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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Blue Jays, 14-7, 1st, Tied

SP: Scott Richmond (29, RHP, 2-0, 3.31)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			16.1	15	7	6	7	15	3	3.31
2008 (1-3)			27.0	32	12	12	2	20	2	4.00

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.0	40	16	15	9	31	4	3.55	52
2009-04-23	TEX	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	8	2	103	58
2009-04-15	@MIN	W	6.1	4	2	1	3	3	0	106	59
2009-04-10	@CLE	ND	4.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	74	42
2008-09-26	@BAL	W	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	79	67
2008-09-21	BOS	L	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	83	48
2008-08-10	CLE	L	5.0	9	3	3	0	5	0	93	42
2008-08-05	OAK	ND	5.2	7	3	3	1	4	0	88	46

Has never faced KCR.

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

 Home:    7-3    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:10-5    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Mon, Apr 27  @KCR  L   1-7       14-7   1st    Tied
 20 Sun, Apr 26  @CHW  W   4-3       14-6   1st  1.0 up
 19 Sat, Apr 25  @CHW  L   2-10      13-6   1st  1.0 up
 18 Fri, Apr 24  @CHW  W  14-0       13-5   1st  2.0 up
 17 Thu, Apr 23   TEX  W   5-2       12-5   1st  2.0 up
 16 Wed, Apr 22   TEX  W   8-7 (11)  11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Tue, Apr 21   TEX  L   4-5       10-5   1st  1.5 up
 14 Sun, Apr 19   OAK  W   1-0       10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Sat, Apr 18   OAK  W   4-2 (12)   9-4   1st  2.0 up
 12 Fri, Apr 17   OAK  L   5-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-7

Royals, 10-9, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 1-1, 2.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			27.1	24	9	8	4	25	0	2.63
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		4-1	46.1	41	15	13	12	43	0	2.53	60
2009-04-23	@CLE	L	7.1	5	4	3	0	7	0	113	61
2009-04-17	@TEX	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	92	64
2009-04-12	NYY	ND	7.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	100	53
2009-04-07	@CHW	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	91	65
2008-09-27	@MIN	W	6.0	7	2	1	3	7	0	99	56
2008-09-22	@DET	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	95	58
2008-09-17	SEA	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	103	61

Last 5 v.TOR		1-4	27.1	36	16	16	9	25	2	5.27	45
2008-05-25	@TOR	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	115	57
2008-04-27	TOR	L	6.2	9	3	3	1	3	1	129	46
2007-08-10	TOR	L	5.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	101	50
2006-09-12	TOR	W	5.1	5	2	2	2	7	1	91	55
2006-07-25	TOR	L	4.1	10	7	7	4	5	0	98	16

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 27   TOR  W   7-1       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   DET  L   2-3        9-9   2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:10-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 KCR  7  TOR  1        W:Brian Bannister (2-0), L: David Purcey (0-2), S: none

Mon, May 26, 2008 TOR  7  KCR  2        W:Shaun Marcum (5-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-6), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 TOR  3  KCR  1        W:Dustin McGowan (3-4), L: Gil Meche (3-7), S: B.J. Ryan (11)
Sat, May 24, 2008 TOR  6  KCR  0        W:Jesse Litsch (6-1), L: Luke Hochevar (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 TOR  7  KCR  1        W:Roy Halladay (5-5), L: Zack Greinke (5-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 TOR  5 @KCR  2        W:Jesse Litsch (3-1), L: Gil Meche (1-4), S: Jesse Carlson (1)
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 KCR  2  TOR  1        W:Luke Hochevar (1-1), L: Shaun Marcum (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 KCR  8  TOR  4        W:Leo Nunez (2-0), L: A.J. Burnett (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 KCR  6  TOR  2        W:Odalis Perez (7-11), L: Jesse Litsch (4-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 TOR  4 @KCR  1        W:A.J. Burnett (6-6), L: Brian Bannister (8-7), S: Jeremy Accardo (22)
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 1-0; 2008 - TOR won 5-2; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 168-164

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.

Blue Jays Batters (5.95 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Meche
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP 14/.928 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/3.000 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .755 65/.759 0/0 11/4

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/2.500 4/.833 424/295 .238/.313/.405/.718 .885/.648 .753 44/.942 1/1 15/11

13.Chavez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 7/.810 122/95 .259/.287/.319/.606 .576/.614 .505 8/.286 0/0 1/1

2.Hill G/S/vP 19/.705 1/4.000 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.750 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 100/.971 4/2 2/1

26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 349/250 .282/.316/.439/.755 .688/.781 .786 92/.956 2/0 9/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 207/125 .210/.255/.269/.524 .623/.460 .549 7/.286 3/1 1/9

30.Millar G/S/vP 25/.122 7/.429 16/1.063 5/.200 11/.664 2/.000 2/.500 11/.899 610/437 .234/.323/.394/.717 .736/.709 .671 34/.914 0/1 20/6

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 19/.618 3/1.667 12/.584 2/5.000 13/1.288 1/.000 3/1.666 7/.429 630/463 .270/.358/.419/.777 .540/.865 .815 63/.959 1/2 15/5

15.Rios G/S/vP 17/1.773 2/2.000 7/1.428 4/1.250 4/.000 2/.000 3/.333 5/.400 687/525 .291/.337/.461/.798 .735/.818 .766 99/.667 32/8 15/4

33.Rolen G/S/vP 9/1.333 10/.300 23/.748 5/.800 5/.650 3/.000 ··· 24/1.042 467/348 .262/.349/.431/.780 .760/.787 .810 81/.795 5/0 11/11

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 26/.863 ··· 4/.250 7/.453 10/.522 ··· 7/.629 8/.375 592/433 .267/.341/.356/.697 .732/.684 .717 101/.874 7/2 7/8

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 80/64 .301/.338/.466/.803 .732/.820 .641 57/.905 0/0 2/0

10.Wells G/S/vP 29/.812 1/.000 7/.858 2/1.500 4/.250 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.000 466/357 .300/.343/.496/.840 .849/.837 .830 98/.781 4/2 20/3

IP 210.1 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 84.1 TOTAL .289/.362/.477/.839 .828/.844 .878 .839 9/1 29/8

ERA-K/9

3.98/7.8

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

3.34/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (42-22-2)
Chavez (13-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 886/.255 215/.192 261/.299 278/.252 168/.294 260/.169 186/.171 379/.283 .226 Rios
Wells
Lind
Snider
Scutaro 0/62/93/14
0/100/0/5
71/0/0/2
13/0/7/2
3/0/0/1

OPS .706 .658 .907 .695 .718 .503 .571 .739 .642

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 451/.665 101/.542 122/.953 110/.721 68/.836 139/.536 87/.688 183/.771 .616

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 435/.749 114/.759 139/.871 168/.679 100/.640 121/.468 99/.449 196/.708 .667

Home 417/.765 111/.638 133/.843 127/.681 112/.677 130/.378 112/.744 200/.778

Last 28d days 105/.554 30/.503 25/1.122 22/.868 37/1.160 22/.523 24/.500 35/.442

HR/SB/CS 19/12/2 5/5/5 15/6/7 6/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 4/6/1 5/9/1 14/13/3

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

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 (4.05 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Richmond
G/S/vB 14.Burres*
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 62.Murphy*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .759 69/.460 8/3 10/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/1.100 2/.500 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .640 33/.829 14/3 0/3

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/no AB 2/1.000 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .691 38/.974 0/3 9/8

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .710 68/.569 0/1 11/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .672 62/.946 2/1 0/2

2.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 14/1.044 1/.000 8/.250 8/1.071 3/.333 1/.000 7/.762 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .764 85/.844 20/7 7/2

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 10/.650 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .812 78/.588 11/8 12/1

11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 13/.923 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 633/442 .264/.300/.438/.738 .936/.656 .724 25/.971 2/1 20/4

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .758 67/.822 1/0 32/11

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/61 .286/.316/.319/.634 .617/.644 .577 18/.548 0/2 0/1

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .607 42/.580 7/0 12/5

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .412 9/.111 3/1 1/9

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 3/no AB 1/2.000 4/.750 3/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.667 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .701 78/.916 4/3 15/6

IP 27.0 129.2 39.1 60.0 70.2 47.1 33.0 56.1 TOTAL .241/.327/.405/.732 .704/.752 .709 .732 7/4 20/8

ERA-K/9

4.00/6.7

6.04/4.4

4.12/7.1

2.25/8.2

1.78/7.3

4.18/8.0

2.18/6.3

/0.0

2.88/7.5

4.06/7.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.296 596/.311 166/.263 237/.196 290/.213 208/.208 141/.230 / 240/.243 .240 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 .809 .854 .694 .620 .590 .679 .648 .664 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/1.191 182/.847 65/.976 127/.599 119/.540 81/.842 67/.785 / 113/.654 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.313 414/.856 101/.515 110/.644 171/.625 127/.578 74/.528 / 127/.673 .715

Road 22/.364 270/.682 81/.759 123/.776 154/.670 101/.748 70/.606 / 98/.634

Last 28d days 71/.747 24/.858 40/.821 41/.451 38/.347 25/.203 39/.839 26/.530 76/.630

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 17/11/2 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 // 4/6/1 24/14/5

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ··X·oo·· ·o··Xo·· ·o··oo·· ·o···X·· ··o·o·o· X··X···· ···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.