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Game Preview: LAA @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Angels, 19-27, 19-27 4th, 10½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (32, RHP, 0-7, 6.62)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-7) 50.1 86 39 37 13 35 8 6.62
2012 (10-13) 191.0 207 106 100 34 166 29 4.71
2011 (1-2) 41.1 52 23 23 9 35 5 5.01
Last 7 GS 0-5 40.1 69 28 27 10 31 4 6.02 38
2013-05-18 CHW ND 4.1 11 4 4 2 6 0 96 29
2013-05-13 KCR L 4.2 12 7 7 0 7 0 99 19
2013-05-08 @HOU L 6.2 8 3 3 0 6 1 86 52
2013-05-02 BAL L 8.0 8 3 2 2 3 0 114 57
2013-04-27 @SEA L 6.0 9 3 3 4 5 1 109 43
2013-04-22 TEX ND 6.0 12 4 4 1 0 0 91 31
2013-04-15 @MIN L 4.2 9 4 4 1 4 2 80 33
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 32.2 36 16 15 9 26 1 4.13 51
2013-05-13 KCR L 4.2 12 7 7 0 7 0 99 19
2007-05-16 KCR ND 8.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 118 69
2006-08-18 @KCR L 6.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 112 51
2006-05-31 KCR W 9.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 118 80
2006-04-30 @KCR W 5.0 6 5 4 5 4 1 118 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-13   Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  9-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 22   SEA  W   7-1       19-27  4th 10.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 21   SEA  W  12-0       18-27  4th 10.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 19   CHW  W   6-2       17-27  4th 12.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 18   CHW  W  12-9       16-27  4th 12.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 17   CHW  L   0-3       15-27  4th 12.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 16   CHW  L   4-5       15-26  4th 12.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 15   KCR  L   5-9       15-25  4th 11.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 14   KCR  W   6-2       15-24  4th 10.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 13   KCR  L   4-11      14-24  4th 10.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 12  @CHW  L   0-3       14-23  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Royals, 21-22, 21-22 3rd, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 3-3, 2.77)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 55.1 51 18 17 9 44 6 2.77
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 3-2 49.1 46 14 13 8 36 3 2.37 60
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
2013-05-07 @BAL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 4 0 103 49
2013-04-27 CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 97 70
2013-04-21 @BOS W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 0 105 64
2013-04-14 TOR ND 8.0 7 2 1 3 4 1 109 63
2013-04-08 MIN W 8.0 8 1 1 1 7 0 104 68
Has never faced LAA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-8    Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-13   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Wed, May 22  @HOU  L   1-3       21-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 21  @HOU  W   7-3       21-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 20  @HOU  L   5-6       20-21  3rd  5.0 gb
 40 Sun, May 19  @OAK  L   3-4       20-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 18  @OAK  L   1-2       20-19  3rd  3.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 17  @OAK  L   1-2       20-18  3rd  2.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 15  @LAA  W   9-5       20-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 14  @LAA  L   2-6       19-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 13  @LAA  W  11-4       19-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 12   NYY  L   2-4       18-16  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 15, 2013 KCR  9 @LAA  5        W:Wade Davis (3-3), L: Barry Enright (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 14, 2013 LAA  6  KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-1), S: none
Mon, May 13, 2013 KCR 11 @LAA  4        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Joe Blanton (0-7), S: Luke Hochevar (1)

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 LAA  4 @KCR  3        W:Dan Haren (11-11), L: Will Smith (5-8), S: Kevin Jepsen (2)
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 KCR  3  LAA  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (4-2), L: Ernesto Frieri (4-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 LAA  9 @KCR  7        W:Jordan Walden (3-2), L: Tim Collins (5-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (19)
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 LAA 11  KCR  6        W:Jered Weaver (13-1), L: Luke Hochevar (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 KCR  4 @LAA  1        W:Will Smith (2-3), L: Garrett Richards (3-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (23)
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 LAA  6  KCR  3        W:Kevin Jepsen (1-1), L: Greg Holland (4-3), S: Scott Downs (9)
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 KCR  7 @LAA  3        W:Jonathan Sanchez (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 2-1; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 276-270

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  5.41

NYY  4.24

MIA  2.66

 RA/G

STL  3.46

COL  4.23

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .387

M. Holliday  .270

I. Davis  .147

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

E. Hosmer  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

C. Davis  .690

Y. Molina  .433

I. Davis  .245

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.144

J. Morneau  .766

J. Keppinger  .460

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Quintana  3.48

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

P. Maholm  7.05

K. Correia  3.43

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

Angels Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 12/.917 3/.666 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.666 16/1.169 4/1.500 103/73 .260/.284/.344/.628 .352/.740 .570 72/.587 1/2 0/6
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 9/1.111 9/.555 3/.666 4/1.750 1/no AB 1/no AB 9/1.381 4/.500 110/75 .277/.330/.415/.745 .886/.679 .741 72/.746 0/1 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 59/47 .241/.305/.352/.657 .258/.759 .775 40/.714 0/1 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 39/.823 7/1.262 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 4/.833 14/.714 3/.000 197/143 .225/.284/.382/.666 .401/.770 .480 104/.703 1/0 6/2
20.Harris G/S/vP 5/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.404 ··· 87/62 .241/.291/.405/.696 .251/.871 .855 45/.704 0/1 3/3
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.400 1/3.000 2/1.000 5/.650 2/1.500 5/.600 1/2.000 137/98 .198/.358/.321/.678 .798/.633 .708 66/.570 0/0 3/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 16/1.538 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 4/.500 14/1.115 5/.400 192/148 .304/.335/.464/.799 1.034/.731 .630 105/.799 4/1 7/5
8.Nelson G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 109/82 .233/.266/.301/.567 .679/.530 .517 45/.427 0/0 0/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.333 19/1.056 2/2.000 6/.750 3/.666 3/1.667 7/.929 4/.250 202/157 .253/.322/.421/.743 .761/.738 .686 107/.705 0/1 7/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 84/66 .284/.333/.351/.685 1.134/.577 .739 71/.615 0/0 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.167 2/2.000 213/166 .297/.376/.568/.943 1.014/.923 .877 114/1.100 9/3 9/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· 10/.744 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 8/.500 4/.500 205/159 .280/.346/.516/.862 .900/.852 .872 112/.905 1/2 10/1
IP 55.1 15.1 14.0 12.2 11.2 20.1 16.1 15.0 TOTAL .261/.324/.420/.745 .699/.759 .695 .745 17/13 51/31
ERA-K/9 2.77/7.2 1.76/7.1 3.86/9.6 1.42/5.7 4.63/5.4 4.87/10.6 1.10/9.9 3.00/14.4 3.59/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (5-3-0)
 Iannetta (31-3-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.242 66/.237 55/.235 48/.163 50/.311 87/.241 61/.175 64/.232 .255  Hamilton
 Shuck
 Trout
 Harris
 Trumbo
0/0/40/3
22/0/3/3
22/26/0/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/8/0
OPS .644 .599 .585 .483 .782 .918 .497 .614 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.658 24/.655 26/.549 21/.246 25/1.220 45/.929 31/.679 32/.572 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.626 42/.566 29/.618 27/.656 25/.400 42/.907 30/.312 32/.654 .690
Home 118/.642 45/.718 22/.909 15/.557 24/.853 30/.784 28/.364 31/.780
Last 28d days 107/.644 47/.629 30/.829 27/.425 30/.915 47/.947 40/.425 32/.646
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 0/2/1 0/1/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 8/3/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 49/21/9
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ····X··o ·oo····o ·oX····· X··o···X ··o····· ·X·····o
Royals Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB		 31.Buckner
G/S/vB		 24.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 59.Coello
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 38.Lowe
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 57.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.400 5/.200 1/.000 176/127 .267/.369/.420/.789 .850/.765 .828 103/.767 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/2.750 2/1.000 162/111 .298/.370/.404/.775 .668/.823 .751 88/.654 6/4 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 189/128 .251/.278/.341/.619 .843/.511 .584 104/.500 8/0 3/7
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 15/.967 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 4/1.250 14/.226 144/100 .226/.264/.328/.592 .660/.563 .620 71/.582 2/0 1/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 99/70 .209/.250/.308/.558 .616/.535 .572 38/.440 0/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.133 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.333 2/1.500 194/124 .352/.387/.533/.920 1.133/.800 .685 107/.937 1/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 2/2.000 165/117 .264/.333/.338/.671 .710/.655 .546 104/.641 3/1 1/3
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 61/37 .276/.300/.345/.645 .577/.686 .620 47/.740 6/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 29/23 .143/.379/.381/.760 .167/.935 .829 23/.583 0/0 1/1
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .231/.231/.308/.538 2.000/.417 13/.538 0/0 0/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 1/2.000 158/111 .176/.247/.303/.550 .472/.582 .626 87/.654 1/0 4/7
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 148/99 .308/.324/.413/.737 .689/.760 .886 73/.841 0/0 1/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 19/.839 3/2.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 10/1.700 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.404 28/6 .333/.357/.481/.839 .887/.667 .500 18/.944 0/0 1/1
IP 50.1 8.2 7.0 23.0 14.0 20.0 11.0 11.2 38.1 46.1 TOTAL .265/.318/.386/.704 .748/.683 .693 .697 33/7 27/32
ERA-K/9 6.62/6.3 /0.0 1.04/7.2 0.00/15.4 4.70/7.8 2.57/6.4 2.25/12.6 2.45/10.6 9.26/5.4 5.63/6.1 2.53/5.6 4.59/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (6-2-2)
 Perez (15-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.369 / 37/.258 23/.087 97/.256 62/.278 85/.134 46/.158 56/.256 163/.262 188/.217 .267  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
43/0/0/5
0/35/5/3
0/0/37/3
0/1/2/1
OPS .968 .698 .174 .637 .665 .581 .646 .849 .713 .597 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.882 / 14/.607 9/.000 43/.552 25/.367 42/.481 18/.762 26/1.026 79/.651 95/.541 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/1.078 / 23/.754 14/.286 54/.709 37/.890 43/.681 28/.577 30/.696 84/.771 93/.651 .774
Road 105/1.004 / 14/.408 4/.500 31/.387 24/1.095 40/.463 20/.485 33/.669 81/.780 76/.571
Last 28d days 146/.860 / 3/.500 23/.174 56/.713 21/.924 48/.433 36/.485 24/.893 67/.926 128/.624
HR/SB/CS 8/6/0 // 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 3/2/1 1/0/1 1/5/0 4/2/2 3/2/0 48/36/6
Usage ····X··· ········ ····X·Xo X··oo·X· ···o··o· ···XX··· ······Xo ·o·····X ····XX·X ·X····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.