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Game Preview: KCR @ SEA, 10:10pm, Saturday, August 7, 2010 @Safeco Field

Royals, 46-63, 46-63 5th, 16 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (33, LHP, 6-5, 4.74)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-5) 74.0 77 42 39 36 58 8 4.74
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 3-3 37.2 46 24 23 15 24 5 5.50 43
2010-08-01 BAL W 5.0 7 3 2 3 4 1 101 44
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
Last 5 v.SEA 2-0 32.2 34 12 9 8 18 3 2.48 54
2009-08-06 SEA W 6.2 10 2 2 1 4 1 101 49
2006-04-29 SEA ND 5.1 5 3 3 1 3 1 87 48
2005-09-11 @SEA W 6.0 5 3 0 2 5 0 104 59
2005-07-16 @SEA ND 7.2 6 2 2 1 5 1 106 63
2005-05-24 SEA ND 7.0 8 2 2 3 1 0 119 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-29   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  37-46   vsLHP:   9-17   1-Run:  17-20
 vsEast: 13-14   vsCntrl:16-22   vsWest:  9-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  6  @SEA  L   1-7       46-63  5th 16.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4  @OAK  L   3-4       46-62  4th 15.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  3  @OAK  W   3-2       46-61  4th 14.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  2  @OAK  L   0-6       45-61  4th 15.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  1   BAL  W   5-4       45-60  4th 14.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Mariners, 41-69, 41-69 4th, 23½ GB, 26½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (27, LHP, 7-5, 3.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-5) 132.2 123 49 47 36 85 13 3.19
2009 (3-6) 91.2 98 53 50 24 54 16 4.91
2007 (0-1) 10.1 17 14 14 2 4 4 12.19
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.1 47 20 20 13 25 6 4.35 48
2010-08-03 TEX W 6.0 3 2 2 3 2 0 92 57
2010-07-28 @CHW ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 3 3 90 29
2010-07-23 BOS L 7.0 8 2 2 3 3 1 101 53
2010-07-18 @LAA ND 7.2 4 1 1 1 9 1 102 75
2010-07-08 NYY ND 7.0 9 1 1 2 3 0 106 56
2010-07-03 @DET L 4.1 8 6 6 2 3 0 101 24
2010-06-27 @MIL L 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 88 42
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 7.0 9 8 7 3 0 1 9.00 26
2009-08-06 @KCR L 7.0 9 8 7 3 0 1 109 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-30   Road:   15-39   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  31-44   vsLHP:  10-25   1-Run:  14-20
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:12-20   vsWest:  9-26 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Fri, Aug  6   KCR  W   7-1       41-69  4th 23.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  5   TEX  L   0-6       40-69  4th 23.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4   TEX  L   6-11      40-68  4th 22.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  3   TEX  W   3-2       40-67  4th 21.5 gb
106 Sun, Aug  1  @MIN  L   0-4       39-67  4th 22.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 31  @MIN  L   0-4       39-66  4th 22.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 30  @MIN  L   3-5       39-65  4th 21.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 29  @CHW  L   5-9       39-64  4th 21.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 28  @CHW  L   5-6       39-63  4th 20.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 27  @CHW  L   0-11      39-62  4th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 SEA  7  KCR  1        W:Luke French (1-2), L: Zack Greinke (7-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 07, 2010 KCR  7 @SEA  3        W:Victor Marte (3-0), L: Brandon League (5-6), S: Joakim Soria (25)
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 KCR  3 @SEA  2        W:Zack Greinke (5-8), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 KCR  6 @SEA  4 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-0), L: Chad Cordero (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 SEA  6 @KCR  5        W:Brandon League (3-1), L: Brad Thompson (0-1), S: David Aardsma (8)
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 SEA  3 @KCR  2        W:Shawn Kelley (1-0), L: Josh Rupe (0-1), S: David Aardsma (7)
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 KCR  3  SEA  1        W:Kyle Davies (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (2-1), S: Bruce Chen (1)

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 KCR  3 @SEA  0        W:Zack Greinke (13-8), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 SEA  8  KCR  4        W:Ian Snell (5-9), L: Gil Meche (6-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 SEA  6  KCR  3        W:Felix Hernandez (13-5), L: Brian Bannister (7-11), S: David Aardsma (31)
Season Series: 2010 - KCR over 4-3; 2009 - KCR won 5-4; 2008 - KCR won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 204-184

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

FLA  4.44

SEA  3.27

RA/G

SDP  3.47

SEA  4.41

ARI  5.52

BA

J. Hamilton  .357

M. Mora  .283

B. Wood  .168

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

J. Keppinger  .356

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .643

R. Branyan  .458

B. Wood  .225

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.074

J. Giambi  .809

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.96

C. Billingsley  3.82

K. Millwood  6.05

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.19

M. Garza  6.89

M. Buehrle  3.92

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Royals Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
33.Cordero
G/S/vB
43.League
G/S/vB
49.Olson*
G/S/vB
39.Pauley
G/S/vB
52.Seddon*
G/S/vB
37.Sweeney
G/S/vB
46.White
G/S/vB
50.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 125/84 .248/.312/.425/.737 .454/.879 .616 56/.789 1/0 4/3
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 277/195 .290/.321/.366/.688 .625/.713 .709 61/.535 3/4 2/10
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 5/1.100 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 7/.833 388/296 .257/.281/.393/.673 .833/.625 .679 74/.682 0/1 8/14
46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 7/.619 118/76 .356/.432/.567/1.000 1.081/.957 .986 59/.824 0/0 4/2
7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 80/63 .310/.388/.352/.740 .745/.738 .567 17/.544 2/2 0/1
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.661 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 127/62 .237/.272/.347/.619 .758/.480 .499 38/.576 6/3 2/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 4/2.417 4/1.167 1/5.000 3/.333 10/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 5/1.000 461/363 .307/.377/.455/.833 .711/.864 .840 90/.688 0/0 10/4
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.500 3/.333 3/2.334 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 422/323 .275/.306/.399/.705 .631/.732 .687 77/.600 3/1 8/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 4/.250 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 10/.650 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 9/.889 394/287 .318/.384/.443/.827 .725/.864 .802 28/.429 3/3 5/0
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 172/132 .237/.304/.282/.586 .782/.529 .475 49/.617 11/1 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.500 89/69 .190/.281/.367/.648 .700/.629 .503 51/.631 0/1 4/5
6.Guillen G/S/vP 7/.629 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/.929 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 29/.768 438/341 .255/.314/.429/.743 .621/.775 .771 84/.530 1/0 16/1
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/6 .154/.154/.154/.308 .286/.333 .308 9/.222 0/0 0/0
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 49/1.017 417/327 .266/.330/.312/.642 .767/.606 .587 80/.609 9/7 0/11
12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 6/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 273/216 .271/.346/.396/.742 .761/.735 .754 43/.980 0/2 4/3
27.Pena# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 50/32 .186/.280/.233/.513 .528/.503 .470 16/.517 2/0 0/1
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 474/346 .300/.345/.387/.732 .640/.769 .777 99/.816 33/12 5/4
IP 132.2 34.1 9.2 56.0 19.2 24.0 12.2 21.2 24.0 33.0 TOTAL .278/.332/.397/.729 .713/.734 .714 .678 70/35 72/90
ERA-K/9 3.19/5.8 4.46/9.4 6.52/5.6 3.21/6.4 6.86/5.5 3.38/5.2 2.84/5.7 3.74/4.1 6.00/3.8 5.45/3.5 4.08/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (85-33-4)
 Pena (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 551/.243 143/.218 41/.313 232/.227 92/.272 102/.258 48/.200 89/.271 110/.365 150/.287 .261  DeJesus
 Maier
 Bloomquist
 Blanco
 Ankiel
 Guillen
 Betemit
 Gordon
 Callaspo
 Podsednik
2/19/70/5
6/61/10/3
5/8/15/2
7/30/0/1
0/31/0/1
0/0/22/1
1/0/0/0
9/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
101/2/0/0
OPS .679 .689 .994 .637 .834 .701 .694 .696 .934 .791 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.499 66/.718 22/1.017 101/.720 29/.761 46/.692 15/.277 36/.648 44/1.071 64/.772 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.743 77/.660 19/.968 131/.573 63/.867 56/.707 33/.866 53/.726 66/.850 86/.805 .731
Home 323/.643 93/.544 25/1.308 125/.507 50/.781 73/.594 29/.528 29/1.009 53/.976 72/.809
Last 28d days 102/.790 26/.248 / 46/.502 40/.826 65/.787 48/.694 55/.939 15/.333 52/.785
HR/SB/CS 13/4/1 4/2/0 1/0/3 6/3/3 4/0/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 2/0/0 2/8/0 108/39/19
Usage ···X···· ···o···· ········ o··o·o·· ··X····X ··o····· ·Xo····· ··X····o ·Xo··o·· ·X·o··oX
Mariners Batters (3.27 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB
41.Bullington
G/S/vB
57.Chavez
G/S/vB
40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
31.Hughes*
G/S/vB
59.Humber
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bard# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 78/38 .235/.321/.397/.718 .822/.602 .539 36/.799 0/0 2/1
15.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/1.223 ··· 2/.500 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 278/184 .205/.292/.348/.641 .705/.612 .564 39/.517 8/2 8/2
30.Branyan* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 279/210 .245/.320/.458/.778 .536/.862 .638 41/.518 1/0 13/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 7/.367 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 ··· 1/no AB 474/325 .251/.342/.303/.645 .748/.596 .641 100/.777 29/8 1/12
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 ··· ··· 441/327 .247/.317/.374/.691 .668/.699 .684 93/.559 15/1 10/0
32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 209/160 .191/.293/.281/.574 .610/.562 .383 30/.311 1/1 2/4
13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 305/220 .218/.292/.351/.642 .537/.682 .650 65/.665 0/0 7/0
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 80/54 .226/.400/.403/.803 .408/.992 .887 23/.824 4/1 3/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 432/317 .240/.271/.335/.606 .677/.580 .618 69/.549 3/2 6/13
10.Moore G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/60 .169/.213/.296/.509 .795/.442 .483 16/.473 0/0 2/2
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 209/156 .234/.304/.420/.725 .637/.755 .742 57/.782 3/3 8/4
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 340/233 .198/.288/.336/.624 .541/.663 .579 61/.468 1/0 10/5
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 22/1.071 ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 496/329 .313/.365/.392/.757 .750/.761 .752 105/.640 28/7 3/2
27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/44 .172/.209/.250/.459 .513/.429 .667 10/.500 0/0 1/7
2.Wilson G/S/vP 16/.904 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 208/152 .242/.276/.311/.586 .585/.587 .682 78/.561 1/2 0/8
16.Wilson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 229/165 .255/.310/.335/.645 .668/.635 .929 25/.501 4/0 1/11
IP 74.0 7.0 39.2 46.2 1.0 39.2 27.2 29.1 45.0 48.2 33.2 TOTAL .236/.303/.341/.644 .657/.639 .648 .611 100/27 66/86
ERA-K/9 4.74/7.1 5.14/5.1 5.67/7.0 2.51/7.1 9.00/0.0 4.99/5.2 /0.0 9.76/6.2 4.30/4.0 2.20/9.8 4.25/5.2 5.61/3.7 5.10/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (8-4-0)
 Johnson (22-12-9)
 Moore (7-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 329/.271 37/.310 174/.277 194/.243 6/.500 183/.290 / 137/.319 119/.222 191/.237 215/.294 147/.306 .278  Saunders
 Suzuki
 Bradley
 Langerhans
 Gutierrez
 Tuiasosopo
55/6/0/5
0/0/108/4
39/0/1/3
14/2/6/2
0/105/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .775 .873 .813 .642 1.167 .794 1.001 .657 .648 .736 .832 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.828 19/.964 63/.823 96/.682 4/2.000 81/.668 / 57/.945 70/.632 103/.666 99/.786 74/1.029 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.755 18/.771 111/.808 98/.603 2/.000 102/.888 / 80/1.039 49/.690 88/.624 116/.695 73/.640 .788
Road 153/.774 16/.606 98/.776 87/.622 6/1.167 94/.808 / 77/.850 80/.728 85/.723 117/.747 62/.999
Last 28d days 109/.953 14/.452 37/1.025 48/.798 6/1.167 58/.838 / 42/1.581 92/.708 47/.682 58/.777 45/.997
HR/SB/CS 8/5/5 1/1/1 7/0/0 2/4/5 0/0/0 3/1/1 // 8/1/0 3/4/1 4/0/0 1/3/2 3/7/3 124/92/36
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ···X·X·o ··XX···X ····X··· X······o ········ ··X····X ···o·Xo· ··XX·o·· ··o··o·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.