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Game Preview: TBR @ KCR, 2:10pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Rays, 40-34, 40-34 3rd, 5½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Moore (23, LHP, 4-5, 4.13)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-5) 80.2 71 44 37 40 85 11 4.13
2011 (1-0) 9.1 9 3 3 3 15 1 2.89
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 28 17 14 18 51 5 3.02 59
2012-06-21 @WSN ND 5.0 3 2 2 4 6 0 93 55
2012-06-15 MIA W 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 107 80
2012-06-09 @MIA W 6.0 5 4 4 2 9 1 102 53
2012-06-03 BAL W 6.0 7 2 1 3 4 1 93 53
2012-05-28 CHW L 7.0 4 2 2 1 10 1 104 70
2012-05-22 TOR ND 4.2 3 4 2 4 6 0 97 48
2012-05-17 BOS L 6.0 5 3 3 1 8 2 106 57
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-15   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  29-19   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @KCR  L   2-8       40-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @KCR  L   0-8       40-33  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Royals, 33-39, 33-39 4th, 5 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Everett Teaford (28, LHP, 0-1, 5.73)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 11.0 11 7 7 7 4 2 5.73
2011 (2-1) 44.0 36 17 16 14 28 8 3.27
Last 7 GS 2-1 20.0 21 10 10 8 14 4 4.50 48
2012-04-27 @MIN ND 4.0 8 4 4 2 1 1 75 29
2011-09-24 @CHW L 5.0 6 5 5 3 4 2 94 36
2011-09-17 CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 86 62
2011-09-11 @SEA W 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 73 65
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-23   Road:   20-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  25-28   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  9-12   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Tue, Jun 26   TBR  W   8-2       33-39  4th  5.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 25   TBR  W   8-0       32-39  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 KCR  8  TBR  2        W:Bruce Chen (7-6), L: Chris Archer (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 KCR  8  TBR  0        W:Luke Hochevar (5-7), L: Alex Cobb (3-4), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 2-0; 2011 - TBR won 5-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - TBR leads 65-50

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

BAL  4.25

SDP  3.39

 RA/G

WSN  3.29

PHI  4.37

COL  5.71

 BA

C. Ruiz  .361

D. Barney  .268

B. Ryan  .182

 OBP

J. Votto  .478

A. Pierzynski  .335

K. Suzuki  .252

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .656

B. Zobrist  .429

K. Suzuki  .264

 OPS

J. Votto  1.121

D. Jeter  .766

K. Suzuki  .516

 ERA

B. Beachy  2.00

C. Richard  3.95

M. Minor  6.14

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.80

A. Burnett  7.44

H. Alvarez  2.75

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rays Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Teaford*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 58/30 .151/.207/.358/.565 .714/.422 .552 35/.927 0/0 3/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 211/153 .229/.294/.333/.627 .646/.620 .659 85/.476 11/1 3/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 188/113 .271/.346/.398/.744 .603/.852 .933 72/.813 13/4 4/8
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 111/61 .327/.360/.423/.783 1.003/.606 .680 17/1.092 0/0 2/0
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/39 .241/.362/.328/.690 .777/.659 .819 50/.693 0/1 0/3
35.Matsui* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/2.300 79/46 .164/.228/.260/.488 .573/.428 .416 73/.457 0/0 2/0
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 129/103 .195/.264/.339/.603 .364/.654 .643 38/.718 0/0 4/3
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 318/199 .198/.346/.353/.699 .601/.759 .612 98/.633 1/1 10/2
10.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 104/81 .223/.288/.245/.533 .130/.644 .571 33/.285 1/2 0/7
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 245/161 .216/.264/.333/.597 .627/.578 .573 76/.501 3/0 5/11
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 255/165 .254/.308/.382/.690 .599/.737 .596 103/.586 13/3 5/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 301/193 .239/.369/.429/.798 .772/.813 .944 90/.940 6/5 9/7
IP 11.0 28.2 2.0 37.1 33.1 39.1 24.1 29.1 TOTAL .234/.317/.374/.691 .666/.704 .700 .633 57/22 71/64
ERA-K/9 5.73/3.3 1.57/6.9 4.50/0.0 3.13/12.3 2.70/8.4 2.97/8.5 4.44/13.0 1.84/8.6 4.13/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (14-2-0)
 Molina (20-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 47/.275 121/.255 8/.375 151/.187 133/.225 156/.224 113/.284 121/.239 .263  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Johnson
 Matsui
0/59/0/6
0/0/47/3
34/17/0/2
3/0/0/0
8/0/4/0
OPS .883 .658 .750 .592 .543 .627 .747 .647 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/1.035 60/.617 4/1.000 62/.781 49/.361 60/.729 41/.684 65/.562 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 20/.689 61/.696 4/.500 89/.469 84/.650 96/.566 72/.783 56/.750 .747
Home 28/.547 50/.756 8/.750 69/.919 77/.596 79/.633 58/.880 65/.683
Last 28d days / 38/.602 8/.750 47/.604 46/.673 52/.578 50/.711 28/.445
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/2/1 0/0/0 3/6/0 1/2/1 4/5/2 1/0/1 2/2/1 59/67/30
Usage ········ ······oX o··X···· ··X·X··· o·XX···o ···oo·X· ···X··X· ···XX·o·
Royals Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Moore*
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 125/93 .252/.290/.461/.751 .541/.827 .751 71/.749 0/1 5/4
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 12/.416 3/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 293/216 .293/.355/.496/.851 1.212/.731 .819 83/.796 1/1 14/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 209/150 .249/.314/.297/.611 .488/.658 .530 81/.584 13/3 0/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.350 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 275/207 .307/.346/.405/.750 .657/.782 .818 84/.754 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 ··· 3/.000 10/.500 6/1.333 2/2.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 293/221 .264/.300/.404/.705 .752/.689 .645 91/.549 1/3 7/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 9/1.111 2/1.500 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 7/.619 327/227 .271/.367/.419/.786 .675/.835 .807 106/.977 3/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.500 3/1.667 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 286/205 .219/.287/.373/.660 .514/.719 .661 84/.766 7/1 9/4
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 279/210 .277/.344/.486/.830 .568/.920 .905 94/.850 2/0 12/8
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/94 .268/.295/.358/.652 .556/.691 .805 43/.625 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .333/.333/.583/.917 /.917 .917 12/.917 0/0 1/0
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/109 .232/.257/.341/.598 .473/.637 .548 39/.436 0/1 1/5
IP 80.2 11.2 32.0 34.2 11.2 24.1 24.1 20.2 33.2 TOTAL .262/.317/.399/.716 .648/.741 .724 .703 48/19 58/54
ERA-K/9 4.13/9.5 3.09/10.8 3.09/7.6 2.86/9.1 6.94/8.5 4.81/7.4 1.85/10.0 1.74/7.4 1.07/8.8 3.62/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (30-13-3)
 Perez (5-0-0)
 Quintero (32-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 351/.233 45/.163 139/.271 147/.220 59/.261 99/.230 94/.161 84/.162 127/.176 .237  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Maier
0/2/68/6
71/0/0/6
0/50/0/5
0/0/2/1
0/16/5/0
OPS .707 .479 .731 .618 .902 .737 .433 .465 .433 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.919 23/.499 43/.807 66/.498 27/1.101 45/.692 43/.604 41/.457 70/.434 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.655 22/.455 96/.698 81/.710 32/.735 54/.773 51/.288 43/.472 57/.432 .661
Road 128/.750 45/.479 64/.946 70/.540 26/.985 55/.723 50/.634 46/.389 62/.568
Last 28d days 101/.561 45/.479 40/.797 44/.728 33/.930 32/.797 30/.352 51/.410 32/.445
HR/SB/CS 11/8/1 1/0/0 4/1/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 73/51/9
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ··X···o· ··X··X·· X·Xo···· o·oo·o·· ··oX···o o·X····· ··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.