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Game Preview: KCR @ NYY, 7:05pm, Monday, July 8, 2013 @Yankee Stadium III

Royals, 41-44, 41-44 3rd, 6 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 7-6, 4.29)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-6) 107.0 110 55 51 39 52 20 4.29
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 2-3 40.1 44 24 22 18 18 5 4.91 45
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
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
Last 5 v.NYY 1-4 29.1 35 23 22 11 20 4 6.75 41
2011-07-29 @NYY W 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 114 67
2010-09-18 NYY L 5.0 7 6 6 2 5 1 108 32
2010-05-03 @NYY L 7.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 116 49
2010-04-28 NYY L 4.2 6 7 6 1 4 1 98 29
2009-09-13 @NYY L 5.2 12 5 5 3 4 0 103 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-22   Road:   19-22   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  33-29   vsLHP:   8-15   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Sun, Jul  7   OAK  L   4-10      41-44  3rd  6.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       41-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  5   OAK  L   3-6       40-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  4   CLE  W  10-7       40-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  3   CLE  W   6-5       39-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  2   CLE  L   5-6       38-42  3rd  5.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 30  @MIN  W   9-8       38-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 29  @MIN  L   2-6       37-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 28  @MIN  W   9-3       37-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 27  @MIN  L   1-3       36-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:18-12
Yankees, 48-40, 48-40 4th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Phil Hughes (27, RHP, 4-7, 4.55)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-7) 91.0 97 48 46 25 76 14 4.55
2012 (16-13) 191.1 196 101 90 46 165 35 4.23
2011 (5-5) 74.2 84 48 48 27 47 9 5.79
Last 7 GS 2-4 43.2 39 18 17 12 34 4 3.50 55
2013-07-02 @MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 114 62
2013-06-27 TEX L 8.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 106 68
2013-06-19 LAD L 6.0 10 5 5 0 3 0 96 35
2013-06-12 @OAK L 4.1 4 3 3 5 3 1 95 41
2013-06-06 @SEA W 7.0 3 1 0 2 7 0 111 74
2013-06-01 BOS L 4.1 7 5 5 2 7 1 100 34
2013-05-27 @NYM ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 101 71
Last 5 v.KCR 5-0 29.2 33 17 17 6 20 7 5.16 47
2013-05-10 @KCR W 5.2 7 6 6 2 3 2 98 32
2012-05-22 KCR W 6.0 5 2 2 2 7 1 106 59
2012-05-06 @KCR W 6.2 6 3 3 1 7 1 115 56
2010-08-14 @KCR W 6.0 9 3 3 1 0 1 99 41
2010-07-25 KCR W 5.1 6 3 3 0 3 2 95 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-19   Road:   23-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-28   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  16-9 
 vsEast: 20-17   vsCntrl:14-3    vsWest:  9-13 IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul  7   BAL  L   1-2       48-40  4th  5.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  6   BAL  W   5-4       48-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  5   BAL  W   3-2       47-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  4  @MIN  W   9-5       46-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  3  @MIN  W   3-2       45-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  2  @MIN  W   7-3       44-39  4th  6.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  1  @MIN  W  10-4       43-39  4th  6.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 30  @BAL  L   2-4       42-39  4th  6.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 29  @BAL  L   3-11      42-38  3rd  5.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 28  @BAL  L   3-4       42-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 12, 2013 NYY  4 @KCR  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-2), L: Ervin Santana (3-2), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Sat, May 11, 2013 NYY  3 @KCR  2        W:Andy Pettitte (4-2), L: James Shields (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Fri, May 10, 2013 NYY 11 @KCR  6        W:Phil Hughes (2-2), L: Wade Davis (2-3), S: none

Wed, May 23, 2012 NYY  8  KCR  3        W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Will Smith (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2012 NYY  3  KCR  2        W:Phil Hughes (4-5), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: Rafael Soriano (3)
Mon, May 21, 2012 KCR  6 @NYY  0        W:Felipe Paulino (2-1), L: Hiroki Kuroda (3-6), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2012 NYY 10 @KCR  4        W:Phil Hughes (2-4), L: Luke Hochevar (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 KCR  5  NYY  1        W:Felipe Paulino (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 NYY  6 @KCR  2        W:CC Sabathia (4-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-4), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 KCR  4  NYY  3        W:Danny Duffy (2-2), L: David Phelps (0-1), S: Jonathan Broxton (5)
Season Series: 2013 - NYY over 3-0; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; 2011 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 271-183

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  5.11

NYM  4.08

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

PIT  3.44

MIA  4.26

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

P. Fielder  .266

B. Upton  .175

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .457

M. Brantley  .330

J. Arencibia  .252

 SLG

C. Davis  .712

G. Jones  .428

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.137

B. Gardner  .762

A. Hechavarria  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.89

J. Chacin  3.74

S. Diamond  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.84

J. Hellickson  7.17

S. Diamond  4.30

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

Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Hughes
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 38.Claiborne
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 17/.732 7/.429 ··· 6/.167 4/1.750 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 344/260 .270/.372/.389/.761 .814/.745 .764 100/.695 0/0 6/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 299/214 .257/.318/.379/.697 .559/.750 .700 75/.499 9/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 77/61 .268/.325/.493/.818 .388/.932 .528 35/.771 12/2 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 351/246 .247/.279/.326/.605 .762/.539 .693 92/.672 12/0 3/11
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 19/14 .176/.263/.235/.498 .000/.690 1.750 19/.498 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 18/.882 4/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 17/.177 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 362/253 .293/.359/.435/.794 1.009/.703 .879 97/.781 5/2 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 343/247 .283/.333/.427/.760 .802/.744 .819 108/.933 7/3 9/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 143/105 .215/.248/.289/.537 .556/.530 .697 48/.539 11/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/58 .170/.343/.453/.796 .619/.823 .533 14/1.700 1/0 4/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/124 .289/.308/.430/.738 .652/.753 .851 80/.761 1/1 2/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/1.083 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 278/214 .213/.273/.331/.604 .493/.637 .559 81/.768 1/3 6/10
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 273/198 .302/.326/.420/.746 .636/.788 .629 89/.687 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 15/.624 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 26/.551 2/1.000 ··· 92/40 .291/.322/.395/.718 .782/.632 .749 39/.595 0/0 2/2
IP 91.0 20.1 26.1 32.1 22.1 33.1 36.1 37.2 TOTAL .258/.313/.378/.691 .709/.685 .710 .722 66/16 57/50
ERA-K/9 4.55/7.5 5.75/9.8 2.05/7.2 3.90/13.4 2.42/12.9 1.89/8.4 2.23/11.4 3.11/6.7 3.80/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (17-7-3)
 Perez (25-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 387/.274 97/.310 105/.222 133/.193 93/.274 141/.271 143/.183 155/.257 .256  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
81/0/0/8
0/65/10/5
8/5/29/4
0/20/0/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .781 .862 .580 .666 .757 .665 .542 .706 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 219/.889 45/.758 56/.661 63/.652 53/.762 74/.639 78/.408 81/.864 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.645 52/.936 49/.487 70/.678 40/.749 67/.695 65/.705 74/.539 .708
Home 189/.874 60/.900 50/.606 50/.658 44/.669 76/.538 68/.561 85/.897
Last 28d days 106/.724 39/1.049 37/.816 38/.515 23/1.128 43/.797 39/.511 35/.538
HR/SB/CS 14/3/1 4/6/1 2/1/0 5/0/1 4/0/1 2/1/0 3/4/1 5/0/0 93/30/15
Usage ·····X·· ···o··o· ·····X·· ·o·o··oo ···X···X Xo··XoX· oX·XX·X· ·····o··
Yankees Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.01 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
39.Adams G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/78 .190/.260/.276/.536 .510/.552 .419 57/.456 0/0 2/1
45.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/45 .293/.333/.414/.747 .410/.878 .812 63/.747 3/0 1/0
24.Cano* G/S/vP 42/.811 25/.717 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.000 13/1.871 3/.000 2/.000 380/240 .293/.374/.526/.899 .753/.987 .779 109/1.059 5/0 20/2
61.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/102 .140/.181/.184/.364 .375/.359 .396 31/.339 0/0 1/4
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 14/1.096 7/.572 3/.000 2/3.000 3/.666 4/.833 ··· ··· 374/245 .273/.332/.430/.762 .769/.758 .725 109/.666 11/6 7/3
40.Gonzalez G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 55/37 .212/.236/.308/.544 .458/.586 .533 20/.350 0/0 1/1
33.Hafner* G/S/vP 10/1.633 11/.899 4/.000 4/.750 1/.000 29/.646 3/2.000 ··· 261/208 .224/.322/.421/.743 .749/.741 .830 82/.549 2/0 12/
26.Nunez G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.933 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 103/68 .221/.297/.291/.588 .332/.719 .729 8/.875 2/1 0/3
55.Overbay* G/S/vP 44/.818 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/1.267 2/.000 ··· 287/201 .244/.290/.421/.711 .521/.793 .774 85/.616 0/0 9/2
53.Romine G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/52 .136/.149/.182/.331 .412/.303 .645 18/.278 1/0 0/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 183/127 .248/.328/.318/.646 .504/.705 .739 70/.556 4/0 3/1
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 33/.741 33/.888 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 13/1.462 1/3.000 4/.750 315/216 .276/.312/.381/.693 .810/.637 .741 102/.811 12/3 5/2
12.Wells G/S/vP 44/.865 27/1.162 5/.000 5/.000 1/.000 11/.495 2/.000 2/1.000 300/187 .233/.270/.371/.641 .743/.580 .524 61/.463 4/3 10/0
IP 107.0 33.2 30.0 27.1 27.1 33.1 33.0 16.1 TOTAL .241/.304/.379/.683 .646/.701 .688 .634 56/13 84/34
ERA-K/9 4.29/4.4 2.41/6.4 3.90/8.7 3.29/7.9 3.62/5.6 2.16/9.5 1.91/15.3 3.86/8.3 3.74/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Romine (12-2-1)
 Stewart (16-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.268 150/.273 129/.220 119/.262 111/.267 126/.165 128/.172 64/.276 .255  Wells
 Suzuki
 Gardner
 Almonte
 Overbay
 Cruz
66/0/5/5
9/6/73/4
0/85/0/2
15/0/0/0
0/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .795 .751 .647 .705 .672 .554 .509 .764 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.879 58/.872 65/.616 57/.677 59/.870 65/.632 67/.574 23/.536 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.704 92/.671 64/.677 62/.730 52/.466 61/.469 61/.441 41/.900 .709
Road 245/.904 36/.575 67/.524 62/.662 42/.739 59/.660 52/.576 20/.317
Last 28d days 99/.819 54/.931 45/.855 40/.714 38/.610 39/.374 36/.462 43/.643
HR/SB/CS 20/3/3 3/3/3 2/2/0 2/4/0 2/3/2 4/3/2 2/0/0 3/1/1 93/45/20
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ··o··o·X ·o·o·X·X o·Xo···· ···o·X·· ·X·XX··o X···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.