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Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, August 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Start Time:
7:07ct (local), 8:07et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
137
On This Date:
49-55
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
137
On This Date:
18-23
Season Series
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  3     
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 KCR  8 @CLE  2     
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 CLE  5  KCR  3     
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 CLE  5  KCR  1     
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 KCR  9  CLE  5     
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 KCR  4  CLE  1     
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 KCR  7 @CLE  1     
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 CLE  7  KCR  3     
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  1     
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 KCR  2  CLE  1 (14)
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 KCR  6  CLE  4     
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 KCR  7  CLE  5     
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 CLE 10 @KCR  3     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CLE  6 @KCR  1     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CLE  3 @KCR  2 (11)

Sun, Aug 31, 2014 CLE    @KCR  8:07pm
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 KCR    @CLE  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 KCR    @CLE  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 KCR    @CLE  7:05pm

                         All times ET
Cleveland Indians
70-64, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-25   Road:   31-39   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  50-44   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  21-18
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:29-27   vsWest: 14-14 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Aug 30  @KCR  W   3-2 (11)  70-64  3rd  3.5 gb
133 Fri, Aug 29  @KCR  W   6-1       69-64  3rd  4.5 gb
132 Thu, Aug 28  @CHW  W   3-2       68-64  3rd  5.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 27  @CHW  L   2-3       67-64  3rd  6.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 26  @CHW  W   8-6 (10)  67-63  3rd  5.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24   HOU  W   3-1       66-63  3rd  6.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23   HOU  W   3-2       65-63  3rd  7.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  L   1-5       64-63  3rd  7.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 21  @MIN  L   1-4       64-62  3rd  6.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 20  @MIN  W   5-0       64-61  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Kansas City Royals
74-61, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-32   Road:   39-29   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  54-42   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:30-29   vsWest: 15-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30   CLE  L   2-3 (11)  74-61  1st    Tied
134 Fri, Aug 29   CLE  L   1-6       74-60  1st  0.5 up
133 Thu, Aug 28   MIN  L   5-11(10)  74-59  1st  1.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 27   MIN  W   6-1       74-58  1st  2.5 up
131 Tue, Aug 26   MIN  W   2-1       73-58  1st  1.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 25   NYY  L   1-8       72-58  1st  1.5 up
129 Sun, Aug 24  @TEX  L   1-3       72-57  1st  2.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 23  @TEX  W   6-3       72-56  1st  3.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 22  @TEX  W   6-3       71-56  1st  2.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 20  @COL  L   2-5       70-56  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CLE  3 @KCR  2 (11)   W:Josh Tomlin (6-8), L: Scott Downs (0-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CLE  6 @KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (5-6), L: Jason Vargas (10-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 CLE 10 @KCR  3        W:Danny Salazar (3-4), L: Bruce Chen (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 KCR  7  CLE  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-9), L: Zach McAllister (3-6), S: Greg Holland (27)
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 KCR  6  CLE  4        W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Carlos Carrasco (3-4), S: Aaron Crow (2)
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 KCR  2  CLE  1 (14)   W:Aaron Crow (5-1), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  1        W:Corey Kluber (8-6), L: Danny Duffy (5-8), S: Cody Allen (9)
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 CLE  7  KCR  3        W:T.J. House (1-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 KCR  7 @CLE  1        W:Yordano Ventura (6-7), L: Josh Tomlin (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 KCR  4  CLE  1        W:Yordano Ventura (4-5), L: Trevor Bauer (1-3), S: Greg Holland (19)
Season Series: 2014 - CLE over 8-7; 2013 - CLE won 10-9; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 321-304

SP: T.J. House (24, LHP, 2-3, 4.18)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 71.0 86 36 33 21 53 8 4.18
Last 7 GS 2-1 37.1 45 18 17 12 31 3 4.10 48
2014-08-26 @CHW ND 4.2 7 5 5 1 4 1 74 33
2014-08-20 @MIN W 5.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 95 62
2014-08-07 @CIN L 6.0 8 4 3 1 5 0 85 46
2014-08-02 TEX ND 5.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 97 66
2014-07-21 @MIN ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 2 0 89 42
2014-07-10 NYY ND 4.2 8 3 3 2 5 1 94 39
2014-07-05 KCR W 6.2 9 3 3 0 3 1 87 47
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 6.2 9 3 3 0 3 1 4.05 47
2014-07-05 KCR W 6.2 9 3 3 0 3 1 87 47

SP: Danny Duffy (25, LHP, 8-11, 2.47)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-11) 134.2 97 46 37 47 102 10 2.47
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 3-1 43.1 27 15 10 15 33 2 2.08 60
2014-08-26 MIN ND 6.2 4 1 1 2 4 0 95 64
2014-08-20 @COL L 7.0 5 5 1 1 6 1 102 60
2014-08-15 @MIN W 5.1 6 3 2 0 1 0 79 47
2014-08-10 SFG W 6.2 3 4 4 3 4 0 102 53
2014-08-05 @ARI W 5.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 94 63
2014-07-30 MIN ND 5.2 4 1 1 6 4 1 105 55
2014-07-24 CLE ND 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 108 78
Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 23.1 26 10 10 7 26 4 3.86 53
2014-07-24 CLE ND 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 108 78
2014-07-06 @CLE L 6.0 10 4 4 0 6 2 100 42
2011-08-27 @CLE ND 5.1 6 4 4 2 7 1 102 45
2011-07-31 @CLE W 5.0 8 2 2 3 6 1 89 46

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Indians Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 9/1.015 ··· 1/no AB 7/.143 3/.666 9/.347 7/.619 4/.000 323/195 .248/.275/.339/.614 .663/.581 .584 62/.640 12/5 5/6
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.715 5/.000 3/.000 5/2.800 2/1.500 369/262 .267/.322/.383/.705 .538/.774 .667 60/.760 9/5 3/2
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 10/.800 3/.666 3/1.167 15/1.092 7/.762 3/.666 5/.600 10/.744 560/378 .311/.370/.497/.867 .738/.927 .805 94/.715 17/1 18/1
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 3/1.334 ··· 6/.833 6/.666 427/344 .294/.358/.457/.815 .835/.810 .847 66/.649 2/1 12/16
38.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 111/97 .227/.312/.330/.642 .607/.646 .517 51/.368 3/0 2/2
53.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 118/86 .262/.331/.355/.686 .657/.696 .788 / 0/1 0/2
10.Gomes G/S/vP 7/1.143 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 420/300 .285/.324/.476/.800 .906/.757 .799 55/.828 0/0 17/12
62.Holt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/10 .310/.333/.345/.678 .750/.522 .455 29/.679 0/1 0/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 10/.700 5/.000 2/2.500 9/1.389 5/.000 5/.000 7/.829 5/.400 471/319 .251/.321/.348/.669 .536/.734 .696 99/.671 20/3 6/6
55.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/42 .278/.316/.389/.705 .377/.868 .733 35/.734 0/0 1/2
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 144/102 .260/.299/.331/.629 .806/.555 .721 83/.821 5/0 1/3
41.Santana# G/S/vP 13/1.154 5/.400 4/2.500 13/.837 7/.286 8/.833 9/.111 10/.300 540/370 .229/.367/.426/.793 .829/.776 .903 99/.675 3/2 22/10
6.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/77 .186/.245/.471/.716 1.043/.574 .862 67/.700 0/0 9/0
IP 134.2 30.0 22.2 59.1 35.0 40.1 57.0 53.1 TOTAL .255/.321/.396/.716 .669/.737 .707 .673 83/24 126/103
ERA-K/9 2.47/6.8 4.50/5.7 7.15/6.3 0.76/13.7 5.40/6.4 2.90/8.9 1.42/8.1 1.69/12.5 3.60/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (11-2-1)
 Gomes (54-27-6)
 Perez (9-6-0)
 Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 541/.201 132/.270 109/.330 228/.137 156/.250 170/.242 233/.206 208/.186 .252  Brantley
 Dickerson
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Walters
 Holt
83/46/0/11
19/5/10/3
0/78/0/3
25/3/1/1
4/0/0/0
1/2/11/0
OPS .588 .721 .986 .371 .736 .680 .555 .511 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.365 63/.509 40/.481 121/.470 82/.653 69/.714 117/.604 120/.527 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 423/.650 69/.918 69/1.274 107/.261 74/.832 101/.657 116/.506 88/.491 .703
Home 244/.560 66/.777 71/.999 117/.441 67/.808 86/.479 117/.586 124/.531
Last 28d days 119/.539 37/.963 4/.250 43/.395 7/1.571 29/.789 36/.288 43/.525
HR/SB/CS 10/4/2 3/0/0 5/0/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 3/5/2 0/4/2 3/3/2 115/54/24
Usage ····X··· ·Xo··X·· ·X······ o··oo··· oX······ o·o···X· X·o·X··· o·oo····
Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.House*
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 20.Lee
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 447/326 .263/.331/.331/.662 .808/.608 .727 83/.659 15/5 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.334 6/.334 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.833 3/1.000 8/.946 27/.616 541/405 .275/.327/.385/.712 .880/.657 .754 106/.843 0/0 9/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.393 7/1.000 405/282 .302/.341/.407/.748 .793/.729 .768 78/.703 24/3 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 4/.250 1/2.000 12/.886 255/202 .291/.345/.348/.693 .627/.712 .603 47/.885 30/6 1/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.250 18/.666 510/375 .278/.312/.368/.681 .786/.642 .703 96/.639 26/3 2/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· 8/1.125 1/.000 8/.542 5/.650 33/.877 537/373 .277/.354/.450/.803 .817/.798 .768 103/.956 8/3 17/2
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 10/.956 269/223 .172/.260/.293/.553 .157/.635 .611 28/.452 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.150 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 9/1.667 4/.000 469/339 .256/.295/.353/.648 .607/.664 .615 89/.550 7/2 6/7
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/54 .225/.252/.402/.654 .626/.682 .590 19/1.074 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 2/.000 5/.250 3/.000 5/.800 4/.000 12/1.591 409/321 .204/.267/.376/.644 .588/.659 .538 90/.657 0/0 15/12
12.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.333 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .343 40/.262 1/2 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.100 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 8/.250 7/1.857 502/375 .265/.299/.414/.713 .627/.739 .702 93/.670 1/0 15/6
7.Willingham G/S/vP 2/2.000 8/.875 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.833 10/.700 331/227 .219/.350/.416/.767 .825/.739 .687 72/.748 2/0 14/0
IP 71.0 59.0 62.2 24.2 19.2 22.0 42.1 64.1 102.1 TOTAL .263/.313/.378/.691 .711/.684 .666 .721 123/26 85/79
ERA-K/9 4.18/6.7 1.68/12.1 2.73/5.6 1.82/8.0 1.37/10.1 3.27/8.6 2.98/8.5 2.38/7.3 4.40/8.3 3.60/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (16-6-1)
 Perez (44-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 312/.300 236/.188 241/.215 102/.261 75/.174 96/.267 178/.242 262/.215 434/.276 .249  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Willingham
 Dyson
 Nix
 Ibanez
0/72/62/8
129/0/0/7
4/0/97/5
53/0/1/3
3/88/0/3
0/0/2/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .803 .577 .579 .718 .549 .767 .651 .589 .766 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.650 117/.414 88/.637 63/.589 44/.558 28/.656 96/.386 100/.817 225/.698 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.874 119/.743 153/.546 39/.927 31/.536 68/.812 82/.989 162/.451 209/.839 .707
Road 210/.846 113/.627 131/.595 47/.720 37/.626 63/.721 103/.765 138/.581 198/.702
Last 28d days 69/.797 48/.580 54/.583 23/.850 31/.366 39/.632 17/.627 51/.470 73/.785
HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 5/4/1 4/2/2 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/4/3 1/2/1 4/6/1 17/1/2 112/78/38
Usage ····X··· X·X···Xo Xo··X·oo oo·o···· o···o··· oX·oo··· ooooo··· ·XX·X·Xo XX······

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  4.72

TEX  4.00

SDP  3.29

 RA/G

SEA  3.27

PIT  4.11

COL  5.15

 BA

J. Altuve  .332

A. Gonzalez  .273

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .403

N. Aoki  .331

G. Beckham  .263

 SLG

J. Abreu  .605

B. Dozier  .417

A. Callaspo  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .985

J. Heyward  .751

Z. Cozart  .578

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.73

M. Buehrle  3.50

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

C. Lewis  7.34

K. Correia  4.56

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.