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Game Preview: KCR @ OAK, 4:05pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Kansas City Royals, 9-8, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 3-0, 0.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             24    17   2   2   5   9  1    0.75      
 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         4-2  46    36  10   9  14  29  5    1.76   61 
 2008-04-14    SEA   W   9     5   1   1   1   4  0     107   76 
 2008-04-09    NYY   W   8     6   0   0   2   2  0     107   70 
 2008-04-03    DET   W   7     6   1   1   2   3  1      99   62 
 2007-09-26    CHW   L   5     7   3   3   2   6  2      93   45 
 2007-09-20    CHW   W   8     2   0   0   0  10  0     101   88 
 2007-09-15    CLE   L   5.1   4   2   1   5   3  1     103   52 
 2007-09-09    NYY  ND   3.2   6   3   3   2   1  1      90   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-0  19    18   6   6   3  10  2    2.84   56 
 2005-08-05    OAK  ND   7     7   3   3   1   5  1     101   55 
 2004-08-15    OAK   W   7     6   1   1   1   4  0     107   64 
 2004-05-22    OAK  ND   5     5   2   2   1   1  1      84   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  2-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @OAK  L   2-13       9-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @LAA  L   3-5        9-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  W   3-2        9-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @SEA  L   6-11       8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @SEA  W   5-1        8-5   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13   MIN  W   5-1        7-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   MIN  L   0-2        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   MIN  L   0-5        6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Thu, Apr 10   NYY  L   1-6        6-3   1st  0.5 up
  8 Wed, Apr  9   NYY  W   4-0        6-2   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-8    Last 30: 9-8 
Oakland Athletics, 10-8, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 1-0, 2.08)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             13     8   4   3   6   9  0    2.08      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0  13     8   4   3   6   9  0    2.08   61 
 2008-04-14    CHW   W   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      95   64 
 2008-04-09    TOR  ND   6     2   3   2   5   5  0     103   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    6-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-4    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Fri, Apr 18   KCR  W  13-2       10-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Thu, Apr 17   SEA  L   1-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 16   SEA  L   2-4        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Tue, Apr 15  @CHW  L   1-4        9-6   1st    Tied
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @CHW  W   2-1        9-5   1st  1.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @CLE  L   1-7        8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CLE  W   7-3        8-4   1st  2.0 up
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CLE  W   9-7        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TOR  W   3-2 (12)   6-4   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  W   6-3        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-8    Last 30:10-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 OAK 13  KCR  2        W:Chad Gaudin (1-1), L: Brian Bannister (3-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 19, 2007 OAK  6  KCR  1        W:Lenny DiNardo (8-6), L: Kyle Davies (5-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 KCR  7 @OAK  3        W:Odalis Perez (8-11), L: Chad Gaudin (9-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 KCR  9 @OAK  2        W:Brian Bannister (9-7), L: Dan Meyer (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2007 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Scott Elarton (1-0), L: Dallas Braden (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Wed, May 16, 2007 KCR  4 @OAK  3        W:Jimmy Gobble (3-1), L: Kiko Calero (0-3), S: David Riske (3)
Tue, May 15, 2007 OAK  5  KCR  4 (11)   W:Lenny DiNardo (1-1), L: Joakim Soria (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2007 KCR  2 @OAK  1        W:Jimmy Gobble (2-1), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (7)
Thu, May 10, 2007 OAK 17 @KCR  3        W:Joe Kennedy (1-2), L: Luke Hudson (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 KCR  3  OAK  2        W:Jimmy Gobble (1-1), L: Justin Duchscherer (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 1-0; 2007 - KCR won 6-4; 2006 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 277-228

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.35 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
21.Saarloos
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/2.500 3/.000 399/311 .222/.308/.429/.738 .739/.737 .878 / 0/1 18/8
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 360/251 .292/.347/.447/.794 .981/.715 .823 / 0/0 8/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 156/120 .215/.265/.271/.535 .629/.508 .551 / 1/1 0/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 703/502 .260/.351/.372/.722 .657/.749 .685 / 10/4 7/4
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/1.500 261/217 .307/.371/.342/.713 .625/.730 .851 / 9/8 0/4
3.German G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 405/234 .264/.351/.376/.727 .793/.678 .620 / 11/7 4/9
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 346/294 .288/.318/.441/.759 .854/.742 .756 / 2/2 7/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 601/446 .247/.314/.411/.725 .686/.738 .670 / 14/4 15/15
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.572 3/1.334 1/.000 11/1.091 2/2.000 486/333 .302/.346/.426/.772 .844/.739 .785 / 1/2 6/6
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 7/1.571 7/.286 3/.666 4/.833 2/1.000 659/501 .290/.353/.460/.813 1.049/.741 .838 / 5/1 23/8
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 469/367 .237/.262/.405/.667 .806/.629 .574 / 3/2 16/12
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 536/396 .267/.284/.356/.640 .638/.640 .505 / 5/6 2/23
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 3/.666 608/432 .285/.353/.410/.763 .672/.799 .699 / 13/5 7/6
IP 41.2 8.1 68.0 50.2 42.2 50.0 TOTAL .268/.317/.359/.676 .722/.665 .675 .676 14/9 7/3
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.54/9.3 1.08/7.6 3.97/6.8 /0.0 4.44/9.2 7.17/5.7 2.88/11.3 3.46/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (44-12-3)
 Olivo (51-25-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 178/.245 39/.241 284/.258 / 219/.224 201/.305 199/.190 .241  Teahen
 Guillen
 DeJesus
 Gathright
 German
 Gload
 Callaspo
 Butler
0/5/137/17
0/0/150/9
0/156/0/5
64/10/0/3
8/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
3/0/7/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .691 .636 .681 .676 .907 .543 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 75/.667 13/.762 80/.581 / 79/.695 77/.960 97/.702 .636
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 103/.709 26/.571 204/.720 / 140/.665 124/.874 102/.400 .669
Home / 93/.665 23/.703 141/.575 / 102/.516 120/.852 99/.505 .643
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 1/3/0 0/0/0 5/4/1 // 6/9/0 8/2/0 5/5/2 11/7/4
Usage ····X··· o·o···X· ·o·o··X· ····o·o· ········ o···o··o ·X·X···· ····X··X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (3.76 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
91.Nomo
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 84/50 .347/.429/.639/1.067 1.034/1.087 .860 / 1/0 4/0
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 188/132 .231/.344/.372/.716 .774/.690 .488 / 1/2 4/5
8.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.417 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 397/237 .257/.300/.347/.647 .823/.529 .639 / 12/2 6/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .784 / 4/1 7/0
7.Crosby G/S/vP 10/.700 9/.333 6/.000 3/3.500 ··· 6/.533 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 374/268 .226/.278/.341/.619 .647/.608 .649 / 10/2 8/14
32.Cust* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 507/344 .256/.408/.504/.912 .786/.971 1.047 / 0/2 26/4
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.833 6/1.267 5/.800 ··· 9/.347 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 642/470 .276/.336/.441/.777 .984/.704 .743 / 9/4 19/5
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 169/130 .278/.369/.424/.793 1.050/.712 .805 / 1/0 3/3
12.Murphy G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 132/85 .220/.290/.441/.731 .968/.595 .660 / 1/0 6/5
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 248/187 .249/.327/.408/.735 .623/.772 .713 / 0/0 7/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.833 20/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 289/198 .260/.315/.404/.719 .822/.672 .686 / 0/0 7/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/43 .200/.265/.333/.599 .500/.612 .516 / 0/1 1/0
IP 122.0 53.2 67.0 43.2 87.2 17.1 69.0 TOTAL .245/.327/.352/.679 .646/.700 .651 .679 3/2 7/16
ERA-K/9 3.69/7.8 3.02/8.4 2.55/7.4 /0.0 3.92/7.6 3.80/6.8 8.31/7.8 2.48/9.8 /0.0 3.78/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (34-5-3)
 Suzuki (29-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.265 233/.277 281/.218 / 182/.259 366/.274 78/.313 270/.187 / .253  Brown
 Buck
 Sweeney
 Cust
78/0/21/8
18/5/65/3
11/3/0/1
14/0/48/1
OPS .747 .810 .664 .756 .765 .891 .510 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.752 127/.724 117/.542 / 77/.919 135/.755 32/.624 106/.446 / .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.741 106/.909 164/.755 / 105/.643 231/.770 46/1.053 164/.550 / .695
Road 226/.721 119/.892 133/.677 / 88/.860 160/.855 33/.429 140/.537 / .707
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 12/7/3 6/2/1 4/1/3 // 8/5/0 9/8/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 // 11/6/2
Usage ····X··· ··oo···· oo·X··X· X··X···· ··o···o· o······· ··X···oo ··oo···· X··X···X

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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