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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @Progressive Field

Royals, 34-34, 34-34 2nd, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 5-5, 2.74)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-5) 92.0 79 31 28 13 71 14 2.74
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
Last 7 GS 2-4 50.0 40 19 17 7 36 10 3.06 60
2013-06-13 @TBR W 7.2 5 1 0 0 3 0 104 70
2013-06-08 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 96 65
2013-06-02 @TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 5 0 108 72
2013-05-28 STL L 7.1 7 4 4 2 5 3 95 51
2013-05-23 LAA L 7.2 8 5 5 0 8 4 107 51
2013-05-18 @OAK L 7.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 101 63
2013-05-12 NYY L 6.1 8 4 4 0 4 2 102 45
Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 31.1 24 12 11 7 22 1 3.16 59
2013-04-27 CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 97 70
2012-08-15 CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 104 68
2012-07-04 @CLE L 1.1 6 8 8 3 0 1 58 7
2012-04-29 @CLE L 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 110 54
2011-07-27 @CLE W 9.0 0 1 0 1 10 0 105 94
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-16   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  28-22   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:14-8    vsWest:  7-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Mon, Jun 17  @CLE  W   2-1       34-34  2nd  5.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @TBR  W   5-3       33-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 15  @TBR  L   3-5       32-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 14  @TBR  W   7-2       32-33  3rd  5.0 gb
 64 Thu, Jun 13  @TBR  W  10-1       31-33  3rd  5.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 12   DET  W   3-2 (10)  30-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 11   DET  L   2-3       29-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 10   DET  W   3-2       29-32  2nd  5.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  9   HOU  W   2-0       28-32  3rd  6.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  8   HOU  W   7-2       27-32  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-16
Indians, 34-35, 34-35 3rd, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (29, RHP, 5-4, 4.79)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-4) 67.2 59 38 36 34 67 10 4.79
2012 (9-17) 176.2 190 116 106 95 143 25 5.40
2011 (10-13) 188.1 186 111 98 78 180 17 4.68
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.0 36 17 15 18 40 5 3.55 53
2013-06-12 @TEX W 5.0 4 1 1 4 4 1 101 55
2013-06-07 @DET L 3.0 7 5 3 3 3 1 85 29
2013-06-01 TBR W 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 108 80
2013-05-27 @CIN ND 7.0 4 2 2 4 6 1 108 63
2013-05-22 DET L 4.0 7 6 6 3 3 0 96 24
2013-05-17 SEA ND 5.0 7 2 2 2 9 1 98 52
2013-05-11 @DET W 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 93 69
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 29.1 32 14 11 12 24 3 3.38 51
2013-04-29 @KCR W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 103 73
2012-09-22 @KCR L 4.1 7 5 2 3 3 0 94 35
2012-04-25 KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 2 113 43
2012-04-15 @KCR W 5.0 9 4 4 3 5 0 112 35
2011-08-26 KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 1 10 1 105 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-14   Road:   14-21   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  22-22   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast:  6-17   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Mon, Jun 17   KCR  L   1-2       34-35  3rd  5.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 16   WSN  W   2-0       34-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 15   WSN  L   6-7       33-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 14   WSN  W   2-1       33-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 12  @TEX  W   5-2       32-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11  @TEX  W   5-2       31-33  2nd  5.5 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 10  @TEX  L   3-6       30-33  2nd  5.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  9  @DET  L   1-4       30-32  2nd  5.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  8  @DET  L   4-6       30-31  2nd  4.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7  @DET  L   5-7       30-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 KCR  2 @CLE  1        W:Aaron Crow (3-2), L: Bryan Shaw (0-1), S: Greg Holland (15)
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 CLE  9 @KCR  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2), L: Wade Davis (2-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 CLE 10 @KCR  3        W:Corey Kluber (2-0), L: Will Smith (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 KCR  9  CLE  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-0), L: Justin Masterson (4-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 KCR  3  CLE  2        W:Ervin Santana (3-1), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Greg Holland (6)

Sun, Sep 30, 2012 CLE 15  KCR  3        W:Zach McAllister (6-8), L: Luke Hochevar (8-16), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 KCR  7 @CLE  6 (14)   W:Vin Mazzaro (4-3), L: Scott Maine (2-3), S: Kelvin Herrera (3)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 CLE  8  KCR  5        W:David Huff (3-0), L: Will Smith (6-9), S: Chris Perez (39)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 CLE 15 @KCR  4        W:David Huff (2-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (0-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 KCR  5  CLE  3        W:Will Smith (6-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-17), S: Kelvin Herrera (2)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 3-2; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 305-291

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 (3.96 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
37.Allen
G/S/vB
59.Carrasco
G/S/vB
50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
55.Langwell
G/S/vB
52.Pestano
G/S/vB
27.Shaw
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 15/.904 6/2.167 1/2.000 17/1.162 ··· 5/1.000 20/.650 ··· 13/.308 2/3.000 11/.282 274/207 .276/.380/.405/.785 .825/.772 .722 102/.743 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.666 250/180 .275/.340/.401/.741 .610/.790 .726 92/.671 9/4 3/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.426 4/.500 1/.000 9/.572 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 8/.542 1/no AB 9/.111 286/202 .248/.274/.333/.607 .828/.517 .684 101/.581 10/0 3/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 32/.683 10/.700 3/.000 8/.946 ··· 14/.357 3/1.167 ··· 8/.661 ··· 13/.891 183/126 .214/.257/.335/.592 .655/.563 .624 42/.648 2/0 3/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 11/.864 5/1.800 ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 152/114 .215/.279/.289/.568 .686/.529 .563 57/.601 4/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 16/.321 5/1.267 ··· 15/.750 4/.500 1/no AB 15/.594 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 4/1.167 298/205 .297/.349/.429/.778 1.014/.674 .971 108/.510 2/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 14/1.571 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.262 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 8/.393 1/3.000 2/.000 268/192 .272/.330/.354/.683 .776/.646 .750 107/.675 5/3 2/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 113/78 .252/.286/.346/.632 .607/.642 .795 52/.616 10/0 2/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/46 .136/.296/.273/.569 .536/.575 .533 28/.445 1/0 1/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/84 .278/.293/.411/.705 .929/.683 .683 79/.732 0/1 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 15/.718 2/.500 2/2.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/.500 217/165 .183/.249/.279/.528 .424/.561 .499 62/.449 1/2 4/8
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.667 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 215/155 .304/.326/.420/.746 .628/.792 .616 67/.766 0/0 3/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 16/.708 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 35/1.057 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 63/23 .305/.349/.441/.790 .901/.590 .775 35/.749 0/0 2/2
IP 67.2 23.0 30.0 15.0 19.0 17.1 55.0 4.1 19.0 32.2 24.1 TOTAL .258/.312/.370/.682 .737/.660 .700 .638 51/13 37/42
ERA-K/9 4.79/8.9 2.74/7.8 2.10/11.7 8.40/4.2 6.16/7.6 7.79/10.4 5.89/9.0 2.08/10.5 4.26/9.0 3.31/8.3 1.48/9.6 4.29/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-4-2)
 Perez (19-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 288/.238 105/.225 122/.185 72/.328 79/.215 85/.319 250/.302 17/.188 81/.214 141/.250 95/.190 .248  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Francoeur
67/0/0/7
0/57/5/4
2/5/18/3
0/0/51/3
OPS .742 .651 .580 .910 .733 .895 .914 .610 .751 .650 .626 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.723 46/.845 56/.611 38/1.023 35/.570 43/.822 65/.642 8/.500 45/.858 68/.786 48/.742 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.762 59/.507 66/.547 34/.773 44/.880 42/.967 185/1.012 9/.722 36/.611 73/.520 47/.505 .741
Home 132/.826 59/.599 51/.475 48/.784 45/.644 56/.903 106/.890 6/1.167 32/.836 71/.554 44/.656
Last 28d days 120/.776 33/.480 35/.519 51/.751 33/.815 36/1.214 121/.881 17/.610 41/.869 53/.788 35/.794
HR/SB/CS 10/6/1 1/1/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/4/1 12/2/0 1/0/0 4/0/0 2/3/1 3/0/0 83/37/12
Usage ·····X·· X·X····· ··Xo···o X······· ·····o·o o····o·· ··X····X ········ ·oX··X·X X·X··X·· ··oo·XX·
Indians Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.66 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
27.Gutierrez
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
4.Aviles G/S/vP 10/.000 9/.619 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 5/.400 3/.000 163/82 .272/.296/.404/.700 .705/.696 .756 81/.643 5/1 4/4
24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 197/134 .290/.340/.388/.728 .624/.780 .770 104/.637 10/4 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 22/.736 15/1.292 12/.167 7/.572 1/2.000 3/1.000 22/1.071 7/.786 267/172 .276/.333/.346/.679 .619/.711 .617 90/.554 5/2 2/0
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 27/.486 21/1.601 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 103/92 .184/.291/.437/.728 .717/.729 .718 42/.865 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/53 .273/.288/.535/.824 .826/.821 .824 49/.678 1/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 15/.757 4/.500 10/1.067 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 13/.968 4/.500 266/174 .265/.340/.457/.797 .819/.783 .831 100/.777 15/5 9/4
7.McDonald G/S/vP 8/.661 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 42/31 .054/.167/.081/.248 .182/.268 .161 7/.143 0/0 0/3
9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 30/.781 4/.500 4/.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 10/.900 6/.833 135/80 .275/.356/.550/.906 1.025/.825 .935 40/.926 0/0 8/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 8/1.042 10/1.225 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 13/.237 3/.666 266/178 .234/.312/.443/.755 .821/.722 .742 93/.548 3/0 14/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 15/.553 14/.955 9/.730 6/.334 1/2.000 5/.000 19/.583 6/.333 265/175 .283/.385/.496/.880 .856/.893 .813 102/.795 1/1 10/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 229/140 .233/.286/.376/.663 .804/.579 .690 71/.662 6/0 5/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 47/.734 16/.980 3/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 1/no AB 15/.600 4/.250 261/165 .237/.337/.402/.739 .825/.690 .871 88/.481 0/0 7/5
IP 92.0 23.1 24.0 21.0 20.2 24.2 25.0 26.0 TOTAL .254/.322/.422/.744 .762/.735 .752 .668 51/15 81/41
ERA-K/9 2.74/6.9 1.16/6.6 2.25/8.6 3.86/7.3 3.48/5.2 4.01/10.2 2.52/8.3 2.08/14.2 3.35/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (7-8-1)
 Santana (26-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 360/.230 102/.239 98/.198 92/.263 82/.267 104/.215 96/.172 104/.194 .252  Brantley
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Stubbs
 Aviles
 Swisher
66/1/0/6
6/0/30/3
0/44/0/3
0/28/38/2
2/0/1/0
0/0/10/0
OPS .652 .635 .540 .699 .704 .825 .587 .558 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.609 39/.733 47/.420 41/.670 42/1.000 54/.796 51/.614 54/.677 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.700 63/.571 51/.655 51/.723 40/.425 50/.858 45/.556 50/.436 .698
Road 156/.563 32/.474 51/.329 54/.706 39/.800 63/.944 47/.679 48/.512
Last 28d days 138/.663 36/.699 43/.474 44/.945 32/.583 23/.419 35/.752 40/.470
HR/SB/CS 14/6/3 0/3/2 0/2/0 2/4/0 2/1/1 8/3/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 76/34/15
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X·o·Xoo Xo·o··Xo ····X·o· ·o·X··oo ··o··o·· XX···o·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.