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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 2:10pm, Monday, September 3, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 79-54, 79-54 1st, 3 up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 13-9, 4.31)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (13-9) 154.2 136 79 74 82 182 13 4.31
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.2 41 27 26 25 61 3 5.12 52
2012-08-28 TBR W 7.0 6 0 0 2 10 0 110 73
2012-08-17 @TOR L 7.0 3 3 3 1 10 1 114 68
2012-08-12 DET W 6.2 6 3 3 5 8 0 120 53
2012-08-06 @BOS L 6.2 11 6 6 4 9 0 123 33
2012-08-01 LAA ND 5.0 4 7 7 6 7 1 108 32
2012-07-27 CHW L 6.1 8 6 5 3 6 1 118 38
2012-07-21 @LAA W 7.0 3 2 2 4 11 0 117 70
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-25   Road:   36-29   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  56-38   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 23-14   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sun, Sep  2  @CLE  W   8-3       79-54  1st  3.0 up
132 Sat, Sep  1  @CLE  L   3-4       78-54  1st  3.0 up
131 Fri, Aug 31  @CLE  W   5-3       78-53  1st  4.0 up
130 Wed, Aug 29   TBR  L   4-8       77-53  1st  4.5 up
129 Tue, Aug 28   TBR  W   1-0       77-52  1st  5.5 up
128 Mon, Aug 27   TBR  W   6-5       76-52  1st  5.5 up
127 Sun, Aug 26   MIN  L   5-6       75-52  1st  5.5 up
126 Sat, Aug 25   MIN  W   9-3       75-51  1st  6.0 up
125 Fri, Aug 24   MIN  W   8-0       74-51  1st  6.0 up
124 Thu, Aug 23   MIN  W  10-6       73-51  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Royals, 60-73, 60-73 3rd, 12 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 10-10, 5.13)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-10) 154.1 171 90 88 36 112 24 5.13
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
2010 (12-7) 140.1 136 68 65 57 98 17 4.17
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.2 42 18 18 9 26 5 3.98 51
2012-08-29 DET W 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 100 77
2012-08-24 @BOS ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 98 48
2012-08-18 CHW W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 98 58
2012-08-12 @BAL L 5.1 4 4 4 3 5 2 95 46
2012-08-07 @CHW W 6.2 7 2 2 1 2 1 98 53
2012-08-02 CLE ND 2.2 7 4 4 1 0 0 55 27
2012-07-28 @SEA L 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 96 50
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 25.0 37 22 21 11 17 11 7.56 36
2012-05-14 @TEX W 6.2 5 1 1 2 7 1 106 65
2011-04-24 @TEX L 4.1 7 6 6 3 2 3 83 24
2006-05-04 @TEX L 4.0 11 8 7 1 2 2 83 11
2005-08-05 @TEX W 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 2 110 55
2005-07-27 TEX ND 4.0 9 5 5 2 2 3 76 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-35   Road:   30-38   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  42-49   vsLHP:  18-24   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:24-26   vsWest: 12-16 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sun, Sep  2   MIN  W   6-4       60-73  3rd 12.0 gb
132 Sat, Sep  1   MIN  L   7-8       59-73  3rd 13.0 gb
131 Sat, Sep  1   MIN  L   1-3       59-72  3rd 13.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 30   DET  W   2-1       59-71  3rd 13.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 29   DET  W   1-0       58-71  3rd 14.0 gb
128 Tue, Aug 28   DET  W   9-8       57-71  3rd 14.0 gb
127 Mon, Aug 27  @BOS  L   1-5       56-71  3rd 15.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 26  @BOS  L   6-8       56-70  3rd 15.0 gb
125 Sat, Aug 25  @BOS  W  10-9 (12)  56-69  3rd 14.0 gb
124 Fri, Aug 24  @BOS  L   3-4       55-69  3rd 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 05, 2012 KCR  7  TEX  6 (10)   W:Greg Holland (5-3), L: Michael Kirkman (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 04, 2012 TEX  4 @KCR  2        W:Scott Feldman (6-6), L: Will Smith (2-4), S: Alexi Ogando (3)
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 TEX  5 @KCR  3        W:Matt Harrison (13-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-12), S: Alexi Ogando (2)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 3-2; 2011 - TEX won 6-2; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 264-250

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  5.16

SFG  4.34

HOU  3.63

 RA/G

WSN  3.59

SDP  4.29

COL  5.52

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

S. Castro  .273

C. Pena  .191

 OBP

P. Fielder  .411

C. Hart  .335

J. Smoak  .260

 SLG

R. Braun  .607

D. Young  .438

J. Carroll  .297

 OPS

R. Braun  .996

D. DeJesus  .773

J. Smoak  .579

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.48

C. Wilson  3.86

R. Romero  5.85

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.28

W. Chen  7.37

H. Alvarez  3.42

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

Rangers Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
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		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 585/424 .301/.365/.390/.755 .703/.775 .793 106/.692 20/8 2/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP 29/.864 ··· 4/.250 2/no AB 4/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 545/401 .318/.354/.543/.897 .687/.973 .849 106/1.078 1/0 27/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 530/396 .263/.328/.467/.795 .983/.733 .716 94/.839 8/4 21/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 238/130 .305/.373/.386/.759 .869/.670 .794 30/.327 12/6 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 539/374 .290/.356/.582/.938 .844/.981 .950 105/1.063 7/3 37/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 600/447 .266/.335/.437/.772 .991/.697 .625 106/.670 21/8 16/14
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/35 .184/.262/.395/.657 .500/.694 .276 2/.500 2/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .133/.188/.133/.321 .000/.368 .222 16/.321 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 283/243 .283/.330/.508/.838 .789/.846 .680 84/.815 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 412/350 .322/.400/.513/.913 .900/.915 .845 97/1.075 8/3 13/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 3/.833 ··· 32/17 .160/.281/.200/.481 .497/.461 .514 21/.405 1/1 0/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/22 .281/.313/.453/.767 .916/.438 .880 / 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 287/210 .209/.284/.345/.629 .686/.608 .617 77/.614 0/0 8/8
10.Young G/S/vP 18/.819 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 4/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 535/388 .267/.299/.345/.644 .786/.590 .699 87/.635 2/2 4/5
IP 154.1 10.0 41.0 63.0 54.1 70.2 55.0 67.2 52.1 TOTAL .279/.340/.449/.789 .786/.790 .756 .804 85/37 162/74
ERA-K/9 5.13/6.5 1.80/3.6 3.95/10.1 3.29/12.4 3.48/9.4 2.42/8.4 2.78/11.8 5.45/5.7 4.30/4.8 4.27/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (5-0-0)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (53-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 663/.279 38/.229 172/.211 261/.211 215/.226 283/.243 237/.239 300/.299 218/.271 .267  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/123/7
77/75/2/5
93/2/16/4
0/98/2/4
4/11/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .795 .520 .763 .670 .603 .640 .642 .837 .788 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.807 19/.757 64/.688 118/.779 75/.463 108/.704 94/.611 86/.814 80/.816 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 484/.790 19/.276 108/.806 143/.580 140/.677 175/.604 143/.663 214/.847 138/.771 .762
Home 304/.742 24/.511 90/.491 136/.896 124/.611 143/.657 129/.638 135/.869 108/.601
Last 28d days 127/.687 20/.472 26/.755 36/.785 31/.511 57/.636 43/.429 128/.866 43/.659
HR/SB/CS 24/18/7 0/0/0 8/0/2 7/9/0 4/2/2 4/10/4 1/2/2 10/7/1 9/2/1 130/101/46
Usage ····X··· X······o ·······X X··o·o·o o··o·X·o ·X·o·X·· X···XX·· ·X·····X ·X······
Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 33.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/16 .344/.344/.406/.750 .688/.813 .667 29/.724 0/0 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 11/1.000 10/.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.600 557/403 .309/.375/.505/.880 1.087/.806 .854 107/.948 2/1 25/1
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 201/137 .249/.303/.376/.679 .754/.645 .916 86/.571 7/0 5/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 301/229 .270/.333/.337/.670 .525/.714 .654 32/.614 25/4 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 540/382 .293/.333/.390/.723 .660/.749 .817 106/.608 27/4 4/17
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 497/347 .232/.286/.358/.644 .741/.603 .631 81/.545 3/6 11/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/67 .223/.250/.259/.509 .484/.526 .414 43/.488 1/0 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 8/.875 11/.282 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 600/395 .297/.368/.447/.815 .619/.919 .827 109/.868 8/5 10/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 519/347 .242/.312/.370/.683 .592/.728 .706 90/.777 12/1 12/9
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .400/.400/.500/.900 .000/1.125 .900 10/.900 0/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 509/360 .254/.308/.442/.751 .690/.777 .849 98/.712 4/2 19/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/5.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 192/127 .246/.277/.330/.607 .632/.594 .703 27/.268 0/1 2/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/148 .310/.333/.497/.831 1.069/.736 .816 82/.817 0/0 8/4
28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 154.2 44.0 30.0 37.0 51.1 55.1 20.0 26.2 12.2 25.1 TOTAL .267/.320/.401/.721 .702/.730 .755 .703 103/32 106/88
ERA-K/9 4.31/10.6 2.45/8.2 3.60/8.7 2.19/6.6 2.45/11.4 2.77/9.1 4.05/4.5 4.39/8.1 11.37/9.9 2.49/8.5 3.90/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (51-16-5)
 Perez (18-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 682/.233 186/.246 127/.156 145/.205 203/.222 217/.205 91/.275 122/.324 62/.298 95/.196 .247  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Lough
0/2/118/16
131/0/0/11
0/82/0/6
1/41/9/2
0/0/2/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .706 .634 .543 .595 .591 .618 .707 .871 .951 .580 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 390/.737 98/.678 49/.531 67/.568 123/.590 89/.647 27/.667 47/.808 29/1.407 49/.683 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.665 88/.586 78/.548 78/.617 80/.592 128/.596 64/.724 75/.912 33/.606 46/.468 .714
Road 343/.708 84/.685 35/.710 49/.414 81/.516 112/.549 3/.333 42/.738 22/1.009 46/.784
Last 28d days 84/.613 33/.500 41/.358 24/.714 26/.269 40/.775 / 37/.745 / 16/.875
HR/SB/CS 13/20/2 1/10/1 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 1/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 137/89/20
Usage ·····X·· ·····ooo ··X····X X······· ··o··oo· ·X··o·o· ········ X······· ········ ·oo·X··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.