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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 7:10pm, Saturday, September 28, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 85-75, 85-75 3rd, 8 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Yordano Ventura (22, RHP, 0-0, 1.59)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 11.1 7 2 2 5 9 0 1.59
Last 7 GS 0-0 11.1 7 2 2 5 9 0 1.59 60
2013-09-23 @SEA ND 5.2 2 1 1 3 6 0 81 64
2013-09-17 CLE ND 5.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 86 56
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-37   Road:   41-38   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  62-51   vsLHP:  23-24   1-Run:  31-24
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:43-31   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CHW  W   6-1       85-75  3rd  8.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26  @CHW  W   3-2       84-75  3rd  9.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @SEA  L   0-6       83-75  3rd  9.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @SEA  L   0-4       83-74  3rd  8.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @SEA  W   6-5 (12)  83-73  3rd  7.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   TEX  W   4-0 (10)  82-73  3rd  8.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21   TEX  L   1-3       81-73  3rd  9.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20   TEX  W   2-1       81-72  3rd  8.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 18   CLE  W   7-2       80-72  3rd  8.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 17   CLE  L   3-5       79-72  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
WhiteSox, 62-98, 62-98 5th, 31 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Erik Johnson (23, RHP, 2-2, 2.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-2) 22.1 27 13 7 8 14 3 2.82
Last 7 GS 2-2 22.1 27 13 7 8 14 3 2.82 48
2013-09-22 @DET W 6.2 9 2 2 0 1 1 97 49
2013-09-16 MIN W 6.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 112 70
2013-09-10 DET L 3.2 7 6 2 3 4 1 96 32
2013-09-04 @NYY L 6.0 7 5 3 3 1 1 105 40
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-43   Road:   26-55   ExtrInn: 8-15
 vsRHP:  49-74   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  23-36
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:25-49   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Sep 27   KCR  L   1-6       62-98  5th 31.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   KCR  L   2-3       62-97  5th 31.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @CLE  L   2-7       62-96  5th 30.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @CLE  L   4-5       62-95  5th 29.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   TOR  W   3-2       62-94  5th 28.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @DET  W   6-3       61-94  5th 29.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @DET  L   6-7 (12)  60-94  5th 30.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @DET  L   5-12      60-93  5th 29.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 18   MIN  L   3-4       60-92  5th 28.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 17   MIN  W   4-3       60-91  5th 28.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 KCR  6 @CHW  1        W:James Shields (13-9), L: Chris Sale (11-14), S: none
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 KCR  3 @CHW  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (15-12), L: Andre Rienzo (2-3), S: Greg Holland (46)
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 CHW  4 @KCR  3 (12)   W:Jake Petricka (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (3-2), S: Addison Reed (34)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 CHW  5 @KCR  2        W:Andre Rienzo (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (12-10), S: Addison Reed (33)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 CHW  2 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (3-10), L: Ervin Santana (8-7), S: Addison Reed (32)
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 KCR  4 @CHW  2 (12)   W:Aaron Crow (7-3), L: Donnie Veal (1-1), S: Greg Holland (27)
Sat, Jul 27, 2013 KCR  1 @CHW  0        W:Wade Davis (5-9), L: Chris Sale (6-10), S: Greg Holland (26)
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 KCR  5 @CHW  1        W:James Shields (5-7), L: Jose Quintana (5-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 23, 2013 KCR  7  CHW  6        W:Luke Hochevar (1-1), L: Jesse Crain (2-2), S: Greg Holland (16)
Sat, Jun 22, 2013 CHW  3 @KCR  2        W:Jesse Crain (2-1), L: Aaron Crow (3-3), S: Addison Reed (21)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 9-8; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 356-323

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 (3.99 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Johnson
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
61.Leesman*
G/S/vB
27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
68.Petricka
G/S/vB
41.Purcey*
G/S/vB
43.Reed
G/S/vB
64.Rienzo
G/S/vB
40.Troncoso
G/S/vB
46.Veal*
G/S/vB
60.Webb
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 456/319 .246/.298/.335/.633 .568/.659 .648 105/.703 28/8 3/9
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 9/1.083 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 3/.333 10/.775 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 660/491 .289/.376/.409/.785 .812/.776 .703 105/.679 0/0 14/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 438/304 .253/.313/.352/.665 .632/.679 .703 52/.511 14/6 4/3
21.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 3/.666 6/1.000 1/no AB 4/.833 5/.800 ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 249/176 .211/.267/.251/.518 .648/.465 .485 12/.788 2/1 0/2
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 133/76 .223/.280/.339/.619 .569/.657 .444 7/.429 9/1 2/10
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 235/179 .261/.323/.370/.693 .531/.743 .537 62/.727 33/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 9/.889 ··· 9/.444 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.533 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 638/444 .235/.261/.302/.563 .620/.537 .589 86/.584 22/0 4/13
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 237/176 .220/.288/.273/.561 .605/.546 .563 7/.143 15/3 1/4
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/27 .184/.279/.237/.516 .192/.718 .809 5/.200 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/.333 7/.143 6/.900 ··· 9/.778 ··· 695/457 .267/.328/.424/.753 .877/.688 .803 113/.733 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 14/9 .286/.286/.500/.786 .000/1.222 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 6/.334 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 676/445 .302/.354/.449/.803 .797/.806 .793 110/.857 11/4 17/8
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 126/106 .180/.349/.370/.719 .614/.735 .628 12/.432 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 5/1.850 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 327/262 .287/.313/.417/.730 .805/.711 .832 37/.874 5/2 5/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 257/159 .257/.331/.443/.774 .719/.808 .673 37/.704 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 510/393 .232/.285/.358/.643 .551/.670 .606 89/.525 2/4 11/15
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 518/375 .287/.319/.418/.737 .835/.699 .670 89/.830 0/0 11/7
IP 22.1 77.2 15.0 60.1 18.1 25.1 70.1 56.0 29.0 29.0 10.0 TOTAL .260/.315/.378/.693 .704/.688 .690 .691 151/32 107/82
ERA-K/9 2.82/5.7 4.17/10.3 7.20/7.2 2.83/6.9 3.44/4.4 2.13/8.2 3.84/9.1 4.82/6.1 4.66/5.6 4.66/9.0 3.60/7.2 3.99/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-1-0)
 Kottaras (25-9-3)
 Perez (46-24-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 104/.290 314/.248 76/.271 257/.272 80/.279 113/.209 291/.217 250/.253 132/.250 125/.239 42/.243 .256  Gordon
 Lough
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Bonifacio
 Hosmer
154/0/0/17
14/7/73/7
0/91/32/7
0/27/45/5
0/72/0/3
20/15/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .798 .661 .875 .662 .691 .691 .607 .794 .748 .694 .553 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/1.054 140/.710 33/.906 94/.787 30/.775 55/.678 160/.612 165/.780 59/1.052 77/.729 21/.633 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 41/.409 174/.625 43/.848 163/.591 50/.642 58/.702 131/.602 85/.821 73/.514 48/.633 21/.462 .708
Home 48/.720 156/.660 53/1.000 137/.736 31/.964 45/.534 151/.568 103/1.067 71/.814 65/.656 29/.614
Last 28d days 104/.798 31/.757 52/.887 29/.759 59/.665 40/.722 34/.924 90/.843 22/.687 31/.499 42/.553
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 5/7/3 2/2/0 1/10/0 0/1/1 2/1/0 6/11/0 11/1/0 4/4/2 3/2/0 0/0/0 177/100/35
Usage ·····X·· ···Xo·X· X·X····· ·o··oo·· X·X···X· ·······X ···XX·X· ·X······ o······X ·o··ooo· ·o·····X
WhiteSox Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
36.Dwyer*
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
49.Joseph*
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .056/.105/.111/.216 .000/.243 .000 19/.216 0/0 0/1
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 34/.563 7/.429 4/.750 8/.971 ··· 11/.455 28/.935 11/.819 ··· ··· 400/316 .266/.318/.373/.691 .489/.746 .676 81/.566 5/1 5/12
20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 171/150 .234/.310/.357/.667 .602/.676 .769 69/.588 7/2 4/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/1.024 2/.000 8/1.292 4/.250 ··· 7/.762 18/1.041 10/.322 ··· ··· 671/521 .264/.323/.406/.730 .819/.704 .714 92/.639 20/8 17/8
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 30/1.134 3/.333 8/1.042 6/1.166 ··· 9/.111 13/.708 10/.633 ··· ··· 603/463 .217/.318/.434/.752 .668/.778 .797 72/.499 1/1 33/8
26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.900 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 248/173 .288/.315/.432/.747 .667/.781 .685 77/.718 3/3 7/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/66 .206/.257/.237/.494 .566/.520 .563 41/.525 7/2 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/2.667 4/.250 ··· ··· 445/383 .246/.306/.386/.691 .397/.741 .721 71/.720 0/1 12/17
38.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .500 5/.400 0/0 0/0
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.777 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· 5/.650 5/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 451/338 .253/.283/.317/.600 .586/.605 .632 41/.767 0/1 4/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· 54/.937 7/.953 3/.000 11/.182 ··· 8/.125 36/.693 14/.742 ··· ··· 515/405 .247/.317/.359/.676 .951/.603 .606 88/.750 0/0 12/4
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 210/165 .209/.226/.303/.529 .698/.482 .645 63/.475 2/0 4/5
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 37/.305 8/.125 1/.000 10/.650 ··· 10/.777 33/1.026 12/.500 ··· ··· 670/533 .282/.311/.374/.685 .653/.693 .714 98/.697 30/9 5/22
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 63/49 .246/.254/.344/.598 .901/.516 .710 63/.598 2/1 1/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 27/1.074 4/.500 3/1.167 5/1.600 ··· 8/.750 7/.000 9/.000 ··· ··· 469/354 .265/.303/.427/.730 .716/.734 .679 81/.783 0/0 14/5
IP 11.1 8.1 114.1 28.1 53.0 46.2 2.0 58.0 69.1 66.0 5.2 33.1 TOTAL .249/.302/.377/.679 .669/.682 .688 .642 105/41 143/121
ERA-K/9 1.59/7.2 0.00/5.4 3.38/5.8 0.32/9.2 3.40/8.7 3.47/8.1 0.00/9.0 3.88/11.5 1.95/10.4 1.23/13.8 0.00/11.1 3.24/11.6 3.45/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Anderson (3-0-0)
 Gonzalez (0-0-0)
 Phegley (30-13-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 44/.179 31/.143 473/.240 104/.194 230/.237 206/.271 8/.286 244/.220 259/.172 249/.165 25/.200 131/.202 .250  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Garcia
 Dunn
109/0/0/12
78/107/0/5
1/46/20/1
3/31/39/1
0/5/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .452 .379 .679 .498 .647 .782 .661 .704 .539 .470 .583 .631 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.471 15/.357 159/.782 35/.581 115/.570 100/.855 2/.000 124/.738 137/.611 140/.511 10/.222 54/.557 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 6/.333 16/.393 314/.626 69/.455 115/.722 106/.714 6/.900 120/.667 122/.460 109/.418 15/.785 77/.684 .653
Road 21/.349 10/.550 194/.705 43/.243 111/.647 101/.838 8/.661 123/.812 119/.572 111/.486 11/.489 54/.602
Last 28d days 44/.452 23/.427 116/.758 16/.250 26/.519 12/1.061 8/.661 24/.833 40/.636 49/.381 9/.625 39/.592
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/0 12/5/6 1/2/0 2/2/0 6/8/1 0/1/0 9/8/2 8/4/3 3/3/0 0/0/0 6/1/1 150/77/35
Usage ····X··· ····X·o· ···X···· ······X· ····Xo·· ······o· ···X···· ···o···· ·o··X··o ·X··Xo·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.