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Game Preview: KCR @ NYM, 7:10pm, Friday, August 2, 2013 @Citi Field

Royals, 54-51, 54-51 3rd, 6½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (27, RHP, 5-9, 5.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-9) 104.2 136 73 64 47 94 13 5.50
2012 (3-0) 70.1 48 20 19 29 87 5 2.43
2011 (11-10) 184.0 190 96 91 63 105 23 4.45
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.0 41 25 23 19 33 3 5.75 45
2013-07-27 @CHW W 7.1 4 0 0 3 4 0 101 71
2013-07-22 BAL L 2.2 7 4 2 3 3 0 83 32
2013-07-10 @NYY L 5.0 6 8 8 3 6 2 104 26
2013-07-05 OAK L 7.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 103 60
2013-06-29 @MIN L 1.0 5 6 6 5 2 1 69 16
2013-06-22 CHW ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 6 0 107 57
2013-06-16 @TBR W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 106 56
Has never faced NYM as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-24   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 7-1 
 vsRHP:  40-34   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:27-19   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Thu, Aug  1  @MIN  W   7-2       54-51  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31  @MIN  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Mets, 48-58, 48-58 4th, 14½ GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Dillon Gee (27, RHP, 7-8, 4.13)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-8) 124.1 135 60 57 35 94 17 4.13
2012 (6-7) 109.2 108 56 50 29 97 12 4.10
2011 (13-6) 160.2 150 85 79 71 114 18 4.43
Last 7 GS 2-1 45.1 42 19 17 14 25 6 3.38 53
2013-07-27 @WSN L 7.0 6 4 4 0 2 3 80 51
2013-07-22 ATL ND 7.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 96 73
2013-07-14 @PIT W 6.2 5 1 0 1 2 0 105 63
2013-07-09 @SFG ND 6.2 9 5 5 5 3 0 108 34
2013-07-04 ARI ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 97 62
2013-06-29 WSN W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 85 57
2013-06-22 @PHI ND 5.0 8 6 5 0 4 3 67 33
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-30   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  26-44   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast: 22-31   vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Thu, Aug  1  @MIA  L   0-3       48-58  4th 14.5 gb
105 Wed, Jul 31  @MIA  L   2-3       48-57  4th 13.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 30  @MIA  W   4-2 (10)  48-56  4th 12.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 29  @MIA  W   6-5       47-56  4th 12.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @WSN  L   1-14      46-56  4th 12.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 27  @WSN  L   1-4       46-55  4th 11.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 26  @WSN  L   1-2       46-54  4th 10.5 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 26  @WSN  W  11-0       46-53  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 25   ATL  W   7-4       45-53  4th 10.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 24   ATL  L   2-8       44-53  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 13, 2004 NYM  5 @KCR  2        W:Tom Glavine (7-3), L: Zack Greinke (1-2), S: Braden Looper (12)
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 KCR  4  NYM  3        W:Jeremy Affeldt (2-3), L: David Weathers (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 KCR  7  NYM  5        W:Darrell May (3-8), L: Jae Weong Seo (3-5), S: Jeremy Affeldt (8)
Sun, Jun 23, 2002 NYM  5  KCR  4        W:Scott Strickland (6-3), L: Jason Grimsley (2-3), S: Armando Benitez (18)
Sat, Jun 22, 2002 KCR  5 @NYM  1        W:Paul Byrd (9-5), L: Pedro Astacio (7-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 21, 2002 NYM  4  KCR  3        W:Mark Guthrie (2-0), L: Brad Voyles (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 3-3

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  5.18

SEA  4.03

MIA  3.19

 RA/G

PIT  3.42

CHC  4.19

HOU  5.29

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

P. Sandoval  .272

D. Uggla  .197

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

I. Desmond  .331

J. Arencibia  .250

 SLG

C. Davis  .681

J. Lowrie  .422

J. Keppinger  .279

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.121

M. Joyce  .755

J. Keppinger  .544

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.87

F. Doubront  3.77

E. Volquez  5.56

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.07

J. Quintana  7.18

S. Diamond  3.76

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

Royals Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Gee
G/S/vB		 30.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 50.Atchison
G/S/vB		 66.Edgin*
G/S/vB		 71.Germen
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 56.Rice*
G/S/vB		 52.Torres
G/S/vB		 45.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 431/320 .278/.374/.405/.779 .871/.748 .768 96/.762 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 357/247 .260/.325/.367/.692 .589/.736 .716 63/.640 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/79 .274/.337/.442/.779 .487/.873 .528 36/.816 16/3 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 434/294 .235/.262/.309/.571 .690/.514 .628 83/.430 12/0 3/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 450/304 .274/.344/.414/.758 .899/.690 .828 97/.685 6/2 10/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 432/298 .286/.332/.430/.761 .799/.744 .786 98/.740 9/3 11/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/110 .199/.235/.267/.502 .465/.517 .650 20/.206 12/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/66 .164/.354/.410/.764 .607/.791 .567 16/1.000 1/0 4/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 219/169 .300/.317/.443/.759 .767/.757 .851 78/.750 2/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 155/106 .243/.316/.386/.702 .856/.629 .651 47/.769 4/1 2/3
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 345/260 .229/.287/.365/.652 .521/.695 .608 75/.891 1/3 9/12
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 346/247 .280/.312/.387/.699 .620/.731 .604 77/.490 0/0 4/6
24.Tejada G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 25/.800 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 137/61 .287/.311/.388/.699 .709/.685 .658 54/.662 0/0 3/2
IP 124.1 22.2 23.1 28.2 11.1 46.2 50.0 39.0 32.2 45.2 TOTAL .257/.312/.375/.687 .694/.684 .698 .672 82/18 69/56
ERA-K/9 4.13/6.8 3.18/8.3 3.47/3.9 3.77/6.3 2.38/8.8 3.09/6.9 2.16/7.9 3.92/7.6 3.03/7.7 3.55/7.1 3.84/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (19-7-3)
 Perez (31-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.274 95/.214 100/.256 122/.243 46/.150 199/.290 198/.211 163/.235 137/.268 197/.226 .256  Gordon
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Lough
 Dyson
 Johnson
100/0/0/8
0/78/14/7
0/25/18/4
11/5/46/4
0/31/0/3
1/0/1/0
OPS .771 .691 .646 .686 .411 .741 .555 .655 .700 .718 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.903 34/.555 35/.800 58/.770 13/.154 77/.712 82/.606 102/.483 57/.569 78/.864 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.657 61/.769 65/.566 64/.606 33/.519 122/.758 116/.519 61/.955 80/.793 119/.624 .707
Home 225/.634 51/.566 53/.563 53/.869 19/.105 108/.662 104/.580 93/.696 60/.652 70/.931
Last 28d days 114/.638 39/.786 21/.396 39/.632 46/.411 42/.766 50/.690 16/.125 86/.848 101/.594
HR/SB/CS 17/8/2 4/1/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 5/4/1 1/4/0 1/3/3 3/2/0 7/7/1 98/49/19
Usage ·····X·· ···oX··X o·o··o·· ···Xoo·· X···X·o· ··oo··oo ··XXo··X ·o····o· ·o··X··· ··X····X
Mets Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Davis
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
47.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 70/30 .222/.279/.397/.676 .734/.593 .811 30/.483 0/0 3/1
44.Buck G/S/vP 10/1.067 3/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 357/262 .218/.283/.382/.664 .610/.684 .655 66/.743 2/1 14/4
6.Byrd G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 369/240 .283/.329/.512/.841 .883/.818 .743 103/.979 2/3 17/3
29.Davis* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 287/227 .180/.282/.280/.562 .407/.605 .601 74/.687 2/0 6/6
12.Lagares G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 203/118 .275/.310/.418/.728 .750/.711 .678 62/1.054 2/2 2/3
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 461/307 .281/.317/.410/.727 .590/.797 .685 102/.842 12/3 8/15
3.Quintanilla* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 222/159 .230/.326/.314/.640 .533/.684 .524 84/.548 1/0 2/7
20.Recker G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/60 .170/.225/.372/.598 .665/.546 .709 33/.463 0/0 5/3
13.Satin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/60 .302/.429/.453/.882 1.106/.714 .988 43/.686 1/0 1/3
2.Turner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/59 .266/.314/.330/.644 .621/.667 .606 17/.686 0/0 0/1
5.Wright G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 460/318 .308/.391/.506/.898 1.070/.826 .892 101/.822 17/3 15/9
22.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 357/225 .253/.320/.350/.670 .716/.644 .603 98/.634 22/8 1/2
IP 104.2 51.2 11.2 37.2 34.0 35.0 43.0 41.0 TOTAL .237/.307/.377/.684 .690/.682 .667 .705 64/25 95/72
ERA-K/9 5.50/8.1 2.09/6.4 0.00/10.8 4.30/8.6 2.91/8.2 4.89/10.8 1.67/9.0 1.76/14.3 3.62/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (32-15-5)
 Recker (17-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.316 215/.223 41/.135 164/.250 148/.266 153/.243 162/.162 161/.189 .255  Lagares
 Byrd
 Brown
 Young
 Turner
0/62/0/8
0/2/88/6
10/0/6/2
43/16/20/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .847 .642 .389 .675 .707 .828 .520 .532 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.954 77/.809 17/.353 84/.617 73/.746 80/.793 84/.619 84/.580 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.724 138/.547 24/.411 80/.735 75/.671 73/.868 78/.416 77/.481 .667
Road 234/.890 80/.467 22/.195 94/.601 77/.691 85/1.009 86/.577 73/.563
Last 28d days 71/.780 81/.516 24/.312 35/.781 33/.689 31/.725 36/.404 36/.564
HR/SB/CS 13/5/3 5/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/5/1 9/7/1 4/3/2 2/0/0 106/53/24
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· X····o·o ·Xo·o··· ·o··o··X ·o··X·XX X·X·X·o· ·X··oX··

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.