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Game Preview: KCR @ TEX, 8:05 pm, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Royals, 14-20, 14-20 4th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Vin Mazzaro (25, RHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2011 (1-1) 28.1 39 26 26 15 10 4 8.26
2010 (6-8) 122.1 127 70 58 50 79 19 4.27
Last 7 GS 1-4 36.1 46 28 26 20 15 8 6.44 39
2011-06-18 @STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 2 0 82 46
2011-06-12 @LAA W 7.0 5 0 0 5 0 0 102 62
2011-06-07 TOR L 5.0 8 6 6 1 3 1 78 29
2011-05-11 @NYY ND 4.0 6 2 2 4 2 1 94 40
2010-09-05 LAA L 4.1 6 5 5 3 0 2 85 28
2010-08-31 @NYY L 3.2 7 9 7 3 3 3 102 15
2010-08-26 @CLE L 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 1 97 50
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 8.1 14 11 11 5 7 3 11.88 29
2010-07-29 @TEX L 5.1 12 7 7 1 3 2 99 18
2010-05-04 TEX ND 3.0 2 4 4 4 4 1 62 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-13   Road:   10-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  12-15   vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest:  4-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Mon, May 14  @TEX  W   3-1       14-20  4th  4.5 gb
 33 Sun, May 13  @CHW  W   9-1       13-20  4th  4.5 gb
 32 Sat, May 12  @CHW  W   5-0       12-20  4th  5.5 gb
 31 Fri, May 11  @CHW  L   0-5       11-20  4th  6.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  9   BOS  W   4-3       11-19  4th  6.0 gb
 29 Tue, May  8   BOS  W   6-4       10-19  4th  7.0 gb
 28 Mon, May  7   BOS  L   5-11       9-19  4th  8.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  6   NYY  L   4-10       9-18  4th  6.5 gb
 26 Sat, May  5   NYY  W   5-1        9-17  4th  5.5 gb
 25 Fri, May  4   NYY  L   2-6        8-17  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-18
Rangers, 23-13, 23-13 1st, 4 up

SP: Colby Lewis (32, RHP, 3-2, 3.69)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-2) 46.1 45 19 19 6 43 11 3.69
2011 (14-10) 200.1 187 103 98 56 169 35 4.40
2010 (12-13) 201.0 174 90 83 65 196 21 3.72
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.1 45 19 19 6 43 11 3.69 56
2012-05-10 @BAL L 7.0 5 6 6 1 12 5 114 54
2012-05-04 @CLE L 6.2 10 6 6 1 2 2 106 31
2012-04-28 TBR W 6.0 3 1 1 3 5 1 96 64
2012-04-22 @DET ND 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 1 98 57
2012-04-17 @BOS W 7.0 8 2 2 0 7 1 107 60
2012-04-11 SEA ND 6.2 5 0 0 0 6 0 109 70
2012-04-06 CHW W 6.0 7 2 2 1 9 1 100 58
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 14.1 16 16 14 5 6 2 8.79 37
2011-05-27 KCR ND 6.0 7 6 4 2 3 0 107 39
2003-09-01 KCR W 7.0 4 3 3 0 2 2 90 59
2003-08-27 @KCR L 1.1 5 7 7 3 1 0 55 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-7    Road:   13-6    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  16-7    vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 9-5    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Mon, May 14   KCR  L   1-3       23-13  1st  4.0 up
 35 Sun, May 13   LAA  W  13-6       23-12  1st  5.0 up
 34 Sat, May 12   LAA  L   2-4       22-12  1st  4.0 up
 33 Fri, May 11   LAA  W  10-3       22-11  1st  5.0 up
 32 Thu, May 10  @BAL  W   7-3       21-11  1st  5.0 up
 31 Thu, May 10  @BAL  L   5-6       20-11  1st  5.0 up
 30 Tue, May  8  @BAL  W  10-3       20-10  1st  4.0 up
 29 Mon, May  7  @BAL  W  14-3       19-10  1st  4.0 up
 28 Sun, May  6  @CLE  L   2-4       18-10  1st  3.5 up
 27 Sat, May  5  @CLE  W   5-2 (11)  18-9   1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 14, 2012 KCR  3 @TEX  1        W:Bruce Chen (2-4), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (8)

Sun, May 29, 2011 TEX  7  KCR  6        W:Arthur Rhodes (3-2), L: Joakim Soria (3-2), S: none
Sat, May 28, 2011 TEX 10  KCR  1        W:Matt Harrison (5-4), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-4), S: Yoshinori Tateyama (1)
Fri, May 27, 2011 KCR 12 @TEX  7 (14)   W:Blake Wood (2-0), L: Dave Bush (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 KCR  2  TEX  1 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 TEX  5 @KCR  4 (11)   W:Arthur Rhodes (2-2), L: Jeremy Jeffress (1-1), S: Mark Lowe (1)
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 TEX  8  KCR  7        W:C.J. Wilson (3-0), L: Bruce Chen (3-1), S: Arthur Rhodes (1)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Alexi Ogando (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (1-2), S: Darren Oliver (1)
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 TEX 11  KCR  6        W:Derek Holland (3-1), L: Jeff Francis (0-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 01, 2010 TEX  4 @KCR  3        W:Tommy Hunter (12-2), L: Bryan Bullington (1-4), S: Neftali Feliz (34)
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 1-0; 2011 - TEX won 6-2; 2010 - TEX won 7-2; All-Time - KCR leads 262-248

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  5.78

KCR  4.00

PIT  2.86

 RA/G

WSN  3.17

LAA  4.11

COL  5.41

 BA

J. Hamilton  .400

G. Parra  .259

B. Ryan  .140

 OBP

D. Wright  .489

M. Cuddyer  .331

E. Aybar  .220

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .854

P. Fielder  .421

B. Morel  .204

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.310

A. Gordon  .755

B. Morel  .426

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.12

K. Correia  3.47

C. Buchholz  8.31

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  10.79

R. Halladay  7.35

H. Alvarez  2.61

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

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 19/.652 4/.000 10/.900 9/.222 1/2.000 5/.600 145/110 .284/.338/.485/.823 .715/.857 .876 99/.739 0/1 6/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 76/54 .292/.368/.338/.707 .679/.718 .850 66/.712 4/2 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.666 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 4/.750 6/.666 ··· ··· 125/100 .297/.331/.441/.771 .800/.763 .699 80/.844 7/1 1/3
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/11 .412/.412/.588/1.000 1.500/.727 .667 17/1.000 0/0 0/1
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/1.100 1/2.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 138/108 .250/.304/.344/.648 .608/.658 .673 93/.638 0/3 1/0
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 8/.250 3/.333 5/.400 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 82/62 .282/.333/.408/.742 .557/.800 .701 57/.756 6/1 0/1
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/3 .100/.182/.200/.382 .536/.000 .619 11/.382 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· ··· 9/1.181 2/.000 7/1.000 9/.347 1/.000 ··· 152/108 .256/.349/.406/.755 .758/.753 .738 103/.887 1/1 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 144/104 .174/.243/.326/.569 .416/.628 .534 94/.530 1/1 5/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 47/43 .200/.319/.350/.669 1.250/.603 .868 30/.580 1/0 1/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 120/97 .306/.358/.514/.872 .937/.856 .732 80/.968 1/0 4/3
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 1/5.000 3/2.334 1/.000 1/.000 61/44 .237/.262/.339/.601 .471/.653 .441 41/.445 0/0 0/1
33.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/60 .238/.290/.381/.671 .222/.729 .775 47/.552 0/1 1/3
IP 46.1 13.2 44.1 15.0 12.1 13.2 18.2 17.0 12.1 TOTAL .258/.317/.399/.716 .646/.739 .694 .721 22/13 24/21
ERA-K/9 3.69/8.4 1.98/5.3 2.84/10.4 3.00/4.2 2.92/11.7 3.29/9.9 0.48/9.1 2.65/6.9 1.46/9.5 3.27/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (9-8-1)
 Quintero (17-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 186/.256 53/.216 197/.231 63/.259 50/.255 55/.269 65/.133 65/.224 45/.159 .232  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Maier
0/0/33/5
33/0/0/1
0/17/0/0
0/11/1/0
OPS .802 .579 .689 .629 .683 .752 .336 .609 .519 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.912 35/.348 125/.691 33/.379 25/.492 33/.788 28/.511 27/.564 21/.333 .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.625 18/1.036 72/.686 30/.900 25/.878 22/.694 37/.196 38/.639 24/.685 .709
Home 75/.642 31/.516 86/.711 41/.575 33/.942 27/.950 31/.485 31/.305 25/.327
Last 28d days 107/.885 26/.606 137/.611 59/.638 42/.720 30/.693 42/.248 52/.664 35/.466
HR/SB/CS 11/2/3 1/3/0 4/3/0 1/3/1 2/0/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 39/15/8
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ···X···· X·····X· ·X·XX··o ·X··X··· ··X·o··o X·oo··X· ·X·X··o·
Rangers Batters (5.78 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 47.Adcock
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		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 5/.200 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 164/112 .326/.400/.426/.826 .738/.867 .652 118/.884 6/1 1/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 2/.000 3/2.334 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 128/89 .300/.328/.517/.845 .456/1.007 .739 80/.851 1/0 6/2
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 155/106 .273/.329/.427/.756 .814/.729 .781 109/.763 2/3 4/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 57/23 .308/.368/.423/.791 .878/.668 .868 45/.875 5/1 1/0
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/17 .242/.242/.273/.515 .647/.375 .667 29/.536 0/0 0/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 147/93 .400/.456/.854/1.310 1.122/1.422 1.144 100/1.361 2/1 18/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/.000 5/2.467 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 170/120 .275/.359/.477/.835 .953/.785 1.099 119/.725 3/4 5/4
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/.800 3/2.334 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 96/79 .264/.323/.448/.771 .694/.787 .874 74/.844 0/0 4/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/1.762 3/1.666 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 104/84 .272/.330/.435/.765 .628/.798 .842 71/.695 1/1 3/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/no AB 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 126/80 .259/.349/.509/.858 .779/.904 .738 90/.862 0/0 7/2
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/11 .310/.355/.552/.907 1.122/.545 .500 26/.789 0/0 2/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 13/.462 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 65/32 .220/.266/.288/.554 .592/.517 .379 41/.514 1/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 5/1.800 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 153/100 .288/.314/.397/.711 .895/.614 .566 108/.614 2/0 3/1
IP 1.0 9.1 13.2 17.0 17.0 18.1 7.2 15.0 TOTAL .293/.351/.482/.832 .816/.841 .799 .819 23/11 54/16
ERA-K/9 0.00/0.0 2.89/5.8 1.32/5.9 3.71/12.2 2.65/9.0 3.44/7.9 9.39/16.4 2.40/8.4 4.48/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (7-3-3)
 Torrealba (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 3/.000 43/.368 56/.239 71/.215 67/.169 72/.221 43/.378 63/.268 .268  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Snyder
 Moreland
 Gentry
2/0/36/3
24/23/0/2
27/2/0/1
4/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/29/0/0
OPS .000 .971 .659 .683 .489 .720 .952 .692 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 1/.000 17/.878 27/.704 32/.794 26/.410 26/.929 16/1.214 33/.442 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 2/.000 26/1.032 29/.616 39/.599 41/.539 46/.604 27/.792 30/.977 .758
Road 3/.000 23/.698 33/.630 40/.396 34/.634 35/.812 23/.698 29/.427
Last 28d days 3/.000 43/.971 39/.677 42/.535 44/.481 50/.560 12/1.292 40/.689
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/0/2 0/0/1 3/5/0 1/0/1 4/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 30/26/14
Usage ···o···· ·······X XX···Xo· ·o·o···o o·X··o·X oo·X··XX ·oo····· oo····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.