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Game Preview: LAA @ KCR, 2:10pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Angels, 21-27, 21-27 3rd, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Billy Buckner (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-3) 13.0 26 17 16 5 11 4 11.08
2009 (4-6) 77.1 94 57 55 29 64 12 6.40
2008 (1-0) 14.0 16 5 5 4 11 3 3.21
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 50 30 27 15 34 5 6.63 40
2010-05-29 @SFG L 4.0 9 7 7 3 5 2 79 18
2010-05-23 TOR L 4.0 11 8 7 1 2 2 79 11
2010-05-18 @FLA L 5.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 90 50
2009-10-02 @CHC W 6.1 6 3 3 4 5 0 108 50
2009-09-27 SDP W 7.0 3 4 4 2 7 1 99 60
2009-09-21 SFG ND 4.1 6 4 3 3 3 0 104 37
2009-09-14 @SDP ND 6.0 9 2 1 1 8 0 102 55
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-13   Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  17-21   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   7-9 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  9-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Fri, May 24  @KCR  W   5-2       21-27  3rd 10.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 23  @KCR  W   5-4       20-27  3rd 10.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 22   SEA  W   7-1       19-27  4th 10.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 21   SEA  W  12-0       18-27  4th 10.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 19   CHW  W   6-2       17-27  4th 12.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 18   CHW  W  12-9       16-27  4th 12.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 17   CHW  L   0-3       15-27  4th 12.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 16   CHW  L   4-5       15-26  4th 12.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   KCR  L   5-9       15-25  4th 11.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   KCR  W   6-2       15-24  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Royals, 21-24, 21-24 4th, 5½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 5-2, 3.49)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-2) 59.1 61 24 23 20 32 13 3.49
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 3-2 46.2 50 19 18 18 21 10 3.47 51
2013-05-20 @HOU L 5.0 8 6 6 3 2 2 96 26
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
Last 5 v.LAA 2-2 37.1 31 13 13 9 10 6 3.13 57
2013-05-14 @LAA L 7.0 11 5 5 3 0 4 105 32
2012-09-15 LAA ND 8.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 107 65
2011-07-24 LAA L 7.0 6 3 3 4 1 0 109 50
2010-08-29 @LAA W 8.1 4 0 0 1 5 0 107 79
2010-08-03 LAA W 7.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 92 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-10   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-14   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  3-8  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Fri, May 24   LAA  L   2-5       21-24  4th  5.5 gb
 44 Thu, May 23   LAA  L   4-5       21-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 22  @HOU  L   1-3       21-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 21  @HOU  W   7-3       21-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 20  @HOU  L   5-6       20-21  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 24, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Garrett Richards (1)
Thu, May 23, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  4        W:Joe Blanton (1-7), L: Ervin Santana (3-4), S: Robert Coello (1)
Wed, May 15, 2013 KCR  9 @LAA  5        W:Wade Davis (3-3), L: Barry Enright (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 14, 2013 LAA  6  KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-1), S: none
Mon, May 13, 2013 KCR 11 @LAA  4        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Joe Blanton (0-7), S: Luke Hochevar (1)

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 LAA  4 @KCR  3        W:Dan Haren (11-11), L: Will Smith (5-8), S: Kevin Jepsen (2)
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 KCR  3  LAA  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (4-2), L: Ernesto Frieri (4-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 LAA  9 @KCR  7        W:Jordan Walden (3-2), L: Tim Collins (5-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (19)
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 LAA 11  KCR  6        W:Jered Weaver (13-1), L: Luke Hochevar (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 KCR  4 @LAA  1        W:Will Smith (2-3), L: Garrett Richards (3-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (23)
Season Series: 2013 - LAA over 3-2; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 278-270

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  5.46

MIN  4.31

MIA  2.67

 RA/G

STL  3.38

LAD  4.24

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .388

A. Dirks  .267

I. Davis  .143

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

T. Plouffe  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

C. Davis  .723

A. Pujols  .432

I. Davis  .238

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.154

J. Buck  .762

I. Davis  .468

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Guthrie  3.49

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

T. Hudson  7.07

K. Correia  3.43

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

Angels Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 26/.392 12/.917 1/3.000 3/.666 4/1.250 2/.000 17/1.089 4/1.500 112/82 .257/.279/.343/.622 .352/.719 .568 81/.584 1/2 0/6
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 17/.423 9/.555 3/.666 3/.666 5/2.133 1/no AB 10/1.225 4/.500 118/83 .284/.333/.441/.775 .886/.728 .801 80/.789 0/1 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 59/47 .241/.305/.352/.657 .258/.759 .775 36/.646 0/1 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 29/1.174 7/1.262 3/.000 4/.250 5/.000 1/.000 14/.714 3/.000 206/151 .222/.286/.373/.659 .393/.761 .481 105/.704 1/0 6/2
20.Harris G/S/vP 13/.685 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.404 ··· 87/62 .241/.291/.405/.696 .251/.871 .855 38/.663 0/1 3/3
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 9/.111 5/.400 2/.500 1/3.000 3/.666 5/.650 6/1.333 1/2.000 145/106 .205/.366/.375/.741 .798/.720 .830 71/.654 0/0 5/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 25/.920 16/1.538 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.100 ··· 14/1.115 5/.400 200/156 .293/.322/.447/.768 1.034/.695 .580 105/.770 4/1 7/6
8.Nelson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 109/82 .233/.266/.301/.567 .679/.530 .517 38/.507 0/0 0/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 8/.875 19/1.056 4/1.833 2/2.000 7/.821 4/.500 7/.929 4/.250 211/166 .254/.327/.432/.759 .761/.759 .724 107/.774 0/1 8/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/3.500 ··· 92/74 .284/.337/.370/.707 1.134/.616 .785 79/.649 0/2 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP 11/.989 7/.572 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.267 2/2.000 222/175 .306/.383/.580/.963 1.014/.950 .923 114/1.135 11/3 10/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 7/.000 10/.744 3/2.667 2/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 8/.500 4/.500 214/168 .282/.346/.523/.869 .900/.860 .884 113/.901 1/2 11/1
IP 59.1 15.1 1.0 14.1 13.2 13.2 17.1 15.0 TOTAL .262/.325/.427/.752 .698/.769 .715 .763 19/15 56/32
ERA-K/9 3.49/4.9 1.76/7.1 0.00/0.0 3.77/9.4 2.63/5.3 3.95/4.6 2.08/9.4 3.00/14.4 3.65/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (5-3-0)
 Iannetta (34-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.272 66/.237 4/.000 56/.231 54/.191 56/.280 66/.197 64/.232 .256  Hamilton
 Shuck
 Trout
 Harris
 Trumbo
0/0/42/3
24/0/3/3
22/28/0/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/8/0
OPS .832 .599 .250 .574 .554 .719 .623 .614 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/1.006 24/.655 2/.000 27/.528 23/.367 28/1.136 34/.741 32/.572 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.678 42/.566 2/.500 29/.618 31/.693 28/.357 32/.498 32/.654 .709
Home 87/.583 45/.718 4/.250 23/.870 21/.730 30/.726 33/.630 31/.780
Last 28d days 141/.838 47/.629 4/.250 31/.801 33/.553 36/.795 45/.609 26/.558
HR/SB/CS 13/1/3 0/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 1/1/1 2/2/1 0/0/0 54/23/11
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·· ·X······ ·o····X· X··oo··· X··oX··· X···o··· ···X····
Royals Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Buckner
G/S/vB		 24.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 59.Coello
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 38.Lowe
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 57.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.400 7/.143 1/.000 184/132 .256/.364/.404/.768 .858/.734 .775 107/.717 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 5/2.800 2/1.000 170/116 .309/.376/.423/.799 .668/.860 .809 92/.741 7/4 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 198/133 .246/.276/.332/.607 .813/.506 .561 109/.468 9/0 3/7
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 5/1.000 14/.226 151/104 .222/.258/.319/.578 .660/.541 .585 74/.567 2/0 1/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 108/75 .214/.267/.316/.583 .601/.576 .628 47/.517 1/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.229 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.333 2/1.500 202/127 .344/.381/.519/.900 1.104/.781 .660 111/.897 1/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 2/2.000 173/122 .263/.329/.333/.663 .667/.661 .541 108/.642 3/2 1/3
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 62/38 .271/.295/.339/.634 .577/.668 .599 45/.774 6/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 30/24 .182/.400/.409/.809 .167/.988 1.000 24/.653 0/0 1/1
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .231/.231/.308/.538 2.000/.417 13/.538 0/0 0/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 1/2.000 160/113 .174/.244/.299/.542 .472/.571 .605 88/.646 1/0 4/7
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 156/104 .311/.327/.411/.738 .648/.782 .871 77/.809 0/0 1/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 10/1.700 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/.404 33/7 .323/.364/.548/.912 1.010/.571 .732 20/1.084 0/0 2/1
IP 9.1 7.1 23.0 14.0 20.2 11.2 11.2 40.1 46.1 TOTAL .264/.317/.384/.701 .741/.682 .688 .694 36/8 28/32
ERA-K/9 /0.0 0.96/6.8 0.00/14.8 4.70/7.8 2.57/6.4 3.05/12.6 2.31/10.8 9.26/5.4 5.36/6.3 2.53/5.6 4.52/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (6-2-2)
 Perez (17-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 38/.250 24/.083 97/.256 63/.278 91/.167 49/.150 56/.256 170/.256 188/.217 .266  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
45/0/0/5
0/37/5/3
0/0/39/3
0/1/2/1
OPS .677 .167 .637 .675 .628 .631 .849 .701 .597 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 14/.607 9/.000 43/.552 26/.397 46/.511 19/.797 26/1.026 80/.642 95/.541 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 24/.718 15/.267 54/.709 37/.890 45/.747 30/.536 30/.696 90/.752 93/.651 .770
Road / 15/.377 5/.400 31/.387 25/1.115 46/.569 23/.471 33/.669 88/.751 76/.571
Last 28d days / 1/.000 24/.167 50/.719 17/.904 49/.563 39/.476 24/.893 74/.877 125/.640
HR/SB/CS // 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 3/2/1 1/0/1 1/5/0 4/2/2 3/2/0 49/39/7
Usage ·o······ ·o····X· ··X··oo· ·o···o·· ·X···XX· ·o······ ···o···· Xo····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.