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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, September 1, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
133
On This Date:
59-50
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
135
On This Date:
20-26
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  7 @KCR  4     

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
60-70, 5th, 20 GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-35   Road:   30-35   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  41-55   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest: 11-20 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30  @TOR  L   2-9       60-70  5th 20.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @TOR  L   1-15      60-69  5th 20.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @TOR  L   3-5       60-68  5th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   LAA  L   0-2       60-67  5th 18.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   LAA  W   5-0       60-66  3rd 17.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   LAA  L   7-8       59-66  4th 18.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @CIN  L   5-12      59-65  3rd 17.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23   TEX  L   2-4       59-64  3rd 16.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   TEX  L   3-5       59-63  3rd 15.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   TEX  L   0-2       59-62  3rd 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Kansas City Royals
80-50, 1st, 13 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-21   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  56-28   vsLHP:  24-22   1-Run:  22-12
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:32-19   vsWest: 18-11 IL:13-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 30  @TBR  L   2-3       80-50  1st 13.0 up
129 Sat, Aug 29  @TBR  W   6-3       80-49  1st 14.0 up
128 Fri, Aug 28  @TBR  W   3-2       79-49  1st 13.0 up
127 Thu, Aug 27   BAL  W   5-3       78-49  1st 13.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 DET  7 @KCR  4        W:Neftali Feliz (2-3), L: Edinson Volquez (11-7), S: Bruce Rondon (2)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 7-6; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 321-318

SP: Justin Verlander (32, RHP, 2-6, 3.45)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-6) 86.0 72 37 33 20 71 10 3.45
2014 (15-12) 206.0 223 114 104 65 159 18 4.54
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
Last 7 GS 2-3 52.0 33 11 8 8 49 2 1.38 70
2015-08-26 LAA W 9.0 1 0 0 2 9 0 112 92
2015-08-21 TEX L 7.0 4 2 1 1 8 0 110 70
2015-08-15 @HOU ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 107 76
2015-08-09 BOS L 6.0 4 2 0 3 7 0 113 64
2015-08-04 KCR L 7.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 106 42
2015-07-29 @TBR W 8.0 4 1 1 0 10 1 107 80
2015-07-24 @BOS ND 8.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 111 67
Last 5 v.KCR 2-3 33.2 41 21 21 4 18 3 5.61 45
2015-08-04 KCR L 7.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 106 42
2014-09-19 @KCR W 7.1 7 1 1 0 4 0 103 64
2014-09-08 KCR W 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 106 52
2014-07-13 @KCR L 6.1 6 4 4 1 3 0 97 47
2014-06-16 KCR L 6.0 12 7 7 2 2 1 97 20

SP: Johnny Cueto (29, RHP, 9-9, 2.94)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-9) 171.2 138 61 56 34 152 16 2.94
2014 (20-9) 243.2 169 69 61 65 242 22 2.25
2013 (5-2) 60.2 46 20 19 18 51 7 2.82
Last 7 GS 3-3 49.0 49 19 18 6 37 5 3.31 57
2015-08-26 BAL L 5.0 8 6 6 1 8 3 97 34
2015-08-21 @BOS L 6.0 13 7 6 0 3 1 96 23
2015-08-15 LAA W 8.0 8 1 1 0 4 1 105 66
2015-08-10 DET W 9.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 116 87
2015-08-05 @DET L 7.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 106 59
2015-07-31 @TOR ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 0 111 51
2015-07-25 @COL W 8.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 100 78
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 21.1 12 5 5 4 14 1 2.11 66
2015-08-10 DET W 9.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 116 87
2015-08-05 @DET L 7.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 106 59
2015-06-17 DET ND 5.1 3 3 3 2 4 1 88 52

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

Tigers Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Cueto
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		 45.Morales*
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.000 17/1.362 13/.231 27/.949 11/.273 ··· 3/1.667 6/.334 178/149 .178/.322/.260/.582 .374/.623 .474 25/.663 0/1 3/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.666 24/1.154 12/.523 41/1.206 13/.462 29/.355 6/.666 20/.413 404/312 .358/.460/.589/1.049 1.095/1.036 1.029 71/1.118 1/1 17/3
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 8/.125 7/.286 6/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 8/.000 483/373 .249/.302/.423/.725 1.014/.641 .677 89/.862 0/2 15/7
18.Collins* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/113 .248/.273/.376/.649 1.000/.620 .840 65/.552 1/0 2/3
20.Davis G/S/vP 3/.333 11/.489 5/.200 15/.481 4/.000 1/.000 14/1.045 5/.800 300/167 .243/.294/.399/.693 .700/.687 .685 51/.556 18/5 4/1
12.Gose* G/S/vP 11/.728 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/2.000 6/.334 412/353 .251/.307/.361/.669 .407/.712 .596 93/.670 19/10 4/4
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/.000 4/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 445/332 .302/.349/.373/.723 .889/.667 .739 94/.582 11/8 2/11
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 11/.773 8/.125 11/.473 17/.118 2/4.000 5/2.000 6/1.167 14/.368 563/433 .305/.357/.447/.804 .837/.794 .794 102/.973 8/5 9/9
28.Martinez G/S/vP 11/.573 7/.929 6/.833 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 3/.667 8/.750 529/406 .289/.350/.559/.909 .884/.915 .861 96/.934 2/1 34/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 14/.071 23/.590 7/.286 20/.683 9/.708 4/.000 6/1.000 15/.414 396/303 .239/.295/.361/.657 .885/.587 .675 89/.605 0/0 9/1
34.McCann G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 337/247 .263/.297/.396/.693 .912/.615 .625 76/.563 0/0 6/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.833 128/103 .250/.302/.336/.638 .737/.612 .730 23/.317 7/5 2/4
IP 171.2 54.2 59.1 38.1 40.0 51.1 54.0 104.1 TOTAL .272/.328/.428/.757 .808/.741 .741 .742 71/42 131/66
ERA-K/9 2.94/8.0 0.99/10.4 2.12/8.0 3.29/9.6 3.83/10.6 2.45/8.2 2.17/6.0 3.19/6.1 3.55/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (16-9-1)
 McCann (30-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 684/.217 207/.156 236/.183 158/.245 173/.231 203/.207 212/.201 426/.210 .245  Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Collins
 Romine
0/0/121/14
0/110/0/2
27/41/8/2
18/0/5/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .627 .467 .519 .713 .689 .597 .557 .664 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 323/.546 116/.459 115/.445 63/.826 82/.786 91/.545 98/.577 223/.729 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.701 91/.477 121/.589 95/.637 91/.602 112/.640 114/.538 203/.594 .686
Home 291/.562 103/.549 120/.501 80/.674 92/.701 91/.510 96/.547 205/.732
Last 28d days 142/.787 39/.555 54/.486 41/.680 37/.920 29/.757 38/.390 20/.535
HR/SB/CS 16/3/1 2/4/1 4/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/0/0 14/17/6 116/59/31
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o·o· ···oo·o· ·X····Xo ···oX··· ········ ··oo···X ·oX·····
Royals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 39.Feliz
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 38.Knudson
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 54.VerHagen
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 98/70 .209/.242/.264/.506 .599/.471 .423 29/.797 0/1 1/3
6.Cain G/S/vP 24/.750 9/.583 5/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 494/328 .312/.368/.483/.852 .979/.787 .913 98/.811 26/4 12/9
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 28/.666 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 189/155 .254/.319/.379/.698 .667/.704 .700 32/.763 23/2 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 64/.463 12/.166 8/1.225 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 547/381 .260/.301/.324/.625 .670/.606 .635 116/.495 14/5 3/9
160.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.250 ··· 1/.000 17/.236 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/129 .221/.325/.364/.689 .857/.572 .766 33/1.015 1/1 7/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 66/.753 5/.400 4/1.833 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 533/321 .311/.372/.471/.843 .707/.935 .925 106/.815 6/2 14/3
14.Infante G/S/vP 23/.492 6/1.334 1/.000 14/.891 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 437/310 .217/.232/.307/.539 .551/.534 .511 63/.392 2/2 1/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP 27/.926 ··· 8/.250 8/.625 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 525/313 .285/.352/.459/.811 .729/.870 .827 99/.910 0/0 15/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 55/.449 10/.200 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 503/313 .283/.349/.448/.797 .729/.838 .822 100/.950 1/2 15/10
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/121 .235/.260/.403/.663 .596/.710 .765 45/.609 3/3 5/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 40/1.266 10/.522 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 442/302 .253/.269/.424/.693 .531/.770 .717 72/.726 1/0 18/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 50/.963 9/1.056 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· 2/1.500 320/218 .253/.288/.333/.621 .617/.623 .705 83/.695 8/0 2/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 39/.632 4/.833 9/.730 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 399/270 .287/.373/.467/.840 .911/.806 .844 107/.869 1/3 10/4
IP 86.0 53.2 36.0 30.0 55.2 4.2 22.1 9.2 62.0 TOTAL .270/.322/.407/.729 .703/.742 .760 .744 87/27 102/71
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.4 3.52/8.4 7.25/7.8 6.90/7.5 2.59/8.1 11.57/9.6 6.85/12.9 2.79/5.6 2.18/5.1 4.61/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (14-9-1)
 Perez (51-25-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.229 229/.249 164/.320 145/.308 234/.240 25/.391 103/.276 42/.235 242/.240 .269  Cain
 Dyson
 Gomes
 Rios
 Orlando
 Zobrist
 Hosmer
0/112/0/6
23/22/17/6
59/0/2/4
0/0/82/4
25/1/33/4
44/0/4/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .637 .703 .884 .920 .657 1.310 .780 .704 .617 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.586 90/.792 80/.871 65/.754 112/.523 9/2.528 38/.849 12/1.017 107/.620 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.686 139/.646 84/.894 80/1.059 122/.780 16/.650 65/.738 30/.575 135/.614 .758
Road 139/.541 102/.676 94/.839 79/.985 106/.557 21/1.318 49/.812 19/.839 121/.641
Last 28d days 104/.361 34/.668 36/.760 29/.893 40/.831 25/1.310 41/.729 35/.637 28/1.069
HR/SB/CS 10/1/1 4/6/0 5/1/2 3/4/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 2/2/1 1/0/0 4/3/3 156/56/31
Usage ·····X·· ·······o ··oo···X ··X····o ·o··o·o· ··X····X ·X··X··· ·X·X··X· ··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  5.50

CLE  4.11

ATL  3.63

 RA/G

STL  2.99

MIA  4.15

COL  5.29

 BA

D. Gordon  .329

E. Longoria  .267

C. Carter  .182

 OBP

B. Harper  .458

C. Gonzalez  .329

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .626

N. Walker  .424

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.084

X. Bogaerts  .750

O. Infante  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.61

N. Karns  3.69

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.03

S. Miller  7.69

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.