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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, August 9, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

RedSox, 70-47, 70-47 1st, 2 up

SP: Jake Peavy (32, RHP, 9-4, 4.14)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-4) 87.0 78 43 40 19 83 15 4.14
2012 (11-12) 219.0 191 88 82 49 194 27 3.37
2011 (7-7) 111.2 117 61 61 24 95 10 4.92
Last 7 GS 4-3 41.1 40 27 25 11 32 8 5.44 49
2013-08-03 ARI W 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 99 66
2013-07-25 DET W 7.0 4 4 4 2 7 3 118 58
2013-07-20 ATL W 6.0 7 4 2 0 3 1 96 49
2013-06-04 @SEA L 2.1 7 6 6 0 0 1 42 19
2013-05-30 @CHC L 4.0 8 6 6 0 3 1 69 25
2013-05-25 MIA W 9.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 117 74
2013-05-19 @LAA L 6.0 4 4 4 5 7 0 117 50
Last 5 v.KCR 1-3 31.2 41 20 17 6 27 3 4.83 46
2013-04-03 KCR W 6.0 4 2 1 0 6 0 107 64
2012-08-18 @KCR L 5.1 9 5 3 1 6 1 110 39
2012-08-07 KCR L 6.2 7 3 3 3 4 0 104 49
2012-07-14 @KCR L 7.0 12 6 6 1 5 2 120 33
2011-08-13 KCR ND 6.2 9 4 4 1 6 0 115 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-21   Road:   31-26   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  48-31   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 28-20   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 9-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Thu, Aug  8  @KCR  L   1-5       70-47  1st  2.0 up
116 Wed, Aug  7  @HOU  W   7-5       70-46  1st  2.5 up
115 Tue, Aug  6  @HOU  W  15-10      69-46  1st  1.5 up
114 Mon, Aug  5  @HOU  L   0-2       68-46  1st  0.5 up
113 Sun, Aug  4   ARI  W   4-0       68-45  1st  1.0 up
112 Sat, Aug  3   ARI  W   5-2       67-45  1st  1.0 up
111 Fri, Aug  2   ARI  L   6-7       66-45  1st  1.0 up
110 Thu, Aug  1   SEA  W   8-7       66-44  1st  1.0 up
109 Wed, Jul 31   SEA  W   5-4 (15)  65-44  1st  0.5 up
108 Tue, Jul 30   SEA  W   8-2       64-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Royals, 59-53, 59-53 3rd, 8½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 8-6, 2.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-6) 151.1 128 56 50 34 120 17 2.97
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 3-1 46.1 40 21 18 16 36 3 3.50 55
2013-08-04 @NYM W 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 114 60
2013-07-30 @MIN W 7.0 4 2 2 1 8 0 113 68
2013-07-24 BAL ND 8.0 7 3 1 2 3 1 98 61
2013-07-19 DET W 7.1 2 0 0 1 6 0 106 79
2013-07-11 @NYY L 5.0 10 8 8 3 4 0 87 16
2013-07-06 OAK ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 5 1 89 54
2013-06-30 @MIN ND 6.0 5 4 3 4 5 1 103 49
Last 5 v.BOS 3-1 31.1 24 11 11 8 28 3 3.16 59
2013-04-21 @BOS W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 0 105 64
2012-08-21 @BOS W 6.1 5 2 2 2 4 1 100 57
2011-05-04 @BOS ND 4.0 0 0 0 1 7 0 61 68
2011-04-23 BOS L 7.0 9 5 5 1 9 1 104 47
2010-08-19 @BOS W 7.0 4 2 2 4 1 1 105 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-25   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  44-35   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Thu, Aug  8   BOS  W   5-1       59-53  3rd  8.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  7   MIN  W   5-2       58-53  3rd  8.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  6   MIN  L   0-7       57-53  3rd  8.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  5   MIN  W  13-0       57-52  3rd  7.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  4  @NYM  W   6-2       56-52  3rd  7.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  3  @NYM  W   4-3 (12)  55-52  3rd  7.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  2  @NYM  L   2-4 (11)  54-52  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  1  @MIN  W   7-2       54-51  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31  @MIN  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 30  @MIN  W   7-2       52-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 08, 2013 KCR  5  BOS  1        W:Bruce Chen (5-0), L: Jon Lester (10-7), S: Luke Hochevar (2)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  5 @BOS  4 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Andrew Miller (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  4 @BOS  2        W:Ervin Santana (2-1), L: Ryan Dempster (0-2), S: Greg Holland (4)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 BOS  4  KCR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (4-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (3)

Mon, Aug 27, 2012 BOS  5  KCR  1        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-3), L: Luke Hochevar (7-12), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2012 BOS  8  KCR  6        W:Pedro Beato (1-0), L: Will Smith (4-6), S: Mark Melancon (1)
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 KCR 10 @BOS  9 (12)   W:Francisley Bueno (1-0), L: Junichi Tazawa (0-1), S: Greg Holland (7)
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 BOS  4  KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (8-10), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (1)
Wed, May 09, 2012 KCR  4  BOS  3        W:Bruce Chen (1-4), L: Jon Lester (1-3), S: Jonathan Broxton (7)
Tue, May 08, 2012 KCR  6  BOS  4        W:Jose Mijares (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (2-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (6)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 3-1; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; 2011 - BOS won 5-3; All-Time - KCR leads 221-220

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  5.15

NYM  4.04

MIA  3.21

 RA/G

PIT  3.38

CHC  4.26

HOU  5.32

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

I. Desmond  .270

D. Uggla  .190

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

A. Jackson  .332

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

D. Jennings  .419

J. Keppinger  .281

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

A. Ethier  .755

J. Keppinger  .546

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

H. Bailey  3.73

J. Blanton  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Blanton  7.26

B. Colon  4.79

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

RedSox Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
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
37.Carp* G/S/vP 24/.775 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 180/157 .302/.361/.562/.923 .759/.948 .874 36/.716 0/0 8/2
7.Drew* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.473 1/.000 337/227 .253/.341/.440/.782 .627/.858 .713 75/.997 3/0 9/4
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 21/.715 2/.000 13/1.129 2/.500 5/1.600 1/2.000 1/2.000 24/1.144 1/.000 508/322 .300/.361/.433/.794 .666/.866 .810 98/.802 40/4 7/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP 20/.750 ··· 25/.740 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 6/1.833 2/.000 256/121 .240/.340/.442/.782 .729/.841 .802 57/.964 0/0 10/1
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/56 .218/.281/.255/.536 .425/.554 .535 38/.428 1/0 0/2
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 57/34 .250/.298/.365/.664 .670/.657 .536 20/.566 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP 20/1.344 ··· 14/.500 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 3/.333 10/.956 3/.333 442/307 .250/.339/.441/.780 .739/.798 .781 80/.745 1/1 14/5
29.Nava# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 394/294 .283/.371/.420/.790 .608/.854 .758 37/.570 0/2 10/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 32/1.105 ··· 31/.795 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 15/.900 2/.500 415/267 .332/.412/.587/.999 .746/1.150 1.105 93/.906 4/0 21/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 25/.501 ··· 15/1.169 4/1.250 3/.667 4/.250 4/.750 21/1.064 2/2.500 524/363 .293/.374/.409/.783 .897/.734 .662 101/.569 14/5 8/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/.821 1/2.000 9/.333 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 352/252 .262/.332/.445/.777 .551/.864 .683 69/.680 0/1 10/6
23.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/16 .209/.227/.419/.646 .964/.063 .321 19/.526 0/0 2/1
18.Victorino# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 356/223 .287/.334/.417/.751 .787/.711 .704 91/.791 14/3 7/2
IP 151.1 65.1 16.1 40.0 36.2 40.0 45.0 44.0 TOTAL .273/.346/.438/.784 .715/.819 .757 .723 84/19 123/63
ERA-K/9 2.97/7.1 /0.0 1.79/6.5 0.00/10.5 4.28/9.2 2.95/8.1 4.28/11.0 1.80/8.6 1.64/14.3 3.54/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (14-6-5)
 Saltalamacchia (63-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 604/.227 / 264/.216 56/.135 174/.248 162/.286 171/.220 171/.173 171/.184 .253  Victorino
 Gomes
 Nava
 Ellsbury
 Carp
0/3/80/7
67/0/4/5
45/1/49/4
0/107/0/3
32/0/2/0
OPS .628 .606 .355 .673 .742 .771 .542 .512 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 341/.623 / 91/.806 22/.364 89/.594 79/.755 89/.725 87/.645 90/.563 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.633 / 173/.499 34/.345 85/.753 83/.731 82/.822 84/.437 81/.457 .660
Home 316/.680 / 163/.680 24/.554 73/.735 74/.753 73/.609 81/.491 92/.507
Last 28d days 107/.463 / 94/.469 31/.374 31/.760 37/.787 49/.563 42/.469 36/.564
HR/SB/CS 17/11/6 // 6/3/4 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/7/1 9/7/2 4/4/2 2/0/0 112/58/26
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ·X··o·XX ·o··Xo·· ·o···XX· ·X···XX· o····o·X ·X··oo··
Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB		 54.Beato
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 66.Britton*
G/S/vB		 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 67.Workman
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 34/1.204 1/2.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/5.000 12/1.250 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· 453/333 .278/.375/.410/.785 .840/.766 .815 87/.887 0/0 10/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 386/267 .258/.321/.359/.681 .569/.730 .662 75/.639 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/86 .264/.322/.425/.746 .419/.859 .973 31/.700 16/4 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/1.157 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 463/315 .239/.265/.307/.573 .694/.515 .536 90/.430 13/0 3/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 26/.825 1/2.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 11/1.055 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 482/322 .263/.330/.402/.732 .849/.673 .659 98/.550 6/2 11/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.429/.714 .000/1.250 .714 7/.714 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 21/.619 1/.000 4/.583 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 464/315 .294/.339/.439/.778 .788/.774 .772 99/.848 9/3 12/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 163/118 .191/.231/.257/.488 .465/.496 .342 16/.067 13/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 95/77 .167/.368/.431/.799 .487/.868 .916 24/.792 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 231/180 .299/.314/.439/.753 .751/.754 .655 65/.707 3/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 165/110 .255/.327/.430/.757 .785/.742 .781 57/.917 4/1 4/3
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 22/.490 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 376/284 .233/.290/.369/.659 .548/.695 .727 85/.835 1/4 10/12
24.Tejada G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 48/.739 ··· ··· ··· 162/78 .291/.321/.384/.705 .640/.777 .676 63/.735 0/0 3/2
IP 87.0 8.2 40.0 11.1 2.0 126.0 52.0 52.1 25.0 TOTAL .257/.313/.376/.688 .675/.694 .683 .691 85/20 76/57
ERA-K/9 4.14/8.6 3.12/4.1 2.48/4.5 0.79/8.0 9.00/9.0 3.21/8.4 2.77/9.7 1.38/12.7 5.04/8.6 3.84/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (1-1-0)
 Kottaras (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 350/.239 38/.250 167/.257 38/.194 8/.250 525/.257 211/.260 194/.153 105/.292 .252  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Johnson
107/0/0/9
0/84/18/7
11/5/49/4
0/25/21/4
0/35/0/3
0/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .709 .623 .706 .488 1.250 .717 .726 .476 .809 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 192/.745 17/.301 71/.829 20/.472 5/.000 304/.632 102/.779 105/.344 71/.775 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.664 21/.881 96/.614 18/.500 3/3.333 221/.832 109/.674 89/.631 34/.882 .752
Road 159/.798 6/.000 75/.561 11/.455 8/1.250 306/.771 106/.706 94/.438 54/.980
Last 28d days 77/.677 25/.711 42/.643 38/.488 8/1.250 112/.851 46/.552 40/.304 95/.741
HR/SB/CS 15/1/5 1/1/1 2/0/2 1/1/1 2/0/0 17/26/5 7/2/2 5/1/1 4/2/2 126/92/30
Usage ·····X·· ······X· ···o·o·· ··X·o··· X·X····· ···X···· ·X·o·oX· ·X··oX·· ··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.