Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > KCR @ MIN, Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 @Target Field

Royals, 52-51, 52-51 3rd, 7 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 10-7, 4.27)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-7) 132.2 140 67 63 46 69 22 4.27
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 3-3 40.2 46 26 25 15 25 3 5.53 45
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
2013-06-27 @MIN L 6.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 111 53
2013-06-21 CHW L 2.1 5 6 6 3 1 0 57 21
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 31.0 27 14 13 11 19 4 3.77 53
2013-06-27 @MIN L 6.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 111 53
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 7-1 
 vsRHP:  39-34   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:25-19   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Tue, Jul 30  @MIN  W   7-2       52-51  3rd  7.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @CHW  W   4-2 (12)  51-51  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Sat, Jul 27  @CHW  W   1-0       50-51  3rd  7.0 gb
100 Fri, Jul 26  @CHW  W   5-1       49-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25   BAL  W   7-1       48-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 24   BAL  W   4-3       47-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 23   BAL  W   3-2       46-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 22   BAL  L   2-9       45-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   DET  L   1-4       45-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   DET  W   6-5       45-49  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Twins, 45-58, 45-58 4th, 14 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (32, RHP, 7-7, 4.56)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-7) 118.1 139 60 60 28 65 19 4.56
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
2011 (12-11) 154.0 175 90 82 39 77 24 4.79
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 42 24 24 15 23 5 5.89 44
2013-07-25 @SEA L 1.2 7 6 6 1 0 1 46 16
2013-07-20 CLE W 6.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 93 60
2013-07-10 @TBR ND 5.1 5 3 3 5 6 1 104 47
2013-07-05 @TOR L 6.0 10 4 4 3 3 1 107 36
2013-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 0 90 33
2013-06-25 @MIA L 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 81 54
2013-06-19 CHW W 6.2 5 2 2 0 6 1 104 62
Last 5 v.KCR 0-2 17.1 21 11 11 8 6 0 5.71 41
2013-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 0 90 33
2013-04-08 @KCR L 7.1 8 3 3 1 1 0 93 50
2008-06-21 @KCR L 5.0 6 3 3 4 2 0 99 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-25   Road:   22-33   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  36-48   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:18-23   vsWest: 10-6  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Tue, Jul 30   KCR  L   2-7       45-58  4th 14.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @SEA  L   4-6       45-57  4th 13.0 gb
101 Sat, Jul 27  @SEA  W   4-0       45-56  4th 12.0 gb
100 Fri, Jul 26  @SEA  W   3-2 (13)  44-56  4th 12.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25  @SEA  L   2-8       43-56  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 24  @LAA  L   0-1       43-55  4th 12.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 23  @LAA  W  10-3 (10)  43-54  4th 11.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 22  @LAA  W   4-3       42-54  4th 11.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   CLE  L   1-7       41-54  4th 11.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   CLE  W   3-2       41-53  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 KCR  7 @MIN  2        W:Ervin Santana (7-6), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 30, 2013 KCR  9 @MIN  8        W:Aaron Crow (5-3), L: Jared Burton (1-5), S: Greg Holland (17)
Sat, Jun 29, 2013 MIN  6  KCR  2        W:Kyle Gibson (1-0), L: Wade Davis (4-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 28, 2013 KCR  9 @MIN  3        W:James Shields (3-6), L: P.J. Walters (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 27, 2013 MIN  3  KCR  1        W:Sam Deduno (4-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Glen Perkins (20)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 8-3; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 364-323

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
Royals Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
44.Gibson
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/.750 9/.777 22/.768 5/.600 3/.666 16/.775 3/.666 4/1.000 14/1.389 ··· 422/314 .276/.374/.406/.780 .878/.748 .770 96/.744 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.750 2/1.500 2/.500 10/.400 ··· 352/245 .259/.318/.366/.684 .562/.736 .702 66/.631 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 101/77 .275/.340/.451/.791 .530/.870 .530 39/.765 16/3 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.744 9/.583 17/.787 4/1.000 3/1.167 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 14/.517 1/.000 426/290 .238/.265/.313/.577 .696/.521 .642 84/.452 12/0 3/11
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 13/.833 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 176/126 .209/.280/.281/.561 .621/.539 .553 19/.543 8/1 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/.567 7/1.371 27/.755 4/.500 3/.000 16/.913 2/.500 ··· 10/.500 2/.500 440/299 .271/.343/.404/.747 .872/.688 .810 87/.616 6/2 10/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.667 16/.646 3/.666 3/1.334 9/.777 3/.000 2/2.500 13/1.231 1/.000 422/293 .288/.335/.432/.767 .827/.740 .797 97/.823 7/3 11/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 155/110 .199/.235/.267/.502 .465/.517 .650 20/.206 12/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 79/66 .164/.354/.410/.764 .607/.791 .567 20/1.300 1/0 4/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/5.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 215/165 .291/.308/.432/.740 .767/.733 .818 82/.687 2/1 4/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.333 8/1.125 2/2.000 3/1.000 9/.444 3/.000 4/.000 8/.375 ··· 337/255 .224/.285/.360/.645 .512/.688 .594 75/.785 1/3 9/12
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/.900 3/.000 2/2.500 5/.400 3/.666 5/1.350 3/.000 4/1.250 12/.834 ··· 337/241 .279/.312/.386/.697 .587/.742 .594 73/.489 0/0 4/6
24.Tejada G/S/vP 9/.873 2/1.000 6/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.700 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/55 .292/.317/.400/.717 .711/.725 .692 45/.706 0/0 3/2
IP 118.1 45.0 39.2 44.1 33.1 40.0 50.2 43.0 64.2 25.2 TOTAL .255/.311/.373/.685 .689/.683 .694 .662 80/17 69/55
ERA-K/9 4.56/4.9 3.40/8.0 4.76/7.9 2.84/10.0 6.21/4.9 2.03/11.5 3.20/6.2 3.35/6.5 3.34/6.1 0.70/8.8 4.34/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (19-7-3)
 Perez (29-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 507/.296 196/.241 184/.309 166/.190 149/.301 155/.197 212/.247 185/.233 260/.270 91/.099 .278  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
98/0/0/8
0/77/14/7
11/5/45/4
0/30/0/3
1/0/1/0
OPS .816 .691 .802 .508 .806 .556 .650 .717 .703 .384 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.836 96/.668 97/.820 67/.541 90/.845 42/.608 99/.640 74/.907 126/.887 42/.273 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.797 100/.712 87/.777 99/.486 59/.748 113/.537 113/.657 111/.592 134/.531 49/.483 .752
Home 266/.708 97/.777 89/.809 72/.392 53/.925 68/.373 88/.609 93/.727 117/.745 27/.114
Last 28d days 90/.956 34/.393 49/1.077 36/.422 123/.820 36/.809 49/.571 33/.583 43/.621 26/.567
HR/SB/CS 19/3/2 3/9/1 2/2/1 4/2/1 4/2/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 6/0/3 2/1/0 101/36/21
Usage ·····X·· ···oo··o X···Xo·· ····X··o ··X····X ····X··X X····X·· X··X·X·X ··XX··X· ··o·Xo··
Twins Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/14 .333/.467/.500/.967 3.000/.792 15/.967 1/1 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 5/.400 10/.522 3/.667 1/2.000 2/2.000 3/.666 19/.868 4/.000 179/143 .217/.270/.247/.517 .725/.465 .661 30/.475 1/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/44 .192/.222/.308/.530 .200/.607 .250 38/.652 0/0 2/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/.875 7/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 4/.500 ··· 7/1.371 2/.000 372/262 .242/.306/.391/.697 .729/.684 .705 85/.686 1/0 9/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 8/.625 7/1.571 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.000 364/285 .231/.303/.383/.685 .864/.638 .788 90/.674 8/6 9/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.000 4/.750 1/3.000 294/228 .229/.285/.342/.627 .341/.708 .543 69/.700 8/3 6/9
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/44 .279/.340/.488/.829 1.167/.801 .750 32/.617 0/0 2/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 305/236 .194/.262/.344/.607 .713/.570 .600 86/.667 8/3 8/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 22/1.041 27/.509 1/2.000 10/.543 1/.000 2/3.000 36/1.473 4/1.000 424/316 .326/.408/.474/.882 .867/.888 .853 71/.926 0/1 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 24/1.235 23/.625 ··· 11/.773 5/1.000 ··· 28/.721 4/.750 415/295 .262/.323/.393/.716 .620/.757 .877 91/.668 0/0 8/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/1.000 21/1.086 2/.500 2/.500 8/.250 1/.000 14/.536 6/1.666 301/234 .245/.303/.403/.706 .994/.626 .770 78/.468 1/0 10/7
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 9/.958 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 166/119 .227/.301/.347/.648 .661/.643 .770 70/.511 0/3 4/3
IP 132.2 51.2 10.2 36.2 33.1 34.2 41.0 40.0 TOTAL .242/.312/.379/.691 .695/.690 .721 .625 32/22 93/45
ERA-K/9 4.27/4.7 2.09/6.4 0.00/9.3 4.42/8.3 2.97/7.8 4.67/10.6 1.76/9.0 1.80/14.2 3.64/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (20-7-1)
 Herrmann (1-0-0)
 Mauer (15-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 571/.274 215/.223 38/.147 160/.250 146/.270 149/.227 156/.168 157/.188 .255  Hicks
 Doumit
 Thomas
 Colabello
 Herrmann
0/79/0/9
1/0/21/4
16/21/4/3
0/0/2/0
2/0/4/0
OPS .786 .642 .422 .680 .718 .794 .533 .533 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 314/.883 77/.809 15/.400 81/.642 72/.757 77/.757 80/.635 81/.577 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.666 138/.547 23/.431 79/.718 74/.681 72/.836 76/.427 76/.488 .669
Road 303/.871 80/.467 19/.229 90/.606 75/.710 81/.954 80/.605 69/.567
Last 28d days 111/.748 81/.516 21/.361 34/.742 35/.740 27/.531 33/.406 36/.564
HR/SB/CS 22/4/3 5/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/4/1 9/7/1 4/3/2 2/0/0 104/51/24
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ···o·o·· o·o····· ··o··X·o ··X·XX·o X·X·o·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.