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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Blue Jays, 12-13, 12-13 3rd, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Dustin McGowan (32, RHP, 1-1, 6.88)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 17.0 24 13 13 7 13 3 6.88
2013 (0-0) 25.2 19 11 7 12 26 2 2.45
2011 (0-2) 21.0 20 15 15 13 20 4 6.43
Last 7 GS 1-3 31.0 36 21 21 12 28 6 6.10 44
2014-04-23 BAL ND 4.0 5 6 6 1 5 2 70 32
2014-04-17 @MIN ND 4.0 6 3 3 4 3 1 85 37
2014-04-11 @BAL W 6.1 5 0 0 1 2 0 90 64
2014-04-04 NYY L 2.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 72 28
2011-09-26 @CHW L 4.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 73 42
2011-09-21 LAA L 5.0 5 2 2 0 8 1 79 57
2011-09-16 NYY ND 5.0 3 3 3 2 4 1 75 51
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 13.1 15 5 4 1 11 1 2.70 56
2008-05-25 KCR W 7.0 9 1 1 0 7 0 90 62
2007-08-11 @KCR L 6.1 6 4 3 1 4 1 100 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-7    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-10   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, Apr 27   BOS  W   7-1       12-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   BOS  L   6-7       11-13  4th  3.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   BOS  L   1-8       11-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   BAL  L   4-11      11-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   BAL  L   8-10      11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   BAL  W   9-3       11-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @CLE  L   4-6       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @CLE  W   5-0       10-8   1st    Tied
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @CLE  W   3-2        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @MIN  L   5-9        8-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-13
Royals, 12-12, 12-12 4th, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 2-0, 1.54)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 35.0 27 7 6 8 18 3 1.54
2013 (9-8) 150.0 162 68 67 46 109 17 4.02
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
Last 7 GS 3-1 50.1 38 11 9 11 27 3 1.61 64
2014-04-23 @CLE ND 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 0 100 50
2014-04-18 MIN W 7.0 7 0 0 1 4 0 113 66
2014-04-13 @MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 112 60
2014-04-07 TBR W 8.0 4 1 1 1 2 1 110 71
2014-04-02 @DET ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 106 68
2013-09-29 @TEX L 6.1 7 4 3 2 4 0 98 47
2013-09-24 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 110 83
Last 5 v.TOR 1-3 26.2 27 18 18 14 17 2 6.08 44
2012-07-31 TOR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 103 62
2012-04-29 @TOR L 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 111 57
2011-08-16 TOR L 4.0 7 8 8 4 2 1 94 14
2011-07-20 @TOR L 3.0 6 5 5 5 0 0 80 22
2011-04-13 TOR ND 6.2 5 1 1 1 7 0 105 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    6-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-10   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sun, Apr 27  @BAL  W   9-3       12-12  3rd  1.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26  @BAL  L   2-3 (10)  11-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25  @BAL  W   5-0       11-11  2nd  2.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @CLE  L   1-5       10-11  4th  2.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @CLE  L   3-5       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @CLE  W   8-2       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @CLE  L   3-4        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20   MIN  L   3-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 19   MIN  W   5-4        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Fri, Apr 18   MIN  W   5-0        8-7   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 KCR  5 @TOR  0        W:James Shields (10-8), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TOR  4  KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (11-12), L: Kelvin Herrera (5-7), S: Casey Janssen (26)
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 TOR  3  KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (11-7), L: Ervin Santana (8-8), S: Casey Janssen (25)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 KCR  3  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 TOR  3 @KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (1-2), L: James Shields (1-2), S: Casey Janssen (3)
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 TOR  8 @KCR  4        W:J.A. Happ (2-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Aaron Loup (1)
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Luke Hochevar (6-8), L: Henderson Alvarez (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 TOR  4  KCR  1        W:Carlos Villanueva (3-0), L: Luis Mendoza (3-5), S: Casey Janssen (11)
Tue, Jul 03, 2012 TOR  6  KCR  3        W:Brett Cecil (2-1), L: Vin Mazzaro (3-3), S: Casey Janssen (10)
Mon, Jul 02, 2012 KCR 11 @TOR  3        W:Everett Teaford (1-1), L: Ricky Romero (8-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; 2012 - TOR won 6-2; All-Time - TOR leads 187-178

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

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 48.Mariot
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 17/.871 1/no AB 3/.333 26/.542 6/1.583 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 528/416 .259/.358/.498/.856 .910/.842 .740 104/1.091 7/2 28/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· ··· 10/.644 ··· ··· ··· ··· 372/268 .279/.322/.360/.682 .595/.717 .639 108/.947 2/2 3/1
1.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 36/.465 0/0 0/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 21/1.343 2/.000 4/1.250 22/.227 3/.333 3/1.666 3/1.667 ··· 621/492 .272/.370/.534/.904 .859/.916 .971 99/.767 7/1 36/8
47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 385/351 .227/.296/.422/.719 .425/.748 .776 32/.946 0/2 18/17
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 8/.625 3/2.334 3/.333 7/1.238 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· 442/338 .254/.315/.397/.712 .613/.742 .680 95/.651 9/5 11/12
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 10/.944 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/195 .300/.365/.492/.856 1.123/.764 .711 79/.779 0/1 13/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 10/.500 4/.000 1/.000 11/.382 5/.000 4/1.750 4/1.750 ··· 458/326 .276/.338/.501/.840 .712/.893 .761 83/.638 0/1 22/4
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 419/318 .296/.353/.427/.780 .705/.804 .712 37/.586 15/6 10/9
14.Sierra G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/84 .290/.369/.458/.827 .786/.845 .587 31/.163 1/0 1/2
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/109 .175/.256/.242/.497 .477/.502 .551 21/1.074 0/0 1/3
IP 150.0 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .250/.322/.408/.729 .659/.751 .660 .742 8/3 30/8
ERA-K/9 4.02/6.5 0.61/9.7 3.38/8.2 5.32/7.6 1.85/8.1 3.86/11.4 1.21/13.8 /0.0 3.09/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (37-13-5)
 Thole (22-8-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 644/.276 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .231  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Rasmus
 Sierra
0/0/109/8
77/0/0/3
0/114/0/1
2/0/29/0
OPS .758 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .644
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.789 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .634
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 472/.747 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .652
Home 329/.720 61/.674 105/.725 325/.790 58/.818 121/.595 138/.456 /
Last 28d days 135/.584 15/.905 28/.334 44/.412 34/.442 38/.651 36/.485 30/.526
HR/SB/CS 17/12/4 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 16/10/6
Usage ·····X·· ··o····· ··X···o· ··o··X·· ··o···X· ·X···X·X ·X·o···· ····X···

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 (3.79 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 48.Happ*
G/S/vB		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 64.Jenkins
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.714 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .747 97/.715 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.533 9/.873 2/.500 8/.250 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 8/.375 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .866 98/.517 0/0 15/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .848 31/.736 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 1/3.000 7/.000 3/.000 13/.321 3/2.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/1.000 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .534 85/.793 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/1.857 5/.450 2/.000 9/1.000 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .696 97/.737 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 .786 4/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.286 2/.500 2/1.000 3/1.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/2.334 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .813 100/.723 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.715 3/.666 26/.644 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 9/.236 ··· 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .854 92/.778 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .868 23/.499 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 ··· 8/.250 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .681 85/.595 2/4 12/16
32.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/94 .192/.231/.248/.479 .282/.565 .514 0/ 4/4 1/1
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 1/2.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .809 93/.589 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 6/1.100 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 1.079 14/.786 0/2 8/0
IP 25.2 60.2 58.2 92.2 33.1 69.1 77.0 137.2 25.2 TOTAL .260/.314/.361/.674 .588/.700 .734 .680 16/8 10/21
ERA-K/9 2.45/9.1 2.82/10.4 3.22/12.6 4.56/7.5 /0.0 2.70/4.1 2.47/6.9 4.32/8.9 4.77/6.3 1.75/9.8 4.45/8.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 114/.190 250/.201 253/.231 415/.250 / 132/.250 282/.258 324/.239 598/.279 90/.131 .256  Gordon
 Aoki
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Paredes
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
0/2/149/9
0/27/47/6
0/73/0/3
0/0/39/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .609 .594 .680 .734 .734 .670 .757 .799 .393 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.674 123/.458 119/.712 116/.802 / 75/.680 113/.506 174/.724 337/.854 37/.312 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.550 127/.736 134/.654 299/.708 / 57/.799 169/.777 150/.794 261/.731 53/.449 .718
Road 50/.416 118/.545 131/.633 206/.765 / 79/.640 138/.676 148/.958 331/.790 42/.278
Last 28d days 83/.930 44/.646 34/.316 21/.800 92/.808 9/2.000 40/.506 70/.766 55/.914 32/.735
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 4/6/2 4/5/2 10/9/0 // 3/1/0 5/3/7 13/8/0 21/3/1 1/5/0 21/23/5
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o·o· ·Xo···o· ·····X·· ····X··· ··X····· ··o··o·· ···XoX·· ·o··X·X· ··X··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.