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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 7:10pm, Monday, July 4, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 34-50, 34-50 5th, 11 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (30, LHP, 3-9, 4.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-9) 103.1 123 59 55 21 46 10 4.79
2010 (4-6) 104.1 119 61 58 23 67 11 5.00
2008 (4-10) 143.2 164 84 80 49 94 21 5.01
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.2 50 27 26 9 13 4 5.62 43
2011-06-27 @SDP L 5.0 5 4 3 1 1 1 85 43
2011-06-22 ARI L 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 99 57
2011-06-16 @OAK L 3.1 9 6 6 2 0 1 78 16
2011-06-10 @LAA W 6.1 8 2 2 1 3 0 89 51
2011-06-05 MIN L 7.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 102 48
2011-05-31 LAA W 7.0 8 3 3 2 2 0 114 49
2011-05-26 @BAL ND 6.0 9 5 5 1 4 2 97 37
Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 18.2 24 11 11 6 6 3 5.30 42
2011-04-06 CHW ND 6.2 8 2 2 1 4 1 97 53
2008-06-13 @CHW ND 6.0 4 4 4 3 0 2 96 45
2005-06-08 CHW L 6.0 12 5 5 2 2 0 100 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-24   Road:   11-26   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  27-36   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 9-16   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Sun, Jul  3  @COL  W  16-8       34-50  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  2  @COL  L   6-9       33-50  5th 12.0 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  1  @COL  L   0-9       33-49  5th 11.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @SDP  L   1-4       33-48  5th 10.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28  @SDP  L   2-4       33-47  5th 10.0 gb
 79 Mon, Jun 27  @SDP  L   3-4       33-46  4th 10.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 26   CHC  W   6-3       33-45  4th  9.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 25   CHC  W   3-2       32-45  5th  9.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 24   CHC  L   4-6       31-45  5th 10.0 gb
 75 Thu, Jun 23   ARI  L   3-5       31-44  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
WhiteSox, 42-43, 42-43 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (32, LHP, 6-5, 3.65)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-5) 106.0 114 43 43 25 53 11 3.65
2010 (13-13) 210.1 246 105 100 49 99 17 4.28
2009 (13-10) 213.1 222 97 91 45 105 27 3.84
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.1 48 16 16 8 22 7 3.11 54
2011-06-29 @COL ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 2 101 57
2011-06-21 CHC ND 5.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 70 53
2011-06-16 @MIN L 7.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 98 68
2011-06-09 OAK W 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 103 54
2011-06-03 DET W 6.0 10 3 3 1 4 1 99 43
2011-05-27 @TOR L 7.0 9 3 3 2 3 0 120 48
2011-05-21 LAD W 7.0 7 2 2 0 1 1 97 56
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 31.1 40 17 16 12 10 1 4.60 44
2011-04-06 @KCR ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 2 0 86 31
2010-09-10 KCR ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 110 51
2010-07-09 KCR W 7.0 6 0 0 3 2 0 114 64
2010-06-28 @KCR L 6.1 10 3 3 5 2 0 110 38
2010-05-14 @KCR L 6.0 8 6 5 0 0 1 86 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-20   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  31-33   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest: 14-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Sun, Jul  3  @CHC  L   1-3       42-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  2  @CHC  W   1-0       42-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  1  @CHC  W   6-4       41-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30  @COL  W   6-4 (10)  40-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @COL  W   3-2       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28  @COL  L   2-3 (13)  38-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 26   WSN  L   1-2       38-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 25   WSN  W   3-0       38-40  3rd  3.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 24   WSN  L   5-9 (14)  37-40  3rd  4.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 22   CHC  W   4-3       37-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 CHW 10 @KCR  7 (12)   W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: Sean O'Sullivan (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 KCR  7  CHW  6 (12)   W:Jeremy Jeffress (1-0), L: Tony Pena (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 12, 2010 CHW 12  KCR  6        W:Sergio Santos (2-0), L: Philip Humber (1-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 KCR  8 @CHW  2        W:Kyle Davies (8-9), L: Edwin Jackson (9-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 CHW  4  KCR  3        W:J. J. Putz (7-5), L: Rob Tejeda (3-4), S: Chris Sale (2)
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 KCR  3  CHW  2 (10)   W:Sean O'Sullivan (2-4), L: Scott Linebrink (1-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 CHW  7 @KCR  6 (10)   W:J. J. Putz (6-5), L: Greg Holland (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 KCR  6  CHW  5 (11)   W:Jesse Chavez (5-3), L: Chris Sale (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 CHW 15  KCR  5        W:Tony Pena (3-1), L: Anthony Lerew (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 CHW  5  KCR  1        W:Gavin Floyd (5-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - CHW won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 336-292

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 2011 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
Royals Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Buehrle*
G/S/vB
40.Bruney
G/S/vB
26.Crain
G/S/vB
77.Ohman*
G/S/vB
49.Sale*
G/S/vB
46.Santos
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.666 5/.400 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 216/161 .287/.343/.421/.763 .565/.832 .861 23/.652 3/1 3/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 52/.833 3/1.667 9/.666 ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 9/.555 333/254 .298/.396/.432/.828 .948/.792 .771 79/.844 1/1 6/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 17/1.470 ··· 4/.583 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 379/267 .283/.322/.450/.772 .619/.837 .849 111/.819 10/2 11/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 325/248 .253/.293/.323/.617 .597/.623 .745 95/.971 13/5 1/7
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.417 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 349/269 .262/.309/.445/.754 .993/.683 .674 96/.681 13/3 11/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 5/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 287/225 .263/.325/.299/.624 .661/.613 .615 94/.648 14/4 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 27/.893 2/.500 7/.286 1/.000 4/2.500 2/1.500 7/.286 369/258 .298/.367/.486/.853 .827/.864 .725 99/.954 5/5 10/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 23/.982 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.533 55/38 .311/.436/.422/.859 .769/.899 .790 25/.781 1/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 136/101 .248/.301/.388/.690 .689/.690 .800 35/.762 0/0 3/2
15.Treanor G/S/vP 6/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 192/150 .214/.348/.305/.653 .614/.663 .590 59/.641 1/2 3/3
IP 106.0 11.1 37.2 23.0 34.0 40.0 31.1 TOTAL .265/.330/.397/.727 .704/.734 .721 .749 82/26 62/53
ERA-K/9 3.65/4.5 3.18/8.0 2.63/8.6 4.70/10.2 3.71/9.0 2.93/11.9 3.45/8.6 3.79/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (28-15-2)
 Treanor (31-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.279 50/.270 145/.173 100/.258 149/.252 161/.159 150/.292 .253  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
78/0/0/13
0/0/81/10
7/76/2/8
5/3/6/0
OPS .742 .837 .540 .755 .730 .521 .743 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.836 18/.856 52/.406 51/.656 62/.678 77/.623 55/.677 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.713 32/.823 93/.611 49/.856 87/.767 84/.430 95/.781 .688
Home 189/.715 33/.807 86/.573 42/.587 76/.872 81/.722 81/.779
Last 28d days 103/.684 34/.787 42/.509 30/.436 43/.603 50/.697 49/.542
HR/SB/CS 11/2/5 1/2/1 3/7/1 4/1/0 3/1/1 2/3/0 2/6/1 70/72/18
Usage ····X··· X·X·o··· ··Xo·o·· o··X·X·· ···X·X·X ··oXo··· ·X··oo··
WhiteSox Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
59.Paulino
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
38.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 285/217 .241/.307/.360/.667 .461/.729 .650 71/.661 2/2 7/1
27.Castro G/S/vP 6/1.867 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 69/23 .222/.290/.397/.687 .811/.447 .646 19/.806 0/0 3/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 14/.690 ··· 3/3.500 2/.000 ··· 292/228 .165/.301/.302/.603 .206/.714 .487 63/.532 0/1 7/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/.583 1/2.000 ··· 10/.425 4/.000 347/275 .317/.389/.567/.956 .932/.963 .965 91/1.046 1/1 21/3
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 133/76 .257/.351/.487/.838 .839/.836 .932 40/.469 6/4 7/0
22.Morel G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 205/143 .253/.270/.308/.578 .534/.596 .571 65/.536 2/4 1/6
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 36/.986 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 371/291 .258/.317/.307/.624 .771/.583 .650 94/.553 11/10 1/5
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 15/.718 1/2.000 287/247 .290/.323/.383/.706 .670/.712 .774 77/.849 0/0 3/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 12/.258 ··· ··· 8/1.214 1/.000 329/254 .253/.353/.516/.869 .952/.845 .799 83/.664 1/1 17/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 3/.000 357/276 .275/.331/.416/.747 .716/.756 .806 94/.629 3/2 8/11
51.Rios G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 320/242 .218/.269/.319/.588 .694/.553 .776 87/.676 6/5 6/2
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 92/81 .222/.315/.321/.636 .384/.668 .851 32/.634 0/0 2/1
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 26/.721 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 121/105 .270/.303/.333/.636 .462/.648 .633 39/.588 1/2 0/1
IP 103.1 19.2 56.2 35.0 36.1 TOTAL .252/.319/.387/.706 .681/.713 .737 .666 33/32 83/42
ERA-K/9 4.79/4.0 1.37/11.0 4.29/7.9 4.37/8.0 2.97/8.2 4.62/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (16-4-2)
 Pierzynski (56-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 448/.295 77/.183 241/.292 149/.248 147/.239 .274  Rios
 Pierre
 Quentin
 Dunn
 Teahen
 Lillibridge
0/81/0/4
80/0/0/2
0/0/68/2
0/0/2/0
3/0/5/0
6/9/32/0
OPS .756 .557 .762 .714 .653 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.605 30/.608 110/.750 75/.624 64/.631 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.796 47/.524 131/.772 74/.802 83/.670 .771
Road 200/.906 40/.722 135/.770 43/1.049 70/.754
Last 28d days 95/.790 37/.688 114/.817 30/.588 43/.643
HR/SB/CS 10/8/3 2/0/0 5/6/1 5/0/1 4/3/3 95/59/28
Usage ······X· ·X····X· ·····X·· ··X····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.