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Game Preview: MIL @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, June 14, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Brewers, 28-34, 28-34 4th, 6½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Shaun Marcum (30, RHP, 5-3, 3.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-3)			74.2	66	31	29	24	72	9	3.50
2011 (13-7)			200.2	175	84	79	57	158	22	3.54
2010 (13-8)			195.1	181	84	79	43	165	24	3.64

Last 7 GS		4-2	43.2	39	19	18	12	42	6	3.71	56
2012-06-08	SDP	W	5.2	6	3	3	3	6	2	115	48
2012-06-02	PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	112	71
2012-05-28	@LAD	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	9	0	119	68
2012-05-22	SFG	L	6.0	5	6	6	2	5	2	109	41
2012-05-17	@HOU	L	5.0	9	4	3	1	5	1	91	39
2012-05-12	CHC	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	105	71
2012-05-06	@SFG	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	82	51

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	34.0	23	8	7	9	24	2	1.85	63
2010-04-21	KCR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	104	58
2008-05-26	KCR	W	7.1	5	2	1	1	6	0	99	67
2008-04-26	@KCR	L	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	109	62
2007-08-10	@KCR	W	6.2	1	0	0	2	4	0	81	74
2006-08-25	KCR	W	6.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	97	56

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

 Home:   16-17   Road:   12-17   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  20-25   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 13-12 IL: 1-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Wed, Jun 13  @KCR  L   3-4 (11)  28-34  4th  6.5 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12  @KCR  L   1-2       28-33  4th  5.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   SDP  W   6-5       28-32  4th  4.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9   SDP  L   2-5       27-32  4th  5.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8   SDP  W   9-5       27-31  4th  5.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7   CHC  W   4-3 (10)  26-31  4th  5.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6   CHC  W   8-0       25-31  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5   CHC  L   0-10      24-31  4th  6.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3   PIT  L   5-6       24-30  4th  6.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2   PIT  W   5-1       24-29  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Royals, 26-34, 26-34 4th, 7 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 3-7, 6.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-7)			63.0	76	47	46	22	49	4	6.57
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		1-5	37.1	44	26	25	11	31	4	6.03	44
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
2012-05-06	NYY	L	2.1	7	7	7	1	0	2	51	14

Has never faced MIL as starter.

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

 Home:   10-20   Road:   16-14   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 55 Wed, Jun  6   MIN  L   2-4       24-31  4th  6.5 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  5   MIN  W   1-0       24-30  4th  6.5 gb
 53 Mon, Jun  4   MIN  L   7-10      23-30  4th  7.5 gb
 52 Sun, Jun  3   OAK  W   2-0       23-29  4th  7.0 gb
 51 Sat, Jun  2   OAK  L   3-9       22-29  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 KCR  4  MIL  3 (11)   W:Tim Collins (3-0), L: Kameron Loe (2-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 KCR  2  MIL  1        W:Greg Holland (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (15)

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 KCR  4 @MIL  3 (11)   W:David Riske (1-2), L: Jose Capellan (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 MIL  7  KCR  1        W:Dave Bush (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 MIL 11  KCR  6        W:Jeff Suppan (8-7), L: Jorge De La Rosa (4-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 25, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  0        W:Mark Redman (5-4), L: Rick Helling (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  5        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-1), L: Doug Davis (4-5), S: Ambiorix Burgos (12)
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 MIL  7 @KCR  2        W:Dave Bush (5-6), L: Bobby Keppel (0-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2001 MIL  5  KCR  2        W:Jamey Wright (6-4), L: Blake Stein (3-5), S: Curt Leskanic (8)
Sat, Jun 16, 2001 KCR  4 @MIL  1        W:Dan Reichert (6-6), L: Jimmy Haynes (5-8), S: Roberto Hernandez (12)
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 2-0; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 208-172

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 5.27 LAD 4.31 PIT 3.25	RA/G WSN 3.25 KCR 4.30 COL 5.77	BA M. Cabrera .367 D. DeJesus .268 B. Ryan .157	OBP J. Votto .483 A. Ramirez .335 A. Ramirez .238	SLG J. Hamilton .683 D. Jeter .431 B. Ryan .241	OPS J. Votto 1.131 M. Wieters .760 B. Ryan .508	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 J. Vargas 3.90 L. Hochevar 6.57	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 J. Weaver 7.43 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.27

LAD 4.31

PIT 3.25

RA/G

WSN 3.25

KCR 4.30

COL 5.77

M. Cabrera .367

D. DeJesus .268

B. Ryan .157

OBP

J. Votto .483

A. Ramirez .335

A. Ramirez .238

SLG

J. Hamilton .683

D. Jeter .431

B. Ryan .241

OPS

J. Votto 1.131

M. Wieters .760

B. Ryan .508

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

J. Vargas 3.90

L. Hochevar 6.57

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

J. Weaver 7.43

H. Alvarez 2.72

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Brewers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 47.Adcock
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 158/105 .297/.362/.471/.833 .862/.817 .757 94/.879 5/1 3/1

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 250/195 .311/.388/.580/.968 .849/1.002 .876 94/.941 11/4 15/3

14.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 43/24 .077/.140/.231/.370 .452/.307 .059 23/.667 0/0 2/0

27.Gomez G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 109/57 .257/.292/.406/.698 .727/.671 .731 55/.597 6/2 2/2

5.Green* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/66 .230/.310/.426/.736 .933/.719 .656 49/.790 0/0 2/2

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 259/201 .252/.311/.500/.811 .934/.777 .620 108/.776 1/0 13/2

9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 80/66 .228/.443/.421/.864 .681/.884 .726 31/.604 0/0 3/0

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 44/35 .237/.326/.474/.799 .542/.846 .481 44/.799 0/0 3/0

29.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 49/34 .222/.271/.333/.604 .343/.722 .708 38/.500 1/0 1/3

2.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 157/150 .227/.292/.284/.576 .286/.587 .421 59/.785 7/2 2/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 233/183 .257/.335/.437/.772 .829/.756 .717 78/.969 2/0 5/5

21.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 117/85 .220/.333/.400/.733 1.060/.617 .701 66/.488 0/0 4/3

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 254/191 .167/.307/.292/.599 .711/.561 .603 93/.617 4/0 5/6

IP 63.0 23.2 23.2 30.0 27.2 33.2 22.0 25.1 TOTAL .240/.316/.409/.725 .771/.710 .653 .747 44/12 71/40

ERA-K/9

6.57/7.0

3.42/4.6

1.52/6.1

2.10/13.2

2.93/8.8

3.21/7.7

3.68/12.3

2.49/7.8

4.06/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (14-4-0)
Maldonado (4-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.305 105/.305 100/.253 120/.183 112/.208 133/.228 97/.247 106/.242 .258 Braun
Gomez
Aoki
Hart
Morgan 57/0/0/4
0/37/0/1
8/14/17/0
0/0/48/0
7/33/12/0

OPS .807 .825 .671 .580 .523 .643 .644 .661 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.858 51/.766 53/.639 55/.713 43/.317 53/.709 38/.686 56/.562 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.732 54/.881 47/.705 65/.474 69/.653 80/.601 59/.616 50/.775 .725

Home 102/.935 60/.815 50/.756 50/.918 63/.596 71/.649 54/.740 54/.728

Last 28d days 100/.848 43/.782 37/.506 40/.532 37/.575 57/.487 53/.394 36/.590

HR/SB/CS 4/9/3 3/2/2 1/1/1 3/5/0 1/2/1 4/5/2 0/0/1 2/2/1 46/59/26

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·X······ o····o·· oo··o··X X···X··o XX·oo··o o······o

Royals Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Marcum
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 46.Perez*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 40.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Betancourt G/S/vP 17/.412 ··· ··· 18/1.194 1/.000 ··· 15/.600 3/1.000 87/63 .250/.291/.438/.728 .417/.857 .761 33/.685 0/1 3/4

16.Butler G/S/vP 13/.802 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 253/184 .301/.364/.498/.861 1.142/.763 .865 95/.889 1/1 11/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/113 .248/.306/.291/.597 .527/.625 .517 66/.480 10/3 0/4

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/166 .292/.330/.392/.722 .667/.743 .765 88/.643 10/1 1/8

21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 242/177 .275/.314/.419/.733 .773/.719 .645 90/.890 1/3 5/1

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 98/77 .279/.323/.384/.706 .528/.754 .718 10/.667 6/1 0/2

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.639 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 270/183 .247/.344/.391/.736 .655/.774 .760 102/.765 3/2 5/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 245/170 .221/.290/.374/.664 .539/.720 .627 89/.856 5/1 7/4

12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/50 .190/.288/.345/.633 .750/.582 .464 20/.544 2/0 2/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 226/167 .270/.341/.475/.816 .575/.906 .909 92/.758 1/0 9/8

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 106/74 .255/.274/.363/.636 .500/.697 .722 40/.721 0/1 1/3

33.Quintero G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 125/95 .235/.264/.361/.625 .555/.647 .569 47/.532 0/1 1/4

25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/

IP 74.2 23.2 27.0 27.0 30.1 7.0 29.0 28.0 TOTAL .259/.315/.396/.710 .650/.735 .712 .715 40/17 45/48

ERA-K/9

3.50/8.7

4.94/12.9

4.33/6.3

3.00/6.0

4.15/9.8

5.14/12.9

4.34/8.1

4.18/10.3

4.26/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (29-11-1)
Quintero (30-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 312/.234 113/.240 117/.276 115/.243 132/.254 34/.200 126/.289 130/.259 .266 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Hosmer
Maier 0/2/56/6
59/0/0/5
0/38/0/2
0/0/2/1
0/16/4/0

OPS .687 .719 .802 .669 .673 .892 .782 .720 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.704 60/.763 42/1.034 53/.782 61/.494 17/.520 65/.717 71/.691 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.670 53/.669 75/.676 62/.571 71/.832 17/1.240 61/.846 59/.752 .742

Road 154/.608 47/.704 55/.708 43/.472 42/.414 3/.000 62/.750 55/.756

Last 28d days 106/.719 54/.697 41/.877 49/.711 58/.669 34/.892 55/.879 46/.462

HR/SB/CS 9/8/2 1/2/1 2/0/1 3/4/0 1/5/2 2/1/0 3/7/0 1/3/0 53/52/17

Usage ·····X·· X··X··X· ·····X·· o····o·· o···X··· ·······o oo·Xo·X· o··X··oX

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.