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Game Preview: LAA @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 26, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Angels, 22-27, 22-27 3rd, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jerome Williams (31, RHP, 3-1, 2.53)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-1) 46.1 38 16 13 12 29 3 2.53
2012 (6-8) 137.2 139 73 70 35 98 17 4.58
2011 (4-0) 44.0 45 20 18 15 28 6 3.68
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 43 23 23 9 29 9 5.13 48
2013-05-21 SEA W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 107 74
2013-05-16 CHW ND 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 74 57
2013-05-11 @CHW W 6.2 7 2 2 1 3 0 92 54
2013-05-05 BAL L 4.1 4 5 5 3 6 2 93 38
2012-09-11 OAK L 3.1 5 4 4 1 4 2 66 37
2012-07-19 @DET L 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 2 95 36
2012-07-14 @NYY L 6.0 7 5 5 1 4 2 101 41
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 6.0 6 2 2 4 2 0 3.00 50
2003-06-15 @KCR ND 6.0 6 2 2 4 2 0 90 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-13   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  18-21   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   7-9 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  9-15 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 25  @KCR  W   7-0       22-27  3rd 10.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 24  @KCR  W   5-2       21-27  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Royals, 21-25, 21-25 4th, 5½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (27, RHP, 3-3, 5.91)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 45.2 67 34 30 22 36 7 5.91
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 2-3 36.2 54 30 26 19 28 5 6.38 38
2013-05-21 @HOU ND 5.0 8 3 3 4 6 1 102 41
2013-05-15 @LAA W 5.1 9 4 4 3 2 0 103 33
2013-05-10 NYY L 5.0 7 7 7 2 3 2 95 26
2013-05-05 CHW ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 98 60
2013-04-29 CLE L 4.2 12 8 8 3 3 2 93 8
2013-04-24 @DET L 3.2 8 7 3 4 2 0 95 23
2013-04-17 @ATL W 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 92 74
Last 5 v.LAA 2-0 16.2 22 9 8 7 15 0 4.32 46
2013-05-15 @LAA W 5.1 9 4 4 3 2 0 103 33
2010-09-17 LAA ND 6.0 7 3 2 1 8 0 110 55
2010-08-24 @LAA W 5.1 6 2 2 3 5 0 85 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-11   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-15   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  3-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Sat, May 25   LAA  L   0-7       21-25  4th  5.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 24   LAA  L   2-5       21-24  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 25, 2013 LAA  7 @KCR  0        W:Billy Buckner (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-3), S: none
Fri, May 24, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Garrett Richards (1)
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
Season Series: 2013 - LAA over 4-2; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; 2011 - KCR won 7-3; All-Time - LAA leads 279-270

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  5.38

MIN  4.28

MIA  2.63

 RA/G

PIT  3.41

LAD  4.21

HOU  5.94

 BA

M. Cabrera  .385

A. Pollock  .267

I. Davis  .148

 OBP

J. Votto  .480

D. Span  .335

J. Keppinger  .225

 SLG

C. Davis  .718

J. Hardy  .432

I. Davis  .242

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.141

B. Butler  .766

I. Davis  .475

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

M. Scherzer  3.61

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

T. Hudson  7.07

K. Correia  3.43

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

Angels Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Davis
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 8/.625 12/.917 1/3.000 3/.666 4/1.250 2/.000 17/1.089 5/1.200 117/87 .248/.270/.330/.600 .352/.684 .530 86/.556 1/2 0/6
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 14/.721 9/.555 3/.666 4/.500 5/2.133 1/no AB 10/1.225 4/.500 122/86 .274/.322/.425/.747 .859/.701 .744 84/.748 0/1 3/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 63/51 .259/.317/.414/.731 .258/.842 .922 40/.767 0/1 2/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 8/2.054 7/1.262 4/.000 4/.250 5/.000 1/.000 14/.714 3/.000 210/155 .222/.286/.386/.672 .393/.775 .512 105/.756 1/0 7/2
20.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.404 ··· 87/62 .241/.291/.405/.696 .251/.871 .855 38/.663 0/1 3/3
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 4/.833 5/.400 2/.500 1/3.000 3/.666 5/.650 6/1.333 1/2.000 145/106 .205/.366/.375/.741 .798/.720 .830 68/.688 0/0 5/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 11/1.345 16/1.538 4/.500 2/.000 6/1.100 ··· 14/1.115 5/.400 204/160 .293/.325/.445/.770 1.034/.699 .590 106/.766 4/1 7/6
8.Nelson G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 109/82 .233/.266/.301/.567 .679/.530 .517 38/.507 0/0 0/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 5/.800 19/1.056 4/1.833 2/2.000 7/.821 4/.500 7/.929 4/.250 215/170 .250/.326/.426/.751 .761/.748 .708 107/.788 0/1 8/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/3.500 1/2.000 96/78 .294/.344/.376/.721 1.134/.637 .807 83/.667 0/2 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/.572 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.267 3/1.167 227/180 .305/.383/.574/.957 1.014/.942 .912 115/1.159 12/3 10/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 4/.000 10/.744 4/2.417 2/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 8/.500 4/.500 218/172 .281/.344/.518/.862 .900/.851 .869 113/.919 1/2 11/1
IP 45.2 15.1 1.1 14.2 13.2 13.2 17.1 16.0 TOTAL .261/.325/.427/.752 .696/.768 .715 .776 20/15 58/32
ERA-K/9 5.91/7.1 1.76/7.1 0.00/6.9 3.68/9.2 2.63/5.3 3.95/4.6 2.08/9.4 2.81/14.6 3.71/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (6-4-0)
 Iannetta (34-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.351 66/.237 7/.333 57/.226 54/.191 56/.280 66/.197 68/.233 .256  Hamilton
 Shuck
 Trout
 Harris
 Trumbo
0/0/42/3
25/0/3/3
22/29/0/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/9/0
OPS .956 .599 .762 .564 .554 .719 .623 .607 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/1.056 24/.655 3/.000 27/.528 23/.367 28/1.136 34/.741 35/.581 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.849 42/.566 4/1.417 30/.596 31/.693 28/.357 32/.498 33/.633 .706
Home 97/.977 45/.718 7/.762 24/.833 21/.730 30/.726 33/.630 35/.746
Last 28d days 126/1.044 33/.670 7/.762 31/.801 33/.553 27/.662 37/.605 30/.550
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 0/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 1/1/1 2/2/1 0/0/0 56/24/11
Usage ····X··· ····X·o· o·X····· o·o····X ·X··oo·· ·X··oX·· ·X···o·· o···X···
Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Williams
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 1/.000 2/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/2.667 2/3.500 2/.000 5/.400 7/.143 188/136 .253/.367/.399/.766 .858/.732 .769 102/.722 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 5/2.800 173/118 .303/.370/.414/.784 .655/.844 .775 91/.745 7/4 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 6/.334 202/137 .246/.275/.330/.605 .813/.506 .558 104/.410 10/0 3/7
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 14/.226 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 5/1.000 151/104 .222/.258/.319/.578 .660/.541 .585 66/.529 2/0 1/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 2/1.000 111/78 .208/.259/.307/.566 .601/.552 .587 42/.451 1/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/1.229 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 4/2.333 206/131 .337/.374/.508/.882 1.104/.756 .631 106/.857 1/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.167 177/125 .264/.330/.333/.663 .693/.650 .546 103/.661 3/2 1/3
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 63/39 .283/.306/.350/.656 .577/.702 .646 46/.801 6/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB 33/27 .167/.394/.375/.769 .167/.918 .830 23/.579 0/0 1/2
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 16/14 .188/.188/.250/.438 1.000/.357 .000 16/.438 0/0 0/1
66.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 163/116 .178/.252/.308/.560 .472/.595 .645 83/.628 1/1 4/7
24.Tejada G/S/vP 11/.404 3/2.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 10/1.700 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 33/7 .323/.364/.548/.912 1.010/.571 .732 20/1.084 0/0 2/1
IP 46.1 5.0 9.1 8.1 24.0 15.0 20.2 12.2 11.2 40.1 TOTAL .262/.316/.380/.697 .740/.676 .678 .678 37/9 28/33
ERA-K/9 2.53/5.6 0.00/3.6 0.96/6.8 0.00/15.2 4.50/7.9 2.40/6.0 3.05/12.6 2.13/9.9 9.26/5.4 5.36/6.3 4.43/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (7-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 188/.217 19/.143 38/.250 28/.107 100/.247 66/.281 91/.167 52/.140 56/.256 170/.256 .264  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
46/0/0/5
0/38/5/3
0/0/39/3
0/1/3/1
OPS .597 .548 .677 .214 .617 .675 .628 .591 .849 .701 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.541 13/.450 14/.607 12/.167 44/.539 28/.442 46/.511 21/.708 26/1.026 80/.642 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.651 6/.750 24/.718 16/.250 56/.681 38/.864 45/.747 31/.517 30/.696 90/.752 .766
Road 76/.571 19/.548 15/.377 9/.444 34/.350 28/1.060 46/.569 26/.413 33/.669 88/.751
Last 28d days 125/.640 19/.548 1/.000 28/.214 53/.675 20/.865 49/.563 42/.438 24/.893 74/.877
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 0/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 3/2/1 1/0/1 1/5/0 4/2/2 49/40/8
Usage ····X··· X······· ··o····· X·o····X o··X··oo o·o···o· ··X···XX o·o····· ····o··· ·Xo····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.