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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 13, 2014 @Target Field

Royals, 4-6, 4-6 5th, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 1-0, 1.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 15.0 9 2 2 2 8 2 1.20
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 2-2 46.2 42 20 19 8 34 6 3.66 56
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
2013-09-18 @OAK ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 109 45
2013-09-13 @HOU L 4.1 9 8 8 0 4 1 70 17
2013-09-08 TEX ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 112 59
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 27.0 39 18 17 9 16 2 5.67 40
2013-04-16 @MIN L 3.1 9 5 5 2 0 0 90 20
2012-08-29 @MIN L 4.2 9 6 6 2 5 2 102 25
2012-08-18 MIN ND 6.2 8 2 2 1 2 0 113 51
2012-05-04 MIN ND 6.1 4 1 1 2 5 0 103 64
2011-09-20 @MIN W 6.0 9 4 3 2 4 0 109 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    0-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sat, Apr 12  @MIN  L   1-7        4-6   5th  2.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 11  @MIN  L   1-10       4-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   TBR  W   7-3        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   TBR  L   0-1        3-4   4th  1.5 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: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6 
Twins, 5-6, 5-6 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (33, RHP, 0-1, 6.17)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 11.2 14 9 8 3 8 1 6.17
2013 (9-13) 185.1 218 89 86 45 101 24 4.18
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
Last 7 GS 1-4 42.2 47 21 20 11 21 4 4.22 49
2014-04-07 OAK L 5.2 9 6 6 2 3 1 97 28
2014-04-02 @CHW ND 6.0 5 3 2 1 5 0 82 56
2013-09-25 DET L 7.0 7 1 1 0 1 0 107 60
2013-09-19 @OAK ND 5.0 6 2 2 5 1 0 101 43
2013-09-13 TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 96 48
2013-09-07 TOR L 6.0 7 5 5 1 4 2 95 41
2013-09-01 @TEX W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 79 64
Last 5 v.KCR 0-2 27.1 38 16 16 9 16 0 5.27 43
2013-08-27 KCR ND 7.0 6 0 0 2 7 0 118 70
2013-08-05 @KCR L 2.0 7 6 6 3 2 0 51 17
2013-07-31 KCR ND 6.0 10 2 2 0 3 0 94 47
2013-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 0 90 33
2013-04-08 @KCR L 7.1 8 3 3 1 1 0 93 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-3    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 12   KCR  W   7-1        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   KCR  W  10-1        4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   OAK  L   1-6        3-6   5th  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   OAK  L   4-7 (11)   3-5   5th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   OAK  L   3-8        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @CLE  W  10-7        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @CLE  W   7-3        2-3   4th  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @CLE  L   2-7        1-3   5th  2.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CHW  W  10-9        1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CHW  L   6-7 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-6    Last 30: 5-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 MIN  7  KCR  1        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-1), L: James Shields (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 MIN 10  KCR  1        W:Kyle Gibson (2-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 29, 2013 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Bruce Chen (6-2), L: Sam Deduno (8-8), S: Greg Holland (36)
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 KCR  8 @MIN  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-0), L: Andrew Albers (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 KCR  6 @MIN  1        W:James Shields (9-8), L: Jared Burton (2-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 KCR  5  MIN  2        W:Louis Coleman (2-0), L: Sam Deduno (7-5), S: Greg Holland (30)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 MIN  7 @KCR  0        W:Andrew Albers (1-0), L: James Shields (6-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 KCR 13  MIN  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (12-7), L: Kevin Correia (7-8), S: none
Thu, Aug 01, 2013 KCR  7 @MIN  2        W:James Shields (6-7), L: Scott Diamond (5-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 KCR  4 @MIN  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (11-7), L: Caleb Thielbar (1-1), S: Greg Holland (28)
Season Series: 2014 - MIN over 2-0; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - MIN leads 367-330

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

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 (2.90 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
21.Deduno
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 7/.486 1/.000 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .705 40/.757 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.793 10/.700 14/.846 24/.701 8/1.071 17/.728 16/1.471 2/1.500 1/.000 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .708 41/.440 0/0 15/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 10/1.267 4/1.250 9/.597 2/.000 4/.500 4/.750 12/.334 ··· ··· 442/305 .251/.310/.348/.658 .617/.676 .690 33/.656 14/6 4/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .540 4/.000 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 16/.713 12/.533 13/.879 20/.768 4/1.000 5/.600 15/.481 3/.000 ··· 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .581 34/.508 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 19/.583 7/1.371 14/.786 28/.727 5/.400 17/.853 13/.693 7/1.738 1/3.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .796 40/.850 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 1.250 1/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 15/.690 3/1.667 14/.786 18/.572 4/1.250 10/.700 16/1.108 6/.500 ··· 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .790 41/.614 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 14/.714 3/.666 10/.311 7/.572 6/1.300 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .735 34/.682 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .656 4/.000 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 11/1.091 7/.286 11/.182 9/1.222 2/2.000 9/.444 10/.300 ··· 1/.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .622 37/.310 2/4 12/16
13.Perez G/S/vP 12/.606 4/.500 8/1.125 2/2.500 7/1.286 6/1.467 15/.666 ··· 1/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .710 40/1.031 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 .741 8/.250 0/2 8/0
IP 185.1 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .241/.310/.315/.625 .511/.670 .501 .625 7/5 1/7
ERA-K/9 4.18/4.9 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 5.36/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 792/.297 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .271  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 .799 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 393/.806 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.792 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .793
Home 429/.735 139/.776 201/.675 127/.736 116/.625 119/.405 206/.610 72/.463 26/.481
Last 28d days 51/.797 18/1.076 34/.603 18/.111 21/.702 25/.741 26/.945 19/.786 8/.625
HR/SB/CS 24/6/5 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 13/2/0
Usage ·····X·· ···X··oo ··X··X·· ·X·o···o ··o···X· ···X··oX ·o·o··X· ···X··X· 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.

Twins Batters (5.73 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.20 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 ··· ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .394 44/.794 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 7/.286 6/1.583 6/1.166 2/no AB 5/.000 1/2.000 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .721 54/.792 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .749 10/.400 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 7/1.771 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 4/1.000 4/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .569 32/.233 15/6 9/18
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .434 5/.400 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .576 46/.569 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/.958 2/.500 1/.000 11/.546 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .645 40/1.099 0/1 5/3
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/2.133 1/no AB 73/51 .185/.229/.215/.444 .500/.415 .360 7/.143 2/1 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 20/.894 1/2.000 1/.000 14/1.343 1/.000 3/1.667 6/1.334 1/.000 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .861 53/.755 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 .928 26/.786 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 14/.901 4/.500 9/.347 3/1.666 6/.334 5/1.350 6/1.666 1/.000 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .750 52/.903 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 29/.468 3/2.667 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 2/.000 5/.200 1/3.000 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .641 37/.744 2/0 5/6
IP 150.0 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .244/.340/.378/.718 .650/.748 .688 .718 5/1 9/2
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 3.48/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (13-7-0)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 644/.276 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .224  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Colabello
 Mastroianni
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
0/0/11/1
19/3/9/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .758 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .640
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.789 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .592
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 472/.747 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .666
Road 315/.799 49/.258 105/.824 293/.857 46/.360 124/.805 117/.506 /
Last 28d days 56/.511 6/.733 13/.462 26/.504 7/.000 21/.702 18/.627 10/.775
HR/SB/CS 17/12/4 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 7/2/2
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ···oo··o ····X··X X······· ·X·X··X· ····XX·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.