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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 2:05pm, Thursday, June 25, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 31-39, 4th, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (28, RHP, 5-4, 3.89)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-4)			71.2	72	39	31	23	44	5	3.89
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	41.2	49	30	25	11	27	4	5.40	44
2009-06-20	STL	L	8.0	6	3	2	0	4	1	86	64
2009-06-14	CIN	W	8.0	4	1	0	1	4	0	108	75
2009-06-09	@CLE	ND	5.0	4	4	1	3	5	0	97	51
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

Has never faced HOU.

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

 Home:   19-20   Road:   12-19   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  20-25   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @HOU  W   4-3 (11)  31-39  4th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Astros, 32-37, 5th, 6 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 4-4, 6.43)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			56.0	74	40	40	15	34	12	6.43
2008 (11-8)			150.0	166	79	76	36	82	20	4.56
2007 (1-4)			59.2	67	29	27	17	36	8	4.07

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.0	46	25	25	10	22	11	5.62	45
2009-06-20	@MIN	W	6.0	4	3	3	1	3	3	97	54
2009-06-14	@ARI	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	89	48
2009-06-09	CHC	L	3.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	70	24
2009-06-03	COL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	74	43
2009-05-29	@PIT	W	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	123	71
2009-05-23	TEX	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	3	68	29
2009-05-17	@CHC	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	106	47

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	29.1	40	18	13	12	17	2	3.99	43
2000-09-26	@KCR	ND	6.0	8	5	3	3	6	0	97	43
2000-07-23	KCR	ND	5.2	8	7	4	3	3	1	101	31
2000-07-01	@KCR	ND	5.1	7	3	3	2	1	0	92	41
1999-09-27	KCR	W	6.0	9	2	2	2	5	1	110	49
1998-06-20	KCR	W	6.1	8	1	1	2	2	0	112	53

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

 Home:   16-20   Road:   16-17   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  26-29   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest: 12-4  IL: 3-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Wed, Jun 24   KCR  L   3-4 (11)  32-37  5th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 KCR  4 @HOU  3 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-3), S: John Bale (1)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 14-9

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 5.60

FLA 4.56

SEA 3.82

RA/G

SFG 3.80

TBR 4.60

WSN 5.67

J. Mauer .394

B. Butler .283

B. Crosby .190

OBP

J. Mauer .467

F. Sanchez .357

D. Navarro .240

SLG

A. Pujols .707

C. Guzman .463

N. Punto .252

OPS

J. Mauer 1.167

C. Guzman .819

W. Taveras .543

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.90

J. Peavy 3.97

A. Sonnanstine 6.60

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.84

C. Pavano 6.54

S. Martis 3.35

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Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 178/99 .275/.330/.363/.692 .874/.551 .748 79/.594 12/2 1/3

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 276/182 .283/.337/.445/.782 .916/.718 .615 100/.784 0/0 7/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 258/177 .302/.357/.447/.803 .908/.753 .739 83/.776 0/1 4/8

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/1.167 3/1.334 ··· 279/184 .249/.303/.411/.714 .521/.816 .623 93/.770 1/1 5/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 17/.912 1/.000 1/.000 11/.573 ··· 3/.333 ··· 228/152 .257/.342/.406/.748 .656/.795 .647 88/.619 1/0 8/4

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/28 .211/.250/.211/.461 .718/.339 .000 25/.467 0/0 0/1

7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/11 .083/.083/.083/.167 .000/.182 1.000 10/.200 0/0 0/1

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.850 2/1.000 242/161 .231/.314/.431/.745 .585/.826 .717 76/.557 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/91 .235/.318/.347/.665 1.009/.593 .436 62/.574 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 174/99 .257/.283/.515/.798 .818/.784 .960 71/1.006 2/1 11/4

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 32/27 .310/.344/.517/.861 2.100/.656 .889 25/.860 0/0 1/0

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/23 .097/.152/.129/.281 .311/.267 .458 21/.390 0/0 0/4

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 272/170 .281/.342/.438/.780 .713/.820 .710 85/.749 3/0 8/6

IP 56.0 25.0 29.1 32.1 42.0 14.1 16.1 TOTAL .252/.316/.404/.720 .732/.713 .665 .689 36/8 63/60

ERA-K/9

6.43/5.5

3.60/7.6

2.76/6.8

2.78/7.8

2.14/4.7

3.14/11.3

6.06/9.9

4.31/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 251/.322 107/.207 119/.213 137/.258 170/.224 60/.218 76/.338 .272

OPS .941 .700 .628 .718 .635 .708 .893 .786

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.747 52/.835 50/.573 68/.598 81/.635 28/.910 30/.940 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/1.191 55/.571 69/.662 69/.830 89/.635 32/.529 46/.859 .784

Home 105/1.074 47/.840 75/.537 80/.759 94/.496 33/.777 30/.800

Last 28d days 124/.870 35/.688 49/.652 53/.752 52/.515 26/.511 9/.222

HR/SB/CS 12/2/0 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/4/3 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 86/27/10

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

Astros Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 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 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

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 15/.673 14/1.393 9/.222 1/2.000 7/1.262 29/1.780 288/215 .239/.372/.479/.850 .644/.926 .807 100/.871 3/2 14/4

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 299/243 .294/.369/.412/.782 .761/.786 .667 109/.857 24/7 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 6/1.400 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/.258 3/.666 4/.000 6/1.000 82/76 .147/.198/.240/.438 .000/.474 .520 28/.475 0/1 1/0

36.Kata# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 24/21 .217/.250/.261/.511 .000/.586 .364 24/.511 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 156/103 .261/.338/.403/.741 .917/.643 .514 75/.549 0/2 3/3

45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 7/1.429 8/.125 7/.762 ··· 5/.400 21/.675 284/221 .300/.352/.494/.846 1.081/.781 .914 94/.774 2/2 12/2

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/3.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.666 192/149 .241/.299/.312/.611 .955/.519 .622 26/.792 6/3 1/2

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 61/46 .315/.356/.407/.763 .619/.814 .498 51/.842 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 6/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 73/38 .179/.247/.299/.545 .661/.439 .600 33/.485 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 3/.000 290/232 .324/.400/.526/.926 1.089/.883 .980 101/.902 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 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 7/1.000 6/.533 7/.572 5/.933 10/.819 218/179 .254/.286/.400/.686 .835/.652 .648 72/.550 0/2 6/2

10.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 7/.762 5/.650 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.400 300/235 .332/.360/.481/.841 .894/.826 .938 105/.751 2/2 6/8

IP 71.2 9.0 11.0 28.0 23.1 23.2 16.2 17.1 32.2 TOTAL .267/.329/.405/.734 .821/.710 .735 .726 46/27 58/38

ERA-K/9

3.89/5.5

5.00/11.0

4.09/5.7

5.46/6.1

4.24/9.7

4.56/8.4

2.16/10.2

3.63/12.5

4.41/6.6

4.35/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 308/.259 38/.188 42/.225 119/.238 98/.261 116/.307 73/.215 82/.231 145/.294 .263

OPS .675 .571 .587 .739 .654 .937 .584 .670 .834 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.667 16/.250 18/.690 56/.833 44/.645 52/.670 36/.492 48/.710 63/.607 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.684 22/.847 24/.511 63/.654 54/.661 64/1.178 37/.679 34/.607 82/1.016 .753

Road 147/.736 16/.063 12/.705 43/.747 41/.738 47/.966 47/.573 15/.500 47/.853

Last 28d days 130/.723 34/.645 33/.648 36/1.228 29/.750 32/.899 34/.606 4/1.417 45/.913

HR/SB/CS 5/7/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 2/1/2 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 5/1/1 57/51/11

Usage ····X··· o···o··o o····X·o ···X··X· o···Xo·X ···X··Xo XX·o··o· ···X···· 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.