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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 30-39, 4th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 2-3, 6.61)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 31.1 33 25 23 12 12 4 6.61
2008 (6-12) 129.0 143 84 79 47 72 12 5.51
2007 (0-1) 12.2 11 4 3 4 5 1 2.13
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.1 40 29 27 13 16 6 6.69 41
2009-06-18 ARI L 4.0 9 7 6 2 3 0 95 19
2009-06-12 CIN W 9.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 80 79
2009-06-06 @TOR W 6.2 4 2 2 2 3 1 91 59
2009-05-23 @STL L 6.1 7 4 4 2 1 1 92 42
2009-05-17 BAL ND 3.1 3 3 2 3 1 0 70 42
2009-05-12 @OAK L 2.0 7 8 8 2 1 1 48 9
2008-08-19 @CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 85 40
Has never faced HOU.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-20   Road:   11-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  19-25   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Tue, Jun 23  @HOU  W   2-1       30-39  4th  8.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   STL  L   5-12      29-39  4th  8.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20   STL  L   1-7       29-38  4th  7.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19   STL  L   5-10      29-37  4th  6.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18   ARI  L   5-12      29-36  4th  5.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17   ARI  L   5-12      29-35  4th  4.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16   ARI  W   5-0       29-34  4th  4.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14   CIN  W   7-1       28-34  4th  5.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13   CIN  W   7-4       27-34  4th  6.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12   CIN  W   4-1       26-34  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Astros, 32-36, 5th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Roy Oswalt (31, RHP, 3-4, 4.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 90.1 98 45 45 26 67 13 4.48
2008 (17-10) 208.2 199 89 82 47 165 23 3.54
2007 (14-7) 212.0 221 80 75 60 154 14 3.18
Last 7 GS 2-2 46.1 53 23 23 12 39 4 4.47 51
2009-06-19 @MIN L 8.0 10 5 5 4 4 0 126 42
2009-06-13 @ARI W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 1 119 66
2009-06-06 PIT L 6.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 105 32
2009-06-01 COL W 7.0 6 1 1 2 8 1 102 67
2009-05-26 @CIN ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 94 45
2009-05-21 MIL ND 6.1 10 3 3 1 7 0 106 47
2009-05-16 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 108 55
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 8.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 1.12 67
2005-06-18 @KCR W 8.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 108 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-19   Road:   16-17   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-28   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 12-4  IL: 3-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Tue, Jun 23   KCR  L   1-2       32-36  5th  6.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21  @MIN  W   4-1       32-35  5th  5.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20  @MIN  W   6-5       31-35  5th  5.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19  @MIN  L   2-5       30-35  5th  6.0 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18  @TEX  W   5-3       30-34  5th  6.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17  @TEX  L   4-5 (10)  29-34  6th  6.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16  @TEX  L   1-6       29-33  5th  5.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14  @ARI  W   8-3       29-32  5th  4.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @ARI  W   6-4       28-32  5th  5.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @ARI  L   1-8       27-32  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 KCR  2 @HOU  1        W:Zack Greinke (9-3), L: Russ Ortiz (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (8)

Sun, Jun 18, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  4        W:Jimmy Gobble (2-1), L: Chad Qualls (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (10)
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 HOU  7  KCR  2        W:Taylor Buchholz (4-6), L: Bobby Keppel (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  2        W:Scott Elarton (2-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 KCR  7  HOU  1        W:Runelvys Hernandez (5-7), L: Brandon Backe (6-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 HOU  6 @KCR  2        W:Roy Oswalt (8-7), L: D.J. Carrasco (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 HOU  7 @KCR  0        W:Roger Clemens (5-3), L: J.P. Howell (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2001 HOU 14 @KCR  5        W:Ron Villone (2-3), L: Chad Durbin (6-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2001 HOU 10 @KCR  8        W:Mike Jackson (2-1), L: Paul Byrd (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (19)
Fri, Jul 06, 2001 HOU  8 @KCR  3        W:Wade Miller (11-3), L: Dan Reichert (7-7), S: Nelson Cruz (2)
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 14-8

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

TBR  5.58

NYM  4.58

SEA  3.81

 RA/G

LAD  3.73

TEX  4.65

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .395

L. Overbay  .282

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .464

A. Rowand  .356

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

A. Pujols  .713

N. McLouth  .465

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.170

M. DeRosa  .810

W. Taveras  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.35

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

Royals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB		 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB		 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB		 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 43.Sampson
G/S/vB		 47.Valverde
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/98 .278/.333/.367/.700 .886/.557 .769 77/.610 12/2 1/3
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/176 .289/.341/.454/.795 .916/.735 .636 94/.819 0/0 7/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 252/171 .306/.361/.454/.815 .908/.769 .762 77/.813 0/1 4/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 273/178 .243/.299/.405/.703 .521/.803 .595 87/.741 1/1 5/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 10/.100 1/.000 ··· 10/.633 ··· 2/.500 ··· 222/146 .265/.351/.418/.770 .656/.830 .689 82/.666 1/0 8/4
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/26 .222/.263/.222/.485 .718/.367 .000 23/.511 0/0 0/1
7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/1
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 17/.823 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/1.000 241/160 .228/.311/.428/.739 .585/.818 .703 75/.537 0/0 10/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/87 .234/.314/.330/.644 1.069/.557 .346 57/.529 2/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 173/98 .253/.279/.494/.773 .818/.739 .905 70/.947 2/1 10/4
3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 27/23 .280/.296/.400/.696 1.167/.625 .607 20/.633 0/0 0/0
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/23 .097/.152/.129/.281 .311/.267 .458 21/.390 0/0 0/3
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 267/166 .279/.341/.434/.775 .720/.809 .697 80/.733 3/0 8/6
IP 90.1 24.0 28.1 31.1 41.0 13.1 16.1 TOTAL .252/.316/.403/.719 .730/.713 .660 .684 36/8 61/59
ERA-K/9 4.48/6.7 3.38/7.1 2.54/6.4 2.87/8.1 2.20/4.8 3.38/12.2 6.06/9.9 4.35/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 386/.282 103/.205 114/.204 134/.265 167/.229 53/.204 76/.338 .272
OPS .795 .674 .591 .735 .647 .699 .893 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.813 50/.872 48/.553 66/.618 79/.651 24/.895 30/.940 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.779 53/.486 66/.613 68/.843 88/.643 29/.540 46/.859 .786
Home 191/.819 43/.790 70/.472 77/.792 91/.513 26/.780 30/.800
Last 28d days 121/.769 31/.595 44/.555 50/.801 49/.548 19/.421 9/.222
HR/SB/CS 13/0/1 4/1/2 2/2/0 4/4/3 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 84/27/10
Usage ····X··· o······o ······X· o··X·Xo· ··oo··o· ··oX·oo· ·····X··
Astros Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
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		 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB		 34.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 15/.673 14/1.393 9/.222 1/2.000 7/1.262 29/1.780 283/211 .245/.378/.489/.867 .653/.946 .841 95/.924 3/2 14/3
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 294/238 .300/.376/.420/.796 .761/.804 .691 104/.902 24/7 2/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/.258 3/.666 4/.000 6/1.000 81/75 .135/.188/.189/.377 .000/.409 .414 27/.302 0/1 0/0
36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/20 .182/.217/.227/.445 .000/.513 .200 23/.445 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 151/98 .267/.336/.412/.748 .917/.650 .516 70/.553 0/2 3/2
45.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 7/1.429 8/.125 7/.762 ··· 5/.400 21/.675 281/218 .299/.352/.496/.848 1.081/.783 .920 91/.778 2/2 12/2
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/3.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 188/145 .240/.299/.311/.610 .955/.516 .621 22/.810 6/3 1/2
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/45 .315/.356/.407/.763 .619/.814 .498 50/.842 0/0 1/2
4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.334 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 71/37 .185/.254/.308/.561 .681/.452 .639 31/.516 1/1 0/0
9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 3/.000 285/228 .329/.404/.534/.938 1.109/.893 1.005 96/.936 8/4 10/1
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/39 .300/.314/.380/.694 .697/.692 .802 24/.938 0/0 0/4
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 7/1.000 6/.533 6/.334 5/.933 10/.819 214/175 .249/.282/.398/.680 .835/.644 .635 68/.523 0/2 6/2
10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 7/.762 5/.650 1/2.000 2/2.000 4/.500 295/230 .337/.363/.487/.850 .894/.838 .959 100/.776 2/2 6/8
IP 31.1 8.0 10.0 28.0 23.1 23.2 15.2 17.1 31.2 TOTAL .268/.331/.407/.738 .826/.713 .742 .737 46/27 57/36
ERA-K/9 6.61/3.5 5.63/11.2 4.50/6.3 5.46/6.1 4.24/9.7 4.56/8.4 1.72/10.3 3.63/12.5 4.55/6.5 4.39/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.266 35/.207 39/.243 119/.238 97/.253 116/.307 67/.197 82/.231 141/.298 .264
OPS .804 .625 .633 .739 .640 .937 .547 .670 .842 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.965 16/.250 17/.732 56/.833 43/.612 52/.670 33/.461 48/.710 62/.618 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.700 19/1.012 22/.558 63/.654 54/.661 64/1.178 34/.639 34/.607 79/1.023 .759
Road 68/.880 13/.077 9/.958 43/.747 40/.705 47/.966 41/.512 15/.500 43/.881
Last 28d days 80/.663 31/.715 30/.714 36/1.228 28/.703 32/.899 28/.522 4/1.417 41/.946
HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 2/1/2 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 5/1/1 56/51/11
Usage ·····X·· ···o··o· ····X·o· ··X··X·· ···Xo·X· ··X··Xo· X·o··o·· ··X····· ··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.