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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 28, 2010 @Progressive Field

Royals, 54-74, 54-74 4th, 19½ GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (26, RHP, 8-11, 3.83)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-11)			174.0	171	85	74	38	148	15	3.83
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		3-2	49.0	51	23	23	12	44	2	4.22	54
2010-08-22	CHW	ND	8.0	9	2	2	1	9	0	120	64
2010-08-17	CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	105	59
2010-08-11	@LAA	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	111	71
2010-08-06	@SEA	L	7.0	10	6	6	2	3	1	110	34
2010-07-31	BAL	W	8.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	105	59
2010-07-26	MIN	L	4.0	8	8	8	2	7	1	85	19
2010-07-21	TOR	W	8.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	105	71

Last 5 v.CLE		3-0	34.1	28	10	10	9	39	1	2.62	63
2010-08-17	CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	105	59
2010-05-13	CLE	W	6.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	112	50
2009-09-11	@CLE	ND	7.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	102	71
2009-08-25	CLE	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	15	1	117	78
2009-06-11	@CLE	ND	7.1	6	3	3	3	6	0	116	57

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   25-41   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  44-55   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:21-27   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 27  @CLE  L   4-15      54-74  4th 19.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Indians, 52-76, 52-76 5th, 21½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (22, RHP, 3-2, 3.62)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			32.1	38	16	13	10	16	3	3.62

Last 7 GS		3-2	32.1	38	16	13	10	16	3	3.62	48
2010-08-22	@DET	L	3.0	11	8	7	3	1	0	83	5
2010-08-17	@KCR	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	2	106	51
2010-08-12	BAL	W	6.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	88	59
2010-08-06	MIN	ND	5.1	4	1	1	2	3	0	97	57
2010-08-01	@TOR	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	80	49
2010-07-18	DET	W	7.0	5	2	0	1	4	0	93	66

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	2	3.00	51
2010-08-17	@KCR	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	2	106	51

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

 Home:   28-35   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  36-54   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:23-25   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Fri, Aug 27   KCR  W  15-4       52-76  5th 21.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 CLE 15  KCR  4        W:Josh Tomlin (2-3), L: Bryan Bullington (1-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - KCR over 5-4; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 277-269

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 5.34

DET 4.46

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.46

SEA 4.35

ARI 5.41

J. Hamilton .358

A. Ramirez .285

L. Valbuena .162

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

A. Kearns .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

C. Santana .467

R. Tejada .204

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.080

C. Young .813

B. Wood .410

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.18

T. Hanson 3.76

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.87

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 39.Germano
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 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 317/225 .292/.322/.359/.681 .622/.704 .695 48/.610 6/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/3.500 8/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 450/347 .270/.289/.426/.715 .748/.705 .717 75/.941 0/1 13/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/2.667 190/135 .331/.411/.566/.977 1.107/.926 .828 87/.894 0/0 9/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 3/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 3/2.000 158/128 .293/.363/.364/.727 .481/.788 .598 92/.707 9/2 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 168/97 .259/.289/.380/.669 .801/.577 .619 45/.788 7/4 3/3

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.333 6/2.083 ··· 536/425 .308/.377/.454/.831 .715/.860 .836 94/.773 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 3/1.334 4/.250 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 224/174 .233/.302/.272/.574 .686/.543 .466 72/.528 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 8/1.250 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 3/1.167 159/123 .223/.310/.367/.677 .701/.670 .656 87/.733 1/3 5/5

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 82/62 .187/.256/.293/.549 .417/.591 .578 78/.552 0/0 2/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.334 3/1.167 482/381 .257/.317/.299/.616 .773/.573 .560 80/.458 12/7 0/13

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 339/271 .251/.325/.368/.693 .630/.709 .689 80/.615 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 32.1 43.2 16.2 34.2 51.1 49.1 48.0 29.0 135.2 35.1 TOTAL .274/.329/.394/.722 .689/.733 .703 .666 88/39 88/104

ERA-K/9

3.62/4.5

5.56/6.8

0.00/8.1

4.15/4.4

2.10/8.8

3.10/5.7

4.88/9.8

4.34/6.2

4.44/4.8

4.08/4.1

4.51/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (99-39-6)
Pena (12-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 144/.295 205/.346 67/.155 147/.284 218/.200 216/.280 206/.225 125/.200 589/.275 147/.273 .275 Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Blanco
Betemit
Miller 7/64/25/3
5/8/20/3
26/0/3/2
7/47/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/3/0

OPS .797 .989 .447 .809 .636 .681 .809 .694 .769 .786 .773

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.720 106/.886 34/.644 77/.974 96/.853 97/.682 90/.774 36/.881 281/.745 83/.688 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.888 99/1.101 33/.251 70/.631 122/.471 119/.680 116/.835 89/.622 308/.787 64/.909 .751

Home 72/.567 118/.818 39/.502 73/.762 116/.544 92/.628 107/.768 46/.568 328/.848 71/.870

Last 28d days 118/.859 46/1.125 56/.438 57/.934 37/.444 46/.422 37/.755 32/.500 76/.919 102/.929

HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 10/3/0 0/0/0 5/1/2 4/7/0 1/4/1 10/6/4 4/5/1 12/2/9 5/0/2 114/92/40

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

Indians Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 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 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.500 2/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 184/146 .213/.280/.299/.579 .544/.588 .645 70/.814 5/2 3/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 30/1.187 3/.000 1/no AB 5/1.200 2/1.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 2/1.500 299/200 .274/.324/.356/.680 .708/.666 .722 104/.727 4/3 2/6

17.Choo* G/S/vP 30/.767 3/1.667 2/.500 6/1.167 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 3/2.500 1/2.000 498/318 .296/.392/.469/.860 .696/.958 .985 108/.818 15/4 15/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 8/.429 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 378/283 .248/.304/.337/.641 .490/.692 .663 87/.551 12/3 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 282/210 .265/.320/.393/.713 .833/.672 .684 72/.653 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 67/.470 0/0 7/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 39/27 .212/.316/.424/.740 .788/.717 1.046 19/.993 0/0 1/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 40/.886 3/2.000 1/no AB 10/1.000 1/3.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 13/.558 1/.000 ··· 356/259 .271/.371/.432/.803 .598/.884 .966 38/.849 1/1 10/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 11/.673 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 332/234 .236/.310/.374/.684 .733/.663 .648 90/.664 0/0 9/3

30.Marson G/S/vP 7/.286 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 8/.875 ··· ··· 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 13/.385 3/2.000 1/.000 6/1.800 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 247/173 .251/.311/.448/.760 .784/.750 .870 76/.925 1/0 11/10

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 17/.791 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· 218/184 .162/.250/.230/.480 .840/.416 .352 36/.394 1/2 2/7

IP 174.0 30.0 48.2 96.0 12.0 45.1 10.2 49.0 54.0 61.1 38.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.380/.702 .676/.712 .710 .692 63/21 101/108

ERA-K/9

3.83/7.7

6.00/6.0

6.10/6.8

4.88/6.7

8.25/7.5

4.37/5.0

4.22/7.6

4.96/4.6

1.83/9.5

4.84/4.8

5.40/3.8

5.09/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 722/.257 137/.303 220/.285 426/.281 59/.320 206/.284 47/.295 207/.255 225/.233 277/.304 169/.296 .281 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Nix
LaPorta
Gimenez
Brantley
Valbuena 0/0/111/12
27/63/0/8
24/0/8/5
2/0/1/1
7/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
7/34/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .690 .837 .834 .791 .934 .765 .659 .737 .615 .777 .795 .790

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 373/.768 73/.738 85/.806 123/.843 29/.830 90/.648 22/.790 122/.784 125/.621 130/.797 86/.947 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.608 64/.944 135/.852 303/.771 30/1.029 116/.851 25/.541 85/.673 100/.608 147/.759 83/.642 .790

Road 338/.617 64/.890 123/.860 199/.737 31/.972 102/.798 20/.644 139/.731 92/.686 141/.782 71/.945

Last 28d days 121/.710 107/.778 58/.896 122/.856 59/.934 29/.590 47/.659 111/.819 42/.438 75/.825 28/.494

HR/SB/CS 15/7/5 3/4/4 8/1/0 11/5/6 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 7/11/1 4/0/1 3/4/3 3/9/3 139/111/45

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