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Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, May 5, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
25
On This Date:
46-48
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
27
On This Date:
24-18
Season Series
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 KCR  6 @CLE  2     
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 KCR 11 @CLE  5     
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 CLE  7  KCR  5     

Tue, May 05, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, May 06, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, May 07, 2015 CLE    @KCR  2:10pm
Tue, Jun 02, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 04, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Mon, Jul 27, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 KCR    @CLE 12:10pm
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 CLE    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 CLE    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 CLE    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Cleveland Indians
9-15, 4th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   2-8    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 5-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sun, May  3   TOR  W  10-7        9-15  4th  7.0 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   TOR  L   4-11       8-15  5th  7.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   TOR  W   9-4        8-14  5th  7.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 30   TOR  L   1-5        7-14  5th  7.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 29   KCR  W   7-5        7-13  5th  7.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28   KCR  L   5-11       6-13  5th  7.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27   KCR  L   2-6        6-12  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @DET  L   6-8        6-11  5th  6.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @DET  L   1-4        6-10  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @DET  W  13-1        6-9   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-15
Kansas City Royals
16-9, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:11-8    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 CLE  7  KCR  5        W:Danny Salazar (3-0), L: Yordano Ventura (2-2), S: Cody Allen (4)
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 KCR 11 @CLE  5        W:Brandon Finnegan (1-0), L: Scott Atchison (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 KCR  6 @CLE  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-1), L: Corey Kluber (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 CLE  6  KCR  4        W:Zach McAllister (4-7), L: Brandon Finnegan (0-1), S: Cody Allen (23)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 KCR  7 @CLE  1        W:Yordano Ventura (14-10), L: Danny Salazar (6-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 KCR  2 @CLE  0        W:Danny Duffy (9-11), L: Carlos Carrasco (8-6), S: Greg Holland (44)
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 CLE  4 @KCR  3 (10)   W:Cody Allen (6-3), L: Greg Holland (1-3), S: Scott Atchison (2)
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CLE  3 @KCR  2 (11)   W:Josh Tomlin (6-8), L: Scott Downs (0-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CLE  6 @KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (5-6), L: Jason Vargas (10-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 CLE 10 @KCR  3        W:Danny Salazar (3-4), L: Bruce Chen (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 2-1; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; 2013 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 324-308

SP: Danny Salazar (25, RHP, 3-0, 3.32)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-0) 19.0 18 7 7 5 28 3 3.32
2014 (6-8) 110.0 117 57 52 35 120 13 4.25
2013 (2-3) 52.0 44 18 18 15 65 7 3.12
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 45 22 22 12 56 6 4.79 52
2015-04-29 KCR W 6.0 6 4 4 0 7 1 96 51
2015-04-24 @DET W 7.0 6 1 1 3 11 1 115 69
2015-04-18 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 10 1 105 60
2014-09-23 KCR L 4.2 8 5 5 3 8 0 91 33
2014-09-18 @HOU ND 7.1 5 1 1 1 9 0 104 72
2014-09-13 @DET ND 5.2 6 3 3 1 7 1 86 51
2014-09-08 LAA L 4.2 8 6 6 2 4 2 91 26
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 27.0 32 17 16 7 31 2 5.33 47
2015-04-29 KCR W 6.0 6 4 4 0 7 1 96 51
2014-09-23 KCR L 4.2 8 5 5 3 8 0 91 33
2014-08-29 @KCR W 5.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 72 60
2014-07-27 @KCR W 7.0 7 3 3 0 7 0 112 58
2014-04-22 KCR L 4.1 7 5 4 2 6 1 89 35

SP: Jason Vargas (32, LHP, 2-1, 5.95)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 19.2 26 14 13 8 9 3 5.95
2014 (11-10) 187.0 197 82 77 41 128 19 3.71
2013 (9-8) 150.0 162 68 67 46 109 17 4.02
Last 7 GS 2-3 32.1 43 28 27 12 19 5 7.52 38
2015-04-27 @CLE W 5.0 3 2 2 5 1 1 102 49
2015-04-21 MIN ND 5.2 8 5 5 1 4 0 84 36
2015-04-16 @MIN L 3.0 10 5 4 1 1 1 63 21
2015-04-10 @LAA W 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 1 98 56
2014-09-24 @CLE ND 4.0 4 4 4 3 1 1 81 36
2014-09-19 DET L 3.1 9 5 5 0 1 0 66 23
2014-09-14 BOS L 5.1 4 5 5 1 8 1 91 47
Last 5 v.CLE 2-1 28.2 29 16 15 10 14 2 4.71 47
2015-04-27 @CLE W 5.0 3 2 2 5 1 1 102 49
2014-09-24 @CLE ND 4.0 4 4 4 3 1 1 81 36
2014-08-29 CLE L 6.0 10 4 4 0 5 0 112 41
2014-06-10 CLE W 7.2 6 3 3 0 5 0 116 60
2014-04-23 @CLE ND 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 0 100 50

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

Indians Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
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		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 16/.946 8/.125 ··· 9/.347 8/.536 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 2/.500 51/14 .267/.353/.467/.820 .738/1.000 1.037 51/.820 0/0 2/2
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 15/.833 10/.633 2/3.000 4/.000 6/2.333 6/.833 11/1.145 ··· 11/1.245 96/53 .195/.263/.241/.505 .556/.465 .367 92/.528 2/2 0/0
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 24/.725 17/1.055 1/2.000 3/.666 8/.750 ··· 9/.347 4/.000 7/1.229 78/48 .352/.410/.507/.917 .956/.894 .806 74/.970 3/0 1/0
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 8/.625 8/.393 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.875 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.333 5/.600 86/52 .231/.274/.321/.594 .633/.569 .541 83/.575 0/0 1/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/11 .111/.158/.444/.602 1.518/.000 .714 19/.602 0/0 2/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 16/.713 10/1.214 1/no AB 6/.000 8/.708 1/.000 4/1.167 4/.000 5/2.200 110/61 .273/.327/.404/.731 .406/.998 .539 106/.761 2/1 3/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.666 8/.661 1/5.000 2/no AB 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.333 3/1.000 15/1.400 85/54 .230/.294/.473/.767 .919/.682 .834 82/.779 0/0 4/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 27/.268 14/.665 ··· 8/.833 2/.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/.666 4/.833 51/51 .245/.275/.408/.683 /.683 .834 51/.683 0/0 2/0
55.Perez G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 57/37 .200/.309/.422/.731 .263/.927 .719 57/.731 0/0 3/2
9.Raburn G/S/vP 22/.363 5/1.800 1/.000 10/1.000 6/1.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 43/5 .400/.419/.650/1.069 1.217/.000 1.423 40/1.153 0/0 1/0
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 7/.286 5/.800 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 80/54 .194/.234/.264/.498 .163/.656 .564 77/.519 3/1 1/4
41.Santana# G/S/vP 22/.680 14/.762 1/.000 9/.985 12/.167 ··· 5/1.933 3/3.333 6/.367 104/63 .244/.404/.378/.782 .705/.838 .805 100/.780 2/1 3/0
IP 19.2 10.0 4.0 9.0 10.1 13.0 10.0 10.2 14.2 TOTAL .248/.316/.391/.707 .703/.710 .691 .723 12/5 23/14
ERA-K/9 5.95/4.1 0.00/9.9 2.25/9.0 0.00/8.0 1.74/10.5 1.38/9.7 1.80/5.4 0.00/6.7 1.23/8.6 3.08/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (5-1-0)
 Perez (14-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 91/.313 35/.118 16/.154 34/.207 44/.189 46/.143 36/.176 39/.179 53/.083 .222  Moss
 Brantley
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Raburn
 Murphy
0/0/19/3
16/0/0/2
0/22/0/1
5/2/0/0
2/0/1/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .856 .290 .697 .535 .507 .458 .489 .359 .316 .620
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/1.006 18/.170 5/2.467 11/.455 24/.214 21/.343 14/1.000 24/.333 20/.311 .601
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.814 17/.412 11/.091 23/.570 20/.875 25/.558 22/.141 15/.400 33/.318 .634
Home 25/.777 21/.333 9/.111 15/.733 27/.470 17/.364 12/.500 36/.389 24/.125
Last 28d days 91/.856 32/.318 16/.697 34/.535 41/.547 42/.423 36/.489 39/.359 53/.316
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 18/5/9
Usage ·······X ···X···o ·X··o·X· ····X·o· ·o·X···o ···X·X·X ··o··X·X ··X···o· ···X··o·
Royals Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Salazar
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 34.McAllister
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 54.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Calixte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
24.Colon G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/25 .282/.333/.333/.667 .849/.541 .734 42/.667 2/1 0/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 7/.572 5/.200 2/.000 4/.500 12/.788 4/.250 1/2.000 8/.500 2/.000 32/24 .233/.258/.233/.491 .762/.417 .667 32/.491 3/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 17/.435 4/4.333 3/3.000 9/1.222 16/.813 11/.384 7/.453 16/.842 1/2.000 92/50 .269/.380/.449/.829 .698/.940 .731 87/.839 0/2 3/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/1.500 6/1.333 2/1.000 6/1.000 11/.091 10/.425 2/1.500 18/1.154 1/.000 112/55 .313/.396/.490/.886 .693/1.080 1.081 107/.911 2/1 3/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 13/.321 8/1.404 9/.555 1/2.000 18/.535 3/.666 11/1.493 6/.666 3/1.167 76/51 .247/.263/.329/.592 .573/.601 .538 72/.626 0/0 0/0
19.Kratz G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 6/.167 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 12/.833 4/.000 3/1.666 9/.778 ··· 110/57 .314/.364/.480/.844 .809/.878 .748 105/.813 0/0 3/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 15/.696 5/1.100 3/.666 5/.250 16/.455 8/1.000 5/.000 14/.214 1/3.000 114/59 .324/.384/.471/.855 .847/.861 .639 109/.805 1/2 3/3
16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/35 .250/.297/.433/.730 .806/.669 .653 64/.730 2/1 0/1
13.Perez G/S/vP 16/.501 7/.762 6/.666 ··· 17/.470 2/.000 10/.200 19/.842 3/.000 98/60 .326/.337/.474/.810 .737/.859 .870 94/.791 1/0 3/0
IP 19.0 9.0 9.2 9.1 18.0 6.2 8.1 11.1 5.0 TOTAL .296/.349/.434/.783 .776/.789 .776 .768 21/9 19/13
ERA-K/9 3.32/13.3 10.00/14.0 4.66/6.5 2.89/11.6 4.00/9.5 5.40/12.1 3.24/10.8 3.97/8.8 0.00/3.6 4.64/9.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 80/.247 50/.375 38/.200 42/.216 84/.346 28/.217 41/.316 55/.353 16/.133 .275  Orlando
 Dyson
 Gordon
3/0/13/1
1/3/6/1
22/0/0/1
OPS .723 1.044 .608 .715 .796 .551 .892 .890 .333 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.537 18/.873 11/.182 14/.368 33/.664 17/.527 9/.778 17/.790 4/.000 .664
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.886 32/1.138 27/.796 28/.899 51/.879 11/.586 32/.923 38/.935 12/.455 .817
Road 55/.756 24/1.005 19/.563 19/.505 24/.798 10/.100 18/.653 23/.915 /
Last 28d days 80/.723 50/1.044 36/.632 42/.715 84/.796 28/.551 41/.892 55/.890 16/.333
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 1/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/2 0/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 21/24/6
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o·o·· ·o·o··o· ··o·X··X ·X·o·X·X ·oo···oo ·oo·X·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  5.44

ATL  4.19

PHI  2.85

 RA/G

STL  2.72

CIN  4.32

COL  5.46

 BA

D. Gordon  .433

C. Davis  .263

C. Utley  .103

 OBP

J. Reddick  .463

J. Kipnis  .327

R. Rivera  .160

 SLG

N. Cruz  .796

E. Inciarte  .404

R. Rivera  .192

 OPS

S. Vogt  1.180

L. Valbuena  .728

R. Rivera  .353

 ERA

D. Keuchel  .80

T. Hudson  3.78

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.90

C. Heston  6.97

K. Gibson  2.97

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.