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Game Preview: KCR @ SEA, 4:10pm, Sunday, July 29, 2012 @Safeco Field

Royals, 41-59, 41-59 5th, 14 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Will Smith (22, LHP, 2-3, 6.26)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-3)			27.1	28	19	19	11	18	7	6.26

Last 7 GS		2-3	27.1	28	19	19	11	18	7	6.26	44
2012-07-24	@LAA	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	4	0	102	69
2012-07-19	SEA	L	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	1	90	44
2012-06-04	MIN	L	4.2	8	7	7	2	3	3	80	21
2012-05-29	@CLE	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	96	59
2012-05-23	@NYY	L	3.1	6	5	5	1	1	3	54	28

Last 5 v.SEA		0-1	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	1	5.68	44
2012-07-19	SEA	L	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	1	90	44

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   17-30   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  29-39   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Sat, Jul 28  @SEA  L   3-4       41-59  5th 14.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27  @SEA  L   1-6       41-58  4th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20

Mariners, 46-57, 46-57 4th, 14 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (26, RHP, 9-5, 2.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-5)			148.0	132	48	46	39	147	10	2.80
2011 (14-14)			233.2	218	99	90	67	222	19	3.47
2010 (13-12)			249.2	194	80	63	70	232	17	2.27

Last 7 GS		5-0	53.1	40	9	9	9	56	1	1.52	70
2012-07-24	NYY	W	7.1	4	2	2	3	4	1	117	63
2012-07-19	@KCR	W	8.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	89	64
2012-07-14	TEX	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	12	0	107	93
2012-07-08	@OAK	ND	7.2	6	1	1	3	6	0	114	66
2012-07-03	BAL	ND	5.1	8	4	4	0	8	0	90	44
2012-06-28	BOS	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	13	0	128	89
2012-06-23	@SDP	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	94	70

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	34.0	32	14	10	9	28	2	2.65	57
2012-07-19	@KCR	W	8.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	89	64
2011-04-16	@KCR	L	5.0	6	5	2	2	6	0	90	45
2010-07-05	KCR	ND	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	112	61
2010-04-26	@KCR	L	7.0	7	3	2	3	7	1	114	57
2009-08-28	KCR	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	104	60

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-29   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  31-37   vsLHP:  15-20   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Sat, Jul 28   KCR  W   4-3       46-57  4th 14.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27   KCR  W   6-1       45-57  4th 15.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 SEA  4  KCR  3        W:Kevin Millwood (4-8), L: Bruce Chen (7-9), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (13)
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 SEA  6  KCR  1        W:Blake Beavan (6-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-11), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - SEA over 6-1; 2011 - KCR won 5-3; 2010 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 211-194

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 TOR 5.01 WSN 4.29 SDP 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.48 SDP 4.25 COL 5.63	BA A. McCutchen .369 M. Scutaro .271 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 B. Phillips .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .631 B. Harper .435 D. Gordon .282	OPS J. Votto 1.069 P. Alvarez .769 C. Pennington .541	ERA R. Dempster 2.25 B. Zito 3.89 J. Guthrie 6.68	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.59 C. Wilson 7.52 D. Lowe 3.08

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.01

WSN 4.29

SDP 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.48

SDP 4.25

COL 5.63

A. McCutchen .369

M. Scutaro .271

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

B. Phillips .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .631

B. Harper .435

D. Gordon .282

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

P. Alvarez .769

C. Pennington .541

ERA

R. Dempster 2.25

B. Zito 3.89

J. Guthrie 6.68

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.59

C. Wilson 7.52

D. Lowe 3.08

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Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.000 ··· 216/136 .236/.265/.414/.679 .711/.660 .624 69/.591 0/1 7/6

16.Butler G/S/vP 19/.707 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 2/3.500 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 415/293 .306/.376/.511/.887 1.053/.821 .899 100/.916 2/1 20/0

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 78/52 .279/.321/.485/.806 .710/.851 .592 61/.946 1/0 3/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/182 .247/.309/.311/.619 .542/.644 .669 30/.729 17/3 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 396/282 .304/.343/.420/.763 .701/.788 .656 104/.742 15/3 4/10

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/2.000 5/.000 ··· 32/.849 3/1.666 403/291 .238/.275/.366/.642 .664/.633 .649 89/.508 1/5 9/1

17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 147/116 .288/.321/.371/.693 .429/.761 .638 34/.647 7/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 18/.789 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.500 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 458/296 .291/.373/.428/.801 .674/.872 .760 109/.834 4/3 5/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 401/263 .229/.299/.361/.660 .578/.703 .669 94/.584 10/1 9/7

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 394/274 .262/.317/.461/.779 .623/.850 .690 98/.706 3/2 16/10

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 156/104 .272/.297/.354/.651 .603/.675 .568 17/.728 0/1 1/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 97/69 .326/.351/.543/.894 1.275/.743 .960 72/.825 0/0 5/1

IP 148.0 36.2 51.1 28.2 7.0 44.1 28.1 13.2 52.2 TOTAL .267/.319/.406/.725 .693/.739 .696 .740 65/26 82/70

ERA-K/9

2.80/8.9

4.17/11.3

4.56/6.5

3.77/9.7

2.57/11.6

3.05/5.3

1.91/8.9

2.63/9.2

2.39/10.8

3.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (42-13-4)
Perez (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.240 148/.177 216/.263 126/.272 30/.125 189/.269 113/.189 57/.269 215/.214 .244 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer 0/2/95/12
99/0/0/7
0/68/0/5
0/20/1/2
0/0/2/1

OPS .638 .683 .820 .759 .592 .673 .495 .662 .596 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 375/.664 62/.302 108/.723 37/.976 12/.348 97/.830 67/.433 27/.810 113/.638 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.595 86/.968 108/.918 89/.672 18/.774 92/.508 46/.582 30/.526 102/.548 .692

Home 318/.566 77/.324 125/.722 54/.581 12/.083 91/.685 52/.437 26/.439 98/.611

Last 28d days 144/.532 39/.619 89/.841 25/.770 30/.592 34/.509 27/.389 31/.667 42/.604

HR/SB/CS 10/12/6 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·· ···X···· ···X···o ·o·X·o·· oo·····o ·X·oo··· o··o···o X·X·X·Xo

Mariners Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Smith*
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 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 420/276 .224/.305/.323/.627 .614/.635 .564 91/.558 11/2 6/2

20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 117/99 .180/.291/.360/.651 .389/.703 .643 19/.786 1/0 5/2

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 171/108 .181/.248/.268/.517 .486/.535 .461 10/.425 4/0 2/1

27.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 200/167 .287/.392/.476/.868 .404/.955 .919 61/.965 1/0 5/0

61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 82/71 .192/.263/.205/.468 .282/.498 .301 17/.481 1/2 0/0

63.Montero G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 350/236 .265/.309/.407/.716 1.040/.560 .625 63/.940 0/2 10/2

30.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.500 209/124 .206/.221/.343/.564 .637/.515 .529 51/.471 1/4 7/3

4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/31 .158/.179/.316/.495 .000/.626 .279 39/.495 0/0 1/0

12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 .500 4/.500 1/0 0/0

26.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 314/197 .193/.287/.286/.573 .597/.558 .589 66/.621 7/5 2/3

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 367/246 .255/.313/.415/.729 .774/.706 .533 82/.669 15/3 10/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 400/261 .239/.307/.403/.709 .627/.753 .544 95/.573 8/3 11/8

33.Wells G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 5/.650 200/103 .253/.317/.418/.734 .839/.638 .680 98/.750 2/0 6/0

IP 27.1 35.2 32.2 49.1 43.0 52.0 38.2 37.2 38.1 TOTAL .231/.293/.360/.653 .645/.657 .569 .634 69/24 87/38

ERA-K/9

6.26/5.9

2.27/6.3

4.41/10.5

3.47/12.0

3.77/8.4

2.60/8.1

3.72/12.8

1.91/8.8

4.70/5.2

4.52/7.4

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 119/.264 151/.273 141/.208 203/.206 174/.241 209/.236 173/.259 159/.237 162/.271 .272 Wells
Saunders
Figgins
Carp
Robinson
Peguero 47/5/3/4
8/84/0/4
37/6/1/2
24/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/6/0

OPS .840 .697 .783 .685 .608 .649 .705 .651 .832 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.764 74/.736 56/.755 87/.820 64/.423 79/.761 67/.641 89/.530 62/.864 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.882 77/.662 85/.800 116/.586 110/.717 130/.584 106/.746 70/.807 100/.812 .787

Road 66/.661 85/.638 59/1.144 104/.411 72/.593 106/.578 89/.686 78/.624 84/.996

Last 28d days 54/.606 21/.850 44/.712 48/.915 32/.679 47/.691 49/.561 32/.687 95/.844

HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 1/2/2 7/0/2 6/6/0 2/2/1 4/8/3 1/1/1 2/5/1 7/1/1 100/84/37

Usage ····X··· ····o··· ·o·X··X· ·oX···X· ··X··o·o oo···X·· o···XX·· o·o····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.