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Game Preview: LAA @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 6, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Angels, 80-54, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Joe Saunders (28, LHP, 11-7, 5.02)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-7)			148.2	161	87	83	56	82	25	5.02
2008 (17-7)			198.0	187	82	75	53	103	21	3.41
2007 (8-5)			107.1	129	56	53	34	69	11	4.44

Last 7 GS		3-2	36.1	46	26	25	17	18	4	6.19	41
2009-08-31	@SEA	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	98	72
2009-08-26	DET	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	89	55
2009-08-07	TEX	L	1.2	5	5	5	1	0	2	48	24
2009-08-01	@MIN	W	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	103	39
2009-07-27	CLE	ND	5.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	79	31
2009-07-22	@KCR	ND	5.2	9	6	6	2	2	0	109	27
2009-07-17	@OAK	L	6.0	6	5	4	6	2	1	95	38

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	21.2	21	7	7	6	16	0	2.91	58
2009-07-22	@KCR	ND	5.2	9	6	6	2	2	0	109	27
2009-05-09	KCR	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	101	82
2006-09-19	@KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	3	8	0	115	64

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

 Home:   39-26   Road:   41-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  51-40   vsLHP:  29-14   1-Run:  24-13
 vsEast: 24-12   vsCntrl:24-15   vsWest: 18-23 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Sep  5  @KCR  W   2-1 (11)  80-54  1st  4.5 up
133 Fri, Sep  4  @KCR  W   2-1       79-54  1st  3.5 up
132 Wed, Sep  2  @SEA  L   0-3       78-54  1st  3.5 up
131 Tue, Sep  1  @SEA  L   1-2       78-53  1st  4.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 31  @SEA  W  10-0       78-52  1st  6.0 up
129 Sun, Aug 30   OAK  W   9-1       77-52  1st  5.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 29   OAK  L   3-4       76-52  1st  4.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 28   OAK  W  11-7       76-51  1st  5.0 up
126 Thu, Aug 27   OAK  L   0-2       75-51  1st  4.0 up
125 Wed, Aug 26   DET  W   4-2       75-50  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Royals, 51-84, 5th, 23 GB, 27 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 6-8, 5.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-8)			111.1	124	76	71	32	84	17	5.74
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		0-5	40.2	56	35	33	12	36	7	7.30	39
2009-08-31	@OAK	L	5.1	6	7	6	4	5	0	108	31
2009-08-26	CLE	L	6.1	8	4	3	2	6	1	116	47
2009-08-21	MIN	ND	7.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	94	58
2009-08-15	@DET	L	4.0	12	6	6	0	4	2	105	18
2009-08-09	OAK	L	7.0	7	4	4	3	6	2	114	50
2009-08-04	SEA	ND	5.0	7	4	4	2	8	1	112	43
2009-07-30	@BAL	L	6.0	11	7	7	1	4	1	105	25

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   26-43   Road:   25-41   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  35-50   vsLHP:  16-34   1-Run:  13-22
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:22-32   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Sep  5   LAA  L   1-2 (11)  51-84  5th 23.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4   LAA  L   1-2       51-83  5th 22.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2  @OAK  L   4-10      51-82  5th 20.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1  @OAK  W   4-3       51-81  5th 19.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31  @OAK  L   5-8       50-81  5th 19.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30  @SEA  W   3-0       50-80  5th 19.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @SEA  L   4-8       49-80  5th 19.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @SEA  L   3-6       49-79  5th 19.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27  @SEA  W   8-4       49-78  5th 18.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   CLE  L   2-4       48-78  5th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 LAA  2 @KCR  1        W:Jered Weaver (14-5), L: Jamey Wright (1-5), S: Brian Fuentes (38)
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 LAA  9 @KCR  6        W:Justin Speier (4-2), L: Roman Colon (1-1), S: Brian Fuentes (30)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 LAA 10 @KCR  2        W:Sean O'Sullivan (3-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 LAA  8 @KCR  5        W:Ervin Santana (3-5), L: Sidney Ponson (1-6), S: Brian Fuentes (29)
Sun, May 10, 2009 LAA  4  KCR  3        W:Scot Shields (1-2), L: Jamey Wright (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (9)
Sat, May 09, 2009 LAA  1  KCR  0        W:Joe Saunders (5-1), L: Zack Greinke (6-1), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2009 LAA  4  KCR  1        W:Matt Palmer (3-0), L: Gil Meche (2-3), S: Brian Fuentes (8)

Wed, May 07, 2008 KCR  9  LAA  4        W:Zack Greinke (4-1), L: Jered Weaver (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 LAA  5 @KCR  3        W:Darren Oliver (2-1), L: Brian Bannister (3-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (14)
Mon, May 05, 2008 LAA  4 @KCR  0        W:Ervin Santana (6-0), L: Ramon Ramirez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 8-0; 2008 - LAA won 3-2; 2007 - KCR won 5-2; All-Time - LAA leads 259-253

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 5.73

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .366

C. Counsell .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Posada .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .672

H. Pence .476

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

A. LaRoche .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

D. Braden 3.89

B. Penny 5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.92

J. Lannan 3.73

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Angels Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.14 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 28.Davies
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 55.Meche
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB 57.Yabuta
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 13/.481 19/1.062 4/.500 11/1.259 9/1.301 19/.728 22/.586 4/.250 9/.555 42/1.291 2/.000 555/392 .294/.393/.424/.817 .759/.842 .855 106/.602 28/7 12/6

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.572 3/1.667 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 10/.889 5/.000 3/.000 2/.500 8/1.196 ··· 455/305 .299/.340/.410/.750 .750/.751 .746 98/.598 13/5 5/9

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 6/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 11/.000 38/.671 5/.600 15/.500 16/.624 ··· 608/421 .309/.404/.404/.809 .658/.875 .834 114/.890 39/16 3/12

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.417 16/1.831 1/2.000 ··· 13/.398 9/1.413 32/.980 1/no AB 14/.714 36/.904 ··· 310/239 .298/.335/.476/.812 .758/.827 .878 103/.902 2/1 13/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 13/.693 5/1.400 1/no AB 14/1.000 12/.614 25/.863 30/.707 6/.666 4/.500 11/.909 ··· 396/300 .307/.379/.540/.919 1.029/.884 .852 72/.835 15/3 19/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 6/.833 11/.664 1/no AB 11/.819 6/1.167 ··· 364/313 .298/.359/.441/.800 .978/.783 .790 72/.799 12/4 8/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.500 ··· 6/.833 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 ··· 338/216 .283/.327/.419/.746 .774/.729 .665 56/.839 9/3 8/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 227/157 .212/.305/.326/.631 .675/.611 .533 39/.705 2/2 5/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.762 15/1.067 2/2.000 6/1.000 3/2.000 15/.938 15/.708 1/.000 4/1.750 17/.368 ··· 318/232 .243/.318/.345/.663 .582/.692 .623 46/.747 4/1 3/3

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.833 2/.000 4/1.250 10/.425 ··· 5/.400 7/.629 ··· 514/400 .311/.356/.591/.947 .807/.988 .861 96/1.120 1/5 30/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.833 6/1.166 11/1.045 1/.000 5/.000 7/1.171 1/2.000 379/284 .278/.354/.493/.846 1.059/.777 .846 62/.596 2/3 17/6

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 1/2.000 103/34 .242/.272/.343/.615 .604/.638 .595 15/.400 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 16/1.332 ··· 8/.500 5/.800 ··· 464/345 .302/.336/.500/.836 1.064/.759 .870 92/.705 0/1 21/1

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.800 6/.200 3/.666 4/.583 8/.429 1/.000 73/56 .206/.225/.235/.461 .364/.491 .572 7/.286 4/0 0/0

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 30/11 .154/.241/.269/.511 .652/.200 .397 / 0/0 1/0

IP 111.1 27.1 154.0 55.0 37.1 112.0 29.1 198.1 129.0 42.1 47.1 66.1 3.0 TOTAL .287/.351/.447/.798 .788/.802 .784 .780 131/51 149/73

ERA-K/9

5.74/6.8

5.93/7.6

4.73/5.7

5.24/6.9

5.79/4.8

5.71/6.6

5.52/9.5

2.22/9.5

5.09/6.6

2.76/11.5

3.61/11.6

4.61/6.5

18.00/6.0

4.82/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.278 133/.295 668/.268 241/.292 166/.267 490/.273 131/.288 761/.233 581/.281 173/.210 201/.176 292/.254 11/.556 .268

OPS .810 .846 .713 .849 .810 .790 .753 .625 .815 .630 .533 .743 1.545 .761

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.822 64/.723 342/.680 70/.701 67/.802 208/.718 57/.765 344/.668 277/.785 87/.592 102/.682 130/.611 6/2.433 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.799 69/.972 326/.748 171/.911 99/.815 282/.840 74/.744 417/.589 304/.843 86/.669 99/.391 162/.843 5/.450 .780

Home 288/.733 80/1.030 314/.683 86/.793 96/.704 237/.973 77/.784 399/.614 250/.814 68/.802 131/.581 174/.787 /

Last 28d days 133/.865 28/.797 124/.837 47/.769 38/.766 122/.683 33/1.084 115/.497 101/1.054 38/.679 45/.206 52/.498 11/1.545

HR/SB/CS 17/14/3 3/4/0 15/15/1 10/4/4 7/4/0 17/17/4 3/1/2 11/4/6 17/15/1 5/0/0 1/8/3 8/6/2 1/0/0 141/95/29

Usage ·····X·· ····oo·· ···X···· ···X···· ·X·Xo··o ····X··· ·o··X··· X·····X· ·······X o···X··· ·X···X·X oX··oo·· X··X···o

Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 22.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 55.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 54.Santana
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.500 1/2.000 3/.000 240/199 .242/.280/.295/.575 .479/.595 .596 55/.503 17/5 0/3

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 25/.655 4/1.583 ··· 5/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 10/.200 30/.658 5/.000 2/no AB 4/.000 40/.590 2/.000 39/.694 412/296 .237/.266/.345/.611 .697/.577 .634 85/.687 3/3 5/11

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 16/.321 11/.728 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 3/.000 386/226 .253/.295/.345/.640 .648/.634 .561 61/.551 19/4 4/10

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/.933 5/1.250 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 10/.800 ··· 11/.307 159/115 .208/.272/.431/.703 .665/.718 .883 28/.623 0/0 6/6

16.Butler G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 12/.533 4/.500 5/.900 3/1.667 2/1.000 12/.834 ··· 14/.643 545/362 .293/.347/.469/.816 .943/.754 .938 99/.701 0/0 15/9

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 2/2.000 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.333 520/348 .295/.346/.435/.781 .905/.719 .860 99/.708 1/1 8/16

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 19/.812 17/.666 3/.333 3/1.167 3/.333 20/1.029 ··· 20/.653 558/360 .274/.342/.435/.777 .636/.858 .837 106/.934 4/8 12/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 10/1.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 12/.166 14/.220 13/.916 3/.666 3/.333 17/.607 1/5.000 18/1.111 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .722 3/.000 1/0 9/4

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/2.333 394/294 .234/.302/.421/.723 .532/.788 .814 67/.659 0/0 17/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 268/192 .247/.331/.368/.699 .917/.618 .720 88/.818 7/1 3/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 10/1.250 15/.414 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 345/203 .245/.276/.467/.743 .690/.781 .737 53/.772 3/2 17/7

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/79 .289/.328/.488/.816 .763/.851 .753 44/.781 0/0 5/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 19/.897 10/.600 5/.600 ··· 3/.666 18/.860 ··· 20/.924 506/315 .281/.334/.425/.759 .765/.755 .802 82/.720 7/0 11/12

IP 148.2 37.2 17.0 56.0 46.0 42.0 117.1 146.2 59.0 43.2 106.0 103.0 16.2 180.1 TOTAL .255/.312/.401/.713 .713/.714 .755 .715 63/22 117/109

ERA-K/9

5.02/5.0

6.21/9.8

9.53/6.4

3.54/8.8

3.91/8.0

4.71/8.1

5.68/7.6

3.74/7.2

2.90/7.0

6.60/5.4

4.25/5.2

5.68/7.0

5.40/9.7

3.79/7.7

4.74/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 653/.276 171/.289 87/.403 224/.214 193/.250 177/.307 528/.266 590/.260 237/.239 198/.314 449/.249 459/.293 79/.329 757/.244 .276

OPS .809 .786 1.031 .712 .705 .724 .777 .721 .667 .981 .724 .854 1.013 .718 .786

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.661 78/.679 45/1.195 104/.804 62/.502 96/.866 126/.851 336/.756 100/.709 93/.895 241/.837 231/.990 36/1.104 418/.822 .838

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 482/.862 93/.874 42/.866 120/.634 131/.807 81/.554 402/.754 254/.673 137/.632 105/1.059 208/.596 228/.715 43/.936 339/.591 .739

Road 325/.788 86/.631 47/.893 99/.647 99/.588 90/.833 243/.735 290/.709 128/.691 128/.928 193/.866 269/.747 38/.813 346/.826

Last 28d days 45/.567 61/.890 87/1.031 29/.921 32/.609 53/.582 129/.651 144/.779 49/.481 54/1.396 52/.639 134/.682 / 137/.811

HR/SB/CS 25/16/7 4/2/1 3/1/1 7/1/0 5/1/1 2/3/0 15/3/1 14/9/0 5/5/3 11/5/0 11/10/2 16/11/4 6/5/0 22/15/5 155/104/30

Usage ·····X·· ·······X ·····X·· ········ oo·X···· oX·o··o· ···X···· X·····X· ····X··· ········ ···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.