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Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, August 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

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Date:
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Start Time:
7:08et (local)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
109
On This Date:
24-20
Tigers
Manager:
Game #:
108
On This Date:
47-59
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  6 @DET  2     
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR  2 @DET  1 (10)

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
62-42, 1st, 8½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-18   Road:   28-24   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  43-25   vsLHP:  19-17   1-Run:  15-9 
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:26-16   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sun, Aug  2  @TOR  L   2-5       62-42  1st  8.0 up
103 Sat, Aug  1  @TOR  W   7-6       62-41  1st  8.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 31  @TOR  L   6-7 (11)  61-41  1st  8.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 30  @TOR  L   2-5       61-40  1st  8.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 29  @CLE  L   1-12      61-39  1st  9.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @CLE  W   2-1       61-38  1st  9.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @CLE  W   9-4       60-38  1st  8.0 up
 97 Sun, Jul 26   HOU  W   5-1       59-38  1st  7.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 25   HOU  W   2-1 (10)  58-38  1st  6.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   HOU  L   0-4       57-38  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
51-54, 3rd, 11½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-27   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  36-44   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:27-17   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sun, Aug  2  @BAL  W   6-1       51-54  3rd 11.5 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @BAL  L   2-6       50-54  4th 12.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @BAL  L   7-8       50-53  3rd 11.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @BAL  W   9-8       50-52  3rd 11.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29  @TBR  W   2-1       49-52  4th 12.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28  @TBR  L   2-10      48-52  4th 13.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27  @TBR  L   2-5       48-51  3rd 12.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26  @BOS  L   1-11      48-50  3rd 11.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25  @BOS  W   5-1       48-49  3rd 10.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24  @BOS  L   1-2 (11)  47-49  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Angel Nesbitt (0-1), S: Greg Holland (6)
Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR  6 @DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (2-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 4-3; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 318-315

SP: Danny Duffy (26, LHP, 4-5, 4.28)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-5) 82.0 84 41 39 33 52 10 4.28
2014 (9-12) 149.1 113 52 42 53 113 12 2.53
2013 (2-0) 24.1 19 5 5 14 22 0 1.85
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.2 38 15 14 14 22 6 2.89 55
2015-07-30 @TOR L 6.0 6 5 5 4 4 3 96 40
2015-07-25 HOU ND 6.0 3 1 1 1 3 0 101 64
2015-07-19 @CHW W 8.0 6 1 1 1 4 1 113 69
2015-07-10 TOR W 6.0 4 0 0 3 0 0 95 61
2015-07-05 MIN ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 1 1 84 53
2015-06-30 @HOU L 6.2 6 4 4 2 6 1 97 50
2015-06-24 @SEA ND 4.2 8 2 1 0 4 0 88 46
Last 5 v.DET 1-3 28.1 19 8 7 12 21 1 2.22 58
2015-04-30 DET W 7.0 7 1 1 2 7 0 101 64
2014-07-11 DET L 6.0 5 2 1 0 6 0 99 62
2014-06-19 @DET L 7.0 3 2 2 1 5 1 101 67
2014-05-03 DET L 4.0 2 1 1 4 2 0 75 52
2013-09-07 DET ND 4.1 2 2 2 5 1 0 87 47

SP: Justin Verlander (32, RHP, 1-3, 4.86)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-3) 50.0 50 28 27 12 35 9 4.86
2014 (15-12) 206.0 223 114 104 65 159 18 4.54
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
Last 7 GS 1-3 45.0 47 26 25 10 33 8 5.00 49
2015-07-29 @TBR W 8.0 4 1 1 0 10 1 107 80
2015-07-24 @BOS ND 8.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 111 67
2015-07-19 BAL L 3.2 8 7 7 1 4 2 84 20
2015-07-10 @MIN ND 7.2 5 1 1 1 6 0 116 70
2015-07-05 TOR L 5.0 7 7 7 2 5 2 94 28
2015-06-30 PIT ND 6.0 6 3 2 5 3 0 103 48
2015-06-19 @NYY L 6.2 10 6 6 1 2 3 117 31
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 33.2 35 19 19 8 20 2 5.08 49
2014-09-19 @KCR W 7.1 7 1 1 0 4 0 103 64
2014-09-08 KCR W 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 106 52
2014-07-13 @KCR L 6.1 6 4 4 1 3 0 97 47
2014-06-16 KCR L 6.0 12 7 7 2 2 1 97 20
2014-05-04 @KCR W 7.0 4 3 3 4 7 0 107 60
Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
39.Feliz
G/S/vB
65.Hardy*
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
43.Rondon
G/S/vB
58.Valdez
G/S/vB
30.Wilson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/48 .182/.194/.197/.391 .461/.362 .469 16/.375 0/1 0/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 20/.900 8/.661 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 391/257 .314/.371/.503/.874 1.029/.794 .882 86/1.041 19/4 11/7
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/17 .240/.269/.360/.629 .556/.669 .000 18/.690 0/0 0/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 28/.666 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 157/130 .239/.314/.370/.683 .612/.698 .709 50/.586 18/2 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 60/.487 10/.200 6/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 426/301 .279/.318/.348/.666 .692/.655 .637 105/.595 8/5 2/9
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 62/.737 5/.400 4/1.833 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 423/261 .315/.372/.477/.849 .718/.930 .761 93/1.110 4/2 11/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 20/.413 5/1.200 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 370/269 .228/.241/.315/.556 .637/.525 .553 89/.558 1/2 1/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP 24/.958 ··· 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 422/261 .284/.341/.451/.792 .739/.826 .788 94/.772 0/0 12/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 52/.436 10/.200 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 399/254 .283/.343/.420/.764 .667/.818 .773 78/.639 1/2 10/9
13.Perez G/S/vP 37/1.119 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 366/259 .243/.257/.412/.669 .526/.729 .614 78/.484 1/0 15/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 47/.961 8/.900 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/3.000 233/163 .241/.275/.309/.584 .563/.593 .499 84/.689 7/0 2/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 35/.638 2/2.000 7/.762 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 287/195 .272/.355/.480/.835 .932/.790 .920 74/.969 1/2 9/3
IP 50.0 44.0 27.0 46.0 19.2 13.2 0.0 56.1 TOTAL .269/.319/.405/.725 .712/.731 .705 .729 65/24 83/59
ERA-K/9 4.86/6.3 3.27/9.2 7.67/7.7 2.54/7.4 5.49/9.1 7.24/12.5 /0.0 1.76/5.3 4.45/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (13-7-0)
 Perez (46-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.262 190/.252 128/.333 191/.231 94/.313 62/.296 4/1.000 214/.225 .269  Cain
 Dyson
 Rios
 Zobrist
 Hosmer
0/89/0/5
15/19/17/4
0/0/60/3
31/0/3/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .742 .706 .919 .632 .909 .811 3.000 .559 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.744 75/.812 65/.924 88/.487 38/.827 22/.714 2/2.000 94/.643 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.740 115/.640 63/.913 103/.754 56/.963 40/.868 2/3.500 120/.491 .744
Home 94/.953 111/.752 63/.999 101/.729 34/.772 34/.941 / 109/.598
Last 28d days 103/.599 35/.773 37/1.281 31/.704 38/.702 37/.861 4/3.000 34/.311
HR/SB/CS 9/1/1 4/6/0 5/0/2 0/0/0 4/0/0 1/2/0 1/0/0 2/1/2 122/44/25
Usage ·····X·· ····X·oo ···X··X· ··o·o·o· ··XXo··o ·o·o···X ···X···· ·o··X··o
Tigers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB
17.Davis
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
46.Madson
G/S/vB
39.Medlen
G/S/vB
45.Morales*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 9/.347 16/1.318 13/.231 27/.949 11/.273 ··· 6/.733 2/1.000 153/125 .173/.309/.260/.569 .269/.637 .697 58/.361 0/1 3/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 13/.413 6/.334 5/1.400 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 390/310 .237/.290/.391/.681 .851/.638 .758 81/.761 0/1 11/6
18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/54 .259/.298/.463/.761 .000/.805 .551 3/.000 1/0 2/0
20.Davis G/S/vP 14/.594 11/.489 5/.200 14/.517 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.083 245/148 .262/.316/.418/.733 .768/.711 .763 48/.570 15/5 2/1
12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 316/283 .264/.309/.366/.675 .343/.714 .795 54/.550 16/6 2/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/1.150 4/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 347/263 .318/.360/.403/.763 .935/.709 .802 82/.804 10/6 2/10
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 17/.650 8/.125 9/.583 16/.125 2/4.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/1.167 457/360 .297/.354/.415/.769 .769/.769 .777 91/1.106 7/5 5/5
55.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/8 .250/.276/.536/.812 .952/.393 .343 28/.841 0/0 2/2
28.Martinez G/S/vP 9/.555 7/.929 4/.750 2/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.667 429/335 .288/.347/.561/.909 .860/.920 .954 90/.874 2/1 29/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 20/.683 23/.590 4/.500 19/.721 9/.708 3/.000 3/.666 6/1.000 303/234 .246/.314/.360/.674 .912/.604 .640 93/.610 0/0 6/
34.McCann G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 257/195 .282/.315/.427/.742 1.077/.640 .762 56/.740 0/0 5/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 105/84 .284/.330/.379/.709 .783/.689 .536 23/.377 6/5 2/4
IP 82.0 44.2 46.1 27.0 32.2 43.1 6.1 44.0 TOTAL .276/.332/.431/.762 .784/.756 .783 .732 62/35 106/52
ERA-K/9 4.28/5.7 0.60/10.1 2.14/7.8 4.00/9.3 3.03/9.6 2.28/8.3 5.68/10.0 2.45/5.7 3.60/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (13-6-1)
 McCann (21-17-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.274 168/.148 182/.189 114/.267 136/.209 171/.209 28/.250 174/.219 .247  Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Collins
 Romine
0/0/97/12
0/86/0/2
14/38/8/2
2/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .780 .447 .529 .744 .625 .580 .774 .592 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.681 96/.403 93/.399 49/.858 64/.737 78/.555 15/1.133 82/.640 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.806 72/.502 89/.666 65/.659 72/.528 93/.601 13/.397 92/.549 .686
Road 175/.815 80/.356 92/.586 63/.825 71/.705 97/.645 14/.629 92/.623
Last 28d days 102/.683 28/.549 49/.609 48/.699 38/.815 44/.852 28/.774 44/.577
HR/SB/CS 10/3/1 1/3/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/0/2 3/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 91/53/27
Usage ····X··· ··o···o· ·X·Xo··· ·o·X·X·· ··X···o· ·X·o··X· ····X··· ·o·o·Xo·

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

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.