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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, June 27, 2013 @Target Field

Royals, 36-39, 36-39 3rd, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 7-5, 4.20)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-5) 94.1 99 47 44 34 45 19 4.20
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 2-4 40.0 46 29 27 17 15 8 6.08 41
2013-06-21 CHW L 2.1 5 6 6 3 1 0 57 21
2013-06-15 @TBR L 7.0 8 5 4 3 0 3 114 40
2013-06-10 DET W 6.1 6 2 2 3 0 1 95 50
2013-06-05 MIN W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 57
2013-05-30 @STL ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 99 53
2013-05-25 LAA L 7.1 5 7 6 1 2 2 106 43
2013-05-20 @HOU L 5.0 8 6 6 3 2 2 96 26
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 31.2 28 13 13 9 19 5 3.69 54
2013-06-05 MIN W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 57
2013-04-09 MIN W 6.2 6 4 4 1 2 3 110 47
2012-07-22 MIN L 5.0 4 5 5 3 4 1 91 40
2011-08-24 @MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 107 66
2011-04-21 MIN L 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 104 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-19   Road:   17-20   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  29-25   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest:  7-12 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Wed, Jun 26   ATL  W   4-3 (10)  36-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 25   ATL  L   3-4       35-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 23   CHW  W   7-6       35-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 22   CHW  L   2-3       34-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 21   CHW  L   1-9       34-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 19  @CLE  L   3-6       34-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 18  @CLE  L   3-4       34-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 17  @CLE  W   2-1       34-34  2nd  5.0 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 16  @TBR  W   5-3       33-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 15  @TBR  L   3-5       32-34  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15
Twins, 34-40, 34-40 4th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (29, RHP, 3-2, 3.72)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 36.1 36 16 15 13 21 1 3.72
2012 (6-5) 79.0 69 40 39 53 57 10 4.44
2011 (0-0) 3.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 3.00
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.0 36 16 15 15 23 1 3.55 52
2013-06-21 @CLE L 6.0 6 4 4 2 6 0 103 48
2013-06-15 DET W 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 93 56
2013-06-09 @WSN ND 5.0 6 3 2 3 4 0 94 46
2013-06-04 @KCR W 6.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 105 67
2013-05-29 MIL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 100 65
2013-05-24 @DET L 5.1 9 6 6 3 2 1 102 25
2012-09-26 NYY ND 1.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 30 55
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 12.1 10 1 1 5 9 0 0.73 63
2013-06-04 @KCR W 6.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 105 67
2012-07-22 @KCR W 6.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 104 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-17   Road:   15-23   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  27-34   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Wed, Jun 26  @MIA  L   3-5       34-40  4th  7.0 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 25  @MIA  L   2-4       34-39  4th  7.0 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 23  @CLE  W   5-3       34-38  4th  7.0 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 22  @CLE  L   7-8       33-38  4th  7.0 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 21  @CLE  L   1-5       33-37  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 20   CHW  W   8-4       33-36  4th  6.0 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 19   CHW  W   7-4       32-36  4th  6.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 18   CHW  W   7-5       31-36  4th  7.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 16   DET  L   2-5       30-36  4th  7.5 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 15   DET  W   6-3       30-35  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Tim Collins (2-1), L: Jared Burton (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 KCR  4  MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-3), L: P.J. Walters (2-1), S: Greg Holland (10)
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 MIN  3 @KCR  0        W:Sam Deduno (2-1), L: Luis Mendoza (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (12)
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 KCR  3  MIN  0        W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Kelvin Herrera (2)
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 KCR  7  MIN  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (1-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Mon, Apr 08, 2013 KCR  3  MIN  1        W:Ervin Santana (1-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (1)

Thu, Sep 13, 2012 MIN  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Glen Perkins (3-1), L: Francisley Bueno (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Luke Hochevar (8-13), L: P.J. Walters (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 KCR  9 @MIN  1        W:Will Smith (5-7), L: Scott Diamond (11-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 KCR  6  MIN  4        W:Tim Collins (5-2), L: Esmerling Vasquez (0-1), S: Greg Holland (10)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 5-1; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 362-320

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

BOS  5.13

SDP  4.13

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.43

MIA  4.29

HOU  5.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .370

B. Zobrist  .271

B. Upton  .174

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .460

C. Pena  .331

Y. Betancourt  .231

 SLG

C. Davis  .709

R. Martin  .426

P. Polanco  .286

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.117

J. Lucroy  .765

A. Hechavarria  .543

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

C. Tillman  3.72

D. Haren  6.15

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.06

K. Slowey  7.27

J. Guthrie  4.29

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

Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 20.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/1.100 9/.777 22/.768 4/.750 15/.733 1/2.000 2/1.000 12/1.472 ··· 301/224 .272/.379/.394/.772 .819/.757 .714 98/.776 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.567 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 269/191 .257/.320/.373/.693 .543/.752 .697 81/.593 9/4 3/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 50/40 .292/.320/.604/.924 .500/1.034 .581 8/1.357 9/1 2/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.533 7/.453 15/.896 4/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.432 ··· 314/219 .251/.279/.336/.615 .783/.542 .696 89/.636 11/0 3/9
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.200 17/1.118 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/2.334 7/1.286 ··· 192/127 .209/.250/.324/.574 .604/.559 .624 32/.495 2/0 3/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/1.600 25/.735 4/.500 15/.983 ··· ··· 8/.625 1/no AB 326/225 .293/.350/.424/.774 1.025/.664 .929 98/.533 3/1 7/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/2.500 14/.428 3/.666 9/.777 1/.000 1/.000 11/.546 1/.000 299/212 .271/.326/.381/.706 .795/.669 .756 105/.797 7/3 4/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 128/90 .231/.262/.314/.576 .556/.584 .775 48/.567 11/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 59/51 .143/.288/.327/.615 .536/.627 .533 12/.667 1/0 2/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 114/101 .306/.325/.423/.748 .718/.751 .732 80/.722 1/1 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.333 7/.572 1/no AB 8/.500 1/.000 2/.000 7/.429 ··· 241/183 .214/.274/.314/.587 .469/.625 .539 72/.643 1/3 4/8
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 2/2.000 10/.800 ··· 239/170 .300/.322/.413/.735 .692/.753 .597 83/.731 0/0 3/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/25 .275/.315/.391/.706 .790/.541 .775 32/.590 0/0 2/2
IP 36.1 33.1 27.1 31.2 28.2 35.2 32.2 48.2 14.2 TOTAL .258/.311/.370/.682 .723/.665 .697 .672 60/14 42/44
ERA-K/9 3.72/5.2 3.51/8.4 3.95/7.9 3.69/9.7 2.20/12.5 2.27/6.3 3.31/6.1 2.77/6.1 0.00/8.0 4.30/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-6-2)
 Perez (23-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.261 149/.246 121/.278 121/.183 108/.170 150/.244 143/.236 194/.261 53/.109 .283  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Francoeur
 Dyson
73/0/0/7
0/62/5/5
4/5/23/3
0/0/54/3
0/12/0/1
OPS .671 .715 .675 .541 .492 .647 .722 .656 .379 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.649 68/.597 62/.667 41/.618 29/.584 63/.674 54/.904 92/.875 21/.145 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.689 81/.813 59/.679 80/.503 79/.459 87/.626 89/.616 102/.464 32/.543 .766
Home 58/.604 76/.788 57/.633 57/.368 50/.376 61/.588 74/.759 90/.648 12/.258
Last 28d days 100/.641 40/.996 30/.657 32/.351 29/.241 39/.938 26/.923 59/.709 33/.350
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 2/7/1 1/1/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/2 0/0/0 69/25/13
Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· oo···o·o o··X··o· ···o···o X···X··X ·o···o·o ····X·X· ·X··oX··
Twins Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
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		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/114 .286/.352/.490/.842 .726/.893 .732 55/.990 0/2 6/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 5/.400 10/.522 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 17/.975 4/.000 8/1.714 142/115 .208/.270/.238/.508 .616/.482 .647 41/.339 1/0 0/1
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/.875 7/.000 6/1.333 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.300 2/.000 9/.222 263/183 .237/.304/.411/.715 .736/.706 .756 92/.778 1/0 8/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 5/1.000 7/1.571 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 2/1.500 247/193 .226/.303/.369/.672 .919/.607 .824 83/.913 6/6 7/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 7/1.262 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 126/94 .226/.280/.357/.637 .670/.625 .791 41/.661 0/1 3/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 6/.334 205/158 .227/.297/.326/.623 .276/.725 .582 72/.516 7/1 3/8
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/1.224 27/.509 9/.476 ··· ··· 34/1.507 4/1.000 ··· 324/246 .337/.417/.505/.922 .965/.908 .961 103/.949 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 21/1.118 22/.560 10/.311 4/1.250 ··· 26/.696 4/.750 9/1.444 294/208 .281/.330/.382/.712 .596/.762 .841 77/.642 0/0 3/2
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 6/.167 8/1.000 4/.250 2/.500 ··· 8/1.518 3/.667 3/1.667 217/177 .233/.309/.383/.692 .520/.732 .525 61/.807 1/1 7/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/1.166 20/1.142 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 13/.581 5/1.000 9/.958 195/156 .272/.340/.434/.774 1.073/.697 .808 41/.827 1/0 5/6
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 68/45 .262/.338/.377/.715 .781/.681 .900 68/.715 0/2 1/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 14/1.417 17/.982 6/.533 6/.334 1/2.000 17/.820 5/1.300 9/1.158 289/223 .218/.349/.393/.743 .760/.741 .672 87/.600 1/0 10/0
IP 94.1 28.0 28.0 22.0 23.2 28.1 29.0 5.0 TOTAL .248/.321/.388/.709 .718/.706 .748 .739 23/16 68/35
ERA-K/9 4.20/4.3 2.25/6.4 2.57/9.0 4.09/7.0 3.04/5.7 2.54/8.6 1.86/14.6 7.20/9.0 3.51/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (14-5-0)
 Mauer (11-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 407/.273 124/.248 116/.218 98/.274 94/.267 109/.182 113/.178 24/.333 .253  Parmelee
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Doumit
 Thomas
 Escobar
0/1/52/6
21/0/14/4
52/0/0/3
1/0/12/2
1/16/0/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .816 .702 .599 .726 .691 .614 .514 .946 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.923 46/.765 58/.530 43/.720 45/.926 54/.703 57/.645 5/.650 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.710 78/.665 58/.668 55/.731 49/.495 55/.524 56/.387 19/1.015 .698
Road 219/.936 32/.474 59/.401 54/.706 39/.800 52/.713 48/.512 /
Last 28d days 102/.847 47/.804 50/.645 32/.683 32/.713 37/.626 42/.404 3/.333
HR/SB/CS 19/3/3 2/3/2 1/2/0 2/4/0 2/2/2 4/3/2 1/0/0 1/0/0 82/41/18
Usage ·····X·· o····X·· ·X·oo··o X···o··· ·X·X·o·· X··o···X o··oX··· ·o······

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.