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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @Progressive Field

Royals, 12-11, 12-11 2nd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (30, LHP, 0-2, 4.06)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 31.0 36 15 14 4 16 4 4.06
2010 (4-6) 104.1 119 61 58 23 67 11 5.00
2008 (4-10) 143.2 164 84 80 49 94 21 5.01
Last 7 GS 0-3 37.2 48 23 21 7 21 7 5.02 45
2011-04-22 @TEX L 4.0 9 6 5 1 2 2 88 23
2011-04-17 SEA L 6.1 6 3 3 0 1 0 100 50
2011-04-12 @MIN ND 7.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 100 53
2011-04-06 CHW ND 6.2 8 2 2 1 4 1 97 53
2011-04-01 LAA ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 99 66
2010-09-28 LAD ND 3.0 6 5 4 0 1 2 61 30
2010-09-23 @ARI L 3.2 6 3 3 3 4 1 81 38
Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 11.2 13 9 8 2 6 0 6.17 43
2008-06-18 CLE W 6.0 5 2 1 0 2 0 90 58
2005-06-14 @CLE L 5.2 8 7 7 2 4 0 99 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Tue, Apr 26  @CLE  L   4-9       12-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @TEX  L   7-8       12-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 23  @TEX  L   1-3       12-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 22  @TEX  L   6-11      12-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21   CLE  W   3-2       12-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20   CLE  L   5-7       11-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   CLE  W   5-4       11-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 18   CLE  L   3-7 (10)  10-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17   SEA  L   2-3       10-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16   SEA  W   7-0       10-4   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-11
Indians, 14-8, 14-8 1st, 2½ up

SP: Josh Tomlin (26, RHP, 3-0, 2.33)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-0) 27.0 17 7 7 7 15 3 2.33
2010 (6-4) 73.0 72 38 37 19 43 10 4.56
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.0 36 19 19 12 29 5 3.72 56
2011-04-21 @KCR ND 7.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 91 67
2011-04-16 BAL W 6.0 6 2 2 0 4 2 79 56
2011-04-10 @SEA W 6.2 3 3 3 3 4 1 104 57
2011-04-05 BOS W 7.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 91 67
2010-09-29 DET W 5.0 9 3 3 1 4 1 81 40
2010-09-24 KCR W 9.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 112 71
2010-09-19 @KCR L 5.0 6 6 6 2 4 0 93 33
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 26.1 23 13 13 9 15 2 4.44 52
2011-04-21 @KCR ND 7.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 91 67
2010-09-24 KCR W 9.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 112 71
2010-09-19 @KCR L 5.0 6 6 6 2 4 0 93 33
2010-08-27 KCR W 5.0 8 3 3 4 1 1 92 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-2    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  6-0    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Tue, Apr 26   KCR  W   9-4       14-8   1st  2.5 up
 21 Sun, Apr 24  @MIN  L   3-4       13-8   1st  1.5 up
 20 Sat, Apr 23  @MIN  L   3-10      13-7   1st  1.5 up
 19 Thu, Apr 21  @KCR  L   2-3       13-6   1st  1.0 up
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @KCR  W   7-5       13-5   1st  2.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5       12-5   1st  1.0 up
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @KCR  W   7-3 (10)  12-4   1st  2.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 17   BAL  W   4-2       11-4   1st  1.0 up
 14 Sat, Apr 16   BAL  W   8-3       10-4   1st    Tied
 13 Fri, Apr 15   BAL  W   8-2        9-4   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:14-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 CLE  9  KCR  4        W:Justin Masterson (5-0), L: Luke Hochevar (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 KCR  3  CLE  2        W:Aaron Crow (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 CLE  7 @KCR  5        W:Justin Masterson (4-0), L: Luke Hochevar (2-2), S: Chris Perez (6)
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 KCR  5  CLE  4        W:Bruce Chen (3-0), L: Jeanmar Gomez (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 CLE  7 @KCR  3 (10)   W:Joe Smith (1-0), L: Tim Collins (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 CLE  5  KCR  3        W:Rafael Perez (6-1), L: Rob Tejeda (3-5), S: Vinnie Pestano (1)
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 CLE  7  KCR  1        W:Jeanmar Gomez (4-5), L: Zack Greinke (9-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 CLE  7  KCR  3        W:Josh Tomlin (5-4), L: Luke Hochevar (6-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 KCR  4 @CLE  2        W:Sean O'Sullivan (3-6), L: Mitch Talbot (9-13), S: Joakim Soria (41)
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 KCR  6  CLE  4        W:Luke Hochevar (6-5), L: Josh Tomlin (4-4), S: Joakim Soria (39)
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 3-2; 2010 - CLE won 10-8; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 286-274

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 2011 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 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB		 37.Durbin
G/S/vB		 39.Germano
G/S/vB		 58.Gomez
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 2/2.500 6/.833 5/.000 4/.500 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .717 65/.766 14/5 8/14
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 13/1.738 2/.000 5/.200 12/1.317 2/.500 5/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .834 66/.933 0/0 13/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.522 3/.000 4/1.167 9/.889 6/2.000 6/.333 5/.400 3/.000 5/.200 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .843 100/.876 0/0 15/6
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.333 11/.364 1/.000 3/1.000 2/2.500 4/.250 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .662 108/.800 7/1 4/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .501 9/.375 9/1 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.750 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .617 95/.476 10/4 4/20
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 16/.000 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/5.000 8/1.089 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .733 96/.916 8/3 13/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/3.000 4/1.000 ··· 7/.629 1/.000 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .489 96/.610 15/2 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/.899 5/.400 6/.334 11/.764 5/.250 13/.788 ··· 7/.500 ··· 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .651 102/.923 1/5 8/7
30.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 12/.083 1/.000 2/2.000 11/.899 2/1.500 5/.400 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .612 84/.630 0/1 8/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 7/1.857 3/1.167 2/2.500 ··· 7/.953 ··· 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .725 6/.750 3/2 5/5
27.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .673 39/.590 2/0 1/3
15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .607 55/.520 1/2 5/3
IP 73.0 68.2 35.1 57.2 63.0 61.0 5.0 63.0 40.0 TOTAL .268/.337/.409/.746 .816/.713 .747 .746 32/5 18/17
ERA-K/9 4.56/5.3 3.80/8.3 3.31/7.4 4.68/5.3 1.71/8.7 3.25/5.3 3.60/14.4 4.14/9.9 3.83/7.2 3.70/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (29-12-1)
 Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.264 291/.246 146/.206 265/.307 260/.182 272/.300 23/.222 266/.218 170/.208 .234  Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Dyson
 Gordon
 Betemit
 Escobar
2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
0/15/0/2
55/0/3/2
2/0/0/0
2/1/2/0
OPS .773 .738 .664 .841 .583 .748 .614 .770 .659 .654
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.682 119/.936 69/.606 151/.752 119/.752 121/.746 10/.875 119/.805 48/.979 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.881 172/.604 77/.716 114/.961 141/.445 151/.750 13/.408 147/.742 122/.538 .594
Home 155/.807 150/.683 76/.620 139/.717 145/.514 125/.725 11/.384 137/.788 70/.556
Last 28d days 103/.562 40/.920 35/.634 37/.905 37/.570 27/.451 33/.412 42/.619 15/.564
HR/SB/CS 10/2/3 7/3/1 6/2/2 7/7/4 4/9/0 3/5/1 0/1/0 12/8/6 4/6/1 13/14/0
Usage ·····X·· ···X···X ···o···X ··X····X X····Xo· ··o···o· o·o··oo· X····oX· ······X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 3/1.334 2/.500 325/255 .246/.296/.327/.623 .467/.665 .677 92/.728 10/2 3/2
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.650 6/.533 5/.900 425/293 .276/.326/.346/.673 .647/.685 .685 103/.777 6/4 3/12
20.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 ··· 8/.857 1/.000 537/388 .263/.303/.354/.657 .804/.601 .740 87/.633 11/4 4/11
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.250 9/.730 4/2.000 646/430 .300/.401/.484/.885 .670/.998 .951 95/.623 22/7 22/4
47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.000 4/.500 259/162 .231/.317/.419/.736 .857/.662 .901 16/.908 1/0 11/0
8.Everett G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 89/57 .185/.221/.247/.468 .630/.382 .400 20/.849 2/1 0/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 8/.250 13/.558 1/.000 462/351 .278/.374/.449/.824 .706/.863 .948 80/.983 2/1 13/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.400 ··· / /// / 69/.872 / /
26.Kearns G/S/vP 14/.643 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 461/293 .263/.351/.395/.746 .740/.749 .726 31/.521 4/1 10/4
7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 7/1.262 3/.000 2/2.000 425/304 .221/.306/.362/.668 .635/.679 .664 76/.824 0/0 12/3
6.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 294/215 .195/.274/.286/.560 .759/.488 .544 19/.921 8/1 3/4
41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 192/131 .260/.401/.467/.868 .582/1.002 .746 89/.612 3/0 6/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 7/1.238 1/no AB 3/1.334 8/1.292 1/.000 140/86 .211/.271/.289/.560 .326/.706 .637 35/1.332 4/2 0/1
IP 104.1 10.0 83.2 65.2 49.2 TOTAL .268/.339/.431/.770 .861/.726 .884 .770 12/5 25/11
ERA-K/9 5.00/5.8 2.70/7.2 5.49/4.6 1.78/9.7 5.07/5.6 4.54/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (51-31-5)
 Santana (22-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.293 42/.229 368/.270 270/.216 220/.286 .283  Choo
 Duncan
 Kearns
 LaPorta
 Brantley
 Sizemore
0/0/142/14
41/0/8/7
91/5/32/2
7/0/0/0
7/65/0/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .777 .676 .794 .568 .798 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.823 14/.792 220/.751 155/.587 111/.827 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 367/.768 28/.619 148/.855 115/.541 109/.767 .806
Road 213/.773 12/1.144 207/.822 106/.609 84/1.004
Last 28d days 130/.768 38/.723 67/.721 44/.732 31/.904
HR/SB/CS 11/6/3 0/0/0 15/15/1 4/1/1 6/10/3 29/15/10
Usage ····X··· ··X·o··· ·····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.