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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 3, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Royals, 13-11, 1st, ½ up

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 1-2, 3.77)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 31.0 31 14 13 9 27 0 3.77
2008 (14-11) 210.1 204 98 93 73 183 19 3.98
2007 (9-13) 216.0 218 98 88 62 156 22 3.67
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.0 42 18 16 14 38 0 3.35 54
2009-04-28 TOR L 3.2 7 5 5 5 2 0 84 24
2009-04-23 @CLE L 7.1 5 4 3 0 7 0 113 61
2009-04-17 @TEX W 6.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 92 64
2009-04-12 NYY ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 6 0 100 53
2009-04-07 @CHW ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 6 0 91 65
2008-09-27 @MIN W 6.0 7 2 1 3 7 0 99 56
2008-09-22 @DET W 6.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 95 58
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 30.2 28 19 18 17 31 2 5.28 49
2008-09-27 @MIN W 6.0 7 2 1 3 7 0 99 56
2008-08-10 MIN ND 6.1 5 4 4 7 6 0 117 46
2008-04-11 MIN L 6.0 5 5 5 4 6 1 107 44
2008-04-05 @MIN L 5.2 6 6 6 2 5 1 87 36
2007-09-12 MIN W 6.2 5 2 2 1 7 0 102 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, May  2  @MIN  W  10-7 (11)  13-11  1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, May  1  @MIN  L   5-7       12-11  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-11
Twins, 12-12, 4th, 1 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 0-3, 9.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-3) 14.2 21 16 16 4 12 7 9.82
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20 3.45
2007 (9-9) 143.2 162 70 68 29 102 15 4.26
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.1 40 22 22 10 34 9 5.03 49
2009-04-27 TBR L 6.0 6 4 4 1 7 0 99 50
2009-04-22 @BOS L 4.2 10 6 6 1 2 3 92 21
2009-04-15 TOR L 4.0 5 6 6 2 3 4 61 29
2008-09-28 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 99 77
2008-09-23 CHW W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 102 66
2008-09-17 @CLE ND 4.2 6 4 4 1 5 2 103 40
2008-09-13 @BAL W 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 94 61
Last 5 v.KCR 4-0 35.1 29 8 8 4 31 0 2.04 64
2008-09-28 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 99 77
2008-08-10 @KCR ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 112 61
2008-04-04 KCR W 6.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 84 50
2007-09-11 @KCR W 5.2 10 3 3 1 4 0 85 40
2007-08-31 KCR W 9.0 1 0 0 1 9 0 111 93
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-7    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, May  2   KCR  L   7-10(11)  12-12  4th  1.0 gb
 23 Fri, May  1   KCR  W   7-5       12-11  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 02, 2009 KCR 10 @MIN  7 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 MIN  7  KCR  5        W:Kevin Slowey (4-0), L: Sidney Ponson (0-4), S: Joe Nathan (4)

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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - MIN leads 316-290

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

TOR  5.96

PIT  4.74

HOU  3.54

 RA/G

PIT  3.70

CHW  4.78

BAL  6.54

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

E. Volquez  4.45

J. Contreras  8.31

 K/9IP

R. Harden  13.48

J. Weaver  6.53

J. Saunders  2.56

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

Royals Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
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		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 88/53 .214/.230/.310/.539 .517/.553 .471 88/.539 1/0 1/3
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 4/1.500 6/1.100 ··· 3/.666 49/18 .368/.468/.526/.994 1.340/.438 1.212 49/.994 3/1 1/0
14.Buck G/S/vP 16/.599 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 15/.696 2/.000 7/.619 53/35 .261/.340/.609/.948 .922/.959 .530 53/.948 0/0 3/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 16/.126 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.334 1/.000 4/.500 87/46 .240/.345/.387/.731 .783/.689 .461 87/.731 0/0 2/0
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 5/.000 84/54 .382/.429/.566/.994 1.167/.889 1.167 84/.994 0/0 1/1
2.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.800 1/2.000 1/no AB 8/.572 7/2.381 ··· 11/.382 110/65 .253/.370/.484/.854 .829/.872 .925 110/.854 2/2 2/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 11/.455 ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 16/.884 1/.000 14/.368 92/51 .241/.297/.373/.670 .426/.880 .735 92/.670 0/1 2/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 16/.517 2/.000 3/1.167 9/1.333 5/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 46/24 .262/.326/.429/.755 1.059/.477 .681 46/.755 1/0 2/0
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/50 .227/.301/.453/.755 .570/.878 .718 83/.755 0/0 4/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 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 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.333 1/.000 5/.000 56/29 .208/.250/.377/.627 .872/.395 .792 56/.627 0/0 2/0
1.Pena G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/10 .000/.083/.000/.083 .000/.100 .000 12/.083 0/0 0/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 23/.695 ··· 4/2.500 1/.000 10/.900 2/.000 12/.705 97/51 .286/.381/.464/.846 .776/.909 .947 97/.846 1/0 3/0
IP 14.2 12.1 6.2 11.2 13.0 4.2 9.0 TOTAL .254/.333/.429/.762 .808/.728 .760 .762 11/4 24/12
ERA-K/9 9.82/7.3 5.84/6.6 8.10/6.7 5.40/6.9 4.15/4.8 0.00/15.3 2.00/8.0 5.36/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 68/.328 55/.373 32/.200 60/.320 51/.196 18/.118 36/.206 .282
OPS 1.118 .967 .717 .977 .538 .284 .662 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.715 17/1.271 13/1.127 22/.641 17/.301 6/.167 15/.905 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/1.433 38/.839 19/.516 38/1.177 34/.661 12/.333 21/.490 .767
Home 43/.976 43/1.115 21/.750 33/1.062 37/.631 11/.282 27/.502
Last 28d days 68/1.118 55/.967 32/.717 60/.977 51/.538 18/.284 36/.662
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 1/2/1 0/1/2 3/1/0 1/2/1 0/1/0 2/2/0 27/26/7
Usage ·····X·· X··X··oo X··X··X· X····X·· Xo··o·o· oX··X··· XX··X···
Twins Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
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 6/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 28/24 .217/.357/.348/.705 1.167/.633 .854 28/.705 0/0 0/0
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.250 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.333 83/58 .160/.232/.200/.432 .100/.562 .358 83/.432 2/0 0/2
24.Crede G/S/vP 15/.533 2/no AB 8/1.125 5/.450 2/1.000 3/.333 5/.000 5/1.350 79/57 .225/.304/.408/.712 .887/.641 .650 79/.712 0/0 3/0
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 10/.944 2/3.000 9/.555 8/.700 7/1.321 5/.000 3/.333 1/.000 97/71 .238/.330/.381/.711 .641/.735 .856 97/.711 2/1 2/2
22.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.555 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 49/33 .196/.245/.304/.549 .454/.595 .608 49/.549 2/2 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 11/.573 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 1/2.000 4/.833 48/29 .356/.375/.467/.842 .757/.898 1.096 48/.842 0/0 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 21/.476 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 85/66 .296/.329/.543/.873 .541/.968 .837 85/.873 0/0 4/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 23/.793 1/no AB 6/.900 13/.398 9/.708 5/.800 2/.000 2/.000 10/8 .667/.700/1.222/1.922 .000/2.446 1.922 10/1.922 0/0 1/0
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 31/.964 2/.000 9/1.444 11/.909 9/1.111 9/.222 4/1.250 2/.500 106/71 .313/.368/.563/.930 .945/.924 .912 106/.930 0/0 6/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 22/.668 2/.500 5/1.250 5/1.600 9/.222 3/.000 5/.200 3/.666 78/56 .238/.355/.254/.609 .118/.740 .503 78/.609 2/0 0/2
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 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 10/.476 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/.333 1/2.000 104/79 .300/.379/.389/.768 .922/.715 .799 104/.768 6/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP 21/.145 3/1.167 12/.417 4/1.000 1/3.000 4/.500 4/.000 6/.900 62/38 .276/.306/.345/.651 .527/.730 .532 62/.651 2/1 1/1
IP 31.0 11.1 7.1 7.2 10.0 6.2 8.2 14.2 TOTAL .267/.334/.399/.733 .650/.766 .742 .733 16/4 19/10
ERA-K/9 3.77/7.8 2.38/4.8 8.59/8.6 5.87/11.7 9.00/5.4 1.35/12.1 1.04/13.4 1.84/5.5 3.76/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.265 43/.162 34/.333 36/.303 47/.349 27/.200 39/.143 52/.208 .247
OPS .648 .549 .978 .818 1.032 .499 .599 .603 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.540 21/.393 16/.813 15/.910 22/.513 16/.500 21/.429 24/.513 .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.745 22/.703 18/1.125 21/.749 25/1.515 11/.495 18/.708 28/.681 .743
Road 78/.546 19/.649 14/1.417 18/.922 16/.650 19/.498 12/.643 20/.563
Last 28d days 127/.648 43/.549 34/.978 36/.818 47/1.032 27/.499 39/.599 52/.603
HR/SB/CS 0/5/0 1/0/1 2/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 19/16/3
Usage ····X··· X·oX··oo ·X··XX·· X·X·o··X ·o··X··· X······· ·X··X··o X·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.