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Game Preview: KCR @ CIN, 1:10pm, Sunday, June 13, 2010 @Great American Ball Park

Royals, 26-37, 26-374th, 10½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (26, RHP, 1-8, 4.05)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-8)			80.0	86	41	36	18	66	10	4.05
2009 (16-8)			229.1	195	64	55	51	242	11	2.16
2008 (13-10)			202.1	202	87	78	56	183	21	3.47

Last 7 GS		1-5	40.1	54	28	26	11	33	6	5.80	43
2010-06-08	@MIN	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	6	1	102	30
2010-06-03	LAA	L	6.0	10	4	4	3	6	1	116	39
2010-05-29	@BOS	L	6.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	115	58
2010-05-23	COL	L	3.1	9	8	7	0	1	1	65	13
2010-05-18	@BAL	ND	7.0	4	2	2	1	6	2	108	66
2010-05-13	CLE	W	6.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	112	50
2010-05-07	@TEX	L	7.0	9	4	3	1	3	1	108	47

Has never faced CIN as starter.

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

 Home:   12-18   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  23-28   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @CIN  L   5-11      26-37  4th 10.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 11  @CIN  W   6-5 (11)  26-36  4th 10.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 10  @MIN  W   9-8       25-36  4th 10.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  9  @MIN  L   2-6       24-36  4th 11.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  8  @MIN  L   3-7       24-35  4th 10.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  6   DET  W   7-2       24-34  4th  9.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  5   DET  L   2-4       23-34  4th 10.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  4   DET  W   7-3       23-33  4th  9.5 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  3   LAA  L   4-5       22-33  4th  9.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  2   LAA  L   2-7       22-32  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Reds, 36-27, 36-271st, 1½ up

SP: Sam LeCure (26, RHP, 1-2, 3.12)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-2)			17.1	17	6	6	12	12	2	3.12

Last 7 GS		1-2	17.1	17	6	6	12	12	2	3.12	51
2010-06-08	SFG	L	6.0	5	1	1	4	3	1	101	57
2010-06-02	@STL	L	5.1	6	3	3	4	4	0	106	44
2010-05-28	HOU	W	6.0	6	2	2	4	5	1	98	53

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   22-14   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  25-19   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:22-14   vsWest:  5-5  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sat, Jun 12   KCR  W  11-5       36-27  1st  1.5 up
 62 Fri, Jun 11   KCR  L   5-6 (11)  35-27  1st  0.5 up
 61 Thu, Jun 10   SFG  W   7-6       35-26  1st  1.5 up
 60 Wed, Jun  9   SFG  W   6-3       34-26  1st  1.0 up
 59 Tue, Jun  8   SFG  L   0-3       33-26  1st    Tied
 58 Mon, Jun  7   SFG  L   5-6       33-25  1st    Tied
 57 Sun, Jun  6  @WSN  W   5-4 (10)  33-24  1st    Tied
 56 Sat, Jun  5  @WSN  W   5-1       32-24  2nd  1.0 gb
 55 Fri, Jun  4  @WSN  L   2-4       31-24  2nd  1.0 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  2  @STL  L   1-4       31-23  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 CIN 11  KCR  5        W:Johnny Cueto (6-1), L: Brian Bannister (6-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 KCR  6 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Victor Marte (1-0), L: Micah Owings (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)

Sun, Jun 14, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  1        W:Brian Bannister (5-3), L: Johnny Cueto (6-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  4        W:Kyle Davies (3-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 KCR  4  CIN  1        W:Luke Hochevar (2-2), L: Matt Maloney (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 CIN  6  KCR  5        W:David Weathers (3-2), L: Elmer Dessens (4-7), S: Todd Coffey (7)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CIN  7  KCR  2        W:Aaron Harang (9-5), L: Scott Elarton (3-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 KCR  9 @CIN  8        W:Jeremy Affeldt (3-5), L: Todd Coffey (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (13)
Sun, Jun 06, 1999 CIN 14 @KCR  3        W:Scott Sullivan (3-0), L: Jay Witasick (1-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 05, 1999 CIN  7 @KCR  4 (10)   W:Scott Williamson (5-1), L: Jeff Montgomery (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 1-1; 2009 - KCR won 3-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 8-8

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 2010 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 5.58

STL 4.44

BAL 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.21

TEX 4.52

ARI 5.79

R. Cano .371

C. McGehee .278

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .467

D. Jeter .347

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

J. Morneau .648

C. Blake .442

C. Izturis .244

OPS

J. Morneau 1.115

M. Cuddyer .794

A. Ramirez .517

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.16

A. Burnett 3.86

G. Floyd 6.18

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.42

B. Cecil 6.58

N. Blackburn 2.66

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Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.LeCure
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 58.Del Rosario
G/S/vB 52.Herrera*
G/S/vB 44.Leake
G/S/vB 40.Masset
G/S/vB 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB 33.Owings
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 134/103 .302/.328/.403/.731 .437/.815 .825 85/.619 0/2 2/5

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 227/181 .282/.311/.427/.738 .888/.702 .756 90/.827 0/1 5/7

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 8/5 .500/.625/1.667/2.292 4.000/1.400 2.667 8/2.292 0/0 2/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 69/41 .194/.250/.355/.605 .875/.432 .402 32/.984 4/2 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 268/219 .325/.381/.458/.839 .796/.848 .827 105/.816 0/0 5/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 264/201 .270/.299/.440/.739 .677/.769 .725 105/.605 3/0 7/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 265/200 .305/.380/.455/.835 .736/.866 .768 101/.913 2/3 4/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 94/75 .202/.280/.214/.494 .938/.388 .372 36/.591 6/1 0/2

6.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.000 264/209 .264/.337/.494/.831 .700/.864 .870 106/.900 1/0 13/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 17/.698 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/.550 4/.833 237/195 .276/.335/.332/.667 .900/.616 .611 96/.620 5/5 0/7

12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 183/149 .261/.337/.366/.703 .778/.685 .755 89/.727 0/1 2/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 23/17 .158/.261/.211/.471 .333/.525 .481 10/1.071 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 264/203 .279/.332/.339/.671 .637/.682 .723 103/.536 18/5 2/2

IP 17.1 31.0 7.1 17.1 77.1 27.0 12.2 26.0 28.0 TOTAL .275/.332/.407/.739 .746/.737 .730 .747 41/21 48/47

ERA-K/9

3.12/6.2

3.77/8.1

1.23/3.7

3.63/5.2

2.68/6.1

7.00/12.3

7.82/4.3

3.81/8.3

0.32/8.4

4.48/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (56-18-2)
Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 79/.266 135/.267 36/.357 78/.329 325/.264 134/.333 58/.327 119/.219 100/.135 .271 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Guillen
Podsednik 1/2/57/4
5/46/1/3
4/4/6/1
0/0/5/0
58/1/0/0

OPS .788 .727 .853 .757 .710 .896 1.012 .679 .394 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.670 57/.801 16/.830 33/.743 146/.717 41/.680 17/.882 43/1.063 35/.333 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.829 78/.675 20/.859 45/.765 179/.703 93/.993 41/1.068 76/.479 65/.425 .750

Home 52/.768 76/.651 19/.618 44/.804 214/.776 84/.891 37/.954 66/.762 61/.452

Last 28d days 79/.788 50/.711 36/.853 35/.916 134/.809 49/.983 19/.871 45/.597 47/.446

HR/SB/CS 2/3/0 3/5/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/3/3 4/2/2 3/0/1 1/2/0 1/1/2 59/29/17

Usage ····X··· ·ooX··XX ··o·Xo·· ·ooo·o·· ··X····X o·o·X·X· oo·oXo·· ·X······ X·X·oo·X

Reds Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 256/175 .277/.359/.482/.842 .790/.866 .877 110/.865 5/2 9/1

2.Cabrera G/S/vP 26/.693 19/.787 18/.801 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.857 2/.000 ··· 268/196 .261/.297/.363/.660 .921/.564 .672 118/.645 8/0 3/5

43.Cairo G/S/vP 5/.200 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 72/50 .284/.324/.418/.742 .905/.670 .949 43/1.058 1/0 2/2

31.Gomes G/S/vP 5/2.600 20/.671 7/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 207/137 .307/.372/.547/.919 1.074/.844 1.040 95/1.055 1/2 9/0

28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/19 .273/.385/.667/1.051 .435/1.704 .845 27/1.135 0/1 3/0

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/1.500 8/.661 2/.000 ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 ··· 155/117 .291/.383/.388/.771 .724/.787 .962 71/.733 0/0 2/0

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/25 .286/.419/.457/.876 .675/1.011 .921 16/.926 0/1 1/0

37.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.222 .286 13/.154 0/0 0/0

17.Nix* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 86/76 .259/.294/.481/.776 .944/.756 .456 42/.991 0/1 4/0

4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/2.000 284/216 .311/.371/.488/.859 .753/.893 .888 123/.984 10/6 8/1

27.Rolen G/S/vP 17/.710 12/1.916 25/.769 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 236/172 .313/.373/.601/.974 1.010/.960 .938 103/1.129 0/2 14/5

6.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 235/160 .242/.319/.415/.735 .904/.653 .779 96/.869 12/3 7/3

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 253/173 .302/.407/.524/.931 .727/1.028 .939 93/.960 7/4 11/2

IP 80.0 24.2 25.1 24.0 10.2 23.2 24.1 15.1 TOTAL .281/.350/.459/.809 .824/.802 .850 .891 47/22 77/30

ERA-K/9

4.05/7.4

4.01/9.1

2.49/7.5

3.38/6.0

4.22/5.0

3.04/11.4

4.44/6.7

3.52/2.4

4.89/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (17-10-1)
Miller (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.269 110/.247 106/.253 107/.272 48/.233 99/.247 112/.266 59/.235 .274 Stubbs
Bruce
Gomes
Heisey
Nix 0/58/0/5
0/0/62/4
46/0/0/2
7/4/2/1
22/2/0/1

OPS .729 .694 .671 .781 .731 .730 .690 .641 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.776 43/.801 47/.843 51/.725 20/.644 52/.833 55/.686 27/.799 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.679 67/.629 59/.536 56/.829 28/.786 47/.610 57/.694 32/.519 .769

Road 190/.654 61/.762 59/.555 51/.801 31/.619 50/.830 65/.787 22/.673

Last 28d days 127/.866 82/.710 39/.604 39/.899 35/.740 36/.638 49/.774 46/.762

HR/SB/CS 10/5/2 1/2/0 2/2/2 3/1/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 69/58/18

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

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.