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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, May 1, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Royals, 12-10, 1st, ½ up

SP: Sidney Ponson (32, RHP, 0-3, 5.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-3) 23.1 26 15 15 10 17 2 5.79
2008 (8-5) 135.2 170 89 76 48 58 14 5.04
2007 (2-5) 37.2 54 31 29 17 23 7 6.93
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.2 41 23 23 15 25 4 5.35 47
2009-04-26 DET L 8.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 101 65
2009-04-21 @CLE L 3.1 8 6 6 4 2 1 80 18
2009-04-15 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 89 52
2009-04-10 NYY L 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 0 104 46
2008-09-28 @BOS ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 80 65
2008-09-13 TBR ND 3.1 6 4 4 4 2 1 82 30
2008-09-06 @SEA W 6.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 66 50
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 35.2 35 17 11 8 13 1 2.78 53
2008-08-11 @MIN L 7.2 7 4 4 2 2 1 107 49
2008-07-21 MIN W 5.2 9 3 3 2 2 0 100 39
2008-05-21 @MIN W 9.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 110 75
2008-04-26 MIN ND 5.1 7 5 1 1 4 0 93 45
2005-05-11 MIN W 8.0 6 4 2 2 0 0 93 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Thu, Apr 30   TOR  W   8-6       12-10  1st  0.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29   TOR  W  11-3       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Tue, Apr 28   TOR  L   1-8       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   TOR  W   7-1       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   DET  L   2-3        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   DET  L   1-9        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 24   DET  W   6-1        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @CLE  L   2-5        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @CLE  W   2-0        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @CLE  L   7-8        7-6   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-10
Twins, 11-11, 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (25, RHP, 3-0, 4.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-0) 26.1 36 13 13 2 19 5 4.44
2008 (12-11) 160.1 161 74 71 24 123 22 3.99
2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.1 57 27 25 7 31 8 5.58 44
2009-04-25 @CLE W 8.0 8 1 1 0 7 0 114 69
2009-04-18 LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 114 61
2009-04-13 TOR ND 5.1 13 5 5 1 2 2 88 23
2009-04-08 SEA W 6.0 9 5 5 0 5 2 100 39
2008-09-25 CHW ND 3.2 5 6 4 1 3 1 59 41
2008-09-20 @TBR L 4.1 9 5 5 3 3 0 103 25
2008-09-15 @CLE L 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 2 98 51
Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 21.2 17 3 3 1 10 0 1.25 65
2008-09-10 KCR W 7.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 94 66
2008-08-08 @KCR W 5.2 7 1 1 0 2 0 98 53
2008-05-29 @KCR W 9.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 101 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-6    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 29   TBR  W   8-3       11-11  4th  0.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28   TBR  W   4-3       10-11  4th  1.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27   TBR  L   1-7        9-11  4th  2.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 26  @CLE  L   2-4        9-10  4th  1.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 25  @CLE  W   7-1        9-9   4th  0.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @CLE  W   5-1        8-9   4th  1.5 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 22  @BOS  L   3-7        7-9   4th  2.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22  @BOS  L   1-10 (7)   7-8   4th  2.0 gb
 14 Sun, Apr 19   LAA  W   3-1        7-7   4th  1.0 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 18   LAA  W   9-2        6-7   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 28, 2008 MIN  6  KCR  0        W:Scott Baker (11-4), L: Brandon Duckworth (3-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 KCR  4 @MIN  2        W:Gil Meche (14-11), L: Matt Guerrier (6-9), S: Joakim Soria (42)
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 KCR  8 @MIN  1        W:Kyle Davies (9-7), L: Francisco Liriano (6-4), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 KCR  3 @MIN  2 (10)   W:Ramon Ramirez (3-2), L: Matt Guerrier (6-8), S: Joakim Soria (36)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 MIN  7  KCR  1        W:Kevin Slowey (12-9), L: Kyle Davies (6-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 MIN  7  KCR  2        W:Nick Blackburn (10-8), L: Brian Bannister (7-15), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 KCR  5  MIN  4 (12)   W:Robinson Tejeda (1-2), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 MIN  7 @KCR  3        W:Francisco Liriano (2-3), L: Zack Greinke (9-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 MIN  4 @KCR  1        W:Kevin Slowey (8-8), L: Kyle Davies (5-3), S: Joe Nathan (31)
Thu, May 29, 2008 MIN  5 @KCR  1        W:Kevin Slowey (2-4), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - MIN leads 315-289

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

PHI  5.95

CHC  4.62

HOU  3.55

 RA/G

PIT  3.57

ARI  4.77

BAL  6.55

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

N. Blackburn  4.02

M. Harrison  7.89

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  12.36

V. Padilla  6.40

J. Pineiro  2.05

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

Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 31.Morillo
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 80/49 .197/.215/.303/.518 .519/.517 .406 80/.518 0/0 1/2
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.500 6/1.100 ··· ··· 2/.000 43/16 .333/.439/.424/.863 1.172/.357 .962 43/.863 1/1 0/0
14.Buck G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 14/.748 1/.000 ··· 7/.619 46/32 .300/.370/.700/1.070 1.227/1.002 .686 46/1.070 0/0 3/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 77/41 .262/.377/.431/.807 .906/.727 .535 77/.807 0/0 2/0
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 74/47 .379/.432/.545/.978 1.111/.891 1.191 74/.978 0/0 1/1
2.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.572 6/2.833 ··· ··· 9/.472 99/58 .247/.371/.494/.865 .799/.915 .973 99/.865 2/2 2/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.886 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 14/.917 ··· ··· 14/.368 82/45 .216/.272/.351/.623 .418/.802 .655 82/.623 0/1 2/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 3/1.167 9/1.333 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 37/19 .212/.297/.394/.691 1.076/.328 .452 37/.691 1/0 2/0
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/47 .236/.313/.472/.785 .570/.938 .783 80/.785 0/0 4/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 23/21 .167/.348/.222/.570 1.500/.458 .200 23/.570 2/0 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 46/23 .178/.196/.333/.529 .759/.304 .632 46/.529 0/0 2/0
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/8 .000/.100/.000/.100 .000/.125 10/.100 0/0 0/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 12/1.300 ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 10/.900 1/.000 ··· 12/.705 92/48 .300/.391/.488/.879 .780/.971 1.033 92/.879 1/0 3/0
IP 26.1 11.0 6.1 11.0 10.0 3.0 2.0 7.0 TOTAL .249/.331/.429/.760 .799/.731 .755 .760 8/4 23/10
ERA-K/9 4.44/6.5 5.73/6.5 4.26/7.1 5.73/7.4 5.40/6.3 0.00/15.0 22.50/4.5 2.57/9.0 5.26/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.324 49/.356 28/.211 55/.319 40/.243 11/.100 12/.333 28/.192 .281
OPS .868 .941 .686 .974 .626 .282 1.278 .712 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/1.041 15/1.092 12/1.100 20/.603 11/.364 4/.250 6/.733 12/1.144 .823
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.702 34/.881 16/.464 35/1.186 29/.733 7/.286 6/1.917 16/.392 .759
Home 81/.978 37/1.107 17/.710 28/1.069 26/.804 4/.250 8/.875 19/.505
Last 28d days 113/.868 49/.941 28/.686 55/.974 40/.626 11/.282 12/1.278 28/.712
HR/SB/CS 5/5/0 1/1/1 0/1/2 3/1/0 1/2/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 26/23/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X··oo·· ·X··X··· ···X···· ··o·o··· ··X···o· ···o···· ··X···X·
Twins Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB		 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB		 34.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 23/20 .222/.391/.333/.725 .333/.775 .932 23/.725 0/0 0/0
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.250 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 75/50 .174/.230/.217/.447 .100/.604 .370 75/.447 2/0 0/1
24.Crede G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/no AB 8/1.125 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 5/.000 4/1.167 74/53 .212/.297/.409/.706 .833/.653 .633 74/.706 0/0 3/0
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 13/.385 1/3.000 9/.555 7/.821 6/1.667 5/.000 2/.500 1/.000 88/64 .224/.318/.316/.634 .702/.611 .755 88/.634 2/1 1/2
22.Gomez G/S/vP 11/.455 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 44/29 .195/.250/.293/.543 .486/.572 .609 44/.543 2/2 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 9/1.181 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 43/24 .350/.372/.475/.847 .757/.920 1.149 43/.847 0/0 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 80/63 .303/.338/.566/.903 .607/.983 .882 80/.903 0/0 4/0
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/34 .349/.391/.419/.810 1.000/.747 .543 46/.810 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 23/.461 2/.000 9/1.444 10/1.000 8/1.250 8/.250 4/1.250 1/no AB 96/63 .318/.365/.557/.921 1.005/.877 .895 96/.921 0/0 5/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 12/.364 1/.000 4/1.167 5/1.600 9/.222 2/.000 4/.250 3/.666 69/47 .228/.343/.246/.589 .118/.733 .446 69/.589 1/0 0/1
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 9/.597 2/.500 ··· 5/1.400 35/24 .226/.314/.258/.572 .586/.564 .817 35/.572 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 93/68 .321/.391/.420/.811 .922/.767 .874 93/.811 5/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP 17/1.012 2/.500 12/.417 4/1.000 1/3.000 4/.500 4/.000 6/.900 58/34 .241/.276/.315/.591 .527/.636 .416 58/.591 1/1 1/1
IP 23.1 10.2 6.1 6.0 8.1 5.0 7.2 13.0 TOTAL .262/.328/.386/.715 .659/.738 .714 .715 13/4 16/8
ERA-K/9 5.79/6.6 1.69/5.0 9.95/8.6 7.50/13.5 10.80/5.4 1.80/14.4 1.17/14.0 2.08/6.2 3.62/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 104/.286 38/.147 30/.370 29/.308 43/.385 22/.200 33/.125 47/.186 .239
OPS .749 .502 1.063 .845 1.134 .523 .572 .581 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/1.062 18/.389 14/.824 11/.973 19/.596 12/.500 18/.389 20/.516 .611
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.397 20/.600 16/1.277 18/.764 24/1.583 10/.550 15/.718 27/.630 .721
Road 21/1.218 14/.548 10/1.822 11/1.064 12/.879 14/.536 6/.500 15/.481
Last 28d days 104/.749 38/.502 30/1.063 29/.845 43/1.134 22/.523 33/.572 47/.581
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 16/13/3
Usage ····X··· oX··oo·· ··XX···· X·o··X·o ··X····· ········ ··X··o·· Xo·o·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.