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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 8:10pm, Monday, May 20, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 20-20, 20-20 3rd, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 5-1, 2.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-1) 54.1 53 18 17 17 30 11 2.82
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.1 48 17 16 16 21 11 2.98 54
2013-05-14 @LAA L 7.0 11 5 5 3 0 4 105 32
2013-05-09 @BAL W 6.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 100 52
2013-05-04 CHW W 9.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 106 81
2013-04-28 CLE W 6.2 6 0 0 3 5 0 112 64
2013-04-21 @BOS ND 6.0 9 4 4 4 2 1 112 36
2013-04-16 @ATL ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 2 91 64
2013-04-09 MIN W 6.2 6 4 4 1 2 3 110 47
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 22.0 19 9 9 4 10 4 3.68 56
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:   10-8    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  16-12   vsLHP:   4-8    1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sun, May 19  @OAK  L   3-4       20-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 18  @OAK  L   1-2       20-19  3rd  3.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 17  @OAK  L   1-2       20-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 15  @LAA  W   9-5       20-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 14  @LAA  L   2-6       19-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 13  @LAA  W  11-4       19-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 12   NYY  L   2-4       18-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 11   NYY  L   2-3       18-15  3rd  1.5 gb
 32 Fri, May 10   NYY  L   6-11      18-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  9  @BAL  W   6-2       18-13  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Astros, 12-32, 12-32 5th, 17 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (25, LHP, 0-1, 4.82)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 28.0 34 20 15 12 16 5 4.82
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 2-2 35.1 39 21 19 14 17 7 4.84 45
2013-05-15 @DET ND 5.2 7 5 4 2 3 1 88 38
2013-05-10 TEX ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 83 55
2012-09-29 @MIL L 2.1 8 7 7 1 2 3 60 14
2012-09-22 PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 90 69
2012-09-15 PHI W 5.1 5 0 0 4 0 0 95 54
2012-09-10 CHC ND 4.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 82 45
2012-08-29 SFG L 5.0 4 5 4 2 3 1 83 42
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-16   Road:    6-16   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-24   vsLHP:   4-8    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  1-6    vsCntrl: 2-8    vsWest:  8-16 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 19  @PIT  L   0-1       12-32  5th 17.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 18  @PIT  W   4-2 (11)  12-31  5th 16.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 17  @PIT  L   4-5       11-31  5th 16.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 15  @DET  W   7-5       11-30  5th 15.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 14  @DET  L   2-6       10-30  5th 15.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 13  @DET  L   2-7       10-29  5th 14.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 12   TEX  L   7-12      10-28  5th 14.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 11   TEX  L   7-8       10-27  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 10   TEX  L   2-4       10-26  5th 12.5 gb
 35 Thu, May  9   LAA  L   5-6       10-25  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Thu, Jun 17, 2010 KCR  5  HOU  2        W:Victor Marte (2-0), L: Brett Myers (4-5), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Wed, Jun 16, 2010 HOU  4 @KCR  2        W:Roy Oswalt (5-8), L: Bruce Chen (3-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (15)
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 KCR 15  HOU  7        W:Kanekoa Texeira (1-1), L: Felipe Paulino (1-8), S: none
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 HOU  5  KCR  4        W:Wesley Wright (2-1), L: Brian Bannister (5-5), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 KCR  4 @HOU  3 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-3), S: John Bale (1)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 KCR  2 @HOU  1        W:Zack Greinke (9-3), L: Russ Ortiz (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  4        W:Jimmy Gobble (2-1), L: Chad Qualls (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (10)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - KCR won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 17-13

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.29

NYY  4.28

MIA  2.66

 RA/G

STL  3.49

LAD  4.29

HOU  5.93

 BA

M. Cabrera  .387

M. Trumbo  .271

A. Hicks  .139

 OBP

J. Votto  .473

D. Span  .335

D. Espinosa  .191

 SLG

C. Davis  .660

J. Lowrie  .430

J. Keppinger  .218

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.116

L. Overbay  .767

J. Keppinger  .423

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.40

J. Vargas  3.55

J. Blanton  6.62

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.75

B. Morrow  6.95

K. Correia  3.69

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

Royals Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.500 3/.333 ··· 164/118 .273/.378/.439/.817 .876/.792 .807 100/.835 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 149/103 .308/.376/.423/.799 .670/.856 .837 84/.689 6/3 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 178/121 .250/.278/.345/.624 .868/.507 .655 104/.542 8/0 3/6
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 136/96 .209/.250/.295/.545 .624/.512 .483 72/.461 2/0 1/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/65 .209/.244/.314/.558 .589/.546 .549 41/.417 0/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 180/114 .343/.367/.535/.902 1.121/.775 1.080 104/.921 1/0 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 152/110 .252/.329/.326/.655 .542/.700 .743 100/.668 3/1 1/2
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/31 .265/.294/.347/.641 .563/.690 .666 38/.759 4/0 1/0
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 21/18 .133/.381/.400/.781 .333/.850 .757 16/.557 0/0 1/1
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .250/.250/.375/.625 2.000/.429 .625 8/.625 0/0 0/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 151/106 .178/.252/.311/.563 .494/.592 .517 89/.667 1/0 4/7
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/99 .307/.324/.414/.738 .691/.760 .616 78/.845 0/0 1/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 5/.000 ··· 24/5 .348/.375/.391/.766 .757/.800 1.045 14/.857 0/0 0/1
IP 28.0 20.0 15.0 18.0 27.0 13.2 17.0 18.1 TOTAL .263/.315/.388/.703 .734/.688 .710 .703 31/5 26/28
ERA-K/9 4.82/5.1 5.85/8.1 3.60/6.6 4.00/6.0 4.00/6.3 7.24/5.9 3.71/9.0 2.95/5.9 5.52/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (5-1-2)
 Perez (15-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.298 91/.293 62/.196 74/.265 109/.210 66/.310 68/.203 84/.311 .292  Cain
 Francoeur
 Gordon
 Lough
0/32/5/3
0/0/35/3
40/0/0/3
0/1/1/1
OPS .844 .815 .757 .753 .737 .946 .614 .806 .873
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.718 34/1.075 28/.539 33/.755 49/.745 35/.827 34/.617 37/.602 .910
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.895 57/.664 34/.950 41/.752 60/.731 31/1.081 34/.609 47/.939 .840
Home 83/.952 44/.777 34/1.067 45/.956 39/.783 18/1.095 44/.629 35/.931
Last 28d days 78/.843 40/.821 54/.615 60/.835 60/.801 50/1.022 33/.360 41/1.019
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 3/2/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 7/1/0 4/0/0 1/0/0 1/3/0 68/22/8
Usage ····X··· o·o·oo·· ··o·oX·· ·X······ ··X···X· ·oX·o··X ·o··X··o ·oo·oX··
Astros Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 176/124 .333/.369/.438/.808 .925/.758 .824 92/.703 4/2 2/1
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/32 .317/.406/.467/.872 1.177/.532 .828 43/.835 4/2 2/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 168/117 .230/.315/.439/.755 .867/.708 .633 89/.799 0/0 9/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 149/119 .243/.282/.393/.675 .407/.744 .648 81/.702 1/0 3/2
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/30 .281/.323/.404/.726 1.214/.237 .717 37/.845 1/0 1/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/25 .314/.386/.529/.915 .775/1.114 .581 41/1.054 0/0 3/1
8.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.583 3/.666 23/20 .250/.348/.400/.748 1.167/.689 .600 23/.748 1/1 1/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/110 .232/.264/.344/.609 .510/.650 .747 94/.636 0/0 3/4
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/102 .241/.265/.375/.640 .686/.631 .627 72/.526 4/1 3/4
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/78 .200/.320/.259/.579 .699/.539 .729 101/.579 2/4 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP 6/1.333 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 81/52 .234/.259/.442/.701 .392/.868 .538 33/.680 1/0 3/1
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/25 .176/.216/.294/.510 .250/.644 .536 38/.510 1/2 0/1
12.Pena* G/S/vP 34/1.038 13/1.052 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 20/.789 1/.000 165/126 .227/.339/.348/.687 .885/.624 .512 90/.662 0/0 3/0
IP 54.1 14.1 14.0 10.2 9.2 19.1 15.1 14.0 TOTAL .244/.303/.388/.691 .765/.661 .666 .675 21/14 42/27
ERA-K/9 2.82/5.0 1.88/7.6 3.86/9.6 1.69/5.9 5.59/6.5 4.66/10.7 1.17/10.0 3.21/13.5 3.54/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (18-5-3)
 Corporan (4-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.260 61/.236 55/.235 43/.184 41/.316 81/.243 58/.185 60/.245 .253  Barnes
 Martinez
 Crowe
 Paredes
 Grossman
 Carter
8/10/13/2
16/0/4/1
4/0/3/1
0/0/10/0
7/21/0/0
20/0/2/0
OPS .794 .594 .585 .542 .789 .930 .524 .635 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.943 22/.718 26/.549 18/.289 20/1.265 42/.923 29/.729 29/.590 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.666 39/.523 29/.618 25/.711 21/.381 39/.939 29/.323 31/.676 .685
Road 136/.933 16/.258 33/.350 28/.530 17/.694 51/1.022 30/.683 29/.476
Last 28d days 116/.766 42/.626 33/.751 22/.527 28/.780 41/.975 37/.459 31/.624
HR/SB/CS 11/1/3 0/2/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 8/2/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 45/20/8
Usage ·····X·· o······· ·X··o··X ····oX·· ········ o···X··· ······X· ····o··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.