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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, April 27, 2012 @Target Field

Royals, 5-14, 5-14 4th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Everett Teaford (28, LHP, 0-1, 3.86)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 7.0 3 3 3 5 3 1 3.86
2011 (2-1) 44.0 36 17 16 14 28 8 3.27
Last 7 GS 2-1 16.0 13 6 6 6 13 3 3.38 54
2011-09-24 @CHW L 5.0 6 5 5 3 4 2 94 36
2011-09-17 CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 86 62
2011-09-11 @SEA W 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 73 65
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-10   Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-11   vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   0-6 
 vsEast:  0-4    vsCntrl: 2-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Thu, Apr 26  @CLE  W   4-2        5-14  4th  5.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @CLE  W   8-2        4-14  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24  @CLE  L   3-4        3-14  5th  7.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 23   TOR  L   1-4        3-13  5th  7.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 22   TOR  L   3-5        3-12  5th  6.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21   TOR  L   5-9        3-11  5th  6.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 20   TOR  L   3-4        3-10  5th  6.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   DET  L   3-4        3-9   5th  6.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   DET  L   1-3        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   DET  L   2-3        3-7   4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-14   Last 30: 5-14
Twins, 5-14, 5-14 4th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (36, RHP, 1-2, 4.73)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 26.2 26 15 14 5 17 4 4.73
2011 (9-13) 222.0 262 123 106 40 102 23 4.30
2010 (17-11) 221.0 227 95 92 37 117 24 3.75
Last 7 GS 2-3 48.2 46 24 20 7 29 6 3.70 54
2012-04-21 @TBR L 6.0 7 3 2 2 7 0 110 53
2012-04-16 @NYY W 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 2 97 56
2012-04-11 LAA ND 6.2 7 5 5 0 3 1 101 43
2012-04-06 @BAL L 7.0 5 4 4 2 1 1 95 50
2011-09-28 KCR W 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 95 80
2011-09-23 @CLE ND 6.1 10 5 5 1 3 1 103 35
2011-09-18 CLE L 6.2 5 4 1 1 6 1 105 59
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 37.1 43 16 14 3 15 4 3.38 52
2011-09-28 KCR W 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 95 80
2011-09-13 @KCR L 7.0 11 4 3 1 5 2 105 45
2011-07-16 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 97 55
2011-06-03 @KCR W 9.0 9 2 2 1 4 0 112 64
2011-05-01 @KCR L 5.1 12 7 6 0 0 1 88 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-7    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Wed, Apr 25   BOS  L   6-7        5-14  4th  5.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24   BOS  L   2-11       5-13  4th  5.5 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23   BOS  L   5-6        5-12  4th  5.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @TBR  L   2-6        5-11  4th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @TBR  L   1-4        5-10  4th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @TBR  W   5-4        5-9   4th  4.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @NYY  L   6-7        4-9   4th  5.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @NYY  W   6-5        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-8        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @NYY  W   7-3        3-7   4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-14   Last 30: 5-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 28, 2011 MIN  1  KCR  0        W:Carl Pavano (9-13), L: Blake Wood (5-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 MIN  7  KCR  4        W:Anthony Swarzak (4-7), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 KCR  7 @MIN  3        W:Felipe Paulino (4-10), L: Kevin Slowey (0-8), S: none
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Luke Hochevar (11-11), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: Greg Holland (3)
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 KCR  4  MIN  0        W:Bruce Chen (11-7), L: Carl Pavano (8-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Brian Duensing (7-7), L: Felipe Paulino (1-7), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Jeff Francis (3-11), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 KCR  2 @MIN  1        W:Tim Collins (4-4), L: Matt Capps (2-5), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 MIN  8  KCR  4        W:Francisco Liriano (6-7), L: Bruce Chen (5-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 MIN  6 @KCR  0        W:Brian Duensing (3-5), L: Jeff Francis (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - MIN leads 350-308

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 24/.766 5/.400 2/.000 5/.800 11/.875 1/.000 1/.000 15/.786 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 45/.808 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .708 15/.552 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 51/1.124 8/1.000 1/2.000 6/.334 19/.787 2/no AB 3/1.666 11/.819 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 81/.885 2/1 19/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.632 5/.900 2/.000 1/.000 12/.781 1/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 75/.767 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 20/.600 5/1.600 7/.286 11/.282 13/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 79/.559 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP 17/.388 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/.800 ··· ··· 3/.000 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 39/.824 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 32/.884 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 19/.422 ··· ··· 11/1.011 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 86/.687 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 14/.357 ··· ··· 1/5.000 8/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 86/.737 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP 20/.721 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 43/.738 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/1.222 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 72/.861 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP 13/.481 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 14/.539 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 33/.802 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 41/.794 1/0 2/5
IP 222.0 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .262/.323/.422/.745 .573/.790 .729 .745 11/8 17/10
ERA-K/9 4.30/4.1 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 5.76/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (48-27-4)
 Quintero (48-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 955/.294 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .293  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Bourgeois
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
34/34/13/1
OPS .774 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .835
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 517/.754 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .858
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 438/.798 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .822
Home 446/.700 131/.706 19/1.111 151/.717 365/.902 103/.725 46/.981 150/.644
Last 28d days 106/.759 47/.641 29/.506 28/.750 29/.498 41/.582 46/.976 32/.926
HR/SB/CS 23/24/5 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 29/13/3
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·X ·o·o··o· ···X··o· ···o·oo· ··X··X·X ··X···o· ·X··X··X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .715 16/.388 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .623 83/.589 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .780 50/.613 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .927 56/.565 0/1 8/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .708 83/.812 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .657 72/.825 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 1.257 54/.695 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .697 28/.417 3/3 8/12
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 481/317 .267/.310/.309/.619 .609/.624 .552 16/.563 34/9 0/7
2.Span* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .728 83/.809 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 / /// / 23/.581 / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .707 65/.533 2/6 15/18
IP 44.0 12.2 59.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 4.0 49.0 TOTAL .258/.323/.382/.704 .685/.711 .780 .704 11/2 13/13
ERA-K/9 3.27/5.7 5.68/7.1 2.87/9.6 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 6.75/4.5 4.59/5.5 4.35/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Mauer (28-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.231 62/.283 244/.207 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 19/.267 228/.275 .256  Revere
 Span
 Plouffe
 Mauer
13/89/5/3
0/67/0/1
3/0/11/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .710 .840 .685 .681 .711 1.232 .821 .797 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.570 26/.670 89/.803 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 8/.804 97/.698 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.799 36/.951 155/.619 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 11/.830 131/.874 .710
Road 70/.578 17/.721 103/.661 146/.597 126/.747 3/.000 9/1.056 114/.854
Last 28d days 28/.547 30/.771 25/.735 48/.650 43/.364 38/.991 3/1.167 39/.602
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 2/0/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/3 16/18/6
Usage ·····X·· X··o···· ····X·X· X·X··oo· XX·oo·o· ··X··X·· ·o······ ·oX·o·o·

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.