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Game Preview: TBR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Rays, 4-4, 4-4 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Archer (25, RHP, 1-0, 3.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 3.00
2013 (9-7) 128.2 107 49 46 38 101 15 3.22
2012 (1-3) 29.1 23 17 15 13 36 3 4.60
Last 7 GS 2-2 32.1 34 17 16 8 37 5 4.45 51
2014-04-03 TOR W 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 98 61
2013-09-28 @TOR ND 2.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 64 46
2013-09-23 BAL ND 4.1 5 4 4 2 7 2 89 42
2013-09-18 TEX ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 92 61
2013-09-13 @MIN W 6.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 87 73
2013-09-07 @SEA L 4.0 4 3 2 1 2 2 75 45
2013-09-02 @LAA L 3.2 9 5 5 1 4 1 90 26
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 5.2 5 4 4 1 7 1 6.35 49
2012-06-26 @KCR L 5.2 5 4 4 1 7 1 94 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-3    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Mon, Apr  7  @KCR  L   2-4        4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   TEX  L   0-3        4-3   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr  5   TEX  W   5-4        4-2   1st  1.0 up
  5 Fri, Apr  4   TEX  W   8-1        3-2   1st  0.5 up
  4 Thu, Apr  3   TOR  W   7-2        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2   TOR  L   0-3        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1   TOR  L   2-4        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   TOR  W   9-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-4    Last 20: 4-4    Last 30: 4-4
Royals, 3-3, 3-3 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Yordano Ventura (23, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52
Last 7 GS 0-1 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52 52
2013-09-28 @CHW L 4.0 6 4 4 1 2 3 76 35
2013-09-23 @SEA ND 5.2 2 1 1 3 6 0 81 64
2013-09-17 CLE ND 5.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 86 56
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Mon, Apr  7   TBR  W   4-2        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sun, Apr  6   CHW  L   1-5        2-3   5th  2.0 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  5   CHW  W   4-3        2-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Fri, Apr  4   CHW  W   7-5        1-2   4th  2.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @DET  L   1-2 (10)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @DET  L   3-4        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-3    Last 20: 3-3    Last 30: 3-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 KCR  4  TBR  2        W:Jason Vargas (1-0), L: Matt Moore (0-2), S: Greg Holland (3)

Mon, Aug 26, 2013 KCR 11  TBR  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (13-10), L: Jeremy Hellickson (10-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 KCR  5 @TBR  3        W:Wade Davis (4-5), L: Roberto Hernandez (4-7), S: Greg Holland (14)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 TBR  5  KCR  3        W:Alex Torres (2-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-4), S: Fernando Rodney (14)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 KCR  7 @TBR  2        W:Luis Mendoza (2-3), L: Matt Moore (8-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 KCR 10 @TBR  1        W:Ervin Santana (5-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (4-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 1-0; 2013 - KCR won 6-1; 2012 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - TBR leads 68-59

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 2014 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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 49.Joseph*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 439/379 .251/.327/.402/.729 .467/.772 .594 20/.821 5/3 8/1
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 27/.879 4/.500 7/.453 ··· 578/393 .256/.332/.366/.698 .750/.674 .642 29/.538 4/4 9/7
10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 243/157 .214/.281/.332/.613 .651/.593 .655 21/.390 6/1 6/5
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 6/.000 / /
24.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/197 .198/.306/.261/.567 .608/.555 .447 20/.929 0/1 2/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 3/.666 4/.250 3/2.500 ··· 602/411 .252/.334/.414/.748 .857/.697 .735 35/.831 20/8 14/3
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 481/423 .235/.328/.419/.747 .499/.783 .740 23/1.244 7/3 18/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 598/432 .299/.348/.430/.778 .729/.797 .889 28/.626 3/1 13/7
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 693/492 .269/.343/.498/.842 .950/.799 .852 34/1.121 1/0 32/11
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 313/207 .233/.290/.304/.594 .628/.577 .591 9/.000 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 373/254 .293/.354/.478/.831 .821/.834 .884 30/.526 5/2 13/0
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 222/46 .246/.320/.385/.704 .745/.545 .719 11/.873 1/3 5/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 5/.000 ··· 698/471 .275/.354/.402/.756 .643/.812 .717 34/.787 11/3 12/5
IP 15.1 48.0 135.1 58.1 67.0 5.2 TOTAL .250/.339/.400/.739 .547/.836 .494 .739 3/1 6/1
ERA-K/9 3.52/6.5 3.38/8.2 5.32/7.6 3.86/11.4 1.21/13.8 0.00/11.1 3.17/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (18-15-3)
 Molina (56-23-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 64/.224 210/.271 618/.307 245/.219 255/.170 25/.200 .223  Zobrist
 DeJesus
 Joyce
 Myers
 Jennings
 Rodriguez
 Forsythe
4/1/39/4
30/81/6/2
58/0/58/2
0/8/72/2
0/136/0/2
47/0/8/1
11/0/3/0
OPS .693 .776 .822 .701 .479 .583 .612
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.639 101/.846 335/.910 124/.738 142/.512 10/.222 .616
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.824 109/.712 283/.721 121/.661 113/.439 15/.785 .611
Home 23/.542 105/.725 325/.790 121/.595 138/.456 14/.641
Last 28d days / 7/.571 21/.521 8/.250 13/.558 /
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 9/8/2 3/3/0 0/0/0 3/2/2
Usage ··oo···o ··XX·o·X ·X·o·X·· X·Xo···o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (2.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Bell
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 52.Lueke
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .747 23/.891 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.191 2/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 4/.500 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .866 25/.520 0/0 15/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 442/305 .251/.310/.348/.658 .617/.676 .623 22/.636 14/6 4/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .848 0/ 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/2.500 3/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/3.000 3/1.333 3/1.000 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .534 21/.293 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 11/.091 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.267 1/.000 6/1.500 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .696 25/.628 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 .786 1/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.200 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 5/.650 2/1.000 5/.000 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .813 25/.724 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 3/2.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .854 26/.771 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .868 3/.000 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 3/.666 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 2/1.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .681 21/.143 2/4 12/16
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/2.334 3/1.666 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .809 24/1.250 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 2/.000 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 1.079 4/.500 0/2 8/0
IP 128.2 62.2 65.2 19.1 21.1 62.2 71.1 67.1 TOTAL .247/.327/.314/.642 .555/.699 .715 .642 6/2 0/5
ERA-K/9 3.22/7.1 2.59/10.3 4.11/9.9 6.52/13.5 5.06/10.6 4.02/10.8 3.41/9.3 4.14/7.1 2.79/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-1-0)
 Perez (46-25-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 525/.226 262/.206 287/.279 83/.247 99/.277 260/.223 291/.184 288/.256 .218  Gordon
 Aoki
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
0/2/149/9
0/92/32/7
0/27/47/6
0/73/0/3
0/0/1/0
OPS .660 .610 .802 .784 .861 .659 .586 .687 .595
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 314/.801 138/.548 115/.732 32/1.137 45/.872 88/.678 167/.556 114/.693 .532
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.455 124/.682 172/.849 51/.566 54/.850 172/.648 124/.627 174/.682 .645
Road 231/.695 117/.651 149/.634 54/.899 56/1.046 131/.769 147/.750 154/.628
Last 28d days 24/.488 8/.250 23/.554 11/.473 22/.887 8/.000 12/.705 11/.473
HR/SB/CS 15/16/2 7/0/1 12/1/1 4/3/0 3/1/1 8/3/0 7/2/1 6/6/0 5/4/0
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· X···XoX· ··o·Xo·X ·X·X·XX· ··oX·oo· ·X··X··o Xo····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.