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Game Preview: KCR @ BOS, 7:10pm, Friday, August 24, 2012 @Fenway Park

Royals, 55-68, 55-68 3rd, 13 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 9-10, 5.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-10) 140.1 159 87 85 34 103 24 5.45
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
2010 (12-7) 140.1 136 68 65 57 98 17 4.17
Last 7 GS 2-2 37.1 42 22 22 9 26 7 5.30 46
2012-08-18 CHW W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 98 58
2012-08-12 @BAL L 5.1 4 4 4 3 5 2 95 46
2012-08-07 @CHW W 6.2 7 2 2 1 2 1 98 53
2012-08-02 CLE ND 2.2 7 4 4 1 0 0 55 27
2012-07-28 @SEA L 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 96 50
2012-07-23 @LAA ND 5.1 5 3 3 2 3 0 106 47
2012-07-18 SEA ND 5.1 7 4 4 0 6 2 105 44
Last 5 v.BOS 1-2 21.2 30 21 20 10 19 5 8.31 37
2012-05-09 BOS W 6.2 7 3 3 0 5 0 103 53
2011-07-27 @BOS L 4.0 10 10 10 3 3 3 114 2
2010-05-30 @BOS ND 4.0 2 1 1 2 5 0 75 57
2009-07-12 @BOS L 3.0 6 3 3 3 2 0 78 34
2006-05-16 BOS ND 4.0 5 4 3 2 4 2 95 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-33   Road:   29-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  37-46   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 12-16 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Wed, Aug 22  @TBR  L   3-5       55-68  3rd 13.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21  @TBR  W   1-0 (10)  55-67  3rd 12.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 20  @TBR  L   1-5       54-67  3rd 12.0 gb
120 Sun, Aug 19   CHW  W   5-2       54-66  3rd 11.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18   CHW  W   9-4       53-66  4th 12.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 17   CHW  W   4-2       52-66  4th 13.0 gb
117 Thu, Aug 16   OAK  L   0-3       51-66  4th 14.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 15   OAK  W   3-2       51-65  4th 13.0 gb
115 Tue, Aug 14   OAK  W   5-0       50-65  4th 13.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12  @BAL  L   3-5       49-65  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
RedSox, 59-66, 59-66 4th, 13½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 7-10, 5.03)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-10) 154.0 163 92 86 46 133 19 5.03
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.2 41 30 30 16 39 8 6.48 46
2012-08-18 @NYY W 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 1 105 65
2012-08-12 @CLE W 6.0 3 1 1 2 12 0 101 72
2012-08-07 TEX L 6.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 116 48
2012-08-02 MIN L 8.0 7 3 3 0 7 0 105 63
2012-07-28 @NYY ND 6.0 4 4 4 2 6 2 101 52
2012-07-22 TOR L 4.0 9 11 11 5 2 4 94 -3
2012-07-17 CHW L 4.0 7 6 6 3 4 1 91 25
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 31.1 24 7 4 13 25 0 1.15 62
2012-05-09 @KCR L 5.0 6 4 1 1 3 0 108 47
2011-08-21 @KCR W 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 113 61
2011-07-25 KCR ND 5.1 7 1 1 2 6 0 89 54
2010-05-30 KCR W 7.0 4 1 1 4 5 0 105 66
2009-07-10 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 115 80
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-37   Road:   30-29   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  36-50   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast: 20-28   vsCntrl:21-15   vsWest:  7-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Thu, Aug 23   LAA  L  13-14(10)  59-66  4th 13.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22   LAA  L   3-7       59-65  4th 13.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21   LAA  L   3-5       59-64  4th 13.0 gb
122 Sun, Aug 19  @NYY  L   1-4       59-63  4th 13.5 gb
121 Sat, Aug 18  @NYY  W   4-1       59-62  4th 12.5 gb
120 Fri, Aug 17  @NYY  L   4-6       58-62  4th 13.5 gb
119 Thu, Aug 16  @BAL  W   6-3       58-61  4th 12.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 15  @BAL  L   3-5       57-61  4th 13.5 gb
117 Tue, Aug 14  @BAL  L   1-7       57-60  4th 12.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12  @CLE  W  14-1       57-59  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 09, 2012 KCR  4  BOS  3        W:Bruce Chen (1-4), L: Jon Lester (1-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (7)
Tue, May 08, 2012 KCR  6  BOS  4        W:Jose Mijares (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (6)
Mon, May 07, 2012 BOS 11 @KCR  5        W:Felix Doubront (2-1), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-2), S: Vicente Padilla (1)

Sun, Aug 21, 2011 BOS  6 @KCR  1        W:Jon Lester (13-6), L: Danny Duffy (3-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 KCR  9  BOS  4        W:Felipe Paulino (2-9), L: Matt Albers (4-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 BOS  7 @KCR  1        W:Andrew Miller (5-1), L: Jeff Francis (4-14), S: Alfredo Aceves (2)
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 BOS  4 @KCR  3        W:Josh Beckett (10-5), L: Luke Hochevar (8-10), S: Jonathan Papelbon (29)
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 KCR  4 @BOS  3        W:Luke Hochevar (7-8), L: Josh Beckett (9-4), S: Joakim Soria (19)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 BOS 12  KCR  5        W:John Lackey (9-8), L: Bruce Chen (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 BOS 13  KCR  9        W:Alfredo Aceves (6-1), L: Nathan Adcock (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 2-1; 2011 - BOS won 5-3; 2010 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - KCR leads 217-216

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 2012 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  5.14

SFG  4.31

HOU  3.70

 RA/G

WSN  3.53

DET  4.36

COL  5.58

 BA

A. McCutchen  .349

J. Upton  .273

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .414

D. Pedroia  .336

J. Smoak  .254

 SLG

R. Braun  .602

C. Rasmus  .434

J. Carroll  .285

 OPS

M. Trout  1.011

I. Kinsler  .770

J. Smoak  .579

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.34

V. Worley  7.20

D. Lowe  3.42

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

Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Lester*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 37.Melancon
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
34.Abreu# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/4 .286/.286/.429/.714 .500/1.250 .800 14/.714 0/0 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 18/.801 5/1.350 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 9/1.319 2/.000 5/1.400 8/.250 ··· 512/364 .303/.371/.510/.881 1.136/.783 .917 101/.898 2/1 25/1
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/110 .255/.299/.383/.681 .735/.655 .387 88/.609 5/0 4/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 284/213 .272/.329/.343/.671 .515/.721 .695 41/.949 23/3 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.733 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 494/347 .304/.342/.411/.752 .660/.792 .639 102/.743 25/4 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 11/.282 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 13/.672 4/.500 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 471/332 .240/.287/.372/.659 .761/.617 .675 72/.744 3/6 11/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 6/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 91/48 .207/.242/.241/.483 .458/.505 .560 18/.333 0/0 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.083 2/1.500 1/3.000 7/.286 ··· 10/1.275 1/.000 3/1.667 10/.550 ··· 555/359 .289/.364/.435/.799 .611/.904 .783 102/.778 7/4 9/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 4/1.500 2/4.000 1/.000 ··· 478/317 .238/.308/.365/.672 .565/.728 .641 81/.724 12/1 11/9
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 470/332 .251/.306/.441/.747 .684/.775 .662 77/.575 3/2 19/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 181/120 .250/.283/.339/.623 .641/.613 .523 29/.491 0/1 2/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 174/119 .297/.322/.509/.831 1.075/.718 .907 77/.751 0/0 8/2
IP 154.0 62.2 2.0 51.2 33.1 32.1 76.1 31.1 41.1 26.1 TOTAL .266/.317/.404/.721 .701/.730 .689 .707 94/30 103/82
ERA-K/9 5.03/7.8 4.60/8.2 4.50/18.0 2.61/8.5 6.48/7.0 2.78/10.3 3.77/9.0 2.30/6.9 4.35/9.8 1.37/7.5 4.37/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (47-15-5)
 Perez (15-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.274 264/.240 11/.400 212/.226 145/.269 127/.188 325/.224 124/.200 179/.282 111/.292 .258  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
0/2/112/14
121/0/0/10
0/78/0/6
1/34/7/2
0/0/2/1
OPS .777 .693 .855 .660 .803 .563 .685 .629 .803 .705 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.735 143/.691 4/2.000 93/.598 62/.873 82/.362 113/.490 60/.543 85/.765 41/.675 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 472/.794 121/.695 7/.286 119/.709 83/.751 45/.928 212/.788 64/.699 94/.837 70/.722 .760
Home 369/.895 154/.809 5/1.200 118/.747 89/.836 63/.551 149/.808 80/.636 87/.835 77/.615
Last 28d days 130/.592 56/.890 11/.855 35/.531 45/.567 34/.561 88/.794 49/.758 25/1.173 51/.853
HR/SB/CS 19/8/2 8/3/1 0/0/0 5/2/2 7/0/1 3/0/0 11/8/2 4/3/2 5/2/1 1/3/1 140/89/26
Usage ·····X·· X·o··o·o X····Xo· X····o·· Xo······ ····X·o· X·····X· X·X···X· X·X····· oX··o···
RedSox Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 461/327 .252/.284/.396/.680 .751/.651 .682 66/.691 11/4 12/12
77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/89 .344/.355/.467/.822 .806/.828 .888 70/.862 8/0 1/2
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 197/127 .257/.305/.355/.660 .595/.698 .722 110/.634 7/0 1/0
50.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .286/.306/.400/.706 .625/.729 .832 5/.600 0/0 0/4
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 527/345 .300/.343/.469/.812 .824/.806 .860 108/1.011 0/0 15/4
60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 40/25 .135/.200/.189/.389 .343/.417 .438 40/.389 0/0 0/0
66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/179 .250/.370/.392/.762 .514/.857 .800 8/.500 3/0 4/1
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/1.643 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 480/332 .281/.336/.432/.769 .840/.738 .758 110/.883 11/4 11/3
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 13/.968 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/92 .375/.402/.458/.860 .801/.869 1.016 36/.801 7/2 1/0
5.Punto# G/S/vP 10/1.056 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/127 .200/.301/.272/.573 .405/.602 .464 22/.427 5/0 1/2
7.Ross G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 379/269 .274/.339/.525/.864 1.153/.747 .995 97/.851 1/1 19/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 354/310 .228/.285/.465/.750 .591/.773 .760 70/.540 0/1 21/6
IP 140.1 6.1 38.2 59.2 50.0 64.0 51.0 6.0 56.2 45.0 TOTAL .267/.324/.435/.759 .789/.746 .805 .747 67/19 139/70
ERA-K/9 5.45/6.6 2.84/1.4 3.96/10.0 3.17/12.2 3.60/9.0 2.53/8.6 3.00/11.6 0.00/10.5 5.40/6.0 4.60/5.2 4.26/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (5-0-0)
 Saltalamacchia (65-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 610/.283 26/.261 163/.203 242/.194 201/.232 254/.238 221/.246 28/.217 246/.282 189/.269 .263  Ross
 Nava
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Ciriaco
 Ellsbury
21/7/63/7
59/0/1/5
11/17/4/1
0/0/18/1
0/1/2/0
0/44/0/0
OPS .812 .612 .747 .643 .609 .633 .660 .618 .816 .819 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.816 13/.962 61/.726 108/.734 73/.477 96/.729 87/.599 10/.300 72/.769 69/.862 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.810 13/.245 102/.758 134/.570 128/.686 158/.577 134/.701 18/.764 174/.836 120/.794 .761
Road 334/.846 8/.708 73/1.072 116/.395 84/.618 129/.584 105/.666 9/.476 139/.774 98/.965
Last 28d days 115/.803 8/.708 22/.508 39/.427 27/.617 48/.527 51/.479 19/.273 127/.794 27/.741
HR/SB/CS 24/18/6 0/0/0 7/0/2 7/7/0 3/2/1 4/8/4 1/2/2 0/2/0 9/5/1 9/2/1 120/94/43
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·X···o·· ·o··oX·X ·X···o·· ·Xo··oX· ··o·o·o· ···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.