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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 1:05pm, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @Comerica Park

Royals, 3-5, 3-53rd, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-0) 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 4.50
2009 (8-9) 123.0 122 76 72 66 86 18 5.27
2008 (9-7) 113.0 121 57 51 43 71 10 4.06
Last 7 GS 4-1 40.2 34 15 15 22 27 5 3.32 53
2010-04-09 BOS ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 89 50
2009-09-13 @CLE W 6.0 1 0 0 6 3 0 108 67
2009-09-07 LAA W 5.0 5 1 1 6 1 1 96 48
2009-09-01 @OAK W 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 99 64
2009-08-27 @SEA W 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 100 56
2009-08-22 MIN L 5.2 4 6 6 3 6 1 93 40
2009-08-16 @DET ND 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 1 92 48
Last 5 v.DET 0-4 27.2 39 27 20 10 12 6 6.51 35
2009-08-16 @DET ND 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 1 92 48
2009-05-27 DET L 5.2 10 8 5 2 1 2 91 22
2009-04-25 DET L 5.1 8 7 7 2 2 2 86 24
2008-08-29 @DET L 4.2 8 6 2 1 2 0 83 33
2008-08-23 DET L 6.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 89 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @DET  L   5-6        3-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @DET  W  10-5        3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   BOS  L   6-8        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   BOS  L   3-8        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   BOS  W   4-3        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   DET  L   3-7        1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7   DET  W   3-2 (11)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   DET  L   4-8        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-5    Last 20: 3-5    Last 30: 3-5
Tigers, 6-2, 6-21st, Tied

SP: Rick Porcello (21, RHP, 1-0, 3.60)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-0) 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 3.60
2009 (14-9) 170.2 176 81 75 52 89 23 3.96
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.0 41 15 14 12 20 3 3.15 51
2010-04-09 CLE W 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 87 50
2009-10-06 @MIN ND 5.2 4 2 1 2 8 1 92 61
2009-09-29 MIN ND 6.1 7 1 1 1 1 0 111 55
2009-09-23 @CLE W 5.0 6 1 1 3 1 0 94 49
2009-09-18 @MIN L 6.0 8 3 3 1 1 1 100 44
2009-09-13 TOR W 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 103 56
2009-09-08 @KCR ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 0 82 45
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 18.0 15 11 10 4 12 3 5.00 51
2009-09-08 @KCR ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 0 82 45
2009-05-27 @KCR W 6.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 82 59
2009-04-24 @KCR L 6.0 4 5 4 2 4 2 85 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-1    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 13   KCR  W   6-5        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr 12   KCR  L   5-10       5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   CLE  W   9-8        5-1   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sat, Apr 10   CLE  W   4-2        4-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   CLE  W   5-2        3-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8  @KCR  W   7-3        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @KCR  L   2-3 (11)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @KCR  W   8-4        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-2    Last 20: 6-2    Last 30: 6-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 DET  6  KCR  5        W:Joel Zumaya (2-0), L: Dusty Hughes (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (2)
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 KCR 10 @DET  5        W:Luke Hochevar (1-0), L: Max Scherzer (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 DET  7 @KCR  3        W:Eddie Bonine (1-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 KCR  3  DET  2 (11)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-0), L: Jose Valverde (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 DET  8 @KCR  4        W:Joel Zumaya (1-0), L: Rob Tejeda (0-1), S: none

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 KCR  9 @DET  2        W:Zack Greinke (14-8), L: Edwin Jackson (12-7), S: none
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 DET  4  KCR  3        W:Zach Miner (7-5), L: Lenny DiNardo (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (33)
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 KCR 11 @DET  1        W:Rob Tejeda (3-1), L: Jarrod Washburn (9-9), S: none
Thu, Sep 10, 2009 KCR  7  DET  4        W:Roman Colon (2-3), L: Zach Miner (6-5), S: Carlos Rosa (1)
Wed, Sep 09, 2009 KCR  5  DET  1        W:Rob Tejeda (2-1), L: Justin Verlander (16-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Season Series: 2010 - DET leads 3-2; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 277-262

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 59.Ni*
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 231/156 .243/.328/.347/.674 .615/.700 .728 / 3/6 4/2
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 7/1.571 1/2.000 404/306 .231/.285/.387/.672 .563/.708 .691 35/.843 4/3 11/5
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 127/80 .183/.208/.250/.458 .535/.416 .403 1/.000 1/0 1/4
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/.666 20/1.026 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.800 508/376 .245/.274/.351/.625 .772/.573 .559 30/.693 3/3 6/18
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 5/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.679 468/283 .265/.308/.355/.663 .666/.661 .766 8/.000 25/6 4/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.762 7/1.262 ··· 2/1.000 6/.900 1/.000 3/1.167 7/.286 672/466 .301/.362/.492/.853 .966/.805 .679 35/.852 1/0 21/10
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 8/.875 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 3/.667 1/.000 3/1.666 4/.833 634/442 .300/.356/.457/.813 .913/.768 .740 32/.648 2/1 11/17
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.666 33/.741 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 10/1.067 627/407 .281/.347/.434/.781 .690/.832 .743 35/.797 4/9 13/0
11.Fields G/S/vP ··· 9/1.555 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 268/186 .222/.301/.347/.648 .774/.595 .657 / 2/3 7/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 415/344 .261/.324/.347/.670 .650/.675 .694 28/.505 25/2 2/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 13/.539 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 189/132 .232/.324/.378/.703 .635/.731 .703 / 5/0 6/10
6.Guillen G/S/vP 3/.000 14/1.203 1/.000 2/.000 5/.900 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.000 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .635 34/1.134 1/0 9/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 1/no AB 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 7/.286 4/1.417 526/432 .241/.331/.305/.636 .635/.636 .612 32/.789 7/2 2/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.536 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 397/289 .243/.333/.331/.665 .839/.603 .609 5/.250 9/2 3/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 183/112 .273/.318/.442/.761 .668/.817 .797 1/.000 0/0 6/0
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/.666 30/.467 3/1.167 2/1.000 5/.800 2/2.000 5/.200 5/.933 587/426 .304/.353/.412/.764 .723/.780 .759 38/1.012 30/13 7/2
IP 170.2 10.1 60.0 31.0 61.2 54.0 31.0 TOTAL .290/.348/.438/.787 .861/.754 .912 .787 12/0 9/7
ERA-K/9 3.96/4.7 8.71/4.4 4.50/7.3 2.61/6.1 3.79/8.8 /0.0 2.33/9.3 4.94/8.7 3.82/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (64-16-4)
 Pena (17-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 720/.267 53/.364 238/.209 121/.187 273/.246 / 219/.207 149/.274 .270  DeJesus
 Maier
 Podsednik
 Ankiel
 Guillen
 Bloomquist
 Anderson
139/3/2/13
17/85/36/11
78/50/3/6
25/66/27/5
4/0/65/4
9/22/61/3
4/67/17/3
OPS .738 1.176 .668 .603 .738 .626 .829 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 412/.753 20/.961 133/.584 72/.469 124/.841 / 102/.772 77/1.080 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.719 33/1.315 105/.778 49/.791 149/.653 / 117/.500 72/.577 .733
Home 353/.730 19/1.068 137/.614 49/.517 147/.631 / 119/.585 68/.767
Last 28d days 20/.850 18/.229 18/.697 19/.796 17/.376 24/.680 17/.794 22/.545
HR/SB/CS 23/8/2 4/1/1 10/2/2 3/1/1 7/10/3 // 5/5/3 5/2/0 9/8/1
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (5.75 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB		 56.Colon
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 72/61 .279/.375/.590/.965 1.255/.910 1.179 11/.489 0/0 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 29/1.033 12/1.417 8/.542 9/1.056 1/.000 3/3.000 685/508 .324/.396/.547/.942 .958/.935 1.019 38/1.186 6/2 34/7
18.Damon* G/S/vP 8/.661 5/.400 6/.333 3/.333 3/2.000 5/.400 626/438 .282/.365/.489/.854 .776/.889 .915 33/.526 12/0 24/5
4.Everett G/S/vP 8/1.547 3/1.000 10/.500 11/.282 3/1.167 1/.000 390/247 .238/.288/.325/.613 .726/.546 .706 15/.690 5/2 3/14
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 17/1.511 1/.000 3/1.667 9/.666 1/.000 7/.486 322/269 .242/.339/.419/.757 .805/.757 .727 36/.858 1/3 11/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 14/.517 7/.714 4/1.167 6/.167 1/3.000 10/.722 637/471 .230/.314/.406/.720 .854/.675 .747 34/.882 2/5 27/20
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 / /// / 40/.847 / /
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 62/54 .250/.311/.339/.651 .375/.694 .739 7/.571 1/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 16/.933 2/1.000 3/.666 5/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 477/354 .225/.306/.320/.626 .730/.591 .695 23/.356 5/0 4/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 23/.893 3/.333 5/.900 12/.500 2/.500 8/1.071 518/358 .310/.376/.428/.804 .937/.745 .869 39/1.036 3/1 9/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 291/133 .291/.359/.533/.891 .976/.800 .860 11/.740 5/4 16/9
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 296/258 .267/.318/.385/.704 .622/.716 .800 19/.688 1/2 7/6
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 25/.812 / /
IP 123.0 50.1 50.1 37.1 14.0 53.0 TOTAL .293/.389/.420/.810 .648/.844 .805 .810 2/3 5/7
ERA-K/9 5.27/6.3 4.83/5.2 5.72/6.8 4.58/10.1 5.14/9.6 2.21/11.7 5.55/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (11-4-4)
 Laird (59-42-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.265 220/.256 219/.246 168/.287 63/.245 222/.219 .293  Raburn
 Ordonez
 Damon
 Kelly
 Guillen
70/7/14/9
0/0/104/6
133/0/0/6
18/0/2/1
42/0/0/0
OPS .782 .758 .760 .727 .742 .614 .854
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.724 94/.713 106/.738 77/.753 15/.533 116/.560 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.825 126/.792 113/.781 91/.706 48/.817 106/.674 .885
Road 277/.598 96/.796 95/.572 72/.712 42/.905 126/.529
Last 28d days 24/.770 14/1.208 24/.885 16/.708 16/1.021 10/1.000
HR/SB/CS 18/17/4 7/7/1 6/2/3 3/2/2 2/0/1 5/0/1 11/3/3
Usage

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.