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Game Preview: KCR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

Royals, 18-14, 1st, Tied

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
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 1-5 40.2 46 26 26 7 21 3 5.75 45
2008-08-19 @CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 85 40
2008-08-13 @CHW L 7.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 97 58
2008-08-06 BOS L 5.2 7 5 5 3 2 0 92 34
2008-08-01 CHW L 6.0 10 4 4 0 2 0 93 38
2008-07-26 TBR ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 78 50
2008-07-21 DET L 5.0 8 7 7 1 5 1 93 27
2008-07-11 SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 92 67
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 4.2 9 6 6 3 5 0 11.57 24
2008-04-20 @OAK L 4.2 9 6 6 3 5 0 96 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-6    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  10-8    vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  4-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May 10  @LAA  L   3-4       18-14  1st    Tied
 31 Sat, May  9  @LAA  L   0-1       18-13  1st  1.0 up
 30 Fri, May  8  @LAA  L   1-4       18-12  1st  2.0 up
 29 Thu, May  7   SEA  W   3-1       18-11  1st  3.0 up
 28 Wed, May  6   SEA  W   9-1       17-11  1st  2.0 up
 27 Tue, May  5   CHW  W   8-7 (11)  16-11  1st  1.5 up
 26 Mon, May  4   CHW  W   3-0       15-11  1st  1.5 up
 25 Sun, May  3  @MIN  W   7-5       14-11  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Athletics, 11-18, 4th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (21, RHP, 1-2, 3.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 33.0 32 15 14 18 12 4 3.82
Last 7 GS 1-2 33.0 32 15 14 18 12 4 3.82 49
2009-05-07 TEX W 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 1 97 67
2009-05-02 @SEA ND 6.0 7 1 1 3 1 1 97 52
2009-04-24 TBR L 2.2 8 7 7 2 2 2 76 14
2009-04-18 @TOR ND 5.1 5 2 2 5 1 0 93 46
2009-04-12 SEA L 7.0 2 1 1 3 3 0 97 69
2009-04-07 @LAA ND 5.0 5 3 2 5 1 0 103 43
Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-10   Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   3-11   1-Run:   2-7 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sun, May 10   TOR  L   0-5       11-18  4th  5.0 gb
 28 Sat, May  9   TOR  L   4-6       11-17  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Fri, May  8   TOR  W   5-3       11-16  4th  4.0 gb
 26 Thu, May  7   TEX  W   9-4       10-16  4th  4.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  6   TEX  L   2-3        9-16  4th  5.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  5   LAA  L   3-5        9-15  4th  4.5 gb
 23 Mon, May  4   LAA  L   2-5        9-14  4th  4.5 gb
 22 Sun, May  3  @SEA  L   7-8 (15)   9-13  4th  4.5 gb
 21 Sat, May  2  @SEA  W   3-2        9-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 20 Fri, May  1  @SEA  L   7-8        8-12  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 KCR  9  OAK  6        W:Kyle Davies (6-6), L: Dan Meyer (0-4), S: Ramon Ramirez (1)
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 KCR  5  OAK  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (2-3), L: Joey Devine (4-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 KCR  5  OAK  2        W:Zack Greinke (10-9), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (34)
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 KCR  4 @OAK  3 (10)   W:Ramon Ramirez (2-1), L: Huston Street (2-4), S: Joakim Soria (30)
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 KCR  5 @OAK  2        W:Gil Meche (9-9), L: Greg Smith (5-10), S: Joakim Soria (29)
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 KCR  4 @OAK  2        W:Zack Greinke (8-7), L: Dallas Braden (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (28)
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 OAK  7  KCR  1        W:Dana Eveland (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 OAK  6  KCR  5        W:Joey Devine (2-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-1), S: Huston Street (5)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 OAK 13  KCR  2        W:Chad Gaudin (1-1), L: Brian Bannister (3-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 OAK  6  KCR  1        W:Lenny DiNardo (8-6), L: Kyle Davies (5-10), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - KCR won 6-3; 2007 - KCR won 6-4; All-Time - OAK leads 279-234

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

TOR  6.00

COL  4.87

ARI  3.79

RA/G

KCR  3.72

ARI  4.70

NYY  6.23

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

Z. Greinke  .51

B. Looper  4.18

G. Floyd  7.32

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.78

J. Maine  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.98

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

Royals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB
49.Anderson*
G/S/vB
40.Bailey
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
52.Cameron
G/S/vB
45.Giese
G/S/vB
60.Gray
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 105/61 .202/.223/.283/.506 .544/.480 .430 74/.536 1/0 1/4
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 69/27 .368/.448/.509/.957 1.141/.680 1.130 59/1.105 4/1 1/1
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 67/46 .233/.299/.500/.799 .778/.806 .457 55/.546 0/0 3/3
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 116/62 .284/.371/.431/.802 .774/.826 .529 89/.892 0/0 2/0
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/73 .340/.395/.544/.938 .976/.916 1.027 94/.976 0/0 2/1
2.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 143/86 .241/.369/.431/.800 .800/.799 .811 108/.772 8/2 2/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/72 .224/.278/.362/.640 .437/.811 .592 94/.633 0/1 3/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 1/.000 78/45 .273/.385/.439/.824 .864/.789 .788 64/.906 1/0 3/0
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 113/69 .257/.336/.475/.812 .570/.969 .691 86/.805 0/0 5/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 33/28 .231/.394/.269/.663 1.800/.458 .298 33/.663 2/0 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 74/35 .229/.260/.357/.617 .829/.384 .747 57/.682 1/1 2/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 132/73 .302/.386/.474/.861 .737/.962 .919 100/.923 1/0 4/0
IP 33.0 28.0 21.1 3.1 7.0 18.1 0.1 14.0 17.2 13.1 TOTAL .259/.337/.420/.758 .758/.758 .719 .788 19/5 29/18
ERA-K/9 3.82/3.3 5.79/4.5 1.27/10.1 16.20/5.5 1.29/5.1 3.93/3.4 0.00/0.0 2.57/10.3 1.53/7.6 4.05/7.4 3.91/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.264 121/.295 79/.087 19/.375 27/.231 76/.239 1/.000 65/.276 61/.169 60/.321 .264
OPS .856 .797 .310 1.161 .528 .749 .000 .718 .485 .742 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/1.132 37/.780 31/.444 7/1.905 9/.667 37/.739 / 25/1.192 22/.465 27/.879 .806
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.661 84/.805 48/.219 12/.717 18/.458 39/.759 1/.000 40/.456 39/.495 33/.636 .686
Home 68/.841 75/.772 31/.136 19/1.161 18/.500 44/.899 1/.000 32/.476 32/.127 41/.826
Last 28d days 94/.984 96/.820 56/.360 18/1.132 27/.528 76/.749 1/.000 49/.799 44/.561 34/.789
HR/SB/CS 4/3/4 4/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/2/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 28/14/8
Usage ····X··· ·······X ···Xoo·· ··X····o ··X·X·X· ·····X·· ·o······ ···X·o·· ·o·X·o·· ·X··o·o·
Athletics Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
34.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 8/1.333 4/1.750 63/55 .211/.286/.281/.566 .250/.615 .739 44/.543 1/1 1/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.400 8/.250 14/1.000 4/.500 25/.507 16/.544 23/.260 136/80 .223/.278/.248/.526 .391/.617 .575 98/.440 1/3 0/4
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.250 7/.286 ··· 12/.917 10/.650 76/44 .262/.387/.377/.764 .721/.795 .775 66/.807 1/0 0/4
32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.000 5/4.000 9/.756 122/70 .284/.402/.441/.843 .729/.929 .816 87/.738 1/0 4/1
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 28/9 .200/.286/.200/.486 .551/.347 .200 17/.697 3/2 0/0
16.Giambi* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 10/.300 8/.125 4/.500 6/.750 116/65 .208/.345/.344/.689 .856/.546 .825 79/.637 0/0 3/2
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/3.000 6/1.100 22/17 .158/.238/.421/.659 .000/.884 .901 22/.659 0/0 1/0
5.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.250 9/1.556 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 5/1.350 7/1.262 124/73 .226/.282/.383/.665 .504/.780 .688 94/.619 0/0 4/0
29.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 9/.819 3/.000 9/1.056 3/3.500 7/ .286/.286/.286/.571 .571/ .571 7/.571 0/0 0/0
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/22 .172/.242/.276/.518 .182/.673 .357 29/.481 0/0 0/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 5/1.400 4/1.000 6/.333 118/67 .318/.356/.473/.829 .698/.927 .740 87/.917 0/1 2/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 134/80 .254/.313/.352/.666 .576/.720 .496 94/.685 2/2 2/1
IP 14.1 10.1 10.0 11.2 10.2 19.2 TOTAL .236/.310/.340/.650 .571/.703 .647 .636 11/10 18/21
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.88/6.9 6.10/8.7 4.50/11.7 7.71/6.9 1.69/13.5 1.83/6.4 3.45/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 56/.149 46/.286 47/.326 54/.340 49/.194 72/.227 .249
OPS .520 .800 .873 .989 .638 .630 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 25/.513 20/.639 20/.932 26/.629 25/.511 33/.574 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 31/.523 26/.923 27/.824 28/1.340 24/.697 39/.676 .716
Road / 24/.611 21/1.013 20/.929 21/.736 12/.643 29/.591
Last 28d days / 41/.678 33/.733 41/.868 32/.810 37/.766 59/.718
HR/SB/CS // 1/1/1 2/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/2/0 2/1/1 22/23/5
Usage ·X··X·X· ···X·X·· ···oo·X· ·····o·· ······X· ·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.