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Game Preview: HOU @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Astros, 25-39, 25-395th, 11 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (26, RHP, 1-7, 3.82)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-7)			75.1	66	40	32	38	68	2	3.82
2009 (3-11)			97.2	126	73	68	37	93	20	6.27
2007 (2-1)			19.0	22	15	15	7	11	5	7.11

Last 7 GS		1-3	47.2	39	16	15	20	45	1	2.83	59
2010-06-09	@COL	ND	8.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	117	63
2010-06-04	CHC	W	8.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	120	73
2010-05-30	@CIN	ND	8.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	113	75
2010-05-25	@MIL	L	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	112	51
2010-05-19	COL	ND	6.0	2	2	2	5	4	0	100	59
2010-05-14	@SFG	L	4.2	8	7	7	4	7	0	100	23
2010-05-08	SDP	L	7.0	5	2	1	0	11	0	115	72

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   14-20   Road:   11-19   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  19-32   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  6-15 IL: 1-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sun, Jun 13  @NYY  L   5-9       25-39  5th 11.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @NYY  L   3-9       25-38  5th 11.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 11  @NYY  L   3-4       25-37  5th 10.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 10  @COL  W   5-4       25-36  5th 10.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  9  @COL  W   6-2 (10)  24-36  5th 10.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  8  @COL  W   4-3       23-36  6th 10.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  7  @COL  L   1-5       22-36  6th 11.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  6   CHC  W   6-3       22-35  6th 11.0 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  5   CHC  L   5-8       21-35  6th 12.0 gb
 55 Fri, Jun  4   CHC  W   3-1       21-34  6th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Royals, 27-37, 27-374th, 9½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 4-5, 5.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-5)			67.1	73	42	41	28	43	7	5.48
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		2-4	36.2	50	30	29	14	20	4	7.12	38
2010-06-09	@MIN	L	6.2	8	5	4	5	1	1	100	36
2010-06-02	LAA	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	0	80	20
2010-05-28	@BOS	W	5.0	7	5	5	2	5	1	102	36
2010-05-22	COL	L	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	102	64
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

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   12-18   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  24-28   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sun, Jun 13  @CIN  W   7-3       27-37  4th  9.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @CIN  L   5-11      26-37  4th 10.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 11  @CIN  W   6-5 (11)  26-36  4th 10.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 10  @MIN  W   9-8       25-36  4th 10.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  9  @MIN  L   2-6       24-36  4th 11.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  8  @MIN  L   3-7       24-35  4th 10.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  6   DET  W   7-2       24-34  4th  9.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  5   DET  L   2-4       23-34  4th 10.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  4   DET  W   7-3       23-33  4th  9.5 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  3   LAA  L   4-5       22-33  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 HOU  5  KCR  4        W:Wesley Wright (2-1), L: Brian Bannister (5-5), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 KCR  4 @HOU  3 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-3), S: John Bale (1)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 KCR  2 @HOU  1        W:Zack Greinke (9-3), L: Russ Ortiz (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  4        W:Jimmy Gobble (2-1), L: Chad Qualls (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (10)
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 HOU  7  KCR  2        W:Taylor Buchholz (4-6), L: Bobby Keppel (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  2        W:Scott Elarton (2-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 KCR  7  HOU  1        W:Runelvys Hernandez (5-7), L: Brandon Backe (6-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 HOU  6 @KCR  2        W:Roy Oswalt (8-7), L: D. J. Carrasco (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 HOU  7 @KCR  0        W:Roger Clemens (5-3), L: J.P. Howell (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2001 HOU 14 @KCR  5        W:Ron Villone (2-3), L: Chad Durbin (6-8), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - KCR won 2-1; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 15-9

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 5.63

NYM 4.49

BAL 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.27

TEX 4.48

ARI 5.78

R. Cano .371

L. Scott .276

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .460

S. Drew .347

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .652

R. Doumit .443

C. Izturis .244

OPS

J. Morneau 1.095

M. Kemp .798

A. Ramirez .517

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.16

J. Guthrie 3.83

R. Porcello 6.09

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.42

R. Nolasco 6.57

N. Blackburn 2.66

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Astros Batters (3.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 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 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 17/.738 14/1.393 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 205/166 .237/.341/.390/.731 .447/.803 .653 101/.678 2/1 6/1

27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· 9/.819 8/.875 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/100 .236/.289/.292/.582 .298/.619 .569 47/.405 0/0 0/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 260/213 .266/.346/.328/.674 .442/.723 .590 104/.593 21/6 0/1

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/40 .217/.280/.370/.650 .636/.653 .671 37/.855 0/0 2/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 220/174 .227/.250/.304/.554 .746/.504 .393 82/.589 1/1 2/8

8.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 239/182 .292/.339/.388/.727 .857/.687 .733 112/.784 1/1 1/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/207 .226/.263/.397/.660 .792/.630 .607 101/.803 1/2 10/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/148 .222/.273/.269/.543 .974/.431 .564 85/.621 0/1 1/7

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.800 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 62/30 .183/.210/.300/.510 .438/.588 .394 29/.385 0/0 2/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/201 .260/.308/.429/.736 .903/.699 .729 103/.824 7/4 10/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/114 .266/.293/.391/.684 .269/.752 .727 60/.842 0/0 3/2

18.Sullivan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/60 .196/.274/.250/.524 .000/.552 .627 25/.583 0/0 0/0

IP 67.1 24.2 25.1 24.0 10.2 23.2 24.1 15.1 TOTAL .236/.287/.339/.626 .647/.621 .589 .673 34/17 39/44

ERA-K/9

5.48/5.8

4.01/9.1

2.49/7.5

3.38/6.0

4.22/5.0

3.04/11.4

4.44/6.7

3.52/2.4

4.86/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (13-3-1)
Quintero (22-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.277 110/.247 106/.253 107/.272 48/.233 99/.247 112/.266 59/.235 .272 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Sullivan
Michaels 0/60/0/7
0/0/61/6
60/0/0/3
11/1/3/0
12/7/1/0

OPS .774 .694 .671 .781 .731 .730 .690 .641 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.727 43/.801 47/.843 51/.725 20/.644 52/.833 55/.686 27/.799 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.822 67/.629 59/.536 56/.829 28/.786 47/.610 57/.694 32/.519 .759

Home 111/.669 49/.612 47/.813 56/.761 17/.919 49/.633 47/.562 37/.620

Last 28d days 101/.855 82/.710 30/.633 39/.899 35/.740 30/.586 47/.731 39/.651

HR/SB/CS 7/6/2 1/2/0 2/2/2 3/1/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 71/59/18

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ···X···· ··Xo·oX· ···X·oo· ···oX··· ··Xo··X· ···Xo···

Royals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 41.Daigle
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/103 .302/.328/.403/.731 .437/.815 .630 80/.633 0/2 2/5

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 231/185 .281/.310/.424/.734 .888/.697 .719 86/.807 0/1 5/7

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 8/.875 1/.000 12/9 .500/.583/1.400/1.983 4.000/1.444 1.500 12/1.983 0/0 2/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 69/41 .194/.250/.355/.605 .875/.432 .796 32/.984 4/2 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 273/224 .335/.388/.486/.874 .796/.890 .851 101/.923 0/0 6/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 264/201 .270/.299/.440/.739 .677/.769 .755 97/.582 3/0 7/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 270/204 .314/.392/.479/.871 .774/.901 .919 96/1.045 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 98/79 .195/.278/.207/.485 .938/.383 .656 36/.567 6/1 0/2

6.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 9/.583 ··· 269/214 .263/.335/.488/.822 .700/.853 .786 102/.868 1/0 13/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 8/1.000 ··· 4/.666 ··· 5/.400 7/.453 3/.000 242/200 .269/.328/.324/.652 .900/.600 .734 92/.603 5/5 0/8

12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 183/149 .261/.337/.366/.703 .778/.685 .648 81/.759 0/1 2/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 23/17 .158/.261/.211/.471 .333/.525 .443 10/1.071 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 269/208 .282/.333/.340/.674 .637/.685 .615 98/.552 18/6 2/2

IP 75.1 14.1 12.1 3.1 24.0 26.1 26.2 87.2 6.2 TOTAL .276/.333/.411/.744 .751/.742 .750 .769 42/22 50/48

ERA-K/9

3.82/8.1

6.91/7.6

2.92/8.0

2.70/2.7

7.50/9.0

3.08/7.5

3.04/6.4

3.18/7.2

5.40/6.7

4.57/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (57-18-2)
Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.237 64/.255 58/.255 17/.313 109/.290 117/.305 114/.233 372/.269 32/.345 .276 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Podsednik
Guillen 1/3/57/4
5/46/1/3
4/4/6/1
59/1/0/0
0/0/6/0

OPS .682 .819 .639 .853 .896 .746 .637 .716 1.027 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.651 30/.593 22/.618 6/1.867 46/.784 55/.616 51/.616 164/.817 8/.625 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.700 34/1.012 36/.651 11/.364 63/.958 62/.857 63/.652 208/.635 24/1.173 .776

Road 141/.743 25/1.032 21/.616 9/.958 50/1.047 42/.619 51/.759 169/.647 28/1.121

Last 28d days 144/.581 20/1.122 42/.611 17/.853 50/.973 47/.907 47/.612 143/.629 32/1.027

HR/SB/CS 2/6/4 3/0/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 5/1/1 1/3/1 1/1/0 6/6/4 2/0/0 53/43/20

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

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.