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Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, May 7, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
75° (based on last ten years)
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
27
On This Date:
56-40
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
29
On This Date:
18-22
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 KCR  5  CLE  3     
Wed, May 06, 2015 CLE 10 @KCR  3     

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
10-16, 5th, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:    6-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 6-13   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Wed, May  6  @KCR  W  10-3       10-16  5th  6.5 gb
 25 Tue, May  5  @KCR  L   3-5        9-16  5th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-16
Kansas City Royals
17-10, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-5    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   9-6    vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Wed, May  6   CLE  L   3-10      17-10  1st  0.5 up
 26 Tue, May  5   CLE  W   5-3       17-9   1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 06, 2015 CLE 10 @KCR  3        W:Carlos Carrasco (4-2), L: Danny Duffy (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2015 KCR  5  CLE  3        W:Jason Vargas (3-1), L: Danny Salazar (3-1), S: Wade Davis (6)
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
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 3-2; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; 2013 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 325-309

SP: Corey Kluber (29, RHP, 0-4, 4.62)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-4) 39.0 44 23 20 9 39 3 4.62
2014 (18-9) 235.2 207 72 64 51 269 14 2.44
2013 (11-5) 147.1 153 67 63 33 136 15 3.85
Last 7 GS 1-4 47.0 49 23 20 11 50 3 3.83 55
2015-05-02 TOR L 5.0 8 5 4 2 3 1 91 34
2015-04-27 KCR L 6.1 10 6 4 2 5 0 101 36
2015-04-22 @CHW L 6.0 13 6 6 1 6 1 102 27
2015-04-17 @MIN ND 8.0 3 2 2 1 8 0 96 75
2015-04-11 DET ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 10 1 107 60
2015-04-06 @HOU L 7.1 3 2 2 2 7 0 102 69
2014-09-26 TBR W 8.0 5 0 0 2 11 0 106 81
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 37.2 26 15 8 5 41 2 1.91 67
2015-04-27 KCR L 6.1 10 6 4 2 5 0 101 36
2014-07-24 @KCR ND 9.0 2 1 0 0 10 0 107 91
2014-07-06 KCR W 8.1 4 1 1 1 10 1 109 80
2014-06-10 @KCR L 5.0 6 6 3 2 5 1 78 40
2014-04-24 KCR W 9.0 4 1 0 0 11 0 101 88

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 2-3, 2.10)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-3) 34.1 24 12 8 8 27 1 2.10
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
Last 7 GS 3-3 48.1 31 12 8 12 43 1 1.49 66
2015-05-02 DET L 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 102 55
2015-04-26 @CHW L 5.2 5 5 1 2 6 0 90 51
2015-04-20 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 99 67
2015-04-15 @MIN L 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 1 106 63
2015-04-09 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 95 74
2014-09-25 @ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 95 78
2014-09-20 MIL ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 100 74
Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 10.1 16 15 14 11 9 4 12.19 31
2011-05-22 @CLE L 2.2 7 7 6 4 3 1 76 17
2008-05-18 CLE W 6.0 4 2 2 4 5 1 111 57
2006-09-02 CLE L 1.2 5 6 6 3 1 2 53 19

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Indians Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 27.Finnegan*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 46.Madson
G/S/vB		 47.Morales*
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 10/.522 8/.536 4/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.333 59/17 .288/.373/.462/.834 .781/.941 1.005 56/.745 0/0 2/2
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 18/.745 10/.633 2/3.000 5/.000 7/2.000 2/1.500 6/.833 11/1.145 11/1.245 98/55 .191/.258/.236/.494 .556/.448 .352 85/.486 2/2 0/0
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 3/1.667 18/.989 3/1.167 3/.666 9/.666 11/.673 ··· 10/.522 7/1.229 87/50 .346/.414/.526/.939 1.057/.857 .860 83/.988 3/0 2/0
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 3/1.167 2/.000 9/1.333 8/.875 1/.000 5/1.400 6/.500 94/55 .235/.283/.365/.647 .666/.633 .639 84/.662 0/0 2/2
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 23/12 .143/.182/.429/.610 1.400/.000 .700 23/.610 0/0 2/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.214 2/no AB 6/.000 10/.550 7/.286 1/.000 4/1.167 6/1.833 119/64 .280/.336/.421/.757 .536/.948 .613 106/.750 2/1 3/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP 6/.167 9/.819 2/2.500 3/5.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 4/1.167 16/1.304 94/58 .241/.298/.506/.804 .872/.760 .885 83/.901 0/0 5/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.500 15/.619 ··· 8/.833 2/.000 5/.000 3/.666 5/.400 4/.833 52/52 .240/.269/.400/.669 /.669 .809 44/.677 0/0 2/0
55.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 59/37 .191/.298/.404/.703 .238/.927 .673 55/.609 0/0 3/2
9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 2/.000 10/1.000 6/1.500 8/.625 1/.000 6/.500 2/.000 50/6 .370/.400/.609/1.009 1.155/.000 1.165 47/1.077 0/0 1/0
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 80/54 .194/.234/.264/.498 .163/.656 .564 68/.453 3/1 1/4
41.Santana# G/S/vP 2/.000 14/.762 3/.000 9/.985 14/.143 12/.250 ··· 6/2.000 6/.367 113/65 .239/.398/.364/.762 .704/.808 .767 100/.746 2/1 3/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/.666 22/.707 1/.000 25/.686 6/.583 5/.200 4/.000 8/2.125 17/1.041 9/4 .111/.111/.111/.222 .400/.000 .222 9/.222 0/0 0/
IP 34.1 11.0 6.2 10.0 12.1 4.0 14.0 11.0 17.0 TOTAL .249/.317/.396/.714 .729/.702 .705 .722 12/5 26/15
ERA-K/9 2.10/7.1 0.00/9.8 2.70/8.1 0.90/7.2 2.19/10.2 0.00/6.8 1.29/9.6 4.91/4.9 1.06/8.5 3.34/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (6-1-0)
 Perez (14-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.192 39/.132 27/.158 39/.235 51/.182 13/.000 49/.133 44/.244 60/.073 .224  Moss
 Brantley
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Murphy
0/0/21/3
17/2/0/2
4/0/1/1
0/23/0/1
5/2/0/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .484 .312 .662 .661 .544 .077 .428 .663 .277 .633
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.461 22/.232 10/1.700 15/.667 31/.340 7/.143 23/.312 17/1.118 24/.258 .630
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.509 17/.412 17/.196 24/.638 20/.875 6/.000 26/.535 27/.352 36/.290 .634
Home 81/.474 25/.360 20/.335 20/.929 34/.531 10/.100 20/.308 20/.874 31/.097
Last 28d days 106/.500 32/.318 27/.662 36/.708 45/.574 7/.143 45/.394 44/.663 60/.277
HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 21/5/9
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· X··X··o· X·····X· oo·o·X·· ········ ·X···X·X X···o··X X····X··
Royals Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Kluber
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
6.Cain G/S/vP 19/.316 6/.000 2/.000 2/.500 7/1.285 4/.833 9/.347 15/.266 1/.000 106/56 .330/.396/.511/.907 1.096/.739 .917 92/.856 6/1 3/1
12.Calixte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
24.Colon G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/31 .267/.313/.333/.646 .849/.534 .696 48/.646 2/1 0/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 25/.612 5/.200 2/.000 4/.500 12/.788 4/.250 1/2.000 8/.500 2/.000 38/30 .229/.250/.286/.536 .762/.483 .706 38/.536 4/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 30/.711 4/4.333 3/3.000 10/1.278 16/.813 11/.384 7/.453 16/.842 1/2.000 100/57 .271/.380/.435/.815 .714/.890 .720 91/.829 0/2 3/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 29/.722 6/1.333 2/1.000 7/1.428 11/.091 11/.384 2/1.500 18/1.154 1/.000 120/61 .317/.395/.538/.933 .745/1.109 1.147 106/.933 2/1 4/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 21/.831 8/1.404 9/.555 1/2.000 18/.535 3/.666 11/1.493 6/.666 3/1.167 82/57 .228/.244/.304/.548 .573/.537 .456 71/.606 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.000 13/.770 4/.000 3/1.666 9/.778 ··· 118/64 .306/.364/.491/.855 .794/.911 .781 104/.851 0/0 4/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 27/1.241 5/1.100 3/.666 6/.200 16/.455 9/.888 5/.000 14/.214 1/3.000 122/65 .312/.375/.450/.825 .815/.833 .610 108/.795 1/2 3/3
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/38 .254/.299/.429/.727 .806/.669 .654 63/.686 2/1 0/1
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 21/.516 7/.762 6/.666 ··· 17/.470 2/.000 11/.182 19/.842 3/.000 105/67 .304/.314/.441/.755 .737/.767 .752 93/.686 1/0 3/0
IP 39.0 9.0 9.2 10.0 19.0 7.2 8.2 11.1 5.0 TOTAL .289/.342/.432/.774 .776/.773 .760 .747 22/9 21/13
ERA-K/9 4.62/9.0 10.00/14.0 4.66/6.5 3.60/10.8 3.79/9.9 4.70/11.7 3.12/10.3 3.97/8.8 0.00/3.6 4.61/9.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 165/.289 50/.375 38/.200 46/.225 87/.333 31/.192 42/.308 55/.353 16/.133 .269  Cain
 Gordon
 Orlando
 Dyson
0/24/0/2
24/0/0/1
4/0/14/1
1/4/7/1
OPS .752 1.044 .608 .776 .767 .492 .870 .890 .333 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.838 18/.873 11/.182 17/.627 34/.643 19/.465 9/.778 17/.790 4/.000 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.665 32/1.138 27/.796 29/.865 53/.845 12/.533 33/.894 38/.935 12/.455 .791
Road 86/.615 24/1.005 19/.563 23/.661 27/.704 13/.077 19/.616 23/.915 /
Last 28d days 139/.834 47/1.122 32/.669 40/.671 87/.767 30/.510 38/.924 55/.890 16/.333
HR/SB/CS 3/5/3 1/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/2 0/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 23/25/6
Usage ····X··· ···o·o·o ···o·o·· ·X··o·X· o··X·o·X o··oo··· ·o·oo·X· ····o··· ····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  5.34

CHC  4.35

PHI  2.83

 RA/G

STL  2.89

CHC  4.23

COL  5.73

 BA

D. Gordon  .430

X. Bogaerts  .269

C. Utley  .103

 OBP

A. Rizzo  .474

A. Escobar  .329

C. Utley  .182

 SLG

N. Cruz  .757

K. Pillar  .402

C. Utley  .207

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.200

M. Prado  .736

C. Utley  .389

 ERA

D. Keuchel  .80

T. Hudson  3.78

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.90

J. Hellickson  7.15

K. Gibson  2.73

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.