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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 @Progressive Field

Royals, 3-13, 3-13 5th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jonathan Sanchez (29, LHP, 1-0, 6.39)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 12.2 14 9 9 10 8 0 6.39
2011 (4-7) 101.1 80 54 48 66 102 9 4.26
2010 (13-9) 193.1 142 74 66 96 205 21 3.07
Last 7 GS 1-2 29.0 28 23 22 23 24 3 6.83 42
2012-04-18 DET ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 97 51
2012-04-14 CLE ND 2.2 6 5 5 4 1 0 75 23
2012-04-08 @LAA W 5.0 4 2 2 3 4 0 99 52
2011-08-16 @ATL ND 2.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 34 51
2011-08-10 PIT L 4.1 4 5 4 4 6 1 83 39
2011-08-05 PHI L 4.2 7 5 5 2 4 2 85 32
2011-06-24 CLE ND 4.2 2 3 3 6 6 0 94 48
Last 5 v.CLE 1-0 15.0 13 9 9 12 15 0 5.40 47
2012-04-14 CLE ND 2.2 6 5 5 4 1 0 75 23
2011-06-24 CLE ND 4.2 2 3 3 6 6 0 94 48
2008-06-24 @CLE W 7.2 5 1 1 2 8 0 114 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-10   Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-10   vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   0-5 
 vsEast:  0-4    vsCntrl: 0-6    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Mon, Apr 23   TOR  L   1-4        3-13  5th  7.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 22   TOR  L   3-5        3-12  5th  6.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21   TOR  L   5-9        3-11  5th  6.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 20   TOR  L   3-4        3-10  5th  6.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   DET  L   3-4        3-9   5th  6.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   DET  L   1-3        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   DET  L   2-3        3-7   4th  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   CLE  L   7-13       3-6   4th  3.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   CLE  L   9-11(10)   3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   CLE  L   3-8        3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 3-13   Last 30: 3-13
Indians, 8-6, 8-6 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (39, RHP, 2-1, 3.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 18.0 24 9 7 7 3 2 3.50
2011 (9-17) 187.0 212 110 105 70 137 14 5.05
2010 (16-12) 193.2 204 88 86 61 136 18 4.00
Last 7 GS 2-5 36.2 54 27 25 12 16 5 6.14 39
2012-04-18 @SEA L 4.1 8 4 4 6 0 2 113 25
2012-04-13 @KCR W 6.2 11 3 3 0 2 0 92 42
2012-04-08 TOR W 7.0 5 2 0 1 1 0 95 63
2011-09-27 PHI L 4.0 6 5 5 0 2 1 72 32
2011-09-21 @FLA L 6.1 6 3 3 2 3 1 111 50
2011-09-16 NYM L 2.1 9 6 6 1 2 1 64 16
2011-09-10 @STL L 6.0 9 4 4 2 6 0 111 42
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 29.1 34 23 15 8 13 2 4.60 43
2012-04-13 @KCR W 6.2 11 3 3 0 2 0 92 42
2010-06-18 KCR W 6.1 6 3 3 2 3 1 86 50
2005-06-16 @KCR L 5.2 9 8 3 0 1 0 81 30
2004-06-06 @KCR W 5.0 3 3 2 1 4 1 84 54
2004-05-09 KCR L 5.2 5 6 4 5 3 0 103 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-4    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-2    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Sun, Apr 22  @OAK  L   1-5        8-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 21  @OAK  W   5-1        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Fri, Apr 20  @OAK  W   4-3        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Thu, Apr 19  @SEA  W   2-1        6-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Wed, Apr 18  @SEA  L   1-4        5-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  9 Tue, Apr 17  @SEA  W   9-8        5-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  8 Sun, Apr 15  @KCR  W  13-7        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Sat, Apr 14  @KCR  W  11-9 (10)   3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Fri, Apr 13  @KCR  W   8-3        2-4   4th  2.5 gb
  5 Wed, Apr 11   CHW  L   6-10       1-4   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 15, 2012 CLE 13 @KCR  7        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 CLE 11 @KCR  9 (10)   W:Jairo Asencio (1-1), L: Greg Holland (0-1), S: Chris Perez (2)
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 CLE  8 @KCR  3        W:Derek Lowe (2-0), L: Luke Hochevar (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 CLE  9 @KCR  6        W:Jeanmar Gomez (2-2), L: Jeff Francis (5-15), S: Chris Perez (32)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 KCR  5  CLE  1        W:Luke Hochevar (10-10), L: David Huff (2-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 CLE  5 @KCR  4        W:Justin Masterson (11-8), L: Bruce Chen (10-6), S: Chris Perez (31)
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 KCR  2 @CLE  1        W:Bruce Chen (10-5), L: Justin Masterson (10-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 CLE  8  KCR  7        W:Joe Smith (3-3), L: Louis Coleman (1-4), S: Chris Perez (29)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 CLE  2  KCR  1        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (8-10), L: Felipe Paulino (2-10), S: Chris Perez (28)
Sun, Jul 31, 2011 KCR  5 @CLE  3        W:Danny Duffy (3-4), L: Roberto Hernandez (5-11), S: Joakim Soria (20)
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 3-0; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; 2010 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 298-278

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lowe
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 32.Asencio
G/S/vB		 44.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.778 2/.000 6/.533 1/5.000 7/.429 3/.666 ··· 8/.375 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 40/.834 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .708 15/.552 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.700 7/1.714 9/.730 9/.333 6/.533 7/.453 ··· 11/.000 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 66/.817 2/1 19/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/1.200 5/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 3/.666 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 63/.838 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 34/.700 2/.000 2/.000 5/.650 3/2.667 11/1.064 2/.000 3/.333 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 65/.620 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.267 6/.666 ··· 10/.875 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 29/.741 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.334 8/.143 18/.750 2/1.000 13/.973 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 71/.588 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 71/.704 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 3/2.334 2/.500 7/.953 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 31/.707 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 60/.851 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 29/.739 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 33/.838 1/0 2/5
IP 187.0 59.2 63.0 62.0 62.1 67.0 10.1 49.1 TOTAL .255/.315/.413/.728 .583/.772 .673 .728 10/8 13/9
ERA-K/9 5.05/6.6 3.32/5.9 3.00/4.7 2.32/12.2 3.03/8.2 2.01/6.0 6.97/7.0 4.38/7.1 4.47/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (48-27-4)
 Quintero (48-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 830/.285 248/.215 257/.253 250/.184 251/.201 267/.217 52/.340 201/.246 .257  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Bourgeois
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
34/34/13/1
OPS .754 .648 .650 .577 .664 .541 .914 .694 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 398/.744 131/.598 128/.594 103/.812 105/.664 90/.460 18/.583 78/.764 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.762 117/.702 129/.708 147/.410 146/.665 177/.582 34/1.086 123/.649 .699
Home 325/.771 134/.566 146/.637 113/.621 144/.635 130/.478 10/.733 119/.658
Last 28d days 81/.862 32/.572 27/.659 31/.706 24/.988 29/.764 44/.751 23/.822
HR/SB/CS 14/26/4 5/8/0 2/2/4 5/1/0 10/13/2 1/4/3 1/0/0 7/1/2 13/9/4
Usage ·····X·· ··oXo·X· ·X····X· ··oo··X· ··oo···· ···X··X· ··X··X·· ··X··X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Sanchez*
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		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 7/.286 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 7/.429 3/.000 496/338 .266/.318/.384/.702 .525/.782 .697 62/.578 13/5 7/3
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.467 ··· 3/1.666 8/1.238 3/.000 1/5.000 3/1.667 8/1.917 2/2.500 667/453 .273/.332/.460/.792 .777/.799 .836 42/.846 17/5 25/15
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.334 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/.500 2/.500 358/239 .259/.344/.390/.733 .688/.757 .814 68/.722 12/5 8/4
2.Cunningham G/S/vP 2/no AB 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/52 .178/.257/.367/.624 .652/.598 .500 20/.498 1/0 3/0
16.Donald G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 143/77 .318/.364/.402/.765 .949/.607 .891 37/.434 3/2 1/4
47.Duncan G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/.667 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 1/3.000 2/.500 247/133 .260/.324/.484/.808 .679/.918 .703 53/.873 0/1 11/2
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.417 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 9/1.222 3/.000 368/260 .280/.361/.449/.811 .638/.886 .867 55/1.081 0/0 13/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 3/.000 5/1.600 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 366/246 .250/.331/.388/.719 .811/.673 .790 49/.916 2/1 8/5
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 150/107 .272/.333/.507/.841 .744/.878 .806 64/.772 5/0 7/6
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 3/1.666 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 563/401 .306/.378/.422/.800 .709/.838 .854 57/.526 2/2 10/2
4.Lopez G/S/vP 8/.536 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 242/164 .216/.245/.372/.617 .582/.634 .716 17/.588 2/0 8/5
6.Marson G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 272/164 .230/.300/.296/.596 .793/.474 .501 11/.495 4/2 1/5
41.Santana# G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 2/1.500 6/.750 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.533 3/1.334 658/441 .239/.351/.457/.808 .964/.736 .830 59/.885 5/3 27/11
IP 101.1 12.2 59.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 15.1 49.0 44.0 TOTAL .242/.345/.401/.745 .749/.743 .617 .745 10/5 16/9
ERA-K/9 4.26/9.1 5.68/7.1 2.87/9.6 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 4.70/7.6 4.59/5.5 3.27/5.7 4.64/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (48-30-5)
 Santana (56-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 444/.220 62/.283 244/.207 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 67/.222 228/.275 175/.231 .264  Choo
 Brantley
 Duncan
 Cunningham
0/0/85/9
66/52/0/5
37/0/2/2
13/0/18/1
OPS .703 .840 .685 .681 .711 1.232 .706 .797 .710 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.526 26/.670 89/.803 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 35/.790 97/.698 73/.570 .825
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.763 36/.951 155/.619 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 32/.619 131/.874 102/.799 .721
Road 210/.668 17/.721 103/.661 146/.597 126/.747 3/.000 18/.528 114/.854 70/.578
Last 28d days 64/.775 25/.796 25/.735 35/.728 34/.397 34/1.051 7/1.238 32/.677 28/.547
HR/SB/CS 9/12/5 2/0/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 1/0/2 4/2/3 8/3/1 16/14/6
Usage ·····X·· o····o·· ·X·X·o·· ··oo··o· oo·o·o·X ··X··Xo· ·X······ ·o·o·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.