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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:08pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 @Comerica Park

Royals, 10-7, 10-7 1st, 1 up

SP: Wade Davis (27, RHP, 2-0, 2.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 16.0 18 4 4 3 15 2 2.25
2012 (3-0) 70.1 48 20 19 29 87 5 2.43
2011 (11-10) 184.0 190 96 91 63 105 23 4.45
Last 7 GS 4-2 44.0 42 17 17 12 34 5 3.48 55
2013-04-17 @ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 92 74
2013-04-10 MIN W 5.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 96 62
2013-04-05 @PHI ND 4.0 9 4 4 0 2 2 76 30
2011-09-25 TOR W 8.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 107 72
2011-09-20 @NYY L 4.2 8 5 5 5 2 0 109 25
2011-09-14 @BAL L 6.1 7 4 4 2 3 2 102 44
2011-09-09 BOS W 9.0 6 2 2 0 8 0 114 75
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 22.0 15 8 7 6 19 4 2.86 63
2011-08-24 DET ND 9.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 102 74
2011-05-24 @DET ND 6.0 8 5 4 2 4 2 109 40
2009-09-06 DET ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 9 1 105 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Sun, Apr 21  @BOS  W   5-4 (10)  10-7   1st  1.0 up
 16 Sun, Apr 21  @BOS  W   4-2        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sat, Apr 20  @BOS  L   3-4        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @ATL  W   1-0        8-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 16  @ATL  L   3-6        7-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14   TOR  W   3-2        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 13   TOR  L   2-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 12   TOR  L   4-8        6-4   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 10   MIN  W   3-0        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Tue, Apr  9   MIN  W   7-4        5-3   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-7    Last 30:10-7
Tigers, 9-9, 9-9 3rd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 1-0, 2.84)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 19.0 16 7 6 4 30 1 2.84
2012 (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
Last 7 GS 2-1 36.0 31 12 11 9 48 2 2.75 58
2013-04-17 @SEA ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 12 0 105 77
2013-04-12 @OAK ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 11 0 100 66
2013-04-06 NYY W 5.0 5 4 4 2 7 1 87 46
2012-10-03 @KCR ND 4.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 75 57
2012-09-23 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 86 46
2012-09-18 OAK ND 2.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 44 50
2012-09-12 @CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 0 7 1 115 67
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 25.0 30 13 13 6 20 5 4.68 48
2012-10-03 @KCR ND 4.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 75 57
2012-07-08 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 109 69
2012-04-18 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 94 48
2011-09-21 @KCR ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 84 53
2011-08-29 KCR L 3.0 10 7 7 1 2 3 65 12
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   8-6    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-4 (13)   9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20  @LAA  L   0-10       9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 19  @LAA  L   1-8        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @SEA  L   0-2        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @SEA  W   2-1 (14)   9-5   1st  1.0 up
 13 Tue, Apr 16  @SEA  W   6-2        8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @OAK  W  10-1        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 13  @OAK  W   7-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 12  @OAK  L   3-4 (12)   5-5   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 11   TOR  W  11-1        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-9    Last 30: 9-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Oct 03, 2012 DET  1 @KCR  0        W:Luis Marte (1-0), L: Luis Mendoza (8-10), S: Luke Putkonen (1)
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 KCR  4  DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (8-12), L: Doug Fister (10-10), S: Greg Holland (16)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 DET  6 @KCR  3        W:Rick Porcello (10-12), L: Bruce Chen (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (35)
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (5-3), L: Tim Collins (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (4-3), L: Kelvin Herrera (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 DET  2  KCR  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (9-13), L: Bruce Chen (11-13), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 DET  6  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (16-8), L: Luke Hochevar (8-15), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 KCR  2  DET  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-12), L: Rick Porcello (9-10), S: Kelvin Herrera (1)
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 KCR  1  DET  0        W:Bruce Chen (10-10), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-11), S: Greg Holland (9)
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 KCR  9  DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-4), S: Greg Holland (8)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - DET won 13-5; 2011 - DET won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 295-293

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 37/.630 2/1.500 13/.985 6/2.167 11/.727 1/.000 6/1.833 4/1.500 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .893 64/.787 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .588 65/.940 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .667 14/.857 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.737 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 8/.875 1/2.000 6/.666 3/.000 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .659 74/.742 35/5 5/19
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 28/.750 2/.000 8/.750 8/1.482 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 3/1.666 603/424 .235/.287/.378/.665 .695/.652 .652 64/.636 4/7 16/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 3/1.334 8/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 210/157 .275/.312/.360/.672 .547/.714 .631 52/.660 9/3 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 23/1.133 ··· 6/.334 10/.200 7/.762 1/no AB 7/.453 3/.666 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .798 76/.875 10/5 14/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 15/.690 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .649 52/.629 16/1 14/10
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 331/219 .242/.304/.350/.654 .586/.698 .800 14/.308 18/6 6/14
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/2.334 3/2.667 1/2.000 ··· ··· 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .740 5/1.400 0/0 9/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 14/.142 2/.500 6/.500 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.833 1/.000 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .624 62/.419 5/2 20/15
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/2.428 2/.500 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .855 67/.617 0/0 11/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· 20/.713 1/.000 9/1.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 / /// / 10/.633 / /
IP 187.2 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 20.2 99.1 54.2 TOTAL .264/.314/.388/.702 .752/.678 .699 .702 13/4 10/11
ERA-K/9 3.74/11.1 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.57/9.6 3.48/8.7 3.99/8.5 2.63/10.9 3.70/9.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (38-8-3)
 Perez (25-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 787/.250 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 86/.237 416/.247 226/.201 .246  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Johnson
0/3/145/19
160/0/0/17
0/88/0/8
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .721 .420 .720 .854 .617 .655 .732 .595 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.831 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 38/.408 127/.671 88/.678 .572
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.588 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 48/.859 289/.759 138/.547 .776
Home 343/.686 29/.276 167/.639 118/.804 115/.524 63/.690 193/.765 125/.511
Last 28d days 75/.666 36/.528 38/.660 29/.720 28/1.125 31/.305 59/.527 28/1.426
HR/SB/CS 23/15/9 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 1/3/1 12/8/6 3/11/2 9/12/3
Usage ·····X·· ·X···Xo· ·X···oo· ·X··Xo·· ···X·o·· ···o·o·· ··X··X·· ··Xo·X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Davis
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP 9/1.587 10/.425 6/.167 3/1.667 ··· 5/.400 27/.949 6/.500 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 58/.528 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/1.073 40/1.400 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 38/1.250 9/.444 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 86/.930 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 4/.500 14/.786 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 9/1.069 4/.500 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 54/.483 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 1/.000 15/1.159 5/2.100 1/no AB 5/1.933 2/.500 7/1.262 3/2.000 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 1.015 84/1.066 1/0 30/11
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/1.143 19/.787 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 17/1.000 4/.500 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 80/.992 9/1 16/4
4.Infante G/S/vP 4/.000 16/.563 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 63/.520 17/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 10/.325 35/.733 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 6/.334 27/1.212 8/.542 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 94/.735 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 1/2.000 3/1.666 13/.616 5/.400 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 19/.328 2/0 1/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 11/.384 5/1.850 5/1.200 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 18/.764 2/.000 / /// / 77/.483 / /
55.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 226/154 .236/.262/.321/.583 .645/.554 .679 20/.579 0/1 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 12/.523 31/.437 6/1.167 6/1.867 ··· 5/.000 31/1.034 7/1.000 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 76/.728 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/.286 10/.856 5/.250 3/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 22/.842 3/.000 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .606 19/.316 1/0 2/6
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 22/.742 / /
IP 70.1 191.2 69.2 64.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 TOTAL .274/.338/.379/.716 .754/.703 .873 .716 9/1 12/5
ERA-K/9 2.43/11.1 5.07/6.6 3.36/12.0 3.48/9.0 /0.0 2.35/8.2 5.73/7.0 2.96/12.2 3.31/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Pena (52-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 284/.189 827/.281 295/.216 260/.231 / 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 .233  Hunter
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
59/1/24/1
OPS .570 .813 .692 .601 .643 .818 .653 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.464 210/.852 135/.769 95/.556 / 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.654 617/.800 160/.626 165/.626 / 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 .664
Road 131/.524 416/.853 142/.450 112/.616 / 169/.642 444/.812 134/.703
Last 28d days 67/.757 19/.526 22/.332 21/.556 13/.808 40/.883 21/.653 29/.640
HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 33/18/8 8/9/0 4/2/2 // 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 20/11/3
Usage ·····X·· ·o······ ··X····· ·oo···X· ········ ·Xo··XX· ·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.