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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Royals, 24-32, 4th, 6½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (28, RHP, 4-3, 4.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-3)			50.2	58	31	28	19	31	4	4.97
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76
2007 (12-9)			165.0	156	76	71	44	77	15	3.87

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.2	53	30	27	11	28	4	6.45	40
2009-06-03	@TBR	L	3.2	9	8	8	3	2	1	91	10
2009-05-29	CHW	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	4	1	87	22
2009-05-24	@STL	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	99	52
2009-05-19	CLE	ND	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	87	37
2009-05-13	@OAK	L	5.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	86	53
2009-05-07	SEA	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	105	68
2009-05-02	@MIN	ND	5.1	8	6	3	2	4	1	94	36

Last 5 v.CLE		3-1	32.0	28	11	11	5	15	3	3.09	56
2009-05-19	CLE	ND	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	87	37
2009-04-22	@CLE	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	94	63
2008-09-14	@CLE	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	100	49
2008-06-01	CLE	W	7.1	5	1	1	1	4	1	103	67
2008-04-24	CLE	L	6.2	4	2	2	0	4	1	87	62

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

 Home:   15-15   Road:    9-17   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @TOR  L   0-4       24-32  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @TOR  W   6-2       24-31  4th  5.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @TOR  L   3-9       23-31  4th  5.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @TBR  L   2-3       23-30  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @TBR  L   0-9       23-29  4th  5.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2  @TBR  L   2-6       23-28  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 31   CHW  L   4-7       23-27  4th  5.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 30   CHW  L   3-5       23-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 29   CHW  L   2-11      23-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 27   DET  L   3-8       23-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Indians, 25-34, 5th, 7 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (30, LHP, 3-6, 2.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			82.0	95	27	27	17	59	4	2.96
2008 (22-3)			223.1	214	68	63	34	170	12	2.54
2007 (5-8)			97.1	112	73	68	36	66	17	6.29

Last 7 GS		2-3	50.0	57	13	13	8	35	2	2.34	58
2009-06-03	@MIN	W	8.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	106	68
2009-05-29	NYY	L	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	112	45
2009-05-24	@CIN	ND	6.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	98	47
2009-05-19	@KCR	ND	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	101	61
2009-05-13	CHW	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	113	73
2009-05-08	DET	L	8.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	113	67
2009-05-03	@DET	L	7.0	12	3	3	1	4	1	114	44

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	38.2	41	13	11	4	23	2	2.56	58
2009-05-19	@KCR	ND	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	101	61
2009-04-22	KCR	L	8.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	122	60
2008-09-12	KCR	W	8.1	11	5	4	0	3	2	94	46
2008-09-07	@KCR	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	5	0	104	64
2008-08-21	KCR	W	7.0	6	3	2	2	7	0	102	60

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

 Home:   12-14   Road:   13-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  18-28   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Sun, Jun  7  @CHW  W   8-4       25-34  5th  7.0 gb
 58 Sat, Jun  6  @CHW  L   2-4       24-34  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  5  @CHW  W   6-0       24-33  5th  6.0 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  4  @MIN  L   3-11      23-33  5th  7.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  3  @MIN  W  10-1       23-32  5th  7.0 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  2  @MIN  L   3-4       22-32  5th  8.0 gb
 53 Mon, Jun  1   NYY  L   2-5       22-31  5th  8.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 31   NYY  W   5-4       22-30  5th  7.5 gb
 51 Sat, May 30   NYY  L   5-10      21-30  5th  7.5 gb
 50 Fri, May 29   NYY  L   1-3       21-29  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2009 CLE  8 @KCR  3        W:Carl Pavano (4-4), L: Horacio Ramirez (0-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (1)
Wed, May 20, 2009 CLE  6 @KCR  5        W:Aaron Laffey (3-0), L: Sidney Ponson (1-5), S: Kerry Wood (6)
Tue, May 19, 2009 KCR  6  CLE  5        W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-3), L: Kerry Wood (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 CLE  5  KCR  2        W:Jensen Lewis (2-2), L: Gil Meche (1-1), S: Kerry Wood (3)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 KCR  2 @CLE  0        W:Brian Bannister (1-0), L: Cliff Lee (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 CLE  8  KCR  7        W:Aaron Laffey (1-0), L: Sidney Ponson (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (2)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 CLE  5 @KCR  4        W:Jensen Lewis (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (1)
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 KCR  9  CLE  3        W:Kyle Davies (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 KCR  4  CLE  2        W:Zack Greinke (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (4)

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 KCR 13 @CLE  3        W:Brian Bannister (8-15), L: Edward Mujica (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 5-4; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 268-260

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

NYY 5.72

FLA 4.58

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.78

KCR 4.71

WSN 5.96

J. Bartlett .373

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .178

OBP

K. Youkilis .470

N. Markakis .349

D. Navarro .231

SLG

R. Ibanez .676

C. Crawford .449

J. Kendall .265

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

H. Matsui .795

D. Navarro .528

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

J. Beckett 4.09

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.29

B. Myers 6.50

J. Garland 3.65

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Royals Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lee*
G/S/vB 36.Aquino
G/S/vB 40.Herges
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 26/.308 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 126/59 .273/.339/.391/.730 .864/.579 .839 57/.475 8/1 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 21/.586 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 213/132 .281/.338/.429/.767 .926/.676 .570 93/.741 0/0 4/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 14/.714 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 205/139 .293/.346/.431/.777 .894/.719 .680 87/.607 0/0 2/3

2.Crisp# G/S/vP 16/.501 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/2.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.250 3/.666 203/129 .224/.335/.382/.717 .680/.740 .721 57/.391 11/2 3/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 49/.533 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 4/.250 7/.857 ··· 3/.666 3/3.000 215/137 .232/.286/.371/.657 .403/.806 .540 82/.701 1/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 24/1.099 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.834 17/.489 175/113 .255/.349/.405/.754 .710/.778 .679 93/.693 1/0 6/2

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .217/.280/.217/.497 .606/.397 .000 23/.596 0/0 0/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 4/.250 ··· 3/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.400 199/131 .240/.317/.458/.775 .597/.870 .746 82/.698 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 74/57 .234/.329/.344/.673 1.104/.543 .404 39/.570 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 26/.472 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 128/66 .236/.260/.407/.666 .761/.577 .783 54/.731 1/1 5/1

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/10 .333/.333/.583/.917 1.500/.800 1.143 5/1.000 0/0 0/0

1.Pena G/S/vP 14/.142 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.367 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 21/16 .053/.143/.053/.195 .200/.192 .282 9/.347 0/0 0/2

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 43/1.102 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/2.250 11/.473 ··· 6/.333 2/2.500 220/133 .275/.341/.435/.776 .709/.820 .700 84/.661 2/0 7/5

IP 82.0 11.0 16.0 20.2 28.0 15.1 8.2 11.2 19.1 TOTAL .246/.314/.394/.708 .714/.704 .641 .631 28/6 46/37

ERA-K/9

2.96/6.5

3.27/4.9

1.13/7.9

8.71/6.5

5.46/8.4

11.74/5.9

3.12/10.3

2.31/7.7

5.59/11.2

5.25/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.292 50/.200 61/.123 100/.341 123/.291 76/.367 38/.148 51/.186 85/.268 .274

OPS .704 .660 .443 1.015 .926 .999 .749 .602 .890 .792

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.604 21/.714 27/.465 38/1.162 61/1.313 35/1.107 19/.690 19/.330 45/.928 .843

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.746 29/.625 34/.426 62/.925 62/.571 41/.905 19/.806 32/.751 40/.844 .752

Home 173/.616 19/.935 28/.401 17/.607 62/.695 25/.891 19/.445 28/.407 44/.836

Last 28d days 143/.648 50/.660 43/.440 100/1.015 44/1.001 18/.561 9/.375 38/.685 36/.890

HR/SB/CS 4/2/1 0/1/0 2/1/0 5/3/0 8/1/0 1/1/1 2/1/0 1/3/0 4/2/0 65/43/10

Usage ·····X·· ·X····oX ········ ·X····X· ····X··X ·oX··o·· ······X· ·X·····X ·Xo·····

Indians Batters (5.22 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 7/.821 8/4 .625/.625/.625/1.250 1.000/1.500 5/.800 0/1 0/0

11.Carroll G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 5/.650 10/.222 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 11/.989 65/51 .345/.438/.436/.874 .955/.852 .639 65/.874 0/1 0/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.367 4/1.417 5/.600 251/175 .298/.410/.468/.879 .791/.914 .849 108/.938 9/0 8/4

26.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 57/39 .200/.286/.260/.546 .606/.549 .440 21/.703 1/0 0/1

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 7/1.229 4/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 247/188 .262/.329/.434/.764 1.048/.674 .742 95/.818 0/1 9/8

12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.250 4/.000 6/.533 208/166 .257/.328/.415/.744 .693/.756 .876 93/.813 9/1 5/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 12/.606 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.650 9/.222 6/.167 153/113 .250/.355/.422/.777 1.126/.651 .829 61/.843 0/0 6/2

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .375/.444/1.125/1.569 2.000/1.429 9/1.569 0/0 2/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 12/1.000 6/.900 5/1.850 2/.000 3/.333 12/.555 7/.286 5/.200 81/64 .268/.358/.563/.921 .961/.911 .934 8/1.000 0/0 5/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.498 5/.800 5/1.100 2/3.500 7/.429 11/1.212 4/.500 8/.375 257/181 .344/.412/.555/.968 1.084/.928 .937 101/.826 0/0 10/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.236 5/.650 3/.333 4/.250 5/.650 5/1.000 13/.658 8/.875 219/160 .254/.336/.332/.668 .516/.725 .606 91/.729 0/0 2/5

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 12/.584 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 130/103 .202/.326/.367/.693 1.042/.608 .460 59/.648 0/0 4/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/69 .200/.274/.354/.628 .250/.646 .464 59/.583 0/1 1/1

IP 50.2 4.1 3.2 23.2 20.0 19.0 10.1 26.2 TOTAL .269/.352/.426/.777 .830/.760 .721 .790 35/12 64/33

ERA-K/9

4.97/5.5

6.23/8.4

4.91/9.7

4.56/6.1

3.15/9.0

4.26/9.0

1.74/9.6

4.05/6.7

4.31/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 227/.287 19/.200 15/.154 97/.207 78/.216 97/.329 45/.200 114/.301 .266

OPS .751 .568 .651 .659 .581 .965 .514 .800 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.776 8/.500 8/.821 45/.733 33/.535 44/.701 26/.462 49/.640 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.719 11/.597 7/.452 52/.589 45/.614 53/1.213 19/.583 65/.922 .746

Road 124/.767 8/.125 6/1.133 39/.700 34/.671 44/1.042 30/.419 40/.813

Last 28d days 126/.901 19/.568 15/.651 41/.847 29/.310 45/1.077 6/.167 42/1.095

HR/SB/CS 4/7/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/2 2/1/2 3/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/1 42/48/10

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ·····oX· ···X···· ··o··o·· ·····X·· ··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.