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Kansas City Royals vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Kauffman Stadium, August 27, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

86° (based on last ten years)

Orioles

Manager:

Buck Showalter

Game #:

130

On This Date:

54-53

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

131

On This Date:

20-22

Season Series
Mon, Aug 24, 2015 KCR  8  BAL  3     
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 KCR  3  BAL  2     
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 BAL  8 @KCR  5     

Thu, Aug 27, 2015 BAL    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 KCR    @BAL  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 KCR    @BAL  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 KCR    @BAL  8:05pm

                         All times ET

Baltimore Orioles

63-63, 3rd, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-25   Road:   26-38   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  46-50   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  17-23
 vsEast: 26-24   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest: 15-15 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 26  @KCR  W   8-5       63-63  3rd  8.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @KCR  L   2-3       62-63  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @KCR  L   3-8       62-62  3rd  7.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23   MIN  L   3-4 (12)  62-61  3rd  6.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   MIN  L   2-3       62-60  3rd  6.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   MIN  L   3-4       62-59  3rd  5.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   MIN  L   2-15      62-58  3rd  5.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   NYM  W   5-4       62-57  3rd  5.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   NYM  L   3-5       61-57  3rd  5.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 17   OAK  W   4-2       61-56  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Kansas City Royals

77-49, 1st, 12 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   44-21   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  53-27   vsLHP:  24-22   1-Run:  21-11
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:32-19   vsWest: 18-11 IL:13-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 26   BAL  L   5-8       77-49  1st 12.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 25   BAL  W   3-2       77-48  1st 13.0 up
124 Mon, Aug 24   BAL  W   8-3       76-48  1st 13.0 up
123 Sun, Aug 23  @BOS  W   8-6       75-48  1st 12.5 up
122 Sat, Aug 22  @BOS  W   6-3       74-48  1st 12.5 up
121 Fri, Aug 21  @BOS  L   2-7       73-48  1st 12.5 up
120 Thu, Aug 20  @BOS  L   1-4       73-47  1st 13.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 19  @CIN  W   4-3       73-46  1st 14.5 up
118 Tue, Aug 18  @CIN  W   3-1 (13)  72-46  1st 13.5 up
117 Sun, Aug 16   LAA  W   4-3 (10)  71-46  1st 12.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 BAL  8 @KCR  5        W:Wei-Yin Chen (8-6), L: Johnny Cueto (9-9), S: Zach Britton (30)
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 KCR  3  BAL  2        W:Danny Duffy (7-6), L: Miguel Gonzalez (9-10), S: Wade Davis (12)
Mon, Aug 24, 2015 KCR  8  BAL  3        W:Kris Medlen (2-0), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-8), S: none

Sun, May 18, 2014 KCR  8  BAL  6        W:James Shields (6-3), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-5), S: Greg Holland (12)
Sat, May 17, 2014 KCR  1  BAL  0        W:Danny Duffy (2-3), L: Bud Norris (2-4), S: Greg Holland (11)
Fri, May 16, 2014 BAL  4 @KCR  0        W:Chris Tillman (4-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-3), S: none
Thu, May 15, 2014 BAL  2 @KCR  1        W:Wei-Yin Chen (5-2), L: Yordano Ventura (2-3), S: Zach Britton (1)
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 KCR  9 @BAL  3        W:James Shields (3-2), L: Miguel Gonzalez (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 BAL  3  KCR  2 (10)   W:Zach Britton (3-0), L: Danny Duffy (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 KCR  5 @BAL  0        W:Yordano Ventura (2-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 2-1; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; 2013 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - BAL leads 261-204

SP: Chris Tillman (27, RHP, 9-8, 4.51)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-8)			129.2	124	66	65	47	91	14	4.51
2014 (13-6)			207.1	189	83	77	66	150	21	3.34
2013 (16-7)			206.1	184	87	85	68	179	33	3.71

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.2	30	13	13	10	31	4	2.56	62
2015-08-22	MIN	L	6.2	4	3	3	2	6	0	101	58
2015-08-17	OAK	W	7.0	3	2	2	3	3	2	101	63
2015-08-11	@SEA	ND	2.1	8	5	5	0	2	2	72	23
2015-07-29	ATL	W	8.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	95	78
2015-07-24	@TBR	ND	7.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	92	70
2015-07-18	@DET	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	8	0	106	87
2015-07-10	WSN	ND	6.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	107	53

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	29.0	33	20	20	8	15	8	6.21	43
2014-05-16	@KCR	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	117	79
2013-05-08	KCR	W	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	2	93	49
2012-08-11	KCR	L	5.2	6	6	6	2	5	3	109	36
2011-05-05	@KCR	L	3.2	10	8	8	1	3	0	79	11
2009-07-29	KCR	ND	4.2	7	3	3	1	2	3	93	39

SP: Yordano Ventura (24, RHP, 8-7, 4.64)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-7)			114.1	111	59	59	38	96	12	4.64
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		4-1	42.0	43	21	21	14	38	5	4.50	51
2015-08-22	@BOS	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	108	61
2015-08-16	LAA	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	105	65
2015-08-11	DET	W	6.0	2	0	0	6	8	0	104	70
2015-08-06	@DET	ND	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	2	97	27
2015-08-01	@TOR	W	7.0	6	5	5	2	2	2	101	45
2015-07-26	HOU	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	97	66
2015-07-20	PIT	L	4.0	10	6	6	1	7	0	92	24

Last 5 v.BAL		1-1	14.1	14	2	2	3	17	1	1.26	67
2014-05-15	BAL	L	6.1	7	2	2	1	9	1	104	59
2014-04-25	@BAL	W	8.0	7	0	0	2	8	0	113	74

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

Orioles Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
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 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

45.Clevenger* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 48/43 .391/.417/.543/.960 .400/1.027 .857 37/.948 0/0 1/0

19.Davis* G/S/vP 5/.200 6/1.333 7/.286 17/.853 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.200 3/.333 513/371 .254/.339/.536/.875 .895/.867 .806 105/1.061 2/2 35/2

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 233/175 .217/.290/.348/.638 .540/.670 .729 24/.568 0/0 5/1

15.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1 .333/.333/.333/.667 1.000/.000 .667 3/.667 0/0 0/0

10.Jones G/S/vP 7/.000 23/.780 7/.286 27/1.177 6/.667 ··· 4/2.250 4/.000 3/.000 491/385 .280/.318/.497/.814 .936/.782 .781 109/.799 3/1 24/2

36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 288/207 .247/.312/.436/.749 .761/.743 .697 55/.902 0/0 11/2

13.Machado G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.200 1/.000 5/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 553/432 .294/.358/.507/.865 .782/.888 .848 116/.853 16/6 26/16

38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· 3/3.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 356/298 .273/.306/.421/.728 .639/.745 .632 44/.443 3/3 10/3

18.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 8/1.375 3/.667 3/1.334 6/.500 9/.778 6/1.334 461/376 .312/.353/.502/.855 .716/.887 .829 110/.759 11/3 14/2

28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 3/1.667 2/1.500 202/129 .239/.302/.413/.715 .753/.694 .683 9/1.431 1/1 8/0

6.Schoop G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 192/133 .300/.330/.517/.847 .635/.940 .793 101/.839 2/0 10/5

51.Urrutia* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 36/33 .265/.306/.382/.688 .000/.753 .000 36/.688 0/0 1/0

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 4/1.000 25/.920 6/.000 19/.743 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/1.000 ··· 195/140 .272/.303/.424/.726 .865/.672 .644 67/.709 0/0 5/3

IP 114.1 52.2 57.1 36.1 38.0 51.1 20.1 52.1 102.0 TOTAL .256/.308/.425/.734 .716/.740 .684 .757 36/20 167/53

ERA-K/9

4.64/7.6

1.03/10.2

2.04/8.2

3.22/9.7

3.55/10.4

2.45/8.2

3.10/8.9

2.24/5.9

3.26/5.9

3.59/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Clevenger (2-1-1)
Joseph (34-16-5)
Wieters (13-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 480/.256 201/.161 228/.180 150/.245 164/.225 203/.207 76/.211 207/.211 417/.212 .246 Jones
Parra
Davis
Urrutia
Pearce
Paredes 0/112/0/11
50/32/38/5
0/0/27/2
8/0/0/1
20/0/6/1
1/0/1/0

OPS .733 .482 .505 .703 .676 .597 .601 .574 .671 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.792 113/.472 111/.411 61/.768 78/.831 91/.545 39/.625 97/.605 218/.740 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.668 88/.494 117/.592 89/.659 86/.536 112/.640 37/.577 110/.547 199/.597 .688

Home 230/.707 100/.566 116/.473 80/.674 86/.653 91/.510 46/.617 96/.547 205/.732

Last 28d days 130/.709 37/.727 59/.481 44/.514 33/.888 40/.891 48/.506 38/.594 11/.697

HR/SB/CS 12/1/4 2/4/1 3/5/2 4/2/0 2/0/2 5/1/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 14/17/6 112/58/30

Usage ····X··· ·o·XX··X ·o··X··o ·Xo····X ····o··· ····X··o ··X···X· ··XX·X·· ···o····

Royals Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Tillman
G/S/vB 35.Brach
G/S/vB 53.Britton*
G/S/vB 61.Garcia
G/S/vB 60.Givens
G/S/vB 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB 66.McFarland*
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 57.Rondon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/67 .205/.239/.261/.500 .599/.462 .423 26/.815 0/1 1/3

6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 481/316 .311/.364/.486/.850 .985/.780 .913 103/.768 24/4 12/9

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 181/148 .261/.328/.391/.719 .689/.726 .734 24/.938 23/2 1/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 11/.819 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 7/1.381 3/.666 6/.833 1/.000 529/364 .266/.308/.332/.640 .674/.624 .637 117/.544 13/5 3/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· 520/310 .311/.372/.472/.844 .704/.941 .925 110/.812 5/2 14/3

14.Infante G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 4/.583 1/4.000 429/302 .219/.234/.311/.544 .551/.542 .521 70/.396 2/2 1/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 9/1.223 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· ··· 9/.666 5/1.550 5/1.400 1/.000 508/300 .285/.352/.456/.809 .733/.863 .823 99/.886 0/0 14/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/1.194 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/.582 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 486/300 .279/.346/.444/.791 .734/.825 .805 93/.873 1/2 15/9

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/106 .239/.267/.406/.673 .611/.722 .742 28/.643 3/2 4/3

13.Perez G/S/vP 7/.953 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 429/291 .251/.266/.427/.692 .524/.774 .721 75/.724 1/0 18/2

15.Rios G/S/vP 14/.748 2/.000 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 8/.625 2/1.000 8/.393 1/.000 312/210 .250/.285/.322/.607 .617/.602 .662 90/.614 8/0 2/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 40/.657 8/.661 17/.710 ··· 1/no AB 27/1.072 8/.250 12/1.300 1/no AB 382/254 .286/.374/.468/.842 .919/.804 .835 107/.984 1/3 10/4

IP 129.2 61.1 52.0 21.0 14.1 42.0 22.2 49.2 6.1 TOTAL .270/.322/.408/.730 .706/.743 .757 .739 83/26 100/67

ERA-K/9

4.51/6.3

2.64/10.4

1.90/10.2

4.71/4.7

1.26/11.3

2.36/10.9

4.37/7.1

1.63/11.4

14.21/5.7

3.84/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (14-8-1)
Perez (50-25-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 544/.256 248/.207 203/.224 92/.200 52/.122 178/.203 114/.330 198/.209 35/.387 .251 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Orlando
Zobrist
Hosmer 0/109/0/6
22/21/17/6
0/0/80/4
22/1/32/3
44/0/3/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .733 .624 .552 .724 .402 .602 .882 .564 1.006 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.657 131/.520 54/.284 34/.709 17/.301 86/.447 51/.592 69/.740 11/1.101 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.812 117/.743 149/.650 58/.703 35/.450 92/.759 63/1.131 129/.476 24/.962 .734

Road 251/.784 132/.701 91/.456 37/.834 19/.229 103/.599 63/.701 95/.567 23/1.302

Last 28d days 68/.799 61/.680 46/.644 29/.472 49/.428 43/.533 48/.917 45/.650 20/.566

HR/SB/CS 14/3/1 5/5/2 2/0/1 3/1/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 2/0/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 134/52/24

Usage ····X··· X·o·Xo·· X··X···o ····o·X· ·X·X·o·X oX·Xoo·X ·o····X· oo·o·X·o ··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 5.46

LAD 4.14

ATL 3.65

RA/G

STL 2.97

MIA 4.18

COL 5.35

D. Gordon .333

K. Calhoun .266

C. Carter .179

OBP

B. Harper .456

Y. Cespedes .328

O. Infante .234

SLG

B. Harper .639

N. Castellanos .424

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.095

E. Longoria .751

O. Infante .544

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.67

A. Wood 3.70

K. Lohse 6.27

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.03

J. Quintana 7.59

M. Buehrle 4.25

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.