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Game Preview: TBR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, June 25, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Rays, 40-32, 40-32 3rd, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (24, RHP, 3-3, 3.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-3)			37.2	32	18	16	12	32	2	3.82
2011 (3-2)			52.2	49	21	20	21	37	3	3.42

Last 7 GS		3-4	42.0	40	23	21	16	36	3	4.50	51
2012-06-17	MIA	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	100	82
2012-06-12	NYM	L	6.2	7	6	5	3	6	0	109	41
2012-06-06	@NYY	L	7.0	5	4	4	1	4	2	105	54
2012-05-30	CHW	L	5.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	91	36
2012-05-25	@BOS	W	5.0	3	2	1	4	2	0	96	53
2012-05-19	ATL	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	113	61
2011-08-06	OAK	L	4.1	8	5	5	4	4	1	93	27

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	7.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	67
2011-07-24	@KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	85	67

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

 Home:   21-15   Road:   19-17   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  29-18   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @PHI  W   7-3       40-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24  @PHI  W   3-2       39-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23  @PHI  L   6-7       38-32  3rd  4.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 21  @WSN  L   2-5       38-31  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20  @WSN  L   2-3       38-30  3rd  3.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19  @WSN  W   5-4       38-29  3rd  3.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17   MIA  W   3-0       37-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16   MIA  L   3-4 (15)  36-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 15   MIA  W  11-0       36-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 14   NYM  L   6-9       35-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Royals, 31-39, 31-39 4th, 6 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 4-7, 5.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-7)			78.0	87	50	49	27	60	6	5.65
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	43.0	45	22	21	14	37	4	4.40	50
2012-06-19	@HOU	W	7.2	5	0	0	4	6	0	93	71
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

Last 5 v.TBR		1-1	26.1	33	18	18	8	19	2	6.15	43
2011-08-08	@TBR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	106	68
2011-07-22	TBR	W	5.1	6	4	4	3	2	2	100	39
2010-04-29	@TBR	L	2.2	11	9	9	2	1	0	73	-1
2009-07-19	TBR	ND	6.1	7	2	2	0	9	0	97	60
2008-07-26	TBR	ND	5.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	78	50

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

 Home:   11-23   Road:   20-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  23-28   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sun, Jun 24   STL  L   8-11      31-39  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 23   STL  L   2-8       31-38  4th  5.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 22   STL  L   4-11      31-37  4th  5.5 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 20  @HOU  W   2-1       31-36  4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 TBR  4  KCR  1        W:Jeff Niemann (7-4), L: Danny Duffy (3-6), S: Kyle Farnsworth (21)
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 TBR  8  KCR  7        W:Jake McGee (1-1), L: Joakim Soria (5-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 TBR  4  KCR  0        W:James Shields (11-9), L: Jeff Francis (4-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 TBR  2  KCR  1        W:Kyle Farnsworth (4-1), L: Blake Wood (5-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 TBR  5 @KCR  0        W:Alex Cobb (3-0), L: Felipe Paulino (1-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 KCR  5  TBR  4 (10)   W:Joakim Soria (5-3), L: Brandon Gomes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 KCR 10  TBR  4        W:Luke Hochevar (6-8), L: Wade Davis (7-7), S: none
Sun, Oct 03, 2010 TBR  3 @KCR  2 (12)   W:Jeff Niemann (12-8), L: Dusty Hughes (1-3), S: Rafael Soriano (45)
Sat, Oct 02, 2010 TBR  4 @KCR  0        W:Chad Qualls (3-4), L: Kyle Davies (8-12), S: none
Fri, Oct 01, 2010 KCR  7  TBR  0        W:Bruce Chen (12-7), L: James Shields (13-15), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TBR won 5-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - TBR leads 65-48

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 BAL 4.26 SDP 3.33	RA/G WSN 3.26 PHI 4.39 COL 5.68	BA D. Wright .360 M. Saunders .267 B. Ryan .181	OBP J. Votto .484 N. Markakis .333 O. Hudson .254	SLG J. Votto .653 T. Helton .429 K. Suzuki .268	OPS J. Votto 1.137 B. Lawrie .767 K. Suzuki .523	ERA B. Beachy 2.00 J. Shields 3.99 M. Minor 6.14	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.79 R. Dempster 7.33 H. Alvarez 2.70

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.29

BAL 4.26

SDP 3.33

RA/G

WSN 3.26

PHI 4.39

COL 5.68

D. Wright .360

M. Saunders .267

B. Ryan .181

OBP

J. Votto .484

N. Markakis .333

O. Hudson .254

SLG

J. Votto .653

T. Helton .429

K. Suzuki .268

OPS

J. Votto 1.137

B. Lawrie .767

K. Suzuki .523

ERA

B. Beachy 2.00

J. Shields 3.99

M. Minor 6.14

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.79

R. Dempster 7.33

H. Alvarez 2.70

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Rays Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
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

36.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 51/26 .130/.196/.304/.500 .591/.410 .417 29/.870 0/0 2/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 204/149 .238/.304/.346/.650 .684/.638 .703 78/.520 11/1 3/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 185/110 .264/.341/.393/.733 .603/.838 .918 73/.772 11/4 4/8

7.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 107/60 .320/.355/.420/.775 .982/.617 .662 13/1.122 0/0 2/0

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/39 .255/.379/.345/.724 .875/.659 .893 51/.721 0/1 0/3

35.Matsui* G/S/vP 13/.672 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/2.300 71/42 .169/.239/.277/.516 .584/.471 .468 71/.516 0/0 2/0

28.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 126/100 .191/.262/.339/.601 .364/.654 .642 38/.718 0/0 4/3

23.Pena* G/S/vP 13/1.121 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 310/194 .199/.348/.359/.707 .599/.774 .623 98/.672 1/1 10/3

10.Rhymes* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 103/80 .226/.291/.247/.539 .130/.653 .583 32/.295 1/2 0/6

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 238/158 .219/.267/.340/.607 .662/.576 .591 72/.501 3/0 5/9

2.Upton G/S/vP 16/.875 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 247/160 .259/.314/.391/.705 .622/.748 .622 103/.586 13/3 5/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 13/.641 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 294/190 .237/.367/.427/.795 .758/.815 .945 91/.850 6/5 9/7

IP 78.0 28.2 1.0 37.1 32.1 39.1 24.1 29.1 TOTAL .234/.320/.377/.696 .669/.710 .710 .635 55/22 70/61

ERA-K/9

5.65/6.9

1.57/6.9

9.00/0.0

3.13/12.3

2.78/8.1

2.97/8.5

4.44/13.0

1.84/8.6

4.24/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lobaton (14-2-0)
Molina (18-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.291 121/.255 5/.400 151/.187 130/.231 156/.224 113/.284 121/.239 .264 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Johnson
Matsui 0/57/0/6
0/0/45/2
32/17/0/1
3/0/0/0
8/0/4/0

OPS .785 .658 .800 .592 .556 .627 .747 .647 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.811 60/.617 3/.667 62/.781 48/.369 60/.729 41/.684 65/.562 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.750 61/.696 2/1.000 89/.469 82/.667 96/.566 72/.783 56/.750 .753

Home 129/.908 50/.756 5/.800 69/.919 74/.621 79/.633 58/.880 65/.683

Last 28d days 106/.773 43/.638 5/.800 55/.548 48/.644 57/.561 50/.711 32/.485

HR/SB/CS 6/10/4 1/2/1 0/0/0 3/6/0 1/2/1 4/5/2 1/0/1 2/2/1 58/65/30

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

Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB 22.Archer
G/S/vB 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB 40.Davis
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 54.Torres*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 117/85 .250/.293/.444/.738 .541/.815 .724 63/.724 0/1 4/4

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 12/.416 2/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 ··· 285/208 .295/.358/.504/.862 1.212/.741 .838 84/.778 1/1 14/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 201/144 .254/.322/.305/.627 .507/.672 .553 82/.610 13/3 0/5

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.350 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/202 .299/.338/.390/.729 .667/.750 .773 87/.663 12/2 1/8

19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/34 .298/.313/.404/.717 .867/.648 .982 5/.200 0/0 0/2

21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.500 6/1.333 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 285/213 .264/.302/.398/.700 .752/.682 .630 92/.534 1/3 6/1

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 9/1.111 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 7/.619 ··· 319/219 .264/.364/.409/.773 .675/.818 .782 108/.961 3/3 5/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.500 2/1.500 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 278/198 .213/.281/.360/.640 .520/.690 .618 85/.691 6/1 8/4

12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.200 ··· 73/56 .175/.264/.317/.581 .750/.520 .422 10/.100 2/0 2/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 271/202 .280/.347/.492/.839 .568/.935 .927 95/.920 1/0 12/8

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/91 .258/.280/.350/.630 .514/.676 .765 44/.627 0/1 1/3

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .375/.375/.750/1.125 /1.125 1.125 8/1.125 0/0 1/0

33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/109 .232/.257/.341/.598 .473/.637 .548 43/.442 0/1 1/5

IP 37.2 6.0 32.0 34.2 11.1 23.0 24.1 20.0 33.2 TOTAL .260/.316/.395/.711 .649/.734 .714 .694 46/19 55/53

ERA-K/9

3.82/7.6

1.50/10.5

3.09/7.6

2.86/9.1

3.97/8.8

5.09/7.8

1.85/10.0

1.80/7.7

1.07/8.8

/0.0

3.50/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (30-13-3)
Perez (3-0-0)
Quintero (32-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.227 22/.143 139/.271 147/.220 52/.195 95/.229 94/.161 83/.164 127/.176 / .235 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Hosmer
Maier 0/2/66/6
69/0/0/6
0/48/0/4
0/0/2/1
0/16/5/0

OPS .638 .372 .731 .618 .707 .748 .433 .471 .433 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.670 11/.573 43/.807 66/.498 23/.918 43/.727 43/.604 40/.469 70/.434 / .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.589 11/.182 96/.698 81/.710 29/.527 52/.764 51/.288 43/.472 57/.432 / .654

Road 49/.652 22/.372 64/.946 70/.540 19/.503 51/.742 50/.634 45/.398 62/.568 /

Last 28d days 107/.681 22/.372 45/.797 47/.679 26/.574 34/.778 30/.352 57/.461 32/.445 /

HR/SB/CS 2/6/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 // 70/49/9

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

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.