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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 1:10pm, Thursday, August 29, 2013 @Target Field

Royals, 68-64, 68-64 3rd, 8½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (36, LHP, 5-2, 2.88)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-2) 81.1 69 28 26 26 56 7 2.88
2012 (11-14) 191.2 215 114 108 47 140 33 5.07
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-2 41.2 32 17 17 12 28 4 3.67 55
2013-08-23 WSN L 3.2 6 7 7 5 2 0 95 18
2013-08-18 @DET L 5.1 8 6 6 1 1 1 92 28
2013-08-13 MIA ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 107 74
2013-08-08 BOS W 7.2 5 0 0 1 2 0 108 70
2013-08-03 @NYM ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 8 1 94 68
2013-07-28 @CHW ND 6.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 94 61
2013-07-23 BAL W 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 94 66
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 31.1 26 12 12 6 23 3 3.45 57
2012-07-01 @MIN L 5.2 6 6 6 1 5 3 95 37
2012-06-05 MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 88 74
2012-04-29 @MIN L 2.2 6 6 6 2 1 0 62 21
2011-09-28 @MIN ND 8.0 8 0 0 2 4 0 115 68
2011-09-13 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 119 85
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-33   Road:   33-31   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  51-42   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  24-21
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl:33-26   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Aug 28  @MIN  W   8-1       68-64  3rd  8.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27  @MIN  W   6-1       67-64  3rd  9.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 26   TBR  W  11-1       66-64  3rd 10.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 25   WSN  W   6-4       65-64  3rd 11.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 24   WSN  L   2-7       64-64  3rd 11.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23   WSN  L  10-11      64-63  3rd 10.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 22   CHW  L   3-4 (12)  64-62  3rd  9.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 21   CHW  L   2-5       64-61  3rd  9.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 20   CHW  L   0-2       64-60  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @DET  L   3-6       64-59  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Twins, 57-74, 57-74 4th, 19 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (29, RHP, 8-7, 3.69)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-7) 105.0 101 45 43 40 63 7 3.69
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 3-3 42.2 39 19 18 20 32 3 3.80 52
2013-08-23 @CLE W 6.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 95 64
2013-08-18 CHW L 5.0 8 5 5 0 3 1 95 34
2013-08-13 CLE L 6.0 5 5 4 3 4 1 81 45
2013-08-07 @KCR L 5.2 12 4 4 0 3 1 97 32
2013-08-02 HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 104 56
2013-07-27 @SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 110 74
2013-07-22 @LAA W 7.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 104 61
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 25.0 27 6 6 6 15 2 2.16 56
2013-08-07 @KCR L 5.2 12 4 4 0 3 1 97 32
2013-06-27 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 87 65
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:   28-35   Road:   29-39   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  44-58   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:  20-19
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:27-38   vsWest: 13-6  IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Wed, Aug 28   KCR  L   1-8       57-74  4th 19.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 27   KCR  L   1-6       57-73  4th 19.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 25  @CLE  L   1-3       57-72  4th 19.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 24  @CLE  L   2-7       57-71  4th 18.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23  @CLE  W   5-1       57-70  4th 17.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 22  @DET  W   7-6       56-70  4th 17.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 21  @DET  L   1-7       55-70  4th 18.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 20  @DET  W   6-3       55-69  4th 17.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 19   NYM  L   1-6       54-69  4th 18.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 18   CHW  L   2-5       54-68  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 KCR  8 @MIN  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-0), L: Andrew Albers (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 KCR  6 @MIN  1        W:James Shields (9-8), L: Jared Burton (2-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 KCR  5  MIN  2        W:Louis Coleman (2-0), L: Sam Deduno (7-5), S: Greg Holland (30)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 MIN  7 @KCR  0        W:Andrew Albers (1-0), L: James Shields (6-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 KCR 13  MIN  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (12-7), L: Kevin Correia (7-8), S: none
Thu, Aug 01, 2013 KCR  7 @MIN  2        W:James Shields (6-7), L: Scott Diamond (5-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 KCR  4 @MIN  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (11-7), L: Caleb Thielbar (1-1), S: Greg Holland (28)
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
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 14-4; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 365-329

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 (4.08 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB
63.Albers*
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
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 339/250 .232/.283/.331/.614 .436/.674 .633 88/.710 20/6 3/7
16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.872 6/.000 10/.700 23/.733 8/1.071 16/.775 5/1.850 5/.800 16/1.471 2/1.500 543/400 .297/.389/.438/.827 .844/.821 .776 112/1.008 0/0 14/0
21.Carroll G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 7/1.142 ··· 237/172 .208/.264/.241/.505 .633/.456 .478 53/.448 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 162/119 .259/.323/.381/.704 .565/.753 .519 57/.567 26/4 2/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.781 6/.666 12/.533 20/.768 4/1.000 4/.750 3/1.334 ··· 15/.481 2/.000 542/375 .235/.262/.300/.562 .647/.524 .581 108/.526 15/0 3/12
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 13/.833 3/.000 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 227/168 .224/.288/.279/.566 .629/.545 .568 51/.585 12/2 1/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.750 7/.714 7/1.371 28/.727 5/.400 17/.853 3/.333 ··· 13/.693 6/2.067 568/380 .270/.331/.428/.759 .908/.685 .793 118/.757 9/3 15/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/.750 7/.762 3/1.667 17/.607 4/1.250 10/.700 4/1.250 2/2.500 16/1.108 5/.600 554/373 .294/.345/.444/.789 .818/.775 .802 122/.889 10/4 15/6
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 109/90 .179/.367/.405/.772 .522/.817 .650 30/.791 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 8/.453 ··· 3/2.334 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/no AB 5/.000 2/.000 285/225 .288/.307/.406/.713 .763/.700 .812 66/.556 5/2 4/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 213/139 .266/.338/.458/.796 .786/.802 .745 58/1.050 5/1 6/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 11/.182 3/.000 7/.286 9/1.222 2/2.000 9/.444 4/.500 5/.200 9/.333 ··· 413/312 .241/.298/.371/.669 .572/.701 .615 68/.756 1/4 10/13
13.Perez G/S/vP 8/1.125 3/3.333 4/.500 2/2.500 7/1.286 5/1.350 4/.000 5/.933 14/.714 ··· 420/301 .281/.312/.410/.721 .767/.703 .669 74/.825 0/0 9/7
IP 105.0 37.0 57.1 51.2 53.0 50.2 62.2 52.1 82.0 32.1 TOTAL .261/.316/.381/.697 .699/.696 .700 .735 118/23 94/64
ERA-K/9 3.69/5.4 2.92/3.2 3.77/8.8 3.66/8.9 4.08/10.0 2.31/10.8 3.88/6.0 3.10/6.4 2.96/6.5 1.11/8.4 4.33/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (25-8-3)
 Perez (39-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.258 140/.215 245/.236 226/.271 207/.223 197/.206 263/.252 225/.227 333/.257 125/.161 .277  Gordon
 Maxwell
 Lough
 Dyson
 Bonifacio
 Hosmer
126/0/0/11
0/26/32/5
13/7/60/5
0/48/0/3
20/14/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .714 .586 .680 .697 .633 .578 .677 .698 .664 .544 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.583 42/.676 121/.647 113/.736 88/.755 56/.572 123/.700 87/.845 162/.816 63/.517 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.882 98/.546 124/.711 113/.654 119/.544 141/.581 140/.657 138/.608 171/.522 62/.570 .751
Home 186/.673 84/.564 122/.746 107/.717 96/.616 91/.413 119/.583 115/.666 171/.650 45/.444
Last 28d days 128/.826 140/.586 46/.678 42/.265 38/1.099 39/.716 51/.795 36/.649 62/.542 30/.956
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 4/1/0 5/12/2 2/2/1 9/4/1 4/0/0 3/1/0 6/1/1 6/1/3 2/2/0 130/53/26
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ·X·X··o· o····X·· o····ooo ······o· ·o··o··· ···X··X· X···X··· ·o·X···o
Twins Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
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
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 298/202 .254/.309/.431/.740 .675/.772 .725 74/.784 1/2 10/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 54/38 .244/.346/.289/.635 .822/.556 .527 35/.575 2/1 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 110/80 .192/.273/.323/.596 .530/.621 .283 55/.675 0/1 4/1
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 7/.000 8/1.250 4/.500 2/1.500 8/1.425 3/.000 9/.222 448/316 .243/.310/.387/.697 .703/.695 .685 67/.674 1/0 11/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/.000 7/.286 1/no AB 4/.250 5/.000 4/.750 493/376 .241/.309/.414/.722 .971/.647 .761 124/.823 10/6 13/5
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/.600 2/1.500 9/.472 361/276 .228/.289/.346/.635 .433/.696 .559 64/.616 12/4 8/12
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 123/105 .222/.306/.370/.676 .807/.651 .483 67/.578 0/0 3/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 23/.625 12/.705 7/1.429 ··· 29/.693 6/.500 13/.944 535/378 .261/.318/.425/.743 .550/.826 .844 111/.807 0/0 16/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 21/1.086 2/.500 9/.347 3/1.667 15/.498 6/1.666 11/.829 401/305 .231/.293/.382/.674 .851/.620 .742 92/.582 2/0 12/11
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 86/55 .263/.294/.363/.657 .771/.592 .716 37/.753 0/0 0/0
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 273/196 .228/.301/.333/.635 .600/.647 .715 98/.606 1/3 4/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 18/1.021 6/.533 8/.625 5/.000 17/.820 5/1.300 10/1.025 382/289 .212/.343/.386/.729 .729/.729 .713 84/.640 1/0 12/0
IP 81.1 46.0 43.1 51.0 57.1 51.0 22.2 TOTAL .240/.311/.383/.694 .701/.692 .708 .705 43/24 123/60
ERA-K/9 2.88/6.2 3.91/8.4 3.12/8.3 3.53/11.3 1.88/9.3 1.41/14.3 3.18/9.9 3.52/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (25-7-3)
 Herrmann (5-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.228 201/.244 191/.273 213/.206 217/.172 196/.182 87/.228 .254  Thomas
 Willingham
 Arcia
 Doumit
 Herrmann
 Colabello
 Ramirez
18/46/4/5
62/0/0/5
48/0/20/4
1/0/26/4
2/0/15/3
0/0/11/1
8/9/8/1
OPS .647 .668 .761 .694 .525 .496 .671 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.831 102/.572 91/.812 104/.680 110/.621 103/.562 35/.533 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.555 99/.763 100/.717 109/.707 107/.429 93/.423 52/.767 .661
Road 126/.589 104/.647 98/.834 109/.817 97/.544 85/.520 34/.473
Last 28d days 121/.655 37/.637 43/.949 60/.349 55/.539 35/.328 23/.412
HR/SB/CS 7/4/6 2/2/0 5/8/1 9/8/2 5/4/2 2/0/0 4/1/1 127/70/30
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· X·X···o· ·o·X·Xo· X···X·X· ···X··o· ·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.