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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 2:10pm, Thursday, April 8, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 1-1, 1-12nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Dontrelle Willis (28, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-4) 33.2 37 28 28 28 17 4 7.49
2008 (0-2) 24.0 18 25 25 35 18 4 9.38
2007 (10-15) 205.1 241 131 118 87 146 29 5.17
Last 7 GS 1-4 33.2 37 28 28 28 17 4 7.49 38
2009-06-14 @PIT L 3.2 6 6 6 8 1 0 88 18
2009-06-09 @CHW ND 5.0 5 3 3 5 3 1 105 43
2009-06-04 BOS L 2.1 0 5 5 5 3 0 53 35
2009-05-29 @BAL L 5.0 10 7 7 2 1 2 77 18
2009-05-24 COL L 6.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 105 48
2009-05-19 TEX W 6.1 1 0 0 2 5 0 101 74
2009-05-13 @MIN ND 4.2 8 4 4 2 0 1 87 30
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1
Royals, 1-1, 1-12nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-12) 154.0 161 94 81 50 98 15 4.73
2008 (9-16) 182.2 215 127 117 58 113 29 5.76
2007 (12-9) 165.0 156 76 71 44 77 15 3.87
Last 7 GS 1-5 38.0 47 34 32 11 26 4 7.58 40
2009-09-02 @OAK L 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 0 32 36
2009-08-28 @SEA L 6.2 7 6 5 2 6 0 119 42
2009-08-23 MIN L 6.0 6 4 4 1 2 1 102 45
2009-08-17 @CHW ND 7.0 10 7 6 3 6 2 110 34
2009-08-12 @MIN L 6.0 9 7 7 1 3 1 94 28
2009-08-07 OAK L 4.0 7 7 7 3 1 0 80 18
2009-08-02 @TBR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 117 74
Last 5 v.DET 4-1 34.0 29 7 7 6 18 3 1.85 61
2008-09-24 @DET W 6.0 7 0 0 1 4 0 102 61
2008-08-22 DET L 8.0 5 4 4 3 2 2 100 55
2008-04-02 @DET W 7.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 86 77
2007-08-28 DET W 6.0 11 2 2 1 5 0 98 46
2007-07-22 @DET W 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 102 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 KCR  7  DET  5        W:Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-1), L: Bobby Seay (5-3), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 KCR  3 @DET  2 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (3-0), L: Fernando Rodney (2-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 DET 10  KCR  3        W:Edwin Jackson (9-5), L: Luke Hochevar (6-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 1-1; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 276-260

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

SFG  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.

Tigers Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 72/61 .279/.375/.590/.965 1.255/.910 .624 3/.667 0/0 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/1.091 11/1.364 7/.453 8/.929 ··· 3/3.000 685/508 .324/.396/.547/.942 .958/.935 .871 10/1.278 6/2 34/7
18.Damon* G/S/vP 11/2.068 5/.400 6/.333 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 626/438 .282/.365/.489/.854 .776/.889 .795 10/.500 12/0 24/5
4.Everett G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.000 10/.500 11/.282 2/1.000 1/.000 390/247 .238/.288/.325/.613 .726/.546 .523 2/1.000 5/2 3/14
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 14/1.083 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.500 1/.000 7/.486 322/269 .242/.339/.419/.757 .805/.757 .790 10/.800 1/3 11/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 14/.000 6/.834 3/1.667 5/.200 ··· 10/.722 637/471 .230/.314/.406/.720 .854/.675 .696 9/.556 2/5 27/20
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 10/.900 / /
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 62/54 .250/.311/.339/.651 .375/.694 .594 0/ 1/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 477/354 .225/.306/.320/.626 .730/.591 .559 6/.000 5/0 4/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 18/.457 3/.333 5/.900 12/.500 ··· 8/1.071 518/358 .310/.376/.428/.804 .937/.745 .749 10/.900 3/1 9/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 291/133 .291/.359/.533/.891 .976/.800 .923 0/ 5/4 16/9
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 7/.572 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 296/258 .267/.318/.385/.704 .622/.716 .621 6/.667 1/2 7/6
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 8/.429 / /
IP 154.0 50.1 50.1 37.1 14.0 53.0 TOTAL .291/.325/.405/.730 .000/.749 .730 .730 0/1 1/2
ERA-K/9 4.73/5.7 4.83/5.2 5.72/6.8 4.58/10.1 5.14/9.6 2.21/11.7 4.05/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 668/.268 220/.256 219/.246 168/.287 63/.245 222/.219 .291  Raburn
 Damon
 Ordonez
 Kelly
 Guillen
70/7/14/9
133/0/0/6
0/0/104/6
18/0/2/1
42/0/0/0
OPS .713 .758 .760 .727 .742 .614 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 342/.680 94/.713 106/.738 77/.753 15/.533 116/.560 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.748 126/.792 113/.781 91/.706 48/.817 106/.674 .773
Home 314/.683 124/.731 124/.891 96/.738 21/.403 96/.723
Last 28d days / 2/2.000 6/.833 8/.750 / 6/1.167
HR/SB/CS 15/15/1 7/7/1 6/2/3 3/2/2 2/0/1 5/0/1 1/0/1
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.

Royals Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Willis*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 231/156 .243/.328/.347/.674 .615/.700 .614 / 3/6 4/2
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· 404/306 .231/.285/.387/.672 .563/.708 .646 9/.556 4/3 11/5
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 127/80 .183/.208/.250/.458 .535/.416 .506 / 1/0 1/4
3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 20/1.026 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 508/376 .245/.274/.351/.625 .772/.573 .690 8/1.089 3/3 6/18
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 5/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.786 468/283 .265/.308/.355/.663 .666/.661 .556 4/.000 25/6 4/10
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 7/1.262 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 6/.000 672/466 .301/.362/.492/.853 .966/.805 1.027 9/.444 1/0 21/10
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 3/.667 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.167 634/442 .300/.356/.457/.813 .913/.768 .891 5/1.000 2/1 11/17
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 33/.741 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 8/1.357 627/407 .281/.347/.434/.781 .690/.832 .817 10/.400 4/9 13/0
11.Fields G/S/vP 1/5.000 9/1.555 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 268/186 .222/.301/.347/.648 .774/.595 .638 / 2/3 7/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 415/344 .261/.324/.347/.670 .650/.675 .647 8/1.071 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 .701 / 5/0 6/10
6.Guillen G/S/vP 17/.423 14/1.203 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 3/.000 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .722 8/.393 1/0 9/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP 10/.900 7/.572 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.333 3/2.000 526/432 .241/.331/.305/.636 .635/.636 .661 8/1.025 7/2 2/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 397/289 .243/.333/.331/.665 .839/.603 .722 / 9/2 3/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 183/112 .273/.318/.442/.761 .668/.817 .725 / 0/0 6/0
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 10/.522 30/.467 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 4/.250 4/1.250 587/426 .304/.353/.412/.764 .723/.780 .770 10/.611 30/13 7/2
IP 33.2 10.1 60.0 31.0 61.2 54.0 31.0 TOTAL .235/.325/.338/.663 .885/.606 .663 .663 4/0 2/1
ERA-K/9 7.49/4.5 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 2.84/5.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 160/.294 53/.364 238/.209 121/.187 273/.246 / 219/.207 149/.274 .235  DeJesus
 Maier
 Podsednik
 Ankiel
 Guillen
 Anderson
 Bloomquist
139/3/2/13
17/85/36/11
78/50/3/6
25/66/27/5
4/0/65/4
4/67/17/3
9/22/61/3
OPS .854 1.176 .668 .603 .738 .626 .829 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/1.028 20/.961 133/.584 72/.469 124/.841 / 102/.772 77/1.080 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.785 33/1.315 105/.778 49/.791 149/.653 / 117/.500 72/.577 .637
Road 95/1.070 34/1.241 101/.744 72/.666 126/.862 / 100/.674 81/.882
Last 28d days / / 10/.819 5/1.100 4/.000 2/.500 8/1.500 6/.333
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 4/1/1 10/2/2 3/1/1 7/10/3 // 5/5/3 5/2/0 2/4/0
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.