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Game Preview: KCR @ SDP, 3:40 pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 @PetCo Park

Royals, 15-17, 15-17 4th, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 3-3, 3.11)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-3) 46.1 41 24 16 10 44 5 3.11
2013 (13-9) 228.2 215 82 80 68 196 20 3.15
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.1 41 24 16 10 44 5 3.11 56
2014-05-02 DET L 6.1 12 8 7 1 3 1 105 21
2014-04-27 @BAL W 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 101 67
2014-04-22 @CLE W 6.0 6 2 1 1 9 0 106 62
2014-04-17 @HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 2 12 0 107 80
2014-04-12 @MIN L 5.2 6 7 1 3 5 2 115 43
2014-04-06 CHW L 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 102 69
2014-03-31 @DET ND 6.1 5 3 3 1 3 1 106 53
Last 5 v.SDP 0-1 7.0 6 4 4 1 7 2 5.14 55
2010-06-23 SDP L 7.0 6 4 4 1 7 2 96 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-7    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  11-12   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-7 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 5-13   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Tue, May  6  @SDP  W   3-1 (11)  15-17  4th  6.0 gb
 31 Mon, May  5  @SDP  L   5-6 (12)  14-17  4th  6.0 gb
 30 Sun, May  4   DET  L   4-9       14-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 29 Sat, May  3   DET  L   2-9       14-15  2nd  4.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  2   DET  L   2-8       14-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 27 Thu, May  1   TOR  L   3-7       14-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 26 Wed, Apr 30   TOR  W   4-2       14-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 29   TOR  W  10-7       13-12  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Padres, 15-19, 15-19 4th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Andrew Cashner (27, RHP, 2-4, 2.72)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-4) 46.1 39 15 14 14 37 2 2.72
2013 (10-9) 175.0 151 68 60 47 128 12 3.09
2012 (3-4) 46.1 42 23 22 19 52 5 4.27
Last 7 GS 2-4 46.1 39 15 14 14 37 2 2.72 59
2014-05-02 ARI L 6.0 4 2 2 3 1 0 97 54
2014-04-26 @WSN L 6.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 99 42
2014-04-21 @MIL L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 93 44
2014-04-16 COL W 7.1 9 2 1 1 5 1 98 58
2014-04-11 DET W 9.0 1 0 0 2 11 0 108 94
2014-04-05 @MIA L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 104 57
2014-03-30 LAD ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 96 63
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-9    Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  11-18   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Tue, May  6   KCR  L   1-3 (11)  15-19  4th  6.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  5   KCR  W   6-5 (12)  15-18  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  4   ARI  W   4-3       14-18  4th  6.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  3   ARI  L   3-4       13-18  4th  6.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  2   ARI  L   0-2       13-17  4th  5.5 gb
 29 Wed, Apr 30  @SFG  L   2-3       13-16  4th  4.5 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29  @SFG  L   0-6       13-15  4th  3.5 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28  @SFG  W   6-4       13-14  4th  2.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @WSN  W   4-2       12-14  4th  3.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @WSN  L   0-4       11-14  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 06, 2014 KCR  3 @SDP  1 (11)   W:Wade Davis (2-1), L: Nick Vincent (0-1), S: Greg Holland (8)
Mon, May 05, 2014 SDP  6  KCR  5 (12)   W:Tim Stauffer (1-0), L: Tim Collins (0-2), S: none

Wed, Jun 29, 2011 SDP  4  KCR  1        W:Tim Stauffer (4-5), L: Bruce Chen (4-2), S: Heath Bell (23)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 SDP  4  KCR  2        W:Clayton Richard (4-9), L: Felipe Paulino (0-6), S: Heath Bell (22)
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 SDP  4  KCR  3        W:Mat Latos (5-8), L: Jeff Francis (3-9), S: Heath Bell (21)
Sun, Jul 04, 2004 SDP  7  KCR  1        W:David Wells (4-5), L: Mike Wood (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 03, 2004 SDP  5  KCR  4        W:Scott Linebrink (4-1), L: Scott Sullivan (3-2), S: Trevor Hoffman (20)
Fri, Jul 02, 2004 SDP  7  KCR  5        W:Jake Peavy (5-2), L: Dennys Reyes (2-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (19)
Sun, Jun 30, 2002 KCR 13  SDP  1        W:Jeff Suppan (7-6), L: Jake Peavy (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 29, 2002 SDP  8 @KCR  4 (10)   W:Steve Reed (2-3), L: Jason Grimsley (3-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - SDP leads 8-3

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 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
Royals Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Cashner
G/S/vB
56.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Roach
G/S/vB
46.Stauffer
G/S/vB
16.Street
G/S/vB
33.Thayer
G/S/vB
54.Torres*
G/S/vB
50.Vincent
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 134/102 .264/.323/.339/.662 .952/.575 .412 102/.569 3/3 0/1
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 15/1.233 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 127/92 .248/.307/.327/.635 .722/.603 .455 94/.673 0/0 1/
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 54/38 .360/.407/.420/.827 .661/.893 .871 28/.984 2/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/43 .283/.298/.326/.624 .286/.684 .823 46/.683 5/1 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.334 1/.000 6/.533 4/.833 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 121/93 .279/.333/.387/.721 .643/.745 .724 93/.810 9/1 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 ··· 4/.750 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 134/91 .242/.291/.363/.654 .483/.735 .584 101/.628 0/1 1/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/4.000 141/96 .292/.333/.415/.749 .738/.754 .803 108/.760 0/1 1/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 2/1.000 8/1.089 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 134/93 .267/.326/.392/.717 .518/.806 .639 108/.704 1/0 2/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 31/13 .143/.226/.179/.404 .229/.641 .347 28/.450 0/1 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 106/93 .156/.226/.333/.560 .322/.591 .676 77/.703 0/0 4/3
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 10/.733 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 125/91 .246/.312/.430/.742 .604/.789 .789 93/.593 1/0 3/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 29/7 .214/.241/.321/.563 .654/.286 .968 21/.686 0/0 1/1
IP 46.1 13.2 16.0 14.2 14.0 17.0 14.0 14.1 TOTAL .253/.306/.365/.671 .606/.696 .655 .675 24/8 14/25
ERA-K/9 2.72/7.2 1.98/7.9 2.81/3.9 2.45/8.6 0.64/9.6 0.53/9.5 0.64/8.4 3.14/8.2 3.17/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (1-0-1)
 Perez (17-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.225 51/.196 70/.262 61/.241 52/.163 70/.190 55/.152 52/.180 .246  Gordon
 Dyson
 Maxwell
 Aoki
 Cain
32/0/0/3
0/16/0/2
1/6/3/1
0/0/30/0
0/14/1/0
OPS .581 .524 .628 .643 .477 .494 .473 .552 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.576 25/.600 26/.710 28/.519 26/.484 30/.440 21/.483 17/1.000 .621
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.584 26/.448 44/.582 33/.751 26/.471 40/.535 34/.461 35/.323 .694
Home 110/.452 21/.211 25/.798 40/.557 31/.536 34/.367 27/.584 32/.510
Last 28d days 141/.609 34/.472 52/.475 43/.723 41/.527 50/.502 38/.432 38/.526
HR/SB/CS 2/5/2 1/0/1 0/4/0 0/0/0 1/4/0 0/3/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 24/34/6
Usage ····X··· ·oXo···· ·o·X···X ·X··X··· XoX····· oX··X·X· oo·X···o Xo······
Padres Batters (2.68 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
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
23.Alonso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 114/92 .165/.193/.229/.422 .336/.442 .491 77/.425 2/1 0/1
5.Amarista* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 79/66 .145/.244/.246/.490 .523/.484 .438 62/.345 3/1 1/1
88.Blanks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 144/117 .254/.275/.326/.601 .681/.582 .590 106/.532 5/3 0/4
13.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 106/83 .297/.324/.396/.720 .623/.747 .585 84/.713 5/0 1/0
8.Grandal# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 84/69 .253/.333/.493/.827 .733/.843 .868 60/.785 1/0 4/3
9.Gyorko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 125/104 .158/.216/.263/.479 .510/.471 .548 89/.518 2/0 3/3
4.Hundley G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 40/32 .325/.325/.475/.800 .750/.813 .800 31/.710 0/0 1/0
24.Maybin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 27/18 .360/.407/.560/.967 1.056/.922 1.245 27/.967 0/0 0/0
3.Peterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/18 .174/.208/.174/.382 .900/.222 .125 24/.382 2/0 0/2
44.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/23 .243/.263/.405/.669 1.000/.418 .545 32/.796 0/0 1/1
12.Smith* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 6/.167 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 101/92 .291/.380/.465/.845 .611/.861 1.139 70/.881 0/0 2/0
25.Venable* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 121/98 .195/.248/.257/.505 .820/.432 .609 89/.527 0/3 0/0
IP 46.1 9.0 3.1 12.0 15.1 12.1 14.0 13.0 10.2 TOTAL .214/.264/.328/.592 .665/.574 .638 .602 21/8 19/24
ERA-K/9 3.11/8.6 7.00/9.0 13.50/2.7 0.00/6.0 2.35/16.5 2.19/9.5 1.93/8.4 2.77/13.8 5.91/7.6 3.77/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Grandal (17-0-2)
 Hundley (6-0-2)
 Rivera (11-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.230 41/.265 19/.385 46/.163 66/.148 53/.167 61/.236 52/.240 47/.244 .245  Venable
 Smith
 Denorfia
 Amarista
 Maybin
 Cashner
0/22/18/1
24/0/1/1
12/4/22/1
0/13/0/0
0/7/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .656 .949 .991 .427 .436 .522 .675 .609 .633 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.746 17/.508 7/1.400 26/.397 35/.487 10/.200 29/.609 27/.536 26/.535 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.572 24/1.258 12/.750 20/.463 31/.378 43/.607 32/.737 25/.680 21/.749 .715
Road 134/.579 14/.792 8/1.833 21/.563 41/.383 27/.519 30/.483 24/.726 22/.477
Last 28d days 142/.665 41/.949 10/.778 33/.409 40/.393 53/.522 47/.661 34/.599 47/.633
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 2/0/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 27/18/8
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·X ·oX····· ·o·o··Xo Xo····X· ···X··o· ·o·oX·Xo ooo···X· ··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.