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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, June 14, 2013 @Tropicana Field

Royals, 31-33, 31-33 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (29, RHP, 1-3, 4.19)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 58.0 60 31 27 24 37 6 4.19
2012 (8-10) 166.0 176 84 78 59 104 15 4.23
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.0 43 16 13 14 23 3 2.93 51
2013-06-09 HOU ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 88 71
2013-06-04 MIN L 4.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 95 35
2013-05-29 @STL ND 5.2 6 1 1 3 5 1 98 55
2013-05-24 LAA ND 5.0 7 1 1 4 2 0 86 47
2013-05-19 @OAK ND 6.0 8 3 2 0 4 0 94 50
2013-05-13 @LAA W 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 0 101 54
2013-05-08 @BAL L 6.0 5 5 3 3 2 1 93 45
Last 5 v.TBR 0-1 8.1 12 8 8 5 3 3 8.64 34
2013-05-01 TBR ND 4.0 7 6 6 1 3 3 68 26
2012-08-22 @TBR L 4.1 5 2 2 4 0 0 81 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-16   Road:   14-17   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  26-21   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  7-8    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  7-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Thu, Jun 13  @TBR  W  10-1       31-33  3rd  5.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 12   DET  W   3-2 (10)  30-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 11   DET  L   2-3       29-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 10   DET  W   3-2       29-32  2nd  5.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  9   HOU  W   2-0       28-32  3rd  6.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  8   HOU  W   7-2       27-32  4th  6.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  7   HOU  W   4-2       26-32  4th  6.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  6   MIN  W   7-3       25-32  4th  6.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  5   MIN  W   4-1       24-32  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  4   MIN  L   0-3       23-32  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Rays, 35-31, 35-31 4th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Matt Moore (24, LHP, 8-2, 3.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-2) 69.0 58 30 29 35 64 8 3.78
2012 (11-11) 177.1 158 85 75 81 175 18 3.81
2011 (1-0) 9.1 9 3 3 3 15 1 2.89
Last 7 GS 3-2 32.0 38 22 21 16 23 3 5.91 44
2013-06-09 BAL L 5.0 12 9 8 1 6 1 100 14
2013-06-04 @DET L 2.0 7 6 6 6 1 0 86 13
2013-05-31 @CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 54
2013-05-25 NYY ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 104 58
2013-05-19 @BAL W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 106 65
2013-05-14 BOS W 6.0 3 3 3 2 8 1 100 60
2013-05-08 TOR W 5.0 6 2 2 4 2 1 104 45
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 7.1 10 4 4 2 5 2 4.91 45
2012-06-27 @KCR ND 7.1 10 4 4 2 5 2 98 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-14   Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  24-23   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Thu, Jun 13   KCR  L   1-10      35-31  4th  5.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 12   BOS  L   1-2       35-30  4th  5.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11   BOS  W   8-3       35-29  4th  4.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 10   BOS  L   8-10(14)  34-29  4th  5.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  9   BAL  L   7-10      34-28  4th  4.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  8   BAL  W   8-0       34-27  3rd  3.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7   BAL  W   2-1       33-27  4th  3.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  6  @DET  L   2-5       32-27  4th  4.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun  5  @DET  W   3-0       32-26  4th  3.0 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  4  @DET  L   1-10      31-26  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 KCR 10 @TBR  1        W:Ervin Santana (5-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (4-3), S: none
Wed, May 01, 2013 KCR  9  TBR  8        W:Bruce Chen (2-0), L: Jake McGee (0-2), S: Greg Holland (7)
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 KCR  8  TBR  2        W:James Shields (2-2), L: Alex Cobb (3-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 TBR  5  KCR  3        W:James Shields (12-7), L: Luis Mendoza (7-9), S: Fernando Rodney (39)
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 KCR  1 @TBR  0 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Joel Peralta (1-5), S: Greg Holland (6)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 TBR  5  KCR  1        W:Jeremy Hellickson (8-8), L: Will Smith (4-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 KCR  5  TBR  4        W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Burke Badenhop (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (19)
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 KCR  8  TBR  2        W:Bruce Chen (7-6), L: Chris Archer (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 KCR  8  TBR  0        W:Luke Hochevar (5-7), L: Alex Cobb (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 TBR  4  KCR  1        W:Jeff Niemann (7-4), L: Danny Duffy (3-6), S: Kyle Farnsworth (21)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 3-0; 2012 - KCR won 4-2; 2011 - TBR won 5-2; All-Time - TBR leads 67-55

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 (3.94 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Moore*
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
27.Ramos*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
54.Torres*
G/S/vB
35.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 9/.555 ··· 5/1.000 256/193 .273/.383/.403/.786 .840/.768 .715 101/.759 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 237/171 .283/.342/.415/.757 .609/.813 .756 93/.648 8/4 3/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/3.333 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 270/191 .238/.263/.316/.580 .762/.506 .638 101/.470 10/0 3/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 1/.000 6/1.467 ··· 4/.250 ··· 7/.762 175/121 .210/.246/.317/.563 .630/.533 .571 47/.546 2/0 2/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.400 148/110 .212/.273/.288/.561 .686/.518 .549 59/.616 4/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.167 4/1.417 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.708 ··· 8/.250 278/191 .302/.349/.442/.791 1.038/.681 1.022 107/.654 2/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 249/179 .273/.331/.352/.683 .780/.644 .759 106/.737 5/3 2/4
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 101/70 .242/.280/.316/.596 .481/.644 .762 52/.515 9/0 2/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 54/46 .136/.296/.273/.569 .536/.575 .533 36/.444 1/0 1/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/73 .273/.291/.416/.707 .900/.691 .679 75/.677 0/1 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 4/1.833 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 204/153 .184/.250/.286/.536 .433/.571 .511 62/.415 1/1 4/8
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 196/141 .314/.337/.420/.757 .649/.799 .613 56/.828 0/0 2/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 7/.000 ··· 5/.400 59/22 .327/.373/.473/.846 .977/.618 .902 35/.903 0/0 2/2
IP 69.0 17.2 25.0 31.1 30.1 27.1 14.1 31.1 TOTAL .258/.311/.369/.680 .730/.660 .699 .638 49/12 35/40
ERA-K/9 3.78/8.3 6.11/4.6 5.76/12.2 1.72/8.9 4.15/6.5 4.94/11.9 0.00/12.0 3.73/8.3 4.35/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-4-2)
 Perez (18-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.227 80/.333 109/.235 122/.165 132/.267 122/.186 49/.065 132/.211 .244  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
63/0/0/7
0/54/5/4
0/0/49/3
2/4/16/2
OPS .715 .935 .680 .483 .663 .679 .209 .601 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.708 27/.893 38/.757 66/.490 45/.817 71/.731 22/.282 75/.547 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.719 53/.956 71/.640 56/.473 87/.586 51/.608 27/.151 57/.669 .678
Home 153/.703 40/.762 57/.704 65/.500 79/.633 81/.752 15/.267 67/.658
Last 28d days 102/.902 32/.681 33/.246 47/.402 72/.775 47/.552 48/.214 56/.562
HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 4/5/0 4/3/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/3/1 0/1/0 2/6/2 72/56/13
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·X·o ·XXX···o ·Xoo··X· ···XX··· ···X··o· ·o·X·o·· ·o·Xoo·X
Rays Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
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
11.Escobar G/S/vP 8/.268 8/1.125 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 8/.804 6/.533 232/161 .249/.313/.373/.686 .843/.615 .778 94/.771 0/1 5/4
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 101/74 .182/.253/.261/.514 1.062/.340 .522 35/.539 3/1 1/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 10/.100 3/2.500 270/189 .247/.309/.428/.737 .918/.660 .739 101/.774 8/6 8/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 7/1.371 7/1.571 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 8/.804 3/.667 217/156 .254/.323/.466/.789 .722/.814 .798 84/.715 6/3 10/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/2.067 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 15/1.000 ··· 221/190 .264/.348/.503/.851 .645/.887 .866 99/1.001 6/1 12/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 126/81 .283/.347/.434/.780 .890/.714 .745 55/.897 0/0 3/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 8/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 241/179 .318/.379/.502/.881 .963/.853 .788 103/.772 2/1 8/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP 5/1.150 4/.833 2/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 18/1.319 2/.000 287/204 .305/.362/.544/.907 .965/.883 .919 110/.776 0/0 13/4
28.Molina G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 3/.333 125/88 .243/.276/.322/.598 .715/.549 .566 42/.733 1/0 1/4
19.Roberts G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 1/no AB 136/74 .238/.294/.349/.643 .905/.421 .825 33/.436 0/2 3/5
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/3.000 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/.000 80/21 .246/.342/.406/.748 .827/.522 .926 20/.788 1/1 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP 4/2.250 10/.644 3/1.167 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 15/.533 2/.000 134/92 .221/.321/.345/.666 .805/.598 .660 82/.504 0/0 3/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 5/1.733 13/.685 5/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 19/.610 4/.000 278/189 .270/.360/.394/.754 .634/.796 .817 107/.794 4/0 4/3
IP 58.0 22.0 21.1 19.1 20.2 23.1 24.0 24.0 TOTAL .259/.329/.423/.753 .817/.724 .779 .752 31/16 75/30
ERA-K/9 4.19/5.7 1.23/7.0 2.53/8.5 4.19/6.1 3.48/5.2 4.24/10.0 2.63/8.6 1.88/13.9 3.40/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (27-6-2)
 Molina (29-7-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 254/.267 96/.250 89/.218 85/.260 82/.267 98/.225 92/.179 95/.188 .254  Johnson
 Jennings
 Zobrist
 Fuld
 Scott
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
36/0/0/6
0/60/0/1
0/0/34/1
30/8/11/0
1/0/0/0
17/0/39/0
14/0/4/0
OPS .776 .649 .584 .711 .704 .846 .599 .509 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.864 36/.758 42/.472 38/.729 42/1.000 51/.815 48/.625 48/.554 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.676 60/.580 47/.687 47/.698 40/.425 47/.883 44/.569 47/.465 .704
Road 135/.654 26/.497 42/.377 47/.728 39/.800 57/.993 43/.712 39/.378
Last 28d days 123/.767 38/.691 38/.568 42/.890 41/.617 21/.607 34/.731 35/.296
HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 0/3/2 0/2/0 2/3/0 2/1/1 8/3/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 70/33/15
Usage ····X··· ········ ·Xoo···X ··Xoo··· X·o··X·· ··oo··X· ·o·····X ·o·oo·oX

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.