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Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals, at Minute Maid Park, June 29, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, June 29, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

21-24

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

On This Date:

24-22

Season Series

Mon, Jun 29, 2015 KCR    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 KCR    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 KCR    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 HOU    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 26, 2015 HOU    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

44-28, 1st, 5½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-13   Road:   22-15   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  32-15   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest: 13-6  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Sun, Jun 28  @OAK  W   5-3       44-28  1st  5.5 up
 71 Sat, Jun 27  @OAK  W   3-2       43-28  1st  4.5 up
 70 Fri, Jun 26  @OAK  W   5-2       42-28  1st  4.5 up
 69 Wed, Jun 24  @SEA  W   8-2       41-28  1st  3.5 up
 68 Tue, Jun 23  @SEA  L   0-7       40-28  1st  3.5 up
 67 Mon, Jun 22  @SEA  W   4-1       40-27  1st  3.5 up
 66 Sun, Jun 21   BOS  L   2-13      39-27  1st  3.5 up
 65 Sat, Jun 20   BOS  W   7-4       39-26  1st  3.5 up
 64 Fri, Jun 19   BOS  L   3-7       38-26  1st  2.5 up
 63 Thu, Jun 18   MIL  W   3-2       38-25  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14

Houston Astros

44-34, 1st, 4 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   25-16   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  28-17   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest: 22-16 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Sun, Jun 28   NYY  W   3-1       44-34  1st  4.0 up
 77 Sat, Jun 27   NYY  L   6-9       43-34  1st  4.0 up
 76 Fri, Jun 26   NYY  L   2-3       43-33  1st  5.0 up
 75 Thu, Jun 25   NYY  W   4-0       43-32  1st  5.0 up
 74 Wed, Jun 24  @LAA  L   1-2 (13)  42-32  1st  4.0 up
 73 Tue, Jun 23  @LAA  W  13-3       42-31  1st  4.0 up
 72 Mon, Jun 22  @LAA  L   3-4       41-31  1st  3.0 up
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @SEA  W   6-2       41-30  1st  3.5 up
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @SEA  L   3-6       40-30  1st  2.5 up
 69 Fri, Jun 19  @SEA  L   2-5       40-29  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 28, 2014 HOU  9 @KCR  3        W:Jarred Cosart (4-4), L: Danny Duffy (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2014 HOU  3 @KCR  0        W:Collin McHugh (3-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2014 HOU  9 @KCR  2        W:Scott Feldman (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (2-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 KCR  5 @HOU  1        W:James Shields (1-2), L: Scott Feldman (2-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 KCR  6 @HOU  4 (11)   W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Jerome Williams (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 KCR  4 @HOU  2        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-3), S: Greg Holland (4)
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 KCR  2  HOU  0        W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Hector Ambriz (1-3), S: Greg Holland (12)
Sat, Jun 08, 2013 KCR  7  HOU  2        W:Ervin Santana (4-5), L: Erik Bedard (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 KCR  4  HOU  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-4), L: Wesley Wright (0-2), S: Greg Holland (11)
Wed, May 22, 2013 HOU  3  KCR  1        W:Jordan Lyles (2-1), L: James Shields (2-5), S: Jose Veras (8)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 22-20

SP: Joe Blanton (34, RHP, 2-0, 1.73)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-0)			26.0	21	6	5	3	24	2	1.73
2013 (2-14)			132.2	180	96	89	34	108	29	6.04
2012 (10-13)			191.0	207	106	100	34	166	29	4.71

Last 7 GS		3-3	36.1	41	23	22	12	33	9	5.45	46
2015-06-22	@SEA	W	6.0	2	1	1	0	7	1	80	71
2015-06-17	MIL	W	5.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	73	57
2013-07-22	MIN	L	3.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	90	29
2013-07-14	@SEA	L	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	94	34
2013-07-09	@CHC	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	4	92	27
2013-07-04	STL	ND	5.2	9	5	4	1	7	1	87	39
2013-06-29	@HOU	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	99	67

Last 5 v.HOU		2-2	35.2	26	9	9	3	39	4	2.27	67
2013-06-29	@HOU	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	99	67
2013-06-03	HOU	L	8.0	3	2	2	0	11	1	112	79
2013-05-08	@HOU	L	6.2	8	3	3	0	6	1	86	52
2012-05-14	HOU	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	106	67
2010-08-23	HOU	ND	7.0	6	1	1	0	9	0	100	70

SP: Lance McCullers (21, RHP, 3-2, 2.33)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-2)			46.1	32	15	12	16	52	1	2.33

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.2	29	14	11	13	47	1	2.38	61
2015-06-24	@LAA	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	104	63
2015-06-19	@SEA	L	4.1	6	5	3	3	6	0	88	38
2015-06-14	SEA	W	5.0	0	0	0	4	4	0	90	67
2015-06-08	@CHW	L	7.0	4	3	3	0	7	1	96	64
2015-06-03	BAL	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	11	0	107	86
2015-05-29	CHW	ND	4.1	5	2	1	2	7	0	89	52
2015-05-23	@DET	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	100	57

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

Royals Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.McCullers
G/S/vB 56.Hernandez
G/S/vB 68.Feliz
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 12/.364 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/36 .171/.171/.195/.366 .333/.371 .500 8/.250 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/180 .293/.351/.442/.793 .894/.740 .792 86/.855 15/3 6/4

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/51 .253/.317/.307/.624 .786/.521 .594 13/.321 2/1 0/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 92/72 .267/.292/.384/.676 .780/.648 .707 22/1.045 8/1 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 12/.637 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 285/202 .281/.317/.369/.686 .587/.726 .692 107/.687 5/2 2/8

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 39/1.265 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 17/.698 ··· 273/176 .271/.388/.444/.833 .815/.843 .955 92/.821 1/4 9/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.273 ··· 303/185 .290/.354/.445/.799 .730/.843 .680 96/.624 4/2 8/1

14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 11/.546 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 247/182 .237/.243/.320/.562 .621/.541 .573 85/.553 1/1 0/4

25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 291/175 .291/.351/.464/.815 .733/.871 .798 87/.730 0/0 9/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 9/.889 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 293/185 .322/.375/.470/.844 .720/.917 .910 99/.823 1/2 7/5

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 260/182 .271/.281/.459/.740 .667/.771 .689 85/.759 1/0 12/1

15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 35/.411 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 6/2.100 ··· 121/84 .211/.240/.263/.503 .493/.507 .369 88/.423 3/0 1/1

IP 46.1 79.0 1.0 24.1 30.1 35.0 28.1 28.1 16.2 TOTAL .273/.322/.408/.730 .709/.741 .721 .695 43/17 55/39

ERA-K/9

2.33/10.1

4.44/4.6

0.00/9.0

1.85/13.3

3.56/9.2

1.03/9.5

2.86/8.6

2.86/9.5

2.16/10.8

3.58/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (29-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.189 332/.276 4/.250 94/.159 119/.212 129/.112 106/.188 113/.214 68/.237 .236 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Rios
Hosmer 68/0/0/3
0/64/0/3
4/11/15/1
0/0/31/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .540 .786 .750 .479 .615 .419 .566 .650 .570 .671

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.481 159/.748 4/.750 42/.556 65/.638 62/.374 38/.527 54/.597 42/.526 .652

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.608 173/.818 / 52/.416 54/.588 67/.462 68/.585 59/.695 26/.644 .686

Home 92/.472 161/.743 4/.750 43/.325 69/.636 60/.468 54/.497 54/.573 35/.614

Last 28d days 123/.480 78/.737 / 46/.542 31/.484 40/.808 37/.661 39/.739 26/.497

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 9/10/3 0/0/0 1/2/2 4/3/0 4/2/0 4/0/0 4/1/2 0/2/0 69/45/19

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

Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 27.Finnegan*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 14/.786 5/.000 ··· 9/.236 4/.250 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 305/201 .292/.333/.406/.739 .839/.688 .767 76/.682 21/7 6/2

23.Carter G/S/vP 10/2.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 301/188 .198/.316/.395/.711 .698/.719 .753 102/.813 1/0 13/6

15.Castro* G/S/vP 10/.311 5/.650 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 205/143 .215/.278/.376/.654 .613/.673 .739 58/.557 0/0 7/1

16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 5/.600 ··· ··· 98/41 .238/.340/.440/.781 .608/1.027 .874 42/.999 0/0 4/2

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/47 .314/.337/.593/.930 .967/.896 .938 89/.930 4/0 5/1

11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 293/184 .235/.266/.440/.707 .633/.749 .779 101/.635 0/0 13/0

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 7/1.667 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 172/110 .238/.265/.384/.649 .750/.594 .574 61/.688 3/2 4/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.786 12/.349 ··· 2/5.000 4/1.750 9/.619 4/1.750 1/.000 3/.333 218/154 .247/.321/.485/.806 .838/.792 .821 62/.833 1/1 10/1

13.Santana G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/15 .241/.290/.517/.808 .650/.976 .764 31/.808 1/1 2/0

21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/

4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 312/201 .266/.363/.453/.817 .913/.765 .783 111/.907 13/3 12/3

20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/95 .244/.308/.427/.735 .581/.816 .821 70/.562 0/0 4/0

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 288/194 .195/.274/.444/.718 .602/.774 .806 92/.817 1/0 19/4

IP 26.0 33.0 14.1 21.1 30.0 12.0 20.0 30.2 30.1 TOTAL .240/.308/.426/.733 .724/.738 .742 .751 61/20 110/40

ERA-K/9

1.73/8.3

0.27/10.4

1.88/7.6

1.69/6.3

2.10/9.3

6.00/9.8

2.70/9.4

1.76/8.5

2.97/5.0

3.47/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (30-18-3)
Conger (15-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 101/.219 124/.134 56/.156 95/.278 118/.189 55/.340 80/.134 118/.170 118/.202 .238 Springer
Rasmus
Conger
Tucker
Santana
Gattis 0/7/66/4
38/25/8/1
1/0/0/0
36/0/1/0
2/0/7/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .615 .396 .513 .763 .509 .942 .475 .520 .587 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.678 74/.412 26/.700 46/.846 66/.380 25/.951 42/.552 56/.559 60/.660 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.535 50/.374 30/.361 49/.666 52/.675 30/.936 38/.389 62/.483 58/.511 .647

Road 41/.562 62/.305 21/.619 44/.604 59/.560 29/1.080 53/.699 72/.506 63/.565

Last 28d days 70/.494 44/.483 19/.551 27/.632 44/.437 30/.949 35/.422 29/.493 40/.615

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 0/3/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 56/31/15

Usage ······X· XX····o· ····o··· ·······X X·o·o·X· ·····X·· ·oo···o· ·o··X··· o·o·o···

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 5.45

STL 4.12

PHI 3.32

RA/G

STL 2.81

MIN 4.12

COL 5.12

D. Gordon .353

J. Giavotella .266

C. Utley .179

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .465

S. Marte .327

A. Ramirez .240

SLG

B. Harper .715

E. Longoria .426

M. Bourn .274

OPS

B. Harper 1.180

B. Lawrie .746

A. Ramirez .525

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.58

C. Anderson 3.66

K. Lohse 6.28

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.18

D. Keuchel 7.35

M. Pelfrey 4.33

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.