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Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros, at Kauffman Stadium, July 26, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

100

On This Date:

23-26

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

101

On This Date:

20-22

Season Series
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  1     
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 HOU  4  KCR  0     
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  5     
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU  4 @KCR  0     
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 KCR  2  HOU  1 (10)

Sun, Jul 26, 2015 HOU    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

55-44, 1st, Tied / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-17   Road:   22-27   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  35-24   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest: 24-17 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sat, Jul 25  @KCR  L   1-2 (10)  55-44  1st    Tied
 98 Fri, Jul 24  @KCR  W   4-0       55-43  1st    Tied
 97 Thu, Jul 23   BOS  W   5-4       54-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 22   BOS  W   4-2       53-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 21   BOS  W   8-3       52-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 19   TEX  W  10-0       51-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 18   TEX  L   6-7       50-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 17   TEX  W   3-2       50-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 12  @TBR  L   3-4       49-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 11  @TBR  L   0-3       49-41  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Kansas City Royals

58-38, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-18   Road:   25-20   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  41-21   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  13-8 
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl:24-15   vsWest: 14-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sat, Jul 25   HOU  W   2-1 (10)  58-38  1st  6.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   HOU  L   0-4       57-38  1st  5.5 up
 94 Thu, Jul 23  @STL  L   3-4       57-37  1st  6.5 up
 93 Wed, Jul 22   PIT  W   5-1       57-36  1st  7.5 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21   PIT  W   3-1       56-36  1st  6.5 up
 91 Mon, Jul 20   PIT  L   7-10      55-36  1st  5.5 up
 90 Sun, Jul 19  @CHW  W   4-1       55-35  1st  6.0 up
 89 Sat, Jul 18  @CHW  W   7-6 (13)  54-35  1st  5.0 up
 88 Fri, Jul 17  @CHW  L   0-2       53-35  1st  4.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul 17  @CHW  W   4-2       53-34  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 KCR  2  HOU  1 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Will Harris (4-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU  4 @KCR  0        W:Scott Kazmir (6-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Luke Gregerson (21)
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  5        W:Luke Gregerson (3-1), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 HOU  4  KCR  0        W:Dallas Keuchel (10-3), L: Danny Duffy (2-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 4-1; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 26-21

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 12-4, 2.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (12-4)			144.1	106	35	34	34	127	7	2.12
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		5-2	49.2	40	14	14	10	55	3	2.54	64
2015-07-19	TEX	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	13	0	102	86
2015-07-11	@TBR	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	96	53
2015-07-06	@CLE	W	6.0	9	3	3	1	8	0	101	49
2015-06-30	KCR	W	8.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	106	75
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

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	20.2	22	6	6	5	18	2	2.61	58
2015-06-30	KCR	W	8.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	106	75
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

SP: Yordano Ventura (24, RHP, 4-7, 5.19)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-7)			76.1	78	44	44	25	65	7	5.19
2014 (14-10)			183.0	168	70	65	69	159	14	3.20
2013 (0-1)			15.1	13	6	6	6	11	3	3.52

Last 7 GS		2-4	36.0	37	20	20	10	35	1	5.00	50
2015-07-20	PIT	L	4.0	10	6	6	1	7	0	92	24
2015-07-09	TBR	W	5.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	88	48
2015-06-12	@STL	L	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	52	44
2015-06-06	TEX	L	3.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	78	32
2015-05-31	@CHC	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	104	70
2015-05-24	STL	L	7.0	5	4	4	2	7	1	114	56
2015-05-19	CIN	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	88	75

Last 5 v.HOU		1-1	9.2	11	7	6	6	10	1	5.59	46
2014-05-26	HOU	L	2.2	7	5	5	3	3	0	74	24
2014-04-15	@HOU	W	7.0	4	2	1	3	7	1	101	67

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

Astros Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 39.Medlen
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 5/.933 16/1.000 7/.000 5/.400 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 400/269 .304/.349/.432/.781 .924/.714 .692 95/.917 28/9 9/3

23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 12/1.617 5/.200 4/.000 5/.200 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 353/219 .184/.297/.381/.679 .669/.685 .576 52/.497 1/1 16/6

15.Castro* G/S/vP 5/.800 11/.293 6/1.100 2/2.500 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 251/177 .209/.279/.351/.630 .567/.658 .577 46/.513 0/0 7/1

16.Conger# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 131/60 .223/.331/.438/.768 .536/1.044 .686 33/.732 0/0 6/3

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 174/109 .288/.333/.519/.852 .957/.792 .814 85/.762 5/1 8/4

11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 372/238 .246/.274/.446/.721 .635/.768 .630 79/.771 0/1 16/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/2.500 7/1.667 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 222/136 .267/.300/.438/.738 .847/.671 .759 50/1.050 3/2 7/6

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 244/154 .231/.267/.369/.636 .526/.702 .804 44/.459 13/4 5/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.786 12/.349 5/1.400 9/.619 4/1.750 2/.000 2/.500 3/.333 277/199 .233/.303/.462/.765 .731/.776 .716 59/.619 1/1 13/2

21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/40 .171/.286/.220/.505 .708/.457 .206 45/.554 1/0 0/0

20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 223/158 .267/.323/.476/.799 .457/.944 .744 80/.910 0/1 9/1

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 11/.473 ··· 1/no AB 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 4/.000 342/235 .201/.284/.421/.705 .613/.746 .632 54/.631 1/0 19/5

IP 76.1 38.2 42.2 42.2 22.2 30.2 40.2 5.1 40.1 TOTAL .243/.309/.423/.733 .717/.741 .700 .731 74/26 136/50

ERA-K/9

5.19/7.7

3.96/8.8

0.42/10.5

1.90/8.4

3.18/9.9

3.23/10.3

1.77/8.0

6.75/8.5

2.23/5.4

3.47/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (31-19-5)
Conger (21-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 322/.270 161/.265 161/.149 166/.188 94/.247 128/.211 156/.181 22/.250 156/.201 .244 Marisnick
Rasmus
Tucker
Conger
Gattis 0/75/0/6
44/32/16/3
48/0/10/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .752 .751 .434 .521 .709 .629 .515 .768 .564 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.820 84/.795 92/.421 87/.374 39/.848 62/.739 73/.524 11/1.064 73/.613 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.680 77/.703 69/.449 79/.684 55/.611 66/.527 83/.508 11/.473 83/.520 .667

Home 150/.767 100/.783 88/.527 90/.474 48/.690 65/.541 74/.498 14/.857 79/.582

Last 28d days 45/.887 60/.983 37/.550 48/.552 39/.377 48/.880 38/.500 22/.768 38/.492

HR/SB/CS 7/1/3 5/1/1 0/3/1 3/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/2 3/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 78/46/26

Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· o··oo··X o·o·X··o ··X··X·X o···X··X o··oX··o ··X··X·· ·Xo····X

Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 56.Hernandez
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.364 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 63/45 .183/.197/.200/.397 .423/.386 .285 20/.461 0/1 0/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 10/.956 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 362/235 .310/.365/.492/.857 1.000/.781 .843 86/1.057 18/3 10/6

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .333/.375/.467/.842 .667/.885 .842 16/.842 0/0 0/1

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 144/117 .252/.321/.378/.699 .612/.719 .654 52/.738 15/1 1/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.600 12/.637 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.666 391/274 .289/.329/.361/.690 .707/.683 .708 106/.702 7/4 2/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.334 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 12/.417 393/237 .304/.365/.456/.821 .707/.897 .940 90/.894 4/2 9/2

14.Infante G/S/vP 11/.364 11/.546 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/.400 7/.286 3/.000 342/248 .230/.243/.308/.552 .664/.508 .560 95/.522 1/2 0/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 14/.742 8/1.125 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.200 388/234 .277/.335/.449/.784 .720/.829 .781 97/.693 0/0 12/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 4/.000 9/.889 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 6/.200 376/233 .296/.357/.442/.798 .677/.872 .754 83/.631 1/2 10/8

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 154/93 .248/.283/.428/.710 .721/.704 .754 37/.890 3/1 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· ··· 339/238 .255/.271/.438/.709 .558/.774 .751 79/.605 1/0 15/1

15.Rios G/S/vP 24/.897 35/.411 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.000 6/1.133 3/.000 6/2.100 207/143 .256/.290/.333/.623 .552/.654 .672 86/.793 7/0 2/3

IP 144.1 84.2 32.0 36.1 45.0 37.1 29.0 35.0 TOTAL .273/.324/.409/.733 .710/.744 .745 .741 60/20 76/56

ERA-K/9

2.12/7.9

4.36/4.5

2.81/12.1

2.97/8.2

1.40/8.6

2.65/8.0

4.34/8.4

2.83/9.3

3.49/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (13-7-0)
Perez (39-22-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.203 357/.275 129/.186 139/.203 172/.143 140/.185 120/.229 139/.205 .238 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Orlando
Hosmer 0/82/0/4
13/17/16/4
0/0/53/3
13/1/30/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .533 .774 .574 .576 .490 .571 .669 .626 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.373 175/.732 59/.709 75/.577 79/.494 54/.629 44/.558 70/.551 .657

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 431/.580 182/.813 70/.459 64/.574 93/.486 86/.535 76/.731 69/.696 .685

Road 254/.634 193/.813 69/.607 58/.540 95/.410 67/.635 55/.819 78/.725

Last 28d days 108/.605 25/.624 35/.827 20/.350 43/.704 34/.587 13/.231 26/.522

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 9/10/3 1/2/2 4/3/0 5/5/0 4/0/1 4/6/1 5/1/2 81/52/20

Usage ······X· ······o· ··o·o··X ·ooo···· X·X·o··· X··oo··· ·oo···oo ·oo····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 5.28

MIL 4.04

PHI 3.48

RA/G

STL 2.92

SEA 4.12

COL 5.14

M. Cabrera .350

C. Yelich .268

M. Zunino .170

OBP

B. Harper .462

A. Eaton .327

M. Zunino .233

SLG

B. Harper .679

C. Granderson .419

B. Hamilton .296

OPS

B. Harper 1.141

K. Wong .751

M. Zunino .537

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.30

K. Hendricks 3.66

K. Lohse 6.29

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.89

A. Burnett 7.56

M. Pelfrey 4.29

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.