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Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, at Kauffman Stadium, September 3, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Game #:
139
On This Date:
20-29
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
140
On This Date:
22-18
Season Series
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3     
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3     
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 TEX  3  KCR  1     
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  3     
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 KCR  2  TEX  1     

Wed, Sep 03, 2014 TEX    @KCR  8:10pm

                         All times ET
53-85, 5th, 30½ GB, 23 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-40   Road:   29-45   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  37-60   vsLHP:  16-25   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 22-34 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  2  @KCR  L   1-2       53-85  5th 30.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1  @KCR  L   3-4       53-84  5th 30.5 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31  @HOU  L   2-3       53-83  5th 30.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @HOU  L   0-2       53-82  5th 29.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @HOU  W  13-6       53-81  5th 28.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28  @HOU  L   2-4       52-81  5th 28.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @SEA  W  12-4       52-80  5th 27.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @SEA  L   0-5       51-80  5th 27.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @SEA  W   2-0       51-79  5th 26.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24   KCR  W   3-1       50-79  5th 27.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
76-62, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-33   Road:   39-29   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  55-42   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:30-30   vsWest: 17-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  2   TEX  W   2-1       76-62  1st    Tied
137 Mon, Sep  1   TEX  W   4-3       75-62  1st    Tied
136 Sun, Aug 31   CLE  L   2-4 (10)  74-62  1st    Tied
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 KCR  2  TEX  1        W:Jason Frasor (4-1), L: Michael Kirkman (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (3)
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  3        W:Yordano Ventura (11-9), L: Colby Lewis (9-12), S: Greg Holland (41)
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Scott Baker (2-3), L: Jason Vargas (10-6), S: Neftali Feliz (6)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-10), L: Nick Tepesch (4-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Yordano Ventura (10-9), L: Colby Lewis (8-11), S: Greg Holland (40)

Sun, Sep 22, 2013 KCR  4  TEX  0 (10)   W:Tim Collins (3-6), L: Neal Cotts (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 TEX  3 @KCR  1        W:Matt Garza (10-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (14-12), S: Joe Nathan (40)
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 KCR  2  TEX  1        W:Luke Hochevar (5-2), L: Jason Frasor (4-3), S: Greg Holland (44)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Tanner Scheppers (4-0), L: J.C. Gutierrez (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 KCR  4 @TEX  1 (10)   W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Robbie Ross (2-1), S: Greg Holland (9)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 4-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - TEX won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 272-257

SP: Nick Tepesch (25, RHP, 4-8, 4.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-8) 97.1 98 49 48 34 47 12 4.44
2013 (4-6) 93.0 100 53 50 27 76 12 4.84
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.2 41 20 20 13 12 4 4.43 47
2014-08-28 @HOU ND 4.1 5 2 2 3 1 0 89 43
2014-08-23 KCR L 6.1 7 6 6 3 2 1 89 34
2014-08-17 LAA ND 7.0 6 2 2 4 1 0 91 54
2014-08-12 TBR ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 4 0 102 65
2014-08-06 @CHW W 5.2 6 0 0 1 2 0 79 58
2014-07-26 OAK L 6.0 4 3 3 0 2 2 70 54
2014-07-20 @TOR ND 4.1 9 5 5 2 0 1 99 23
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 12.2 14 7 6 3 4 1 4.26 47
2014-08-23 KCR L 6.1 7 6 6 3 2 1 89 34
2013-06-01 KCR ND 6.1 7 1 0 0 2 0 84 59

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 10-7, 3.27)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-7) 162.1 168 64 59 34 107 15 3.27
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 2-4 43.0 49 19 15 7 28 1 3.14 52
2014-08-29 CLE L 6.0 10 4 4 0 5 0 112 41
2014-08-24 @TEX L 6.0 11 3 2 4 3 0 105 39
2014-08-18 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 106 67
2014-08-13 OAK W 9.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 97 85
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
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 31.0 39 13 11 12 21 2 3.19 49
2014-08-24 @TEX L 6.0 11 3 2 4 3 0 105 39
2013-09-29 @TEX L 6.1 7 4 3 2 4 0 98 47
2013-09-08 TEX ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 112 59
2013-04-23 TEX ND 7.0 7 3 3 3 2 1 109 50
2013-04-05 @TEX ND 5.2 8 1 1 2 4 0 93 51
Rangers Batters (3.96 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
25.Coleman
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
43.Crow
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP 52/.510 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/.800 10/.800 11/.573 8/.250 4/1.417 5/.000 598/440 .264/.316/.335/.651 .765/.612 .649 106/.540 24/13 2/15
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 15/.904 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 191/130 .166/.225/.343/.568 .719/.499 .639 53/.309 0/0 8/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 37/.512 ··· ··· 6/.167 6/.334 13/1.328 17/1.171 14/.445 4/1.417 4/.833 517/390 .323/.381/.493/.874 .974/.842 .787 99/.848 1/1 17/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 295/208 .232/.282/.408/.690 .757/.663 .788 41/.603 0/1 11/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 244/163 .176/.246/.321/.567 .688/.510 .594 25/.588 1/0 9/3
2.Martin* G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 484/369 .270/.323/.364/.686 .512/.740 .624 86/.747 22/10 6/6
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 336/240 .252/.290/.387/.677 .605/.705 .775 86/.686 2/6 7/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 27/.736 ··· 1/2.000 6/.333 12/.878 23/.266 4/1.750 6/.167 7/1.071 14/.428 514/387 .282/.313/.402/.715 .926/.648 .718 68/.588 17/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 151/68 .296/.367/.363/.730 .886/.542 .758 48/.899 4/4 0/2
9.Rosales G/S/vP 13/.923 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.800 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 96/45 .314/.379/.488/.867 .924/.810 .864 56/.761 1/0 3/1
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .211/.250/.211/.461 .400/.481 .461 20/.461 0/0 0/0
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/54 .284/.324/.313/.637 .833/.568 .449 1/.000 1/1 0/4
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/18 .250/.250/.292/.542 .667/.500 .542 24/.542 0/0 0/0
IP 162.1 30.1 3.2 22.2 52.1 61.1 35.0 41.0 59.0 55.1 TOTAL .255/.314/.374/.688 .741/.668 .696 .626 81/52 96/92
ERA-K/9 3.27/5.9 4.45/5.6 2.45/0.0 7.15/6.3 3.78/5.2 0.73/13.2 5.40/6.4 2.85/9.0 1.37/7.9 1.63/12.7 3.54/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-2-2)
 Chirinos (41-25-5)
 Telis (5-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 677/.265 133/.268 14/.308 109/.330 218/.246 236/.137 156/.250 174/.243 239/.205 217/.188 .252  Martin
 Rios
 Robertson
 Choice
 Rua
0/129/0/8
0/0/112/6
26/19/11/6
40/7/8/4
1/0/0/0
OPS .699 .715 .665 .986 .751 .371 .736 .684 .550 .514 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.680 64/.501 9/.583 40/.481 97/.782 123/.471 82/.653 69/.714 122/.595 125/.530 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 501/.706 69/.918 5/.800 69/1.274 121/.725 113/.265 74/.832 105/.663 117/.501 92/.491 .701
Home 363/.760 67/.765 9/.444 71/.999 98/.818 125/.438 67/.808 90/.495 123/.573 133/.533
Last 28d days 137/.685 29/1.059 / 4/.250 26/.985 46/.352 7/1.571 29/.861 38/.298 47/.496
HR/SB/CS 15/12/3 3/0/0 0/0/1 5/0/1 9/2/1 0/1/0 2/2/1 3/6/2 0/4/2 3/3/2 115/56/24
Usage ····X··· o···Xo·· ········ ····X··· X······· ·oXo··oo ···oX··· X··o·o·· ·oXX·o·X ·oXo·oo·
Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Tepesch
G/S/vB
65.Claudio*
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
62.Edwards
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
64.Klein
G/S/vB
55.Mendez
G/S/vB
37.Tolleson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Adams G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 454/327 .266/.333/.337/.670 .836/.606 .742 81/.698 15/5 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.453 16/1.009 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 548/406 .272/.325/.380/.705 .851/.655 .739 104/.721 0/0 9/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/1.633 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.750 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 413/284 .298/.337/.402/.738 .771/.723 .746 77/.645 24/3 3/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .302/.348/.442/.790 .882/.730 .653 29/.677 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/206 .289/.343/.349/.692 .615/.713 .603 52/.856 33/6 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 12/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 519/379 .277/.311/.368/.678 .779/.640 .698 96/.635 27/3 2/13
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .176/.216/.265/.481 .347/.522 .374 / 0/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 12/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 549/378 .278/.355/.454/.809 .805/.811 .781 106/.985 9/3 18/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/2.500 7/.858 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 453/315 .266/.311/.376/.688 .669/.696 .560 8/.625 4/2 6/7
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 11/.637 ··· 3/2.334 6/.533 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 273/227 .169/.260/.289/.549 .157/.629 .602 30/.460 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 481/344 .256/.294/.353/.646 .612/.660 .613 92/.565 7/2 6/7
19.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/55 .229/.255/.410/.664 .659/.669 .615 22/1.064 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 418/324 .207/.269/.378/.647 .582/.665 .549 90/.633 0/0 15/12
12.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .343 36/.284 1/2 1/4
34.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 514/381 .268/.302/.422/.724 .613/.760 .725 96/.701 1/0 16/7
7.Willingham G/S/vP 12/.777 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/.730 16/1.161 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 331/227 .219/.350/.416/.767 .825/.739 .687 68/.796 2/0 14/0
IP 97.1 7.0 58.1 5.0 22.2 7.0 0.2 11.2 25.0 65.0 TOTAL .263/.313/.380/.692 .708/.686 .669 .714 129/26 87/85
ERA-K/9 4.44/4.3 1.29/11.6 4.01/9.3 0.00/7.2 2.78/5.6 1.29/7.7 13.50/0.0 3.86/10.8 1.80/6.5 2.77/8.9 4.68/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (17-6-1)
 Pena (0-1-0)
 Perez (45-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 413/.266 31/.241 250/.250 22/.250 89/.203 26/.240 4/.333 49/.182 102/.155 267/.209 .277  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Willingham
 Nix
 Peguero
 Ibanez
0/74/64/8
132/0/0/7
4/0/99/5
3/90/0/3
53/0/1/3
0/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .769 .566 .698 .618 .665 .680 1.167 .697 .534 .657 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.751 14/.500 87/.702 9/.944 46/.550 10/.900 3/1.667 20/1.128 52/.667 108/.634 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.795 17/.620 163/.695 13/.397 43/.785 16/.533 1/.000 29/.399 50/.402 159/.672 .769
Road 204/.879 16/.661 133/.782 13/.538 46/.863 26/.680 4/1.167 28/1.002 56/.637 135/.643
Last 28d days 104/.659 31/.566 41/.828 22/.618 33/.827 26/.680 4/1.167 42/.477 41/.565 51/.448
HR/SB/CS 12/3/6 0/0/0 5/2/1 0/1/0 5/1/0 0/1/0 0/2/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 9/4/2 141/71/31
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··X ··X·X··· o······X ··o····· X······· o······· ···X·o·· ··X··X·· ·X·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

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.