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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 15, 2011 @Comerica Park

Royals, 20-19, 20-19 3rd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (27, RHP, 1-5, 7.08)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-5) 40.2 57 33 32 14 29 6 7.08
2010 (8-12) 183.2 206 114 109 80 126 20 5.34
2009 (8-9) 123.0 122 76 72 66 86 18 5.27
Last 7 GS 1-5 35.1 50 29 28 12 27 5 7.13 39
2011-05-10 @NYY L 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 105 43
2011-05-04 BAL L 6.1 7 3 3 3 3 1 107 47
2011-04-28 @CLE L 3.1 9 8 8 1 4 4 75 13
2011-04-23 @TEX L 6.0 4 3 2 1 3 0 112 56
2011-04-18 CLE ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 90 57
2011-04-13 @MIN W 5.0 10 5 5 1 4 0 89 30
2011-04-08 @DET L 3.2 6 5 5 5 3 0 92 27
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 29.0 35 20 20 15 23 3 6.21 42
2011-04-08 @DET L 3.2 6 5 5 5 3 0 92 27
2010-09-22 @DET L 8.0 7 4 4 1 6 0 112 57
2010-09-05 DET W 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 1 115 63
2010-08-24 @DET L 4.2 12 7 7 3 5 1 108 14
2010-04-14 @DET W 6.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 99 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-8    Road:    5-11   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  15-14   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:  10-5 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest:  7-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Sat, May 14  @DET  L   0-3       20-19  3rd  5.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 13  @DET  L   1-3       20-18  3rd  4.5 gb
 37 Thu, May 12  @NYY  W  11-5       20-17  2nd  3.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 11  @NYY  W   4-3 (11)  19-17  2nd  4.5 gb
 35 Tue, May 10  @NYY  L   1-3       18-17  2nd  5.5 gb
 34 Sun, May  8   OAK  L   2-5       18-16  2nd  4.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7   OAK  W   4-3       18-15  2nd  4.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6   OAK  L   2-3       17-15  2nd  4.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  5   BAL  W   9-1       17-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4   BAL  L   2-3       16-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Tigers, 22-18, 22-18 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 6-0, 3.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-0) 50.2 48 18 18 23 51 8 3.20
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
2009 (9-11) 170.1 166 94 78 63 174 20 4.12
Last 7 GS 5-0 45.2 39 12 12 21 45 4 2.36 60
2011-05-09 @TOR W 5.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 97 51
2011-05-04 NYY W 8.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 109 81
2011-04-29 @CLE ND 6.2 6 5 5 5 7 2 105 44
2011-04-24 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 104 78
2011-04-18 @SEA W 6.0 6 2 2 4 7 1 112 55
2011-04-13 TEX ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 113 55
2011-04-08 KCR W 6.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 103 55
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 29.2 28 11 8 10 20 1 2.43 55
2011-04-08 KCR W 6.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 103 55
2010-09-22 KCR W 7.2 2 0 0 2 8 0 116 81
2010-06-04 @KCR L 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 0 85 30
2010-04-12 KCR L 5.0 9 5 2 2 3 1 101 36
2010-04-07 @KCR ND 6.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 91 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-7    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-14   vsLHP:  11-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sat, May 14   KCR  W   3-0       22-18  2nd  3.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 13   KCR  W   3-1       21-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 38 Wed, May 11  @MIN  W   9-7       20-18  2nd  4.5 gb
 37 Tue, May 10  @MIN  W  10-2       19-18  2nd  5.5 gb
 36 Mon, May  9  @TOR  W  10-5       18-18  3rd  5.5 gb
 35 Sun, May  8  @TOR  W   5-2       17-18  3rd  6.0 gb
 34 Sat, May  7  @TOR  W   9-0       16-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 33 Fri, May  6  @TOR  L   4-7       15-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 32 Thu, May  5   NYY  W   6-3       15-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  4   NYY  W   4-0       14-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 14, 2011 DET  3  KCR  0        W:Brad Penny (4-3), L: Jeff Francis (0-5), S: Jose Valverde (10)
Fri, May 13, 2011 DET  3  KCR  1        W:Justin Verlander (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (3-4), S: Jose Valverde (9)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 KCR  9 @DET  5        W:Luke Hochevar (1-1), L: Rick Porcello (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 KCR  3 @DET  1        W:Bruce Chen (1-0), L: Phil Coke (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (2)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 3-2; 2010 - DET won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - KCR leads 285-272

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

STL  5.25

ATL  4.24

MIN  3.14

 RA/G

ATL  3.27

NYY  4.30

MIN  5.35

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.63

J. Sanchez  3.68

J. Lackey  8.01

 K/9IP

M. Garza  11.77

J. Masterson  6.83

C. Pavano  3.42

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

Royals Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 121/85 .252/.283/.486/.770 1.131/.626 .768 76/.810 8/1 5/4
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 6/.533 120/94 .317/.383/.462/.845 .896/.831 .957 78/.752 3/0 1/4
16.Butler G/S/vP 19/.649 4/1.750 10/.775 2/.500 3/.000 5/.650 164/125 .292/.402/.438/.840 .894/.825 .739 98/.731 1/1 3/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 6/.667 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 175/122 .273/.309/.467/.775 .592/.858 .796 105/.839 4/0 5/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/23 .190/.320/.190/.510 .000/.558 .343 17/.544 9/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 153/119 .218/.253/.268/.521 .524/.520 .509 90/.510 5/4 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 11/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 8/.393 165/128 .295/.345/.550/.896 1.229/.798 .866 102/.915 4/0 8/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 5/.400 4/.500 136/97 .212/.300/.265/.565 .619/.543 .600 72/.517 7/1 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.850 1/5.000 3/.666 169/118 .292/.349/.468/.817 .862/.797 .590 103/.738 4/1 3/1
12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/1.339 2/.500 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 16/12 .333/.500/.583/1.083 .500/1.200 .000 11/1.323 0/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/2.500 65/44 .196/.277/.304/.580 .722/.513 .513 38/.612 0/0 1/1
15.Treanor G/S/vP 6/.167 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 88/72 .229/.379/.343/.722 .938/.677 .651 51/.745 1/1 2/2
IP 50.2 13.2 7.0 14.0 11.0 18.0 TOTAL .259/.330/.412/.742 .796/.723 .703 .737 47/9 32/24
ERA-K/9 3.20/9.1 6.59/7.2 9.00/10.3 2.57/3.9 9.00/5.7 1.50/10.0 4.09/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (12-7-1)
 Treanor (11-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.250 63/.304 38/.357 59/.220 56/.386 72/.200 .249  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Dyson
 Maier
35/0/0/5
0/0/38/5
7/32/1/4
0/10/0/0
2/2/2/0
OPS .755 .740 1.058 .762 .974 .539 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.871 33/.878 16/1.396 26/.526 25/1.030 43/.650 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.604 30/.573 22/.804 33/.963 31/.929 29/.385 .685
Home 111/.566 17/.745 16/1.192 25/.526 16/.697 45/.602
Last 28d days 136/.645 37/1.035 32/1.215 37/.856 36/1.039 51/.625
HR/SB/CS 8/5/4 1/1/1 1/1/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 35/26/14
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·· ·····X·· ···oX·o· ····X··· Xo·o·oo·
Tigers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 10/.775 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 126/94 .273/.331/.527/.858 .804/.876 .922 82/.842 2/0 6/1
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 11/.864 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 149/107 .290/.356/.405/.760 .914/.702 .744 91/.747 3/2 2/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 44/.905 ··· 5/1.800 1/2.000 175/121 .309/.440/.540/.980 .975/.981 .861 105/.917 0/0 7/1
15.Inge G/S/vP 27/.653 ··· 11/.644 2/2.000 139/87 .198/.254/.294/.547 .660/.481 .498 84/.523 0/0 1/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP 14/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 174/114 .229/.288/.357/.645 .769/.576 .591 109/.708 5/2 3/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 45/43 .268/.318/.366/.684 1.000/.668 .258 27/.679 2/0 0/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 21/1.324 ··· 6/.334 ··· 108/76 .330/.389/.546/.935 .714/1.022 .615 44/1.309 0/0 4/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 29/1.143 ··· 19/.721 1/.000 142/91 .307/.366/.504/.870 .732/.943 .873 86/.959 0/1 5/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 16/1.277 ··· 3/1.666 2/2.500 142/89 .214/.255/.366/.622 .698/.576 .668 89/.588 1/0 4/4
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 59/41 .286/.333/.347/.680 .561/.734 .813 31/.869 0/0 0/1
20.Sizemore G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 46/26 .263/.391/.289/.681 .825/.573 .750 46/.681 1/0 0/1
57.Wells G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 50/18 .239/.300/.370/.670 .523/.922 .613 34/.546 0/0 1/1
IP 40.2 13.1 14.2 15.1 TOTAL .257/.327/.399/.726 .729/.724 .699 .740 15/6 34/26
ERA-K/9 7.08/6.4 2.70/8.8 4.30/5.5 3.52/7.6 4.14/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (23-13-2)
 Martinez (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.335 53/.159 63/.241 65/.246 .267  Jackson
 Boesch
 Raburn
 Wells
 Kelly
0/40/0/3
14/0/18/2
32/0/0/1
0/1/22/1
3/4/8/1
OPS .926 .538 .654 .669 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/1.014 27/.727 33/.661 35/.689 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.803 26/.361 30/.646 30/.646 .729
Road 115/.987 18/.528 14/.762 27/.875
Last 28d days 122/.889 28/.539 29/.530 50/.691
HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 1/0/2 1/0/1 2/1/2 45/23/15
Usage ····X··· ········ ···X···o ··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.