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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @Comerica Park

Royals, 53-72, 53-72 4th, 19 GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 6-7, 5.14)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-7)			136.2	147	82	78	61	91	16	5.14
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		2-1	41.1	47	21	19	16	31	5	4.14	48
2010-08-19	CLE	ND	7.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	108	57
2010-08-13	NYY	W	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	81	43
2010-08-08	@SEA	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	110	57
2010-08-03	@OAK	ND	5.0	5	2	1	5	6	0	95	52
2010-07-29	BAL	ND	5.2	6	4	3	4	3	1	96	42
2010-07-24	@NYY	W	5.1	7	4	4	3	3	3	84	38
2010-07-19	TOR	ND	7.0	10	3	3	0	5	1	93	50

Last 5 v.DET		1-3	28.1	42	26	19	9	13	6	6.04	35
2010-04-14	@DET	W	6.2	7	3	3	3	5	1	99	50
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

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   24-39   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  43-53   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  23-24
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:20-25   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
117 Sat, Aug 14   NYY  L   3-8       48-69  4th 19.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   NYY  W   4-3       48-68  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Tigers, 62-63, 62-63 3rd, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (21, RHP, 5-11, 5.76)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-11)			114.0	144	80	73	35	57	12	5.76
2009 (14-9)			170.2	176	81	75	52	89	23	3.96

Last 7 GS		1-4	43.2	47	26	25	13	24	4	5.15	47
2010-08-19	@NYY	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	2	0	94	30
2010-08-14	@CHW	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	115	52
2010-08-08	LAA	W	6.0	8	3	2	0	4	0	101	50
2010-08-03	CHW	L	4.1	8	7	7	2	1	2	83	18
2010-07-29	@TBR	L	7.1	5	4	4	2	8	1	112	58
2010-07-24	TOR	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	0	0	110	46
2010-07-17	@CLE	ND	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	1	99	72

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	24.0	25	14	13	4	14	3	4.88	49
2010-04-14	KCR	ND	6.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	96	42
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:   42-24   Road:   20-39   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  43-47   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:23-25   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Mon, Aug 23   KCR  W  12-3       62-63  3rd 10.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22   CLE  W   8-1       61-63  3rd 11.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21   CLE  W   5-2       60-63  3rd 11.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20   CLE  W   6-0       59-63  3rd 12.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @NYY  L   5-11      58-63  3rd 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @NYY  L   5-9       58-62  3rd 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @NYY  L   2-6       58-61  3rd 11.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 16  @NYY  W   3-1       58-60  3rd 10.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 15  @CHW  W  13-8       57-60  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14  @CHW  W   3-2       56-60  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 DET 12  KCR  3        W:Jeremy Bonderman (7-9), L: Bruce Chen (8-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 KCR  7  DET  2        W:Brian Bannister (6-3), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 DET  4 @KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (6-4), L: Luke Hochevar (5-4), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 KCR  7  DET  3        W:Bruce Chen (2-0), L: Max Scherzer (2-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 KCR  7 @DET  3        W:Kyle Davies (1-0), L: Ryan Perry (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
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
Season Series: 2010 - tied 5-5; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 280-264

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 5.32

SDP 4.44

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.44

TOR 4.31

ARI 5.43

J. Jay .363

J. Buck .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

L. Scott .359

B. Wood .180

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

G. Sanchez .465

B. Wood .219

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.080

R. Hernandez .817

B. Wood .399

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.06

M. Scherzer 3.73

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

R. Wells 7.01

M. Buehrle 3.82

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Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.67 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 43.Figaro
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
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 3/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.200 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 311/219 .295/.325/.363/.687 .622/.714 .710 55/.648 5/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.666 26/1.004 4/.500 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 442/340 .270/.290/.429/.719 .756/.708 .725 83/.941 0/1 13/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 11/.382 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 5/.650 182/127 .340/.418/.566/.984 1.107/.933 .829 93/.938 0/0 8/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 142/114 .291/.359/.362/.721 .516/.773 .548 76/.691 9/2 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 9/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 7/1.738 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 157/86 .245/.277/.340/.618 .801/.474 .487 47/.516 7/4 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.733 13/1.212 1/no AB 2/.000 9/.777 7/.829 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 527/416 .310/.380/.459/.838 .715/.870 .850 104/.836 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 5/.000 4/.000 4/1.334 ··· 6/1.500 4/.250 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 211/164 .230/.297/.272/.569 .733/.523 .446 68/.496 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 16/.438 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 150/115 .218/.295/.368/.664 .681/.658 .622 92/.718 1/3 5/5

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 67/47 .159/.209/.175/.384 .417/.369 .268 63/.376 0/0 0/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/1.334 13/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 472/371 .260/.318/.302/.620 .773/.577 .565 84/.504 12/7 0/13

12.Maier* G/S/vP 11/.382 10/.944 2/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 326/259 .255/.332/.378/.710 .640/.727 .723 74/.813 1/2 4/5

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .200/.200/.200/.400 .000/2.000 2.000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 69/46 .148/.221/.180/.401 .408/.397 .378 26/.122 2/0 0/2

IP 114.0 136.2 52.0 1.2 98.1 42.0 6.0 54.1 53.2 TOTAL .275/.328/.393/.722 .694/.731 .701 .670 87/39 84/103

ERA-K/9

5.76/4.5

5.27/6.3

2.42/7.3

10.80/5.3

4.21/4.7

4.29/6.6

7.50/7.5

4.47/3.5

2.68/9.1

4.43/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (96-39-6)
Pena (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.307 590/.276 216/.250 10/.375 416/.260 184/.276 33/.345 246/.301 217/.157 .266 Bloomquist
Maier
Gordon
Blanco
Betemit
Miller 5/8/20/3
7/64/22/3
24/0/3/2
7/44/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .811 .774 .639 1.000 .755 .766 .941 .791 .536 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.876 312/.888 96/.623 4/2.000 211/.779 67/.589 13/1.280 102/.614 117/.574 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.737 278/.650 120/.651 6/.500 205/.731 117/.857 20/.733 144/.919 100/.495 .741

Home 284/.807 329/.719 118/.564 10/1.000 280/.675 104/.646 20/.789 119/.722 132/.511

Last 28d days 131/.774 123/.826 44/.686 3/.000 126/.758 55/.857 12/1.117 54/.775 43/.770

HR/SB/CS 12/9/4 20/12/6 1/1/0 0/0/0 13/3/3 4/3/0 1/2/0 3/0/2 4/2/0 109/81/42

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

Tigers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
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

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 235/213 .214/.308/.325/.633 .431/.654 .670 52/.725 2/1 5/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 411/309 .273/.333/.460/.793 .989/.729 .903 93/.474 3/0 14/7

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 32/1.030 ··· 3/1.167 15/2.033 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 1/2.000 524/400 .341/.437/.643/1.080 1.027/1.092 1.043 109/1.103 2/3 31/12

18.Damon* G/S/vP 12/.872 ··· 2/1.000 25/1.424 1/no AB 4/1.250 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 2/.500 474/363 .272/.358/.410/.768 .770/.767 .780 92/.646 8/1 7/2

15.Inge G/S/vP 17/.686 ··· 3/2.667 19/.105 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 10/.722 ··· 1/2.000 426/315 .262/.338/.414/.752 .790/.739 .823 72/.739 2/3 8/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.167 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 509/375 .307/.360/.409/.770 .610/.826 .799 114/.691 19/5 2/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 178/162 .235/.271/.331/.603 .543/.607 .655 41/.916 2/0 4/3

12.Laird G/S/vP 19/.862 ··· 3/.666 10/.425 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 257/155 .198/.260/.267/.527 .472/.563 .575 45/.641 3/1 3/5

27.Peralta G/S/vP 17/1.342 ··· 3/1.167 10/.633 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 17/.812 ··· ··· 468/341 .239/.306/.395/.700 .780/.671 .563 95/.711 1/0 12/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP 10/.944 ··· 2/2.500 13/.930 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 262/165 .243/.310/.413/.723 .823/.666 .733 93/.936 2/2 7/5

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/68 .320/.354/.413/.768 1.167/.692 .751 70/.848 0/1 0/1

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 305/247 .272/.349/.328/.677 .756/.659 .665 49/.688 1/0 2/8

57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/2 .182/.182/.273/.455 .222/1.500 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 136.2 26.0 48.0 96.0 9.2 43.1 7.2 42.0 53.0 58.0 38.1 TOTAL .269/.339/.413/.752 .767/.747 .771 .745 49/22 109/106

ERA-K/9

5.14/6.0

4.50/5.9

6.19/6.9

4.88/6.7

5.59/6.5

4.57/5.2

5.87/8.2

5.14/5.1

1.87/9.3

4.34/4.8

5.40/3.8

5.00/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (31-16-5)
Laird (50-26-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.277 113/.276 217/.284 426/.281 45/.289 198/.284 35/.324 178/.258 222/.236 260/.301 169/.296 .279 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Damon
Raburn
Wells 44/0/55/8
0/114/0/7
56/10/1/3
33/4/0/2
39/7/16/2
2/0/4/1

OPS .780 .746 .832 .791 .807 .769 .696 .757 .624 .764 .795 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 312/.832 58/.702 84/.817 123/.843 23/.760 87/.668 17/.787 109/.795 123/.632 121/.850 86/.947 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.724 55/.792 133/.841 303/.771 22/.855 111/.844 18/.611 69/.699 99/.614 139/.691 83/.642 .780

Road 337/.807 40/.661 120/.856 199/.737 17/.643 94/.808 8/.804 110/.761 89/.711 124/.754 71/.945

Last 28d days 124/.701 90/.650 59/.859 122/.856 45/.807 24/.482 35/.696 107/.815 52/.458 58/.780 42/.569

HR/SB/CS 16/12/3 2/2/4 8/1/0 11/5/6 1/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 7/9/1 4/0/1 2/4/3 3/9/3 135/106/45

Usage ····X··· ··X····· X·X···X· X····X·· X·X·X··· ··X·oo·· ··X····· ·X······ ·oX··XX· ··X··X·· ····Xoo·

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.