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Game Preview: BAL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 25, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Orioles, 57-45, 57-45 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Miguel Gonzalez (29, RHP, 8-3, 3.34)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-3) 107.2 94 42 40 34 79 14 3.34
2012 (9-4) 105.1 92 38 38 35 77 13 3.25
Last 7 GS 5-1 47.2 37 13 13 13 32 6 2.45 60
2013-07-20 @TEX W 6.2 8 1 1 0 3 0 104 57
2013-07-11 TEX W 6.2 4 1 1 2 4 1 104 64
2013-07-05 @NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 5 4 0 104 59
2013-06-27 CLE W 6.2 9 3 3 0 9 2 106 53
2013-06-22 @TOR L 7.1 3 3 3 3 5 1 111 62
2013-06-16 BOS W 6.1 5 3 3 2 2 1 96 51
2013-06-11 LAA W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 96 74
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 8.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 1.13 70
2012-08-10 KCR W 8.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 103 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-20   Road:   28-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  40-30   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast: 23-21   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest: 16-8  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Wed, Jul 24  @KCR  L   3-4       57-45  3rd  3.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 23  @KCR  L   2-3       57-44  3rd  3.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 22  @KCR  W   9-2       57-43  3rd  2.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 21  @TEX  W   4-2       56-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 20  @TEX  W   7-4       55-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 19  @TEX  W   3-1       54-43  3rd  4.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 14   TOR  W   7-4       53-43  3rd  4.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 13   TOR  L   3-7       52-43  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 12   TOR  W   8-5       52-42  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 11   TEX  W   3-1       51-42  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 47-51, 47-51 3rd, 8 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 9-7, 4.41)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-7) 126.2 134 66 62 45 64 22 4.41
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 2-4 41.2 48 30 28 17 20 6 6.05 42
2013-07-20 DET W 6.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 106 36
2013-07-13 @CLE L 7.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 114 41
2013-07-08 @NYY W 6.2 6 1 1 1 3 1 92 60
2013-07-03 CLE ND 6.1 5 5 5 3 3 1 103 43
2013-06-27 @MIN L 6.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 111 53
2013-06-21 CHW L 2.1 5 6 6 3 1 0 57 21
2013-06-15 @TBR L 7.0 8 5 4 3 0 3 114 40
Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 6.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 1.50 52
2013-05-09 @BAL W 6.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 100 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-24   Road:   21-27   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  37-34   vsLHP:  10-17   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:21-19   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Wed, Jul 24   BAL  W   4-3       47-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 23   BAL  W   3-2       46-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 22   BAL  L   2-9       45-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   DET  L   1-4       45-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   DET  W   6-5       45-49  3rd  6.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 19   DET  W   1-0       44-49  3rd  7.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 14  @CLE  L   4-6       43-49  3rd  8.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 13  @CLE  L   3-5       43-48  3rd  7.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 12  @CLE  L   0-3       43-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 11  @NYY  L   4-8       43-46  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 KCR  4  BAL  3        W:Luke Hochevar (3-1), L: Darren O'Day (5-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 KCR  3  BAL  2        W:Bruce Chen (4-0), L: Jason Hammel (7-7), S: Greg Holland (25)
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 BAL  9 @KCR  2        W:Scott Feldman (9-7), L: Wade Davis (4-9), S: none
Thu, May 09, 2013 KCR  6 @BAL  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (5-0), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 08, 2013 BAL  5  KCR  3        W:Chris Tillman (3-1), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: Jim Johnson (13)
Tue, May 07, 2013 BAL  4  KCR  3        W:Tommy Hunter (2-1), L: Tim Collins (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (12)

Sun, Aug 12, 2012 BAL  5  KCR  3        W:Luis Ayala (4-3), L: Bruce Chen (8-10), S: Jim Johnson (34)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 KCR  7 @BAL  3        W:Luis Mendoza (6-8), L: Chris Tillman (5-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 BAL  7  KCR  1        W:Miguel Gonzalez (4-2), L: Luke Hochevar (7-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 09, 2012 KCR  8 @BAL  2        W:Will Smith (3-4), L: Wei-Yin Chen (10-7), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 3-3; 2012 - BAL won 5-4; 2011 - BAL won 5-4; All-Time - BAL leads 257-197

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
Orioles Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 14/.428 9/.444 4/.500 6/.900 3/.000 4/.500 28/.950 4/.000 97/36 .241/.284/.345/.629 .605/.673 .639 10/1.000 6/1 1/0
19.Davis* G/S/vP 14/.451 8/.500 3/1.666 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 17/.853 2/.000 420/277 .311/.386/.695/1.081 .823/1.217 1.054 89/.936 0/1 37/4
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 196/179 .217/.277/.350/.627 .517/.637 .696 12/.917 2/0 6/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.334 14/.742 5/1.350 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/.600 27/.302 3/.000 413/292 .253/.292/.429/.721 .725/.719 .744 86/.577 1/1 17/7
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 21/.881 6/.000 4/.250 4/.500 5/.000 26/1.227 4/1.000 441/310 .291/.320/.498/.817 .739/.849 .816 94/.819 9/2 20/2
13.Machado G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.666 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/3.334 ··· 463/319 .304/.331/.461/.792 .769/.803 .791 97/.661 6/5 8/7
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/1.167 22/1.334 4/1.167 5/.400 1/.000 5/1.200 27/.828 3/.666 445/289 .286/.337/.392/.729 .606/.798 .716 95/.661 0/2 8/0
9.McLouth* G/S/vP 6/.533 7/.286 1/4.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/3.000 3/1.000 ··· 383/298 .285/.356/.418/.774 .718/.789 .847 86/.827 25/4 6/0
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 9/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.536 ··· 84/46 .253/.301/.387/.688 .606/.758 .656 72/.647 1/0 2/1
31.Teagarden G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 39/27 .105/.128/.263/.391 .583/.303 .610 8/.393 0/1 2/1
51.Urrutia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 16/14 .313/.313/.313/.625 1.000/.571 .625 16/.625 0/0 0/
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/1.667 9/.347 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 5/.000 19/.743 1/.000 368/257 .247/.305/.437/.742 .786/.723 .764 77/.913 1/0 14/3
IP 126.2 45.2 9.0 35.0 31.1 31.1 37.0 38.0 TOTAL .268/.317/.446/.763 .703/.791 .770 .724 56/20 137/32
ERA-K/9 4.41/4.5 1.97/6.3 0.00/10.0 4.63/8.5 3.16/7.8 4.88/10.9 1.95/9.2 1.89/14.7 3.78/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (9-3-1)
 Wieters (23-17-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.274 191/.233 34/.167 155/.252 138/.277 136/.227 142/.177 147/.178 .258  Jones
 Markakis
 McLouth
0/98/0/6
0/0/96/5
83/0/0/2
OPS .789 .655 .476 .690 .737 .805 .564 .520 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.876 71/.763 13/.462 79/.632 67/.787 72/.738 75/.633 78/.556 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.684 120/.589 21/.476 76/.749 71/.692 64/.884 67/.488 69/.479 .692
Home 245/.687 135/.741 16/.713 70/.768 66/.731 64/.623 76/.456 88/.507
Last 28d days 115/.727 67/.571 17/.454 39/.986 40/.762 14/.374 33/.406 34/.529
HR/SB/CS 22/4/3 4/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/4/1 8/7/1 4/3/2 2/0/0 102/50/22
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ··X····· ··X·o··· ·o··X··· ·o·X·o·· X·X·o··· ·X··oX··
Royals Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
29.Hunter
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
66.McFarland*
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
40.Patton*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
63.Asencio
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.830 7/.286 8/2.250 ··· 12/.349 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 399/301 .274/.371/.399/.770 .855/.744 .756 94/.759 0/0 8/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 344/244 .256/.317/.362/.679 .550/.731 .663 74/.596 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/1.167 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 88/71 .250/.310/.450/.760 .364/.858 .979 35/.565 13/2 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.250 8/.762 4/1.000 6/1.633 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 404/283 .246/.275/.325/.600 .752/.535 .513 86/.526 12/0 3/11
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 169/124 .208/.276/.275/.551 .635/.521 .542 12/.384 8/1 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.000 10/.600 3/.000 9/1.083 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.750 4/1.250 1/5.000 416/291 .274/.349/.401/.750 .914/.679 .663 86/.658 6/2 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.143 4/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 399/283 .287/.337/.437/.774 .843/.745 .739 96/1.015 7/3 11/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.000 5/.800 9/.347 ··· 5/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 152/109 .203/.240/.273/.513 .488/.522 .352 21/.195 12/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/65 .169/.347/.424/.770 .550/.805 1.009 16/1.463 1/0 4/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/156 .294/.313/.433/.746 .686/.760 .647 76/.753 2/1 3/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 7/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 319/248 .225/.282/.348/.630 .501/.667 .718 74/.803 1/3 7/12
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 319/231 .278/.310/.387/.698 .606/.733 .812 76/.513 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 15/1.043 1/no AB 114/51 .280/.313/.393/.705 .706/.703 .740 39/.721 0/0 3/2
IP 107.2 53.2 45.2 36.1 49.2 45.0 40.0 24.2 1.1 TOTAL .255/.311/.372/.683 .692/.680 .669 .694 77/16 64/54
ERA-K/9 3.34/6.6 2.85/6.7 3.55/7.3 3.47/7.4 3.99/7.6 2.20/9.2 3.60/5.8 1.09/9.5 6.75/13.8 4.30/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (19-7-3)
 Perez (28-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 440/.236 209/.212 193/.262 147/.220 220/.264 183/.220 167/.273 97/.198 8/.333 .262  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
93/0/0/8
0/75/14/7
11/5/40/4
0/26/0/2
1/0/1/0
OPS .684 .592 .693 .591 .713 .629 .731 .564 1.000 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.637 106/.860 108/.702 83/.433 89/.742 72/.870 71/.719 55/.369 2/1.000 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.734 103/.309 85/.682 64/.799 131/.691 111/.480 96/.738 42/.823 6/1.000 .741
Road 228/.634 100/.779 83/.701 67/.674 101/.631 102/.563 85/.872 50/.776 1/.000
Last 28d days 80/.593 46/.704 38/.769 17/.494 37/.667 38/.541 18/.389 39/.801 8/1.000
HR/SB/CS 14/1/1 7/2/3 3/0/1 3/1/1 4/5/1 4/3/2 4/0/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 126/35/22
Usage ····X··· ····o··· ····XX·· ···o···· ·X······ X··o·X·· ··o····· ···X·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.