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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 2:10pm, Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 35-51, 35-51 5th, 11 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (34, LHP, 4-2, 3.46)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-2) 54.2 59 26 21 17 34 7 3.46
2010 (12-7) 140.1 136 68 65 57 98 17 4.17
2009 (1-6) 62.1 74 42 40 25 45 12 5.78
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.2 48 21 16 14 24 4 3.30 50
2011-06-29 @SDP L 6.0 8 4 0 1 6 0 110 53
2011-06-24 CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 4 0 83 42
2011-05-05 BAL W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 104 66
2011-04-29 MIN ND 5.1 8 3 3 2 1 1 101 39
2011-04-24 @TEX L 4.1 7 6 6 3 2 3 83 24
2011-04-19 CLE W 7.0 6 2 2 3 5 0 102 59
2011-04-14 SEA W 8.0 6 1 0 1 1 0 101 68
Last 5 v.CHW 0-3 26.2 27 13 13 5 18 6 4.39 50
2010-09-10 @CHW ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 115 68
2010-07-09 @CHW L 3.1 6 3 3 1 1 1 65 36
2009-07-02 CHW L 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 100 58
2006-07-30 CHW ND 5.1 7 4 4 0 4 1 84 42
2005-05-12 @CHW L 5.0 5 3 3 2 4 2 85 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-24   Road:   12-27   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:   7-15   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Tue, Jul  5  @CHW  W   5-3       35-51  5th 11.0 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  4  @CHW  L   4-5       34-51  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
WhiteSox, 43-44, 43-44 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (27, RHP, 5-6, 4.24)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-6) 99.2 112 49 47 33 86 7 4.24
2010 (10-12) 209.1 214 111 104 78 181 21 4.47
2009 (13-9) 214.0 200 93 86 70 161 27 3.62
Last 7 GS 2-1 44.0 47 19 19 11 41 3 3.89 53
2011-07-01 @CHC W 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 1 95 50
2011-06-24 WSN ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 106 73
2011-06-17 @ARI L 6.2 8 4 4 0 8 0 111 50
2011-06-10 OAK ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 1 0 99 48
2011-06-04 DET ND 6.0 7 2 2 4 5 1 124 51
2011-05-28 @TOR ND 6.2 9 6 6 1 7 1 100 38
2011-05-22 LAD W 5.2 5 1 1 2 7 0 107 60
Last 5 v.KCR 2-3 27.1 37 20 18 7 16 5 5.93 41
2010-09-11 KCR L 5.0 13 6 6 1 3 0 94 19
2009-09-17 KCR L 5.0 6 5 5 1 6 1 96 40
2009-08-15 KCR W 6.0 9 3 3 2 3 2 92 43
2009-05-26 @KCR L 6.1 7 4 2 1 2 0 89 48
2008-07-25 @KCR W 5.0 2 2 2 2 2 2 74 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-21   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  31-34   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest: 14-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Tue, Jul  5   KCR  L   3-5       43-44  3rd  3.5 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  4   KCR  W   5-4       43-43  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 KCR  5 @CHW  3        W:Felipe Paulino (1-6), L: Jake Peavy (4-2), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 CHW  5  KCR  4        W:Sergio Santos (3-3), L: Aaron Crow (2-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - tied 2-2; 2010 - CHW won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 337-293

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 (4.41 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Jackson
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 8/.500 ··· 3/.666 5/.400 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 216/161 .287/.343/.421/.763 .565/.832 .861 19/.789 3/1 3/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 17/.919 3/1.667 10/.600 1/no AB 3/2.667 5/.400 9/.555 342/258 .299/.401/.430/.830 .949/.793 .779 80/.845 1/1 6/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 24/.695 ··· 5/.450 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 388/271 .287/.325/.456/.780 .663/.832 .862 110/.836 11/2 11/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 333/253 .252/.292/.328/.620 .573/.635 .745 95/.972 13/5 1/7
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.100 3/.666 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 357/274 .265/.311/.452/.763 1.019/.685 .697 95/.668 14/3 12/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 11/.473 1/2.000 5/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 296/229 .262/.322/.296/.618 .640/.611 .604 95/.630 14/4 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/.414 2/.500 7/.286 2/.000 5/1.750 2/1.500 7/.286 374/261 .293/.362/.479/.841 .812/.854 .703 94/.906 5/5 10/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 13/.879 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 6/.533 60/39 .300/.417/.420/.837 .770/.873 .760 30/.751 1/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 140/102 .258/.314/.395/.709 .724/.704 .835 35/.823 0/0 3/2
15.Treanor G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 196/154 .217/.351/.306/.657 .614/.668 .601 59/.655 1/2 3/4
IP 99.2 12.1 38.2 24.0 35.0 41.0 31.1 TOTAL .265/.329/.398/.727 .706/.734 .722 .747 84/26 64/54
ERA-K/9 4.24/7.8 2.92/8.0 2.56/8.4 4.50/10.5 3.60/9.3 3.07/11.9 3.45/8.6 3.81/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (30-15-2)
 Treanor (32-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 434/.285 54/.268 148/.169 105/.258 154/.252 167/.174 150/.292 .253  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
79/0/0/13
0/0/83/10
7/78/2/8
6/3/6/0
OPS .748 .807 .529 .761 .728 .561 .743 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.817 19/.806 53/.397 54/.616 65/.677 82/.705 55/.677 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.667 35/.806 95/.598 51/.916 89/.765 85/.424 95/.781 .695
Home 218/.679 37/.767 89/.552 47/.618 81/.860 87/.783 81/.779
Last 28d days 106/.666 35/.775 43/.370 35/.501 44/.619 48/.693 44/.608
HR/SB/CS 7/16/1 1/2/1 3/7/1 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/3/0 2/6/1 72/74/18
Usage ····X··· X·X·X·o· ·o··Xo·o X·o··X·X X····X·X ·X··oXo· ···X··oo
WhiteSox Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
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 6/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.250 3/.000 293/223 .235/.300/.350/.650 .446/.712 .614 71/.581 2/2 7/1
27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/24 .227/.292/.439/.731 .889/.428 .751 18/1.056 0/0 4/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 7/1.262 3/.000 ··· 301/234 .167/.299/.311/.610 .230/.719 .509 72/.567 0/1 8/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP 19/1.186 1/2.000 3/2.334 11/.586 4/.000 356/281 .324/.393/.579/.973 .963/.976 1.001 91/1.073 1/1 22/3
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 141/81 .256/.345/.471/.816 .865/.779 .886 40/.469 8/4 7/0
22.Morel G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 213/148 .252/.269/.306/.575 .509/.603 .564 66/.527 2/4 1/6
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/3.000 4/1.417 4/.500 1/no AB 377/297 .261/.322/.309/.632 .771/.594 .667 91/.648 12/10 1/5
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 17/1.496 ··· 3/2.000 16/.804 1/2.000 293/253 .299/.333/.391/.724 .670/.732 .811 79/.925 0/0 3/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 3/1.167 9/1.069 1/.000 338/260 .256/.355/.516/.871 .938/.851 .807 83/.569 1/1 17/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/.000 362/278 .272/.330/.411/.741 .689/.756 .788 94/.599 3/2 8/11
51.Rios G/S/vP 22/.332 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 324/243 .215/.265/.315/.580 .668/.550 .753 87/.653 6/5 6/2
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 94/83 .217/.309/.313/.622 .384/.651 .812 30/.679 0/0 2/1
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 125/109 .278/.309/.339/.648 .462/.661 .656 39/.585 1/2 0/1
IP 54.2 20.2 62.2 36.0 36.1 TOTAL .253/.319/.389/.708 .682/.716 .740 .673 36/32 86/42
ERA-K/9 3.46/5.6 1.31/10.9 4.31/8.5 4.25/7.8 2.97/8.2 4.60/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (16-4-2)
 Pierzynski (58-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 232/.276 80/.176 271/.296 154/.254 147/.239 .275  Rios
 Quentin
 Pierre
 Lillibridge
 Dunn
 Teahen
0/82/0/4
0/0/70/2
81/0/0/2
7/10/32/0
0/0/2/0
3/0/5/0
OPS .781 .535 .771 .716 .653 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.745 30/.608 124/.769 77/.634 64/.631 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.792 50/.492 147/.773 77/.796 83/.670 .769
Road 70/.790 43/.670 165/.784 48/1.021 70/.754
Last 28d days 52/.814 37/.688 144/.823 35/.619 39/.714
HR/SB/CS 7/6/2 2/0/0 6/7/1 5/0/1 4/3/3 98/62/28
Usage ······X· ·o·X···· X······X X···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.