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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10 pm, Friday, August 5, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 59-52, 59-52 1st, 3 up

SP: Rick Porcello (22, RHP, 11-6, 4.50)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-6) 116.0 129 63 58 30 69 11 4.50
2010 (10-12) 162.2 188 96 89 38 84 18 4.92
2009 (14-9) 170.2 176 81 75 52 89 23 3.96
Last 7 GS 5-1 40.2 49 25 23 6 26 2 5.09 46
2011-07-29 LAA W 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 107 70
2011-07-24 @MIN W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 93 56
2011-07-19 OAK W 6.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 107 47
2011-07-08 @KCR W 5.1 6 3 1 1 5 0 90 52
2011-07-03 SFG W 7.0 5 3 3 2 6 0 99 59
2011-06-28 NYM L 3.2 11 7 7 0 0 1 71 11
2011-06-22 @LAD ND 4.2 9 5 5 1 2 0 81 27
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 29.2 36 17 15 6 18 2 4.55 47
2011-07-08 @KCR W 5.1 6 3 1 1 5 0 90 52
2011-04-10 KCR L 5.0 9 5 5 3 2 0 97 28
2010-09-20 KCR ND 5.1 12 5 5 0 2 1 82 26
2010-09-04 @KCR W 7.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 110 51
2010-08-24 KCR W 7.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 91 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-25   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  38-39   vsLHP:  21-13   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:23-13   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Thu, Aug  4   TEX  L   2-5       59-52  1st  3.0 up
110 Wed, Aug  3   TEX  W   5-4       59-51  1st  4.0 up
109 Tue, Aug  2   TEX  W   6-5       58-51  1st  3.0 up
108 Sun, Jul 31   LAA  W   3-2       57-51  1st  2.5 up
107 Sat, Jul 30   LAA  L   1-5       56-51  1st  1.5 up
106 Fri, Jul 29   LAA  W  12-2       56-50  1st  2.5 up
105 Thu, Jul 28   LAA  L   7-12      55-50  1st  1.5 up
104 Wed, Jul 27  @CHW  L   1-2       55-49  1st  2.0 up
103 Tue, Jul 26  @CHW  W   5-4       55-48  1st  2.0 up
102 Mon, Jul 25  @CHW  L   3-6       54-48  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 48-63, 48-63 5th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (27, RHP, 1-8, 4.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-8) 81.1 90 43 38 24 77 7 4.20
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 1-4 45.2 52 24 23 13 47 4 4.53 51
2011-07-30 @CLE ND 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 104 66
2011-07-24 TBR L 5.2 7 4 4 2 6 0 105 43
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
Last 5 v.DET 1-0 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 1 1.29 76
2009-06-27 DET W 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 1 96 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-30   Road:   18-33   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  37-44   vsLHP:  11-19   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 12-11   vsCntrl:17-25   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Thu, Aug  4   BAL  W   9-4       48-63  5th 11.0 gb
110 Wed, Aug  3   BAL  W   6-2       47-63  5th 12.0 gb
109 Tue, Aug  2   BAL  L   2-8       46-63  5th 12.0 gb
108 Sun, Jul 31  @CLE  W   5-3       46-62  5th 11.0 gb
107 Sat, Jul 30  @CLE  L   2-5       45-62  5th 11.0 gb
106 Fri, Jul 29  @CLE  W  12-0       45-61  5th 11.0 gb
105 Thu, Jul 28  @BOS  W   4-3       44-61  5th 11.0 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27  @BOS  L   5-12      43-61  5th 12.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @BOS  L   9-13      43-60  5th 12.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25  @BOS  W   3-1 (14)  43-59  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 DET  2 @KCR  1        W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Jeff Francis (3-10), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 KCR 13  DET  6        W:Greg Holland (3-1), L: Charlie Furbush (1-3), S: Everett Teaford (1)
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 DET  6 @KCR  4        W:Rick Porcello (8-6), L: Kyle Davies (1-8), S: Jose Valverde (23)
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 DET  3 @KCR  1        W:Max Scherzer (10-4), L: Danny Duffy (1-4), S: Jose Valverde (22)
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
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 6-3; 2010 - DET won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - KCR leads 286-275

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  5.47

BAL  4.11

SEA  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.30

MIL  4.26

BAL  5.34

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .356

R. Weeks  .272

A. Dunn  .167

 OBP

J. Bautista  .459

E. Hosmer  .333

V. Wells  .249

 SLG

J. Bautista  .662

I. Kinsler  .427

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.121

S. Castro  .763

A. Rios  .546

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.88

R. Dickey  3.77

J. Happ  6.01

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.69

A. Ogando  6.85

B. Penny  3.57

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

Tigers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.85 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
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 353/265 .285/.371/.490/.861 .760/.895 .784 69/.774 3/0 12/5
20.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 265/183 .279/.336/.404/.740 .579/.815 .806 47/.639 3/1 4/7
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 3/.333 425/315 .293/.348/.479/.828 .797/.838 .815 87/.742 5/3 16/3
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 6/1.500 2/1.000 471/347 .316/.427/.555/.982 .927/1.000 1.039 92/.928 1/1 22/9
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.417 1/3.000 62/46 .246/.274/.404/.678 .517/.735 .477 62/.678 0/1 2/1
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 441/304 .247/.315/.359/.674 .738/.645 .688 62/.640 16/4 5/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 191/175 .231/.283/.335/.619 .400/.639 .768 34/.432 2/0 3/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 390/284 .322/.374/.444/.818 .720/.853 .830 90/.799 1/0 6/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.944 2/.000 255/169 .236/.298/.313/.611 .648/.592 .523 75/.663 1/1 4/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 20/.789 1/.000 389/273 .316/.360/.522/.882 .889/.880 .858 70/.820 0/2 16/6
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/1.666 2/2.500 308/193 .227/.266/.385/.650 .747/.592 .664 38/1.039 1/0 10/10
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 161/126 .246/.299/.324/.623 .570/.637 .590 19/.921 0/0 1/2
IP 81.1 36.0 46.2 46.0 TOTAL .268/.333/.416/.748 .753/.747 .738 .745 38/15 109/75
ERA-K/9 4.20/8.5 1.50/11.8 4.05/8.1 3.52/8.2 4.47/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (60-29-3)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Martinez (29-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.290 139/.172 198/.258 195/.234 .272  Ordonez
 Boesch
 Jackson
 Raburn
 Kelly
0/0/44/6
52/0/45/6
0/104/0/3
48/2/4/2
14/4/21/1
OPS .764 .526 .717 .652 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.783 60/.558 103/.632 90/.633 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.745 79/.503 95/.804 105/.668 .764
Home 134/.767 66/.364 125/.567 101/.502
Last 28d days 76/.736 53/.537 41/.774 45/.675
HR/SB/CS 7/10/2 3/0/0 6/0/1 4/3/3 117/80/38
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··X X···XX·o X·····o·
Royals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 34.Pauley
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 27/.733 5/1.267 4/.500 2/.500 7/.453 454/335 .297/.377/.463/.840 .967/.796 .848 99/.957 1/1 13/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/1.375 5/.400 5/.200 1/.000 3/.667 497/339 .304/.339/.463/.802 .753/.825 .730 96/.868 14/5 13/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 423/311 .251/.287/.333/.620 .586/.632 .524 80/.669 15/7 2/12
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.767 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 10/.522 461/344 .271/.323/.457/.780 1.017/.702 .789 92/.851 18/5 14/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 17/.309 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 396/293 .256/.315/.285/.600 .642/.585 .636 89/.582 19/7 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 14/.572 3/.000 3/1.334 5/1.850 5/.650 488/333 .311/.382/.505/.887 .851/.903 .970 101/1.038 9/6 14/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 18/.528 2/.500 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.000 78/49 .254/.359/.343/.702 .618/.754 .717 18/.284 1/0 0/0
24.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 49/32 .250/.327/.386/.713 .794/.665 .715 31/.688 0/0 1/2
27.Pena# G/S/vP 8/.875 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 4/2.333 198/141 .258/.298/.363/.661 .619/.678 .490 48/.500 0/0 3/2
IP 116.0 40.0 55.0 28.0 47.1 TOTAL .269/.329/.402/.730 .721/.734 .723 .761 106/38 83/66
ERA-K/9 4.50/5.4 4.50/7.9 2.13/5.6 4.50/8.4 3.04/8.2 4.22/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (40-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.282 168/.280 216/.202 127/.225 204/.216 .260  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Navarro
103/0/0/17
0/0/107/11
7/102/2/10
7/5/8/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .753 .723 .555 .782 .636 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 295/.835 82/.838 94/.324 57/.531 116/.739 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.635 86/.610 122/.750 70/.998 88/.508 .723
Road 260/.708 74/.576 116/.704 63/.805 78/.593
Last 28d days 77/.656 23/.785 39/.790 9/.347 34/.649
HR/SB/CS 11/12/2 5/1/2 2/3/3 5/3/2 4/6/3 95/89/37
Usage ······X· ·oX····o ··o····· ·····Xo· ·XX·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.