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Game Preview: STL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, June 27, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals, 45-35, 2nd, 4½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Joel Pineiro (29, RHP, 2-3, 3.86)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             63    64  28  27  14  34  7    3.86      
 2007 (7-5)             97.2 110  49  47  26  60 14    4.33      
 2006 (8-13)           165.2 209 123 117  64  87 23    6.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1  39    41  18  17   8  25  5    3.92   51 
 2008-06-22   @BOS  ND   7     7   2   2   0   1  1      81   56 
 2008-06-17    KCR  ND   7     7   1   1   0   4  0      99   63 
 2008-06-12   @CIN  ND   5     3   2   2   1   6  1      70   58 
 2008-05-20   @SDP   L   5.2   6   3   3   3   7  1      90   49 
 2008-05-15    PIT  ND   5     6   4   4   1   2  1      70   40 
 2008-05-10   @MIL  ND   6.1   4   2   2   3   4  0     103   58 
 2008-05-05   @COL  ND   3     8   4   3   0   1  1      53   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-1  34    29  12  12   8  19  1    3.18   57 
 2008-06-17    KCR  ND   7     7   1   1   0   4  0      99   63 
 2006-09-16   @KCR   L   4     7   7   7   1   2  1      64   21 
 2006-06-03    KCR   W   7     7   1   1   2   4  0     101   61 
 2005-08-16    KCR   W   8     6   3   3   2   4  0     108   60 
 2002-07-03    KCR   W   8     2   0   0   3   5  0     104   80 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-17   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  30-21   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  7-2    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Thu, Jun 26  @DET  L   2-3 (10)  45-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @DET  L   7-8       45-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @DET  W   8-4       45-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @BOS  L   3-5 (13)  44-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @BOS  W   9-3       44-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @BOS  W   5-4       43-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19   KCR  L   1-4       42-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18   KCR  L   2-3       42-31  2nd  3.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17   KCR  L   1-2       42-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15   PHI  W   7-6 (10)  42-29  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Kansas City Royals, 36-43, 4th, 7½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 5-8, 4.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-8)             95.1  94  53  52  34  80 11    4.91      
 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         2-3  42.2  35  18  17  15  45  2    3.59   56 
 2008-06-21    SFG   W   5.2   3   2   1   2   7  0     101   62 
 2008-06-15   @ARI   W   7.1   4   3   3   1  10  0     115   67 
 2008-06-10    TEX  ND   6     4   1   1   2   4  0     100   62 
 2008-06-05   @CHW   L   5.2   8   5   5   4   5  0     115   34 
 2008-05-30    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   6  2     107   47 
 2008-05-25   @TOR   L   6     5   2   2   2   5  0     115   57 
 2008-05-20   @BOS   L   7     5   2   2   2   8  0     119   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      0-0   4.2   8   4   4   2   6  0    7.71   36 
 2007-06-20   @STL  ND   4.2   8   4   4   2   6  0      96   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-19   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  23-31   vsLHP:  13-12   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:12-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Wed, Jun 25   COL  W   4-2       36-43  4th  7.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24   COL  W   7-3       35-43  5th  8.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 23   COL  W   8-4       34-43  5th  8.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   SFG  W  11-10      33-43  5th  8.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   SFG  W   5-3       32-43  5th  9.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20   SFG  L   4-9       31-43  5th 10.5 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19  @STL  W   4-1       31-42  5th 10.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @STL  W   3-2       30-42  5th 10.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @STL  W   2-1       29-42  5th 10.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @ARI  W   8-3       28-42  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 KCR  4 @STL  1        W:Zack Greinke (6-4), L: Brad Thompson (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (18)
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Kyle McClellan (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 KCR  2 @STL  1        W:Kyle Davies (3-0), L: Ron Villone (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (16)

Wed, Jun 20, 2007 STL  7  KCR  6 (14)   W:Kip Wells (3-11), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 STL  5  KCR  1        W:Brad Thompson (5-2), L: Scott Elarton (2-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 KCR  5 @STL  3        W:Odalis Perez (4-7), L: Adam Wainwright (5-6), S: Octavio Dotel (6)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 KCR 17  STL  8        W:Zack Greinke (4-4), L: Kip Wells (2-11), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 STL  7 @KCR  3        W:Adam Wainwright (5-5), L: Odalis Perez (3-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 KCR  8  STL  1        W:Brian Bannister (3-3), L: Brad Thompson (4-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 STL  9  KCR  7        W:Jason Marquis (10-6), L: Mike Wood (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 3-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 26-22

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  5.49

OAK  4.51

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.65

BAL  4.60

TEX  5.64

BA

C. Jones  .394

T. Hunter  .282

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

Y. Molina  .353

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .705

B. Abreu  .456

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.154

T. Hunter  .803

T. Pena  .366

ERA

E. Volquez  2.08

T. Redding  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

J. Francis  6.22

L. Hernandez  2.96

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.63 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
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 278/197 .255/.331/.498/.829 .641/.910 .863 82/.835 1/1 14/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/52 .256/.338/.385/.723 .746/.682 .697 42/.682 3/1 2/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 198/171 .228/.328/.333/.662 .340/.715 .679 49/.427 1/1 4/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 31/.643 2/2.500 4/.250 2/1.500 9/1.319 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 324/226 .257/.361/.435/.796 .875/.763 .863 105/.875 0/1 10/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 30/.767 6/.000 9/.819 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.196 202/159 .267/.317/.326/.643 .643/.643 .585 59/.785 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 97/70 .229/.340/.337/.678 .638/.693 .745 43/.934 0/0 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 2/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 280/174 .286/.361/.584/.944 .832/1.011 1.010 109/.693 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 3/.333 191/116 .318/.356/.375/.731 .772/.706 .673 75/.766 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 249/167 .296/.353/.389/.743 1.041/.603 .730 70/.819 0/1 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/1.400 4/.750 6/.833 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 283/188 .358/.484/.637/1.121 1.389/.985 1.102 43/1.165 2/1 16/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/75 .295/.344/.352/.696 .840/.582 .868 58/.735 5/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 291/217 .305/.370/.450/.821 .435/.948 .879 84/1.028 5/0 6/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .267/.267/.267/.533 .571/.500 .533 15/.533 0/0 0/
IP 95.1 17.2 39.2 22.1 1.0 38.0 35.0 6.0 TOTAL .273/.350/.420/.770 .777/.766 .785 .772 32/15 80/40
ERA-K/9 4.91/7.6 8.15/8.6 2.04/6.3 5.64/6.9 9.00/9.0 2.84/9.7 1.29/9.5 9.00/6.0 4.44/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (8-6-0)
 Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 407/.257 85/.274 165/.229 92/.259 5/.400 158/.227 134/.150 29/.217 .264  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Barton
 Duncan
41/22/28/6
0/65/0/3
17/5/60/2
25/0/5/2
34/0/0/1
OPS .734 .885 .609 .884 1.000 .555 .458 .780 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 192/.728 36/.431 65/.780 40/1.019 2/.000 75/.723 69/.509 18/.933 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.739 49/1.254 100/.503 52/.784 3/1.667 83/.403 65/.405 11/.489 .714
Home 194/.830 36/1.057 77/.466 49/.949 5/1.000 81/.497 57/.344 22/1.080 .735
Last 28d days 123/.653 19/1.698 60/.368 18/1.056 5/1.000 66/.487 55/.611 29/.780
HR/SB/CS 11/3/0 3/1/0 2/2/2 7/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 79/29/13
Usage ·····X·· ······X· ··X·Xo·· ········ ···X···· ··Xo·X·o ·o··oo·o ········
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
65.Parisi
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 80/59 .333/.363/.600/.963 1.571/.762 .859 77/1.002 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 5/.400 13/1.141 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 208/153 .249/.322/.368/.690 1.035/.570 .629 72/.740 0/3 3/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 109/89 .290/.349/.330/.679 .850/.637 .624 26/.706 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 15/.862 17/.728 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.250 276/184 .312/.372/.474/.846 .776/.882 .833 110/1.055 6/5 8/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 223/161 .240/.287/.260/.547 .536/.551 .594 71/.447 17/3 0/
3.German G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 74/31 .152/.197/.182/.379 .404/.345 .498 29/.429 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 186/153 .261/.297/.324/.621 .369/.677 .782 64/.716 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 332/234 .262/.340/.415/.755 .504/.861 .837 106/.659 2/2 9/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 31/.678 ··· ··· 1/no AB 17/.647 11/.455 250/185 .303/.359/.395/.754 .902/.704 .929 79/.846 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 19/.842 16/.250 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 19/.422 318/237 .288/.311/.507/.818 1.079/.731 .807 107/1.053 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 184/126 .257/.288/.480/.768 .949/.688 .615 70/.547 2/0 8/
1.Pena G/S/vP 3/2.334 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 177/125 .154/.177/.189/.366 .428/.342 .424 21/.255 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.250 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/4.000 3/1.334 312/228 .256/.330/.409/.739 .632/.780 .699 102/.819 2/2 8/
IP 63.0 36.2 26.2 41.1 23.0 17.0 23.2 29.1 TOTAL .263/.315/.388/.703 .747/.686 .718 .774 41/24 56/42
ERA-K/9 3.86/4.9 2.95/5.9 5.74/5.7 2.61/8.1 8.22/5.1 3.71/8.5 2.28/7.6 5.83/8.6 4.07/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (23-4-3)
 Olivo (6-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 259/.266 164/.261 124/.280 173/.264 121/.363 73/.213 96/.200 137/.279 .265  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
27/0/28/6
0/64/0/4
34/27/12/3
20/0/42/3
3/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .737 .789 .820 .691 .980 .673 .574 .784 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.721 62/.735 44/.575 67/.607 55/1.028 32/.926 33/.736 57/.570 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.750 102/.822 80/.942 106/.745 66/.940 41/.491 63/.486 80/.932 .752
Road 158/.800 79/.776 61/.790 82/.769 77/.993 39/.615 52/.420 58/.695 .764
Last 28d days 72/.677 58/1.046 36/.615 60/.848 54/1.358 51/.887 40/.389 52/1.083
HR/SB/CS 7/3/2 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 73/31/17
Usage ····X··· X·o···X· Xo··Xo·X ·Xo·oX·· X···o··· ·X··X··X ··o·ooo· 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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