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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 29, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 85-76, 85-76 3rd, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (36, LHP, 8-4, 3.38)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-4) 114.1 103 45 43 33 74 12 3.38
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 3-3 36.2 40 24 24 12 20 5 5.89 44
2013-09-24 @SEA L 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 97 39
2013-09-18 CLE W 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 71 51
2013-09-13 @DET L 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 1 61 26
2013-09-08 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 81 63
2013-09-03 SEA ND 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 85 54
2013-08-29 @MIN W 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 1 93 57
2013-08-23 WSN L 3.2 6 7 7 5 2 0 95 18
Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 31.1 26 11 11 9 22 6 3.16 56
2013-07-28 @CHW ND 6.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 94 61
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-37   Road:   41-39   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  62-52   vsLHP:  23-24   1-Run:  31-25
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:43-32   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CHW  L   5-6       85-76  3rd  8.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CHW  W   6-1       85-75  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
WhiteSox, 63-98, 63-98 5th, 30 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Jose Quintana (24, LHP, 9-6, 3.45)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-6) 193.0 182 79 74 54 160 21 3.45
2012 (6-6) 136.1 142 62 57 42 81 14 3.76
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.0 39 13 13 10 37 4 2.72 59
2013-09-23 TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 1 105 65
2013-09-17 MIN W 6.0 8 1 1 2 5 0 102 55
2013-09-11 DET ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 114 71
2013-09-05 @BAL L 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 3 102 54
2013-09-02 @NYY L 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 20 46
2013-08-27 HOU ND 7.2 8 3 3 3 8 0 116 56
2013-08-22 @KCR ND 7.0 4 3 3 1 7 0 104 63
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 31.1 30 12 12 9 24 1 3.45 55
2013-08-22 @KCR ND 7.0 4 3 3 1 7 0 104 63
2013-07-26 KCR L 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 106 61
2013-06-22 @KCR ND 5.1 5 2 2 1 4 0 92 53
2013-05-05 @KCR ND 5.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 91 44
2012-08-19 @KCR ND 7.0 9 2 2 4 5 0 110 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-43   Road:   26-55   ExtrInn: 8-15
 vsRHP:  50-74   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  24-36
 vsEast: 14-19   vsCntrl:26-49   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Sat, Sep 28   KCR  W   6-5       63-98  5th 30.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   KCR  L   1-6       62-98  5th 31.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 CHW  6  KCR  5        W:Erik Johnson (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (0-1), S: Addison Reed (40)
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 KCR  6 @CHW  1        W:James Shields (13-9), L: Chris Sale (11-14), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 9-9; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 357-323

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 (4.00 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
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/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .634 105/.639 28/8 3/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 21/.629 3/1.666 9/1.083 1/.000 7/.453 1/.000 3/.333 10/.775 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 664/495 .291/.377/.415/.792 .812/.785 .717 105/.750 0/0 15/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 17/.544 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 438/304 .253/.313/.352/.665 .632/.679 .703 52/.511 14/6 4/3
21.Carroll G/S/vP 13/.581 ··· 3/.667 3/.666 6/1.000 1/no AB 4/.833 5/.800 ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 249/176 .211/.267/.251/.518 .648/.465 .485 12/.788 2/1 0/2
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 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 ··· 2/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .540 62/.703 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 20/.703 2/.000 9/.889 ··· 9/.444 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.453 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .581 86/.548 22/0 4/13
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 237/176 .220/.288/.273/.561 .605/.546 .563 7/.143 16/3 1/4
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 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 20/.300 3/.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/.333 8/.250 6/.900 ··· 9/.778 1/.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .796 113/.727 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 21/.190 3/.666 5/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 6/.334 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .790 109/.836 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 12/.432 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 5/1.850 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 330/264 .287/.313/.416/.729 .792/.713 .829 40/.856 5/2 5/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 258/160 .255/.329/.442/.771 .719/.803 .667 34/.727 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 20/1.239 3/2.667 4/.250 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 6/.733 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .622 89/.599 2/4 12/16
13.Perez G/S/vP 20/.879 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 4/2.500 2/.000 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 522/379 .289/.320/.425/.745 .835/.710 .687 89/.860 0/0 12/7
IP 193.0 27.2 78.0 15.1 60.2 18.1 25.1 71.1 56.0 29.0 29.1 11.1 TOTAL .260/.315/.378/.693 .704/.689 .691 .695 153/32 110/84
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.5 3.25/5.8 4.15/10.3 7.04/7.6 3.12/6.8 3.44/4.4 2.13/8.2 3.79/9.1 4.82/6.1 4.66/5.6 4.60/8.9 3.18/8.0 4.00/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 804/.247 128/.281 315/.247 77/.267 260/.277 80/.279 113/.209 295/.215 250/.253 132/.250 126/.236 46/.220 .256  Gordon
 Lough
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Bonifacio
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
14/7/74/7
0/91/32/7
0/27/46/5
0/73/0/3
20/15/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .692 .809 .659 .862 .683 .691 .691 .603 .794 .748 .688 .502 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.730 79/1.012 140/.710 34/.876 95/.778 30/.775 55/.678 163/.608 165/.780 59/1.052 78/.719 24/.553 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 578/.678 49/.491 175/.621 43/.848 165/.629 50/.642 58/.702 132/.597 85/.821 73/.514 48/.633 22/.439 .710
Home 441/.680 72/.767 157/.655 54/.979 140/.775 31/.964 45/.534 155/.562 103/1.067 71/.814 66/.646 33/.536
Last 28d days 115/.722 128/.809 30/.783 34/1.038 32/.906 59/.665 40/.722 38/.850 72/.773 22/.687 32/.483 46/.502
HR/SB/CS 21/7/5 5/1/0 5/7/3 2/2/0 2/10/0 0/1/1 2/1/0 6/12/0 11/1/0 4/4/2 3/2/0 0/0/0 180/102/35
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· o···Xo·X oX·X···· o·o··oo· ·X·X···X ········ X···XX·X ··X····· ·o······ o·o··ooo X·o·····
WhiteSox Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
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 34/.563 ··· 8/.536 4/.750 8/.971 ··· 11/.455 28/.935 11/.819 ··· ··· 3/.666 404/320 .266/.320/.372/.692 .489/.747 .679 85/.578 5/1 5/12
20.Danks* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 175/154 .236/.314/.376/.690 .602/.702 .804 73/.648 7/2 5/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 14/1.024 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.292 4/.250 ··· 7/.762 18/1.041 10/.322 ··· ··· ··· 671/521 .264/.323/.406/.730 .819/.704 .714 87/.661 20/8 17/8
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 30/1.134 1/.000 3/.333 9/1.301 6/1.166 1/.000 9/.111 13/.708 10/.633 ··· ··· 2/2.500 607/465 .219/.320/.442/.762 .681/.786 .815 76/.585 1/1 34/8
26.Garcia G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 252/177 .283/.310/.425/.735 .667/.763 .664 77/.673 3/3 7/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 111/70 .198/.248/.228/.475 .566/.489 .511 40/.487 7/2 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.500 3/2.667 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 449/385 .247/.307/.393/.700 .465/.740 .741 71/.787 0/1 13/17
38.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/9 .222/.222/.222/.444 /.444 .500 9/.444 0/0 0/0
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 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 37/.843 0/1 4/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP 54/.937 ··· 7/.953 4/.000 11/.182 1/.000 8/.125 36/.693 14/.742 ··· ··· 2/.000 519/407 .245/.314/.356/.670 .932/.600 .596 87/.694 0/0 12/4
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 210/165 .209/.226/.303/.529 .698/.482 .645 63/.475 2/0 4/5
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 37/.305 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 10/.650 ··· 10/.777 33/1.026 12/.500 ··· ··· ··· 670/533 .282/.311/.374/.685 .653/.693 .714 93/.669 30/9 5/22
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 67/53 .277/.284/.431/.714 .901/.668 .876 67/.714 2/2 2/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 27/1.074 ··· 4/.500 3/1.167 5/1.600 ··· 8/.750 7/.000 9/.000 ··· ··· ··· 469/354 .265/.303/.427/.730 .716/.734 .679 77/.785 0/0 14/5
IP 114.1 8.1 29.2 53.1 48.0 3.0 58.0 69.1 66.0 5.2 33.1 15.1 TOTAL .249/.302/.379/.681 .672/.683 .692 .651 105/42 147/121
ERA-K/9 3.38/5.8 0.00/5.4 0.61/9.7 3.54/8.8 3.38/8.2 0.00/6.0 3.88/11.5 1.95/10.4 1.23/13.8 0.00/11.1 3.24/11.6 3.52/6.5 3.46/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Anderson (3-0-0)
 Gonzalez (2-0-0)
 Phegley (30-13-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.240 31/.143 110/.186 233/.244 210/.271 11/.200 244/.220 259/.172 249/.165 25/.200 131/.202 64/.224 .250  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Garcia
 Dunn
109/0/0/12
78/107/0/5
2/46/20/1
3/31/40/1
0/6/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .679 .379 .493 .677 .776 .473 .704 .539 .470 .583 .631 .693 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.782 15/.357 36/.601 117/.638 101/.846 4/.000 124/.738 137/.611 140/.511 10/.222 54/.557 44/.687 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 314/.626 16/.393 74/.440 116/.715 109/.712 7/.762 120/.667 122/.460 109/.418 15/.785 77/.684 20/.700 .653
Road 194/.705 10/.550 49/.258 114/.710 105/.824 11/.473 123/.812 119/.572 111/.486 11/.489 54/.602 41/.779
Last 28d days 116/.758 23/.427 22/.282 29/.755 16/.913 11/.473 24/.833 37/.688 46/.406 9/.625 39/.592 64/.693
HR/SB/CS 12/5/6 0/0/0 1/2/0 3/2/0 6/8/2 0/1/0 9/8/2 8/4/3 3/3/0 0/0/0 6/1/1 3/0/0 154/77/36
Usage ····X··· ·····X·o X······X o····Xo· X······o o···X··· ····o··· ··o··X·· ··X··Xo· ········ ···X·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.