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Game Preview: TBR @ KCR, 2:10 pm, Sunday, July 24, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Rays, 52-47, 52-47 3rd, 9½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (23, RHP, 2-0, 3.09)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 35.0 29 13 12 16 22 1 3.09
Last 7 GS 2-0 35.0 29 13 12 16 22 1 3.09 54
2011-07-18 NYY ND 6.0 3 2 1 4 3 0 99 59
2011-06-18 FLA W 6.1 3 2 2 2 2 0 101 59
2011-06-13 @DET ND 5.2 8 1 1 2 7 0 102 54
2011-06-07 @LAA W 6.1 7 1 1 0 3 0 84 58
2011-05-31 TEX ND 6.1 4 3 3 4 4 0 99 53
2011-05-01 LAA ND 4.1 4 4 4 4 3 1 74 38
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-25   Road:   28-22   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  36-35   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest:  6-9  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  L   4-5 (10)  52-47  3rd  9.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14
Royals, 42-58, 42-58 5th, 11 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (27, RHP, 1-7, 4.39)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-7) 69.2 79 39 34 20 67 7 4.39
2010 (1-9) 91.2 95 63 52 46 83 4 5.11
2009 (3-11) 97.2 126 73 68 37 93 20 6.27
Last 7 GS 1-3 45.2 51 27 22 13 46 4 4.34 51
2011-07-17 @MIN L 7.0 7 4 4 1 8 1 113 54
2011-07-05 @CHW W 6.0 9 3 3 2 9 1 120 49
2011-06-28 @SDP L 7.0 11 4 3 1 7 0 118 47
2011-06-23 ARI L 8.0 9 5 5 1 8 2 117 51
2011-06-17 @STL ND 6.0 5 4 4 4 5 0 98 47
2011-06-11 @LAA ND 5.0 7 5 2 1 5 0 108 43
2011-06-06 TOR ND 6.2 3 2 1 3 4 0 99 63
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-28   Road:   14-30   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  33-40   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast:  8-7    vsCntrl:15-24   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Sat, Jul 23   TBR  W   5-4 (10)  42-58  5th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 KCR  5  TBR  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (5-3), L: Brandon Gomes (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 2-0; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - TBR won 9-1; All-Time - TBR leads 60-48

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  5.40

ATL  4.12

SEA  3.24

 RA/G

PHI  3.32

CIN  4.30

BAL  5.21

 BA

J. Reyes  .352

C. Lee  .277

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .465

C. Pena  .339

A. Rios  .255

 SLG

J. Bautista  .682

M. Prado  .436

C. Getz  .282

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.148

D. Espinosa  .773

A. Rios  .559

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.81

J. Niese  3.76

J. Happ  5.88

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.35

R. Nolasco  6.82

C. Pavano  3.84

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

Rays Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Paulino
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
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 ··· 2/3.000 9/.222 3/.667 394/283 .279/.324/.421/.745 .675/.771 .836 79/.775 8/4 9/0
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 288/220 .244/.302/.370/.672 .608/.691 .695 47/.731 17/8 3/3
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/2 .667/.800/1.667/2.467 3.500/.500 2.467 5/2.467 1/0 0/1
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 144/76 .197/.264/.346/.611 .755/.495 .543 38/.587 4/5 3/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· 320/264 .289/.347/.519/.866 .623/.918 .850 60/.699 6/0 14/2
11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 311/239 .329/.392/.454/.846 .588/.929 .814 90/.795 1/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 295/223 .243/.339/.467/.806 .817/.802 .928 89/.767 1/1 13/7
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 239/148 .211/.291/.366/.657 .915/.505 .635 65/.493 6/4 4/7
16.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/55 .258/.280/.438/.718 .608/.796 .710 30/.467 1/1 4/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 162/77 .179/.280/.300/.580 .754/.390 .584 36/.552 0/0 5/2
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 394/293 .229/.310/.395/.706 .763/.687 .841 89/.691 23/7 15/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 419/300 .266/.359/.468/.827 .849/.824 .909 86/.838 10/2 11/5
IP 69.2 30.0 42.0 39.2 TOTAL .243/.312/.395/.707 .721/.702 .745 .695 83/37 93/50
ERA-K/9 4.39/8.7 1.20/11.7 3.64/7.7 3.63/7.9 4.45/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Shoppach (11-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.295 114/.179 176/.250 163/.234 .271  Upton
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Ruggiano
 Jennings
 Damon
 Rodriguez
 Johnson
 Zobrist
0/95/0/5
12/0/77/5
67/5/3/4
24/2/3/1
1/0/0/0
15/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
0/0/30/0
OPS .769 .520 .681 .649 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.821 46/.592 87/.605 70/.632 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.725 68/.472 89/.754 93/.661 .754
Home 106/.752 59/.389 120/.557 87/.521
Last 28d days 87/.845 50/.622 31/.677 32/.675
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 2/0/0 5/0/1 4/3/3 107/70/32
Usage ······X· X···X··· X··oX··· ·o···o··
Royals Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 403/298 .288/.377/.416/.793 .915/.752 .847 78/.607 1/1 7/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 13/.539 ··· 5/.900 1/.000 448/307 .294/.330/.455/.785 .743/.804 .730 98/.915 14/2 12/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 380/282 .249/.288/.330/.618 .576/.632 .502 80/.638 14/6 2/12
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 3/2.500 ··· 415/310 .269/.316/.455/.770 .979/.701 .809 93/.833 16/4 13/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 353/262 .253/.313/.282/.595 .647/.577 .630 93/.502 18/6 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 433/296 .302/.370/.475/.846 .811/.862 .963 89/.854 9/6 11/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 69/41 .271/.377/.373/.750 .641/.826 .741 19/.433 1/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 172/121 .256/.302/.365/.668 .613/.691 .511 51/.640 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 32/.745 2/2 3/4
IP 35.0 40.2 17.0 10.0 45.0 30.1 TOTAL .264/.325/.391/.717 .696/.725 .721 .695 101/32 71/61
ERA-K/9 3.09/5.7 1.99/7.1 7.94/8.5 3.60/5.4 3.80/7.8 4.15/5.9 3.62/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (36-19-2)
 Treanor (34-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.216 161/.215 82/.269 45/.308 178/.213 132/.225 .237  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
92/0/0/13
0/0/97/11
7/92/2/10
7/4/7/0
OPS .603 .578 .798 .797 .660 .653 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.576 73/.679 39/.501 22/.372 82/.531 69/.668 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.632 88/.503 43/1.114 23/1.258 96/.773 63/.635 .717
Road 53/.740 87/.597 51/.741 18/.722 108/.876 62/.700
Last 28d days 25/.423 40/.678 35/.641 11/.384 35/.608 29/.541
HR/SB/CS 1/5/0 2/1/1 3/3/0 1/2/0 5/3/1 3/4/0 94/63/21
Usage X·o··XX· oX····X· ·X··o·oo X···ooo· ···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.