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Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at U.S. Cellular Field, April 26, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
U.S. Cellular Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at U.S. Cellular Field
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
54° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
19
On This Date:
19-21
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
18
On This Date:
43-43
Season Series
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 KCR 10  CHW  1     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 KCR  7  CHW  5     
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 KCR  4  CHW  1     
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 KCR  3 @CHW  2 (13)
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 KCR  2 @CHW  2  (8)

Sun, Apr 26, 2015 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 CHW    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 CHW    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 CHW    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 CHW    @KCR  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
12-4, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-2    Road:    5-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   7-1    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @CHW  -   2-2  (8)  12-4   1st  1.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23  @CHW  W   3-2 (13)  12-4   1st  1.0 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22   MIN  L   0-3       11-4   1st    Tied
 14 Tue, Apr 21   MIN  W   6-5       11-3   1st    Tied
 13 Mon, Apr 20   MIN  W   7-1       10-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   OAK  W   4-2        9-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   OAK  L   0-5        8-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   OAK  W   6-4        8-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @MIN  L   5-8        7-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @MIN  L   1-3        7-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20:12-4    Last 30:12-4
Chicago White Sox
6-9, 3rd, 5½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-3    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-6    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 24   KCR  -   2-2  (8)   6-9   3rd  5.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23   KCR  L   2-3 (13)   6-9   3rd  5.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22   CLE  W   6-0        6-8   3rd  4.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21   CLE  L   2-6        5-8   3rd  5.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20   CLE  W   4-3        5-7   3rd  5.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19  @DET  L   1-9        4-7   4th  5.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18  @DET  W  12-3        4-6   3rd  4.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17  @DET  L   1-2        3-6   4th  5.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @CLE  L   2-4        3-5   3rd  4.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 14  @CLE  W   4-1        3-4   3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 6-9    Last 30: 6-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 KCR  2 @CHW  2  (8)   W: , L:  , S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 KCR  3 @CHW  2 (13)   W:Franklin Morales (2-0), L: Jake Petricka (0-1), S: Wade Davis (4)
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 KCR  4  CHW  1        W:Edinson Volquez (1-0), L: John Danks (0-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 KCR  7  CHW  5        W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Zach Putnam (0-1), S: Greg Holland (1)
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 KCR 10  CHW  1        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 28, 2014 KCR  6 @CHW  4        W:Casey Coleman (1-0), L: Daniel Webb (6-5), S: Louis Coleman (1)
Sat, Sep 27, 2014 CHW  5  KCR  4        W:John Danks (11-11), L: Danny Duffy (9-12), S: Javy Guerra (1)
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 KCR  3 @CHW  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (13-11), L: Hector Noesi (8-12), S: Greg Holland (46)
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 KCR  6 @CHW  3        W:Kelvin Herrera (4-3), L: Jose Quintana (9-11), S: Greg Holland (45)
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 KCR  6  CHW  2        W:Yordano Ventura (13-10), L: Chris Sale (12-4), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 4-0; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 363-341

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 2-1, 1.99)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 22.2 14 5 5 3 17 1 1.99
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.2 31 11 9 14 43 2 1.63 67
2015-04-20 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 99 67
2015-04-15 @MIN L 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 1 106 63
2015-04-09 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 95 74
2014-09-25 @ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 95 78
2014-09-20 MIL ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 100 74
2014-09-14 CHC W 7.0 4 3 1 5 5 0 98 61
2014-09-09 @PHI ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 92 51
Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 12.2 10 6 6 3 8 1 4.26 54
2015-04-09 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 95 74
2005-08-30 CHW L 4.2 6 5 5 2 3 1 93 33

SP: John Danks (30, LHP, 0-2, 6.06)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-2) 16.1 19 11 11 5 8 3 6.06
2014 (11-11) 193.2 205 106 102 74 129 25 4.74
2013 (4-14) 138.1 151 81 73 27 89 28 4.75
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 35 19 17 15 25 4 3.70 52
2015-04-20 CLE ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 2 90 50
2015-04-15 @CLE L 4.2 6 4 4 2 3 0 87 37
2015-04-09 @KCR L 5.2 7 4 4 1 1 1 75 39
2014-09-27 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 101 60
2014-09-21 @TBR W 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 0 86 62
2014-09-15 @KCR ND 6.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 103 70
2014-09-09 OAK L 6.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 109 48
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 33.2 26 9 9 12 18 2 2.41 59
2015-04-09 @KCR L 5.2 7 4 4 1 1 1 75 39
2014-09-27 KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 101 60
2014-09-15 @KCR ND 6.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 103 70
2014-04-05 @KCR ND 7.0 5 3 3 4 6 0 115 57
2013-08-20 @KCR W 8.0 7 0 0 1 2 0 100 69

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 57.Putnam
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 55.Rodon*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Cain G/S/vP 16/.331 3/.667 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 502/359 .301/.339/.412/.751 .827/.720 .736 70/1.065 28/5 5/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/30 .333/.375/.489/.864 .882/.851 1.101 27/.625 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 290/233 .269/.324/.327/.651 .604/.663 .744 16/.343 36/7 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 23/.332 10/.400 15/1.067 ··· 6/.334 6/.400 2/.000 ··· 620/465 .285/.317/.377/.694 .784/.663 .665 71/.663 31/6 3/16
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 39/.488 7/1.071 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/1.800 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· 643/452 .266/.351/.432/.783 .787/.782 .805 56/.723 12/3 19/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 24/.781 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 4/1.250 4/.250 7/.286 ··· 547/389 .270/.318/.398/.716 .676/.732 .815 76/.878 4/2 9/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 26/.628 4/.500 17/.706 ··· 6/.334 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 575/425 .252/.295/.337/.632 .584/.649 .653 44/.553 9/3 6/11
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 115/59 .218/.243/.391/.634 .647/.623 .673 3/.000 0/0 5/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 21/.523 5/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 401/255 .218/.274/.338/.612 .661/.584 .664 76/.860 0/0 8/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 21/.367 6/.533 1/2.000 2/.500 4/1.750 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 500/392 .212/.271/.361/.632 .554/.653 .692 79/.875 1/0 15/19
16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· / /// / 45/.917 / /
13.Perez G/S/vP 18/.866 7/1.514 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 606/459 .260/.289/.403/.692 .632/.710 .691 68/.853 1/0 17/9
IP 193.2 10.0 58.2 40.1 73.0 54.2 64.1 TOTAL .300/.362/.442/.804 .816/.794 .777 .804 15/5 13/8
ERA-K/9 4.74/6.0 0.90/7.2 2.45/11.3 1.34/8.5 2.96/6.8 1.98/7.6 3.08/13.4 /0.0 4.08/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (18-6-1)
 Perez (57-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 855/.269 42/.263 238/.223 182/.281 307/.253 213/.205 259/.192 / .261  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
156/0/0/8
0/93/77/8
3/106/0/4
OPS .785 .675 .578 .738 .671 .551 .588 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.710 25/.668 105/.569 88/.753 133/.830 113/.623 141/.440 / .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 644/.810 17/.686 133/.586 94/.724 174/.549 100/.468 118/.766 / .783
Home 406/.745 24/.610 106/.571 109/.734 164/.641 102/.567 125/.609 /
Last 28d days 73/.926 23/.626 33/.629 37/.523 12/.697 26/.629 20/.153 13/1.000
HR/SB/CS 25/12/3 0/1/2 3/1/1 3/4/1 3/2/4 2/7/2 7/8/1 // 14/12/6
Usage ·····X·· ······X· ··oXo··· ··Xo·X·· ··XX···· ·oX··o·o ··X··o·· ····X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

White Sox Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 27.Finnegan*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 46.Madson
G/S/vB		 47.Morales*
G/S/vB		 63.Pino
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.250 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 2/no AB 3/.333 9/.619 1/.000 622/464 .317/.383/.581/.964 1.098/.919 .993 68/1.034 3/1 36/6
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 23/.043 ··· 5/.650 13/.385 1/no AB ··· 8/.804 1/no AB 483/353 .226/.271/.348/.618 .780/.560 .562 23/1.034 3/0 9/13
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.533 426/312 .259/.305/.345/.650 .959/.539 .694 12/.083 26/8 3/6
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 18/.722 12/.531 ··· 12/.788 2/.500 3/.000 3/.833 ··· 6/2.000 621/455 .301/.351/.458/.808 .785/.817 .807 69/.602 6/2 16/2
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 10/.400 7/1.096 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.267 2/1.000 6/2.083 9/1.111 ··· 538/388 .300/.362/.401/.763 .724/.778 .820 70/.534 15/9 1/4
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 442/331 .241/.297/.396/.693 .732/.679 .736 36/.621 0/1 15/8
26.Garcia G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 190/139 .244/.305/.413/.718 .992/.620 .660 61/.680 4/1 7/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 3/.000 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 4/.000 8/.250 ··· 506/397 .282/.336/.416/.752 .565/.805 .681 43/.550 0/4 7/12
7.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 43/.657 / /
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 25/1.059 7/.286 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 10/.900 9/.111 ··· 34/.602 586/431 .259/.362/.455/.817 .620/.891 .916 66/.700 3/0 26/7
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 28/.606 1/.000 9/.508 17/.563 1/.000 5/1.200 9/.972 1/.000 657/495 .273/.305/.408/.713 .744/.703 .773 61/.571 21/4 15/15
20.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/90 .145/.168/.209/.377 .310/.394 .437 9/.667 2/0 2/0
58.Soto G/S/vP 10/.425 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 4/2.500 ··· 7/1.286 87/50 .250/.302/.363/.665 .677/.655 .638 19/.474 0/0 1/3
IP 192.2 72.0 7.0 47.1 70.0 142.1 60.1 165.0 TOTAL .243/.296/.372/.667 .552/.708 .676 .667 4/5 12/8
ERA-K/9 3.04/6.5 1.00/13.6 1.29/12.9 2.66/8.8 1.41/7.6 /0.0 5.37/6.3 5.07/7.5 3.65/5.9 2.98/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (62-26-9)
 Soto (13-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 809/.235 279/.151 28/.222 196/.234 285/.214 / 646/.296 258/.278 688/.234 .224  Cabrera
 Eaton
 Garcia
 Bonifacio
 Shuck
133/1/4/13
0/121/0/9
0/0/46/4
4/65/6/2
25/0/8/2
OPS .674 .408 .546 .651 .561 .859 .759 .733 .618
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 350/.728 144/.513 9/.778 75/.658 138/.617 / 183/.699 148/.754 391/.809 .590
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 459/.634 135/.298 19/.433 121/.647 147/.508 / 463/.923 110/.767 297/.632 .638
Road 366/.727 134/.332 19/.596 96/.825 140/.536 / 309/.910 113/.949 348/.894
Last 28d days 84/.455 27/.188 / 25/.606 26/.443 29/.556 20/.413 29/.414 31/.368
HR/SB/CS 17/9/7 0/4/1 0/0/0 3/7/2 0/6/2 // 24/9/1 8/3/1 26/13/4 13/4/7
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o·X· ·oo·o·o· ··X··Xo· ··X··oX· ·oXo··oX ···X···X ·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 2015 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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

W. Chen  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.