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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, April 9, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

RedSox, 1-2, 1-24th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (43, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-5)			129.2	137	67	66	50	72	12	4.58
2008 (10-11)			181.0	154	89	83	60	117	25	4.13
2007 (17-12)			189.0	191	104	100	64	110	22	4.76

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.0	47	23	22	15	23	6	4.83	46
2009-09-30	TOR	L	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	2	76	25
2009-09-21	@KCR	ND	5.0	5	5	4	7	2	1	103	34
2009-09-05	@CHW	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	93	45
2009-08-26	CHW	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	94	63
2009-07-08	OAK	W	6.0	10	3	3	1	8	0	100	47
2009-07-03	SEA	ND	8.0	10	5	5	0	3	2	112	45
2009-06-27	@ATL	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	88	66

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	28.1	28	20	18	10	18	3	5.72	45
2009-09-21	@KCR	ND	5.0	5	5	4	7	2	1	103	34
2008-08-06	@KCR	W	6.0	4	2	1	0	6	0	81	64
2007-07-17	KCR	L	6.1	9	6	6	0	1	0	78	32
2006-07-17	KCR	ND	4.0	4	3	3	3	2	0	77	41
2005-08-02	KCR	W	7.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	96	56

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

 Home:    1-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  7   NYY  L   1-3 (10)   1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  6   NYY  L   4-6        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Sun, Apr  4   NYY  W   9-7        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2

Royals, 1-2, 1-24th, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

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

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
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
2007 (7-15)			136.0	155	102	92	70	99	22	6.09

Last 7 GS		5-1	39.2	33	13	13	24	30	4	2.95	54
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
2009-08-11	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105	56

Last 5 v.BOS		1-0	5.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0.00	62
2005-05-21	@BOS	W	5.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	95	62

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

 Home:    1-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 24, 2009 BOS 10 @KCR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (7-3), L: Anthony Lerew (0-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 BOS  9 @KCR  2        W:Josh Beckett (16-6), L: Luke Hochevar (7-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 KCR  5  BOS  1        W:Zack Greinke (15-8), L: Paul Byrd (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (28)
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 KCR 12  BOS  9        W:Yasuhiko Yabuta (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (27)
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 BOS  6  KCR  0        W:Josh Beckett (11-3), L: Bruce Chen (0-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 BOS 15  KCR  9        W:John Smoltz (1-2), L: Gil Meche (4-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 BOS  1  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (8-6), L: Brian Bannister (6-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 KCR  8 @BOS  6        W:Luke Hochevar (5-3), L: Justin Masterson (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 BOS  8 @KCR  2        W:Tim Wakefield (7-8), L: Luke Hochevar (6-10), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 BOS  8 @KCR  2        W:Josh Beckett (10-8), L: Brian Bannister (7-10), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - BOS won 5-3; 2008 - BOS won 6-1; All-Time - KCR leads 209-206

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

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.

RedSox Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.67 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 10/1.150 17/.000 ··· 5/.600 477/338 .265/.304/.379/.683 .849/.618 .717 12/.697 13/2 8/14

23.Cameron G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/1.500 11/.364 8/.250 ··· ··· 628/478 .250/.342/.452/.795 .954/.748 .787 12/.817 7/3 24/4

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 19/1.541 16/1.438 ··· 3/.000 539/404 .279/.392/.522/.914 .863/.932 .844 12/.333 2/6 24/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 693/477 .301/.355/.415/.770 .785/.763 .742 15/.467 70/12 8/2

22.Hall G/S/vP 5/1.267 3/.000 5/.600 7/.167 ··· ··· 365/226 .201/.258/.338/.596 .606/.589 .557 / 2/2 8/5

32.Hermida* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 491/370 .259/.348/.392/.740 .601/.786 .769 / 5/2 13/1

70.Hulett* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 1.000/.180 .661 / 0/0 0/1

25.Lowell G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.000 8/.450 22/.546 ··· 4/.250 484/327 .290/.337/.474/.811 .867/.784 .713 / 2/1 17/9

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 13/1.135 6/.900 3/3.500 9/.756 ··· 4/.500 672/463 .303/.381/.480/.861 .847/.867 .925 14/1.049 1/0 23/7

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.429 6/.667 11/.364 ··· 3/1.000 627/439 .238/.332/.462/.794 .716/.828 .703 12/.258 0/2 28/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 714/510 .296/.371/.447/.819 .765/.839 .736 15/1.015 20/8 15/6

68.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 62/56 .169/.210/.339/.549 .733/.530 .618 / 0/0 2/1

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 9/2.042 4/1.583 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 680/505 .282/.379/.409/.789 .809/.782 .834 12/.817 14/5 12/10

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/.500 6/.900 5/.200 5/.900 ··· 4/.250 425/301 .209/.313/.390/.703 .807/.666 .591 / 0/0 14/3

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 4/1.250 12/1.053 ··· 4/.250 588/418 .305/.413/.548/.961 .953/.964 .933 12/1.389 7/2 27/6

IP 123.0 50.1 50.1 37.1 14.0 53.0 TOTAL .269/.328/.423/.751 .791/.719 .751 2/0 2/1

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

4.97/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (56-9-4)
Varitek (108-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.265 220/.256 219/.246 168/.287 63/.245 222/.219 .299 Drew
Ellsbury
Cameron
Hermida
Hall
Youkilis
Reddick
Hulett 0/0/132/5
0/153/0/4
0/147/0/4
51/0/81/3
22/1/15/3
2/0/0/1
12/2/10/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .782 .758 .760 .727 .742 .614 .811

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.724 94/.713 106/.738 77/.753 15/.533 116/.560 .575

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.825 126/.792 113/.781 91/.706 48/.817 106/.674 .928

Home 261/.977 124/.731 124/.891 96/.738 21/.403 96/.723

Last 28d days / 6/1.500 6/.833 8/.750 6/1.000 6/1.167

HR/SB/CS 18/17/4 7/7/1 6/2/3 3/2/2 2/0/1 5/0/1 3/0/2

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 (3.33 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Wakefield
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 231/156 .243/.328/.347/.674 .615/.700 .614 / 3/6 4/2

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 404/306 .231/.285/.387/.672 .563/.708 .646 13/.404 4/3 11/5

30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/80 .183/.208/.250/.458 .535/.416 .506 0/ 1/0 1/4

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 13/1.077 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.100 2/.000 5/.400 3/.666 508/376 .245/.274/.351/.625 .772/.573 .690 12/.705 3/3 6/18

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/1.833 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 468/283 .265/.308/.355/.663 .666/.661 .556 4/.000 25/6 4/10

16.Butler G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· 2/1.500 5/1.800 ··· 5/.800 2/3.500 672/466 .301/.362/.492/.853 .966/.805 1.027 13/.657 1/0 21/10

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 634/442 .300/.356/.457/.813 .913/.768 .891 9/.556 2/1 11/17

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.500 2/1.500 4/.583 2/.500 627/407 .281/.347/.434/.781 .690/.832 .817 15/.619 4/9 13/0

11.Fields G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 268/186 .222/.301/.347/.648 .774/.595 .638 / 2/3 7/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 415/344 .261/.324/.347/.670 .650/.675 .647 12/.855 25/2 2/7

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/1.196 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 2/.500 189/132 .232/.324/.378/.703 .635/.731 .701 / 5/0 6/10

6.Guillen G/S/vP 17/.567 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 3/.333 1/.000 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .722 12/.697 1/0 9/4

18.Kendall G/S/vP 11/.664 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 526/432 .241/.331/.305/.636 .635/.636 .661 12/.833 7/2 2/8

12.Maier* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 397/289 .243/.333/.331/.665 .839/.603 .722 / 9/2 3/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 183/112 .273/.318/.442/.761 .668/.817 .725 / 0/0 6/0

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 4/1.833 587/426 .304/.353/.412/.764 .723/.780 .770 15/1.026 30/13 7/2

IP 129.2 49.1 59.2 61.0 68.0 69.2 TOTAL .265/.339/.343/.682 .768/.637 .682 .682 5/0 2/3

ERA-K/9

4.58/5.0

/0.0

3.65/11.5

4.53/6.6

3.39/7.8

1.85/10.1

2.84/6.7

4.82/5.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 572/.270 / 212/.228 278/.270 258/.242 285/.213 301/.233 .255 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 .755 .690 .796 .704 .600 .711 .799

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.749 / 97/.866 145/.661 116/.467 152/.570 156/.794 .864

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.759 / 115/.545 133/.940 142/.906 133/.633 145/.623 .692

Road 271/.722 / 118/.809 133/.921 160/.652 135/.591 153/.585

Last 28d days / 8/.821 13/.322 4/.750 10/1.000 11/.919 4/1.750

HR/SB/CS 12/23/3 // 5/4/0 5/9/1 8/0/0 5/10/1 7/6/0 4/4/1

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.