Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > KCR @ NYY, Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Game Preview: KCR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @Yankee Stadium III

Royals, 17-25, 17-25 4th, 7 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: (2012, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced NYY as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-17   Road:   12-8    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:   2-8    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest:  5-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Tue, May 22  @NYY  L   2-3       17-25  4th  7.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 21  @NYY  W   6-0       17-24  4th  6.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 20   ARI  L   0-2       16-24  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Sat, May 19   ARI  W   7-3       16-23  4th  6.5 gb
 38 Fri, May 18   ARI  L   4-6       15-23  4th  6.5 gb
 37 Thu, May 17   BAL  L   3-5       15-22  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 16   BAL  L   3-4 (15)  15-21  4th  5.5 gb
 35 Tue, May 15  @TEX  W   7-4       15-20  4th  4.5 gb
 34 Mon, May 14  @TEX  W   3-1       14-20  4th  4.5 gb
 33 Sun, May 13  @CHW  W   9-1       13-20  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Yankees, 22-21, 22-21 4th, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (40, LHP, 1-1, 2.51)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 14.1 11 4 4 4 11 2 2.51
2010 (11-3) 129.0 123 52 47 41 101 13 3.28
2009 (14-8) 194.2 193 101 90 76 148 20 4.16
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.0 44 19 18 14 34 4 4.26 49
2012-05-18 CIN W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 115 82
2012-05-13 SEA L 6.1 7 4 4 3 2 2 94 42
2010-10-02 @BOS ND 4.0 9 3 3 2 8 0 88 38
2010-09-24 BOS L 3.1 10 7 6 0 1 1 75 15
2010-09-19 @BAL ND 6.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 79 63
2010-07-18 TBR ND 2.1 6 3 3 3 3 1 66 33
2010-07-08 @SEA W 8.0 5 1 1 4 9 0 107 73
Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 33.2 31 17 17 11 21 2 4.54 51
2009-04-10 @KCR W 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 99 72
2008-08-15 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 4 7 0 102 56
2008-06-07 KCR ND 6.2 10 10 10 2 3 2 111 15
2008-04-10 @KCR W 6.2 5 1 1 2 1 0 92 59
2007-09-08 @KCR W 6.1 7 2 2 2 4 0 89 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-11   Road:    9-10   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  5-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 22   KCR  W   3-2       22-21  4th  5.5 gb
 42 Mon, May 21   KCR  L   0-6       21-21  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   CIN  L   2-5       21-20  4th  5.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   CIN  L   5-6       21-19  4th  5.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   CIN  W   4-0       21-18  4th  4.5 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @TOR  L   1-4       20-18  4th  4.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @TOR  L   1-8       20-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @BAL  L   2-5       20-16  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @BAL  W   8-5       20-15  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   SEA  L   2-6       19-15  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 22, 2012 NYY  3  KCR  2        W:Phil Hughes (4-5), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: Rafael Soriano (3)
Mon, May 21, 2012 KCR  6 @NYY  0        W:Felipe Paulino (2-1), L: Hiroki Kuroda (3-6), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2012 NYY 10 @KCR  4        W:Phil Hughes (2-4), L: Luke Hochevar (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 KCR  5  NYY  1        W:Felipe Paulino (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 NYY  6 @KCR  2        W:CC Sabathia (4-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-4), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 KCR  4  NYY  3        W:Danny Duffy (2-2), L: David Phelps (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (5)

Wed, Aug 17, 2011 KCR  5  NYY  4        W:Bruce Chen (8-5), L: Bartolo Colon (8-7), S: Joakim Soria (22)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 NYY  9 @KCR  7        W:Ivan Nova (12-4), L: Danny Duffy (3-7), S: Mariano Rivera (32)
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 NYY  7 @KCR  4        W:A.J. Burnett (9-9), L: Felipe Paulino (1-9), S: Mariano Rivera (31)
Thu, May 12, 2011 KCR 11 @NYY  5        W:Sean O'Sullivan (2-2), L: Ivan Nova (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - NYY won 5-3; All-Time - NYY leads 267-183

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  5.43

CHW  4.09

PIT  2.91

 RA/G

WSN  3.26

CHW  4.05

COL  5.52

 BA

D. Wright  .403

D. Uggla  .262

I. Davis  .156

 OBP

D. Wright  .503

E. Encarnacion  .330

C. Barmes  .195

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .758

A. Escobar  .413

M. Byrd  .242

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.186

C. Johnson  .750

C. Barmes  .473

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

R. Romero  3.64

C. Buchholz  7.84

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

D. Haren  7.27

D. Lowe  2.30

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

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB		 38.Eppley
G/S/vB		 36.Garcia
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 41.Phelps
G/S/vB		 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.917 2/.000 19/1.037 4/1.750 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.800 ··· 180/134 .301/.361/.515/.876 .910/.864 .878 104/.879 0/1 8/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.833 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 110/77 .253/.327/.295/.622 .514/.669 .758 100/.617 5/3 0/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 161/124 .300/.340/.413/.753 .780/.745 .668 90/.706 7/1 1/3
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 37/24 .400/.400/.543/.943 1.083/.870 .688 37/.943 0/0 0/1
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 8/1.750 2/2.500 8/1.125 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 173/131 .259/.306/.401/.708 .739/.698 .750 98/.820 0/3 3/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/7 .208/.269/.250/.519 .610/.286 .619 26/.519 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 13/.648 17/.177 2/.000 5/.400 2/3.000 1/.000 190/134 .240/.332/.377/.709 .681/.720 .744 109/.754 1/1 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 173/124 .177/.249/.316/.565 .404/.629 .593 92/.380 1/1 5/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 51/43 .182/.294/.318/.612 .625/.603 .868 12/.167 1/0 1/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 155/117 .287/.342/.510/.852 .721/.898 .807 87/.852 1/0 7/3
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 74/53 .264/.284/.347/.631 .571/.655 .448 45/.562 0/0 0/1
33.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 89/73 .241/.281/.386/.666 .536/.693 .714 48/.562 0/1 1/3
IP 14.1 8.1 23.0 17.1 29.1 13.2 15.1 20.2 TOTAL .259/.316/.398/.714 .648/.738 .710 .690 23/14 31/23
ERA-K/9 2.51/6.9 3.24/5.4 8.22/5.9 3.12/14.0 2.76/8.0 3.95/5.9 2.35/8.2 2.18/10.0 4.15/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (14-8-1)
 Quintero (18-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 55/.220 33/.241 108/.340 76/.265 124/.234 54/.205 70/.258 82/.205 .264  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Maier
0/0/41/5
41/0/0/1
0/24/0/1
0/12/1/0
OPS .618 .678 .970 .726 .723 .658 .762 .552 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.222 14/.607 62/.916 48/.661 61/.812 40/.576 37/.771 32/.508 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/.830 19/.728 46/1.039 28/.837 63/.637 14/.900 33/.753 50/.580 .793
Home 55/.618 15/.651 58/1.079 46/.863 57/.436 32/.496 41/.904 44/.583
Last 28d days 55/.618 25/.684 50/.827 39/.857 62/.652 30/.620 36/.719 46/.603
HR/SB/CS 2/0/2 1/0/0 4/4/2 1/2/0 5/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 55/22/9
Usage ····X··· oo·o··X· ·X···o·X o·o·o··· ···X···· oo·o··o· o·o····· o·X··X··
Yankees Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Adcock
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		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.000 185/123 .304/.362/.488/.850 .613/.975 .906 102/.931 1/0 5/2
12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/58 .293/.306/.500/.806 .750/.810 .769 45/.740 0/0 3/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB 5/.650 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.500 11/1.182 191/130 .250/.353/.530/.883 .844/.902 .976 108/.847 1/2 13/0
27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 130/114 .263/.323/.551/.874 .517/.926 .990 79/.927 2/0 9/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 194/144 .341/.383/.475/.858 1.307/.699 .711 107/.673 3/1 5/3
22.Jones G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 68/25 .217/.294/.433/.727 .545/1.042 .890 38/.813 0/0 4/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 130/99 .179/.331/.330/.661 .878/.596 .537 72/.663 1/0 4/1
17.Nix G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/1.167 20/11 .263/.300/.579/.879 .444/1.264 1.750 20/.879 0/1 2/0
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/5.000 5/.800 179/126 .276/.369/.404/.773 .773/.772 .817 100/.820 5/0 5/2
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/18 .242/.265/.273/.537 .646/.444 .571 23/.435 0/0 0/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 157/116 .239/.299/.465/.764 .654/.802 .678 74/.657 0/0 7/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.733 167/115 .229/.281/.386/.667 .658/.671 .601 90/.574 1/1 5/0
45.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 24/23 .130/.167/.174/.341 .000/.356 .133 24/.341 1/0 0/0
IP 19.1 15.2 12.1 21.2 20.1 22.2 9.2 18.2 TOTAL .264/.335/.447/.781 .783/.780 .777 .744 23/6 62/19
ERA-K/9 2.33/4.7 2.30/5.7 2.92/6.6 2.91/13.3 3.10/8.4 3.97/7.9 8.38/13.0 2.41/7.2 4.21/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (19-7-3)
 Stewart (3-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.289 66/.268 50/.209 89/.198 81/.183 87/.229 50/.341 77/.250 .263  Swisher
 Granderson
 Ibanez
 Jones
 Wise
 Nix
0/0/30/2
0/43/0/1
18/0/7/1
10/0/7/1
11/0/2/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .785 .737 .701 .641 .509 .710 .868 .681 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.581 32/.906 21/.829 40/.780 29/.407 31/.874 19/1.099 41/.386 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.941 34/.581 29/.595 49/.537 52/.566 56/.621 31/.720 36/1.014 .740
Road 23/.698 33/.630 6/1.800 52/.385 40/.532 35/.812 24/.667 36/.487
Last 28d days 83/.785 41/.703 25/.667 48/.583 43/.654 49/.485 14/.419 38/.760
HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 1/0/1 2/0/2 3/5/0 1/0/1 4/2/2 0/0/0 2/1/1 35/32/18
Usage ··X···X· ···o··X· ··X·Xo·· ·X··o·oX ·o·o·X·o ··X·X·o· ··Xo···o o··o·o·o

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.