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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, April 20, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Blue Jays, 6-6, 6-6 4th, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Drabek (24, RHP, 2-0, 1.42)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 12.2 9 3 2 4 10 1 1.42
2011 (4-5) 78.2 87 54 53 55 51 10 6.06
2010 (0-3) 17.0 18 9 9 5 12 2 4.76
Last 7 GS 3-3 35.1 39 25 24 22 23 5 6.11 43
2012-04-15 BAL W 7.1 6 2 1 1 6 1 103 65
2012-04-10 BOS W 5.1 3 1 1 3 4 0 91 59
2011-06-12 BOS L 4.0 7 8 8 4 5 3 91 17
2011-06-07 @KCR W 5.1 9 5 5 3 0 0 99 27
2011-06-01 CLE L 0.2 3 4 4 3 1 0 38 28
2011-05-27 CHW ND 6.2 3 2 2 5 4 0 121 59
2011-05-22 HOU L 6.0 8 3 3 3 3 1 104 44
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 5.1 9 5 5 3 0 0 8.44 27
2011-06-07 @KCR W 5.1 9 5 5 3 0 0 99 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   4-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Thu, Apr 19   TBR  L   4-9        6-6   4th  1.5 gb
 11 Wed, Apr 18   TBR  L   2-12       6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Tue, Apr 17   TBR  W   7-3        6-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   BAL  W   9-2        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Sat, Apr 14   BAL  L   4-6        4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   BAL  L   5-7        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Wed, Apr 11   BOS  W   3-1        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10   BOS  W   7-3        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   BOS  L   2-4        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @CLE  L   3-4        2-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6
Royals, 3-9, 3-9 5th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 1-1, 7.84)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 10.1 14 9 9 3 7 0 7.84
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 44.0 40 24 22 12 39 3 4.50 52
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
2011-08-29 @DET W 7.0 8 5 5 2 7 0 107 46
2011-08-24 @TOR ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 100 56
Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 31.2 26 13 12 12 18 3 3.41 54
2011-08-24 @TOR ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 100 56
2011-06-09 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 98 57
2009-06-06 @TOR W 6.2 4 2 2 2 3 1 91 59
2008-05-24 @TOR L 6.0 6 5 4 4 4 1 108 42
2008-04-26 TOR W 6.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 99 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-6    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-7    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   0-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-6    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18   DET  L   3-4        3-9   5th  6.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   DET  L   1-3        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   DET  L   2-3        3-7   4th  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   CLE  L   7-13       3-6   4th  3.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   CLE  L   9-11(10)   3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   CLE  L   3-8        3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @OAK  L   4-5 (12)   3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @OAK  W   3-0  (8)   3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @OAK  L   0-1        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @LAA  W   7-3        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 3-9    Last 30: 3-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Jeff Francis (5-14), L: Brett Cecil (4-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 TOR  4  KCR  3        W:Jesse Litsch (5-3), L: Louis Coleman (1-3), S: Frank Francisco (11)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 KCR  6 @TOR  4        W:Bruce Chen (9-5), L: Brandon Morrow (9-8), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 KCR  3  TOR  2        W:Luke Hochevar (4-6), L: Ricky Romero (5-6), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 TOR  9 @KCR  8        W:Carlos Villanueva (4-0), L: Danny Duffy (0-2), S: Casey Janssen (1)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 TOR  8 @KCR  5        W:Kyle Drabek (4-4), L: Vin Mazzaro (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (7)
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 KCR  3  TOR  2 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (4-3), L: Frank Francisco (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 KCR  5  TOR  2        W:Zack Greinke (6-9), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 TOR 13 @KCR  1        W:Jesse Litsch (1-4), L: Anthony Lerew (1-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 KCR  5  TOR  4 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (3-0), L: Kevin Gregg (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - KCR won 4-3; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TOR leads 177-174

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.

Blue Jays Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.92 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		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 5/1.150 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 ··· 486/370 .219/.282/.438/.720 .838/.682 .726 39/.380 1/1 23/6
19.Bautista G/S/vP 9/.778 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 655/502 .302/.447/.608/1.056 1.156/1.025 1.049 56/.756 9/5 43/8
11.Davis G/S/vP 12/.606 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 338/248 .238/.273/.350/.623 .829/.551 .512 19/.576 34/11 1/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/.666 7/.286 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 5/.650 ··· 530/395 .272/.334/.453/.787 .845/.767 .680 54/.932 8/2 17/12
5.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 590/457 .290/.369/.413/.782 .929/.740 .670 62/.657 3/3 11/14
8.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/167 .244/.340/.364/.704 .661/.738 .734 9/.708 4/4 6/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 613/452 .222/.304/.413/.717 .626/.750 .731 59/.709 16/6 21/10
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 171/122 .293/.373/.580/.953 .786/1.022 .900 53/.729 7/1 9/6
26.Lind* G/S/vP 11/.546 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 542/393 .251/.295/.439/.734 .639/.771 .721 43/.796 1/1 26/4
6.Mathis G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 281/166 .174/.225/.259/.484 .469/.494 .557 10/1.500 1/2 3/3
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 526/375 .225/.298/.391/.688 .670/.695 .742 48/.612 5/2 14/6
14.Thames* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 394/303 .262/.313/.456/.769 .637/.809 .714 36/.587 2/1 12/2
17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 9/.222 8/.971 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.200 ··· 182/155 .251/.287/.305/.592 .400/.618 .602 4/.500 1/2 0/1
IP 198.0 12.2 59.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 60.0 49.0 44.0 TOTAL .240/.312/.396/.707 .746/.691 .591 .707 6/2 15/8
ERA-K/9 4.68/5.8 5.68/7.1 2.87/9.6 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 1.80/11.1 4.59/5.5 3.27/5.7 4.35/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (87-28-12)
 Mathis (48-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.252 62/.283 244/.207 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 233/.175 228/.275 175/.231 .262  Bautista
 Rasmus
 Francisco
 Davis
 Thames
0/0/116/13
0/127/0/4
14/0/55/4
4/79/8/2
53/0/27/2
OPS .742 .840 .685 .681 .711 1.232 .521 .797 .710 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 456/.766 26/.670 89/.803 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 106/.522 97/.698 73/.570 .806
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.714 36/.951 155/.619 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 127/.519 131/.874 102/.799 .706
Home 480/.739 45/.868 141/.703 149/.765 140/.678 6/2.100 104/.330 114/.740 105/.797
Last 28d days 45/.830 21/.617 15/1.026 29/.882 26/.443 27/.949 31/.835 26/.776 15/.277
HR/SB/CS 23/20/3 2/0/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/2/3 8/3/1 11/9/2
Usage ······X· ·o···o·· ·o··X··· ··o··X·· ·o·X·o·· ·Xo··oo· ··Xo·X·· ·o··XX·· ······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.

Royals Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 4.Drabek
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 46.Crawford*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 10/.600 ··· 4/.000 8/.000 7/.619 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .679 26/.826 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .636 11/.636 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/.619 3/.000 7/.619 1/.000 6/.333 3/.000 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .862 50/1.025 2/1 19/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 5/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .551 49/.692 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.786 ··· 4/.000 3/1.667 7/2.071 1/.000 3/.666 7/1.238 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .823 49/.612 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.334 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .639 25/.708 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 5/1.600 8/.625 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.583 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .937 53/.479 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/3.500 3/.000 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .804 54/.593 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .743 19/.806 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .617 44/.669 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .479 20/.926 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .604 26/1.033 1/0 2/5
IP 78.2 69.2 60.0 55.2 51.0 65.0 63.1 107.0 TOTAL .255/.306/.404/.710 .647/.726 .745 .710 6/7 9/8
ERA-K/9 6.06/5.8 2.45/5.4 /0.0 3.60/8.6 2.26/8.6 2.29/7.8 5.12/7.5 3.55/13.1 4.04/5.7 4.23/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.289 274/.198 / 261/.257 223/.228 215/.236 294/.287 260/.181 454/.251 .219  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Bourgeois
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
34/34/13/1
OPS .857 .591 .770 .594 .591 .823 .596 .696 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.924 126/.736 / 126/.841 119/.539 94/.587 116/.697 129/.723 241/.713 .669
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.766 148/.465 / 135/.706 104/.659 121/.594 178/.907 131/.472 213/.677 .786
Road 181/.814 147/.673 / 108/.690 75/.356 85/.669 160/.736 115/.447 247/.658
Last 28d days 50/.638 23/.840 10/.686 27/.734 27/.835 12/.606 29/.287 19/.992 24/.708
HR/SB/CS 10/8/3 6/9/2 // 7/10/2 2/2/3 3/4/2 9/2/3 6/5/0 11/13/1 20/4/3
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· X···o··· X·o···o· ·····Xo· ······X· ·X··o··· ··o····· ·X······

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.