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Game Preview: KCR @ LAA, 10:05pm, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Royals, 19-16, 19-16 3rd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 5-0, 2.28)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-0) 47.1 42 13 12 14 30 7 2.28
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 5-0 47.1 42 13 12 14 30 7 2.28 59
2013-05-09 @BAL W 6.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 100 52
2013-05-04 CHW W 9.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 106 81
2013-04-28 CLE W 6.2 6 0 0 3 5 0 112 64
2013-04-21 @BOS ND 6.0 9 4 4 4 2 1 112 36
2013-04-16 @ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 2 91 64
2013-04-09 MIN W 6.2 6 4 4 1 2 3 110 47
2013-04-04 @CHW W 6.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 94 66
Last 5 v.LAA 2-1 36.0 30 15 15 8 12 3 3.75 54
2012-09-15 LAA ND 8.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 107 65
2011-07-24 LAA L 7.0 6 3 3 4 1 0 109 50
2010-08-29 @LAA W 8.1 4 0 0 1 5 0 107 79
2010-08-03 LAA W 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 92 57
2009-08-16 LAA ND 5.2 10 7 7 2 2 1 104 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-8    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  15-10   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Mon, May 13  @LAA  W  11-4       19-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 12   NYY  L   2-4       18-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 11   NYY  L   2-3       18-15  3rd  1.5 gb
 32 Fri, May 10   NYY  L   6-11      18-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  9  @BAL  W   6-2       18-13  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  8  @BAL  L   3-5       17-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  7  @BAL  L   3-4       17-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 28 Mon, May  6   CHW  L   1-2 (11)  17-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  5   CHW  W   6-5 (10)  17-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Sat, May  4   CHW  W   2-0       16-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Angels, 14-24, 14-24 4th, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (30, LHP, 1-3, 4.26)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 44.1 53 21 21 16 27 4 4.26
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
2011 (10-13) 201.0 205 105 95 59 131 22 4.25
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.1 53 21 21 16 27 4 4.26 48
2013-05-09 @HOU ND 5.2 10 5 5 2 7 0 89 34
2013-05-03 BAL W 9.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 107 82
2013-04-28 @SEA L 8.0 6 2 2 2 7 2 107 67
2013-04-23 TEX ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 2 1 109 50
2013-04-16 @MIN L 3.1 9 5 5 2 0 0 90 20
2013-04-11 OAK L 5.2 10 5 5 3 4 1 102 30
2013-04-05 @TEX ND 5.2 8 1 1 2 4 0 93 51
Last 5 v.KCR 4-1 33.0 25 14 13 14 11 3 3.55 54
2012-07-26 KCR W 8.0 1 1 1 3 5 0 115 78
2012-07-16 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 3 0 2 94 43
2011-09-08 KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 102 61
2010-08-08 KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 3 3 0 90 60
2009-08-06 @KCR L 7.0 9 8 7 3 0 1 109 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-10   Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  11-20   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  7-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Mon, May 13   KCR  L   4-11      14-24  4th 10.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @CHW  L   0-3       14-23  4th 10.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 11  @CHW  W   3-2       14-22  4th  9.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 10  @CHW  W   7-5       13-22  4th  9.0 gb
 34 Thu, May  9  @HOU  W   6-5       12-22  4th  9.0 gb
 33 Wed, May  8  @HOU  L   1-3       11-22  4th  9.5 gb
 32 Tue, May  7  @HOU  L   6-7       11-21  4th  8.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  5   BAL  L   4-8       11-20  4th  9.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  4   BAL  L   4-5 (10)  11-19  4th  8.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  3   BAL  W   4-0       11-18  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 13, 2013 KCR 11 @LAA  4        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Joe Blanton (0-7), S: Luke Hochevar (1)

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 LAA  4 @KCR  3        W:Dan Haren (11-11), L: Will Smith (5-8), S: Kevin Jepsen (2)
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 KCR  3  LAA  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (4-2), L: Ernesto Frieri (4-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 LAA  9 @KCR  7        W:Jordan Walden (3-2), L: Tim Collins (5-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (19)
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 LAA 11  KCR  6        W:Jered Weaver (13-1), L: Luke Hochevar (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 KCR  4 @LAA  1        W:Will Smith (2-3), L: Garrett Richards (3-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (23)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 LAA  6  KCR  3        W:Kevin Jepsen (1-1), L: Greg Holland (4-3), S: Scott Downs (9)
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 KCR  7 @LAA  3        W:Jonathan Sanchez (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 KCR  6 @LAA  3        W:Luke Hochevar (1-0), L: Dan Haren (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 LAA  5  KCR  0        W:Jered Weaver (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 1-0; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 275-269

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 2013 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
Royals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Vargas*
G/S/vB
59.Coello
G/S/vB
65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
45.Enright
G/S/vB
49.Frieri
G/S/vB
58.Kohn
G/S/vB
38.Lowe
G/S/vB
43.Richards
G/S/vB
51.Roth*
G/S/vB
57.Williams
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 16/1.640 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 142/105 .261/.373/.420/.793 .708/.823 .755 95/.757 0/0 4/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/2.000 2/1.000 132/95 .328/.386/.440/.826 .807/.833 .900 84/.898 4/3 1/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 37/27 .270/.270/.541/.811 .500/.926 .444 24/.750 6/1 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 2/.000 156/108 .267/.299/.377/.675 .994/.532 .768 99/.707 8/0 3/6
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 16/.780 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 14/.226 124/90 .229/.266/.322/.588 .699/.547 .558 76/.528 2/0 1/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 89/62 .193/.221/.301/.522 .532/.518 .486 47/.245 0/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· ··· 6/1.133 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/2.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 158/101 .322/.342/.520/.862 1.075/.741 1.047 100/.841 1/0 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.476 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.000 130/97 .267/.338/.345/.683 .697/.679 .833 91/.703 2/0 1/2
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 42/24 .275/.293/.375/.668 .665/.667 .769 31/.756 3/0 1/0
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 18/15 .154/.389/.462/.850 .333/.945 .864 18/.850 0/0 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.583 1/.000 1/2.000 130/94 .200/.277/.348/.625 .590/.638 .622 84/.722 1/0 4/7
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 129/92 .298/.318/.395/.713 .669/.731 .533 74/.794 0/0 1/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/1.700 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.404 21/5 .350/.381/.400/.781 .775/.800 1.181 12/.833 0/0 0/1
IP 44.1 3.0 18.2 12.2 6.1 17.0 9.2 9.2 33.2 12.0 32.1 TOTAL .267/.317/.395/.712 .765/.690 .732 .721 27/4 25/27
ERA-K/9 4.26/5.5 0.00/18.0 3.86/8.2 2.84/6.4 11.37/8.6 1.59/13.2 2.79/11.1 7.45/6.5 4.81/6.1 10.50/9.0 3.06/5.6 4.73/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (5-1-2)
 Perez (13-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 197/.301 11/.182 75/.227 57/.286 31/.269 72/.138 39/.176 44/.212 139/.236 58/.370 134/.220 .269  Cain
 Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
0/27/4/3
0/0/31/3
35/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
OPS .808 .364 .585 .690 1.002 .554 .664 .745 .654 .811 .609 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.858 5/.000 36/.490 21/.438 15/1.533 38/.340 16/.774 20/.850 69/.622 24/.500 65/.486 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.788 6/.667 39/.679 36/.855 16/.583 34/.801 23/.594 24/.652 70/.686 34/1.048 69/.720 .792
Home 90/.717 7/.286 44/.716 33/.415 / 32/.669 19/.845 11/.974 58/.483 42/.830 58/.660
Last 28d days 121/.673 11/.364 51/.591 34/.688 31/1.002 49/.476 39/.664 15/.650 95/.694 44/.977 95/.571
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 2/2/1 1/0/1 1/4/0 3/1/1 0/1/0 2/2/0 43/33/4
Usage ····X··· XX······ ···X·o·· ··o·o··· ···X···· ··ooX··· ·o·XoX·· ···X··X· ··o·X··· X······· ··X·····
Angels Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 22/.279 12/.917 2/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 2/1.000 16/1.169 4/1.500 70/53 .273/.290/.348/.638 .521/.674 .800 39/.572 1/1 0/4
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 14/.368 9/.555 3/.666 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 9/1.381 3/.666 78/53 .265/.325/.382/.707 .967/.596 .653 40/.671 0/1 2/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 51/43 .255/.314/.383/.697 .393/.751 .628 38/.661 0/1 1/3
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 26/1.037 7/1.262 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 14/.714 2/.000 165/121 .212/.261/.344/.605 .401/.680 .779 103/.585 1/0 4/2
20.Harris G/S/vP 13/.685 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.404 ··· 82/60 .250/.284/.421/.705 .236/.875 .529 63/.702 0/1 3/3
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.400 1/3.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/3.000 5/.600 1/2.000 112/81 .198/.321/.341/.662 .763/.624 .606 65/.617 0/0 3/0
18.Jimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 69/54 .227/.261/.273/.534 .133/.648 .667 52/.352 0/1 0/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 22/.727 16/1.538 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 14/1.115 4/.500 159/125 .282/.316/.416/.733 1.089/.638 .833 100/.758 3/1 5/5
5.Pujols G/S/vP 4/.000 19/1.056 2/2.000 5/.933 3/.666 2/1.500 7/.929 4/.250 168/133 .234/.315/.393/.709 .776/.691 .740 105/.605 0/1 5/2
39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 55/46 .286/.333/.367/.701 1.056/.630 .655 45/.668 0/0 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP 7/.453 7/.572 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 2/2.000 178/143 .283/.348/.503/.851 .888/.842 .817 113/.860 6/2 6/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.744 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/.500 4/.500 170/135 .271/.335/.503/.839 .803/.847 .794 109/.856 1/2 9/1
IP 47.1 13.1 12.2 9.1 9.2 16.1 15.1 13.0 TOTAL .253/.311/.401/.712 .684/.720 .730 .692 13/11 40/27
ERA-K/9 2.28/5.7 2.03/8.1 4.26/9.2 0.96/6.8 5.59/6.5 4.41/12.1 1.17/10.0 3.46/14.5 3.48/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (5-2-0)
 Iannetta (28-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.237 58/.245 49/.222 36/.182 41/.316 67/.242 58/.185 57/.260 .249  Hamilton
 Shuck
 Trout
 Harris
 Trumbo
0/0/34/3
15/0/3/2
22/18/0/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/5/0
OPS .715 .620 .575 .523 .789 .879 .524 .671 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.893 22/.718 24/.511 15/.277 20/1.265 36/1.038 29/.729 27/.638 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.560 36/.560 25/.638 21/.686 21/.381 31/.690 29/.323 30/.700 .654
Road 105/.827 13/.308 27/.272 21/.496 17/.694 37/.961 30/.683 26/.535
Last 28d days 113/.720 43/.702 32/.789 20/.583 28/.780 42/.848 41/.445 37/.521
HR/SB/CS 7/0/3 0/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 6/2/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 37/18/8
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ·X····X· ····o··· ···X···· ··o·o··X X···o·o· ·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.