Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, at Kauffman Stadium, June 7, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, at Kauffman Stadium, June 7, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Start Time:

6:15ct (local), 7:15et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

82° (based on last ten years)

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

On This Date:

58-41

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

21-20

Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2     

Sat, Jun 07, 2014 NYY    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 NYY    @KCR  2:10pm
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 NYY    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 KCR    @NYY  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 KCR    @NYY  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 KCR    @NYY  1:05pm

                         All times ET

New York Yankees

31-29, 2nd, 6 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   13-16   Road:   18-13   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  6-9  IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Fri, Jun  6  @KCR  W   4-2       31-29  2nd  6.0 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  5   OAK  W   2-1       30-29  3rd  6.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun  4   OAK  L   4-7       29-29  3rd  6.0 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  3   OAK  L   2-5 (10)  29-28  3rd  5.0 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  2   SEA  L   2-10      29-27  2nd  4.0 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  1   MIN  L   2-7       29-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 54 Sat, May 31   MIN  W   3-1       29-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 53 Fri, May 30   MIN  L   1-6       28-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 52 Wed, May 28  @STL  W   7-4       28-24  2nd  3.0 gb
 51 Tue, May 27  @STL  L   0-6       27-24  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Kansas City Royals

29-32, 4th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   14-16   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  20-24   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Fri, Jun  6   NYY  L   2-4       29-32  4th  5.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5   STL  W   3-2       29-31  4th  4.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   STL  L   2-5 (11)  28-31  5th  5.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @STL  W   8-7       28-30  4th  5.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @STL  W   6-0       27-30  4th  6.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @TOR  L   0-4       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @TOR  L   2-12      26-29  3rd  6.5 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @TOR  W   6-1       26-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @TOR  W   8-6 (10)  25-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 52 Wed, May 28   HOU  L   3-9       24-28  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2        W:Chase Whitley (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-6), S: David Robertson (14)

Thu, Jul 11, 2013 NYY  8  KCR  4        W:Andy Pettitte (7-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 NYY  8  KCR  1        W:Ivan Nova (4-2), L: Wade Davis (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 KCR  3 @NYY  1        W:James Shields (4-6), L: CC Sabathia (9-7), S: Greg Holland (22)
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 KCR  5 @NYY  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (8-6), L: Phil Hughes (4-8), S: Greg Holland (21)
Sun, May 12, 2013 NYY  4 @KCR  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-2), L: Ervin Santana (3-2), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Sat, May 11, 2013 NYY  3 @KCR  2        W:Andy Pettitte (4-2), L: James Shields (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Fri, May 10, 2013 NYY 11 @KCR  6        W:Phil Hughes (2-2), L: Wade Davis (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 NYY  8  KCR  3        W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Will Smith (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2012 NYY  3  KCR  2        W:Phil Hughes (4-5), L: Luke Hochevar (3-5), S: Rafael Soriano (3)
Season Series: 2014 - NYY over 1-0; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 274-185

SP: David Phelps (27, RHP, 1-3, 4.11)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-3)			46.0	46	25	21	20	42	4	4.11
2013 (6-5)			86.2	88	50	48	35	79	8	4.98
2012 (4-4)			99.2	81	38	37	38	96	14	3.34

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.2	44	22	20	13	31	2	4.43	49
2014-06-02	SEA	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	4	0	92	37
2014-05-27	@STL	L	6.0	8	5	3	2	5	1	109	43
2014-05-22	@CHW	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	0	104	64
2014-05-17	PIT	W	5.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	100	59
2014-05-11	@MIL	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	70	33
2014-05-05	@LAA	ND	5.1	3	1	1	1	3	0	87	60
2013-07-04	@MIN	W	6.1	8	4	4	0	5	1	111	46

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	4.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	4.50	47
2012-05-03	@KCR	L	4.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	85	47

SP: Danny Duffy (25, LHP, 3-5, 3.05)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-5)			41.1	28	16	14	18	29	4	3.05
2013 (2-0)			24.1	19	5	5	14	22	0	1.85
2012 (2-2)			27.2	26	13	12	18	28	2	3.90

Last 7 GS		2-4	37.1	25	15	14	20	19	4	3.38	53
2014-06-02	@STL	W	6.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	85	74
2014-05-28	HOU	L	4.0	7	6	5	5	3	2	86	24
2014-05-23	@LAA	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	87	34
2014-05-17	BAL	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	97	75
2014-05-08	@SEA	L	6.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	88	65
2014-05-03	DET	L	4.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	75	52
2013-09-07	DET	ND	4.1	2	2	2	5	1	0	87	47

Last 5 v.NYY		1-1	8.1	14	10	10	4	9	1	10.80	32
2012-05-03	NYY	W	5.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	90	52
2011-08-16	NYY	L	3.0	8	8	8	2	3	1	90	12

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Yankees Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 48.Mariot
G/S/vB 68.Rodriguez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 4/2.250 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 147/86 .222/.272/.407/.680 .585/.746 .531 12/.000 1/0 5/2

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.667 1/2.000 11/.364 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 251/159 .284/.352/.405/.757 .902/.673 .685 106/.678 18/2 3/1

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 5/.400 2/3.000 19/1.170 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 245/167 .283/.347/.393/.740 .721/.749 .640 115/.779 14/1 4/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 20/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 226/146 .259/.318/.307/.626 .617/.630 .698 102/.602 1/0 1/5

33.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.000 14/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 133/104 .221/.286/.402/.687 .676/.691 .605 49/.575 2/0 4/5

34.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/157 .231/.289/.374/.663 .755/.632 .639 88/.764 0/0 7/1

66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/23 .314/.340/.392/.732 .762/.696 .667 30/.619 0/0 1/0

14.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 26/.619 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 195/138 .236/.309/.345/.654 .560/.693 .758 78/.661 4/2 2/6

17.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/23 .303/.303/.303/.606 .200/.783 .818 31/.516 0/1 0/2

26.Solarte# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/146 .289/.359/.443/.802 .650/.882 .771 98/.762 0/0 6/5

12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 201/131 .233/.259/.402/.661 .844/.563 .582 64/.590 0/0 6/2

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 22/1.318 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 109/83 .306/.367/.347/.714 .840/.674 .706 54/.556 4/1 0/0

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/no AB 3/1.000 2/1.000 17/.448 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 171/118 .245/.368/.476/.844 .849/.841 .783 82/.792 0/1 10/5

IP 41.1 3.0 15.1 25.1 27.1 28.1 23.2 19.1 2.0 TOTAL .254/.316/.383/.699 .711/.693 .669 .659 45/8 51/36

ERA-K/9

3.05/6.3

3.00/3.0

4.70/4.7

2.84/4.6

1.32/14.5

2.54/7.0

1.52/14.1

6.52/7.0

0.00/4.5

3.84/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (21-13-5)
Murphy (8-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.190 15/.286 66/.269 102/.223 106/.118 122/.243 92/.198 88/.304 7/.167 .252 Suzuki
Gardner
Beltran
Ellsbury
Soriano
Johnson 6/2/35/2
50/8/1/2
0/0/24/1
0/56/0/1
8/0/17/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .603 .690 .746 .635 .335 .667 .506 .743 .452 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.165 7/.571 23/.754 47/.579 51/.410 59/.674 46/.524 48/.801 4/.833 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 139/.704 8/.804 43/.738 55/.683 55/.265 63/.661 46/.485 40/.676 3/.000 .724

Home 73/.632 15/.690 33/.633 43/.669 41/.362 57/.768 55/.493 50/.806 4/.833

Last 28d days 94/.683 8/.393 41/.624 48/.854 40/.177 52/.767 40/.364 41/.864 7/.452

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 58/23/10

Usage ····X··· Xo······ ··o···X· ···ooo·X ·o·XX··· ··X·o··X ·XXX···· ··X···X· X··o····

Royals Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 40.Daley
G/S/vB 55.LeBlanc*
G/S/vB 63.Ramirez
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Warren
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 258/190 .259/.319/.315/.634 .838/.559 .743 105/.584 7/4 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 15/.553 2/.500 243/181 .251/.300/.315/.615 .713/.583 .727 102/.619 0/0 1/

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/109 .319/.360/.413/.773 .810/.760 .865 86/.785 6/0 2/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 9/.888 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 44/36 .238/.256/.286/.542 .250/.609 .476 44/.542 3/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 79/68 .275/.333/.304/.638 .364/.687 .388 24/.598 10/3 0/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 237/183 .276/.319/.392/.711 .880/.657 .741 101/.735 16/1 2/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 14/.607 2/.500 256/179 .289/.371/.444/.816 .756/.841 .840 106/1.041 4/2 6/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/23 .086/.086/.171/.257 .000/.391 .389 26/.346 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 12/.583 2/1.500 270/182 .260/.300/.352/.652 .613/.671 .514 111/.464 0/1 1/5

14.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.666 6/.650 ··· 182/125 .235/.283/.343/.627 .422/.722 .638 48/.384 1/0 2/2

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.222 2/1.000 160/139 .145/.213/.303/.516 .405/.531 .401 39/.455 0/0 4/4

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 216/163 .260/.315/.400/.715 .676/.726 .634 74/.673 1/0 5/3

IP 46.0 36.0 12.0 7.1 2.0 21.0 12.0 33.0 TOTAL .251/.304/.352/.656 .658/.655 .646 .643 50/13 26/37

ERA-K/9

4.11/8.2

1.50/15.2

4.50/6.8

7.36/4.9

4.50/9.0

3.86/15.4

3.75/7.5

2.45/8.7

3.98/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (4-0-1)
Perez (19-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 206/.256 133/.138 52/.205 35/.276 9/.250 88/.200 57/.298 136/.250 .258 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Aoki 61/0/0/5
0/37/11/3
1/31/0/2
0/0/57/1

OPS .749 .423 .726 .854 1.083 .623 .722 .667 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.600 56/.367 19/.850 9/.611 4/.250 45/.438 36/.643 63/.567 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.875 77/.464 33/.652 26/.911 5/1.600 43/.823 21/.866 73/.749 .767

Road 139/.757 77/.369 30/.979 28/.801 / 54/.619 23/.558 78/.630

Last 28d days 132/.769 59/.326 41/.450 35/.854 9/1.083 55/.717 27/.855 58/.905

HR/SB/CS 4/6/3 1/2/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/4/0 0/2/1 2/1/2 67/30/16

Usage ····X··· Xo·X·X·· ··o··o·o ··X····X ··X····· Xo·o·XX· ··X·oo·· ·X·X·X··

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 5.13

ARI 4.14

SDP 3.13

RA/G

OAK 3.15

LAA 4.27

ARI 4.98

T. Tulowitzki .359

J. Mauer .269

J. Gyorko .162

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .452

M. Bourn .330

J. Gyorko .213

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .682

P. Sandoval .413

J. Gyorko .270

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.134

Y. Gomes .746

J. Gyorko .482

ERA

T. Hudson 1.75

C. Wilson 3.52

K. Correia 6.11

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.18

R. Dickey 7.47

J. Guthrie 4.31

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.