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Game Preview: KCR @ TOR, 7:07pm, Monday, July 2, 2012 @Rogers Centre

Royals, 35-42, 35-42 4th, 6 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Everett Teaford (28, LHP, 0-1, 5.06)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 16.0 15 9 9 10 9 2 5.06
2011 (2-1) 44.0 36 17 16 14 28 8 3.27
Last 7 GS 2-1 25.0 25 12 12 11 19 4 4.32 49
2012-06-27 TBR ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 89 53
2012-04-27 @MIN ND 4.0 8 4 4 2 1 1 75 29
2011-09-24 @CHW L 5.0 6 5 5 3 4 2 94 36
2011-09-17 CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 86 62
2011-09-11 @SEA W 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 73 65
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-23   Road:   21-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  25-29   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Sun, Jul  1  @MIN  L   8-10      35-42  4th  6.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 30  @MIN  L   1-5       35-41  4th  6.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 30  @MIN  L   2-7       35-40  4th  6.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 29  @MIN  W   4-3       35-39  4th  5.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 27   TBR  W   5-4       34-39  4th  5.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 26   TBR  W   8-2       33-39  4th  5.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 25   TBR  W   8-0       32-39  4th  5.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 24   STL  L   8-11      31-39  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 23   STL  L   2-8       31-38  4th  5.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 22   STL  L   4-11      31-37  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Blue Jays, 40-39, 40-39 5th, 8½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Romero (27, LHP, 8-2, 4.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-2) 98.1 89 59 54 52 70 13 4.94
2011 (15-11) 225.0 176 85 73 80 178 26 2.92
2010 (14-9) 210.0 189 98 87 82 174 15 3.73
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.0 43 34 30 22 28 7 6.92 40
2012-06-27 @BOS L 3.0 7 9 8 6 1 0 90 6
2012-06-22 @MIA W 7.0 7 4 4 4 5 2 110 48
2012-06-16 PHI ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 108 44
2012-06-10 @ATL ND 4.0 8 4 3 2 1 0 69 31
2012-06-05 @CHW W 7.0 6 5 3 1 4 2 98 52
2012-05-29 BAL W 6.0 6 4 4 1 7 2 101 50
2012-05-23 @TBR ND 6.0 2 4 4 7 7 0 105 52
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 29.0 26 11 11 10 17 3 3.41 56
2012-04-22 @KCR W 8.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 104 67
2011-08-24 KCR ND 6.0 8 3 3 4 3 1 109 43
2011-06-09 @KCR L 8.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 112 56
2009-06-05 KCR W 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 2 90 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-17   Road:   19-22   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  30-26   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  9-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Sun, Jul  1   LAA  L   6-10      40-39  5th  8.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 30   LAA  W  11-2       40-38  5th  7.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 29   LAA  W   7-5       39-38  5th  7.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 28   LAA  L   7-9       38-38  5th  8.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @BOS  L   4-10      38-37  5th  8.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @BOS  L   1-5       38-36  5th  7.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @BOS  W   9-6       38-35  4th  6.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @MIA  L   0-9       37-35  5th  6.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23  @MIA  W   7-1       37-34  4th  5.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 22  @MIA  W  12-5       36-34  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 TOR  4 @KCR  1        W:Brandon Morrow (1-1), L: Bruce Chen (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (2)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 TOR  5 @KCR  3        W:Ricky Romero (3-0), L: Danny Duffy (1-2), S: Francisco Cordero (1)
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 TOR  9 @KCR  5        W:Drew Hutchison (1-0), L: Everett Teaford (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 TOR  4 @KCR  3        W:Luis Perez (2-0), L: Greg Holland (0-2), S: Sergio Santos (2)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Jeff Francis (5-14), L: Brett Cecil (4-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 TOR  4  KCR  3        W:Jesse Litsch (5-3), L: Louis Coleman (1-3), S: Frank Francisco (11)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 KCR  6 @TOR  4        W:Bruce Chen (9-5), L: Brandon Morrow (9-8), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 KCR  3  TOR  2        W:Luke Hochevar (4-6), L: Ricky Romero (5-6), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 TOR  9 @KCR  8        W:Carlos Villanueva (4-0), L: Danny Duffy (0-2), S: Casey Janssen (1)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 TOR  8 @KCR  5        W:Kyle Drabek (4-4), L: Vin Mazzaro (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (7)
Season Series: 2012 - TOR over 4-0; 2011 - KCR won 4-3; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TOR leads 181-174

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  5.34

CIN  4.24

SDP  3.41

 RA/G

WSN  3.48

ATL  4.31

COL  5.77

 BA

C. Ruiz  .356

J. Reyes  .269

B. Ryan  .182

 OBP

J. Votto  .471

N. Swisher  .334

S. Rodriguez  .261

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .643

S. Castro  .428

B. Ryan  .273

 OPS

J. Votto  1.103

B. Phillips  .770

D. Gordon  .557

 ERA

B. Beachy  2.00

A. Sanchez  3.94

M. Minor  6.20

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.81

M. Bumgarner  7.48

H. Alvarez  2.82

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

Royals Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Romero*
G/S/vB		 20.Chavez
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 49.Pauley
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 57.Richmond
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 11/.664 4/.000 8/.000 8/.708 8/.536 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 147/98 .250/.288/.434/.721 .606/.782 .707 80/.716 0/1 5/5
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/4 .240/.321/.280/.601 .619/.500 .593 13/.657 1/2 0/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.846 ··· 2/.500 7/.619 3/.000 17/.561 8/.536 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 315/226 .297/.365/.512/.877 1.139/.780 .902 89/.919 1/1 16/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/155 .246/.310/.293/.603 .516/.635 .685 73/.535 13/3 0/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.250 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.000 4/1.417 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 292/214 .310/.353/.417/.770 .791/.762 .682 87/.890 12/2 2/8
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/36 .321/.333/.434/.767 .895/.697 .600 11/.764 0/0 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· 9/.958 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 7/2.071 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/1.071 314/230 .256/.293/.387/.680 .665/.686 .715 96/.512 1/4 7/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/1.625 ··· ··· 4/.500 5/1.600 12/.349 9/.778 5/.800 4/.250 ··· 5/.450 349/233 .273/.367/.418/.785 .671/.842 .783 110/.952 3/3 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 307/211 .233/.300/.384/.683 .598/.722 .697 90/.756 8/1 9/5
12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.933 1/no AB 74/56 .172/.260/.313/.573 .706/.520 .714 11/.091 2/0 2/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/1.833 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 296/215 .264/.331/.472/.803 .562/.897 .685 98/.675 2/1 13/8
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 139/94 .267/.290/.351/.641 .540/.691 .515 46/.604 0/1 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .360/.360/.720/1.080 1.571/.889 1.444 25/1.080 0/0 2/0
IP 98.1 17.2 32.1 29.2 30.2 21.0 28.1 13.2 39.2 3.0 38.1 TOTAL .263/.319/.401/.719 .670/.740 .706 .713 49/21 63/57
ERA-K/9 4.94/6.4 8.15/11.7 5.29/6.7 3.94/11.5 2.64/9.1 2.14/4.3 1.59/9.5 5.93/3.3 3.18/8.6 6.00/6.0 3.52/9.9 4.36/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (37-13-3)
 Perez (8-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.241 81/.268 149/.331 128/.243 119/.207 78/.176 108/.194 69/.393 164/.234 15/.357 168/.231 .253  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Dyson
 Bourgeois
 Hosmer
 Maier
76/0/0/6
0/2/73/6
0/55/0/5
2/9/0/1
0/0/2/1
0/16/6/0
OPS .753 .845 .946 .777 .606 .569 .537 .949 .654 .905 .731 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.878 28/.857 79/.898 51/.904 66/.512 14/.571 52/.643 28/.842 66/.634 7/.286 83/.804 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.700 53/.835 70/.993 77/.699 53/.728 64/.569 56/.436 41/1.016 98/.667 8/1.500 85/.667 .774
Home 194/.670 7/1.000 79/1.026 62/.684 60/.723 39/.679 45/.583 20/1.105 84/.730 12/1.083 83/.819
Last 28d days 133/.906 62/.916 50/1.065 43/.738 32/.375 78/.569 34/.487 24/1.050 54/.669 15/.905 64/.652
HR/SB/CS 13/4/4 4/0/0 7/5/0 4/4/2 4/3/1 3/1/0 2/4/2 1/1/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 5/2/2 105/42/19
Usage ····X··· X···X··X X·oX··oo ···o·oo· ··oX··o· X····X·· ··Xo··X· ·X···X·o Xo··Xo·· X·X··o·· ··X·····
Blue Jays Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Teaford*
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
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.667 248/179 .224/.263/.414/.677 .707/.665 .667 77/.612 1/0 11/4
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.334 2/2.500 348/260 .239/.356/.543/.900 .672/.981 .835 113/1.118 4/1 26/2
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 172/100 .268/.322/.414/.736 .666/.787 .818 90/.727 20/5 4/4
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.286 2/.500 3/1.167 1/5.000 1/3.000 6/.583 327/241 .291/.373/.572/.945 1.123/.882 1.037 97/.989 8/2 22/2
5.Escobar G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 334/244 .255/.303/.340/.643 .672/.632 .718 101/.644 2/1 5/8
8.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/15 .227/.277/.318/.595 .679/.414 .576 10/.800 0/1 0/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 2/no AB 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 320/231 .245/.333/.383/.716 .692/.725 .758 98/.615 7/1 9/8
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/4.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 1/no AB 325/229 .291/.338/.434/.772 .827/.749 .793 117/.904 11/8 8/10
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 150/117 .194/.280/.351/.631 .526/.661 .708 18/.958 0/0 5/4
6.Mathis G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 71/52 .234/.290/.484/.774 1.149/.628 1.157 24/.773 1/0 4/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 2/5.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 2/3.000 1/.000 323/232 .259/.320/.486/.806 .689/.849 .730 117/.974 4/2 15/4
17.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 8/.971 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.200 70/50 .219/.275/.219/.494 .522/.483 .556 28/.442 1/0 0/0
IP 16.0 30.2 37.2 35.0 41.0 26.1 31.0 TOTAL .253/.320/.432/.751 .747/.753 .796 .803 59/23 117/60
ERA-K/9 5.06/5.1 2.05/6.7 3.35/12.4 3.34/8.7 3.07/8.1 4.10/13.3 1.74/8.1 4.25/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (29-14-8)
 Mathis (13-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 67/.263 130/.257 155/.190 142/.234 162/.230 124/.282 127/.237 .265  Bautista
 Rasmus
 Davis
 Vizquel
 Francisco
 Encarnacion
0/0/77/9
0/78/0/4
53/5/9/3
1/0/0/0
4/0/2/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .812 .672 .613 .592 .637 .764 .642 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.993 66/.661 63/.767 52/.401 62/.739 45/.724 69/.577 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/.668 64/.684 92/.513 90/.704 100/.576 79/.787 58/.722 .763
Road 19/1.350 77/.626 82/.330 62/.583 80/.611 61/.641 62/.602
Last 28d days 20/.644 40/.718 42/.627 42/.728 51/.660 53/.807 26/.561
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/2/1 3/6/0 2/2/1 4/5/3 1/1/1 2/4/1 67/77/32
Usage ····X··· ··X·o··· ····X··X X···oo·X o···o··· ·X··X··· oo······

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.