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Game Preview: KCR @ MIL, 2:10pm, Saturday, March 29, 2014 @Miller Park

Royals, 86-76, 86-76

SP: Yordano Ventura (22, RHP, 0-1, 3.52)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52
Last 7 GS 0-1 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52 52
2013-09-28 @CHW L 4.0 6 4 4 1 2 3 76 35
2013-09-23 @SEA ND 5.2 2 1 1 3 6 0 81 64
2013-09-17 CLE ND 5.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 86 56
Has never faced MIL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-37   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  62-52   vsLHP:  24-24   1-Run:  31-25
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:44-32   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @CHW  W   4-1       86-76  3rd  7.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CHW  L   5-6       85-76  3rd  8.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CHW  W   6-1       85-75  3rd  8.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26  @CHW  W   3-2       84-75  3rd  9.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @SEA  L   0-6       83-75  3rd  9.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @SEA  L   0-4       83-74  3rd  8.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @SEA  W   6-5 (12)  83-73  3rd  7.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   TEX  W   4-0 (10)  82-73  3rd  8.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21   TEX  L   1-3       81-73  3rd  9.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20   TEX  W   2-1       81-72  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Brewers, 74-88, 74-88

SP: Marco Estrada (29, RHP, 7-4, 3.87)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-4) 128.0 109 56 55 29 118 19 3.87
2012 (5-7) 138.1 129 62 56 29 143 18 3.64
2011 (4-8) 92.2 83 45 42 29 88 11 4.08
Last 7 GS 2-0 47.2 28 13 13 11 48 4 2.45 66
2013-09-29 @NYM ND 7.0 2 1 1 0 8 0 100 77
2013-09-23 @ATL W 7.0 2 0 0 3 6 0 115 76
2013-09-17 CHC ND 7.0 4 3 3 1 7 1 93 63
2013-09-11 @STL ND 6.2 2 1 1 3 6 0 101 69
2013-08-31 LAA ND 7.0 9 4 4 1 8 1 98 50
2013-08-25 @CIN W 7.0 1 0 0 2 9 0 100 82
2013-08-19 STL ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 2 95 43
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   37-44   Road:   37-44   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  58-60   vsLHP:  16-28   1-Run:  18-25
 vsEast: 21-12   vsCntrl:34-42   vsWest: 13-20 IL: 6-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @NYM  L   2-3       74-88  4th 23.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @NYM  W   4-2 (10)  74-87  4th 22.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @NYM  W   4-2       73-87  4th 22.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26  @NYM  W   4-2       72-87  4th 22.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @ATL  W   4-0       71-87  4th 22.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @ATL  L   2-3       70-87  4th 22.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @ATL  W   5-0       70-86  4th 21.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   STL  W   6-4       69-86  4th 21.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21   STL  L   2-7       68-86  4th 22.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20   STL  L   6-7 (10)  68-85  4th 21.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 KCR  4  MIL  3        W:Tim Collins (4-0), L: John Axford (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 KCR  4  MIL  3 (11)   W:Tim Collins (3-0), L: Kameron Loe (2-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 KCR  2  MIL  1        W:Greg Holland (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (15)
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 KCR  4 @MIL  3 (11)   W:David Riske (1-2), L: Jose Capellan (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 MIL  7  KCR  1        W:Dave Bush (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 MIL 11  KCR  6        W:Jeff Suppan (8-7), L: Jorge De La Rosa (4-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 25, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  0        W:Mark Redman (5-4), L: Rick Helling (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  5        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-1), L: Doug Davis (4-5), S: Ambiorix Burgos (12)
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 MIL  7 @KCR  2        W:Dave Bush (5-6), L: Bobby Keppel (0-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2001 MIL  5  KCR  2        W:Jamey Wright (6-4), L: Blake Stein (3-5), S: Curt Leskanic (8)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - KCR won 3-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 209-172

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 59.Duke*
G/S/vB		 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB		 22.Garza
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 29.Henderson
G/S/vB		 53.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 26.Lohse
G/S/vB		 38.Peralta
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 13.Smith*
G/S/vB		 30.Thornburg
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.455 ··· ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· 588/386 .288/.355/.433/.787 .711/.828 .785 / 30/8 10/3
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 25/.940 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .893 / 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .588 / 10/0 7/4
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .614 / 16/3 2/9
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.700 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .667 / 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 14/1.143 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .659 / 35/5 5/19
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 21/.611 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .798 / 10/5 14/2
12.Hayes G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/84 .202/.229/.254/.483 .425/.506 .469 / 1/0 0/5
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .649 / 16/1 14/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 4/.000 16/.751 10/.311 6/1.667 14/.891 ··· ··· 32/.563 ··· 15/.077 1/.000 ··· 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .742 / 17/3 12/18
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 13/.077 3/.666 6/1.667 2/.000 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 352/228 .229/.304/.460/.764 .892/.697 .734 / 9/4 18/2
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .624 / 5/2 20/15
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .855 / 0/0 11/4
19.Valencia G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/105 .188/.199/.299/.497 .592/.448 .338 / 0/1 3/4
IP 138.1 13.2 204.0 103.2 72.0 30.2 16.2 211.0 29.0 72.0 89.2 22.0 TOTAL .260/.315/.379/.694 .705/.689 .692 153/32 112/85
ERA-K/9 3.64/9.3 1.32/6.6 3.66/9.0 3.91/8.3 2.88/7.8 3.52/13.2 3.78/7.5 2.86/6.1 2.48/7.1 4.38/9.0 5.32/5.9 4.50/8.2 3.84/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (22-6-1)
 Perez (25-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.247 56/.212 860/.243 424/.236 306/.242 131/.230 72/.277 864/.239 113/.242 305/.241 396/.313 95/.279 .255  Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Maxwell
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Ciriaco
160/0/0/17
13/19/107/8
0/88/0/8
38/59/20/5
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
2/3/2/0
OPS .703 .556 .706 .693 .718 .609 .732 .642 .601 .708 .853 .922 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.725 16/.646 423/.759 207/.745 129/.687 64/.734 36/.744 404/.664 54/.639 158/.723 113/.897 44/.757 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.683 40/.520 437/.654 217/.643 177/.740 67/.497 36/.717 460/.623 59/.564 147/.684 283/.835 51/1.071 .690
Home 303/.617 34/.594 480/.708 185/.582 163/.725 68/.534 26/.826 437/.601 54/.509 156/.759 185/.872 80/.960
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/15/5 0/3/0 26/9/3 15/2/3 7/5/1 1/5/0 1/0/1 19/6/4 0/1/3 8/12/0 12/8/3 8/0/1 175/99/30
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Brewers Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
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		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 51.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/52 .188/.230/.348/.578 .358/.679 .365 / 0/0 3/1
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 677/509 .319/.391/.595/.987 1.208/.915 1.023 / 30/7 41/6
18.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
2.Gennett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.339 1/no AB 9/.888 2/.000 452/288 .260/.305/.463/.768 .778/.762 .793 / 37/6 19/5
20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 346/255 .320/.368/.513/.881 1.169/.782 .866 / 4/1 12/7
12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 256/191 .266/.321/.408/.729 .612/.766 .859 / 1/1 8/6
24.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 11/1.855 45/.918 1/.000 10/1.300 3/.000 48/.824 5/1.000 131/116 .259/.331/.397/.727 .552/.751 .748 / 0/0 2/1
16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/1.714 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 1/.000 6/.834 2/.000 3/.000 6/1.500 630/480 .300/.360/.540/.901 1.049/.853 .990 / 9/2 27/7
7.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.572 22/1.076 6/.333 ··· 16/.192 5/.400 18/.347 9/1.069 538/396 .221/.335/.429/.763 .722/.778 .761 / 1/3 23/11
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .304/.320/.522/.842 .250/.933 .800 / 0/1 0/0
9.Segura G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 166/123 .258/.315/.325/.640 .290/.756 .461 / 7/1 0/10
23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/3.333 677/514 .230/.328/.400/.728 .740/.723 .736 / 16/3 21/16
IP 17.1 191.2 51.0 69.2 64.2 70.1 181.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 227.2 217.1 TOTAL .252/.311/.398/.708 .736/.699 .727 142/50 157/114
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.56/3.6 5.07/6.6 3.71/11.5 3.36/12.0 3.48/9.0 2.43/11.1 4.76/5.0 2.35/8.2 5.73/7.0 2.96/12.2 3.52/8.8 3.85/5.8 3.45/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (70-19-2)
 Maldonado (32-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 69/.246 827/.281 217/.219 295/.216 260/.231 284/.189 788/.288 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 944/.239 887/.245 .250  Gomez
 Braun
 Schafer
0/128/0/9
151/0/0/6
2/5/2/0
OPS .568 .813 .762 .692 .601 .570 .822 .643 .818 .653 .678 .714 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 40/.616 210/.852 76/.827 135/.769 95/.556 130/.464 397/.868 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 506/.706 219/.705 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 29/.501 617/.800 141/.724 160/.626 165/.626 154/.654 391/.775 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 438/.645 668/.717 .654
Road / 24/.655 416/.853 94/.979 142/.450 112/.616 131/.524 346/.827 169/.642 444/.812 134/.703 443/.708 496/.809
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 0/0/0 33/18/8 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 5/4/2 30/8/4 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 25/14/2 35/10/6 155/77/36
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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.