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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, August 21, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Kansas City Royals, 55-71, 5th, 18 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 9-8, 3.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-8)            158.1 166  73  69  47 142 19    3.92      
 2007 (7-7)            122   122  52  50  36 106 12    3.69      
 2006 (1-0)              6.1   7   3   3   3   5  1    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41.1  52  25  22  12  46  3    4.79   48 
 2008-08-16   @NYY  ND   6.2   6   2   0   2   5  0     104   61 
 2008-08-09    MIN   L   5     9   6   5   3   6  1      95   30 
 2008-08-03    CHW   W   6.1   6   2   2   0   6  0      87   59 
 2008-07-28   @OAK   W   7.1   7   2   2   1  11  0     106   66 
 2008-07-23    DET   L   6     7   5   5   2   8  0      98   44 
 2008-07-18   @CHW   L   3    11   7   7   3   2  1      87    8 
 2008-07-10    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   8  1     109   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  26.2  21   9   5  12  19  3    1.69   56 
 2007-09-15   @CLE   L   5.1   4   2   1   5   3  1     103   52 
 2007-08-24    CLE  ND   3     1   0   0   1   2  0      48   58 
 2005-09-25    CLE  ND   7     5   3   0   1   6  1     104   66 
 2005-08-10    CLE   L   4.1   7   4   4   4   4  1     100   33 
 2005-07-19   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   1   4  0     101   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   27-37   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  32-53   vsLHP:  23-18   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 14-26   vsCntrl:18-28   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 20  @CLE  L   5-8       55-71  5th 18.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @CLE  L   4-9       55-70  5th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Cleveland Indians, 58-67, 4th, 14½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 17-2, 2.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (17-2)           170.2 160  48  46  24 134  8    2.43      
 2007 (5-8)             97.1 112  73  68  36  66 17    6.29      
 2006 (14-11)          200.2 224 114  98  58 129 29    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  52    56  14  14   5  35  3    2.42   59 
 2008-08-15    LAA   W   9     8   2   2   2   6  1     117   67 
 2008-08-10   @TOR   W   8     8   0   0   0   1  0     104   67 
 2008-08-04   @TBR   W   7     8   2   2   2   2  0     115   53 
 2008-07-30    DET  ND   5    10   6   6   0   5  2      88   28 
 2008-07-25    MIN   W   8     6   2   2   0  10  0     108   72 
 2008-07-20   @SEA   W   9    11   2   2   0   4  0     109   61 
 2008-07-11    TBR   W   6     5   0   0   1   7  0     104   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-2  31.1  36  20  19   7  27  4    5.46   47 
 2008-05-30   @KCR   W   6    10   4   4   1   3  0     101   38 
 2008-04-24   @KCR   W   9     3   0   0   0   9  0     120   90 
 2007-05-23   @KCR   L   4.1  10   8   8   1   3  3      90   13 
 2006-08-22   @KCR   L   6     5   3   3   2   5  1     105   53 
 2006-05-18    KCR   W   6     8   5   4   3   7  0     102   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-29   Road:   23-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  44-49   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast: 17-10   vsCntrl:19-30   vsWest: 16-15 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Wed, Aug 20   KCR  W   8-5       58-67  4th 14.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 19   KCR  W   9-4       57-67  4th 14.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 CLE  8  KCR  5        W:Juan Rincon (3-3), L: Joakim Soria (1-3), S: Jensen Lewis (4)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 CLE  9  KCR  4        W:Anthony Reyes (4-2), L: Luke Hochevar (6-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 6-4; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 259-252

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  5.58

ARI  4.66

WSN  3.67

RA/G

TOR  3.91

MIN  4.60

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .362

D. Wright  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

K. Fukudome  .365

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

C. Delgado  .482

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.069

D. Pedroia  .834

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

K. Lohse  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

D. Lowe  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 283/199 .326/.353/.500/.853 1.145/.733 .904 108/.880 5/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 33/1.183 7/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.273 343/246 .221/.294/.365/.659 .799/.605 .687 72/.474 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 371/263 .264/.318/.372/.690 .904/.605 .685 93/.786 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 31/.690 8/.268 2/no AB 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 10/.000 436/287 .294/.353/.442/.795 .699/.845 .787 66/.640 10/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 12/.900 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.933 172/95 .234/.290/.325/.615 .545/.670 .579 67/.597 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/1.167 13/.237 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.500 6/.334 364/274 .269/.317/.343/.660 .563/.692 .538 86/.763 3/4 3/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/1.000 7/.286 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/3.050 521/358 .254/.348/.420/.768 .558/.867 .729 97/.926 7/2 14/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 10/.500 4/.917 1/.000 3/.000 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.167 485/354 .253/.287/.431/.718 .952/.635 .725 92/.602 2/1 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/42 .339/.373/.339/.712 .627/.749 .855 61/.712 0/1 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 16/.521 5/1.600 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 9/.555 249/168 .265/.293/.479/.772 1.004/.663 .859 36/.961 4/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP 8/.000 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 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 16/14 .188/.188/.313/.500 .000/.571 .250 16/.500 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 26/1.145 4/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 8/.393 9/.472 483/341 .246/.313/.380/.693 .652/.710 .675 87/.635 3/3 10/
IP 170.2 52.1 2.2 15.2 51.2 49.1 24.1 63.1 41.1 TOTAL .261/.314/.386/.700 .755/.678 .682 .714 67/33 90/75
ERA-K/9 2.43/7.1 5.68/8.4 16.88/6.7 5.17/3.4 4.35/6.1 3.83/6.2 7.77/6.3 3.13/9.5 6.10/6.1 4.39/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (45-8-3)
 Olivo (18-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.249 228/.278 18/.563 71/.308 223/.272 223/.269 110/.296 255/.232 191/.299 .273  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Maier
 Gload
 Smith
 German
45/0/42/8
24/1/81/4
55/48/13/3
0/19/0/0
6/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
20/0/0/0
OPS .616 .822 1.236 .721 .742 .767 .896 .627 .854 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.643 103/.778 7/1.548 21/.496 105/.852 118/.762 50/.908 104/.547 88/.927 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.606 125/.856 11/1.045 50/.815 118/.645 105/.771 60/.887 151/.681 103/.791 .732
Home 275/.634 139/.730 18/1.236 53/.727 138/.658 122/.734 66/.912 122/.609 104/.779 .708
Last 28d days 149/.698 39/.768 18/1.236 53/.727 32/1.321 54/.557 34/1.328 70/.482 33/.939
HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 11/7/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 8/2/0 4/1/0 4/0/0 6/2/3 7/4/1 129/53/21
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··X ·X·····X X·····X· ·X····o· X··o···· ······X· ·o·o··o· o·····Xo
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
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
40.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 298/230 .224/.320/.323/.642 .698/.636 .691 92/.898 3/2 4/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 7/.429 296/204 .263/.343/.325/.668 .611/.694 .853 38/.477 6/3 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 238/191 .262/.361/.450/.812 .700/.840 .891 89/.835 4/1 5/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 13/.408 ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 5/.400 321/306 .250/.315/.431/.745 .067/.779 .642 58/1.048 2/2 11/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 42/27 .314/.390/.429/.819 .695/.890 .925 18/.922 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 382/288 .285/.344/.462/.806 .725/.832 .924 96/.808 3/3 12/
25.Garko G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 9/.708 3/.000 9/.222 1/.000 1/no AB 437/332 .255/.330/.376/.706 .809/.674 .741 99/.811 0/0 10/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/11 .208/.367/.333/.700 .935/.364 .820 30/.700 0/1 1/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 7/.953 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 328/224 .234/.278/.382/.659 .775/.607 .738 81/.866 5/2 7/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 185/136 .185/.239/.286/.525 .742/.446 .502 79/.543 1/2 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 19/1.037 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 4/.250 10/.100 2/2.000 10/.733 4/.500 1/2.000 501/385 .277/.321/.496/.816 .802/.821 .733 110/.879 3/0 20/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 290/215 .264/.339/.508/.847 .868/.839 .903 92/1.005 0/0 14/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 29/.865 ··· 7/1.429 ··· 7/1.429 6/1.100 2/.000 5/1.267 4/.000 1/2.000 570/414 .267/.381/.517/.897 .814/.928 1.015 117/.797 30/3 28/
IP 158.1 10.0 58.2 14.2 34.0 47.1 58.0 55.0 32.0 28.2 TOTAL .256/.331/.420/.751 .752/.751 .779 .830 61/21 133/67
ERA-K/9 3.92/8.1 9.90/7.2 2.91/6.7 7.36/4.3 3.44/4.8 5.32/6.5 3.10/9.5 1.96/9.5 3.66/9.8 5.65/7.8 4.74/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (6-4-2)
 Shoppach (27-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 672/.269 52/.341 247/.240 77/.359 152/.262 197/.257 241/.225 215/.178 130/.145 135/.291 .269  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Choo
 Sizemore
 Dellucci
 Carroll
63/2/28/11
7/9/77/3
13/0/37/3
0/117/0/2
50/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .752 .946 .662 1.064 .731 .836 .599 .536 .534 .845 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 315/.806 29/.968 99/.701 27/.944 73/.821 90/.899 116/.762 112/.551 63/.599 63/.758 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.703 23/.918 148/.637 50/1.119 79/.648 107/.787 125/.450 103/.521 67/.469 72/.926 .750
Road 401/.779 31/.715 126/.657 61/.999 65/.612 84/.886 112/.694 117/.644 43/.298 101/.754 .780
Last 28d days 108/.747 20/.956 33/1.084 28/.950 62/.977 56/.753 48/.681 49/.788 40/.404 39/.832
HR/SB/CS 19/2/4 1/1/0 5/2/2 3/1/0 2/1/0 13/3/1 2/3/1 5/2/1 3/5/0 3/1/2 133/63/19
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··· ·····X·· ···X··o· ·X···X·X ·o··X·X· o···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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