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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, June 28, 2013 @Target Field

Royals, 36-40, 36-40 3rd, 5½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (31, RHP, 2-6, 2.92)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-6) 111.0 96 37 36 33 99 10 2.92
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
Last 7 GS 0-2 45.0 48 18 18 18 37 4 3.60 53
2013-06-23 CHW ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 97 38
2013-06-17 @CLE ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 5 1 111 61
2013-06-12 DET ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 110 59
2013-06-07 HOU ND 7.0 9 2 2 3 6 0 111 54
2013-06-01 @TEX ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 110 67
2013-05-27 STL L 6.0 9 6 6 5 4 1 107 29
2013-05-22 @HOU L 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 104 62
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 34.0 33 13 11 9 20 1 2.91 55
2012-08-12 @MIN ND 7.0 5 3 2 1 2 1 99 58
2012-04-21 MIN W 8.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 119 73
2011-07-05 @MIN L 6.0 6 3 2 3 5 0 105 52
2011-04-14 MIN ND 7.0 9 2 2 2 4 0 116 53
2010-07-04 @MIN W 6.0 8 4 4 1 2 0 92 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-19   Road:   17-21   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  29-26   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:15-13   vsWest:  7-12 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Thu, Jun 27  @MIN  L   1-3       36-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 26   ATL  W   4-3 (10)  36-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 25   ATL  L   3-4       35-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 23   CHW  W   7-6       35-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 22   CHW  L   2-3       34-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 21   CHW  L   1-9       34-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 19  @CLE  L   3-6       34-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 18  @CLE  L   3-4       34-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 17  @CLE  W   2-1       34-34  2nd  5.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @TBR  W   5-3       33-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Twins, 35-40, 35-40 4th, 6 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (28, RHP, 2-3, 4.88)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-3) 31.1 41 21 17 14 18 3 4.88
2012 (2-5) 61.2 71 41 39 22 42 12 5.69
2011 (0-0) 5.0 3 4 4 3 4 1 7.20
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.1 45 23 19 15 23 4 4.71 45
2013-06-22 @CLE L 0.2 1 6 6 5 0 0 46 21
2013-06-16 DET L 5.1 9 4 4 3 4 2 101 35
2013-06-11 PHI ND 7.1 6 2 1 1 5 0 97 64
2013-06-05 @KCR L 6.0 7 3 0 3 2 0 116 51
2013-05-30 MIL W 6.0 10 4 4 1 4 0 89 39
2013-05-25 @DET W 6.0 8 2 2 1 3 1 81 50
2012-09-29 DET L 5.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 92 55
Last 5 v.KCR 0-2 10.0 14 9 6 5 5 1 5.40 38
2013-06-05 @KCR L 6.0 7 3 0 3 2 0 116 51
2012-09-12 KCR L 4.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 72 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-17   Road:   15-23   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  28-34   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:15-19   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Thu, Jun 27   KCR  W   3-1       35-40  4th  6.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 26  @MIA  L   3-5       34-40  4th  7.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 25  @MIA  L   2-4       34-39  4th  7.0 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 23  @CLE  W   5-3       34-38  4th  7.0 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 22  @CLE  L   7-8       33-38  4th  7.0 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 21  @CLE  L   1-5       33-37  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 20   CHW  W   8-4       33-36  4th  6.0 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 19   CHW  W   7-4       32-36  4th  6.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 18   CHW  W   7-5       31-36  4th  7.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 16   DET  L   2-5       30-36  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 27, 2013 MIN  3  KCR  1        W:Sam Deduno (4-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Glen Perkins (20)
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Tim Collins (2-1), L: Jared Burton (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 KCR  4  MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-3), L: P.J. Walters (2-1), S: Greg Holland (10)
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 MIN  3 @KCR  0        W:Sam Deduno (2-1), L: Luis Mendoza (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (12)
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 KCR  3  MIN  0        W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Kelvin Herrera (2)
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 KCR  7  MIN  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (1-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Mon, Apr 08, 2013 KCR  3  MIN  1        W:Ervin Santana (1-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (1)

Thu, Sep 13, 2012 MIN  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Glen Perkins (3-1), L: Francisley Bueno (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Luke Hochevar (8-13), L: P.J. Walters (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 KCR  9 @MIN  1        W:Will Smith (5-7), L: Scott Diamond (11-7), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 5-2; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 363-320

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.15

ATL  4.13

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.43

MIA  4.29

HOU  5.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

M. Brantley  .271

B. Upton  .174

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .458

C. Pena  .331

Y. Betancourt  .234

 SLG

C. Davis  .712

K. Morales  .432

E. Andrus  .283

 OPS

C. Davis  1.120

K. Morales  .764

Y. Betancourt  .577

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

J. Hefner  3.72

D. Haren  6.15

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.06

Y. Gallardo  7.29

J. Guthrie  4.38

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

Royals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Walters
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 20.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.267 9/.777 22/.768 4/.750 16/.775 1/2.000 2/1.000 12/1.472 ··· 305/227 .272/.380/.393/.773 .828/.756 .717 98/.791 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 5/.200 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.667 4/.750 1/3.000 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 270/191 .260/.322/.380/.702 .577/.752 .715 78/.630 9/4 3/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 53/43 .275/.302/.569/.871 .500/.960 .512 11/.964 9/1 2/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.300 8/.661 15/.896 4/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.432 ··· 318/223 .254/.282/.338/.620 .783/.551 .704 89/.636 11/0 3/9
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 10/.200 17/1.118 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/2.334 7/1.286 ··· 192/127 .209/.250/.324/.574 .604/.559 .624 29/.549 2/0 3/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.334 6/1.300 25/.735 4/.500 15/.983 ··· ··· 8/.625 1/no AB 330/229 .292/.348/.422/.770 1.025/.661 .918 98/.555 3/1 7/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/1.667 14/.428 3/.666 9/.777 1/.000 1/.000 11/.546 1/.000 303/216 .267/.321/.375/.697 .795/.656 .735 105/.777 7/3 4/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 131/93 .226/.256/.306/.562 .556/.565 .740 51/.533 11/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 59/51 .143/.288/.327/.615 .536/.627 .533 12/.667 1/0 2/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 117/104 .301/.325/.416/.741 .718/.743 .717 82/.722 1/1 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/.000 6/.333 7/.572 1/no AB 9/.444 1/.000 2/.000 7/.429 ··· 245/186 .210/.269/.308/.577 .461/.614 .522 75/.617 1/3 4/9
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/1.800 3/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 2/2.000 10/.800 ··· 243/173 .303/.325/.427/.752 .682/.781 .637 87/.780 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/1.400 ··· 5/.700 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/25 .271/.311/.386/.697 .773/.541 .748 30/.562 0/0 2/2
IP 31.1 34.1 27.1 31.2 29.2 35.2 32.2 48.2 14.2 TOTAL .257/.311/.370/.680 .724/.663 .694 .673 60/14 43/45
ERA-K/9 4.88/5.2 3.41/8.4 3.95/7.9 3.69/9.7 2.12/12.4 2.27/6.3 3.31/6.1 2.77/6.1 0.00/8.0 4.26/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-6-2)
 Perez (23-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 145/.315 153/.246 121/.278 121/.183 113/.173 150/.244 143/.236 194/.261 53/.109 .282  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Francoeur
 Dyson
74/0/0/7
0/62/5/5
4/5/24/4
0/0/54/3
0/13/0/1
OPS .863 .709 .675 .541 .509 .647 .722 .656 .379 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.733 71/.570 62/.667 41/.618 30/.563 63/.674 54/.904 92/.875 21/.145 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.968 82/.829 59/.679 80/.503 83/.490 87/.626 89/.616 102/.464 32/.543 .770
Home 83/.836 80/.772 57/.633 57/.368 55/.420 61/.588 74/.759 90/.648 12/.258
Last 28d days 91/.844 44/.948 30/.657 32/.351 34/.329 39/.938 26/.923 49/.773 30/.387
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 2/7/1 1/1/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/2 0/0/0 70/25/13
Usage ·····X·· o···X··X ·oo···o· ·o··X··o X···o··· ·X···X·· ··o···o· ·····X·X ··X··oX·
Twins Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/117 .287/.352/.487/.838 .726/.887 .730 58/.971 0/2 6/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 13/.432 10/.522 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 17/.975 4/.000 8/1.714 142/115 .208/.270/.238/.508 .616/.482 .647 37/.378 1/0 0/1
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.000 6/1.333 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.300 2/.000 9/.222 263/183 .237/.304/.411/.715 .736/.706 .756 88/.816 1/0 8/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.571 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 2/1.500 250/196 .223/.300/.364/.663 .919/.597 .802 82/.898 6/6 7/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 126/94 .226/.280/.357/.637 .670/.625 .791 41/.661 0/1 3/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 7/.310 208/160 .224/.293/.322/.615 .273/.716 .567 72/.416 7/1 3/8
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 30/.933 27/.509 9/.476 ··· ··· 34/1.507 4/1.000 1/.000 328/249 .332/.412/.498/.910 .952/.896 .935 103/.929 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 32/1.065 22/.560 10/.311 4/1.250 ··· 26/.696 4/.750 10/1.275 298/211 .284/.332/.391/.723 .589/.782 .861 77/.723 0/0 3/2
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.000 4/.250 2/.500 ··· 8/1.518 3/.667 3/1.667 220/180 .231/.309/.379/.689 .520/.727 .522 60/.732 1/1 7/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 20/1.142 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 13/.581 5/1.000 9/.958 198/159 .273/.340/.432/.772 1.073/.696 .803 44/.816 1/0 5/6
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 72/48 .262/.333/.369/.703 .746/.680 .857 72/.703 0/2 1/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 22/.935 17/.982 6/.533 6/.334 1/2.000 17/.820 5/1.300 10/1.025 293/226 .219/.352/.393/.744 .747/.746 .677 87/.624 1/0 10/0
IP 111.0 28.0 28.0 22.0 23.2 28.1 29.0 6.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.387/.707 .713/.705 .743 .741 23/16 68/35
ERA-K/9 2.92/8.0 2.25/6.4 2.57/9.0 4.09/7.0 3.04/5.7 2.54/8.6 1.86/14.6 5.40/9.4 3.50/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (14-5-0)
 Mauer (11-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 449/.238 124/.248 116/.218 98/.274 94/.267 109/.182 113/.178 29/.280 .252  Parmelee
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Doumit
 Thomas
 Escobar
0/1/53/6
22/0/14/4
52/0/0/3
1/0/12/2
1/17/0/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .652 .702 .599 .726 .691 .614 .514 .790 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.578 46/.765 58/.530 43/.720 45/.926 54/.703 57/.645 8/.393 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.734 78/.665 58/.668 55/.731 49/.495 55/.524 56/.387 21/.944 .697
Road 215/.625 32/.474 59/.401 54/.706 39/.800 52/.713 48/.512 5/.000
Last 28d days 138/.720 42/.757 50/.645 32/.683 32/.713 28/.454 42/.404 8/.125
HR/SB/CS 10/3/2 2/3/2 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/2/2 4/3/2 1/0/0 1/0/0 82/41/18
Usage ····X··· ·o····X· ··X·oo·· ·X···o·· ··X·X·o· ·X··o··· ·o··oX·· X·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.