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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 2:10pm, Thursday, April 30, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Blue Jays, 15-8, 1st, Tied

SP: Brian Burres (28, LHP, 0-1, 12.46)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 4.1 7 6 6 4 2 0 12.46
2008 (7-10) 129.2 165 90 87 50 63 17 6.04
2007 (6-8) 121.0 140 81 80 66 96 14 5.95
Last 7 GS 1-5 34.2 48 30 29 17 17 5 7.53 38
2009-04-25 @CHW L 4.1 7 6 6 4 2 0 80 23
2008-09-20 @NYY ND 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 91 73
2008-08-31 @TBR L 5.0 9 7 7 4 4 0 105 21
2008-08-26 CHW L 5.0 10 6 5 1 1 1 102 25
2008-07-25 LAA L 1.2 7 5 5 1 1 2 51 31
2008-07-20 DET L 5.1 6 3 3 4 5 2 109 45
2008-07-11 @BOS W 6.1 6 3 3 3 2 0 100 48
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 11.0 14 5 5 5 4 0 4.09 45
2008-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 5 1 1 3 3 0 95 53
2008-05-11 @KCR L 6.0 9 4 4 2 1 0 103 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-3    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:11-6    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Wed, Apr 29  @KCR  L   3-11      15-8   1st    Tied
 22 Tue, Apr 28  @KCR  W   8-1       15-7   1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-8 
Royals, 11-10, 1st, Tied

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 1-1, 4.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 24.0 21 13 13 10 23 3 4.88
2008 (9-7) 113.0 121 57 51 43 71 10 4.06
2007 (7-15) 136.0 155 102 92 70 99 22 6.09
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.0 32 16 16 13 42 4 3.20 60
2009-04-25 DET L 5.1 8 7 7 2 2 2 86 24
2009-04-19 @TEX ND 6.0 3 3 3 5 8 1 111 57
2009-04-14 CLE W 5.2 7 3 3 1 5 0 98 47
2009-04-09 @CHW ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 103 77
2008-09-26 @MIN W 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 101 66
2008-09-20 CHW W 7.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 101 65
2008-09-15 SEA W 8.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 98 82
Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 29   TOR  W  11-3       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Tue, Apr 28   TOR  L   1-8       10-10  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 KCR 11  TOR  3        W:Zack Greinke (5-0), L: Brian Tallet (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 TOR  8 @KCR  1        W:Scott Richmond (3-0), L: Gil Meche (1-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-1; 2008 - TOR won 5-2; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 169-165

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

BA

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 (5.91 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 1/.000 4/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/3.000 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .755 74/.826 0/0 11/4
23.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/2.500 5/.650 424/295 .238/.313/.405/.718 .885/.648 .753 45/.919 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 ··· 1/4.000 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.333 3/.000 3/1.334 5/.600 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 109/.997 4/2 2/1
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.714 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 349/250 .282/.316/.439/.755 .688/.781 .786 101/.881 2/0 9/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 207/125 .210/.255/.269/.524 .623/.460 .549 9/.222 3/1 1/9
30.Millar G/S/vP 4/.833 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 3/1.667 4/1.250 12/.584 3/2.667 14/1.192 1/.000 4/1.833 7/.429 630/463 .270/.358/.419/.777 .540/.865 .815 72/.903 1/2 15/5
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 8/1.250 4/1.250 4/.000 2/.000 4/.250 6/.666 687/525 .291/.337/.461/.798 .735/.818 .766 108/.647 32/8 15/4
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 11/.489 24/.714 5/.800 6/.533 3/.000 1/3.000 24/1.042 467/348 .262/.349/.431/.780 .760/.787 .810 90/.793 5/0 11/11
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· 4/.250 7/.453 11/.664 ··· 8/.542 8/.375 592/433 .267/.341/.356/.697 .732/.684 .717 109/.898 7/2 7/8
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 80/64 .301/.338/.466/.803 .732/.820 .641 66/.828 0/0 2/0
10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 2/1.500 4/.250 2/.000 4/.000 4/1.000 466/357 .300/.343/.496/.840 .849/.837 .830 106/.808 4/2 20/3
IP 113.0 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 84.1 TOTAL .290/.363/.469/.831 .822/.835 .859 .831 9/1 29/9
ERA-K/9 4.06/5.7 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 3.50/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 487/.276 215/.192 261/.299 278/.252 168/.294 260/.169 186/.171 379/.283 .234  Rios
 Wells
 Snider
 Lind
 Scutaro
0/62/93/14
0/100/0/5
13/0/7/2
71/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
OPS .762 .658 .907 .695 .718 .503 .571 .739 .653
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.740 101/.542 122/.953 110/.721 68/.836 139/.536 87/.688 183/.771 .595
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.783 114/.759 139/.871 168/.679 100/.640 121/.468 99/.449 196/.708 .707
Home 313/.740 111/.638 133/.843 127/.681 112/.677 130/.378 112/.744 200/.778
Last 28d days 102/.680 35/.547 30/1.063 25/.758 43/1.134 22/.523 33/.572 39/.448
HR/SB/CS 10/8/1 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··· X··oo··· ·XX····· ·o··X·o· ·X······ ·······X ·X··o··· o·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 (4.24 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/2.334 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .759 76/.539 8/3 10/10
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.900 2/.500 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 6/1.167 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .640 38/.866 14/3 0/3
14.Buck G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 5/.600 1/no AB 2/1.000 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .691 42/.874 0/3 9/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 5/1.550 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/4.333 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .710 73/.759 0/1 11/2
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .672 70/.946 2/1 0/2
2.Crisp# G/S/vP 7/.629 15/1.181 1/.000 8/.250 9/.900 3/.333 1/.000 10/.844 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .764 94/.850 20/7 7/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 10/.650 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .812 82/.623 11/8 12/1
11.Guillen G/S/vP 13/.923 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 633/442 .264/.300/.438/.738 .936/.656 .724 33/.717 2/1 20/4
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .758 76/.829 1/0 32/11
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 97/61 .286/.316/.319/.634 .617/.644 .577 23/.570 0/2 0/1
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .607 46/.529 7/0 12/5
1.Pena G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .412 10/.100 3/1 1/9
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.750 2/2.500 4/.750 4/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 6/1.500 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .701 87/.934 4/3 15/6
IP 129.2 39.1 60.0 70.2 47.1 33.0 56.1 TOTAL .247/.329/.422/.751 .775/.733 .748 .751 8/4 23/10
ERA-K/9 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 4.25/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 596/.311 166/.263 237/.196 290/.213 208/.208 141/.230 / 240/.243 .244  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 .854 .694 .620 .590 .679 .648 .664 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.847 65/.976 127/.599 119/.540 81/.842 67/.785 / 113/.654 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 414/.856 101/.515 110/.644 171/.625 127/.578 74/.528 / 127/.673 .733
Road 270/.682 81/.759 123/.776 154/.670 101/.748 70/.606 / 98/.634
Last 28d days 24/.858 49/.835 46/.472 38/.347 29/.245 42/.774 29/.466 102/.910
HR/SB/CS 17/11/2 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 // 4/6/1 27/15/5
Usage ····X··· X···X·oo ·X·o··Xo ···o··oo X··o···X ·o··o·o· o·X··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.