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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, April 18, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 8-7, 8-7 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (31, RHP, 1-1, 5.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 18.0 22 11 11 7 9 3 5.50
2013 (13-11) 199.1 195 90 82 46 165 17 3.70
2012 (12-13) 191.0 214 100 95 47 125 18 4.48
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 49 31 28 12 27 4 6.87 40
2014-04-12 KCR W 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 106 71
2014-04-06 @CLE ND 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 91 25
2014-03-31 @CHW L 6.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 93 34
2013-09-25 @SFG L 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 95 35
2013-09-19 @ARI ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 5 0 74 30
2013-09-14 SFG L 1.1 7 7 5 3 0 0 50 13
2013-09-09 ARI W 6.2 3 1 0 1 6 0 100 71
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 1.13 71
2014-04-12 KCR W 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 106 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-4    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   9-5        8-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   7-0        7-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15   TOR  L   3-9        6-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   KCR  W   4-3        6-6   3rd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7 
Royals, 7-7, 7-7 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 1-0, 1.64)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 22.0 14 4 4 5 12 3 1.64
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 47.2 41 20 19 10 30 6 3.59 56
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
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
Last 5 v.MIN 0-2 28.0 35 16 16 10 16 3 5.14 44
2014-04-13 @MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 112 60
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-6    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Thu, Apr 17  @HOU  W   5-1        7-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 16  @HOU  W   6-4 (11)   6-7   4th  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 15  @HOU  W   4-2        5-7   5th  2.0 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13  @MIN  L   3-4        4-7   5th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-7    Last 30: 7-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Casey Fien (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (3)
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
Season Series: 2014 - MIN over 3-0; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - MIN leads 368-330

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.

Twins Batters (5.73 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 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
20.Colabello G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 ··· ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .813 61/.981 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.900 3/.000 8/.393 6/1.583 6/1.166 2/no AB 5/.000 1/2.000 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .730 73/.839 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 .510 14/.429 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 9/1.301 1/.000 3/.333 5/.650 4/1.000 4/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .650 42/.394 15/6 9/18
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .752 11/.282 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .610 60/.520 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 12/.833 2/.500 1/.000 11/.546 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .578 57/.941 0/1 5/3
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/2.133 1/no AB 73/51 .185/.229/.215/.444 .500/.415 .514 8/.125 2/1 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 23/.954 1/2.000 1/.000 15/1.236 1/.000 3/1.667 6/1.334 1/.000 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .901 72/.750 0/1 11/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP 12/1.084 4/.000 4/.500 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 336/223 .260/.307/.372/.679 .652/.693 .648 5/.833 10/3 3/14
43.Pinto G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 1.018 43/.872 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 17/.735 4/.500 9/.347 4/1.833 6/.334 5/1.350 6/1.666 1/.000 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .649 67/.854 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 32/.422 3/2.667 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 2/.000 5/.200 1/3.000 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .614 49/.683 2/0 5/6
IP 150.0 29.2 48.0 135.1 24.1 58.1 67.0 TOTAL .245/.353/.380/.732 .629/.779 .741 .732 12/2 12/9
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 3.02/8.3

 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 / .212  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 .617
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.789 37/.585 101/.846 335/.910 28/.692 124/.738 142/.512 / .617
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 472/.747 73/.446 109/.712 283/.721 76/.571 121/.661 113/.439 / .617
Home 329/.720 61/.674 105/.725 325/.790 58/.818 121/.595 138/.456 /
Last 28d days 82/.556 6/.733 20/.485 38/.423 16/.450 24/.610 26/.558 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 // 11/6/3
Usage ····X··· ······X· ·X··o··· o·o·X··· ·X···X·· ·o····X· ·XX····· ······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 (3.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 12/.817 1/.000 4/.250 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 674/479 .286/.356/.370/.726 .781/.703 .747 55/.741 20/12 8/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.700 14/.846 24/.701 9/.944 17/.728 16/1.471 2/1.500 1/.000 668/496 .289/.374/.412/.787 .797/.783 .866 58/.401 0/0 15/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 239/183 .258/.326/.366/.692 .531/.741 .848 8/.250 34/6 2/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.833 12/.533 13/.879 20/.768 4/1.000 5/.600 15/.481 3/.000 ··· 642/448 .234/.259/.300/.559 .620/.532 .534 50/.578 22/0 4/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/1.371 14/.786 28/.727 5/.400 18/.800 13/.693 7/1.738 1/3.000 700/462 .265/.327/.422/.749 .877/.683 .696 57/.720 11/3 20/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .278/.278/.611/.889 .625/1.100 .786 1/.000 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.667 14/.786 19/.705 4/1.250 10/.700 16/1.108 6/.500 ··· 680/449 .302/.353/.448/.801 .797/.803 .813 59/.714 11/4 17/8
14.Infante G/S/vP 11/.637 3/.666 10/.311 8/.500 6/1.300 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 476/322 .318/.345/.450/.795 .831/.778 .854 52/.646 5/2 10/10
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 262/161 .252/.328/.436/.764 .710/.797 .868 7/.143 6/2 7/5
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.286 11/.182 9/1.222 2/2.000 10/.400 10/.300 ··· 1/.000 514/396 .233/.287/.364/.651 .546/.682 .681 51/.455 2/4 12/16
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 8/1.125 2/2.500 7/1.286 7/1.238 15/.666 ··· 1/.000 526/380 .292/.323/.433/.757 .867/.714 .809 58/.837 0/0 13/8
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/68 .304/.335/.553/.888 1.031/.672 1.079 11/.818 0/2 8/0
IP 199.1 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .245/.306/.333/.639 .563/.665 .709 .639 10/6 4/13
ERA-K/9 3.70/7.5 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 5.00/6.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 834/.255 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .265  Gordon
 Aoki
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
155/0/0/17
0/2/149/9
0/27/47/6
0/73/0/3
0/0/1/0
OPS .693 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 450/.721 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.660 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .770
Road 447/.717 142/.605 260/.744 141/.763 128/.629 121/.719 181/.695 99/.580 21/.586
Last 28d days 80/.904 25/1.190 47/.618 21/.250 26/.641 31/.587 36/.767 22/.864 13/.724
HR/SB/CS 17/9/6 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 15/3/1
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· X······X ····o·X· X···o··o X···o··· o·X···o· ··o····· ··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.