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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, April 19, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Friday, April 17, 2009. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Royals, 7-4, 1st, 1 up

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 1-0, 2.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 12.2 10 3 3 3 13 0 2.13
2008 (9-7) 113.0 121 57 51 43 71 10 4.06
2007 (7-15) 136.0 155 102 92 70 99 22 6.09
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.1 32 11 11 10 37 1 2.23 62
2009-04-14 CLE W 5.2 7 3 3 1 5 0 98 47
2009-04-09 @CHW ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 103 77
2008-09-26 @MIN W 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 101 66
2008-09-20 CHW W 7.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 101 65
2008-09-15 SEA W 8.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 98 82
2008-09-10 @MIN L 5.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 105 39
2008-09-04 OAK W 5.0 3 1 1 3 2 0 101 56
Last 5 v.TEX 0-3 18.1 25 13 12 14 17 1 5.89 42
2008-06-11 TEX ND 6.0 6 1 1 5 3 0 109 54
2007-09-05 @TEX L 5.0 3 2 1 4 5 0 87 56
2007-08-14 @TEX L 5.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 98 41
2005-06-15 @TEX L 2.1 8 6 6 4 2 0 81 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    4-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-0    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @TEX  W   2-0        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @TEX  W  12-3        6-4   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CLE  L   4-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 14   CLE  W   9-3        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 13   CLE  W   4-2        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr 12   NYY  W   6-4        3-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   NYY  L   1-6        2-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   NYY  L   1-4        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @CHW  W   2-1        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @CHW  W   2-0        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 7-4    Last 30: 7-4
Rangers, 4-7, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Vicente Padilla (31, RHP, 1-1, 10.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 9.0 15 10 10 4 6 1 10.00
2008 (14-8) 171.0 185 100 90 65 127 26 4.74
2007 (6-10) 120.1 146 88 77 50 71 16 5.76
Last 7 GS 3-2 36.2 42 22 21 14 36 2 5.15 47
2009-04-13 BAL L 3.1 11 7 7 1 1 0 70 10
2009-04-08 CLE W 5.2 4 3 3 3 5 1 109 51
2008-09-26 @LAA W 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 92 66
2008-09-20 LAA L 6.0 7 5 5 3 5 1 106 40
2008-09-14 @OAK ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 109 50
2008-09-09 @SEA W 5.2 6 1 0 1 5 0 94 59
2008-08-24 CLE ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 8 0 97 52
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 20.2 22 13 11 6 16 2 4.79 48
2008-06-11 @KCR W 6.0 7 5 4 3 2 1 108 39
2007-09-05 KCR W 6.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 90 71
2007-08-15 KCR ND 5.0 4 1 0 0 8 0 80 65
2006-07-28 KCR L 3.2 9 7 7 1 1 1 77 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-4    Road:    0-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-7    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 18   KCR  L   0-2        4-7   3rd  3.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   KCR  L   3-12       4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15   BAL  W  19-6        4-5   2nd  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14   BAL  L   5-7 (10)   3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   BAL  L   9-10       3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @DET  L   4-6        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @DET  L   3-4        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @DET  L   2-15       3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Thu, Apr  9   CLE  W  12-8        3-0   1st  1.0 up
  2 Wed, Apr  8   CLE  W   8-5        2-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-7    Last 30: 4-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 KCR 12 @TEX  3        W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Matt Harrison (0-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 TEX  3 @KCR  2        W:Matt Harrison (6-3), L: Brian Bannister (7-14), S: Frank Francisco (1)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 TEX  2 @KCR  1        W:Kevin Millwood (8-7), L: Ramon Ramirez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 TEX  9 @KCR  4        W:Scott Feldman (5-5), L: Gil Meche (10-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 KCR  6  TEX  5        W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 TEX 11 @KCR  5        W:Vicente Padilla (8-3), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 TEX  6 @KCR  5        W:Eddie Guardado (1-1), L: Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (12)
Thu, May 01, 2008 TEX  2  KCR  1        W:Sidney Ponson (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (3-1), S: C.J. Wilson (6)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 TEX 11  KCR  9        W:Kevin Millwood (2-2), L: Brian Bannister (3-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 KCR  9 @TEX  5        W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Jason Jennings (0-5), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-0; 2008 - TEX won 7-2; 2007 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 256-232

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (6.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 55.Eyre
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB		 59.Rupe
G/S/vB		 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .915 39/.501 8/3 10/10
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 5/.200 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .683 18/.728 14/3 0/3
14.Buck G/S/vP 9/.000 6/1.667 4/.750 3/.000 3/.666 3/2.667 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .647 21/1.476 0/3 9/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 2/2.500 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .737 35/.544 0/1 11/2
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .812 27/.847 2/1 0/2
2.Crisp# G/S/vP 12/1.083 2/no AB 4/.750 5/.000 3/1.334 3/1.000 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .741 45/1.056 20/7 7/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.989 3/.667 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .825 44/.578 11/8 12/1
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .872 35/1.081 1/0 32/11
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 97/61 .286/.316/.319/.634 .617/.644 .697 1/.000 0/2 0/1
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .834 21/.333 7/0 12/5
3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .286/.333/.357/.690 .833/.636 .619 5/.600 0/0 0/
1.Pena G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .389 6/.000 3/1 1/9
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 11/1.323 4/1.250 4/.500 3/.666 4/1.000 4/.250 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .729 42/.942 4/3 15/6
IP 171.0 63.1 56.1 89.1 46.1 TOTAL .245/.326/.421/.747 .638/.847 .819 .747 2/2 10/3
ERA-K/9 4.74/6.7 /0.0 3.13/11.8 4.15/5.3 5.14/5.3 6.02/8.0 7.06/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (59-12-4)
 Olivo (19-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 757/.275 / 264/.200 227/.245 392/.284 214/.268 .299  Teahen
 Crisp
 DeJesus
 Bloomquist
 Callaspo
 Maier
31/1/92/7
0/114/0/4
71/68/24/3
8/23/13/1
3/0/0/0
0/34/4/0
OPS .798 .634 .699 .819 .842 .910
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 385/.944 / 130/.617 90/.628 188/.853 60/.869 .883
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.655 / 134/.650 137/.746 204/.788 154/.831 .935
Home 325/.797 / 134/.683 121/.638 202/.811 129/.952
Last 28d days 49/.940 16/1.200 14/.143 22/1.255 31/1.395 25/.925
HR/SB/CS 26/9/4 // 7/7/1 4/3/0 8/0/1 8/1/1 18/2/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X···· ····Xo·· ·X··Xo·· ····X·Xo

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (6.73 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (2.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
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		 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB		 45.Waechter
G/S/vB		 34.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 30/.971 / /
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/2.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 8/2.125 ··· 281/189 .287/.338/.508/.846 .903/.819 1.025 36/.793 1/0 12/5
22.Byrd G/S/vP 10/1.825 4/.500 4/2.083 1/.000 26/.863 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 3/.000 462/306 .298/.380/.462/.842 .841/.843 .911 28/1.143 7/2 10/6
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.467 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 133/96 .330/.421/.609/1.030 1.288/.933 1.062 45/1.074 3/1 7/2
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 317/224 .285/.331/.549/.880 .916/.866 .875 37/.596 1/2 17/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 704/476 .304/.371/.530/.901 .801/.950 1.019 45/.758 9/1 32/6
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 10/.400 17/1.328 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 26/1.059 238/152 .158/.256/.249/.505 .631/.436 .514 16/1.778 0/1 3/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.625 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 583/431 .319/.375/.517/.892 .828/.915 .898 47/1.437 26/2 18/18
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 454/323 .275/.321/.465/.786 .669/.835 .822 18/.167 7/2 15/2
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 230/148 .253/.352/.364/.716 .443/.876 .764 32/.575 0/2 3/9
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/36 .319/.396/.809/1.205 .775/1.333 1.405 10/.425 0/0 6/3
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.667 11/.764 2/1.000 3/.000 9/.929 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 12/.750 300/233 .222/.283/.267/.550 .365/.602 .651 11/.855 5/4 0/2
10.Young G/S/vP 11/1.233 4/.833 5/.800 2/.500 9/.444 1/.000 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 708/516 .284/.339/.402/.741 .842/.703 .803 45/.938 10/0 12/11
IP 113.0 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 63.1 84.1 TOTAL .293/.360/.556/.916 .879/.930 1.060 .916 11/2 22/6
ERA-K/9 4.06/5.7 2.61/12.4 4.48/9.1 3.48/6.8 4.34/3.1 1.60/8.8 3.97/8.9 3.69/6.5 5.12/6.4 3.24/9.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
 Teagarden (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 487/.276 215/.192 261/.299 278/.252 168/.294 260/.169 186/.171 275/.254 379/.283 .246  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Murphy
 Cruz
 Jones
0/111/34/7
31/57/39/7
54/13/56/4
0/0/31/1
0/66/0/1
OPS .762 .658 .907 .695 .718 .503 .571 .718 .739 .659
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 242/.740 101/.542 122/.953 110/.721 68/.836 139/.536 87/.688 122/.845 183/.771 .615
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.783 114/.759 139/.871 168/.679 100/.640 121/.468 99/.449 153/.619 196/.708 .710
Road 174/.800 104/.681 128/.979 151/.707 56/.802 130/.634 74/.314 119/.793 179/.694
Last 28d days 50/.519 15/.133 17/1.137 12/.733 31/1.341 17/.485 14/.286 18/.980 17/.301
HR/SB/CS 10/8/1 5/5/5 15/6/7 6/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 4/6/1 7/6/1 5/9/1 5/6/3
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· ···X·X·· ···X·o·· ·X·o···X ·····oo· ···oo··X ·X··X··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.