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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 12:10pm, Thursday, August 11, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Royals, 49-68, 49-68 5th, 12½ GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Danny Duffy (22, LHP, 3-5, 5.08)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-5)			72.2	85	41	41	36	64	11	5.08

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.2	46	22	22	14	35	6	5.12	47
2011-08-06	DET	L	5.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	105	46
2011-07-31	@CLE	W	5.0	8	2	2	3	6	1	89	46
2011-07-26	@BOS	ND	3.2	6	6	6	3	5	0	102	27
2011-07-19	CHW	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	94	63
2011-07-07	DET	L	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	102	61
2011-07-01	@COL	L	5.0	9	5	5	1	6	2	92	34
2011-06-25	CHC	ND	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	2	91	52

Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

 Home:   31-32   Road:   18-36   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  38-49   vsLHP:  11-19   1-Run:  20-23
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:18-27   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Wed, Aug 10  @TBR  L   7-8       49-68  5th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 62-54, 62-54 3rd, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (28, RHP, 6-4, 3.58)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-4)			83.0	81	37	33	20	66	9	3.58
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		4-0	45.2	41	14	13	10	44	4	2.56	60
2011-08-05	OAK	W	8.2	7	4	4	1	8	2	119	61
2011-07-29	@SEA	W	6.2	3	0	0	3	11	0	118	76
2011-07-23	@KCR	ND	6.0	7	3	2	0	4	0	92	52
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

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	30.1	16	5	4	5	23	1	1.19	72
2011-07-23	@KCR	ND	6.0	7	3	2	0	4	0	92	52
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:   30-28   Road:   32-26   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  42-41   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 21-19   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 10-15 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Wed, Aug 10   KCR  W   8-7       62-54  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 TBR  8  KCR  7        W:Jake McGee (1-1), L: Joakim Soria (5-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 4-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - TBR won 9-1; All-Time - TBR leads 64-48

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 5.44 BAL 4.13 SEA 3.33	RA/G PHI 3.28 TEX 4.24 BAL 5.32	BA A. Gonzalez .348 A. Lind .271 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .447 B. Phillips .333 V. Wells .243	SLG J. Bautista .637 D. Uggla .428 C. Getz .285	OPS J. Bautista 1.084 E. Hosmer .764 A. Rios .578	ERA J. Weaver 1.78 M. Garza 3.81 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 5.44

BAL 4.13

SEA 3.33

RA/G

PHI 3.28

TEX 4.24

BAL 5.32

A. Gonzalez .348

A. Lind .271

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .447

B. Phillips .333

V. Wells .243

SLG

J. Bautista .637

D. Uggla .428

C. Getz .285

OPS

J. Bautista 1.084

E. Hosmer .764

A. Rios .578

ERA

J. Weaver 1.78

M. Garza 3.81

J. Happ 6.26

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.45

E. Jackson 6.92

B. Penny 3.57

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Royals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
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 13/.154 ··· 5/.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 479/357 .285/.363/.444/.807 .941/.763 .799 111/.836 1/1 13/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/no AB 2/.000 14/.522 1/5.000 5/.900 2/.500 515/354 .306/.339/.471/.809 .774/.825 .897 100/.896 14/7 14/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 444/331 .251/.287/.334/.621 .581/.635 .745 90/.622 16/7 2/12

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.572 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 484/365 .273/.324/.466/.790 .998/.725 .770 103/.955 18/5 15/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 11/.455 3/1.334 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 396/293 .256/.315/.285/.600 .642/.585 .564 75/.566 19/7 0/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 514/355 .300/.372/.486/.858 .848/.863 .770 113/.894 9/7 14/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 84/54 .250/.357/.361/.718 .596/.789 .682 23/.455 1/0 0/0

IP 83.0 37.2 45.0 22.0 16.2 51.1 32.0 TOTAL .266/.326/.399/.725 .717/.728 .733 .738 109/42 86/67

ERA-K/9

3.58/7.2

4.06/8.8

2.00/7.0

7.36/7.4

4.86/8.6

3.68/7.4

4.22/5.9

3.72/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.250 155/.198 176/.207 102/.244 78/.299 201/.211 142/.222 .237 Gordon
Francoeur
Cabrera
Maier 109/0/0/18
0/0/113/12
8/107/2/10
7/7/8/0

OPS .706 .614 .557 .730 .927 .665 .665 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.709 65/.507 81/.646 49/.532 40/.556 90/.519 73/.647 .663

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.702 90/.693 95/.487 53/.940 38/1.347 111/.786 69/.684 .720

Home 190/.752 83/.581 84/.489 44/.710 46/1.122 82/.383 70/.612

Last 28d days 115/.518 26/1.037 38/.549 35/.600 44/.931 39/.664 25/.571

HR/SB/CS 9/12/3 2/8/2 2/1/1 3/3/0 4/3/0 6/3/1 3/4/0 111/77/24

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

Rays Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 59.Paulino
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

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 200/170 .193/.234/.219/.453 .427/.457 .508 16/.375 3/1 1/6

22.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 6/.167 9/.222 4/.750 468/339 .261/.315/.387/.702 .663/.717 .595 113/.526 11/4 9/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.933 2/2.000 1/.000 310/236 .244/.309/.369/.679 .573/.710 .711 47/.845 20/8 3/3

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 81/56 .338/.430/.588/1.019 1.040/1.009 .995 81/1.019 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 ··· ··· 6/1.333 4/1.500 1/.000 385/317 .283/.345/.501/.847 .656/.888 .888 83/.785 10/1 16/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/1.100 7/.858 2/2.500 383/293 .340/.399/.476/.875 .728/.923 .972 114/.937 1/2 7/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.334 6/1.867 1/.000 370/280 .229/.330/.451/.781 .910/.741 .682 118/.780 1/1 17/9

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 299/190 .209/.297/.350/.647 .901/.505 .589 96/.500 9/4 5/8

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 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 5/.000 2/.000 458/338 .227/.309/.394/.703 .685/.708 .591 106/.543 23/7 16/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/2.050 5/1.850 2/.500 496/354 .276/.368/.489/.858 .893/.849 .718 115/.954 12/4 15/5

IP 72.2 40.1 93.0 49.1 48.0 TOTAL .244/.316/.397/.713 .733/.706 .680 .716 105/43 113/55

ERA-K/9

5.08/7.9

1.56/11.2

4.06/8.2

4.20/8.0

3.75/8.1

4.46/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Shoppach (16-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 329/.295 155/.183 395/.282 210/.263 204/.234 .271 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Jennings
Rodriguez
Johnson
Damon
Zobrist 12/0/92/7
70/5/4/5
0/110/0/5
15/3/0/2
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
15/0/0/0
0/0/31/0

OPS .875 .540 .771 .729 .663 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.793 67/.579 200/.828 110/.649 94/.688 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.901 88/.511 195/.713 100/.814 110/.642 .757

Road 160/.924 78/.698 234/.760 78/1.034 95/.878

Last 28d days 97/.875 55/.520 124/.770 49/.836 48/.645

HR/SB/CS 11/10/6 3/0/0 9/10/2 6/0/1 5/3/3 121/84/39

Usage X··Xoo·X X····X·· o··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.