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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 28, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 50-51, 50-51 3rd, 7 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (36, LHP, 4-0, 1.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-0) 45.2 40 12 10 14 32 4 1.97
2012 (11-14) 191.2 215 114 108 47 140 33 5.07
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.1 42 19 15 11 31 6 3.12 53
2013-07-23 BAL W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 94 66
2013-07-12 @CLE ND 6.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 97 73
2012-10-01 DET L 5.2 10 6 2 1 3 2 90 35
2012-09-25 @DET L 6.2 10 2 2 3 5 0 115 48
2012-09-19 CHW W 6.2 5 0 0 3 4 0 114 65
2012-09-14 LAA ND 6.1 7 5 5 1 5 0 105 43
2012-09-08 @CHW L 6.0 6 5 5 2 6 3 101 44
Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 30.0 32 15 15 10 22 8 4.50 49
2012-09-19 CHW W 6.2 5 0 0 3 4 0 114 65
2012-09-08 @CHW L 6.0 6 5 5 2 6 3 101 44
2012-08-18 CHW W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 98 58
2012-08-07 @CHW W 6.2 7 2 2 1 2 1 98 53
2012-07-13 CHW ND 4.2 9 6 6 3 5 3 110 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   23-27   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  38-34   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Sat, Jul 27  @CHW  W   1-0       50-51  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
WhiteSox, 40-61, 40-61 5th, 17 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Hector Santiago (25, LHP, 3-6, 3.38)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-6) 93.1 75 43 35 44 97 11 3.38
2012 (4-1) 70.1 54 26 26 40 79 10 3.33
2011 (0-0) 5.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 1-2 41.1 33 20 17 18 45 5 3.70 56
2013-07-23 DET L 6.0 5 6 3 5 6 1 110 45
2013-07-13 @PHI ND 7.1 3 1 1 1 9 1 108 76
2013-07-08 CHC ND 5.1 5 2 2 2 3 1 101 51
2013-07-03 BAL ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 123 66
2013-06-28 CLE ND 2.1 7 5 5 3 5 0 73 25
2013-06-21 @KCR W 8.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 106 76
2013-06-16 @HOU L 5.1 5 3 3 4 8 0 112 50
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 12.0 6 1 1 4 13 1 0.75 69
2013-06-21 @KCR W 8.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 106 76
2012-09-09 KCR ND 4.0 3 0 0 3 8 0 93 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-27   Road:   18-34   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  31-45   vsLHP:   9-16   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest: 11-16 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Sat, Jul 27   KCR  L   0-1       40-61  5th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 27, 2013 KCR  1 @CHW  0        W:Wade Davis (5-9), L: Chris Sale (6-10), S: Greg Holland (26)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 6-5; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 353-320

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
Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Santiago*
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 6/.533 7/1.429 5/.200 3/.333 7/.619 ··· ··· 411/306 .284/.382/.418/.800 .890/.769 .808 93/.811 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.000 5/1.800 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 352/245 .259/.318/.366/.684 .562/.736 .702 70/.642 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 1/.000 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 5/.400 7/1.143 8/.500 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 416/285 .241/.269/.318/.587 .708/.531 .663 83/.464 12/0 3/11
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/126 .209/.280/.281/.561 .621/.539 .553 19/.543 8/1 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.250 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 6/.334 429/294 .270/.343/.399/.742 .857/.688 .802 84/.681 6/2 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 8/1.232 5/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.333 411/287 .286/.334/.431/.765 .820/.742 .796 95/.842 7/3 11/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.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 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 205/159 .298/.314/.444/.758 .759/.758 .861 80/.681 2/1 4/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 328/251 .223/.284/.343/.627 .477/.673 .558 70/.741 1/3 7/12
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/.453 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 331/236 .277/.308/.385/.694 .593/.734 .584 75/.518 0/0 4/6
24.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 9/1.417 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 120/51 .277/.305/.384/.689 .679/.703 .622 41/.668 0/0 3/2
IP 93.1 49.2 40.1 6.0 44.0 17.1 12.0 TOTAL .256/.312/.373/.685 .681/.686 .695 .666 78/17 66/55
ERA-K/9 3.38/9.4 4.35/9.2 3.35/6.3 3.00/7.5 3.68/9.8 5.71/7.3 6.00/9.0 3.97/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (19-7-3)
 Perez (29-15-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 397/.221 205/.257 170/.267 29/.182 180/.222 84/.271 57/.277 .251  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
96/0/0/8
0/77/14/7
11/5/43/4
0/28/0/2
1/0/1/0
OPS .705 .655 .650 .572 .584 .752 .872 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.760 82/.627 62/.863 15/.367 102/.515 38/1.047 30/1.010 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.680 123/.673 108/.532 14/.800 78/.673 46/.519 27/.704 .682
Home 183/.821 102/.770 87/.738 12/.267 97/.563 41/.940 32/.791
Last 28d days 106/.674 38/.681 34/.653 29/.572 32/.604 43/.709 16/.521
HR/SB/CS 11/5/4 2/4/1 0/6/0 0/0/0 3/6/0 1/3/1 2/0/0 107/64/24
Usage ····X··· ······X· ·XX····o ·X·X·o·· ··X···oX ···o·ooo ·o·o··oo
WhiteSox Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 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 32/.559 6/.000 4/.750 7/1.167 9/.555 27/.972 10/.900 184/142 .314/.339/.413/.752 .314/.886 .693 66/.801 5/1 2/7
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 11/1.164 1/.000 7/1.171 3/.333 6/.900 15/1.126 10/.322 431/336 .279/.336/.437/.773 .925/.731 .704 93/.898 12/4 12/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 27/.989 2/.000 8/1.042 4/1.750 7/.143 12/.777 9/.708 392/294 .211/.319/.452/.771 .619/.822 .827 80/.801 1/1 24/7
21.Flowers G/S/vP 11/.582 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 7/1.286 3/.333 242/174 .208/.256/.381/.637 .410/.726 .772 29/.517 0/1 9/4
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 291/249 .253/.313/.402/.715 .337/.783 .768 65/.823 0/1 9/6
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 4/.833 5/.000 3/.666 334/255 .238/.263/.281/.545 .511/.555 .549 81/.465 0/1 2/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 51/.955 6/1.133 3/.000 10/.200 7/.143 36/.693 12/.872 303/237 .245/.310/.358/.668 .920/.600 .561 27/.422 0/0 7/1
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/42 .226/.222/.453/.675 1.242/.524 .630 54/.675 0/0 3/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 34/.272 7/.143 1/.000 8/.833 8/1.000 32/1.062 12/.500 429/341 .283/.309/.351/.660 .640/.666 .630 96/.689 21/6 1/17
51.Rios G/S/vP 50/.643 5/.400 ··· 10/.900 6/1.267 28/.671 13/.462 421/334 .276/.329/.433/.762 .859/.737 .699 90/.729 22/6 12/3
18.Tekotte* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .211/.318/.263/.581 .700/.444 .375 19/.610 1/3 0/0
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 25/1.160 3/.000 3/1.167 4/2.083 6/.666 4/.000 8/.000 304/222 .254/.299/.414/.714 .709/.715 .708 83/.894 0/0 9/2
39.Wells G/S/vP 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 45.2 10.2 35.0 32.1 33.1 38.0 39.0 TOTAL .249/.302/.382/.684 .641/.697 .677 .709 66/27 95/71
ERA-K/9 1.97/6.3 0.00/9.3 4.63/8.5 3.06/7.8 4.86/11.1 1.89/9.0 1.85/14.5 3.69/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.233 38/.147 155/.252 143/.276 144/.228 145/.173 152/.180 .257  Viciedo
 Rios
 De Aza
 Wells
 Tekotte
 Dunn
69/0/0/8
0/0/98/8
48/71/0/3
14/1/8/1
0/11/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .655 .422 .690 .734 .809 .552 .524 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.763 15/.400 79/.632 71/.769 76/.768 76/.624 80/.558 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.589 23/.431 76/.749 72/.701 68/.858 69/.473 72/.487 .681
Road 56/.438 19/.229 85/.619 72/.741 76/.996 69/.656 64/.548
Last 28d days 63/.522 21/.361 31/.848 37/.841 22/.563 29/.392 35/.465
HR/SB/CS 4/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/4/1 9/7/1 4/3/2 2/0/0 103/51/23
Usage ····X··· o·o··X·· ·····X·o ··X·o··X ·XX·o·X· ·o·X·X·o X···X··o

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.