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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 4:10pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011 @Comerica Park

Royals, 4-3, 4-3 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (34, LHP, 0-0, 9.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 3 9.00
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 3-0 43.1 34 16 16 13 26 8 3.32 56
2011-04-03 LAA ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 3 91 32
2010-10-01 TBR W 9.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 104 88
2010-09-26 @CLE ND 6.2 4 0 0 3 3 0 119 66
2010-09-21 @DET W 6.0 4 3 3 1 1 2 89 52
2010-09-15 OAK W 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 90 44
2010-09-10 @CHW ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 115 68
2010-09-04 DET ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 6 1 102 39
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 24.2 26 19 19 16 14 4 6.93 40
2010-09-21 @DET W 6.0 4 3 3 1 1 2 89 52
2010-09-04 DET ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 6 1 102 39
2010-08-23 @DET L 4.1 5 5 5 5 2 0 93 30
2010-06-04 DET W 5.0 4 2 2 3 4 0 91 52
2009-09-08 DET ND 4.2 7 5 5 4 1 1 93 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @DET  L   2-5        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr  6   CHW  L   7-10(12)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr  5   CHW  W   7-6 (12)   4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Sun, Apr  3   LAA  W  12-9 (13)   3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sat, Apr  2   LAA  W   5-4        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Fri, Apr  1   LAA  W   2-1        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Thu, Mar 31   LAA  L   2-4        0-1   4th  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3
Tigers, 3-4, 3-4 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Phil Coke (28, LHP, 0-1, 7.71)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 2.1 3 3 2 0 0 1 7.71
2010 (7-5) 64.2 67 29 27 26 53 2 3.76
2009 (4-3) 60.0 44 34 30 20 49 10 4.50
Last 7 GS 0-0 1.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 10.80 38
2010-10-03 @BAL ND 1.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 45 38
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-0    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Fri, Apr  8   KCR  W   5-2        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @BAL  L   5-9        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr  6  @BAL  W   7-3        2-3   4th  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  4  @BAL  L   1-5        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  3  @NYY  W  10-7        1-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  2  @NYY  L   6-10       0-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  1 Thu, Mar 31  @NYY  L   3-6        0-1   4th  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-4    Last 20: 3-4    Last 30: 3-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 DET  5  KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (2-0), L: Kyle Davies (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (2)

Wed, Sep 22, 2010 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (12-10), L: Kyle Davies (8-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 KCR  9 @DET  6        W:Bruce Chen (11-7), L: Armando Galarraga (4-7), S: Joakim Soria (40)
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 DET  7  KCR  5        W:Brad Thomas (6-2), L: Zack Greinke (9-13), S: Phil Coke (2)
Sun, Sep 05, 2010 KCR  2  DET  1        W:Kyle Davies (7-9), L: Brad Thomas (5-2), S: Joakim Soria (37)
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 DET  6 @KCR  4        W:Rick Porcello (8-11), L: Dusty Hughes (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (25)
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 DET  9 @KCR  5 (11)   W:Ryan Perry (3-5), L: Jesse Chavez (5-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 KCR  4 @DET  3 (12)   W:Philip Humber (1-0), L: Alfredo Figaro (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (36)
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 DET  9  KCR  1        W:Rick Porcello (6-11), L: Kyle Davies (6-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 DET 12  KCR  3        W:Jeremy Bonderman (7-9), L: Bruce Chen (8-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 1-0; 2010 - DET won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - KCR leads 283-270

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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 38.Weinhardt
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .717 29/.525 14/5 8/14
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.533 2/.000 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .834 17/.710 0/0 13/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/3.167 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .843 32/1.154 0/0 15/6
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .662 37/.797 7/1 4/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .501 1/ 9/1 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .617 34/.454 10/4 4/20
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .733 33/.690 8/3 13/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 1/.000 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .489 27/.896 15/2 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.833 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .651 36/1.081 1/5 8/7
30.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .612 32/.683 0/1 8/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .725 1/.000 3/2 5/5
27.Pena# G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 3/2.500 ··· 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .673 13/.846 2/0 1/3
15.Treanor G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .607 20/.800 1/2 5/3
IP 64.2 60.1 26.0 18.2 69.1 63.0 29.1 TOTAL .274/.350/.433/.783 1.039/.701 .776 .783 14/1 8/6
ERA-K/9 3.76/7.4 1.34/11.2 3.81/4.5 2.89/9.1 3.89/3.9 3.00/9.0 6.14/6.5 6.25/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (29-12-1)
 Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.275 217/.147 107/.236 87/.270 307/.292 259/.184 135/.328 .270  Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Dyson
 Gordon
 Escobar
 Betemit
2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
0/15/0/2
55/0/3/2
2/1/2/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .699 .454 .771 .752 .776 .585 .831 .842
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.681 104/.491 55/.876 34/.998 132/.632 138/.662 49/.616 .890
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.713 113/.419 52/.669 53/.594 175/.885 121/.502 86/.949 .784
Home 144/.589 112/.405 60/.754 39/.623 148/.714 144/.565 70/.786
Last 28d days 11/1.000 13/.154 6/1.250 10/.522 7/1.881 11/.282 /
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 6/2/2 4/0/1 2/5/0 4/0/2 5/3/1 2/1/2 13/6/0
Usage ·····X·· o·o··Xo· ·X····o· oX······ ·o····X· o····oX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB		 50.Texeira
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 333/295 .228/.316/.340/.656 .502/.676 .709 24/.994 2/2 7/4
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 512/393 .256/.320/.416/.736 .951/.673 .844 24/.966 7/1 14/10
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 21/2.071 ··· 3/.000 4/2.250 15/.690 1/2.000 648/482 .328/.420/.622/1.042 1.000/1.054 1.068 31/1.342 3/3 38/13
15.Inge G/S/vP 24/.215 ··· 3/.000 10/.722 8/.125 2/.000 580/423 .247/.321/.397/.718 .817/.681 .787 24/.739 4/3 13/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP 12/.694 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 4/.750 4/.000 675/491 .293/.345/.400/.745 .600/.798 .760 33/.606 27/6 4/6
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 251/225 .244/.272/.374/.646 .487/.663 .695 10/.744 3/0 9/5
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 5/.400 7/.762 ··· 538/371 .302/.351/.493/.844 1.173/.694 .951 30/.852 1/0 20/8
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· ··· 9/.944 9/.444 1/.000 365/284 .303/.378/.474/.852 1.171/.763 .889 19/.551 1/0 12/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 16/.402 ··· ··· 18/.764 10/.200 1/2.000 615/441 .249/.311/.392/.703 .771/.677 .611 24/.762 1/0 15/8
25.Raburn G/S/vP 19/1.109 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 410/264 .280/.340/.474/.814 .929/.753 .799 16/.713 2/2 15/6
28.Rhymes* G/S/vP 5/1.250 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 213/173 .304/.350/.414/.763 .855/.741 .686 26/.462 0/3 1/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.000 2/.500 6/.900 1/.000 367/289 .263/.337/.325/.662 .763/.635 .708 10/.556 2/2 3/8
57.Wells G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 99/47 .323/.364/.538/.901 .695/1.130 .726 1/.000 0/1 4/0
IP 140.1 10.0 83.2 65.2 61.0 61.1 TOTAL .277/.335/.459/.793 .668/.812 .832 .793 4/1 9/8
ERA-K/9 4.17/6.3 2.70/7.2 5.49/4.6 1.78/9.7 3.54/8.3 4.84/4.8 4.62/5.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (43-20-6)
 Martinez (99-27-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 608/.254 42/.229 368/.270 270/.216 258/.242 277/.304 .305  Jackson
 Boesch
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Kelly
 Wells
0/149/0/9
44/0/79/9
0/0/71/7
73/7/20/4
65/12/2/4
8/4/29/4
OPS .735 .676 .794 .568 .691 .777 .861
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.756 14/.792 220/.751 155/.587 118/.697 130/.797 .904
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 447/.727 28/.619 148/.855 115/.541 140/.686 147/.759 .842
Road 304/.691 12/1.144 207/.822 106/.609 121/.627 141/.782
Last 28d days 24/1.326 9/.821 20/1.011 22/.714 17/.915 16/.661
HR/SB/CS 17/5/7 0/0/0 15/15/1 4/1/1 5/4/1 3/4/3 12/5/4
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·o·· ··X··X·· ··Xo·Xoo ··oo·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.