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Game Preview: KCR @ STL, 2:15pm, Thursday, June 19, 2008 @Busch Stadium III

Kansas City Royals, 30-42, 5th, 10½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 5-4, 3.48)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             93    89  37  36  32  67 13    3.48      
 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         1-3  43    50  26  26  20  31  8    5.44   45 
 2008-06-13   @ARI  ND   7     3   0   0   7   5  0     111   69 
 2008-06-08   @NYY   L   5     6   4   4   4   6  2     104   41 
 2008-06-03   @CHW   L   6     9   8   8   2   3  4      83   23 
 2008-05-28    MIN  ND   8     5   3   3   2   8  0     117   66 
 2008-05-23   @TOR   L   5     9   6   6   2   2  0      93   25 
 2008-05-18   @FLA   W   6     9   3   3   1   5  1      94   46 
 2008-05-13    DET  ND   6     9   2   2   2   2  1      97   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.STL      0-2  10    15  10  10   3   9  2    9.00   35 
 2005-05-20    STL   L   5     9   6   6   1   3  1      75   27 
 2004-06-25    STL   L   5     6   4   4   2   6  1     101   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-18   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  19-30   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @STL  W   3-2       30-42  5th 10.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @STL  W   2-1       29-42  5th 10.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @ARI  W   8-3       28-42  5th 10.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @ARI  W  12-3       27-42  5th 11.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @ARI  L   0-1 (10)  26-42  5th 12.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12   TEX  W   6-5       26-41  5th 11.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11   TEX  L   5-11      25-41  5th 12.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10   TEX  L   5-6       25-40  5th 12.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @NYY  W   3-2       25-39  5th 12.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @NYY  L   3-6       24-39  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-20
St. Louis Cardinals, 42-31, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Brad Thompson (26, RHP, 1-1, 4.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             17.2  19   9   9  10  13  1    4.58      
 2007 (8-6)            129.1 157  76  68  40  53 23    4.73      
 2006 (1-2)             56.2  58  23  21  20  32  4    3.34      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  31    36  18  13  14  20  4    3.77   47 
 2008-04-08   @HOU  ND   4     5   3   3   2   5  0      87   43 
 2008-04-03    COL   W   6.2   7   0   0   2   6  0      91   64 
 2007-09-26   @MIL   W   6     5   2   0   3   3  0      93   58 
 2007-09-22    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   0   2  0      64   62 
 2007-09-17    PHI   L   3.1   4   4   3   3   1  2      55   36 
 2007-09-09   @ARI  ND   2     4   2   2   0   1  1      41   41 
 2007-07-28    MIL  ND   3     7   6   4   4   2  1      97   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      1-1  11.1  17   9   9   4   3  0    7.15   35 
 2007-06-19    KCR   W   7     7   1   1   0   3  0      78   62 
 2007-06-12   @KCR   L   4.1  10   8   8   4   0  0      87    7 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-16   Road:   19-15   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  28-19   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast:  7-2    vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Wed, Jun 18   KCR  L   2-3       42-31  2nd  3.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17   KCR  L   1-2       42-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15   PHI  W   7-6 (10)  42-29  2nd  3.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 14   PHI  W   3-2       41-29  2nd  3.5 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 13   PHI  L   2-20      40-29  2nd  3.5 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 12  @CIN  L   2-6       40-28  2nd  3.5 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 11  @CIN  W  10-0       40-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 10  @CIN  W   7-2       39-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun  8  @HOU  W   5-4       38-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun  7  @HOU  W   8-4       37-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Kyle McClellan (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 KCR  2 @STL  1        W:Kyle Davies (3-0), L: Ron Villone (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (16)

Wed, Jun 20, 2007 STL  7  KCR  6 (14)   W:Kip Wells (3-11), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 STL  5  KCR  1        W:Brad Thompson (5-2), L: Scott Elarton (2-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 KCR  5 @STL  3        W:Odalis Perez (4-7), L: Adam Wainwright (5-6), S: Octavio Dotel (6)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 KCR 17  STL  8        W:Zack Greinke (4-4), L: Kip Wells (2-11), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 STL  7 @KCR  3        W:Adam Wainwright (5-5), L: Odalis Perez (3-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 KCR  8  STL  1        W:Brian Bannister (3-3), L: Brad Thompson (4-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 STL  9  KCR  7        W:Jason Marquis (10-6), L: Mike Wood (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 KCR  8 @STL  7 (11)   W:Luke Hudson (1-3), L: Jason Isringhausen (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - KCR leads 2-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 26-21

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  5.52

TBR  4.52

WSN  3.68

RA/G

CHW  3.69

MIL  4.58

TEX  5.81

BA

C. Jones  .400

V. Guerrero  .279

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .491

K. Johnson  .350

C. Patterson  .226

SLG

L. Berkman  .708

J. Kubel  .446

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.155

B. Hawpe  .798

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

J. Vazquez  4.13

B. Bonser  6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

B. Backe  6.18

L. Hernandez  2.71

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Kansas City Royals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
34.Flores*
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
63.Perez
G/S/vB
23.Reyes
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
27.Villone*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 51/38 .306/.333/.633/.966 1.629/.763 1.037 51/.966 1/0 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 13/1.141 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 187/136 .255/.332/.376/.707 1.059/.581 .778 63/.778 0/2 3/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/84 .295/.350/.337/.686 .895/.636 .759 37/.658 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.777 2/1.000 17/.728 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.250 245/164 .308/.362/.471/.833 .764/.867 .876 116/.944 5/5 8/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 207/149 .242/.285/.263/.548 .516/.561 .504 88/.509 17/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP 9/.944 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 70/29 .161/.209/.194/.403 .425/.371 .282 34/.485 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 160/134 .238/.277/.272/.548 .346/.589 .455 50/.444 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.633 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 303/216 .272/.347/.426/.773 .504/.883 .705 113/.680 2/2 8/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/.833 1/.000 30/.633 ··· ··· 3/.000 17/.647 11/.455 238/173 .298/.352/.390/.742 .902/.684 .641 83/.736 2/1 2/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 16/.250 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 19/.422 289/214 .287/.308/.498/.806 1.012/.734 .834 112/.999 1/0 11/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 173/120 .262/.295/.494/.789 .944/.723 .896 84/.716 2/0 8/
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 168/120 .154/.174/.191/.365 .431/.339 .321 32/.250 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 7/1.286 5/.650 4/.250 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 3/1.334 283/205 .256/.332/.394/.726 .614/.769 .722 102/.786 2/1 6/
IP 17.2 18.2 32.2 19.0 36.2 13.0 14.2 19.2 27.2 TOTAL .261/.313/.383/.696 .735/.681 .687 .727 39/20 50/36
ERA-K/9 4.58/6.6 4.34/6.3 2.76/5.8 7.58/5.7 2.70/7.6 2.77/8.3 4.91/6.1 2.75/8.7 5.86/8.4 4.06/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (21-3-2)
 Olivo (6-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.292 89/.250 145/.246 93/.278 155/.261 51/.178 61/.276 85/.230 128/.269 .261  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
25/0/27/6
0/58/0/4
28/24/12/3
20/0/36/2
3/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .841 .746 .741 .870 .689 .541 .794 .654 .761 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.825 41/.835 56/.761 32/.593 57/.608 23/.681 26/.500 28/.877 53/.550 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.848 48/.675 89/.728 61/1.002 98/.737 28/.437 35/1.025 57/.540 75/.905 .737
Home 41/.774 42/.976 85/.800 55/.907 91/.618 27/.551 41/.791 44/.765 79/.852 .730
Last 28d days / 30/.700 48/.976 5/.200 55/.800 40/.668 3/.000 36/.469 48/.993
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/4/0 2/1/1 3/4/0 4/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/2 2/0/0 63/30/14
Usage ···o··X· o··XoX·· ·o······ X··X···· ···X···· ···o···· ·o·o·oX· ·o···XX·
St. Louis Cardinals Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
53.Rosa
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 244/176 .250/.332/.468/.800 .640/.865 .781 70/.604 1/0 10/
54.Barton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/52 .245/.336/.340/.676 .663/.682 .759 43/.678 2/1 1/
16.Duncan* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 178/155 .239/.331/.348/.680 .267/.745 .667 43/.353 1/1 4/
8.Glaus G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/2.500 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 290/204 .263/.366/.449/.815 .911/.775 .742 93/.818 0/1 9/
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 212/135 .247/.322/.321/.643 .731/.594 .697 71/.515 6/3 1/
7.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 6/.000 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 177/146 .252/.305/.301/.606 .566/.614 .722 48/.603 4/1 1/
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/59 .203/.338/.281/.619 .600/.625 .620 29/.841 0/0 1/
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 250/158 .311/.380/.644/1.024 .932/1.075 .894 97/.831 4/1 16/
12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/2.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 161/101 .291/.333/.324/.658 .618/.680 .843 53/.529 0/2 0/
4.Molina G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 229/155 .295/.354/.377/.731 .983/.616 .756 66/.679 0/1 3/
13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/65 .272/.318/.311/.629 .605/.646 .524 44/.588 5/1 0/
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 266/197 .313/.375/.446/.821 .469/.939 .780 74/.949 5/0 4/
IP 93.0 3.0 16.2 35.1 33.0 1.0 31.0 28.2 TOTAL .271/.350/.415/.765 .755/.769 .764 .705 30/14 69/38
ERA-K/9 3.48/6.5 6.00/9.0 8.10/9.2 2.29/6.6 3.27/10.1 0.00/9.0 1.45/9.0 4.71/6.3 4.50/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (7-3-0)
 Molina (23-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 389/.251 14/.167 80/.275 149/.248 140/.238 3/.000 121/.159 133/.299 .265  Schumaker
 Ankiel
 Barton
 Ludwick
 Duncan
37/22/24/6
0/58/0/2
22/0/5/2
14/5/55/1
33/0/0/1
OPS .728 .619 .884 .655 .579 .000 .493 .875 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.793 9/.597 35/.444 62/.786 69/.769 1/.000 62/.536 58/.579 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.674 5/.650 45/1.261 87/.568 71/.396 2/.000 59/.449 75/1.103 .729
Road 248/.778 11/.282 49/.759 88/.736 74/.641 3/.000 74/.571 68/.754 .757
Last 28d days 142/.793 14/.619 35/1.216 60/.516 63/.658 3/.000 53/.687 43/.766
HR/SB/CS 13/0/2 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 5/3/0 75/27/10
Usage ·····X·· ···Xo··o ·······o oo···oo· o··o·oo· ····o··· oo····o· ·····o·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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