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Game Preview: ARI @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

D'backs, 27-37, 5th, 15 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Doug Davis (33, LHP, 3-7, 3.65)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-7) 79.0 71 36 32 34 57 11 3.65
2008 (6-8) 146.0 160 76 70 64 112 13 4.32
2007 (13-12) 192.2 211 100 91 95 144 21 4.25
Last 7 GS 1-3 40.2 36 21 17 20 28 4 3.76 51
2009-06-10 SFG L 4.0 7 5 4 3 1 1 101 28
2009-06-05 @SDP W 6.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 109 67
2009-05-30 ATL ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 102 59
2009-05-25 SDP ND 7.1 5 4 2 4 6 1 115 58
2009-05-20 @FLA L 4.1 6 6 6 5 4 0 101 26
2009-05-15 @ATL ND 6.0 4 3 2 0 3 1 80 57
2009-05-09 WSN L 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 91 61
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 25.1 35 19 16 8 22 3 5.68 43
2008-06-13 KCR ND 7.0 6 0 0 4 7 0 105 68
2006-06-24 @KCR L 3.0 6 6 3 2 3 1 91 30
2002-05-26 @KCR ND 3.0 9 5 5 0 0 1 52 21
2001-09-07 KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 0 8 0 103 65
2001-09-01 @KCR ND 5.1 8 6 6 2 4 1 95 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-23   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  20-25   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sun, Jun 14   HOU  L   3-8       27-37  5th 15.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13   HOU  L   4-6       27-36  5th 14.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12   HOU  W   8-1       27-35  5th 13.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11   SFG  W   2-1       26-35  5th 14.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10   SFG  L   4-6       25-35  5th 14.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  9   SFG  L   4-9       25-34  5th 14.5 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  8  @SDP  L   3-6       25-33  5th 13.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  7  @SDP  W   9-6 (18)  25-32  4th 13.0 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  6  @SDP  L   4-6       24-32  4th 14.0 gb
 55 Fri, Jun  5  @SDP  W   8-0       24-31  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Royals, 28-34, 4th, 5½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 3-5, 3.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-5) 75.1 78 36 31 30 61 2 3.70
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 1-3 38.1 40 18 14 19 31 2 3.29 51
2009-06-10 @CLE W 7.0 4 0 0 3 11 0 115 77
2009-06-04 @TBR ND 6.0 6 1 1 5 2 1 110 53
2009-05-30 CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 103 64
2009-05-25 DET L 2.1 6 4 2 3 1 0 73 31
2009-05-20 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 87 53
2009-05-14 BAL L 4.1 6 5 5 2 1 1 87 30
2009-05-08 @LAA L 5.2 7 4 2 3 7 0 120 47
Last 5 v.ARI 2-0 21.1 15 8 7 5 18 1 2.95 62
2008-06-15 @ARI W 7.1 4 3 3 1 10 0 115 67
2006-06-29 @ARI ND 7.0 6 2 1 1 4 0 112 62
1999-07-19 ARI W 7.0 5 3 3 3 4 1 109 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-15   Road:   10-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  18-20   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 59 Thu, Jun 11  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  25-34  5th  7.5 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10  @CLE  W   9-0       25-33  4th  7.5 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  9  @CLE  L   4-8       24-33  5th  7.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @TOR  L   0-4       24-32  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @TOR  W   6-2       24-31  4th  5.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @TOR  L   3-9       23-31  4th  5.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @TBR  L   2-3       23-30  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 KCR  8 @ARI  3        W:Gil Meche (4-8), L: Micah Owings (6-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 KCR 12 @ARI  3        W:Luke Hochevar (4-5), L: Randy Johnson (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 ARI  1  KCR  0 (10)   W:Billy Buckner (1-0), L: Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 KCR  9 @ARI  4 (12)   W:Ryan Jensen (3-1), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 KCR  8 @ARI  5        W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Brad Halsey (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 ARI 12  KCR 11 (10)   W:Brian Bruney (1-2), L: Mike MacDougal (2-3), S: none
Thu, Sep 04, 2003 ARI  6 @KCR  5 (10)   W:Matt Mantei (5-3), L: Kris Wilson (5-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 ARI  4 @KCR  3        W:Andrew Good (3-1), L: Darrell May (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 KCR  7  ARI  3        W:Jason Grimsley (2-3), L: Eddie Oropesa (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 ARI 12 @KCR  5        W:Robert Ellis (5-2), L: Dan Reichert (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - KCR won 2-1; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 6-6

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

NYY  5.71

BAL  4.57

SEA  3.71

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

MIN  4.62

WSN  5.81

 BA

J. Mauer  .414

M. DeRosa  .279

C. Young  .189

 OBP

J. Mauer  .486

H. Matsui  .352

D. Navarro  .228

 SLG

J. Mauer  .743

A. Soriano  .454

E. Burriss  .267

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.230

P. Feliz  .810

D. Navarro  .541

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

D. Lowe  4.08

M. Parra  7.52

 K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

D. Davis  6.49

J. Garland  3.55

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

D'backs Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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		 34.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrnes G/S/vP 20/1.011 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 7/1.000 182/127 .216/.261/.365/.626 .725/.584 .392 68/.551 7/3 4/3
6.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 182/136 .255/.319/.416/.735 .559/.795 .710 114/.765 1/1 4/4
2.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 7/.666 7/1.286 1/.000 ··· 8/.929 256/190 .305/.359/.425/.784 .881/.745 .678 91/.678 4/2 4/7
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/111 .225/.344/.353/.697 .633/.704 .797 66/.623 0/0 2/4
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 138/108 .237/.326/.314/.639 .508/.674 .472 51/.413 2/1 1/3
9.Parra* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/98 .296/.353/.454/.807 .473/.882 .708 102/.715 0/2 2/2
27.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/2.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/204 .281/.371/.576/.947 1.029/.924 .838 115/1.087 13/3 17/9
14.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/62 .298/.381/.381/.762 .973/.641 .544 66/.753 4/0 0/2
19.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/1.283 157/104 .220/.359/.386/.745 .812/.709 .838 63/.783 0/0 5/0
10.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/194 .306/.389/.569/.958 1.181/.901 1.051 110/.963 9/2 12/3
29.Whitesell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/57 .212/.359/.327/.686 .143/.756 .740 33/.955 0/0 0/1
24.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 232/169 .189/.248/.354/.602 .688/.570 .406 98/.685 10/2 6/0
IP 75.1 6.2 6.2 25.0 21.0 20.0 12.2 27.1 TOTAL .244/.321/.404/.725 .743/.719 .657 .753 56/16 64/52
ERA-K/9 3.70/7.3 4.05/10.7 2.70/8.1 5.40/6.1 3.43/9.0 4.05/8.6 2.13/9.9 4.28/6.6 4.12/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 327/.265 29/.208 24/.182 105/.216 84/.228 100/.318 56/.200 117/.302 .258
OPS .701 .519 .568 .672 .603 .933 .586 .824 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.653 12/.333 9/.722 49/.772 37/.567 44/.701 28/.472 50/.627 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.750 17/.662 15/.481 56/.582 47/.631 56/1.137 28/.713 67/.975 .728
Home 137/.818 16/.885 15/.343 62/.626 44/.512 53/.907 20/.794 74/.793
Last 28d days 125/.677 29/.519 24/.568 35/1.186 25/.490 37/1.127 17/.635 33/1.185
HR/SB/CS 2/11/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/2 2/1/2 3/0/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 45/49/11
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o·o· ··X···o· ·o····X· ····oo·· ·····o·· ··X·X··· ······o·
Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Davis*
G/S/vB		 55.Boyer
G/S/vB		 33.Buckner
G/S/vB		 56.Pena
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 57.Rauch
G/S/vB		 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB		 32.Vasquez
G/S/vB		 35.Zavada*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 ··· ··· 152/77 .291/.353/.396/.749 .895/.609 .690 63/.658 11/2 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/151 .283/.336/.430/.767 .935/.672 .932 95/.703 0/0 5/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 229/152 .318/.367/.479/.845 .956/.787 .925 86/.745 0/1 4/5
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· 243/154 .240/.290/.380/.670 .481/.783 .746 91/.629 1/1 3/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 11/.273 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 6/2.666 ··· ··· 194/123 .253/.345/.406/.751 .665/.803 .801 87/.663 1/0 7/2
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/19 .179/.233/.179/.412 .606/.284 .497 25/.399 0/0 0/1
7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/1
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 8/2.500 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 6/.334 8/.500 8/.000 ··· ··· 215/139 .229/.312/.432/.744 .566/.843 .767 75/.481 0/0 10/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/66 .219/.313/.315/.628 1.037/.516 .799 46/.541 2/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 11/.473 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/.250 13/.154 3/.000 ··· ··· 151/80 .257/.287/.493/.780 .865/.703 .656 62/.989 2/1 9/2
3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/17 .211/.238/.368/.607 1.167/.489 .600 14/.464 0/0 0/0
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .111/.172/.148/.321 .393/.293 .091 17/.485 0/0 0/3
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 238/143 .286/.349/.447/.796 .691/.867 .875 82/.715 3/0 8/6
IP 79.0 20.2 33.0 28.1 25.2 29.0 11.1 22.0 11.1 TOTAL .251/.317/.403/.720 .732/.713 .772 .641 35/8 55/44
ERA-K/9 3.65/6.5 6.10/5.2 7.36/7.1 2.86/7.3 3.86/9.1 5.28/6.2 2.38/4.8 4.91/7.8 0.00/9.6 4.48/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 332/.248 94/.256 144/.315 122/.264 108/.284 132/.271 50/.239 100/.271 44/.175 .260
OPS .722 .672 .960 .659 .720 .765 .691 .786 .452 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.552 39/.539 58/1.168 56/.745 53/.805 65/.754 29/.609 46/.584 20/.578 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.781 55/.766 86/.826 66/.587 55/.638 67/.773 21/.807 54/.963 24/.348 .742
Road 121/.698 28/.229 51/.553 60/.729 49/.830 42/.778 15/1.433 46/.554 23/.411
Last 28d days 128/.745 48/.573 122/.879 46/.784 48/.873 55/.606 2/.000 45/.683 44/.452
HR/SB/CS 11/4/3 1/4/0 8/1/1 1/0/2 2/0/0 3/4/0 2/3/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 69/40/13
Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· ·X····X· ····oo·· ·o··XX·· ·Xo··X·· ··o····· ·····Xo· ·o····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.