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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 26, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 9-8, 1st, Tied

SP: Armando Galarraga (27, RHP, 2-0, 1.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			18.1	16	4	4	6	17	1	1.96
2008 (13-7)			178.2	152	83	74	61	126	28	3.73
2007 (0-0)			8.2	8	6	6	7	6	2	6.23

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.2	37	23	23	15	35	10	4.74	52
2009-04-21	@LAA	ND	5.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	110	42
2009-04-15	CHW	W	6.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	110	68
2009-04-10	TEX	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	97	70
2008-09-25	TBR	W	7.2	6	5	5	2	5	3	102	50
2008-09-19	@CLE	ND	7.2	4	3	3	0	5	2	110	64
2008-09-10	OAK	L	4.0	8	5	5	1	4	2	82	29
2008-09-05	@MIN	L	6.0	3	6	6	6	4	2	102	40

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	14.0	11	3	3	2	14	1	1.93	66
2008-08-31	KCR	ND	7.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	114	59
2008-07-23	@KCR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	87	73

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @KCR  W   9-1        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @KCR  L   1-6        8-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @LAA  L   5-10       8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @LAA  W  12-10       8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-4        7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @SEA  W   8-2        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @SEA  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @SEA  L   3-6        5-5   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CHW  W   9-0        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 13   CHW  L   6-10       4-4   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-8    Last 30: 9-8

Royals, 9-8, 1st, Tied

SP: Sidney Ponson (32, RHP, 0-2, 7.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-2)			15.1	20	12	12	10	10	1	7.04
2008 (8-5)			135.2	170	89	76	48	58	14	5.04
2007 (2-5)			37.2	54	31	29	17	23	7	6.93

Last 7 GS		1-2	33.2	44	27	26	16	19	5	6.95	39
2009-04-21	@CLE	L	3.1	8	6	6	4	2	1	80	18
2009-04-15	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	89	52
2009-04-10	NYY	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	104	46
2008-09-28	@BOS	ND	6.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	80	65
2008-09-13	TBR	ND	3.1	6	4	4	4	2	1	82	30
2008-09-06	@SEA	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	66	50
2008-09-01	@DET	ND	3.0	9	7	6	1	1	2	76	15

Last 5 v.DET		1-3	28.1	40	23	21	8	10	4	6.67	37
2008-09-01	@DET	ND	3.0	9	7	6	1	1	2	76	15
2007-05-12	DET	L	4.0	6	6	5	2	1	0	69	27
2006-06-25	@DET	L	7.1	6	2	2	2	1	0	75	57
2005-05-27	DET	L	8.0	10	4	4	1	3	2	117	48
2005-04-19	DET	W	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	96	40

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

 Home:    4-4    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sat, Apr 25   DET  L   1-9        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 24   DET  W   6-1        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @CLE  L   2-5        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @CLE  W   2-0        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @CLE  L   7-8        7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @TEX  L   5-6        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @TEX  W   2-0        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @TEX  W  12-3        6-4   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CLE  L   4-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 14   CLE  W   9-3        5-3   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-8    Last 30: 9-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 DET  9 @KCR  1        W:Zach Miner (2-1), L: Kyle Davies (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 KCR  6  DET  1        W:Zack Greinke (4-0), L: Rick Porcello (1-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 KCR 10 @DET  4        W:Brian Bannister (9-16), L: Nate Robertson (7-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 KCR  5 @DET  0        W:Zack Greinke (13-10), L: Freddy Garcia (1-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 KCR  6 @DET  2        W:Gil Meche (13-11), L: Zach Miner (8-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 31, 2008 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Gary Glover (2-3), L: Kip Wells (1-3), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 KCR 13 @DET  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (2-0), L: Kenny Rogers (9-12), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 DET  6  KCR  3        W:Zach Miner (8-4), L: Kyle Davies (5-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 KCR  7  DET  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-0), L: Kenny Rogers (9-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 DET  4 @KCR  0        W:Zach Miner (7-4), L: Kyle Davies (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 267-251

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (5.82 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez*
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/99 .294/.338/.426/.764 .456/.915 .853 34/.830 10/1 3/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.533 5/.400 5/1.100 2/.000 14/.900 ··· 6/.833 9/1.681 684/514 .292/.349/.537/.887 .939/.869 .884 73/1.052 1/0 37/14

4.Everett G/S/vP 11/1.000 9/.555 10/.311 2/.500 10/.444 1/.000 5/.200 13/.658 150/113 .213/.278/.323/.601 .773/.549 .627 39/.772 0/0 2/7

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 9/1.056 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 8/.625 7/.143 6/1.000 629/470 .280/.365/.494/.858 .739/.900 .863 82/.853 12/4 22/4

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 14/.539 1/.000 4/.500 10/1.100 4/.833 4/.250 5/1.350 5/1.000 489/388 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.810 .748 73/.585 9/3 10/16

15.Inge G/S/vP 16/1.081 2/.500 3/.333 4/.500 4/1.250 9/.821 2/.000 16/.467 407/315 .205/.303/.369/.672 .720/.657 .564 71/1.098 4/3 11/1

8.Laird G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 381/276 .276/.329/.398/.727 .719/.731 .759 54/.915 2/4 6/8

19.Larish* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/107 .260/.306/.375/.681 .500/.688 .739 14/.599 2/2 2/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 36/1.116 3/1.667 10/.400 6/.666 4/1.250 6/1.467 3/1.334 14/.748 623/468 .317/.376/.494/.869 .866/.870 .771 76/.687 1/5 21/5

14.Polanco G/S/vP 13/.462 8/.393 9/1.413 6/1.834 10/.733 11/.546 4/.750 36/.826 629/451 .307/.350/.417/.768 .836/.741 .816 76/.720 7/1 8/8

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 199/110 .236/.298/.368/.666 .698/.638 .687 2/.000 3/1 4/10

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.250 156/126 .282/.411/.460/.870 1.014/.834 .742 36/.669 1/0 4/5

20.Treanor G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 234/166 .238/.306/.301/.607 .525/.641 .624 14/.071 1/0 2/8

IP 135.2 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 84.1 TOTAL .280/.355/.439/.794 .863/.770 .753 .794 11/4 20/12

ERA-K/9

5.04/3.8

2.61/12.4

4.48/9.1

3.48/6.8

4.34/3.1

1.60/8.8

3.97/8.9

5.12/6.4

3.50/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (26-11-11)
Laird (53-21-6)
Treanor (44-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 612/.311 215/.192 261/.299 278/.252 168/.294 260/.169 186/.171 379/.283 .236 Ordonez
Granderson
Raburn
Inge
Anderson
Guillen 0/0/135/8
0/140/0/5
30/6/22/2
2/13/0/2
6/30/1/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .833 .658 .907 .695 .718 .503 .571 .739 .667

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/.936 101/.542 122/.953 110/.721 68/.836 139/.536 87/.688 183/.771 .624

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.703 114/.759 139/.871 168/.679 100/.640 121/.468 99/.449 196/.708 .711

Home 334/.843 111/.638 133/.843 127/.681 112/.677 130/.378 112/.744 200/.778

Last 28d days 75/.840 27/.514 21/1.254 22/.868 37/1.160 22/.523 24/.500 32/.485

HR/SB/CS 14/3/5 5/5/5 15/6/7 6/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 4/6/1 5/9/1 13/12/3

Usage ····X··· o···X·X· ····o·o· X·o···o· ····X··· ···X···· o···X··· X··X··o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 59.Rincon
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .759 61/.384 8/3 10/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .640 28/.704 14/3 0/3

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 12/.273 10/1.025 3/.000 10/.200 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .691 33/1.084 0/3 9/8

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.000 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .710 64/.587 0/1 11/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 1/2.000 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .672 54/.927 2/1 0/2

2.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 16/.580 7/1.571 4/.500 2/.500 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .764 75/.908 20/7 7/2

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 7/1.096 ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.000 11/.472 9/.583 6/1.500 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .812 73/.632 11/8 12/1

11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/1.166 5/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.536 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 633/442 .264/.300/.438/.738 .936/.656 .724 17/.437 2/1 20/4

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .758 63/.852 1/0 32/11

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 97/61 .286/.316/.319/.634 .617/.644 .577 14/.630 0/2 0/1

21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.000 3/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 10/.700 1/.000 ··· ··· 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .607 35/.514 7/0 12/5

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .412 9/.111 3/1 1/9

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 10/.422 6/.500 10/.200 5/.200 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .701 70/.930 4/3 15/6

IP 178.2 59.1 55.1 40.1 56.1 23.1 TOTAL .246/.322/.400/.721 .658/.766 .680 .721 5/3 16/7

ERA-K/9

3.73/6.3

4.70/6.7

/0.0

5.86/6.3

4.91/10.9

4.47/9.3

3.47/8.5

4.54/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (59-12-4)
Olivo (19-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 746/.226 265/.301 / / 254/.298 188/.224 246/.278 114/.264 .262 Guillen
Teahen
Crisp
DeJesus
Bloomquist
Maier
Callaspo 45/0/67/10
31/1/92/7
0/114/0/4
71/68/24/3
8/23/13/1
0/34/4/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .704 .792 .831 .733 .741 .854 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 416/.834 122/.688 / / 111/.925 97/.720 125/.770 45/.690 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.542 143/.882 / / 143/.759 91/.748 121/.711 69/.939 .783

Road 404/.619 121/.652 / / 105/1.007 100/.895 113/.673 68/.884

Last 28d days 74/.611 42/.671 22/.485 73/.759 38/.872 22/.465 18/.333 4/1.000

HR/SB/CS 28/7/1 7/1/1 // // 8/6/1 3/4/0 4/2/1 3/1/0 21/7/4

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

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.