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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, August 27, 2010 @Progressive Field

Royals, 54-73, 54-73 4th, 18½ GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Bryan Bullington (29, RHP, 1-2, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-2)			26.0	27	13	13	11	17	2	4.50
2009 (0-0)			6.0	7	2	2	6	5	0	3.00
2008 (0-2)			14.2	15	9	8	2	12	4	4.91

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.2	43	23	22	8	24	7	5.12	47
2010-08-21	CHW	ND	5.0	11	6	6	2	4	1	103	23
2010-08-15	NYY	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	96	82
2010-08-10	@LAA	L	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	91	53
2008-09-28	@CHW	L	5.0	5	3	2	1	2	1	81	48
2008-09-13	KCR	L	4.2	8	6	6	1	4	3	81	27
2007-09-30	STL	L	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	78	51
2007-09-11	MIL	L	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	67	42

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   25-40   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  44-54   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 25  @DET  W   4-3 (12)  54-73  4th 18.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24  @DET  L   1-9       53-73  4th 19.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 23  @DET  L   3-12      53-72  4th 19.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22   CHW  W   3-2 (10)  53-71  4th 19.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21   CHW  L   6-7 (10)  52-71  4th 19.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21   CHW  W   6-5 (11)  52-70  4th 19.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19   CLE  L   3-7       51-70  4th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18   CLE  W   9-7       51-69  4th 19.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17   CLE  W   2-1       50-69  4th 19.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   NYY  W   1-0       49-69  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Indians, 51-76, 51-76 5th, 21½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Josh Tomlin (25, RHP, 1-3, 3.86)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-3)			30.1	28	14	13	7	15	4	3.86

Last 7 GS		1-3	30.1	28	14	13	7	15	4	3.86	52
2010-08-21	@DET	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	101	38
2010-08-11	BAL	L	5.0	10	3	2	1	1	1	81	37
2010-08-05	@BOS	L	7.0	4	4	4	2	5	1	93	56
2010-07-31	@TOR	ND	5.1	4	1	1	2	5	1	83	59
2010-07-27	NYY	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	93	69

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   27-35   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  35-54   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:22-25   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 26   OAK  W   3-2       51-76  5th 21.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25   OAK  L   1-6       50-76  5th 21.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24   OAK  L   0-5       50-75  5th 21.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22  @DET  L   1-8       50-74  5th 22.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21  @DET  L   2-5       50-73  5th 21.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20  @DET  L   0-6       50-72  5th 21.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-3       50-71  5th 20.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @KCR  L   7-9       49-71  5th 21.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @KCR  L   1-2       49-70  5th 20.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   SEA  W   9-1       49-69  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 CLE  7 @KCR  3        W:Rafael Perez (4-0), L: Blake Wood (1-3), S: Chris Perez (15)
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 KCR  9  CLE  7        W:Bruce Chen (8-6), L: Fausto Carmona (11-11), S: Joakim Soria (35)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 KCR  2  CLE  1        W:Zack Greinke (8-11), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-1), S: Joakim Soria (34)
Thu, May 20, 2010 KCR  9 @CLE  3        W:Luke Hochevar (4-2), L: Mitch Talbot (5-3), S: none
Wed, May 19, 2010 KCR  8 @CLE  4        W:Bruce Chen (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-2), S: none
Thu, May 13, 2010 KCR  6  CLE  4        W:Zack Greinke (1-4), L: David Huff (1-5), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Wed, May 12, 2010 CLE  4 @KCR  0        W:Fausto Carmona (4-1), L: Kyle Davies (2-2), S: none
Tue, May 11, 2010 CLE  8 @KCR  2        W:Jake Westbrook (1-2), L: Brian Bannister (1-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 KCR  7 @CLE  0        W:Kyle Davies (8-9), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 CLE 13  KCR  6        W:David Huff (10-7), L: Luke Hochevar (6-10), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - KCR over 5-3; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 276-269

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 5.35

SDP 4.48

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.47

CIN 4.36

ARI 5.45

J. Hamilton .354

C. Denorfia .286

L. Valbuena .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. Zobrist .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .638

M. Young .469

R. Tejada .200

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.072

A. LaRoche .818

B. Wood .410

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.18

T. Lincecum 3.72

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.87

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Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 317/225 .292/.322/.359/.681 .622/.704 .695 52/.602 6/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 6/.666 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 445/342 .268/.288/.426/.714 .748/.704 .715 73/.911 0/1 13/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.000 185/130 .333/.411/.556/.966 1.107/.910 .801 82/.866 0/0 8/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 152/122 .272/.342/.338/.680 .481/.731 .480 86/.623 9/2 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 163/92 .248/.280/.366/.646 .801/.532 .562 43/.660 7/4 3/3

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/.000 6/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.333 6/2.083 536/425 .308/.377/.454/.831 .715/.860 .836 98/.795 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.334 4/.250 ··· 2/2.500 219/169 .227/.295/.268/.563 .686/.527 .442 71/.521 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 8/1.250 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 154/118 .215/.301/.363/.664 .701/.652 .623 86/.718 1/3 5/5

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 77/57 .183/.247/.296/.543 .417/.585 .569 73/.545 0/0 2/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.334 476/375 .257/.315/.300/.614 .773/.570 .555 78/.438 12/7 0/13

12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 5/.200 334/266 .255/.330/.374/.704 .630/.723 .711 78/.730 1/2 4/5

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 .000/.800 .667 10/.400 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 75/52 .164/.230/.209/.439 .408/.453 .449 28/.302 2/0 0/2

IP 30.1 43.2 14.2 32.1 32.2 51.1 49.1 48.0 29.0 135.2 TOTAL .273/.327/.393/.719 .689/.729 .697 .650 88/39 87/104

ERA-K/9

3.86/4.5

5.56/6.8

0.00/6.7

3.62/4.5

4.13/4.4

2.10/8.8

3.10/5.7

4.88/9.8

4.34/6.2

4.44/4.8

4.51/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (97-39-6)
Pena (12-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.250 205/.346 57/.122 144/.295 135/.266 218/.200 216/.280 206/.225 125/.200 589/.275 .273 Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Blanco
Betemit
Miller 7/64/24/3
5/8/20/3
25/0/3/2
7/46/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/3/0

OPS .726 .989 .375 .797 .785 .636 .681 .809 .694 .769 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.622 106/.886 28/.514 77/.720 69/.955 96/.853 97/.682 90/.774 36/.881 281/.745 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.849 99/1.101 29/.249 67/.888 66/.608 122/.471 119/.680 116/.835 89/.622 308/.787 .750

Home 46/.758 118/.818 29/.375 72/.567 61/.700 116/.544 92/.628 107/.768 46/.568 328/.848

Last 28d days 99/.820 46/1.125 46/.347 118/.859 45/.891 43/.500 46/.422 37/.755 37/.428 76/.919

HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 10/3/0 0/0/0 3/1/2 5/1/2 4/7/0 1/4/1 10/6/4 4/5/1 12/2/9 113/92/40

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

Indians Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
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

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 178/141 .214/.284/.302/.586 .550/.595 .661 64/.855 4/2 3/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/1.200 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 2/1.500 293/195 .277/.328/.356/.684 .682/.684 .732 103/.748 4/3 2/6

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 2/2.500 1/2.000 492/313 .294/.388/.466/.854 .700/.946 .976 107/.798 15/4 15/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 373/278 .248/.303/.338/.641 .490/.693 .663 87/.512 11/3 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 277/205 .254/.311/.381/.692 .833/.643 .639 71/.588 3/1 3/12

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 186/118 .223/.306/.398/.704 .793/.651 .811 71/.535 0/0 7/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 34/22 .172/.273/.276/.549 .788/.405 .690 18/.472 0/0 0/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 10/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 13/.558 ··· ··· 351/254 .267/.365/.427/.791 .598/.869 .946 33/.733 1/1 10/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 327/229 .235/.309/.365/.674 .733/.649 .628 89/.610 0/0 8/3

30.Marson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/150 .188/.261/.267/.528 .753/.431 .452 54/.521 6/0 2/4

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 135/93 .217/.296/.358/.655 .596/.682 .669 38/.754 0/2 4/11

12.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.800 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 242/168 .243/.305/.422/.727 .784/.703 .800 75/.808 1/0 10/10

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· 218/184 .162/.250/.230/.480 .840/.416 .352 36/.394 1/2 2/7

IP 26.0 48.2 96.0 9.2 44.2 10.2 49.0 54.0 60.1 38.1 TOTAL .246/.320/.375/.696 .675/.704 .698 .658 61/21 98/108

ERA-K/9

4.50/5.9

6.10/6.8

4.88/6.7

5.59/6.5

4.43/5.0

4.22/7.6

4.96/4.6

1.83/9.5

4.48/4.8

5.40/3.8

5.00/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (10-5-1)
Marson (35-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.276 220/.285 426/.281 45/.289 203/.282 47/.295 207/.255 225/.233 270/.302 169/.296 .279 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Nix
Gimenez
Brantley
Valbuena
LaPorta 0/0/110/12
26/63/0/8
24/0/8/5
2/0/1/1
1/0/1/0
7/33/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .746 .834 .791 .807 .759 .659 .737 .615 .759 .795 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.702 85/.806 123/.843 23/.760 88/.660 22/.790 122/.784 125/.621 126/.813 86/.947 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.792 135/.852 303/.771 22/.855 115/.831 25/.541 85/.673 100/.608 144/.713 83/.642 .781

Road 40/.661 123/.860 199/.737 17/.643 99/.785 20/.644 139/.731 92/.686 134/.745 71/.945

Last 28d days 83/.640 58/.896 122/.856 45/.807 26/.525 47/.659 111/.819 46/.444 68/.758 28/.494

HR/SB/CS 2/2/4 8/1/0 11/5/6 1/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 7/11/1 4/0/1 2/4/3 3/9/3 136/109/45

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