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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 46-72, 5th, 16½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 5-9, 4.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-9)			113.0	120	66	58	51	89	12	4.62
2008 (14-11)			210.1	204	98	93	73	183	19	3.98
2007 (9-13)			216.0	218	98	88	62	156	22	3.67

Last 7 GS		2-4	37.2	42	30	27	21	28	10	6.45	42
2009-08-13	@MIN	W	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	83	37
2009-07-11	@BOS	L	3.2	6	8	6	3	6	2	87	24
2009-07-06	@DET	ND	5.2	5	2	2	5	5	2	114	51
2009-07-01	MIN	L	6.0	6	3	2	5	5	1	121	50
2009-06-26	@PIT	L	5.0	5	4	4	3	3	2	84	41
2009-06-21	STL	L	3.1	9	9	9	2	1	2	75	5
2009-06-16	ARI	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	132	84

Last 5 v.CHW		2-1	33.0	26	11	10	9	29	0	2.73	60
2009-05-30	CHW	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	103	64
2009-04-07	@CHW	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	91	65
2008-07-19	@CHW	W	6.1	2	1	1	1	6	0	91	70
2008-06-05	@CHW	L	5.2	8	5	5	4	5	0	115	34
2007-09-18	CHW	W	7.0	4	2	1	2	5	0	108	66

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

 Home:   25-36   Road:   21-36   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  31-42   vsLHP:  15-30   1-Run:  11-18
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:20-26   vsWest:  7-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17  @CHW  L   7-8       46-72  5th 16.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @DET  W   3-2 (10)  46-71  5th 16.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @DET  L   3-10      45-71  5th 17.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @DET  L   0-1       45-70  5th 16.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13  @MIN  W   5-4       45-69  5th 15.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12  @MIN  L   1-7       44-69  5th 15.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11  @MIN  W  14-6       44-68  5th 15.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   OAK  L   3-6       43-68  5th 16.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   OAK  W  12-6       43-67  5th 15.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   OAK  L   4-9       42-67  5th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

WhiteSox, 61-58, 2nd, 2 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Freddy Garcia (34, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2008 (1-1)			15.0	11	8	7	6	12	3	4.20
2007 (1-5)			58.0	74	39	38	19	50	12	5.90
2006 (17-9)			216.1	228	116	109	48	135	32	4.53

Last 7 GS		1-3	36.0	39	27	25	15	31	10	6.25	45
2008-09-29	@CHW	ND	5.0	2	2	2	3	3	0	70	55
2008-09-23	KCR	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	6	3	76	37
2008-09-17	@TEX	W	5.0	2	1	0	1	3	0	59	63
2007-06-08	@KCR	L	1.2	7	6	6	2	1	2	50	16
2007-06-03	SFG	ND	5.1	9	7	6	2	5	2	98	27
2007-05-28	ARI	L	8.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	113	63
2007-05-23	@FLA	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	2	112	51

Last 5 v.KCR		0-4	25.2	42	28	27	9	19	9	9.47	31
2008-09-23	KCR	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	6	3	76	37
2007-06-08	@KCR	L	1.2	7	6	6	2	1	2	50	16
2006-09-03	@KCR	L	7.0	8	5	5	1	7	2	105	47
2006-08-02	@KCR	L	6.2	11	5	4	2	3	1	101	35
2005-09-14	@KCR	ND	5.1	9	7	7	2	2	1	96	22

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

 Home:   34-27   Road:   27-31   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  39-42   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:25-27   vsWest: 12-13 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Mon, Aug 17   KCR  W   8-7       61-58  2nd  2.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @OAK  L   2-3       60-58  2nd  2.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15  @OAK  W   8-1       60-57  2nd  2.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @OAK  W   8-7 (10)  59-57  2nd  2.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug 12  @SEA  L   0-1 (14)  58-57  2nd  2.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug 11  @SEA  W   3-1       58-56  2nd  2.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug 10  @SEA  L   4-6       57-56  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   CLE  L   4-8       57-55  2nd  3.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   CLE  W   8-5       57-54  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   CLE  L   2-6       56-54  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 KCR  6  CHW  3        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Clayton Richard (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 KCR  6  CHW  4        W:Luke Hochevar (4-3), L: Gavin Floyd (6-6), S: Joakim Soria (11)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (7-6), L: Zack Greinke (10-4), S: Scott Linebrink (2)
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 CHW  4 @KCR  1        W:Mark Buehrle (8-2), L: Bruce Chen (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Sun, May 31, 2009 CHW  7 @KCR  4        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: John Bale (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Sat, May 30, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  3        W:Scott Linebrink (2-2), L: Juan Cruz (3-1), S: Bobby Jenks (11)
Fri, May 29, 2009 CHW 11 @KCR  2        W:Clayton Richard (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 KCR  8  CHW  7 (11)   W:Juan Cruz (2-0), L: Lance Broadway (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 KCR  3  CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (6-0), L: Bartolo Colon (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Bobby Jenks (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 7-6; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 323-280

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 5.79

DET 4.62

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .377

N. Schierholtz .293

A. Casilla .182

OBP

A. Pujols .446

M. Bourn .364

R. Cedeno .235

SLG

A. Pujols .680

P. Konerko .478

A. Casilla .227

OPS

A. Pujols 1.126

V. Martinez .840

A. Casilla .499

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Guthrie 5.66

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 ··· ··· 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 203/172 .240/.277/.302/.579 .437/.604 .554 32/.412 15/4 0/2

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 8/.393 9/.625 4/2.000 14/.214 9/1.806 1/2.000 10/1.400 5/.200 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 349/256 .238/.268/.338/.606 .677/.580 .572 92/.613 3/2 4/11

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 10/.844 25/1.160 10/1.125 4/1.000 5/.650 5/.200 3/.666 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 346/205 .256/.300/.356/.657 .693/.631 .777 93/.540 18/4 4/8

14.Buck G/S/vP 17/.765 49/.477 3/.333 19/.276 7/.629 5/.200 8/.625 10/.800 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 139/103 .208/.275/.400/.675 .732/.655 .452 35/.582 0/0 4/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 2/2.000 30/.784 4/.500 13/.413 14/.500 6/.500 16/.450 8/.250 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 477/314 .297/.352/.480/.833 .982/.758 .679 116/.949 0/0 14/7

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 2/1.000 8/.375 2/.000 3/.666 4/1.000 2/.500 7/1.715 3/1.667 5/.000 1/2.000 3/2.667 ··· 451/300 .300/.353/.438/.791 .921/.723 .685 111/.744 1/1 7/15

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 30/.897 65/.423 3/1.334 47/.811 22/.955 6/.334 24/.701 11/.909 2/.000 2/.000 15/.553 ··· 484/310 .263/.334/.410/.744 .573/.844 .684 112/.795 4/7 8/0

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/1.833 21/.786 1/.000 18/.708 14/.468 5/.400 13/1.052 5/.000 3/1.000 ··· 6/.333 ··· 110/70 .198/.300/.313/.613 .599/.621 .586 77/.660 4/0 3/5

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/4.000 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 3/.667 7/1.262 2/.000 4/.500 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 346/251 .233/.306/.422/.728 .561/.792 .655 54/.727 0/0 16/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 200/148 .241/.320/.333/.653 .789/.607 .551 45/.843 6/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 11/.764 18/.778 8/.821 11/.586 13/.846 11/.182 11/.673 3/.000 8/.750 1/3.000 4/1.250 1/.000 306/181 .240/.272/.473/.745 .688/.785 .784 61/.745 3/1 16/6

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 102/63 .326/.360/.500/.860 .991/.783 .885 47/.912 0/0 3/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 24/.875 54/1.121 2/.000 39/.664 18/.690 3/.000 21/.783 11/.182 3/.333 1/.000 15/.829 ··· 442/272 .275/.330/.413/.743 .711/.763 .672 88/.519 6/0 9/9

IP 166.2 73.0 101.2 141.0 46.1 157.2 42.2 43.1 48.0 51.2 6.2 TOTAL .253/.313/.397/.709 .708/.710 .659 .709 59/19 97/94

ERA-K/9

/0.0

3.78/4.5

3.70/6.3

5.40/6.8

3.96/7.4

2.72/11.5

3.94/7.6

3.80/8.2

3.53/9.1

4.69/7.3

2.44/11.0

2.70/10.7

4.13/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 648/.261 318/.278 451/.263 599/.250 202/.223 656/.241 179/.255 188/.273 219/.291 202/.212 28/.208 .258

OPS .724 .720 .743 .712 .720 .664 .719 .806 .768 .602 .696 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 179/.757 145/.870 232/.703 162/.724 64/.823 340/.646 84/.857 79/.715 103/.826 80/.472 13/.385 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 469/.711 173/.601 219/.783 437/.707 138/.673 316/.683 95/.600 109/.868 116/.719 122/.688 15/1.012 .725

Home / 380/.693 199/.721 214/.703 286/.750 103/.669 309/.577 93/.747 100/.831 117/.708 107/.504 20/.788

Last 28d days / 141/.679 65/.728 114/.812 146/.765 45/.619 141/.616 38/.793 39/1.004 44/.637 45/.438 28/.696

HR/SB/CS // 20/1/1 4/1/2 9/17/2 16/15/5 4/14/1 14/14/2 6/8/0 6/10/0 5/4/2 4/3/3 1/2/2 115/102/25

Usage X····X·· ···X···· ···X···· ·X····X· ·o·o···X ··X····X oo·o·Xo· X·o··X·o ·····X·o o··o·X·· ··X·····

WhiteSox Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 28.Davies
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
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

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/2.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 264/188 .306/.380/.480/.861 1.061/.778 .667 116/.956 5/4 6/11

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.250 144/95 .234/.319/.422/.741 .803/.711 .601 21/.907 0/0 6/5

23.Dye G/S/vP 47/.655 3/2.000 26/.911 13/.322 1/.000 21/1.118 44/1.115 13/.731 14/.714 6/.000 8/.125 14/.901 442/325 .273/.351/.503/.853 .820/.865 .833 98/.563 0/2 24/5

14.Konerko G/S/vP 37/.816 2/.500 27/.486 13/1.371 1/.000 16/1.363 55/.444 11/.831 9/.583 6/.333 9/.222 17/.494 464/331 .274/.341/.478/.819 1.058/.725 .879 101/.607 0/0 21/4

30.Kotsay* G/S/vP 32/.382 3/1.167 3/.666 19/1.339 5/1.400 3/.000 5/.600 3/.000 13/.385 ··· 9/.730 20/.762 112/92 .262/.306/.350/.656 .474/.695 .675 37/.669 2/1 1/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/55 .157/.253/.186/.439 .414/.451 .356 2/.000 4/1 0/2

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 189/89 .228/.324/.451/.775 .841/.697 .631 64/.855 8/0 10/9

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 29/.463 6/.666 23/1.208 11/1.363 3/2.000 13/.308 38/1.096 10/.444 12/1.083 8/.536 8/1.375 13/.672 385/282 .311/.343/.459/.802 .717/.833 .738 88/.897 1/0 13/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 11/.873 6/.334 13/.616 13/.968 2/.000 2/1.000 33/1.343 4/.250 5/1.200 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.000 413/290 .296/.348/.389/.737 .741/.736 .759 108/.658 18/9 4/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 5/2.400 ··· ··· 15/.740 18/1.032 6/.334 3/.333 4/1.250 5/.650 7/.858 251/179 .227/.319/.427/.746 .720/.754 .786 96/.701 1/0 11/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/.728 2/1.000 16/1.250 ··· ··· 15/.600 18/.579 9/1.381 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 5/.400 440/326 .276/.333/.415/.748 1.034/.648 .792 79/.800 12/4 14/16

51.Rios G/S/vP 20/1.594 1/.000 6/1.667 16/.321 2/.000 7/1.285 19/.790 9/.222 4/1.250 3/.333 4/.250 7/.572 499/357 .259/.311/.418/.728 .727/.729 .876 91/.692 19/3 14/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 38/.792 5/.650 27/1.199 6/.833 2/1.500 17/1.279 33/.781 9/.778 11/1.205 6/.334 8/1.950 12/.639 376/280 .250/.380/.503/.884 .819/.906 .893 87/.742 0/0 22/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 9/.666 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 4/1.250 1/.000 125/110 .200/.240/.348/.587 .871/.557 .692 19/.722 2/3 2/0

IP 113.0 25.1 140.0 48.0 30.1 94.1 166.1 92.2 41.0 36.2 34.1 57.2 TOTAL .262/.333/.422/.755 .827/.728 .742 .737 75/34 140/102

ERA-K/9

4.62/7.1

6.04/7.8

4.44/5.7

5.06/6.8

6.23/5.6

5.92/6.2

2.33/9.4

5.73/6.8

4.61/7.5

2.21/11.3

4.98/11.5

4.68/6.4

4.72/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 504/.270 117/.276 571/.263 210/.291 136/.287 417/.286 675/.245 406/.282 196/.302 150/.197 157/.216 259/.264 .270

OPS .772 .825 .696 .851 .852 .822 .638 .831 .915 .584 .637 .772 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.737 54/.643 306/.686 57/.673 54/.955 174/.782 318/.692 190/.805 83/.788 74/.508 82/.794 113/.633 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.806 63/.995 265/.708 153/.921 82/.785 243/.849 357/.589 216/.853 113/1.015 76/.659 75/.480 146/.876 .785

Road 283/.753 47/.530 282/.711 133/.885 55/1.028 205/.625 305/.662 172/.946 91/.943 93/.535 49/.568 105/.734

Last 28d days 24/.920 46/.966 128/.788 119/.841 55/1.017 69/.876 139/.664 136/.930 52/1.068 52/.688 47/.493 64/.650

HR/SB/CS 12/13/1 3/4/0 12/13/1 9/4/4 6/4/0 15/16/4 7/4/6 16/10/3 9/0/0 4/0/0 1/6/2 8/6/1 121/84/27

Usage ····X··· X···oo·· X····X·· ··X···o· o··X···· ·X····X· ···X···· ··X····· ··X···X· ·X··X··· ····o··· ·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.