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Game Preview: KCR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Monday, April 9, 2012 @The Coliseum

Royals, 2-1, 2-1 2nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
2010 (0-1) 4.0 10 10 10 3 1 4 22.50
2009 (0-0) 1.0 2 4 4 1 0 1 36.00
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.0 50 32 29 13 17 2 6.87 38
2011-09-25 @CHW W 7.2 5 1 1 2 4 0 100 67
2011-09-20 DET W 7.0 6 2 1 3 3 0 102 59
2008-08-13 @BOS L 4.0 9 8 7 4 2 0 90 12
2008-08-08 @BAL L 3.0 6 5 5 1 1 1 69 27
2008-08-03 TOR W 7.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 98 50
2008-07-29 SEA ND 5.1 9 6 5 0 1 0 87 29
2008-07-22 @CHW L 4.0 9 6 6 2 4 1 84 22
Last 5 v.OAK 0-0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 52
2007-09-08 OAK ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @LAA  W   7-3        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @LAA  W   6-3        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @LAA  L   0-5        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1
Athletics, 1-3, 1-3 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Tom Milone (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-0) 26.0 28 11 11 4 15 2 3.81
Last 7 GS 1-0 26.0 28 11 11 4 15 2 3.81 49
2011-09-26 @FLA ND 4.1 7 3 3 1 4 1 82 40
2011-09-20 @PHI ND 6.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 93 66
2011-09-15 @NYM W 5.2 3 1 1 3 4 0 73 60
2011-09-09 HOU ND 5.2 8 3 3 0 3 0 89 44
2011-09-03 NYM ND 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 1 74 37
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-3    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Sat, Apr  7   SEA  L   7-8        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Fri, Apr  6   SEA  L   3-7        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Thu, Mar 29   SEA  W   4-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Wed, Mar 28   SEA  L   1-3 (11)   0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-3    Last 20: 1-3    Last 30: 1-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 OAK  7  KCR  0        W:Guillermo Moscoso (8-8), L: Bruce Chen (10-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (4-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (12-12), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 KCR 11 @OAK  6        W:Greg Holland (4-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 OAK  8  KCR  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-5), L: Jeff Francis (3-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Josh Outman (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (4-7), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (1-2), L: Trevor Cahill (6-5), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sun, May 08, 2011 OAK  5 @KCR  2        W:Tyson Ross (2-2), L: Jeff Francis (0-4), S: Brian Fuentes (9)
Sat, May 07, 2011 KCR  4  OAK  3        W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (1-3), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 OAK  3 @KCR  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (4-2), L: Sean O'Sullivan (1-2), S: Brian Fuentes (8)
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 KCR  6  OAK  3        W:Bruce Chen (10-7), L: Trevor Cahill (16-7), S: Joakim Soria (38)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 296-243

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 (4.33 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Milone*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 38.Carignan
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 45.Godfrey
G/S/vB		 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 7/1.142 ··· ··· ··· 7/.500 ··· ··· 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 6/.667 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .708 / 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 7/.310 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 12/.970 2/1 19/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/17 .273/.304/.318/.623 .167/.765 .623 13/.245 0/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 12/.664 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 11/.818 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 5/1.400 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 14/.071 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 14/1.000 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 / 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 11/.455 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 3/.667 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 8/1.625 1/0 2/5
IP 26.0 62.0 28.1 6.1 7.2 33.1 58.1 25.0 6.2 TOTAL .255/.287/.431/.718 .400/.752 .718 .718 3/0 4/2
ERA-K/9 3.81/5.2 2.47/8.6 2.86/8.3 4.26/7.1 7.04/8.2 4.32/11.6 3.70/6.5 3.96/4.7 8.10/5.4 3.79/5.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 110/.283 242/.199 122/.235 31/.276 41/.333 143/.220 250/.237 112/.305 35/.308 .266  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Bourgeois
 Cain
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
34/34/13/1
0/2/4/0
OPS .742 .605 .688 .736 .797 .670 .656 .799 .803 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/1.164 119/.579 50/.759 9/.476 19/.734 59/.530 90/.688 63/.652 13/.795 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.695 123/.630 72/.636 22/.818 22/.853 84/.770 160/.637 49/.996 22/.807 .457
Home 44/.874 136/.570 51/.630 18/.399 28/.733 63/.568 117/.745 45/.653 10/.200
Last 28d days / 9/.222 7/1.000 11/1.000 6/.000 4/.500 8/.393 / 7/1.238
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 8/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/3/0 4/6/1 6/6/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 3/5/3
Usage ·X······ ·X······ ··X····· ·o······ ··o····· ·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.

Athletics Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 23.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 57.Sanchez*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Allen* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 195/139 .200/.277/.377/.654 .423/.752 .741 7/.000 3/0 6/4
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 15/1.477 / /
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/56 .239/.300/.304/.604 .716/.518 .835 0/ 4/2 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 6/1.100 1/.000 583/386 .264/.314/.379/.693 .593/.749 .736 18/.513 49/9 8/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 7/.286 / /
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 372/264 .209/.325/.389/.714 .863/.654 .695 7/.952 7/3 14/2
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/70 .195/.295/.317/.612 .453/.672 .595 8/.750 0/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 6/.533 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 8/.625 2/.000 570/401 .264/.319/.369/.687 .670/.693 .616 17/.412 14/9 8/22
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .250 / 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 278/234 .280/.327/.457/.784 .766/.787 .741 15/.933 1/2 7/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 533/430 .284/.347/.483/.830 .576/.891 .848 10/.929 10/2 15/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/61 .200/.243/.329/.572 .154/.652 .419 8/.250 0/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 14/.671 1/.000 515/366 .237/.301/.385/.686 .617/.713 .665 17/.353 2/2 14/7
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 437/293 .303/.340/.421/.761 .704/.787 .794 19/.652 22/11 2/13
IP 14.2 12.2 67.0 62.0 105.1 2.0 60.0 49.0 101.1 44.0 TOTAL .221/.257/.386/.642 .649/.639 .642 .642 2/2 6/3
ERA-K/9 1.23/4.3 5.68/7.1 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 5.64/7.4 13.50/0.0 1.80/11.1 4.59/5.5 4.26/9.1 3.27/5.7 3.81/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (5-0-0)
 Suzuki (98-38-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 60/.212 62/.283 295/.216 266/.237 474/.287 9/.286 233/.175 228/.275 444/.220 175/.231 .290  Smith
 Reddick
 Crisp
 Cowgill
 Gomes
25/0/107/5
21/3/56/5
0/133/0/2
18/10/0/2
73/0/11/1
OPS .550 .840 .681 .711 .864 1.232 .521 .797 .703 .710 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.550 26/.670 135/.683 120/.919 126/.811 2/2.500 106/.522 97/.698 109/.526 73/.570 .981
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 31/.550 36/.951 160/.678 146/.537 348/.882 7/.733 127/.519 131/.874 335/.763 102/.799 .684
Road 29/.468 17/.721 146/.597 126/.747 260/.863 3/.000 129/.676 114/.854 210/.668 70/.578
Last 28d days / 7/.786 3/1.000 11/.855 / 8/1.875 10/1.167 4/.500 23/.554 /
HR/SB/CS 0/0/2 2/0/0 5/7/1 8/6/1 15/11/9 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/2/3 9/12/5 8/3/1 1/0/1
Usage oo······ ·o······ X·X····· X······· ·XX····· 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.