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Game Preview: KCR @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 27, 2009 @PNC Park

Royals, 31-41, 4th, 9½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (32, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2007 (0-0) 10.0 11 11 8 6 7 3 7.20
2006 (0-7) 98.2 137 81 76 35 70 28 6.93
2005 (13-10) 197.1 187 94 84 63 133 33 3.83
Last 7 GS 0-2 32.1 50 29 27 9 24 10 7.52 37
2006-08-04 NYY ND 5.0 9 3 3 2 4 1 92 39
2006-07-30 CHW ND 5.1 7 4 4 0 4 1 84 42
2006-05-31 TBD ND 4.0 6 5 5 0 0 3 72 30
2006-05-26 @LAA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 107 58
2006-05-21 @WSN L 4.0 7 3 3 2 4 0 85 38
2006-05-16 BOS ND 4.0 5 4 3 2 4 2 95 40
2006-05-04 @TEX L 4.0 11 8 7 1 2 2 83 11
Last 5 v.PIT 0-3 18.1 22 14 13 3 15 3 6.38 44
2005-06-08 @PIT L 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 75 49
2001-10-02 PIT L 4.1 6 5 4 2 6 1 84 37
2001-06-19 @PIT L 3.0 8 5 5 0 3 1 49 26
2000-09-19 PIT ND 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 70 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-20   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  20-27   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 7-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @PIT  L   3-5       31-41  4th  9.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @HOU  L   4-5       31-40  4th  9.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @HOU  W   4-3 (11)  31-39  4th  8.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23  @HOU  W   2-1       30-39  4th  8.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   STL  L   5-12      29-39  4th  8.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 20   STL  L   1-7       29-38  4th  7.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19   STL  L   5-10      29-37  4th  6.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18   ARI  L   5-12      29-36  4th  5.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17   ARI  L   5-12      29-35  4th  4.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16   ARI  W   5-0       29-34  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Pirates, 34-39, 6th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Paul Maholm (27, LHP, 4-4, 4.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 92.1 103 49 46 32 61 5 4.48
2008 (9-9) 206.1 201 89 85 63 139 21 3.71
2007 (10-15) 177.2 204 110 99 49 105 22 5.02
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.0 53 28 26 17 36 3 5.71 43
2009-06-21 @COL L 5.0 8 5 5 4 7 1 83 34
2009-06-16 @MIN L 5.0 14 8 8 1 4 0 97 10
2009-06-11 @ATL ND 7.0 4 1 0 3 8 0 106 72
2009-06-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 104 48
2009-05-31 HOU L 7.0 8 2 1 2 4 0 108 57
2009-05-25 @CHC ND 4.0 7 7 7 3 2 1 93 19
2009-05-20 @WSN ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 7 0 114 64
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 4.1 6 7 6 5 1 1 12.46 21
2006-06-22 @KCR L 4.1 6 7 6 5 1 1 87 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-13   Road:   14-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  24-29   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 7-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Fri, Jun 26   KCR  W   5-3       34-39  6th  5.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CLE  W   3-2       33-39  6th  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CLE  W  10-6       32-39  6th  7.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CLE  L   4-5       31-39  6th  8.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @COL  L   4-5       31-38  6th  7.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @COL  L   7-9       31-37  6th  6.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @COL  L   3-7       31-36  5th  6.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @MIN  L   1-5       31-35  5th  6.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @MIN  W   8-2       31-34  5th  5.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @MIN  L   2-8       30-34  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 22, 2006 KCR 15  PIT  7        W:Scott Elarton (3-8), L: Paul Maholm (2-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 21, 2006 KCR  6  PIT  4        W:Elmer Dessens (4-6), L: Salomon Torres (2-4), S: Ambiorix Burgos (11)
Tue, Jun 20, 2006 KCR 10  PIT  6        W:Mark Redman (4-4), L: Kip Wells (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2001 KCR  7 @PIT  4        W:Kris Wilson (3-1), L: Dave Williams (1-2), S: Roberto Hernandez (16)
Fri, Jul 13, 2001 PIT  1  KCR  0        W:Todd Ritchie (6-9), L: Jason Grimsley (0-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 12, 2001 PIT  2  KCR  0        W:Jimmy Anderson (5-8), L: Jeff Suppan (4-8), S: Mike Williams (18)
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 PIT 10 @KCR  6 (10)   W:Scott Sauerbeck (3-0), L: Jerry Spradlin (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 10, 2000 KCR  2  PIT  1 (12)   W:Ricky Bottalico (5-1), L: Jose Silva (4-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 09, 2000 KCR  6  PIT  5 (10)   W:Jerry Spradlin (2-1), L: Jason Christiansen (1-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 04, 2000 KCR  7 @PIT  5 (11)   W:Jason Rakers (2-0), L: Jason Christiansen (1-4), S: Dan Reichert (2)
Season Series: 2009 - PIT leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 12-9

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

TBR  5.66

BAL  4.57

SDP  3.87

 RA/G

SFG  3.80

HOU  4.62

WSN  5.63

 BA

J. Mauer  .395

C. Ross  .283

B. Crosby  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .465

S. Schumaker  .358

D. Navarro  .239

 SLG

A. Pujols  .700

N. Markakis  .465

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.163

H. Matsui  .819

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

A. Cook  4.00

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.54

J. Garland  3.33

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

Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/103 .274/.328/.360/.688 .874/.549 .735 80/.612 12/2 1/4
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 277/183 .282/.336/.443/.779 .916/.713 .610 97/.755 0/0 7/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/181 .301/.355/.444/.798 .908/.747 .731 83/.720 0/1 4/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 283/187 .246/.302/.406/.708 .515/.810 .614 93/.786 1/1 5/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 232/156 .257/.341/.408/.748 .656/.794 .651 89/.647 1/0 8/4
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/28 .211/.250/.211/.461 .718/.339 .000 22/.476 0/0 0/1
7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.167 .667 10/.200 0/0 0/1
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 246/165 .227/.309/.423/.732 .585/.804 .686 76/.557 0/0 10/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/93 .240/.327/.350/.677 1.061/.594 .481 64/.588 2/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 178/102 .251/.277/.503/.780 .807/.760 .911 71/1.006 2/1 11/4
3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 32/27 .310/.344/.517/.861 2.100/.656 .889 25/.860 0/0 1/0
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/23 .097/.152/.129/.281 .311/.267 .458 21/.390 0/0 0/4
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/173 .285/.344/.443/.787 .706/.836 .728 85/.744 3/0 9/6
IP 92.1 31.2 25.2 31.2 34.0 11.2 25.2 TOTAL .251/.314/.402/.716 .730/.709 .659 .685 36/8 63/61
ERA-K/9 4.48/5.9 3.13/6.2 4.91/6.7 3.41/6.8 3.97/7.7 5.40/2.3 3.16/5.6 4.33/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 405/.283 129/.198 106/.293 130/.254 153/.252 50/.262 110/.202 .265
OPS .744 .661 .782 .730 .733 .785 .691 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.456 59/.662 49/.781 52/.603 44/.641 18/.817 43/.667 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.821 70/.655 57/.782 78/.816 109/.775 32/.768 67/.707 .756
Home 139/.598 49/.548 67/.851 56/.488 64/.692 26/1.014 49/.617
Last 28d days 140/.847 37/.576 35/.519 45/.799 54/.592 50/.785 35/.708
HR/SB/CS 5/8/2 3/3/0 3/3/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 2/2/0 2/3/0 65/47/16
Usage ·····X·· o·oX··Xo Xo·o···o ··oo··o· ·Xo···X· o·X··oo· ···X···o
Pirates Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 49.Bale*
G/S/vB		 56.Colon
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
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
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/58 .289/.305/.378/.683 .569/.759 .608 37/.502 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.000 4/1.250 4/.250 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/.000 119/91 .270/.387/.390/.777 .747/.784 .906 42/.882 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/118 .276/.352/.409/.762 .556/.804 .846 58/.823 1/0 3/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.708 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.833 11/1.878 288/207 .264/.361/.492/.853 .733/.903 1.115 94/1.028 2/1 11/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 272/206 .272/.346/.377/.722 .748/.714 .701 101/.600 2/0 3/8
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/69 .330/.371/.516/.888 1.054/.825 .863 97/.888 4/0 1/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/227 .263/.343/.336/.679 .425/.768 .666 99/.607 18/8 2/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 199/165 .270/.322/.389/.711 .646/.724 .864 53/.796 0/0 1/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1 .000/.143/.000/.143 .167/.000 .000 7/.143 0/0 0/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 5/.200 303/217 .313/.352/.480/.833 .779/.854 .860 102/.746 4/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/2.250 4/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 3/1.333 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 101/86 .247/.356/.259/.615 1.055/.544 .635 19/.663 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 9/.750 2/.500 1/no AB 20/.926 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 21/.666 200/148 .284/.312/.411/.722 .851/.678 .744 86/.842 2/1 3/6
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/67 .330/.409/.402/.811 .705/.881 .893 52/.899 2/0 1/3
IP 9.0 12.0 31.0 23.1 23.2 16.2 17.1 33.2 TOTAL .267/.335/.398/.733 .699/.746 .791 .748 42/11 45/35
ERA-K/9 /0.0 5.00/11.0 3.75/6.8 5.23/6.4 4.24/9.7 4.56/8.4 2.16/10.2 3.63/12.5 4.28/6.9 4.37/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 38/.188 46/.205 122/.233 98/.261 116/.307 73/.215 82/.231 145/.294 .262
OPS .571 .535 .731 .654 .937 .584 .670 .834 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 16/.250 19/.652 58/.828 44/.645 52/.670 36/.492 48/.710 63/.607 .705
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 22/.847 27/.453 64/.643 54/.661 64/1.178 37/.679 34/.607 82/1.016 .749
Road / 16/.063 16/.521 46/.723 41/.738 47/.966 47/.573 15/.500 47/.853
Last 28d days / 31/.715 37/.577 39/1.169 27/.690 27/.936 34/.606 4/1.417 40/.931
HR/SB/CS // 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/1/3 2/1/2 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 5/1/1 59/52/12
Usage ··o···o· ·Xo····X XX···X·· ·····X·· ··XX·o·· ·····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.