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Game Preview: LAA @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Angels, 20-27, 20-27 3rd, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (30, LHP, 3-3, 3.55)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 58.1 62 23 23 20 40 5 3.55
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
2011 (10-13) 201.0 205 105 95 59 131 22 4.25
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.0 44 17 17 15 32 4 3.26 56
2013-05-19 CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 114 72
2013-05-14 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 104 65
2013-05-09 @HOU ND 5.2 10 5 5 2 7 0 89 34
2013-05-03 BAL W 9.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 107 82
2013-04-28 @SEA L 8.0 6 2 2 2 7 2 107 67
2013-04-23 TEX ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 2 1 109 50
2013-04-16 @MIN L 3.1 9 5 5 2 0 0 90 20
Last 5 v.KCR 5-0 33.0 21 8 8 12 18 3 2.18 61
2013-05-14 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 104 65
2012-07-26 KCR W 8.0 1 1 1 3 5 0 115 78
2012-07-16 @KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 3 0 2 94 43
2011-09-08 KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 102 61
2010-08-08 KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 3 3 0 90 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-13   Road:    8-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  16-21   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   7-9 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  9-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Thu, May 23  @KCR  W   5-4       20-27  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Royals, 21-23, 21-23 3rd, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (29, RHP, 1-2, 5.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 36.0 36 26 22 13 26 4 5.50
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 1-3 40.2 41 27 23 13 30 4 5.09 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
2013-05-08 @BAL L 6.0 5 5 3 3 2 1 93 45
2013-05-01 TBR ND 4.0 7 6 6 1 3 3 68 26
2013-04-12 TOR L 5.2 7 8 7 3 2 0 89 24
2013-04-06 @PHI ND 6.0 2 1 1 3 7 0 92 68
2012-10-03 DET L 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 109 64
Last 5 v.LAA 1-1 12.0 19 13 13 5 8 3 9.75 34
2013-05-13 @LAA W 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 0 101 54
2008-07-07 LAA L 1.1 9 8 8 2 0 3 51 2
2007-09-26 LAA ND 4.2 4 2 2 3 2 0 70 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-9    Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-14   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Thu, May 23   LAA  L   4-5       21-23  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 23, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  4        W:Joe Blanton (1-7), L: Ervin Santana (3-4), S: Robert Coello (1)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 277-270

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  5.44

KCR  4.27

MIA  2.66

 RA/G

STL  3.46

COL  4.23

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .391

E. Hosmer  .270

I. Davis  .147

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

T. Plouffe  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .701

A. Cabrera  .434

I. Davis  .245

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.168

J. Morneau  .769

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 (4.53 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 27.Gutierrez
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 3/1.667 12/.917 1/3.000 3/.666 4/1.250 1/.000 16/1.169 4/1.500 107/77 .260/.283/.340/.623 .352/.727 .564 76/.583 1/2 0/6
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 2/1.500 9/.555 3/.666 3/.666 4/1.750 1/no AB 9/1.381 4/.500 114/79 .276/.327/.418/.746 .886/.684 .742 76/.747 0/1 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 59/47 .241/.305/.352/.657 .258/.759 .775 36/.646 0/1 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/1.262 3/.000 4/.250 4/.000 ··· 14/.714 3/.000 201/146 .220/.279/.374/.652 .393/.754 .460 104/.683 1/0 6/2
20.Harris G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.404 ··· 87/62 .241/.291/.405/.696 .251/.871 .855 41/.612 0/1 3/3
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.400 2/.500 1/3.000 2/1.000 5/.650 5/.600 1/2.000 141/102 .202/.362/.349/.710 .798/.678 .772 70/.646 0/0 4/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/.400 16/1.538 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 14/1.115 5/.400 196/152 .297/.328/.454/.782 1.034/.712 .602 105/.785 4/1 7/5
8.Nelson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 109/82 .233/.266/.301/.567 .679/.530 .517 41/.470 0/0 0/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/1.000 19/1.056 4/1.833 2/2.000 6/.750 3/.666 7/.929 4/.250 206/161 .253/.320/.434/.754 .761/.753 .713 106/.734 0/1 8/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 88/70 .269/.318/.333/.651 1.134/.542 .644 75/.580 0/0 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.572 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 4/1.167 2/2.000 217/170 .302/.378/.582/.960 1.014/.945 .914 113/1.129 10/3 10/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.744 3/2.667 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 8/.500 4/.500 209/163 .284/.349/.532/.881 .900/.875 .909 112/.924 1/2 11/1
IP 36.0 15.1 1.0 14.1 12.2 11.2 16.1 15.0 TOTAL .260/.323/.424/.747 .698/.762 .702 .745 18/13 55/31
ERA-K/9 5.50/6.5 1.76/7.1 0.00/0.0 3.77/9.4 1.42/5.7 4.63/5.4 1.10/9.9 3.00/14.4 3.62/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (5-3-0)
 Iannetta (32-3-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.257 66/.237 4/.000 56/.231 48/.163 50/.311 61/.175 64/.232 .254  Hamilton
 Shuck
 Trout
 Harris
 Trumbo
0/0/41/3
23/0/3/3
22/27/0/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/8/0
OPS .771 .599 .250 .574 .483 .782 .497 .614 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.876 24/.655 2/.000 27/.528 21/.246 25/1.220 31/.679 32/.572 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.636 42/.566 2/.500 29/.618 27/.656 25/.400 30/.312 32/.654 .706
Home 46/1.166 45/.718 4/.250 23/.870 15/.557 24/.853 28/.364 31/.780
Last 28d days 96/.835 47/.629 4/.250 31/.801 27/.425 30/.915 40/.425 32/.646
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 0/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 53/22/9
Usage ····X··· ··X·o··· X······· o····X·· ··oo···· ··oX···· ···o···· ··X·····
Royals Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Vargas*
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 19/1.829 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.400 6/.167 1/.000 180/131 .260/.361/.409/.770 .850/.740 .781 107/.736 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 4/2.750 2/1.000 166/115 .303/.373/.414/.787 .668/.839 .782 92/.683 6/4 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 13/.237 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 194/133 .250/.276/.337/.613 .843/.506 .573 109/.496 9/0 3/7
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 19/.652 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 14/.226 147/103 .221/.259/.321/.580 .660/.546 .590 74/.558 2/0 1/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 104/75 .213/.267/.319/.586 .616/.576 .641 43/.519 0/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/.581 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.229 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.333 2/1.500 198/127 .346/.384/.524/.908 1.140/.781 .668 111/.916 1/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/.350 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 2/2.000 169/121 .270/.337/.342/.679 .710/.667 .573 108/.655 3/1 1/3
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 62/38 .271/.295/.339/.634 .577/.668 .599 48/.725 6/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 30/24 .182/.400/.409/.809 .167/.988 1.000 24/.653 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 12/.432 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 1/2.000 160/113 .174/.244/.299/.542 .472/.571 .605 89/.638 1/0 4/7
13.Perez G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 152/103 .320/.336/.422/.757 .689/.790 .922 77/.876 0/0 1/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 10/1.700 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.404 29/6 .321/.345/.464/.809 .848/.667 .462 19/.895 0/0 1/1
IP 58.1 9.1 7.1 23.0 14.0 20.2 11.2 11.2 38.2 46.1 TOTAL .265/.318/.385/.704 .748/.683 .693 .697 34/7 27/32
ERA-K/9 3.55/6.2 /0.0 0.96/6.8 0.00/14.8 4.70/7.8 2.57/6.4 3.05/12.6 2.31/10.8 9.26/5.4 5.59/6.0 2.53/5.6 4.57/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (6-2-2)
 Perez (16-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.273 / 38/.250 24/.083 97/.256 63/.278 91/.167 49/.150 56/.256 164/.260 188/.217 .267  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
44/0/0/5
0/36/5/3
0/0/38/3
0/1/2/1
OPS .746 .677 .167 .637 .675 .628 .631 .849 .708 .597 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.764 / 14/.607 9/.000 43/.552 26/.397 46/.511 19/.797 26/1.026 79/.651 95/.541 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.738 / 24/.718 15/.267 54/.709 37/.890 45/.747 30/.536 30/.696 85/.761 93/.651 .770
Road 107/.885 / 15/.377 5/.400 31/.387 25/1.115 46/.569 23/.471 33/.669 82/.770 76/.571
Last 28d days 146/.595 / 1/.000 24/.167 52/.689 17/.904 49/.563 39/.476 24/.893 68/.912 128/.624
HR/SB/CS 5/4/0 // 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 48/37/6
Usage ····X··· o······· o····X·X ·X··oo·X o···o··o X···XX·· o······X ··o····· o····XX· ··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.