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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, July 15, 2011 @Target Field

Royals, 37-55, 37-55 5th, 12 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (27, RHP, 5-8, 5.46)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-8) 118.2 126 76 72 38 60 16 5.46
2010 (6-6) 103.0 110 61 55 37 76 9 4.81
2009 (7-13) 143.0 167 109 104 46 106 23 6.55
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.2 51 29 29 15 23 3 6.42 41
2011-07-09 DET ND 3.2 9 6 6 3 4 0 83 20
2011-07-03 @COL ND 4.1 5 5 5 3 3 1 78 33
2011-06-26 CHC W 5.2 7 3 3 3 5 1 88 45
2011-06-21 ARI L 7.0 8 5 5 1 6 1 97 46
2011-06-15 @OAK L 7.0 5 2 2 2 0 0 91 57
2011-06-09 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 98 57
2011-06-04 MIN L 6.0 11 6 6 0 2 0 99 28
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 31.0 37 19 17 13 18 1 4.94 44
2011-06-04 MIN L 6.0 11 6 6 0 2 0 99 28
2011-05-01 MIN W 6.1 5 3 3 4 1 1 106 48
2010-09-29 MIN ND 6.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 97 51
2010-04-24 MIN ND 6.2 8 5 4 1 7 0 100 46
2010-04-18 @MIN W 6.0 6 3 2 5 4 0 104 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-27   Road:   13-28   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  29-39   vsLHP:   8-16   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:12-21   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Thu, Jul 14  @MIN  L   4-8       37-55  5th 12.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 10   DET  L   1-2       37-54  5th 11.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul  9   DET  W  13-6       37-53  5th 11.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul  8   DET  L   4-6       36-53  5th 12.0 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  7   DET  L   1-3       36-52  5th 12.0 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  6  @CHW  W   4-1       36-51  5th 11.0 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  5  @CHW  W   5-3       35-51  5th 11.0 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  4  @CHW  L   4-5       34-51  5th 12.0 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  3  @COL  W  16-8       34-50  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  2  @COL  L   6-9       33-50  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Twins, 42-48, 42-48 4th, 6 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 7-6, 4.24)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-6) 110.1 129 61 52 31 58 15 4.24
2010 (10-12) 161.0 194 101 97 40 68 25 5.42
2009 (11-11) 205.2 240 103 92 41 98 25 4.03
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.2 57 28 24 10 20 5 5.45 40
2011-07-08 @CHW W 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 1 106 29
2011-07-03 MIL ND 4.0 6 6 6 1 2 1 61 27
2011-06-27 LAD L 4.1 13 8 7 1 1 1 72 7
2011-06-22 @SFG L 6.0 4 3 2 3 4 0 95 55
2011-06-16 CHW W 8.0 7 0 0 1 1 0 95 68
2011-06-09 TEX ND 7.1 10 4 2 1 6 2 109 51
2011-06-04 @KCR W 5.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 80 46
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 25.2 36 23 22 6 14 5 7.71 37
2011-06-04 @KCR W 5.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 80 46
2010-09-28 @KCR L 4.1 8 8 8 2 4 2 82 17
2010-04-24 @KCR ND 4.1 10 6 5 2 0 0 75 19
2010-04-17 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 3 2 73 35
2009-10-03 KCR ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 88 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-19   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  27-34   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Thu, Jul 14   KCR  W   8-4       42-48  4th  6.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 10  @CHW  W   6-3       41-48  4th  6.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9  @CHW  L   3-4       40-48  4th  7.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8  @CHW  W   8-5       40-47  4th  7.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @CHW  W   6-2       39-47  4th  8.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6   TBR  L   5-12      38-47  4th  8.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5   TBR  W   3-2       38-46  4th  7.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4   TBR  W   7-0       37-46  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3   MIL  W   9-7       36-46  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2   MIL  L   7-8       35-46  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 MIN  8  KCR  4        W:Francisco Liriano (6-7), L: Bruce Chen (5-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 MIN  6 @KCR  0        W:Brian Duensing (3-5), L: Jeff Francis (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 MIN  7 @KCR  2        W:Nick Blackburn (5-4), L: Luke Hochevar (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 MIN  5 @KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (3-5), L: Danny Duffy (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 02, 2011 MIN  8 @KCR  2        W:Anthony Swarzak (1-2), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-5), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 KCR 10  MIN  3        W:Luke Hochevar (3-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 KCR 11  MIN  2        W:Nathan Adcock (1-0), L: Brian Duensing (2-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Blake Wood (1-0), L: Alex Burnett (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Kyle Davies (1-1), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: Jeremy Jeffress (1)
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Dusty Hughes (1-0), L: Rob Tejeda (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 6-4; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 346-304

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.36

CHC  4.06

SEA  3.27

 RA/G

PHI  3.24

CLE  4.29

BAL  5.19

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

A. Beltre  .270

A. Dunn  .160

 OBP

J. Bautista  .470

T. Tulowitzki  .338

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .701

B. Phillips  .420

C. Figgins  .245

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.171

J. Damon  .756

C. Figgins  .478

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.86

C. Morton  3.80

F. Carmona  5.78

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.12

H. Kuroda  6.51

B. Penny  3.85

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

Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 7/.000 3/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 223/164 .285/.345/.415/.760 .583/.826 .861 18/.771 3/1 3/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 27/.666 7/1.171 4/.500 ··· 6/.334 7/1.000 11/.819 3/.333 368/275 .290/.386/.410/.796 .918/.756 .736 73/.614 1/1 6/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 12/.818 2/.000 5/.666 2/no AB 5/1.417 4/1.000 10/1.000 3/1.000 415/287 .295/.333/.456/.788 .707/.825 .856 98/.862 12/2 11/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.400 4/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 354/266 .251/.293/.328/.621 .573/.637 .746 85/.777 14/5 1/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.833 5/1.600 10/.100 2/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 381/289 .263/.307/.439/.746 .955/.680 .686 88/.708 15/4 12/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 14/.297 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 321/245 .258/.318/.290/.608 .661/.591 .589 92/.613 17/5 0/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/.690 3/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 8/.821 7/1.000 9/1.270 3/.666 401/277 .299/.368/.480/.848 .838/.852 .709 91/1.027 7/5 11/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 11/.637 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 61/40 .294/.410/.412/.822 .770/.849 .760 16/.517 1/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.666 1/5.000 3/.666 ··· 157/114 .270/.318/.390/.709 .733/.699 .837 44/.707 0/0 3/2
15.Treanor G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 200/155 .220/.354/.308/.662 .649/.666 .601 39/.691 2/2 3/4
IP 110.1 26.2 38.2 18.1 20.2 21.2 33.2 40.0 TOTAL .265/.328/.393/.721 .709/.726 .718 .718 93/29 66/56
ERA-K/9 4.24/4.7 6.75/6.4 4.42/4.9 5.89/3.9 5.23/6.1 5.82/8.7 1.87/9.6 3.38/4.3 4.26/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (32-16-2)
 Treanor (32-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.293 122/.294 159/.257 80/.227 104/.272 96/.238 134/.241 172/.256 .266  Gordon
 Cabrera
 Francoeur
 Maier
85/0/0/13
7/84/2/10
0/0/89/10
6/3/7/0
OPS .800 .823 .699 .747 .796 .756 .608 .675 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 246/.830 48/.917 85/.763 34/.502 53/.782 50/.561 53/.493 89/.589 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.770 74/.762 74/.622 46/.947 51/.804 46/.970 81/.689 83/.765 .757
Home 223/.821 63/.865 78/.678 31/.877 39/1.065 40/.436 68/.655 111/.663
Last 28d days 100/1.002 34/.800 41/.838 43/1.007 27/.994 22/.409 41/.603 58/.749
HR/SB/CS 15/8/5 2/4/0 6/1/0 4/1/1 0/1/3 4/4/0 0/2/1 4/0/0 85/52/22
Usage ······X· ····ooo· ····o·oo X·····X· X····X·· ·····oo· ····XX·o ····X···
Twins Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 59.Paulino
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 140/105 .182/.216/.265/.481 .678/.415 .482 15/.690 0/0 1/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 15/1.671 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 1/no AB 302/204 .258/.323/.363/.687 .609/.731 .817 92/.687 13/3 2/9
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 25/.544 1/no AB ··· 14/.142 5/.000 355/252 .296/.372/.471/.843 1.193/.709 .941 92/.985 7/1 13/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 188/117 .244/.301/.331/.632 .725/.576 .565 71/.627 1/2 3/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 20/1.365 1/2.000 ··· 14/1.310 ··· 127/69 .252/.315/.296/.611 .472/.723 .613 85/.641 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 76/56 .219/.329/.438/.766 .821/.747 .801 5/1.850 1/0 4/3
18.Repko G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/63 .247/.293/.269/.562 .694/.482 .671 43/.740 6/1 0/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 194/123 .269/.307/.302/.609 .477/.683 .558 97/.595 11/5 0/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP 11/1.264 ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 128/95 .219/.352/.429/.780 .987/.709 .930 34/.673 0/0 6/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 151/116 .181/.236/.268/.505 .397/.536 .474 22/.385 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 9/.819 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 352/257 .235/.287/.388/.675 .947/.575 .717 86/.851 2/4 10/10
21.Young G/S/vP 22/.608 ··· ··· 10/.522 6/1.000 221/152 .265/.290/.341/.631 .628/.632 .693 30/.933 1/0 2/4
IP 118.2 26.0 62.2 38.0 37.2 TOTAL .249/.309/.358/.667 .691/.656 .701 .704 50/21 55/64
ERA-K/9 5.46/4.5 1.04/11.1 4.31/8.5 4.03/7.8 3.82/7.9 4.59/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (18-11-2)
 Mauer (18-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 510/.271 100/.194 271/.296 161/.248 156/.239 .275  Cuddyer
 Young
 Repko
 Revere
0/0/51/4
50/0/0/3
20/3/13/2
6/33/4/2
OPS .804 .551 .771 .696 .667 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.848 41/.590 124/.769 79/.617 68/.652 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.752 59/.524 147/.773 82/.770 88/.677 .766
Road 160/.860 55/.657 165/.784 51/.957 76/.809
Last 28d days 98/.955 44/.725 92/.885 25/.600 38/.939
HR/SB/CS 16/5/1 2/0/0 6/7/1 5/0/1 4/3/3 102/64/29
Usage ·····X·· X····X·· ········ ····X··· 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.