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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, May 1, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 1, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
67° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
24
On This Date:
45-50
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
24
On This Date:
17-25
Season Series
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1     

Fri, May 01, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, May 08, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
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
Detroit Tigers
15-8, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    7-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   9-6    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:12-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @MIN  W   5-4       14-6   1st  0.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 26   CLE  W   8-6       13-6   1st  0.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 25   CLE  W   4-1       12-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24   CLE  L   1-13      11-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 23   NYY  L   1-2       11-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYY  L   4-13      11-4   1st    Tied
 14 Tue, Apr 21   NYY  L   2-5       11-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-8
Kansas City Royals
15-7, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-2    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:10-6    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 DET  9  KCR  5        W:Justin Verlander (13-12), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 KCR  5  DET  2        W:Yordano Ventura (7-7), L: Justin Verlander (8-8), S: Greg Holland (25)
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 DET  5 @KCR  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-5), L: James Shields (9-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 DET  2 @KCR  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (6-3), L: Danny Duffy (5-9), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 1-0; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 315-312

SP: Kyle Lobstein (25, LHP, 2-1, 3.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 18.0 17 7 7 8 10 0 3.50
2014 (1-2) 39.1 35 20 19 14 27 3 4.35
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.1 39 20 20 14 24 2 4.46 49
2015-04-26 CLE W 7.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 86 55
2015-04-21 NYY L 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 96 61
2015-04-12 @CLE W 5.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 97 40
2014-09-27 MIN L 4.2 7 6 6 2 4 0 79 28
2014-09-22 CHW L 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 92 63
2014-09-13 CLE ND 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 1 89 40
2014-09-07 SFG W 5.2 4 1 1 2 3 0 86 58
Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: Chris Young (36, RHP, 1-0, 1.86)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 9.2 4 2 2 2 5 1 1.86
2014 (12-9) 165.0 143 70 67 60 108 26 3.65
2012 (4-9) 115.0 119 58 53 36 80 16 4.15
Last 7 GS 2-3 30.1 33 20 18 16 23 7 5.34 46
2014-09-20 @HOU L 3.0 8 7 7 1 3 4 68 17
2014-09-14 OAK L 6.0 4 2 2 2 5 2 78 59
2014-09-06 @TEX ND 5.0 4 2 0 3 6 0 95 58
2014-09-01 @OAK L 0.2 4 5 5 2 0 1 36 22
2014-08-23 @BOS ND 3.2 7 3 3 5 2 0 93 32
2014-08-17 @DET W 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 99 67
2014-08-12 TOR W 6.0 2 1 1 2 3 0 94 65
Last 5 v.DET 2-0 27.0 17 5 5 6 23 2 1.67 67
2014-08-17 @DET W 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 99 67
2014-05-31 DET W 6.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 106 62
2005-06-02 @DET ND 7.0 4 3 3 2 8 1 100 63
2005-05-09 DET ND 8.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 96 74

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Tigers Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Young
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 4/.500 15/1.267 ··· 3/.666 11/.182 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 54/41 .171/.358/.268/.627 .258/.748 .333 54/.627 0/0 1/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.466 24/1.154 ··· 16/1.178 11/.573 28/.368 6/.666 3/.666 99/73 .373/.465/.627/1.091 .899/1.157 1.383 99/1.091 1/1 5/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 85/66 .234/.294/.390/.684 .754/.661 .753 85/.684 0/1 2/1
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 10/.586 5/.800 3/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 92/69 .295/.315/.545/.861 .826/.871 .802 92/.861 0/0 4/2
20.Davis G/S/vP 5/.800 11/.489 ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 12/1.183 ··· 58/33 .300/.397/.420/.817 .900/.751 .710 58/.817 6/1 1/0
12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 54/45 .314/.352/.471/.822 .472/.889 .689 54/.822 4/1 1/0
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/50 .377/.427/.536/.963 1.227/.819 1.152 77/.963 5/1 1/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/.000 7/.143 ··· 14/.214 8/.500 2/2.500 5/1.400 3/.666 102/73 .283/.343/.359/.702 .427/.814 .683 102/.702 3/0 0/0
28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.750 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 96/70 .261/.292/.522/.813 .683/.859 .795 96/.813 1/1 6/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.222 23/.590 ··· 17/.745 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.000 3/.667 79/57 .231/.342/.246/.588 .974/.433 .575 79/.588 0/0 0/
34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/19 .257/.278/.429/.706 .857/.579 .816 37/.706 0/0 1/0
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/9 .143/.143/.143/.286 .400/.222 .333 14/.286 1/0 0/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/9 .667/.750/.667/1.417 1.167/1.492 1.722 12/1.417 3/3 0/0
IP 9.2 9.0 2.0 9.0 8.1 11.0 9.0 8.2 TOTAL .286/.352/.443/.795 .777/.803 .821 .795 24/9 22/7
ERA-K/9 1.86/4.6 0.00/10.0 4.50/4.5 0.00/8.0 1.08/10.8 1.64/10.6 2.00/6.0 0.00/8.3 3.10/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (7-1-1)
 McCann (6-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 35/.121 30/.069 10/.250 34/.207 34/.172 40/.167 33/.161 32/.188 .222  Martinez
 Gose
 Cespedes
 Davis
 Romine
0/0/23/4
0/14/0/0
22/0/0/0
2/13/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .384 .169 1.025 .535 .467 .531 .472 .375 .625
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/.368 17/.059 4/3.500 11/.455 19/.217 19/.380 13/.923 22/.364 .615
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 21/.393 13/.308 6/.000 23/.570 15/.800 21/.675 20/.156 10/.400 .633
Home 6/.000 16/.125 3/.000 15/.733 17/.369 11/.573 9/.444 29/.414
Last 28d days 35/.384 30/.169 10/1.025 34/.535 34/.467 40/.531 33/.472 32/.375
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 17/5/9
Usage ··o···X· ···o···o o·X····· X·o·o·oo ···o··XX ·X·Xo··X ·X·Xo·oX ··o·····
Royals Batters (5.41 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Lobstein*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 94/53 .329/.404/.476/.880 1.116/.701 .857 94/.880 6/1 2/1
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 33/22 .267/.333/.300/.633 .855/.523 .714 33/.633 2/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 29/21 .259/.286/.259/.545 .762/.476 .889 29/.545 3/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 88/57 .291/.329/.367/.697 .584/.753 .844 88/.697 2/1 0/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 80/47 .303/.425/.500/.925 .808/1.007 .911 80/.925 0/2 3/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 6/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 100/52 .310/.404/.488/.892 .674/1.084 1.160 100/.892 2/1 3/1
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 5/.800 14/.891 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 65/46 .266/.262/.359/.621 .684/.594 .598 65/.621 0/0 0/0
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.133 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/2.125 6/.500 ··· ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 99/54 .315/.364/.489/.853 .797/.901 .744 99/.853 0/0 3/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 10/.200 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 102/56 .356/.420/.522/.942 .983/.910 .777 102/.942 1/1 3/3
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/30 .265/.321/.490/.811 .941/.715 .780 53/.811 1/1 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 10/.522 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 89/57 .326/.337/.488/.825 .688/.905 .921 89/.825 1/0 3/0
IP 18.0 8.0 5.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 10.2 5.1 TOTAL .306/.362/.450/.812 .805/.817 .842 .812 20/7 18/11
ERA-K/9 3.50/5.0 9.00/5.6 1.69/5.1 1.93/7.7 6.00/4.0 3.12/8.3 1.69/5.9 5.06/5.1 4.06/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (2-0-0)
 Perez (3-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.250 41/.324 20/.300 36/.250 44/.306 36/.212 40/.135 20/.250 .253  Gordon
 Orlando
 Cain
 Dyson
19/0/0/1
3/0/10/1
0/21/0/0
1/2/6/0
OPS .623 1.057 .700 .658 .780 .530 .396 .650 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.547 22/1.251 10/.700 19/.708 23/.760 20/.616 23/.561 14/.786 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.702 19/.807 10/.700 17/.607 21/.804 16/.414 17/.180 6/.333 .610
Road 25/.791 14/.607 9/1.000 9/.444 20/.653 13/.077 25/.382 10/.600
Last 28d days 76/.623 41/1.057 20/.700 36/.658 44/.780 36/.530 40/.396 20/.650
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 3/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 17/13/4
Usage ····X··· X·X···X· ···X···o ·X···X·X ·Xo·o··· oo··X··· ·X·XXX·· X··o··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

BAL  5.60

ATL  4.27

PHI  2.74

 RA/G

STL  2.62

CIN  4.32

BOS  5.41

 BA

D. Gordon  .409

B. McCann  .266

C. Utley  .114

 OBP

M. Holliday  .500

J. Panik  .325

M. Joyce  .181

 SLG

A. Gonzalez  .790

W. Flores  .408

M. Joyce  .179

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.222

A. Garcia  .744

M. Joyce  .360

 ERA

N. Martinez  .35

C. Kershaw  3.73

D. Buchanan  8.76

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  12.36

D. Hutchison  7.00

K. Gibson  2.42

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.