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Game Preview: KCR @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Royals, 30-36, 30-36 4th, 4½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 5-6, 5.05)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-6) 76.2 83 44 43 16 53 9 5.05
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
2010 (12-7) 140.1 136 68 65 57 98 17 4.17
Last 7 GS 4-2 35.2 42 21 21 9 26 4 5.30 46
2012-06-16 @STL ND 1.2 7 6 6 0 0 2 40 17
2012-06-10 @PIT L 5.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 79 51
2012-06-05 MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 88 74
2012-05-30 @CLE W 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 100 42
2012-05-25 @BAL L 4.0 7 6 6 2 2 0 84 24
2012-05-19 ARI W 6.1 8 2 2 2 4 0 100 51
2012-05-14 @TEX W 6.2 5 1 1 2 7 1 106 65
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 31.0 23 13 12 17 20 3 3.48 54
2010-06-16 HOU L 5.2 5 4 3 3 6 0 86 48
2005-06-14 HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 112 72
2001-08-01 @HOU ND 6.0 2 2 2 4 3 0 87 59
2001-05-09 @HOU ND 5.0 7 5 5 2 2 2 84 33
2000-08-11 HOU ND 7.1 6 2 2 4 4 1 105 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-20   Road:   19-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  22-25   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Tue, Jun 19  @HOU  W   2-0       30-36  4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Astros, 28-40, 28-40 5th, 10½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (21, RHP, 1-3, 5.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-3) 37.2 45 30 23 16 22 6 5.50
2011 (2-8) 94.0 107 61 56 26 67 14 5.36
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.2 45 30 23 16 22 6 5.50 42
2012-06-15 @TEX L 4.1 8 5 3 2 1 0 84 30
2012-06-09 @CHW L 4.1 7 5 4 3 0 0 83 28
2012-06-03 CIN W 7.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 101 60
2012-05-28 @COL ND 5.0 6 6 4 2 3 1 81 36
2012-05-20 TEX L 5.0 9 6 6 3 6 1 117 28
2012-05-15 @PHI ND 6.0 6 3 1 1 4 2 93 55
2012-04-29 @CIN ND 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 95 54
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-15   Road:    9-25   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  18-31   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Tue, Jun 19   KCR  L   0-2       28-40  5th 10.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 KCR  2 @HOU  0        W:Luke Hochevar (4-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (17)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - KCR won 2-1; All-Time - HOU leads 17-12

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 (3.91 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lyles
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 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 16/1.492 1/2.000 ··· 104/73 .258/.291/.474/.765 .516/.879 .769 50/.777 0/1 4/4
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 268/193 .303/.369/.515/.884 1.171/.779 .905 84/.879 1/1 13/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 187/131 .258/.330/.301/.630 .516/.677 .733 77/.642 11/3 0/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 14/.607 ··· 4/.000 255/188 .295/.337/.388/.725 .667/.747 .708 90/.651 12/2 1/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 47/.655 ··· 1/2.000 268/197 .274/.313/.405/.718 .763/.702 .783 91/.748 1/3 5/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 301/204 .258/.359/.396/.755 .683/.790 .758 107/.856 3/2 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 268/190 .218/.287/.370/.658 .534/.709 .663 91/.785 6/1 8/4
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 73/56 .175/.264/.317/.581 .750/.520 .735 18/.184 2/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 255/188 .273/.341/.468/.809 .554/.903 .747 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 140/105 .231/.257/.343/.600 .473/.643 .655 47/.532 0/1 1/5
IP 37.2 11.0 26.2 8.2 23.1 5.0 27.2 23.1 26.0 19.2 TOTAL .261/.318/.393/.711 .649/.736 .716 .704 44/18 50/52
ERA-K/9 5.50/5.3 4.09/6.5 5.06/8.4 3.12/7.2 7.33/7.3 1.80/3.6 2.60/9.1 3.86/6.2 6.23/8.3 4.12/9.1 4.61/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.294 43/.244 127/.330 38/.273 109/.316 23/.211 115/.262 95/.258 117/.240 89/.266 .274  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Maier
0/2/62/6
65/0/0/5
0/44/0/4
0/0/2/1
0/16/5/0
OPS .815 .816 .891 .745 .901 .558 .659 .711 .746 .779 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/1.055 21/.524 51/1.038 15/1.082 46/1.089 / 36/.628 47/.642 41/.909 55/.617 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.693 22/1.114 76/.796 23/.523 63/.746 23/.558 79/.668 48/.779 76/.658 34/1.041 .774
Home 54/.817 27/.721 53/.832 3/.000 42/.805 / 55/.543 53/.701 44/.608 52/.806
Last 28d days 98/.766 7/.452 49/.951 38/.745 51/1.222 23/.558 51/.723 35/.945 46/.810 38/1.027
HR/SB/CS 6/4/2 4/0/0 4/3/0 1/2/0 5/2/1 0/2/0 2/4/1 3/0/0 4/11/0 3/1/0 86/61/15
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ·oX·o··X ·oX···X· ···XX·X· ··X····· XoX····X ·X···o·· ··XX·o·· ·o···o·X
Astros Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/208 .315/.359/.456/.814 1.037/.724 .758 109/.806 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/no AB 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/167 .232/.308/.358/.666 .518/.706 .612 66/.802 6/3 5/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/119 .246/.320/.358/.678 .318/.782 .688 48/.796 0/0 1/5
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/54 .167/.211/.344/.555 .504/.594 .423 37/.439 1/2 4/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 246/193 .270/.313/.404/.717 .541/.764 .859 86/.640 3/0 5/9
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/.650 7/1.714 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 220/170 .300/.355/.414/.768 .503/.846 .868 48/.660 0/0 4/3
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 250/185 .268/.352/.500/.852 .665/.916 .960 93/.882 2/0 13/6
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 246/178 .227/.314/.366/.680 .789/.640 .662 91/.648 0/1 7/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/77 .237/.326/.483/.809 .766/.834 .992 70/.964 1/2 8/2
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/190 .241/.311/.320/.631 .395/.678 .661 69/.570 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 76.2 27.2 22.0 34.1 3.2 29.2 36.1 23.1 5.1 26.1 TOTAL .249/.315/.385/.700 .649/.718 .734 .733 44/17 60/49
ERA-K/9 5.05/6.2 1.63/6.8 4.91/9.4 2.36/12.9 4.91/4.9 2.73/8.5 3.22/8.2 3.86/12.4 3.38/8.5 2.05/7.9 4.04/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (36-7-4)
 Snyder (25-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 326/.274 116/.248 97/.229 136/.171 15/.286 119/.215 145/.228 105/.261 21/.263 111/.250 .260  Schafer
 Maxwell
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Downs
 Bixler
 Johnson
0/53/0/3
12/22/6/2
0/4/53/2
52/0/0/1
0/0/5/1
3/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .756 .651 .815 .543 .690 .537 .648 .666 .860 .677 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.735 59/.628 37/.972 58/.698 3/1.667 44/.357 57/.733 39/.723 11/.384 59/.586 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 241/.763 57/.673 60/.710 78/.436 12/.432 75/.644 88/.595 66/.632 10/1.300 52/.783 .740
Road 164/.830 66/.568 41/1.168 82/.330 15/.690 56/.470 73/.654 51/.589 13/.839 55/.619
Last 28d days 104/.813 46/.548 42/1.020 47/.356 15/.690 38/.594 58/.551 49/.475 / 32/.668
HR/SB/CS 9/11/4 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·X·o··X ·X······ ··Xo·oo· ···Xo··· o·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.