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Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, May 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Start Time:

1:08et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Comerica Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

66° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

19-23

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

45-48

Season Series
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1     
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1     
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET  2 @KCR  1     
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  4     
Fri, May 08, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5     

Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR    @DET  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

18-11, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   11-5    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-6    vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  8  @DET  L   5-6       18-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7   CLE  W   7-4       18-10  1st  0.5 up
 27 Wed, May  6   CLE  L   3-10      17-10  1st  0.5 up
 26 Tue, May  5   CLE  W   5-3       17-9   1st  0.5 up
 25 Sun, May  3   DET  L   4-6       16-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   DET  L   1-2       16-8   1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, May  1   DET  W   4-1       16-7   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 30   DET  W   8-1       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @CLE  L   5-7       14-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @CLE  W  11-5       14-6   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-11

Detroit Tigers

19-11, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    9-5    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  12-8    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:16-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Fri, May  8   KCR  W   6-5       19-11  1st  0.5 up
 29 Thu, May  7  @CHW  W   4-1       18-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6  @CHW  L   6-7       17-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @CHW  L   2-5       17-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  3  @KCR  W   6-4       17-9   1st  0.5 up
 25 Sat, May  2  @KCR  W   2-1       16-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Fri, May  1  @KCR  L   1-4       15-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 30  @KCR  L   1-8       15-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @MIN  W  10-7       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @MIN  L   2-3       14-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 08, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5        W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Yohan Pino (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  4        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET  2 @KCR  1        W:David Price (3-1), L: Edinson Volquez (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1        W:Chris Young (2-0), L: Kyle Lobstein (2-2), S: Wade Davis (5)
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-0), L: Alfredo Simon (4-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 KCR  5  DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (12-11), L: Rick Porcello (15-12), S: Greg Holland (43)
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (17-5), L: James Shields (14-8), S: Joe Nathan (33)
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 DET 10 @KCR  1        W:Justin Verlander (14-12), L: Jason Vargas (11-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 KCR  3 @DET  0        W:James Shields (14-7), L: Rick Porcello (15-11), S: Wade Davis (3)
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (16-5), L: Jason Vargas (11-8), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Season Series: 2015 - DET over 3-2; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 318-313

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (36, RHP, 1-2, 6.52)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-2)			29.0	36	21	21	10	11	5	6.52
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		3-2	41.1	45	23	22	13	19	6	4.79	47
2015-05-03	DET	L	6.0	11	6	6	0	1	1	85	27
2015-04-28	@CLE	ND	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	89	39
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

Last 5 v.DET		2-3	24.2	38	25	22	7	15	4	8.03	34
2015-05-03	DET	L	6.0	11	6	6	0	1	1	85	27
2014-09-21	DET	W	5.1	5	2	1	2	2	1	81	52
2014-09-08	@DET	L	2.2	10	8	6	1	1	0	76	10
2014-07-10	DET	L	4.0	8	8	8	3	2	1	91	13
2014-06-18	@DET	W	6.2	4	1	1	1	9	1	105	70

SP: Anibal Sanchez (31, RHP, 2-3, 5.11)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-3)			37.0	34	21	21	9	35	5	5.11
2014 (8-5)			126.0	108	55	48	30	102	4	3.43
2013 (14-8)			182.0	156	56	52	54	202	9	2.57

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.2	43	25	24	10	38	5	5.18	49
2015-05-03	@KCR	W	7.1	4	3	3	1	4	0	104	61
2015-04-28	@MIN	L	7.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	105	53
2015-04-23	NYY	ND	6.1	1	1	1	4	8	0	111	71
2015-04-18	CHW	L	3.1	9	9	9	2	2	2	80	6
2015-04-13	@PIT	L	6.1	8	5	5	0	9	3	95	46
2015-04-08	MIN	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	6	0	101	72
2014-08-08	@TOR	ND	4.2	9	4	3	1	3	0	93	34

Last 5 v.KCR		5-0	35.2	31	7	7	4	17	0	1.77	62
2015-05-03	@KCR	W	7.1	4	3	3	1	4	0	104	61
2014-07-11	@KCR	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	90	60
2014-06-19	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	107	62
2013-09-06	@KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	98	63
2013-08-15	KCR	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	5	0	115	64

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

Royals Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 60.Nesbitt
G/S/vB 38.Soria
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/20 .190/.190/.190/.381 .000/.400 .500 19/.316 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP 16/.376 7/.453 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 116/62 .337/.397/.500/.897 1.088/.732 .924 92/.834 6/1 3/1

12.Calixte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

24.Colon G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 56/36 .275/.327/.333/.661 .924/.507 .619 56/.661 2/1 0/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 22/.182 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 42/34 .205/.225/.256/.481 .762/.424 .377 42/.481 5/0 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 21/.572 9/.222 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 93/58 .298/.333/.369/.702 .636/.740 .633 69/.622 2/1 0/2

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 19/.649 4/.000 6/.900 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 109/62 .290/.394/.452/.846 .812/.872 1.010 91/.919 0/2 3/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 25/.560 4/.500 6/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 130/66 .319/.395/.549/.944 .749/1.129 .681 106/.971 2/1 5/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 28/.399 5/1.200 6/.900 14/.891 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 90/62 .230/.244/.322/.566 .620/.542 .644 71/.635 0/0 0/0

25.Morales# G/S/vP 10/.775 ··· 8/2.125 7/.715 ··· ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 127/68 .310/.370/.483/.853 .795/.908 .903 103/.777 0/0 4/

16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 71/39 .239/.282/.403/.685 .726/.651 .724 67/.644 2/1 0/1

13.Perez G/S/vP 19/.329 10/.522 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 114/73 .306/.316/.459/.775 .805/.758 .794 94/.679 1/0 4/1

IP 37.0 8.2 6.2 10.2 10.1 11.1 14.0 9.1 TOTAL .293/.345/.435/.780 .799/.767 .794 .748 23/9 23/16

ERA-K/9

5.11/8.5

8.31/5.2

6.75/4.0

2.53/7.6

5.23/3.5

2.38/8.0

1.29/7.1

2.89/3.9

3.99/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (6-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.243 45/.324 31/.400 43/.282 48/.275 44/.171 50/.128 32/.194 .254 Cain
Gordon
Orlando
Dyson 0/26/0/2
26/0/0/1
4/0/15/1
1/4/8/1

OPS .692 1.039 .986 .718 .708 .429 .355 .509 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.642 24/1.217 14/1.286 23/.814 25/.693 22/.558 25/.513 19/.652 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.757 21/.829 17/.728 20/.616 23/.725 22/.293 25/.203 13/.308 .605

Home 70/.687 27/1.300 11/.455 27/.737 24/.890 26/.695 18/.461 11/.636

Last 28d days 128/.755 39/1.118 27/.984 34/.797 40/.744 43/.439 43/.318 32/.509

HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 3/3/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 21/15/7

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ··X····o ··o··o·· ··oo···· o·oo···· oX···o·· o··X····

Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB 63.Pino
G/S/vB 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 37/1.093 16/1.318 3/.666 27/.949 11/.273 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 6/.334 74/57 .200/.342/.317/.659 .192/.804 .782 56/.546 0/0 2/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 60/1.021 24/1.154 17/1.100 41/1.206 13/.462 29/.355 6/.666 4/.500 17/.489 129/94 .346/.450/.570/1.020 .947/1.041 .801 105/1.031 1/1 6/0

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 14/1.096 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 6/.000 114/89 .219/.272/.343/.615 .646/.604 .617 91/.586 0/1 2/2

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 9/.597 6/1.167 3/.333 6/1.667 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 12/.472 121/91 .278/.306/.487/.793 .683/.829 .842 98/.742 0/0 4/2

20.Davis G/S/vP 21/.428 11/.489 2/1.000 14/.517 3/.000 1/.000 13/1.083 1/.000 5/.800 73/40 .274/.375/.419/.794 .946/.662 .902 67/.827 8/1 1/0

12.Gose* G/S/vP 11/.182 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 75/64 .338/.373/.479/.852 .573/.899 1.003 55/.698 6/2 1/2

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/.400 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 92/62 .349/.400/.482/.882 1.167/.743 .842 75/.793 5/1 1/2

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 49/.856 7/.143 15/.267 16/.125 1/4.000 3/1.667 6/1.167 4/1.000 10/.100 133/95 .316/.391/.393/.784 .492/.906 .840 108/.718 3/0 0/1

28.Martinez G/S/vP 23/.967 7/.929 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 5/.600 121/87 .216/.281/.432/.713 .634/.740 .823 98/.705 1/1 6/0

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 40/.832 23/.590 17/.745 19/.721 8/.625 3/.000 6/1.000 4/.500 11/.282 108/77 .233/.333/.289/.622 1.170/.400 .571 86/.596 0/0 1/

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/25 .295/.311/.432/.743 .929/.600 .571 42/.683 0/0 1/0

26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/10 .111/.111/.111/.222 .250/.200 .250 17/.235 1/0 0/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 21/18 .444/.524/.444/.968 1.167/.938 .571 16/.875 3/3 0/0

IP 29.0 13.0 10.1 1.0 5.0 15.2 13.0 10.2 17.0 TOTAL .277/.347/.417/.764 .773/.760 .777 .717 28/10 25/12

ERA-K/9

6.52/3.4

0.00/9.0

0.87/7.9

0.00/18.0

0.00/5.4

1.72/9.7

4.15/5.5

0.00/6.7

1.06/8.5

3.40/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (8-4-1)
McCann (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 126/.316 46/.114 42/.250 3/.000 16/.000 55/.137 51/.229 41/.220 60/.073 .225 Martinez
Gose
Cespedes
Davis
Romine 0/0/29/4
0/19/0/0
29/0/0/0
2/15/2/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .894 .289 .694 .000 .063 .476 .609 .463 .277 .637

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.950 26/.195 16/.750 2/.000 9/.111 28/.439 21/1.000 25/.440 24/.258 .640

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.825 20/.411 26/.635 1/.000 7/.000 27/.514 30/.315 16/.500 36/.290 .634

Road 49/.704 18/.229 22/.483 / 3/.000 31/.479 24/.485 5/1.000 29/.466

Last 28d days 99/.965 32/.318 35/.738 3/.000 7/.143 51/.449 51/.609 41/.463 60/.277

HR/SB/CS 5/1/4 0/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 22/8/10

Usage ·····X·· Xo·X···X X·X····· ·o······ ·o······ oX·X···X ·XX···o· o·····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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.40

CHC 4.32

PHI 2.83

RA/G

STL 2.90

DET 4.17

COL 5.59

D. Gordon .437

Y. Molina .269

C. Utley .099

OBP

M. Holliday .466

K. Davis .327

C. Utley .175

SLG

N. Cruz .748

E. Gattis .410

C. Utley .198

OPS

A. Gonzalez 1.166

M. Prado .742

C. Utley .373

ERA

D. Keuchel .80

C. Kershaw 3.72

K. Kendrick 8.73

K/9IP

M. Fiers 12.73

J. Hellickson 6.97

K. Gibson 2.73

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.