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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, June 29, 2012 @Target Field

Royals, 34-39, 34-39 4th, 5½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (28, RHP, 2-4, 4.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-4) 60.0 68 37 33 30 30 4 4.95
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
2010 (0-1) 4.0 10 10 10 3 1 4 22.50
Last 7 GS 1-2 34.1 42 26 22 15 19 4 5.77 41
2012-06-23 STL L 4.1 7 4 4 2 2 0 85 33
2012-06-17 @STL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 2 88 56
2012-06-12 MIL ND 6.0 1 1 1 2 4 0 74 68
2012-05-18 ARI ND 5.2 5 4 4 3 4 0 93 44
2012-04-26 @CLE W 5.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 70 52
2012-04-21 TOR ND 3.1 10 4 4 1 0 0 50 23
2012-04-15 CLE L 4.0 9 9 5 4 1 2 89 13
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-23   Road:   20-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  25-28   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Wed, Jun 27   TBR  W   5-4       34-39  4th  5.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 26   TBR  W   8-2       33-39  4th  5.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 25   TBR  W   8-0       32-39  4th  5.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 24   STL  L   8-11      31-39  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 23   STL  L   2-8       31-38  4th  5.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 22   STL  L   4-11      31-37  4th  5.5 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 20  @HOU  W   2-1       31-36  4th  4.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19  @HOU  W   2-0       30-36  4th  4.5 gb
 65 Mon, Jun 18  @HOU  L   7-9       29-36  4th  5.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 17  @STL  W   5-3 (15)  29-35  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Twins, 30-44, 30-44 5th, 10 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (29, LHP, 1-3, 3.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-3) 37.2 32 16 16 11 23 2 3.82
2011 (9-14) 161.2 193 102 94 52 115 21 5.23
2010 (10-3) 130.2 122 42 38 35 78 11 2.62
Last 7 GS 1-4 29.0 45 31 30 12 21 7 9.31 35
2012-06-23 @CIN L 3.0 4 4 4 2 1 1 63 34
2011-09-24 @CLE ND 5.0 3 2 2 1 4 0 80 56
2011-09-03 @LAA ND 1.1 3 5 5 2 0 1 35 26
2011-08-28 DET W 6.0 7 4 3 3 4 0 93 45
2011-08-23 BAL L 2.0 9 7 7 1 2 1 66 11
2011-08-18 NYY L 5.0 10 6 6 1 1 3 92 23
2011-08-13 @CLE L 6.2 9 3 3 2 9 1 111 51
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 35.1 35 10 8 5 21 2 2.04 59
2011-07-17 KCR W 6.1 7 3 3 0 2 1 99 49
2011-06-05 @KCR W 8.0 6 0 0 1 4 0 113 73
2011-04-30 @KCR L 7.0 8 3 2 2 6 1 99 55
2011-04-12 KCR ND 6.0 8 3 2 2 2 0 102 46
2010-09-08 KCR W 8.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 105 73
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-24   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  22-33   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Wed, Jun 27   CHW  L   5-12      30-44  5th  9.5 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 26   CHW  L   2-3       30-43  5th  8.5 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 25   CHW  W   4-1       30-42  5th  7.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24  @CIN  W   4-3       29-42  5th  8.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23  @CIN  L   0-6       28-42  5th  9.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 22  @CIN  W   5-4       28-41  5th  9.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 21  @PIT  L   1-9       27-41  5th  9.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 20  @PIT  W   2-1       27-40  5th  8.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19  @PIT  L   2-7       26-40  5th  8.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 17   MIL  W   5-4 (15)  26-39  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 MIN  4 @KCR  2        W:Nick Blackburn (2-4), L: Luis Mendoza (2-3), S: Matt Capps (14)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 KCR  1  MIN  0        W:Bruce Chen (5-5), L: Francisco Liriano (1-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (14)
Mon, Jun 04, 2012 MIN 10 @KCR  7        W:Cole De Vries (1-1), L: Will Smith (1-2), S: Matt Capps (13)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 MIN  7  KCR  4        W:Jason Marquis (2-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 3-2; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - MIN leads 353-310

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
Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
60.Gray
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
64.Robertson*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
57.Waldrop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 11/.875 5/.400 3/.000 2/.500 15/.786 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 129/93 .252/.289/.454/.743 .537/.827 .749 71/.734 0/1 5/4
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/3 .250/.333/.313/.646 .641/.667 .750 3/1.167 1/2 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 20/.744 9/.873 3/.666 2/no AB 12/.917 ··· 7/.929 ··· 297/217 .296/.357/.511/.868 1.204/.752 .885 83/.873 1/1 15/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 209/150 .249/.314/.297/.611 .488/.658 .708 78/.607 13/3 0/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.781 6/.733 3/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 1/2.000 278/207 .315/.353/.427/.780 .773/.782 .693 84/.855 12/2 2/8
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/34 .298/.313/.404/.717 .867/.648 .458 5/.200 0/0 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 14/1.143 6/1.333 9/.222 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 297/222 .263/.300/.402/.702 .749/.686 .762 91/.549 1/3 7/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 20/.461 4/.250 1/.000 1/no AB 12/.917 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 331/227 .267/.363/.413/.776 .647/.835 .765 106/.930 3/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 290/205 .221/.290/.373/.662 .528/.719 .658 84/.784 7/1 9/5
12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 ··· 73/56 .175/.264/.317/.581 .750/.520 .735 10/.100 2/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 283/210 .277/.346/.496/.842 .626/.920 .753 94/.869 2/1 13/8
27.Pena# G/S/vP 15/.500 1/no AB 2/.500 3/1.333 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 130/94 .268/.295/.358/.652 .556/.691 .520 43/.625 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 16/12 .313/.313/.563/.875 .750/.917 16/.875 0/0 1/0
IP 37.2 37.1 31.0 32.1 31.2 1.2 55.0 TOTAL .263/.318/.403/.721 .664/.743 .708 .722 48/20 61/55
ERA-K/9 3.82/5.5 1.93/3.9 2.90/8.4 4.45/4.7 2.84/11.6 10.80/21.2 4.75/5.2 /0.0 5.03/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (30-13-3)
 Perez (6-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.232 147/.216 123/.196 145/.252 134/.248 9/.500 228/.282 / .282  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Bourgeois
 Maier
72/0/0/6
0/2/69/6
0/51/0/5
0/0/2/1
1/6/0/0
0/16/5/0
OPS .610 .565 .567 .724 .697 .944 .763 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.500 60/.460 49/.814 54/.752 45/.715 5/.450 107/.771 / .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.680 87/.629 74/.415 91/.706 89/.687 4/1.500 121/.756 / .803
Home 65/.497 67/.483 68/.555 78/.561 86/.837 9/.944 127/.762 /
Last 28d days 47/.679 34/.211 45/.429 49/.809 48/.706 9/.944 65/.818 /
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/4/0 4/3/0 4/4/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 7/0/1 // 100/54/11
Usage ·····X·· ·X····XX ···XX·o· ·Xo···Xo ···X··X· ·Xo····· ··o··X··
Twins Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
61.Teaford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/47 .241/.305/.333/.638 .083/.780 .418 21/.476 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 280/209 .254/.337/.299/.636 .835/.569 .711 79/.778 6/3 0/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 169/132 .244/.284/.314/.598 .751/.554 .748 30/.563 8/1 0/5
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.667 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 229/162 .271/.332/.443/.775 .646/.830 .797 79/.750 0/0 7/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 186/150 .227/.254/.324/.578 .864/.509 .628 86/.567 2/2 3/11
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 55/39 .204/.278/.327/.604 .741/.549 .775 26/.862 2/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/3.000 280/199 .321/.414/.433/.848 .989/.792 .853 63/1.004 3/1 3/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.500 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 239/161 .229/.301/.435/.736 .333/.939 .604 92/.595 1/0 10/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/84 .186/.269/.258/.526 .917/.421 .529 16/.606 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 208/145 .243/.322/.530/.852 1.051/.771 .929 97/1.127 0/2 15/8
11.Revere* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 1/2.000 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 179/132 .323/.343/.383/.726 .844/.683 .807 105/.736 15/3 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 307/219 .277/.341/.396/.737 .701/.750 .932 95/.679 7/3 3/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP 2/.500 6/1.100 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 3/2.667 1/.000 302/225 .272/.384/.535/.920 1.119/.849 1.009 101/.835 2/1 15/2
IP 60.0 29.2 37.2 34.0 40.1 25.1 29.1 16.0 TOTAL .254/.322/.390/.712 .774/.689 .782 .754 47/17 59/45
ERA-K/9 4.95/4.5 1.52/7.0 3.35/12.4 2.65/8.5 2.90/8.3 4.26/13.2 1.84/8.6 5.06/5.1 4.12/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (12-3-1)
 Doumit (16-4-2)
 Mauer (26-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.291 124/.250 155/.190 136/.228 159/.233 118/.283 121/.239 67/.263 .263  Willingham
 Span
 Plouffe
 Revere
 Mastroianni
 Doumit
 Parmelee
66/0/0/6
0/67/0/2
2/0/15/2
2/6/32/2
7/1/10/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .763 .652 .613 .546 .641 .753 .647 .812 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.790 62/.595 63/.767 51/.347 62/.739 42/.667 65/.562 30/.993 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.734 62/.707 92/.513 85/.667 97/.581 76/.802 56/.750 37/.668 .751
Road 112/.717 71/.586 82/.330 56/.470 77/.618 55/.606 56/.607 19/1.350
Last 28d days 89/.652 38/.636 51/.670 49/.673 52/.660 51/.760 28/.445 20/.644
HR/SB/CS 4/3/3 1/2/1 3/6/0 1/2/1 4/5/3 1/1/1 2/2/1 2/1/1 59/68/31
Usage ·····X·· ·o······ ·X··X·X· ·oo·XX·· ·o···oo· ·X···X·· ·····XX· ·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.