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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, June 4, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 28-25, 28-252nd, 2½ GB

SP: Max Scherzer (25, RHP, 2-4, 6.42)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-4)			47.2	56	38	34	20	40	9	6.42
2009 (9-11)			170.1	166	94	78	63	174	20	4.12
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		2-3	36.2	46	33	32	16	34	8	7.85	39
2010-05-30	OAK	W	5.2	2	0	0	4	14	0	113	75
2010-05-14	BOS	L	5.0	6	6	6	2	1	3	109	30
2010-05-09	@CLE	L	5.0	9	5	5	3	4	0	105	30
2010-05-03	@MIN	L	4.1	8	10	10	4	1	1	87	4
2010-04-28	MIN	ND	3.2	10	6	6	0	3	2	84	20
2010-04-23	@TEX	ND	7.0	5	4	3	2	7	1	104	58
2010-04-18	@SEA	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	87	55

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	17.0	19	7	4	7	11	1	2.12	52
2010-04-12	KCR	L	5.0	9	5	2	2	3	1	101	36
2010-04-07	@KCR	ND	6.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	91	71
2009-06-17	@KCR	W	6.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	109	48

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

 Home:   17-10   Road:   11-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 11-11 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Thu, Jun  3   CLE  W  12-6       28-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  2   CLE  W   3-0       27-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  1   CLE  L   2-3       26-25  2nd  4.5 gb
 50 Mon, May 31   OAK  L   1-4       26-24  2nd  4.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 30   OAK  W  10-2       26-23  2nd  3.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 29   OAK  L   0-6       25-23  2nd  3.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 28   OAK  L   4-5       25-22  2nd  2.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 26  @SEA  L   4-5       25-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 25  @SEA  L   3-5       25-20  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 23  @LAD  W   6-2       25-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Royals, 22-33, 22-334th, 9½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (33, LHP, 1-0, 2.70)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			13.1	9	5	4	10	14	0	2.70
2009 (1-6)			62.1	74	42	40	25	45	12	5.78
2007 (0-0)			10.0	11	11	8	6	7	3	7.20

Last 7 GS		1-3	35.0	45	20	19	15	27	4	4.89	44
2010-05-30	@BOS	ND	4.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	75	57
2009-09-08	DET	ND	4.2	7	5	5	4	1	1	93	27
2009-08-06	SEA	W	6.2	10	2	2	1	4	1	101	49
2009-08-01	@TBR	L	6.2	5	3	2	3	6	0	106	57
2009-07-27	@BAL	ND	5.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	99	43
2009-07-21	LAA	L	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	94	44
2009-07-12	@BOS	L	3.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	78	34

Last 5 v.DET		0-2	27.1	28	23	22	12	21	7	7.24	41
2009-09-08	DET	ND	4.2	7	5	5	4	1	1	93	27
2009-07-07	@DET	L	4.2	4	7	7	5	3	3	92	26
2005-06-03	@DET	L	6.1	5	3	3	0	4	1	80	55
2005-05-29	DET	ND	6.0	5	3	2	2	7	1	106	57
2004-09-24	DET	ND	5.2	7	5	5	1	6	1	103	40

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

 Home:   10-17   Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   7-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Thu, Jun  3   LAA  L   4-5       22-33  4th  9.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  2   LAA  L   2-7       22-32  4th  9.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1   LAA  W   6-3       22-31  4th  9.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 31   LAA  L   1-7       21-31  4th 10.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 30  @BOS  L   1-8       21-30  4th  9.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 29  @BOS  L   0-1       21-29  4th  8.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 28  @BOS  W  12-5       21-28  4th  7.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 27  @BOS  W   4-3       20-28  4th  7.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 26   TEX  W   5-2       19-28  4th  7.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 25   TEX  L   7-8       18-28  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 3-3; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 278-262

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

LAA 4.52

HOU 3.22

RA/G

SDP 3.26

CHC 4.47

ARI 5.98

R. Cano .373

J. Drew .271

A. Ramirez .162

OBP

J. Morneau .480

J. Hamilton .341

A. Ramirez .227

SLG

M. Cabrera .684

N. Markakis .425

G. Beckham .241

OPS

J. Morneau 1.154

P. Sandoval .778

A. Ramirez .496

ERA

U. Jimenez .78

J. Verlander 3.75

G. Floyd 6.64

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

C. Richard 6.65

N. Blackburn 2.36

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Tigers Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 88/83 .192/.284/.308/.592 .200/.613 .592 40/.409 1/0 2/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/107 .333/.373/.581/.954 1.746/.811 .762 88/.949 1/0 4/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/3.089 9/1.056 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 ··· 223/177 .352/.426/.684/1.110 1.167/1.095 1.192 94/1.117 2/2 16/6

18.Damon* G/S/vP 19/1.632 3/.333 3/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 217/166 .277/.380/.418/.798 .882/.773 .744 95/.726 3/1 3/1

4.Everett G/S/vP 8/.250 11/.282 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 86/56 .190/.217/.253/.470 .630/.389 .570 39/.479 2/1 0/1

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 2/1.000 9/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.486 ··· 97/75 .273/.340/.432/.772 .837/.754 .855 28/.622 1/1 2/3

15.Inge G/S/vP 15/.067 6/.167 1/3.000 ··· 10/.722 ··· 212/161 .237/.302/.411/.712 .787/.687 .689 94/.661 0/1 6/3

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 230/172 .341/.387/.463/.850 .531/.959 .910 97/.742 8/1 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 53/49 .277/.346/.340/.687 .500/.689 .522 23/.990 1/0 1/1

12.Laird G/S/vP 6/.533 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 129/81 .158/.244/.228/.472 .547/.426 .387 56/.455 1/0 1/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/.666 12/.500 2/.500 ··· 9/.944 ··· 224/177 .314/.397/.500/.897 1.104/.844 .948 99/.987 1/0 8/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP 9/.958 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/44 .185/.264/.292/.556 .634/.495 .452 20/.211 0/0 0/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 133/113 .239/.344/.283/.627 .400/.670 .744 67/.542 1/0 1/3

IP 13.1 22.1 19.1 7.2 20.2 11.2 TOTAL .271/.344/.423/.767 .787/.761 .764 .732 22/7 46/53

ERA-K/9

2.70/9.5

2.42/7.3

4.19/5.6

4.70/4.7

2.61/12.2

1.54/2.3

4.81/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (9-6-0)
Laird (22-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 60/.191 95/.250 86/.284 35/.200 84/.213 40/.194 .270 Ordonez
Damon
Jackson
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen
Boesch 0/0/45/5
23/2/0/2
0/51/0/2
10/2/6/1
27/2/1/0
4/0/0/0
19/0/8/0

OPS .577 .651 .822 .748 .682 .558 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.431 44/.778 44/.803 15/.500 43/.771 18/.771 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.668 51/.543 42/.836 20/.911 41/.586 22/.386 .777

Home 27/.594 42/.736 52/.783 17/.919 45/.623 27/.483

Last 28d days 36/.562 35/.494 35/.828 22/.773 32/.512 40/.558

HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 1/2/1 3/1/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 1/0/1 60/54/17

Usage ····X··· X·····X· ····X·X· ·X·XX··· ··oX···o X·o··o·X

Royals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 110/81 .305/.336/.410/.746 .322/.889 .602 91/.736 0/2 2/4

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 4/1.750 20/1.026 4/.500 4/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.800 194/150 .281/.307/.416/.724 .857/.686 .693 86/.749 0/1 4/6

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 8/.536 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 4/.500 5/2.000 1/.000 7/1.738 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.679 62/35 .200/.262/.382/.644 .911/.450 .868 26/1.162 4/2 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.633 7/1.262 1/no AB 9/.777 2/1.000 7/.829 1/.000 3/1.167 7/.286 238/192 .329/.382/.469/.852 .805/.862 .849 108/.881 0/0 5/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.000 2/1.000 11/.819 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 3/1.666 4/.833 230/173 .287/.317/.477/.794 .761/.821 .790 103/.761 3/0 7/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/.500 33/.741 3/.000 16/.708 4/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/.800 10/1.067 232/170 .304/.383/.466/.848 .739/.886 .945 102/.934 2/3 4/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 4/1.334 6/1.500 2/1.000 4/.250 2/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 83/66 .216/.293/.230/.522 .929/.426 .673 29/.625 6/1 0/2

6.Guillen G/S/vP 7/1.738 14/1.203 2/.500 12/1.227 2/.000 6/1.700 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.000 232/180 .244/.323/.473/.796 .638/.841 .767 103/.707 1/0 12/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 7/.572 7/.572 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.286 4/1.417 201/162 .282/.345/.343/.688 .919/.632 .664 84/.630 4/4 0/6

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 8/.250 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.500 155/127 .252/.333/.348/.681 .824/.647 .640 92/.667 0/0 1/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 21/15 .111/.190/.111/.302 .333/.283 .443 13/.508 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 6/.900 30/.467 4/1.417 7/.762 2/1.000 6/.800 2/2.000 5/.200 5/.933 232/174 .294/.348/.363/.711 .672/.725 .617 105/.609 17/5 2/1

IP 47.2 55.2 24.0 21.0 17.0 20.2 26.1 21.2 30.1 TOTAL .276/.335/.409/.744 .734/.747 .745 .746 39/19 43/41

ERA-K/9

6.42/7.5

3.72/7.1

3.75/7.1

2.57/4.7

2.12/9.5

5.23/7.8

5.13/3.8

0.42/7.5

1.78/9.2

4.00/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (52-17-2)
Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.301 236/.239 105/.261 78/.178 79/.234 92/.260 121/.297 80/.129 119/.220 .253 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Podsednik
Guillen 1/0/51/4
5/38/1/2
3/4/4/1
51/1/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .902 .649 .663 .547 .684 .791 .779 .438 .529 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.830 124/.695 51/.653 33/.565 34/.668 29/.630 44/.592 47/.486 56/.582 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.994 112/.599 54/.671 45/.533 45/.697 63/.840 77/.887 33/.373 63/.483 .704

Road 123/.807 129/.651 48/.621 22/1.259 38/.620 44/.948 57/.840 39/.521 58/.514

Last 28d days 73/.859 120/.580 40/.678 78/.547 21/1.008 42/.793 41/.748 34/.373 58/.552

HR/SB/CS 9/5/4 4/6/2 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 2/2/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 0/3/0 36/31/15

Usage ····X··· ··X····· o···o·o· ·X····o· ···X··o· ···o··o· o····X·· o····X·· o···X·o·

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.