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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 1, 2012 @Target Field

Royals, 35-41, 35-41 4th, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 7-6, 4.53)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-6) 89.1 93 47 45 19 64 10 4.53
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 4-2 35.1 39 21 20 8 26 4 5.09 47
2012-06-26 TBR W 7.0 5 2 1 1 5 1 99 65
2012-06-20 @HOU W 5.2 5 1 1 2 6 0 94 59
2012-06-16 @STL ND 1.2 7 6 6 0 0 2 40 17
2012-06-10 @PIT L 5.0 4 3 3 1 5 1 79 51
2012-06-05 MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 88 74
2012-05-30 @CLE W 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 100 42
2012-05-25 @BAL L 4.0 7 6 6 2 2 0 84 24
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 30.2 29 10 10 8 20 1 2.93 56
2012-06-05 MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 88 74
2012-04-29 @MIN L 2.2 6 6 6 2 1 0 62 21
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-23   Road:   21-18   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  25-29   vsLHP:  10-12   1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sat, Jun 30  @MIN  L   1-5       35-41  4th  6.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 30  @MIN  L   2-7       35-40  4th  6.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 29  @MIN  W   4-3       35-39  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Twins, 32-45, 32-45 5th, 9½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (28, LHP, 2-7, 5.30)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-7) 71.1 64 44 42 40 70 7 5.30
2011 (9-10) 134.1 125 81 76 75 112 14 5.09
2010 (14-10) 191.2 184 77 77 58 201 9 3.62
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 25 14 14 17 44 2 2.98 61
2012-06-25 CHW W 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 104 68
2012-06-20 @PIT ND 6.2 4 1 1 2 6 0 97 66
2012-06-15 MIL ND 6.0 1 3 3 4 6 1 104 60
2012-06-10 CHC L 5.2 4 4 4 3 6 0 89 48
2012-06-05 @KCR L 6.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 96 67
2012-05-30 OAK W 6.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 88 73
2012-05-07 LAA L 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 1 90 42
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 32.0 29 13 11 4 26 1 3.09 57
2012-06-05 @KCR L 6.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 96 67
2011-07-14 KCR W 7.0 7 3 1 2 4 0 106 57
2011-04-13 KCR L 5.0 8 7 7 1 4 0 78 26
2010-09-07 KCR W 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 95 59
2010-07-26 @KCR W 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 84 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-25   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  23-34   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl:11-13   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Sat, Jun 30   KCR  W   5-1       32-45  5th  9.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 30   KCR  W   7-2       31-45  5th  9.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 29   KCR  L   3-4       30-45  5th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 MIN  5  KCR  1        W:Cole De Vries (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (5-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 MIN  7  KCR  2        W:Scott Diamond (7-3), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 KCR  4 @MIN  3        W:Luis Mendoza (3-4), L: Brian Duensing (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (20)
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
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 5-3; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - MIN leads 355-311

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 (3.97 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
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 25/.600 6/.334 3/.000 14/.917 2/.500 15/.786 2/1.000 2/5.000 ··· 142/97 .250/.284/.439/.723 .585/.791 .709 75/.718 0/1 5/5
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/4 .273/.360/.318/.678 .714/.500 .764 10/.875 1/2 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 29/.574 10/.929 4/.500 22/.768 2/no AB 12/.917 ··· 8/1.000 1/no AB 310/224 .297/.365/.516/.881 1.136/.787 .909 88/.912 1/1 16/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 214/154 .247/.311/.295/.606 .516/.640 .692 76/.541 13/3 0/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.583 7/.619 3/.000 14/.962 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 2/1.000 287/212 .313/.352/.422/.774 .804/.763 .687 86/.876 12/2 2/8
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/34 .292/.306/.396/.702 .813/.648 .440 6/.167 0/0 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/.444 7/1.143 10/.200 16/1.001 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/.500 309/229 .257/.294/.390/.685 .700/.680 .725 95/.517 1/3 7/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 22/.785 4/.250 1/.000 23/.622 1/no AB 12/.917 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 343/231 .273/.364/.417/.781 .684/.829 .776 109/.917 3/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/.900 2/.000 1/3.000 12/.334 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 7/.572 1/2.000 302/211 .225/.291/.378/.670 .549/.722 .672 89/.718 7/1 9/5
12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.393 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 ··· 74/56 .172/.260/.313/.573 .706/.520 .714 11/.091 2/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 4/.750 1/3.000 296/215 .264/.331/.472/.803 .562/.897 .685 102/.761 2/1 13/8
27.Pena# G/S/vP 11/.546 1/no AB 2/.500 15/.500 3/1.333 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 134/94 .260/.286/.346/.632 .500/.691 .491 42/.563 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 24/18 .333/.333/.667/1.000 1.333/.889 1.250 24/1.000 0/0 2/0
IP 71.1 39.1 32.0 41.2 32.1 32.2 3.1 57.0 1.1 TOTAL .262/.317/.400/.717 .665/.739 .701 .704 48/20 63/56
ERA-K/9 5.30/8.8 1.83/3.7 2.81/8.2 4.10/5.2 4.45/4.7 2.76/11.3 8.10/19.1 4.58/5.2 0.00/0.0 4.92/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (35-13-3)
 Perez (8-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.244 154/.207 127/.198 171/.253 145/.252 138/.248 15/.357 235/.279 7/.200 .280  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Dyson
 Bourgeois
 Hosmer
 Maier
75/0/0/6
0/2/72/6
0/54/0/5
2/8/0/1
0/0/2/1
0/16/6/0
OPS .733 .547 .573 .665 .724 .690 .690 .754 .629 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.436 62/.444 50/.864 66/.524 54/.752 47/.728 9/.236 109/.756 3/.667 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.816 92/.609 77/.399 105/.752 91/.706 91/.670 6/1.333 126/.753 4/.500 .798
Home 167/.642 74/.452 72/.567 85/.635 78/.561 90/.821 15/.690 134/.747 7/.629
Last 28d days 124/.495 41/.201 47/.480 61/.879 49/.809 45/.756 15/.690 72/.784 7/.629
HR/SB/CS 7/11/2 3/4/0 4/3/0 3/0/0 4/4/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 7/0/1 0/0/0 102/54/11
Usage ·····X·· oo·X···· X····XX· ·X·····X ···Xo··· o····X·· oo·Xo··· ·X··o··X ·X······
Twins Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
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 12/.400 ··· 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 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 287/215 .251/.332/.295/.627 .822/.562 .689 82/.774 6/3 0/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 177/137 .250/.288/.323/.611 .874/.533 .763 34/.687 10/1 0/5
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 5/.000 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 237/166 .276/.333/.448/.781 .688/.821 .806 79/.803 0/0 7/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 193/154 .230/.255/.322/.578 .848/.509 .625 85/.522 3/2 3/11
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 64/44 .214/.302/.321/.623 .762/.561 .770 34/.864 5/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 21/.564 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/3.000 293/207 .325/.416/.448/.865 .970/.822 .883 67/.989 3/1 4/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/.650 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 3/.666 247/169 .239/.308/.441/.749 .333/.948 .638 91/.660 1/0 10/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 112/88 .190/.277/.290/.567 .917/.476 .600 20/.838 0/0 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 15/.557 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 221/154 .245/.326/.541/.867 1.145/.754 .947 102/1.073 0/2 16/8
11.Revere* G/S/vP 10/.400 2/1.000 6/.900 1/2.000 1/4.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 192/140 .320/.346/.376/.722 .855/.672 .790 108/.741 15/4 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 18/.929 1/no AB 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.417 316/223 .275/.344/.391/.735 .714/.742 .919 94/.695 8/3 3/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP 11/.873 7/.929 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.167 3/2.667 1/.000 315/234 .268/.381/.532/.913 1.103/.847 .990 105/.821 2/1 16/2
IP 89.1 30.2 37.2 34.0 40.1 26.1 30.1 16.0 TOTAL .256/.325/.393/.718 .793/.691 .789 .765 54/18 63/45
ERA-K/9 4.53/6.5 2.05/6.7 3.35/12.4 2.65/8.5 2.90/8.3 4.10/13.3 1.78/8.3 5.06/5.1 4.17/7.3

 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 378/.266 130/.257 155/.190 136/.228 159/.233 124/.282 124/.234 67/.263 .264  Willingham
 Span
 Plouffe
 Revere
 Mastroianni
 Doumit
 Parmelee
68/0/0/6
0/69/0/2
2/0/15/2
2/7/34/2
8/1/11/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .739 .672 .613 .546 .641 .764 .642 .812 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.714 66/.661 63/.767 51/.347 62/.739 45/.724 67/.564 30/.993 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.746 64/.684 92/.513 85/.667 97/.581 79/.787 57/.736 37/.668 .755
Road 189/.813 77/.626 82/.330 56/.470 77/.618 61/.641 59/.598 19/1.350
Last 28d days 110/.725 40/.718 46/.675 44/.611 48/.675 53/.807 27/.462 20/.644
HR/SB/CS 10/11/4 1/2/1 3/6/0 1/2/1 4/5/3 1/1/1 2/2/1 2/1/1 63/75/32
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ···X··X· ···oo·XX ···o···o X··X···X 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.