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Game Preview: KCR @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, July 23, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Royals, 40-54, 40-54 4th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 7-8, 5.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-8) 108.1 124 69 67 25 83 19 5.57
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
2010 (12-7) 140.1 136 68 65 57 98 17 4.17
Last 7 GS 2-2 33.1 48 31 30 9 30 12 8.10 38
2012-07-18 SEA ND 5.1 7 4 4 0 6 2 105 44
2012-07-13 CHW ND 4.2 9 6 6 3 5 3 110 24
2012-07-07 @DET L 3.1 9 6 6 2 3 1 72 19
2012-07-01 @MIN L 5.2 6 6 6 1 5 3 95 37
2012-06-26 TBR W 7.0 5 2 1 1 5 1 99 65
2012-06-20 @HOU W 5.2 5 1 1 2 6 0 94 59
2012-06-16 @STL ND 1.2 7 6 6 0 0 2 40 17
Last 5 v.LAA 1-1 29.1 25 11 11 5 19 6 3.38 55
2012-04-06 @LAA ND 6.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 75 70
2011-04-03 LAA ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 3 91 32
2010-07-03 @LAA W 7.1 2 1 1 1 3 1 94 72
2009-07-21 LAA L 5.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 94 44
2006-05-26 @LAA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 107 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-30   Road:   23-24   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest:  8-7  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sun, Jul 22   MIN  L   5-7       40-54  4th 11.0 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 21   MIN  W   7-3       40-53  4th 10.0 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 20   MIN  L   1-2 (11)  39-53  4th 10.5 gb
 91 Thu, Jul 19   SEA  L   1-6       39-52  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul 18   SEA  W   8-7       39-51  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul 17   SEA  L   6-9       38-51  4th 11.5 gb
 88 Mon, Jul 16   SEA  L   4-9       38-50  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 15   CHW  L   1-2       38-49  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 14   CHW  W   6-3       38-48  4th  9.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 13   CHW  L   8-9 (14)  37-48  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Angels, 52-44, 52-44 2nd, 5 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: C.J. Wilson (31, LHP, 9-6, 2.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-6) 124.1 93 46 39 56 102 7 2.82
2011 (16-7) 223.1 191 89 73 74 206 16 2.94
2010 (15-8) 204.0 161 83 76 93 170 10 3.35
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.1 40 21 18 23 29 3 3.57 53
2012-07-18 @DET L 6.0 8 7 7 5 7 0 119 30
2012-07-13 @NYY ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 1 101 64
2012-07-06 BAL L 7.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 122 58
2012-07-01 @TOR ND 5.0 3 2 1 5 3 0 97 53
2012-06-26 @BAL W 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 1 107 61
2012-06-19 SFG W 6.1 10 5 3 1 3 0 113 39
2012-06-13 @LAD ND 7.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 63
Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 23.2 15 5 5 7 20 2 1.90 69
2011-04-24 KCR W 7.0 8 4 4 1 10 2 111 54
2010-08-30 @KCR W 7.2 2 0 0 4 6 0 110 77
2010-05-07 KCR W 9.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 113 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-19   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  34-31   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:11-13   vsWest: 14-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sun, Jul 22   TEX  W   7-4       52-44  2nd  5.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 21   TEX  L   2-9       51-44  2nd  6.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 20   TEX  W   6-1       51-43  2nd  5.0 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 19  @DET  L   1-5       50-43  2nd  6.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @DET  L   2-7       50-42  2nd  5.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @DET  W  13-0       50-41  2nd  5.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 16  @DET  L   6-8       49-41  2nd  5.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @NYY  W  10-8       49-40  2nd  5.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @NYY  L   3-5       48-40  2nd  5.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @NYY  L   5-6       48-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 KCR  7 @LAA  3        W:Jonathan Sanchez (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 KCR  6 @LAA  3        W:Luke Hochevar (1-0), L: Dan Haren (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 LAA  5  KCR  0        W:Jered Weaver (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 12, 2011 KCR  9 @LAA  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-1), L: Tyler Chatwood (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 LAA  7  KCR  5        W:Scott Downs (4-2), L: Tim Collins (3-3), S: Jordan Walden (14)
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 KCR  4 @LAA  2        W:Jeff Francis (3-6), L: Ervin Santana (3-6), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 KCR  2  LAA  0        W:Tim Collins (3-2), L: Scott Downs (3-2), S: none
Tue, May 31, 2011 KCR  7  LAA  3        W:Jeff Francis (2-5), L: Joel Pineiro (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 30, 2011 LAA 10 @KCR  8        W:Kevin Jepsen (1-2), L: Joakim Soria (3-3), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 KCR 12  LAA  9 (13)   W:Tim Collins (1-0), L: Jason Bulger (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 2-1; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; 2010 - LAA won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 271-266

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 2012 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
Royals Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Wilson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
49.Frieri
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 15/.467 7/.857 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 201/127 .245/.275/.436/.711 .714/.709 .677 80/.679 0/1 7/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.690 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.933 3/.333 390/275 .296/.364/.496/.860 1.050/.783 .845 101/.869 2/1 19/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 54/35 .306/.315/.490/.805 .780/.817 .310 37/1.025 0/0 2/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/180 .249/.311/.313/.625 .542/.652 .681 38/.678 17/3 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.334 370/262 .311/.352/.430/.783 .735/.803 .680 98/.882 14/3 4/10
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/1.850 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 7/.715 3/1.334 2/4.500 381/276 .247/.286/.375/.661 .660/.662 .687 92/.549 1/4 8/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.453 3/1.334 137/107 .303/.338/.393/.732 .445/.810 .714 24/.846 7/2 0/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.286 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.800 6/.666 430/278 .292/.374/.430/.804 .685/.870 .761 107/.856 3/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 379/251 .230/.298/.363/.662 .582/.702 .673 97/.674 9/1 9/6
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 372/259 .270/.325/.478/.803 .663/.867 .730 97/.708 3/2 16/9
27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 148/100 .264/.286/.350/.636 .569/.669 .533 22/.668 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/59 .350/.373/.600/.973 1.413/.805 1.194 71/.983 0/0 5/1
IP 124.1 32.1 40.0 23.2 32.0 13.2 35.0 TOTAL .269/.321/.411/.732 .703/.746 .707 .787 61/25 79/64
ERA-K/9 2.82/7.4 1.67/5.9 1.35/15.1 1.90/4.6 3.09/5.3 5.27/7.2 4.37/8.0 3.78/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (37-13-4)
 Perez (10-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 511/.209 132/.223 166/.135 97/.253 136/.215 55/.229 140/.225 .243  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
0/2/89/10
93/0/0/7
0/67/0/5
0/14/1/2
0/0/2/1
OPS .595 .570 .507 .623 .628 .630 .731 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.615 59/.476 73/.486 52/.491 71/.736 30/.789 82/.721 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.588 73/.645 93/.523 45/.775 65/.517 25/.452 58/.744 .695
Home 184/.613 74/.524 89/.514 45/.641 62/.454 29/.361 63/.713
Last 28d days 135/.673 32/.772 31/.783 40/.626 27/.986 23/.221 36/.735
HR/SB/CS 7/11/7 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/8/0 3/7/0 1/1/0 6/1/2 94/81/24
Usage ····X··· X······X X··o···X ·X·o··X· ··X····o o·X·o··o ·X·oo·o·
Angels Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
61.Teaford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 9/.777 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 352/255 .257/.296/.370/.666 .788/.621 .677 86/.757 7/2 4/10
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 165/97 .226/.280/.336/.615 .619/.613 .607 44/.616 2/1 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 281/201 .252/.323/.368/.691 .826/.635 .715 84/.719 0/3 7/7
41.Hester G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/53 .217/.293/.337/.631 .639/.623 .603 34/.609 0/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 13/.648 8/.625 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 304/213 .270/.329/.417/.746 .765/.738 .698 84/.685 3/0 10/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 197/143 .231/.318/.295/.613 .593/.620 .561 39/.816 11/0 1/5
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 10/1.666 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 349/241 .276/.313/.381/.694 .774/.657 .709 80/.728 7/5 5/8
8.Morales# G/S/vP 5/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.933 ··· ··· 296/249 .277/.324/.416/.740 .765/.735 .833 75/.747 0/0 9/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/1.462 17/.368 3/1.666 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 413/303 .280/.346/.495/.841 .886/.824 .816 99/1.120 6/0 18/4
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 337/250 .357/.412/.603/1.016 1.040/1.007 1.027 104/1.206 31/3 15/3
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 355/251 .305/.355/.619/.974 .943/.987 1.019 97/.957 4/3 27/5
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/113 .214/.281/.270/.550 .739/.499 .644 46/.828 0/0 1/3
IP 108.1 34.2 30.2 47.2 41.2 48.1 36.0 36.2 20.1 34.1 TOTAL .270/.327/.430/.756 .781/.746 .768 .853 74/18 112/59
ERA-K/9 5.57/6.9 2.34/6.2 4.11/10.6 3.59/12.1 3.89/8.4 2.79/8.2 3.25/13.2 1.72/8.6 7.97/6.2 4.98/5.5 4.46/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hester (27-5-1)
 Wilson (31-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.286 146/.268 132/.204 197/.201 169/.247 198/.250 159/.250 153/.243 94/.306 146/.258 .270  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
0/0/72/7
0/69/0/2
34/0/27/2
47/50/4/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .823 .694 .738 .686 .619 .687 .690 .656 .967 .835 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.799 72/.728 52/.818 82/.822 62/.418 76/.794 60/.588 85/.535 42/.764 62/.864 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.831 74/.662 80/.681 115/.591 107/.738 122/.624 99/.752 68/.811 52/1.129 84/.813 .784
Road 233/.895 80/.627 50/1.083 98/.395 67/.621 95/.650 75/.650 72/.631 41/.843 68/1.044
Last 28d days 119/1.031 25/.869 35/.524 46/.998 39/.820 42/.915 46/.554 32/.688 29/.837 99/.812
HR/SB/CS 19/12/5 1/2/2 5/0/2 6/6/0 2/2/1 4/6/3 1/1/1 2/4/1 7/3/1 7/1/1 94/79/36
Usage ····X··· ··o····· X··o··X· X····X·X ·o··Xo·· ··X·oX·o ··X·oo·· ·X··X··o ···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.