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Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals, at Minute Maid Park, June 30, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
77
On This Date:
18-25
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
80
On This Date:
19-30
Season Series
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  1     

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
44-29, 1st, 5½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-13   Road:   22-16   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  32-16   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest: 13-7  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Mon, Jun 29  @HOU  L   1-6       44-29  1st  5.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros
45-34, 1st, 4 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-16   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  29-17   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest: 22-16 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Mon, Jun 29   KCR  W   6-1       45-34  1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  1        W:Lance McCullers (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-1), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 1-0; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 23-20

SP: Danny Duffy (26, LHP, 2-3, 5.44)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-3) 43.0 54 28 26 19 34 4 5.44
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 1-3 31.2 40 20 18 18 26 2 5.12 44
2015-06-24 @SEA ND 4.2 8 2 1 0 4 0 88 46
2015-05-16 NYY L 5.0 4 4 4 4 3 1 113 42
2015-05-11 @TEX L 3.2 5 6 6 6 4 1 97 25
2015-05-06 CLE L 1.0 6 4 4 0 0 0 45 25
2015-04-30 DET W 7.0 7 1 1 2 7 0 101 64
2015-04-24 @CHW ND 5.1 6 1 0 1 3 0 98 56
2015-04-19 OAK ND 5.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 93 51
Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 4.0 7 6 5 5 3 2 11.25 24
2014-05-28 HOU L 4.0 7 6 5 5 3 2 86 24

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 9-3, 2.17)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-3) 116.1 81 29 28 31 95 7 2.17
2014 (12-9) 200.0 187 71 65 48 146 11 2.93
2013 (6-10) 153.2 184 96 88 52 123 20 5.15
Last 7 GS 3-3 51.2 38 16 16 11 49 6 2.79 64
2015-06-25 NYY W 9.0 6 0 0 1 12 0 116 86
2015-06-20 @SEA L 6.0 5 5 5 4 7 3 103 45
2015-06-15 COL W 6.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 106 56
2015-06-09 @CHW L 7.0 7 2 2 2 5 1 109 58
2015-06-04 BAL ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 108 58
2015-05-30 CHW W 9.0 4 0 0 0 11 0 113 90
2015-05-25 @BAL L 8.0 6 4 4 1 3 2 98 56
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 12.2 15 6 6 5 11 2 4.26 49
2014-04-16 KCR ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 97 56
2013-05-20 KCR W 6.2 9 4 4 4 6 1 96 42

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Royals Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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 6/.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 280/184 .289/.346/.435/.781 .894/.724 .769 86/.831 15/3 6/4
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 86/53 .244/.306/.295/.601 .761/.500 .540 16/.258 2/1 0/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 1/no AB 96/75 .273/.312/.398/.710 .812/.682 .760 26/1.128 8/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.666 12/.637 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 285/202 .281/.317/.369/.686 .587/.726 .692 103/.715 5/2 2/8
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.821 39/1.265 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 17/.698 ··· 277/180 .272/.390/.443/.833 .815/.843 .952 92/.846 1/4 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.334 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.273 ··· 303/185 .290/.354/.445/.799 .730/.843 .680 92/.630 4/2 8/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 8/.250 11/.546 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 251/186 .233/.239/.314/.553 .621/.529 .557 86/.547 1/1 0/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 11/.664 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 295/179 .287/.349/.459/.808 .733/.859 .786 87/.710 0/0 9/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 9/.889 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 1/.000 297/188 .317/.369/.463/.832 .713/.901 .884 99/.802 1/2 7/5
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 264/186 .270/.280/.467/.747 .667/.782 .705 86/.785 1/0 13/1
15.Rios G/S/vP 21/1.029 35/.411 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 6/2.100 ··· 125/88 .220/.248/.271/.519 .493/.530 .403 88/.456 3/0 1/1
IP 116.1 79.0 1.0 24.1 30.1 36.1 28.1 28.1 17.1 TOTAL .272/.321/.406/.728 .708/.738 .717 .701 43/17 56/39
ERA-K/9 2.17/7.4 4.44/4.6 0.00/9.0 1.85/13.3 3.56/9.2 0.99/9.2 2.86/8.6 2.86/9.5 2.08/10.4 3.55/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.194 332/.276 4/.250 94/.159 119/.212 135/.116 106/.188 113/.214 71/.230 .235  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
 Rios
 Hosmer
69/0/0/3
0/64/0/3
4/12/15/1
0/0/32/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .515 .786 .750 .479 .615 .425 .566 .650 .562 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.367 159/.748 4/.750 42/.556 65/.638 64/.380 38/.527 54/.597 44/.529 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.554 173/.818 / 52/.416 54/.588 71/.464 68/.585 59/.695 27/.617 .684
Home 251/.457 161/.743 4/.750 43/.325 69/.636 66/.474 54/.497 54/.573 38/.597
Last 28d days 139/.591 78/.737 / 46/.542 27/.481 46/.773 34/.724 39/.739 29/.486
HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 9/10/3 0/0/0 1/2/2 4/3/0 4/2/0 4/0/0 4/1/2 0/2/0 70/45/19
Usage ····X··· ··XX··o· ········ ··X··X·X ·o···o·· X··o·X·o ··X··X·· ··oo·X·· o··o·o·o
Astros Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/1.000 5/.000 2/.500 9/.236 4/.250 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 309/203 .292/.336/.415/.751 .836/.707 .790 76/.715 21/7 7/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 4/2.750 5/.200 1/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/.200 3/.666 ··· ··· 305/191 .198/.315/.405/.719 .741/.706 .769 102/.833 1/0 14/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.650 2/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 209/145 .212/.273/.370/.643 .593/.666 .713 62/.525 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 38/.983 0/0 4/2
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/50 .300/.323/.567/.889 .945/.841 .849 93/.889 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 97/.587 0/0 13/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 172/110 .238/.265/.384/.649 .750/.594 .574 57/.739 3/2 4/6
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 5/.000 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/18 .250/.314/.500/.814 .610/1.014 .785 35/.814 1/1 2/0
21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .167/.375/.333/.708 .000/1.000 .708 8/.708 0/0 0/
4.Springer G/S/vP 4/2.750 ··· 2/.500 3/3.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 317/204 .262/.361/.446/.807 .909/.752 .765 111/.902 13/3 12/3
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/98 .248/.320/.429/.748 .568/.842 .845 70/.601 0/0 4/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 292/197 .199/.277/.444/.722 .595/.783 .811 92/.768 1/0 19/4
IP 43.0 33.0 17.2 22.1 30.0 13.0 20.0 30.2 30.1 TOTAL .240/.308/.426/.735 .723/.741 .745 .752 61/20 112/40
ERA-K/9 5.44/7.1 0.27/10.4 2.04/7.1 1.61/6.9 2.10/9.3 5.54/10.4 2.70/9.4 1.76/8.5 2.97/5.0 3.51/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.310 124/.134 68/.145 100/.277 118/.189 58/.321 80/.134 118/.170 118/.202 .238  Springer
 Rasmus
 Conger
 Tucker
 Santana
 Gattis
0/8/66/4
38/25/8/1
1/0/0/0
37/0/1/0
2/0/8/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .821 .396 .538 .769 .509 .890 .475 .520 .587 .675
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.745 74/.412 31/.573 49/.888 66/.380 26/.911 42/.552 56/.559 60/.660 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.848 50/.374 37/.508 51/.636 52/.675 32/.875 38/.389 62/.483 58/.511 .649
Road 92/.795 62/.305 33/.630 49/.633 59/.560 32/.968 53/.699 72/.506 63/.565
Last 28d days 21/.781 37/.398 31/.587 32/.675 40/.431 29/.870 35/.422 29/.493 39/.632
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/3/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 58/31/15
Usage ·····X·· ·XX····o X····o·· X······· ·X·o·o·X 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  5.40

STL  4.12

PHI  3.33

 RA/G

STL  2.81

MIN  4.21

COL  5.14

 BA

D. Gordon  .353

T. Hunter  .265

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .470

X. Bogaerts  .327

O. Infante  .239

 SLG

B. Harper  .715

E. Longoria  .425

M. Bourn  .270

 OPS

B. Harper  1.180

B. Lawrie  .750

A. Ramirez  .525

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

T. Koehler  3.66

K. Lohse  6.28

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.18

J. Quintana  7.33

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.