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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, September 6, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Rangers, 81-55, 81-55 1st, 5 up

SP: Scott Feldman (29, RHP, 6-11, 5.01)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-11)			106.0	120	68	59	25	75	11	5.01
2011 (2-1)			32.0	25	14	14	10	22	3	3.94
2010 (7-11)			141.1	181	98	86	45	75	18	5.48

Last 7 GS		2-5	44.0	49	24	22	9	31	2	4.50	49
2012-09-01	@CLE	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	0	99	48
2012-08-26	MIN	L	5.2	10	6	5	1	4	0	104	30
2012-08-21	BAL	L	5.0	7	5	4	1	4	1	100	38
2012-08-15	@NYY	L	6.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	117	49
2012-08-10	DET	L	5.2	6	4	4	1	2	1	88	42
2012-08-04	@KCR	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	105	62
2012-07-29	CHW	W	8.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	88	73

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	31.0	26	12	10	8	11	2	2.90	54
2012-08-04	@KCR	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	105	62
2012-05-14	KCR	L	4.2	3	2	0	1	1	0	81	54
2010-05-26	@KCR	L	6.2	7	4	4	1	0	1	105	43
2010-05-09	KCR	ND	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	100	36
2009-07-24	@KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	110	73

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

 Home:   43-25   Road:   38-30   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  56-39   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 23-14   vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Wed, Sep  5  @KCR  W   7-6       81-55  1st  5.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

Royals, 61-75, 61-75 3rd, 13 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 7-13, 5.34)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-13)			155.0	162	100	92	51	119	21	5.34
2011 (11-11)			198.0	192	110	103	62	128	23	4.68
2010 (6-6)			103.0	110	61	55	37	76	9	4.81

Last 7 GS		1-4	42.0	37	31	26	17	36	8	5.57	48
2012-09-01	MIN	L	1.2	6	8	8	4	3	2	63	10
2012-08-27	@BOS	L	8.0	8	5	4	1	6	1	114	53
2012-08-21	@TBR	ND	8.0	1	0	0	3	10	0	105	87
2012-08-16	OAK	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	103	59
2012-08-10	@BAL	L	5.1	7	7	7	2	2	3	90	26
2012-08-05	TEX	ND	6.0	4	5	1	1	4	0	106	55
2012-07-31	CLE	W	6.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	101	49

Last 5 v.TEX		2-0	32.1	24	15	10	7	26	2	2.78	59
2012-08-05	TEX	ND	6.0	4	5	1	1	4	0	106	55
2011-05-19	TEX	ND	8.2	6	1	1	2	4	1	113	70
2010-05-26	TEX	W	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	99	66
2010-05-09	@TEX	ND	2.2	3	4	4	4	1	0	71	33
2009-07-25	TEX	W	7.0	5	3	2	0	13	1	112	70

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

 Home:   31-37   Road:   30-38   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  42-51   vsLHP:  19-24   1-Run:  23-18
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:24-26   vsWest: 13-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Wed, Sep  5   TEX  L   6-7       61-75  3rd 13.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 05, 2012 TEX  7 @KCR  6        W:Ryan Dempster (10-6), L: Everett Teaford (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (29)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 4-4; 2011 - TEX won 6-2; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 265-252

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 5.18 CIN 4.33 HOU 3.62	RA/G WSN 3.56 PHI 4.29 COL 5.45	BA M. Cabrera .346 C. Hart .274 C. Pena .191	OBP J. Mauer .412 R. Weeks .336 J. Smoak .260	SLG R. Braun .604 J. Mauer .440 J. Weeks .302	OPS R. Braun .993 B. Phillips .778 J. Smoak .577	ERA F. Hernandez 2.51 J. Vargas 3.85 R. Romero 5.85	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 W. Chen 7.37 H. Alvarez 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.18

CIN 4.33

HOU 3.62

RA/G

WSN 3.56

PHI 4.29

COL 5.45

M. Cabrera .346

C. Hart .274

C. Pena .191

OBP

J. Mauer .412

R. Weeks .336

J. Smoak .260

SLG

R. Braun .604

J. Mauer .440

J. Weeks .302

OPS

R. Braun .993

B. Phillips .778

J. Smoak .577

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.51

J. Vargas 3.85

R. Romero 5.85

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

W. Chen 7.37

H. Alvarez 3.42

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Rangers Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 13/.564 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 3/1.334 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 598/431 .298/.361/.391/.751 .676/.781 .785 109/.658 20/8 3/15

29.Beltre G/S/vP 13/1.000 ··· 5/.200 2/no AB 4/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 5/2.050 3/.666 2/2.500 557/408 .318/.354/.553/.907 .734/.971 .873 108/1.199 1/0 29/8

17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 542/403 .262/.328/.467/.796 .996/.728 .721 97/.790 8/4 22/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 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 11/.455 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.500 551/381 .292/.358/.583/.941 .858/.979 .955 107/1.000 7/3 38/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.154 1/2.000 2/.500 7/.143 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.334 2/2.500 614/455 .267/.336/.438/.774 .998/.695 .635 110/.694 21/9 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 7/.453 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.533 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 289/248 .288/.333/.515/.848 .819/.853 .710 85/.823 1/1 15/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 3/1.167 3/.000 424/356 .317/.393/.504/.897 .894/.898 .819 100/1.018 8/3 13/1

9.Olt G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.833 1/.000 37/19 .133/.243/.167/.410 .410/.406 .398 23/.317 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 2/4.000 3/1.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 298/216 .207/.287/.350/.637 .725/.603 .633 80/.615 0/0 9/8

10.Young G/S/vP 12/1.583 ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 4/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 547/395 .267/.298/.355/.653 .759/.612 .714 90/.698 2/2 6/5

IP 155.0 11.0 43.0 63.0 55.0 71.2 56.0 8.2 67.2 56.2 TOTAL .278/.339/.451/.790 .791/.790 .760 .804 85/38 170/75

ERA-K/9

5.34/6.9

1.64/4.1

4.19/10.5

3.29/12.4

3.44/9.3

2.51/8.4

2.73/11.7

1.04/8.3

5.45/5.7

4.45/5.2

4.31/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (5-0-0)
Snyder (0-0-0)
Soto (56-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 662/.272 43/.250 180/.208 261/.211 218/.228 288/.246 240/.237 42/.278 300/.299 235/.266 .266 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Gentry
Martin
Snyder
Olt
Moreland 6/0/126/8
78/78/2/5
96/2/16/4
0/99/2/4
4/11/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .798 .554 .765 .670 .605 .643 .635 .742 .837 .786 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.857 21/.781 65/.677 118/.779 76/.457 110/.709 95/.604 14/.214 86/.814 84/.793 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.727 22/.332 115/.815 143/.580 142/.685 178/.605 145/.655 28/.984 214/.847 151/.782 .764

Home 303/.820 29/.562 98/.519 136/.896 127/.615 148/.662 132/.625 26/.737 135/.869 125/.622

Last 28d days 125/.846 25/.541 34/.770 36/.785 30/.565 58/.698 38/.356 21/.702 100/.889 60/.686

HR/SB/CS 21/14/7 0/0/0 9/0/2 7/9/0 4/2/2 4/10/4 1/2/2 0/2/0 10/7/1 10/2/2 138/101/47

Usage ····X··· ··XX···· ··X····· ···X··o· o··o··o· ·X··X·o· ·o·X···X X······· ····X··· X···X···

Royals Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· 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 22/.654 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 4/.000 12/1.083 10/.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.600 569/412 .313/.376/.510/.886 1.082/.815 .867 106/.875 2/1 25/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 209/142 .243/.297/.365/.662 .750/.621 .866 85/.578 7/0 5/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 5/1.100 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 8/.393 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 8/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 549/388 .292/.331/.389/.720 .667/.742 .808 106/.598 27/4 4/17

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/1.100 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 505/353 .233/.287/.357/.644 .745/.602 .632 77/.502 3/6 11/1

9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/76 .230/.260/.287/.547 .464/.601 .500 54/.580 1/0 1/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/.802 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 10/.700 11/.282 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 613/405 .296/.365/.449/.814 .645/.903 .825 108/.824 8/5 11/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 8/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 526/354 .243/.314/.370/.684 .592/.729 .708 86/.816 14/1 12/9

7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .294/.316/.353/.669 .000/.753 .669 19/.669 1/0 0/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 521/370 .252/.305/.438/.743 .701/.760 .829 98/.638 4/2 19/11

27.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.000 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 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/153 .309/.335/.500/.835 1.066/.741 .824 81/.852 0/0 8/4

28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 106.0 46.0 161.2 30.0 38.0 53.1 56.1 20.0 26.2 12.2 25.1 TOTAL .267/.319/.402/.721 .706/.728 .754 .696 106/32 108/89

ERA-K/9

5.01/6.4

2.74/7.8

4.29/10.5

3.60/8.7

2.13/6.4

2.53/11.0

3.04/9.0

4.05/4.5

4.39/8.1

11.37/9.9

2.49/8.5

3.92/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (51-16-5)
Perez (18-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 459/.280 195/.257 707/.229 127/.156 150/.212 212/.232 222/.207 91/.275 122/.324 62/.298 95/.196 .248 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer
Lough 0/2/120/16
134/0/0/11
0/82/0/6
1/43/9/3
0/0/2/1
0/1/3/0

OPS .731 .659 .695 .543 .602 .604 .621 .707 .871 .951 .580 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 253/.721 103/.684 407/.728 49/.531 69/.581 128/.582 91/.660 27/.667 47/.808 29/1.407 49/.683 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.742 92/.631 300/.650 78/.548 81/.619 84/.637 131/.592 64/.724 75/.912 33/.606 46/.468 .715

Road 212/.670 93/.733 368/.687 35/.710 54/.450 90/.554 117/.556 3/.333 42/.738 22/1.009 46/.784

Last 28d days 126/.797 38/.630 109/.565 41/.358 29/.729 28/.357 39/.905 / 37/.745 / 16/.875

HR/SB/CS 11/16/2 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 4/1/0 139/92/20

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