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Game Preview: STL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, June 19, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Cardinals, 36-31, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Brad Thompson (27, RHP, 1-2, 3.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			30.0	29	13	12	8	13	1	3.60
2008 (6-3)			64.2	72	38	37	19	32	5	5.15
2007 (8-6)			129.1	157	76	68	40	53	23	4.73

Last 7 GS		3-3	34.0	34	20	18	9	13	2	4.76	46
2009-06-13	@CLE	W	6.0	3	1	0	2	5	0	87	67
2009-06-08	COL	L	4.1	5	3	3	3	2	0	67	40
2009-06-02	CIN	ND	5.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	62	48
2008-09-28	CIN	W	5.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	69	47
2008-09-14	@PIT	L	3.2	9	6	6	1	0	0	66	18
2008-08-15	@CIN	W	5.0	3	3	2	1	4	1	72	54
2008-06-19	KCR	L	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	60	50

Last 5 v.KCR		1-2	16.1	22	11	11	4	4	0	6.06	40
2008-06-19	KCR	L	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	60	50
2007-06-19	KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	78	62
2007-06-12	@KCR	L	4.1	10	8	8	4	0	0	87	7

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

 Home:   21-16   Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  24-22   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  3-7  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Thu, Jun 18   DET  L   3-6       36-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 17   DET  W   4-3       36-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 16   DET  W  11-2       35-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14  @CLE  L   0-3       34-30  2nd  0.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13  @CLE  W   3-1       34-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12  @CLE  L   3-7       33-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11  @FLA  W   6-5       33-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10  @FLA  W  13-4       32-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  9  @FLA  L   3-4       31-28  2nd  2.5 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  8   COL  L   2-5       31-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Royals, 29-36, 4th, 5½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 3-6, 5.14)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			77.0	72	47	44	39	52	11	5.14
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		1-5	43.1	36	25	22	23	27	5	4.57	49
2009-06-13	CIN	W	5.0	2	3	3	5	1	0	100	47
2009-06-07	@TOR	L	8.0	9	4	4	3	3	2	126	48
2009-06-02	@TBR	L	5.2	3	4	4	6	7	1	114	48
2009-05-27	DET	L	5.2	10	8	5	2	1	2	91	22
2009-05-22	@STL	L	6.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	105	63
2009-05-16	BAL	L	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	119	55
2009-05-10	@LAA	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	95	63

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	19.1	15	8	6	7	13	1	2.79	57
2009-05-22	@STL	L	6.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	105	63
2008-06-28	STL	L	6.1	7	5	3	2	2	1	100	43
2008-06-17	@STL	W	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	106	64

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

 Home:   19-17   Road:   10-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  18-22   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 24, 2009 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (4-1), L: Joel Pineiro (5-4), S: Juan Cruz (2)
Sat, May 23, 2009 STL  5  KCR  0        W:Kyle Lohse (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 STL  5  KCR  0        W:Todd Wellemeyer (4-4), L: Kyle Davies (2-3), S: none

Sun, Jun 29, 2008 STL  9 @KCR  6        W:Chris Perez (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (7-7), S: Ryan Franklin (11)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 STL  5 @KCR  1        W:Mitchell Boggs (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 KCR  7  STL  2        W:Gil Meche (6-8), L: Joel Pineiro (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 KCR  4 @STL  1        W:Zack Greinke (6-4), L: Brad Thompson (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (18)
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Kyle McClellan (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 KCR  2 @STL  1        W:Kyle Davies (3-0), L: Ron Villone (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Wed, Jun 20, 2007 STL  7  KCR  6 (14)   W:Kip Wells (3-11), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-8), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 2-1; 2008 - KCR won 4-2; 2007 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 30-24

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 5.66

BAL 4.59

SEA 3.73

RA/G

LAD 3.75

NYM 4.61

WSN 5.65

J. Mauer .425

C. Kotchman .279

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .495

B. Roberts .352

D. Navarro .243

SLG

J. Mauer .750

M. Jacobs .453

E. Burriss .267

OPS

J. Mauer 1.245

P. Konerko .803

W. Taveras .545

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.96

D. Lowe 4.08

A. Sonnanstine 6.65

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

K. Correia 6.59

S. Martis 3.45

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Cardinals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

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

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 166/119 .245/.307/.417/.724 .505/.814 .713 74/.727 0/1 4/2

16.Duncan* G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 235/169 .255/.345/.417/.761 .680/.795 .925 85/.701 0/1 5/3

3.Greene G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 16/1.420 124/76 .198/.285/.292/.577 .450/.655 .536 8/.250 2/1 2/7

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 79/59 .270/.308/.419/.727 .762/.714 .632 42/.633 3/0 2/1

21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/1.500 9/.944 11/.182 ··· 1/.000 13/1.539 42/30 .275/.310/.400/.710 .750/.693 .721 15/.600 0/0 1/0

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 185/128 .233/.306/.423/.729 .690/.744 .759 65/.457 3/0 9/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.533 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.971 234/173 .284/.358/.397/.755 .787/.745 .654 87/.767 4/1 5/1

5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.900 3/.000 1/.000 19/.859 21/1.532 6/1.000 2/.000 24/1.300 284/199 .320/.444/.689/1.133 1.247/1.085 1.066 104/1.173 9/2 23/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 214/164 .272/.322/.467/.789 .411/.898 .740 77/.916 1/0 7/2

13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 143/81 .300/.343/.392/.735 .748/.723 .699 81/.817 6/3 0/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 240/195 .284/.333/.387/.721 .597/.750 .687 96/.671 1/2 3/4

22.Thurston* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/151 .235/.333/.377/.710 .917/.664 .588 69/.690 3/2 1/7

IP 77.0 7.1 6.2 27.0 22.0 21.2 13.2 28.1 TOTAL .257/.326/.414/.741 .681/.765 .723 .725 35/13 68/42

ERA-K/9

5.14/6.1

4.91/9.9

6.75/8.1

5.67/6.0

3.27/9.4

4.98/8.7

1.98/9.9

4.13/6.4

4.22/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 331/.256 32/.192 27/.280 115/.237 90/.238 110/.326 59/.189 123/.300 .260

OPS .753 .505 .733 .738 .622 .993 .554 .818 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.652 14/.286 11/.964 55/.850 40/.608 48/.727 29/.456 53/.602 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.820 18/.694 16/.579 60/.633 50/.633 62/1.222 30/.660 70/.984 .741

Home 175/.914 19/.807 18/.627 72/.732 50/.557 63/1.011 23/.685 80/.785

Last 28d days 108/.871 32/.505 27/.733 40/1.136 24/.564 44/1.243 20/.533 32/1.040

HR/SB/CS 11/16/3 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 2/1/2 4/0/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 48/51/11

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

Royals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 163/85 .290/.348/.386/.734 .886/.598 .671 72/.639 12/2 1/3

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 254/160 .288/.343/.429/.772 .916/.693 .927 98/.731 0/0 5/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 240/160 .309/.358/.464/.822 .919/.771 .875 83/.724 0/1 4/8

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.750 17/.728 ··· ··· 3/1.666 9/.250 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 257/164 .244/.294/.389/.683 .518/.778 .761 91/.665 1/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 4/.500 17/.236 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 10/1.171 207/131 .265/.357/.414/.772 .656/.841 .833 87/.695 1/0 7/3

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/22 .219/.265/.219/.483 .718/.340 .570 29/.490 0/0 0/1

7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/1

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 4/1.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· 3/1.667 5/.800 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 228/147 .241/.325/.453/.778 .585/.885 .821 75/.627 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 93/75 .256/.337/.354/.691 1.037/.608 .868 51/.629 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 158/84 .245/.274/.470/.744 .829/.668 .601 66/.928 2/1 9/3

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/22 .292/.308/.417/.724 1.167/.654 .900 19/.669 0/0 0/0

1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 33/23 .097/.152/.129/.281 .311/.267 .067 21/.390 0/0 0/3

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 9/1.667 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 3/2.334 9/.619 251/152 .284/.347/.441/.788 .736/.822 .854 82/.765 3/0 8/6

IP 30.0 25.2 3.2 3.2 31.1 18.1 26.1 21.2 18.0 TOTAL .255/.320/.403/.723 .733/.718 .773 .669 36/8 55/50

ERA-K/9

3.60/3.9

1.05/6.7

9.82/2.4

3.45/6.6

2.95/9.3

5.13/7.9

3.32/11.6

5.00/9.0

3.86/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.257 99/.183 17/.267 20/.214 137/.204 79/.225 113/.260 96/.182 79/.235 .253

OPS .712 .501 .953 1.093 .626 .676 .776 .619 .688 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.802 44/.470 11/.808 10/.667 60/.567 48/.397 50/.812 28/.756 46/.492 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.630 55/.526 6/1.167 10/1.400 77/.670 31/1.118 63/.748 68/.563 33/.965 .677

Road 45/.626 58/.699 3/1.667 6/1.500 71/.716 29/.612 47/.586 51/.450 37/.881

Last 28d days 66/.619 31/.525 17/.953 5/.650 51/.725 30/.600 42/1.015 40/.624 25/.693

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 4/0/1 2/1/2 2/1/1 58/14/11

Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·X ······o· X······· ·X····X· o····o·o Xo···Xo· ····o··· ·o···ooo

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.