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Game Preview: KCR @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 27, 2014 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Royals, 11-12, 11-12 3rd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 2-2, 1.91)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-2) 33.0 26 14 7 7 35 3 1.91
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 3-2 48.0 36 15 8 9 47 4 1.50 65
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
2013-09-27 @CHW W 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 1 98 74
2013-09-22 TEX ND 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 105 71
Last 5 v.BAL 2-3 36.0 22 15 13 12 42 3 3.25 64
2012-10-02 BAL L 9.0 2 1 1 0 15 1 106 94
2012-07-26 @BAL L 6.0 6 5 5 5 10 0 108 45
2012-05-13 @BAL W 6.1 7 6 4 2 5 1 104 42
2011-05-06 @BAL W 7.1 3 1 1 3 5 1 103 70
2011-04-02 BAL L 7.1 4 2 2 2 7 0 102 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    5-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   8-10   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 14 Thu, Apr 17  @HOU  W   5-1        7-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-12
Orioles, 12-11, 12-11 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Miguel Gonzalez (30, RHP, 1-1, 5.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 20.0 23 13 12 7 17 5 5.40
2013 (11-8) 171.1 157 81 72 53 120 24 3.78
2012 (9-4) 105.1 92 38 38 35 77 13 3.25
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.1 33 18 16 13 26 7 3.76 52
2014-04-22 @TOR ND 5.2 4 3 2 2 7 1 102 56
2014-04-16 TBR W 5.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 98 64
2014-04-09 @NYY ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 2 85 48
2014-04-04 @DET L 3.1 9 7 7 1 1 2 78 14
2013-09-26 TOR W 7.0 2 1 0 1 5 0 106 75
2013-09-21 @TBR L 6.0 2 3 3 5 2 1 96 53
2013-09-15 @TOR W 5.1 6 1 1 0 2 1 86 54
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 12.2 14 7 7 2 5 1 4.97 47
2013-07-25 @KCR L 4.2 8 6 6 1 0 0 68 23
2012-08-10 KCR W 8.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 103 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-5    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sat, Apr 26   KCR  W   3-2 (10)  12-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25   KCR  L   0-5       11-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @TOR  W  11-4       11-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @TOR  W  10-8       10-10  3rd  1.5 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TOR  L   3-9        9-10  4th  2.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @BOS  W   7-6        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20  @BOS  L   5-6        8-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 19  @BOS  L   2-4        8-8   3rd  1.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 18  @BOS  W   8-4        8-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16   TBR  W   3-0        7-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 BAL  3  KCR  2 (10)   W:Zach Britton (3-0), L: Danny Duffy (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 KCR  5 @BAL  0        W:Yordano Ventura (2-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-4), S: none

Thu, Jul 25, 2013 KCR  7  BAL  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-7), L: Miguel Gonzalez (8-4), S: none
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 KCR  4  BAL  3        W:Luke Hochevar (3-1), L: Darren O'Day (5-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 KCR  3  BAL  2        W:Bruce Chen (4-0), L: Jason Hammel (7-7), S: Greg Holland (25)
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 BAL  9 @KCR  2        W:Scott Feldman (9-7), L: Wade Davis (4-9), S: none
Thu, May 09, 2013 KCR  6 @BAL  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (5-0), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 08, 2013 BAL  5  KCR  3        W:Chris Tillman (3-1), L: Luis Mendoza (0-2), S: Jim Johnson (13)
Tue, May 07, 2013 BAL  4  KCR  3        W:Tommy Hunter (2-1), L: Tim Collins (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (12)
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 BAL  5  KCR  3        W:Luis Ayala (4-3), L: Bruce Chen (8-10), S: Jim Johnson (34)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - KCR won 4-3; 2012 - BAL won 5-4; All-Time - BAL leads 258-199

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.

Royals Batters (3.57 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 53.Britton*
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 60.Stinson
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .705 97/.671 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.733 6/.833 12/.750 8/2.250 ··· 12/.349 ··· 1/5.000 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .708 97/.523 0/0 15/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 5/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .540 27/.775 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.167 6/.167 8/.762 7/1.381 5/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .581 84/.778 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.643 8/2.000 11/.546 9/1.083 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .796 96/.691 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 1.250 4/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.334 8/.125 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .790 99/.741 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.400 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 4/.583 2/.000 3/1.167 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .735 92/.679 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .656 23/.499 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 6/1.166 9/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .622 84/.565 2/4 12/16
32.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/94 .192/.231/.248/.479 .282/.565 .426 0/ 4/4 1/1
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .710 92/.651 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 4/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 .741 14/.786 0/2 8/0
IP 171.1 40.0 86.1 51.0 62.0 17.0 80.1 TOTAL .256/.310/.355/.664 .588/.688 .622 .664 15/8 9/20
ERA-K/9 3.78/6.3 4.95/4.0 2.81/7.1 3.53/8.8 /0.0 2.18/8.6 3.18/6.4 2.91/6.1 4.33/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 712/.243 182/.321 336/.223 208/.230 / 247/.210 63/.169 332/.244 .282  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 .713 .837 .617 .616 .617 .612 .695 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 356/.689 55/.849 177/.857 112/.502 / 92/.922 23/.221 141/.714 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.736 127/.832 159/.344 96/.747 / 155/.443 40/.843 191/.681 .828
Home 342/.716 88/.839 163/.534 105/.591 / 115/.713 48/.814 151/.690
Last 28d days 89/.940 60/.523 37/.851 40/.970 42/.631 37/.833 49/.997 34/.638
HR/SB/CS 24/2/3 4/2/1 11/3/4 3/1/1 // 7/6/4 4/0/0 5/14/2 28/8/2
Usage ····X··· o·o··XX· X··X·X·· o··X·oo· o···X·Xo o··X·Xo· ··X·X··· ···ooo·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.

Orioles Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
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
45.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/21 .217/.250/.261/.511 .667/.488 .400 19/.957 0/0 0/1
23.Cruz G/S/vP 15/.481 4/.250 2/.000 7/.714 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 456/339 .266/.327/.506/.833 .821/.837 .828 97/.941 5/1 27/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 12/1.250 3/1.666 ··· 6/1.333 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 673/434 .286/.370/.634/1.004 .763/1.142 1.057 94/.754 4/1 53/6
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 271/246 .224/.293/.390/.683 .641/.687 .715 71/.502 2/0 10/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 16/.625 6/1.100 4/.833 26/.818 2/3.000 5/.600 3/.000 ··· 644/453 .263/.306/.433/.738 .783/.720 .730 63/.575 2/1 25/12
10.Jones G/S/vP 40/.940 6/.000 5/.800 23/.780 3/.000 6/.334 4/1.000 ··· 689/470 .285/.318/.493/.811 .732/.846 .827 99/.686 14/3 33/2
12.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 307/227 .259/.278/.338/.616 .659/.601 .703 69/.672 4/3 2/3
9.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 335/265 .286/.311/.413/.724 .745/.718 .635 60/.457 5/2 5/2
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 75/.857 5/1.350 1/.000 39/.643 3/.666 6/1.000 3/.666 ··· 700/451 .271/.329/.356/.685 .651/.704 .737 107/.716 1/2 10/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/12 .286/.333/.500/.833 1.167/.750 .833 79/.700 0/0 1/1
210.Weeks# G/S/vP 7/.858 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/.000 9/.875 ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/8 .111/.111/.111/.222 .000/.250 .000 5/1.500 0/0 0/0
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 26/.811 4/.250 5/.200 25/.920 3/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 579/401 .235/.287/.417/.704 .872/.628 .698 81/.924 2/0 22/3
27.Young G/S/vP 16/.536 6/.000 7/.000 14/.715 8/.625 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 361/259 .260/.307/.407/.715 .684/.724 .549 39/.803 0/0 11/5
IP 228.2 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .269/.323/.397/.720 .668/.735 .582 .720 11/2 16/9
ERA-K/9 3.15/7.7 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 3.10/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (2-0-1)
 Wieters (44-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 946/.251 110/.186 210/.271 618/.307 104/.213 245/.219 255/.170 / .234  Jones
 Lough
 Markakis
 Young
 Cruz
 Lombardozzi
 Weeks
0/156/0/11
15/7/74/8
0/0/155/7
0/0/65/4
0/0/102/1
23/0/0/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .678 .493 .776 .822 .608 .701 .479 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 509/.614 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 437/.753 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .655
Road 488/.592 49/.258 105/.824 293/.857 46/.360 124/.805 117/.506 /
Last 28d days 135/.597 15/.905 31/.440 51/.440 34/.442 35/.708 32/.450 30/.526
HR/SB/CS 20/5/5 1/2/0 6/8/2 15/5/3 0/2/1 9/8/2 3/3/0 // 15/10/6
Usage ····X··· o·····o· X···o··· o··X···o o···X··X ···X·X·· ·o·····o ··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.