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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 80-55, 80-55 1st, 4 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (35, RHP, 9-6, 2.87)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-6) 141.1 119 51 45 40 119 15 2.87
2011 (10-14) 202.1 211 111 108 82 191 23 4.80
2010 (15-12) 215.1 198 110 92 86 208 25 3.85
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.1 43 26 22 13 42 8 4.57 51
2012-08-31 @CLE W 6.0 2 1 0 3 7 0 104 70
2012-08-25 MIN W 6.0 8 2 2 2 7 1 109 53
2012-08-20 BAL W 8.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 111 74
2012-08-13 @NYY L 6.0 9 8 8 2 4 2 93 24
2012-08-07 @BOS W 6.2 6 3 0 1 6 1 99 61
2012-08-02 LAA ND 4.2 9 8 8 3 6 2 103 17
2012-07-25 @PIT L 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 2 93 56
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 12.0 15 8 6 6 5 2 4.50 43
2011-06-24 @KCR ND 6.0 9 4 2 1 4 1 108 45
2002-06-12 @KCR W 6.0 6 4 4 5 1 1 107 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-25   Road:   37-30   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  56-39   vsLHP:  24-16   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 23-14   vsCntrl:24-18   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Tue, Sep  4  @KCR  L   3-6       80-55  1st  4.0 up
134 Mon, Sep  3  @KCR  W   8-4       80-54  1st  4.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Royals, 61-74, 61-74 3rd, 12 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Everett Teaford (28, LHP, 1-3, 4.30)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-3) 52.1 54 25 25 17 28 9 4.30
2011 (2-1) 44.0 36 17 16 14 28 8 3.27
Last 7 GS 3-2 36.1 37 20 20 14 26 8 4.95 48
2012-07-08 @DET L 4.1 7 5 5 1 5 2 80 33
2012-07-02 @TOR W 7.0 5 3 3 2 2 2 102 55
2012-06-27 TBR ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 89 53
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 TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-36   Road:   30-38   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  42-50   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  23-17
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:24-26   vsWest: 13-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Tue, Sep  4   TEX  W   6-3       61-74  3rd 12.0 gb
134 Mon, Sep  3   TEX  L   4-8       60-74  3rd 13.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 KCR  6  TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-12), L: Matt Harrison (15-9), S: Greg Holland (11)
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 TEX  8 @KCR  4        W:Yu Darvish (14-9), L: Bruce Chen (10-11), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 4-3; 2011 - TEX won 6-2; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 265-251

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

CIN  4.35

HOU  3.63

 RA/G

WSN  3.58

TEX  4.29

COL  5.49

 BA

A. McCutchen  .347

J. Heyward  .273

C. Pena  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .413

R. Weeks  .335

J. Smoak  .260

 SLG

R. Braun  .605

D. Young  .440

J. Weeks  .302

 OPS

R. Braun  .994

C. Davis  .776

J. Smoak  .577

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.51

L. Harrell  3.81

R. Romero  5.85

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.28

A. Sanchez  7.38

H. Alvarez  3.42

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

Rangers Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Teaford*
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 594/429 .298/.361/.392/.753 .685/.780 .789 105/.664 20/8 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 2/no AB 4/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 3/.666 553/406 .317/.353/.544/.897 .708/.966 .850 104/1.156 1/0 28/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 538/401 .262/.329/.469/.798 1.012/.727 .724 93/.803 8/4 22/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 547/379 .291/.356/.585/.941 .860/.978 .956 103/1.005 7/3 38/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.334 609/452 .266/.335/.436/.771 .978/.699 .627 105/.674 21/8 16/15
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 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.533 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 287/246 .286/.332/.511/.844 .819/.848 .697 83/.806 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 420/354 .321/.397/.510/.907 .923/.904 .836 96/1.063 8/3 13/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.833 35/18 .143/.257/.179/.436 .435/.432 .437 21/.348 1/1 0/3
2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .500/.500/1.500/2.000 /2.000 2.000 4/2.000 0/0 1/0
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/22 .281/.313/.453/.767 .916/.438 .880 / 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 294/214 .208/.284/.352/.637 .726/.603 .632 76/.613 0/0 9/8
10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 4/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.666 543/393 .268/.298/.350/.648 .770/.602 .706 86/.669 2/2 5/5
IP 52.1 11.0 43.0 63.0 54.1 71.2 56.0 6.2 67.2 TOTAL .278/.339/.450/.790 .792/.789 .758 .800 85/37 168/75
ERA-K/9 4.30/4.8 1.64/4.1 4.19/10.5 3.29/12.4 3.48/9.4 2.51/8.4 2.73/11.7 0.00/10.7 5.45/5.7 4.29/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (5-0-0)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (54-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 218/.271 43/.250 180/.208 261/.211 215/.226 288/.246 240/.237 35/.276 300/.299 .266  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/125/8
77/77/2/5
95/2/16/4
0/98/2/4
4/11/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .788 .554 .765 .670 .603 .643 .635 .710 .837 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.816 21/.781 65/.677 118/.779 75/.463 110/.709 95/.604 12/.250 86/.814 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.771 22/.332 115/.815 143/.580 140/.677 178/.605 145/.655 23/.928 214/.847 .762
Home 108/.601 29/.562 98/.519 136/.896 124/.611 148/.662 132/.625 19/.681 135/.869
Last 28d days 43/.659 25/.541 34/.770 36/.785 31/.511 58/.698 38/.356 18/.533 128/.866
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 0/0/0 9/0/2 7/9/0 4/2/2 4/10/4 1/2/2 0/2/0 10/7/1 136/101/46
Usage ···X···· ·XX····· ·X······ ··X··o·o ··o··o·X X··X·o·X o·X···XX ········ ···X····
Royals Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
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 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/22 .350/.350/.450/.800 .611/.955 .800 30/.800 0/0 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 4/.000 12/1.083 10/.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.600 565/408 .309/.373/.502/.875 1.082/.800 .846 107/.898 2/1 25/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 209/142 .243/.297/.365/.662 .750/.621 .866 90/.568 7/0 5/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 301/229 .270/.333/.337/.670 .525/.714 .654 28/.631 25/4 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 15/.421 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 544/383 .292/.332/.391/.723 .667/.746 .816 106/.618 27/4 4/17
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/1.200 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 501/349 .234/.287/.359/.647 .745/.606 .638 77/.530 3/6 11/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/72 .229/.260/.288/.548 .464/.606 .500 50/.587 1/0 1/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/.777 11/.282 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 608/400 .298/.368/.453/.821 .645/.915 .839 108/.920 8/5 11/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 522/350 .240/.310/.368/.678 .592/.721 .697 86/.774 12/1 12/9
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .357/.357/.429/.786 .000/.917 .786 14/.786 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 517/366 .254/.308/.441/.749 .701/.769 .842 98/.692 4/2 19/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP 4/.583 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/5.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 195/130 .247/.278/.330/.608 .632/.596 .702 26/.359 0/1 2/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/149 .308/.332/.498/.829 1.066/.731 .814 82/.791 0/0 8/4
28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 141.1 45.0 161.2 30.0 38.0 52.1 55.1 20.0 26.2 12.2 25.1 TOTAL .268/.319/.402/.721 .706/.728 .755 .710 104/32 108/89
ERA-K/9 2.87/7.6 2.60/8.0 4.29/10.5 3.60/8.7 2.13/6.4 2.41/11.2 2.77/9.1 4.05/4.5 4.39/8.1 11.37/9.9 2.49/8.5 3.91/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.226 190/.257 707/.229 127/.156 150/.212 207/.228 217/.205 91/.275 122/.324 62/.298 95/.196 .248  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Lough
0/2/119/16
133/0/0/11
0/82/0/6
1/43/9/3
0/0/2/1
0/0/3/0
OPS .648 .653 .695 .543 .602 .599 .618 .707 .871 .951 .580 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.614 101/.698 407/.728 49/.531 69/.581 125/.597 89/.647 27/.667 47/.808 29/1.407 49/.683 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.684 89/.602 300/.650 78/.548 81/.619 82/.602 128/.596 64/.724 75/.912 33/.606 46/.468 .714
Road 311/.590 88/.724 368/.687 35/.710 54/.450 85/.539 112/.549 3/.333 42/.738 22/1.009 46/.784
Last 28d days 107/.698 33/.593 109/.565 41/.358 29/.729 23/.261 34/.917 / 37/.745 / 16/.875
HR/SB/CS 15/17/3 1/10/1 13/21/2 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 1/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 139/90/20
Usage ····X··· ·X·····o ·X·····X ····X··· o·X····· ·o··o··o ···X··o· ········ ··X····· ········ ···oo·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.