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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:05pm, Monday, April 30, 2012 @Comerica Park

Royals, 6-15, 6-15 4th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 2-1, 4.98)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 21.2 20 12 12 8 16 0 4.98
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 4-2 42.1 34 19 17 14 36 2 3.61 55
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
2012-04-13 CLE L 4.0 9 7 7 1 3 0 70 18
2012-04-07 @LAA W 6.1 5 2 2 2 4 0 95 57
2011-09-14 MIN W 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 88 55
2011-09-08 @SEA L 6.2 6 4 3 3 9 2 109 54
2011-09-03 CLE W 8.0 3 1 0 1 8 0 117 81
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 30.2 35 19 18 10 30 6 5.28 48
2011-08-29 @DET W 7.0 8 5 5 2 7 0 107 46
2011-07-09 DET ND 3.2 9 6 6 3 4 0 83 20
2011-05-13 @DET L 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 2 102 46
2011-04-10 @DET W 7.0 5 4 3 0 6 3 99 59
2010-06-05 DET L 7.0 6 1 1 2 10 1 109 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-10   Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   6-12   vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   1-6 
 vsEast:  0-4    vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sun, Apr 29  @MIN  L   4-7        6-15  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @MIN  W   7-6        6-14  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26  @CLE  W   4-2        5-14  4th  5.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @CLE  W   8-2        4-14  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24  @CLE  L   3-4        3-14  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-15
Tigers, 11-11, 11-11 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Duane Below (26, LHP, 2-0, 0.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 12.0 7 0 0 0 9 0 0.00
2011 (0-2) 29.0 28 16 14 11 14 2 4.34
Last 7 GS 0-1 9.2 11 7 5 3 3 1 4.66 43
2011-07-25 @CHW L 4.2 6 4 4 2 1 0 78 35
2011-07-20 OAK ND 5.0 5 3 1 1 2 1 77 50
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-7    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   5-8    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  1-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @NYY  L   2-6       11-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @NYY  W   7-5       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @NYY  L   6-7       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26   SEA  L   4-5       10-9   1st    Tied
 18 Wed, Apr 25   SEA  L   1-9       10-8   1st    Tied
 17 Tue, Apr 24   SEA  L   4-7       10-7   1st    Tied
 16 Sun, Apr 22   TEX  L   2-3 (11)  10-6   1st  0.5 up
 15 Sat, Apr 21   TEX  W   3-2       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Sat, Apr 21   TEX  L   4-10       9-5   1st  1.0 up
 13 Thu, Apr 19   TEX  L   3-10       9-4   1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 DET  4 @KCR  3        W:Max Scherzer (1-1), L: Jose Mijares (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 DET  3 @KCR  1        W:Octavio Dotel (1-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (2)
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (1-1), L: Danny Duffy (1-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 21, 2011 DET  6 @KCR  3        W:Doug Fister (10-13), L: Kelvin Herrera (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (47)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 KCR 10  DET  2        W:Luis Mendoza (1-0), L: Brad Penny (10-11), S: none
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 KCR 11 @DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (4-4), L: Phil Coke (2-9), S: Joakim Soria (25)
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Daniel Schlereth (2-1), L: Blake Wood (5-2), S: Jose Valverde (40)
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 DET  2  KCR  1 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (4-3), L: Aaron Crow (3-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 KCR  9 @DET  5        W:Luke Hochevar (9-10), L: Max Scherzer (13-8), S: Blake Wood (1)
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 KCR  4  DET  3        W:Bruce Chen (6-5), L: Max Scherzer (11-7), S: Joakim Soria (21)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 3-0; 2011 - DET won 11-7; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - KCR leads 290-283

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

J. Vazquez  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 (3.95 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 31.Balester
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.762 4/.500 6/.733 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 50/.753 4/4 13/21
16.Butler G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 9/.777 6/2.167 9/.889 3/2.333 7/.453 1/2.000 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 90/.943 2/1 19/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/49 .205/.308/.227/.535 .333/.544 .483 19/.557 11/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 6/1.166 2/1.000 7/.000 1/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 83/.778 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.833 4/1.000 6/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 13/.398 ··· 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 88/.574 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.762 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/no AB 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 43/.777 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 7/.286 6/.533 3/.666 7/.453 1/2.000 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 95/.764 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 6/1.100 ··· 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 95/.662 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 43/.738 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 80/.909 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 2/4.000 2/.000 8/1.550 ··· 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 41/.727 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 41/.794 1/0 2/5
IP 29.0 35.2 61.0 108.2 54.0 72.1 16.0 TOTAL .263/.324/.424/.747 .600/.785 .736 .747 14/8 20/12
ERA-K/9 4.34/4.3 4.54/8.6 2.95/9.3 4.47/5.7 3.50/10.3 /0.0 2.24/8.6 6.75/7.9 4.27/7.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.252 159/.268 241/.218 474/.279 218/.185 / 301/.198 76/.323 .272  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Dyson
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
0/17/0/0
OPS .660 .807 .581 .728 .574 .580 .921 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.661 61/.733 125/.639 167/.584 85/.845 / 179/.687 39/1.036 .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.659 98/.847 116/.517 307/.806 133/.410 / 122/.432 37/.806 .761
Home 65/.818 86/.674 132/.644 196/.816 103/.513 / 169/.634 28/.851
Last 28d days 42/.333 66/.643 47/.852 36/.724 31/.366 90/.670 46/.891 7/.629
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 7/5/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 6/1/1 // 5/9/3 3/4/0 23/17/9
Usage ····X··· X···XX·· ··XX···o ·ooo·X·X ·ooo···o ·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.

Tigers Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.86 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		 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 21/.833 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.467 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 551/403 .295/.389/.506/.895 .779/.939 .949 66/.727 3/1 19/6
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 12/.781 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.486 472/354 .283/.341/.458/.799 .752/.814 .833 94/.607 5/3 16/3
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 31/1.376 5/1.400 5/.400 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.453 688/507 .344/.448/.586/1.033 .990/1.047 1.011 95/.940 2/1 30/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/204 .251/.296/.406/.703 .871/.675 .801 33/.834 5/2 7/2
34.Eldred G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 13/.462 / /
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/1.750 692/499 .299/.415/.566/.981 .822/1.046 1.096 93/.832 1/1 38/15
14.Jackson G/S/vP 20/.929 4/2.250 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 668/463 .249/.317/.374/.690 .732/.672 .752 94/.870 22/5 10/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 11/.546 2/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 281/259 .245/.291/.381/.672 .381/.698 .564 29/.585 2/1 7/5
9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .670 21/.907 1/1 1/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 25/.976 2/1.000 1/3.000 5/1.100 3/1.667 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· 8/.708 576/403 .299/.345/.478/.824 .765/.848 .898 78/.620 0/2 21/7
25.Raburn G/S/vP 9/1.015 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 418/261 .256/.297/.432/.729 .807/.681 .693 60/.406 1/1 14/17
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 19/.872 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 294/237 .260/.311/.384/.695 .832/.662 .786 41/.406 0/0 5/3
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 39/17 .270/.308/.324/.632 .792/.423 .801 8/.393 0/0 0/1
IP 198.0 60.1 12.2 59.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 4.0 49.0 TOTAL .243/.305/.391/.696 .673/.710 .713 .696 6/3 23/13
ERA-K/9 4.68/5.8 4.62/5.4 5.68/7.1 2.87/9.6 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 6.75/4.5 4.59/5.5 4.58/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (85-40-7)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Laird (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.252 265/.272 62/.283 244/.207 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 19/.267 228/.275 .264  Jackson
 Boesch
 Dirks
 Raburn
 Kelly
0/152/0/8
57/0/51/7
38/16/22/4
52/2/20/4
17/4/39/1
OPS .742 .765 .840 .685 .681 .711 1.232 .821 .797 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 456/.766 116/.732 26/.670 89/.803 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 8/.804 97/.698 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.714 149/.790 36/.951 155/.619 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 11/.830 131/.874 .747
Road 355/.748 157/.862 17/.721 103/.661 146/.597 126/.747 3/.000 9/1.056 114/.854
Last 28d days 89/.651 23/.698 33/.690 28/.855 48/.650 43/.364 40/.941 12/.917 43/.623
HR/SB/CS 23/20/3 5/5/1 2/0/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/3 17/18/8
Usage ····X··· X······· ··oX··o· ··o····X ···X·X·· ···XX·oo ··o··X·· ··X·o··· ··X·oX·o

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.