Mobile Site You Are Here > > > Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals, at Progressive Field, April 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals, at Progressive Field, April 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Start Time:
6:10et (local)
Venue:
Progressive Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Progressive Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
57° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
21
On This Date:
19-17
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
19
On This Date:
49-46
Season Series
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 KCR  6 @CLE  2     

Tue, Apr 28, 2015 KCR    @CLE  6:10pm
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 KCR    @CLE  6:10pm
Tue, May 05, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, May 06, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, May 07, 2015 CLE    @KCR  2:10pm
Tue, Jun 02, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 04, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Mon, Jul 27, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 KCR    @CLE 12:10pm
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 CLE    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 CLE    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
13-6, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-2    Road:    6-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @CLE  W   6-2       13-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @CHW  L   3-5       12-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @CHW  L   2-3       12-5   1st  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-6    Last 30:13-6
Cleveland Indians
6-12, 5th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-5    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   1-7    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-11   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Mon, Apr 27   KCR  L   2-6        6-12  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @DET  L   6-8        6-11  5th  6.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @DET  L   1-4        6-10  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @DET  W  13-1        6-9   4th  5.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @CHW  L   0-6        5-9   5th  5.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @CHW  W   6-2        5-8   3rd  5.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 20  @CHW  L   3-4        4-8   5th  6.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 19  @MIN  L   2-7        4-7   4th  5.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 18  @MIN  W   4-2        4-6   3rd  4.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17  @MIN  L   2-3 (11)   3-6   4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-12   Last 30: 6-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 KCR  6 @CLE  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-1), L: Corey Kluber (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 CLE  6  KCR  4        W:Zach McAllister (4-7), L: Brandon Finnegan (0-1), S: Cody Allen (23)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 KCR  7 @CLE  1        W:Yordano Ventura (14-10), L: Danny Salazar (6-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 KCR  2 @CLE  0        W:Danny Duffy (9-11), L: Carlos Carrasco (8-6), S: Greg Holland (44)
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 CLE  4 @KCR  3 (10)   W:Cody Allen (6-3), L: Greg Holland (1-3), S: Scott Atchison (2)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 1-0; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; 2013 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 323-307

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (36, RHP, 1-1, 5.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-1) 18.0 19 11 11 7 7 4 5.50
2014 (13-11) 202.2 215 100 93 49 124 23 4.13
2013 (15-12) 211.2 236 99 95 59 111 30 4.04
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.0 41 22 18 12 18 5 3.95 49
2015-04-22 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 6 3 0 98 40
2015-04-17 OAK ND 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 3 79 44
2015-04-11 @LAA W 7.0 6 4 4 1 2 1 94 50
2014-09-26 @CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 93 74
2014-09-21 DET W 5.1 5 2 1 2 2 1 81 52
2014-09-13 BOS W 8.0 3 1 0 1 2 0 105 75
2014-09-08 @DET L 2.2 10 8 6 1 1 0 76 10
Last 5 v.CLE 2-3 29.0 48 21 21 7 17 5 6.52 37
2014-07-26 CLE W 5.2 10 5 5 2 4 1 105 31
2014-07-05 @CLE L 4.0 11 6 6 2 5 1 99 19
2014-04-21 @CLE L 6.1 10 4 4 0 3 2 98 40
2013-09-10 @CLE W 6.0 9 1 1 0 2 0 99 52
2013-07-13 @CLE L 7.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 114 41

SP: Trevor Bauer (24, RHP, 2-0, 0.95)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-0) 19.0 8 2 2 11 26 0 0.95
2014 (5-8) 153.0 151 76 71 60 143 16 4.18
2013 (1-2) 17.0 15 11 10 16 11 3 5.29
Last 7 GS 2-1 42.1 30 15 14 16 45 4 2.98 59
2015-04-20 @CHW ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 104 74
2015-04-15 CHW W 6.0 4 2 2 4 8 0 103 60
2015-04-09 @HOU W 6.0 0 0 0 5 11 0 111 78
2014-09-24 KCR ND 4.1 8 4 4 3 2 0 83 30
2014-09-19 @MIN ND 6.0 4 3 3 0 6 2 96 58
2014-09-14 @DET ND 5.0 6 2 1 1 3 1 79 51
2014-09-09 MIN L 8.0 4 4 4 1 8 1 102 65
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 15.1 19 7 7 9 9 0 4.11 45
2014-09-24 KCR ND 4.1 8 4 4 3 2 0 83 30
2014-08-30 @KCR ND 5.2 4 0 0 5 6 0 105 62
2014-06-11 @KCR L 5.1 7 3 3 1 1 0 93 42

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

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 (5.00 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Bauer
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 34.McAllister
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/1.100 6/.000 2/.000 2/.500 6/1.500 2/1.000 9/.347 14/.286 502/359 .301/.339/.412/.751 .827/.720 .736 80/.974 28/5 5/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/30 .333/.375/.489/.864 .882/.851 1.101 27/.625 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.500 5/.200 1/.000 4/.500 12/.788 4/.250 1/2.000 6/.334 290/233 .269/.324/.327/.651 .604/.663 .744 20/.377 36/7 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 7/1.404 7/1.000 6/.334 3/.666 12/1.667 2/2.000 6/.533 17/.423 620/465 .285/.317/.377/.694 .784/.663 .665 80/.641 31/6 3/16
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.444 3/5.000 3/3.000 9/1.222 16/.813 11/.384 6/.533 15/.800 643/452 .266/.351/.432/.783 .787/.782 .805 66/.830 12/3 19/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.533 6/1.333 2/1.000 6/1.000 10/.100 9/.476 2/1.500 17/1.041 547/389 .270/.318/.398/.716 .676/.732 .815 86/.834 4/2 9/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 8/.708 7/1.300 8/.250 1/2.000 17/.568 3/.666 11/1.493 4/.500 575/425 .252/.295/.337/.632 .584/.649 .653 52/.564 9/3 6/11
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 115/59 .218/.243/.391/.634 .647/.623 .673 3/.000 0/0 5/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 11/.909 4/.000 2/.000 8/.875 401/255 .218/.274/.338/.612 .661/.584 .664 86/.804 0/0 8/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.833 5/1.100 3/.666 5/.250 15/.486 7/.858 5/.000 13/.231 500/392 .212/.271/.361/.632 .554/.653 .692 88/.945 1/0 15/19
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 49/.880 / /
13.Perez G/S/vP 8/.375 6/.900 5/.400 ··· 17/.470 2/.000 10/.200 17/.706 606/459 .260/.289/.403/.692 .632/.710 .691 76/.822 1/0 17/9
IP 153.0 69.2 72.0 23.1 86.0 46.0 76.1 86.0 TOTAL .297/.357/.436/.793 .802/.786 .763 .793 18/6 14/10
ERA-K/9 4.18/8.4 2.07/11.8 2.75/6.1 2.70/10.4 5.23/7.7 2.74/9.0 2.59/7.5 4.60/4.9 4.18/10.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 663/.259 279/.194 280/.227 91/.214 377/.280 196/.246 313/.216 378/.288 .265  Cain
 Gordon
 Dyson
0/93/77/8
156/0/0/8
3/106/0/4
OPS .737 .601 .606 .636 .750 .656 .602 .752 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.729 140/.451 100/.723 51/.628 177/.789 108/.441 121/.776 180/.729 .589
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.744 139/.757 180/.544 40/.645 200/.715 88/.944 192/.493 198/.772 .807
Home 380/.696 146/.566 129/.616 45/.613 194/.772 84/.527 144/.533 221/.664
Last 28d days 75/.410 37/1.046 27/.388 32/.629 68/.901 21/.496 27/.967 38/.732
HR/SB/CS 16/19/7 7/4/1 4/4/2 3/2/1 7/9/3 1/2/1 6/11/2 5/2/0 14/23/5
Usage ·······X ·X····XX ·X·o··o· X·o···oo X·X···X· oo····o· ··X···oo ··oX·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.

Indians Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
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
4.Aviles G/S/vP 12/.750 8/.125 ··· 9/.347 8/.536 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 2/.500 374/224 .247/.273/.343/.616 .645/.596 .648 41/.823 14/5 5/8
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 21/.588 10/.633 1/3.000 3/.000 6/2.333 5/1.000 10/.944 ··· 11/1.245 487/333 .257/.314/.360/.674 .569/.724 .723 76/.457 10/6 3/2
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 28/.786 17/1.055 1/2.000 3/.666 8/.750 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 6/1.500 676/443 .327/.385/.506/.890 .826/.923 .933 50/.793 23/1 20/1
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 16/1.363 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 4/1.750 3/.333 5/.600 533/412 .280/.343/.427/.770 .729/.782 .742 62/.544 3/1 13/18
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .135/.151/.212/.362 .153/.485 .500 7/.714 0/0 1/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 22/1.545 10/1.214 ··· 6/.000 8/.708 ··· 3/1.667 3/.000 5/2.200 555/374 .240/.310/.330/.640 .500/.710 .620 80/.543 22/3 6/6
44.Moss* G/S/vP 12/1.417 8/.661 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 3/1.000 14/1.512 580/479 .234/.334/.438/.772 .792/.768 .703 59/.776 1/0 25/7
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 23/.622 14/.665 ··· 8/.833 2/.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/.666 4/.833 462/376 .262/.319/.385/.703 .604/.727 .767 40/.774 2/3 8/3
55.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/68 .271/.311/.365/.676 .397/.786 .632 45/.580 0/0 1/3
9.Raburn G/S/vP 21/.850 5/1.800 ··· 10/1.000 6/1.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 212/75 .200/.250/.297/.547 .596/.463 .386 30/1.045 0/0 4/2
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/.800 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 266/178 .262/.300/.346/.646 .676/.632 .645 61/.497 10/1 2/4
40.Sands G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/11 .190/.227/.333/.561 .455/.664 .695 25/.835 0/0 1/
41.Santana# G/S/vP 24/1.447 14/.762 1/.000 9/.985 12/.167 ··· 4/1.833 3/3.333 5/.000 660/445 .231/.365/.427/.792 .864/.757 .726 77/.770 5/2 27/11
IP 202.2 72.0 7.0 47.1 70.0 142.1 60.1 165.0 TOTAL .232/.294/.363/.656 .601/.698 .585 .656 9/2 16/11
ERA-K/9 4.13/5.5 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 2.88/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (7-2-1)
 Perez (14-8-1)
 Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 864/.272 279/.151 28/.222 196/.234 285/.214 / 646/.296 258/.278 688/.234 .218  Brantley
 Moss
 Murphy
 Bourn
 Raburn
 Aviles
107/46/0/12
56/0/34/6
2/0/120/6
0/105/0/5
20/0/25/3
27/3/3/1
OPS .728 .408 .546 .651 .561 .859 .759 .733 .608
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 481/.828 144/.513 9/.778 75/.658 138/.617 / 183/.699 148/.754 391/.809 .584
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.601 135/.298 19/.433 121/.647 147/.508 / 463/.923 110/.767 297/.632 .627
Road 426/.723 134/.332 19/.596 96/.825 140/.536 / 309/.910 113/.949 348/.894
Last 28d days 77/.885 30/.169 / 27/.638 34/.467 35/.454 27/.417 29/.414 31/.368
HR/SB/CS 23/10/4 0/4/1 0/0/0 3/7/2 0/6/2 // 24/9/1 8/3/1 26/13/4 14/4/7
Usage ·····X·· o···o·o· ·o·oo·o· o··XX··X Xo··X··o Xo·oXo·· ·····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.