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Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, May 27, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Royals, 18-27, 18-27 4th, 7½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 3-5, 6.61)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-5) 47.2 55 35 35 17 37 4 6.61
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 2-4 37.1 41 26 26 14 30 4 6.27 45
2012-05-22 @NYY L 6.2 6 3 3 3 8 1 115 55
2012-05-17 BAL L 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 98 47
2012-05-12 @CHW W 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 101 75
2012-05-06 NYY L 2.1 7 7 7 1 0 2 51 14
2012-05-01 @DET L 4.0 12 9 9 3 2 0 75 1
2012-04-25 @CLE W 6.1 4 2 2 3 4 0 97 58
2012-04-20 TOR ND 5.0 2 1 1 2 5 0 84 62
Last 5 v.BAL 1-3 29.2 33 24 21 9 19 2 6.37 43
2012-05-17 BAL L 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 98 47
2011-08-03 BAL W 7.1 4 2 1 1 7 0 98 70
2011-05-25 @BAL L 7.0 8 8 7 3 1 0 105 29
2009-07-30 @BAL L 6.0 11 7 7 1 4 1 105 25
2009-05-17 BAL ND 3.1 3 3 2 3 1 0 70 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-17   Road:   13-10   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest:  5-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sat, May 26  @BAL  W   4-3       18-27  4th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Orioles, 29-18, 29-18 1st, 1 up

SP: Brian Matusz (25, LHP, 4-4, 4.86)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-4) 50.0 58 32 27 19 38 6 4.86
2011 (1-9) 49.2 81 60 59 24 38 18 10.69
2010 (10-12) 175.2 173 88 84 63 143 19 4.30
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.1 45 23 18 11 33 4 4.02 49
2012-05-22 BOS W 6.1 2 1 1 1 9 1 101 73
2012-05-17 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 98 47
2012-05-12 TBR W 5.2 7 3 2 1 5 1 95 49
2012-05-07 TEX L 5.0 10 7 7 2 4 1 103 21
2012-05-01 @NYY W 6.1 6 1 1 1 4 1 97 60
2012-04-26 TOR ND 6.0 4 2 0 2 3 0 92 61
2012-04-20 @LAA L 5.0 9 6 4 3 6 0 100 32
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 9.1 9 8 8 5 5 0 7.71 41
2012-05-17 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 98 47
2010-07-29 @KCR ND 3.1 2 5 5 4 3 0 64 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-12   Road:   15-6    ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  21-15   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl: 9-2    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Sat, May 26   KCR  L   3-4       29-18  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 26, 2012 KCR  4 @BAL  3        W:Greg Holland (1-2), L: Pedro Strop (3-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (9)
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
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 3-1; 2011 - BAL won 5-4; 2010 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - BAL leads 252-191

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 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB
38.Ayala
G/S/vB
16.Chen*
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 5/1.600 3/.666 3/2.334 9/.555 4/.833 7/.286 8/.536 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 193/141 .301/.358/.534/.892 1.051/.834 .906 103/.844 0/1 10/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 115/81 .250/.322/.290/.612 .498/.660 .722 96/.622 6/3 0/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 174/130 .307/.343/.417/.760 .746/.765 .694 91/.744 7/1 1/4
19.Falu# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 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 6/.834 7/.286 3/1.667 5/.400 16/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 3/.333 185/137 .276/.319/.437/.756 .796/.742 .835 97/.921 1/3 4/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 35/10 .219/.286/.281/.567 .638/.400 .670 35/.567 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.667 202/139 .226/.322/.356/.678 .623/.703 .678 107/.603 1/1 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 185/131 .206/.270/.347/.617 .481/.674 .684 90/.573 2/1 5/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 59/46 .212/.305/.385/.690 .923/.608 .954 16/.563 1/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 168/124 .271/.327/.477/.805 .622/.874 .715 88/.711 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 37/.459 0/0 0/1
33.Quintero G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 97/76 .231/.268/.374/.642 .401/.706 .657 56/.536 0/1 1/3
IP 50.0 24.1 54.1 13.2 14.0 20.2 24.0 21.2 6.0 25.2 TOTAL .260/.315/.401/.717 .661/.739 .715 .690 26/14 35/25
ERA-K/9 4.86/6.8 1.85/5.2 3.31/7.0 3.95/3.3 4.50/7.7 0.87/6.1 1.88/9.8 4.15/7.1 3.00/4.5 1.40/7.7 3.56/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (17-8-1)
 Quintero (19-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.287 102/.221 233/.250 66/.260 62/.255 79/.167 93/.200 89/.235 26/.280 100/.167 .248  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Maier
0/0/44/5
44/0/0/1
0/26/0/1
0/14/1/0
OPS .781 .594 .719 .789 .763 .495 .644 .693 .708 .533 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.406 48/.619 57/.700 25/.694 28/.731 43/.525 35/.735 43/.542 9/.583 47/.664 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.874 54/.570 176/.726 41/.839 34/.791 36/.454 58/.590 46/.839 17/.765 53/.422 .706
Home 118/.727 58/.682 136/.642 43/.798 29/.899 27/.454 43/.762 49/.658 26/.708 55/.600
Last 28d days 125/.725 58/.688 127/.764 66/.789 32/.464 44/.409 55/.709 48/.641 26/.708 49/.436
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 2/3/0 6/4/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 52/21/13
Usage ····X··· X··X···X X·····X· ·o····X· ·····X·· ····o··X X··Xo·X· ···o·X·o ·X······ X···o··o
Orioles Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
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 4/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 5/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 182/139 .259/.317/.355/.672 .758/.645 .671 108/.587 1/2 3/7
13.Avery* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/45 .231/.310/.346/.656 .377/.733 .510 59/.656 3/1 0/0
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 8/.542 5/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 145/98 .227/.303/.430/.733 .552/.816 .786 92/.716 0/1 7/7
19.Davis* G/S/vP 10/1.300 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 161/124 .305/.335/.510/.845 .595/.924 .915 86/.754 0/2 8/3
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 2/.000 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 17/.122 2/1.000 8/.750 4/1.167 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 207/161 .262/.309/.487/.796 1.086/.712 .870 114/.971 0/0 10/2
36.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 78/63 .194/.308/.433/.741 1.103/.663 .928 48/1.124 2/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 20/1.265 3/1.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 205/155 .309/.351/.597/.948 .832/.986 .910 113/.928 8/4 14/1
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 21/.855 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 8/.125 ··· 211/156 .265/.346/.465/.811 .762/.828 .909 116/.886 1/1 8/1
28.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 10/.633 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 173/131 .230/.318/.447/.765 .675/.795 .745 99/.642 0/0 8/5
IP 47.2 19.1 17.2 15.2 22.1 20.1 24.2 11.2 19.2 3.1 TOTAL .250/.314/.441/.755 .802/.740 .778 .766 17/14 72/42
ERA-K/9 6.61/7.0 2.33/4.7 2.04/5.6 3.45/7.5 2.82/13.7 3.10/8.4 3.65/8.4 6.94/12.3 2.29/6.9 13.50/2.7 4.37/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 206/.296 83/.289 74/.266 65/.200 92/.202 81/.183 95/.231 58/.304 82/.250 16/.400 .264  Markakis
 Avery
 Jones
 Flaherty
 Betemit
0/0/45/2
13/0/0/1
0/47/0/1
3/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .778 .785 .708 .731 .642 .509 .692 .812 .680 1.504 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.845 36/.581 36/.794 27/1.016 42/.738 29/.407 36/.806 23/1.034 44/.407 4/1.750 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.672 47/.941 38/.629 38/.509 50/.567 52/.566 59/.623 35/.668 38/1.001 12/1.417 .753
Road 126/.678 23/.698 41/.603 21/1.075 55/.402 40/.532 43/.751 32/.613 41/.507 16/1.504
Last 28d days 117/.874 60/.815 41/.720 37/.641 44/.632 38/.675 55/.506 22/.405 39/.739 16/1.504
HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 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 41/36/18
Usage ····X··· ······X· X··X···o ·X·X··X· X····X·· ·····o·o ·X····X· o··X··Xo o··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.