KCR @ TBR, Sunday, July 6, 2008 Game Preview

Kansas City Royals, 39-49, 4th, 11½ GB, 12 GB in WC	SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 84.1 88 51 46 39 50 8 4.91 2007 (0-1) 12.2 11 4 3 4 5 1 2.13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42.2 50 26 25 15 20 4 5.27 44 2008-07-01 @BAL L 6 6 6 6 3 2 0 98 35 2008-06-25 COL W 8 7 2 2 2 3 1 95 61 2008-06-20 SFG ND 4.2 9 4 4 2 0 0 72 28 2008-06-14 @ARI W 7 10 3 2 0 6 0 111 53 2008-06-09 @NYY ND 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 87 60 2008-06-04 @CHW ND 5.2 5 4 4 5 2 2 108 40 2008-05-29 MIN L 5.1 9 5 5 3 3 0 90 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 19-21 Road: 20-28 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 24-37 vsLHP: 15-12 1-Run: 12-11 vsEast: 9-19 vsCntrl:12-14 vsWest: 5-11 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 88 Sat, Jul 5 @TBR L 0-3 39-49 4th 11.5 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 @TBR L 2-11 39-48 4th 10.5 gb 86 Thu, Jul 3 @BAL W 10-7 39-47 4th 10.5 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 @BAL L 2-5 38-47 4th 11.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 @BAL L 5-7 38-46 4th 10.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 @BAL W 6-5 (11) 38-45 4th 9.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 STL L 6-9 37-45 4th 9.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 STL L 1-5 37-44 4th 8.5 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 STL W 7-2 37-43 4th 7.5 gb 79 Wed, Jun 25 COL W 4-2 36-43 4th 7.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Rays, 54-32, 1st, 4 up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 6-5, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-5) 109.1 105 53 45 20 88 12 3.70 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42.2 44 21 20 5 39 7 4.22 54 2008-06-30 BOS W 6.1 5 2 2 1 5 1 104 59 2008-06-25 @FLA W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 101 70 2008-06-19 CHC ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 9 0 102 54 2008-06-10 @LAA L 8 10 6 6 0 9 2 108 47 2008-06-05 @BOS L 1 3 4 4 0 2 1 27 33 2008-05-30 CHW ND 6 7 1 1 1 6 1 99 59 2008-05-25 BAL ND 8 8 4 3 1 3 1 92 54 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 21 17 6 6 2 16 2 2.57 62 2007-07-06 @KCR W 7.2 7 4 4 0 6 0 106 55 2007-06-04 KCR W 7.1 4 2 2 1 5 2 102 66 2006-06-11 @KCR W 6 6 0 0 1 5 0 99 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-13 Road: 19-19 ExtrInn: 5-2 vsRHP: 39-23 vsLHP: 15-9 1-Run: 16-10 vsEast: 24-15 vsCntrl: 7-4 vsWest: 11-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 86 Sat, Jul 5 KCR W 3-0 54-32 1st 4.0 up 85 Fri, Jul 4 KCR W 11-2 53-32 1st 3.0 up 84 Wed, Jul 2 BOS W 7-6 52-32 1st 3.5 up 83 Tue, Jul 1 BOS W 3-1 51-32 1st 2.5 up 82 Mon, Jun 30 BOS W 5-4 50-32 1st 1.5 up 81 Sun, Jun 29 @PIT W 4-3 49-32 1st 0.5 up 80 Sat, Jun 28 @PIT L 3-4 (13) 48-32 2nd 0.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 @PIT W 10-5 48-31 2nd 0.5 gb 78 Thu, Jun 26 @FLA W 6-1 47-31 2nd 0.5 gb 77 Wed, Jun 25 @FLA W 15-3 46-31 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 9-1 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 05, 2008 TBR 3 KCR 0 W:Andy Sonnanstine (10-3), L: Zack Greinke (7-5), S: Grant Balfour (3) Fri, Jul 04, 2008 TBR 11 KCR 2 W:Edwin Jackson (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (7-8), S: none Sun, Jul 08, 2007 KCR 12 TBD 4 W:Jorge de la Rosa (7-9), L: Scott Kazmir (5-6), S: none Sat, Jul 07, 2007 KCR 8 TBD 7 W:Octavio Dotel (2-1), L: Shawn Camp (0-3), S: none Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TBD 6 @KCR 5 W:James Shields (7-4), L: Odalis Perez (4-8), S: Gary Glover (1) Mon, Jun 04, 2007 TBD 4 KCR 2 W:James Shields (5-0), L: Gil Meche (3-5), S: Al Reyes (14) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 TBD 5 KCR 1 W:J.P. Howell (1-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-2), S: none Sat, Jun 02, 2007 KCR 9 @TBD 4 W:Odalis Perez (3-5), L: Edwin Jackson (0-7), S: none Fri, Jun 01, 2007 KCR 4 @TBD 1 W:Brian Bannister (1-3), L: Scott Kazmir (3-3), S: Octavio Dotel (1) Sun, Jun 11, 2006 TBD 8 @KCR 2 W:James Shields (2-0), L: Scott Elarton (1-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 2-0; 2007 - KCR won 4-3; 2006 - TBR won 5-1; All-Time - TBR leads 44-38

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 2008 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

TEX 5.42

COL 4.51

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.68

SFG 4.58

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .385

M. Kemp .284

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .477

N. McLouth .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .669

A. Ramirez .463

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.106

F. Thomas .816

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

D. Eveland 6.05

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/88 .275/.304/.459/.763 1.194/.638 .758 104/.732 2/1 3/

14.Buck G/S/vP 6/1.666 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 228/171 .243/.320/.356/.677 .995/.573 .709 71/.659 0/3 3/

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 228/166 .266/.329/.353/.682 1.002/.568 .699 22/.794 0/1 2/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 5/.000 5/.200 2/1.500 303/205 .316/.375/.482/.857 .780/.895 .858 99/.976 6/5 9/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 249/183 .252/.306/.270/.576 .574/.577 .548 69/.620 19/4 0/

3.German G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 79/36 .169/.211/.197/.408 .404/.412 .267 15/.467 2/1 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 222/184 .262/.308/.325/.633 .373/.688 .494 88/.728 1/3 1/

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 373/265 .255/.335/.419/.755 .516/.853 .683 115/.815 2/2 11/

15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 5/.000 5/.400 5/.400 1/no AB 6/.334 291/217 .317/.372/.423/.794 .987/.731 .713 93/.919 2/1 3/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 7/2.238 357/268 .274/.300/.469/.769 1.021/.688 .775 111/.815 1/0 13/

21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 200/137 .262/.290/.482/.772 .987/.676 .899 52/.532 2/0 9/

1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 181/126 .162/.184/.214/.398 .541/.339 .378 14/.808 3/1 1/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 10/.422 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 344/253 .252/.326/.408/.733 .619/.775 .753 100/.692 2/2 9/

IP 109.1 17.2 31.1 48.0 52.2 21.2 39.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.388/.704 .760/.683 .689 .752 43/25 64/49

ERA-K/9

3.70/7.2

1.02/13.7

3.45/6.0

4.88/5.1

2.91/8.5

3.74/6.6

1.82/5.9

3.59/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (26-5-3)
Olivo (9-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.252 66/.105 140/.262 213/.286 218/.191 90/.247 154/.165 .239 Guillen
Gathright
DeJesus
Teahen
Gload
German 31/0/30/6
0/71/0/5
39/29/12/3
20/0/50/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0

OPS .689 .337 .721 .829 .586 .686 .514 .681

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.714 25/.478 65/.681 102/.975 72/.537 50/.612 57/.367 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.666 41/.254 75/.756 111/.697 146/.608 40/.775 97/.600 .671

Home 246/.567 42/.321 94/.837 72/.638 120/.516 50/.466 74/.369 .617

Last 28d days 112/.647 47/.265 45/.677 36/.804 53/.587 17/.899 39/.289

HR/SB/CS 12/6/5 0/0/0 1/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 4/0/1 72/41/18

Usage ·····X·· X···Xo·· ···X···X ·o·····X X···oo·· ···o·o·o ···X·oXX

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 41.Gobble*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 57.Peralta
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 126/80 .257/.352/.404/.756 1.093/.554 .666 82/.696 1/1 3/

44.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/3 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.333 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 15/1.319 5/.650 2/3.500 3/2.667 ··· ··· 11/.664 368/259 .285/.331/.409/.740 .684/.764 .851 93/.892 22/6 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 20/.478 ··· ··· 12/.795 128/121 .252/.344/.450/.794 .619/.804 .878 43/.772 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 5/1.933 1/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 128/50 .200/.305/.409/.714 .770/.626 .670 23/.617 5/1 6/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.000 204/177 .231/.338/.399/.737 .531/.770 .822 60/.742 2/2 6/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 253/211 .257/.344/.509/.853 .595/.902 .746 68/.794 7/2 13/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.100 380/276 .274/.346/.375/.720 .666/.741 .693 98/.796 5/2 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 319/236 .281/.351/.529/.880 .864/.885 .788 106/1.077 6/0 15/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.556 244/188 .318/.370/.435/.805 .746/.833 .797 92/.830 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 14/.594 4/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 281/189 .225/.335/.424/.758 .704/.784 .807 38/.721 0/0 12/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/43 .274/.313/.479/.792 .831/.760 .638 12/1.343 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.143 371/271 .275/.389/.407/.796 .812/.790 .784 108/.657 26/10 6/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/1.667 30/20 .333/.400/.815/1.215 1.250/1.192 1.343 13/1.795 1/0 3/

IP 84.1 22.2 44.1 26.0 7.2 40.1 37.0 10.2 TOTAL .265/.341/.417/.758 .753/.760 .754 .808 97/32 92/48

ERA-K/9

4.91/5.3

7.94/7.5

2.03/6.5

5.54/6.2

2.35/5.8

2.68/9.6

1.22/10.0

5.06/7.6

4.56/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (26-16-4)
Riggans (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 370/.270 109/.287 183/.224 107/.270 30/.233 166/.224 140/.143 47/.179 .266 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Gomes 0/82/0/8
2/15/57/4
81/0/0/1
5/0/34/1
0/1/1/0
4/0/10/0

OPS .759 .897 .587 .881 .600 .562 .437 .606 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.890 48/.497 73/.686 48/.926 12/.167 79/.725 70/.501 26/.908 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.634 61/1.243 110/.524 59/.846 18/.889 87/.411 70/.375 21/.246 .726

Road 212/.777 65/.821 101/.655 50/.738 20/.650 84/.631 83/.504 16/.192 .755

Last 28d days 133/.734 34/1.160 59/.354 15/.867 30/.600 48/.576 34/.180 25/.247

HR/SB/CS 8/10/3 4/2/0 2/2/2 8/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/3/0 90/35/14

Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· ··X··X·· ··X···X· X··X·o·o ·····X·· ··o··o·· ·X··X·XX

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.

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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.91)

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 6-5, 3.70)

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