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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, September 27, 2012 @Comerica Park

Royals, 70-85, 70-85 3rd, 13 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (28, RHP, 8-9, 4.44)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-9) 152.0 163 79 75 55 92 15 4.44
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
2010 (0-1) 4.0 10 10 10 3 1 4 22.50
Last 7 GS 2-1 38.2 43 20 20 11 25 7 4.66 48
2012-09-21 CLE W 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 90 49
2012-09-13 @MIN ND 6.0 2 1 1 2 6 1 96 68
2012-09-07 @CHW ND 5.1 10 5 5 1 3 3 93 30
2012-09-02 MIN ND 5.0 7 2 2 0 3 1 84 48
2012-08-28 DET ND 5.0 7 6 6 1 4 1 82 32
2012-08-22 @TBR L 4.1 5 2 2 4 0 0 81 41
2012-08-17 CHW W 7.0 4 2 2 1 6 1 85 66
Last 5 v.DET 1-0 13.2 18 13 9 5 8 1 5.93 41
2012-08-28 DET ND 5.0 7 6 6 1 4 1 82 32
2011-09-20 DET W 7.0 6 2 1 3 3 0 102 59
2008-04-23 @DET ND 1.2 5 5 2 1 1 0 57 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-42   Road:   34-43   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  46-58   vsLHP:  24-27   1-Run:  26-24
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:32-33   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Wed, Sep 26  @DET  L   4-5       70-85  3rd 13.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @DET  L   0-2       70-84  3rd 12.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @DET  L   2-6       70-83  3rd 12.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   CLE  L   4-15      70-82  3rd 11.0 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22   CLE  W   5-3       70-81  3rd 11.0 gb
150 Fri, Sep 21   CLE  W   6-3       69-81  3rd 12.0 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20   CHW  W   4-3       68-81  3rd 13.0 gb
148 Wed, Sep 19   CHW  W   3-0       67-81  3rd 14.0 gb
147 Tue, Sep 18   CHW  L   2-3       66-81  3rd 15.0 gb
146 Sun, Sep 16   LAA  L   3-4       66-80  3rd 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Tigers, 83-72, 83-72 1st, 1 up

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 10-9, 3.43)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-9) 149.2 144 67 57 35 125 14 3.43
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
2010 (6-14) 171.0 187 85 78 32 93 13 4.11
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.2 38 22 16 14 36 5 3.30 55
2012-09-22 MIN W 9.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 117 80
2012-09-17 @CHW L 4.0 8 5 4 2 2 0 93 28
2012-09-11 @CHW W 7.0 2 2 2 2 6 2 99 69
2012-09-05 CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 109 70
2012-08-31 CHW ND 5.0 4 3 2 4 2 1 101 47
2012-08-19 BAL L 3.2 8 7 7 3 6 1 82 20
2012-08-14 @MIN W 8.0 5 4 0 2 7 1 120 69
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 32.2 31 16 16 7 19 5 4.41 52
2012-07-07 KCR W 6.0 8 4 4 3 2 1 95 39
2011-08-30 KCR ND 7.2 4 1 1 0 6 0 94 73
2011-04-14 @KCR L 7.0 8 5 5 1 5 1 106 45
2010-07-07 KCR ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 97 55
2009-08-27 KCR L 6.0 5 5 5 1 5 3 86 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   49-31   Road:   34-41   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  58-48   vsLHP:  25-24   1-Run:  18-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:38-27   vsWest: 13-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Wed, Sep 26   KCR  W   5-4       83-72  1st  1.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25   KCR  W   2-0       82-72  1st    Tied
153 Mon, Sep 24   KCR  W   6-2       81-72  2nd  1.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   1-2 (10)  80-72  2nd  1.0 gb
151 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   4-10      80-71  2nd  1.0 gb
150 Sat, Sep 22   MIN  W   8-0       80-70  2nd  0.5 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20   OAK  L   4-12      79-70  2nd  2.0 gb
148 Wed, Sep 19   OAK  W   6-2       79-69  2nd  2.0 gb
147 Tue, Sep 18   OAK  W  12-2       78-69  2nd  3.0 gb
146 Mon, Sep 17  @CHW  L   4-5       77-69  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (4-3), L: Kelvin Herrera (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 DET  2  KCR  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (9-13), L: Bruce Chen (11-13), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 DET  6  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (16-8), L: Luke Hochevar (8-15), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 KCR  2  DET  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-12), L: Rick Porcello (9-10), S: Kelvin Herrera (1)
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 KCR  1  DET  0        W:Bruce Chen (10-10), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-11), S: Greg Holland (9)
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 KCR  9  DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-4), S: Greg Holland (8)
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 DET  7  KCR  1        W:Max Scherzer (8-5), L: Everett Teaford (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 DET  8  KCR  7        W:Doug Fister (2-6), L: Bruce Chen (7-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Drew Smyly (4-3), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-5), S: Jose Valverde (16)
Wed, May 02, 2012 KCR  3 @DET  2        W:Tim Collins (1-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (4)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 10-4; 2011 - DET won 11-7; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - KCR leads 294-290

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 (4.19 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
20.Dotel
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
49.Marte
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
34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/32 .288/.296/.423/.719 .500/.877 .800 30/.695 0/0 1/1
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 58/11 .278/.328/.352/.679 .713/.545 .981 22/.418 5/3 0/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 17/.627 1/.000 11/.614 6/2.167 11/.727 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.833 8/.661 4/1.500 650/470 .314/.372/.506/.878 1.030/.823 .888 106/.878 2/1 27/2
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .588 56/.896 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 316/244 .264/.330/.329/.659 .525/.696 .663 15/.421 29/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 13/.558 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 7/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 8/.375 3/.000 631/443 .291/.331/.386/.717 .661/.739 .665 105/.586 32/5 4/18
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 69/46 .379/.388/.485/.873 .955/.833 .735 13/1.308 0/2 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 10/.311 1/.000 6/.667 8/1.482 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 17/.301 2/.000 573/399 .237/.290/.372/.662 .716/.639 .650 80/.758 4/7 14/3
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 176/104 .232/.267/.304/.571 .534/.596 .630 63/.691 3/0 1/6
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/1.000 ··· 5/.000 9/.222 7/.762 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 6/.334 8/.542 3/.666 691/448 .293/.363/.450/.813 .662/.896 .799 104/.783 10/5 12/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.000 9/.873 1/.000 597/396 .232/.305/.360/.664 .591/.702 .651 90/.565 16/1 14/10
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/41 .244/.304/.341/.646 .200/.695 .786 46/.646 1/0 0/0
50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .333/.500/1.333/1.833 5.000/.000 4/1.833 0/0 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 7/1.286 1/.000 4/.750 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 8/.268 1/.000 594/420 .243/.295/.415/.710 .705/.711 .621 98/.517 5/2 20/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 8/1.550 1/.000 207/138 .254/.282/.347/.629 .645/.621 .521 19/.816 0/1 2/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/.429 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 282/201 .295/.319/.478/.797 1.049/.698 .851 84/.764 0/0 11/4
28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 149.2 11.2 68.2 52.1 55.0 19.2 19.0 13.1 93.1 66.0 52.2 TOTAL .266/.317/.402/.720 .708/.725 .695 .708 128/37 124/101
ERA-K/9 3.43/7.5 0.00/11.5 3.15/10.6 3.96/8.6 3.76/10.1 3.66/8.7 3.32/8.1 4.73/6.1 4.24/8.6 3.95/6.5 2.22/10.9 3.82/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moore (2-0-0)
 Pena (52-16-5)
 Perez (20-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.249 44/.103 275/.218 236/.327 222/.233 81/.236 80/.236 63/.345 393/.253 283/.234 215/.197 .258  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Bourgeois
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Lough
0/3/138/19
153/0/0/14
0/86/0/8
2/20/0/3
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
1/8/5/0
OPS .684 .307 .683 .851 .627 .654 .757 .874 .750 .664 .558 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/.747 20/.358 146/.686 122/.704 81/.809 36/.399 34/.934 33/.989 117/.689 157/.783 80/.629 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.591 24/.258 129/.680 114/1.011 141/.524 45/.874 46/.633 30/.746 276/.776 126/.520 135/.519 .691
Home 306/.678 29/.276 163/.622 117/.811 115/.524 63/.690 36/.833 26/.863 193/.765 152/.668 125/.511
Last 28d days 132/.593 44/.307 47/.662 17/.820 33/.996 22/.974 6/.500 13/.846 37/.602 56/.769 29/.501
HR/SB/CS 14/2/4 0/1/1 12/1/1 4/5/2 3/10/3 1/2/1 4/0/0 0/1/1 12/8/6 3/12/1 2/10/2 145/124/45
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· X··X···X ···o··o· ······Xo ···X···· X······· ···X··o· ···X··o· o·XX···X ···X····
Tigers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB
47.Adcock
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
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
46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB
41.Jeffress
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
49.Odorizzi
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
61.Teaford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/.933 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 6/.167 3/1.667 4/.500 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 416/315 .248/.357/.396/.753 .551/.817 .778 59/.826 2/0 9/6
52.Berry* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 309/250 .264/.336/.359/.695 .592/.718 .679 35/.551 20/0 2/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 499/362 .242/.289/.376/.664 .625/.678 .651 57/.676 6/3 12/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.194 7/1.096 ··· 6/.833 ··· 4/.000 5/1.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 4/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 671/482 .327/.392/.605/.997 .878/1.035 1.102 107/1.133 4/1 42/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 322/247 .318/.370/.483/.853 .780/.874 .910 84/.751 1/1 7/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.833 1/no AB 2/.500 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 664/425 .309/.410/.519/.928 .786/1.012 1.012 105/.910 1/0 28/10
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/14 .368/.415/.368/.783 .819/.714 .962 41/.783 0/2 0/0
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 1.250/.333 .700 / 0/0 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 564/401 .277/.302/.420/.722 .879/.659 .697 88/.584 14/3 11/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 9/1.778 6/1.500 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 5/1.850 6/.334 8/.542 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 592/414 .304/.383/.489/.872 .893/.864 .858 103/.869 11/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/2.667 3/1.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 120/107 .187/.275/.252/.527 .322/.551 .545 4/1.000 2/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 184/81 .281/.339/.371/.710 .609/.838 .695 36/.657 0/0 2/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.400 ··· 7/.971 6/1.167 6/1.867 4/.000 7/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/4.000 562/396 .242/.308/.385/.693 .699/.691 .733 97/.522 1/1 12/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.833 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 3/2.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 252/190 .207/.286/.275/.561 .499/.582 .611 4/.000 1/0 2/6
29.Worth G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/41 .211/.321/.254/.575 .664/.479 .526 3/.667 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 7/1.086 7/1.086 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 581/401 .273/.303/.423/.726 .845/.671 .761 95/.756 0/2 18/2
IP 152.0 31.0 15.0 47.1 68.2 61.2 82.0 64.1 7.1 12.0 40.0 5.1 86.2 57.0 TOTAL .269/.337/.425/.762 .724/.778 .795 .769 54/22 156/96
ERA-K/9 4.44/5.4 2.61/4.6 1.80/4.2 3.99/10.8 3.41/12.1 3.36/9.0 2.41/8.2 2.80/12.2 3.68/7.4 5.25/9.0 6.30/5.6 5.06/5.1 4.88/5.9 4.74/5.2 4.28/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (75-34-9)
 Holaday (2-1-0)
 Laird (40-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 654/.280 132/.299 61/.263 204/.224 288/.211 248/.232 333/.252 276/.234 32/.296 62/.260 183/.325 23/.273 377/.302 238/.269 .268  Boesch
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Berry
 Garcia
 Young
 Dirks
0/0/120/5
0/131/0/4
17/8/35/3
60/21/5/2
1/1/15/1
31/0/0/1
57/1/20/1
OPS .769 .820 .611 .794 .679 .604 .648 .649 1.036 .743 .814 .804 .831 .790 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.800 59/.765 35/.706 74/.822 131/.742 88/.525 131/.741 113/.554 17/.507 27/.524 77/.956 21/.883 102/.827 86/.798 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.733 73/.862 26/.481 130/.775 157/.626 160/.647 202/.591 163/.717 15/1.538 35/.905 106/.722 2/.000 275/.832 152/.786 .762
Road 321/.782 72/.823 20/.794 92/1.002 137/.419 104/.620 161/.641 124/.680 20/1.138 20/.650 105/.766 / 192/.791 110/.964
Last 28d days 95/.897 2/1.000 29/.667 32/.962 34/.838 34/.590 57/.622 42/.640 4/.833 27/.788 35/.771 23/.804 105/.821 37/.594
HR/SB/CS 15/5/6 4/2/3 0/0/0 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 4/12/4 2/2/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 3/12/2 1/0/0 12/7/3 10/2/2 160/106/50
Usage ·····X·· ··o····· ···o·oo· ·X·o···· ·····X·· ····X·o· X···X··X ·····ooX ···o···· ···X···· ···X···· ···X···· ····X··· ···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.