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Game Preview: KCR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Sunday, June 8, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Kansas City Royals, 24-38, 5th, 11½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 5-3, 3.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             81    80  33  32  21  56 11    3.56      
 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  45    50  27  27  11  37  9    5.40   48 
 2008-06-03   @CHW   L   6     9   8   8   2   3  4      83   23 
 2008-05-28    MIN  ND   8     5   3   3   2   8  0     117   66 
 2008-05-23   @TOR   L   5     9   6   6   2   2  0      93   25 
 2008-05-18   @FLA   W   6     9   3   3   1   5  1      94   46 
 2008-05-13    DET  ND   6     9   2   2   2   2  1      97   46 
 2008-05-07    LAA   W   7     5   3   3   2   8  1     107   61 
 2008-05-01   @TEX   L   7     4   2   2   0   9  2     105   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-2  27.1  28  15  15  12  13  4    4.94   46 
 2008-04-09    NYY   W   8     6   0   0   2   2  0     107   70 
 2007-09-09    NYY  ND   3.2   6   3   3   2   1  1      90   36 
 2005-08-28   @NYY   L   4.2  10   7   7   3   2  2      93   15 
 2005-05-31    NYY   W   5     3   3   3   3   2  1     106   48 
 2004-09-14    NYY   L   6     3   2   2   2   6  0     103   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-16   Road:   12-22   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  14-27   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  6-14   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @NYY  L  11-12      24-38  5th 11.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @NYY  W   2-1       24-37  5th 10.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5  @CHW  L   2-6       23-37  5th 10.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @CHW  L   4-6 (15)  23-36  5th  9.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @CHW  L   5-9       23-35  5th  8.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  1   CLE  W   6-1       23-34  5th  7.5 gb
 56 Sat, May 31   CLE  W   4-2       22-34  5th  8.5 gb
 55 Fri, May 30   CLE  L   4-5       21-34  5th  9.5 gb
 54 Thu, May 29   MIN  L   1-5       21-33  5th  9.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   MIN  L   8-9 (10)  21-32  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:10-20
New York Yankees, 31-31, 4th, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 1-2, 2.42)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             26    17   8   7  15  33  1    2.42      
 2007 (2-0)             24    12   2   1   6  34  1    0.38      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   2.1   1   2   1   4   3  0    3.86   48 
 2008-06-03    TOR  ND   2.1   1   2   1   4   3  0      62   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-14   Road:   14-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  22-20   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:10-14   vsWest:  6-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun  7   KCR  W  12-11      31-31  4th  6.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6   KCR  L   1-2       30-31  5th  6.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5   TOR  W   9-8       30-30  4th  6.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   TOR  W   5-1       29-30  4th  6.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3   TOR  L   3-9       28-30  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @MIN  L   5-6       28-29  4th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @MIN  L   1-5       28-28  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @MIN  W   7-6 (12)  28-27  4th  5.5 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @MIN  W   6-5       27-27  4th  5.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @BAL  W   4-2       26-27  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 NYY 12  KCR 11        W:Mariano Rivera (2-1), L: Joakim Soria (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 KCR  2 @NYY  1        W:Kyle Davies (2-0), L: Darrell Rasner (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (13)
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 NYY  6 @KCR  1        W:Andy Pettitte (1-1), L: John Bale (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 KCR  4  NYY  0        W:Zack Greinke (2-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-1), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 KCR  5  NYY  2        W:Brian Bannister (2-0), L: Philip Hughes (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (4)

Sun, Sep 09, 2007 NYY  6 @KCR  3        W:Chien-Ming Wang (18-6), L: Brandon Duckworth (2-5), S: Mariano Rivera (25)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 NYY 11 @KCR  5        W:Andy Pettitte (13-8), L: Brian Bannister (12-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 NYY  3 @KCR  2        W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-1), L: Neal Musser (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (24)
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 NYY  8  KCR  5        W:Mike Mussina (7-7), L: Gil Meche (7-9), S: Mariano Rivera (17)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 NYY 16  KCR  8        W:Mike Myers (3-0), L: John Bale (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 3-2; 2007 - NYY won 9-1; 2006 - NYY won 7-2; All-Time - NYY leads 249-170

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  5.55

TBR  4.52

SDP  3.59

RA/G

CHW  3.68

SDP  4.55

TEX  5.89

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Pierre  .276

A. Cabrera  .188

OBP

C. Jones  .504

R. Johnson  .344

R. Hernandez  .256

SLG

L. Berkman  .718

B. DeWitt  .444

A. Cabrera  .253

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

J. Ellsbury  .785

A. Cabrera  .541

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

J. Beckett  4.07

M. Batista  6.06

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

S. Chacon  6.18

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/7 .300/.364/.700/1.064 1.500/.857 1.500 11/1.064 0/0 0/
14.Buck G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 157/111 .252/.325/.360/.685 .913/.595 .710 49/.612 0/2 2/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 97/78 .292/.351/.337/.688 .895/.633 .802 42/.627 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 204/129 .304/.360/.440/.800 .773/.816 .792 111/.758 5/5 5/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 180/129 .247/.287/.272/.559 .508/.579 .521 89/.548 16/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 64/28 .161/.213/.179/.392 .491/.268 .237 38/.485 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 134/111 .246/.286/.286/.571 .391/.610 .443 33/.462 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 258/180 .263/.337/.392/.729 .456/.848 .676 106/.629 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 1/2.000 15/1.183 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 198/142 .294/.352/.383/.735 .926/.663 .646 81/.753 1/1 1/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 10/.633 2/.000 1/.000 9/.833 ··· 246/178 .262/.289/.460/.749 1.014/.648 .777 109/.962 1/0 9/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 148/98 .291/.318/.539/.857 .970/.801 .947 85/.903 2/0 7/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 167/119 .155/.175/.193/.367 .431/.342 .325 64/.349 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 244/171 .258/.340/.410/.750 .658/.791 .769 100/.817 2/1 6/
IP 26.0 28.1 3.2 26.2 33.1 17.0 27.0 15.1 TOTAL .259/.312/.372/.684 .729/.665 .674 .703 36/20 36/31
ERA-K/9 2.42/11.4 4.45/8.0 2.45/0.0 6.08/5.4 5.67/8.6 2.65/9.0 0.67/9.0 4.11/7.6 4.51/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (20-3-1)
 Olivo (6-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 108/.185 122/.318 16/.357 114/.273 152/.285 75/.203 94/.132 61/.214 .267  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Gathright
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
22/0/22/5
20/21/10/3
0/49/0/3
20/0/31/2
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .560 .976 .875 .738 .815 .633 .336 .588 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.657 51/1.174 6/1.100 46/.987 77/.987 37/.524 44/.295 28/.853 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.479 71/.851 10/.744 68/.577 75/.642 38/.728 50/.371 33/.373 .747
Home 60/.570 61/.971 16/.875 60/.741 71/.655 44/.733 36/.333 36/.479 .729
Last 28d days 48/.591 49/1.207 16/.875 38/.723 52/1.106 48/.720 44/.420 55/.656
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 8/5/5 0/1/1 2/1/2 6/0/0 1/1/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 58/54/24
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·X·o ····X··· ··X·X··· ··oX···X ·X··X··X o··o···o X·X·X··X
New York Yankees Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
25.Tomko
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 10/.650 1/.000 8/.875 4/1.750 2/.000 2/.000 31/.849 1/.000 261/182 .286/.349/.454/.802 .835/.787 .936 104/.776 5/3 7/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 53/39 .240/.264/.460/.724 .929/.647 .794 26/.689 0/0 3/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/.453 4/.833 5/.933 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 231/154 .279/.332/.399/.731 .618/.786 .717 93/.640 3/1 6/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 11/.788 7/.929 11/1.245 2/1.500 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 245/172 .230/.273/.339/.613 .664/.591 .709 100/.699 1/3 4/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 12/.962 10/1.400 16/.626 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 18/.706 ··· 256/176 .326/.394/.507/.900 .878/.910 .896 103/.927 10/3 6/
17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 65/19 .175/.262/.281/.542 .679/.217 .681 29/.515 0/0 1/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 12/1.151 3/1.666 10/.300 3/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/2.700 ··· 203/137 .259/.394/.556/.950 1.019/.917 .995 84/1.143 1/1 13/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 12/.583 5/1.200 14/.702 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 248/169 .280/.333/.387/.720 .709/.725 .706 106/.693 4/1 3/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/.795 7/1.262 7/1.262 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 242/161 .332/.409/.472/.881 .791/.930 .915 97/.873 0/0 6/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.573 ··· 66/44 .254/.333/.373/.706 .687/.710 .562 28/.641 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 126/86 .220/.238/.322/.560 .390/.640 .578 56/.583 0/0 0/
20.Posada# G/S/vP 11/.697 4/2.417 9/.347 5/.400 1/.000 2/2.500 7/2.381 ··· 76/62 .310/.355/.521/.876 .665/.924 .807 10/1.375 0/0 2/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 16/1.000 6/.833 10/.400 7/.143 1/.000 1/.000 10/2.000 2/1.000 180/131 .304/.378/.563/.941 .827/.981 1.050 81/1.076 6/1 9/
IP 81.0 16.1 28.2 22.1 28.1 27.0 59.2 25.1 TOTAL .274/.340/.429/.769 .728/.788 .793 .793 30/14 62/34
ERA-K/9 3.56/6.2 6.06/9.4 2.20/7.2 5.64/6.9 3.49/10.2 1.67/9.3 6.34/6.0 4.97/6.8 4.64/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (25-14-5)
 Posada (16-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 333/.258 75/.246 124/.269 92/.259 118/.231 106/.170 261/.298 117/.288 .267  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Matsui
 Duncan
 Damon
0/0/59/5
0/60/0/3
18/0/3/2
0/0/4/0
49/5/0/0
OPS .724 .779 .700 .884 .556 .523 .837 .839 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.774 32/.258 52/.801 40/1.019 54/.750 52/.622 138/.806 50/.529 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.686 43/1.203 72/.630 52/.784 64/.390 54/.430 123/.870 67/1.073 .733
Road 192/.784 48/.776 72/.767 43/.815 58/.647 62/.612 156/.874 65/.703 .783
Last 28d days 138/.877 42/.820 49/.680 42/.974 56/.546 58/.745 86/.977 37/.482
HR/SB/CS 11/0/2 2/1/0 2/2/2 7/2/1 0/0/0 2/0/1 10/3/0 4/3/0 67/26/10
Usage ····X··· o··oX··· ·X·X···X X·X····X X··X··X· XX·X···X X··o···· o··Xo···

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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