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Game Preview: KCR @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 @The Coliseum

Royals, 2-2, 2-2 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Danny Duffy (23, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-8) 105.1 119 66 66 51 87 15 5.64
Last 7 GS 1-4 37.2 39 28 28 18 27 4 6.69 43
2011-09-06 @OAK W 6.1 4 3 3 3 4 0 119 54
2011-09-01 @DET ND 5.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 92 36
2011-08-27 @CLE ND 5.1 6 4 4 2 7 1 102 45
2011-08-21 BOS L 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 102 55
2011-08-16 NYY L 3.0 8 8 8 2 3 1 90 12
2011-08-11 @TBR L 7.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 103 54
2011-08-06 DET L 5.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 105 46
Last 5 v.OAK 2-0 12.1 8 5 5 7 6 1 3.65 54
2011-09-06 @OAK W 6.1 4 3 3 3 4 0 119 54
2011-06-14 @OAK W 6.0 4 2 2 4 2 1 104 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @OAK  L   0-1        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @LAA  W   7-3        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @LAA  W   6-3        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @LAA  L   0-5        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-2    Last 20: 2-2    Last 30: 2-2
Athletics, 2-3, 2-3 4th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Graham Godfrey (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 25.0 32 14 11 5 13 3 3.96
Last 7 GS 1-2 21.0 27 14 11 4 10 3 4.71 43
2011-08-27 @BOS L 4.0 6 3 3 0 1 1 70 39
2011-06-23 @NYM L 5.2 6 4 2 2 4 0 115 47
2011-06-17 SFG W 7.0 6 2 1 0 3 1 96 62
2011-06-10 @CHW ND 4.1 9 5 5 2 2 1 90 25
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Mon, Apr  9   KCR  W   1-0        2-3   4th  1.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  7   SEA  L   7-8        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Fri, Apr  6   SEA  L   3-7        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Thu, Mar 29   SEA  W   4-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Wed, Mar 28   SEA  L   1-3 (11)   0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-3    Last 20: 2-3    Last 30: 2-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 OAK  1  KCR  0        W:Tom Milone (1-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (2)

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 OAK  7  KCR  0        W:Guillermo Moscoso (8-8), L: Bruce Chen (10-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (4-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (12-12), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 KCR 11 @OAK  6        W:Greg Holland (4-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 OAK  8  KCR  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-5), L: Jeff Francis (3-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Josh Outman (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (4-7), S: Andrew Bailey (2)
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 KCR  7 @OAK  4        W:Danny Duffy (1-2), L: Trevor Cahill (6-5), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sun, May 08, 2011 OAK  5 @KCR  2        W:Tyson Ross (2-2), L: Jeff Francis (0-4), S: Brian Fuentes (9)
Sat, May 07, 2011 KCR  4  OAK  3        W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (1-3), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 OAK  3 @KCR  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (4-2), L: Sean O'Sullivan (1-2), S: Brian Fuentes (8)
Season Series: 2012 - OAK over 1-0; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 297-243

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

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

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 (3.25 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Godfrey
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 38.Carignan
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 57.Milone*
G/S/vB		 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 7/1.142 ··· ··· ··· 7/.500 3/1.000 ··· 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 9/.778 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .708 3/1.000 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 8/.268 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 16/.717 2/1 19/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 23/17 .273/.304/.318/.623 .167/.765 .623 16/.196 0/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.000 1/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 15/.742 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 ··· 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 14/.742 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 8/.875 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 15/.067 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 18/.958 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 1/ 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 11/.455 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 3/.000 ··· 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 6/.333 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 8/1.625 1/0 2/5
IP 25.0 62.0 28.1 6.1 7.2 33.1 58.1 26.0 6.2 TOTAL .225/.273/.388/.661 .452/.736 .661 .661 3/2 4/3
ERA-K/9 3.96/4.7 2.47/8.6 2.86/8.3 4.26/7.1 7.04/8.2 4.32/11.6 3.70/6.5 3.81/5.2 8.10/5.4 3.06/4.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.305 242/.199 122/.235 31/.276 41/.333 143/.220 250/.237 110/.283 35/.308 .241  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Bourgeois
 Cain
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
34/34/13/1
0/2/4/0
OPS .799 .605 .688 .736 .797 .670 .656 .742 .803 .639
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.652 119/.579 50/.759 9/.476 19/.734 59/.530 90/.688 11/1.164 13/.795 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.996 123/.630 72/.636 22/.818 22/.853 84/.770 160/.637 99/.695 22/.807 .460
Home 45/.653 136/.570 51/.630 18/.399 28/.733 63/.568 117/.745 44/.874 10/.200
Last 28d days / 13/.237 7/1.000 11/1.000 6/.000 4/.500 8/.393 27/.472 7/1.238
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 8/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/3/0 4/6/1 6/6/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/5/5
Usage X·X····· ··X····· ···X···· ··o····· ···o···· ··X····· 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.

Athletics Batters (3.20 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Duffy*
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		 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 7/.286 1/no AB 280/191 .212/.325/.267/.592 .720/.533 .588 4/.250 2/1 0/8
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· / /// / 19/1.243 / /
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/56 .239/.300/.304/.604 .716/.518 .835 0/ 4/2 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 3/.333 1/.000 583/386 .264/.314/.379/.693 .593/.749 .736 22/.511 49/9 8/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· / /// / 10/.400 / /
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 372/264 .209/.325/.389/.714 .863/.654 .695 8/.821 7/3 14/2
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 96/70 .195/.295/.317/.612 .453/.672 .595 8/.750 0/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 2/.000 570/401 .264/.319/.369/.687 .670/.693 .616 20/.411 14/9 8/22
26.Recker G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .250 / 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 278/234 .280/.327/.457/.784 .766/.787 .741 19/.737 1/2 7/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 533/430 .284/.347/.483/.830 .576/.891 .848 13/.983 10/2 15/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/61 .200/.243/.329/.572 .154/.652 .419 8/.250 0/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/2.000 4/.833 1/.000 515/366 .237/.301/.385/.686 .617/.713 .665 21/.636 2/2 14/7
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 437/293 .303/.340/.421/.761 .704/.787 .794 23/.625 22/11 2/13
IP 105.1 12.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 60.0 14.2 49.0 44.0 TOTAL .225/.275/.361/.636 .628/.639 .636 .636 3/2 6/3
ERA-K/9 5.64/7.4 5.68/7.1 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 1.80/11.1 1.23/4.3 4.59/5.5 3.27/5.7 3.18/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Recker (5-0-0)
 Suzuki (98-38-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 474/.287 62/.283 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 233/.175 60/.212 228/.275 175/.231 .279  Smith
 Reddick
 Cowgill
 Crisp
 Gomes
25/0/107/5
21/3/56/5
18/10/0/2
0/133/0/2
73/0/11/1
OPS .864 .840 .681 .711 1.232 .521 .550 .797 .710 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.811 26/.670 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 106/.522 29/.550 97/.698 73/.570 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 348/.882 36/.951 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 127/.519 31/.550 131/.874 102/.799 .709
Road 260/.863 17/.721 146/.597 126/.747 3/.000 129/.676 29/.468 114/.854 70/.578
Last 28d days / 7/.786 9/.708 11/.855 8/1.875 10/1.167 24/.625 8/.500 /
HR/SB/CS 15/11/9 2/0/0 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/2 4/2/3 8/3/1 1/1/1
Usage ·oo····· X·o····· ·X·X···· ·X······ ··XX···· X······· oX······

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.