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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 1:05pm, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @Comerica Park

Royals, 53-73, 53-73 4th, 19 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (22, RHP, 2-4, 5.14)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-4)			42.0	42	25	24	12	24	7	5.14
2009 (4-2)			51.2	60	34	34	16	29	12	5.92

Last 7 GS		2-4	39.0	40	26	25	10	25	8	5.77	46
2010-08-14	NYY	L	5.1	8	4	4	2	5	3	97	39
2010-08-09	@LAA	L	6.1	10	6	6	1	6	1	107	34
2010-08-04	@OAK	L	5.1	6	4	3	2	4	0	113	44
2010-07-30	BAL	ND	6.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	88	50
2010-07-25	@NYY	L	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	2	90	36
2010-07-20	@NYY	W	6.0	2	2	2	3	4	1	85	61
2009-09-29	TEX	W	5.0	3	2	2	0	3	1	65	56

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   24-40   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  43-54   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  23-24
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:20-26   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
117 Sat, Aug 14   NYY  L   3-8       48-69  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Tigers, 63-63, 63-63 3rd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (28, RHP, 4-5, 4.21)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-5)			98.1	98	48	46	31	51	13	4.21
2009 (6-10)			143.2	158	93	90	67	95	24	5.64
2008 (13-7)			178.2	152	83	74	61	126	28	3.73

Last 7 GS		1-3	43.2	43	20	19	14	29	7	3.92	51
2010-08-20	CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	100	79
2010-08-15	@CHW	ND	5.0	7	4	3	2	5	0	104	42
2010-08-09	TBR	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	1	1	90	38
2010-08-04	CHW	L	7.2	8	4	4	5	1	2	117	43
2010-07-30	@BOS	ND	4.2	5	1	1	2	3	1	87	51
2010-07-25	TOR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	0	5	2	87	58
2010-07-20	TEX	L	7.1	9	4	4	1	6	1	116	49

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	32.0	23	7	7	10	34	2	1.97	64
2009-08-16	KCR	ND	5.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	92	55
2009-07-06	KCR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	102	69
2009-04-26	@KCR	W	6.0	3	1	1	5	7	0	107	64
2008-08-31	KCR	ND	7.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	114	59
2008-07-23	@KCR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	87	73

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

 Home:   43-24   Road:   20-39   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  44-47   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:24-25   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 24   KCR  W   9-1       63-63  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 DET  9  KCR  1        W:Rick Porcello (6-11), L: Kyle Davies (6-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - DET over 6-5; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 280-265

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 5.37

FLA 4.45

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.41

COL 4.32

ARI 5.43

J. Jay .361

O. Hudson .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

D. Freese .361

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .642

M. Montero .467

R. Tejada .206

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.079

M. Byrd .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

R. Halladay 2.16

M. Scherzer 3.73

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

C. Carpenter 6.98

M. Buehrle 3.82

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Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 43.Figaro
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 10/.200 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 311/219 .295/.325/.363/.687 .622/.714 .710 51/.620 5/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 4/.500 26/1.004 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 445/342 .268/.288/.426/.714 .748/.704 .715 82/.908 0/1 13/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 11/.382 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 5/.650 185/130 .333/.411/.556/.966 1.107/.910 .801 92/.909 0/0 8/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 146/118 .285/.356/.354/.710 .516/.757 .531 80/.672 9/2 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 7/1.738 9/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 157/86 .245/.277/.340/.618 .801/.474 .487 42/.482 7/4 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.777 13/1.212 1/no AB 2/.000 8/.708 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 531/420 .309/.379/.457/.836 .715/.866 .845 103/.845 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.000 4/1.334 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 214/166 .232/.297/.273/.570 .716/.529 .451 71/.503 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.666 16/.438 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 153/117 .215/.296/.363/.659 .701/.646 .612 95/.710 1/3 5/5

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/51 .164/.211/.224/.435 .417/.441 .374 67/.431 0/0 1/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 2/1.000 13/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 476/375 .257/.315/.300/.614 .773/.570 .555 88/.479 12/7 0/13

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.250 10/.944 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 329/261 .253/.329/.374/.703 .630/.721 .708 77/.777 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 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 69/46 .148/.221/.180/.401 .408/.397 .378 22/.145 2/0 0/2

IP 98.1 136.2 52.0 1.2 43.0 7.0 54.1 53.2 TOTAL .274/.327/.392/.719 .692/.728 .696 .659 87/39 85/103

ERA-K/9

4.21/4.7

5.27/6.3

2.42/7.3

10.80/5.3

4.40/6.5

6.43/7.7

4.47/3.5

2.68/9.1

4.40/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (97-39-6)
Pena (10-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.260 590/.276 216/.250 10/.375 188/.275 37/.313 246/.301 217/.157 .264 Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Blanco
Betemit
Miller 7/64/23/3
5/8/20/3
25/0/3/2
7/45/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .755 .774 .639 1.000 .778 .874 .791 .536 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.779 312/.888 96/.623 4/2.000 69/.658 16/1.130 102/.614 117/.574 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.731 278/.650 120/.651 6/.500 119/.842 21/.697 144/.919 100/.495 .738

Home 280/.675 329/.719 118/.564 10/1.000 108/.672 24/.708 119/.722 132/.511

Last 28d days 126/.758 123/.826 41/.738 3/.000 54/.833 16/.913 41/.758 43/.770

HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 20/12/6 1/1/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 1/2/0 3/0/2 4/2/0 110/81/42

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

Tigers Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
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 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 2/.000 1/.000 239/217 .215/.311/.330/.641 .431/.662 .686 52/.777 2/1 5/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/no AB 415/313 .275/.335/.463/.798 .989/.736 .909 93/.529 3/0 14/7

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 15/2.033 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/2.250 1/2.000 1/2.000 529/404 .342/.437/.642/1.079 1.036/1.087 1.041 110/1.050 2/3 31/12

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 25/1.424 1/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 2/.500 479/368 .273/.361/.409/.770 .770/.769 .783 92/.591 8/1 7/2

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 19/.105 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 10/.722 1/no AB 1/2.000 431/319 .262/.336/.413/.749 .783/.737 .816 77/.721 2/3 8/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.167 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 514/380 .308/.361/.411/.772 .610/.829 .803 119/.705 20/5 2/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 3/1.167 10/.633 ··· 2/.000 ··· 17/.812 1/2.000 ··· 473/345 .243/.309/.400/.708 .774/.684 .583 100/.748 1/0 12/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 13/.930 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 267/169 .247/.316/.427/.743 .813/.702 .772 94/.983 2/2 8/5

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 87/73 .329/.361/.430/.792 1.167/.725 .793 70/.862 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 47/.719 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 42.0 26.0 48.0 96.0 9.2 44.1 7.2 53.0 60.1 38.1 TOTAL .270/.340/.415/.755 .766/.751 .777 .757 50/22 110/106

ERA-K/9

5.14/5.1

4.50/5.9

6.19/6.9

4.88/6.7

5.59/6.5

4.47/5.1

5.87/8.2

1.87/9.3

4.48/4.8

5.40/3.8

5.03/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.258 113/.276 217/.284 426/.281 45/.289 202/.283 35/.324 222/.236 270/.302 169/.296 .280 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Damon
Raburn
Wells 44/0/56/8
0/115/0/7
56/10/1/3
33/4/0/2
40/7/16/2
2/1/4/1

OPS .757 .746 .832 .791 .807 .763 .696 .624 .759 .795 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.795 58/.702 84/.817 123/.843 23/.760 87/.668 17/.787 123/.632 126/.813 86/.947 .791

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.699 55/.792 133/.841 303/.771 22/.855 115/.831 18/.611 99/.614 144/.713 83/.642 .783

Road 110/.761 40/.661 120/.856 199/.737 17/.643 98/.794 8/.804 89/.711 134/.745 71/.945

Last 28d days 107/.815 83/.640 59/.859 122/.856 45/.807 28/.486 35/.696 47/.434 68/.758 42/.569

HR/SB/CS 7/9/1 2/2/4 8/1/0 11/5/6 1/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 4/0/1 2/4/3 3/9/3 136/107/45

Usage ··X····· ···X···· ·X·X···X ·X····X· ·X·X·X·· X··X·oo· ···X···· ··oX··XX X··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.