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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 @Progressive Field

Royals, 34-35, 34-35 3rd, 5 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (29, RHP, 2-3, 4.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-3) 64.0 67 33 29 26 40 7 4.08
2012 (8-10) 166.0 176 84 78 59 104 15 4.23
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
Last 7 GS 2-1 40.0 45 13 12 13 24 3 2.70 52
2013-06-14 @TBR W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 92 51
2013-06-09 HOU ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 88 71
2013-06-04 MIN L 4.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 95 35
2013-05-29 @STL ND 5.2 6 1 1 3 5 1 98 55
2013-05-24 LAA ND 5.0 7 1 1 4 2 0 86 47
2013-05-19 @OAK ND 6.0 8 3 2 0 4 0 94 50
2013-05-13 @LAA W 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 0 101 54
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 22.1 25 15 11 9 10 3 4.43 45
2012-09-21 CLE W 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 90 49
2012-08-01 CLE W 7.1 4 2 2 1 3 1 94 64
2012-04-26 @CLE W 5.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 70 52
2012-04-15 CLE L 4.0 9 9 5 4 1 2 89 13
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-16   Road:   17-19   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  28-23   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:  10-14
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:14-9    vsWest:  7-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Tue, Jun 18  @CLE  L   3-4       34-35  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-16
Indians, 35-35, 35-35 2nd, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (28, RHP, 8-5, 3.52)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-5) 102.1 80 40 40 41 102 8 3.52
2012 (11-15) 206.1 212 122 113 88 159 18 4.93
2011 (12-10) 216.0 211 89 77 65 158 11 3.21
Last 7 GS 3-3 48.1 34 18 18 20 51 5 3.35 61
2013-06-14 WSN ND 7.0 2 1 1 4 10 0 113 75
2013-06-09 @DET L 7.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 105 50
2013-06-03 @NYY L 6.1 9 7 7 3 5 2 92 29
2013-05-29 CIN W 6.0 4 1 1 4 7 1 105 63
2013-05-24 @BOS L 6.0 6 5 5 1 5 1 93 44
2013-05-19 SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 11 0 106 80
2013-05-13 NYY W 9.0 4 0 0 3 9 0 118 85
Last 5 v.KCR 1-4 31.1 41 25 24 9 27 3 6.89 41
2013-04-28 @KCR L 6.1 9 7 7 4 9 1 106 32
2012-09-21 @KCR L 6.0 7 4 4 2 3 0 99 43
2012-05-29 KCR L 6.0 9 8 7 0 8 1 111 32
2011-09-02 @KCR W 7.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 87 50
2011-08-28 KCR L 6.0 9 2 2 2 3 0 113 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-14   Road:   14-21   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  23-22   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  13-7 
 vsEast:  6-17   vsCntrl:10-12   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Tue, Jun 18   KCR  W   4-3       35-35  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 CLE  4  KCR  3        W:Cody Allen (2-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (3-5), S: Vinnie Pestano (2)
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
Season Series: 2013 - tied 3-3; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 306-291

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 (3.94 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Masterson
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
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 41/.536 6/2.167 2/1.000 17/1.162 ··· 5/1.000 20/.650 13/.308 2/3.000 11/.282 278/211 .274/.381/.402/.783 .825/.770 .720 102/.771 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.666 254/184 .274/.339/.398/.737 .610/.783 .718 92/.671 9/4 3/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 25/.656 4/.500 1/.000 9/.572 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 9/.730 1/no AB 9/.111 290/205 .249/.277/.333/.611 .818/.526 .688 101/.595 10/0 3/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 29/.689 10/.700 3/.000 8/.946 ··· 14/.357 3/1.167 8/.661 ··· 13/.891 183/126 .214/.257/.335/.592 .655/.563 .624 39/.592 2/0 3/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 14/.793 5/1.800 ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 156/117 .216/.278/.288/.566 .723/.514 .560 57/.577 4/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 32/1.105 5/1.267 ··· 15/.750 5/.400 1/no AB 15/.594 7/.762 1/.000 4/1.167 303/209 .293/.350/.424/.774 1.002/.674 .959 109/.497 2/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 20/.411 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.262 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 9/.347 1/3.000 2/.000 273/197 .266/.324/.347/.670 .776/.629 .723 108/.668 5/3 2/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 7/.858 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 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/46 .136/.296/.273/.569 .536/.575 .533 25/.374 1/0 1/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 96/87 .277/.292/.404/.696 .819/.683 .668 83/.721 0/1 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 18/.800 2/.500 2/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· 4/.500 221/168 .189/.253/.284/.537 .416/.575 .515 63/.507 1/2 4/8
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.667 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 219/159 .303/.324/.417/.741 .628/.784 .612 71/.750 0/0 3/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 7/.453 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 102.1 23.0 31.0 15.0 20.1 17.1 55.0 20.0 32.2 24.1 TOTAL .257/.312/.368/.680 .734/.659 .695 .638 51/13 37/42
ERA-K/9 3.52/9.0 2.74/7.8 2.03/11.3 8.40/4.2 5.75/7.1 7.79/10.4 5.89/9.0 4.05/9.0 3.31/8.3 1.48/9.6 4.25/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-4-2)
 Perez (20-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 424/.216 105/.225 126/.188 72/.328 84/.214 85/.319 250/.302 87/.240 141/.250 95/.190 .248  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Francoeur
68/0/0/7
0/58/5/4
2/5/19/3
0/0/51/3
OPS .618 .651 .577 .910 .711 .895 .914 .787 .650 .626 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 271/.679 46/.845 57/.599 38/1.023 39/.562 43/.822 65/.642 50/.883 68/.786 48/.742 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.512 59/.507 69/.553 34/.773 45/.857 42/.967 185/1.012 37/.652 73/.520 47/.505 .739
Home 231/.549 59/.599 55/.477 48/.784 50/.618 56/.903 106/.890 38/.904 71/.554 44/.656
Last 28d days 138/.683 33/.480 39/.516 51/.751 38/.756 27/1.304 121/.881 47/.920 46/.874 35/.794
HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 1/1/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/4/1 12/2/0 4/0/0 2/3/1 3/0/0 83/37/12
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· o··Xo··· ·X······ X·····o· ·o····o· ···X···· X·oX··X· ·X·X··X· ···oo·XX
Indians Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
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 ··· 9/.619 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.800 5/.400 3/.000 167/86 .277/.301/.406/.708 .705/.711 .768 83/.639 5/1 4/4
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/3.000 201/138 .289/.338/.385/.723 .624/.771 .758 103/.643 10/4 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 13/.558 15/1.292 13/.154 7/.572 1/2.000 3/1.000 22/1.071 7/.786 271/175 .272/.328/.341/.670 .616/.698 .600 89/.493 5/2 2/0
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 8/.536 5/.400 102/79 .206/.245/.340/.585 .403/.638 .539 3/.000 0/0 3/4
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/2.667 21/1.601 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 103/92 .184/.291/.437/.728 .717/.729 .718 37/.997 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/53 .273/.288/.535/.824 .826/.821 .824 45/.578 1/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 11/.586 4/.500 11/1.255 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 13/.968 4/.500 270/177 .265/.338/.458/.796 .843/.768 .828 99/.819 15/5 9/4
7.McDonald G/S/vP 3/.000 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 2/2.000 30/.781 4/.500 4/.000 1/2.000 6/1.500 10/.900 6/.833 138/83 .273/.362/.545/.908 1.025/.831 .938 39/.985 0/0 8/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 10/1.225 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 13/.237 3/.666 270/181 .230/.307/.435/.743 .811/.709 .718 93/.526 3/0 14/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 9/1.111 14/.955 10/.786 6/.334 1/2.000 5/.000 19/.583 6/.333 269/178 .285/.390/.496/.886 .863/.898 .827 101/.762 1/1 10/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 232/143 .235/.287/.376/.663 .804/.581 .689 74/.662 7/0 5/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/1.262 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 64.0 23.1 24.2 21.0 20.2 25.0 25.0 26.0 TOTAL .253/.322/.420/.742 .764/.730 .747 .653 52/15 81/42
ERA-K/9 4.08/5.6 1.16/6.6 2.19/8.7 3.86/7.3 3.48/5.2 5.04/10.1 2.52/8.3 2.08/14.2 3.37/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.271 102/.239 102/.205 92/.263 82/.267 108/.229 96/.172 104/.194 .252  Brantley
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Stubbs
 Aviles
 Swisher
67/1/0/6
6/0/30/3
0/45/0/3
0/28/39/3
2/0/1/0
0/0/10/0
OPS .793 .635 .565 .699 .704 .846 .587 .558 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.859 39/.733 49/.472 41/.670 42/1.000 55/.819 51/.614 54/.677 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.715 63/.571 53/.654 51/.723 40/.425 53/.876 45/.556 50/.436 .698
Road 160/.702 32/.474 55/.389 54/.706 39/.800 67/.972 47/.679 48/.512
Last 28d days 122/.820 36/.699 47/.535 44/.945 32/.583 21/.510 35/.752 40/.470
HR/SB/CS 7/4/0 0/3/2 0/2/0 2/4/0 2/1/1 8/3/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 76/35/15
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o·X·o·Xo ·Xo·o··X ·····X·o X·o·X··o ···o··o· ·XX···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.