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Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, at Kauffman Stadium, June 28, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

84° (based on last ten years)

Angels

Manager:

Mike Scioscia

Game #:

On This Date:

21-26

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

20-21

Season Series
Fri, May 23, 2014 LAA  6  KCR  1     
Sat, May 24, 2014 KCR  7 @LAA  4 (13)
Sun, May 25, 2014 LAA  4  KCR  3     
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 KCR  8  LAA  6     

Sat, Jun 28, 2014 LAA    @KCR  2:10pm
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 LAA    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

44-34, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-14   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  27-21   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:13-6    vsWest: 16-18 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @KCR  L   6-8       44-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 26   MIN  W   6-4       44-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 25   MIN  W   6-2       43-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 24   MIN  W   8-6       42-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22   TEX  W   5-2       41-33  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 21   TEX  W   3-2 (10)  40-33  2nd  6.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 20   TEX  W   7-3       39-33  2nd  6.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 19  @CLE  L   3-5 (10)  38-33  2nd  6.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 17  @CLE  W   9-3       38-32  2nd  4.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 16  @CLE  L   3-4       37-32  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Kansas City Royals

41-38, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   20-21   Road:   21-17   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:   8-16
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jun 27   LAA  W   8-6       41-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 25   LAD  L   4-5       40-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24   LAD  L   0-2       40-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 23   LAD  W   5-3       40-36  2nd  2.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   SEA  L   1-2       39-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   SEA  L   1-2       39-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20   SEA  L   5-7       39-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19  @DET  L   1-2       39-33  1st  0.5 up
 71 Wed, Jun 18  @DET  W   2-1       39-32  1st  1.5 up
 70 Tue, Jun 17  @DET  W  11-4       38-32  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 KCR  8  LAA  6        W:Michael Mariot (1-0), L: Matt Shoemaker (5-2), S: Greg Holland (23)
Sun, May 25, 2014 LAA  4  KCR  3        W:Michael Kohn (2-1), L: Tim Collins (0-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (6)
Sat, May 24, 2014 KCR  7 @LAA  4 (13)   W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Mike Morin (0-1), S: Greg Holland (14)
Fri, May 23, 2014 LAA  6  KCR  1        W:C.J. Wilson (6-3), L: Danny Duffy (2-4), S: none

Sun, May 26, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  2        W:Jerome Williams (4-1), L: Wade Davis (3-4), S: Ernesto Frieri (10)
Sat, May 25, 2013 LAA  7 @KCR  0        W:Billy Buckner (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-3), S: none
Fri, May 24, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Garrett Richards (1)
Thu, May 23, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  4        W:Joe Blanton (1-7), L: Ervin Santana (3-4), S: Robert Coello (1)
Wed, May 15, 2013 KCR  9 @LAA  5        W:Wade Davis (3-3), L: Barry Enright (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 14, 2013 LAA  6  KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-1), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - LAA won 5-2; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; All-Time - LAA leads 282-272

SP: Hector Santiago (26, LHP, 0-7, 4.41)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (0-7)			49.0	45	30	24	21	43	6	4.41
2013 (4-9)			149.0	137	69	59	72	137	17	3.56
2012 (4-1)			70.1	54	26	26	40	79	10	3.33

Last 7 GS		0-5	36.2	33	22	16	15	32	5	3.93	50
2014-06-15	@ATL	L	5.1	5	4	4	2	4	0	94	44
2014-06-10	OAK	ND	6.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	98	73
2014-05-07	NYY	L	2.1	5	6	2	3	2	1	58	30
2014-05-02	TEX	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	5	2	102	41
2014-04-26	@NYY	L	4.1	6	4	4	1	3	1	77	37
2014-04-20	@DET	L	5.2	2	2	0	5	7	0	119	63
2014-04-14	OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	101	65

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	18.2	11	3	3	8	20	1	1.45	65
2013-07-28	KCR	ND	6.2	5	2	2	4	7	0	105	59
2013-06-21	@KCR	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	106	76
2012-09-09	KCR	ND	4.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	93	61

SP: Yordano Ventura (23, RHP, 5-6, 3.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-6)			84.1	80	31	30	25	73	7	3.20
2013 (0-1)			15.1	13	6	6	6	11	3	3.52

Last 7 GS		3-4	42.0	48	19	19	10	29	3	4.07	50
2014-06-22	SEA	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	101	61
2014-06-17	@DET	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	102	51
2014-06-11	CLE	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	85	64
2014-06-05	STL	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	91	49
2014-05-26	HOU	L	2.2	7	5	5	3	3	0	74	24
2014-05-20	CHW	L	6.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	100	45
2014-05-15	BAL	L	6.1	7	2	2	1	9	1	104	59

Has never faced LAA as starter.

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

Angels Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.100 12/.637 4/1.250 6/1.000 1/no AB 319/222 .284/.325/.425/.750 .630/.803 .891 93/.802 7/5 5/5

56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 175/135 .270/.328/.459/.787 .689/.815 .786 79/.893 3/0 6/0

16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 134/119 .237/.323/.381/.705 .833/.685 .562 47/.515 0/0 3/2

7.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 179/91 .289/.362/.434/.796 .905/.683 .879 38/.856 1/0 5/3

20.Cron G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 128/70 .301/.328/.577/.905 .874/.931 1.067 52/.947 0/0 8/0

6.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.666 5/1.200 4/.500 1/.000 227/165 .228/.304/.287/.591 .666/.564 .651 86/.683 0/1 2/1

10.Green G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/38 .324/.333/.423/.756 .905/.606 .645 11/.191 1/2 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 11/1.945 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 130/92 .319/.392/.457/.849 1.186/.706 .803 97/.711 3/0 3/4

17.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 7/.629 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 178/98 .253/.365/.413/.779 .911/.666 .798 45/.604 3/0 5/0

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.804 16/1.143 5/.400 5/.400 1/.000 334/233 .275/.336/.380/.717 .745/.704 .786 92/.590 9/4 4/6

8.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.150 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/26 .220/.298/.244/.542 .679/.422 .570 13/.267 1/0 0/2

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.700 9/.444 6/1.000 4/.250 1/no AB 337/238 .259/.315/.472/.787 .727/.812 .762 98/.674 3/0 16/2

27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 7/.929 5/1.600 3/1.167 ··· 335/232 .313/.403/.616/1.019 1.097/.985 1.012 93/1.255 10/0 18/2

IP 84.1 6.2 34.1 34.2 34.1 30.2 23.2 TOTAL .261/.327/.419/.746 .781/.731 .761 .747 48/16 83/41

ERA-K/9

3.20/7.8

1.35/4.0

2.62/5.0

1.30/14.5

2.36/7.6

2.05/13.8

6.08/7.2

3.71/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Conger (27-12-1)
Iannetta (24-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 353/.246 27/.231 135/.226 138/.126 143/.228 122/.212 106/.284 .252 Calhoun
Cowgill
Trout
Green
Hamilton 0/0/41/5
12/10/40/3
0/71/0/2
15/0/0/0
27/2/0/0

OPS .680 .528 .623 .365 .617 .580 .729 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.646 16/.375 59/.659 69/.491 68/.662 65/.668 57/.786 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.723 11/.764 76/.595 69/.241 75/.577 57/.483 49/.663 .712

Home 212/.686 21/.586 64/.659 65/.425 73/.696 76/.608 63/.745

Last 28d days 110/.662 20/.358 43/.662 43/.418 29/.535 40/.653 22/.596

HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/2 3/1/1 1/0/0 72/26/14

Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·· ···o·o·· o·X·o··X X··X··o· X···X··X X··o····

Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Santiago*
G/S/vB 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB 245.Grilli
G/S/vB 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB 64.Morin
G/S/vB 46.Rasmus
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.476 1/.000 4/1.000 6/1.417 2/.000 1/3.000 15/.343 318/239 .280/.330/.360/.690 .658/.701 .733 93/.858 0/0 2/

6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 217/159 .317/.355/.436/.790 .785/.792 .907 88/.735 7/2 3/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 49/39 .213/.229/.255/.484 .200/.560 .400 7/.000 4/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 7/1.285 127/109 .301/.350/.345/.695 .513/.726 .624 55/.732 12/4 1/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.500 1/2.000 7/.453 1/no AB ··· 15/.277 303/231 .288/.329/.399/.728 .754/.719 .751 87/.890 20/1 2/7

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/.311 1/no AB 3/.000 6/.900 2/.000 1/.000 8/.708 328/232 .277/.357/.443/.800 .746/.822 .782 97/.879 6/2 9/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/26 .105/.128/.184/.312 .077/.423 .429 5/.650 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/.969 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/2.000 351/243 .249/.291/.351/.641 .595/.662 .536 107/.553 2/1 4/5

14.Infante G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 9/.958 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/1.000 258/185 .247/.297/.362/.659 .537/.706 .614 102/.635 3/1 5/3

27.Maxwell G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/16 .162/.220/.189/.409 .251/.646 .440 9/.472 0/1 0/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 10/.100 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 223/187 .178/.243/.356/.600 .566/.606 .527 84/.693 0/0 8/6

13.Perez G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 286/217 .288/.336/.453/.789 .621/.838 .788 94/.933 1/0 9/3

19.Valencia G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 83/36 .263/.313/.355/.669 .728/.587 .676 7/.857 0/0 1/1

IP 49.0 3.0 20.1 29.0 26.1 10.1 32.2 TOTAL .262/.313/.374/.687 .650/.701 .675 .752 64/17 46/45

ERA-K/9

4.41/7.9

0.00/0.0

4.87/9.3

2.79/11.2

1.37/8.2

4.35/6.1

3.03/10.2

3.90/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (5-1-1)
Perez (21-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.242 12/.100 93/.275 118/.198 103/.200 45/.293 136/.238 .236 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Maxwell 78/0/0/5
0/45/21/5
2/43/0/3
1/6/6/1

OPS .689 .350 .832 .632 .569 .699 .658 .675

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.729 6/.167 35/.514 62/.783 58/.683 23/.713 79/.754 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.674 6/.533 58/1.024 56/.459 45/.417 22/.679 57/.525 .652

Road 92/.679 12/.350 50/.666 47/.422 34/.465 13/.801 60/.618

Last 28d days 45/.459 12/.350 43/1.009 46/.723 57/.572 32/.615 43/.771

HR/SB/CS 6/4/3 0/1/0 4/1/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 72/51/22

Usage ·····o·· X······· ··X····X ··XX··oX ··oo··XX oX·····o ·o·o·X·o

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 5.15

SEA 4.10

SDP 2.99

RA/G

STL 3.38

LAA 4.21

COL 5.16

T. Tulowitzki .351

M. Kemp .267

C. Carter .187

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .445

G. Jones .332

N. Schierholtz .253

SLG

J. Abreu .633

J. Reyes .410

W. Venable .273

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.067

Y. Solarte .749

W. Venable .530

ERA

J. Cueto 1.88

D. Price 3.63

R. Nolasco 5.74

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.03

R. Dickey 7.62

K. Correia 4.49

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.