 3.96/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (13-1-0)
 Olivo (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.305 55/.327 29/.250 51/.222 60/.276 77/.279 11/.250 56/.300 .260  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gathright
5/0/20/2
5/11/0/1
20/0/8/1
0/24/0/0
OPS .911 .890 .671 .669 .645 .834 .830 .815 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/1.051 27/.536 7/.762 23/.798 27/.679 36/.802 2/.500 23/.462 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.858 28/1.222 22/.641 28/.566 33/.616 41/.862 9/.873 33/1.037 .722
Home 102/.997 36/.820 20/.753 28/.851 43/.691 60/.890 11/.830 27/.750 .765
Last 28d days 126/.893 47/.837 23/.707 37/.606 57/.608 66/.864 11/.830 51/.807
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 3/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/2 31/10/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o···o ···X···· ··o·o··· ·X·o·oX· ··X·X·X· ···o···· ···o···X
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.68 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
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
1.Blake G/S/vP 1/2.000 17/.891 1/.000 5/1.267 10/1.194 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 99/77 .216/.303/.364/.667 .333/.759 .453 85/.704 1/0 2/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.500 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 98/72 .202/.292/.262/.554 .348/.640 .433 82/.561 0/1 0/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 49/32 .216/.396/.270/.666 .745/.614 .862 49/.666 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.834 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 75/73 .266/.360/.469/.829 .500/.832 .750 68/.853 1/0 3/
25.Garko G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 8/.804 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 112/88 .237/.357/.355/.712 1.083/.620 .744 95/.642 0/0 2/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.000 7/.953 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 100/75 .272/.316/.391/.708 .782/.681 .903 84/.685 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/1.500 29/.837 10/.300 2/.500 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 121/89 .221/.314/.365/.679 .665/.685 .691 104/.645 0/1 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .077/.143/.077/.220 /.154 .000 16/.220 0/0 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 29/.601 9/.873 3/1.666 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 92/59 .356/.391/.425/.817 1.086/.649 .821 89/.799 0/0 0/
8.Michaels G/S/vP 1/2.000 8/.375 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 67/39 .207/.258/.276/.533 .417/.616 .596 59/.590 1/1 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 9/1.083 3/1.666 3/.333 10/.100 ··· 6/.666 1/5.000 105/82 .229/.288/.417/.705 .761/.688 .531 88/.766 0/0 5/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/28 .306/.375/.444/.819 .500/.970 .940 29/.841 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/.500 23/.761 4/2.000 5/1.000 6/1.100 1/.000 3/1.667 3/2.334 127/87 .276/.394/.429/.822 .762/.848 .937 109/.767 7/1 3/
IP 10.2 5.2 13.1 11.1 8.0 12.2 11.0 13.0 TOTAL .248/.332/.373/.705 .705/.705 .696 .701 16/5 21/15
ERA-K/9 5.91/6.7 4.76/12.6 2.03/8.8 2.38/8.0 6.75/10.1 0.71/10.6 0.00/10.6 8.31/5.5 4.63/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (10-8-0)
 Shoppach (0-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.326 26/.190 58/.275 47/.200 35/.273 50/.213 38/.083 66/.333 .272  Michaels
 Carroll
 Dellucci
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
15/0/6/3
1/0/0/0
22/0/0/0
0/27/0/0
0/3/25/0
OPS .805 .689 .700 .539 .799 .494 .219 1.021 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.893 15/.348 28/.815 19/.610 16/.741 26/.840 17/.243 32/.472 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 27/.730 11/1.260 30/.596 28/.487 19/.842 24/.127 21/.200 34/1.522 .743
Road 26/.940 14/.487 42/.766 25/.351 15/.800 28/.703 25/.255 36/.893 .761
Last 28d days 51/.805 23/.792 58/.700 37/.627 35/.799 44/.445 27/.113 66/1.021
HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 25/14/3
Usage ······X· ···o·o·· ···X··X· ·o····oX ··X··X·· ···X··o· ···X··oo ··X·····

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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