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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 2:10pm, Thursday, May 15, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Detroit Tigers, 16-24, 5th, 5 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 3-3, 5.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             43.1  53  31  28  21  22  4    5.82      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  37.1  48  29  26  20  18  4    6.27   39 
 2008-05-09    NYY   W   6     9   2   2   2   3  1      97   47 
 2008-05-04   @MIN  ND   6.2   6   5   3   0   6  0      96   52 
 2008-04-29   @NYY   W   6     6   2   2   4   4  1     101   52 
 2008-04-23    TEX  ND   3.1   9   6   6   3   0  0      73   15 
 2008-04-18   @TOR   W   6.2   3   4   4   4   1  1      98   49 
 2008-04-13   @CHW   L   4     7   7   7   4   1  1      91   17 
 2008-04-08   @BOS   L   4.2   8   3   2   3   3  0     107   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-3  30.1  33  19  16   6  20  3    4.75   48 
 2008-04-02    KCR   L   6     5   2   2   1   4  0      87   57 
 2007-09-22    KCR   L   6     8   5   3   2   6  0      90   44 
 2007-07-20    KCR   L   6.1   9   6   5   1   4  0     103   36 
 2006-09-23   @KCR   W   8     5   1   1   1   3  1      89   70 
 2006-07-14    KCR  ND   4     6   5   5   1   3  2      76   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-12   Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-23   vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 4-14   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Wed, May 14  @KCR  L   0-2       16-24  5th  5.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 13  @KCR  L   2-3       16-23  5th  4.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 10   NYY  L   2-5       16-22  4th  3.5 gb
 37 Fri, May  9   NYY  W   6-5       16-21  4th  3.5 gb
 36 Thu, May  8   BOS  L   1-5       15-21  5th  3.5 gb
 35 Wed, May  7   BOS  W  10-9       15-20  5th  3.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  6   BOS  L   0-5       14-20  5th  3.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  5   BOS  L   3-6       14-19  5th  3.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @MIN  L   6-7       14-18  5th  3.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @MIN  L   1-4       14-17  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Kansas City Royals, 18-21, 4th, 2½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 2-5, 6.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             45.2  53  32  32  17  29  8    6.31      
 2007 (9-13)           216   218  98  88  62 156 22    3.67      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  39.2  45  29  29  13  24  7    6.58   42 
 2008-05-09    BAL   L   5     6   5   5   2   2  2      98   35 
 2008-05-04   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   0   4  0     110   73 
 2008-04-27    TOR   L   6.2   9   3   3   1   3  1     129   46 
 2008-04-22    CLE   L   3.1   9   8   8   1   2  2      83   11 
 2008-04-16   @LAA   W   6     6   2   2   3   2  0      99   51 
 2008-04-11    MIN   L   6     5   5   5   4   6  1     108   44 
 2008-04-05   @MIN   L   5.2   6   6   6   2   5  1      87   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-1  35    32  16  13  12  23  7    3.34   55 
 2008-03-31   @DET  ND   6     8   3   3   4   5  1      99   45 
 2007-07-20   @DET   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1     118   64 
 2007-04-18   @DET  ND   8     6   3   0   3   6  0     111   67 
 2007-04-07    DET   L   7     8   6   6   2   4  3     102   39 
 2006-09-06   @DET  ND   7     5   2   2   3   3  2      97   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-12   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  11-15   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 36 Sat, May 10   BAL  L   5-6       15-21  4th  3.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   BAL  L   4-7       15-20  4th  3.5 gb
 34 Thu, May  8   BAL  L   1-4       15-19  4th  2.5 gb
 33 Wed, May  7   LAA  W   9-4       15-18  4th  2.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  6   LAA  L   3-5       14-18  4th  2.5 gb
 31 Mon, May  5   LAA  L   0-4       14-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  4  @CLE  W   2-0       14-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 14, 2008 KCR  2  DET  0        W:Luke Hochevar (3-2), L: Justin Verlander (1-7), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Tue, May 13, 2008 KCR  3  DET  2        W:Leo Nunez (3-0), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 KCR  4 @DET  1        W:Zack Greinke (1-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 KCR  4 @DET  0        W:Brian Bannister (1-0), L: Kenny Rogers (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 KCR  5 @DET  4 (11)   W:Leo Nunez (1-0), L: Denny Bautista (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 DET  7  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (18-6), L: Jorge de la Rosa (8-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 KCR  7 @DET  4        W:Kyle Davies (7-14), L: Kenny Rogers (3-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Tim Byrdak (2-0), L: Leo Nunez (2-4), S: Todd Jones (38)
Thu, Aug 30, 2007 DET  6 @KCR  1        W:Jeremy Bonderman (11-7), L: Leo Nunez (2-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 KCR  5  DET  0        W:Ryan Braun (2-0), L: Andrew Miller (5-5), S: David Riske (4)
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 5-0; 2007 - DET won 11-7; 2006 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - KCR leads 260-243

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  5.85

CHW  4.53

SDP  3.41

RA/G

CLE  3.53

MIN  4.54

TEX  5.45

BA

D. Pedroia  .306

  

I. Suzuki  .271

OBP

J. Hamilton  .347

  

I. Suzuki  .321

SLG

J. Hamilton  .539

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

J. Hamilton  .886

  

I. Suzuki  .688

ERA

C. Lee  .67

N. Blackburn  3.93

M. Chico  6.42

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

S. Chacon  6.18

J. Garland  2.07

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.083 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 168/145 .269/.357/.448/.805 1.010/.771 .848 108/.796 1/0 6/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 21/1.008 12/1.073 2/.000 6/2.167 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 84/80 .233/.333/.507/.840 .000/.886 1.038 84/.840 2/1 5/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 31/.748 13/.231 8/1.375 11/.473 9/1.127 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· 151/122 .292/.373/.438/.812 .671/.851 .687 95/.618 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP 29/.962 25/.849 3/.666 7/.286 8/.000 ··· 7/.834 ··· 108/92 .227/.340/.386/.726 .277/.803 .535 56/.512 1/1 3/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 24/24 .286/.375/.571/.946 /.946 1.333 24/.946 0/0 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 38/.926 13/.462 5/.400 12/1.084 11/.546 2/.000 5/1.800 ··· 169/146 .305/.373/.483/.856 1.065/.824 .684 106/.881 0/1 6/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 28/.517 14/1.286 4/1.000 8/1.000 4/2.250 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 144/121 .273/.350/.375/.725 .935/.688 .929 84/.923 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .304/.407/.522/.929 .800/.965 .743 23/.798 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 7/.453 3/2.000 7/.858 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 155/133 .260/.292/.356/.648 1.255/.551 .767 91/.581 1/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 21/.667 22/1.005 6/.533 4/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 141/114 .271/.317/.403/.720 .605/.748 .663 84/.826 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/1.350 7/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/30 .357/.455/.643/1.097 1.250/1.073 1.167 25/1.143 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 26/.976 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.500 7/1.171 2/2.000 6/.533 ··· 124/103 .202/.363/.323/.686 .449/.738 .640 71/.668 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP 7/.000 13/.398 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 58/41 .241/.293/.352/.645 1.020/.499 .692 32/.744 0/0 2/
IP 45.2 7.0 18.0 16.2 12.0 17.0 16.1 16.0 TOTAL .262/.341/.410/.751 .821/.739 .725 .753 18/4 38/25
ERA-K/9 6.31/5.7 5.14/12.9 2.50/8.0 1.62/7.0 6.00/9.8 1.06/11.1 0.00/9.9 7.31/6.8 4.19/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (1-0-2)
 Rodriguez (14-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.291 33/.250 79/.271 64/.179 50/.239 68/.222 57/.075 80/.338 .260  Inge
 Ordonez
 Granderson
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
1/10/0/2
0/0/37/1
0/19/0/0
5/0/0/0
10/0/6/0
10/1/2/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .837 .726 .701 .472 .807 .549 .219 1.004 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.755 19/.380 34/.820 28/.555 25/.735 34/.820 25/.207 38/.596 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.923 14/1.271 45/.611 36/.402 25/.875 34/.273 32/.229 42/1.363 .701
Home 98/.968 19/.892 33/.667 36/.596 35/.810 37/.422 26/.237 44/1.077 .713
Last 28d days 97/.856 23/.985 49/.739 41/.565 50/.807 50/.482 34/.212 59/1.065
HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/3/0 36/16/5
Usage ·····X·· ····o··· X····X·· oo··X·o· ····X·oo ·X···o·· oo·o··X· ·····X·X
Kansas City Royals Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
41.Cruceta
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 21/.523 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 116/84 .257/.336/.366/.703 .868/.643 .630 70/.751 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP 9/1.181 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 156/114 .279/.346/.357/.703 .929/.623 .646 93/.598 0/0 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/48 .275/.362/.333/.695 1.000/.626 .556 40/.617 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 18/.620 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 6/2.000 1/.000 6/.167 105/62 .298/.362/.426/.787 .797/.781 .723 95/.788 2/2 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 7/1.071 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/.000 5/2.050 1/no AB 1/.000 101/75 .255/.283/.287/.570 .530/.584 .652 45/.558 10/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 18/.745 1/2.000 ··· 6/.733 2/.500 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 26/9 .091/.160/.091/.251 .330/.111 .356 17/.184 1/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 101/86 .266/.310/.298/.608 .400/.646 .624 50/.505 1/2 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 2/.500 5/.750 164/114 .277/.348/.432/.780 .460/.920 .860 102/.717 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 21/1.769 2/1.000 ··· 16/.580 4/.500 4/2.667 1/no AB 3/.666 129/94 .319/.367/.395/.762 .896/.715 .856 75/.752 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 17/1.012 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.533 5/1.100 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 149/109 .217/.248/.371/.619 .903/.516 .622 86/.754 0/0 3/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 67/42 .262/.284/.523/.807 1.152/.604 .700 46/.750 0/0 4/
1.Pena G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 111/80 .170/.191/.226/.417 .435/.411 .452 67/.509 2/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 14/.824 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 3/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.334 156/109 .279/.353/.371/.724 .504/.823 .692 91/.628 0/1 1/
IP 43.1 6.2 4.1 14.0 22.1 20.1 9.2 12.2 TOTAL .260/.315/.361/.675 .710/.662 .671 .664 19/15 19/19
ERA-K/9 5.82/4.6 2.70/10.7 2.08/8.4 4.50/3.9 2.01/6.5 8.41/5.3 0.93/7.4 2.13/7.1 5.01/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (15-2-0)
 Olivo (1-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.305 29/.200 21/.278 63/.250 89/.256 95/.288 37/.206 52/.283 .269  DeJesus
 Guillen
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gathright
9/17/1/2
10/0/20/2
20/0/18/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/29/0/0
OPS .844 .670 .881 .780 .642 .826 .485 .694 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.764 14/.452 7/1.238 34/.983 35/.714 42/.694 23/.604 30/.774 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.883 15/.872 14/.702 29/.563 54/.593 53/.934 14/.297 22/.581 .761
Road 128/.796 14/.536 5/.400 23/.716 36/.848 46/1.151 25/.432 20/.683 .760
Last 28d days 129/.823 29/.670 21/.881 38/.914 42/.725 58/.712 29/.629 38/.762
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 36/15/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··X X·····X· ·····X·o ······o· ·····X·X o·····o· ····X··o

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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