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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 13, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Blue Jays, 4-6, 4-6 5th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (38, RHP, 0-2, 8.44)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 10.2 15 12 10 6 9 3 8.44
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
2011 (8-13) 208.2 202 85 76 54 134 18 3.28
Last 7 GS 2-4 46.1 49 26 23 15 44 9 4.47 51
2013-04-07 BOS L 4.2 10 8 7 2 5 2 100 17
2013-04-02 CLE L 6.0 5 4 3 4 4 1 104 48
2012-10-02 @MIA ND 6.0 7 3 3 0 8 2 94 54
2012-09-27 PIT W 7.2 8 3 3 2 13 1 128 62
2012-09-22 MIA W 8.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 110 64
2012-09-17 PHI L 7.0 5 3 2 2 8 2 112 63
2012-09-11 WSN L 7.0 8 3 3 3 2 1 84 48
Last 5 v.KCR 1-3 22.0 26 18 15 9 9 4 6.14 40
2004-05-18 KCR L 5.1 10 6 3 2 2 2 95 30
2004-04-27 @KCR W 6.1 4 2 2 3 1 0 95 55
2003-08-26 @KCR L 5.1 6 6 6 3 5 1 96 34
2003-07-11 KCR L 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 73 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-4    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 12  @KCR  W   8-4        4-6   5th  1.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 11  @DET  L   1-11       3-6   5th  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 10  @DET  W   8-6        3-5   5th  2.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  9  @DET  L   3-7        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7   BOS  L   0-13       2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   BOS  W   5-0        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5   BOS  L   4-6        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  4   CLE  W  10-8        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3   CLE  L   2-3 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  2   CLE  L   1-4        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6
Royals, 6-4, 6-4 1st, 1 up

SP: James Shields (31, RHP, 1-1, 3.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 12.0 18 5 5 0 14 1 3.75
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
Last 7 GS 3-3 49.2 40 12 12 6 56 4 2.17 66
2013-04-07 @PHI W 6.0 10 4 4 0 8 0 100 44
2013-04-01 @CHW L 6.0 8 1 1 0 6 1 102 58
2012-10-02 BAL L 9.0 2 1 1 0 15 1 106 94
2012-09-27 @CHW ND 6.1 6 2 2 4 6 0 117 55
2012-09-21 TOR W 7.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 105 73
2012-09-15 @NYY L 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 2 103 48
2012-09-09 TEX W 9.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 101 91
Last 5 v.TOR 4-0 38.2 25 6 5 7 43 4 1.16 73
2012-09-21 TOR W 7.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 105 73
2012-08-07 TOR W 8.0 2 1 1 1 6 1 116 79
2012-05-23 TOR ND 7.1 7 3 2 1 10 1 110 63
2011-08-26 @TOR W 9.0 7 1 1 1 12 1 125 80
2011-08-03 TOR W 7.1 3 1 1 3 6 1 112 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-1    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
  7 Mon, Apr  8   MIN  W   3-1        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @PHI  W   9-8        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @PHI  L   3-4        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @PHI  W  13-4        2-2   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  4  @CHW  W   3-1        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3  @CHW  L   2-5        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @CHW  L   0-1        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-4    Last 30: 6-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 TOR  8 @KCR  4        W:J.A. Happ (2-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Aaron Loup (1)

Thu, Jul 05, 2012 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Luke Hochevar (6-8), L: Henderson Alvarez (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 TOR  4  KCR  1        W:Carlos Villanueva (3-0), L: Luis Mendoza (3-5), S: Casey Janssen (11)
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 TOR  6  KCR  3        W:Brett Cecil (2-1), L: Vin Mazzaro (3-3), S: Casey Janssen (10)
Mon, Jul 02, 2012 KCR 11 @TOR  3        W:Everett Teaford (1-1), L: Ricky Romero (8-3), S: none
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 TOR  4 @KCR  1        W:Brandon Morrow (1-1), L: Bruce Chen (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (2)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 TOR  5 @KCR  3        W:Ricky Romero (3-0), L: Danny Duffy (1-2), S: Francisco Cordero (1)
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 TOR  9 @KCR  5        W:Drew Hutchison (1-0), L: Everett Teaford (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 TOR  4 @KCR  3        W:Luis Perez (2-0), L: Greg Holland (0-2), S: Sergio Santos (2)
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Jeff Francis (5-14), L: Brett Cecil (4-7), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 1-0; 2012 - TOR won 6-2; 2011 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 184-176

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

L. Lynn  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

M. Minor  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 14/.928 3/.666 2/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 10/1.289 2/1.500 372/277 .233/.275/.435/.710 .774/.688 .731 41/.893 1/0 18/4
19.Bautista G/S/vP 29/1.134 6/.834 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 15/.557 4/1.000 399/301 .241/.358/.527/.886 .718/.942 .929 31/.687 5/2 27/2
22.Blanco G/S/vP 3/.666 10/.967 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/28 .188/.224/.281/.505 .421/.620 .500 5/.650 1/0 1/2
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 274/184 .258/.330/.316/.645 .503/.726 .555 36/.694 30/3 1/4
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 27/.612 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 9/1.056 ··· 501/357 .346/.390/.516/.906 1.111/.826 1.015 45/.728 13/5 11/4
11.Davis G/S/vP 11/.182 10/.425 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 14/.517 1/.000 487/322 .257/.309/.378/.687 .783/.638 .672 20/.513 46/13 8/8
16.DeRosa G/S/vP 9/.583 13/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 101/55 .188/.300/.247/.547 .651/.456 .521 25/.794 1/0 0/1
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 24/.701 6/.000 3/.333 4/1.250 4/1.833 3/1.666 11/.364 2/3.000 644/476 .280/.384/.557/.941 1.086/.892 .883 44/.513 13/3 42/4
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 21/.802 6/1.166 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.021 5/.600 319/236 .256/.320/.315/.634 .503/.682 .730 26/.551 17/2 2/10
26.Lind* G/S/vP 47/.929 6/.334 5/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 1/no AB 16/.376 2/.500 353/257 .255/.314/.414/.729 .553/.795 .674 26/.458 0/0 11/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 12/1.235 8/.536 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/2.334 9/.619 4/1.750 625/452 .223/.289/.400/.689 .554/.740 .735 37/.900 4/3 23/6
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 716/503 .287/.347/.433/.780 .753/.799 .714 43/.991 40/11 11/18
45.Wells G/S/vP 8/1.250 15/.866 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 316/165 .228/.302/.396/.698 .891/.530 .761 / 3/0 10/0
IP 227.2 191.2 69.2 64.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 TOTAL .240/.306/.418/.724 .706/.728 .708 .724 9/0 12/8
ERA-K/9 3.52/8.8 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 3.59/9.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (53-22-9)
 Blanco (3-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 944/.239 827/.281 295/.216 260/.231 / 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 .246  Bautista
 Wells
 Davis
 Rasmus
 Cabrera
 Bonifacio
 DeRosa
 Encarnacion
0/0/90/11
52/11/25/8
114/6/24/8
0/145/0/7
106/0/11/7
0/51/0/1
9/0/7/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .678 .813 .692 .601 .643 .818 .653 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 506/.706 210/.852 135/.769 95/.556 / 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 438/.645 617/.800 160/.626 165/.626 / 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 .720
Home 501/.651 411/.774 153/.926 148/.590 / 175/.643 356/.826 155/.611
Last 28d days 54/.767 15/.400 17/.180 14/.368 13/.808 16/.388 17/.741 20/.979
HR/SB/CS 25/14/2 33/18/8 8/9/0 4/2/2 // 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 11/6/2
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ···X·X·X ····X·o· o····o·o ··X··oo· X······o ···X·oX·

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 (4.70 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (6.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 1/3.000 9/.873 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 8/.536 3/.666 6/.333 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .872 38/.879 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 36/.716 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .635 5/.600 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.000 6/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 7/.334 4/.500 3/1.000 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .784 43/.824 35/5 5/19
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 7/2.071 3/1.000 4/.500 603/424 .235/.287/.378/.665 .695/.652 .678 40/.685 4/7 16/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/1.334 2/2.000 2/1.000 210/157 .275/.312/.360/.672 .547/.714 .709 30/.621 9/3 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 11/.637 1/no AB 3/1.000 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .848 43/.932 10/5 14/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 3/2.334 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .679 31/.695 16/1 14/10
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 331/219 .242/.304/.350/.654 .586/.698 .534 7/.667 18/6 6/14
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .795 / 0/0 9/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .794 38/.498 5/2 20/15
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .743 43/.612 0/0 11/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 15/.481 3/.000 ··· 16/.626 1/.000 22/.473 3/.833 1/.000 / /// / 9/.708 / /
IP 233.2 61.1 66.0 63.2 30.2 56.2 78.2 5.0 TOTAL .269/.324/.391/.715 .775/.671 .719 .715 7/2 4/6
ERA-K/9 2.73/8.9 5.72/7.5 3.82/12.5 2.54/9.5 2.64/6.2 2.06/8.3 4.69/9.5 9.00/7.2 5.60/7.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 927/.226 270/.294 274/.193 242/.195 117/.232 221/.214 348/.269 24/.316 .288  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 .640 .855 .687 .564 .547 .575 .749 .996 .827
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.677 64/.603 118/.551 124/.467 60/.462 105/.644 174/.676 14/.740 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 495/.608 206/.934 156/.795 118/.666 57/.638 116/.514 174/.817 10/1.350 .913
Road 435/.666 111/.913 131/.913 113/.514 61/.493 108/.492 154/.815 12/.970
Last 28d days 53/1.005 23/.367 27/.643 10/.200 26/.431 19/.892 29/.837 14/.714
HR/SB/CS 24/4/3 11/3/2 12/2/2 7/3/2 0/3/3 3/8/4 7/1/1 1/2/0 14/10/2
Usage ·····X·· ··XX·X·X ·XX···o· ··o····· X·X···o· ··oX···· ·X·X···X 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.