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Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 4:05pm, Saturday, May 26, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Royals, 17-27, 17-27 4th, 8½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (28, RHP, 2-1, 1.42)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 25.1 22 4 4 7 29 1 1.42
2011 (4-10) 139.1 146 74 69 55 133 13 4.46
2010 (1-9) 91.2 95 63 52 46 83 4 5.11
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.1 41 12 12 14 49 2 2.55 58
2012-05-21 @NYY W 6.2 6 0 0 2 8 0 109 68
2012-05-16 BAL ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 103 74
2012-05-11 @CHW L 5.2 7 4 4 1 6 1 113 44
2012-05-05 NYY W 6.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 96 68
2011-09-26 @MIN W 6.0 6 3 3 2 9 1 104 55
2011-09-21 DET ND 5.0 6 2 2 2 8 0 103 53
2011-09-16 CHW ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 112 46
Last 5 v.BAL 0-0 7.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 0.00 74
2012-05-16 BAL ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 103 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-17   Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   2-9    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest:  5-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Fri, May 25  @BAL  L   2-8       17-27  4th  8.5 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @NYY  L   3-8       17-26  4th  8.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @NYY  L   2-3       17-25  4th  7.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 21  @NYY  W   6-0       17-24  4th  6.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 20   ARI  L   0-2       16-24  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Sat, May 19   ARI  W   7-3       16-23  4th  6.5 gb
 38 Fri, May 18   ARI  L   4-6       15-23  4th  6.5 gb
 37 Thu, May 17   BAL  L   3-5       15-22  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 16   BAL  L   3-4 (15)  15-21  4th  5.5 gb
 35 Tue, May 15  @TEX  W   7-4       15-20  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Orioles, 29-17, 29-17 1st, 1 up

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (26, LHP, 4-1, 3.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-1) 48.1 47 22 18 17 37 5 3.35
Last 7 GS 4-1 42.2 40 18 16 16 31 4 3.38 53
2012-05-20 @WSN L 4.1 8 6 6 3 5 2 92 25
2012-05-15 NYY W 7.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 105 63
2012-05-10 TEX W 7.2 6 2 1 1 5 0 103 65
2012-05-04 @BOS ND 5.0 5 4 3 3 4 0 100 44
2012-04-28 OAK W 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 107 63
2012-04-22 @LAA ND 6.1 5 1 1 3 5 0 96 61
2012-04-17 @CHW W 5.1 6 2 2 2 4 0 99 50
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-11   Road:   15-6    ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  21-14   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl: 9-1    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Fri, May 25   KCR  W   8-2       29-17  1st  1.0 up
 45 Wed, May 23   BOS  L   5-6       28-17  1st  1.0 up
 44 Tue, May 22   BOS  W   4-1       28-16  1st  2.0 up
 43 Mon, May 21   BOS  L   6-8       27-16  1st  2.0 up
 42 Sun, May 20  @WSN  L   3-9       27-15  1st  2.0 up
 41 Sat, May 19  @WSN  W   6-5       27-14  1st  2.0 up
 40 Fri, May 18  @WSN  W   2-1 (11)  26-14  1st  2.0 up
 39 Thu, May 17  @KCR  W   5-3       25-14  1st  1.0 up
 38 Wed, May 16  @KCR  W   4-3 (15)  24-14  1st    Tied
 37 Tue, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       23-14  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 25, 2012 BAL  8  KCR  2        W:Jason Hammel (6-1), L: Bruce Chen (3-5), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2012 BAL  5 @KCR  3        W:Brian Matusz (3-4), L: Luke Hochevar (3-4), S: Jim Johnson (14)
Wed, May 16, 2012 BAL  4 @KCR  3 (15)   W:Kevin Gregg (1-1), L: Nathan Adcock (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (13)

Thu, Aug 04, 2011 KCR  9  BAL  4        W:Blake Wood (5-0), L: Zach Britton (6-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 KCR  6  BAL  2        W:Luke Hochevar (8-8), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-15), S: Greg Holland (1)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 BAL  8 @KCR  2        W:Alfredo Simon (3-4), L: Bruce Chen (5-5), S: none
Thu, May 26, 2011 BAL  6  KCR  5 (12)   W:Jeremy Accardo (3-1), L: Louis Coleman (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 BAL  9  KCR  2        W:Jake Arrieta (6-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 BAL  5  KCR  3        W:Alfredo Simon (1-0), L: Joakim Soria (3-1), S: none
Thu, May 05, 2011 KCR  9  BAL  1        W:Bruce Chen (4-1), L: Chris Tillman (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 3-0; 2011 - BAL won 5-4; 2010 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - BAL leads 252-190

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 (3.93 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 16.Chen*
G/S/vB
38.Ayala
G/S/vB
37.Eveland*
G/S/vB
63.Gregg
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
40.Patton*
G/S/vB
55.Pomeranz
G/S/vB
47.Strop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 9/.555 4/.833 7/.286 7/.619 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 188/139 .298/.356/.520/.877 .963/.847 .879 102/.841 0/1 9/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 114/81 .253/.325/.293/.617 .514/.660 .737 99/.624 6/3 0/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 169/128 .316/.353/.430/.784 .802/.778 .735 90/.776 7/1 1/4
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/27 .359/.359/.487/.846 1.000/.769 .550 41/.846 0/0 0/1
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 5/.400 16/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 2/.500 181/136 .271/.315/.429/.744 .733/.747 .817 97/.905 1/3 4/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/8 .172/.226/.207/.433 .499/.250 .348 31/.433 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 198/138 .230/.323/.362/.685 .656/.698 .693 107/.621 1/1 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 181/129 .193/.260/.331/.591 .460/.644 .638 90/.492 2/1 5/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/44 .208/.309/.396/.705 1.091/.588 1.041 12/.583 1/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 163/122 .273/.331/.487/.818 .668/.872 .737 87/.798 1/0 7/4
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 78/56 .250/.269/.329/.598 .545/.619 .400 41/.445 0/0 0/1
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/74 .230/.269/.368/.637 .446/.684 .648 52/.519 0/1 1/3
IP 48.1 23.1 13.2 14.0 20.2 23.0 21.2 6.0 24.2 TOTAL .258/.314/.399/.713 .655/.736 .709 .685 26/14 34/25
ERA-K/9 3.35/6.9 1.93/5.4 3.95/3.3 4.50/7.7 0.87/6.1 1.57/9.4 4.15/7.1 3.00/4.5 1.09/7.7 3.55/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (17-8-1)
 Quintero (18-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.249 99/.228 66/.260 62/.255 79/.167 87/.177 89/.235 26/.280 93/.141 .247  Francoeur
 Dyson
 Gordon
 Maier
0/0/43/5
0/25/0/1
43/0/0/1
0/13/1/0
OPS .713 .612 .789 .763 .495 .593 .693 .708 .492 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.833 47/.632 25/.694 28/.731 43/.525 33/.621 43/.542 9/.583 43/.595 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.680 52/.594 41/.839 34/.791 36/.454 54/.577 46/.839 17/.765 50/.406 .700
Home 112/.614 55/.721 43/.798 29/.899 27/.454 37/.663 49/.658 26/.708 48/.529
Last 28d days 103/.762 55/.728 66/.789 32/.464 44/.409 52/.589 48/.641 26/.708 47/.387
HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 2/3/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 51/21/13
Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· o····X·· ····X··o ···o··X· ··Xo·X·o ··o·X·oo X······· ···o··oo
Orioles Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Paulino
G/S/vB
47.Adcock
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 178/135 .258/.313/.356/.668 .758/.639 .664 107/.601 1/2 3/7
13.Avery* G/S/vP 4/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/41 .255/.340/.383/.723 .408/.809 .600 54/.723 3/1 0/0
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/1.300 5/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 141/95 .222/.291/.429/.719 .565/.789 .762 92/.722 0/1 7/7
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 157/121 .299/.331/.490/.821 .556/.904 .866 86/.726 0/2 7/3
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/48 .143/.173/.204/.377 .800/.331 .481 31/.395 0/0 1/0
2.Hardy G/S/vP 8/.929 2/1.000 7/.858 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 202/157 .253/.302/.468/.770 1.065/.684 .823 113/.915 0/0 9/2
36.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/1.850 1/3.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/60 .206/.324/.460/.785 1.200/.698 1.048 44/1.238 2/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 201/151 .310/.353/.594/.947 .832/.985 .906 113/.908 7/4 14/1
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 8/.125 ··· 206/152 .271/.350/.475/.825 .777/.841 .942 115/.909 1/1 8/1
28.Paulino G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/18 .300/.300/.333/.633 .750/.556 1.154 5/.000 0/0 0/0
6.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/7 .300/.333/.550/.883 1.198/.286 1.036 22/.883 0/0 1/2
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 169/127 .233/.320/.453/.773 .675/.806 .758 99/.657 0/0 8/5
IP 25.1 19.1 16.2 15.2 21.2 20.1 24.2 10.2 19.0 3.1 TOTAL .250/.314/.440/.754 .804/.738 .777 .765 16/14 70/42
ERA-K/9 1.42/10.3 2.33/4.7 2.16/5.9 3.45/7.5 2.91/13.3 3.10/8.4 3.65/8.4 7.59/12.6 2.37/7.1 13.50/2.7 4.40/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (2-1-1)
 Wieters (18-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.232 83/.289 70/.267 65/.200 89/.198 81/.183 95/.231 56/.318 79/.246 16/.400 .264  Markakis
 Jones
 Avery
 Betemit
 Flaherty
0/0/44/2
0/46/0/1
12/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .642 .785 .722 .731 .641 .509 .692 .845 .681 1.504 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.571 36/.581 34/.847 27/1.016 40/.780 29/.407 36/.806 22/1.088 42/.376 4/1.750 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.744 47/.941 36/.607 38/.509 49/.537 52/.566 59/.623 34/.690 37/1.030 12/1.417 .747
Road 52/.777 23/.698 37/.615 21/1.075 52/.385 40/.532 43/.751 30/.658 38/.494 16/1.504
Last 28d days 103/.642 83/.785 37/.745 37/.641 41/.629 38/.675 55/.506 20/.452 36/.747 16/1.504
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 2/2/2 1/0/1 3/0/2 3/5/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 0/0/0 2/1/1 3/0/0 39/35/18
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ··X···o· X·X··X·X ····X··o ····o·o· X····X·X ··X··Xo· ··oo··o· ··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.