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Game Preview: KCR @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, July 27, 2012 @Safeco Field

Royals, 41-57, 41-57 4th, 12 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (33, RHP, 3-10, 6.49)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-10) 95.2 126 77 69 34 49 22 6.49
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
2010 (11-14) 209.1 193 93 89 50 119 25 3.83
Last 7 GS 0-5 32.1 45 30 27 12 20 8 7.52 38
2012-07-22 MIN L 5.0 4 5 5 3 4 1 91 40
2012-07-18 PIT ND 2.2 6 6 4 1 1 2 68 26
2012-07-14 PHI L 4.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 76 35
2012-07-08 @WSN ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 83 54
2012-07-04 @STL L 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 84 53
2012-06-17 @DET L 3.0 8 4 3 2 2 0 78 29
2012-06-12 OAK L 5.0 8 7 7 2 5 3 102 26
Last 5 v.SEA 0-4 30.1 28 22 17 8 18 8 5.04 48
2012-05-20 SEA L 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 3 102 36
2011-05-31 @SEA L 8.0 5 3 0 1 9 1 111 74
2010-08-18 SEA L 8.0 8 6 5 1 3 1 110 46
2009-07-07 @SEA ND 2.1 2 3 3 4 0 1 58 37
2009-06-10 SEA L 6.0 6 4 3 0 2 2 104 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-30   Road:   24-27   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  29-37   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Thu, Jul 26  @SEA  L   1-4       41-57  4th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Mariners, 44-57, 44-57 4th, 16 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Blake Beavan (23, RHP, 5-6, 5.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-6) 76.1 88 47 47 11 38 12 5.54
2011 (5-6) 97.0 106 46 46 15 42 13 4.27
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.0 46 28 28 5 20 6 6.46 43
2012-07-22 @TBR W 8.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 101 75
2012-07-17 @KCR W 6.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 94 41
2012-06-10 LAD L 2.0 5 6 6 2 0 1 52 20
2012-06-05 @LAA L 5.0 10 6 6 0 2 3 84 25
2012-05-30 @TEX W 6.0 8 5 5 0 2 0 79 38
2012-05-25 LAA ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 1 1 101 54
2012-05-20 @COL W 5.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 82 51
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 12.1 16 8 8 0 6 1 5.84 44
2012-07-17 @KCR W 6.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 94 41
2011-09-09 KCR W 6.1 9 3 3 0 3 1 93 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-29   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  30-37   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  12-18
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 26   KCR  W   4-1       44-57  4th 16.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 26, 2012 SEA  4  KCR  1        W:Jason Vargas (11-7), L: Luis Mendoza (4-7), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (12)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - SEA over 4-1; 2011 - KCR won 5-3; 2010 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 211-192

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  5.03

PHI  4.28

SDP  3.64

 RA/G

WSN  3.48

ATL  4.29

COL  5.62

 BA

A. McCutchen  .368

J. Heyward  .270

B. Ryan  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

J. Peralta  .336

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .629

A. Gonzalez  .432

J. Carroll  .281

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

C. Rasmus  .765

C. Pennington  .541

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.23

A. Sanchez  3.94

J. Arrieta  6.13

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.59

J. Lester  7.48

D. Lowe  3.08

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

Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Beavan
G/S/vB		 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 ··· 212/132 .241/.270/.422/.692 .711/.681 .646 78/.591 0/1 7/6
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 2/3.500 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 407/285 .299/.369/.507/.875 1.053/.803 .877 105/.876 2/1 20/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 72/46 .290/.333/.484/.817 .710/.876 .571 55/.978 1/0 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/180 .249/.311/.313/.625 .542/.652 .681 33/.722 17/3 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 388/274 .302/.342/.416/.758 .701/.781 .642 106/.689 15/3 4/10
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/2.000 5/.000 ··· 32/.849 2/2.500 396/284 .240/.278/.371/.648 .664/.642 .662 94/.502 1/5 9/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 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 7/1.572 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 449/288 .295/.379/.433/.811 .679/.886 .778 113/.886 4/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 394/258 .230/.302/.365/.667 .587/.710 .682 100/.688 10/1 9/7
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 389/269 .265/.319/.466/.785 .623/.861 .701 101/.670 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 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 94/66 .319/.340/.538/.879 1.275/.718 .929 74/.831 0/0 5/1
IP 76.1 36.2 51.1 28.2 6.2 42.1 27.1 13.0 51.2 TOTAL .267/.320/.408/.728 .695/.743 .701 .743 65/26 82/69
ERA-K/9 5.54/4.5 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 2.26/10.8 3.83/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.283 148/.177 216/.263 126/.272 29/.130 180/.270 110/.196 56/.275 210/.209 .244  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
0/2/93/12
97/0/0/7
0/67/0/5
0/18/1/2
0/0/2/1
OPS .813 .683 .820 .759 .615 .659 .509 .674 .580 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.821 62/.302 108/.723 37/.976 12/.348 94/.824 64/.456 26/.843 110/.637 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.805 86/.968 108/.918 89/.672 17/.828 86/.480 46/.582 30/.526 100/.517 .689
Home 107/.738 77/.324 125/.722 54/.581 11/.091 82/.654 49/.466 25/.457 93/.576
Last 28d days 53/.573 39/.619 89/.841 28/.682 29/.615 34/.570 31/.450 33/.688 51/.557
HR/SB/CS 12/8/1 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 ····X··· ·o·X··o· ·X····X· ·X···o·· ·X·o··X· ·····oX· ·oo···oo ·o···oo· X·X·XoX·
Mariners Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Guthrie
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		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 4/1.750 412/272 .223/.306/.322/.627 .632/.625 .561 92/.568 11/2 6/2
20.Carp* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 109/94 .172/.294/.333/.627 .467/.655 .589 11/.664 1/0 4/2
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 22/.814 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 171/108 .181/.248/.268/.517 .486/.535 .461 19/.396 4/0 2/1
27.Jaso* G/S/vP 20/.725 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 195/162 .288/.397/.463/.859 .404/.948 .904 61/.912 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 3/2.667 ··· 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 59/.754 0/2 9/2
30.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 206/124 .204/.220/.343/.563 .636/.515 .524 57/.478 1/4 7/3
4.Peguero* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .171/.194/.343/.537 .000/.694 .325 36/.537 0/0 1/0
12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
26.Ryan G/S/vP 7/.858 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 308/193 .189/.283/.284/.567 .596/.547 .576 64/.620 7/5 2/3
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 2/.000 359/242 .258/.315/.421/.736 .788/.710 .541 74/.697 14/3 10/3
15.Seager* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 392/257 .238/.307/.402/.709 .618/.758 .537 97/.561 8/3 11/7
33.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 5/.650 192/98 .253/.319/.425/.745 .822/.673 .696 100/.722 2/0 6/0
IP 95.2 35.2 31.2 48.2 43.0 50.0 37.2 37.2 27.1 38.1 TOTAL .229/.292/.358/.650 .643/.655 .559 .611 67/24 84/37
ERA-K/9 6.49/4.6 2.27/6.3 4.55/10.5 3.51/12.2 3.77/8.4 2.70/8.3 3.82/12.9 1.67/8.8 6.26/5.9 4.70/5.2 4.50/7.4

 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 444/.319 151/.273 138/.214 202/.207 174/.241 203/.243 170/.262 156/.237 119/.264 162/.271 .272  Saunders
 Wells
 Figgins
 Carp
 Peguero
8/82/0/4
46/5/2/3
37/6/1/2
24/0/0/1
1/0/5/0
OPS .965 .697 .802 .689 .608 .670 .716 .642 .840 .832 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/1.047 74/.736 54/.785 86/.831 64/.423 76/.794 64/.667 87/.522 42/.764 62/.864 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.869 77/.662 84/.811 116/.586 110/.717 127/.599 106/.746 69/.798 77/.882 100/.812 .785
Road 218/.829 85/.638 56/1.213 103/.415 72/.593 100/.615 86/.708 75/.605 66/.661 84/.996
Last 28d days 118/.915 21/.850 41/.771 47/.936 38/.828 44/.774 52/.634 35/.624 54/.606 95/.844
HR/SB/CS 22/8/3 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 ····X··· ··o···o· ·X··X··o X···X··· X··o·o·· ···X··X· ··XX··X· o····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.