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Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, at Kauffman Stadium, August 13, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

86° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

120

On This Date:

48-56

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

120

On This Date:

22-19

Season Series
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0     
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 OAK  8  KCR  3     
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR  4 @OAK  2     
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  2     
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK 11 @KCR  3     

Wed, Aug 13, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 OAK    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Oakland Athletics

73-46, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   40-21   Road:   33-25   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  53-34   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest: 27-20 IL:10-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 12  @KCR  W  11-3       73-46  1st  3.5 up
118 Mon, Aug 11  @KCR  L   2-3       72-46  1st  3.5 up
117 Sun, Aug 10   MIN  L   1-6       72-45  1st  4.0 up
116 Sat, Aug  9   MIN  W   9-4       72-44  1st  4.0 up
115 Fri, Aug  8   MIN  W   6-5       71-44  1st  4.0 up
114 Thu, Aug  7   MIN  W   3-0       70-44  1st  3.0 up
113 Wed, Aug  6   TBR  L   3-7       69-44  1st  2.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  5   TBR  W   3-0       69-43  1st  2.0 up
111 Mon, Aug  4   TBR  W   3-2 (10)  68-43  1st  1.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  3   KCR  L   2-4       67-43  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Kansas City Royals

64-54, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-28   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:25-25   vsWest: 11-13 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 12   OAK  L   3-11      64-54  1st  0.5 up
117 Mon, Aug 11   OAK  W   3-2       64-53  1st  0.5 up
116 Sun, Aug 10   SFG  W   7-4       63-53  2nd  0.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9   SFG  W   5-0       62-53  2nd  1.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8   SFG  W   4-2       61-53  2nd  2.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  7  @ARI  W   6-2       60-53  2nd  2.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  6  @ARI  W   4-3       59-53  2nd  3.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug  5  @ARI  W  12-2       58-53  2nd  4.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @OAK  W   4-2       57-53  2nd  5.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @OAK  L   3-8       56-53  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK 11 @KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (13-7), L: Jeremy Guthrie (8-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-2), L: Sonny Gray (12-6), S: Greg Holland (35)
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR  4 @OAK  2        W:James Shields (10-6), L: Scott Kazmir (12-4), S: Greg Holland (31)
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 OAK  8  KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (11-7), L: Jason Vargas (8-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-9), L: Sonny Gray (12-4), S: Greg Holland (30)

Sun, Jul 07, 2013 OAK 10 @KCR  4        W:A.J. Griffin (7-6), L: Luis Mendoza (2-5), S: Jesse Chavez (1)
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 KCR  4  OAK  3        W:Aaron Crow (6-3), L: Ryan Cook (1-2), S: Greg Holland (20)
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 OAK  6 @KCR  3        W:Tommy Milone (8-7), L: Wade Davis (4-7), S: Grant Balfour (22)
Sun, May 19, 2013 OAK  4  KCR  3        W:Jerry Blevins (3-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (2-4), S: Ryan Cook (1)
Sat, May 18, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Tommy Milone (4-5), L: Ervin Santana (3-3), S: Grant Balfour (8)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 3-2; 2013 - OAK won 5-1; 2012 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 307-252

SP: Scott Kazmir (30, LHP, 13-4, 2.73)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (13-4)			142.0	117	46	43	32	122	11	2.73
2013 (10-9)			158.0	162	76	71	47	162	19	4.04
2011 (0-0)			1.2	5	5	5	2	0	1	27.00

Last 7 GS		4-1	44.0	39	15	14	11	38	2	2.86	58
2014-08-08	MIN	W	6.2	5	5	5	1	4	0	85	47
2014-08-03	KCR	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	99	37
2014-07-27	@TEX	W	5.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	94	45
2014-07-22	HOU	ND	7.0	7	2	1	1	6	0	107	62
2014-07-10	@SFG	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	103	79
2014-07-05	TOR	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	113	73
2014-06-30	@DET	ND	5.1	4	1	1	3	7	1	97	60

Last 5 v.KCR		1-3	26.1	36	17	16	5	21	1	5.47	44
2014-08-03	KCR	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	99	37
2013-09-16	@KCR	L	5.0	7	4	4	1	6	0	98	42
2013-09-11	KCR	L	4.0	9	4	3	0	4	1	87	34
2013-07-13	KCR	W	6.1	4	2	2	3	6	0	108	60
2013-07-03	@KCR	ND	5.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	87	46

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 8-5, 3.48)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-5)			134.1	140	56	52	29	92	14	3.48
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		2-3	41.2	51	21	18	6	25	3	3.89	48
2014-08-08	SFG	ND	5.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	101	46
2014-08-02	@OAK	L	4.1	6	7	4	0	5	0	75	34
2014-07-08	@TBR	L	5.2	6	2	2	2	3	0	109	50
2014-07-02	@MIN	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	111	72
2014-06-27	LAA	ND	4.0	9	6	6	0	1	3	63	21
2014-06-21	SEA	L	8.2	10	2	2	0	2	0	115	58
2014-06-16	@DET	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	95	57

Last 5 v.OAK		1-2	32.0	32	17	14	6	26	3	3.94	52
2014-08-02	@OAK	L	4.1	6	7	4	0	5	0	75	34
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
2013-04-11	OAK	L	5.2	10	5	5	3	4	1	102	30
2012-09-29	@OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	103	70

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

Athletics Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 24/.500 ··· 6/1.667 17/.710 7/.453 2/.500 5/.400 359/233 .234/.304/.302/.606 .537/.643 .554 41/.525 0/1 3/7

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 47/.895 ··· 3/1.667 5/.000 15/.729 1/.000 2/1.000 366/273 .264/.367/.401/.768 .693/.794 .745 65/.447 16/4 7/2

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 22/.336 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 7/.762 3/.000 4/.500 516/395 .255/.341/.475/.816 1.154/.715 .850 106/1.015 7/0 25/19

35.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/17 .216/.275/.405/.680 .761/.561 .582 12/.523 0/0 1/0

23.Fuld* G/S/vP 11/.364 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 271/202 .265/.351/.355/.705 .793/.675 .791 79/.619 17/3 2/2

15.Gomes G/S/vP 20/.544 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 10/.744 1/no AB 2/.000 259/110 .236/.328/.350/.678 .794/.525 .606 37/.668 0/0 6/3

5.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 328/301 .267/.341/.428/.770 .468/.797 .700 73/.665 2/0 8/1

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 19/.632 ··· ··· 6/.000 7/.143 1/.000 3/.000 462/339 .238/.317/.354/.671 .647/.680 .659 78/.690 0/0 5/11

37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 461/374 .254/.341/.481/.822 .818/.823 .888 97/.607 1/0 23/4

36.Norris G/S/vP 19/.596 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 303/186 .288/.384/.462/.846 1.010/.741 .776 68/.736 2/1 10/3

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 26/.616 ··· 4/.000 9/1.431 5/.650 1/2.000 4/1.250 277/192 .259/.312/.424/.735 .468/.853 .665 81/.929 1/1 8/3

28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 237/203 .213/.299/.266/.565 .357/.598 .398 64/.831 10/2 1/5

21.Vogt* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 201/168 .316/.348/.489/.838 .680/.869 .875 85/.726 1/0 7/0

IP 134.1 24.1 47.1 51.1 35.2 50.0 46.2 TOTAL .252/.328/.399/.727 .717/.731 .697 .721 69/13 120/78

ERA-K/9

3.48/6.2

2.59/6.7

3.04/5.1

0.88/13.7

2.78/9.6

1.62/7.7

1.74/13.3

3.59/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (29-4-1)
Norris (38-7-4)
Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 563/.266 104/.253 193/.228 201/.141 151/.229 208/.220 183/.198 .253 Fuld
Moss
Reddick
Gomes
Crisp
Vogt 15/53/5/7
36/0/31/5
0/1/73/3
68/0/11/2
0/78/0/0
1/0/16/0

OPS .710 .615 .713 .386 .647 .588 .528 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.688 49/.484 85/.775 103/.483 58/.593 101/.652 105/.563 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.718 55/.735 108/.664 98/.286 93/.679 107/.528 78/.481 .700

Home 307/.806 48/.729 93/.841 103/.463 79/.443 105/.617 111/.555

Last 28d days 43/.767 31/.508 36/1.007 47/.554 22/.377 44/.440 48/.515

HR/SB/CS 14/10/2 0/0/0 7/2/1 0/0/0 2/4/1 0/4/2 3/3/1 101/45/19

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

Royals Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 56.Abad*
G/S/vB 60.Chavez
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 392/288 .269/.340/.338/.678 .831/.624 .716 86/.778 13/4 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 33/.769 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 467/346 .275/.323/.386/.709 .844/.663 .769 88/.830 0/0 7/0

6.Cain G/S/vP 15/.762 1/3.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 354/250 .300/.339/.412/.751 .834/.717 .777 76/.691 16/3 3/1

24.Colon G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 19/13 .316/.316/.579/.895 1.167/.769 .667 7/.714 0/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 218/174 .286/.335/.342/.677 .605/.696 .595 50/.639 26/4 1/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 16/.829 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 443/328 .279/.314/.371/.685 .765/.656 .718 85/.598 24/3 2/11

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 30/.634 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 464/325 .280/.356/.436/.791 .776/.798 .784 96/.862 7/3 12/2

18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 11/.920 4/.500 12/.606 6/.167 6/.000 6/.000 9/.444 5/.400 254/208 .164/.252/.292/.544 .157/.630 .614 30/.944 3/2 5/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 19/1.046 1/3.000 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 4/.500 414/299 .257/.295/.352/.647 .579/.673 .588 103/.491 6/2 5/6

19.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 92/44 .202/.228/.337/.565 .655/.465 .548 11/.636 0/0 3/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 349/280 .199/.261/.388/.650 .571/.669 .536 83/.719 0/0 14/12

13.Perez G/S/vP 15/1.217 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 441/328 .269/.308/.416/.724 .669/.742 .699 94/.575 1/0 14/4

7.Willingham G/S/vP 18/.516 ··· 4/.750 3/2.667 3/.333 5/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 282/195 .211/.344/.404/.747 .795/.726 .739 83/.690 1/0 12/0

IP 142.0 46.0 131.1 39.2 51.2 55.2 11.0 68.0 TOTAL .263/.312/.377/.688 .703/.683 .666 .678 102/23 71/67

ERA-K/9

2.73/7.7

1.76/8.2

3.43/8.4

2.27/8.6

2.44/12.7

2.26/7.4

1.64/7.4

2.38/4.1

3.17/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (13-5-1)
Perez (38-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.223 171/.162 558/.253 159/.173 190/.158 217/.217 46/.186 275/.258 .233 Cain
Gordon
Aoki
Willingham
Dyson
Ibanez 0/63/50/8
112/0/0/6
4/0/84/5
53/0/0/3
3/75/0/3
22/0/5/0

OPS .603 .489 .682 .561 .427 .594 .425 .620 .643

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.580 76/.543 330/.690 63/.745 64/.286 86/.548 18/.627 119/.673 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 425/.611 95/.444 228/.670 96/.443 126/.500 131/.626 28/.294 156/.580 .627

Road 272/.671 77/.370 303/.758 72/.520 88/.615 102/.656 21/.596 136/.574

Last 28d days 101/.722 28/.475 71/.721 41/.225 29/.220 35/.503 33/.345 55/.825

HR/SB/CS 11/11/1 4/1/2 13/4/3 3/2/0 4/5/1 4/9/0 0/2/0 3/2/3 101/67/14

Usage ····X··· ··o···X· ··X···X· oo··o··o ····X··o ··X·o··o ···o···o 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 4.92

ARI 4.03

SDP 3.24

RA/G

SEA 3.23

PIT 4.11

COL 5.23

T. Tulowitzki .340

D. Jeter .273

C. Davis .197

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

D. Wright .331

G. Beckham .264

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .603

C. Yelich .416

Z. Cozart .298

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

J. Ellsbury .756

Z. Cozart .567

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

Z. Wheeler 3.53

E. Jackson 5.61

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

A. Wainwright 7.35

K. Correia 4.39

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.