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Game Preview: BOS @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 10, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

RedSox, 70-48, 70-48 1st, 2 up

SP: Felix Doubront (25, LHP, 8-5, 3.56)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-5) 124.0 119 54 49 51 112 8 3.56
2012 (11-10) 161.0 162 95 87 71 167 24 4.86
2011 (0-0) 10.1 12 7 7 8 6 1 6.10
Last 7 GS 4-2 45.0 37 12 11 15 36 2 2.20 59
2013-08-04 ARI W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 95 72
2013-07-29 TBR L 5.0 8 2 2 3 4 0 104 44
2013-07-24 TBR L 6.2 6 3 3 2 5 0 104 53
2013-07-19 NYY W 6.1 3 2 1 3 5 0 93 63
2013-07-10 @SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 107 67
2013-07-05 @LAA W 6.2 5 2 2 2 5 1 97 59
2013-06-29 TOR ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 6 1 103 58
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 11.1 13 9 7 5 9 1 5.56 43
2012-08-26 KCR ND 5.0 6 4 4 2 7 1 98 44
2012-05-07 @KCR W 6.1 7 5 3 3 2 0 111 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-21   Road:   31-27   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  48-32   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 28-20   vsCntrl:13-13   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 9-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Fri, Aug  9  @KCR  L   6-9       70-48  1st  2.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 60-53, 60-53 3rd, 7½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 12-7, 3.96)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-7) 147.2 150 69 65 49 81 23 3.96
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 5-1 47.0 45 19 19 13 32 4 3.64 54
2013-08-05 MIN W 9.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 106 85
2013-07-31 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 107 55
2013-07-25 BAL W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 102 60
2013-07-20 DET W 6.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 106 36
2013-07-13 @CLE L 7.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 114 41
2013-07-08 @NYY W 6.2 6 1 1 1 3 1 92 60
2013-07-03 CLE ND 6.1 5 5 5 3 3 1 103 43
Last 5 v.BOS 2-0 27.2 41 17 16 9 16 5 5.20 42
2013-04-21 @BOS ND 6.0 9 4 4 4 2 1 112 36
2012-08-25 @BOS ND 2.2 7 7 6 2 1 2 53 17
2011-09-19 @BOS W 6.0 10 4 4 1 3 1 90 38
2011-07-19 BOS W 7.0 8 2 2 1 4 1 110 56
2011-04-27 BOS ND 6.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 111 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-25   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  45-35   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Fri, Aug  9   BOS  W   9-6       60-53  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 KCR  9  BOS  6        W:Francisley Bueno (1-0), L: Drake Britton (1-1), S: Greg Holland (31)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 4-1; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; 2011 - BOS won 5-3; All-Time - KCR leads 222-220

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  5.13

KCR  4.08

MIA  3.18

 RA/G

PIT  3.43

CHC  4.23

HOU  5.35

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

D. Brown  .271

D. Uggla  .189

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

N. Markakis  .333

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

I. Kinsler  .420

J. Keppinger  .280

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.124

A. Ethier  .753

J. Keppinger  .545

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

R. Nolasco  3.65

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 (5.06 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
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 9/2.112 ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 11/.473 2/.000 342/231 .252/.339/.436/.775 .621/.851 .702 80/.955 3/0 9/5
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 46/.983 3/.000 13/1.129 2/.500 6/1.667 1/2.000 1/2.000 24/1.144 1/.000 513/325 .299/.361/.432/.793 .666/.864 .808 99/.830 41/4 7/3
5.Gomes G/S/vP 13/1.240 ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/59 .203/.265/.237/.502 .384/.523 .489 39/.361 1/0 0/2
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 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 18/1.319 ··· 14/.500 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 4/.833 10/.956 4/.250 447/312 .253/.345/.445/.790 .739/.811 .800 81/.772 1/1 14/5
29.Nava# G/S/vP 5/.900 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 399/298 .282/.371/.418/.789 .602/.854 .756 38/.589 0/2 10/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 45/1.133 1/.000 31/.795 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 15/.900 2/.500 420/270 .333/.412/.593/1.005 .735/1.165 1.114 94/.954 4/0 22/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 54/.838 1/.000 15/1.169 4/1.250 4/.500 4/.250 4/.750 21/1.064 2/2.500 529/366 .293/.374/.408/.782 .885/.737 .662 102/.597 14/5 8/3
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 14/1.417 2/2.000 9/.333 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 356/255 .265/.334/.449/.783 .567/.866 .697 69/.735 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 7/.929 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 361/223 .287/.335/.415/.750 .786/.711 .703 92/.775 14/3 7/2
IP 147.2 2.1 65.1 16.1 41.0 36.2 41.0 45.0 45.0 TOTAL .273/.346/.438/.785 .712/.821 .759 .740 85/19 124/64
ERA-K/9 3.96/4.9 0.00/0.0 1.79/6.5 0.00/10.5 4.17/9.0 2.95/8.1 4.17/11.0 1.80/8.6 1.60/14.4 3.56/7.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.265 8/.125 264/.216 56/.135 178/.245 162/.286 175/.221 171/.173 174/.180 .253  Victorino
 Gomes
 Nava
 Ellsbury
 Carp
0/3/81/7
67/0/4/5
46/1/49/4
0/108/0/3
32/0/2/0
OPS .760 .250 .606 .355 .672 .742 .764 .542 .503 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 355/.857 4/.000 91/.806 22/.364 91/.595 79/.755 92/.700 87/.645 92/.550 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.635 4/.500 173/.499 34/.345 87/.751 83/.731 83/.837 84/.437 82/.451 .662
Home 299/.651 8/.250 163/.680 24/.554 77/.731 74/.753 77/.603 81/.491 95/.490
Last 28d days 111/.637 8/.250 94/.469 31/.374 35/.749 37/.787 53/.558 38/.437 39/.520
HR/SB/CS 23/5/3 0/0/0 6/3/4 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/7/1 9/7/2 4/4/2 2/0/0 113/59/26
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X····X· ··X··o·X X·o··Xo· ··o···XX X·X···XX ·o····o· o·X··oo·
Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Doubront*
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 6/.167 2/2.500 6/1.133 ··· 1/5.000 12/1.250 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· 458/337 .282/.378/.415/.792 .833/.778 .830 88/.914 0/0 10/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 386/267 .261/.324/.362/.686 .569/.737 .662 71/.659 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/86 .264/.322/.425/.746 .419/.859 .973 31/.700 16/4 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.900 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 467/319 .241/.267/.309/.576 .694/.522 .545 89/.457 13/0 3/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.762 2/2.000 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 11/1.055 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 487/326 .267/.335/.415/.749 .857/.696 .683 98/.660 6/2 12/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.429/.714 .000/1.250 .714 7/.714 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 5/.900 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 469/318 .298/.342/.441/.783 .804/.773 .782 100/.859 9/3 12/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 165/120 .188/.228/.253/.482 .465/.488 .334 18/.059 13/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 99/80 .176/.384/.432/.816 .522/.879 .944 28/.853 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/184 .298/.312/.436/.748 .745/.748 .647 66/.735 3/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 170/114 .266/.335/.455/.790 .771/.799 .841 59/.994 4/1 5/3
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 380/288 .233/.289/.368/.657 .548/.692 .721 85/.835 1/4 10/12
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 48/.739 ··· ··· ··· 164/79 .288/.317/.379/.696 .632/.766 .659 61/.726 0/0 3/2
IP 124.0 10.0 41.0 12.0 2.0 126.0 52.0 52.1 25.0 TOTAL .260/.314/.379/.693 .677/.700 .691 .723 85/20 78/57
ERA-K/9 3.56/8.1 3.60/4.5 2.41/4.6 2.25/7.5 9.00/9.0 3.21/8.4 2.60/9.7 1.38/12.7 5.04/8.6 3.88/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (1-1-0)
 Kottaras (23-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.254 46/.279 171/.263 42/.211 8/.250 525/.257 211/.255 194/.153 105/.292 .254  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Johnson
108/0/0/9
0/84/18/7
11/5/50/4
0/26/21/4
0/35/0/3
0/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .698 .698 .713 .528 1.250 .717 .716 .476 .809 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.671 21/.396 73/.862 23/.568 5/.000 304/.632 102/.779 105/.344 71/.775 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 398/.707 25/.942 98/.600 19/.474 3/3.333 221/.832 109/.654 89/.631 34/.882 .754
Road 243/.793 14/.593 79/.584 15/.585 8/1.250 306/.771 106/.686 94/.438 54/.980
Last 28d days 102/.593 33/.797 46/.677 42/.528 8/1.250 112/.851 40/.481 40/.304 95/.741
HR/SB/CS 8/13/2 1/1/1 2/0/2 1/1/1 2/0/0 17/26/5 7/2/2 5/1/1 4/2/2 128/92/30
Usage ·····X·· X······X o···o·o· X··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.