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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 @Progressive Field

Royals, 9-9, 9-9 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 1-2, 2.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 27.0 20 12 6 6 26 3 2.00
2013 (13-9) 228.2 215 82 80 68 196 20 3.15
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-2 48.0 36 14 8 10 48 5 1.50 65
2014-04-17 @HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 2 12 0 107 80
2014-04-12 @MIN L 5.2 6 7 1 3 5 2 115 43
2014-04-06 CHW L 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 102 69
2014-03-31 @DET ND 6.1 5 3 3 1 3 1 106 53
2013-09-27 @CHW W 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 1 98 74
2013-09-22 TEX ND 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 105 71
2013-09-16 CLE W 6.0 6 1 1 2 10 1 107 64
Last 5 v.CLE 2-0 30.1 30 12 12 12 29 3 3.56 54
2013-09-16 CLE W 6.0 6 1 1 2 10 1 107 64
2013-09-11 @CLE W 8.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 108 72
2013-07-14 @CLE ND 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 113 42
2013-07-04 CLE ND 5.1 9 5 5 2 3 1 104 31
2013-06-17 @CLE ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 5 1 111 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-8    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @CLE  L   3-4        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20   MIN  L   3-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 19   MIN  W   5-4        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Fri, Apr 18   MIN  W   5-0        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Thu, Apr 17  @HOU  W   5-1        7-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 16  @HOU  W   6-4 (11)   6-7   4th  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 15  @HOU  W   4-2        5-7   5th  2.0 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13  @MIN  L   3-4        4-7   5th  2.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 12  @MIN  L   1-7        4-6   5th  2.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 11  @MIN  L   1-10       4-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-9    Last 30: 9-9
Indians, 9-10, 9-10 5th, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Danny Salazar (24, RHP, 0-2, 7.71)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 14.0 19 12 12 8 17 4 7.71
2013 (2-3) 52.0 44 18 18 15 65 7 3.12
Last 7 GS 1-3 33.0 39 19 19 14 45 6 5.18 48
2014-04-17 @DET L 4.2 6 5 5 3 3 1 82 32
2014-04-10 @CHW L 3.2 6 5 5 2 10 2 93 37
2014-04-04 MIN ND 5.2 7 2 2 3 4 1 95 48
2013-09-25 CHW W 5.1 6 2 2 1 8 1 89 55
2013-09-18 @KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 82 46
2013-09-13 @CHW ND 3.2 4 0 0 2 9 0 78 60
2013-09-08 NYM ND 4.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 80 56
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 6.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 6.00 46
2013-09-18 @KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 82 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-5    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 21   KCR  W   4-3        9-10  5th  1.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20   TOR  W   6-4        8-10  5th  2.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19   TOR  L   0-5        7-10  5th  2.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18   TOR  L   2-3        7-9   5th  1.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @DET  L   5-7        7-8   5th  1.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @DET  W   3-2        7-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @CHW  L   3-4        6-7   4th  1.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CHW  W  12-6        6-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CHW  L   6-9        5-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @CHW  L   3-7        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30: 9-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  3        W:Zach McAllister (3-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-1), S: John Axford (7)

Wed, Sep 18, 2013 KCR  7  CLE  2        W:Bruce Chen (8-3), L: Danny Salazar (1-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 17, 2013 CLE  5 @KCR  3        W:Cody Allen (6-1), L: Wade Davis (7-11), S: Chris Perez (25)
Mon, Sep 16, 2013 KCR  7  CLE  1        W:James Shields (12-9), L: Scott Kazmir (8-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 KCR  6 @CLE  2        W:James Shields (11-9), L: Scott Kazmir (8-8), S: Greg Holland (42)
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 KCR  6 @CLE  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (14-10), L: Zach McAllister (7-9), S: Greg Holland (41)
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 CLE  4  KCR  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (11-9), L: Ervin Santana (8-9), S: Chris Perez (23)
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 CLE  6  KCR  4        W:Rich Hill (1-1), L: Tim Collins (2-5), S: Chris Perez (13)
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 CLE  5  KCR  3        W:Scott Kazmir (5-4), L: Jeremy Guthrie (8-7), S: Chris Perez (12)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 CLE  3  KCR  0        W:Corey Kluber (7-5), L: Tim Collins (2-4), S: Cody Allen (2)
Season Series: 2014 - CLE over 1-0; 2013 - CLE won 10-9; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 314-297

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 2014 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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Salazar
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 44.Axford
G/S/vB		 20.Lee
G/S/vB		 88.Outman*
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .705 73/.693 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 7/.971 3/1.000 6/1.300 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .708 74/.486 0/0 15/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .540 10/.222 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/.333 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .581 64/.807 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.750 1/.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .796 73/.770 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 1.250 1/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 6/.333 1/3.000 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .790 75/.667 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 2/.000 6/1.150 2/1.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/1.917 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .735 69/.754 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .656 20/.472 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .622 67/.492 2/4 12/16
32.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 135/94 .192/.231/.248/.479 .282/.565 .426 0/ 4/4 1/1
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/1.100 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.500 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .710 74/.644 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 .741 11/.818 0/2 8/0
IP 52.0 70.1 45.1 65.0 4.1 54.0 30.2 75.0 TOTAL .252/.306/.352/.659 .539/.694 .585 .659 12/7 6/14
ERA-K/9 3.12/11.2 2.43/11.3 4.37/5.6 4.02/9.0 4.15/8.4 4.33/8.8 3.23/8.5 3.24/8.8 4.11/9.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.226 301/.233 194/.254 289/.285 22/.250 238/.268 129/.239 316/.216 .259  Gordon
 Aoki
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Paredes
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
0/2/149/9
0/27/47/6
0/73/0/3
0/0/39/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .655 .679 .647 .796 .739 .700 .674 .586 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.588 136/.691 72/.703 131/.838 6/.933 126/.539 62/.480 147/.673 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.733 165/.669 122/.615 158/.761 16/.648 112/.883 67/.859 169/.509 .722
Home 91/.655 146/.729 101/.560 150/.751 12/.778 126/.704 47/.920 152/.564
Last 28d days 66/1.045 37/.627 28/.181 39/.616 15/.641 29/.678 33/.451 33/.540
HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 7/6/0 4/6/0 10/3/2 0/0/0 3/6/0 2/2/1 4/4/2 11/11/6
Usage ····X··· oo·o·X·· ···oo··· oX···X·· ···oX··· ·o·o···· o·Xo···· ·o··oo··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 48.Mariot
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 32/.942 1/no AB 5/.400 6/.167 3/1.667 6/.733 3/.000 ··· 394/211 .252/.282/.368/.650 .605/.689 .724 42/.695 8/5 9/8
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 23/.691 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.600 ··· 4/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 575/401 .263/.316/.360/.676 .655/.685 .663 23/.360 23/12 6/3
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 28/.727 3/1.167 8/.500 12/1.060 3/.666 4/.750 9/.833 ··· 611/419 .284/.332/.396/.728 .664/.757 .786 80/.870 17/4 10/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 24/.946 4/1.250 9/.222 7/1.404 6/1.467 6/1.133 10/.600 ··· 562/377 .242/.299/.402/.700 .639/.730 .633 77/.661 9/3 14/9
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 10/.644 2/1.000 4/.250 4/.000 ··· 5/1.000 5/.400 ··· 308/270 .225/.270/.398/.668 .408/.705 .675 35/1.122 1/0 11/9
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 21/.297 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 216/201 .183/.282/.371/.653 .508/.664 .626 4/.000 0/1 9/
10.Gomes G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 322/205 .294/.345/.481/.826 .934/.766 .809 62/.735 2/0 11/3
30.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 275/211 .209/.255/.283/.538 .579/.526 .455 12/.273 22/2 2/6
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 20/.663 2/2.500 2/1.500 6/1.500 3/1.666 6/.333 5/.400 ··· 658/435 .284/.366/.452/.818 .850/.801 .795 81/.829 30/7 17/12
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 30/.537 1/.000 2/.000 10/.600 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 476/365 .220/.282/.374/.656 .562/.685 .735 62/.864 1/4 13/2
9.Raburn G/S/vP 8/.393 7/.619 4/.000 5/1.800 9/1.083 6/1.500 8/.625 ··· 277/153 .272/.357/.543/.901 1.020/.806 .925 47/.461 0/0 16/2
41.Santana# G/S/vP 29/.845 4/2.500 9/.833 12/.929 6/1.000 6/.000 8/.250 ··· 642/430 .268/.377/.455/.832 .864/.815 .827 79/.555 3/1 20/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 52/.592 2/.000 5/.400 20/.788 2/2.000 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 634/410 .246/.341/.423/.763 .918/.680 .811 86/.595 1/0 22/9
IP 228.2 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .241/.328/.380/.708 .628/.751 .730 .708 14/2 16/19
ERA-K/9 3.15/7.7 0.61/9.7 3.38/8.2 5.32/7.6 1.85/8.1 3.86/11.4 1.21/13.8 /0.0 3.26/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (29-20-4)
 Santana (51-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 946/.251 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .230  Brantley
 Murphy
 Bourn
 Raburn
 Swisher
 Aviles
 Johnson
151/1/0/11
128/0/1/10
0/128/0/6
13/0/54/3
0/0/27/2
4/0/1/0
8/0/3/0
OPS .678 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 509/.614 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .644
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 437/.753 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .670
Road 488/.592 49/.258 105/.824 293/.857 46/.360 124/.805 117/.506 /
Last 28d days 108/.603 13/.891 23/.417 41/.390 23/.360 30/.588 29/.498 18/.722
HR/SB/CS 20/5/5 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 15/7/4
Usage ····X··· ·o·o···· ···o·X·· ··o·o·o· ··X··X·· X····o·· ··o··XX· ·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.