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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 25, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 53-41, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (22, LHP, 3-5, 6.02)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			64.1	81	46	43	22	50	12	6.02

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.1	50	29	27	15	33	8	6.51	41
2009-07-19	MIN	ND	4.0	5	3	3	4	4	1	90	40
2009-07-04	TBR	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	92	45
2009-06-27	SDP	L	5.2	13	7	6	1	8	0	90	24
2009-06-20	@SFG	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	95	69
2009-06-14	LAD	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	89	39
2009-06-06	@BOS	L	4.2	6	4	4	2	5	1	91	39
2009-05-27	NYY	L	5.0	10	6	5	2	5	2	88	28

Has never faced KCR.

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

 Home:   32-19   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  34-27   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:10-12   vsWest: 18-8  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Fri, Jul 24  @KCR  W   2-0       53-41  2nd  3.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 22   BOS  W   3-1       52-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21   BOS  W   4-2       51-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 91 Mon, Jul 20   BOS  W   6-3       50-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 19   MIN  W   5-3 (12)  49-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul 18   MIN  L   1-4       48-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul 17   MIN  L   3-5       48-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 12  @SEA  L   3-5       48-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 11  @SEA  L   1-4       48-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 10  @SEA  W   6-4       48-37  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Royals, 37-58, 5th, 14 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 5-3, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-3)			63.2	63	38	36	20	35	9	5.09
2008 (6-12)			129.0	143	84	79	47	72	12	5.51
2007 (0-1)			12.2	11	4	3	4	5	1	2.13

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.1	42	21	20	11	29	6	3.97	53
2009-07-19	TBR	ND	6.1	7	2	2	0	9	0	97	60
2009-07-09	@BOS	W	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	2	101	38
2009-07-04	CHW	W	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	2	95	39
2009-06-29	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	102	71
2009-06-24	@HOU	ND	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	93	66
2009-06-18	ARI	L	4.0	9	7	6	2	3	0	95	19
2009-06-12	CIN	W	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	80	79

Has never faced TEX.

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

 Home:   22-31   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  25-36   vsLHP:  12-22   1-Run:   8-15
 vsEast:  8-16   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Fri, Jul 24   TEX  L   0-2       37-58  5th 14.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22   LAA  L   6-9       37-57  4th 13.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   LAA  L   2-10      37-56  4th 13.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21   LAA  L   5-8       37-55  4th 13.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   TBR  L   3-4       37-54  4th 11.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   TBR  L   2-4       37-53  4th 11.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17   TBR  L   7-8       37-52  4th 11.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @BOS  L   0-6       37-51  4th 11.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11  @BOS  L   9-15      37-50  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @BOS  L   0-1       37-49  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 TEX  6  KCR  5        W:Frank Francisco (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 KCR  2 @TEX  0        W:Zack Greinke (3-0), L: Kevin Millwood (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 KCR 12 @TEX  3        W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Matt Harrison (0-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 TEX  3 @KCR  2        W:Matt Harrison (6-3), L: Brian Bannister (7-14), S: Frank Francisco (1)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 TEX  2 @KCR  1        W:Kevin Millwood (8-7), L: Ramon Ramirez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 TEX  9 @KCR  4        W:Scott Feldman (5-5), L: Gil Meche (10-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 KCR  6  TEX  5        W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 TEX 11 @KCR  5        W:Vicente Padilla (8-3), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 TEX  6 @KCR  5        W:Eddie Guardado (1-1), L: Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (12)
Thu, May 01, 2008 TEX  2  KCR  1        W:Sidney Ponson (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (3-1), S: C.J. Wilson (6)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - TEX won 7-2; 2007 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 256-234

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 5.52

FLA 4.49

SDP 3.65

RA/G

SFG 3.74

FLA 4.66

WSN 5.54

J. Mauer .363

Y. Molina .288

R. Cedeno .186

OBP

M. Ramirez .475

M. Reynolds .363

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .711

C. Blake .465

N. Punto .245

OPS

A. Pujols 1.161

T. Tulowitzki .823

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

J. Lester 3.87

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

R. Wolf 6.68

J. Lannan 3.74

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Rangers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 47.Ponson
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 288/202 .254/.316/.344/.659 .751/.622 .579 70/.458 19/2 3/12

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 13/.539 ··· 2/2.000 21/.807 1/.000 14/.690 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 304/225 .255/.299/.521/.821 .587/.907 .899 79/.836 2/0 19/3

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.222 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 14/.220 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 336/232 .280/.318/.457/.775 .762/.781 .665 87/.833 4/1 9/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 340/247 .270/.335/.550/.886 .688/.959 .823 51/1.094 15/2 23/3

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 10/.000 5/.000 6/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 193/139 .237/.285/.418/.703 .835/.651 .810 55/.600 5/0 7/0

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.400 ··· 10/.400 ··· 4/1.167 12/.531 ··· 3/.333 26/1.059 219/120 .227/.338/.519/.857 .800/.896 .792 68/.809 5/0 14/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 6/1.166 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 10/.900 1/.000 6/1.267 ··· ··· 2/.000 423/303 .248/.322/.496/.818 1.114/.699 .667 90/.588 21/2 23/6

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 251/207 .285/.365/.458/.823 .593/.872 .761 64/1.032 6/4 8/1

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 269/185 .242/.292/.371/.663 .682/.654 .585 56/.541 0/2 7/6

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/73 .217/.267/.325/.592 .686/.568 .617 23/.538 0/0 1/3

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 11/.764 10/1.000 3/.000 32/.900 ··· 1/no AB 12/.750 91/76 .288/.352/.375/.727 1.000/.667 .708 13/.685 4/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.586 11/.788 ··· 5/.650 24/.500 2/.500 34/.913 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 402/293 .311/.366/.490/.856 .890/.844 .809 92/.865 6/2 12/6

IP 63.2 18.0 110.0 26.0 21.0 40.2 141.1 32.2 48.1 25.2 22.2 47.1 TOTAL .255/.316/.452/.768 .760/.771 .713 .738 87/15 140/62

ERA-K/9

5.09/4.9

6.00/9.0

3.76/5.7

6.58/5.5

5.57/5.1

5.53/6.6

2.04/9.3

4.13/8.5

7.63/4.8

1.75/11.2

6.35/13.1

4.94/6.3

4.54/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 270/.258 78/.269 470/.253 113/.282 91/.278 173/.235 536/.250 155/.286 226/.333 105/.189 116/.250 209/.272 .265

OPS .780 .762 .678 .883 .804 .751 .631 .866 .862 .524 .713 .792 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.699 35/.590 249/.716 29/.586 37/.986 80/.818 257/.681 63/.720 130/.954 52/.461 62/.825 95/.602 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.843 43/.912 221/.636 84/.995 54/.684 93/.695 279/.584 92/.974 96/.740 53/.587 54/.594 114/.952 .775

Home 151/.730 49/.961 267/.658 48/.755 57/.761 101/.840 313/.630 96/.857 169/.739 42/.447 87/.715 134/.810

Last 28d days 106/.824 40/.939 136/.649 113/.883 45/1.111 44/.805 107/.783 39/.646 24/.959 32/.390 34/.819 61/.733

HR/SB/CS 9/6/2 2/3/0 10/11/1 6/1/2 3/3/0 5/1/3 4/2/6 5/0/0 5/1/0 1/0/0 0/5/0 7/2/1 89/66/21

Usage ·····X·· X·oo·ooX ··X····X ···X··o· o·oX·XX· ···X··oX X·····X· ··XX·o·X ···X···· ··oX···· ···X···· ··oX·X·o

Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 55.Eyre
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 28.Jennings
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.000 11/.637 9/.555 3/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 47/.376 3/1.334 2/.000 26/.500 9/.333 269/206 .244/.269/.325/.594 .679/.569 .623 24/.447 3/1 2/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/.278 3/.667 1/.000 3/1.334 5/.200 267/158 .265/.311/.359/.670 .769/.602 .561 84/.640 16/2 2/7

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 6/1.667 8/.750 9/.347 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 16/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 11/.182 3/2.667 108/80 .211/.290/.421/.711 .570/.761 .996 11/.273 0/0 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 9/.583 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 16/.775 ··· 2/.000 7/.286 3/1.667 375/248 .292/.349/.455/.804 .913/.751 .908 94/.877 0/0 9/5

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 352/240 .300/.352/.449/.801 .930/.738 .874 86/.811 1/1 6/11

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 9/2.600 9/.819 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 40/.807 ··· 1/.000 15/1.321 5/.400 386/248 .265/.328/.415/.743 .584/.835 .823 99/.874 3/6 7/0

26.Freel G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/.641 1/.000 81/48 .191/.295/.206/.501 .393/.576 .492 40/.580 1/0 0/1

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/1.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 15/.696 ··· 2/.000 9/.619 4/.500 41/22 .152/.317/.242/.559 .602/.529 .441 15/.650 1/0 1/3

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/4.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 1/.000 296/207 .222/.301/.417/.718 .554/.790 .740 49/.665 0/0 13/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 155/119 .213/.289/.309/.598 .761/.549 .728 38/.407 4/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 ··· 10/1.200 1/.000 1/3.000 6/.334 1/.000 250/152 .238/.269/.460/.729 .658/.776 .684 68/.563 3/1 13/6

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/37 .302/.333/.491/.824 1.032/.709 1.025 25/.726 0/0 2/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 7/.619 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 37/.757 ··· 1/no AB 14/1.167 5/.200 364/229 .296/.352/.448/.799 .769/.818 .853 84/.799 5/0 9/7

IP 64.1 5.1 110.1 32.1 28.2 29.0 49.2 22.0 136.0 15.2 34.2 96.1 44.0 TOTAL .252/.313/.396/.708 .703/.711 .748 .685 48/12 78/79

ERA-K/9

6.02/7.0

5.06/1.7

3.59/4.3

4.18/7.8

3.77/5.0

2.17/4.7

3.26/6.3

1.64/4.1

3.44/5.4

4.02/7.5

1.82/8.3

4.67/4.9

2.86/8.2

4.24/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.307 21/.294 414/.233 150/.281 120/.255 118/.234 213/.247 85/.179 574/.250 70/.281 139/.220 424/.286 184/.231 .261

OPS .894 .871 .673 .786 .759 .654 .699 .516 .726 .749 .597 .762 .670 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.799 9/1.016 223/.642 67/.783 44/1.019 63/.749 97/.706 35/.721 275/.720 41/.619 41/.909 242/.887 62/.483 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.935 12/.764 191/.708 83/.786 76/.605 55/.548 116/.693 50/.374 299/.732 29/.916 98/.463 182/.603 122/.761 .752

Road 128/.675 2/.000 180/.700 59/.675 35/.380 24/.504 90/.784 17/.294 263/.771 36/.932 63/.762 185/.620 86/.872

Last 28d days 100/.950 / 99/.615 23/.527 26/.330 92/.584 41/.461 40/.380 105/.866 70/.749 36/.524 80/.958 53/.562

HR/SB/CS 12/6/0 0/0/0 12/12/4 3/4/1 4/2/2 2/4/0 3/5/3 1/0/0 17/13/4 2/3/0 3/6/1 8/2/4 3/3/1 103/63/23

Usage ·····X·· ········ X·····X· ······X· ····Xo·X ···X···· ···X··X· ··X··X·· ····X··· ··X··Xo· ···oXo·o ·······X X··XXX··

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.