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Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, at Kauffman Stadium, June 8, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

82° (based on last ten years)

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

On This Date:

58-48

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

16-24

Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2     
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 KCR  8  NYY  4     

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

31-30, 3rd, 6 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   13-16   Road:   18-14   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  6-9  IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Sat, Jun  7  @KCR  L   4-8       31-30  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Kansas City Royals

30-32, 4th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   15-16   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  21-24   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun  7   NYY  W   8-4       30-32  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 KCR  8  NYY  4        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: David Phelps (1-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 274-186

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (39, RHP, 4-3, 4.27)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-3)			71.2	77	41	34	12	51	10	4.27
2013 (11-13)			201.1	191	79	74	43	150	20	3.31
2012 (16-11)			219.2	205	86	81	51	167	25	3.32

Last 7 GS		2-1	42.2	43	22	17	6	33	6	3.59	52
2014-06-03	OAK	ND	6.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	93	67
2014-05-28	@STL	W	5.2	9	3	3	0	3	0	94	42
2014-05-23	@CHW	ND	4.2	8	4	2	2	3	1	100	37
2014-05-18	PIT	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	98	55
2014-05-12	NYM	ND	6.0	7	4	4	0	3	2	95	45
2014-05-06	@LAA	ND	7.2	5	3	1	0	8	0	108	69
2014-05-01	SEA	L	6.0	7	4	3	1	7	0	94	50

Last 5 v.KCR		1-2	17.1	19	8	7	7	7	1	3.63	47
2013-05-12	@KCR	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	1	0	98	59
2012-05-21	KCR	L	5.1	7	3	3	3	4	1	103	43
2012-05-05	@KCR	L	4.1	6	3	2	3	2	0	91	40

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 6-3, 3.68)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-3)			85.2	88	45	35	19	70	12	3.68
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		3-1	45.2	59	29	26	10	29	8	5.12	45
2014-06-03	@STL	ND	5.1	9	7	5	4	1	2	96	23
2014-05-29	@TOR	ND	7.0	8	6	6	0	6	3	108	43
2014-05-24	@LAA	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	112	40
2014-05-18	BAL	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	99	49
2014-05-13	COL	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	98	71
2014-05-07	@SDP	W	7.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	118	65
2014-05-02	DET	L	6.1	12	8	7	1	3	1	105	21

Last 5 v.NYY		3-2	36.1	32	15	14	8	24	4	3.47	57
2013-07-09	@NYY	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	102	66
2013-05-11	NYY	L	8.0	6	3	2	2	5	1	116	63
2012-09-15	@NYY	L	6.1	6	4	4	1	4	2	103	48
2012-09-03	NYY	W	8.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	121	62
2012-07-03	NYY	W	7.0	10	4	4	0	5	1	100	46

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 33.Shields
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 7/.286 1/.000 5/.000 4/2.250 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 151/87 .223/.272/.410/.682 .606/.737 .544 14/.214 1/0 5/2

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 55/.658 3/.000 6/1.667 1/2.000 11/.364 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 255/160 .288/.354/.407/.761 .894/.682 .694 105/.692 18/2 3/1

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 39/.578 1/2.000 5/.400 3/2.000 19/1.170 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 250/169 .277/.340/.384/.724 .693/.739 .614 115/.751 14/1 4/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 92/.706 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 20/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 230/147 .258/.317/.306/.623 .619/.626 .691 101/.608 1/0 1/5

33.Johnson* G/S/vP 14/.286 ··· 5/.000 4/.000 14/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 133/104 .221/.286/.402/.687 .676/.691 .605 46/.545 2/0 4/5

34.McCann* G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 212/158 .230/.288/.372/.660 .755/.628 .633 89/.755 0/0 7/1

66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/24 .296/.321/.370/.692 .713/.667 .593 29/.427 0/0 1/0

14.Roberts# G/S/vP 67/.654 ··· ··· 3/.000 26/.619 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 199/140 .237/.313/.345/.658 .599/.682 .761 81/.679 4/3 2/6

17.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.000 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 225/147 .294/.366/.452/.818 .669/.898 .801 98/.768 0/0 6/5

12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/132 .229/.255/.396/.651 .819/.558 .564 66/.571 0/0 6/2

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 59/.715 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 22/1.318 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 110/84 .313/.373/.354/.726 .840/.690 .727 52/.596 4/1 0/0

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 55/.361 1/no AB 3/1.000 2/1.000 17/.448 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 175/119 .240/.366/.466/.831 .825/.833 .764 81/.704 0/1 10/5

IP 85.2 3.0 15.1 26.2 27.1 29.1 23.2 20.1 2.0 TOTAL .254/.316/.382/.698 .709/.692 .666 .649 45/9 51/36

ERA-K/9

3.68/7.4

3.00/3.0

4.70/4.7

2.70/4.7

1.32/14.5

2.45/7.1

1.52/14.1

6.64/6.7

0.00/4.5

3.84/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.265 15/.286 66/.269 106/.214 106/.118 126/.243 92/.198 93/.310 7/.167 .252 Gardner
Suzuki
Beltran
Ellsbury
Soriano
Johnson 51/8/1/2
6/2/35/2
0/0/24/1
0/57/0/1
8/0/18/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .739 .690 .746 .610 .335 .661 .506 .758 .452 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.730 7/.571 23/.754 49/.554 51/.410 62/.673 46/.524 53/.822 4/.833 .682

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.746 8/.804 43/.738 57/.658 55/.265 64/.650 46/.485 40/.676 3/.000 .722

Home 116/.701 15/.690 33/.633 47/.611 41/.362 61/.750 55/.493 55/.826 4/.833

Last 28d days 141/.872 8/.393 41/.624 48/.811 36/.140 54/.751 37/.395 46/.880 7/.452

HR/SB/CS 12/1/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 58/23/11

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

Royals Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
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 ··· 262/194 .258/.318/.314/.631 .838/.558 .734 104/.590 7/4 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 15/.553 2/.500 247/185 .252/.304/.320/.623 .713/.594 .739 101/.650 0/0 1/

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 154/113 .331/.370/.437/.807 .810/.806 .935 85/.888 6/0 2/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 13/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 44/36 .238/.256/.286/.542 .250/.609 .476 44/.542 3/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 10/.422 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/.000 80/69 .275/.342/.304/.646 .364/.697 .412 25/.625 10/3 0/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.400 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 241/187 .276/.318/.389/.707 .880/.653 .732 101/.682 16/1 2/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/1.700 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 14/.607 2/.500 260/183 .291/.377/.449/.826 .756/.856 .862 105/1.038 4/2 6/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/23 .086/.086/.171/.257 .000/.391 .389 22/.409 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.619 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 12/.583 2/1.500 275/187 .259/.298/.361/.659 .613/.681 .533 111/.455 0/1 2/5

14.Infante G/S/vP 12/.800 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.650 ··· 187/130 .228/.276/.333/.609 .422/.692 .599 53/.347 1/0 2/2

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 8/1.042 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.222 2/1.000 164/143 .148/.213/.302/.515 .405/.530 .406 43/.459 0/0 4/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 220/167 .270/.323/.426/.749 .676/.770 .716 78/.772 1/0 6/3

IP 71.2 36.0 13.0 7.1 3.1 21.0 12.0 33.0 TOTAL .253/.306/.357/.663 .658/.665 .661 .650 50/13 28/37

ERA-K/9

4.27/6.4

1.50/15.2

4.85/6.2

7.36/4.9

2.70/8.2

3.86/15.4

3.75/7.5

2.45/8.7

4.05/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (4-0-1)
Perez (19-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.270 133/.138 58/.224 35/.276 14/.167 88/.200 57/.298 136/.250 .260 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Aoki 62/0/0/5
0/38/12/3
1/32/0/2
0/0/58/1

OPS .751 .423 .806 .854 .786 .623 .722 .667 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.783 56/.367 21/1.143 9/.611 7/.286 45/.438 36/.643 63/.567 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.710 77/.464 37/.634 26/.911 7/1.143 43/.823 21/.866 73/.749 .773

Road 128/.720 77/.369 36/1.071 28/.801 5/.200 54/.619 23/.558 78/.630

Last 28d days 124/.771 53/.306 47/.581 35/.854 14/.786 55/.717 26/.804 50/.921

HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 1/2/2 3/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/4/0 0/2/1 2/1/2 69/30/16

Usage ····X··· ·Xo·X·X· X··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 5.10

SEA 4.16

SDP 3.15

RA/G

OAK 3.19

LAA 4.28

ARI 4.95

T. Tulowitzki .360

S. Perez .270

J. Gyorko .162

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .451

A. Rendon .328

J. Gyorko .213

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .675

M. Dominguez .412

B. Miller .267

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.126

M. Holliday .746

J. Gyorko .482

ERA

J. Teheran 1.89

C. Wilson 3.52

K. Correia 6.11

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.18

H. Ryu 7.42

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.