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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 29, 2010 @Progressive Field

Royals, 54-75, 54-75 4th, 20½ GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (33, LHP, 8-7, 4.88)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			96.0	104	55	52	44	71	11	4.88
2009 (1-6)			62.1	74	42	40	25	45	12	5.78
2007 (0-0)			10.0	11	11	8	6	7	3	7.20

Last 7 GS		3-4	38.1	54	27	26	16	24	5	6.10	40
2010-08-23	@DET	L	4.1	5	5	5	5	2	0	93	30
2010-08-18	CLE	W	5.2	11	4	4	1	5	1	99	35
2010-08-12	NYY	L	5.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	92	39
2010-08-07	@SEA	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	92	71
2010-08-01	BAL	W	5.0	7	3	2	3	4	1	101	44
2010-07-27	MIN	L	5.1	11	6	6	3	1	0	113	20
2010-07-22	@NYY	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	102	38

Last 5 v.CLE		1-2	14.2	23	14	13	6	11	3	7.98	34
2010-08-18	CLE	W	5.2	11	4	4	1	5	1	99	35
2006-04-18	CLE	L	4.0	8	8	8	3	2	2	93	13
2005-08-21	@CLE	L	5.0	4	2	1	2	4	0	98	55

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   25-42   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  44-56   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:21-28   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 28  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  54-75  4th 20.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Indians, 53-76, 53-76 5th, 21½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (26, RHP, 11-12, 4.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-12)			163.0	169	86	76	56	89	12	4.20
2009 (5-12)			125.1	151	97	88	70	79	16	6.32
2008 (8-7)			120.2	126	80	73	70	58	7	5.44

Last 7 GS		2-5	39.2	56	29	26	7	25	5	5.90	41
2010-08-24	OAK	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	5	2	117	43
2010-08-18	@KCR	L	5.0	9	7	7	1	0	0	87	20
2010-08-13	SEA	L	6.0	9	3	2	1	4	0	102	47
2010-08-07	MIN	L	7.1	10	5	5	0	3	2	103	41
2010-08-02	@BOS	W	7.0	8	2	1	1	5	1	104	59
2010-07-28	NYY	L	2.2	10	7	7	1	1	0	73	10
2010-07-23	TBR	W	5.0	1	1	0	1	7	0	72	69

Last 5 v.KCR		1-3	27.1	36	22	22	14	10	1	7.24	36
2010-08-18	@KCR	L	5.0	9	7	7	1	0	0	87	20
2010-05-12	@KCR	W	5.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	70	57
2009-05-20	@KCR	ND	6.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	107	43
2009-04-13	@KCR	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	3	1	106	40
2008-09-13	KCR	L	6.1	11	7	7	3	2	0	96	22

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

 Home:   29-35   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  37-54   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:24-25   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 28   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  53-76  5th 21.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 CLE  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Chris Perez (2-2), L: Jesse Chavez (5-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - tied 5-5; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 278-269

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 5.39

DET 4.45

SEA 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.46

CIN 4.33

ARI 5.39

J. Hamilton .357

J. Reyes .287

L. Valbuena .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Jackson .360

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .646

C. Santana .467

R. Tejada .207

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.082

S. Smith .813

B. Wood .410

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.18

T. Hanson 3.76

B. Bergesen 5.55

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

R. Wells 6.98

M. Buehrle 3.87

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Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
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 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 13/.616 2/1.000 ··· 3/.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 8/.286 2/3.500 8/.500 4/1.750 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 454/349 .270/.289/.424/.713 .733/.707 .713 76/.955 0/1 13/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 8/.143 ··· 2/.000 6/1.666 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/2.667 195/139 .335/.415/.588/1.004 1.145/.949 .883 88/.954 0/0 10/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 6/.334 3/2.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 3/2.000 163/131 .290/.358/.359/.717 .515/.768 .584 94/.690 9/2 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 173/101 .259/.292/.377/.669 .819/.567 .622 49/.794 7/5 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 26/.710 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/.000 6/2.000 5/.200 2/.000 3/.333 6/2.083 ··· 537/425 .307/.376/.453/.830 .708/.860 .832 91/.764 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 5/.650 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 228/176 .233/.301/.272/.573 .699/.536 .467 72/.483 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 21/1.360 ··· 1/2.000 6/.533 2/.000 4/.333 9/1.067 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 3/1.167 164/127 .224/.309/.364/.672 .681/.670 .646 89/.661 1/3 5/5

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.100 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 86/65 .179/.256/.282/.538 .396/.584 .558 82/.540 0/0 2/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 11/.664 1/.000 3/.333 6/.334 3/.000 4/.500 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.333 6/.334 3/1.167 487/385 .258/.320/.299/.619 .779/.576 .567 81/.483 12/7 0/13

12.Maier* G/S/vP 7/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.500 5/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 342/273 .255/.328/.374/.703 .620/.723 .707 79/.623 1/2 4/5

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.667 .500 12/.333 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 163.0 43.2 16.2 38.0 34.2 52.1 51.1 49.1 29.0 135.2 35.1 TOTAL .274/.329/.394/.723 .690/.733 .704 .664 88/40 89/106

ERA-K/9

4.20/4.9

5.56/6.8

0.00/8.1

3.55/4.7

4.15/4.4

2.06/8.8

2.98/5.6

4.74/9.5

4.66/6.2

4.44/4.8

4.08/4.1

4.49/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (101-41-6)
Pena (12-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.273 205/.346 67/.155 168/.291 147/.284 222/.198 226/.283 210/.225 126/.200 589/.275 147/.273 .275 Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Blanco
Betemit
Miller 7/64/26/3
5/8/20/3
27/0/3/2
7/48/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/4/0

OPS .732 .989 .447 .796 .809 .632 .688 .802 .699 .769 .786 .773

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 381/.752 106/.886 34/.644 93/.742 77/.974 98/.860 101/.674 93/.770 36/.881 281/.745 83/.688 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.706 99/1.101 33/.251 75/.864 70/.631 124/.463 125/.700 117/.827 90/.630 308/.787 64/.909 .751

Home 406/.759 118/.818 39/.502 96/.622 73/.762 120/.540 102/.650 111/.757 47/.582 328/.848 71/.870

Last 28d days 140/.944 46/1.125 56/.438 119/.846 55/.872 37/.423 53/.485 35/.705 32/.541 76/.919 102/.929

HR/SB/CS 12/29/6 10/3/0 0/0/0 4/1/2 5/1/2 4/7/0 1/4/1 10/6/5 4/5/1 12/2/9 5/0/2 115/92/41

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

Indians Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
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 4/1.500 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 189/151 .219/.283/.308/.591 .544/.603 .663 75/.828 5/2 3/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/.000 2/5.000 2/1.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 2/1.500 304/205 .278/.330/.370/.700 .708/.696 .763 104/.748 4/4 3/6

17.Choo* G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/1.667 2/.500 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 3/2.500 1/2.000 502/322 .295/.392/.466/.859 .696/.955 .981 108/.818 15/5 15/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 382/287 .248/.303/.336/.640 .490/.690 .659 86/.515 14/3 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 286/214 .264/.319/.391/.710 .833/.669 .679 72/.610 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 63/.501 0/0 7/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 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 10/1.000 3/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 13/.558 1/.000 ··· 360/263 .274/.372/.436/.809 .598/.890 .973 42/.891 1/1 10/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 336/238 .236/.310/.375/.685 .733/.665 .650 90/.664 0/0 9/3

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/154 .186/.260/.263/.523 .753/.427 .445 58/.506 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 37/.776 0/2 4/11

12.Nix G/S/vP 6/1.800 3/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 251/177 .247/.306/.441/.747 .784/.732 .838 80/.876 1/0 11/10

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· 218/184 .162/.250/.230/.480 .840/.416 .352 33/.369 1/2 2/7

IP 96.0 30.0 49.2 12.0 45.1 10.2 49.0 54.0 61.1 38.1 TOTAL .248/.322/.380/.702 .676/.713 .712 .694 65/23 102/108

ERA-K/9

4.88/6.7

6.00/6.0

6.16/6.9

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

5.08/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (10-5-1)
Marson (35-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 426/.281 137/.303 224/.284 59/.320 206/.284 47/.295 207/.255 225/.233 277/.304 169/.296 .281 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Nix
Gimenez
Brantley
Valbuena
LaPorta 0/0/112/12
28/63/0/8
24/0/8/5
2/0/1/1
1/0/1/0
7/35/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .791 .837 .843 .934 .765 .659 .737 .615 .777 .795 .790

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.843 73/.738 87/.850 29/.830 90/.648 22/.790 122/.784 125/.621 130/.797 86/.947 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.771 64/.944 137/.838 30/1.029 116/.851 25/.541 85/.673 100/.608 147/.759 83/.642 .787

Road 199/.737 64/.890 127/.875 31/.972 102/.798 20/.644 139/.731 92/.686 141/.782 71/.945

Last 28d days 97/.845 107/.778 57/.875 59/.934 29/.590 47/.659 111/.819 37/.411 73/.849 25/.558

HR/SB/CS 11/5/6 3/4/4 9/1/0 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 7/11/1 4/0/1 3/4/3 3/9/3 140/113/47

Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X X··o·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.