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Game Preview: KCR @ SEA, 10:10 pm, Thursday, July 26, 2012 @Safeco Field

Royals, 41-56, 41-56 4th, 11½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

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

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced SEA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-30   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  29-37   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest:  9-9  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Wed, Jul 25  @LAA  L   6-11      41-56  4th 11.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 24  @LAA  W   4-1       41-55  4th 10.5 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 23  @LAA  L   3-6       40-55  4th 11.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 22   MIN  L   5-7       40-54  4th 11.0 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 21   MIN  W   7-3       40-53  4th 10.0 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 20   MIN  L   1-2 (11)  39-53  4th 10.5 gb
 91 Thu, Jul 19   SEA  L   1-6       39-52  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul 18   SEA  W   8-7       39-51  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul 17   SEA  L   6-9       38-51  4th 11.5 gb
 88 Mon, Jul 16   SEA  L   4-9       38-50  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Mariners, 43-57, 43-57 4th, 16½ GB, 11 GB in WC

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

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-29   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  29-37   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  12-18
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 25   NYY  L   2-5       43-57  4th 16.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24   NYY  W   4-2       43-56  4th 15.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 23   NYY  L   1-4       42-56  4th 16.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 22  @TBR  W   2-1       42-55  4th 15.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 21  @TBR  W   2-1       41-55  4th 16.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 20  @TBR  L   3-4 (14)  40-55  4th 16.5 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 19  @KCR  W   6-1       40-54  4th 16.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 18  @KCR  L   7-8       39-54  4th 17.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 17  @KCR  W   9-6       39-53  4th 17.0 gb
 91 Mon, Jul 16  @KCR  W   9-4       38-53  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 19, 2012 SEA  6 @KCR  1        W:Felix Hernandez (8-5), L: Will Smith (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 KCR  8  SEA  7        W:Greg Holland (4-2), L: Josh Kinney (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 SEA  9 @KCR  6        W:Blake Beavan (4-6), L: Ryan Verdugo (0-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (8)
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 SEA  9 @KCR  4        W:Jason Vargas (9-7), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-6), S: none

Sun, Sep 11, 2011 KCR  2 @SEA  1        W:Everett Teaford (1-0), L: Anthony Vasquez (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (28)
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 KCR  4 @SEA  2        W:Felipe Paulino (3-10), L: Michael Pineda (9-10), S: Joakim Soria (27)
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 SEA  7  KCR  3        W:Blake Beavan (4-5), L: Jeff Francis (5-16), S: none
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 SEA  4  KCR  1        W:Jason Vargas (8-13), L: Luke Hochevar (10-11), S: Brandon League (34)
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 SEA  3 @KCR  2        W:Michael Pineda (2-1), L: Jeff Francis (0-1), S: Brandon League (3)
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 KCR  7  SEA  0        W:Sean O'Sullivan (1-1), L: Felix Hernandez (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - SEA over 3-1; 2011 - KCR won 5-3; 2010 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 211-191

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 (4.16 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Delabar
G/S/vB
18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB
23.Kelley
G/S/vB
53.Kinney
G/S/vB
43.League
G/S/vB
44.Luetge*
G/S/vB
36.Perez*
G/S/vB
54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 3/.000 ··· 209/132 .245/.274/.429/.703 .739/.681 .664 80/.640 0/1 7/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 2/3.500 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 403/284 .296/.365/.500/.865 1.039/.795 .856 106/.854 2/1 20/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 68/45 .305/.338/.508/.847 .748/.897 .610 51/1.029 1/0 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/180 .249/.311/.313/.625 .542/.652 .681 34/.700 17/3 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 384/273 .305/.346/.420/.766 .721/.784 .655 106/.729 15/3 4/10
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/2.000 5/.000 ··· 32/.849 2/2.500 393/284 .242/.280/.374/.654 .683/.642 .671 96/.504 1/5 9/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 141/111 .302/.336/.389/.725 .445/.798 .700 28/.793 7/2 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 445/288 .297/.380/.436/.816 .688/.886 .786 114/.911 4/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 391/258 .232/.304/.368/.673 .601/.710 .692 101/.702 10/1 9/7
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 385/268 .268/.322/.472/.794 .640/.864 .716 102/.663 3/2 16/10
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 152/100 .271/.291/.354/.646 .603/.669 .556 22/.606 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 91/66 .330/.352/.557/.908 1.437/.718 1.000 75/.916 0/0 5/1
IP 36.2 51.1 28.2 6.2 42.1 27.1 13.0 50.2 TOTAL .269/.321/.410/.732 .706/.743 .708 .760 65/26 82/68
ERA-K/9 4.17/11.3 4.56/6.5 3.77/9.7 2.70/10.7 2.98/5.3 1.98/8.9 2.77/9.7 2.31/10.7 3.86/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (40-13-4)
 Perez (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.177 216/.263 126/.272 29/.130 180/.270 110/.196 56/.275 206/.209 .246  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
0/2/92/11
96/0/0/7
0/67/0/5
0/17/1/2
0/0/2/1
OPS .683 .820 .759 .615 .659 .509 .674 .577 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.302 108/.723 37/.976 12/.348 94/.824 64/.456 26/.843 109/.644 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.968 108/.918 89/.672 17/.828 86/.480 46/.582 30/.526 97/.500 .692
Home 77/.324 125/.722 54/.581 11/.091 82/.654 49/.466 25/.457 89/.567
Last 28d days 39/.619 89/.841 34/.556 29/.615 34/.570 31/.450 42/.692 47/.539
HR/SB/CS 9/2/0 10/1/5 4/1/0 1/2/0 1/3/1 0/3/0 0/0/0 3/6/1 111/77/29
Usage o·X··o·X X····X·· X···o··· X·o··X·o ····oX·· oo···oo· o···oo·X ·X·XoX··
Mariners Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 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
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
61.Teaford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 4/1.750 407/268 .220/.300/.316/.616 .637/.605 .532 90/.493 11/2 6/2
20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 105/91 .146/.276/.315/.591 .357/.630 .502 7/.143 1/0 4/2
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 171/108 .181/.248/.268/.517 .486/.535 .461 22/.338 4/0 2/1
27.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 191/159 .287/.395/.465/.860 .346/.958 .907 60/.903 1/0 4/0
61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 82/71 .192/.263/.205/.468 .282/.498 .301 21/.551 1/2 0/0
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/3.000 342/232 .258/.298/.393/.691 .997/.547 .569 62/.715 0/2 9/2
30.Olivo G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 202/121 .198/.214/.335/.549 .644/.486 .489 53/.419 1/4 7/3
4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/25 .161/.188/.323/.510 .000/.657 .205 32/.510 0/0 1/0
12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Ryan G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 304/189 .188/.280/.284/.564 .596/.541 .568 63/.576 7/5 2/3
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/.000 354/238 .262/.319/.428/.747 .795/.723 .561 69/.750 14/3 10/3
15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 388/254 .240/.307/.406/.713 .622/.761 .542 96/.554 8/3 11/7
33.Wells G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 5/.650 187/94 .254/.323/.432/.755 .832/.680 .714 98/.716 2/0 6/0
IP 35.2 31.2 47.2 42.0 50.0 37.2 36.2 27.1 38.1 TOTAL .229/.291/.358/.649 .644/.651 .553 .585 67/24 84/37
ERA-K/9 2.27/6.3 4.55/10.5 3.59/12.1 3.86/8.6 2.70/8.3 3.82/12.9 1.72/8.6 6.26/5.9 4.70/5.2 4.50/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (13-4-1)
 Montero (30-7-5)
 Olivo (34-18-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.273 138/.214 197/.201 170/.245 203/.243 170/.262 153/.243 119/.264 162/.271 .271  Saunders
 Wells
 Figgins
 Carp
 Peguero
8/81/0/4
45/5/2/3
37/6/1/2
24/0/0/1
1/0/4/0
OPS .697 .802 .686 .616 .670 .716 .656 .840 .832 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.736 54/.785 82/.822 62/.418 76/.794 64/.667 85/.535 42/.764 62/.864 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.662 84/.811 115/.591 108/.731 127/.599 106/.746 68/.811 77/.882 100/.812 .785
Road 85/.638 56/1.213 98/.395 68/.611 100/.615 86/.708 72/.631 66/.661 84/.996
Last 28d days 27/.903 41/.771 42/.955 34/.884 44/.774 52/.634 32/.688 54/.606 95/.844
HR/SB/CS 1/2/2 7/0/2 6/6/0 2/2/1 4/8/3 1/1/1 2/4/1 7/3/1 7/1/1 97/82/37
Usage ·o···o·· X··X··o· ···X···· ··o·o··X ··X··X·o ·XX··X·o ····X··X ·X····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.