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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 2:10pm, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 0-1, 0-1 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-13) 178.0 165 109 102 61 133 39 5.16
2011 (11-12) 228.2 207 95 86 72 178 26 3.38
2010 (17-10) 222.2 221 104 97 73 169 27 3.92
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 31 19 18 13 42 11 3.80 57
2012-09-30 @TEX L 2.2 7 6 6 1 1 3 56 20
2012-09-21 CHW W 7.0 2 1 1 1 11 1 108 79
2012-09-12 OAK L 6.0 4 2 1 3 6 1 103 61
2012-09-07 DET ND 6.2 4 2 2 1 10 2 100 67
2012-09-01 @SEA W 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 1 101 64
2012-08-26 @DET L 7.0 5 4 4 3 5 2 100 53
2012-08-21 @BOS W 6.1 5 2 2 2 4 1 100 57
Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 35.0 27 14 13 9 27 5 3.34 59
2012-09-21 CHW W 7.0 2 1 1 1 11 1 108 79
2012-08-04 @CHW ND 6.0 5 3 2 1 3 2 94 54
2011-08-23 CHW ND 8.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 115 51
2011-05-09 CHW L 6.0 8 5 5 3 5 2 103 38
2010-07-08 @CHW L 8.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 104 73
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-0    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @CHW  L   0-1        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-1    Last 20: 0-1    Last 30: 0-1
WhiteSox, 1-0, 1-0 1st, Tied

SP: Jake Peavy (32, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-12) 219.0 191 88 82 49 194 27 3.37
2011 (7-7) 111.2 117 61 61 24 95 10 4.92
2010 (7-6) 107.0 98 55 55 34 93 13 4.63
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.0 39 22 22 12 39 9 4.50 53
2012-10-02 @CLE ND 8.0 3 3 3 1 8 2 109 71
2012-09-27 TBR ND 7.1 4 2 2 1 6 1 118 67
2012-09-21 @LAA L 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 81 32
2012-09-16 @MIN W 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 1 101 61
2012-09-11 DET L 5.2 6 3 3 2 9 2 117 52
2012-09-05 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 107 60
2012-08-31 @DET L 6.0 9 6 6 4 4 2 106 30
Last 5 v.KCR 0-4 31.2 44 21 19 7 26 3 5.40 43
2012-08-18 @KCR L 5.1 9 5 3 1 6 1 110 39
2012-08-07 KCR L 6.2 7 3 3 3 4 0 104 49
2012-07-14 @KCR L 7.0 12 6 6 1 5 2 120 33
2011-08-13 KCR ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 6 0 115 45
2011-07-19 @KCR L 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 96 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Mon, Apr  1   KCR  W   1-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-0    Last 20: 1-0    Last 30: 1-0 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 CHW  1  KCR  0        W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: James Shields (0-1), S: Addison Reed (1)

Thu, Sep 20, 2012 KCR  4  CHW  3        W:Greg Holland (7-4), L: Jesse Crain (2-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 KCR  3  CHW  0        W:Bruce Chen (11-12), L: Chris Sale (17-7), S: Greg Holland (14)
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 CHW  3 @KCR  2        W:Gavin Floyd (10-10), L: Luke Hochevar (8-14), S: Addison Reed (28)
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 KCR  2 @CHW  1 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (3-2), L: Brett Myers (2-7), S: Greg Holland (13)
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 CHW  5  KCR  4        W:Chris Sale (16-6), L: Bruce Chen (10-12), S: Addison Reed (26)
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 KCR  7 @CHW  5        W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Addison Reed (3-2), S: Greg Holland (12)
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 KCR  5  CHW  2        W:Greg Holland (6-3), L: Jesse Crain (2-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 KCR  9  CHW  4        W:Bruce Chen (9-10), L: Jake Peavy (9-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 KCR  4  CHW  2        W:Luis Mendoza (7-8), L: Chris Sale (14-4), S: Greg Holland (5)
Season Series: 2013 - CHW over 1-0; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 349-314

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 2013 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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (0.00 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (0.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB		 33.Axelrod
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 34.Floyd
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 53.Santiago*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 31/1.331 ··· 19/.594 42/.487 7/1.429 1/.000 9/.611 5/.200 2/1.000 14/.594 ··· 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .893 4/.833 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 5/1.800 1/no AB 9/.583 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· ··· 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .588 4/.000 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 8/1.071 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .667 0/ 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 16/1.250 ··· 6/.334 12/.364 7/1.143 6/.666 10/.875 3/1.167 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .659 4/1.000 35/5 5/19
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 31/.787 1/.000 10/1.167 15/1.067 6/1.333 19/.579 9/2.222 7/1.000 5/.000 6/.733 1/.000 603/424 .235/.287/.378/.665 .695/.652 .652 4/1.000 4/7 16/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 16/.599 ··· 5/.000 12/.781 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 210/157 .275/.312/.360/.672 .547/.714 .631 3/.000 9/3 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 23/.800 ··· 7/.286 23/1.118 3/.333 1/2.000 11/.364 3/.333 3/.333 13/.658 4/.000 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .798 4/.250 10/5 14/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 19/.691 1/.000 3/2.000 9/.347 5/.000 ··· 9/.222 3/.333 3/.000 10/.500 2/.500 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .649 4/.833 16/1 14/10
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 331/219 .242/.304/.350/.654 .586/.698 .800 / 18/6 6/14
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .740 / 0/0 9/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 19/.399 1/.000 3/.333 9/.347 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.555 3/1.667 6/.000 7/.286 ··· 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .624 4/.000 5/2 20/15
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 4/.500 6/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 9/1.222 6/.334 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .855 4/.500 0/0 11/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.607 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
IP 219.0 51.0 48.0 168.0 71.2 47.0 136.1 55.0 70.1 65.0 13.0 TOTAL .219/.286/.219/.504 .508/.400 .504 .504 2/0 0/0
ERA-K/9 3.37/8.0 5.47/7.1 2.44/11.2 4.29/7.7 2.39/8.2 2.68/7.7 3.76/5.3 4.75/8.8 3.33/10.1 3.46/7.3 1.38/13.2 0.00/9.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (38-8-3)
 Perez (25-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.234 231/.275 194/.171 724/.259 301/.256 200/.250 568/.275 238/.266 306/.211 266/.257 49/.111 .219  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Johnson
0/3/145/19
160/0/0/17
0/88/0/8
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .671 .807 .561 .755 .686 .642 .754 .753 .680 .685 .361 .504
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 506/.714 108/.861 77/.717 378/.871 108/.528 86/.737 161/.700 109/.773 135/.592 131/.660 34/.303 .277
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 376/.614 123/.760 117/.456 346/.633 193/.774 114/.573 407/.775 129/.737 171/.744 135/.709 15/.497 .666
Home 403/.619 109/.957 109/.626 404/.778 188/.744 107/.815 272/.730 137/.866 178/.704 131/.614 18/.690
Last 28d days / / / / 1/ / / 4/.250 / 1/.000 /
HR/SB/CS 27/9/8 8/6/2 5/6/2 22/8/4 4/3/1 2/8/0 14/7/4 6/7/1 10/10/1 4/4/2 0/0/0 0/2/0
Usage ·o······ ·o······ ·o······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (1.00 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (1.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 22.Davis
G/S/vB		 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 24/.816 29/.506 4/.750 6/.933 14/.071 29/.796 ··· 8/.250 25/.991 8/.875 16/.650 582/443 .234/.296/.371/.668 .695/.659 .763 3/.667 5/4 16/7
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 10/1.200 9/.833 6/.750 2/.500 1/.000 10/.900 1/.000 4/1.417 12/1.326 8/.375 13/.802 585/438 .281/.349/.410/.760 .700/.779 .753 4/.000 26/12 9/3
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 12/.350 25/1.080 6/1.500 3/1.666 5/.900 20/.425 1/no AB 4/.000 12/.777 5/.600 14/1.056 649/434 .204/.333/.468/.800 .767/.817 .763 4/.000 2/1 41/2
21.Flowers G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.722 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.166 2/.000 3/.666 153/97 .213/.296/.412/.708 .905/.586 .926 3/1.667 2/1 7/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .150/.150/.200/.350 .000/.467 .438 0/ 0/0 0/2
38.Gimenez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .455/.455/.455/.909 1.600/.333 .500 / 0/0 0/0
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 418/291 .325/.367/.439/.806 .923/.755 .867 4/.500 1/0 9/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 41/.444 49/.955 2/.000 9/.222 15/.862 38/.860 ··· 4/.250 35/.714 9/1.181 23/.874 598/448 .298/.371/.486/.857 .846/.861 .929 4/.000 0/0 26/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 23/.891 32/.289 1/.000 7/.971 11/1.122 32/.362 ··· 8/1.000 29/.983 9/.444 21/.786 621/486 .265/.287/.364/.651 .724/.631 .712 3/1.333 20/7 9/12
51.Rios G/S/vP 28/.728 48/.606 ··· 9/.444 13/.000 50/.788 ··· 4/1.417 26/.644 11/.182 22/.668 640/484 .304/.334/.516/.850 .857/.848 .904 4/1.417 23/6 25/7
5.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 5/.000 22/1.091 2/.500 3/2.167 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 7/.000 16/.250 543/410 .255/.300/.444/.744 1.033/.650 .698 4/.500 0/2 25/2
28.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 3/.000 ··· 10/.900 12/.416 ··· 2/1.000 13/.616 1/.000 6/2.417 239/171 .259/.293/.429/.721 .564/.784 .882 / 19/4 8/1
IP 178.0 191.2 69.2 64.2 70.1 181.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 166.0 TOTAL .250/.273/.344/.616 /.616 .616 .616 1/0 1/0
ERA-K/9 5.16/6.7 5.07/6.6 3.36/12.0 3.48/9.0 2.43/11.1 4.76/5.0 /0.0 2.35/8.2 5.73/7.0 2.96/12.2 4.23/5.6 1.12/10.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (28-14-1)
 Gimenez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 764/.239 827/.281 295/.216 260/.231 284/.189 788/.288 / 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 709/.278 .250  Viciedo
 Rios
 De Aza
 Wise
 Dunn
 Gimenez
131/0/0/13
0/0/156/9
11/125/0/4
53/38/11/4
5/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .774 .813 .692 .601 .570 .822 .643 .818 .653 .759 .616
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 419/.867 210/.852 135/.769 95/.556 130/.464 397/.868 / 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 379/.790 .000
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.664 617/.800 160/.626 165/.626 154/.654 391/.775 / 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 330/.725 .818
Road 401/.887 416/.853 142/.450 112/.616 131/.524 346/.827 / 169/.642 444/.812 134/.703 348/.772
Last 28d days / / / 3/.000 / / / 4/.250 / / /
HR/SB/CS 39/16/2 33/18/8 8/9/0 4/2/2 5/4/2 30/8/4 // 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 15/7/7 1/1/0
Usage ·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.