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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, August 3, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 61-43, 61-43 1st, 4½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (26, LHP, 12-6, 3.19)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (12-6) 135.1 134 49 48 36 81 11 3.19
2011 (14-9) 185.2 180 79 70 57 126 13 3.39
2010 (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
Last 7 GS 4-3 49.0 47 14 14 16 30 4 2.57 58
2012-07-28 CHW L 7.0 7 5 5 3 4 2 103 44
2012-07-22 @LAA L 6.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 95 42
2012-07-15 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 4 3 0 114 76
2012-07-05 @CHW L 8.0 8 2 2 2 5 1 108 61
2012-06-29 OAK W 8.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 121 64
2012-06-24 COL W 5.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 74 58
2012-06-18 @SDP W 6.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 101 58
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 22.2 24 12 11 10 9 3 4.37 46
2011-05-28 KCR W 6.0 5 0 0 1 1 0 99 62
2010-05-06 KCR ND 5.0 4 4 4 3 1 1 95 41
2009-04-17 KCR L 5.0 8 6 6 4 3 2 98 26
2008-08-27 @KCR W 6.2 7 2 1 2 4 0 99 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-21   Road:   27-22   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  43-28   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Thu, Aug  2   LAA  W  15-9       61-43  1st  4.5 up
103 Wed, Aug  1   LAA  W  11-10(10)  60-43  1st  4.0 up
102 Tue, Jul 31   LAA  L   2-6       59-43  1st  3.0 up
101 Mon, Jul 30   LAA  L   8-15      59-42  1st  3.5 up
100 Sun, Jul 29   CHW  W   2-0       59-41  1st  4.5 up
 99 Sat, Jul 28   CHW  L   2-5       58-41  1st  3.5 up
 98 Fri, Jul 27   CHW  L   5-9       58-40  1st  4.0 up
 97 Wed, Jul 25   BOS  W   5-3       58-39  1st  5.0 up
 96 Tue, Jul 24   BOS  L   1-2       57-39  1st  5.0 up
 95 Mon, Jul 23   BOS  W   9-1       57-38  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 44-60, 44-60 5th, 13 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (33, RHP, 3-11, 6.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-11) 101.0 137 83 75 34 53 24 6.68
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
2010 (11-14) 209.1 193 93 89 50 119 25 3.83
Last 7 GS 0-5 32.2 48 29 26 10 19 7 7.16 38
2012-07-27 @SEA L 5.1 11 6 6 0 4 2 105 26
2012-07-22 MIN L 5.0 4 5 5 3 4 1 91 40
2012-07-18 PIT ND 2.2 6 6 4 1 1 2 68 26
2012-07-14 PHI L 4.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 76 35
2012-07-08 @WSN ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 83 54
2012-07-04 @STL L 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 84 53
2012-06-17 @DET L 3.0 8 4 3 2 2 0 78 29
Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 28.2 33 12 12 10 13 3 3.77 48
2011-07-06 @TEX L 5.0 9 6 6 3 2 0 101 24
2011-04-10 TEX L 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 84 60
2010-07-08 @TEX ND 4.2 7 4 4 5 1 1 88 30
2010-05-19 @TEX ND 6.0 7 1 1 0 3 1 90 57
2009-09-06 TEX W 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 110 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-30   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  32-40   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:15-23   vsWest:  9-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Thu, Aug  2   CLE  W   7-6       44-60  5th 13.0 gb
103 Wed, Aug  1   CLE  W   5-2       43-60  5th 13.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 31   CLE  W   8-3       42-60  5th 13.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29  @SEA  L   6-7       41-60  5th 14.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28  @SEA  L   3-4       41-59  5th 14.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @SEA  L   1-6       41-58  4th 13.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @SEA  L   1-4       41-57  4th 12.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 25  @LAA  L   6-11      41-56  4th 11.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24  @LAA  W   4-1       41-55  4th 10.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23  @LAA  L   3-6       40-55  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 15, 2012 KCR  7 @TEX  4        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Colby Lewis (3-3), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2012 KCR  3 @TEX  1        W:Bruce Chen (2-4), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (8)

Sun, May 29, 2011 TEX  7  KCR  6        W:Arthur Rhodes (3-2), L: Joakim Soria (3-2), S: none
Sat, May 28, 2011 TEX 10  KCR  1        W:Matt Harrison (5-4), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-4), S: Yoshinori Tateyama (1)
Fri, May 27, 2011 KCR 12 @TEX  7 (14)   W:Blake Wood (2-0), L: Dave Bush (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 KCR  2  TEX  1 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 TEX  5 @KCR  4 (11)   W:Arthur Rhodes (2-2), L: Jeremy Jeffress (1-1), S: Mark Lowe (1)
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 TEX  8  KCR  7        W:C.J. Wilson (3-0), L: Bruce Chen (3-1), S: Arthur Rhodes (1)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Alexi Ogando (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (1-2), S: Darren Oliver (1)
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 TEX 11  KCR  6        W:Derek Holland (3-1), L: Jeff Francis (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 2-0; 2011 - TEX won 6-2; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 263-248

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
Rangers Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Guthrie
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
41.Jeffress
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
61.Teaford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 14/1.115 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 465/325 .293/.366/.395/.761 .701/.787 .778 93/.727 18/7 2/10
29.Beltre G/S/vP 32/.583 3/.333 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 421/296 .307/.342/.499/.841 .667/.914 .814 88/.722 1/0 18/6
17.Cruz G/S/vP 16/.732 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 419/300 .261/.325/.465/.789 .969/.720 .673 86/.954 7/4 17/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 208/110 .328/.400/.421/.821 .918/.736 .886 57/.697 10/5 1/0
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/33 .241/.241/.315/.556 .500/.594 .469 3/.000 0/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 20/1.165 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 416/272 .284/.351/.577/.927 .857/.966 .977 85/.552 6/3 29/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 25/.735 ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 481/349 .276/.343/.449/.792 1.017/.708 .657 94/.838 19/7 13/13
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/no AB 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 187/160 .287/.333/.515/.848 .619/.887 .687 14/.967 1/0 10/1
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 298/259 .307/.395/.492/.887 .880/.889 .715 65/.962 8/1 9/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 15/.871 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 342/230 .233/.351/.449/.800 .547/.928 .845 67/.976 1/0 17/5
8.Soto G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 202/142 .204/.287/.354/.641 .662/.632 .656 50/.766 0/0 6/7
10.Young G/S/vP 27/1.084 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 431/301 .270/.297/.346/.643 .755/.594 .698 84/.619 2/2 3/4
IP 101.0 32.2 53.0 45.0 54.1 41.2 1.0 38.1 33.1 41.2 TOTAL .278/.341/.447/.788 .782/.792 .753 .774 76/30 125/55
ERA-K/9 6.68/4.7 4.41/10.5 3.23/11.7 3.60/8.6 2.82/8.3 3.46/12.3 0.00/0.0 2.11/8.7 5.94/5.9 4.75/5.2 4.51/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (32-8-8)
 Soto (39-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.326 141/.208 219/.201 181/.232 212/.242 181/.255 9/.571 165/.245 145/.269 175/.268 .272  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Gentry
 Murphy
 Moreland
6/0/96/7
65/51/1/4
0/81/2/3
67/2/10/3
0/0/3/0
OPS .977 .783 .664 .591 .659 .695 1.381 .671 .819 .821 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/1.060 56/.755 95/.784 69/.409 80/.778 71/.621 4/.500 93/.555 54/.858 65/.821 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.877 85/.800 124/.573 112/.704 132/.591 110/.743 5/1.800 72/.825 91/.795 110/.821 .783
Home 226/1.097 82/.528 111/.906 109/.590 103/.719 87/.694 7/1.238 85/.685 53/1.065 91/.651
Last 28d days 111/.981 35/.713 55/.797 34/.517 39/.750 49/.589 / 28/.756 80/.647 80/.845
HR/SB/CS 24/8/3 7/0/2 6/6/0 2/2/1 4/8/3 1/1/1 0/2/0 2/5/1 7/4/1 8/2/2 102/87/39
Usage ······X· ······o· X·X·o·oX o·X····X ····ooo· ·o··Xo·· ········ ·o··oo·o ····X··· X·······
Royals Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB
37.Adams
G/S/vB
11.Darvish
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
G/S/vB
28.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 11/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 220/139 .232/.260/.406/.666 .702/.645 .749 51/.476 0/1 7/6
16.Butler G/S/vP 12/1.767 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/1.000 10/.200 1/2.000 ··· 432/310 .302/.370/.497/.868 1.053/.798 .837 95/.917 2/1 20/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/70 .279/.313/.453/.766 .710/.784 .976 79/.863 3/0 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 261/197 .266/.328/.343/.672 .533/.715 .658 36/.948 20/3 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 6/.666 ··· ··· 415/301 .308/.347/.425/.772 .701/.799 .905 101/.826 19/3 4/11
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 7/.000 1/no AB ··· 403/291 .238/.275/.366/.642 .664/.633 .634 69/.491 1/5 9/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 163/131 .290/.329/.386/.715 .414/.787 .794 50/.733 8/2 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.875 10/.311 1/.000 ··· 476/313 .297/.378/.443/.821 .670/.900 .894 104/1.012 5/3 6/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 417/277 .230/.300/.365/.665 .584/.706 .653 88/.652 10/1 10/7
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 407/286 .259/.312/.451/.763 .618/.826 .835 89/.577 3/2 16/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 161/108 .265/.294/.344/.638 .591/.662 .726 19/.551 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/80 .320/.343/.515/.857 1.275/.715 .768 68/.675 0/0 5/1
IP 135.1 34.0 127.1 18.2 43.1 43.1 52.2 18.1 TOTAL .268/.320/.407/.727 .690/.744 .763 .750 76/26 84/73
ERA-K/9 3.19/5.4 2.91/7.4 4.38/10.3 4.34/8.7 2.91/10.6 2.91/9.1 1.71/6.0 5.40/8.4 3.99/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (44-15-4)
 Perez (11-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.260 146/.254 564/.229 77/.149 177/.239 170/.194 205/.216 82/.355 .248  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
0/2/95/12
103/0/0/7
0/72/0/5
0/20/5/2
0/0/2/1
OPS .704 .651 .698 .575 .640 .582 .582 .953 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.483 78/.671 332/.725 24/.408 108/.637 68/.563 88/.553 30/1.114 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 425/.773 68/.627 232/.659 53/.641 69/.646 102/.594 117/.604 52/.859 .723
Road 314/.675 61/.649 283/.682 7/.714 65/.535 85/.479 98/.634 24/.696
Last 28d days 91/.770 23/.499 117/.740 26/.492 48/.944 40/.864 35/.793 31/.829
HR/SB/CS 11/1/2 1/7/1 12/15/1 3/0/0 5/3/0 4/3/0 3/1/1 4/3/0 113/64/18
Usage ·····X·· o······· ·X····X· ···X·X·· XX··o··· ·Xo···X· oX·X···· ·Xo··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.