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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 2:10pm, Saturday, April 19, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 8-8, 8-8 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (33, RHP, 0-1, 5.30)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 18.2 20 12 11 4 10 1 5.30
2013 (9-13) 185.1 218 89 86 45 101 24 4.18
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
Last 7 GS 0-4 42.2 48 23 22 11 21 3 4.64 47
2014-04-13 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 87 54
2014-04-07 OAK L 5.2 9 6 6 2 3 1 97 28
2014-04-02 @CHW ND 6.0 5 3 2 1 5 0 82 56
2013-09-25 DET L 7.0 7 1 1 0 1 0 107 60
2013-09-19 @OAK ND 5.0 6 2 2 5 1 0 101 43
2013-09-13 TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 96 48
2013-09-07 TOR L 6.0 7 5 5 1 4 2 95 41
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 27.0 36 16 16 9 17 0 5.33 44
2014-04-13 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 87 54
2013-08-27 KCR ND 7.0 6 0 0 2 7 0 118 70
2013-08-05 @KCR L 2.0 7 6 6 3 2 0 51 17
2013-07-31 KCR ND 6.0 10 2 2 0 3 0 94 47
2013-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 0 90 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @KCR  L   0-5        8-8   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   9-5        8-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   7-0        7-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15   TOR  L   3-9        6-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   KCR  W   4-3        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   KCR  W   7-1        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   KCR  W  10-1        4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   OAK  L   1-6        3-6   5th  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   OAK  L   4-7 (11)   3-5   5th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   OAK  L   3-8        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-8    Last 30: 8-8
Royals, 8-7, 8-7 1st, Tied

SP: Bruce Chen (37, LHP, 0-1, 6.30)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 10.0 14 7 7 2 10 1 6.30
2013 (9-4) 121.0 107 46 44 36 78 13 3.27
2012 (11-14) 191.2 215 114 108 47 140 33 5.07
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.0 41 22 22 11 27 5 5.21 47
2014-04-11 @MIN L 3.2 7 6 6 2 3 1 87 24
2014-04-05 CHW ND 6.1 7 1 1 0 7 0 101 62
2013-09-29 @CHW W 6.2 4 1 1 3 4 1 81 63
2013-09-24 @SEA L 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 97 39
2013-09-18 CLE W 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 71 51
2013-09-13 @DET L 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 1 61 26
2013-09-08 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 81 63
Last 5 v.MIN 2-3 24.2 28 19 19 6 17 5 6.93 43
2014-04-11 @MIN L 3.2 7 6 6 2 3 1 87 24
2013-08-29 @MIN W 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 1 93 57
2012-07-01 @MIN L 5.2 6 6 6 1 5 3 95 37
2012-06-05 MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 88 74
2012-04-29 @MIN L 2.2 6 6 6 2 1 0 62 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-2    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
  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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 KCR  5  MIN  0        W:Jason Vargas (2-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Casey Fien (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (3)
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 MIN  7  KCR  1        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-1), L: James Shields (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 MIN 10  KCR  1        W:Kyle Gibson (2-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 29, 2013 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Bruce Chen (6-2), L: Sam Deduno (8-8), S: Greg Holland (36)
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 KCR  8 @MIN  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-0), L: Andrew Albers (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 KCR  6 @MIN  1        W:James Shields (9-8), L: Jared Burton (2-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 KCR  5  MIN  2        W:Louis Coleman (2-0), L: Sam Deduno (7-5), S: Greg Holland (30)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 MIN  7 @KCR  0        W:Andrew Albers (1-0), L: James Shields (6-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 KCR 13  MIN  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (12-7), L: Kevin Correia (7-8), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - MIN over 3-1; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - MIN leads 368-331

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.

Twins Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 ··· ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .813 65/.950 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/1.379 3/.000 9/.347 6/1.583 6/1.166 2/no AB 5/.000 1/2.000 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .730 77/.818 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .510 14/.429 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 3/.333 5/.650 4/1.000 4/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .650 44/.425 15/6 9/18
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .752 11/.282 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .610 63/.528 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 16/1.313 2/.500 1/.000 11/.546 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .578 58/.924 0/1 5/3
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/2.133 1/no AB 73/51 .185/.229/.215/.444 .500/.415 .514 12/.083 2/1 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 30/.526 1/2.000 2/.000 15/1.236 1/.000 3/1.667 6/1.334 1/.000 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .901 76/.735 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 1.018 47/.918 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 25/1.235 5/.400 9/.347 4/1.833 6/.334 5/1.350 6/1.666 1/.000 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .649 71/.801 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 13/.770 4/1.833 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 2/.000 5/.200 1/3.000 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .614 53/.668 2/0 5/6
IP 121.0 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .244/.348/.371/.719 .620/.770 .712 .719 12/2 12/9
ERA-K/9 3.27/5.8 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 2.82/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (13-7-0)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 498/.237 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .214  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Colabello
 Mastroianni
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
0/0/11/1
19/3/9/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .675 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .610
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.755 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .615
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 331/.634 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .607
Home 279/.661 61/.674 105/.725 325/.790 58/.818 121/.595 138/.456 /
Last 28d days 46/.825 10/.633 23/.417 38/.423 16/.450 24/.610 26/.558 10/.775
HR/SB/CS 13/5/6 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 11/6/3
Usage ·······X o······X o·X··o·· ·o·o·X·· ··X···X· ··o····X ··XX···· ·······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.

Royals Batters (3.47 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 10/.325 1/.000 4/.250 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .747 59/.724 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 17/.639 10/.700 14/.846 25/.729 9/.944 17/.728 16/1.471 2/1.500 1/.000 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .866 62/.428 0/0 15/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.812 12/.533 13/.879 20/.768 4/1.000 5/.600 15/.481 3/.000 ··· 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .534 53/.680 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 22/.495 7/1.371 14/.786 29/.702 5/.400 18/.800 13/.693 7/1.738 1/3.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .696 61/.722 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 .786 1/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 18/.572 4/1.250 14/.786 19/.705 4/1.250 10/.700 16/1.108 6/.500 ··· 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .813 63/.734 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 17/.706 4/.500 10/.311 8/.500 6/1.300 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .854 56/.673 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .868 11/.091 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 14/1.192 7/.286 11/.182 10/1.100 2/2.000 10/.400 10/.300 ··· 1/.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .681 55/.518 2/4 12/16
32.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/94 .192/.231/.248/.479 .282/.565 .514 0/ 4/4 1/1
13.Perez G/S/vP 15/.481 5/.400 8/1.125 2/2.500 7/1.286 7/1.238 15/.666 ··· 1/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .809 62/.778 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 1.079 11/.818 0/2 8/0
IP 185.1 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .250/.308/.342/.650 .555/.681 .725 .650 10/6 5/13
ERA-K/9 4.18/4.9 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 5.04/6.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 792/.297 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .268  Gordon
 Aoki
 Maxwell
 Paredes
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
0/2/149/9
0/27/47/6
0/0/39/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .799 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 393/.806 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.792 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .769
Road 363/.878 142/.605 260/.744 141/.763 128/.629 121/.719 181/.695 99/.580 21/.586
Last 28d days 78/.701 28/1.045 47/.618 25/.255 26/.641 31/.587 36/.767 22/.864 14/.670
HR/SB/CS 24/6/5 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 16/3/1
Usage ·····X·· o··X···· ·X······ o····o·X ·X···o·· ·X···o·· ·o·X···o ···o···· o··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.