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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Kansas City Royals, 39-49, 4th, 11½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-6)             84.1  88  51  46  39  50  8    4.91      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  42.2  50  26  25  15  20  4    5.27   44 
 2008-07-01   @BAL   L   6     6   6   6   3   2  0      98   35 
 2008-06-25    COL   W   8     7   2   2   2   3  1      95   61 
 2008-06-20    SFG  ND   4.2   9   4   4   2   0  0      72   28 
 2008-06-14   @ARI   W   7    10   3   2   0   6  0     111   53 
 2008-06-09   @NYY  ND   6     4   2   2   0   4  1      87   60 
 2008-06-04   @CHW  ND   5.2   5   4   4   5   2  2     108   40 
 2008-05-29    MIN   L   5.1   9   5   5   3   3  0      90   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   20-28   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-37   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  9-19   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @TBR  L   0-3       39-49  4th 11.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @TBR  L   2-11      39-48  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @BAL  W  10-7       39-47  4th 10.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @BAL  L   2-5       38-47  4th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @BAL  L   5-7       38-46  4th 10.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @BAL  W   6-5 (11)  38-45  4th  9.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   STL  L   6-9       37-45  4th  9.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   STL  L   1-5       37-44  4th  8.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   STL  W   7-2       37-43  4th  7.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25   COL  W   4-2       36-43  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Rays, 54-32, 1st, 4 up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 6-5, 3.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-5)            109.1 105  53  45  20  88 12    3.70      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  42.2  44  21  20   5  39  7    4.22   54 
 2008-06-30    BOS   W   6.1   5   2   2   1   5  1     104   59 
 2008-06-25   @FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  1     101   70 
 2008-06-19    CHC  ND   6.1   7   3   3   2   9  0     102   54 
 2008-06-10   @LAA   L   8    10   6   6   0   9  2     108   47 
 2008-06-05   @BOS   L   1     3   4   4   0   2  1      27   33 
 2008-05-30    CHW  ND   6     7   1   1   1   6  1      99   59 
 2008-05-25    BAL  ND   8     8   4   3   1   3  1      92   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-0  21    17   6   6   2  16  2    2.57   62 
 2007-07-06   @KCR   W   7.2   7   4   4   0   6  0     106   55 
 2007-06-04    KCR   W   7.1   4   2   2   1   5  2     102   66 
 2006-06-11   @KCR   W   6     6   0   0   1   5  0      99   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-13   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  39-23   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 24-15   vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest: 11-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Sat, Jul  5   KCR  W   3-0       54-32  1st  4.0 up
 85 Fri, Jul  4   KCR  W  11-2       53-32  1st  3.0 up
 84 Wed, Jul  2   BOS  W   7-6       52-32  1st  3.5 up
 83 Tue, Jul  1   BOS  W   3-1       51-32  1st  2.5 up
 82 Mon, Jun 30   BOS  W   5-4       50-32  1st  1.5 up
 81 Sun, Jun 29  @PIT  W   4-3       49-32  1st  0.5 up
 80 Sat, Jun 28  @PIT  L   3-4 (13)  48-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27  @PIT  W  10-5       48-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 26  @FLA  W   6-1       47-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25  @FLA  W  15-3       46-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 TBR  3  KCR  0        W:Andy Sonnanstine (10-3), L: Zack Greinke (7-5), S: Grant Balfour (3)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 TBR 11  KCR  2        W:Edwin Jackson (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: none

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 KCR 12  TBD  4        W:Jorge de la Rosa (7-9), L: Scott Kazmir (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 KCR  8  TBD  7        W:Octavio Dotel (2-1), L: Shawn Camp (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TBD  6 @KCR  5        W:James Shields (7-4), L: Odalis Perez (4-8), S: Gary Glover (1)
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 TBD  4  KCR  2        W:James Shields (5-0), L: Gil Meche (3-5), S: Al Reyes (14)
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 TBD  5  KCR  1        W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 KCR  9 @TBD  4        W:Odalis Perez (3-5), L: Edwin Jackson (0-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 KCR  4 @TBD  1        W:Brian Bannister (1-3), L: Scott Kazmir (3-3), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
Sun, Jun 11, 2006 TBD  8 @KCR  2        W:James Shields (2-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 2-0; 2007 - KCR won 4-3; 2006 - TBR won 5-1; All-Time - TBR leads 44-38

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  5.42

COL  4.51

WSN  3.61

RA/G

OAK  3.68

SFG  4.58

TEX  5.69

BA

C. Jones  .385

M. Kemp  .284

T. Pena  .162

OBP

C. Jones  .477

N. McLouth  .358

T. Pena  .184

SLG

L. Berkman  .669

A. Ramirez  .463

T. Pena  .214

OPS

L. Berkman  1.106

F. Thomas  .816

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

J. Contreras  4.02

T. Gorzelanny  6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

D. Eveland  6.05

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/88 .275/.304/.459/.763 1.194/.638 .758 104/.732 2/1 3/
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/1.666 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 228/171 .243/.320/.356/.677 .995/.573 .709 71/.659 0/3 3/
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 228/166 .266/.329/.353/.682 1.002/.568 .699 22/.794 0/1 2/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 5/.000 5/.200 2/1.500 303/205 .316/.375/.482/.857 .780/.895 .858 99/.976 6/5 9/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 249/183 .252/.306/.270/.576 .574/.577 .548 69/.620 19/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 79/36 .169/.211/.197/.408 .404/.412 .267 15/.467 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 222/184 .262/.308/.325/.633 .373/.688 .494 88/.728 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 373/265 .255/.335/.419/.755 .516/.853 .683 115/.815 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 5/.000 5/.400 5/.400 1/no AB 6/.334 291/217 .317/.372/.423/.794 .987/.731 .713 93/.919 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 7/2.238 357/268 .274/.300/.469/.769 1.021/.688 .775 111/.815 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 200/137 .262/.290/.482/.772 .987/.676 .899 52/.532 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 181/126 .162/.184/.214/.398 .541/.339 .378 14/.808 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 10/.422 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 344/253 .252/.326/.408/.733 .619/.775 .753 100/.692 2/2 9/
IP 109.1 17.2 31.1 48.0 52.2 21.2 39.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.388/.704 .760/.683 .689 .752 43/25 64/49
ERA-K/9 3.70/7.2 1.02/13.7 3.45/6.0 4.88/5.1 2.91/8.5 3.74/6.6 1.82/5.9 3.59/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (26-5-3)
 Olivo (9-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.252 66/.105 140/.262 213/.286 218/.191 90/.247 154/.165 .239  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
31/0/30/6
0/71/0/5
39/29/12/3
20/0/50/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .689 .337 .721 .829 .586 .686 .514 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.714 25/.478 65/.681 102/.975 72/.537 50/.612 57/.367 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.666 41/.254 75/.756 111/.697 146/.608 40/.775 97/.600 .671
Home 246/.567 42/.321 94/.837 72/.638 120/.516 50/.466 74/.369 .617
Last 28d days 112/.647 47/.265 45/.677 36/.804 53/.587 17/.899 39/.289
HR/SB/CS 12/6/5 0/0/0 1/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 4/0/1 72/41/18
Usage ·····X·· X···Xo·· ···X···X ·o·····X X···oo·· ···o·o·o ···X·oXX
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
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
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 126/80 .257/.352/.404/.756 1.093/.554 .666 82/.696 1/1 3/
44.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/3 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.333 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 15/1.319 5/.650 2/3.500 3/2.667 ··· ··· 11/.664 368/259 .285/.331/.409/.740 .684/.764 .851 93/.892 22/6 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 20/.478 ··· ··· 12/.795 128/121 .252/.344/.450/.794 .619/.804 .878 43/.772 1/0 6/
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 5/1.933 1/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 128/50 .200/.305/.409/.714 .770/.626 .670 23/.617 5/1 6/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.000 204/177 .231/.338/.399/.737 .531/.770 .822 60/.742 2/2 6/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 253/211 .257/.344/.509/.853 .595/.902 .746 68/.794 7/2 13/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 380/276 .274/.346/.375/.720 .666/.741 .693 98/.796 5/2 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 319/236 .281/.351/.529/.880 .864/.885 .788 106/1.077 6/0 15/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.556 244/188 .318/.370/.435/.805 .746/.833 .797 92/.830 0/3 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 14/.594 4/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 281/189 .225/.335/.424/.758 .704/.784 .807 38/.721 0/0 12/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/43 .274/.313/.479/.792 .831/.760 .638 12/1.343 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.143 371/271 .275/.389/.407/.796 .812/.790 .784 108/.657 26/10 6/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/1.667 30/20 .333/.400/.815/1.215 1.250/1.192 1.343 13/1.795 1/0 3/
IP 84.1 22.2 44.1 26.0 7.2 40.1 37.0 10.2 TOTAL .265/.341/.417/.758 .753/.760 .754 .808 97/32 92/48
ERA-K/9 4.91/5.3 7.94/7.5 2.03/6.5 5.54/6.2 2.35/5.8 2.68/9.6 1.22/10.0 5.06/7.6 4.56/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (26-16-4)
 Riggans (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 370/.270 109/.287 183/.224 107/.270 30/.233 166/.224 140/.143 47/.179 .266  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Zobrist
 Gomes
0/82/0/8
2/15/57/4
81/0/0/1
5/0/34/1
0/1/1/0
4/0/10/0
OPS .759 .897 .587 .881 .600 .562 .437 .606 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.890 48/.497 73/.686 48/.926 12/.167 79/.725 70/.501 26/.908 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.634 61/1.243 110/.524 59/.846 18/.889 87/.411 70/.375 21/.246 .726
Road 212/.777 65/.821 101/.655 50/.738 20/.650 84/.631 83/.504 16/.192 .755
Last 28d days 133/.734 34/1.160 59/.354 15/.867 30/.600 48/.576 34/.180 25/.247
HR/SB/CS 8/10/3 4/2/0 2/2/2 8/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 90/35/14
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· ··X··X·· ··X···X· X··X·o·o ·····X·· ··o··o·· ·X··X·XX

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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