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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Kansas City Royals, 55-69, 5th, 16 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 6-11, 5.44)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-11)           124   136  80  75  46  68 10    5.44      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  39.2  48  29  29   7  18  2    6.58   41 
 2008-08-13   @CHW   L   7     5   3   3   1   4  0      97   58 
 2008-08-06    BOS   L   5.2   7   5   5   3   2  0      92   34 
 2008-08-01    CHW   L   6    10   4   4   0   2  0      93   38 
 2008-07-26    TBR  ND   5     4   2   2   1   0  0      78   50 
 2008-07-21    DET   L   5     8   7   7   1   5  1      93   27 
 2008-07-11    SEA   W   7     5   1   1   0   4  0      92   67 
 2008-07-06   @TBR   L   4     9   7   7   1   1  1      67   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-1   9     6   4   4   6   7  1    4.00   52 
 2008-05-03   @CLE   W   6     3   2   2   4   6  1      97   60 
 2007-09-30    CLE   L   3     3   2   2   2   1  0      51   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   27-35   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  32-52   vsLHP:  23-17   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 14-26   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 17  @NYY  L   6-15      55-69  5th 15.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16  @NYY  L   2-3 (13)  55-68  5th 14.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15  @NYY  W   4-3       55-67  5th 13.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14  @CHW  L   2-9       54-67  5th 14.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13  @CHW  L   0-4       54-66  5th 13.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12  @CHW  L   0-9       54-65  5th 12.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   MIN  W   5-4 (12)  54-64  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   MIN  L   3-7       53-64  4th 12.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   MIN  L   1-4       53-63  4th 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   BOS  L   2-8       53-62  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Cleveland Indians, 56-67, 4th, 14½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Reyes (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.67)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             27    29  11  11   6  14  3    3.67      
 2007 (2-14)           107.1 108  77  72  43  74 16    6.04      
 2006 (5-8)             85.1  84  48  48  34  72 17    5.06      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  33.2  35  21  17  12  20  7    4.54   47 
 2008-08-13    BAL   L   6     6   2   2   2   0  1      96   50 
 2008-08-08   @TOR   W   6.1   7   1   1   1   4  0      88   58 
 2007-09-12   @CIN   L   3.1   4   3   3   2   1  2      68   39 
 2007-08-31    CIN  ND   1     4   4   4   1   2  2      41   30 
 2007-08-23    FLA   L   5     3   4   0   3   4  1     106   54 
 2007-08-18   @CHC   L   6     4   5   5   2   4  1      74   46 
 2007-08-12    LAD   W   6     7   2   2   1   5  0      94   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-0   5.2   4   0   0   1   1  0    0.00   61 
 2006-05-20   @KCR   W   5.2   4   0   0   1   1  0      81   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-29   Road:   23-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  42-49   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 17-10   vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest: 16-15 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 17   LAA  W   4-3       56-67  4th 14.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16   LAA  L   3-4       55-67  4th 14.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 15   LAA  W   3-2       55-66  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 14   BAL  L   6-11      54-66  4th 14.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13   BAL  L   1-6       54-65  4th 13.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12   BAL  W   7-5       54-64  4th 12.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 11   BAL  W  13-8       53-64  5th 12.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 10  @TOR  W   4-0       52-64  5th 13.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9  @TOR  W   4-2       51-64  5th 13.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8  @TOR  W   5-2       50-64  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 KCR  6  CLE  1        W:Brian Bannister (5-6), L: Paul Byrd (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 KCR  4  CLE  2        W:Kyle Davies (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (3-7), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Fri, May 30, 2008 CLE  5 @KCR  4        W:Cliff Lee (8-1), L: Brett Tomko (2-7), S: Joe Borowski (4)
Sun, May 04, 2008 KCR  2 @CLE  0        W:Gil Meche (2-4), L: Aaron Laffey (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Sat, May 03, 2008 KCR  4 @CLE  2        W:Luke Hochevar (2-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-5), S: Joakim Soria (7)
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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 257-252

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  5.57

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.65

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .363

D. Wright  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .460

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

J. Kubel  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

C. Beltran  .833

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

J. Campillo  6.29

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Reyes
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Donnelly
G/S/vB
57.Jackson*
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 274/194 .317/.343/.492/.835 1.113/.724 .868 107/.798 4/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.273 340/246 .220/.291/.364/.655 .788/.605 .679 73/.421 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 364/259 .266/.321/.377/.699 .932/.606 .701 91/.781 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 8/.268 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 9/.000 427/282 .293/.351/.440/.792 .705/.837 .781 65/.597 10/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 163/89 .226/.281/.315/.596 .539/.642 .529 64/.632 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 12/.258 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 6/.334 359/269 .272/.318/.347/.666 .563/.701 .547 87/.737 3/4 3/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/3.050 517/357 .255/.349/.421/.770 .556/.870 .732 97/.926 7/2 14/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 4/.917 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 476/349 .253/.288/.435/.722 .962/.639 .734 91/.597 2/1 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 59/42 .345/.368/.345/.714 .625/.749 .871 59/.714 0/1 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 9/.555 241/163 .261/.290/.478/.769 1.044/.640 .858 31/.889 3/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 206/144 .162/.181/.207/.388 .578/.310 .352 14/.571 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/10 .167/.167/.333/.500 .000/.600 .000 12/.500 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 7/.453 9/.472 477/337 .249/.317/.386/.702 .662/.719 .693 85/.651 3/3 10/
IP 27.0 51.1 1.2 8.2 50.2 48.1 24.1 62.1 40.1 TOTAL .261/.314/.387/.700 .758/.677 .682 .693 65/33 90/72
ERA-K/9 3.67/4.7 5.79/8.4 21.60/5.3 5.19/2.1 4.26/6.0 3.91/6.1 7.77/6.3 3.18/9.5 6.25/6.3 4.40/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (45-8-3)
 Olivo (17-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.276 225/.282 12/.545 43/.325 217/.265 220/.274 110/.296 252/.230 188/.305 .273  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 German
 Maier
 Gload
 Smith
43/0/41/8
24/1/79/4
54/46/13/3
20/0/0/0
0/18/0/0
6/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .760 .833 1.220 .772 .735 .778 .896 .627 .869 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.687 102/.786 5/1.400 12/.432 102/.858 116/.776 50/.908 102/.558 87/.938 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.828 123/.870 7/1.071 31/.902 115/.626 104/.779 60/.887 150/.672 101/.808 .730
Home 66/.794 136/.747 12/1.220 25/.818 132/.642 119/.754 66/.912 119/.608 101/.804 .708
Last 28d days 52/.716 40/.800 12/1.220 25/.818 26/1.409 60/.679 34/1.328 67/.474 36/.861
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 11/7/1 0/1/0 0/0/0 8/2/0 4/1/0 4/0/0 6/2/3 7/4/1 129/51/21
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ·····X·X ····X··· ····o·o· ·o····oX ····X··o ·o··o·X· ····Xo··
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
63.Newman*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
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
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 291/223 .222/.319/.323/.642 .698/.635 .692 94/.883 2/2 4/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 296/204 .263/.343/.325/.668 .611/.694 .853 43/.519 6/3 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 231/184 .265/.364/.444/.808 .700/.836 .886 91/.813 4/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 6/.834 2/.500 2/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 312/297 .253/.314/.438/.752 .067/.787 .650 56/1.077 2/2 11/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/27 .314/.390/.429/.819 .695/.890 .925 22/.881 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 378/284 .288/.347/.468/.815 .725/.845 .946 102/.819 3/3 12/
25.Garko G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 8/.804 3/.000 8/.000 1/.000 428/323 .253/.327/.368/.696 .809/.660 .722 96/.822 0/0 9/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/11 .208/.367/.333/.700 .935/.364 .820 30/.700 0/1 1/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 7/.953 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 319/215 .231/.276/.369/.646 .775/.584 .717 75/.854 5/2 6/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 179/130 .183/.230/.280/.510 .742/.424 .470 80/.505 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.333 10/.100 2/2.000 9/.666 4/.500 492/376 .277/.320/.493/.814 .802/.818 .725 107/.879 3/0 19/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 282/207 .258/.331/.480/.811 .868/.790 .830 88/.914 0/0 12/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 5/1.933 ··· 7/1.429 ··· 6/.833 6/1.100 2/.000 4/1.167 4/.000 561/405 .266/.380/.514/.893 .814/.923 1.010 119/.814 30/3 27/
IP 124.0 9.2 58.2 14.2 33.0 46.2 57.2 54.2 32.0 TOTAL .256/.331/.416/.747 .752/.745 .771 .818 60/20 126/65
ERA-K/9 5.44/4.9 10.24/7.4 2.91/6.7 7.36/4.3 2.73/4.6 5.40/6.6 2.81/9.5 1.48/9.5 3.66/9.8 4.69/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (6-4-2)
 Shoppach (25-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 543/.278 50/.349 247/.240 77/.359 144/.250 195/.260 238/.221 209/.170 130/.145 .269  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Choo
 Sizemore
 Dellucci
 Carroll
62/2/28/11
7/9/75/3
12/0/37/2
0/115/0/2
50/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .748 .955 .662 1.064 .678 .846 .575 .497 .534 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 276/.839 28/1.006 99/.701 27/.944 70/.757 89/.910 114/.756 110/.538 63/.599 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.653 22/.890 148/.637 50/1.119 74/.602 106/.795 124/.409 99/.454 67/.469 .743
Road 261/.786 29/.718 126/.657 61/.999 57/.458 82/.909 109/.644 111/.575 43/.298 .773
Last 28d days 101/.650 18/.977 39/1.057 28/.950 58/.839 68/.804 45/.547 43/.623 49/.454
HR/SB/CS 10/13/3 1/1/0 5/2/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 13/3/1 1/3/1 4/2/1 3/5/0 126/62/18
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo····· ···X···· ·X··o·X· ···X·X·· ··X·X··· ··X····· ···X···· ··X·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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