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Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, September 13, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Start Time:
6:10ct (local), 7:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
Game #:
150
On This Date:
49-52
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
149
On This Date:
26-14
Season Series
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 BOS  5  KCR  4     
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 BOS  2  KCR  1     
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 BOS  6  KCR  0     
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 BOS  6 @KCR  3     
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 BOS  4 @KCR  2     

Sat, Sep 13, 2014 BOS    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 14, 2014 BOS    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
65-83, 5th, 23½ GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-44   Road:   34-39   ExtrInn: 9-11
 vsRHP:  44-58   vsLHP:  21-25   1-Run:  27-26
 vsEast: 26-41   vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Fri, Sep 12  @KCR  W   4-2       65-83  5th 23.5 gb
147 Thu, Sep 11  @KCR  W   6-3       64-83  5th 23.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10   BAL  L   6-10      63-83  5th 23.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9   BAL  L   1-4       63-82  5th 22.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8   BAL  L   0-4       63-81  5th 21.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7   TOR  L   1-3       63-80  5th 20.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   TOR  W   4-3       63-79  5th 19.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5   TOR  W   9-8 (10)  62-79  5th 20.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4  @NYY  L   4-5       61-79  5th 21.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3  @NYY  L   1-5       61-78  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
80-67, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-35   Road:   42-32   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  59-47   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:31-32   vsWest: 18-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Fri, Sep 12   BOS  L   2-4       80-67  2nd  1.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 11   BOS  L   3-6       80-66  1st    Tied
145 Wed, Sep 10  @DET  W   3-0       80-65  1st  0.5 up
144 Tue, Sep  9  @DET  L   2-4       79-65  2nd  0.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep  8  @DET  L   5-9       79-64  1st  0.5 up
142 Sun, Sep  7  @NYY  W   2-0       79-63  1st  1.5 up
141 Sat, Sep  6  @NYY  L   2-6       78-63  1st  1.5 up
140 Fri, Sep  5  @NYY  W   1-0       78-62  1st  1.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  3   TEX  W   4-1       77-62  1st  1.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  2   TEX  W   2-1       76-62  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 BOS  4 @KCR  2        W:Allen Webster (4-3), L: Yordano Ventura (12-10), S: Edward Mujica (6)
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 BOS  6 @KCR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (8-8), L: Liam Hendriks (1-2), S: Edward Mujica (5)
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 BOS  6  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (10-7), L: Yordano Ventura (7-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 BOS  2  KCR  1        W:Rubby De La Rosa (3-2), L: Danny Duffy (5-10), S: Koji Uehara (20)
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 BOS  5  KCR  4        W:Clay Buchholz (5-5), L: Scott Downs (0-3), S: Koji Uehara (19)

Sun, Aug 11, 2013 KCR  4  BOS  3        W:James Shields (7-8), L: John Lackey (7-10), S: Greg Holland (32)
Sat, Aug 10, 2013 BOS  5 @KCR  3        W:Brandon Workman (3-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (12-8), S: Koji Uehara (12)
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 KCR  9  BOS  6        W:Francisley Bueno (1-0), L: Drake Britton (1-1), S: Greg Holland (31)
Thu, Aug 08, 2013 KCR  5  BOS  1        W:Bruce Chen (5-0), L: Jon Lester (10-7), S: Luke Hochevar (2)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  5 @BOS  4 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Andrew Miller (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 5-0; 2013 - KCR won 5-2; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - BOS leads 226-223

SP: Rubby De La Rosa (25, RHP, 4-6, 4.01)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-6) 92.0 102 42 41 33 64 10 4.01
2013 (0-2) 11.1 15 7 7 2 6 2 5.56
2012 (0-0) 0.2 0 2 2 2 0 0 27.00
Last 7 GS 1-2 37.2 48 19 19 17 27 3 4.54 45
2014-09-07 TOR L 4.0 7 3 3 2 2 1 81 36
2014-09-01 @TBR ND 5.1 6 3 3 0 4 0 95 48
2014-08-26 @TOR ND 4.2 7 3 3 2 0 0 99 36
2014-08-21 LAA L 6.2 8 2 2 3 8 0 111 55
2014-08-16 HOU ND 4.0 9 6 6 4 2 1 89 18
2014-08-10 @LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 3 8 1 110 68
2014-08-05 @STL ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 3 0 94 56
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 7.0 5 1 1 4 2 0 1.29 61
2014-07-19 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 4 2 0 104 61

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (35, RHP, 10-11, 4.54)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-11) 182.1 203 97 92 45 114 22 4.54
2013 (15-12) 211.2 236 99 95 59 111 30 4.04
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.1 55 27 23 6 24 3 4.67 46
2014-09-08 @DET L 2.2 10 8 6 1 1 0 76 10
2014-09-02 TEX ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 1 0 99 58
2014-08-28 MIN ND 6.0 9 5 5 2 5 0 103 37
2014-08-23 @TEX W 8.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 111 69
2014-08-17 @MIN W 7.0 5 4 4 2 7 2 101 56
2014-08-12 OAK L 4.2 11 6 4 0 4 0 89 26
2014-08-07 @ARI W 9.0 7 2 2 0 4 0 109 69
Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 27.2 44 22 21 9 15 5 6.83 37
2013-08-10 BOS L 6.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 123 36
2013-04-21 @BOS ND 6.0 9 4 4 4 2 1 112 36
2012-08-25 @BOS ND 2.2 7 7 6 2 1 2 53 17
2011-09-19 @BOS W 6.0 10 4 4 1 3 1 90 38
2011-07-19 BOS W 7.0 8 2 2 1 4 1 110 56
Red Sox Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
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
27.Finnegan*
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
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 151/104 .291/.367/.455/.822 .873/.796 .903 107/.896 5/2 4/1
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 544/386 .236/.301/.363/.663 .762/.623 .604 80/.795 2/3 11/19
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 399/253 .208/.279/.281/.559 .649/.508 .518 16/.321 8/0 1/1
61.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .200/.250/.333/.583 .900/.455 .125 8/1.000 0/0 0/1
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 595/452 .260/.303/.458/.760 .716/.773 .761 107/.761 6/2 21/6
5.Craig G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/1.667 3/2.500 7/1.142 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/2.667 462/344 .219/.284/.325/.609 .693/.580 .498 60/.393 1/1 8/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 492/312 .281/.331/.381/.711 .763/.682 .681 89/.503 12/2 4/7
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 206/155 .190/.257/.270/.527 .510/.533 .439 85/.506 1/0 2/3
12.Napoli G/S/vP 21/1.118 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 7/1.000 4/1.750 ··· 9/.222 5/.650 4/.250 489/353 .252/.370/.426/.797 .918/.751 .790 76/.533 3/2 17/7
29.Nava# G/S/vP 5/.900 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 359/299 .266/.343/.350/.693 .393/.755 .697 90/.719 4/2 3/4
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 48/1.055 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 14/.599 27/.844 1/.000 25/.860 1/3.000 2/.500 578/389 .263/.358/.511/.869 .923/.842 .881 86/1.011 0/0 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 57/.828 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.250 15/.619 13/.558 ··· 16/.321 5/.600 2/2.500 609/440 .278/.337/.376/.712 .727/.707 .754 73/.627 6/6 7/2
72.Rivero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .500/.571/1.167/1.738 2.000/1.167 7/1.738 0/0 1/1
3.Ross G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 161/96 .188/.258/.361/.619 .813/.494 .729 22/.483 0/1 6/7
55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 162/122 .214/.283/.264/.547 .501/.561 .546 71/.497 0/0 0/4
7.Weeks# G/S/vP 9/1.306 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 32/28 .286/.333/.464/.798 .000/.890 1.323 19/.839 2/0 0/0
IP 182.1 31.1 8.2 27.0 56.0 64.1 36.1 2.2 43.1 62.1 57.1 TOTAL .243/.316/.368/.684 .703/.676 .663 .675 56/23 111/84
ERA-K/9 4.54/5.6 4.31/5.5 3.12/4.1 6.33/5.7 3.86/5.0 0.70/13.4 5.20/6.2 0.00/10.0 2.91/9.1 1.30/7.8 1.57/13.0 3.50/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butler (2-0-0)
 Ross (31-9-3)
 Vazquez (13-10-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 785/.284 138/.276 38/.294 126/.309 230/.239 247/.140 160/.250 8/.000 182/.244 251/.203 224/.182 .250  Cespedes
 Bradley
 Nava
 Betts
 Craig
 Holt
118/9/0/15
1/109/6/13
35/0/60/9
0/28/12/3
11/0/77/3
8/10/35/1
OPS .759 .745 .721 .906 .736 .371 .729 .000 .681 .539 .502 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 455/.852 65/.493 21/.782 44/.532 102/.773 131/.474 84/.636 2/.000 71/.693 127/.587 128/.527 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.628 73/.974 17/.647 82/1.104 128/.706 116/.258 76/.836 6/.000 111/.674 124/.488 96/.469 .696
Home 385/.771 72/.818 19/.421 79/.937 104/.829 127/.448 67/.808 2/.000 93/.478 124/.568 140/.514
Last 28d days 132/.796 30/1.290 24/.756 21/.396 29/.768 37/.191 11/1.155 8/.000 28/.783 40/.335 33/.315
HR/SB/CS 22/10/4 3/0/0 0/0/1 5/0/1 9/3/1 0/2/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/7/2 0/6/2 3/3/2 117/63/25
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·X··X·X· ·o··X·o· ·X·X·o·· ··X··X·o ····o··· ·o····X· X···X··· ··oX·o·· X·······
Royals Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB
35.Badenhop
G/S/vB
68.Barnes
G/S/vB
32.Breslow*
G/S/vB
66.Britton*
G/S/vB
59.Layne*
G/S/vB
54.Mujica
G/S/vB
36.Tazawa
G/S/vB
19.Uehara
G/S/vB
30.Wilson
G/S/vB
65.Wright
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/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 486/359 .265/.333/.334/.667 .836/.609 .730 78/.570 15/7 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/2.334 ··· 6/1.133 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 562/420 .266/.319/.374/.692 .851/.640 .731 78/.596 0/0 9/2
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 442/313 .299/.335/.410/.744 .771/.734 .754 79/.750 24/4 4/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .302/.348/.442/.790 .882/.730 .653 21/.476 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 267/213 .282/.337/.340/.678 .615/.694 .598 41/.599 33/7 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 551/411 .274/.306/.364/.670 .779/.631 .690 94/.605 30/4 2/15
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .176/.216/.265/.481 .347/.522 .374 / 0/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/2.000 ··· 8/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 585/412 .267/.350/.439/.789 .804/.783 .773 106/.787 10/3 19/2
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 1/0 0/
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.733 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 487/347 .267/.312/.383/.695 .684/.700 .555 42/.760 4/2 7/10
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 3/.666 9/1.333 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 273/227 .169/.260/.289/.549 .157/.629 .602 16/.466 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 5/.700 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 519/382 .252/.288/.341/.629 .612/.635 .598 92/.525 9/2 6/9
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 110/55 .229/.255/.410/.664 .659/.669 .615 15/1.179 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 450/353 .209/.267/.370/.637 .563/.658 .548 89/.609 0/0 15/15
12.Nix G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .343 5/.000 1/2 1/4
34.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.333/.500 /.500 1.000 6/.500 0/0 0/0
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 549/416 .262/.293/.407/.701 .613/.726 .713 95/.653 1/0 16/8
7.Willingham G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.429 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 351/246 .224/.353/.413/.766 .837/.734 .685 57/.910 2/0 14/0
IP 92.0 67.1 3.0 53.2 3.2 17.1 57.0 60.2 62.1 23.1 9.0 TOTAL .260/.310/.374/.684 .708/.675 .663 .657 136/31 90/96
ERA-K/9 4.01/6.3 2.41/4.9 0.00/6.0 5.03/6.2 0.00/7.3 1.04/6.8 4.11/6.3 2.97/9.2 2.60/11.0 2.31/5.8 1.00/10.0 3.98/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (17-6-1)
 Pena (0-1-0)
 Perez (52-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.287 276/.270 12/.250 250/.297 14/.083 68/.186 240/.291 254/.247 242/.218 91/.217 31/.200 .258  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Willingham
 Dyson
 Nix
 Peguero
 Ibanez
0/82/68/8
141/0/0/7
4/0/107/5
53/0/1/3
3/94/0/3
0/0/2/0
0/0/2/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .795 .682 .667 .834 .298 .534 .794 .679 .636 .708 .526 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.837 113/.728 5/1.000 115/.804 6/.333 41/.276 107/.931 120/.631 137/.604 47/.875 19/.684 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 175/.743 163/.653 7/.429 135/.859 8/.250 27/.968 133/.679 134/.724 105/.676 44/.530 12/.258 .711
Road 200/.807 112/.774 / 108/.743 / 35/.457 104/.622 120/.675 108/.656 29/1.022 /
Last 28d days 94/.791 40/.602 12/.667 44/.816 14/.298 39/.602 53/.650 42/.568 27/1.443 58/.688 31/.526
HR/SB/CS 10/4/1 1/5/1 0/0/0 8/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 6/4/2 5/0/0 10/1/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 143/84/28
Usage ·····X·· o··X··oo ···X···· ··X···oo ···X··Xo ooX·o··o ooX···oo ·oo····o o······· ··o·X··o ·····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

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.