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Game Preview: BAL @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 1, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Orioles, 32-72, 32-72 5th, 34½ GB, 32½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (35, RHP, 2-10, 5.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-10)			119.1	152	86	79	42	91	22	5.96
2009 (13-10)			198.2	195	88	81	71	123	26	3.67
2008 (9-10)			168.2	220	104	95	49	125	18	5.07

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.0	55	37	35	16	22	6	9.26	31
2010-07-27	@TOR	L	5.1	10	6	5	4	5	1	104	27
2010-07-22	MIN	L	6.1	7	5	5	3	2	1	109	38
2010-07-05	@DET	ND	1.0	4	5	5	2	1	0	45	24
2010-06-30	OAK	ND	5.0	8	6	5	2	2	1	108	29
2010-06-24	FLA	W	5.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	116	36
2010-06-19	@SDP	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	107	49
2010-06-13	NYM	L	5.1	11	8	8	1	4	3	96	17

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	34.0	36	11	11	6	19	2	2.91	56
2010-05-18	KCR	ND	8.0	10	3	3	0	7	0	120	57
2009-07-26	@KCR	ND	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	43	56
2009-04-18	KCR	L	9.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	111	69
2008-08-26	@KCR	W	9.0	9	1	1	0	2	0	94	67
2008-06-10	@KCR	ND	6.0	11	5	5	3	5	1	104	32

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

 Home:   18-33   Road:   14-39   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  22-48   vsLHP:  10-24   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 10-35   vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  9-13 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sat, Jul 31  @KCR  L   3-4       32-72  5th 34.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 30  @KCR  L   5-7       32-71  5th 33.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 29  @KCR  W   6-5 (11)  32-70  5th 33.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 28  @TOR  L   0-5       31-70  5th 33.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 27  @TOR  L   2-8       31-69  5th 32.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 26  @TOR  L   5-9       31-68  5th 32.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25   MIN  L   4-10      31-67  5th 31.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24   MIN  L   2-7       31-66  5th 30.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23   MIN  W   3-2       31-65  5th 30.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 22   MIN  L   0-5       30-65  5th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Royals, 44-60, 44-60 4th, 14½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (33, LHP, 5-5, 4.83)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-5)			69.0	70	39	37	33	54	7	4.83
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		2-4	38.2	42	23	23	16	23	6	5.35	45
2010-07-27	MIN	L	5.1	11	6	6	3	1	0	113	20
2010-07-22	@NYY	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	102	38
2010-07-17	OAK	ND	5.2	9	4	4	1	4	0	83	38
2010-07-09	@CHW	L	3.1	6	3	3	1	1	1	65	36
2010-07-03	@LAA	W	7.1	2	1	1	1	3	1	94	72
2010-06-27	STL	W	5.0	2	2	2	4	5	1	105	56
2010-06-21	@WSN	L	6.0	3	2	2	4	3	2	96	57

Last 5 v.BAL		0-0	5.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	5.40	43
2009-07-27	@BAL	ND	5.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	99	43

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

 Home:   22-29   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  35-45   vsLHP:   9-15   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:16-22   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sat, Jul 31   BAL  W   4-3       44-60  4th 14.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 30   BAL  W   7-5       43-60  4th 15.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 29   BAL  L   5-6 (11)  42-60  4th 15.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 28   MIN  L   4-6       42-59  4th 14.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-11      42-58  4th 13.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 26   MIN  L   1-19      42-57  4th 12.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25  @NYY  L   6-12      42-56  4th 11.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24  @NYY  W   7-4       42-55  4th 11.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23  @NYY  L   1-7       41-55  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 22  @NYY  L   4-10      41-54  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 KCR  4  BAL  3        W:Zack Greinke (7-10), L: David Hernandez (5-8), S: Joakim Soria (28)
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 KCR  7  BAL  5        W:Blake Wood (1-2), L: Alfredo Simon (2-2), S: none
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 BAL  6 @KCR  5 (11)   W:David Hernandez (5-7), L: Blake Wood (0-2), S: Alfredo Simon (15)
Tue, May 18, 2010 BAL  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Alfredo Simon (1-1), L: Bryan Bullington (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 KCR  4 @BAL  3        W:Kyle Davies (3-2), L: Brad Bergesen (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (10)

Thu, Jul 30, 2009 BAL  7  KCR  3        W:Brad Bergesen (7-5), L: Luke Hochevar (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 BAL  7  KCR  3        W:Matt Albers (2-4), L: Rob Tejeda (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (2)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 KCR  4 @BAL  3 (11)   W:Jamey Wright (1-3), L: Danys Baez (4-4), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 KCR  5 @BAL  3        W:Rob Tejeda (1-0), L: Matt Albers (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Sun, May 17, 2009 KCR  7  BAL  4        W:Juan Cruz (3-0), L: Jim Johnson (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - KCR over 3-2; 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - BAL won 5-3; All-Time - BAL leads 244-185

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 5.47

STL 4.46

SEA 3.28

RA/G

SDP 3.46

FLA 4.37

ARI 5.67

J. Hamilton .362

C. Guillen .280

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Ethier .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .660

B. Butler .461

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.088

M. Napoli .806

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

C. Billingsley 3.78

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

J. Danks 6.99

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Orioles Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
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

25.Bell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/20 .227/.227/.227/.455 1.000/.400 .286 11/.545 0/0 0/1

47.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/68 .224/.263/.381/.644 .571/.740 .715 37/.784 0/0 5/2

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 330/219 .243/.291/.283/.574 .541/.586 .612 82/.598 7/5 1/5

10.Jones G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 9/1.167 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 432/321 .270/.304/.434/.738 .722/.743 .691 95/.744 4/6 15/6

2.Lugo G/S/vP 28/.753 1/2.000 18/.411 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 212/129 .259/.309/.295/.605 .755/.514 .700 52/.726 5/6 0/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 9/1.047 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 454/319 .294/.379/.439/.818 .920/.772 .854 101/.767 4/1 7/0

40.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/89 .209/.274/.337/.611 .286/.631 .619 28/.495 3/0 3/3

6.Patterson* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 256/183 .273/.325/.411/.737 .472/.847 .672 67/.705 18/3 6/4

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 100/84 .261/.303/.402/.705 .598/.724 .602 78/.593 0/1 2/1

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/.904 1/.000 ··· 9/1.444 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 48/39 .250/.313/.318/.631 .222/.730 .694 32/.710 3/0 0/1

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 8/1.375 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 308/236 .279/.347/.548/.895 .777/.932 .665 55/1.019 1/0 17/2

15.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/64 .271/.347/.306/.653 .404/.775 .607 40/.726 1/0 0/3

9.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 9/.583 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 436/317 .267/.307/.358/.665 .651/.670 .589 99/.595 0/0 7/15

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 323/233 .246/.322/.370/.692 .594/.733 .724 42/.976 0/1 8/3

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/1.000 13/1.098 ··· ··· 8/1.250 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 403/292 .254/.328/.448/.776 .703/.804 .756 91/.777 0/1 16/15

IP 69.0 5.0 44.2 38.2 27.2 24.0 43.0 45.0 31.2 TOTAL .256/.315/.383/.698 .647/.718 .680 .723 47/24 88/85

ERA-K/9

4.83/7.0

7.20/5.4

2.42/7.2

4.89/5.3

9.76/6.2

4.13/3.4

2.30/10.0

4.60/5.0

5.97/3.7

5.14/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fox (2-3-0)
Tatum (21-2-1)
Wieters (34-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.267 30/.391 185/.240 177/.291 137/.319 96/.207 183/.241 202/.303 141/.314 .278 Jones
Patterson
Markakis
Pie
Fox
Scott 0/102/0/6
49/3/1/4
0/0/102/3
23/1/0/1
11/0/0/1
14/0/0/0

OPS .765 1.055 .634 .794 1.001 .640 .659 .759 .856 .792

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.791 15/1.167 88/.676 77/.660 57/.945 57/.568 97/.688 90/.806 71/1.079 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.755 15/.938 97/.596 100/.891 80/1.039 39/.740 86/.624 112/.722 70/.638 .790

Home 151/.755 21/1.086 98/.643 89/.779 60/1.179 39/.499 101/.586 96/.739 82/.737

Last 28d days 99/1.001 7/.762 47/.721 56/.817 57/1.465 69/.702 51/.667 54/.869 48/1.104

HR/SB/CS 7/5/4 1/1/1 2/4/4 3/1/1 8/1/0 3/3/0 4/0/0 1/2/2 3/7/2 120/87/33

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·XX·o··o ·o··XXX· ····XXo· ·X····X· o·Xo···X ·····XX· ·XX··XX·

Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Millwood
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 57.Arrieta
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 50.Mata
G/S/vB 13.Ohman*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.900 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 101/70 .261/.317/.467/.784 .398/.960 .933 32/.973 1/0 4/2

30.Aviles G/S/vP 11/.546 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 269/194 .291/.323/.370/.693 .630/.717 .665 70/.515 2/4 2/8

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 50/.394 4/.500 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/.500 375/288 .258/.280/.389/.669 .781/.636 .679 81/.718 0/1 7/13

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 103/65 .367/.447/.600/1.047 1.151/.990 1.019 59/.995 0/0 4/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 18/.278 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 123/62 .237/.273/.351/.624 .777/.480 .719 42/.519 6/3 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 21/.586 3/1.667 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 442/351 .312/.382/.461/.844 .742/.869 .827 93/.771 0/0 10/4

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 12/.728 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 405/311 .276/.306/.403/.709 .630/.738 .720 74/.659 3/1 8/7

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 45/.758 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 394/287 .318/.384/.443/.827 .725/.864 .857 50/.603 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP 7/.762 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 152/122 .241/.311/.285/.596 .944/.514 .714 33/.700 11/1 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 16/.650 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 72/59 .190/.292/.317/.609 1.077/.491 .661 34/.548 0/1 2/5

6.Guillen G/S/vP 40/1.058 2/.500 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 423/329 .265/.325/.446/.771 .642/.805 .728 80/.669 1/0 16/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP 42/.592 5/1.000 3/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 402/316 .268/.335/.314/.649 .743/.622 .712 88/.671 9/7 0/11

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 2/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 259/208 .259/.336/.382/.718 .737/.712 .712 46/.821 0/1 4/3

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 47/32 .195/.277/.244/.520 .552/.503 .553 13/.538 2/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 31/.623 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 448/333 .307/.352/.399/.751 .679/.777 .714 98/.856 31/12 5/4

IP 119.1 52.1 52.2 7.1 17.1 30.0 TOTAL .280/.335/.400/.735 .726/.738 .744 .722 68/34 69/83

ERA-K/9

5.96/6.9

4.30/5.9

5.47/4.3

6.14/7.4

7.79/4.7

3.30/8.7

5.17/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (82-32-4)
Pena (5-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.310 226/.251 245/.278 36/.296 85/.324 135/.270 .286 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Guillen
Ankiel
Podsednik
Gordon
Callaspo
Betemit 2/19/70/5
6/60/7/3
4/8/14/2
0/0/21/1
0/25/0/1
95/2/0/0
4/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .863 .715 .824 .819 .900 .765 .812

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.889 84/.860 131/1.002 13/.917 31/.913 74/.631 .883

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.837 142/.626 114/.623 23/.762 54/.891 61/.934 .760

Road 264/.843 122/.683 120/.732 24/.698 34/1.048 67/.784

Last 28d days 66/1.016 61/.503 123/.845 21/.417 17/.627 26/.990

HR/SB/CS 22/5/4 6/4/0 6/6/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 3/2/1 125/56/17

Usage ····X··· ··o··X·X ·X····X· ·oo·X··o ········ ·o·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.