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Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, June 21, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

85° (based on last ten years)

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

58-50

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

12-23

Season Series
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 BOS  7 @KCR  3     
Sat, Jun 20, 2015 KCR  7  BOS  4     

Sun, Jun 21, 2015 BOS    @KCR  2:10pm
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 KCR    @BOS  7:10pm
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 KCR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 KCR    @BOS  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 23, 2015 KCR    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Boston Red Sox

30-40, 5th, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   16-18   Road:   14-22   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  22-29   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 6-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @KCR  L   4-7       30-40  5th 10.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19  @KCR  W   7-3       30-39  5th  9.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 18  @ATL  W   5-2       29-39  5th  9.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 17  @ATL  L   2-5       28-39  5th  9.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 16   ATL  W   9-4       28-38  5th  8.0 gb
 65 Mon, Jun 15   ATL  L   2-4       27-38  5th  9.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14   TOR  L   5-13      27-37  5th  8.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13   TOR  L   4-5 (11)  27-36  5th  7.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12   TOR  L  10-13      27-35  5th  7.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11  @BAL  L   5-6       27-34  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Kansas City Royals

39-26, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-12   Road:   17-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  29-15   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  3-5    vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest:  8-5  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 62 Wed, Jun 17   MIL  W  10-2       37-25  1st  3.5 up
 61 Tue, Jun 16  @MIL  W   7-2       36-25  1st  3.5 up
 60 Mon, Jun 15  @MIL  W   8-5       35-25  1st  2.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun 13  @STL  L   2-3       34-25  1st  2.0 up
 58 Fri, Jun 12  @STL  L   0-4       34-24  1st  2.0 up
 57 Wed, Jun 10  @MIN  W   7-2       34-23  1st  2.0 up
 56 Tue, Jun  9  @MIN  W   2-0       33-23  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 20, 2015 KCR  7  BOS  4        W:Edinson Volquez (7-4), L: Rick Porcello (4-8), S: Greg Holland (13)
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 BOS  7 @KCR  3        W:Eduardo Rodriguez (3-1), L: Yohan Pino (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 14, 2014 BOS  8 @KCR  4        W:Joe Kelly (4-4), L: Jason Vargas (11-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 KCR  7  BOS  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (11-11), L: Rubby De La Rosa (4-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 BOS  4 @KCR  2        W:Allen Webster (4-3), L: Yordano Ventura (12-10), S: Edward Mujica (6)
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 BOS  6 @KCR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (8-8), L: Liam Hendriks (1-2), S: Edward Mujica (5)
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 BOS  6  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (10-7), L: Yordano Ventura (7-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 BOS  2  KCR  1        W:Rubby De La Rosa (3-2), L: Danny Duffy (5-10), S: Koji Uehara (20)
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 BOS  5  KCR  4        W:Clay Buchholz (5-5), L: Scott Downs (0-3), S: Koji Uehara (19)
Sun, Aug 11, 2013 KCR  4  BOS  3        W:James Shields (7-8), L: John Lackey (7-10), S: Greg Holland (32)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - BOS won 6-1; 2013 - KCR won 5-2; All-Time - BOS leads 228-225

SP: Wade Miley (28, LHP, 6-6, 4.88)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-6)			72.0	77	41	39	23	50	7	4.88
2014 (8-12)			201.1	207	103	97	75	183	23	4.34
2013 (10-10)			202.2	201	88	80	66	147	21	3.55

Last 7 GS		5-2	43.1	45	18	17	11	29	4	3.53	52
2015-06-16	ATL	W	6.1	5	2	2	2	8	0	111	61
2015-06-11	@BAL	L	4.0	9	5	5	0	3	3	69	27
2015-06-05	OAK	W	7.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	96	63
2015-05-30	@TEX	L	4.0	9	6	5	2	2	0	92	22
2015-05-24	LAA	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	96	71
2015-05-19	TEX	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	106	61
2015-05-13	@OAK	W	6.2	5	0	0	4	1	0	99	61

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	11.2	15	10	10	5	7	2	7.71	37
2014-08-05	KCR	L	4.2	9	10	10	3	4	2	100	7
2012-05-20	@KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	99	66

SP: Chris Young (36, RHP, 6-2, 1.98)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-2)			59.0	38	14	13	16	39	4	1.98
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		4-2	42.0	34	12	11	11	23	3	2.36	57
2015-06-16	@MIL	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	89	70
2015-06-09	@MIN	W	6.1	1	0	0	3	2	0	83	70
2015-06-04	CLE	L	5.0	8	6	6	2	4	1	94	29
2015-05-27	@NYY	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	7	2	101	47
2015-05-22	STL	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	106	60
2015-05-15	NYY	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	91	57
2015-05-10	@DET	ND	6.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	83	67

Last 5 v.BOS		2-1	18.2	15	11	10	11	21	3	4.82	51
2014-08-23	@BOS	ND	3.2	7	3	3	5	2	0	93	32
2007-06-23	BOS	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	11	0	110	84
2005-07-05	BOS	L	2.1	5	7	6	2	3	3	60	22
2004-09-04	@BOS	W	5.2	2	1	1	2	5	0	116	64

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

Red Sox Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Young
G/S/vB 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 62.Brooks
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 289/220 .271/.322/.427/.749 .650/.780 .662 94/.915 11/2 7/1

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 252/184 .285/.324/.387/.711 .803/.678 .603 94/.653 4/1 3/4

38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 76/53 .233/.263/.288/.551 .565/.544 .415 64/.561 1/0 1/2

31.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 15/.564 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.661 19/.980 10/.322 1/3.000 3/.000 151/125 .236/.291/.393/.684 .237/.777 .623 43/.741 3/2 3/1

26.Holt* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 195/148 .310/.402/.458/.860 .920/.842 .948 91/.922 4/1 2/4

3.Leon# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 73/55 .161/.246/.177/.424 .125/.519 .482 30/.434 0/0 0/1

12.Napoli G/S/vP 2/no AB 11/.637 ··· 8/.875 2/.500 9/.222 5/.650 11/.864 4/.250 2/.000 3/1.000 249/175 .207/.305/.396/.702 .867/.634 .604 91/.662 1/1 10/2

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 11/1.026 36/1.198 ··· 14/.599 3/.000 25/.860 2/2.500 17/.912 2/.500 5/.900 1/.000 262/185 .231/.317/.402/.719 .292/.911 .610 89/.732 0/0 9/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/1.467 28/.757 ··· 15/.619 ··· 16/.321 6/.500 22/1.088 3/1.666 1/.000 1/no AB 301/226 .301/.363/.442/.806 .862/.788 .678 104/.865 1/1 9/5

13.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.733 29/.826 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 26/.776 8/.542 263/191 .273/.319/.467/.786 .899/.745 .820 97/.774 3/3 14/3

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 12/.606 18/.708 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 22/.641 239/172 .270/.322/.410/.732 .318/.900 .626 85/.680 0/0 6/10

47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.167 .125 6/.000 0/0 0/0

23.Swihart# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/85 .239/.282/.325/.607 .509/.652 .673 68/.735 1/1 1/0

IP 59.0 20.0 1.0 30.0 13.1 20.1 26.0 11.0 17.1 28.1 28.0 TOTAL .254/.321/.388/.709 .665/.726 .650 .739 30/10 65/42

ERA-K/9

1.98/5.9

1.80/7.7

0.00/9.0

0.30/9.9

2.03/7.4

0.44/6.2

2.08/9.0

6.55/9.0

3.12/8.3

1.91/9.2

2.89/5.5

3.41/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Leon (5-5-1)
Swihart (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 230/.180 81/.250 3/.000 113/.136 52/.146 88/.260 104/.194 50/.362 71/.153 110/.182 108/.200 .239 Betts
De Aza
Ramirez
Holt
Castillo 0/66/0/5
25/0/21/3
56/0/0/2
11/2/16/1
0/5/20/1

OPS .531 .670 .000 .387 .514 .710 .527 .976 .523 .548 .573 .671

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.606 46/.733 3/.000 66/.446 24/.770 42/.805 56/.410 23/.967 37/.601 52/.578 55/.696 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.435 35/.588 / 47/.307 28/.310 46/.606 48/.667 27/.984 34/.438 58/.519 53/.441 .641

Home 104/.552 60/.651 3/.000 62/.486 35/.442 44/.824 59/.460 26/.808 27/.074 46/.541 55/.612

Last 28d days 100/.703 59/.576 / 45/.497 25/.376 30/.629 43/.548 25/1.016 33/.660 33/.636 41/.520

HR/SB/CS 4/5/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/3/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 50/29/15

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ········ X·X··o·o ·X·o···· ···X·o·· X·o·X··o ·o··X··· X·o··X·· o··o·o·· o··o·X·X

Royals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Miley*
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 35.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 39/34 .162/.162/.189/.351 .500/.333 .133 8/.000 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 257/172 .291/.342/.436/.778 .900/.719 .765 87/.778 14/3 6/4

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 78/49 .271/.338/.329/.666 .871/.544 .698 12/.633 2/1 0/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 79/64 .260/.289/.384/.673 .845/.635 .667 12/1.667 6/1 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 11/.400 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 253/186 .275/.309/.369/.678 .540/.727 .682 99/.665 5/2 2/6

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.334 10/.700 1/.000 14/.220 2/.500 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 247/164 .270/.385/.446/.831 .850/.820 .675 85/.833 1/3 8/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.619 1/.000 11/.473 3/2.334 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 274/173 .296/.366/.469/.835 .756/.882 .940 85/.672 3/2 8/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 220/167 .229/.236/.313/.549 .611/.530 .550 77/.429 0/1 0/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 2/1.000 5/.000 7/2.047 4/.500 8/1.518 3/.666 261/164 .286/.345/.462/.807 .693/.877 .828 75/.683 0/0 8/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 3/1.167 4/.500 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 266/173 .325/.379/.467/.845 .735/.904 .776 90/.786 1/2 6/5

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 237/170 .280/.291/.466/.757 .746/.761 .801 79/.715 1/0 11/1

15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 ··· 9/.555 4/.000 6/.666 6/1.333 2/1.000 94/69 .236/.266/.303/.569 .600/.558 .770 65/.460 3/0 1/1

IP 72.0 25.1 22.1 28.0 20.1 29.1 22.0 43.1 TOTAL .274/.324/.413/.736 .727/.741 .743 .675 38/16 51/35

ERA-K/9

4.88/6.2

3.91/7.1

2.82/9.7

3.54/6.4

4.87/6.7

3.07/8.6

2.86/10.2

4.15/5.0

4.49/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (27-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 311/.271 111/.283 94/.200 111/.225 91/.309 117/.225 91/.217 182/.246 .262 Cain
Gordon
Dyson
Rios
Hosmer 0/60/0/3
61/0/0/3
3/8/15/1
0/0/24/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .748 .793 .596 .739 .856 .598 .640 .723 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.571 42/.944 49/.406 40/.653 32/.868 46/.594 44/.586 93/.717 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 232/.809 69/.703 45/.817 71/.788 59/.853 71/.601 47/.691 89/.730 .761

Road 157/.848 61/.778 60/.510 53/.677 42/.910 50/.485 36/.644 110/.820

Last 28d days 98/.846 26/.869 44/.638 41/.855 28/.819 40/.616 36/.856 89/.723

HR/SB/CS 7/1/1 3/1/1 1/1/0 5/0/1 3/0/0 3/3/1 2/0/0 7/2/2 69/37/15

Usage ····X··· X··o···· o·Xo··oo ·o·o·o·X ·X·o·X·· ···XX··· ··o·X··o oX····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 5.49

MIN 4.12

PHI 3.01

RA/G

STL 2.84

TEX 4.19

COL 5.06

P. Goldschmidt .358

J. Heyward .271

S. Drew .181

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .477

C. Carter .325

O. Infante .236

SLG

B. Harper .730

M. Holliday .421

M. Cabrera .274

OPS

B. Harper 1.206

D. Murphy .749

A. Ramirez .538

ERA

M. Scherzer 1.76

A. Warren 3.62

J. Williams 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.07

C. McHugh 7.35

J. Guthrie 4.17

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.