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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 8:10pm, Thursday, April 17, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 6-7, 6-7 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 0-2, 2.37)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 19.0 16 11 5 4 14 3 2.37
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 15 9 9 43 5 1.69 64
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
2013-09-11 @CLE W 8.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 108 72
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 23.0 19 5 5 4 22 1 1.96 67
2013-06-07 HOU ND 7.0 9 2 2 3 6 0 111 54
2013-05-22 @HOU L 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 104 62
2011-06-24 @HOU W 9.0 3 1 1 1 9 0 106 85
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-6    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
  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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7 
Astros, 5-10, 5-10 5th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Scott Feldman (31, RHP, 2-0, 0.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 20.2 7 1 1 8 7 0 0.44
2013 (12-12) 181.2 159 87 78 56 132 19 3.86
2012 (6-11) 123.2 139 79 70 32 96 14 5.09
Last 7 GS 2-2 42.0 26 17 16 19 24 5 3.43 56
2014-04-11 @TEX ND 7.0 2 0 0 4 3 0 105 72
2014-04-06 LAA W 7.0 3 1 1 2 1 0 106 66
2014-04-01 NYY W 6.2 2 0 0 2 3 0 102 71
2013-09-27 BOS L 2.1 8 8 8 1 1 1 57 9
2013-09-22 @TBR L 6.1 6 3 3 2 7 1 91 54
2013-09-17 @BOS ND 5.0 2 2 1 6 3 1 103 54
2013-09-11 NYY ND 7.2 3 3 3 2 6 2 112 65
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 33.1 27 13 11 5 14 2 2.97 56
2013-07-22 @KCR W 8.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 107 65
2012-09-06 @KCR ND 6.1 6 3 3 0 6 1 97 55
2012-08-04 @KCR W 7.2 6 2 2 1 4 0 105 62
2012-05-14 KCR L 4.2 3 2 0 1 1 0 81 54
2010-05-26 @KCR L 6.2 7 4 4 1 0 1 105 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-6    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16   KCR  L   4-6 (11)   5-10  5th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-10   Last 30: 5-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 KCR  6 @HOU  4 (11)   W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Jerome Williams (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
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)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-0; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; 2012 - KCR won 2-1; All-Time - Tied 19-19

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

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 (3.23 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
45.Bass
G/S/vB
66.Chapman*
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
41.Peacock
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
36.Williams
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .705 51/.698 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 29/.537 9/1.301 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.100 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .708 54/.371 0/0 15/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 10/.900 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 442/305 .251/.310/.348/.658 .617/.676 .690 44/.745 14/6 4/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 5/1.100 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .540 5/.400 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.226 9/.444 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.800 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .581 46/.562 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 20/.900 7/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .796 53/.698 11/3 20/1
12.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
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 11/.282 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/1.286 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .790 55/.731 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 3/.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .735 48/.703 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .656 7/.143 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 11/.182 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .622 47/.451 2/4 12/16
13.Perez G/S/vP 10/.522 7/1.514 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .710 54/.842 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 .741 11/.818 0/2 8/0
IP 181.2 63.0 42.0 20.1 73.1 38.0 83.1 62.0 169.1 TOTAL .243/.308/.331/.639 .563/.667 .581 .639 9/6 4/13
ERA-K/9 3.86/6.5 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 4.38/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 758/.234 262/.242 193/.297 87/.183 323/.283 160/.220 365/.241 252/.251 728/.272 .250  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 .671 .621 .829 .585 .865 .783 .779 .658 .772 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 386/.670 114/.683 90/.881 42/.463 161/.871 71/.884 211/.919 103/.600 402/.818 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.672 148/.573 103/.785 45/.706 162/.859 89/.706 154/.594 149/.698 326/.716 .645
Home 381/.641 141/.558 69/.586 50/.697 158/.852 106/.729 143/.864 131/.631 361/.763
Last 28d days 79/.374 28/.681 24/.596 22/1.357 11/.455 24/.530 49/.750 22/.933 44/.985
HR/SB/CS 19/30/3 2/2/3 4/2/2 1/1/0 16/7/2 8/2/2 15/12/1 4/5/1 23/9/7 13/13/4
Usage ·····X·· X···X··· ····Xoo· o···XX·· ·X······ oX····X· X····X·· ·····Xo· X··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 (2.93 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.00 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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 65/.683 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 51/.482 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.250 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 51/.798 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .655 23/.694 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 56/.603 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 46/.625 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .566 13/.558 6/2 4/10
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .457 31/.725 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .651 24/.683 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 32/.560 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 40/.432 1/4 3/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 48/.599 18/8 1/16
IP 228.2 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .189/.264/.349/.613 .634/.604 .639 .613 9/3 18/5
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 3.18/7.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 946/.251 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .216  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 .678 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .633
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 509/.614 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .650
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 437/.753 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .624
Road 488/.592 49/.258 105/.824 293/.857 46/.360 124/.805 117/.506 /
Last 28d days 79/.689 6/.733 20/.485 34/.410 16/.450 24/.610 26/.558 10/.775
HR/SB/CS 20/5/5 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 11/6/3
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· X··o···o ·o·X···· X···X··· o····X·X 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.