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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 2:10pm, Saturday, June 2, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 22-30, 22-30 3rd, 9 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (28, RHP, 3-3, 2.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-3)			58.0	62	22	19	16	40	5	2.95
2011 (9-9)			170.2	168	73	63	25	123	11	3.32
2009 (7-4)			97.1	96	55	50	36	65	13	4.62

Last 7 GS		3-2	46.0	49	16	16	14	34	4	3.13	54
2012-05-17	@TEX	ND	5.1	8	4	4	3	4	2	91	37
2012-05-12	DET	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	91	79
2012-05-02	@BOS	W	6.2	5	1	1	3	4	0	113	61
2012-04-27	@BAL	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	97	60
2012-04-21	CLE	L	7.0	10	2	2	3	4	0	113	50
2012-04-16	@LAA	L	7.0	11	5	5	0	4	1	99	39
2012-04-11	KCR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	102	54

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	19.0	20	12	12	8	7	1	5.68	43
2012-04-11	KCR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	102	54
2011-05-07	@KCR	L	8.1	7	4	4	2	3	0	107	54
2005-06-20	KCR	ND	4.2	7	6	6	4	0	0	103	22

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   10-15   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  14-21   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 7-10   vsWest:  8-10 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @KCR  L   0-2       22-30  3rd  9.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @MIN  L   0-4       22-29  3rd  9.0 gb
 50 Tue, May 29  @MIN  L   2-3       22-28  3rd  9.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @MIN  L   4-5       22-27  3rd  9.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   NYY  L   0-2       22-26  3rd  8.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 26   NYY  L   2-9       22-25  3rd  7.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 25   NYY  L   3-6       22-24  2nd  6.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 23   LAA  L   1-3 (11)  22-23  2nd  5.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 22   LAA  L   0-5       22-22  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 21   LAA  W   2-1       22-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Royals, 22-28, 22-28 4th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 3-5, 6.19)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-5)			52.1	62	37	36	18	43	4	6.19
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		2-4	37.0	46	27	26	13	31	4	6.32	43
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
2012-05-06	NYY	L	2.1	7	7	7	1	0	2	51	14
2012-05-01	@DET	L	4.0	12	9	9	3	2	0	75	1
2012-04-25	@CLE	W	6.1	4	2	2	3	4	0	97	58

Last 5 v.OAK		0-4	31.1	24	16	13	12	16	2	3.73	53
2011-06-15	@OAK	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	91	57
2011-05-07	OAK	ND	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	94	68
2010-09-13	OAK	L	5.0	2	2	0	3	2	0	78	58
2009-08-31	@OAK	L	5.1	6	7	6	4	5	0	108	31
2009-08-09	OAK	L	7.0	7	4	4	3	6	2	114	50

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    6-17   Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Fri, Jun  1   OAK  W   2-0       22-28  4th  7.0 gb
 49 Wed, May 30  @CLE  W   6-3       21-28  4th  7.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 29  @CLE  W   8-2       20-28  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 28  @CLE  L   5-8       19-28  4th  7.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 27  @BAL  W   4-2       19-27  4th  6.5 gb
 45 Sat, May 26  @BAL  W   4-3       18-27  4th  7.5 gb
 44 Fri, May 25  @BAL  L   2-8       17-27  4th  8.5 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @NYY  L   3-8       17-26  4th  8.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @NYY  L   2-3       17-25  4th  7.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 21  @NYY  W   6-0       17-24  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 01, 2012 KCR  2  OAK  0        W:Felipe Paulino (3-1), L: Bartolo Colon (4-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (12)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 OAK  5  KCR  4 (12)   W:Andrew Carignan (1-1), L: Jonathan Broxton (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 KCR  3 @OAK  0  (8)   W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Graham Godfrey (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 OAK  1  KCR  0        W:Tommy Milone (1-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (2)

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 OAK  7  KCR  0        W:Guillermo Moscoso (8-8), L: Bruce Chen (10-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (4-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (12-12), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 KCR 11 @OAK  6        W:Greg Holland (4-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 OAK  8  KCR  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-5), L: Jeff Francis (3-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Josh Outman (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (4-7), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (1-2), L: Trevor Cahill (6-5), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 298-245

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 5.63 TBR 4.25 PIT 3.04	RA/G WSN 3.34 NYY 4.33 COL 5.53	BA C. Ruiz .381 S. Choo .266 R. Weeks .158	OBP D. Wright .469 M. Napoli .333 N. Hundley .228	SLG J. Hamilton .758 A. Rios .426 K. Suzuki .256	OPS J. Hamilton 1.175 A. Rios .760 K. Suzuki .502	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 F. Doubront 3.86 M. Minor 6.98	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.70 E. Jackson 7.30 H. Alvarez 2.63

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.63

TBR 4.25

PIT 3.04

RA/G

WSN 3.34

NYY 4.33

COL 5.53

C. Ruiz .381

S. Choo .266

R. Weeks .158

OBP

D. Wright .469

M. Napoli .333

N. Hundley .228

SLG

J. Hamilton .758

A. Rios .426

K. Suzuki .256

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.175

A. Rios .760

K. Suzuki .502

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

F. Doubront 3.86

M. Minor 6.98

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.70

E. Jackson 7.30

H. Alvarez 2.63

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Athletics Batters (3.15 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 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 15/.481 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 8/.542 ··· 126/91 .198/.325/.283/.608 .544/.634 .724 64/.540 1/0 1/0

52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/90 .236/.309/.418/.727 .833/.688 .475 9/.444 4/2 5/0

12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 60/36 .245/.333/.264/.597 1.015/.342 .676 53/.606 2/3 0/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 113/82 .173/.225/.192/.418 .412/.420 .503 40/.320 7/0 0/1

20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/57 .141/.140/.235/.375 .345/.390 .425 54/.487 1/0 1/5

31.Gomes G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 123/65 .220/.366/.400/.766 .831/.709 .889 66/.589 2/0 5/0

7.Inge G/S/vP 16/.501 2/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/1.167 6/.334 ··· 82/49 .178/.256/.425/.681 .679/.681 .570 39/1.015 0/0 5/2

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 122/88 .232/.295/.384/.679 .761/.647 .642 56/.655 1/0 3/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 12/.258 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 194/135 .197/.255/.270/.525 .488/.541 .610 85/.480 7/2 1/5

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 218/148 .265/.332/.541/.873 .843/.887 .849 102/1.007 5/0 14/2

17.Rosales G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/3 .200/.467/.200/.667 .533/ 1.025 15/.667 0/0 0/0

15.Smith* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 162/139 .224/.352/.343/.695 .451/.739 .584 77/.711 1/1 4/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 13/.385 1/2.000 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 4/.833 ··· 167/121 .205/.246/.256/.502 .608/.461 .548 69/.409 1/0 0/2

19.Weeks# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 213/143 .221/.302/.321/.623 .705/.581 .611 94/.747 10/5 2/5

IP 52.1 20.2 15.2 26.0 22.1 28.0 14.0 6.0 21.2 9.1 TOTAL .208/.287/.329/.615 .643/.603 .626 .619 43/13 42/31

ERA-K/9

6.19/7.4

1.74/6.1

3.45/7.5

2.42/13.2

2.82/8.5

3.21/8.0

5.79/12.2

4.50/3.0

2.49/6.6

6.75/5.8

4.20/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Suzuki (23-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 230/.300 86/.243 65/.200 104/.188 87/.169 107/.214 67/.278 25/.304 93/.265 41/.263 .261 Reddick
Cespedes
Smith
Cowgill
Crisp
Gomes 0/6/45/5
1/28/0/2
21/0/5/2
6/10/3/1
16/11/0/1
17/0/0/0

OPS .790 .659 .731 .584 .472 .631 .746 .711 .709 .843 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.828 44/.753 27/1.016 49/.667 33/.354 45/.685 30/.767 8/1.167 53/.535 16/.741 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.728 42/.564 38/.509 55/.515 54/.544 62/.592 37/.727 17/.529 40/.946 25/.903 .739

Home 80/.934 36/.761 44/.583 37/.981 41/.487 55/.607 30/.961 / 41/.866 /

Last 28d days 115/.799 46/.622 28/.590 41/.568 36/.379 54/.415 31/.391 25/.711 39/.671 41/.843

HR/SB/CS 4/8/1 1/0/1 3/0/2 3/5/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 0/0/0 0/2/0 2/2/1 3/2/0 42/45/20

Usage ·····X·· o·X··oX· ·······X ··XX·oX· ··oo·o·· o··X·X·X o···X·o· ········ ··X·Xoo· ···X····

Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 38.Carignan
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 53.Miller
G/S/vB 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Betancourt G/S/vP 5/1.800 7/.429 ··· 7/1.142 ··· ··· 7/.500 ··· 1/.000 58/46 .278/.328/.426/.754 .417/.846 .866 4/.750 0/0 1/1

16.Butler G/S/vP 7/1.119 9/.236 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 214/158 .289/.350/.515/.866 1.163/.766 .857 103/.870 0/1 11/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/95 .246/.315/.298/.614 .504/.655 .491 91/.591 8/3 0/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 194/144 .304/.344/.403/.747 .777/.737 .831 94/.771 8/1 1/4

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 7/.715 3/.667 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 206/154 .280/.325/.446/.771 .876/.736 .657 98/.922 1/3 5/1

9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 50/20 .239/.300/.304/.604 .526/.718 .485 50/.604 0/0 0/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.762 9/.111 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 ··· 1/.000 225/155 .239/.333/.371/.704 .642/.732 .695 109/.596 1/1 4/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 7/.629 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 206/145 .205/.267/.347/.614 .424/.696 .533 91/.566 2/1 6/3

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· 5/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/46 .200/.290/.364/.654 .750/.608 .464 20/.474 1/0 2/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 189/141 .275/.344/.485/.829 .597/.913 .904 89/.756 1/0 8/6

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 87/63 .271/.287/.376/.664 .583/.695 .786 39/.718 0/1 1/1

33.Quintero G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 108/83 .245/.278/.382/.660 .461/.719 .629 56/.696 0/1 1/4

IP 58.0 25.1 16.0 23.1 8.0 24.0 19.2 13.2 25.1 TOTAL .261/.318/.403/.721 .668/.741 .716 .707 29/15 40/34

ERA-K/9

2.95/6.2

3.55/6.8

3.38/5.1

1.93/8.5

5.63/7.9

0.75/7.9

4.12/6.9

1.32/7.9

3.91/6.4

3.67/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (22-9-1)
Quintero (23-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.271 102/.200 66/.230 89/.197 37/.222 91/.080 83/.237 54/.200 102/.184 .250 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Maier 0/0/49/5
49/0/0/3
0/30/0/1
0/15/1/0

OPS .722 .651 .610 .679 .713 .342 .675 .559 .553 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.840 61/.567 18/.625 43/.692 15/.629 42/.367 33/.751 24/.481 40/.476 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.580 41/.766 48/.606 46/.662 22/.762 49/.322 50/.627 30/.621 62/.596 .647

Road 117/.798 52/.801 38/.697 38/.580 16/.313 57/.464 46/.646 22/.482 47/.403

Last 28d days 55/.676 45/.578 54/.597 48/.525 16/.542 40/.375 32/.638 33/.499 49/.503

HR/SB/CS 5/8/2 3/1/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 45/30/15

Usage ···XXo·· ····X··· o··o···X o·o····· ····Xo·· ···X·o·· ··o····X ··X·X·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.