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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 7:08pm, Thursday, August 15, 2013 @Comerica Park

Royals, 62-56, 62-56 3rd, 7½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 12-8, 4.10)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-8) 153.2 160 74 70 50 86 23 4.10
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 5-2 46.2 50 19 19 11 34 3 3.66 53
2013-08-10 BOS L 6.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 123 36
2013-08-05 MIN W 9.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 106 85
2013-07-31 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 107 55
2013-07-25 BAL W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 102 60
2013-07-20 DET W 6.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 106 36
2013-07-13 @CLE L 7.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 114 41
2013-07-08 @NYY W 6.2 6 1 1 1 3 1 92 60
Last 5 v.DET 4-0 32.2 38 14 14 10 15 3 3.86 49
2013-07-20 DET W 6.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 106 36
2013-06-10 DET W 6.1 6 2 2 3 0 1 95 50
2012-10-02 DET W 6.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 100 54
2012-09-26 @DET ND 7.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 103 48
2012-08-30 DET W 7.1 10 1 1 0 3 0 99 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-28   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  23-18
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Wed, Aug 14   MIA  L   2-5       62-56  3rd  7.5 gb
117 Tue, Aug 13   MIA  L   0-1 (10)  62-55  3rd  6.5 gb
116 Mon, Aug 12   MIA  W   6-2       62-54  2nd  6.5 gb
115 Sun, Aug 11   BOS  W   4-3       61-54  3rd  7.5 gb
114 Sat, Aug 10   BOS  L   3-5       60-54  3rd  8.5 gb
113 Fri, Aug  9   BOS  W   9-6       60-53  3rd  7.5 gb
112 Thu, Aug  8   BOS  W   5-1       59-53  3rd  8.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  7   MIN  W   5-2       58-53  3rd  8.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  6   MIN  L   0-7       57-53  3rd  8.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  5   MIN  W  13-0       57-52  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Tigers, 70-49, 70-49 1st, 6 up

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 10-7, 2.58)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-7) 125.2 104 40 36 38 139 6 2.58
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
2011 (8-9) 196.1 187 85 80 64 202 20 3.67
Last 7 GS 4-2 44.0 33 12 11 15 38 2 2.25 60
2013-08-10 @NYY W 7.0 4 2 2 1 8 1 107 68
2013-08-05 @CLE ND 7.2 4 2 2 2 11 0 114 72
2013-07-30 WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 95 62
2013-07-24 @CHW W 6.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 101 64
2013-07-19 @KCR L 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 101 58
2013-07-11 CHW L 5.1 7 5 4 3 6 1 102 39
2013-07-06 @CLE W 5.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 73 60
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 22.0 14 2 2 6 14 0 0.82 69
2013-07-19 @KCR L 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 101 58
2012-09-25 KCR W 9.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 105 90
2012-08-29 @KCR L 7.0 7 1 1 0 1 0 119 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-19   Road:   33-30   ExtrInn: 5-11
 vsRHP:  51-33   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:32-18   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 14  @CHW  W   6-4       70-49  1st  6.0 up
118 Tue, Aug 13  @CHW  L   3-4 (11)  69-49  1st  6.0 up
117 Mon, Aug 12  @CHW  L   2-6       69-48  1st  6.5 up
116 Sun, Aug 11  @NYY  L   4-5       69-47  1st  7.0 up
115 Sat, Aug 10  @NYY  W   9-3       69-46  1st  8.0 up
114 Fri, Aug  9  @NYY  L   3-4 (10)  68-46  1st  7.0 up
113 Thu, Aug  8  @CLE  W  10-3       68-45  1st  7.0 up
112 Wed, Aug  7  @CLE  W   6-5 (14)  67-45  1st  6.0 up
111 Tue, Aug  6  @CLE  W   5-1       66-45  1st  5.0 up
110 Mon, Aug  5  @CLE  W   4-2       65-45  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 21, 2013 DET  4 @KCR  1        W:Doug Fister (8-5), L: James Shields (4-7), S: Joaquin Benoit (9)
Sat, Jul 20, 2013 KCR  6  DET  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-7), L: Justin Verlander (10-7), S: Greg Holland (24)
Fri, Jul 19, 2013 KCR  1  DET  0        W:Ervin Santana (6-6), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-7), S: Greg Holland (23)
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 KCR  3  DET  2 (10)   W:Greg Holland (2-1), L: Phil Coke (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (9-0), L: Aaron Crow (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (9)
Mon, Jun 10, 2013 KCR  3  DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-3), L: Doug Fister (5-4), S: Greg Holland (13)
Thu, Apr 25, 2013 KCR  8 @DET  3 (10)   W:Tim Collins (1-0), L: Phil Coke (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 DET  7  KCR  5        W:Max Scherzer (2-0), L: Wade Davis (2-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)

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)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 5-3; 2012 - DET won 13-5; 2011 - DET won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 300-296

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.12

SEA  4.05

MIA  3.16

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

CHC  4.27

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

J. Bruce  .272

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .453

A. Gordon  .333

J. Arencibia  .249

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .685

J. Morneau  .424

P. Kozma  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.138

A. De Aza  .754

J. Keppinger  .555

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.88

C. Hamels  3.65

J. Blanton  5.86

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.12

J. Blanton  7.21

B. Colon  4.84

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Royals Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 31.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.600 4/.750 13/.985 17/1.037 6/2.167 3/.666 6/1.833 4/.250 480/355 .289/.383/.427/.811 .865/.792 .756 105/.945 0/0 11/0
21.Carroll G/S/vP 13/.641 4/.250 7/.453 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 3/.000 212/165 .223/.275/.254/.529 .725/.472 .499 48/.532 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 134/100 .258/.331/.400/.731 .437/.826 .515 49/.670 19/4 2/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 6/.200 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 488/336 .246/.273/.316/.589 .698/.539 .603 106/.532 14/0 3/12
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 5/.800 7/.572 10/.661 ··· ··· ··· 188/137 .216/.294/.284/.578 .607/.568 .553 31/.666 10/2 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 7/.572 19/.505 13/.154 ··· 10/.311 3/.333 505/340 .266/.333/.417/.750 .876/.688 .805 111/.668 8/2 13/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 8/.661 1/.000 8/.250 1/.000 491/333 .293/.337/.436/.773 .800/.760 .784 117/.814 9/3 12/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 9/1.208 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 173/127 .179/.218/.241/.458 .455/.460 .626 26/.040 14/0 2/3
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/2.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 102/83 .182/.382/.429/.811 .522/.870 .695 31/.833 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 3/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 253/199 .293/.315/.423/.737 .755/.733 .843 79/.687 4/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 179/120 .265/.335/.457/.792 .790/.793 .729 65/1.021 4/1 5/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/.619 2/.500 8/.625 ··· 9/.944 2/1.500 7/1.000 1/no AB 390/295 .232/.290/.367/.657 .543/.693 .604 91/.852 1/4 10/12
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.833 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 366/266 .274/.306/.375/.681 .627/.701 .592 67/.543 0/0 4/7
IP 125.2 33.0 48.2 44.1 34.2 21.1 65.1 51.1 TOTAL .259/.315/.378/.693 .682/.697 .695 .716 96/21 80/61
ERA-K/9 2.58/10.0 5.45/12.8 1.48/10.7 4.67/4.7 5.19/7.5 3.80/8.5 1.93/9.2 2.81/8.4 3.56/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (25-8-3)
 Perez (34-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 512/.224 159/.262 192/.206 195/.253 152/.279 89/.263 257/.208 200/.181 .245  Gordon
 Lough
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Johnson
 Hosmer
112/0/0/10
12/6/53/5
0/26/24/4
0/40/0/3
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .603 .759 .560 .758 .771 .690 .554 .567 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 274/.654 68/.660 110/.567 113/.832 74/.680 34/.710 105/.370 101/.597 .659
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.545 91/.837 82/.550 82/.653 78/.863 55/.676 152/.684 99/.537 .682
Home 219/.523 85/.777 90/.639 94/.593 72/.728 35/.952 112/.508 117/.552
Last 28d days 134/.518 39/.738 40/.527 25/.442 23/.652 46/.523 34/.718 43/.375
HR/SB/CS 6/15/1 3/2/0 2/9/0 4/0/2 3/0/1 1/4/0 2/5/2 5/4/0 91/93/24
Usage ····X··· o·X··Xoo X······X ·X··Xo·X ·o·o·oX· ·Xo··X·X Xo··Xo·o Xo·o·o·o
Tigers Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 38/1.046 40/1.400 7/1.000 1/no AB 8/.125 7/.929 38/1.250 10/.400 501/382 .360/.453/.685/1.138 1.360/1.071 1.135 73/1.171 3/0 38/11
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 17/.728 14/.786 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.200 9/1.069 5/.400 359/299 .242/.307/.344/.651 .645/.652 .701 56/.661 7/1 7/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 18/1.156 15/1.159 1/2.000 9/1.301 2/2.000 4/.250 7/1.262 5/1.100 534/346 .262/.352/.430/.782 .801/.772 .767 112/.646 1/1 17/6
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 19/9 .250/.333/.313/.646 .583/.708 .473 4/.833 0/0 0/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 35/.720 19/.787 4/1.833 3/.333 7/.000 5/.000 17/1.000 6/.334 489/356 .306/.339/.465/.804 .941/.753 .861 104/.778 3/2 13/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 278/179 .316/.361/.395/.756 .802/.730 .745 79/.455 3/1 2/5
4.Infante G/S/vP 10/.900 16/.563 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 322/219 .316/.345/.447/.792 .840/.770 .907 13/.923 4/2 6/5
14.Jackson G/S/vP 24/.556 35/.733 6/.334 1/.000 7/1.500 6/.334 27/1.212 9/.476 425/298 .264/.332/.411/.743 .610/.798 .744 123/.703 6/3 9/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 13/.462 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 4/2.750 3/1.666 14/.572 7/.286 185/143 .244/.344/.391/.735 .582/.778 .845 57/.679 2/0 5/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 22/.764 5/1.850 4/.500 9/.888 4/.583 1/.000 18/.764 3/1.000 502/326 .283/.341/.407/.748 .654/.800 .731 110/.941 0/1 10/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 186/98 .306/.332/.422/.753 .600/.894 .628 41/1.063 0/2 4/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 14/.517 10/.856 3/.000 5/.250 3/2.500 2/1.000 23/.804 3/.000 149/113 .211/.292/.281/.573 .789/.504 .574 57/.722 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 149/38 .280/.396/.504/.900 .844/1.057 1.022 46/.533 0/0 7/1
IP 153.2 72.1 17.0 42.2 38.1 43.0 49.0 47.0 TOTAL .281/.346/.438/.784 .780/.786 .820 .781 30/16 139/57
ERA-K/9 4.10/5.0 1.62/6.6 0.00/10.6 4.01/8.6 2.82/8.7 4.19/11.3 2.02/9.0 1.53/14.4 3.52/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (7-1-0)
 Pena (31-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 657/.270 290/.208 60/.145 186/.241 169/.281 184/.222 190/.186 181/.180 .254  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/105/8
86/3/8/7
0/88/0/4
29/20/16/0
49/0/0/0
OPS .765 .584 .385 .666 .730 .761 .558 .497 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 371/.870 97/.791 23/.435 95/.581 81/.762 94/.741 96/.647 94/.560 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.629 193/.480 37/.347 91/.752 88/.702 90/.783 94/.469 87/.429 .656
Road 330/.861 101/.482 32/.198 101/.624 88/.732 98/.896 90/.589 79/.518
Last 28d days 139/.686 120/.447 30/.374 39/.593 40/.671 62/.579 57/.521 46/.495
HR/SB/CS 23/7/3 6/4/5 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/8/1 9/8/2 4/4/2 2/0/0 113/65/28
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ··X····X X·oo·X·o ·X·X···o ·XX··X·X X·o·X·o· ·o·o·o·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.