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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 26, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Toronto Blue Jays, 10-14, 5th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (26, RHP, 2-1, 3.42)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             26.1  18  11  10   9  22  4    3.42      
 2007 (12-6)           159   149  76  73  49 122 27    4.13      
 2006 (3-4)             78.1  87  44  44  38  65 14    5.06      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38.2  36  23  22  16  33  7    5.12   49 
 2008-04-21    DET   L   5.2   5   5   4   4   2  1     103   39 
 2008-04-15   @BAL   W   6.2   4   2   2   3   4  2     103   59 
 2008-04-10    OAK  ND   7     6   1   1   1   8  0     105   68 
 2008-04-04    BOS   W   7     3   3   3   1   8  1      87   66 
 2007-09-22   @NYY  ND   3     5   1   1   1   2  0      51   46 
 2007-09-16    BAL  ND   5     5   3   3   2   4  1      89   47 
 2007-09-11    NYY   L   4.1   8   8   8   4   5  2      90   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-0  12.2   8   1   1   4   8  0    0.71   65 
 2007-08-10   @KCR   W   6.2   1   0   0   2   4  0      81   74 
 2006-08-25    KCR   W   6     7   1   1   2   4  0      97   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-10   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @KCR  L   4-8       10-14  5th  4.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @TBR  L   3-5       10-13  5th  4.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @TBR  L   3-5       10-12  5th  4.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   4-6       10-11  4th  4.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21   DET  L   1-5       10-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   DET  W   5-3       10-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   DET  W   3-2        9-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   DET  L   4-8        8-9   4th  2.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   TEX  L   1-4        8-8   4th  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   TEX  L   5-7 (14)   8-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-14
Kansas City Royals, 10-13, 3rd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 0-1, 11.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              4.2   9   6   6   3   5  0   11.57      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2   7.2  12   8   8   5   6  0    9.39   34 
 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.TOR    Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @OAK  L   5-6        9-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @OAK  L   2-13       9-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @LAA  L   3-5        9-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  W   3-2        9-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @SEA  L   6-11       8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 KCR  8  TOR  4        W:Leo Nunez (2-0), L: A.J. Burnett (2-2), S: none

Mon, Aug 13, 2007 KCR  6  TOR  2        W:Odalis Perez (7-11), L: Jesse Litsch (4-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 TOR  4 @KCR  1        W:A.J. Burnett (6-6), L: Brian Bannister (8-7), S: Jeremy Accardo (22)
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 KCR  4  TOR  1        W:Leo Nunez (2-0), L: Dustin McGowan (8-6), S: Joakim Soria (13)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 TOR  2 @KCR  1        W:Shaun Marcum (9-4), L: Gil Meche (7-10), S: Jeremy Accardo (21)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 TOR  7  KCR  4        W:Gustavo Chacin (1-0), L: Jorge de la Rosa (1-1), S: B.J. Ryan (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 KCR  6 @TOR  3        W:Zack Greinke (1-1), L: Josh Towers (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 TOR  9  KCR  1        W:A.J. Burnett (1-1), L: Odalis Perez (0-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 27, 2006 TOR 10  KCR  6        W:Ted Lilly (11-11), L: Odalis Perez (5-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 26, 2006 KCR  2 @TOR  0        W:Runelvys Hernandez (4-8), L: Roy Halladay (16-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 1-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 163-162

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.65 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .835 / 0/1 4/0
11.Eckstein G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .671 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 1/.000 5/.400 7/1.167 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .752 / 4/3 17/14
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .600/.600/1.000/1.600 .000/2.000 2.000 / 1/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .598 / 7/2 1/9
17.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .750 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/1.000 5/.650 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .862 / 17/4 24/7
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 4/.750 1/3.000 7/1.029 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 441/320 .265/.331/.398/.729 .616/.770 .776 / 5/3 8/10
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 7/.453 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .731 / 2/1 7/14
24.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .916 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 18/.170 7/1.572 3/1.334 8/.250 ··· 5/.800 ··· 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .836 / 11/3 12/4
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 2/1.500 6/.500 5/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .712 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .658 / 0/0 10/8
IP 12.2 53.2 67.0 43.2 87.2 17.1 69.0 TOTAL .256/.346/.369/.716 .712/.717 .711 .716 19/9 18/16
ERA-K/9 2.13/3.5 3.02/8.4 2.55/7.4 3.92/7.6 3.80/6.8 8.31/7.8 2.48/9.8 /0.0 4.54/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (12-7-1)
 Zaun (73-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.239 233/.277 281/.218 182/.259 366/.274 78/.313 270/.187 / .271  Rios
 Wells
 Stewart
 Stairs
 Scutaro
0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
6/0/4/0
OPS .709 .810 .664 .756 .765 .891 .510 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.794 127/.724 117/.542 77/.919 135/.755 32/.624 106/.446 / .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 28/.630 106/.909 164/.755 105/.643 231/.770 46/1.053 164/.550 / .722
Home 41/.728 114/.725 148/.653 94/.659 206/.694 45/1.224 130/.481 / .724
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 6/2/1 4/1/3 8/5/0 9/8/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 // 17/9/2
Usage ·····X·· ···X··o· ·····X·o XX···X·· ···X··oo ·X·o·XX· oo······ ·X·X··XX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.39 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Marcum
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
43.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 399/311 .222/.308/.429/.738 .739/.737 .606 / 0/1 18/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 360/251 .292/.347/.447/.794 .981/.715 .768 / 0/0 8/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 156/120 .215/.265/.271/.535 .629/.508 .525 / 1/1 0/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.730 2/.000 4/.000 4/1.167 703/502 .260/.351/.372/.722 .657/.749 .762 / 10/4 7/4
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 261/217 .307/.371/.342/.713 .625/.730 .579 / 9/8 0/4
3.German G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 1/.000 405/234 .264/.351/.376/.727 .793/.678 .851 / 11/7 4/9
7.Gload* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 346/294 .288/.318/.441/.759 .854/.742 .760 / 2/2 7/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 601/446 .247/.314/.411/.725 .686/.738 .787 / 14/4 15/15
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 7/1.096 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 486/333 .302/.346/.426/.772 .844/.739 .757 / 1/2 6/6
11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.933 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 5/1.000 1/.000 659/501 .290/.353/.460/.813 1.049/.741 .787 / 5/1 23/8
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 469/367 .237/.262/.405/.667 .806/.629 .770 / 3/2 16/12
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 536/396 .267/.284/.356/.640 .638/.640 .777 / 5/6 2/23
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 8/.125 4/1.000 3/no AB ··· 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 608/432 .285/.353/.410/.763 .672/.799 .833 / 13/5 7/6
IP 159.0 67.1 40.0 58.0 57.0 4.1 62.1 TOTAL .259/.314/.351/.665 .674/.662 .670 .665 14/10 11/8
ERA-K/9 4.13/6.9 2.14/7.6 7.20/8.1 /0.0 2.17/8.8 4.58/9.3 12.46/6.3 3.47/7.8 4.09/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (44-12-3)
 Olivo (51-25-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 660/.249 275/.206 198/.368 / 239/.223 242/.220 25/.333 267/.215 .266  Teahen
 Guillen
 DeJesus
 Gathright
 German
 Gload
 Callaspo
 Butler
0/5/137/17
0/0/150/9
0/156/0/5
64/10/0/3
8/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
3/0/7/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .754 .558 .991 .592 .631 .964 .611 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.821 137/.419 68/1.025 / 126/.548 113/.721 3/.667 106/.697 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.675 138/.697 130/.973 / 113/.639 129/.556 22/1.010 161/.555 .757
Road 324/.640 148/.612 85/1.214 / 108/.674 119/.638 15/1.110 138/.736 .756
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 27/6/2 4/10/1 7/2/0 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/0 1/9/1 19/16/6
Usage ····X··· ·o···o·o ·o·o·X·· ·X·X·X·· X··X··oX o···X··X ·X····X· ·o··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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