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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 28, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Royals, 23-27, 23-27 3rd, 8 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (23, RHP, 2-3, 5.60)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 45.0 46 29 28 22 16 4 5.60
2010 (4-6) 83.2 90 53 51 31 43 15 5.49
2009 (4-2) 51.2 60 34 34 16 29 12 5.92
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.0 39 24 23 21 15 3 5.05 46
2011-05-22 STL ND 4.1 8 7 7 4 0 1 86 15
2011-05-17 CLE L 5.0 8 6 6 2 2 1 97 27
2011-05-12 @NYY W 6.2 6 4 4 2 0 1 104 44
2011-05-06 OAK L 8.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 89 59
2011-04-30 MIN ND 6.0 2 2 1 7 3 0 104 58
2011-04-21 CLE ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 94 57
2011-04-16 SEA W 5.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 84 59
Last 5 v.TEX 2-0 16.0 18 10 10 2 8 6 5.63 45
2010-08-31 TEX ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 0 3 91 25
2009-09-29 TEX W 5.0 3 2 2 0 3 1 65 56
2009-06-29 @TEX W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 2 90 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-13   Road:    6-14   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  17-20   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Fri, May 27  @TEX  W  12-7 (14)  23-27  3rd  8.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 26  @BAL  L   5-6 (12)  22-27  4th  9.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 25  @BAL  L   2-9       22-26  3rd  8.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24  @BAL  L   3-5       22-25  3rd  8.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22   STL  L   8-9 (10)  22-24  3rd  8.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   STL  L   0-3       22-23  2nd  7.0 gb
 44 Fri, May 20   STL  W   3-0       22-22  2nd  6.0 gb
 43 Thu, May 19   TEX  W   2-1 (10)  21-22  3rd  6.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 18   TEX  L   4-5 (11)  20-22  3rd  7.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 17   CLE  L   3-7       20-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Rangers, 26-25, 26-25 1st, Tied

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 4-4, 3.62)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 54.2 44 24 22 26 33 6 3.62
2010 (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
2009 (4-5) 63.1 81 43 43 23 34 9 6.11
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.2 37 22 20 23 22 5 4.43 49
2011-05-22 @PHI W 8.1 5 0 0 3 3 0 117 73
2011-05-17 @CHW ND 7.0 3 3 3 4 6 1 108 61
2011-05-06 NYY L 6.0 4 3 2 5 3 1 119 52
2011-05-01 @OAK L 1.2 6 4 4 2 1 0 49 26
2011-04-26 TOR L 3.0 8 7 7 3 1 1 60 13
2011-04-20 LAA L 6.2 4 3 3 3 5 1 105 56
2011-04-15 @NYY W 8.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 104 62
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 16.2 19 12 11 9 8 3 5.94 41
2010-05-06 KCR ND 5.0 4 4 4 3 1 1 95 41
2009-04-17 KCR L 5.0 8 6 6 4 3 2 98 26
2008-08-27 @KCR W 6.2 7 2 1 2 4 0 99 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-11   Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  9-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Fri, May 27   KCR  L   7-12(14)  26-25  1st    Tied
 50 Wed, May 25   CHW  W   2-1       26-24  1st  0.5 up
 49 Tue, May 24   CHW  L   6-8       25-24  1st  0.5 up
 48 Mon, May 23   CHW  W   4-0       25-23  1st  0.5 up
 47 Sun, May 22  @PHI  W   2-0       24-23  1st  0.5 up
 46 Sat, May 21  @PHI  L   0-2       23-23  1st  0.5 up
 45 Fri, May 20  @PHI  L   2-3       23-22  1st  0.5 up
 44 Thu, May 19  @KCR  L   1-2 (10)  23-21  1st  1.0 up
 43 Wed, May 18  @KCR  W   5-4 (11)  23-20  1st  1.0 up
 42 Tue, May 17  @CHW  L   3-4       22-20  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 27, 2011 KCR 12 @TEX  7 (14)   W:Blake Wood (2-0), L: David Bush (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 KCR  2  TEX  1 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 TEX  5 @KCR  4 (11)   W:Arthur Rhodes (2-2), L: Jeremy Jeffress (1-1), S: Mark Lowe (1)
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 TEX  8  KCR  7        W:C.J. Wilson (3-0), L: Bruce Chen (3-1), S: Arthur Rhodes (1)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Alexi Ogando (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (1-2), S: Darren Oliver (1)
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)
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 4-2; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - KCR leads 261-246

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

NYY  5.16

BAL  4.14

SDP  3.37

 RA/G

ATL  3.27

NYY  4.14

MIN  5.27

 BA

M. Joyce  .377

G. Parra  .261

J. Gomes  .168

 OBP

J. Bautista  .492

J. Francoeur  .332

P. Janish  .239

 SLG

J. Bautista  .776

B. McCann  .404

P. Janish  .248

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.269

M. Brantley  .741

P. Janish  .487

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.56

R. Wolf  3.70

E. Volquez  6.35

 K/9IP

M. Garza  10.99

H. Kuroda  6.88

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Royals Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 44.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 153/107 .234/.270/.433/.702 1.091/.544 .705 75/.651 8/1 5/5
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.250 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.750 2/1.000 164/129 .315/.384/.448/.832 .694/.870 .901 81/.773 3/1 2/4
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/1.725 1/2.000 6/.533 ··· 4/.000 7/.619 1/2.000 212/164 .289/.392/.417/.808 .878/.788 .737 96/.689 1/1 3/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 4/.500 9/.666 5/.400 222/155 .280/.314/.469/.782 .644/.844 .867 97/.844 5/1 7/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 192/145 .220/.257/.260/.517 .546/.507 .456 82/.530 5/4 0/3
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 3/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 7/2.071 3/.333 214/166 .278/.332/.495/.827 1.174/.723 .786 102/.717 6/0 9/2
17.Getz* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 4/1.334 ··· 165/123 .234/.318/.285/.603 .639/.591 .629 60/.541 8/1 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.625 2/.500 224/152 .286/.345/.493/.838 .891/.812 .723 105/.725 4/2 6/1
12.Maier* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 25/17 .300/.440/.450/.890 .542/1.042 .000 18/.978 0/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 85/60 .216/.282/.351/.634 .684/.613 .614 38/.607 0/0 2/1
15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 112/91 .220/.360/.319/.679 .866/.638 .575 50/.770 1/1 2/2
IP 54.2 19.1 18.0 2.1 11.2 20.0 12.1 TOTAL .260/.327/.406/.734 .781/.717 .710 .709 51/13 42/28
ERA-K/9 3.62/5.4 4.66/4.7 1.50/4.5 19.29/3.9 3.86/3.8 2.70/6.8 3.65/8.0 3.70/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (15-8-1)
 Treanor (19-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.228 87/.263 76/.183 14/.500 50/.310 83/.234 53/.234 .244  Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Gordon
 Maier
0/0/49/6
7/42/2/5
46/0/0/5
2/3/3/0
OPS .677 .836 .650 1.405 .745 .613 .789 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.862 42/.860 42/.535 2/.000 23/.885 36/.669 23/.620 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.612 45/.811 34/.789 12/1.667 27/.619 47/.569 30/.905 .693
Home 101/.727 51/.991 46/.378 14/1.405 33/.661 59/.505 31/.858
Last 28d days 96/.690 52/.983 42/.810 3/.333 34/.548 37/.638 23/1.201
HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 5/3/1 2/0/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 61/23/17
Usage ·····X·· X··X···o X·X··o·· o······· X·oo···· o·o····· o··X··o·
Rangers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 39.Paulino
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 8/.500 1/.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 2/.000 212/152 .259/.306/.326/.632 .667/.619 .698 105/.617 15/0 2/10
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.500 3/1.334 211/153 .250/.303/.464/.767 .753/.772 .749 100/.686 0/1 10/4
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 21/10 .235/.316/.471/.786 1.067/.472 1.000 9/.661 0/0 1/1
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 28/18 .333/.407/.458/.866 1.225/.669 .000 28/.866 2/0 0/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 5/.200 4/.750 2/.000 138/102 .202/.275/.419/.695 1.116/.543 .810 31/.258 1/1 8/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 42/24 .206/.341/.235/.577 .349/.741 .598 42/.577 4/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 8/.875 3/2.667 3/.667 63/44 .333/.397/.509/.906 .957/.884 .878 19/.980 2/0 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 8/.286 3/1.000 3/.000 225/151 .238/.350/.418/.768 .764/.769 .983 104/.713 10/2 6/6
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 165/115 .286/.358/.476/.834 .485/.984 .939 79/.758 1/1 5/1
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/1.875 1/.000 4/.500 6/.334 2/2.500 176/121 .228/.301/.335/.637 .475/.711 .698 99/.570 4/4 4/2
25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 115/63 .183/.339/.419/.758 1.033/.539 .904 57/.371 1/1 6/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 143/96 .222/.254/.341/.594 .579/.601 .672 65/.357 0/0 3/2
10.Young G/S/vP 9/1.431 ··· 9/.985 3/.000 2/1.000 213/155 .339/.380/.490/.870 1.173/.757 .831 97/.894 4/1 2/2
IP 45.0 5.0 19.0 20.1 20.2 TOTAL .254/.323/.408/.731 .778/.711 .796 .650 50/13 51/40
ERA-K/9 5.60/3.2 0.00/9.0 5.68/8.1 4.87/6.2 3.05/7.4 4.51/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (4-4-0)
 Torrealba (19-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.272 20/.063 82/.324 89/.267 88/.247 .268  Murphy
 Cruz
 Blanco
 Moreland
 Gentry
 Chavez
 Hamilton
40/13/0/4
14/0/28/3
0/0/1/1
0/0/29/0
0/13/3/0
0/2/5/0
7/4/0/0
OPS .762 .313 .878 .774 .714 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.743 5/.400 29/.695 43/.718 43/.587 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.790 15/.277 53/.978 46/.823 45/.833 .757
Road 28/.726 8/.393 53/.737 23/1.114 37/.897
Last 28d days 104/.863 20/.313 44/.794 39/.920 48/.731
HR/SB/CS 4/0/3 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/0/1 3/1/3 57/34/18
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· X······o X··X·X·o oo·o·oX·

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.