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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Kansas City Royals, 11-14, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Brett Tomko (35, RHP, 1-3, 5.25)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             24    30  15  14   6  11  2    5.25      
 2007 (4-12)           131.1 149  89  81  48 105 18    5.55      
 2006 (8-7)            112.1 123  67  59  29  76 17    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  38.1  45  26  25  10  24  4    5.87   44 
 2008-04-24    CLE   L   4    11   7   6   2   2  0     108   14 
 2008-04-17   @LAA   L   7     6   5   5   1   3  0     100   47 
 2008-04-12    MIN   L   6     6   2   2   1   1  1      92   52 
 2008-04-06   @MIN   W   5     6   0   0   1   3  0      92   57 
 2007-09-30   @MIL   L   4.1   5   5   5   2   6  1      99   37 
 2007-09-25   @SFG  ND   6     6   4   4   3   3  1      96   44 
 2007-09-20    PIT   W   6     5   3   3   0   6  1      91   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-2  19.1  30  17  17  11  12  6    7.91   35 
 2001-10-04    TEX   W   5     4   1   1   2   6  1      91   59 
 2001-04-18    TEX   L   5    10   7   7   5   2  2     108   16 
 2001-04-07   @TEX  ND   3.1   7   3   3   0   1  2      79   35 
 2000-05-08   @TEX   L   6     9   6   6   4   3  1     105   29 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-7    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, Apr 27   TOR  L   2-5       11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   TOR  W   2-1       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   TOR  W   8-4       10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   CLE  L   0-2        9-13  5th  3.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24   CLE  L   6-9        9-12  5th  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   CLE  L   1-15       9-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-7        9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @OAK  L   5-6        9-9   2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-14
Texas Rangers, 9-17, 4th, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Jennings (29, RHP, 0-4, 7.46)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-4)             25.1  27  22  21  17  12  8    7.46      
 2007 (2-9)             99   119  73  71  34  71 19    6.45      
 2006 (9-13)           212   206  94  89  85 142 17    3.78      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-6  35    41  32  31  19  22 12    7.97   37 
 2008-04-24   @DET   L   5     5   5   5   5   4  3      84   36 
 2008-04-19   @BOS  ND   6     3   2   2   2   1  0     100   57 
 2008-04-14    LAA   L   4.2   7   7   6   4   5  1     107   25 
 2008-04-08    BAL   L   4.2   7   4   4   4   1  2      84   31 
 2008-04-02   @SEA   L   5     5   4   4   2   1  2      91   40 
 2007-08-20    WSN   L   4     7   6   6   2   6  2      83   28 
 2007-08-15   @LAD   L   5.2   7   4   4   0   4  2      84   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-7    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-13   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Sun, Apr 27   MIN  W  10-0        9-17  4th  7.0 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   MIN  L   6-12       8-17  4th  7.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   MIN  W   6-5 (10)   8-16  4th  7.0 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @DET  L   2-8        7-16  4th  7.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @DET  L   6-19       7-15  4th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @DET  L   2-10       7-14  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @BOS  L   3-8        7-13  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @BOS  L   5-6        7-12  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @BOS  L   3-5        7-11  4th  4.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @BOS  L   3-11       7-10  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TEX  3  KCR  2        W:Vicente Padilla (5-9), L: Kyle Davies (6-12), S: Joaquin Benoit (3)
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 TEX  9  KCR  8        W:John Rheinecker (2-1), L: Leo Nunez (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (11)
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 KCR  8 @TEX  1        W:Zack Greinke (6-5), L: Kameron Loe (6-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 KCR  6 @TEX  2        W:Ryan Braun (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (4-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TEX  4  KCR  3        W:Mike Wood (3-1), L: Gil Meche (7-11), S: C.J. Wilson (6)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 TEX  5  KCR  3        W:Kevin Millwood (8-9), L: Kyle Davies (5-9), S: C.J. Wilson (5)
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 KCR 10  TEX  0        W:Leo Nunez (1-0), L: Kameron Loe (5-9), S: Joel Peralta (1)
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 KCR  6  TEX  5        W:Odalis Perez (6-9), L: Kevin Millwood (7-9), S: Octavio Dotel (11)
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 KCR  6  TEX  1        W:Brian Bannister (7-6), L: Jamey Wright (3-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 TEX 15  KCR  2        W:John Koronka (7-6), L: Mark Redman (7-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - KCR won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - KCR leads 252-225

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 (3.28 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Jennings
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.600 3/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 399/311 .222/.308/.429/.738 .739/.737 .878 / 0/1 18/8
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 360/251 .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 ··· 5/.200 4/3.500 2/.500 3/1.833 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/2.000 703/502 .260/.351/.372/.722 .657/.749 .685 / 10/4 7/4
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 261/217 .307/.371/.342/.713 .625/.730 .851 / 9/8 0/4
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 405/234 .264/.351/.376/.727 .793/.678 .620 / 11/7 4/9
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.583 346/294 .288/.318/.441/.759 .854/.742 .756 / 2/2 7/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 601/446 .247/.314/.411/.725 .686/.738 .670 / 14/4 15/15
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 22/.372 4/.250 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 42/.400 486/333 .302/.346/.426/.772 .844/.739 .785 / 1/2 6/6
11.Guillen G/S/vP 5/.400 10/.700 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 5/2.300 25/.815 659/501 .290/.353/.460/.813 1.049/.741 .838 / 5/1 23/8
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 469/367 .237/.262/.405/.667 .806/.629 .574 / 3/2 16/12
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 536/396 .267/.284/.356/.640 .638/.640 .505 / 5/6 2/23
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.667 608/432 .285/.353/.410/.763 .672/.799 .699 / 13/5 7/6
IP 99.0 82.0 39.0 59.1 13.2 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .253/.308/.346/.654 .668/.649 .661 .653 14/11 12/10
ERA-K/9 6.45/6.5 2.85/9.5 5.77/4.4 4.55/7.4 /0.0 7.24/5.3 /0.0 3.03/8.3 3.62/4.6 5.34/4.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 445/.301 337/.225 192/.284 268/.258 / 62/.286 / 285/.208 330/.259 .298  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 .873 .641 .831 .755 .857 .602 .743 .830
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.852 146/.489 76/.930 120/.701 / 14/1.179 / 115/.381 144/.848 .832
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.887 191/.760 116/.769 148/.796 / 48/.767 / 170/.754 186/.666 .828
Home 244/.875 185/.584 89/.574 153/.754 / 38/.900 / 163/.635 151/.639 .765
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 19/15/3 6/2/2 3/6/2 3/4/4 // 2/0/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 24/20/9
Usage ····X··· ···o·X·o ··X····· ·····X·· ··o·o··X ··oo···· ······X· ···X·o·· ··Xo·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.

Texas Rangers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Tomko
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
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
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 13/.891 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .999 / 4/1 10/6
29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .664 / 1/0 2/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 23/.399 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .930 / 5/2 13/2
23.Broussard* G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.222 5/.000 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .733 / 2/0 7/2
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.850 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .943 / 2/1 11/0
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .989 / 3/3 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .921 / 23/2 20/17
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .663 / 6/2 9/12
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 .776 / 0/0 2/1
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 329/206 .266/.310/.422/.732 .625/.796 .733 / 0/0 11/14
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .608 / 1/0 8/7
10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 12/1.401 ··· 13/.462 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .808 / 13/3 9/19
IP 131.1 53.2 67.0 43.2 87.2 17.1 69.0 TOTAL .270/.346/.420/.766 .773/.765 .774 .771 12/2 24/27
ERA-K/9 5.55/7.2 3.02/8.4 2.55/7.4 3.92/7.6 3.80/6.8 8.31/7.8 2.48/9.8 /0.0 4.42/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (59-39-9)
 Saltalamacchia (37-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.284 233/.277 281/.218 182/.259 366/.274 78/.313 270/.187 / .272  Hamilton
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Botts
 Catalanotto
 Laird
 Broussard
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .809 .810 .664 .756 .765 .891 .510 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 276/.817 127/.724 117/.542 77/.919 135/.755 32/.624 106/.446 / .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.801 106/.909 164/.755 105/.643 231/.770 46/1.053 164/.550 / .739
Road 330/.810 119/.892 133/.677 88/.860 160/.855 33/.429 140/.537 / .739
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/8/5 6/2/1 4/1/3 8/5/0 9/8/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 // 18/12/3
Usage ····X··· ·o····X· ··X····· ··oXX··· ·X····X· ··o·X·o· ··ooo··· ····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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