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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, April 23, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Royals, 12-8, 12-8 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Kyle Davies (27, RHP, 1-1, 7.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 20.0 30 16 16 8 16 1 7.20
2010 (8-12) 183.2 206 114 109 80 126 20 5.34
2009 (8-9) 123.0 122 76 72 66 86 18 5.27
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.0 51 31 31 15 27 2 7.54 38
2011-04-18 CLE ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 90 57
2011-04-13 @MIN W 5.0 10 5 5 1 4 0 89 30
2011-04-08 @DET L 3.2 6 5 5 5 3 0 92 27
2011-04-02 LAA ND 5.1 7 4 4 2 2 1 102 38
2010-10-02 TBR L 5.2 6 4 4 3 4 1 99 42
2010-09-27 MIN ND 3.1 8 7 7 3 1 0 75 14
2010-09-22 @DET L 8.0 7 4 4 1 6 0 112 57
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 29.1 31 18 16 18 24 2 4.91 46
2010-08-30 TEX L 8.1 10 3 2 1 6 0 112 58
2010-05-06 @TEX ND 4.0 9 9 9 3 2 1 100 7
2009-04-19 @TEX ND 6.0 3 3 3 5 8 1 111 57
2008-06-11 TEX ND 6.0 6 1 1 5 3 0 109 54
2007-09-05 @TEX L 5.0 3 2 1 4 5 0 87 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 22  @TEX  L   6-11      12-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21   CLE  W   3-2       12-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20   CLE  L   5-7       11-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   CLE  W   5-4       11-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 18   CLE  L   3-7 (10)  10-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17   SEA  L   2-3       10-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16   SEA  W   7-0       10-4   1st    Tied
 13 Fri, Apr 15   SEA  W   6-5        9-4   1st    Tied
 12 Thu, Apr 14   SEA  W   5-1  (8)   8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Wed, Apr 13  @MIN  W  10-5        7-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-8
Rangers, 12-7, 12-7 1st, ½ up

SP: Alexi Ogando (27, RHP, 2-0, 2.33)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 19.1 10 5 5 4 9 3 2.33
2010 (4-1) 41.2 31 6 6 16 39 2 1.30
Last 7 GS 2-0 19.1 10 5 5 4 9 3 2.33 62
2011-04-17 @NYY ND 6.1 6 5 5 1 1 3 92 41
2011-04-11 @DET W 7.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 79 76
2011-04-05 SEA W 6.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 90 70
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-2    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Fri, Apr 22   KCR  W  11-6       12-7   1st  0.5 up
 18 Wed, Apr 20   LAA  L   1-4       11-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   LAA  L   4-15      11-6   1st    Tied
 16 Mon, Apr 18   LAA  W   7-1       11-5   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @NYY  L   5-6       10-5   1st    Tied
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @NYY  L   2-5       10-4   1st  1.0 up
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @NYY  W   5-3       10-3   1st  2.0 up
 12 Wed, Apr 13  @DET  L   2-3        9-3   1st  2.0 up
 11 Tue, Apr 12  @DET  L   4-5        9-2   1st  3.0 up
 10 Mon, Apr 11  @DET  W   2-0        9-1   1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-7    Last 30:12-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 TEX 11  KCR  6        W:Derek Holland (3-1), L: Jeff Francis (0-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 01, 2010 TEX  4 @KCR  3        W:Tommy Hunter (12-2), L: Bryan Bullington (1-4), S: Neftali Feliz (34)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 KCR 10  TEX  9        W:Joakim Soria (1-2), L: Darren Oliver (1-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 TEX  3 @KCR  0        W:C.J. Wilson (14-5), L: Kyle Davies (6-9), S: Neftali Feliz (33)
Wed, May 26, 2010 KCR  5  TEX  2        W:Luke Hochevar (5-2), L: Scott Feldman (2-5), S: Joakim Soria (11)
Tue, May 25, 2010 TEX  8 @KCR  7        W:Darren O'Day (2-2), L: Brad Thompson (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (13)
Sun, May 09, 2010 TEX  6  KCR  4        W:Doug Mathis (1-0), L: Brad Thompson (0-2), S: Neftali Feliz (9)
Sat, May 08, 2010 TEX  3  KCR  2        W:Chris Ray (1-0), L: Gil Meche (0-4), S: Neftali Feliz (8)
Fri, May 07, 2010 TEX  4  KCR  1        W:C.J. Wilson (3-1), L: Zack Greinke (0-4), S: none
Thu, May 06, 2010 TEX 13  KCR 12        W:Frank Francisco (4-3), L: Joakim Soria (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (7)
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 1-0; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - KCR leads 259-243

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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 21.Tomko
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .717 55/.641 14/5 8/14
24.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 5/.800 4/.750 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .834 58/.980 0/0 13/10
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.619 7/.619 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .843 88/.970 0/0 15/6
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.572 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .662 94/.720 7/1 4/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .501 9/.375 9/1 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .617 83/.460 10/4 4/20
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 ··· 1/.000 7/2.071 3/.333 1/no AB 6/1.917 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .733 84/.909 8/3 13/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .489 84/.621 15/2 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .651 89/.947 1/5 8/7
30.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .612 76/.590 0/1 8/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .725 6/.750 3/2 5/5
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .673 35/.601 2/0 1/3
15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .607 47/.572 1/2 5/3
IP 41.2 174.1 69.1 62.0 61.2 55.0 10.2 TOTAL .269/.340/.401/.741 .815/.707 .731 .741 27/5 13/16
ERA-K/9 1.30/8.4 4.54/5.5 2.73/9.2 2.03/6.5 2.48/9.5 2.29/8.2 10.13/9.3 /0.0 3.56/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (29-12-1)
 Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.208 781/.286 269/.176 240/.196 244/.242 217/.196 60/.362 / .232  Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Dyson
 Gordon
 Betemit
 Escobar
2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
0/15/0/2
55/0/3/2
2/0/0/0
2/1/2/0
OPS .554 .826 .516 .548 .654 .574 1.109 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.678 366/.857 131/.409 76/.561 113/.529 89/.623 24/1.132 / .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.492 415/.799 138/.616 164/.542 131/.765 128/.535 36/1.093 / .716
Home 91/.573 445/.856 168/.631 114/.491 110/.516 115/.670 33/.976 /
Last 28d days 71/.529 25/.646 34/.472 31/.775 30/.533 25/.507 24/.451 /
HR/SB/CS 2/6/1 28/22/6 5/0/0 5/3/1 4/8/3 4/3/2 2/1/0 // 19/10/4
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ··X····X ··X·o··· o·····o· o····X·· X·o·oo··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 674/502 .265/.342/.301/.643 .642/.644 .641 76/.650 32/15 0/16
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.400 1/2.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 641/441 .321/.365/.553/.919 .943/.908 .881 78/.848 2/1 28/19
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 185/129 .277/.330/.349/.679 .539/.739 .676 8/.619 0/2 0/7
20.Borbon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 468/363 .276/.309/.340/.649 .609/.660 .656 45/.532 15/7 3/4
17.Cruz G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 9/.347 3/1.000 1/.000 445/324 .318/.374/.576/.950 .976/.941 1.099 76/.814 17/4 22/5
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 136/105 .192/.279/.292/.571 .411/.618 .613 4/.000 3/0 1/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 15/1.110 ··· 6/.833 2/1.500 1/no AB 460/350 .286/.382/.412/.794 .957/.743 .881 84/.886 15/5 9/7
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 173/150 .255/.364/.469/.833 .604/.869 .835 58/1.004 3/1 9/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 15/.553 ··· 8/1.875 5/.400 1/5.000 471/346 .291/.358/.449/.806 .696/.847 .834 49/.865 14/2 12/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/no AB 510/347 .238/.316/.468/.784 .966/.700 .804 38/1.267 4/2 26/12
2.Teagarden G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 85/56 .155/.259/.338/.597 .686/.542 .495 / 0/0 4/2
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 363/259 .271/.343/.378/.721 .698/.729 .823 56/.704 7/5 7/3
10.Young G/S/vP 21/1.039 1/.000 9/1.431 2/.000 1/2.000 718/528 .284/.330/.444/.774 .871/.739 .871 81/.870 4/2 21/19
IP 183.2 10.0 83.2 65.2 49.2 TOTAL .272/.339/.488/.827 .853/.819 .963 .827 12/6 27/16
ERA-K/9 5.34/6.2 2.70/7.2 5.49/4.6 1.78/9.7 5.07/5.6 4.21/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (52-19-5)
 Teagarden (15-3-3)
 Torrealba (38-22-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 817/.283 42/.229 368/.270 270/.216 220/.286 .282  Murphy
 Cruz
 Borbon
 Moreland
74/10/51/9
14/0/94/3
1/133/0/2
0/0/7/0
OPS .793 .676 .794 .568 .798 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.836 14/.792 220/.751 155/.587 111/.827 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 389/.745 28/.619 148/.855 115/.541 109/.767 .806
Road 423/.810 12/1.144 207/.822 106/.609 84/1.004
Last 28d days 95/.921 33/.651 67/.721 44/.732 24/1.008
HR/SB/CS 20/17/3 0/0/0 15/15/1 4/1/1 6/10/3 21/10/8
Usage ····X··· o···X·X· ·X····X· ···Xo··X X··X·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.