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Royals, 5-9, 5-94th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-2) 17.2 20 10 7 6 14 2 3.57
2009 (16-8) 229.1 195 64 55 51 242 11 2.16
2008 (13-10) 202.1 202 87 78 56 183 21 3.47
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 38 15 12 15 40 2 2.59 57
2010-04-16 @MIN L 5.0 6 4 2 5 5 0 108 43
2010-04-10 BOS L 6.2 8 4 4 0 5 2 108 47
2010-04-05 DET ND 6.0 6 2 1 1 4 0 96 57
2009-10-03 @MIN ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 5 0 96 47
2009-09-27 MIN W 7.0 7 1 1 2 8 0 97 65
2009-09-22 BOS W 6.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 91 70
2009-09-17 @DET W 5.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 77 67
Last 5 v.TOR 2-2 30.0 34 17 15 6 22 3 4.50 49
2009-06-05 @TOR L 5.0 9 7 5 1 3 2 101 27
2009-04-29 TOR W 7.0 5 2 2 2 8 0 111 65
2008-05-23 @TOR L 5.0 9 6 6 2 2 0 93 25
2008-04-25 TOR ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 93 66
2007-04-10 @TOR W 6.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 98 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-4    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @TOR  L   3-4        5-9   4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9 
Blue Jays, 9-6, 9-63rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 20.0 17 9 9 3 17 2 4.05
2008 (9-7) 151.1 126 60 57 50 123 21 3.39
2007 (12-6) 159.0 149 76 73 49 122 27 4.13
Last 7 GS 1-3 40.0 34 17 17 12 33 3 3.83 55
2010-04-16 LAA L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 105 52
2010-04-11 @BAL ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 99 52
2010-04-05 @TEX ND 7.0 2 3 3 1 6 1 93 66
2008-09-16 BAL L 2.0 2 1 1 3 1 0 52 46
2008-09-11 @CHW W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 0 106 65
2008-09-06 TBR ND 7.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 103 73
2008-08-22 BOS L 3.2 6 5 5 2 2 1 77 29
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 27.0 17 5 4 8 18 1 1.33 65
2008-05-26 KCR W 7.1 5 2 1 1 6 0 99 67
2008-04-26 @KCR L 7.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 109 62
2007-08-10 @KCR W 6.2 1 0 0 2 4 0 81 74
2006-08-25 KCR W 6.0 7 1 1 2 4 0 97 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-5    Road:    5-1    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Tue, Apr 20   KCR  W   4-3        9-6   3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 TOR  4  KCR  3        W:Shawn Camp (1-0), L: Kyle Davies (1-1), S: Kevin Gregg (4)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TOR leads 2-0; 2009 - KCR won 4-3; 2008 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 173-167

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 ( RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers ( RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Marcum
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
29.McGowan
G/S/vB
30.Valdez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 231/156 .243/.328/.347/.674 .615/.700 .728 / 3/6 4/2
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 404/306 .231/.285/.387/.672 .563/.708 .691 56/.784 4/3 11/5
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/80 .183/.208/.250/.458 .535/.416 .403 1/.000 1/0 1/4
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 15/.466 5/.400 6/.334 6/1.000 4/.000 7/.286 5/.000 11/.364 1/.000 508/376 .245/.274/.351/.625 .772/.573 .559 54/.829 3/3 6/18
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 8/.971 5/.000 3/.666 4/.833 2/.000 ··· ··· 468/283 .265/.308/.355/.663 .666/.661 .766 20/.513 25/6 4/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.522 2/1.000 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 672/466 .301/.362/.492/.853 .966/.805 .679 62/.715 1/0 21/10
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 634/442 .300/.356/.457/.813 .913/.768 .740 58/.818 2/1 11/17
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 17/.235 2/.000 6/.000 10/.650 3/.000 8/1.029 1/3.000 6/.000 ··· 627/407 .281/.347/.434/.781 .690/.832 .743 63/.771 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 9/.889 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/2.167 ··· 189/132 .232/.324/.378/.703 .635/.731 .703 8/.542 5/0 6/10
6.Guillen G/S/vP 13/.595 6/.750 7/.286 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/3.500 9/1.000 ··· 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .635 60/1.102 1/0 9/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP 6/1.267 3/.000 7/.429 12/.833 4/2.000 8/.625 1/.000 7/.143 2/.000 526/432 .241/.331/.305/.636 .635/.636 .612 54/.816 7/2 2/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 397/289 .243/.333/.331/.665 .839/.603 .609 17/.341 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 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.167 4/.000 2/1.000 9/.393 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 587/426 .304/.353/.412/.764 .723/.780 .759 56/1.007 30/13 7/2
IP 24.2 79.2 46.2 57.2 68.2 40.0 49.1 TOTAL .301/.349/.444/.794 .823/.783 .834 .794 17/2 15/11
ERA-K/9 /0.0 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 5.66/6.9 3.83/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 107/.267 333/.245 200/.251 227/.209 298/.229 192/.341 / 225/.292 .232  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 .765 .705 .688 .556 .740 .930 .800 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 51/.485 163/.762 61/.786 117/.712 133/.592 90/.921 / 100/.687 .566
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 56/1.028 170/.650 139/.643 110/.391 165/.860 102/.938 / 125/.886 .745
Home / 48/.755 170/.653 114/.552 116/.496 145/.573 108/1.061 / 114/.742
Last 28d days 79/.639 25/1.071 37/.558 19/.596 38/.936 21/.429 24/.530 / 7/.971
HR/SB/CS // 2/2/3 7/0/1 4/1/1 4/6/2 13/1/0 5/0/1 // 5/4/4 15/11/3
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· Xo·X·oo· ··X·o··· o··X·o·· o··o···o ·o···Xo· ······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 ( RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers ( RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Greinke
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 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 404/259 .235/.349/.408/.757 .919/.664 .804 68/.831 4/0 13/4
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 202/152 .247/.299/.484/.782 .664/.822 .863 44/.625 1/1 8/8
15.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 338/269 .225/.320/.410/.729 .814/.707 .738 37/.677 2/1 13/11
3.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 7/1.000 14/1.357 ··· 1/.000 429/323 .238/.279/.355/.635 .515/.675 .658 66/.897 2/1 8/7
2.Hill G/S/vP 17/.485 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 6/1.500 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 654/475 .305/.370/.562/.932 .780/.992 .925 67/.890 1/1 35/1
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 29/.703 2/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 156/105 .258/.271/.384/.655 .615/.675 .687 23/.545 0/2 4/3
8.Molina G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· ··· ··· 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 16/1.433 4/1.167 5/1.000 13/.693 1/.000 1/.000 500/414 .265/.372/.466/.838 .534/.905 .845 64/.440 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 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/226 .241/.328/.419/.748 .608/.775 .803 53/.616 1/1 9/4
10.Wells G/S/vP 19/.474 2/.000 1/.000 9/1.056 ··· 3/.000 684/512 .260/.311/.400/.711 .602/.748 .633 64/1.308 17/4 15/1
IP 229.1 50.1 50.1 37.1 14.0 53.0 TOTAL .232/.308/.452/.760 .505/.830 .726 .760 11/1 22/10
ERA-K/9 2.16/9.5 4.83/5.2 5.72/6.8 4.58/10.1 5.14/9.6 2.21/11.7 5.63/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 915/.230 220/.256 219/.246 168/.287 63/.245 222/.219 .287  Bautista
 Wells
 Snider
 Lind
 McCoy
 McDonald
42/6/36/11
0/155/0/6
56/0/21/3
55/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .611 .758 .760 .727 .742 .614 .861
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 440/.651 94/.713 106/.738 77/.753 15/.533 116/.560 .834
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 475/.574 126/.792 113/.781 91/.706 48/.817 106/.674 .880
Road 431/.620 96/.796 95/.572 72/.712 42/.905 126/.529
Last 28d days 80/.764 14/1.208 28/.960 24/.808 24/.787 19/.575
HR/SB/CS 11/5/9 7/7/1 6/2/3 3/2/2 2/0/1 5/0/1 18/6/3
Usage ····X··· ·······o ····X··X ·X··o··· o·o·o··o ··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.