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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 25-20, 25-201st, 2 up

SP: Rich Harden (28, RHP, 2-1, 4.74)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-1)			43.2	41	25	23	32	43	7	4.74
2009 (9-9)			141.0	122	74	64	67	171	23	4.09
2008 (10-2)			148.0	96	38	34	61	181	11	2.07

Last 7 GS		2-1	34.0	35	20	20	24	33	5	5.29	46
2010-05-19	BAL	ND	5.1	8	2	2	1	6	0	103	49
2010-05-14	@TOR	ND	2.2	4	7	7	6	3	2	86	19
2010-05-08	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	95	48
2010-05-03	@OAK	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	108	82
2010-04-28	CHW	W	6.0	4	3	3	5	2	1	87	49
2010-04-23	DET	ND	4.1	6	2	2	4	5	0	99	44
2010-04-18	@NYY	L	3.2	5	4	4	6	5	1	94	34

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	30.1	27	6	6	11	24	2	1.78	59
2010-05-08	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	95	48
2005-08-19	KCR	W	6.1	4	0	0	2	6	0	105	69
2004-08-14	KCR	W	6.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	112	59
2004-05-23	KCR	ND	6.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	95	53
2003-07-21	@KCR	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	93	67

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

 Home:   18-9    Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 23   CHC  L   4-5       25-20  1st  2.0 up
 44 Sat, May 22   CHC  L   4-5 (10)  25-19  1st  3.0 up
 43 Fri, May 21   CHC  W   2-1       25-18  1st  4.0 up
 42 Thu, May 20   BAL  W  13-7       24-18  1st  4.0 up
 41 Wed, May 19   BAL  W   4-3       23-18  1st  3.0 up
 40 Tue, May 18   LAA  W   8-7       22-18  1st  2.0 up
 39 Mon, May 17   LAA  W   4-3       21-18  1st  2.0 up
 38 Sun, May 16  @TOR  L   2-5       20-18  1st  2.0 up
 37 Sat, May 15  @TOR  L   0-6       20-17  1st  2.0 up
 36 Fri, May 14  @TOR  L  10-16      20-16  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Royals, 18-27, 18-274th, 8½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (31, RHP, 0-4, 6.75)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-4)			42.2	51	33	32	31	25	3	6.75
2009 (6-10)			129.0	144	81	73	58	95	17	5.09
2008 (14-11)			210.1	204	98	93	73	183	19	3.98

Last 7 GS		0-3	39.1	43	26	25	28	21	2	5.72	42
2010-05-19	@CLE	ND	5.0	5	3	2	4	4	0	122	47
2010-05-14	CHW	ND	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	100	62
2010-05-08	@TEX	L	8.0	6	3	3	7	3	0	128	54
2010-05-03	@CHW	L	5.0	9	5	5	3	2	1	96	28
2010-04-28	SEA	ND	6.0	8	5	5	3	5	0	115	38
2010-04-23	MIN	L	3.1	4	4	4	5	2	0	84	33
2010-04-17	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	5	5	4	1	1	109	35

Last 5 v.TEX		1-3	32.2	35	12	11	15	21	1	3.03	52
2010-05-08	@TEX	L	8.0	6	3	3	7	3	0	128	54
2009-04-17	@TEX	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	92	64
2008-08-25	TEX	L	6.1	14	5	5	1	4	1	104	28
2008-06-10	TEX	ND	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	100	62
2007-08-15	@TEX	L	6.1	5	3	2	3	4	0	105	54

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

 Home:    8-13   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:   3-7    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  5-7    vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest:  1-6  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 23   COL  L   7-11      18-27  4th  8.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 22   COL  L   0-3       18-26  4th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 09, 2010 TEX  6  KCR  4        W:Doug Mathis (1-0), L: Brad Thompson (0-2), S: Neftali Feliz (9)
Sat, May 08, 2010 TEX  3  KCR  2        W:Chris Ray (1-0), L: Gil Meche (0-4), S: Neftali Feliz (8)
Fri, May 07, 2010 TEX  4  KCR  1        W:C.J. Wilson (3-1), L: Zack Greinke (0-4), S: none
Thu, May 06, 2010 TEX 13  KCR 12        W:Frank Francisco (4-3), L: Joakim Soria (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (7)

Sun, Jul 26, 2009 TEX  7 @KCR  2        W:Dustin Nippert (3-0), L: Ron Mahay (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 KCR  6  TEX  3        W:Luke Hochevar (6-3), L: Derek Holland (3-6), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 TEX  2 @KCR  0        W:Scott Feldman (9-3), L: Zack Greinke (10-6), S: C.J. Wilson (10)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 TEX  6  KCR  5        W:Frank Francisco (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 KCR  2 @TEX  0        W:Zack Greinke (3-0), L: Kevin Millwood (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 KCR 12 @TEX  3        W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Matt Harrison (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX leads 4-0; 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 257-239

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 5.59

CHC 4.51

HOU 3.00

RA/G

TBR 3.20

TEX 4.49

ARI 6.11

J. Morneau .383

C. Pena .191

OBP

J. Morneau .497

J. Lopez .240

SLG

J. Morneau .701

C. Figgins .252

OPS

J. Morneau 1.199

J. Lopez .503

ERA

U. Jimenez .99

F. Hernandez 3.80

J. Beckett 7.29

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.80

C. Wilson 6.75

N. Blackburn 2.50

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Rangers Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Meche
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 192/134 .310/.408/.354/.762 .688/.796 .889 108/.810 17/7 0/6

14.Arias G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/43 .304/.316/.357/.673 .786/.636 .613 13/.417 1/0 0/1

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 42/22 .211/.268/.211/.479 .440/.511 .399 13/.308 0/1 0/1

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 131/100 .240/.258/.280/.538 .343/.595 .506 66/.651 6/2 0/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/2.028 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 117/74 .337/.419/.735/1.153 1.175/1.140 .823 43/1.113 7/2 9/1

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 36/.969 ··· 16/1.831 13/.398 ··· 3/5.000 1/.000 ··· 186/131 .339/.371/.556/.927 1.108/.848 .621 105/.911 4/2 10/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 14/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/5.000 8/1.333 ··· 189/126 .289/.346/.514/.860 .612/.980 .665 109/.886 3/1 8/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 17/1.088 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 102/81 .313/.441/.422/.863 1.417/.726 .760 102/.863 3/3 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 119/84 .227/.256/.355/.611 .377/.714 .409 87/.633 0/1 2/1

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 35/25 .276/.371/.517/.889 .856/.900 1.403 35/.889 0/0 2/1

12.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 115/78 .165/.287/.320/.607 .318/.746 .611 96/.626 1/0 4/2

15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 102/69 .205/.283/.284/.567 .659/.516 .506 64/.480 0/0 2/2

10.Young G/S/vP 50/.994 ··· 12/.900 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 205/143 .317/.376/.448/.824 .918/.783 .622 117/.956 2/1 5/6

IP 42.2 3.0 9.1 18.1 16.1 17.0 15.2 6.2 TOTAL .269/.336/.406/.743 .697/.764 .620 .777 45/20 43/33

ERA-K/9

6.75/5.3

12.00/6.0

2.89/8.7

2.95/6.9

4.41/5.5

3.18/13.2

3.45/5.2

1.35/1.3

4.81/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (8-3-0)
Treanor (17-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.302 23/.412 44/.200 80/.254 75/.286 72/.238 64/.224 22/.190 .269 Hamilton
Murphy
Borbon
Cruz
Guerrero 36/11/0/4
15/1/20/2
0/38/0/1
1/0/27/1
0/0/5/0

OPS .852 1.153 .569 .676 .820 .760 .718 .561 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.889 12/1.167 21/.458 39/.738 42/.846 36/.843 29/1.106 10/1.067 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.810 11/1.121 23/.664 41/.617 33/.786 36/.676 35/.397 12/.167 .770

Home 93/.881 14/1.271 27/.594 34/.730 52/.783 36/.698 32/.798 15/.205

Last 28d days 136/.764 23/1.153 32/.584 43/.487 34/.978 38/.991 54/.633 22/.561

HR/SB/CS 3/15/3 1/1/0 0/2/0 1/2/1 2/1/1 4/0/0 3/1/1 1/0/1 46/47/16

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

Royals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 58.Moscoso
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 49.Ray
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 73/51 .347/.356/.486/.842 .273/1.091 .638 72/.854 0/2 2/2

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 10/.000 1/.000 12/.697 2/.500 ··· 7/.762 3/.000 6/.167 2/.000 12/.583 166/129 .277/.299/.390/.689 .932/.623 .655 87/.569 0/1 3/4

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 5/.200 45/27 .146/.222/.244/.466 .771/.268 .489 24/.446 4/1 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 7/.619 1/.000 8/1.071 194/154 .341/.387/.483/.870 .791/.889 .898 106/.900 0/0 4/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/2.667 5/1.000 188/144 .313/.346/.517/.863 .677/.921 .840 104/.902 2/0 7/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 5/.650 3/.000 9/.347 197/141 .272/.354/.428/.782 .748/.793 .879 105/.715 2/2 4/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 67/52 .197/.258/.197/.454 .917/.335 .536 34/.423 5/1 0/1

6.Guillen G/S/vP 14/.220 ··· 11/.382 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 14/.846 3/.667 11/.964 189/145 .273/.333/.529/.862 .668/.921 .805 103/.731 1/0 11/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 12/.083 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· 10/1.600 6/.666 5/.933 168/132 .283/.347/.336/.683 .941/.613 .646 88/.687 3/2 0/6

12.Maier* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 120/98 .255/.347/.343/.691 .673/.694 .721 88/.721 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/13 .071/.188/.071/.259 .000/.322 .476 12/.350 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 12/.933 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 7/.572 1/2.000 10/.200 190/137 .301/.355/.380/.735 .673/.760 .659 106/.666 14/4 2/1

IP 43.2 23.1 20.2 57.1 0.2 24.2 17.2 22.2 21.0 58.2 TOTAL .279/.336/.414/.750 .717/.760 .751 .724 33/14 38/35

ERA-K/9

4.74/8.9

3.09/9.3

4.35/11.3

3.45/9.1

27.00/25.7

5.11/8.7

1.53/6.1

1.59/9.5

2.57/4.7

3.07/6.7

4.06/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.248 90/.200 90/.273 237/.201 7/.500 115/.271 69/.230 85/.205 84/.176 246/.226 .246 DeJesus
Maier
Podsednik
Guillen
Bloomquist 1/0/43/3
5/29/1/2
42/1/0/0
0/0/2/0
2/3/2/0

OPS .788 .586 .734 .618 1.464 .844 .622 .582 .625 .605 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.870 47/.327 34/.883 128/.642 3/ 54/.996 23/1.050 36/.485 37/.785 54/.292 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.678 43/.874 56/.645 109/.589 4/1.250 61/.719 46/.400 49/.657 47/.482 192/.693 .711

Road 89/.799 23/.043 30/.805 129/.565 / 42/.802 28/.583 43/.805 30/.427 83/.561

Last 28d days 115/.742 50/.429 48/.629 135/.559 7/1.464 61/.933 46/.600 48/.465 51/.608 139/.629

HR/SB/CS 7/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/1 5/2/1 0/0/0 4/7/0 1/0/0 2/4/1 3/2/0 3/4/3 51/30/10

Usage ·····X·· ·o·Xo·Xo ·XoX·oo· ···X···· ····X··· ··X·X·oo ··oo·Xo· ··X·X··o ·oo··Xo· ·X····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.