Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: OAK @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 14, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Athletics, 61-53, 61-53 2nd, 6 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 7-6, 3.55)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-6)			116.2	104	46	46	47	92	6	3.55
2011 (0-0)			5.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		3-3	43.0	51	25	25	11	34	3	5.23	47
2012-08-06	LAA	L	6.2	9	4	4	1	6	0	98	45
2012-08-01	TBR	L	6.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	104	43
2012-07-27	@BAL	ND	5.0	8	6	6	1	8	2	83	34
2012-07-21	NYY	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	101	72
2012-07-15	@MIN	W	6.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	92	42
2012-07-07	SEA	L	4.2	6	6	6	2	6	1	94	32
2012-07-02	BOS	W	6.2	6	1	1	3	3	0	103	58

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   34-26   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  40-31   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest: 19-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Sun, Aug 12  @CHW  L   3-7       61-53  2nd  6.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11  @CHW  W   9-7       61-52  2nd  5.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10  @CHW  L   3-4       60-52  2nd  5.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   LAA  W   9-8       60-51  2nd  5.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   LAA  W  10-4       59-51  2nd  5.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   LAA  L   0-4       58-51  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5   TOR  L   5-6       58-50  2nd  5.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4   TOR  L   1-3 (11)  58-49  2nd  5.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3   TOR  W   5-4 (15)  58-48  2nd  4.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2   TOR  W   4-1       57-48  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Royals, 49-65, 49-65 5th, 13 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (33, RHP, 4-12, 6.10)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-12)			115.0	148	86	78	36	63	24	6.10
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		1-4	37.2	45	26	24	9	25	7	5.73	44
2012-08-08	@CHW	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	104	78
2012-08-03	TEX	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	104	50
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

Last 5 v.OAK		1-3	23.0	38	21	20	7	12	4	7.83	35
2012-06-12	OAK	L	5.0	8	7	7	2	5	3	102	26
2010-05-25	OAK	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	114	55
2010-04-17	@OAK	ND	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	99	58
2009-08-10	OAK	L	4.2	11	5	5	1	2	0	107	23
2009-06-05	@OAK	L	0.2	7	6	6	0	0	1	29	14

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

 Home:   21-32   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  34-43   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 10-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Sun, Aug 12  @BAL  L   3-5       49-65  4th 13.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11  @BAL  W   7-3       49-64  4th 12.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10  @BAL  L   1-7       48-64  5th 13.5 gb
111 Thu, Aug  9  @BAL  W   8-2       48-63  5th 12.5 gb
110 Wed, Aug  8  @CHW  W   2-1       47-63  5th 13.0 gb
109 Tue, Aug  7  @CHW  W   5-2       46-63  5th 14.0 gb
108 Mon, Aug  6  @CHW  L   2-4       45-63  5th 15.0 gb
107 Sun, Aug  5   TEX  W   7-6 (10)  45-62  5th 14.0 gb
106 Sat, Aug  4   TEX  L   2-4       44-62  5th 14.0 gb
105 Fri, Aug  3   TEX  L   3-5       44-61  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 KCR  2  OAK  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Tommy Milone (6-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (13)
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 OAK  9 @KCR  3        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (3-6), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 299-246

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 5.09 CIN 4.30 MIA 3.68	RA/G WSN 3.53 TEX 4.42 COL 5.77	BA A. McCutchen .362 Y. Alonso .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 A. LaRoche .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG D. Ortiz .609 C. Davis .436 J. Carroll .295	OPS J. Votto 1.069 C. Santana .773 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.22 C. Lee 3.85 E. Santana 5.82	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.31 G. Floyd 7.31 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

CIN 4.30

MIA 3.68

RA/G

WSN 3.53

TEX 4.42

COL 5.77

A. McCutchen .362

Y. Alonso .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. LaRoche .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

C. Davis .436

J. Carroll .295

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

C. Santana .773

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.22

C. Lee 3.85

E. Santana 5.82

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.31

G. Floyd 7.31

D. Lowe 3.29

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Athletics Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Guthrie
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
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 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/61 .272/.400/.612/1.012 1.029/.990 1.165 90/.902 0/0 10/5

52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 332/219 .306/.367/.508/.876 .853/.888 .808 96/.933 10/3 14/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 27/.809 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 342/232 .253/.318/.372/.690 .575/.746 .635 91/.922 25/3 5/2

31.Gomes G/S/vP 13/1.240 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 252/107 .259/.373/.491/.864 .958/.732 .976 67/.897 3/1 14/1

7.Inge G/S/vP 20/.703 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 329/204 .216/.274/.379/.652 .679/.636 .572 97/.782 0/1 12/8

14.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/110 .212/.400/.374/.774 .543/.812 .667 20/.653 0/0 4/2

37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/3.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/127 .234/.312/.532/.844 .579/.910 1.189 54/.569 0/0 12/5

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/71 .211/.277/.394/.672 .568/.742 .812 65/.727 4/1 5/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 328/243 .203/.269/.295/.564 .422/.616 .626 19/.806 11/5 3/9

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 17/1.037 ··· 2/2.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 481/307 .253/.325/.500/.825 .837/.817 .802 106/.649 10/0 25/3

17.Rosales G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/24 .222/.368/.378/.746 .624/.929 .901 24/.952 0/0 2/0

19.Weeks# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 480/316 .220/.304/.304/.608 .673/.573 .650 105/.566 15/5 2/10

IP 115.0 5.1 36.1 57.0 47.1 60.0 45.2 4.0 46.0 42.2 TOTAL .232/.306/.388/.694 .702/.690 .719 .762 90/25 128/75

ERA-K/9

6.10/4.9

3.38/1.7

3.96/10.4

3.00/11.7

3.61/8.6

2.55/8.6

3.35/12.0

0.00/4.5

5.48/5.7

4.64/5.1

4.41/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (29-5-1)
Norris (14-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.316 21/.263 154/.205 230/.191 192/.238 237/.230 202/.256 21/.294 200/.277 180/.272 .269 Reddick
Cespedes
Moss
Crisp
Gomes 0/11/95/13
25/39/0/5
2/0/6/2
16/60/0/2
33/0/2/0

OPS .927 .549 .749 .636 .611 .624 .690 .782 .811 .820 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 277/1.012 12/.780 59/.713 103/.719 70/.421 91/.713 79/.623 8/.375 67/.798 68/.845 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.829 9/.236 95/.769 127/.570 122/.721 146/.570 123/.734 13/.962 133/.818 112/.806 .778

Home 250/1.052 18/.572 87/.510 115/.886 112/.632 117/.678 100/.690 15/.785 80/.978 91/.651

Last 28d days 118/.802 13/.413 31/.762 41/.584 33/.598 49/.438 53/.634 12/.350 135/.704 34/.765

HR/SB/CS 24/8/4 0/0/0 7/0/2 6/6/0 2/2/1 4/8/4 1/2/2 0/2/0 8/4/1 8/2/1 112/90/42

Usage ·····X·· ·o······ ·X·o···· ··Xo···o ·o··X··· ··X···X· ·····Xo· ····X··· ····X··· ···X····

Royals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 40.Neshek
G/S/vB 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB 67.Straily
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .300/.300/.500/.800 .500/1.250 10/.800 0/0 0/0

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 10/.211 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 475/337 .302/.371/.518/.888 1.128/.795 .823 108/1.017 2/1 24/1

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/89 .263/.311/.390/.700 .654/.719 .975 98/.670 4/0 3/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 276/207 .276/.335/.350/.684 .531/.733 .668 37/1.061 22/3 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 456/322 .298/.337/.404/.741 .670/.771 .858 109/.603 20/4 4/13

21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 439/312 .244/.285/.382/.666 .761/.628 .648 74/.615 3/5 11/1

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/151 .281/.321/.365/.686 .506/.742 .744 73/.663 9/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 10/.100 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 518/338 .294/.371/.449/.819 .657/.907 .859 112/.876 7/4 9/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 451/299 .228/.299/.353/.652 .550/.705 .664 93/.633 11/1 10/8

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 435/307 .254/.306/.451/.757 .675/.793 .828 85/.560 3/2 18/11

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 173/116 .255/.285/.348/.633 .663/.617 .775 29/.596 0/1 2/4

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/98 .313/.338/.545/.883 1.142/.768 .775 74/.724 0/0 8/2

IP 116.2 54.0 83.2 48.1 49.2 26.1 4.1 49.0 18.0 10.2 TOTAL .267/.318/.409/.727 .705/.737 .756 .723 86/28 99/78

ERA-K/9

3.55/7.1

2.67/7.7

3.98/6.1

2.61/8.4

2.72/9.1

3.76/13.3

2.08/14.7

2.94/7.7

1.50/7.5

5.06/8.4

3.54/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (46-15-5)
Perez (12-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.244 213/.170 339/.241 196/.214 201/.169 109/.253 16/.071 202/.210 73/.229 47/.295 .246 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer 0/2/104/12
112/0/0/8
0/76/0/6
1/27/6/2
0/0/2/1

OPS .668 .540 .671 .659 .571 .632 .473 .640 .617 .933 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.686 111/.520 95/.529 93/.633 99/.587 40/.900 3/1.667 79/.709 32/.746 20/1.228 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.647 102/.560 244/.727 103/.682 102/.555 69/.474 13/.154 123/.598 41/.520 27/.722 .657

Road 196/.735 99/.665 184/.722 83/.530 101/.551 47/.738 3/1.667 84/.618 34/.719 /

Last 28d days 109/.756 42/.481 118/.793 49/.696 49/1.053 44/.741 16/.473 59/.640 44/.691 47/.933

HR/SB/CS 6/15/6 4/2/2 6/2/4 5/4/3 4/4/2 0/4/0 1/0/0 5/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/0 105/70/38

Usage ·······X ··X··X·· ··X···X· ·oo····· ··X··X·· ···X·X·· ···o·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.