Monday, July 27, 2009 Game Previews - Baseball-Reference.com

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Game Previews > KCR @ BAL, Monday, July 27, 2009

Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 7:05pm, Monday, July 27, 2009 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Royals, 38-59, 5th, 14 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (32, LHP, 0-5, 6.58)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-5)			26.0	29	19	19	9	16	6	6.58
2007 (0-0)			10.0	11	11	8	6	7	3	7.20
2006 (0-7)			98.2	137	81	76	35	70	28	6.93

Last 7 GS		0-5	35.1	45	26	26	11	23	8	6.62	41
2009-07-21	LAA	L	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	94	44
2009-07-12	@BOS	L	3.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	78	34
2009-07-07	@DET	L	4.2	4	7	7	5	3	3	92	26
2009-07-02	CHW	L	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	100	58
2009-06-27	@PIT	L	6.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	76	45
2006-08-04	NYY	ND	5.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	92	39
2006-07-30	CHW	ND	5.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	84	42

Has never faced BAL.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   23-32   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  25-37   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:   8-15
 vsEast:  8-16   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sun, Jul 26   TEX  L   2-7       38-59  5th 14.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25   TEX  W   6-3       38-58  5th 14.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 24   TEX  L   0-2       37-58  5th 14.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22   LAA  L   6-9       37-57  4th 13.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   LAA  L   2-10      37-56  4th 13.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21   LAA  L   5-8       37-55  4th 13.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   TBR  L   3-4       37-54  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   TBR  L   2-4       37-53  4th 11.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17   TBR  L   7-8       37-52  4th 11.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @BOS  L   0-6       37-51  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Orioles, 42-55, 5th, 17½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Rich Hill (29, LHP, 3-3, 7.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			55.1	64	50	47	37	45	7	7.64
2008 (1-0)			19.2	13	9	9	18	15	2	4.12
2007 (11-8)			195.0	170	89	85	63	183	27	3.92

Last 7 GS		1-2	32.2	43	34	32	20	23	6	8.82	35
2009-07-21	@NYY	L	3.0	3	5	5	4	2	1	82	31
2009-07-11	TOR	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	91	53
2009-07-05	@LAA	ND	5.1	6	6	6	4	2	1	92	30
2009-06-30	BOS	ND	3.1	9	9	7	3	3	2	95	10
2009-06-25	@FLA	L	4.1	8	6	6	1	6	2	89	28
2009-06-19	@PHI	W	6.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	111	57
2009-06-13	ATL	ND	4.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	80	34

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	5.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	3.18	51
2009-05-16	@KCR	W	5.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	88	51

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-21   Road:   16-34   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  25-34   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast: 14-24   vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  8-17 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @BOS  W   6-2       42-55  5th 17.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @BOS  L   2-7       41-55  5th 17.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 24  @BOS  L   1-3       41-54  5th 17.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @NYY  L   4-6       41-53  5th 16.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @NYY  L   4-6       41-52  5th 15.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20  @NYY  L   1-2       41-51  5th 14.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19  @CHW  W  10-2       41-50  5th 14.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18  @CHW  L   3-4       40-50  5th 15.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @CHW  L   8-12      40-49  5th 15.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   TOR  W   4-2       40-48  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 17, 2009 KCR  7  BAL  4        W:Juan Cruz (3-0), L: Jim Johnson (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 BAL  3 @KCR  2        W:Rich Hill (1-0), L: Kyle Davies (2-2), S: George Sherrill (7)
Fri, May 15, 2009 KCR  8  BAL  1        W:Zack Greinke (7-1), L: Adam Eaton (2-4), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2009 BAL  9 @KCR  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-3), L: Gil Meche (2-4), S: none

Thu, Jul 03, 2008 KCR 10 @BAL  7        W:Joel Peralta (1-2), L: Adam Loewen (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 BAL  5  KCR  2        W:Daniel Cabrera (6-4), L: Gil Meche (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 BAL  7  KCR  5        W:Radhames Liz (3-0), L: Luke Hochevar (5-6), S: George Sherrill (27)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 KCR  6 @BAL  5 (11)   W:Ron Mahay (4-0), L: Chad Bradford (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (22)
Sun, May 11, 2008 KCR  4  BAL  0        W:Brian Bannister (4-4), L: Brian Burres (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 BAL  6 @KCR  5        W:Garrett Olson (2-0), L: Brett Tomko (1-4), S: George Sherrill (13)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - BAL won 5-3; 2007 - BAL won 7-0; All-Time - BAL leads 240-180

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 2009 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

LAA 5.54

FLA 4.49

SDP 3.64

RA/G

SFG 3.75

FLA 4.63

WSN 5.49

J. Mauer .366

M. Scutaro .289

R. Cedeno .178

OBP

M. Ramirez .462

N. Morgan .363

J. Gerut .223

SLG

A. Pujols .698

N. McLouth .466

N. Punto .241

OPS

A. Pujols 1.145

L. Overbay .827

J. Gerut .528

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

J. Cueto 3.78

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

R. Wolf 6.68

N. Blackburn 3.68

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Hill*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 25.Bass
G/S/vB 35.Bergesen
G/S/vB 49.Berken
G/S/vB 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB 63.Hernandez
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 26.Meredith
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 4/.750 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 13/.641 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 276/211 .241/.266/.320/.586 .656/.564 .562 31/.408 3/1 2/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 276/164 .265/.311/.364/.675 .760/.617 .822 85/.608 16/2 2/7

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 12/.523 ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· 112/82 .212/.288/.414/.702 .600/.741 .386 15/.333 0/0 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 383/252 .289/.347/.457/.804 .938/.739 .676 97/.877 0/0 10/5

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 360/244 .305/.356/.456/.812 .958/.739 .715 86/.896 1/1 6/12

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/.614 16/.250 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 6/1.167 395/254 .263/.328/.412/.741 .594/.825 .648 100/.872 3/6 7/0

26.Freel G/S/vP 12/.833 8/1.482 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.781 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 85/50 .208/.305/.236/.541 .465/.595 .506 36/.667 1/0 0/1

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 44/25 .171/.341/.257/.598 .602/.598 .833 18/.730 1/0 1/3

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 299/210 .219/.298/.413/.710 .554/.778 .683 49/.623 0/0 13/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/119 .213/.289/.309/.598 .761/.549 .410 34/.394 4/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/1.218 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 255/154 .239/.272/.461/.733 .638/.796 .783 69/.620 3/1 13/6

27.Pena# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/40 .286/.317/.464/.781 1.032/.653 .673 23/.701 0/0 2/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.333 10/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 372/233 .295/.349/.447/.797 .768/.814 .735 85/.820 5/0 9/8

IP 55.1 41.1 46.0 56.0 116.1 56.1 115.2 61.0 45.0 45.1 38.1 40.1 TOTAL .252/.312/.396/.709 .708/.709 .660 .697 48/13 79/82

ERA-K/9

7.64/7.3

3.70/7.0

4.50/4.9

4.34/6.4

3.56/4.6

6.55/4.8

5.21/5.4

4.57/6.2

3.20/4.6

3.18/6.2

3.99/4.9

2.45/8.5

5.01/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.292 183/.273 189/.218 255/.289 489/.266 262/.305 502/.267 271/.289 167/.272 184/.250 172/.320 164/.223 .279

OPS .873 .720 .644 .830 .724 .844 .827 .835 .761 .703 .742 .637 .805

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.888 78/.840 93/.674 122/.743 242/.719 140/.881 252/.895 87/.742 84/.783 86/.640 75/.763 48/.371 .826

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.869 105/.633 96/.613 133/.910 247/.728 122/.800 250/.761 184/.880 83/.740 98/.754 97/.726 116/.747 .788

Home 86/.990 89/.713 109/.499 148/.885 273/.675 153/.776 256/.770 112/.936 51/.824 90/.753 81/.707 85/.621

Last 28d days 93/1.038 48/.626 29/.718 54/.853 143/.768 118/.904 102/.840 49/.635 77/.644 30/.983 37/.742 41/.762

HR/SB/CS 7/9/2 1/5/2 6/3/0 9/2/3 11/1/3 6/5/1 23/5/1 10/10/0 4/3/1 4/1/1 1/8/1 3/3/0 118/67/17

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ··o····· ·····X·· ··X····· ····X··· ·X·····X ·o···oo· X·····X· o·····XX ·o··o··· o···X···

Orioles Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 47.Ponson
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 158/109 .230/.266/.284/.550 .557/.545 .663 37/.425 2/3 1/5

17.Huff* G/S/vP 20/1.106 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.000 16/.813 8/.500 11/.764 35/.823 1/.000 2/.000 5/.900 396/234 .248/.313/.403/.716 .624/.781 .846 89/.419 0/6 11/4

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 17/.765 6/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.933 12/.733 189/126 .251/.283/.313/.596 .841/.466 .826 30/.475 9/0 1/6

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/1.100 2/.500 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 7/.453 386/240 .302/.355/.483/.838 .673/.938 .837 85/.697 8/4 14/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/1.167 7/1.000 8/1.333 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 5/.800 427/248 .296/.351/.462/.814 .677/.915 .851 95/.798 3/1 12/4

6.Mora G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 12/.166 8/.250 9/1.556 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 3/1.000 295/174 .263/.327/.338/.665 .670/.661 .767 73/.674 2/3 3/7

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/2.000 124/112 .223/.287/.339/.626 .182/.673 .695 14/.571 1/3 2/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 220/130 .277/.359/.462/.821 .876/.783 .920 77/.657 5/0 9/3

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 9/1.431 9/.476 7/.762 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 426/278 .279/.341/.437/.778 .774/.780 .757 88/.700 20/5 8/7

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 6/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 5/.400 290/199 .285/.369/.551/.920 1.013/.875 1.057 70/.915 0/0 18/0

15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/74 .254/.307/.377/.684 .588/.767 .777 57/.692 0/0 3/4

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.600 2/no AB 5/.650 12/.258 1/.000 8/.875 10/.856 247/149 .257/.304/.387/.691 .671/.703 .785 52/.699 1/1 6/3

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/1.750 7/.143 6/.833 6/.167 29/.872 2/.000 3/.000 7/.821 183/134 .261/.366/.401/.767 .591/.830 .647 23/1.057 0/0 4/4

IP 26.0 18.0 110.0 22.2 41.1 141.1 70.2 32.2 54.1 27.2 22.2 48.0 TOTAL .268/.330/.415/.745 .695/.775 .818 .692 50/26 95/69

ERA-K/9

6.58/5.5

6.00/9.0

3.76/5.7

5.16/5.6

6.31/6.5

2.04/9.3

4.84/6.1

4.13/8.5

6.79/5.0

1.63/11.4

6.35/13.1

4.88/6.4

4.49/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.282 84/.268 470/.253 94/.268 173/.235 564/.243 297/.251 155/.286 226/.333 113/.186 116/.250 209/.272 .263

OPS .883 .777 .678 .776 .751 .624 .751 .866 .862 .525 .713 .792 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.586 38/.624 249/.716 37/.986 80/.818 266/.665 130/.664 63/.720 130/.954 54/.466 62/.825 95/.602 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.995 46/.914 221/.636 57/.646 93/.695 298/.587 167/.817 92/.974 96/.740 59/.579 54/.594 114/.952 .770

Road 65/.981 29/.438 203/.706 34/.882 72/.609 223/.632 119/.843 59/.882 57/1.238 63/.576 29/.676 75/.757

Last 28d days 89/.909 39/.865 136/.649 44/1.049 44/.805 111/.729 133/.752 39/.646 24/.959 37/.454 34/.819 57/.790

HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 2/3/0 10/11/1 3/3/0 5/1/3 5/2/6 10/7/2 5/0/0 5/1/0 1/0/0 0/5/0 7/2/1 91/67/21

Usage ·····X·· ··X·oo·o ····X··· X·o·oX·X X····X·· ··X····· ·X·····X o···XX·o X····X·· ·X··oX·· ·····X·· X···oX·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.