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Game Preview: KCR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Monday, June 9, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Kansas City Royals, 24-39, 5th, 12½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 3-5, 5.13)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             52.2  52  34  30  32  35  6    5.13      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  42    37  27  23  27  27  6    4.93   47 
 2008-06-04   @CHW  ND   5.2   5   4   4   5   2  2     108   40 
 2008-05-29    MIN   L   5.1   9   5   5   3   3  0      90   30 
 2008-05-24   @TOR   L   6     6   5   4   4   4  1     108   42 
 2008-05-19   @BOS   L   6     5   7   4   6   2  1     114   36 
 2008-05-14    DET   W   6     4   0   0   3   5  0      96   66 
 2008-05-08    BAL   L   7     5   4   4   2   5  1     109   54 
 2008-05-03   @CLE   W   6     3   2   2   4   6  1      97   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY    Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-16   Road:   12-23   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  14-28   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @NYY  L   3-6       24-39  5th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 9-21
New York Yankees, 32-31, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 9-4, 4.01)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-4)             67.1  75  39  30  11  39  9    4.01      
 2007 (11-10)          152   188  90  87  35  91 14    5.15      
 2006 (15-7)           197.1 184  88  77  35 172 22    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-1  35    39  21  13   6  27  2    3.34   50 
 2008-06-04    TOR   W   6     5   1   1   1   6  0     103   63 
 2008-05-30   @MIN   W   6     6   4   2   1   4  0     109   51 
 2008-05-24    SEA   W   5     7   4   4   1   4  2      74   40 
 2008-05-20    BAL   L   0.2   5   7   1   2   1  0      41   25 
 2008-05-14   @TBR   W   6.1   5   1   1   1   4  0      87   62 
 2008-05-08    CLE   W   5     4   3   3   0   3  0      86   50 
 2008-05-03    SEA   W   6     7   1   1   0   5  0      84   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-1  30.2  30  10  10   6  28  3    2.93   57 
 2007-08-05    KCR   W   6     9   2   2   0   3  1      98   49 
 2007-07-25   @KCR   W   5.2   6   1   1   2   4  0      95   55 
 2006-09-05   @KCR   L   5     8   4   4   1   4  1      86   38 
 2006-05-26    KCR  ND   6     4   3   3   2   6  1      98   56 
 2004-09-14   @KCR   W   8     3   0   0   1  11  0      97   86 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-14   Road:   14-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  23-20   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  6-0  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun  8   KCR  W   6-3       32-31  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 NYY  6  KCR  3        W:Dan Giese (1-1), L: Zack Greinke (5-4), S: Mariano Rivera (16)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - NYY won 9-1; 2006 - NYY won 7-2; All-Time - NYY leads 250-170

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

HOU  4.50

WSN  3.64

RA/G

CHW  3.65

SDP  4.57

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .420

P. Burrell  .277

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .504

J. Pierre  .347

R. Hernandez  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .723

T. Hunter  .442

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

L. Gonzalez  .794

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

J. Blanton  4.15

M. Batista  6.06

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

N. Robertson  6.15

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB
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 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/11 .214/.267/.500/.767 1.500/.545 .970 15/.767 0/0 0/
14.Buck G/S/vP 10/.000 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 39/.675 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 16/.250 4/1.167 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 208/133 .305/.362/.444/.806 .773/.825 .804 111/.781 5/5 5/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 183/132 .242/.282/.267/.549 .508/.565 .505 88/.539 16/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 6/1.000 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 11/1.936 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 138/115 .246/.285/.285/.569 .391/.606 .446 37/.466 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/1.334 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 262/184 .263/.336/.390/.726 .456/.839 .670 106/.629 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 9/.444 3/1.334 15/1.183 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 6/1.167 1/.000 202/146 .293/.350/.380/.730 .926/.658 .641 81/.713 1/1 1/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 20/.876 3/1.666 7/.858 1/.000 10/.633 2/.000 1/.000 9/.833 1/2.000 250/182 .266/.292/.473/.765 1.014/.673 .805 109/.980 1/0 10/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 11/.546 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 152/102 .283/.309/.524/.833 .970/.769 .903 85/.854 2/0 7/
1.Pena G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 167/119 .155/.175/.193/.367 .431/.342 .325 63/.355 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 9/.222 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 248/175 .253/.335/.403/.737 .658/.771 .746 100/.796 2/1 6/
IP 67.1 30.1 28.1 6.1 26.2 33.1 17.0 28.0 16.1 TOTAL .258/.311/.370/.681 .729/.661 .669 .694 36/20 37/31
ERA-K/9 4.01/5.2 2.67/11.3 4.45/8.0 1.42/4.3 6.08/5.4 5.67/8.6 2.65/9.0 0.64/8.7 3.86/8.3 4.47/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 284/.281 127/.200 122/.318 25/.217 114/.273 152/.285 75/.203 97/.128 65/.217 .265  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
22/0/22/5
0/50/0/4
21/21/10/3
20/0/32/2
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .749 .602 .976 .544 .738 .815 .633 .325 .582 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.601 61/.678 51/1.174 11/.573 46/.987 77/.987 37/.524 45/.289 30/.792 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.863 66/.533 71/.851 14/.522 68/.577 75/.642 38/.728 52/.357 35/.410 .744
Home 164/.812 79/.636 61/.971 25/.544 60/.741 71/.655 44/.733 39/.308 40/.481 .722
Last 28d days 105/.758 67/.665 49/1.207 25/.544 38/.723 52/1.106 48/.720 47/.392 59/.645
HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 2/2/0 8/5/5 0/1/1 2/1/2 6/0/0 1/1/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 59/54/24
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ···Xo·X· X····X·· ···X·X·· ···oX··· ··X··X·· oo··o··· oX·X·X··
New York Yankees Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 31/.849 1/.000 265/185 .289/.351/.467/.818 .850/.803 .961 108/.814 5/3 8/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 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 2/3.000 1/.000 4/.833 6/.750 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 235/157 .274/.326/.392/.718 .609/.770 .690 97/.613 3/1 6/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.929 12/1.136 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 249/175 .231/.273/.338/.611 .654/.592 .702 104/.691 1/3 4/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 10/1.400 17/.706 1/2.000 3/.666 18/.706 ··· 261/180 .328/.394/.513/.907 .893/.913 .909 108/.941 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 ··· ··· 4/1.250 10/.300 1/.000 1/.000 10/2.700 ··· 207/140 .259/.391/.566/.958 1.001/.937 1.011 88/1.151 1/1 14/
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 15/.650 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 252/172 .279/.332/.384/.716 .700/.724 .699 110/.686 4/1 3/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 7/1.262 8/1.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 246/164 .329/.411/.468/.878 .798/.921 .908 101/.867 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 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 126/86 .220/.238/.322/.560 .390/.640 .578 56/.583 0/0 0/
20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/2.417 9/.347 1/.000 2/2.500 7/2.381 ··· 80/66 .301/.363/.507/.869 .665/.914 .797 14/1.200 0/0 2/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 6/.833 11/.741 1/.000 1/.000 10/2.000 2/1.000 184/134 .313/.391/.575/.966 .876/.998 1.101 85/1.128 6/1 9/
IP 52.2 1.0 16.2 30.1 28.1 27.0 59.2 25.1 TOTAL .275/.341/.431/.772 .731/.791 .798 .800 30/14 64/35
ERA-K/9 5.13/6.0 0.00/9.0 5.94/9.2 2.67/6.8 3.49/10.2 1.67/9.3 6.34/6.0 4.97/6.8 4.67/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (25-14-5)
 Posada (16-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.257 4/.000 76/.242 131/.281 118/.231 106/.170 261/.298 117/.288 .268  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Matsui
 Duncan
 Damon
0/0/60/5
0/61/0/3
19/0/3/2
0/0/4/0
49/5/0/0
OPS .774 .250 .768 .728 .556 .523 .837 .839 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.952 4/.250 33/.250 56/.843 54/.750 52/.622 138/.806 50/.529 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.612 / 43/1.203 75/.647 64/.390 54/.430 123/.870 67/1.073 .735
Road 132/.857 4/.250 49/.759 79/.808 58/.647 62/.612 156/.874 65/.703 .789
Last 28d days 134/.834 4/.250 43/.799 56/.750 56/.546 55/.789 86/.977 37/.482
HR/SB/CS 6/8/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 2/0/1 10/3/0 4/3/0 69/26/10
Usage ····X··· o······· oo··oX·· X·X·X··· ·X··X··X ·XX·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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