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Game Preview: LAA @ KCR, 2:10pm, Monday, September 7, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Angels, 81-54, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Ervin Santana (26, RHP, 7-7, 5.68)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-7)			103.0	120	67	65	39	80	16	5.68
2008 (16-7)			219.0	198	89	85	47	214	23	3.49
2007 (7-14)			150.0	174	103	96	58	126	26	5.76

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.0	43	18	18	17	35	5	3.60	54
2009-09-01	@SEA	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	100	59
2009-08-27	OAK	L	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	105	52
2009-08-22	@TOR	W	6.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	110	45
2009-08-17	@BAL	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	116	50
2009-08-11	TBR	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	97	85
2009-08-06	@CHW	W	6.0	5	4	4	5	7	1	108	48
2009-07-31	@MIN	ND	6.0	8	5	5	2	6	1	114	40

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	30.2	37	19	17	12	26	4	4.99	46
2009-07-21	@KCR	W	6.0	8	5	5	1	7	1	84	42
2008-05-05	@KCR	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	97	88
2007-06-26	KCR	L	5.0	9	7	5	2	0	2	91	23
2007-05-02	@KCR	L	6.1	11	3	3	1	6	1	108	44
2006-07-20	@KCR	ND	4.1	5	4	4	8	4	0	103	33

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

 Home:   39-26   Road:   42-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  52-40   vsLHP:  29-14   1-Run:  24-13
 vsEast: 24-12   vsCntrl:25-15   vsWest: 18-23 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sun, Sep  6  @KCR  W   7-2       81-54  1st  5.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Royals, 51-85, 5th, 24 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 6-9, 5.71)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-9)			112.0	116	75	71	54	82	17	5.71
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		3-3	35.0	44	28	27	15	30	6	6.94	41
2009-09-01	@OAK	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	99	64
2009-08-27	@SEA	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	100	56
2009-08-22	MIN	L	5.2	4	6	6	3	6	1	93	40
2009-08-16	@DET	ND	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	92	48
2009-08-11	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105	56
2009-08-05	SEA	L	3.2	8	8	8	1	2	0	88	14
2009-06-19	STL	L	2.2	9	8	7	2	2	3	58	10

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   26-44   Road:   25-41   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  35-50   vsLHP:  16-35   1-Run:  13-22
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:22-32   vsWest: 10-22 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Sep  6   LAA  L   2-7       51-85  5th 24.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 05, 2009 LAA  2 @KCR  1 (11)   W:Kevin Jepsen (5-3), L: Yasuhiko Yabuta (0-1), S: Brian Fuentes (39)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - LAA leads 9-0; 2008 - LAA won 3-2; 2007 - KCR won 5-2; All-Time - LAA leads 260-253

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

CHW 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYY 4.68

WSN 5.47

J. Mauer .367

J. Carroll .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .444

T. Tulowitzki .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .679

A. McCutchen .480

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.122

B. McCann .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.22

J. Beckett 3.87

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.90

J. Lannan 3.73

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Angels Batters (5.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 55.Meche
G/S/vB 53.Rosa
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 11/1.259 4/.500 13/.481 19/1.062 4/.500 9/1.301 23/.748 3/1.000 22/.586 ··· 4/.250 9/.555 42/1.291 3/.333 560/397 .294/.395/.424/.818 .759/.844 .857 107/.642 28/7 12/6

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 7/.572 3/1.667 3/1.000 1/.000 13/1.227 ··· 5/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 8/1.196 1/2.000 460/310 .303/.345/.416/.761 .750/.767 .765 99/.682 13/6 5/9

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 6/.000 1/.000 5/.400 15/.000 ··· 38/.671 ··· 5/.600 15/.500 17/.583 1/.000 614/427 .305/.400/.400/.800 .658/.861 .817 120/.841 39/16 3/12

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.417 16/1.831 1/2.000 13/.398 13/.930 ··· 32/.980 ··· 1/no AB 14/.714 36/.904 1/.000 315/244 .293/.330/.468/.798 .758/.810 .846 104/.873 2/1 13/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 14/1.000 3/1.000 13/.693 5/1.400 1/no AB 12/.614 29/.812 ··· 30/.707 ··· 6/.666 4/.500 11/.909 1/2.000 401/305 .309/.379/.538/.917 1.029/.882 .851 77/.833 15/3 19/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 10/.700 ··· 11/.664 ··· 1/no AB 11/.819 6/1.167 1/.000 369/318 .297/.357/.437/.794 .978/.776 .779 73/.787 12/4 8/4

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 3/.500 ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 ··· 338/216 .283/.327/.419/.746 .774/.729 .665 53/.887 9/3 8/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 232/162 .212/.302/.323/.625 .675/.603 .526 41/.668 2/2 5/4

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 7/.762 15/1.067 2/2.000 3/2.000 15/.938 ··· 15/.708 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 17/.368 ··· 318/232 .243/.318/.345/.663 .582/.692 .623 43/.770 4/1 3/3

19.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.833 1/3.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.250 ··· 10/.425 ··· ··· 5/.400 7/.629 1/.000 519/405 .312/.356/.591/.947 .807/.988 .864 101/1.114 1/6 30/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.000 3/1.666 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 12/.500 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 6/.000 ··· 16/1.332 ··· 1/.000 8/.500 5/.800 1/no AB 469/350 .299/.335/.495/.830 1.064/.752 .859 94/.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 112.0 27.1 154.0 55.0 37.1 29.1 198.1 115.0 129.0 42.1 47.1 66.1 3.0 TOTAL .287/.351/.446/.796 .788/.800 .780 .789 132/52 149/73

ERA-K/9

5.71/6.6

5.93/7.6

4.73/5.7

5.24/6.9

5.79/4.8

5.52/9.5

2.22/9.5

6.10/6.7

5.09/6.6

/0.0

2.76/11.5

3.61/11.6

4.61/6.5

18.00/6.0

4.78/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.273 133/.295 668/.268 241/.292 166/.267 131/.288 794/.234 486/.278 581/.281 / 176/.206 201/.176 294/.252 19/.467 .267

OPS .790 .846 .713 .849 .810 .753 .625 .810 .815 .619 .533 .737 1.260 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.718 64/.723 342/.680 70/.701 67/.802 57/.765 363/.680 228/.822 277/.785 / 88/.585 102/.682 131/.606 11/1.636 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.840 69/.972 326/.748 171/.911 99/.815 74/.744 431/.578 258/.799 304/.843 / 88/.652 99/.391 163/.837 8/.708 .777

Home 237/.973 80/1.030 314/.683 86/.793 96/.704 77/.784 432/.615 288/.733 250/.814 / 71/.767 131/.581 176/.777 8/.833

Last 28d days 122/.683 22/.714 124/.837 47/.769 35/.673 33/1.084 148/.526 103/.854 101/1.054 / 41/.626 45/.206 54/.478 19/1.260

HR/SB/CS 17/17/4 3/4/0 15/15/1 10/4/4 7/4/0 3/1/2 11/5/7 17/14/3 17/15/1 // 5/0/0 1/8/3 8/6/2 1/0/0 141/96/30

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

Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
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 51.Saunders*
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 4/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 243/202 .239/.277/.291/.568 .479/.586 .582 54/.513 17/5 0/3

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 40/.590 4/1.583 ··· 5/2.000 3/.000 4/.500 10/.200 33/.659 5/.000 2/no AB 4/.000 25/.655 2/.000 39/.694 416/300 .237/.266/.344/.610 .697/.576 .631 85/.687 3/3 5/11

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 16/.321 15/.666 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 9/.000 ··· 3/.000 391/230 .253/.294/.343/.637 .644/.632 .557 62/.553 19/4 4/10

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

16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.834 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 12/.533 8/.750 5/.900 3/1.667 2/1.000 7/.286 ··· 14/.643 550/366 .294/.349/.469/.818 .946/.757 .941 100/.708 0/0 15/9

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 2/2.000 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.333 520/348 .295/.346/.435/.781 .905/.719 .860 95/.684 1/1 8/16

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 20/1.029 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 19/.812 21/.526 3/.333 3/1.167 3/.333 12/.334 ··· 20/.653 563/364 .273/.341/.435/.776 .648/.848 .833 107/.940 4/8 12/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 17/.607 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 12/.166 14/.220 13/.916 3/.666 3/.333 10/1.200 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 5/.400 3/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/2.333 399/298 .234/.301/.420/.721 .526/.788 .809 72/.655 0/0 17/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 272/196 .243/.326/.362/.688 .917/.604 .697 88/.768 7/1 3/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 10/1.250 18/.343 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 349/207 .243/.273/.461/.734 .690/.765 .720 57/.717 3/2 18/7

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 136/79 .287/.326/.484/.809 .748/.851 .740 41/.791 0/0 5/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 18/.860 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 19/.897 14/.572 5/.600 ··· 3/.666 7/1.000 ··· 20/.924 510/319 .281/.333/.423/.757 .765/.752 .798 82/.720 7/0 11/12

IP 103.0 38.2 17.0 56.2 46.0 42.0 117.1 146.2 59.0 43.2 108.0 154.0 16.2 180.1 TOTAL .254/.311/.400/.711 .714/.710 .750 .706 64/23 117/110

ERA-K/9

5.68/7.0

6.05/9.5

9.53/6.4

3.49/8.7

3.91/8.0

4.71/8.1

5.68/7.6

3.74/7.2

2.90/7.0

6.60/5.4

4.17/5.2

4.97/4.9

5.40/9.7

3.79/7.7

4.71/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 459/.293 171/.289 87/.403 224/.214 198/.250 180/.301 528/.266 622/.256 237/.239 198/.314 449/.249 653/.276 79/.329 757/.244 .275

OPS .854 .786 1.031 .712 .710 .711 .777 .704 .667 .981 .724 .809 1.013 .718 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.990 78/.679 45/1.195 104/.804 64/.535 97/.857 126/.851 354/.731 100/.709 93/.895 241/.837 171/.661 36/1.104 418/.822 .834

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.715 93/.874 42/.866 120/.634 134/.799 83/.540 402/.754 268/.667 137/.632 105/1.059 208/.596 482/.862 43/.936 339/.591 .737

Road 269/.747 86/.631 47/.893 99/.647 104/.603 93/.805 243/.735 322/.677 128/.691 128/.928 193/.866 325/.788 38/.813 346/.826

Last 28d days 134/.682 54/.873 87/1.031 29/.921 37/.647 56/.550 105/.539 145/.716 45/.364 54/1.396 52/.639 45/.567 / 137/.811

HR/SB/CS 16/11/4 4/2/1 3/1/1 7/1/0 5/1/1 2/3/0 15/3/1 14/10/1 5/5/3 11/5/0 11/10/2 25/16/7 6/5/0 22/15/5 155/105/31

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