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Game Preview: KCR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, August 15, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Kansas City Royals, 54-67, 5th, 14½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 10-9, 4.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-9)           153   147  74  72  58 121 14    4.24      
 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         4-0  44.2  38  15  15  21  39  1    3.02   57 
 2008-08-10    MIN  ND   6.1   5   4   4   7   6  0     117   46 
 2008-08-04    BOS   W   6     4   2   2   5   9  0     109   60 
 2008-07-29   @OAK   W   7     5   2   2   2   8  0     101   65 
 2008-07-24    TBR   W   7     5   0   0   1   4  0     100   70 
 2008-07-19   @CHW   W   6.1   2   1   1   1   6  0      91   70 
 2008-07-12    SEA  ND   6.2  10   4   4   1   1  1      98   38 
 2008-07-07   @TBR  ND   5.1   7   2   2   4   5  0     115   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-2  30    31  18  18  11  15  6    5.40   46 
 2007-09-07    NYY  ND   6     5   2   2   2   3  2     105   55 
 2007-08-05   @NYY   L   4     6   6   6   5   2  1      91   23 
 2007-07-25    NYY   L   7.1   9   5   5   1   1  2     120   40 
 2006-07-19   @NYY  ND   6     5   2   2   1   6  0     112   59 
 2005-05-09   @NYY  ND   6.2   6   3   3   2   3  1     102   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  32-50   vsLHP:  22-17   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 13-24   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 14  @CHW  L   2-9       54-67  5th 14.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13  @CHW  L   0-4       54-66  5th 13.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12  @CHW  L   0-9       54-65  5th 12.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   MIN  W   5-4 (12)  54-64  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   MIN  L   3-7       53-64  4th 12.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   MIN  L   1-4       53-63  4th 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  6   BOS  L   2-8       53-62  4th 11.5 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   BOS  L   2-8       53-61  4th 10.5 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   BOS  W   4-3       53-60  4th  9.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   CHW  W  14-3       52-60  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
New York Yankees, 64-57, 3rd, 9½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-9, 4.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-9)           156.1 173  82  75  41 119 17    4.32      
 2007 (15-9)           215.1 238 106  97  69 141 16    4.05      
 2006 (14-13)          214.1 238 114 100  70 178 27    4.20      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  45.1  48  25  23  12  39  5    4.57   51 
 2008-08-10   @LAA  ND   7    10   3   3   2   3  0     101   46 
 2008-08-05   @TEX   L   5     6   5   5   3   5  1     104   37 
 2008-07-31    LAA   L   5.1  11   9   9   3   4  2     110   11 
 2008-07-26   @BOS   W   6     5   3   1   3   7  1     110   58 
 2008-07-20    OAK   W   8     4   1   1   0   9  0     114   79 
 2008-07-13   @TOR   L   6     8   4   4   1   6  1     107   45 
 2008-07-08    TBR   W   8     4   0   0   0   5  0     114   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-0  33.1  36  20  18   6  19  4    4.86   47 
 2008-06-07    KCR  ND   6.2  10  10  10   2   3  2     111   15 
 2008-04-10   @KCR   W   6.2   5   1   1   2   1  0      92   59 
 2007-09-08   @KCR   W   6.1   7   2   2   2   4  0      89   53 
 2006-06-18    KCR  ND   7     6   4   4   0   5  2      76   54 
 2003-08-19    KCR   W   6.2   8   3   1   0   6  0     107   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-26   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  47-38   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:15-17   vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 13  @MIN  L   2-4       64-57  3rd  9.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @MIN  W   9-6 (12)  64-56  3rd  8.0 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11  @MIN  L   0-4       63-56  3rd  9.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @LAA  L   3-4       63-55  3rd  8.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @LAA  L   4-11      63-54  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @LAA  L   5-10      63-53  3rd  6.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @TEX  W   3-0       63-52  3rd  5.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @TEX  W   5-3       62-52  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @TEX  L   6-8       61-52  3rd  6.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @TEX  L   5-9       61-51  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 KCR  3 @NYY  2        W:Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-0), L: Mariano Rivera (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (14)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 4-3; 2007 - NYY won 9-1; 2006 - NYY won 7-2; All-Time - NYY leads 250-171

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  5.64

FLA  4.67

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.09

BA

C. Jones  .367

M. Teixeira  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .608

J. Reyes  .484

T. Pena  .206

OPS

C. Jones  1.055

C. Beltran  .831

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

M. Parra  4.02

L. Hernandez  5.94

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
34.Marte*
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
61.Traber*
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 259/184 .327/.351/.512/.863 1.140/.753 .939 110/.920 4/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 8/1.357 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 327/237 .223/.297/.366/.663 .789/.616 .698 72/.516 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 356/254 .267/.323/.377/.700 .961/.598 .704 101/.851 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 4/.666 4/.500 1/.000 5/.250 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 416/272 .291/.351/.440/.791 .696/.842 .779 73/.578 10/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 12/.764 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 154/83 .214/.265/.293/.558 .499/.606 .418 63/.637 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 346/260 .272/.319/.338/.656 .527/.700 .516 91/.638 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 503/347 .256/.349/.417/.766 .550/.866 .722 99/.870 6/2 13/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 26/.962 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/1.289 ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 463/340 .256/.287/.442/.729 .955/.650 .749 83/.600 2/1 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/36 .333/.362/.333/.695 .833/.646 .944 48/.695 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 11/.909 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 241/163 .261/.290/.478/.769 1.044/.640 .858 35/.786 3/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 202/141 .160/.180/.206/.386 .588/.302 .346 13/.462 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 12/10 .167/.167/.333/.500 .000/.600 .000 12/.500 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 10/.844 4/.833 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 462/328 .250/.316/.386/.702 .659/.719 .691 84/.577 3/2 10/
IP 156.1 16.2 38.1 54.0 43.0 52.0 19.1 12.1 42.0 TOTAL .261/.314/.386/.700 .757/.677 .681 .694 64/31 88/67
ERA-K/9 4.32/6.9 2.70/9.2 2.58/5.9 4.50/9.7 3.77/10.7 1.56/10.6 6.05/11.2 5.84/5.9 2.79/9.4 4.27/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (41-8-3)
 Olivo (17-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 665/.285 74/.197 158/.197 228/.228 177/.186 193/.185 84/.250 57/.286 176/.212 .265  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Maier
 Gload
 Smith
 German
43/0/39/8
22/1/77/4
52/45/13/3
0/15/0/0
6/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
20/0/0/0
OPS .752 .669 .540 .647 .622 .485 .681 .835 .656 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.516 33/.538 91/.590 71/.704 98/.645 100/.442 42/.583 34/1.167 86/.720 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 471/.851 41/.740 67/.477 157/.621 79/.594 93/.533 42/.778 23/.399 90/.599 .747
Home 317/.745 25/.376 105/.499 120/.590 102/.630 103/.562 43/.731 24/.467 98/.614 .712
Last 28d days 136/.783 26/.718 63/.558 47/.943 44/.706 39/.755 52/.774 2/1.000 48/.772
HR/SB/CS 17/16/8 2/1/0 2/7/1 5/3/1 5/2/3 4/5/1 2/3/1 2/3/1 6/4/1 110/91/45
Usage ····X··· ·o····Xo ·o···X·· ··X·X··o ··oo·o·· ··X·o··o ·X···X·· ·o······ ··X··X··
New York Yankees Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
63.Newman*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 16/.833 9/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/1.750 2/.000 2/.000 6/.833 514/362 .288/.360/.463/.823 .784/.840 .887 117/.968 14/9 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 162/122 .258/.280/.406/.686 .651/.697 .719 50/.702 0/1 5/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.873 6/.750 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 2/2.000 5/.800 5/.200 440/299 .242/.296/.337/.633 .587/.658 .633 81/.566 9/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 10/.522 12/1.136 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/.000 7/.286 474/331 .262/.302/.393/.695 .812/.646 .746 104/.881 1/4 10/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/14 .250/.302/.325/.627 .824/.220 .871 23/.668 7/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 26/.317 17/.706 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 6/.533 453/320 .322/.390/.463/.853 .790/.879 .852 102/.842 19/6 8/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 20/.712 10/.300 ··· 1/.000 3/5.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/.500 405/292 .257/.398/.517/.915 .909/.917 .935 81/.912 2/1 23/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 32/.720 15/.650 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 8/.929 508/354 .284/.346/.396/.742 .740/.743 .717 117/.750 7/3 7/
26.Molina G/S/vP 9/.333 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 242/164 .226/.277/.309/.585 .510/.621 .648 61/.619 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 432/331 .329/.384/.559/.943 .916/.949 .933 95/1.089 1/1 19/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 35/1.560 11/.741 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 1/.000 2/1.000 7/1.657 434/313 .312/.399/.597/.996 .975/1.003 1.132 115/1.063 16/2 27/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 21/.667 6/.533 ··· 4/.000 8/.875 1/.000 5/.400 4/.833 356/269 .292/.334/.416/.751 .707/.765 .873 58/.835 6/1 6/
39.Sexson G/S/vP 15/.553 3/3.500 ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 11/.727 327/228 .221/.321/.382/.703 .992/.580 .547 35/.764 1/0 12/
IP 153.0 58.1 10.2 31.1 44.2 57.0 53.2 29.1 TOTAL .271/.343/.423/.766 .737/.779 .793 .822 80/31 125/59
ERA-K/9 4.24/7.1 2.62/6.8 9.28/5.0 2.87/4.9 5.64/6.4 2.84/9.5 1.51/9.7 3.99/9.5 4.66/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (34-28-6)
 Rodriguez (41-21-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 649/.253 244/.241 61/.385 138/.252 187/.265 233/.220 203/.158 120/.155 .268  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Christian
12/0/85/12
0/0/113/9
0/115/1/7
76/10/0/1
9/3/4/1
OPS .714 .659 1.151 .691 .864 .568 .475 .550 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.696 98/.694 18/1.325 66/.774 84/.950 111/.746 106/.526 58/.607 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.735 146/.636 43/1.085 72/.616 103/.799 122/.406 97/.421 62/.490 .735
Road 317/.658 123/.652 45/1.098 51/.469 74/.962 104/.630 105/.536 33/.288 .765
Last 28d days 132/.546 44/1.050 12/1.235 55/.939 68/.781 50/.643 40/.479 57/.491
HR/SB/CS 14/4/0 5/2/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 13/3/1 1/3/1 4/2/1 3/5/0 122/58/18
Usage ····X··· ········ o·X····· ·X··XX·· X·····X· ····X·X· ····X··· X···oX··

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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