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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 27, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 49-51, 49-51 3rd, 7 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (27, RHP, 4-9, 5.92)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-9) 97.1 132 73 64 44 90 13 5.92
2012 (3-0) 70.1 48 20 19 29 87 5 2.43
2011 (11-10) 184.0 190 96 91 63 105 23 4.45
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.1 45 27 25 17 34 3 6.37 43
2013-07-22 BAL L 2.2 7 4 2 3 3 0 83 32
2013-07-10 @NYY L 5.0 6 8 8 3 6 2 104 26
2013-07-05 OAK L 7.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 103 60
2013-06-29 @MIN L 1.0 5 6 6 5 2 1 69 16
2013-06-22 CHW ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 6 0 107 57
2013-06-16 @TBR W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 106 56
2013-06-11 DET ND 6.2 8 2 2 1 5 0 100 54
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 32.1 30 9 9 12 19 3 2.51 56
2013-06-22 CHW ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 6 0 107 57
2013-05-05 CHW ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 98 60
2011-04-20 CHW W 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 1 99 61
2011-04-09 @CHW L 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 103 55
2010-05-29 CHW W 6.1 6 3 3 2 2 2 110 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-24   Road:   22-27   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  38-34   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:22-19   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Fri, Jul 26  @CHW  W   5-1       49-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25   BAL  W   7-1       48-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 24   BAL  W   4-3       47-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 23   BAL  W   3-2       46-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 22   BAL  L   2-9       45-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   DET  L   1-4       45-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   DET  W   6-5       45-49  3rd  6.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 19   DET  W   1-0       44-49  3rd  7.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 14  @CLE  L   4-6       43-49  3rd  8.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 13  @CLE  L   3-5       43-48  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
WhiteSox, 40-60, 40-60 5th, 16 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (24, LHP, 6-9, 2.81)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-9) 128.0 101 46 40 30 142 12 2.81
2012 (17-8) 192.0 167 66 65 51 192 19 3.05
2011 (2-2) 71.0 52 22 22 27 79 6 2.79
Last 7 GS 1-5 50.2 48 22 17 12 70 5 3.02 61
2013-07-22 DET L 8.0 7 4 2 3 11 1 119 64
2013-07-11 @DET W 6.2 10 3 3 2 8 2 124 48
2013-07-06 @TBR L 7.0 6 3 2 1 9 0 118 63
2013-06-30 CLE L 8.0 7 3 3 1 10 0 123 65
2013-06-25 NYM ND 8.0 4 3 3 2 13 1 110 73
2013-06-19 @MIN L 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 101 38
2013-06-14 @HOU L 8.0 6 2 0 1 14 0 124 79
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 34.1 35 9 9 8 31 2 2.36 59
2013-05-06 @KCR ND 7.1 6 1 1 0 5 0 119 67
2013-04-01 KCR W 7.2 7 0 0 1 7 0 104 71
2012-09-19 @KCR L 6.2 8 3 3 2 8 0 113 52
2012-09-08 KCR W 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 101 63
2012-08-17 @KCR L 6.2 9 4 4 4 5 2 117 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-26   Road:   18-34   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  31-44   vsLHP:   9-16   1-Run:  14-20
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:12-22   vsWest: 11-16 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Fri, Jul 26   KCR  L   1-5       40-60  5th 16.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25   DET  W   7-4       40-59  5th 15.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 24   DET  L   2-6       39-59  5th 16.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 23   DET  L   2-6       39-58  5th 15.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 22   DET  L   3-7       39-57  5th 14.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   ATL  W   3-1       39-56  5th 13.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   ATL  W  10-6       38-56  5th 13.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 19   ATL  L   4-6       37-56  5th 14.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 14  @PHI  L   3-4 (10)  37-55  5th 14.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 13  @PHI  L   1-2 (13)  37-54  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 KCR  5 @CHW  1        W:James Shields (5-7), L: Jose Quintana (5-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 23, 2013 KCR  7  CHW  6        W:Luke Hochevar (1-1), L: Jesse Crain (2-2), S: Greg Holland (16)
Sat, Jun 22, 2013 CHW  3 @KCR  2        W:Jesse Crain (2-1), L: Aaron Crow (3-3), S: Addison Reed (21)
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 CHW  9 @KCR  1        W:Hector Santiago (3-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-5), S: none
Mon, May 06, 2013 CHW  2 @KCR  1 (11)   W:Jesse Crain (1-1), L: Kelvin Herrera (2-3), S: Addison Reed (11)
Sun, May 05, 2013 KCR  6  CHW  5 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-1), L: Brian Omogrosso (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 KCR  2  CHW  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (4-0), L: Dylan Axelrod (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 KCR  3 @CHW  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: Greg Holland (1)
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 CHW  5  KCR  2        W:Jake Peavy (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: Addison Reed (2)
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 CHW  1  KCR  0        W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: James Shields (0-1), S: Addison Reed (1)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 5-5; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 353-319

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.01

CHC  4.08

MIA  3.18

 RA/G

PIT  3.39

CHC  4.27

HOU  5.37

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

D. Brown  .271

B. Upton  .177

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

M. Machado  .330

J. Arencibia  .256

 SLG

C. Davis  .683

D. Nava  .423

J. Keppinger  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

A. Rios  .759

J. Keppinger  .551

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.96

H. Bailey  3.77

E. Volquez  5.70

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.53

Y. Gallardo  7.28

S. Diamond  3.86

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

Royals Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 41.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 40.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 31/1.034 7/1.429 5/.200 3/.333 7/.619 ··· ··· 407/306 .281/.378/.415/.794 .870/.769 .796 94/.802 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 20/.800 5/1.800 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 348/245 .259/.319/.364/.683 .554/.736 .701 70/.627 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/1.167 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 92/73 .265/.330/.458/.788 .387/.891 .459 36/.647 14/3 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 32/.871 7/1.143 8/.500 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 412/285 .241/.269/.319/.588 .715/.531 .667 84/.458 12/0 3/11
17.Getz* G/S/vP 20/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 173/126 .211/.281/.283/.564 .635/.539 .560 16/.583 8/1 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 40/.767 4/.250 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 6/.334 425/294 .273/.346/.403/.749 .885/.688 .818 85/.728 6/2 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 18/.389 5/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.333 407/287 .283/.333/.430/.763 .814/.742 .792 96/.844 7/3 11/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 153/109 .201/.238/.271/.509 .476/.522 .668 18/.229 12/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 75/65 .169/.347/.424/.770 .550/.805 .563 16/1.463 1/0 4/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 201/159 .304/.320/.454/.774 .833/.758 .898 80/.862 2/1 4/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 19/.474 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 327/251 .224/.284/.344/.629 .483/.673 .561 74/.727 1/3 7/12
13.Perez G/S/vP 22/.864 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 327/236 .281/.312/.390/.702 .620/.734 .599 76/.528 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 9/1.417 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 117/51 .275/.304/.385/.690 .679/.703 .620 38/.669 0/0 3/2
IP 128.0 49.2 40.1 6.0 44.0 17.1 12.0 TOTAL .256/.312/.374/.686 .687/.686 .698 .694 78/17 66/54
ERA-K/9 2.81/10.0 4.35/9.2 3.35/6.3 3.00/7.5 3.68/9.8 5.71/7.3 6.00/9.0 4.00/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (19-7-3)
 Perez (28-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.214 205/.257 170/.267 29/.182 180/.222 84/.271 57/.277 .251  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
95/0/0/8
0/76/14/7
11/5/42/4
0/27/0/2
1/0/1/0
OPS .599 .655 .650 .572 .584 .752 .872 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.360 82/.627 62/.863 15/.367 102/.515 38/1.047 30/1.010 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.653 123/.673 108/.532 14/.800 78/.673 46/.519 27/.704 .683
Home 236/.524 102/.770 87/.738 12/.267 97/.563 41/.940 32/.791
Last 28d days 126/.711 40/.728 37/.712 29/.572 32/.604 43/.709 16/.521
HR/SB/CS 12/13/0 2/4/1 0/6/0 0/0/0 3/6/0 1/3/1 2/0/0 107/64/24
Usage ····X··· ·····X·X XX····oX X·X·o··o ·X···oX· ··o·ooo· o·o··oo·
WhiteSox Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Davis
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 14/.071 32/.559 6/.000 4/.750 7/1.167 9/.555 27/.972 10/.900 181/139 .320/.344/.420/.765 .314/.906 .717 66/.801 5/1 2/7
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 8/.125 11/1.164 1/.000 7/1.171 3/.333 6/.900 15/1.126 10/.322 427/332 .276/.333/.435/.767 .925/.723 .691 93/.898 12/4 12/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 11/.697 27/.989 2/.000 8/1.042 4/1.750 7/.143 12/.777 8/.625 388/290 .213/.317/.455/.772 .619/.824 .829 79/.802 1/1 24/7
21.Flowers G/S/vP 3/.333 11/.582 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 7/1.286 3/.333 242/174 .208/.256/.381/.637 .410/.726 .772 32/.469 0/1 9/4
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 290/248 .254/.314/.404/.718 .337/.786 .775 67/.797 0/1 9/6
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/1.334 6/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 4/.833 5/.000 2/1.000 330/251 .241/.267/.285/.551 .511/.564 .564 80/.497 0/1 2/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 21/.802 51/.955 6/1.133 3/.000 10/.200 7/.143 36/.693 11/.955 299/233 .248/.314/.363/.677 .920/.611 .578 23/.499 0/0 7/1
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 51/39 .240/.235/.480/.715 1.242/.564 .708 51/.715 0/0 3/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/.653 34/.272 6/.167 1/.000 8/.833 8/1.000 32/1.062 12/.500 425/337 .285/.310/.354/.664 .640/.670 .636 96/.710 21/6 1/17
51.Rios G/S/vP 20/.205 50/.643 5/.400 ··· 10/.900 6/1.267 28/.671 12/.334 417/330 .273/.327/.432/.759 .859/.733 .693 90/.683 21/6 12/3
18.Tekotte* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .211/.318/.263/.581 .700/.444 .375 19/.610 1/2 0/0
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 4/.500 25/1.160 3/.000 3/1.167 4/2.083 6/.666 4/.000 8/.000 301/219 .253/.299/.415/.714 .709/.716 .709 80/.904 0/0 9/2
39.Wells G/S/vP 5/.000 15/.866 4/.250 2/.000 3/.666 5/.400 2/.000 4/1.000 65/32 .167/.231/.183/.414 .343/.488 .440 23/.360 0/1 0/1
IP 97.1 45.2 10.0 35.0 32.1 33.1 38.0 38.0 TOTAL .250/.303/.384/.686 .641/.700 .681 .712 65/26 95/71
ERA-K/9 5.92/8.3 1.97/6.3 0.00/9.9 4.63/8.5 3.06/7.8 4.86/11.1 1.89/9.0 1.89/14.7 3.73/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (43-15-7)
 Phegley (6-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.326 191/.233 37/.152 155/.252 143/.276 144/.228 145/.173 147/.178 .258  Viciedo
 Rios
 De Aza
 Wells
 Tekotte
 Dunn
68/0/0/8
0/0/97/8
47/70/0/3
14/1/8/1
0/10/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .874 .655 .434 .690 .734 .809 .552 .520 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.953 71/.763 15/.400 79/.632 71/.769 76/.768 76/.624 78/.556 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.776 120/.589 22/.452 76/.749 72/.701 68/.858 69/.473 69/.479 .687
Road 206/.955 56/.438 18/.243 85/.619 72/.741 76/.996 69/.656 59/.539
Last 28d days 71/.856 63/.522 20/.380 36/1.036 43/.790 22/.563 29/.392 34/.529
HR/SB/CS 13/4/2 4/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/4/1 9/7/1 4/3/2 2/0/0 103/50/22
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·o··X··· ····X·o· ·X·o··X· XX·o·X·o o·X·X·o· ···X··oX

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.