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Game Preview: TBR @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 23, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Rays, 52-46, 52-46 3rd, 8½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (28, RHP, 4-4, 3.94)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 61.2 64 30 27 16 43 7 3.94
2010 (12-8) 174.1 159 86 85 61 131 25 4.39
2009 (13-6) 180.2 185 84 79 59 125 17 3.94
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.1 36 11 11 10 28 3 2.40 58
2011-07-17 BOS ND 8.0 2 0 0 2 10 0 118 86
2011-07-07 @NYY W 7.1 6 1 1 2 4 1 114 64
2011-07-02 STL W 6.0 9 1 1 2 5 1 98 53
2011-06-26 @HOU ND 3.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 66 27
2011-06-20 @MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 85 66
2011-05-04 TOR L 4.0 6 3 3 0 0 1 62 38
2011-04-28 @MIN W 7.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 84 70
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 24.1 9 2 2 5 19 1 0.74 78
2010-04-30 KCR ND 7.1 3 1 1 4 3 0 88 67
2009-08-01 KCR W 8.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 115 77
2009-06-03 KCR W 9.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 100 91
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-25   Road:   28-21   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  36-35   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:15-13   vsWest:  6-9  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   4-10      52-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 21   NYY  W   2-1       52-45  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 20   NYY  L   0-4       51-45  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 19   NYY  W   3-2       51-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Mon, Jul 18   NYY  L   4-5       50-44  3rd  8.0 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 17   BOS  L   0-1 (16)  50-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 16   BOS  L   5-9       50-42  3rd  6.0 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 15   BOS  W   9-6       50-41  3rd  5.0 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 10  @NYY  L   0-1       49-41  3rd  6.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  9  @NYY  L   4-5       49-40  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14
Royals, 41-58, 41-58 5th, 12 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (30, LHP, 3-11, 4.62)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-11) 122.2 141 67 63 23 58 12 4.62
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 1-5 41.0 45 23 22 6 18 4 4.83 47
2011-07-16 @MIN L 7.1 7 4 4 1 2 1 106 49
2011-07-10 DET L 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 96 61
2011-07-04 @CHW ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 95 54
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
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-28   Road:   14-30   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  32-40   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:15-24   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Fri, Jul 22   TBR  W  10-4       41-58  5th 12.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 20   CHW  W   2-1 (11)  40-58  5th 11.5 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 19   CHW  W   4-2       39-58  5th 12.5 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 18   CHW  L   2-5       38-58  5th 13.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17  @MIN  L   3-4       38-57  5th 12.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16  @MIN  L   3-4       38-56  5th 12.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 15  @MIN  W   2-1       38-55  5th 12.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 14  @MIN  L   4-8       37-55  5th 12.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 10   DET  L   1-2       37-54  5th 11.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul  9   DET  W  13-6       37-53  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 KCR 10  TBR  4        W:Luke Hochevar (6-8), L: Wade Davis (7-7), S: none

Sun, Oct 03, 2010 TBR  3 @KCR  2 (12)   W:Jeff Niemann (12-8), L: Dusty Hughes (1-3), S: Rafael Soriano (45)
Sat, Oct 02, 2010 TBR  4 @KCR  0        W:Chad Qualls (3-4), L: Kyle Davies (8-12), S: none
Fri, Oct 01, 2010 KCR  7  TBR  0        W:Bruce Chen (12-7), L: James Shields (13-15), S: none
Thu, Sep 30, 2010 KCR  3  TBR  2        W:Zack Greinke (10-14), L: Matt Garza (15-10), S: Joakim Soria (43)
Sun, May 02, 2010 TBR  1  KCR  0        W:Wade Davis (3-1), L: Zack Greinke (0-3), S: Rafael Soriano (6)
Sat, May 01, 2010 KCR  4 @TBR  2 (11)   W:Rob Tejeda (2-2), L: Lance Cormier (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (7)
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 KCR  3 @TBR  2        W:Josh Rupe (1-1), L: Randy Choate (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 TBR 11  KCR  1        W:Matt Garza (4-1), L: Luke Hochevar (2-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 03, 2009 TBR 10  KCR  4        W:Scott Kazmir (6-6), L: Zack Greinke (10-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 1-0; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - TBR won 9-1; All-Time - TBR leads 60-47

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

BOS  5.42

ATL  4.14

SEA  3.26

 RA/G

PHI  3.30

CLE  4.31

BAL  5.24

 BA

J. Reyes  .349

P. Polanco  .274

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .465

N. Markakis  .336

A. Rios  .255

 SLG

J. Bautista  .686

C. Jones  .428

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.151

C. Jones  .768

A. Rios  .559

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.81

T. Cahill  3.77

J. Happ  5.88

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.35

B. Myers  6.70

B. Penny  3.78

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

Rays Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.83 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 9/.222 3/.667 389/281 .280/.326/.421/.747 .695/.766 .842 80/.829 8/4 9/0
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 287/219 .245/.303/.372/.674 .608/.694 .700 47/.731 17/8 3/3
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/73 .197/.267/.336/.603 .708/.517 .525 37/.573 4/5 3/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 319/263 .287/.345/.517/.862 .623/.914 .842 61/.704 6/0 14/2
11.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 306/237 .331/.395/.458/.854 .584/.938 .827 90/.832 1/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· 290/221 .239/.334/.462/.797 .775/.803 .914 90/.865 1/1 13/6
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 235/147 .214/.292/.371/.663 .931/.509 .645 65/.513 6/4 4/7
16.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/55 .258/.280/.438/.718 .608/.796 .710 31/.452 1/1 4/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 158/75 .176/.280/.301/.582 .747/.401 .588 35/.506 0/0 5/2
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 389/291 .232/.312/.400/.712 .789/.687 .856 90/.766 23/7 15/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 414/298 .264/.358/.466/.825 .826/.830 .906 87/.871 10/2 11/5
IP 122.2 27.0 69.2 41.0 39.2 TOTAL .243/.312/.394/.706 .710/.704 .743 .718 82/37 93/48
ERA-K/9 4.62/4.3 1.00/11.0 4.39/8.7 3.73/7.5 3.63/7.9 4.46/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Shoppach (10-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 526/.287 103/.188 298/.295 172/.250 163/.234 .270  Joyce
 Upton
 Fuld
 Ruggiano
 Rodriguez
 Johnson
 Damon
 Zobrist
12/0/76/5
0/94/0/5
67/5/3/4
24/2/3/1
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
15/0/0/0
0/0/29/0
OPS .736 .534 .769 .686 .649 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.589 41/.590 139/.821 83/.611 70/.632 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.775 62/.498 159/.725 89/.754 93/.661 .750
Home 271/.620 48/.390 106/.752 116/.559 87/.521
Last 28d days 99/.676 39/.687 87/.845 30/.700 32/.675
HR/SB/CS 12/12/4 2/0/0 7/7/1 5/0/1 4/3/3 107/69/32
Usage ······X· ···X···· ·····X·· ··oX···X o···o···
Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 74.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 186/131 .211/.254/.386/.640 .899/.535 .617 2/.000 10/2 5/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.200 5/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 398/293 .289/.379/.419/.798 .915/.758 .857 77/.615 1/1 7/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/no AB 1/.000 13/.539 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 443/302 .298/.334/.460/.794 .743/.818 .747 98/.957 14/2 12/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 376/278 .252/.292/.333/.625 .576/.642 .513 80/.673 14/6 2/12
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.500 ··· 411/307 .268/.314/.453/.767 .973/.698 .804 93/.850 16/4 13/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 8/.625 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 349/258 .256/.314/.285/.598 .647/.581 .638 93/.524 18/6 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 428/291 .298/.368/.471/.839 .811/.852 .953 88/.841 8/6 11/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 68/40 .276/.382/.379/.762 .641/.849 .762 18/.458 1/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 169/118 .261/.308/.373/.680 .613/.710 .529 48/.681 0/0 3/2
15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 215/167 .227/.357/.314/.671 .632/.682 .744 36/.768 2/2 3/4
IP 61.2 39.2 16.1 10.0 43.2 30.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.391/.717 .696/.725 .722 .704 100/32 71/61
ERA-K/9 3.94/6.3 1.82/7.0 8.27/8.3 3.60/5.4 3.92/7.4 4.15/5.9 3.61/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (35-19-2)
 Treanor (34-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.262 156/.214 79/.277 45/.308 174/.218 132/.225 .236  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
91/0/0/13
0/0/96/11
7/91/2/10
7/4/7/0
OPS .737 .569 .813 .797 .677 .653 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.662 69/.652 37/.529 22/.372 80/.545 69/.668 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.822 87/.509 42/1.103 23/1.258 94/.790 63/.635 .719
Road 109/.719 82/.579 48/.762 18/.722 104/.913 62/.700
Last 28d days 102/.700 38/.593 36/.754 11/.384 33/.910 34/.644
HR/SB/CS 7/10/2 2/1/1 3/3/0 1/2/0 5/3/1 3/4/0 94/62/21
Usage ·····X·· ·o··XX·X X····X·o X··o·ooo ···ooo·X ··o·XoX·

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.