Kansas City Royals (17-25, 7.5 GB, 4th AL Central)
Previous Results vs. Royals: In 2007, the Rockies lost the series 1-2 at Coors Field. Jorge De La Rosa pitched against the Rockies that series, allowing two runs in 6 1/3 innings in the first game of the series. In that game, Manuel Corpas belw the save and took the loss by surrendering four runs. After a win in the second game, the Rockies bullpen had a meltdown in extra innings when Ramon Ramirex allowed five runs in the 1th inning.
In 2008, the Royals swept the Rockies and let's not remember much of that three-game road series.
Roylas in their last two series: 1-1 series split with Baltimore; 2-0 series victory over Cleveland
Friday-Sunday: 3-game series @ Kauffman Stadium
Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday, 21 May 2010 @ 6:10pm MT
Saturday, 22 May 2010 @ 2:10pm MT
Sunday, 23 May 2010 @ 12:10pm MT
Expected Lineup
Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
Scott Podsednik | LF | 0.302 | 0.356 | 0.384 | 0.740 | 0.082 | 0.357 | 0.341 |
Mike Aviles | 2B | 0.375 | 0.375 | 0.531 | 0.906 | 0.156 | 0.393 | 0.381 |
David DeJesus | RF | 0.265 | 0.346 | 0.426 | 0.772 | 0.160 | 0.287 | 0.343 |
Billy Butler | 1B | 0.337 | 0.387 | 0.485 | 0.871 | 0.147 | 0.357 | 0.383 |
Jose Guillen | DH | 0.259 | 0.313 | 0.481 | 0.794 | 0.222 | 0.284 | 0.345 |
Alberto Callaspo | 3B | 0.309 | 0.347 | 0.515 | 0.862 | 0.206 | 0.303 | 0.373 |
Mitch Maier | CF | 0.237 | 0.339 | 0.333 | 0.673 | 0.097 | 0.275 | 0.305 |
Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 0.279 | 0.303 | 0.395 | 0.697 | 0.116 | 0.295 | 0.305 |
Jason Kendall | C | 0.285 | 0.348 | 0.333 | 0.681 | 0.049 | 0.320 | 0.309 |
Bench
Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | BABIP | wOBA |
Chris Getz | 2B | 0.193 | 0.246 | 0.193 | 0.439 | 0.000 | 0.239 | 0.221 |
Willie Bloomquist | 3B/OF | 0.114 | 0.184 | 0.143 | 0.327 | 0.029 | 0.148 | 0.180 |
Brayan Pena | C | 0.000 | 0.077 | 0.000 | 0.077 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.074 |
Closer