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Game Preview: KCR @ LAA, 3:35 pm, Wednesday, July 25, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Royals, 41-55, 41-55 4th, 10½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 6-8, 4.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-8) 110.0 116 61 60 33 81 12 4.91
2011 (11-11) 198.0 192 110 103 62 128 23 4.68
2010 (6-6) 103.0 110 61 55 37 76 9 4.81
Last 7 GS 3-1 47.0 40 14 14 11 32 8 2.68 59
2012-07-20 MIN ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 109 69
2012-07-14 CHW ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 4 1 97 46
2012-07-05 @TOR W 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 1 84 53
2012-06-30 @MIN L 6.0 8 5 5 1 0 3 86 35
2012-06-25 TBR W 9.0 7 0 0 1 8 0 113 80
2012-06-19 @HOU W 7.2 5 0 0 4 6 0 93 71
2012-06-14 MIL ND 7.1 6 3 3 1 5 2 87 58
Last 5 v.LAA 1-3 27.2 39 22 21 9 20 4 6.83 39
2012-04-07 @LAA W 6.1 5 2 2 2 4 0 95 57
2011-05-30 LAA ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 2 0 105 36
2011-03-31 LAA L 5.2 9 4 3 0 5 2 102 42
2010-05-31 LAA L 7.0 9 5 5 2 7 2 106 44
2009-09-06 LAA L 3.2 9 7 7 2 2 0 71 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-30   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  29-36   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Tue, Jul 24  @LAA  W   4-1       41-55  4th 10.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23  @LAA  L   3-6       40-55  4th 11.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Angels, 53-45, 53-45 2nd, 5 GB

SP: Jered Weaver (29, RHP, 12-1, 2.20)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (12-1) 110.2 81 30 27 24 81 9 2.20
2011 (18-8) 235.2 182 65 63 56 198 20 2.41
2010 (13-12) 224.1 187 83 75 54 233 23 3.01
Last 7 GS 6-0 41.2 34 10 7 9 24 4 1.51 60
2012-07-20 TEX W 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 1 116 64
2012-07-15 @NYY W 7.0 10 5 5 1 4 3 99 40
2012-07-07 BAL W 8.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 109 80
2012-07-02 @CLE W 7.0 5 0 0 3 2 0 107 66
2012-06-27 @BAL W 6.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 96 63
2012-06-20 SFG W 6.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 78 69
2012-05-28 NYY ND 0.0 2 3 0 0 0 0 10 40
Last 5 v.KCR 4-0 36.1 25 2 2 6 42 1 0.50 74
2012-04-06 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 97 84
2011-03-31 @KCR W 6.1 2 0 0 2 6 0 107 73
2010-08-11 KCR ND 8.0 6 1 1 2 11 1 121 75
2010-06-03 @KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 111 77
2009-09-04 @KCR W 7.0 9 1 1 1 6 0 113 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-20   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  34-31   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest: 14-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Tue, Jul 24   KCR  L   1-4       53-45  2nd  5.0 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 23   KCR  W   6-3       53-44  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 KCR  4 @LAA  1        W:Will Smith (2-3), L: Garrett Richards (3-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (23)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 LAA  6  KCR  3        W:Kevin Jepsen (1-1), L: Greg Holland (4-3), S: Scott Downs (9)
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
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 3-2; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; 2010 - LAA won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 272-267

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 (4.15 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
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 48/.777 7/.857 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.572 ··· 205/128 .250/.279/.438/.717 .739/.704 .689 76/.674 0/1 7/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 27/.453 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 6/1.417 3/.333 398/280 .293/.362/.492/.853 1.035/.780 .833 101/.808 2/1 19/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 63/41 .321/.333/.536/.869 .785/.912 .633 46/1.074 1/0 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/180 .249/.311/.313/.625 .542/.652 .681 34/.700 17/3 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 3/1.334 379/268 .307/.348/.423/.771 .721/.792 .662 101/.746 15/3 4/10
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/.600 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 7/.715 4/1.000 2/4.500 389/281 .242/.280/.367/.647 .641/.649 .659 92/.470 1/5 8/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 7/.629 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.453 3/1.334 141/111 .302/.336/.389/.725 .445/.798 .700 28/.793 7/2 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 23/.753 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.800 6/.666 440/283 .298/.380/.438/.817 .688/.890 .789 109/.922 4/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 387/255 .234/.302/.370/.673 .595/.713 .693 97/.704 10/1 9/6
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 380/264 .269/.324/.473/.796 .645/.866 .720 97/.666 3/2 16/9
27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 152/100 .271/.291/.354/.646 .603/.669 .556 22/.606 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/63 .333/.356/.571/.928 1.413/.753 1.057 71/.940 0/0 5/1
IP 110.2 33.1 40.0 23.2 32.0 15.0 35.0 TOTAL .270/.321/.410/.732 .701/.746 .708 .762 65/26 80/66
ERA-K/9 2.20/6.6 1.62/5.9 1.35/15.1 1.90/4.6 3.09/5.3 4.80/7.2 4.37/8.0 3.78/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (40-13-4)
 Perez (10-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 424/.204 135/.218 166/.135 97/.253 136/.215 61/.241 140/.225 .244  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
0/2/91/10
95/0/0/7
0/67/0/5
0/16/1/2
0/0/2/1
OPS .557 .556 .507 .623 .628 .652 .731 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.486 61/.460 73/.486 52/.491 71/.736 31/.760 82/.721 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.677 74/.636 93/.523 45/.775 65/.517 30/.545 58/.744 .692
Home 192/.382 77/.504 89/.514 45/.641 62/.454 35/.447 63/.713
Last 28d days 109/.644 35/.701 31/.783 38/.661 22/.909 29/.351 36/.735
HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 1/1/0 3/3/1 1/8/0 3/7/0 1/1/0 6/1/2 95/85/25
Usage ····X··· ·oX····· ··X··o·· ···X·o·· ····X··· ·Xo·X·o· ···X·oo·
Angels Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
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 16/1.169 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 77/.826 7/2 4/10
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.833 2/.000 ··· ··· 169/99 .223/.285/.331/.616 .620/.614 .608 42/.505 2/1 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/1.100 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.666 3/.333 1/.000 289/203 .249/.321/.362/.682 .782/.639 .696 87/.654 0/3 7/7
41.Hester G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 95/53 .212/.287/.329/.617 .607/.623 .565 32/.340 0/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 15/.866 8/.625 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/.666 3/1.167 1/5.000 313/216 .269/.329/.416/.745 .785/.727 .699 82/.602 3/0 10/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 11/.920 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 202/145 .236/.320/.303/.623 .598/.634 .587 39/.845 13/0 1/5
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 11/1.245 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 357/243 .274/.315/.380/.695 .785/.652 .709 78/.718 8/5 5/8
8.Morales# G/S/vP 5/1.600 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.933 3/.000 ··· 301/251 .280/.326/.416/.741 .718/.746 .831 75/.719 0/0 9/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/1.100 18/.347 3/1.666 1/2.000 4/1.250 2/1.500 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 ··· 421/305 .277/.344/.488/.832 .870/.818 .799 98/1.029 6/0 18/4
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 346/253 .354/.410/.594/1.005 .992/1.009 1.003 102/1.176 31/3 15/3
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 5/.400 1/2.000 1/5.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 363/253 .304/.355/.612/.967 .923/.987 1.004 95/.944 4/3 27/5
46.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/114 .209/.275/.264/.538 .690/.495 .610 44/.744 0/0 1/3
IP 110.0 35.2 30.2 47.2 42.0 50.0 37.2 36.2 27.1 34.1 TOTAL .268/.326/.426/.752 .768/.746 .760 .807 77/18 112/59
ERA-K/9 4.91/6.6 2.27/6.3 4.11/10.6 3.59/12.1 3.86/8.6 2.70/8.3 3.82/12.9 1.72/8.6 6.26/5.9 4.98/5.5 4.44/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hester (30-5-1)
 Wilson (32-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 465/.275 151/.273 132/.204 197/.201 170/.245 203/.243 170/.262 153/.243 119/.264 146/.258 .269  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
0/0/74/7
0/70/0/2
35/0/28/2
48/51/4/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .769 .697 .738 .686 .616 .670 .716 .656 .840 .835 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.821 74/.736 52/.818 82/.822 62/.418 76/.794 64/.667 85/.535 42/.764 62/.864 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.708 77/.662 80/.681 115/.591 108/.731 127/.599 106/.746 68/.811 77/.882 84/.813 .775
Road 255/.747 85/.638 50/1.083 98/.395 68/.611 100/.615 86/.708 72/.631 66/.661 68/1.044
Last 28d days 96/.820 27/.903 35/.524 42/.955 34/.884 44/.774 52/.634 32/.688 54/.606 79/.852
HR/SB/CS 12/14/5 1/2/2 5/0/2 6/6/0 2/2/1 4/8/3 1/1/1 2/4/1 7/3/1 7/1/1 94/82/36
Usage ····X··· o···o··· ··X··o·· ··X····X ·o·o··Xo ·X··X·oX XX··X·oo ···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.