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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 1:10pm, Saturday, April 28, 2012 @Target Field

Royals, 6-14, 6-14 4th, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 0-2, 2.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 25.0 19 8 7 4 17 3 2.52
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 1-3 46.1 38 13 12 9 27 4 2.33 60
2012-04-23 TOR L 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 2 106 54
2012-04-17 DET L 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 0 108 64
2012-04-11 @OAK ND 5.0 4 3 2 2 3 1 102 50
2012-04-06 @LAA ND 6.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 75 70
2011-09-28 @MIN ND 8.0 8 0 0 2 4 0 115 68
2011-09-23 @CHW W 8.0 2 1 1 1 4 1 102 77
2011-09-18 CHW L 5.1 9 4 4 2 2 0 98 34
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 31.2 38 13 13 11 16 2 3.69 49
2011-09-28 @MIN ND 8.0 8 0 0 2 4 0 115 68
2011-09-13 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 119 85
2011-07-14 @MIN L 5.0 9 4 4 3 2 1 102 32
2011-04-29 MIN ND 5.1 8 3 3 2 1 1 101 39
2010-07-27 MIN L 5.1 11 6 6 3 1 0 113 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-10   Road:    6-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   6-11   vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   1-6 
 vsEast:  0-4    vsCntrl: 3-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @MIN  W   7-6        6-14  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26  @CLE  W   4-2        5-14  4th  5.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @CLE  W   8-2        4-14  5th  6.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24  @CLE  L   3-4        3-14  5th  7.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 23   TOR  L   1-4        3-13  5th  7.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 22   TOR  L   3-5        3-12  5th  6.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21   TOR  L   5-9        3-11  5th  6.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 20   TOR  L   3-4        3-10  5th  6.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   DET  L   3-4        3-9   5th  6.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   DET  L   1-3        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-14
Twins, 5-15, 5-15 5th, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (33, RHP, 1-0, 7.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 11.1 18 9 9 2 6 3 7.15
2011 (8-6) 132.0 154 74 65 43 76 11 4.43
2010 (2-9) 58.2 76 47 43 24 31 9 6.60
Last 7 GS 2-2 36.2 51 30 26 11 22 6 6.38 39
2012-04-23 BOS ND 6.1 11 5 5 0 3 2 112 34
2012-04-18 @NYY W 5.0 7 4 4 2 3 1 87 38
2011-08-14 NYM ND 3.1 3 1 1 1 2 1 46 51
2011-08-09 HOU ND 4.0 9 7 4 2 2 2 82 22
2011-08-03 @SFG L 4.0 10 8 7 1 1 0 80 12
2011-07-24 @LAD L 6.0 5 3 3 4 2 0 108 48
2011-07-18 @HOU W 8.0 6 2 2 1 9 0 102 70
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 12.0 16 7 6 2 9 0 4.50 47
2006-07-02 KCR W 7.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 112 47
2004-06-27 @KCR W 5.0 7 3 2 1 4 0 111 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-8    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 27   KCR  L   6-7        5-15  5th  6.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25   BOS  L   6-7        5-14  4th  5.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24   BOS  L   2-11       5-13  4th  5.5 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23   BOS  L   5-6        5-12  4th  5.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @TBR  L   2-6        5-11  4th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @TBR  L   1-4        5-10  4th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @TBR  W   5-4        5-9   4th  4.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @NYY  L   6-7        4-9   4th  5.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @NYY  W   6-5        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-8        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 5-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 KCR  7 @MIN  6        W:Jose Mijares (1-1), L: Brian Duensing (0-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (3)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 MIN  1  KCR  0        W:Carl Pavano (9-13), L: Blake Wood (5-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 MIN  7  KCR  4        W:Anthony Swarzak (4-7), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 KCR  7 @MIN  3        W:Felipe Paulino (4-10), L: Kevin Slowey (0-8), S: none
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Luke Hochevar (11-11), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: Greg Holland (3)
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 KCR  4  MIN  0        W:Bruce Chen (11-7), L: Carl Pavano (8-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Brian Duensing (7-7), L: Felipe Paulino (1-7), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Jeff Francis (3-11), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 KCR  2 @MIN  1        W:Tim Collins (4-4), L: Matt Capps (2-5), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 MIN  8  KCR  4        W:Francisco Liriano (6-7), L: Bruce Chen (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 1-0; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - MIN leads 350-309

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 5/.000 5/.400 2/.000 5/.800 11/.875 2/.500 1/.000 15/.786 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 49/.769 4/4 13/21
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 9/.873 1/2.000 6/.334 20/.744 2/no AB 3/1.666 11/.819 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 86/.917 2/1 19/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 53/49 .205/.308/.227/.535 .333/.544 .483 15/.574 11/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 2/.000 1/.000 12/.781 2/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 79/.793 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/.564 6/1.333 7/.286 11/.282 14/1.143 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 84/.562 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 11/.800 ··· ··· 3/.000 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 39/.824 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 20/.461 ··· 1/.000 11/1.011 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 91/.764 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 9/.222 ··· ··· 1/.000 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 91/.693 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 43/.738 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 76/.841 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 14/.539 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 37/.769 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 41/.794 1/0 2/5
IP 132.0 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .262/.322/.425/.747 .598/.787 .735 .747 12/8 19/10
ERA-K/9 4.43/5.2 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 5.77/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (48-27-4)
 Quintero (48-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.294 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .291  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Dyson
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
0/17/0/0
OPS .779 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .833
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.840 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .844
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.729 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .826
Home 248/.789 131/.706 19/1.111 151/.717 365/.902 103/.725 46/.981 150/.644
Last 28d days 50/1.050 50/.599 29/.506 28/.750 35/.596 44/.619 48/.976 32/.926
HR/SB/CS 11/6/1 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 31/14/3
Usage ····X··· o··X··X· ··o·o··o ····X··o X···o·oo X··X··X· o··X···o ··X··X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .715 16/.388 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .623 88/.578 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .780 54/.661 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .927 60/.578 0/1 8/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/.513 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/3.000 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .708 88/.868 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.964 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .657 77/.795 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 1.257 54/.695 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .697 32/.620 3/3 8/12
2.Span* G/S/vP 13/1.215 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .728 88/.825 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· / /// / 23/.581 / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP 19/1.248 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .707 69/.546 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/.367 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .874 76/1.114 4/1 29/2
IP 155.0 12.2 59.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 4.0 49.0 44.0 TOTAL .263/.328/.393/.722 .749/.710 .807 .722 11/3 14/14
ERA-K/9 3.77/5.6 5.68/7.1 2.87/9.6 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 6.75/4.5 4.59/5.5 3.27/5.7 4.43/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Mauer (28-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 654/.258 62/.283 244/.207 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 19/.267 228/.275 175/.231 .261  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Span
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .727 .840 .685 .681 .711 1.232 .821 .797 .710 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.678 26/.670 89/.803 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 8/.804 97/.698 73/.570 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 459/.747 36/.951 155/.619 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 11/.830 131/.874 102/.799 .727
Road 312/.693 17/.721 103/.661 146/.597 126/.747 3/.000 9/1.056 114/.854 70/.578
Last 28d days 95/.620 33/.690 28/.855 48/.650 43/.364 40/.941 12/.917 43/.623 47/.883
HR/SB/CS 18/12/6 2/0/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/3 8/3/1 17/18/7
Usage ····X··· oX··o··· o····X·X ·X·X··oo ·XX·oo·o o··X··X· X·o····· X·oX·o·o 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.