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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:10pm, Friday, September 27, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 84-75, 84-75 3rd, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (31, RHP, 12-9, 3.21)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-9) 221.2 211 81 79 67 186 19 3.21
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.0 46 17 17 11 49 1 3.26 58
2013-09-22 TEX ND 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 105 71
2013-09-16 CLE W 6.0 6 1 1 2 10 1 107 64
2013-09-11 @CLE W 8.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 108 72
2013-09-06 DET L 3.2 14 10 10 2 6 0 91 -3
2013-09-01 @TOR W 7.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 112 79
2013-08-27 @MIN W 7.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 114 69
2013-08-22 CHW ND 7.0 9 3 3 0 8 0 110 55
Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 33.0 34 8 8 7 29 2 2.18 59
2013-08-22 CHW ND 7.0 9 3 3 0 8 0 110 55
2013-07-26 @CHW W 7.0 8 0 0 2 2 0 107 61
2013-06-23 CHW ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 97 38
2013-05-06 CHW ND 8.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 102 85
2013-04-01 @CHW L 6.0 8 1 1 0 6 1 102 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-37   Road:   40-38   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  62-51   vsLHP:  22-24   1-Run:  31-24
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:42-31   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
159 Thu, Sep 26  @CHW  W   3-2       84-75  3rd  9.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @SEA  L   0-6       83-75  3rd  9.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @SEA  L   0-4       83-74  3rd  8.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @SEA  W   6-5 (12)  83-73  3rd  7.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   TEX  W   4-0 (10)  82-73  3rd  8.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21   TEX  L   1-3       81-73  3rd  9.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20   TEX  W   2-1       81-72  3rd  8.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 18   CLE  W   7-2       80-72  3rd  8.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 17   CLE  L   3-5       79-72  3rd  9.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 16   CLE  W   7-1       79-71  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
WhiteSox, 62-97, 62-97 5th, 31 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (24, LHP, 11-13, 2.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-13) 209.0 175 77 69 45 221 23 2.97
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 3-2 50.2 43 22 21 10 54 9 3.73 59
2013-09-21 @DET ND 7.2 4 0 0 1 7 0 97 77
2013-09-15 CLE L 5.2 9 6 6 3 7 3 110 31
2013-09-09 DET W 8.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 114 77
2013-09-03 @NYY ND 7.1 5 3 2 1 6 0 114 63
2013-08-28 HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 2 12 1 107 80
2013-08-23 TEX L 7.0 8 8 8 1 6 4 108 34
2013-08-17 @MIN W 7.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 113 54
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 36.2 33 6 6 5 33 0 1.47 66
2013-07-27 KCR L 9.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 115 75
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-42   Road:   26-55   ExtrInn: 8-15
 vsRHP:  49-73   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  23-36
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:25-48   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
159 Thu, Sep 26   KCR  L   2-3       62-97  5th 31.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @CLE  L   2-7       62-96  5th 30.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @CLE  L   4-5       62-95  5th 29.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   TOR  W   3-2       62-94  5th 28.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @DET  W   6-3       61-94  5th 29.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @DET  L   6-7 (12)  60-94  5th 30.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @DET  L   5-12      60-93  5th 29.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 18   MIN  L   3-4       60-92  5th 28.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 17   MIN  W   4-3       60-91  5th 28.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 16   MIN  W  12-1       59-91  5th 28.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 KCR  3 @CHW  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (15-12), L: Andre Rienzo (2-3), S: Greg Holland (46)
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 CHW  4 @KCR  3 (12)   W:Jake Petricka (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (3-2), S: Addison Reed (34)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 CHW  5 @KCR  2        W:Andre Rienzo (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (12-10), S: Addison Reed (33)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 CHW  2 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (3-10), L: Ervin Santana (8-7), S: Addison Reed (32)
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 KCR  4 @CHW  2 (12)   W:Aaron Crow (7-3), L: Donnie Veal (1-1), S: Greg Holland (27)
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
Season Series: 2013 - tied 8-8; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 356-322

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 (3.98 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB
45.Johnson
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
61.Leesman*
G/S/vB
27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
68.Petricka
G/S/vB
41.Purcey*
G/S/vB
43.Reed
G/S/vB
64.Rienzo
G/S/vB
40.Troncoso
G/S/vB
46.Veal*
G/S/vB
60.Webb
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 451/318 .243/.294/.333/.628 .560/.655 .639 104/.698 27/8 3/9
16.Butler G/S/vP 35/1.077 ··· 9/1.083 ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.333 10/.775 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 655/490 .286/.374/.406/.780 .787/.778 .691 104/.614 0/0 14/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 24/.792 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 434/303 .251/.311/.350/.661 .631/.674 .697 48/.469 14/6 4/3
21.Carroll G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 3/.667 3/.666 6/1.000 ··· 4/.833 5/.800 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 245/174 .210/.263/.246/.509 .622/.463 .468 8/.625 2/0 0/2
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 133/76 .223/.280/.339/.619 .569/.657 .444 7/.429 9/1 2/10
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 235/179 .261/.323/.370/.693 .531/.743 .537 66/.712 33/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 36/.829 ··· 9/.889 ··· 9/.444 ··· 2/.000 6/.533 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 634/442 .234/.259/.301/.560 .616/.535 .583 85/.567 21/0 4/13
19.Falu# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Getz* G/S/vP 23/.572 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 237/176 .220/.288/.273/.561 .605/.546 .563 7/.143 15/3 1/4
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/27 .184/.279/.237/.516 .192/.718 .809 5/.200 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 44/.691 ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 7/.143 6/.900 ··· 9/.778 ··· 690/456 .267/.328/.424/.752 .886/.682 .802 113/.710 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 14/9 .286/.286/.500/.786 .000/1.222 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 22/.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.143 6/.334 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 671/444 .301/.354/.448/.802 .789/.808 .790 109/.869 11/4 17/8
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 126/106 .180/.349/.370/.719 .614/.735 .628 13/.558 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 5/1.850 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 327/262 .287/.313/.417/.730 .805/.711 .832 41/.873 5/2 5/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 253/158 .261/.336/.451/.787 .743/.814 .697 33/.798 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 20/.450 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 510/393 .232/.285/.358/.643 .551/.670 .606 93/.501 2/4 11/15
13.Perez G/S/vP 26/.731 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 514/374 .287/.319/.419/.738 .839/.700 .673 89/.824 0/0 11/7
IP 209.0 22.1 77.2 14.0 60.1 16.2 25.1 70.1 56.0 28.0 29.0 10.0 TOTAL .260/.314/.377/.691 .701/.687 .687 .677 149/31 107/82
ERA-K/9 2.97/9.5 2.82/5.7 4.17/10.3 7.71/7.1 2.83/6.9 2.70/4.9 2.13/8.2 3.84/9.1 4.82/6.1 4.82/5.8 4.66/9.0 3.60/7.2 3.98/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-1-0)
 Kottaras (25-9-3)
 Perez (46-24-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 841/.225 104/.290 314/.248 72/.273 257/.272 72/.262 113/.209 291/.217 250/.253 129/.248 125/.239 42/.243 .255  Gordon
 Lough
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Bonifacio
 Hosmer
153/0/0/17
14/7/73/7
0/90/32/7
0/27/44/5
0/72/0/3
20/15/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .628 .798 .661 .881 .662 .647 .691 .607 .794 .750 .694 .553 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.354 63/1.054 140/.710 31/.859 94/.787 27/.656 55/.678 160/.612 165/.780 59/1.052 77/.729 21/.633 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 684/.690 41/.409 174/.625 41/.897 163/.591 45/.641 58/.702 131/.602 85/.821 70/.507 48/.633 21/.462 .707
Home 452/.602 48/.720 156/.660 49/1.022 137/.736 23/.923 45/.534 151/.568 103/1.067 68/.822 65/.656 29/.614
Last 28d days 112/.611 104/.798 31/.757 48/.896 29/.759 62/.668 43/.704 34/.924 90/.843 19/.691 31/.499 42/.553
HR/SB/CS 23/17/2 3/0/0 5/7/3 2/2/0 1/10/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 6/11/0 11/1/0 4/4/2 3/2/0 0/0/0 177/98/34
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··Xo·X·· ·X······ o··oo··· ·X···X·· ······X· ··XX·X·· X······· ······X· o··ooo·· o·····X·
WhiteSox Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
36.Dwyer*
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
49.Joseph*
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
30.Ventura
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .056/.105/.111/.216 .000/.243 .000 19/.216 0/0 0/1
15.Beckham G/S/vP 29/.857 ··· 34/.563 7/.429 4/.750 8/.971 ··· 11/.455 28/.935 11/.819 ··· ··· ··· 396/312 .266/.319/.366/.685 .489/.739 .664 81/.500 5/1 4/12
20.Danks* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 167/146 .240/.317/.367/.684 .602/.696 .803 68/.629 7/2 4/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 26/.398 1/.000 14/1.024 2/.000 8/1.292 4/.250 ··· 7/.762 18/1.041 10/.322 ··· ··· ··· 671/521 .264/.323/.406/.730 .819/.704 .714 96/.611 20/8 17/8
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 28/.705 1/.000 30/1.134 3/.333 8/1.042 6/1.166 ··· 9/.111 13/.708 10/.633 ··· ··· ··· 599/459 .219/.321/.437/.758 .668/.785 .808 72/.517 1/1 33/8
26.Garcia G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 6/.900 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 245/170 .292/.318/.438/.756 .667/.795 .702 78/.735 3/3 7/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/66 .206/.257/.237/.494 .566/.520 .563 41/.525 7/2 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/2.667 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 445/383 .246/.306/.386/.691 .397/.741 .721 75/.727 0/1 12/17
38.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .500 5/.400 0/0 0/0
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 9/.777 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· 5/.650 5/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 451/338 .253/.283/.317/.600 .586/.605 .632 41/.767 0/1 4/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP 42/.453 ··· 54/.937 7/.953 3/.000 11/.182 ··· 8/.125 36/.693 14/.742 ··· ··· ··· 512/401 .248/.316/.361/.677 .951/.606 .608 89/.725 0/0 12/4
36.Phegley G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 207/162 .212/.229/.308/.537 .698/.491 .665 63/.508 2/0 4/5
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 42/1.042 ··· 37/.305 8/.125 1/.000 10/.650 ··· 10/.777 33/1.026 12/.500 ··· ··· ··· 666/529 .281/.310/.370/.680 .653/.686 .703 98/.654 30/9 5/22
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/46 .259/.267/.362/.629 .901/.550 .769 60/.629 2/1 1/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 18/.938 ··· 27/1.074 4/.500 3/1.167 5/1.600 ··· 8/.750 7/.000 9/.000 ··· ··· ··· 466/351 .264/.303/.428/.730 .716/.735 .679 78/.788 0/0 14/5
IP 221.2 8.1 114.1 28.1 53.0 46.2 2.0 58.0 69.1 66.0 5.2 33.1 11.1 TOTAL .250/.303/.377/.680 .669/.683 .690 .638 105/41 142/121
ERA-K/9 3.21/7.6 0.00/5.4 3.38/5.8 0.32/9.2 3.40/8.7 3.47/8.1 0.00/9.0 3.88/11.5 1.95/10.4 1.23/13.8 0.00/11.1 3.24/11.6 1.59/7.2 3.46/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Anderson (3-0-0)
 Gonzalez (0-0-0)
 Phegley (28-12-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 921/.253 31/.143 473/.240 104/.194 230/.237 206/.271 8/.286 244/.220 259/.172 249/.165 25/.200 131/.202 44/.179 .251  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Garcia
 Dunn
108/0/0/12
78/107/0/5
1/45/20/1
3/31/38/1
0/5/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .681 .379 .679 .498 .647 .782 .661 .704 .539 .470 .583 .631 .452 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 503/.622 15/.357 159/.782 35/.581 115/.570 100/.855 2/.000 124/.738 137/.611 140/.511 10/.222 54/.557 38/.471 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.753 16/.393 314/.626 69/.455 115/.722 106/.714 6/.900 120/.667 122/.460 109/.418 15/.785 77/.684 6/.333 .653
Road 463/.593 10/.550 194/.705 43/.243 111/.647 101/.838 8/.661 123/.812 119/.572 111/.486 11/.489 54/.602 21/.349
Last 28d days 137/.648 23/.427 116/.758 16/.250 27/.499 15/1.067 8/.661 27/.890 40/.636 49/.381 9/.625 41/.595 44/.452
HR/SB/CS 19/5/5 0/0/0 12/5/6 1/2/0 2/2/0 6/8/1 0/1/0 9/8/2 8/4/3 3/3/0 0/0/0 6/1/1 0/0/0 149/77/35
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·· ··X····· ·····X·· ···Xo··· ·····o·· ··X····· ··o····· o··X··o· X··Xo·o· ········ ·X·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.