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Game Preview: KCR @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, June 7, 2009 @Rogers Centre

Royals, 24-31, 4th, 5½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 2-5, 5.20)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-5)			64.0	61	40	37	31	48	9	5.20
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		1-4	40.0	40	27	24	21	25	6	5.40	45
2009-06-02	@TBR	L	5.2	3	4	4	6	7	1	114	48
2009-05-27	DET	L	5.2	10	8	5	2	1	2	91	22
2009-05-22	@STL	L	6.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	105	63
2009-05-16	BAL	L	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	119	55
2009-05-10	@LAA	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	95	63
2009-05-05	CHW	ND	4.0	8	6	6	3	2	2	95	21
2009-04-30	TOR	W	5.2	7	3	3	3	0	1	89	40

Last 5 v.TOR		1-0	5.2	7	3	3	3	0	1	4.76	40
2009-04-30	TOR	W	5.2	7	3	3	3	0	1	89	40

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

 Home:   15-15   Road:    9-16   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  15-19   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @TOR  W   6-2       24-31  4th  5.5 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  5  @TOR  L   3-9       23-31  4th  5.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @TBR  L   2-3       23-30  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @TBR  L   0-9       23-29  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Blue Jays, 31-27, 3rd, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (32, RHP, 9-1, 2.77)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-1)			91.0	83	30	28	12	82	6	2.77
2008 (20-11)			246.0	220	88	76	39	206	18	2.78
2007 (16-7)			225.1	232	101	93	48	139	15	3.71

Last 7 GS		5-0	55.0	48	15	13	8	50	2	2.13	66
2009-06-02	LAA	W	9.0	7	4	4	1	14	0	133	70
2009-05-27	@BAL	ND	7.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	102	52
2009-05-22	@ATL	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	95	72
2009-05-17	CHW	W	7.0	7	2	1	1	8	0	103	64
2009-05-12	NYY	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	103	78
2009-05-06	@LAA	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	117	70
2009-05-01	BAL	W	8.0	10	4	3	1	6	1	117	53

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	40.2	28	10	10	4	25	3	2.21	67
2008-05-23	KCR	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	104	80
2006-08-26	KCR	L	9.0	4	2	2	1	7	2	110	77
2006-07-09	@KCR	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	90	70
2005-05-10	KCR	W	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	1	94	72
2004-05-11	@KCR	L	6.2	8	5	5	2	2	0	99	38

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

 Home:   20-10   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  21-18   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Sat, Jun  6   KCR  L   2-6       31-27  3rd  3.0 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  5   KCR  W   9-3       31-26  3rd  2.5 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  4   LAA  L   5-6       30-26  3rd  3.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  3   LAA  L   1-8       30-25  3rd  2.0 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  2   LAA  W   6-4       30-24  3rd  2.0 gb
 53 Sun, May 31   BOS  L   2-8       29-24  3rd  1.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 30   BOS  W   5-3       29-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 51 Fri, May 29   BOS  W   6-3       28-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 27  @BAL  L  10-12(11)  27-23  3rd  1.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 26  @BAL  L   2-7       27-22  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 KCR  6 @TOR  2        W:Luke Hochevar (1-2), L: Scott Richmond (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 TOR  9  KCR  3        W:Ricky Romero (3-2), L: Zack Greinke (8-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 KCR  8  TOR  6        W:Kyle Davies (2-1), L: Brian Burres (0-2), S: Juan Cruz (1)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 KCR 11  TOR  3        W:Zack Greinke (5-0), L: Brian Tallet (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 TOR  8 @KCR  1        W:Scott Richmond (3-0), L: Gil Meche (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 KCR  7  TOR  1        W:Brian Bannister (2-0), L: David Purcey (0-2), S: none

Mon, May 26, 2008 TOR  7  KCR  2        W:Shaun Marcum (5-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-6), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 TOR  3  KCR  1        W:Dustin McGowan (3-4), L: Gil Meche (3-7), S: B.J. Ryan (11)
Sat, May 24, 2008 TOR  6  KCR  0        W:Jesse Litsch (6-1), L: Luke Hochevar (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 TOR  7  KCR  1        W:Roy Halladay (5-5), L: Zack Greinke (5-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 4-2; 2008 - TOR won 5-2; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 170-167

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 5.76

FLA 4.63

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.72

TBR 4.75

WSN 5.95

J. Bartlett .373

M. Cuddyer .275

C. Young .178

OBP

K. Youkilis .470

A. Callaspo .347

C. Young .228

SLG

A. Pujols .689

M. DeRosa .442

J. Kendall .266

OPS

A. Pujols 1.148

M. Byrd .791

D. Navarro .526

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

J. Peavy 4.10

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.42

G. Meche 6.59

J. Pineiro 3.45

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Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 58.Hayhurst
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 24.Romero*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/.800 7/.900 4/.500 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 6/1.167 122/55 .283/.350/.406/.756 .864/.624 .907 53/.512 8/1 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/4.333 209/128 .281/.340/.432/.772 .926/.681 .573 93/.734 0/0 4/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/2.000 202/136 .292/.347/.432/.779 .894/.720 .680 88/.577 0/0 2/3

2.Crisp# G/S/vP 38/.684 15/1.181 2/.000 8/.250 10/.777 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 3/.333 5/.400 10/.844 203/129 .224/.335/.382/.717 .680/.740 .721 60/.532 11/2 3/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 15/.428 4/.000 1/.000 10/.650 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/1.167 211/133 .232/.286/.374/.660 .403/.816 .542 83/.692 1/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 26/.511 6/.334 3/.000 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.833 4/.000 171/109 .255/.351/.409/.760 .710/.789 .689 93/.708 1/0 6/2

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 27/14 .217/.280/.217/.497 .606/.397 .000 23/.596 0/0 0/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.500 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.333 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 3/2.000 195/127 .234/.313/.457/.770 .597/.866 .733 82/.713 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/54 .246/.343/.361/.704 1.104/.576 .450 38/.726 2/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.236 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 125/63 .242/.266/.417/.683 .761/.606 .825 51/.775 1/1 5/1

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/10 .333/.333/.583/.917 1.500/.800 1.143 5/1.000 0/0 0/0

1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 21/16 .053/.143/.053/.195 .200/.192 .282 9/.347 0/0 0/2

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 13/.731 5/.600 4/1.750 5/.600 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 216/129 .276/.343/.439/.781 .709/.831 .708 84/.661 1/0 7/5

IP 91.0 22.1 28.0 24.0 19.2 1.0 17.0 24.2 37.1 13.1 67.1 TOTAL .246/.315/.397/.713 .714/.712 .649 .647 27/6 46/37

ERA-K/9

2.77/8.1

4.03/6.5

5.14/5.5

2.25/9.4

2.29/6.9

0.00/18.0

5.82/2.1

4.01/6.9

4.10/6.3

7.43/8.1

4.54/7.1

4.34/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.243 98/.273 122/.252 96/.209 72/.194 4/.500 78/.361 98/.239 157/.287 62/.314 289/.210 .257

OPS .621 .813 .689 .525 .494 1.000 .967 .639 .871 1.008 .699 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.593 45/.670 51/.825 26/.692 32/.529 2/.000 43/.930 42/.744 42/.878 29/.825 87/.847 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.652 53/.940 71/.598 70/.459 40/.468 2/2.000 35/1.003 56/.556 115/.865 33/1.177 202/.638 .760

Home 185/.651 52/.669 66/.712 63/.260 39/.416 4/1.000 52/1.083 64/.628 100/.838 32/.720 140/.582

Last 28d days 148/.541 35/.721 52/.876 30/.563 32/.651 4/1.000 78/.967 33/.442 76/1.101 34/.870 132/.626

HR/SB/CS 6/7/3 2/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/4/1 8/1/1 3/1/2 9/4/1 67/34/16

Usage ····X··· X··X··X· X··X···· ·o·····o ·o······ ··o····· ···X···· ··X····o ·X····X· X··o··o· ··X····X

Blue Jays Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Davies
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 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 178/126 .288/.318/.436/.754 .978/.658 .664 73/.607 1/0 4/4

23.Bautista G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.533 129/73 .265/.405/.373/.777 .872/.687 .766 56/.653 3/0 1/1

13.Chavez G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 8/.696 43/30 .286/.286/.357/.643 .667/.633 .808 19/.895 0/0 1/1

2.Hill G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.000 6/.733 265/198 .309/.343/.482/.825 .842/.820 .770 100/.635 2/1 12/5

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 15/14 .154/.267/.154/.421 .000/.452 .661 15/.421 0/0 0/0

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 243/176 .311/.379/.530/.908 .834/.938 1.072 95/.820 1/1 9/1

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 22/14 .227/.227/.227/.455 .500/.429 .667 12/.500 0/0 0/0

30.Millar G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 8/.536 16/1.063 6/.167 2/.000 12/.944 117/56 .252/.316/.393/.709 .793/.612 .670 62/.583 0/0 3/1

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/3.000 4/1.167 5/1.000 12/.584 3/2.667 1/.000 7/.429 162/139 .294/.395/.559/.954 .625/1.014 1.029 62/1.028 0/0 6/0

15.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 8/1.250 4/1.250 3/.333 7/.572 261/196 .263/.322/.432/.754 .701/.772 .886 100/.845 5/1 7/1

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 11/.489 24/.714 5/.800 3/.000 24/1.042 199/137 .294/.367/.435/.802 1.108/.672 .817 75/.789 2/0 3/5

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 5/2.800 2/2.000 4/1.583 2/.000 5/.200 7/.453 ··· 9/.333 274/201 .297/.397/.450/.847 1.023/.785 .813 108/.842 5/3 5/1

10.Wells G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.000 2/1.500 3/.000 5/1.200 256/193 .253/.309/.386/.695 .571/.734 .533 98/.527 9/0 5/0

IP 64.0 4.1 3.2 23.2 20.0 19.0 10.1 26.2 TOTAL .280/.346/.440/.786 .827/.771 .786 .721 29/6 60/24

ERA-K/9

5.20/6.8

6.23/8.4

4.91/9.7

4.56/6.1

3.15/9.0

4.26/9.0

1.74/9.6

4.05/6.7

4.30/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 274/.257 19/.200 15/.154 97/.207 78/.216 97/.329 45/.200 114/.301 .265

OPS .746 .568 .651 .659 .581 .965 .514 .800 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.621 8/.500 8/.821 45/.733 33/.535 44/.701 26/.462 49/.640 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.837 11/.597 7/.452 52/.589 45/.614 53/1.213 19/.583 65/.922 .745

Road 121/.481 8/.125 6/1.133 39/.700 34/.671 44/1.042 30/.419 40/.813

Last 28d days 103/.719 19/.568 15/.651 41/.847 32/.281 50/1.059 6/.167 42/1.095

HR/SB/CS 9/13/2 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/2 2/1/2 3/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/1 40/45/10

Usage ····X··· ··X···oX ···oX··· ·X····XX o··o···· ···X···· o··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.