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Game Preview: HOU @ KCR, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 8, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Astros, 22-40, 22-40 5th, 15½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (34, LHP, 1-2, 4.76)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 51.0 53 27 27 24 44 10 4.76
2012 (7-14) 125.2 129 76 70 56 118 14 5.01
2011 (5-9) 129.1 118 63 52 48 125 14 3.62
Last 7 GS 1-1 36.0 41 18 18 14 27 7 4.50 48
2013-06-03 @LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 92 64
2013-05-29 @COL ND 6.0 7 2 2 3 4 1 96 51
2013-05-24 OAK ND 5.0 4 2 2 5 4 0 99 50
2013-05-18 @PIT ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 91 53
2013-05-11 TEX ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 7 1 90 57
2013-05-01 @NYY ND 4.0 6 4 4 4 2 2 90 32
2013-04-26 @BOS L 3.0 8 5 5 0 5 3 91 28
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 30.2 27 11 10 15 30 3 2.93 56
2012-06-08 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 99 61
2011-04-15 @KCR L 4.2 7 5 4 3 6 2 106 35
2007-05-30 @KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 112 77
2007-04-13 KCR W 6.0 5 1 1 4 9 0 102 63
2006-05-12 KCR ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 1 101 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-23   Road:   12-17   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  17-30   vsLHP:   5-10   1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 4-10   vsWest: 12-19 IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Fri, Jun  7  @KCR  L   2-4       22-40  5th 15.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  6   BAL  L   1-3       22-39  5th 15.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  5   BAL  W  11-7       22-38  5th 15.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  4   BAL  L   1-4       21-38  5th 15.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  3  @LAA  W   2-1       21-37  5th 15.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  2  @LAA  W   5-4       20-37  5th 15.5 gb
 56 Sat, Jun  1  @LAA  W   2-0       19-37  5th 15.5 gb
 55 Fri, May 31  @LAA  W   6-3       18-37  5th 16.5 gb
 54 Thu, May 30  @COL  W   7-5       17-37  5th 16.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 29  @COL  W   6-3       16-37  5th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Royals, 26-32, 26-32 4th, 6½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 3-5, 3.03)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-5) 77.1 69 28 26 13 62 13 3.03
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 1-4 48.1 43 19 18 8 36 9 3.35 57
2013-06-02 @TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 5 0 108 72
2013-05-28 STL L 7.1 7 4 4 2 5 3 95 51
2013-05-23 LAA L 7.2 8 5 5 0 8 4 107 51
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
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 6.2 9 4 4 1 5 1 5.40 44
2007-06-20 HOU ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 5 1 118 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-15   Road:   13-17   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  22-20   vsLHP:   4-12   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  5-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Fri, Jun  7   HOU  W   4-2       26-32  4th  6.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  6   MIN  W   7-3       25-32  4th  6.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  5   MIN  W   4-1       24-32  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  4   MIN  L   0-3       23-32  5th  7.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  2  @TEX  L   1-3       23-31  5th  6.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  1  @TEX  W   4-1 (10)  23-30  5th  6.5 gb
 52 Fri, May 31  @TEX  L   2-7       22-30  5th  6.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 30  @STL  W   4-2       22-29  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 29  @STL  L   3-5       21-29  5th  7.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 28   STL  L   1-4       21-28  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 KCR  4  HOU  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-4), L: Wesley Wright (0-2), S: Greg Holland (11)
Wed, May 22, 2013 HOU  3  KCR  1        W:Jordan Lyles (2-1), L: James Shields (2-5), S: Jose Veras (8)
Tue, May 21, 2013 KCR  7 @HOU  3        W:Bruce Chen (3-0), L: Paul Clemens (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 20, 2013 HOU  6  KCR  5        W:Dallas Keuchel (1-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-2), S: Jose Veras (7)

Wed, Jun 20, 2012 KCR  2 @HOU  1        W:Bruce Chen (6-6), L: Jordan Lyles (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (18)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 KCR  2 @HOU  0        W:Luke Hochevar (4-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-5), S: Jonathan Broxton (17)
Mon, Jun 18, 2012 HOU  9  KCR  7        W:J.A. Happ (5-7), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-3), S: Xavier Cedeno (1)
Thu, Jun 17, 2010 KCR  5  HOU  2        W:Victor Marte (2-0), L: Brett Myers (4-5), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Wed, Jun 16, 2010 HOU  4 @KCR  2        W:Roy Oswalt (5-8), L: Bruce Chen (3-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (15)
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 KCR 15  HOU  7        W:Kanekoa Texeira (1-1), L: Felipe Paulino (1-8), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - KCR won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 19-15

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
Astros Batters (3.94 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
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 251/183 .297/.335/.397/.731 .828/.695 .720 88/.563 9/4 3/3
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 126/76 .291/.352/.427/.780 1.044/.611 .715 62/.706 4/4 3/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 229/168 .221/.310/.432/.742 .708/.753 .948 89/.715 0/0 12/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 215/177 .272/.330/.482/.812 .351/.915 .713 87/1.026 2/0 8/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/55 .258/.295/.360/.654 1.058/.346 .570 42/.462 1/0 1/8
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/36 .333/.410/.551/.961 .918/1.017 1.475 29/1.203 0/0 4/2
8.Crowe# G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.583 4/.500 50/45 .239/.300/.348/.648 1.100/.600 1.146 40/.631 1/1 1/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 225/164 .239/.263/.413/.677 .642/.689 .509 92/.672 0/0 9/5
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 160/139 .245/.268/.374/.642 .718/.631 .642 61/.505 5/1 4/5
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 156/112 .264/.288/.453/.741 .708/.753 .740 98/.800 2/0 6/2
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/61 .208/.262/.299/.561 .317/.652 .458 64/.584 2/2 1/1
12.Pena* G/S/vP 28/.938 14/.972 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 21/.749 1/.000 234/185 .238/.342/.391/.733 .835/.705 .888 95/.769 1/2 6/0
IP 77.1 22.0 20.1 16.2 16.2 22.1 22.1 21.0 TOTAL .247/.305/.400/.704 .759/.685 .713 .704 31/20 67/40
ERA-K/9 3.03/7.2 1.23/7.0 2.66/8.4 4.32/5.4 4.32/5.4 4.43/10.5 2.82/8.5 2.14/13.7 3.61/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-7-5)
 Corporan (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.237 96/.250 82/.216 73/.266 67/.279 93/.224 87/.190 86/.208 .258  Barnes
 Martinez
 Crowe
 Carter
 Paredes
8/26/13/4
29/0/7/1
6/2/13/1
23/0/2/0
0/0/22/0
OPS .677 .649 .563 .733 .738 .855 .636 .550 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.639 36/.758 40/.466 33/.726 34/1.149 49/.850 45/.668 45/.564 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 139/.721 60/.580 42/.658 40/.739 33/.364 44/.862 42/.599 41/.536 .709
Home 178/.737 70/.704 40/.745 26/.742 34/.638 36/.651 44/.558 47/.689
Last 28d days 138/.760 38/.691 38/.525 37/.949 26/.656 26/.791 41/.779 32/.290
HR/SB/CS 13/6/3 0/3/2 0/2/0 2/3/0 2/1/1 8/3/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 68/33/15
Usage ·····X·· ···X···X ·XX··oo· ··o···X· ···o·o·· X·X····· ·X·o···X oXX···X·
Royals Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
50.Fields
G/S/vB
60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB
43.Peacock
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.100 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 ··· 232/172 .277/.388/.421/.808 .887/.782 .922 99/.883 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 217/154 .285/.346/.404/.750 .567/.824 .732 90/.666 8/4 2/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 251/177 .244/.270/.324/.594 .805/.506 .549 104/.495 10/0 3/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 7/1.286 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 167/115 .213/.246/.319/.564 .595/.550 .549 46/.507 2/0 2/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/100 .208/.267/.288/.555 .686/.506 .573 54/.549 3/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 257/172 .310/.354/.460/.814 1.064/.695 .586 108/.759 1/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 223/158 .270/.324/.338/.663 .677/.656 .585 102/.630 4/3 1/3
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 88/59 .241/.276/.289/.565 .472/.610 .513 49/.504 8/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 53/45 .140/.302/.279/.581 .536/.589 .635 36/.444 1/0 1/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/52 .283/.309/.434/.743 1.167/.720 .821 55/.743 0/0 0/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 190/141 .180/.247/.291/.538 .452/.568 .576 69/.311 1/1 4/8
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 171/119 .311/.333/.421/.754 .648/.800 .881 50/.921 0/0 2/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 ··· 5/.000 ··· 49/16 .289/.347/.444/.791 .849/.661 .681 28/.801 0/0 2/1
IP 51.0 26.2 21.1 27.0 34.1 2.1 53.2 25.2 27.0 23.2 TOTAL .257/.311/.369/.681 .719/.665 .671 .644 45/10 31/38
ERA-K/9 4.76/7.8 4.39/7.1 4.64/8.0 2.67/7.7 4.98/6.8 7.71/3.9 4.70/5.5 8.77/7.4 4.00/10.3 4.18/7.2 5.00/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-4-2)
 Perez (18-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.266 114/.288 95/.234 111/.243 146/.242 13/.417 236/.298 123/.302 110/.198 107/.309 .288  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
58/0/0/6
0/49/5/4
0/0/46/3
0/3/12/2
OPS .853 .766 .819 .648 .825 1.128 .804 1.068 .644 .781 .835
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.766 44/.925 41/.657 51/.710 61/.908 3/1.667 58/.785 70/1.278 53/.625 52/.691 .865
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.875 70/.669 54/.952 60/.595 85/.767 10/.956 178/.810 53/.812 57/.661 55/.855 .812
Road 139/.941 55/.767 34/.376 38/.454 82/.745 8/1.214 70/.598 81/1.054 41/.660 53/.739
Last 28d days 102/.678 33/.711 43/.781 51/.423 51/.898 11/1.345 134/.765 15/.983 54/.630 35/.706
HR/SB/CS 10/1/0 3/3/0 5/0/0 2/2/1 10/1/0 0/0/0 7/4/0 8/5/0 3/1/0 1/5/0 83/38/10
Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ··X··o·o ·X····X· ··X····X X··oo··· ··X····X ·····X·· ··o·X·Xo o··Xo···

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.