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Game Preview: KCR @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, August 28, 2009 @Safeco Field

Royals, 49-78, 5th, 18½ GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (28, RHP, 7-10, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-10)			146.0	151	85	73	47	91	15	4.50
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76
2007 (12-9)			165.0	156	76	71	44	77	15	3.87

Last 7 GS		1-3	42.2	52	32	31	11	26	7	6.54	42
2009-08-23	MIN	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	102	45
2009-08-17	@CHW	ND	7.0	10	7	6	3	6	2	110	34
2009-08-12	@MIN	L	6.0	9	7	7	1	3	1	94	28
2009-08-07	OAK	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	1	0	80	18
2009-08-02	@TBR	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	117	74
2009-07-28	@BAL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	100	45
2009-07-22	LAA	ND	6.2	8	4	4	0	5	2	114	47

Last 5 v.SEA		1-3	26.2	24	12	11	7	10	1	3.71	52
2009-05-07	SEA	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	105	68
2007-07-04	SEA	L	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	98	47
2007-05-26	SEA	L	7.0	8	4	4	2	0	1	106	43
2007-04-29	@SEA	L	6.2	4	4	3	2	1	0	99	51

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

 Home:   26-41   Road:   23-37   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  34-45   vsLHP:  15-33   1-Run:  12-20
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:22-32   vsWest:  8-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 27  @SEA  W   8-4       49-78  5th 18.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   CLE  L   2-4       48-78  5th 19.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   CLE  W   6-2       48-77  5th 19.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24   CLE  L   6-10      47-77  5th 19.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23   MIN  L   3-10      47-76  5th 18.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   MIN  L   7-8       47-75  5th 18.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   MIN  L   4-5 (10)  47-74  5th 18.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @CHW  L   2-4       47-73  5th 16.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @CHW  W   5-4       47-72  5th 16.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @CHW  L   7-8       46-72  5th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Mariners, 66-62, 3rd, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 12-5, 2.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-5)			178.1	159	65	54	54	173	13	2.73
2008 (9-11)			200.2	198	85	77	80	175	17	3.45
2007 (14-7)			190.1	209	88	83	53	165	20	3.92

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.2	48	22	17	17	44	5	3.35	53
2009-08-23	@CLE	L	6.0	9	6	3	0	6	1	101	42
2009-08-18	@DET	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	107	71
2009-08-12	CHW	ND	7.0	6	0	0	4	10	0	105	71
2009-08-07	TBR	ND	6.0	5	5	3	6	7	1	113	47
2009-08-01	@TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	4	2	1	104	55
2009-07-27	TOR	L	5.2	11	7	7	1	2	2	103	20
2009-07-22	@DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	112	68

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	26.1	19	8	8	5	29	1	2.73	63
2008-07-11	@KCR	L	5.0	4	3	3	1	8	0	83	54
2007-07-02	@KCR	ND	8.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	87	68
2007-05-25	@KCR	W	5.1	7	2	2	2	5	0	83	49
2005-08-15	KCR	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	11	0	99	82

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

 Home:   35-28   Road:   31-34   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  43-39   vsLHP:  23-23   1-Run:  28-16
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:18-23   vsWest: 20-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Thu, Aug 27   KCR  L   4-8       66-62  3rd 10.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26   OAK  W   5-3       66-61  3rd 10.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25   OAK  W   4-2 (10)  65-61  3rd 10.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   OAK  W   3-1       64-61  3rd 11.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @CLE  L   1-6       63-61  3rd 12.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22  @CLE  L   3-4 (11)  63-60  3rd 12.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21  @CLE  W   9-4       63-59  3rd 11.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @DET  L   6-7       62-59  3rd 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @DET  W   3-1       62-58  3rd 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @DET  L   3-5       61-58  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 06, 2009 KCR  8  SEA  2        W:Bruce Chen (1-6), L: Jason Vargas (3-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 05, 2009 SEA 11 @KCR  6        W:Lucas French (2-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 SEA  7 @KCR  6        W:Shawn Kelley (3-1), L: Jamey Wright (1-4), S: David Aardsma (26)
Thu, May 07, 2009 KCR  3  SEA  1        W:Brian Bannister (3-0), L: Jarrod Washburn (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (7)
Wed, May 06, 2009 KCR  9  SEA  1        W:Sidney Ponson (1-4), L: Carlos Silva (1-3), S: none

Thu, Sep 18, 2008 KCR 12  SEA  0        W:Zack Greinke (12-10), L: Ryan Feierabend (1-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 17, 2008 KCR  5  SEA  2        W:Gil Meche (12-11), L: Roy Corcoran (5-2), S: Joakim Soria (40)
Tue, Sep 16, 2008 KCR  6  SEA  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (3-1), L: Brandon Morrow (2-4), S: Joakim Soria (39)
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 KCR  3  SEA  0        W:Kyle Davies (7-7), L: Carlos Silva (4-15), S: Joakim Soria (38)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 SEA  4 @KCR  3        W:Sean Green (2-2), L: Joakim Soria (1-2), S: Brandon Morrow (9)
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 4-2; 2008 - KCR won 7-2; 2007 - SEA won 6-3; All-Time - KCR leads 199-179

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

LAA 5.70

CHW 4.61

SDP 3.85

RA/G

SFG 3.76

NYM 4.67

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .373

C. Gonzalez .290

B. Schneider .179

OBP

J. Mauer .442

G. Beckham .363

R. Cedeno .237

SLG

A. Pujols .666

J. Dye .479

N. Punto .257

OPS

A. Pujols 1.107

C. McGehee .838

R. Andino .541

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

M. Buehrle 3.92

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.49

C. Lee 6.84

J. Lannan 3.75

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Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 58.Fister
G/S/vB 25.French*
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 26.Messenger
G/S/vB 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB 48.Snell
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 222/184 .242/.276/.299/.575 .463/.597 .532 47/.494 15/4 0/3

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 382/276 .236/.266/.339/.605 .697/.570 .576 88/.764 3/3 5/11

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 369/218 .257/.301/.354/.654 .675/.639 .765 79/.465 18/4 4/8

14.Buck G/S/vP 10/.100 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/no AB 147/108 .212/.281/.424/.705 .754/.687 .498 26/.552 0/0 5/6

16.Butler G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.000 6/.333 ··· 6/2.666 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/1.467 ··· 1/2.000 517/340 .299/.350/.480/.830 .947/.772 .694 111/.918 0/0 15/8

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 488/324 .290/.342/.417/.760 .893/.690 .660 106/.552 1/1 8/16

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 13/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.975 3/.000 3/.000 521/335 .274/.345/.430/.775 .605/.874 .700 108/.956 4/7 11/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 7/1.000 ··· 370/271 .236/.308/.424/.732 .537/.804 .653 60/.856 0/0 16/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 237/170 .245/.328/.348/.676 .863/.605 .611 72/.807 7/1 1/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 6/.400 ··· 6/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 330/195 .244/.274/.475/.748 .696/.785 .761 60/.859 3/1 17/7

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 121/71 .296/.333/.472/.806 .867/.765 .842 51/.833 0/0 5/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 11/.573 3/.666 6/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 479/295 .282/.336/.425/.761 .778/.750 .721 89/.674 6/0 10/11

IP 178.1 58.2 59.1 26.1 57.1 34.1 63.1 2.2 46.2 105.2 63.1 TOTAL .255/.314/.399/.713 .716/.712 .665 .732 60/20 107/103

ERA-K/9

2.73/8.7

2.30/10.6

4.10/6.5

3.42/6.2

3.92/6.0

4.19/8.1

3.13/7.3

6.75/3.3

4.05/5.0

5.37/5.5

2.84/4.0

3.90/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 739/.238 246/.194 273/.272 83/.213 260/.284 141/.271 266/.225 3/.333 201/.226 473/.270 259/.218 .247

OPS .632 .579 .776 .596 .815 .766 .644 1.667 .683 .848 .591 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 390/.646 130/.543 130/.857 48/.568 84/.705 65/.444 129/.803 2/2.500 55/.645 241/.857 125/.540 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.616 116/.617 143/.702 35/.633 176/.872 76/1.054 137/.493 1/.000 146/.697 232/.837 134/.637 .699

Home 321/.679 131/.621 131/.829 57/.555 137/.758 73/.822 143/.635 / 136/.609 200/.835 148/.536

Last 28d days 142/.707 45/.938 40/.592 83/.596 127/.861 59/.501 57/.561 3/1.667 128/.719 113/.807 60/.526

HR/SB/CS 13/15/6 3/2/2 7/6/1 2/0/0 7/1/0 6/2/0 5/2/2 1/0/0 6/0/0 12/8/5 3/5/3 140/57/38

Usage ····X··· ·Xoo···X ·o··X·X· X····X·· ·X····X· X·X··X·X ·oo··X·· X····o·· ··X····X ···X···· ···X··o·

Mariners Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 28.Davies
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 55.Meche
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.250 4/1.833 5/1.350 4/1.250 ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.000 6/.333 ··· 499/314 .249/.347/.522/.870 .802/.910 .927 114/.743 2/0 31/10

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.000 16/.661 10/.800 2/1.000 9/1.056 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 20/1.750 ··· 373/295 .224/.332/.404/.736 .879/.699 .907 67/.849 0/0 14/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 13/.308 4/.666 4/1.000 1/.000 10/1.500 2/1.000 12/.258 10/.300 13/.334 5/1.000 3/.333 5/.800 3/1.000 473/326 .291/.350/.433/.783 .932/.720 .875 109/.717 10/5 14/7

3.Hall G/S/vP 6/1.700 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 6/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 9/.777 ··· 256/157 .210/.270/.343/.613 .696/.559 .726 39/.690 1/1 6/4

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 11/.546 3/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 9/.873 3/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 2/1.500 6/1.100 2/.000 253/163 .217/.310/.326/.635 .570/.672 .713 66/.655 1/1 3/7

2.Johjima G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 5/.800 3/.333 15/.350 ··· 10/.633 9/.444 1/3.000 191/122 .233/.274/.367/.640 .609/.659 .589 48/.572 2/2 6/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 248/174 .230/.301/.342/.643 .513/.699 .601 54/.732 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 5/.650 ··· 104/70 .221/.317/.419/.735 .750/.723 .667 33/.741 0/1 3/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 12/.166 2/2.000 8/.500 4/.000 11/.455 6/.833 15/.933 1/.000 12/.817 7/1.000 ··· 503/338 .273/.300/.465/.765 .781/.757 .636 113/.874 3/3 19/14

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 88/42 .244/.287/.280/.568 .444/.708 .514 66/.640 3/1 0/1

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 14/.594 5/1.350 20/1.188 1/2.000 9/.666 7/.286 17/.787 6/1.166 17/1.635 3/.000 14/1.250 8/.661 ··· 542/353 .359/.389/.468/.857 .897/.835 .884 105/.807 24/8 8/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 9/1.555 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 10/.633 2/1.000 ··· 10/.522 ··· 195/83 .254/.308/.412/.720 .741/.693 .676 46/.898 0/0 5/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 14/.641 3/1.000 10/.200 5/.400 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 24/.666 ··· 348/248 .254/.291/.365/.656 .580/.684 .620 59/.519 3/1 5/8

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 114/76 .223/.292/.359/.651 .797/.581 .448 39/1.033 0/1 3/5

IP 146.0 27.1 51.0 32.1 106.0 27.0 181.1 106.0 125.0 39.1 38.1 63.0 TOTAL .261/.316/.403/.720 .734/.713 .724 .757 73/30 125/105

ERA-K/9

4.50/5.6

5.93/7.6

5.29/7.1

6.12/5.3

5.94/6.5

5.67/9.7

2.43/9.8

5.52/6.7

4.75/6.8

2.97/11.0

4.46/11.7

4.57/6.3

/0.0

4.81/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.267 130/.291 219/.293 146/.279 442/.280 119/.300 732/.241 460/.278 561/.276 164/.213 171/.197 272/.263 / .271

OPS .715 .839 .848 .831 .812 .766 .646 .813 .798 .637 .595 .765 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.683 62/.714 60/.707 57/.928 185/.777 53/.772 338/.680 214/.818 273/.757 82/.588 87/.758 118/.634 / .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.750 68/.964 159/.904 89/.769 257/.835 66/.762 394/.616 246/.808 288/.837 82/.686 84/.440 154/.862 / .789

Road 315/.747 50/.539 133/.885 57/1.039 205/.625 45/.716 333/.685 172/.946 311/.785 96/.517 59/.481 105/.734 /

Last 28d days 132/.830 38/.853 80/.762 40/1.070 94/.815 21/1.333 142/.723 133/.901 81/.999 44/.975 44/.357 51/.734 /

HR/SB/CS 15/13/1 3/4/0 9/4/4 6/4/0 16/16/4 3/1/2 11/4/6 17/12/3 15/15/1 5/0/0 1/6/2 8/6/1 // 135/88/27

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

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.