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Game Preview: KCR @ SEA, 6:40pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @Safeco Field

Kansas City Royals, 8-5, 1st, ½ up

SP: John Bale (34, LHP, 0-2, 5.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             12.1  18   8   8   2   5  1    5.84      
 2007 (1-1)             40    45  18  18  17  42  1    4.05      
 2003 (1-2)             46.1  50  24  23  12  37  7    4.47      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  35.1  45  25  24   9  20  5    6.11   42 
 2008-04-10    NYY   L   6     8   4   4   1   3  1      86   42 
 2008-04-04    MIN   L   6.1  10   4   4   1   2  0      95   38 
 2003-09-18    PIT  ND   2     0   0   0   1   1  0      36   56 
 2003-09-13    CHC  ND   4     8   5   4   2   2  0      76   28 
 2003-09-08    PIT   L   6     6   5   5   1   3  3      97   42 
 2003-09-03    MIL  ND   5     6   5   5   1   5  1      84   39 
 2003-08-29    STL   W   6     7   2   2   2   4  0     105   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA    Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    5-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-4    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
  7 Tue, Apr  8   NYY  W   5-2        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @MIN  W   3-1        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @MIN  L   4-6        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @MIN  L   3-4        3-1   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-5    Last 30: 8-5 
Seattle Mariners, 6-8, 3rd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Miguel Batista (37, RHP, 0-2, 6.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             12    15   9   8   7   7  1    6.00      
 2007 (16-11)          193   209 101  92  85 133 18    4.29      
 2006 (11-8)           206.1 231 116 105  84 110 18    4.58      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  43.1  46  20  18  23  29  2    3.74   49 
 2008-04-10    TBR   L   6     8   4   4   3   4  1     107   41 
 2008-04-05    BAL   L   5     7   5   4   4   3  0     104   34 
 2007-09-29    TEX   W   8     3   1   1   2   5  0     123   75 
 2007-09-22    LAA   W   5.1   6   1   1   5   4  0      93   51 
 2007-09-17    OAK   W   6.1   5   0   0   4   6  0     111   65 
 2007-09-12    OAK  ND   6     8   3   2   2   4  0     106   48 
 2007-09-07    DET   L   6.2   9   6   6   3   3  1      94   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Mon, Apr 14   KCR  L   1-5        6-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13   LAA  L   5-10       6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   LAA  W   8-3        6-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   LAA  W   8-5        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TBR  L   0-7        4-6   4th  2.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TBR  W   7-1        4-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TBR  W   6-5        3-5   4th  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @BAL  L   4-5        2-5   4th  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @BAL  L   2-3        2-4   4th  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @BAL  L   4-6        2-3   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 KCR  5 @SEA  1        W:Zack Greinke (3-0), L: Jarrod Washburn (1-2), S: none

Wed, Jul 04, 2007 SEA  4 @KCR  0        W:Jarrod Washburn , L: Brian Bannister , S: J.J. Putz 
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 KCR 17  SEA  3        W:Jorge de la Rosa , L: Ryan Feierabend , S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 KCR  3  SEA  2 (11)   W:Octavio Dotel , L: Brandon Morrow , S: none
Sun, May 27, 2007 SEA  7 @KCR  4        W:Jarrod Washburn , L: Odalis Perez , S: J.J. Putz 
Sat, May 26, 2007 SEA  9 @KCR  1        W:Cha Seung Baek , L: Brian Bannister , S: none
Fri, May 25, 2007 SEA 10 @KCR  2        W:Felix Hernandez , L: Gil Meche , S: none
Sun, Apr 29, 2007 SEA  5  KCR  1        W:Brandon Morrow , L: Brian Bannister , S: none
Sat, Apr 28, 2007 KCR  8 @SEA  3        W:Gil Meche , L: Jeff Weaver , S: Brandon Duckworth 
Fri, Apr 27, 2007 SEA  7  KCR  4        W:Horacio Ramirez , L: Jorge de la Rosa , S: J.J. Putz 
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 1-0; 2007 - SEA won 6-3; 2006 - SEA won 5-3; All-Time - KCR leads 189-175

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 (3.31 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Batista
G/S/vB
58.Baek
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
41.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
43.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 399/311 .222/.308/.429/.738 .739/.737 .878 / 0/1 18/8
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 360/251 .292/.347/.447/.794 .981/.715 .823 / 0/0 8/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/120 .215/.265/.271/.535 .629/.508 .551 / 1/1 0/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 703/502 .260/.351/.372/.722 .657/.749 .685 / 10/4 7/4
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 8/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 261/217 .307/.371/.342/.713 .625/.730 .851 / 9/8 0/4
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 405/234 .264/.351/.376/.727 .793/.678 .620 / 11/7 4/9
7.Gload* G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 346/294 .288/.318/.441/.759 .854/.742 .756 / 2/2 7/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 601/446 .247/.314/.411/.725 .686/.738 .670 / 14/4 15/15
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 24/.708 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 486/333 .302/.346/.426/.772 .844/.739 .785 / 1/2 6/6
11.Guillen G/S/vP 8/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 9/1.333 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 659/501 .290/.353/.460/.813 1.049/.741 .838 / 5/1 23/8
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 469/367 .237/.262/.405/.667 .806/.629 .574 / 3/2 16/12
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 536/396 .267/.284/.356/.640 .638/.640 .505 / 5/6 2/23
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 608/432 .285/.353/.410/.763 .672/.799 .699 / 13/5 7/6
IP 193.0 73.1 68.0 2.2 38.2 TOTAL .261/.311/.365/.676 .674/.677 .674 .676 11/6 7/3
ERA-K/9 4.29/6.2 5.15/6.0 /0.0 /0.0 3.84/7.0 6.75/10.0 /0.0 3.96/9.8 4.44/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 860/.276 321/.288 / / 304/.298 13/.200 / 168/.269 .278  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 .773 .769 .787 .985 .772 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 423/.833 147/.764 / / 97/.918 5/2.800 / 59/.734 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 437/.716 174/.773 / / 207/.730 8/.125 / 109/.793 .855
Home 423/.725 129/.680 / / 138/.763 13/.985 / 81/.871 .810
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/14/9 6/1/2 // // 2/0/4 1/1/0 // 4/0/2 17/12/6
Usage ····X··· ·X······ Xo··o·X· o······· o·XX·o·o ···oo··· o····oX·

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

Seattle Mariners Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (2.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Bale*
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
91.Nomo
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
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
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 639/500 .276/.319/.482/.802 .882/.780 .745 / 14/2 26/18
5.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 559/438 .289/.308/.418/.725 .916/.673 .754 / 5/4 9/23
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 188/140 .277/.321/.329/.650 .700/.634 .693 / 7/5 2/5
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/98 .301/.363/.398/.761 .797/.751 .864 / 0/1 1/1
13.Cairo G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 8/.393 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 193/127 .253/.303/.328/.631 .624/.634 .694 / 10/2 0/6
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.955 16/.321 9/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 636/466 .291/.351/.480/.831 .650/.899 .748 / 0/0 21/6
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 513/404 .287/.322/.433/.755 .877/.721 .740 / 0/2 14/2
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 561/429 .252/.284/.355/.639 .629/.642 .610 / 2/3 11/9
10.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 6/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 240/214 .243/.358/.347/.705 .530/.727 .669 / 1/1 4/0
44.Sexson G/S/vP 4/1.500 4/.500 3/3.500 25/.950 ··· ··· ··· ··· 491/371 .205/.295/.399/.694 .752/.675 .681 / 1/0 21/2
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 1/.000 8/1.625 13/.795 13/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 736/548 .351/.396/.431/.827 .787/.841 .855 / 37/8 6/1
3.Vidro# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/1.667 16/.971 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 625/473 .314/.381/.394/.775 .761/.779 .800 / 0/0 6/1
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 7/.750 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 389/280 .234/.319/.467/.786 .859/.757 .887 / 4/1 20/5
IP 40.0 53.2 67.0 43.2 17.1 69.0 TOTAL .249/.328/.399/.727 .755/.722 .771 .727 6/4 15/12
ERA-K/9 4.05/9.4 3.02/8.4 2.55/7.4 /0.0 3.92/7.6 8.31/7.8 2.48/9.8 /0.0 2.46/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (23-5-3)
 Johjima (46-40-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.290 233/.277 281/.218 / 182/.259 78/.313 270/.187 / .229  Ibanez
 Suzuki
 Wilkerson
 Norton
 Bloomquist
 Cairo
131/0/0/10
0/155/0/8
36/1/19/2
3/0/6/1
13/7/4/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .719 .810 .664 .756 .891 .510 .633
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.735 127/.724 117/.542 / 77/.919 32/.624 106/.446 / .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.708 106/.909 164/.755 / 105/.643 46/1.053 164/.550 / .596
Road 99/.735 119/.892 133/.677 / 88/.860 33/.429 140/.537 / .624
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 6/2/1 4/1/3 // 8/5/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 // 10/4/1
Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ··X···X· ····X··· ··o···o· ··oo··o· ······o· ···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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