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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 5-7, 5-7 5th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (35, RHP, 2-0, 3.55)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 12.2 11 5 5 5 7 1 3.55
2013 (15-12) 211.2 236 99 95 59 111 30 4.04
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.2 51 19 19 11 19 6 3.74 50
2014-04-09 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 109 68
2014-04-04 CHW W 5.2 7 4 4 4 3 0 111 38
2013-09-26 @CHW W 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 2 95 64
2013-09-21 TEX L 6.0 7 3 3 2 1 0 100 45
2013-09-15 @DET L 8.0 13 3 3 1 4 2 113 47
2013-09-10 @CLE W 6.0 9 1 1 0 2 0 99 52
2013-09-05 SEA ND 6.0 7 5 5 2 1 1 96 37
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 27.0 27 15 15 7 12 6 5.00 49
2013-05-20 @HOU L 5.0 8 6 6 3 2 2 96 26
2012-05-31 HOU W 7.0 12 5 5 0 1 1 99 34
2012-04-06 @HOU W 7.0 4 3 3 3 1 2 103 55
2008-06-18 HOU ND 8.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 105 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-6    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
  8 Wed, Apr  9   TBR  W   7-3        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   TBR  L   0-1        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
  6 Mon, Apr  7   TBR  W   4-2        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sun, Apr  6   CHW  L   1-5        2-3   5th  2.0 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  5   CHW  W   4-3        2-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Fri, Apr  4   CHW  W   7-5        1-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-7    Last 30: 5-7
Astros, 5-9, 5-9 5th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (26, LHP, 1-1, 3.75)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 12.0 13 5 5 4 11 2 3.75
2013 (6-10) 153.2 184 96 88 52 123 20 5.15
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.2 50 27 26 14 43 4 5.75 46
2014-04-10 @TOR W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 101 67
2014-04-05 LAA L 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 90 38
2013-09-25 @TEX L 5.2 6 7 6 3 5 1 97 33
2013-09-19 @CLE ND 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 112 65
2013-09-13 LAA W 5.2 10 6 6 2 9 1 105 32
2013-09-06 @OAK L 3.1 10 5 5 2 3 0 95 21
2013-08-31 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 2 8 0 109 63
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 6.2 9 4 4 4 6 1 5.40 42
2013-05-20 KCR W 6.2 9 4 4 4 6 1 96 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15   KCR  L   2-4        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @TEX  L   0-1        5-8   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @TEX  W   6-5 (10)   5-7   5th  2.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @TEX  L   0-1 (12)   4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TOR  W   6-4        4-6   5th  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  L   3-7        3-6   5th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  L   2-5        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   LAA  L   1-9        3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   LAA  W   7-4        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   LAA  L   1-5        2-3   2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 KCR  4 @HOU  2        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-3), S: Greg Holland (4)

Sun, Jun 09, 2013 KCR  2  HOU  0        W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Hector Ambriz (1-3), S: Greg Holland (12)
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 KCR  7  HOU  2        W:Ervin Santana (4-5), L: Erik Bedard (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 KCR  4  HOU  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-4), L: Wesley Wright (0-2), S: Greg Holland (11)
Wed, May 22, 2013 HOU  3  KCR  1        W:Jordan Lyles (2-1), L: James Shields (2-5), S: Jose Veras (8)
Tue, May 21, 2013 KCR  7 @HOU  3        W:Bruce Chen (3-0), L: Paul Clemens (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 20, 2013 HOU  6  KCR  5        W:Dallas Keuchel (1-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-2), S: Jose Veras (7)
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 KCR  2 @HOU  1        W:Bruce Chen (6-6), L: Jordan Lyles (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (18)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 KCR  2 @HOU  0        W:Luke Hochevar (4-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (17)
Mon, Jun 18, 2012 HOU  9  KCR  7        W:J.A. Happ (5-7), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-3), S: Xavier Cedeno (1)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 1-0; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; 2012 - KCR won 2-1; All-Time - HOU leads 19-18

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

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

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 (3.00 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 42.Albers
G/S/vB		 42.Bass
G/S/vB		 42.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 42.Clemens
G/S/vB		 42.Fields
G/S/vB		 42.Peacock
G/S/vB		 42.Qualls
G/S/vB		 42.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Aoki* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .705 49/.699 20/12 8/3
42.Butler G/S/vP 3/.333 8/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.833 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .708 49/.367 0/0 15/0
42.Cain G/S/vP 4/.250 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 442/305 .251/.310/.348/.658 .617/.676 .690 40/.770 14/6 4/3
42.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .540 4/.000 34/6 2/5
42.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.500 9/.444 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .581 41/.519 22/0 4/13
42.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .796 48/.701 11/3 20/1
42.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 1.250 1/.000 0/0 1/0
42.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.800 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .790 49/.711 11/4 17/8
42.Infante G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 2/.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .735 42/.759 5/2 10/10
42.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .656 4/.000 6/2 7/5
42.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .622 45/.350 2/4 12/16
42.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.417 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .710 48/.913 0/0 13/8
42.Valencia G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 .741 8/.250 0/2 8/0
IP 153.2 63.0 42.0 20.1 73.1 38.0 83.1 62.0 169.1 TOTAL .237/.302/.319/.620 .516/.655 .532 .620 7/5 2/9
ERA-K/9 5.15/7.2 3.14/5.0 5.36/6.6 1.77/6.7 5.40/6.0 4.97/9.5 5.18/8.3 2.61/7.1 4.57/5.7 4.33/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 682/.297 262/.242 193/.297 87/.183 323/.283 160/.220 365/.241 252/.251 728/.272 .243  Gordon
 Aoki
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
0/2/149/9
0/92/32/7
0/27/47/6
0/73/0/3
0/0/1/0
OPS .812 .621 .829 .585 .865 .783 .779 .658 .772 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.750 114/.683 90/.881 42/.463 161/.871 71/.884 211/.919 103/.600 402/.818 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 520/.832 148/.573 103/.785 45/.706 162/.859 89/.706 154/.594 149/.698 326/.716 .636
Home 381/.801 141/.558 69/.586 50/.697 158/.852 106/.729 143/.864 131/.631 361/.763
Last 28d days 51/.840 23/.685 24/.596 21/1.336 11/.455 21/.611 45/.724 22/.933 33/.881
HR/SB/CS 20/7/4 2/2/3 4/2/2 1/1/0 16/7/2 8/2/2 15/12/1 4/5/1 23/9/7 11/11/3
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ···Xoo·· ···XX··X X······· X····X·X ····X··· ····Xo·· ··o···X·

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

Astros Batters (2.86 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 42.Coleman
G/S/vB		 42.Crow
G/S/vB		 42.Davis
G/S/vB		 42.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 42.Herrera
G/S/vB		 42.Holland
G/S/vB		 42.Mariot
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.550 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 59/.685 35/13 5/9
42.Carter G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 50/.467 2/0 29/5
42.Castro* G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 45/.674 2/1 18/5
42.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .655 23/.694 0/0 7/6
42.Dominguez G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 51/.624 0/1 21/16
42.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 40/.722 19/9 12/3
42.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .566 8/.250 6/2 4/10
42.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .457 26/.808 3/0 9/6
42.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .651 19/.888 7/1 1/4
42.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 28/.374 2/0 4/2
42.Presley* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 40/.432 1/4 3/1
42.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 48/.599 18/8 1/16
IP 211.2 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .185/.258/.347/.605 .624/.596 .628 .605 8/2 16/6
ERA-K/9 4.04/4.7 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 3.17/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 905/.285 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .214  Fowler
 Krauss
 Presley
 Carter
 Hoes
 Guzman
0/110/0/3
18/0/9/3
12/28/12/2
49/0/2/0
3/2/44/0
35/0/5/0
OPS .784 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .626
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 516/.905 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .598
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 389/.623 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .642
Road 474/.853 49/.258 105/.824 293/.857 46/.360 124/.805 117/.506 /
Last 28d days 54/.689 6/.733 15/.574 34/.410 7/.000 21/.702 21/.536 10/.775
HR/SB/CS 30/9/3 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 9/5/2
Usage ······X· ····X··· ··o···oo o·X····X ···X···· ····X·X· X······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.