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Game Preview: COL @ KCR, 4:10pm, Saturday, May 22, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Rockies, 20-22, 20-224th, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (29, LHP, 0-0, 1.29)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-0)			7.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	1.29
2008 (4-10)			143.2	164	84	80	49	94	21	5.01
2007 (17-9)			215.1	234	103	101	63	165	25	4.22

Last 7 GS		1-2	45.1	48	15	13	11	30	2	2.58	55
2010-05-16	WSN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	106	63
2008-09-12	LAD	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	106	51
2008-09-06	HOU	L	6.1	7	2	2	2	5	1	102	54
2008-08-31	@SDP	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	109	65
2008-08-25	@SFG	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	83	56
2008-08-20	@LAD	ND	6.0	9	3	1	0	4	0	84	50
2008-08-13	ARI	ND	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	85	48

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	18.2	20	10	10	4	15	2	4.82	50
2008-06-23	@KCR	L	4.1	7	7	7	3	3	2	88	21
2007-05-18	KCR	ND	7.1	7	1	1	0	6	0	74	66
2005-06-25	KCR	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	89	62

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

 Home:   11-7    Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  7-8  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 21  @KCR  L   2-9       20-22  4th  4.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 20  @HOU  W   4-0       20-21  4th  4.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 19  @HOU  L   3-7       19-21  4th  5.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 18  @CHC  L   2-6       19-20  4th  4.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 17  @CHC  L   2-4 (11)  19-19  4th  4.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 16   WSN  W   2-1       19-18  4th  3.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 15   WSN  W   4-3       18-18  4th  4.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 15   WSN  W   6-2       17-18  4th  4.0 gb
 34 Thu, May 13   WSN  L   6-14 (8)  16-18  4th  6.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 12   PHI  W   4-3 (10)  16-17  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Royals, 18-25, 18-253rd, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 3-2, 4.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			45.2	45	25	25	19	31	4	4.93
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		3-2	39.2	39	22	22	18	28	3	4.99	48
2010-05-17	@BAL	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	101	51
2010-05-12	CLE	L	5.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	81	50
2010-05-06	@TEX	ND	4.0	9	9	9	3	2	1	100	7
2010-05-01	@TBR	ND	6.0	3	2	2	5	6	0	110	59
2010-04-26	SEA	W	6.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	108	72
2010-04-20	@TOR	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	86	46
2010-04-14	@DET	W	6.2	7	3	3	3	5	1	99	50

Last 5 v.COL		0-2	12.0	24	18	15	6	9	1	11.25	26
2007-04-29	@COL	ND	4.0	5	4	4	5	4	0	93	35
2006-09-23	@COL	L	2.1	12	9	9	1	1	1	64	-3
2005-09-28	COL	L	5.2	7	5	2	0	4	0	109	45

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

 Home:    8-11   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-19   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  5-7    vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest:  1-6  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 21   COL  W   9-2       18-25  3rd  7.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 20  @CLE  W   9-3       17-25  3rd  7.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 19  @CLE  W   8-4       16-25  5th  8.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 18  @BAL  L   3-4 (10)  15-25  5th  9.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 17  @BAL  W   4-3       15-24  5th  9.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 16   CHW  W   5-3       14-24  5th  9.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 15   CHW  L   4-5       13-24  5th  9.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 14   CHW  W   6-1       13-23  5th  9.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 13   CLE  W   6-4       12-23  5th 10.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 12   CLE  L   0-4       11-23  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 21, 2010 KCR  9  COL  2        W:Brian Bannister (3-3), L: Jason Hammel (1-3), S: none

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 KCR  4  COL  2        W:Luke Hochevar (5-5), L: Aaron Cook (10-5), S: Joakim Soria (21)
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 KCR  7  COL  3        W:Zack Greinke (7-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 23, 2008 KCR  8  COL  4        W:Brian Bannister (7-6), L: Jeff Francis (3-7), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 KCR 10 @COL  5 (12)   W:Joel Peralta (1-2), L: Ramon Ramirez (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 COL  6  KCR  4        W:Taylor Buchholz (2-2), L: Gil Meche (3-2), S: Brian Fuentes (11)
Fri, May 18, 2007 KCR  5 @COL  2        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-3), L: Manuel Corpas (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Sun, Jun 26, 2005 COL  9  KCR  4        W:Joe Kennedy (4-7), L: Jose Lima (1-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2005 COL  4  KCR  2        W:Jeff Francis (6-5), L: Runelvys Hernandez (5-8), S: Brian Fuentes (8)
Fri, Jun 24, 2005 COL 12  KCR  4        W:Byung-Hyun Kim (2-6), L: D. J. Carrasco (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - KCR leads 1-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - KCR won 3-0; All-Time - KCR leads 8-5

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 5.69

CHC 4.49

HOU 2.95

RA/G

TBR 3.10

TEX 4.47

ARI 6.00

J. Morneau .370

C. Figgins .192

OBP

J. Morneau .480

J. Lopez .240

SLG

J. Morneau .685

C. Figgins .252

OPS

J. Morneau 1.165

J. Lopez .503

ERA

U. Jimenez .99

S. Olsen 3.77

J. Beckett 7.29

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.80

M. Cain 6.67

N. Blackburn 2.50

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Rockies Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 57.Thompson
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 129/92 .210/.266/.353/.619 .604/.625 .607 78/.620 0/0 3/4

24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 150/98 .228/.345/.341/.686 .957/.547 .581 78/.750 6/4 1/0

23.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 20/1.700 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 48/36 .200/.375/.371/.746 1.000/.667 .408 24/.833 1/0 1/1

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 161/112 .303/.317/.458/.775 .846/.744 .685 101/.801 5/4 4/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 12/.872 ··· 97/67 .337/.412/.590/1.003 .778/1.108 .859 47/.825 0/0 3/1

17.Helton* G/S/vP 7/1.547 ··· 11/1.011 8/.833 ··· 2/.500 12/.900 1/.000 154/102 .280/.409/.352/.761 .832/.723 .836 93/.757 0/0 1/1

6.Mora G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 5/.650 11/.910 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 66/40 .250/.308/.350/.658 .718/.615 .676 39/.547 0/0 0/3

21.Olivo G/S/vP 8/.821 4/.500 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/1.143 ··· 123/91 .275/.341/.523/.864 .746/.906 .503 84/.804 2/1 8/3

39.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 14/11 .250/.357/.250/.607 1.167/.473 .522 14/.607 0/0 0/1

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/91 .255/.318/.490/.808 .388/.883 .537 68/.885 0/0 5/2

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 ··· 72/41 .217/.347/.333/.681 .705/.659 .826 32/.536 0/2 2/0

9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 156/117 .270/.346/.460/.806 .625/.868 .973 85/.629 3/1 6/4

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 11/.182 1/.000 173/116 .305/.372/.435/.807 .789/.816 .812 94/.871 3/2 2/3

IP 45.2 1.0 6.2 18.1 16.1 16.0 13.2 6.2 TOTAL .259/.335/.410/.745 .745/.745 .673 .720 24/15 38/32

ERA-K/9

4.93/6.1

9.00/0.0

4.05/10.7

2.95/6.9

3.31/5.5

3.38/12.9

3.95/4.6

1.35/1.3

4.73/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Olivo (11-13-3)
Phillips (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 195/.262 9/.429 33/.200 80/.254 72/.250 69/.250 58/.250 22/.190 .268 Smith
Gonzalez
Spilborghs
Fowler
Hawpe 26/0/0/2
14/15/17/2
13/0/11/1
0/38/0/0
0/0/23/0

OPS .730 .984 .564 .676 .717 .797 .798 .561 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.708 4/1.417 16/.619 39/.738 40/.750 34/.897 26/1.244 10/1.067 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.748 5/.650 17/.508 41/.617 32/.674 35/.698 32/.437 12/.167 .757

Home 67/.568 / 16/.606 34/.730 49/.635 33/.765 26/.998 15/.205

Last 28d days 117/.640 9/.984 29/.527 51/.535 37/.776 40/1.077 50/.730 22/.561

HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 0/1/0 0/2/0 1/2/1 2/1/1 4/0/0 3/1/1 1/0/1 43/47/16

Usage ····X··· ··Xo···· ··X····· X··XX·o· ··X··X·X ····Xo·· ··o···X· o··ooo·X

Royals Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 34.Belisle
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 45.Chacin
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 53.Flores*
G/S/vB 27.Smith*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/3.000 69/50 .368/.377/.515/.892 .316/1.113 .722 68/.905 0/2 2/2

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.547 158/123 .272/.295/.384/.679 .990/.596 .630 91/.589 0/1 3/3

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 38/23 .114/.184/.143/.327 .343/.317 .000 17/.118 3/0 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 185/148 .335/.384/.479/.863 .862/.863 .886 109/.928 0/0 4/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 3/1.667 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 180/139 .314/.350/.515/.865 .732/.906 .842 108/.930 2/0 7/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· ··· 12/.349 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.666 188/136 .271/.349/.428/.777 .718/.798 .879 110/.694 2/1 4/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/48 .193/.246/.193/.439 .993/.297 .511 29/.385 5/1 0/1

6.Guillen G/S/vP 6/2.067 2/1.500 4/3.250 6/.933 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 180/139 .268/.328/.524/.852 .668/.906 .775 106/.690 1/0 11/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 5/.400 5/.200 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 163/129 .286/.352/.333/.685 .904/.628 .648 95/.615 3/2 0/6

12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/93 .237/.336/.330/.666 .673/.663 .670 95/.743 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/10 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.100 .167 9/.111 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.286 ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 186/136 .296/.352/.377/.728 .673/.750 .641 115/.641 14/4 2/1

IP 7.0 15.1 27.0 14.1 26.0 27.1 9.1 39.0 TOTAL .276/.333/.410/.743 .716/.751 .734 .713 32/12 37/34

ERA-K/9

1.29/7.7

0.59/3.5

2.67/9.3

6.28/10.7

3.12/8.7

2.63/5.9

3.86/4.8

6.23/7.2

3.92/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (45-16-0)
Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 29/.280 57/.226 112/.240 67/.344 109/.188 106/.151 37/.219 182/.322 .251 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Podsednik
Guillen 1/0/41/3
5/28/1/2
1/2/2/0
41/1/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .641 .589 .631 .845 .559 .497 .637 1.003 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/.333 29/.491 43/.535 29/1.004 44/.589 40/.920 22/.599 34/.574 .677

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.732 28/.696 69/.689 38/.732 65/.539 66/.255 15/.667 148/1.101 .724

Road / 38/.697 60/.686 43/.825 83/.478 52/.488 21/.563 93/.911

Last 28d days 29/.641 42/.494 68/.558 38/.935 109/.559 55/.524 20/.578 84/1.116

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/3/1 2/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/1 8/1/1 29/20/15

Usage ·····X·· ··ooo·o· ·o··XXo· o··Xo··· ···X···· ·o···oX· o··o···· ··X·····

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.