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Game Preview: KCR @ TOR, 7:07pm, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @Rogers Centre

Royals, 5-8, 5-84th, 4 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 1-0, 4.26)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-0) 12.2 13 6 6 4 8 2 4.26
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 5-1 41.1 32 16 16 24 29 5 3.48 54
2010-04-14 @DET W 6.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 99 50
2010-04-09 BOS ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 89 50
2009-09-13 @CLE W 6.0 1 0 0 6 3 0 108 67
2009-09-07 LAA W 5.0 5 1 1 6 1 1 96 48
2009-09-01 @OAK W 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 99 64
2009-08-27 @SEA W 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 100 56
2009-08-22 MIN L 5.2 4 6 6 3 6 1 93 40
Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 13.2 16 7 7 6 3 3 4.61 44
2009-06-07 @TOR L 8.0 9 4 4 3 3 2 126 48
2009-04-30 TOR W 5.2 7 3 3 3 0 1 89 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @TOR  L   1-8        5-8   4th  4.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @MIN  W  10-5        5-7   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @MIN  L   5-6        4-7   4th  4.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @MIN  L   3-10       4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @DET  W   7-3        4-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @DET  L   5-6        3-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @DET  W  10-5        3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   BOS  L   6-8        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   BOS  L   3-8        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   BOS  W   4-3        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-8    Last 30: 5-8
Blue Jays, 8-6, 8-63rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Dana Eveland (26, LHP, 2-0, 1.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-0) 13.1 8 2 2 5 6 1 1.35
2009 (2-4) 44.0 70 39 35 26 22 4 7.16
2008 (9-9) 168.0 172 82 81 77 118 10 4.34
Last 7 GS 3-2 33.2 42 26 23 17 14 5 6.15 40
2010-04-15 CHW W 6.0 3 2 2 3 4 1 90 59
2010-04-10 @BAL W 7.1 5 0 0 2 2 0 94 68
2009-10-03 LAA L 4.2 8 4 4 0 0 0 63 32
2009-09-26 @LAA ND 3.1 5 8 5 4 1 1 79 21
2009-09-20 CLE W 5.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 90 53
2009-07-07 @BOS L 2.2 6 4 4 3 2 1 71 29
2009-05-01 @SEA ND 4.2 10 7 7 3 3 2 77 16
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 11.2 13 5 5 4 8 0 3.86 50
2008-09-04 @KCR ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 5 0 83 41
2008-04-20 KCR W 5.2 3 1 1 4 3 0 95 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    5-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-4    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Mon, Apr 19   KCR  W   8-1        8-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18   LAA  L   1-3        7-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17   LAA  L   3-6        7-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 16   LAA  L   5-7        7-4   3rd  0.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 15   CHW  W   7-3        7-3   1st  0.5 up
  9 Wed, Apr 14   CHW  L   1-11       6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 13   CHW  W   4-2        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 12   CHW  L   7-8 (11)   5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @BAL  W   5-2        5-1   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @BAL  W   3-0        4-1   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 19, 2010 TOR  8  KCR  1        W:Brandon Morrow (1-1), L: Brian Bannister (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 07, 2009 TOR  4  KCR  0        W:Roy Halladay (10-1), L: Kyle Davies (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 KCR  6 @TOR  2        W:Luke Hochevar (1-2), L: Scott Richmond (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 TOR  9  KCR  3        W:Ricky Romero (3-2), L: Zack Greinke (8-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 KCR  8  TOR  6        W:Kyle Davies (2-1), L: Brian Burres (0-2), S: Juan Cruz (1)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 KCR 11  TOR  3        W:Zack Greinke (5-0), L: Brian Tallet (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 TOR  8 @KCR  1        W:Scott Richmond (3-0), L: Gil Meche (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 KCR  7  TOR  1        W:Brian Bannister (2-0), L: David Purcey (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 TOR  7  KCR  2        W:Shaun Marcum (5-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-6), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 TOR  3  KCR  1        W:Dustin McGowan (3-4), L: Gil Meche (3-7), S: B.J. Ryan (11)
Season Series: 2010 - TOR leads 1-0; 2009 - KCR won 4-3; 2008 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 172-167

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 78.Eveland*
G/S/vB		 49.Accardo
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 28.Marcum
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 30.Valdez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 231/156 .243/.328/.347/.674 .615/.700 .728 / 3/6 4/2
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 404/306 .231/.285/.387/.672 .563/.708 .691 52/.818 4/3 11/5
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/80 .183/.208/.250/.458 .535/.416 .403 1/.000 1/0 1/4
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 16/.708 5/.400 5/.400 6/1.000 4/.000 6/.334 5/.000 15/.466 11/.364 1/.000 508/376 .245/.274/.351/.625 .772/.573 .559 50/.815 3/3 6/18
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 7/.900 5/.000 3/.666 3/.333 2/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 468/283 .265/.308/.355/.663 .666/.661 .766 15/.200 25/6 4/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.833 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.522 6/.533 ··· 672/466 .301/.362/.492/.853 .966/.805 .679 57/.745 1/0 21/10
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 634/442 .300/.356/.457/.813 .913/.768 .740 54/.758 2/1 11/17
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 4/1.500 2/.000 5/.000 10/.650 3/.000 7/1.250 1/3.000 17/.235 6/.000 ··· 627/407 .281/.347/.434/.781 .690/.832 .743 58/.841 4/9 13/0
11.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 268/186 .222/.301/.347/.648 .774/.595 .657 / 2/3 7/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 415/344 .261/.324/.347/.670 .650/.675 .694 33/.488 25/2 2/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 9/.889 6/2.167 ··· 189/132 .232/.324/.378/.703 .635/.731 .703 8/.542 5/0 6/10
6.Guillen G/S/vP 6/.750 6/.750 6/.334 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/3.500 13/.595 9/1.000 ··· 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .635 56/1.147 1/0 9/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/.500 12/.833 3/2.000 8/.625 1/.000 6/1.267 7/.143 2/.000 526/432 .241/.331/.305/.636 .635/.636 .612 50/.801 7/2 2/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 397/289 .243/.333/.331/.665 .839/.603 .609 13/.450 9/2 3/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/112 .273/.318/.442/.761 .668/.817 .797 4/.000 0/0 6/0
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 4/.000 2/1.000 9/.393 3/.333 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 587/426 .304/.353/.412/.764 .723/.780 .759 56/1.007 30/13 7/2
IP 44.0 24.2 79.2 46.2 57.2 68.2 40.0 49.1 TOTAL .300/.349/.452/.801 .818/.795 .852 .801 17/1 15/11
ERA-K/9 7.16/4.5 2.55/6.6 3.50/6.5 3.09/8.3 2.50/8.7 4.72/9.3 5.85/5.4 /0.0 /0.0 5.66/6.9 3.96/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (64-16-4)
 Pena (17-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.365 107/.267 333/.245 200/.251 227/.209 298/.229 192/.341 / / 225/.292 .226  DeJesus
 Maier
 Podsednik
 Ankiel
 Guillen
 Bloomquist
 Anderson
139/3/2/13
17/85/36/11
78/50/3/6
25/66/27/5
4/0/65/4
9/22/61/3
4/67/17/3
OPS .926 .765 .705 .688 .556 .740 .930 .800 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.999 51/.485 163/.762 61/.786 117/.712 133/.592 90/.921 / / 100/.687 .601
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.899 56/1.028 170/.650 139/.643 110/.391 165/.860 102/.938 / / 125/.886 .723
Home 94/.788 48/.755 170/.653 114/.552 116/.496 145/.573 108/1.061 / / 114/.742
Last 28d days 51/.541 25/1.071 30/.578 19/.596 34/.993 17/.412 24/.530 79/.639 / 7/.971
HR/SB/CS 4/5/0 2/2/3 7/0/1 4/1/1 4/6/2 13/1/0 5/0/1 // // 5/4/4 15/11/2
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·X o·X·oo·o ·X·o···o ··X·o··X ··o···o· o···Xo·· ···X···· ·····X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (6.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB		 56.Colon
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 404/259 .235/.349/.408/.757 .919/.664 .804 65/.840 4/0 13/4
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 202/152 .247/.299/.484/.782 .664/.822 .863 41/.588 1/1 8/8
15.Encarnacion G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 338/269 .225/.320/.410/.729 .814/.707 .738 37/.677 2/1 13/11
3.Gonzalez G/S/vP 5/.733 5/.400 7/1.000 14/1.357 ··· 1/.000 429/323 .238/.279/.355/.635 .515/.675 .658 62/.956 2/1 8/7
2.Hill G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 3/1.333 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 734/552 .286/.330/.499/.829 .897/.806 .853 9/.472 6/2 36/7
26.Lind* G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 654/475 .305/.370/.562/.932 .780/.992 .925 63/.942 1/1 35/1
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 26/.786 2/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 156/105 .258/.271/.384/.655 .615/.675 .687 23/.545 0/2 4/3
8.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 155/108 .217/.292/.268/.560 .539/.569 .540 14/.445 0/0 1/1
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 7/2.047 4/1.167 5/1.000 13/.693 ··· 1/.000 500/414 .265/.372/.466/.838 .534/.905 .845 60/.396 0/0 16/2
21.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/100 .313/.385/.635/1.019 .798/1.090 .795 13/.538 1/1 10/0
45.Snider* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/226 .241/.328/.419/.748 .608/.775 .803 50/.613 1/1 9/4
10.Wells G/S/vP 7/.486 2/.000 1/.000 9/1.056 ··· 3/.000 684/512 .260/.311/.400/.711 .602/.748 .633 60/1.198 17/4 15/1
IP 123.0 50.1 50.1 37.1 14.0 53.0 TOTAL .229/.308/.448/.756 .510/.828 .715 .756 11/1 21/9
ERA-K/9 5.27/6.3 4.83/5.2 5.72/6.8 4.58/10.1 5.14/9.6 2.21/11.7 5.71/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (41-8-2)
 Molina (23-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.265 220/.256 219/.246 168/.287 63/.245 222/.219 .288  Bautista
 Wells
 Snider
 Lind
 McDonald
 McCoy
42/6/36/11
0/155/0/6
56/0/21/3
55/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .782 .758 .760 .727 .742 .614 .862
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.724 94/.713 106/.738 77/.753 15/.533 116/.560 .846
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.825 126/.792 113/.781 91/.706 48/.817 106/.674 .874
Road 277/.598 96/.796 95/.572 72/.712 42/.905 126/.529
Last 28d days 53/.860 14/1.208 28/.960 24/.808 23/.829 19/.575
HR/SB/CS 18/17/4 7/7/1 6/2/3 3/2/2 2/0/1 5/0/1 17/6/3
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ···X··X· X··o···X ·o·o··oX ·X···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.