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Game Preview: KCR @ OAK, 3:35pm, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @The Coliseum

Royals, 3-2, 3-2 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 6.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0.00
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 2-3 46.2 40 16 15 10 27 3 2.89 57
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
2011-09-13 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 119 85
2011-09-07 @OAK L 5.1 8 6 5 3 2 0 108 29
2011-09-02 CLE L 6.0 8 5 5 1 3 2 115 38
Last 5 v.OAK 2-2 29.2 34 18 16 8 11 3 4.85 44
2011-09-07 @OAK L 5.1 8 6 5 3 2 0 108 29
2010-09-15 OAK W 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 90 44
2010-07-17 OAK ND 5.2 9 4 4 1 4 0 83 38
2005-08-26 OAK L 7.0 7 4 3 2 0 1 96 47
2005-08-16 @OAK W 6.2 4 1 1 1 3 1 103 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @OAK  W   3-0  (8)   3-2   2nd  1.5 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: 3-2    Last 20: 3-2    Last 30: 3-2
Athletics, 2-4, 2-4 4th, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (28, RHP, 0-1, 2.25)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 12.0 13 6 3 2 6 1 2.25
2011 (9-9) 170.2 168 73 63 25 123 11 3.32
2009 (7-4) 97.1 96 55 50 36 65 13 4.62
Last 7 GS 2-3 49.0 41 16 12 5 36 4 2.20 62
2012-04-06 SEA L 5.0 7 5 2 2 3 0 95 40
2012-03-28 SEA ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 3 1 82 64
2011-09-26 @SEA L 8.0 8 4 4 0 6 2 114 56
2011-09-21 TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 79 62
2011-09-15 DET W 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 1 104 69
2011-09-09 @TEX L 6.0 6 4 3 1 5 0 97 50
2011-09-03 SEA W 9.0 3 0 0 0 10 0 114 91
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 13.0 14 10 10 6 3 0 6.92 38
2011-05-07 @KCR L 8.1 7 4 4 2 3 0 107 54
2005-06-20 KCR ND 4.2 7 6 6 4 0 0 103 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Tue, Apr 10   KCR  L   0-3  (8)   2-4   4th  2.5 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: 2-4    Last 20: 2-4    Last 30: 2-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 KCR  3 @OAK  0  (8)   W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Graham Godfrey (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (1)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - OAK won 5-4; 2010 - OAK won 6-3; All-Time - OAK leads 297-244

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

R. Wolf  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 (3.20 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.McCarthy
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		 45.Godfrey
G/S/vB		 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 5/1.800 7/.429 7/1.142 ··· ··· ··· 7/.500 ··· ··· 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .624 9/.778 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .708 3/1.000 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 4/.583 8/.268 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .782 19/.871 2/1 19/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 23/17 .273/.304/.318/.623 .167/.765 .623 17/.310 0/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .708 19/.572 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 3/1.334 ··· 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 17/.849 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 11/.636 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.500 8/.125 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.333 ··· 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 19/.105 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .793 22/.773 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 5/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .619 3/2.667 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .715 14/.571 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 6/.333 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .547 11/1.420 1/0 2/5
IP 170.2 62.0 28.1 6.1 7.2 33.1 58.1 25.0 6.2 TOTAL .231/.278/.397/.676 .568/.709 .676 .676 3/4 5/3
ERA-K/9 3.32/6.5 2.47/8.6 2.86/8.3 4.26/7.1 7.04/8.2 4.32/11.6 3.70/6.5 3.96/4.7 8.10/5.4 3.13/4.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 690/.258 242/.199 122/.235 31/.276 41/.333 143/.220 250/.237 112/.305 35/.308 .244  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 .659 .605 .688 .736 .797 .670 .656 .799 .803 .654
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.675 119/.579 50/.759 9/.476 19/.734 59/.530 90/.688 63/.652 13/.795 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.640 123/.630 72/.636 22/.818 22/.853 84/.770 160/.637 49/.996 22/.807 .536
Home 341/.632 136/.570 51/.630 18/.399 28/.733 63/.568 117/.745 45/.653 10/.200
Last 28d days 50/.697 13/.237 11/1.264 13/.817 6/.000 4/.500 8/.393 24/.655 7/1.238
HR/SB/CS 11/11/4 8/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/3/0 4/6/1 6/6/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 4/5/7
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· X··X···· o···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 (2.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (2.40 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		 23.Duffy*
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
10.Barton* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/.286 1/no AB 280/191 .212/.325/.267/.592 .720/.533 .588 6/.167 2/1 0/8
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 22/1.141 / /
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/56 .239/.300/.304/.604 .716/.518 .835 3/.667 4/2 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 16/.713 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.500 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 583/386 .264/.314/.379/.693 .593/.749 .736 25/.448 49/9 8/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 13/.308 / /
31.Gomes G/S/vP 20/.671 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 372/264 .209/.325/.389/.714 .863/.654 .695 10/.644 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 10/.311 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 8/.804 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 570/401 .264/.319/.369/.687 .670/.693 .616 22/.513 14/9 8/22
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .250 2/.500 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 278/234 .280/.327/.457/.784 .766/.787 .741 19/.737 1/2 7/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 533/430 .284/.347/.483/.830 .576/.891 .848 14/.900 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 9/.888 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.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 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 437/293 .303/.340/.421/.761 .704/.787 .794 26/.551 22/11 2/13
IP 155.0 12.2 67.0 62.0 105.1 2.0 60.0 49.0 44.0 TOTAL .206/.267/.333/.600 .562/.624 .600 .600 3/2 6/3
ERA-K/9 3.77/5.6 5.68/7.1 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 5.64/7.4 13.50/0.0 1.80/11.1 4.59/5.5 3.27/5.7 2.63/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 654/.258 62/.283 295/.216 266/.237 474/.287 9/.286 233/.175 228/.275 175/.231 .248  Reddick
 Smith
 Cowgill
 Crisp
 Gomes
21/3/56/5
25/0/107/5
18/10/0/2
0/133/0/2
73/0/11/1
OPS .727 .840 .681 .711 .864 1.232 .521 .797 .710 .655
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.678 26/.670 135/.683 120/.919 126/.811 2/2.500 106/.522 97/.698 73/.570 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 459/.747 36/.951 160/.678 146/.537 348/.882 7/.733 127/.519 131/.874 102/.799 .652
Road 312/.693 17/.721 146/.597 126/.747 260/.863 3/.000 129/.676 114/.854 70/.578
Last 28d days 19/.368 7/.786 9/.708 14/.665 21/.356 8/1.875 10/1.167 8/.500 /
HR/SB/CS 18/12/6 2/0/0 5/7/1 8/6/1 15/11/9 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/2/3 8/3/1 1/1/1
Usage ····X··· ··oo···· ·X·o···· o·X·X··· X······· ··X····· ···XX··· ·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.