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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 7:38pm, Friday, July 31, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Royals, 40-61, 5th, 13½ GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (32, RHP, 1-6, 6.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-6) 54.1 71 43 41 22 30 5 6.79
2008 (8-5) 135.2 170 89 76 48 58 14 5.04
2007 (2-5) 37.2 54 31 29 17 23 7 6.93
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.0 50 25 25 14 20 5 5.62 43
2009-07-26 TEX ND 6.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 102 63
2009-07-21 LAA L 5.0 8 6 6 2 2 1 98 27
2009-05-06 SEA W 7.1 8 1 1 1 1 0 85 58
2009-05-01 @MIN L 4.1 9 7 7 1 1 2 76 17
2009-04-26 DET L 8.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 101 65
2009-04-21 @CLE L 3.1 8 6 6 4 2 1 80 18
2009-04-15 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 89 52
Last 5 v.TBR 2-1 26.2 36 13 13 14 18 4 4.39 45
2008-09-13 TBR ND 3.1 6 4 4 4 2 1 82 30
2008-07-09 TBR ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 1 83 60
2008-05-26 @TBR L 5.0 12 5 5 3 1 1 94 21
2007-05-01 @TBD W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 1 90 66
2007-04-14 TBD W 5.1 8 2 2 3 6 0 104 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-32   Road:   17-29   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  26-39   vsLHP:  14-22   1-Run:   9-15
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 30  @BAL  L   3-7       40-61  5th 13.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29  @BAL  L   3-7       40-60  5th 13.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @BAL  W   4-3 (11)  40-59  5th 12.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @BAL  W   5-3       39-59  5th 13.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26   TEX  L   2-7       38-59  5th 14.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25   TEX  W   6-3       38-58  5th 14.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 24   TEX  L   0-2       37-58  5th 14.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22   LAA  L   6-9       37-57  4th 13.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   LAA  L   2-10      37-56  4th 13.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21   LAA  L   5-8       37-55  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21
Rays, 55-47, 3rd, 7 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: David Price (23, LHP, 3-4, 5.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 53.0 58 40 33 33 54 11 5.60
2008 (0-0) 14.0 9 4 3 4 12 1 1.93
Last 7 GS 2-4 34.0 45 33 28 15 28 9 7.41 39
2009-07-25 @TOR ND 3.0 9 6 6 0 1 3 56 18
2009-07-20 @CHW L 6.0 8 4 4 2 6 1 108 44
2009-07-09 TOR W 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 103 62
2009-07-04 @TEX L 1.1 3 6 6 5 3 1 61 22
2009-06-28 FLA W 6.1 2 1 1 5 4 0 96 64
2009-06-23 PHI L 4.1 7 10 5 2 2 2 88 19
2009-06-17 @COL L 7.0 10 5 5 0 5 2 99 42
Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-17   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  37-26   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 21-16   vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Wed, Jul 29   NYY  L   2-6       55-47  3rd  7.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28   NYY  W   6-2       55-46  3rd  6.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27   NYY  L   4-11      54-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @TOR  L   1-5       54-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @TOR  W  10-9 (12)  54-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @TOR  W   4-2 (10)  53-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @CHW  L   0-5       52-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @CHW  L   3-4       52-43  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @CHW  W   3-2       52-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @CHW  L   3-4       51-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 TBR  4 @KCR  3        W:Grant Balfour (4-1), L: Jamey Wright (0-3), S: J.P. Howell (9)
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 TBR  4 @KCR  2        W:Chad Bradford (1-0), L: Juan Cruz (3-4), S: J.P. Howell (8)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 TBR  8 @KCR  7        W:Joe Nelson (3-0), L: Juan Cruz (3-3), S: J.P. Howell (7)
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 TBR  3  KCR  2        W:James Shields (5-4), L: Jamey Wright (0-2), S: J.P. Howell (2)
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 TBR  9  KCR  0        W:Jeff Niemann (5-4), L: Brian Bannister (4-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 6-0; 2008 - TBR won 5-3; 2007 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - TBR leads 53-41

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  5.56

CHW  4.51

SDP  3.66

RA/G

SFG  3.68

NYM  4.60

WSN  5.46

BA

I. Suzuki  .368

O. Hudson  .290

R. Cedeno  .167

OBP

M. Ramirez  .455

W. Aybar  .362

R. Cedeno  .213

SLG

A. Pujols  .680

Y. Escobar  .471

A. Casilla  .211

OPS

A. Pujols  1.123

V. Martinez  .832

A. Casilla  .474

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

C. Sabathia  3.83

J. Geer  5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.08

C. Sabathia  6.63

J. Lannan  3.65

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Royals Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 14.Price*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
22.Garza
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
34.Niemann
G/S/vB
33.Shields
G/S/vB
52.Shouse*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 5/.600 8/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 18/.555 1/3.000 5/.600 290/222 .229/.254/.305/.558 .626/.537 .519 45/.283 3/1 2/10
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 3/1.334 13/.398 ··· ··· 9/.572 1/.000 2/.000 290/176 .278/.324/.383/.708 .758/.674 .880 82/.795 17/3 3/7
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/1.214 4/.250 9/.904 ··· ··· 9/1.444 1/2.000 4/1.250 117/87 .223/.302/.417/.719 .600/.761 .420 20/.513 0/0 4/5
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 16/1.071 2/.000 9/.730 ··· 4/.000 9/1.417 1/3.000 3/.000 401/268 .291/.347/.465/.811 .964/.740 .720 98/.901 0/0 11/5
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.500 7/.286 ··· ··· 378/260 .305/.354/.463/.817 .968/.746 .735 89/.877 1/1 7/12
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 21/.873 7/.619 16/.842 ··· 3/.333 19/.527 1/.000 4/.750 408/266 .257/.323/.402/.724 .589/.799 .634 94/.792 3/6 7/0
26.Freel G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 7/.629 94/58 .200/.297/.225/.522 .451/.566 .496 42/.649 1/0 0/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 12/1.000 1/.000 10/.111 1/2.000 ··· 9/.444 2/.500 1/.000 57/35 .213/.351/.277/.627 .568/.662 .785 31/.727 2/0 1/3
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.583 9/.333 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 12/1.250 3/1.000 3/.000 306/217 .217/.294/.417/.711 .554/.776 .685 45/.675 0/0 14/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 160/124 .221/.299/.329/.628 .761/.589 .500 26/.394 4/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 10/.200 3/.000 ··· 7/1.229 1/no AB 2/.000 15/.800 3/1.167 1/.000 270/166 .233/.268/.455/.723 .632/.780 .766 73/.516 3/1 14/6
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 70/47 .297/.333/.453/.786 1.028/.670 .704 27/.724 0/0 2/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 12/.432 6/.000 16/.780 1/.000 2/1.000 19/.498 5/.000 2/.000 390/249 .290/.344/.437/.781 .779/.782 .715 88/.720 6/0 9/8
IP 53.0 47.2 17.0 54.1 136.2 49.2 81.0 39.1 106.1 146.1 15.1 37.1 TOTAL .252/.312/.396/.708 .710/.707 .670 .696 51/14 84/83
ERA-K/9 5.60/9.2 4.34/8.7 2.65/7.9 2.98/4.6 3.69/8.0 1.81/10.9 6.22/6.9 4.12/8.0 3.81/5.5 3.87/6.1 5.87/5.3 3.86/6.3 4.28/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.272 204/.232 67/.213 227/.255 570/.226 199/.186 373/.282 178/.218 455/.265 618/.277 70/.328 147/.226 .259
OPS .864 .653 .611 .669 .669 .528 .831 .769 .724 .771 .971 .700 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.887 78/.705 42/.570 109/.624 302/.637 62/.626 95/.938 111/.747 223/.699 316/.763 39/.749 50/1.082 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.857 126/.619 25/.684 118/.710 268/.701 137/.482 278/.794 67/.806 232/.746 302/.780 31/1.262 97/.500 .753
Home 119/.661 106/.621 34/.668 74/.710 307/.648 93/.582 203/.894 78/.828 163/.702 342/.741 43/1.062 72/.879
Last 28d days 82/1.084 49/.638 21/.931 48/.962 142/.707 39/.468 129/.737 35/.691 113/.674 136/.817 8/2.196 38/.673
HR/SB/CS 11/5/3 2/4/0 2/1/1 3/3/0 16/1/2 2/3/2 12/3/1 7/6/0 9/17/4 18/1/2 4/1/0 6/4/0 110/58/18
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·X·· ··X·oo·· ·o···X·X ·X····X· ··o··Xo· ··X····X ···XoX·· ····X··· ···X···· ·o·X···· ·o···X··
Rays Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
19.Bannister
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
56.Colon
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
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
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 3/2.000 4/1.250 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 196/124 .278/.362/.467/.830 .855/.815 .796 25/.640 0/0 8/6
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 15/.421 3/.333 4/.833 2/.500 11/.920 4/1.000 3/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 320/213 .336/.387/.509/.895 .914/.886 .869 82/.698 20/3 8/10
5.Burrell G/S/vP 10/.856 1/.000 3/.666 8/.393 1/.000 2/1.500 7/.143 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 19/1.383 277/185 .219/.329/.354/.683 .601/.720 .748 92/.736 2/0 7/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 39/.615 ··· 15/.757 19/.904 3/1.167 3/1.167 18/.230 8/1.000 9/.583 1/.000 11/.664 7/1.371 442/288 .313/.373/.454/.827 .740/.875 .797 92/.784 48/8 10/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 33/10 .276/.364/.379/.743 .620/1.000 1.167 5/.000 0/0 1/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP 7/1.285 1/.000 8/1.339 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 2/.000 1/.000 6/.833 5/.900 219/197 .266/.384/.418/.802 1.160/.765 .813 51/.710 6/3 5/3
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 98/63 .228/.268/.293/.562 .561/.560 .674 27/.389 2/1 1/2
27.Kapler G/S/vP 17/.728 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/39 .246/.329/.462/.790 .993/.262 .833 30/.667 3/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 9/1.181 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 7/.000 7/1.429 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 2/2.000 414/286 .276/.357/.532/.890 .901/.884 .801 98/.742 2/0 21/9
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 14/.793 ··· 9/.555 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 3/1.334 4/.500 5/1.600 2/.000 9/1.556 8/1.250 294/194 .223/.250/.325/.575 .753/.486 .537 51/.711 2/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 15/1.366 4/.833 15/1.025 4/1.833 1/no AB 1/no AB 21/.367 8/1.339 9/.583 3/3.000 4/1.750 6/.750 433/273 .215/.346/.492/.838 .762/.884 .978 93/.556 2/1 25/8
2.Upton G/S/vP 12/1.250 ··· 15/1.015 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 11/.473 8/.750 5/1.800 ··· 7/.143 6/1.833 438/299 .244/.321/.378/.699 .588/.748 .711 101/.631 32/10 7/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.333 4/.500 6/1.917 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 5/.800 3/.666 1/.000 7/1.429 3/.000 353/230 .301/.409/.571/.980 1.113/.909 1.063 95/.800 12/3 18/4
IP 54.1 19.0 116.0 31.0 24.0 42.2 147.1 76.2 35.0 29.2 25.2 50.0 TOTAL .266/.348/.445/.793 .809/.784 .817 .689 141/35 124/71
ERA-K/9 6.79/5.0 6.16/9.0 3.80/5.6 6.39/6.4 4.88/5.6 6.54/6.5 2.08/9.3 5.28/6.1 3.86/8.2 1.52/11.2 6.31/11.9 4.68/6.3 4.47/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.326 92/.286 497/.255 139/.296 106/.266 185/.247 590/.242 297/.251 160/.304 120/.183 127/.237 221/.267 .264
OPS .842 .833 .684 .898 .743 .785 .627 .751 .898 .510 .683 .771 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.941 42/.645 267/.702 38/.587 43/.937 85/.835 280/.661 130/.664 65/.760 60/.452 70/.791 100/.583 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.722 50/1.006 230/.664 101/1.025 63/.615 100/.742 310/.596 167/.817 95/.999 60/.569 57/.561 121/.928 .777
Road 57/1.238 37/.641 230/.716 91/.976 40/.846 78/.603 249/.639 119/.843 62/.905 70/.545 40/.590 81/.695
Last 28d days 47/.806 40/.812 134/.685 92/.989 55/.936 48/.983 137/.724 106/.845 36/.883 41/.458 37/.712 61/.721
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 2/3/0 11/11/1 7/3/2 3/3/0 6/1/3 6/2/6 10/7/2 5/0/0 1/0/0 0/5/1 7/5/1 95/72/22
Usage ····X··· ·oo···X· ··X····· ···X···· ··X·X·o· ·X··X··· ·X····X· X····X·· Xo··o··· ··XX·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.