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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 7:08pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Royals, 23-28, 4th, 5½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (28, RHP, 4-2, 3.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-2)			47.0	48	23	19	16	29	3	3.64
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		3-2	41.0	44	23	19	14	28	3	4.17	48
2009-05-29	CHW	L	5.0	9	7	6	1	4	1	87	26
2009-05-24	@STL	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	99	52
2009-05-19	CLE	ND	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	87	37
2009-05-13	@OAK	L	5.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	86	53
2009-05-07	SEA	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	105	68
2009-05-02	@MIN	ND	5.1	8	6	3	2	4	1	94	36
2009-04-27	TOR	W	7.0	1	1	1	6	2	0	103	67

Last 5 v.TBR		1-2	18.1	17	11	9	2	13	2	4.42	51
2008-07-25	TBR	L	5.1	7	3	2	1	1	0	100	44
2008-07-04	@TBR	L	5.0	8	7	6	1	6	1	102	30
2007-06-01	@TBD	W	8.0	2	1	1	0	6	1	107	80

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

 Home:   15-15   Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, Jun  2  @TBR  L   2-6       23-28  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 31   CHW  L   4-7       23-27  4th  5.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 30   CHW  L   3-5       23-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 29   CHW  L   2-11      23-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 27   DET  L   3-8       23-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 26   DET  W   6-1       23-23  2nd  3.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 25   DET  L   1-13      22-23  2nd  4.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 24  @STL  W   3-2       22-22  2nd  3.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 23  @STL  L   0-5       21-22  2nd  4.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 22  @STL  L   0-5       21-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18

Rays, 26-28, 4th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (26, RHP, 4-4, 4.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			50.2	56	28	25	23	30	8	4.44
2008 (2-2)			16.0	18	12	9	8	14	3	5.06

Last 7 GS		3-2	34.0	38	17	15	16	21	5	3.97	48
2009-05-28	@CLE	L	3.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	52	48
2009-05-23	@FLA	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	90	64
2009-05-18	OAK	W	8.0	8	4	3	0	3	2	110	55
2009-05-13	@BAL	W	5.0	8	2	2	3	2	1	88	42
2009-05-07	@NYY	ND	3.1	3	2	2	4	0	0	78	42
2009-05-02	BOS	L	3.0	7	6	5	3	3	0	76	23
2009-04-27	@MIN	W	5.2	3	1	1	4	4	1	94	59

Has never faced KCR.

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

 Home:   14-11   Road:   12-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  19-15   vsLHP:   7-13   1-Run:   5-11
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Tue, Jun  2   KCR  W   6-2       26-28  4th  6.0 gb
 53 Sun, May 31   MIN  L   2-3       25-28  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 30   MIN  W   5-2       25-27  4th  5.5 gb
 51 Fri, May 29   MIN  W   5-3       24-27  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Thu, May 28  @CLE  L   1-2       23-27  4th  6.0 gb
 49 Wed, May 27  @CLE  L   7-12      23-26  4th  5.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 26  @CLE  L   1-5       23-25  4th  5.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 25  @CLE  L  10-11      23-24  4th  5.0 gb
 46 Sun, May 24  @FLA  L   4-5 (11)  23-23  4th  4.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 23  @FLA  W  10-3       23-22  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 TBR  6  KCR  2        W:Andy Sonnanstine (4-5), L: Kyle Davies (2-5), S: none

Sun, Jul 27, 2008 KCR  6  TBR  1        W:Kyle Davies (4-2), L: Andy Sonnanstine (10-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 TBR  5 @KCR  3        W:Al Reyes (2-2), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-2), S: Troy Percival (22)
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 TBR  5 @KCR  3        W:Edwin Jackson (6-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-9), S: Troy Percival (21)
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 KCR  4  TBR  2        W:Gil Meche (8-9), L: Matt Garza (8-6), S: Joakim Soria (27)
Mon, Jul 07, 2008 KCR  7 @TBR  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (1-1), L: Dan Wheeler (2-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 TBR  9  KCR  2        W:James Shields (7-5), L: Luke Hochevar (5-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 TBR  3  KCR  0        W:Andy Sonnanstine (10-3), L: Zack Greinke (7-5), S: Grant Balfour (3)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 TBR 11  KCR  2        W:Edwin Jackson (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 KCR 12  TBD  4        W:Jorge de la Rosa (7-9), L: Scott Kazmir (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 1-0; 2008 - TBR won 5-3; 2007 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - TBR leads 48-41

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

NYY 5.77

FLA 4.68

SEA 3.87

RA/G

LAD 3.85

SDP 4.71

WSN 6.16

J. Bartlett .373

C. Granderson .267

C. Young .175

OBP

A. Pujols .469

R. Theriot .345

C. Young .215

SLG

R. Ibanez .716

M. DeRosa .432

G. Atkins .279

OPS

A. Pujols 1.147

S. Schumaker .781

C. Young .520

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.10

A. Harang 4.19

A. Sonnanstine 7.07

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.69

C. Lee 6.57

J. Garland 3.36

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Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.Nelson
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 111/48 .284/.358/.400/.758 .890/.586 .956 50/.484 8/1 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 193/117 .284/.347/.438/.785 .949/.686 .534 93/.772 0/0 4/1

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 186/125 .300/.355/.447/.802 .943/.728 .715 83/.585 0/0 2/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.619 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 200/123 .238/.287/.381/.668 .409/.836 .546 89/.633 1/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 8/1.929 156/100 .269/.372/.418/.790 .694/.846 .744 94/.694 1/0 5/1

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .217/.280/.217/.497 .606/.397 .000 26/.519 0/0 0/0

7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 3/.666 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/.000 180/118 .242/.322/.466/.788 .550/.920 .774 78/.709 0/0 9/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 63/47 .278/.371/.407/.778 1.181/.640 .578 30/.881 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 117/58 .250/.276/.438/.713 .766/.660 .921 53/.837 1/1 5/1

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/6 .286/.286/.571/.857 3.000/.500 1.500 / 0/0 0/0

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 15/13 .071/.133/.071/.205 .000/.237 .400 3/.667 0/0 0/1

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 6/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 203/121 .279/.350/.437/.787 .729/.827 .710 87/.665 1/0 6/3

IP 50.2 24.1 3.0 37.0 26.2 5.2 21.2 9.0 17.1 TOTAL .252/.323/.405/.728 .723/.731 .671 .653 27/6 43/32

ERA-K/9

4.44/5.3

5.18/9.3

3.00/12.0

2.19/4.1

2.36/11.1

3.18/4.7

6.23/8.7

3.00/17.0

4.67/7.3

4.62/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 227/.283 109/.228 11/.091 149/.210 109/.206 29/.217 108/.281 44/.243 71/.234 .265

OPS .827 .666 .455 .561 .577 .640 .966 .769 .769 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.777 48/.643 6/.000 76/.539 36/.795 13/.585 70/.977 13/1.045 27/1.010 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.876 61/.684 5/1.000 73/.583 73/.468 16/.683 38/.938 31/.643 44/.615 .785

Home 77/.898 65/.587 3/.000 48/.776 48/.576 12/.432 48/1.071 25/.584 33/1.085

Last 28d days 110/.818 63/.652 11/.455 65/.470 61/.338 29/.640 51/1.276 44/.769 32/.693

HR/SB/CS 8/12/3 1/4/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 6/4/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 63/32/8

Usage ·····X·· X··X···· ···oo··X ·····X·· o·o·XX·· ··X···X· ··o···X· ···X···· ····o···

Rays Batters (5.56 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Bannister
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 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 121/72 .257/.364/.406/.770 .752/.780 .675 87/.885 0/0 3/1

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 23/17 .227/.261/.318/.579 .333/.669 .804 23/.579 0/1 0/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 10/.775 7/.453 6/2.000 1/.000 5/1.600 239/156 .319/.381/.440/.821 .692/.892 .736 108/.919 31/2 3/2

11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .200/.273/.500/.773 .952/.500 1.167 11/.773 0/0 1/0

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.167 101/90 .244/.356/.395/.752 1.545/.667 .610 45/.736 2/1 3/0

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/27 .289/.319/.400/.719 .739/.704 .816 30/.586 2/1 1/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.167 19/18 .353/.421/.941/1.362 3.000/1.264 2.429 7/2.429 0/0 3/0

27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/28 .178/.274/.274/.548 .722/.220 .425 42/.433 2/1 0/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 230/162 .322/.391/.614/1.005 1.058/.983 .862 110/.878 2/0 13/5

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/1.000 5/.000 2/.000 8/1.250 167/114 .206/.235/.284/.518 .569/.494 .417 74/.544 1/0 2/1

23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/1.208 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 8/2.196 6/.666 4/1.167 3/3.000 6/.750 230/151 .228/.365/.556/.921 .844/.963 1.001 107/.760 0/1 17/5

2.Upton G/S/vP 9/.762 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.738 3/1.667 8/1.214 ··· 4/1.500 217/151 .212/.306/.302/.607 .550/.631 .681 114/.722 16/3 2/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 152/104 .305/.414/.648/1.063 1.158/1.016 1.140 88/1.184 5/2 9/2

IP 47.0 3.1 3.1 22.2 17.2 17.2 19.2 8.2 25.2 TOTAL .273/.354/.453/.807 .834/.794 .797 .840 84/14 66/33

ERA-K/9

3.64/5.6

8.10/5.5

5.40/8.2

3.97/5.6

3.57/9.2

4.08/8.6

6.86/5.5

2.08/10.3

3.51/6.7

4.18/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.264 15/.250 14/.167 92/.205 71/.239 89/.329 94/.325 39/.229 109/.296 .266

OPS .688 .650 .702 .621 .640 .935 .952 .565 .769 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.688 6/.667 7/.952 44/.751 31/.571 39/.742 50/.654 24/.500 47/.669 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.688 9/.611 7/.452 48/.492 40/.693 50/1.100 44/1.311 15/.673 62/.845 .741

Road 101/.664 4/.000 5/1.400 34/.593 27/.853 36/.980 47/.874 24/.477 35/.716

Last 28d days 125/.765 15/.650 14/.702 45/.720 32/.344 48/1.021 40/.895 7/.971 43/1.052

HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/2 2/1/2 2/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/1 32/39/10

Usage ····X··· ··oXo··· X·····o· ··XX··o· ····o·o· ····o··· X·····o· ········ ··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.