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Game Preview: STL @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, June 29, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals, 46-36, 2nd, 3½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Braden Looper (33, RHP, 9-5, 4.22)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-5)             96   107  49  45  22  42 10    4.22      
 2007 (12-12)          175   183 100  96  51  87 22    4.94      
 2006 (9-3)             73.1  76  30  29  20  41  3    3.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  43    48  24  20   9  21  5    4.19   48 
 2008-06-24   @DET   W   6     7   4   4   1   3  3      95   44 
 2008-06-18    KCR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   0  0      92   63 
 2008-06-11   @CIN   W   9     3   0   0   0   4  0      98   85 
 2008-06-06   @HOU   L   6     8   5   2   0   7  0     107   49 
 2008-06-01    PIT   W   5.2   8   3   3   3   1  0      92   39 
 2008-05-27    HOU   L   4.1   9   8   7   3   1  1      99   13 
 2008-05-21   @SDP   W   5     8   3   3   2   5  1      92   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-0   7     5   1   1   0   0  0    1.29   63 
 2008-06-18    KCR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   0  0      92   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-17   Road:   23-19   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  31-22   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast:  7-2    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @KCR  W   5-1       46-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @KCR  L   2-7       45-36  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Kansas City Royals, 37-44, 4th, 8½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 7-6, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-6)             98.2 102  53  49  26  56 11    4.47      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  42    50  25  22  12  22  5    4.71   46 
 2008-06-23    COL   W   7     3   3   0   6   5  1     113   64 
 2008-06-18   @STL   W   7     9   2   2   0   1  0      81   52 
 2008-06-12    TEX  ND   7     6   4   4   0   4  2     127   53 
 2008-06-07   @NYY  ND   3.1   8   5   5   2   1  0      71   23 
 2008-06-01    CLE   W   7.1   5   1   1   1   4  1     103   67 
 2008-05-27    MIN  ND   5     7   3   3   2   3  0     111   42 
 2008-05-22   @BOS   L   5.1  12   7   7   1   4  1     107   19 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      2-0  14    16   2   2   2   7  0    1.29   60 
 2008-06-18   @STL   W   7     9   2   2   0   1  0      81   52 
 2007-06-12    STL   W   7     7   0   0   2   6  0     110   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-20   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  24-32   vsLHP:  13-12   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jun 28   STL  L   1-5       37-44  4th  8.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   STL  W   7-2       37-43  4th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 STL  5 @KCR  1        W:Mitchell Boggs (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 KCR  7  STL  2        W:Gil Meche (6-8), L:  , S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 4-1; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 27-23

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  5.50

BAL  4.53

WSN  3.62

RA/G

OAK  3.59

BAL  4.55

TEX  5.68

BA

C. Jones  .394

K. Johnson  .282

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

J. Reyes  .355

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .697

K. Johnson  .451

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.143

J. Guillen  .802

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

J. Garland  4.05

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.97

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
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 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 286/203 .255/.329/.506/.835 .625/.925 .873 84/.865 1/1 15/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 137/52 .256/.338/.385/.723 .746/.682 .697 38/.684 3/1 2/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 205/178 .233/.337/.341/.677 .340/.732 .710 56/.510 2/1 4/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.500 5/.650 2/1.500 10/1.178 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 332/232 .261/.361/.444/.805 .878/.775 .878 107/.883 0/1 11/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/.666 6/.000 9/.819 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.196 206/163 .267/.316/.330/.645 .643/.646 .592 62/.796 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 97/70 .229/.340/.337/.678 .638/.693 .745 39/.912 0/0 2/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 288/181 .286/.361/.579/.940 .844/.996 1.000 109/.706 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 4/2.250 2/.000 3/.333 199/123 .315/.352/.370/.722 .761/.698 .661 80/.728 1/2 1/
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 257/175 .295/.350/.385/.735 1.041/.598 .716 74/.758 0/1 4/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 4/.500 5/1.400 5/.900 6/.833 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 291/194 .353/.481/.625/1.106 1.378/.971 1.072 44/.902 2/1 16/
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 138/79 .286/.333/.341/.675 .840/.551 .816 53/.770 5/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 300/224 .303/.366/.443/.809 .422/.936 .853 92/.944 5/0 6/
61.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 .571/.444 .500 16/.500 0/0 0/
IP 98.2 17.2 40.1 23.1 2.2 38.1 35.0 7.0 TOTAL .272/.349/.419/.768 .774/.765 .781 .766 33/15 82/41
ERA-K/9 4.47/5.1 8.15/8.6 2.23/6.3 5.40/6.6 3.38/6.7 2.82/9.9 1.29/9.5 7.71/7.7 4.39/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 415/.267 85/.274 170/.236 96/.270 10/.200 159/.225 134/.150 33/.192 .263  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Ludwick
 Barton
 Duncan
43/22/28/7
0/67/0/3
17/5/62/2
25/0/5/2
34/0/0/1
OPS .715 .885 .623 .889 .500 .551 .458 .718 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.803 36/.431 67/.754 43/.992 4/.000 75/.723 69/.509 19/.968 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.631 49/1.254 103/.541 53/.808 6/.833 84/.398 65/.405 14/.377 .712
Home 248/.610 36/1.057 82/.503 53/.952 10/.500 82/.491 57/.344 26/.949 .734
Last 28d days 131/.739 19/1.698 57/.442 19/1.127 10/.500 60/.519 45/.559 33/.718
HR/SB/CS 11/0/2 3/1/0 2/2/2 7/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 81/30/13
Usage ·····X·· ········ ·X··X·Xo ·o······ o····X·· ·o··Xo·X ···o··oo X·······
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Looper
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Mulder*
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 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 89/67 .321/.348/.560/.908 1.493/.730 .778 86/.941 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 5/.400 13/1.141 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 212/157 .249/.321/.370/.691 1.035/.575 .634 69/.679 0/3 3/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 206/151 .263/.330/.339/.669 .896/.591 .660 / 0/1 1/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 4/.250 17/.728 1/.000 2/2.500 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 285/192 .316/.375/.480/.855 .801/.882 .852 110/1.034 6/5 8/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 230/168 .242/.287/.261/.548 .536/.552 .593 71/.447 17/3 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 74/31 .152/.197/.182/.379 .404/.345 .498 22/.238 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 194/161 .264/.306/.330/.635 .369/.691 .799 72/.745 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 340/242 .263/.344/.427/.771 .504/.880 .867 105/.759 2/2 10/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 14/.962 1/.000 31/.678 ··· 8/.375 1/no AB 18/.611 11/.455 258/193 .298/.355/.391/.747 .902/.697 .896 83/.809 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 11/.200 16/.250 6/.167 2/.000 12/1.467 1/.000 6/.334 19/.422 326/245 .281/.307/.495/.802 1.079/.712 .774 107/1.021 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 4/2.250 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 188/130 .257/.287/.475/.762 .949/.682 .610 67/.552 2/0 8/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 177/125 .154/.177/.189/.366 .428/.342 .424 17/.321 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/1.550 4/.250 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 2/4.000 3/1.334 320/236 .254/.331/.408/.739 .632/.778 .700 103/.789 2/2 8/
IP 96.0 36.2 26.2 43.1 17.0 24.2 29.2 TOTAL .262/.316/.388/.704 .749/.687 .719 .770 41/24 57/44
ERA-K/9 4.22/3.9 2.95/5.9 5.74/5.7 2.49/7.9 /0.0 3.71/8.5 2.19/7.3 5.76/8.5 4.07/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (23-4-3)
 Olivo (7-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.283 164/.261 124/.280 179/.261 / 73/.213 100/.193 139/.283 .264  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
27/0/28/6
0/66/0/4
36/27/12/3
20/0/44/3
1/0/2/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .761 .789 .820 .685 .673 .563 .797 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.743 62/.735 44/.575 71/.616 / 32/.926 35/.734 58/.620 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.773 102/.822 80/.942 108/.730 / 41/.491 65/.470 81/.919 .746
Road 187/.751 79/.776 61/.790 88/.750 / 39/.615 56/.410 60/.727 .763
Last 28d days 136/.639 55/1.009 36/.615 62/.803 / 51/.887 38/.331 46/1.139
HR/SB/CS 10/1/0 3/1/1 3/4/2 4/2/0 // 1/2/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 74/31/17
Usage ····X··· ··X·o··· ··Xo··Xo X··Xo·oX ···X··X· X···o·oo ·oX···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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