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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Royals, 49-67, 49-67 5th, 12½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (27, RHP, 1-8, 4.19)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-8)			88.0	96	46	41	26	84	8	4.19
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	46.1	53	23	22	11	49	5	4.27	52
2011-08-05	DET	ND	6.2	6	3	3	2	7	1	114	55
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

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	5.2	7	4	4	2	6	0	6.35	43
2011-07-24	TBR	L	5.2	7	4	4	2	6	0	105	43

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-32   Road:   18-35   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  38-48   vsLHP:  11-19   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 12-13   vsCntrl:18-27   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Tue, Aug  9  @TBR  L   0-4       49-67  5th 12.5 gb
115 Mon, Aug  8  @TBR  L   1-2       49-66  5th 12.5 gb
114 Sun, Aug  7   DET  W   4-3       49-65  5th 12.0 gb
113 Sat, Aug  6   DET  L   3-4       48-65  5th 13.0 gb
112 Fri, Aug  5   DET  L   3-4 (10)  48-64  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Rays, 61-54, 61-54 3rd, 11 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (25, RHP, 8-7, 4.55)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-7)			122.2	135	66	62	41	60	16	4.55
2010 (12-10)			168.0	165	77	76	62	113	24	4.07
2009 (2-2)			36.1	33	19	15	13	36	2	3.72

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.0	48	22	20	10	22	4	4.09	49
2011-08-04	TOR	ND	7.2	5	3	3	3	4	1	108	58
2011-07-28	@OAK	W	6.0	6	5	5	0	6	1	100	46
2011-07-22	@KCR	L	5.1	11	6	5	0	3	1	91	27
2011-07-06	@MIN	ND	5.0	9	4	3	3	1	0	91	33
2011-07-01	STL	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	91	59
2011-06-25	@HOU	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	88	65
2011-06-17	FLA	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	98	56

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	19.1	17	8	7	5	14	2	3.26	56
2011-07-22	@KCR	L	5.1	11	6	5	0	3	1	91	27
2010-10-03	@KCR	ND	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	104	67
2010-05-02	KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	102	73

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-28   Road:   32-26   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  41-41   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 21-19   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 10-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Tue, Aug  9   KCR  W   4-0       61-54  3rd 11.0 gb
114 Mon, Aug  8   KCR  W   2-1       60-54  3rd 11.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7   OAK  L   4-5 (10)  59-54  3rd 11.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug  6   OAK  L   0-8       59-53  3rd 10.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug  5   OAK  W   8-4       59-52  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Thu, Aug  4   TOR  W   7-6 (12)  58-52  3rd 10.0 gb
109 Wed, Aug  3   TOR  W   9-1       57-52  3rd 11.0 gb
108 Tue, Aug  2   TOR  L   1-3       56-52  3rd 11.0 gb
107 Sun, Jul 31  @SEA  W   8-1       56-51  3rd 10.5 gb
106 Sat, Jul 30  @SEA  L   2-3       55-51  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 TBR  4  KCR  0        W:James Shields (11-9), L: Jeff Francis (4-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 TBR  2  KCR  1        W:Kyle Farnsworth (4-1), L: Blake Wood (5-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 TBR  5 @KCR  0        W:Alex Cobb (3-0), L: Felipe Paulino (1-8), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 3-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - TBR won 9-1; All-Time - TBR leads 63-48

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 5.47 BAL 4.12 SEA 3.32	RA/G PHI 3.24 TEX 4.24 BAL 5.33	BA A. Gonzalez .351 M. Moreland .272 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .446 H. Matsui .335 V. Wells .243	SLG J. Bautista .639 I. Kinsler .427 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.085 D. Fowler .770 A. Rios .573	ERA J. Weaver 1.78 C. Carpenter 3.75 J. Happ 6.26	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.45 E. Jackson 6.92 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.47

BAL 4.12

SEA 3.32

RA/G

PHI 3.24

TEX 4.24

BAL 5.33

A. Gonzalez .351

M. Moreland .272

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .446

H. Matsui .335

V. Wells .243

SLG

J. Bautista .639

I. Kinsler .427

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.085

D. Fowler .770

A. Rios .573

ERA

J. Weaver 1.78

C. Carpenter 3.75

J. Happ 6.26

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.45

E. Jackson 6.92

B. Penny 3.57

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

Royals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Davis
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 474/354 .288/.367/.450/.817 .958/.770 .820 110/.844 1/1 13/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/.429 1/no AB 2/.000 13/.539 ··· 5/.900 2/.500 510/351 .304/.338/.461/.799 .748/.822 .878 100/.848 14/7 13/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 440/327 .248/.283/.327/.609 .581/.619 .722 90/.574 15/7 2/12

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/.572 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 480/361 .273/.325/.465/.790 .998/.724 .770 103/.939 18/5 15/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.334 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 396/293 .256/.315/.285/.600 .642/.585 .564 80/.555 19/7 0/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.667 1/.000 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 509/352 .302/.372/.489/.861 .840/.871 .775 113/.899 9/7 14/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 84/54 .250/.357/.361/.718 .596/.789 .682 23/.455 1/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 208/150 .257/.298/.361/.659 .608/.680 .816 55/.551 0/0 3/2

IP 122.2 37.2 45.0 21.0 16.1 51.1 32.0 TOTAL .266/.326/.398/.724 .714/.728 .732 .733 108/42 85/66

ERA-K/9

4.55/4.4

4.06/8.8

2.00/7.0

7.71/7.3

3.86/8.3

3.68/7.4

4.22/5.9

3.69/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (43-24-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.280 155/.198 176/.207 98/.250 75/.292 201/.211 142/.222 .237 Gordon
Francoeur
Cabrera
Maier 108/0/0/18
0/0/112/12
8/106/2/10
7/7/8/0

OPS .797 .614 .557 .744 .871 .665 .665 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 246/.743 65/.507 81/.646 47/.528 39/.536 90/.519 73/.647 .666

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.843 90/.693 95/.487 51/.972 36/1.267 111/.786 69/.684 .717

Home 239/.772 83/.581 84/.489 40/.744 43/1.036 82/.383 70/.612

Last 28d days 81/.827 26/1.037 38/.549 31/.637 41/.827 39/.664 25/.571

HR/SB/CS 16/1/3 2/8/2 2/1/1 3/3/0 3/2/0 6/3/1 3/4/0 110/76/24

Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·o ·oo·oo·· ··X··o·o ··Xo·oX· ·oX··o·· ········

Rays Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.78 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/vRH	BA/OBP/SLG/OPS	vLH/RH	Hm	Last 28d	SB/CS	HR/E
22.Damon* G/S/vP	3/.333	2/3.000	9/.222	4/.750	463/334	.262/.317/.389/.706	.663/.722	.600	108/.532	11/4	9/0
5.Fuld* G/S/vP	3/.666	···	1/.000	1/.000	305/232	.238/.298/.357/.655	.563/.683	.665	42/.687	20/8	3/3
8.Jennings G/S/vP	4/1.750	1/no AB	···	···	80/55	.328/.423/.582/1.005	1.040/.990	.967	80/1.005	8/3	3/1
9.Johnson# G/S/vP	···	2/.000	1/.000	···	154/82	.182/.247/.321/.568	.707/.458	.631	27/.348	4/5	3/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP	3/.000	···	4/1.500	1/.000	380/312	.278/.342/.491/.833	.656/.872	.862	78/.713	10/1	15/3
11.Kotchman* G/S/vP	4/1.250	1/.000	6/.666	2/2.500	378/289	.338/.397/.475/.872	.713/.923	.968	109/.929	1/2	7/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP	3/.666	1/.000	5/1.600	1/.000	365/275	.229/.332/.452/.784	.910/.743	.684	113/.789	1/1	17/9
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP	3/.333	2/.000	···	1/.000	295/186	.212/.298/.354/.652	.901/.509	.598	92/.509	9/4	5/7
16.Ruggiano G/S/vP	···	···	···	···	100/58	.255/.283/.426/.708	.612/.780	.724	16/.517	1/1	4/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP	···	3/.000	2/.000	1/.000	191/93	.179/.268/.298/.566	.704/.423	.488	46/.524	0/0	6/2
2.Upton G/S/vP	···	1/.000	4/.000	2/.000	453/334	.229/.310/.398/.708	.691/.713	.599	101/.559	23/7	16/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP	3/1.667	2/.000	4/2.417	2/.500	491/350	.274/.366/.487/.853	.885/.846	.704	110/.936	12/4	15/5
IP	88.0	39.1	48.2	48.0	TOTAL	.243/.315/.396/.711	.731/.703	.674	.705	105/43	112/54
ERA-K/9	4.19/8.6	1.37/11.2	3.88/7.9	3.75/8.1	4.43/6.4	Catcher Def. (SB-CS-PB) Shoppach (15-15-1)		OF G: LF / CF / RF - A
BF/BA	374/.287	150/.174	205/.254	204/.234	.270			Joyce Upton Fuld Jennings Ruggiano Damon Rodriguez Johnson Zobrist		12/0/91/7 0/109/0/5 69/5/4/5 15/3/0/2 25/2/4/1 15/0/0/0 2/0/0/0 1/1/0/0 0/0/31/0
OPS	.772	.523	.701	.663	.770
vs LHB (BF-OPS)	188/.794	65/.565	107/.607	94/.688	.785
vs RHB (BF-OPS)	186/.750	85/.490	98/.799	110/.642	.758
Road	213/.761	73/.671	73/.976	95/.878
Last 28d days	103/.774	56/.510	44/.718	54/.728
HR/SB/CS	8/10/2	3/0/0	6/0/1	5/3/3	120/84/39
Usage	`····X···`	`··Xoo·X·`	`··o·oX··`	`·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.