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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, August 30, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 73-57, 73-57 1st, 7½ up

SP: C.J. Wilson (29, LHP, 13-5, 3.02)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (13-5)			164.0	125	62	55	73	134	8	3.02
2009 (5-6)			73.2	66	29	23	32	84	3	2.81
2008 (2-2)			46.1	49	35	31	27	41	8	6.02

Last 7 GS		5-0	44.1	36	13	12	13	42	1	2.44	60
2010-08-25	MIN	W	6.0	7	3	2	2	6	0	103	52
2010-08-20	@BAL	W	8.2	3	0	0	1	12	0	118	89
2010-08-15	BOS	W	7.2	4	1	1	1	8	0	113	74
2010-08-10	NYY	ND	5.1	5	2	2	3	5	0	96	52
2010-08-04	@SEA	ND	3.0	6	4	4	4	3	1	85	30
2010-07-29	OAK	W	5.2	7	3	3	2	5	0	105	46
2010-07-23	LAA	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	104	77

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	1.00	75
2010-05-07	KCR	W	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	113	75

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

 Home:   43-26   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  51-36   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 14-23   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 24-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 29   OAK  L   2-8       73-57  1st  7.5 up
129 Sat, Aug 28   OAK  L   0-5       73-56  1st  8.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 27   OAK  W   7-3       73-55  1st  9.5 up
127 Thu, Aug 26   MIN  L   4-6       72-55  1st  8.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 25   MIN  W   4-3       72-54  1st  8.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 24   MIN  W   4-3       71-54  1st  8.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 23   MIN  W   4-0       70-54  1st  8.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 22  @BAL  W   6-4       69-54  1st  8.0 up
122 Sat, Aug 21  @BAL  L   6-8       68-54  1st  7.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 20  @BAL  W   2-0       68-53  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Royals, 55-75, 55-75 4th, 19½ GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 6-8, 5.41)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-8)			141.1	159	89	85	64	96	17	5.41
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		2-2	39.0	49	25	23	19	31	5	5.31	43
2010-08-24	@DET	L	4.2	12	7	7	3	5	1	108	14
2010-08-19	CLE	ND	7.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	108	57
2010-08-13	NYY	W	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	81	43
2010-08-08	@SEA	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	110	57
2010-08-03	@OAK	ND	5.0	5	2	1	5	6	0	95	52
2010-07-29	BAL	ND	5.2	6	4	3	4	3	1	96	42
2010-07-24	@NYY	W	5.1	7	4	4	3	3	3	84	38

Last 5 v.TEX		0-2	26.0	29	19	18	18	25	3	6.23	43
2010-05-06	@TEX	ND	4.0	9	9	9	3	2	1	100	7
2009-04-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	3	3	3	5	8	1	111	57
2008-06-11	TEX	ND	6.0	6	1	1	5	3	0	109	54
2007-09-05	@TEX	L	5.0	3	2	1	4	5	0	87	56
2007-08-14	@TEX	L	5.0	8	4	4	1	7	1	98	41

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

 Home:   29-33   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  45-56   vsLHP:  10-19   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:22-28   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 29  @CLE  W   6-2       55-75  4th 19.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  54-75  4th 20.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @CLE  L   4-15      54-74  4th 19.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25  @DET  W   4-3 (12)  54-73  4th 18.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24  @DET  L   1-9       53-73  4th 19.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 23  @DET  L   3-12      53-72  4th 19.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22   CHW  W   3-2 (10)  53-71  4th 19.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21   CHW  L   6-7 (10)  52-71  4th 19.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21   CHW  W   6-5 (11)  52-70  4th 19.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19   CLE  L   3-7       51-70  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 26, 2010 KCR  5  TEX  2        W:Luke Hochevar (5-2), L: Scott Feldman (2-5), S: Joakim Soria (11)
Tue, May 25, 2010 TEX  8 @KCR  7        W:Darren O'Day (2-2), L: Brad Thompson (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (13)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 5-1; 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 258-240

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 5.36

DET 4.50

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.47

CIN 4.33

ARI 5.42

J. Hamilton .359

F. Sanchez .287

L. Valbuena .165

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

O. Hudson .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

C. Young .469

R. Tejada .207

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.084

A. Rodriguez .818

B. Wood .410

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

C. Billingsley 3.73

B. Bergesen 5.55

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.87

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Rangers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 567/412 .275/.355/.314/.669 .690/.661 .700 105/.669 27/14 0/15

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/94 .258/.307/.320/.627 .563/.659 .512 62/.692 0/2 0/6

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/2 .000/.125/.000/.125 .000/.500 .125 8/.125 0/0 0/0

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 366/276 .267/.301/.340/.641 .598/.654 .588 52/.554 10/7 3/3

8.Cantu G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 16/.846 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 472/341 .255/.304/.390/.693 .649/.710 .708 56/.509 0/0 10/16

12.Cora* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/158 .206/.262/.274/.536 .390/.568 .519 6/.333 4/1 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/.567 ··· ··· 16/1.831 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/2.750 1/3.000 520/375 .299/.346/.496/.842 .923/.811 .800 95/.712 4/5 24/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/2.667 1/no AB 543/362 .359/.411/.639/1.050 .782/1.185 .888 109/1.075 8/1 31/4

11.Molina G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 352/252 .241/.291/.325/.616 .835/.531 .610 59/.582 0/0 5/5

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/61 .269/.364/.433/.796 .517/.874 .798 65/.800 2/1 3/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.764 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 4/.000 ··· 359/249 .274/.344/.423/.766 .745/.776 .717 88/.980 10/1 8/1

20.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/147 .219/.295/.339/.633 .434/.736 .660 10/.200 1/2 5/3

10.Young G/S/vP 17/1.196 ··· ··· 12/.900 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 577/416 .285/.336/.461/.797 .833/.784 .667 102/.606 4/2 19/19

IP 141.1 30.0 50.2 102.0 12.0 45.1 10.2 49.0 55.0 39.1 TOTAL .274/.337/.420/.757 .714/.776 .702 .731 96/43 131/106

ERA-K/9

5.41/6.1

6.00/6.0

6.04/6.9

4.76/6.6

8.25/7.5

4.37/5.0

4.22/7.6

4.96/4.6

1.80/9.8

5.26/4.4

5.06/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (68-21-4)
Treanor (35-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 627/.287 137/.303 228/.280 453/.278 59/.320 206/.284 47/.295 207/.255 228/.229 172/.290 .280 Hamilton
Murphy
Borbon
Guerrero
Moreland
Boggs 91/38/0/9
52/3/51/8
0/104/0/2
1/0/14/1
0/0/4/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .808 .837 .834 .786 .934 .765 .659 .737 .607 .780 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.863 73/.738 91/.827 129/.829 29/.830 90/.648 22/.790 122/.784 127/.611 86/.947 .790

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.750 64/.944 137/.838 324/.769 30/1.029 116/.851 25/.541 85/.673 101/.601 86/.618 .786

Home 261/.746 73/.792 97/.802 227/.839 28/.890 104/.734 27/.667 68/.750 133/.568 98/.683

Last 28d days 126/.833 100/.821 61/.837 124/.812 53/.906 29/.590 47/.659 111/.819 40/.379 28/.494

HR/SB/CS 17/13/3 3/4/4 9/1/0 12/5/6 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 7/11/1 4/0/1 3/9/3 141/113/47

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

Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 62.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 322/230 .294/.323/.359/.682 .622/.706 .665 53/.628 7/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 12/.583 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 6/.167 458/352 .267/.286/.420/.706 .725/.701 .713 77/.942 0/1 13/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 200/143 .331/.420/.581/1.001 1.155/.943 1.149 90/.930 0/0 10/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 168/135 .286/.365/.354/.719 .536/.765 .831 96/.705 10/3 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 5/.500 173/101 .259/.292/.377/.669 .819/.567 .711 49/.794 7/5 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 8/1.071 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 7/.619 542/430 .308/.376/.453/.829 .708/.859 .827 93/.777 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 228/176 .233/.301/.272/.573 .699/.536 .733 68/.482 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 169/131 .230/.311/.365/.676 .661/.681 .694 91/.677 1/3 5/6

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/70 .181/.253/.289/.542 .396/.585 .506 86/.551 0/0 2/2

18.Kendall G/S/vP 5/.933 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.600 487/385 .258/.320/.299/.619 .779/.576 .681 78/.503 12/7 0/13

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 346/276 .256/.327/.384/.711 .688/.716 .698 80/.663 1/2 5/5

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.667 .000 12/.333 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/56 .186/.253/.229/.482 .390/.523 .426 33/.426 2/0 0/2

IP 164.0 56.0 6.1 167.0 50.2 31.1 51.1 TOTAL .275/.329/.394/.723 .693/.733 .744 .679 90/41 90/110

ERA-K/9

3.02/7.4

3.38/9.3

0.00/10.0

3.61/8.8

1.42/5.9

1.44/9.2

2.45/10.0

3.91/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (101-41-6)
Pena (12-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 679/.210 225/.192 24/.136 699/.230 197/.197 129/.189 200/.236 .246 Maier
Bloomquist
Blanco
Gordon
Betemit
Miller 7/64/27/4
5/8/20/3
7/49/0/2
28/0/3/2
1/0/0/0
2/0/4/0

OPS .611 .568 .345 .657 .502 .534 .634 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.364 106/.449 12/.606 361/.660 64/.638 48/.641 94/.521 .698

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 541/.676 119/.673 12/.083 338/.652 133/.436 81/.472 106/.740 .718

Road 258/.611 76/.329 4/.000 373/.627 97/.495 54/.467 104/.751

Last 28d days 126/.599 42/.525 24/.345 166/.727 38/.520 42/.634 33/.877

HR/SB/CS 8/14/8 5/0/0 0/0/0 17/11/3 1/3/1 2/5/1 3/6/3 133/95/31

Usage ····X··· ··o··oXX X··Xo··· X····X·· ····ooo· X··XX··· ····oX··

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.