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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, August 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

86° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

116

On This Date:

47-50

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

117

On This Date:

21-23

Season Series
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1     
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1     
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET  2 @KCR  1     
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  4     
Fri, May 08, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5     
Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR  6 @DET  2     
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR  2 @DET  1 (10)
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 KCR  5 @DET  1     
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 DET  2  KCR  1     
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 DET  8  KCR  6     
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 KCR  4  DET  0     
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 KCR  6  DET  1     

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

54-59, 3rd, 14½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-30   Road:   26-29   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  38-47   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug 11  @KCR  L   1-6       54-59  3rd 14.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @KCR  L   0-4       54-58  3rd 13.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   BOS  L   2-7       54-57  3rd 12.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   BOS  W   7-6       54-56  3rd 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   BOS  L   2-7       53-56  3rd 11.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   KCR  W   8-6       53-55  3rd 10.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   KCR  W   2-1       52-55  3rd 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   KCR  L   1-5       51-55  3rd 12.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @BAL  W   6-1       51-54  3rd 11.5 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @BAL  L   2-6       50-54  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Kansas City Royals

68-44, 1st, 12 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   39-18   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  46-26   vsLHP:  22-18   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:32-18   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug 11   DET  W   6-1       68-44  1st 12.0 up
111 Mon, Aug 10   DET  W   4-0       67-44  1st 12.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  9   CHW  W   5-4       66-44  1st 11.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  8   CHW  W   7-6       65-44  1st 10.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  7   CHW  W   3-2       64-44  1st  9.5 up
107 Thu, Aug  6  @DET  L   6-8       63-44  1st  9.5 up
106 Wed, Aug  5  @DET  L   1-2       63-43  1st  9.5 up
105 Tue, Aug  4  @DET  W   5-1       63-42  1st  9.5 up
104 Sun, Aug  2  @TOR  L   2-5       62-42  1st  8.0 up
103 Sat, Aug  1  @TOR  W   7-6       62-41  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 KCR  6  DET  1        W:Yordano Ventura (7-7), L: Anibal Sanchez (10-10), S: Luke Hochevar (1)
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 KCR  4  DET  0        W:Johnny Cueto (8-7), L: Matt Boyd (1-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 DET  8  KCR  6        W:Alex Wilson (2-3), L: Ryan Madson (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 DET  2  KCR  1        W:Matt Boyd (1-2), L: Johnny Cueto (7-7), S: Alex Wilson (2)
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 KCR  5 @DET  1        W:Danny Duffy (5-5), L: Justin Verlander (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Angel Nesbitt (0-1), S: Greg Holland (6)
Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR  6 @DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5        W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Yohan Pino (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  4        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET  2 @KCR  1        W:David Price (3-1), L: Edinson Volquez (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 7-5; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 320-318

SP: Daniel Norris (22, LHP, 2-2, 4.24)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-2)			34.0	36	17	16	13	26	5	4.24
2014 (0-0)			6.2	5	4	4	5	4	1	5.40

Last 7 GS		2-2	34.0	36	17	16	13	26	5	4.24	49
2015-08-07	BOS	L	3.1	9	5	5	0	3	1	83	25
2015-08-02	@BAL	W	7.1	4	1	1	1	5	1	84	70
2015-04-30	@CLE	ND	3.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	78	50
2015-04-25	@TBR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	108	67
2015-04-19	ATL	L	2.2	6	5	4	2	1	0	66	27
2015-04-14	TBR	ND	5.0	2	2	2	3	4	1	90	56
2015-04-09	@NYY	W	5.2	6	3	3	2	5	2	97	48

Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 11-6, 3.11)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (11-6)			139.0	122	55	48	52	102	10	3.11
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		3-2	43.1	40	14	11	19	29	3	2.28	55
2015-08-07	CHW	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	101	66
2015-08-02	@TOR	L	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	105	57
2015-07-27	@CLE	W	6.0	6	3	3	5	4	1	111	47
2015-07-22	PIT	W	7.2	8	1	1	1	8	0	97	66
2015-07-17	@CHW	L	6.1	8	2	2	2	3	0	105	50
2015-07-12	TOR	ND	5.1	5	4	1	3	2	0	104	47
2015-07-07	TBR	ND	5.0	5	1	1	3	5	1	101	55

Last 5 v.DET		1-3	21.2	25	12	12	12	16	3	4.98	46
2015-05-02	DET	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	102	55
2014-08-12	DET	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	104	57
2007-09-12	@DET	L	6.0	7	5	5	4	6	2	96	40
2006-08-17	@DET	L	3.2	8	3	3	3	1	0	87	31

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

Tigers Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 45.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.834 17/1.362 13/.231 27/.949 11/.273 ··· 6/.733 3/1.667 164/135 .178/.319/.267/.586 .374/.632 .468 56/.455 0/1 3/0

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.286 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 416/326 .237/.293/.389/.683 .869/.632 .595 88/.779 0/1 11/6

18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/71 .257/.297/.429/.726 .000/.758 .947 20/.513 1/0 2/1

20.Davis G/S/vP 8/.679 11/.489 5/.200 15/.481 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 14/1.045 262/152 .250/.303/.408/.711 .739/.691 .698 55/.490 17/5 3/1

12.Gose* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 348/305 .255/.306/.354/.660 .341/.704 .536 76/.464 16/8 2/3

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/.200 4/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 377/282 .303/.345/.380/.725 .881/.674 .717 94/.689 10/7 2/10

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.888 8/.125 11/.473 17/.118 2/4.000 5/2.000 ··· 6/1.167 491/385 .299/.356/.424/.781 .813/.771 .741 107/1.015 8/5 6/6

55.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 50/20 .289/.347/.578/.925 .940/.898 1.333 43/.883 0/0 3/2

28.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.333 7/.929 5/.600 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.667 459/357 .288/.351/.559/.910 .849/.925 .864 99/.898 2/1 30/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 11/.000 23/.590 6/.334 20/.683 9/.708 4/.000 3/.666 6/1.000 335/258 .241/.304/.373/.677 .866/.621 .676 105/.547 0/0 9/

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 280/210 .281/.314/.422/.736 1.047/.637 .698 71/.696 0/0 5/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 116/93 .267/.316/.352/.668 .802/.633 .774 29/.410 6/5 2/4

IP 139.0 45.2 50.1 31.2 34.2 46.1 10.1 45.1 TOTAL .272/.330/.427/.757 .781/.749 .731 .703 65/38 113/55

ERA-K/9

3.11/6.6

0.59/10.2

2.15/7.9

3.41/9.4

3.12/10.1

2.53/8.2

3.48/8.7

2.58/5.6

3.56/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (14-6-1)
McCann (23-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.235 172/.151 198/.184 132/.248 144/.211 182/.207 40/.171 183/.229 .245 Martinez
Gose
Davis
Collins
Romine 0/0/105/13
0/94/0/2
18/39/8/2
7/0/4/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .656 .448 .518 .700 .642 .584 .561 .625 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.618 99/.411 100/.435 53/.829 67/.820 81/.534 18/1.016 84/.679 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.697 73/.495 98/.600 79/.612 77/.491 101/.625 22/.232 99/.579 .681

Home 303/.622 88/.527 99/.495 66/.616 73/.582 80/.460 25/.533 87/.605

Last 28d days 137/.671 23/.358 53/.561 57/.651 36/.917 43/.755 40/.561 44/.700

HR/SB/CS 10/13/4 1/4/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 2/0/2 4/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 97/55/29

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

Royals Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Norris*
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 45.Farmer
G/S/vB 39.Feliz
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/52 .186/.208/.243/.451 .496/.431 .342 18/.575 0/1 1/3

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 1/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 421/276 .316/.371/.512/.882 1.035/.803 .936 99/.940 20/4 12/7

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 167/136 .245/.319/.381/.700 .667/.707 .691 46/.616 19/2 1/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 12/.166 1/.000 7/1.464 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 461/322 .275/.315/.339/.654 .679/.643 .696 117/.519 10/5 2/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/1.833 2/.000 3/.667 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 456/277 .317/.376/.479/.855 .745/.927 .930 106/1.082 5/2 12/2

14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 6/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 14/.891 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 395/283 .222/.236/.305/.542 .586/.524 .523 94/.499 2/2 1/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 8/.250 8/.625 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 455/275 .290/.347/.464/.811 .788/.828 .805 107/.858 0/0 13/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.666 428/268 .275/.336/.414/.750 .643/.814 .745 94/.642 1/2 11/9

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/101 .238/.269/.413/.682 .644/.708 .730 36/.594 3/1 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 10/.522 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 392/271 .251/.265/.420/.685 .523/.759 .729 88/.535 1/0 16/2

15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 9/1.056 1/.000 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.500 260/178 .245/.281/.318/.599 .579/.608 .682 91/.684 7/0 2/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 8/.833 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 317/212 .273/.356/.462/.818 .939/.758 .775 83/.941 1/3 9/4

IP 34.0 48.1 22.0 29.0 25.1 49.1 16.2 33.1 57.2 TOTAL .270/.320/.407/.728 .715/.734 .751 .713 71/25 89/61

ERA-K/9

4.24/6.9

2.98/8.9

8.18/5.7

7.45/8.1

6.39/7.1

2.55/7.3

5.94/13.5

5.94/5.4

1.72/5.1

4.49/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (14-8-1)
Perez (47-24-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.277 207/.246 105/.344 135/.325 124/.333 206/.231 73/.266 147/.298 222/.228 .271 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Orlando
Zobrist
Hosmer 0/96/0/5
18/20/17/5
0/0/67/3
17/1/31/2
36/0/3/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .801 .681 .994 .896 .955 .633 .729 .877 .569 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.994 83/.725 53/.986 66/.933 55/.878 98/.503 26/.651 46/.858 98/.644 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.739 124/.653 52/1.004 69/.860 69/1.015 108/.747 47/.772 101/.886 124/.508 .747

Road 93/.682 82/.615 92/1.032 67/.817 59/1.060 90/.518 28/.644 89/.894 105/.520

Last 28d days 45/.766 45/.685 40/.841 41/1.189 8/1.357 42/.755 40/.697 15/.800 41/.417

HR/SB/CS 5/3/2 4/6/0 5/0/1 5/0/2 3/2/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 7/1/1 2/2/2 130/47/26

Usage ····X··· o·X·X··o ·X··X··· o·o··o·· X·o····· ···X·ooo ···X·oo· ·X······ ·····Xo·

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 5.27

LAA 4.13

MIA 3.58

RA/G

STL 2.88

CLE 4.21

COL 5.18

P. Goldschmidt .337

M. Carpenter .267

M. Zunino .168

OBP

B. Harper .460

B. Crawford .326

M. Zunino .227

SLG

B. Harper .650

R. Cano .418

B. Hamilton .281

OPS

B. Harper 1.110

H. Ramirez .748

M. Zunino .523

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.65

C. Carrasco 3.68

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.56

J. Teheran 7.57

M. Pelfrey 4.28

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.