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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 @Comerica Park

Royals, 6-15, 6-15 4th, 5½ GB, 7 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, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 1-2, 6.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 22.1 29 17 16 4 12 4 6.45
2011 (14-9) 182.0 210 103 96 46 104 18 4.75
2010 (10-12) 162.2 188 96 89 38 84 18 4.92
Last 7 GS 1-3 42.1 52 26 25 10 24 4 5.31 45
2012-04-26 SEA L 6.2 7 5 5 2 3 2 105 41
2012-04-21 TEX L 1.0 10 9 8 1 1 1 51 -1
2012-04-15 @CHW W 7.2 5 1 1 0 4 1 99 69
2012-04-10 TBR ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 92 58
2011-09-28 CLE ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 0 98 52
2011-09-23 BAL ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 108 50
2011-09-17 @OAK L 7.0 9 3 3 3 4 0 110 48
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 29.0 42 20 18 5 17 3 5.59 41
2011-08-31 KCR ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 2 86 48
2011-08-05 @KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 4 0 82 51
2011-07-08 @KCR W 5.1 6 3 1 1 5 0 90 52
2011-04-10 KCR L 5.0 9 5 5 3 2 0 97 28
2010-09-20 KCR ND 5.1 12 5 5 0 2 1 82 26
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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.77

LAD  3.96

PIT  2.64

 RA/G

WSN  2.68

TOR  4.17

MIN  5.64

 BA

M. Kemp  .417

C. Ross  .257

B. Ryan  .136

 OBP

D. Wright  .494

Y. Cespedes  .333

C. Barmes  .186

 SLG

M. Kemp  .893

A. Ellis  .400

M. Byrd  .192

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.383

J. Upton  .733

M. Byrd  .423

 ERA

J. Saunders  .90

R. Nolasco  3.20

C. Buchholz  8.69

 K/9IP

A. Sanchez  11.29

C. Lee  7.04

J. Guthrie  1.85

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 31.Balester
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
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 17/.882 ··· ··· 14/.762 4/.500 6/.733 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 50/39 .283/.340/.413/.753 .455/.842 .566 50/.753 0/0 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 33/.720 ··· 2/.500 9/.777 6/2.167 9/.889 ··· 3/2.333 7/.453 1/2.000 90/72 .329/.367/.576/.943 .722/1.002 1.132 90/.943 0/1 5/
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/16 .235/.263/.294/.557 .667/.536 .444 19/.557 1/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 3/.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/1.000 7/.000 1/.000 83/69 .295/.329/.449/.778 .500/.837 .552 83/.778 5/0 1/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 12/.705 6/.833 3/1.000 4/1.000 6/1.167 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 13/.398 ··· 88/75 .229/.273/.301/.574 .580/.572 .630 88/.574 0/1 0/0
17.Getz* G/S/vP 17/.309 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/no AB 43/32 .308/.341/.436/.777 .573/.849 .715 43/.777 3/1 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 20/.666 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 7/.286 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 7/.453 1/2.000 95/72 .232/.337/.427/.764 .654/.799 .847 95/.764 1/1 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/1.806 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/1.100 ··· 95/71 .188/.274/.388/.662 .440/.735 .639 95/.662 1/1 5/1
12.Maier* G/S/vP 18/.528 ··· 2/.500 3/.667 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 43/39 .222/.349/.389/.738 1.250/.671 .868 43/.738 1/0 1/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 80/69 .315/.375/.534/.909 1.245/.856 .806 80/.909 1/0 3/2
27.Pena# G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 2/4.000 ··· 2/.000 8/1.550 ··· 41/34 .282/.317/.410/.727 .429/.790 .579 41/.727 0/0 0/1
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 41/35 .286/.366/.429/.794 .333/.855 1.046 41/.794 0/0 0/1
IP 22.1 14.2 12.0 9.1 9.0 8.2 1.2 22.0 9.2 1.2 TOTAL .263/.324/.424/.747 .600/.785 .736 .747 14/8 20/12
ERA-K/9 6.45/4.8 4.30/5.5 0.00/6.8 3.86/15.5 3.00/9.0 0.00/10.3 10.80/0.0 1.23/9.0 5.59/5.6 0.00/5.3 4.27/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (6-5-0)
 Quintero (12-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 98/.312 66/.170 42/.167 47/.324 36/.267 31/.138 11/.333 90/.222 46/.289 7/.200 .272  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Maier
0/0/21/3
20/0/0/1
0/4/0/0
0/11/0/0
OPS .863 .643 .333 .852 .724 .366 .788 .670 .891 .629 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.786 26/.646 16/.375 20/.713 15/.949 10/1.000 6/.533 22/.983 24/1.289 1/ .762
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.935 40/.639 26/.308 27/.958 21/.551 21/.095 5/1.100 68/.563 22/.483 6/.533 .761
Home 71/.984 52/.552 42/.333 31/.836 29/.718 18/.399 / 44/.788 25/.670 3/.667
Last 28d days 98/.863 66/.643 42/.333 47/.852 36/.724 31/.366 11/.788 90/.670 46/.891 7/.629
HR/SB/CS 4/3/2 2/3/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 3/0/2 1/2/0 0/0/0 23/17/9
Usage ····X··· ·X···XX· ·····X·· ···XX··· ··ooo·X· ··ooo··· ·X······ ··X····· ··X····· ···X····
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 66/46 .220/.303/.424/.727 .744/.719 1.033 66/.727 1/0 3/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 12/.781 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.486 94/60 .231/.255/.352/.607 .618/.602 .528 94/.607 0/1 3/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 31/1.376 5/1.400 5/.400 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.453 95/61 .298/.368/.571/.940 .941/.935 1.145 95/.940 0/0 7/3
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .281/.303/.531/.834 .667/.873 1.000 33/.834 0/0 1/0
34.Eldred G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .154/.154/.308/.462 .000/.667 13/.462 0/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/1.750 93/56 .309/.387/.444/.832 .781/.863 .780 93/.832 1/0 3/1
14.Jackson G/S/vP 20/.929 4/2.250 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.833 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 94/61 .284/.376/.494/.870 .773/.924 .892 94/.870 3/0 3/0
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 29/25 .240/.345/.240/.585 .833/.547 .664 29/.585 0/0 0/1
9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 21/6 .316/.381/.526/.907 .872/1.000 .222 21/.907 0/0 1/0
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 78/55 .236/.273/.347/.620 .848/.521 .496 78/.620 0/1 0/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 9/1.015 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 60/34 .148/.220/.185/.406 .448/.373 .407 60/.406 1/0 0/1
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 41/28 .158/.195/.211/.406 .000/.593 .523 41/.406 0/0 0/1
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1 .143/.250/.143/.393 .452/.000 .400 8/.393 0/0 0/0
IP 21.2 5.1 7.2 6.2 12.0 11.1 10.0 2.1 10.0 TOTAL .243/.305/.391/.696 .673/.710 .713 .696 6/3 23/13
ERA-K/9 4.98/6.6 1.69/5.1 2.35/8.2 5.40/5.4 3.00/10.5 2.38/8.8 4.50/7.2 3.86/11.7 2.70/7.2 4.58/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (14-6-2)
 Laird (3-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 89/.250 23/.250 33/.231 28/.217 48/.222 43/.132 40/.282 12/.300 43/.243 .264  Boesch
 Kelly
 Jackson
 Dirks
 Raburn
0/0/20/1
5/1/5/1
0/21/0/1
3/0/0/0
10/0/2/0
OPS .651 .698 .690 .855 .650 .364 .941 .917 .623 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.783 13/.724 16/.563 15/.857 22/.950 18/.229 16/1.000 6/.333 22/.483 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 31/.404 10/.650 17/.804 13/.795 26/.423 25/.462 24/.900 6/1.333 21/.770 .747
Road 48/.547 23/.698 22/.614 3/3.000 29/.472 23/.504 18/1.036 12/.917 24/.519
Last 28d days 89/.651 23/.698 33/.690 28/.855 48/.650 43/.364 40/.941 12/.917 43/.623
HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 0/0/1 0/0/1 2/0/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 17/18/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ···oX··o ···o···· ····X·X· ····XX·o ···o··X· ···X·o·· ···X·oX·

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.