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Game Preview: KCR @ NYY, 1:05pm, Saturday, August 16, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Kansas City Royals, 55-67, 5th, 13½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 9-8, 4.09)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-8)            151.2 160  71  69  45 137 19    4.09      
 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         2-4  40.2  53  25  24  11  48  3    5.31   47 
 2008-08-09    MIN   L   5     9   6   5   3   6  1      95   30 
 2008-08-03    CHW   W   6.1   6   2   2   0   6  0      87   59 
 2008-07-28   @OAK   W   7.1   7   2   2   1  11  0     106   66 
 2008-07-23    DET   L   6     7   5   5   2   8  0      98   44 
 2008-07-18   @CHW   L   3    11   7   7   3   2  1      87    8 
 2008-07-10    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   8  1     109   68 
 2008-07-05   @TBR   L   6     7   2   2   1   7  0     113   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-2  26.1  31  17  17  14  13  6    5.81   42 
 2008-06-08   @NYY   L   5     6   4   4   4   6  2     104   41 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-34   Road:   27-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  32-50   vsLHP:  23-17   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 14-24   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 15  @NYY  W   4-3       55-67  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
New York Yankees, 64-58, 3rd, 10½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 7-3, 4.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)            103.1 124  61  49  35  44  9    4.27      
 2007 (2-5)             37.2  54  31  29  17  23  7    6.93      
 2006 (4-5)             85   108  62  59  36  48 10    6.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  41.2  48  25  25  15  15  6    5.40   43 
 2008-08-11   @MIN   L   7.2   7   4   4   2   2  1     107   49 
 2008-08-06   @TEX   W   6.1   6   3   3   1   4  1      95   52 
 2008-08-01    LAA  ND   7     2   0   0   4   1  0      96   70 
 2008-07-27   @BOS   L   4    10   7   7   1   1  1      77   14 
 2008-07-21    MIN   W   5.2   9   3   3   2   2  0     100   39 
 2008-07-09    TBR  ND   6     5   1   1   2   4  1      83   60 
 2008-07-02    TEX  ND   5     9   7   7   3   1  2      83   19 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-2  22.1  38  25  23  10  11  4    9.27   32 
 2008-05-01    KCR   W   8     6   1   1   2   5  0     104   69 
 2007-04-25    KCR   L   6     7   4   4   2   2  2     100   42 
 2007-04-20   @KCR   L   4.1  10   6   6   1   2  2      69   20 
 2006-07-01    KCR  ND   2.2   7   6   6   5   2  0      80   17 
 2005-05-17   @KCR  ND   1.1   8   8   6   0   0  0      45   10 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-27   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  47-39   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:15-18   vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 15   KCR  L   3-4       64-58  3rd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 KCR  4 @NYY  3        W:Leo Nunez (4-1), L: Mariano Rivera (4-5), S: Joakim Soria (33)
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
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 5-3; 2007 - NYY won 9-1; 2006 - NYY won 7-2; All-Time - NYY leads 250-172

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  5.59

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.69

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.10

BA

C. Jones  .366

D. Erstad  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

S. Schumaker  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .607

J. Werth  .482

T. Pena  .206

OPS

A. Pujols  1.060

T. Hunter  .834

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Maine  3.97

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB
63.Britton
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 264/185 .325/.352/.508/.860 1.128/.749 .928 111/.902 4/1 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP 15/.871 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 331/238 .223/.296/.368/.664 .797/.613 .699 72/.561 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 360/255 .267/.322/.376/.698 .932/.604 .699 101/.798 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 23/1.485 1/.000 4/.500 5/.250 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 416/272 .291/.351/.440/.791 .696/.842 .779 68/.592 10/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 158/84 .224/.277/.315/.592 .539/.636 .514 63/.739 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 350/261 .272/.318/.341/.659 .547/.697 .524 91/.677 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 507/348 .256/.348/.418/.766 .559/.863 .723 99/.889 7/2 13/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 36/.479 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 10/1.289 ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 467/340 .256/.291/.441/.732 .962/.650 .755 87/.618 2/1 16/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/37 .327/.353/.327/.679 .667/.685 .813 53/.679 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 13/.641 ··· ··· 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 6/.900 1/no AB 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 7/.286 1/.000 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 15/.762 ··· 4/.833 4/.250 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 467/329 .249/.315/.386/.701 .662/.717 .689 85/.582 3/2 10/
IP 103.1 10.2 16.2 54.0 44.0 53.0 19.1 12.1 42.0 TOTAL .261/.314/.387/.701 .759/.678 .683 .706 65/31 88/68
ERA-K/9 4.27/3.8 3.38/2.5 2.70/9.2 4.50/9.7 3.68/10.4 1.70/10.7 6.05/11.2 5.84/5.9 2.79/9.4 4.27/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (43-8-3)
 Olivo (17-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 458/.302 44/.250 74/.197 228/.228 180/.189 198/.190 84/.250 57/.286 176/.212 .266  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Smith
 German
 Maier
 Gload
43/0/40/8
23/1/77/4
52/45/13/3
1/0/0/0
20/0/0/0
0/16/0/0
6/0/2/0
OPS .801 .718 .669 .647 .623 .499 .681 .835 .656 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.872 20/1.111 33/.538 71/.704 100/.631 102/.453 42/.583 34/1.167 86/.720 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.718 24/.394 41/.740 157/.621 80/.613 96/.548 42/.778 23/.399 90/.599 .749
Home 262/.806 31/.872 25/.376 120/.590 105/.631 108/.583 43/.731 24/.467 98/.614 .714
Last 28d days 132/.787 16/1.250 26/.718 47/.943 44/.754 44/.783 49/.827 2/1.000 48/.772
HR/SB/CS 9/2/4 1/0/0 2/1/0 5/3/1 5/2/3 4/5/1 2/3/1 2/3/1 6/4/1 110/92/45
Usage ····X··· ········ ··o····X ···X·X·· o··oo·o· X··X·o·· ··X···X· ··o····· ···X··X·
New York Yankees Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
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 13/.930 ··· 9/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 4/1.750 2/.000 3/.333 6/.833 519/367 .288/.360/.461/.822 .784/.838 .883 117/.954 14/9 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 163/123 .263/.284/.410/.694 .651/.708 .733 51/.728 0/1 5/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 13/.826 1/.000 12/1.136 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/.000 7/.286 478/335 .264/.304/.394/.698 .812/.650 .750 104/.850 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 15/1.043 1/.000 18/.749 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 6/.533 458/324 .319/.388/.458/.846 .795/.867 .838 107/.814 20/6 8/
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/62 .143/.214/.159/.373 .000/.431 .332 24/.341 5/0 0/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 15/1.262 ··· 10/.300 ··· 2/.000 3/5.000 2/.000 3/.333 4/.500 410/297 .253/.393/.509/.902 .909/.899 .910 86/.851 2/1 23/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 15/.600 ··· 16/.688 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 1/no AB 1/2.000 8/.929 513/358 .288/.350/.400/.750 .744/.752 .732 117/.792 8/3 7/
26.Molina G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 245/166 .227/.277/.314/.591 .503/.632 .658 60/.685 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 436/335 .329/.385/.557/.942 .916/.948 .932 99/1.081 1/1 19/
29.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 19/1.121 ··· 11/.741 ··· 3/.000 7/.143 1/.000 3/1.334 7/1.657 439/318 .312/.399/.595/.994 .975/1.001 1.125 115/1.000 16/2 27/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 24/.959 ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/.000 8/.875 1/.000 5/.400 4/.833 356/269 .292/.334/.416/.751 .707/.765 .873 54/.687 6/1 6/
IP 151.2 6.0 58.2 10.2 33.0 44.2 57.0 54.2 29.1 TOTAL .271/.344/.422/.766 .737/.778 .791 .810 82/31 125/60
ERA-K/9 4.09/8.1 9.00/7.5 2.91/6.7 9.28/5.0 2.73/4.6 5.64/6.4 2.84/9.5 1.48/9.5 3.99/9.5 4.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (35-28-6)
 Rodriguez (41-21-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 645/.270 32/.346 247/.240 61/.385 144/.250 187/.265 233/.220 209/.170 120/.155 .268  Nady
 Abreu
 Gardner
 Christian
 Damon
13/0/85/12
0/0/114/9
16/2/0/2
9/3/4/1
76/10/0/1
OPS .756 .938 .662 1.151 .678 .864 .568 .497 .550 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 300/.798 19/1.007 99/.701 18/1.325 70/.757 84/.950 111/.746 110/.538 58/.607 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.719 13/.839 148/.637 43/1.085 74/.602 103/.799 122/.406 99/.454 62/.490 .738
Road 374/.788 11/.282 126/.657 45/1.098 57/.458 74/.962 104/.630 111/.575 33/.288 .764
Last 28d days 107/.753 / 47/1.051 12/1.235 61/.884 60/.860 50/.643 46/.579 49/.570
HR/SB/CS 19/2/4 0/1/0 5/2/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 13/3/1 1/3/1 4/2/1 3/5/0 122/60/18
Usage ······X· ········ X······· ·o·X···· X·X··XX· ·X·····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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