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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 19, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 29-36, 29-36 4th, 5 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 3-7, 6.27)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-7) 70.1 82 50 49 23 54 6 6.27
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 1-4 42.1 43 22 21 11 36 4 4.46 51
2012-06-14 MIL ND 7.1 6 3 3 1 5 2 87 58
2012-06-08 @PIT L 6.0 9 4 4 1 3 0 98 40
2012-06-02 OAK L 4.2 5 6 6 3 3 0 90 30
2012-05-27 @BAL ND 4.2 7 2 1 1 6 0 104 49
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
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 2.57 66
2009-06-24 @HOU ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 93 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-20   Road:   18-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  22-25   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Mon, Jun 18  @HOU  L   7-9       29-36  4th  5.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 17  @STL  W   5-3 (15)  29-35  4th  5.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 16  @STL  L   7-10      28-35  4th  6.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 15  @STL  W   3-2       28-34  4th  5.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 14   MIL  W   4-3       27-34  4th  6.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 13   MIL  W   4-3 (11)  26-34  4th  7.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun 12   MIL  W   2-1       25-34  4th  8.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun 10  @PIT  L   2-3       24-34  4th  8.0 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  9  @PIT  L   3-5       24-33  4th  8.0 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  8  @PIT  L   2-4       24-32  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Astros, 28-39, 28-39 5th, 10½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (33, LHP, 6-4, 3.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-4) 88.2 93 42 33 20 58 11 3.35
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
Last 7 GS 3-1 42.1 55 27 22 8 29 8 4.68 45
2012-06-14 @SFG W 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 97 49
2012-06-08 @CHW W 5.1 9 3 3 1 2 0 106 39
2012-06-02 CIN ND 5.0 9 9 7 2 3 4 94 18
2012-05-28 @COL ND 5.0 10 7 4 0 5 2 107 30
2012-05-23 CHC W 7.0 8 1 1 0 5 1 105 62
2012-05-18 TEX L 6.0 10 3 3 2 4 0 95 42
2012-05-13 @PIT ND 8.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 94 78
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 0 6.00 46
2006-06-16 KCR L 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 0 87 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-14   Road:    9-25   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  18-30   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Mon, Jun 18   KCR  W   9-7       28-39  5th 10.5 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17  @TEX  L   3-9       27-39  5th 11.5 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16  @TEX  L   3-8       27-38  5th 10.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 15  @TEX  L   2-6       27-37  5th  9.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 14  @SFG  W   6-3       27-36  5th  8.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13  @SFG  L   0-10      26-36  5th  8.5 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12  @SFG  L   3-6       26-35  5th  7.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10  @CHW  W  11-9       26-34  5th  6.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9  @CHW  L   1-10      25-34  5th  7.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8  @CHW  W   8-3       25-33  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 18, 2012 HOU  9  KCR  7        W:J.A. Happ (5-7), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-3), S: Xavier Cedeno (1)

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 KCR  5  HOU  2        W:Victor Marte (2-0), L: Brett Myers (4-5), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Wed, Jun 16, 2010 HOU  4 @KCR  2        W:Roy Oswalt (5-8), L: Bruce Chen (3-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (15)
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 KCR 15  HOU  7        W:Kanekoa Texeira (1-1), L: Felipe Paulino (1-8), S: none
Thu, Jun 25, 2009 HOU  5  KCR  4        W:Wesley Wright (2-1), L: Brian Bannister (5-5), S: Jose Valverde (6)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 KCR  4 @HOU  3 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-3), S: John Bale (1)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 KCR  2 @HOU  1        W:Zack Greinke (9-3), L: Russ Ortiz (3-3), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  4        W:Jimmy Gobble (2-1), L: Chad Qualls (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (10)
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 HOU  7  KCR  2        W:Taylor Buchholz (4-6), L: Bobby Keppel (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 KCR  7 @HOU  2        W:Scott Elarton (2-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (8-4), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 1-0; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - KCR won 2-1; All-Time - HOU leads 17-11

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

TEX  5.29

LAD  4.31

SDP  3.32

 RA/G

WSN  3.34

BAL  4.31

COL  5.74

 BA

J. Votto  .368

J. Reddick  .265

B. Ryan  .170

 OBP

J. Votto  .491

J. Kipnis  .334

J. Arencibia  .254

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .674

J. Mauer  .427

B. Ryan  .250

 OPS

J. Votto  1.158

K. Seager  .766

B. Ryan  .527

 ERA

R. Dickey  2.00

C. Richard  3.94

L. Hochevar  6.27

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.69

J. Weaver  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.70

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

Royals Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 13/.308 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 16/1.492 1/2.000 ··· 100/73 .258/.293/.484/.777 .519/.879 .793 46/.803 0/1 4/4
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 264/192 .298/.364/.500/.864 1.089/.784 .866 84/.836 1/1 12/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 183/131 .263/.331/.306/.638 .535/.677 .753 73/.661 11/3 0/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.944 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/.607 ··· 4/.000 251/187 .292/.335/.386/.721 .667/.740 .699 90/.663 12/1 1/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 17/1.341 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 47/.655 ··· 1/2.000 264/196 .274/.314/.407/.722 .768/.706 .791 91/.748 1/3 5/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 297/204 .262/.364/.402/.766 .714/.790 .779 107/.870 3/2 5/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 268/190 .218/.287/.370/.658 .534/.709 .663 95/.828 6/1 8/4
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 73/56 .175/.264/.317/.581 .750/.520 .735 22/.506 2/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 251/187 .278/.347/.476/.822 .581/.908 .771 96/.771 1/0 10/8
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 119/85 .248/.271/.345/.616 .529/.653 .513 45/.591 0/1 1/3
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 136/104 .231/.257/.346/.604 .519/.629 .664 47/.489 0/1 1/5
IP 88.2 10.1 26.2 8.2 23.1 5.0 26.1 23.1 26.0 19.2 TOTAL .261/.318/.394/.712 .652/.736 .719 .710 44/17 49/51
ERA-K/9 3.35/5.9 4.35/7.0 5.06/8.4 3.12/7.2 7.33/7.3 1.80/3.6 2.73/9.6 3.86/6.2 6.23/8.3 4.12/9.1 4.65/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (30-13-2)
 Quintero (32-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.268 42/.250 127/.330 38/.273 109/.316 23/.211 110/.255 95/.258 117/.240 89/.266 .275  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Maier
0/2/61/6
64/0/0/5
0/43/0/4
0/0/2/1
0/16/5/0
OPS .762 .836 .891 .745 .901 .558 .652 .711 .746 .779 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.800 20/.550 51/1.038 15/1.082 46/1.089 / 35/.647 47/.642 41/.909 55/.617 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.750 22/1.114 76/.796 23/.523 63/.746 23/.558 75/.650 48/.779 76/.658 34/1.041 .772
Home 224/.787 26/.749 53/.832 3/.000 42/.805 / 50/.517 53/.701 44/.608 52/.806
Last 28d days 133/1.024 6/.533 49/.951 38/.745 51/1.222 23/.558 50/.696 39/.898 46/.810 38/1.027
HR/SB/CS 11/6/3 4/0/0 4/3/0 1/2/0 5/2/1 0/2/0 2/4/0 3/0/0 4/11/0 3/1/0 85/61/14
Usage ····X··· ···X···· oX·o··X· oX···X·· ··XX·X·· ·X······ oX····X· X···o··· ·XX·o··· o···o·X·
Astros Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 66.Colon
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 287/204 .320/.364/.462/.826 1.037/.739 .781 110/.825 12/4 4/8
12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/16 .313/.389/.500/.889 1.061/.670 1.144 28/1.029 3/0 1/0
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/163 .234/.304/.362/.666 .518/.707 .611 66/.757 6/3 5/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/115 .246/.322/.362/.683 .318/.793 .700 48/.884 0/0 1/5
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/53 .169/.213/.348/.561 .504/.605 .434 37/.473 1/2 4/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/189 .265/.310/.403/.713 .541/.759 .855 86/.640 3/0 5/9
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.714 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/166 .295/.347/.405/.752 .503/.827 .840 48/.653 0/0 4/2
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 246/181 .271/.350/.505/.854 .665/.920 .968 94/.837 2/0 13/6
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/177 .228/.316/.367/.683 .789/.643 .668 94/.716 0/1 7/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/73 .246/.336/.500/.836 .766/.882 1.067 66/1.028 1/2 8/2
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 224/186 .246/.317/.327/.643 .395/.694 .690 65/.607 16/5 2/1
18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/79 .196/.299/.324/.623 .722/.577 .651 47/.690 0/0 3/3
IP 70.1 26.2 22.0 34.1 3.2 29.1 36.1 23.1 5.1 26.1 TOTAL .250/.315/.388/.703 .649/.722 .741 .742 44/17 60/48
ERA-K/9 6.27/6.9 1.69/6.7 4.91/9.4 2.36/12.9 4.91/4.9 2.76/8.3 3.22/8.2 3.86/12.4 3.38/8.5 2.39/7.9 4.12/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (36-6-4)
 Snyder (25-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.300 112/.255 97/.229 136/.171 15/.286 118/.217 145/.228 105/.261 21/.263 111/.250 .261  Schafer
 Maxwell
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Downs
 Bixler
 Johnson
0/52/0/3
11/22/6/2
0/4/52/2
52/0/0/1
0/0/5/1
3/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .807 .664 .815 .543 .690 .542 .648 .666 .860 .677 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.844 57/.628 37/.972 58/.698 3/1.667 44/.357 57/.733 39/.723 11/.384 59/.586 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.757 55/.700 60/.710 78/.436 12/.432 74/.653 88/.595 66/.632 10/1.300 52/.783 .742
Road 176/.733 62/.587 41/1.168 82/.330 15/.690 55/.479 73/.654 51/.589 13/.839 55/.619
Last 28d days 99/.869 46/.566 47/.937 47/.356 15/.690 37/.610 58/.551 55/.488 / 34/.669
HR/SB/CS 6/10/4 1/2/1 5/0/2 3/5/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 4/5/2 0/0/1 1/0/0 2/2/1 55/62/30
Usage ····X··· ·X·o··X· X······· ·Xo·oo·· ··Xo···· ·o·o·oo· ·oX·oX·· ·oX··XX· ········ ·o·ooo··

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.