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Game Preview: KCR @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, June 13, 2013 @Tropicana Field

Royals, 30-33, 30-33 3rd, 5½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 4-5, 2.99)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-5) 84.1 74 30 28 13 68 14 2.99
2012 (9-13) 178.0 165 109 102 61 133 39 5.16
2011 (11-12) 228.2 207 95 86 72 178 26 3.38
Last 7 GS 1-4 48.1 42 21 20 8 37 10 3.72 57
2013-06-08 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 96 65
2013-06-02 @TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 5 0 108 72
2013-05-28 STL L 7.1 7 4 4 2 5 3 95 51
2013-05-23 LAA L 7.2 8 5 5 0 8 4 107 51
2013-05-18 @OAK L 7.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 101 63
2013-05-12 NYY L 6.1 8 4 4 0 4 2 102 45
2013-05-07 @BAL ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 4 0 103 49
Last 5 v.TBR 2-3 30.0 31 21 18 10 24 8 5.40 46
2012-04-24 @TBR L 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 4 96 34
2011-04-29 @TBR W 6.0 4 4 1 2 5 1 98 57
2010-08-24 TBR L 5.1 8 6 6 3 6 2 110 31
2009-08-11 TBR W 9.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 97 85
2009-06-11 @TBR L 4.2 8 6 6 2 3 1 96 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-16   Road:   13-17   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  25-21   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  7-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Wed, Jun 12   DET  W   3-2 (10)  30-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 11   DET  L   2-3       29-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Mon, Jun 10   DET  W   3-2       29-32  2nd  5.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  9   HOU  W   2-0       28-32  3rd  6.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  8   HOU  W   7-2       27-32  4th  6.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  7   HOU  W   4-2       26-32  4th  6.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  6   MIN  W   7-3       25-32  4th  6.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  5   MIN  W   4-1       24-32  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  4   MIN  L   0-3       23-32  5th  7.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  2  @TEX  L   1-3       23-31  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Rays, 35-30, 35-30 4th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (26, RHP, 4-2, 5.18)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-2) 80.0 79 46 46 19 62 12 5.18
2012 (10-11) 177.0 163 68 61 59 124 25 3.10
2011 (13-10) 189.0 146 64 62 72 117 21 2.95
Last 7 GS 3-0 43.2 46 27 27 8 31 6 5.56 47
2013-06-08 BAL W 6.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 96 69
2013-06-02 @CLE W 5.0 9 3 3 0 4 0 82 41
2013-05-28 MIA ND 5.1 7 5 5 1 3 1 104 36
2013-05-22 @TOR ND 8.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 106 69
2013-05-17 @BAL W 7.2 10 8 8 1 4 1 102 30
2013-05-11 SDP ND 6.2 6 6 6 1 8 2 110 45
2013-05-06 TOR ND 5.0 6 3 3 4 3 1 101 42
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 19.1 21 6 6 5 18 1 2.79 56
2013-05-01 @KCR ND 5.0 9 4 4 1 5 1 91 37
2012-08-20 KCR W 7.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 98 66
2011-08-08 KCR ND 7.1 6 1 1 3 7 0 107 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-13   Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  24-22   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 12   BOS  L   1-2       35-30  4th  5.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11   BOS  W   8-3       35-29  4th  4.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 10   BOS  L   8-10(14)  34-29  4th  5.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun  9   BAL  L   7-10      34-28  4th  4.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  8   BAL  W   8-0       34-27  3rd  3.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  7   BAL  W   2-1       33-27  4th  3.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  6  @DET  L   2-5       32-27  4th  4.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun  5  @DET  W   3-0       32-26  4th  3.0 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  4  @DET  L   1-10      31-26  4th  4.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  2  @CLE  W  11-3       31-25  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 01, 2013 KCR  9  TBR  8        W:Bruce Chen (2-0), L: Jake McGee (0-2), S: Greg Holland (7)
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 KCR  8  TBR  2        W:James Shields (2-2), L: Alex Cobb (3-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 TBR  5  KCR  3        W:James Shields (12-7), L: Luis Mendoza (7-9), S: Fernando Rodney (39)
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 KCR  1 @TBR  0 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Joel Peralta (1-5), S: Greg Holland (6)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 TBR  5  KCR  1        W:Jeremy Hellickson (8-8), L: Will Smith (4-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 KCR  5  TBR  4        W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Burke Badenhop (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (19)
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 KCR  8  TBR  2        W:Bruce Chen (7-6), L: Chris Archer (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 KCR  8  TBR  0        W:Luke Hochevar (5-7), L: Alex Cobb (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 TBR  4  KCR  1        W:Jeff Niemann (7-4), L: Danny Duffy (3-6), S: Kyle Farnsworth (21)
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 TBR  8  KCR  7        W:Jake McGee (1-1), L: Joakim Soria (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 2-0; 2012 - KCR won 4-2; 2011 - TBR won 5-2; All-Time - TBR leads 67-54

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 (3.84 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
27.Ramos*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
54.Torres*
G/S/vB
35.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/1.378 7/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 9/.555 ··· 5/1.000 252/189 .269/.381/.401/.782 .840/.763 .704 101/.716 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.667 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 232/166 .285/.345/.415/.760 .609/.819 .763 91/.659 8/4 3/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 266/187 .238/.263/.313/.577 .762/.501 .634 101/.439 10/0 3/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 6/.733 3/1.167 1/.000 6/1.467 ··· 4/.250 ··· 7/.762 174/120 .211/.247/.319/.566 .630/.538 .577 46/.558 2/0 2/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.400 147/109 .212/.268/.288/.555 .686/.511 .538 58/.605 4/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/1.056 6/1.167 4/1.417 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.708 ··· 8/.250 274/187 .299/.347/.441/.788 1.038/.674 1.023 107/.634 2/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/.650 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 244/174 .274/.329/.341/.670 .780/.625 .734 105/.700 5/3 1/4
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 97/66 .220/.260/.264/.524 .481/.543 .618 51/.342 9/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 53/45 .140/.302/.279/.581 .536/.589 .550 35/.457 1/0 1/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/68 .264/.284/.417/.700 .900/.683 .656 74/.700 0/1 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/.236 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 204/153 .184/.250/.286/.536 .433/.571 .511 65/.396 1/1 4/8
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 192/137 .315/.339/.424/.762 .649/.808 .618 55/.863 0/0 2/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 7/.000 ··· 5/.400 55/18 .333/.382/.471/.852 .977/.583 .931 31/.923 0/0 2/1
IP 80.0 17.2 25.0 31.1 30.1 27.1 14.1 31.1 TOTAL .256/.310/.365/.675 .730/.653 .689 .617 49/12 33/39
ERA-K/9 5.18/7.0 6.11/4.6 5.76/12.2 1.72/8.9 4.15/6.5 4.94/11.9 0.00/12.0 3.73/8.3 4.26/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-4-2)
 Perez (18-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.258 80/.333 109/.235 122/.165 132/.267 122/.186 49/.065 132/.211 .242  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
62/0/0/7
0/53/5/4
0/0/48/3
1/4/15/2
OPS .759 .935 .680 .483 .663 .679 .209 .601 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.801 27/.893 38/.757 66/.490 45/.817 71/.731 22/.282 75/.547 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.703 53/.956 71/.640 56/.473 87/.586 51/.608 27/.151 57/.669 .678
Home 148/.684 40/.762 57/.704 65/.500 79/.633 81/.752 15/.267 67/.658
Last 28d days 130/.726 35/.888 33/.246 51/.369 72/.775 47/.552 48/.214 56/.562
HR/SB/CS 12/2/2 4/5/0 4/3/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/3/1 0/1/0 2/6/2 70/56/13
Usage ····X··· X·o·X·o· XXX···o· Xoo··X·o ··XX···· ··X··o·X o·X·o··· o·Xoo·X·
Rays Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
27.Gutierrez
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
11.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.915 8/1.125 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 8/.804 6/.533 230/159 .251/.316/.377/.693 .843/.623 .791 97/.823 0/1 5/4
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 97/70 .190/.263/.274/.537 1.062/.360 .566 31/.618 3/1 1/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/1.666 4/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 10/.100 3/2.500 266/185 .251/.313/.435/.748 .918/.675 .764 103/.799 8/6 8/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 14/.595 7/1.571 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.804 3/.667 213/152 .257/.319/.471/.790 .722/.816 .802 85/.795 6/3 10/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 15/1.047 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 15/1.000 ··· 217/186 .259/.346/.503/.848 .645/.885 .860 101/.974 6/1 12/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/80 .286/.350/.438/.787 .890/.723 .758 59/.914 0/0 3/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP 15/.900 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 8/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 239/177 .321/.382/.507/.889 .963/.863 .802 106/.793 2/1 8/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP 15/1.384 4/.833 2/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 18/1.319 2/.000 284/201 .305/.363/.547/.910 .965/.887 .925 112/.808 0/0 13/4
28.Molina G/S/vP 14/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 3/.333 122/85 .241/.275/.321/.596 .715/.545 .561 39/.739 1/0 1/4
19.Roberts G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 1/no AB 135/73 .240/.296/.352/.648 .905/.427 .836 32/.450 0/2 3/5
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/.000 79/20 .250/.346/.412/.758 .827/.551 .950 19/.835 1/1 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP 24/1.220 10/.644 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· ··· 15/.533 2/.000 132/90 .207/.311/.324/.635 .805/.549 .606 85/.480 0/0 3/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 15/.431 13/.685 5/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 19/.610 4/.000 275/186 .273/.364/.399/.763 .634/.810 .836 109/.827 4/0 4/3
IP 84.1 22.0 21.1 19.1 19.1 23.1 24.0 24.0 TOTAL .260/.331/.426/.757 .817/.730 .788 .779 31/16 75/30
ERA-K/9 2.99/7.3 1.23/7.0 2.53/8.5 4.19/6.1 3.72/4.7 4.24/10.0 2.63/8.6 1.88/13.9 3.45/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (27-6-2)
 Molina (29-7-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 332/.234 96/.250 89/.218 85/.260 76/.271 98/.225 92/.179 95/.188 .255  Johnson
 Jennings
 Zobrist
 Fuld
 Scott
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
36/0/0/6
0/59/0/1
0/0/34/1
29/8/11/0
1/0/0/0
17/0/38/0
14/0/4/0
OPS .670 .649 .584 .711 .716 .846 .599 .509 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.617 36/.758 42/.472 38/.729 38/1.015 51/.815 48/.625 48/.554 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.729 60/.580 47/.687 47/.698 38/.447 47/.883 44/.569 47/.465 .709
Road 128/.592 26/.497 42/.377 47/.728 33/.846 57/.993 43/.712 39/.378
Last 28d days 137/.701 38/.691 38/.568 42/.890 35/.629 21/.607 34/.731 35/.296
HR/SB/CS 14/6/3 0/3/2 0/2/0 2/3/0 2/1/1 8/3/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 70/33/15
Usage ····X··· ········ Xoo···XX ·Xoo···o ·o··X··· ·oo··X·X o·····X· o·oo·oXX

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.