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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Royals, 24-33, 5th, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 2-5, 4.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-5)			68.1	74	36	31	27	50	2	4.08
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		1-3	37.1	43	22	18	18	23	2	4.34	46
2009-06-04	@TBR	ND	6.0	6	1	1	5	2	1	110	53
2009-05-30	CHW	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	103	64
2009-05-25	DET	L	2.1	6	4	2	3	1	0	73	31
2009-05-20	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	87	53
2009-05-14	BAL	L	4.1	6	5	5	2	1	1	87	30
2009-05-08	@LAA	L	5.2	7	4	2	3	7	0	120	47
2009-05-03	@MIN	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	116	43

Last 5 v.CLE		1-2	32.1	26	16	13	5	35	3	3.62	58
2009-05-20	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	87	53
2009-04-23	@CLE	L	7.1	5	4	3	0	7	0	113	61
2008-09-12	@CLE	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	7	1	108	29
2008-09-06	CLE	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	109	75
2008-08-20	@CLE	ND	7.0	2	3	1	1	9	2	104	73

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

 Home:   15-15   Road:    9-18   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Tue, Jun  9  @CLE  L   4-8       24-33  5th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22

Indians, 26-34, 4th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 6-4, 4.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-4)			72.0	76	37	37	15	56	7	4.63
2008 (4-2)			34.1	41	23	22	10	15	5	5.77
2007 (1-0)			11.1	12	7	6	2	4	1	4.76

Last 7 GS		5-1	46.2	42	16	16	10	37	3	3.09	58
2009-06-05	@CHW	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	101	85
2009-05-31	NYY	ND	7.1	7	3	3	0	4	1	89	56
2009-05-26	TBR	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	92	69
2009-05-21	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	101	55
2009-05-16	@TBR	L	5.0	6	3	3	2	6	1	92	47
2009-05-11	CHW	W	6.1	10	4	4	0	3	0	87	40
2009-05-06	@BOS	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	103	53

Last 5 v.KCR		1-2	17.1	23	12	12	1	18	3	6.23	45
2009-05-21	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	101	55
2009-04-14	@KCR	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	80	48
2005-06-02	@KCR	L	5.1	9	5	5	0	2	2	92	32

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

 Home:   13-14   Road:   13-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  19-28   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Tue, Jun  9   KCR  W   8-4       26-34  4th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 CLE  8  KCR  4        W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Juan Cruz (3-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 6-4; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 269-260

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 5.62

FLA 4.57

SEA 3.72

RA/G

LAD 3.78

MIN 4.77

WSN 5.91

J. Bartlett .373

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .179

OBP

K. Youkilis .474

J. Dye .349

D. Navarro .226

SLG

R. Ibanez .682

A. LaRoche .450

J. Kendall .273

OPS

K. Youkilis 1.101

H. Matsui .795

D. Navarro .516

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

B. Bergesen 4.04

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.29

J. Cueto 6.44

J. Garland 3.65

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Royals Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Pavano
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 38.Smith
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 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 130/60 .292/.359/.407/.766 .917/.592 .910 57/.584 11/1 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 218/134 .279/.335/.423/.758 .915/.665 .561 94/.717 0/0 4/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 209/139 .297/.349/.432/.782 .900/.719 .693 87/.631 0/0 2/3

2.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/2.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.250 4/.500 208/130 .225/.338/.382/.720 .698/.733 .726 58/.450 12/2 3/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 4/.250 7/.857 1/2.000 3/.666 4/2.250 220/138 .231/.284/.377/.661 .434/.800 .553 86/.717 1/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/.714 17/.489 179/114 .255/.346/.401/.748 .708/.770 .670 93/.715 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/.833 2/.500 4/.250 ··· 3/5.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 3/.666 5/1.400 203/131 .235/.310/.448/.758 .562/.870 .711 84/.616 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 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 8/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 132/67 .244/.267/.433/.700 .836/.568 .845 55/.810 2/1 6/2

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 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 ··· ··· 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 9/.347 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/2.250 12/.432 ··· 6/.333 2/2.500 224/133 .275/.339/.431/.771 .700/.820 .692 84/.686 2/0 7/5

IP 72.0 11.0 16.2 20.2 28.0 16.0 6.1 12.1 20.1 TOTAL .247/.315/.396/.710 .725/.701 .649 .649 33/6 47/39

ERA-K/9

4.63/7.0

3.27/4.9

1.08/7.5

8.71/6.5

5.46/8.4

11.25/6.8

7.11/8.6

2.19/8.0

5.31/11.1

5.23/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.272 50/.200 62/.121 100/.341 123/.291 79/.365 31/.280 53/.178 89/.257 .275

OPS .737 .660 .436 1.015 .926 .984 .747 .577 .864 .793

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.704 21/.714 27/.465 38/1.162 61/1.313 37/1.039 8/.804 19/.330 47/.884 .837

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.778 29/.625 35/.414 62/.925 62/.571 42/.935 23/.725 34/.703 42/.835 .758

Home 108/.753 19/.935 29/.387 17/.607 62/.695 28/.863 27/.873 30/.379 48/.793

Last 28d days 131/.609 50/.660 44/.430 100/1.015 44/1.001 21/.578 / 40/.646 37/.907

HR/SB/CS 7/10/3 0/1/0 2/1/0 5/3/0 8/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 4/3/0 66/48/10

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

Indians Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Meche
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 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 7/.821 12/7 .417/.417/.417/.833 .800/.857 .000 9/.444 0/1 0/0

11.Carroll G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 5/.650 11/.200 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 11/.989 69/55 .345/.441/.431/.872 .955/.851 .667 66/.916 0/1 0/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 12/1.401 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.367 4/1.417 5/.600 255/179 .295/.412/.464/.876 .791/.909 .843 108/.948 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 9/.819 ··· ··· 7/1.229 4/1.500 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.750 251/192 .267/.332/.449/.781 1.048/.698 .785 99/.860 0/1 10/8

12.Francisco G/S/vP 19/.557 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 4/.250 4/.000 6/.533 213/171 .255/.325/.410/.735 .693/.744 .847 98/.790 9/1 5/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 30/.869 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.650 9/.222 6/.167 153/113 .250/.355/.422/.777 1.126/.651 .829 57/.807 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 28/.686 7/.762 5/1.850 2/.000 3/.333 12/.555 7/.286 6/.167 85/67 .257/.353/.541/.893 .903/.890 .868 12/.795 0/0 5/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 38/.684 5/.800 5/1.100 3/3.500 7/.429 11/1.212 4/.500 8/.375 261/185 .343/.414/.552/.966 1.084/.927 .934 101/.769 0/0 10/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 40/.953 6/.533 4/.833 4/.250 5/.650 5/1.000 13/.658 8/.875 221/161 .256/.338/.333/.671 .507/.734 .614 89/.747 0/0 2/5

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 3/1.167 134/106 .207/.331/.369/.700 1.026/.622 .490 60/.692 0/0 4/1

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/71 .194/.267/.343/.610 .250/.627 .410 61/.563 0/1 1/1

IP 68.1 5.1 4.2 24.0 20.0 19.0 10.1 27.1 TOTAL .268/.352/.425/.776 .825/.760 .720 .787 35/12 65/34

ERA-K/9

4.08/6.6

5.06/8.5

3.86/9.6

5.63/6.0

3.15/9.0

4.26/9.0

1.74/9.6

4.28/6.6

4.33/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.276 23/.167 18/.188 101/.214 78/.216 97/.329 45/.200 117/.302 .265

OPS .731 .471 .653 .680 .581 .965 .514 .824 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.680 9/.444 8/.821 47/.762 33/.535 44/.701 26/.462 50/.627 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.784 14/.468 10/.522 54/.606 45/.614 53/1.213 19/.583 67/.975 .747

Road 161/.660 12/.083 9/.958 43/.747 34/.671 44/1.042 30/.419 43/.881

Last 28d days 117/.820 23/.471 18/.653 40/.965 29/.310 45/1.077 6/.167 39/1.100

HR/SB/CS 2/10/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/2 2/1/2 3/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 43/48/10

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