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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, September 2, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
134
On This Date:
63-59
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
136
On This Date:
18-22
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  6 @KCR  5     

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
61-70, 5th, 19 GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-35   Road:   31-35   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  42-55   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:31-20   vsWest: 11-20 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Sep  1  @KCR  W   6-5       61-70  5th 19.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Kansas City Royals
80-51, 1st, 12 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-22   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  56-29   vsLHP:  24-22   1-Run:  22-13
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:32-20   vsWest: 18-11 IL:13-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Sep  1   DET  L   5-6       80-51  1st 12.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  5        W:Justin Verlander (3-6), L: Johnny Cueto (9-10), S: Bruce Rondon (3)
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
Season Series: 2015 - tied 7-7; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 322-318

SP: Randy Wolf (38, LHP, 0-2, 2.57)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-2) 14.0 14 5 4 2 10 0 2.57
2014 (1-3) 25.2 33 17 15 6 19 4 5.26
2012 (5-10) 157.2 196 103 99 52 104 23 5.65
Last 7 GS 1-5 39.2 51 24 21 9 26 5 4.76 45
2015-08-27 LAA L 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 98 66
2015-08-22 TEX L 7.0 9 4 3 0 5 0 113 50
2014-06-14 PIT L 4.0 9 5 5 2 2 2 71 24
2014-06-07 @CHC L 5.2 9 4 4 1 2 2 109 36
2014-06-02 TBR W 6.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 86 68
2014-05-25 MIL L 5.0 9 6 4 1 3 0 89 31
2012-09-22 @BOS ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 2 1 88 41
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 7.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 1.29 60
2012-06-13 @KCR ND 7.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 95 60

SP: Yordano Ventura (24, RHP, 9-7, 4.41)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-7) 120.1 113 59 59 42 107 12 4.41
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 5-0 44.0 35 15 15 17 42 5 3.07 58
2015-08-27 BAL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 11 0 98 75
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
Last 5 v.DET 2-0 24.0 26 13 13 14 19 2 4.88 47
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
2015-05-08 @DET ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 0 95 41
2014-06-17 @DET W 7.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 102 51

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

Tigers Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.74 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		 45.Morales*
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.333 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 6/.533 24/1.154 12/.523 41/1.206 13/.462 29/.355 6/.666 20/.413 409/317 .359/.460/.586/1.046 1.095/1.032 1.022 76/1.095 1/1 17/3
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 9/.222 7/.286 6/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 8/.000 487/377 .249/.302/.422/.723 1.014/.640 .673 90/.858 0/2 15/7
18.Collins* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/117 .256/.280/.397/.677 1.000/.651 .887 66/.590 1/0 2/4
20.Davis G/S/vP 5/.800 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 9/.985 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/2.000 6/.334 417/358 .253/.311/.363/.674 .407/.718 .607 94/.675 19/10 4/4
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 48/34 .271/.271/.396/.667 .429/.765 .444 / 0/0 1/0
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 449/336 .302/.348/.372/.721 .889/.665 .734 94/.605 11/8 2/11
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/1.045 8/.125 11/.473 17/.118 2/4.000 5/2.000 6/1.167 14/.368 568/438 .306/.357/.452/.809 .837/.801 .805 103/.993 8/5 10/10
28.Martinez G/S/vP 12/1.083 7/.929 6/.833 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 3/.667 8/.750 533/410 .289/.349/.557/.906 .884/.911 .855 97/.924 2/1 34/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/1.500 23/.590 7/.286 20/.683 9/.708 4/.000 6/1.000 15/.414 400/307 .237/.295/.358/.653 .885/.583 .668 89/.621 0/0 9/1
34.McCann G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 341/251 .259/.294/.391/.684 .912/.605 .610 77/.529 0/0 6/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP 7/.453 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 120.1 54.2 59.1 38.1 40.0 51.1 54.0 104.1 TOTAL .272/.328/.428/.757 .808/.741 .741 .748 71/42 132/68
ERA-K/9 4.41/8.0 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 3.57/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (16-9-1)
 Holaday (10-2-0)
 McCann (31-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 505/.249 207/.156 236/.183 158/.245 173/.231 203/.207 212/.201 426/.210 .245  Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Collins
 Romine
0/0/122/14
0/111/0/2
27/41/8/2
19/0/5/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .714 .467 .519 .713 .689 .597 .557 .664 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.762 116/.459 115/.445 63/.826 82/.786 91/.545 98/.577 223/.729 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.662 91/.477 121/.589 95/.637 91/.602 112/.640 114/.538 203/.594 .686
Home 255/.672 103/.549 120/.501 80/.674 92/.701 91/.510 96/.547 205/.732
Last 28d days 126/.635 39/.555 51/.516 41/.680 37/.920 29/.757 38/.390 20/.535
HR/SB/CS 12/1/4 2/4/1 4/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/0/0 14/17/6 117/59/31
Usage ·····X·· ···o·o·o ····oo·o ··X····X ····oX·· ········ ···oo··· ··oX····
Royals Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Wolf*
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		 56.Ryan*
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 1/.000 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 ··· 9/.583 5/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 499/333 .311/.367/.480/.847 .979/.781 .902 99/.823 26/4 12/9
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 86/53 .244/.306/.295/.601 .761/.500 .640 / 2/1 0/4
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/17 .240/.269/.360/.629 .556/.669 .868 0/ 0/0 0/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 193/159 .250/.317/.372/.690 .667/.694 .684 36/.716 23/2 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.166 8/1.225 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 552/386 .260/.300/.323/.623 .670/.604 .630 117/.491 14/5 3/10
31.Gomes G/S/vP 26/1.403 ··· 1/.000 17/.236 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/129 .221/.325/.364/.689 .857/.572 .766 29/1.094 1/1 7/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.000 3/1.666 1/3.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 316/205 .284/.396/.464/.859 .826/.878 .805 4/1.500 1/4 11/0
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 4/1.833 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 537/324 .309/.369/.467/.836 .703/.926 .910 106/.775 6/2 14/3
14.Infante G/S/vP 7/.572 6/1.334 1/.000 14/.891 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 440/313 .218/.232/.308/.540 .551/.535 .513 63/.425 2/2 1/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.250 8/.625 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 529/316 .286/.353/.465/.819 .725/.885 .842 99/.922 0/0 16/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.333 10/.200 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 504/314 .282/.348/.447/.795 .729/.835 .818 97/.948 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
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 10/.522 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 446/305 .258/.274/.427/.700 .541/.776 .732 72/.783 1/0 18/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.334 9/1.056 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 320/218 .253/.288/.333/.621 .617/.623 .705 79/.705 8/0 2/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 9/.730 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 404/275 .284/.371/.461/.833 .911/.796 .829 108/.854 2/3 10/4
IP 14.0 53.2 36.1 30.0 56.1 4.2 23.1 33.1 9.2 62.1 TOTAL .270/.322/.407/.729 .704/.741 .759 .748 88/27 103/72
ERA-K/9 2.57/6.4 3.52/8.4 7.18/7.7 6.90/7.5 2.56/8.2 11.57/9.6 6.56/12.7 5.94/5.4 2.79/5.6 2.31/5.2 4.60/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (14-9-1)
 Pena (0-0-0)
 Perez (51-25-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.269 229/.249 165/.318 145/.308 238/.245 25/.391 107/.267 147/.298 42/.235 244/.242 .269  Dyson
 Cain
 Gomes
 Orlando
 Rios
 Gordon
 Zobrist
 Hosmer
23/23/17/7
0/112/1/6
59/0/2/4
26/1/33/4
0/0/82/4
79/0/0/3
44/0/4/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .566 .703 .878 .920 .664 1.310 .762 .877 .704 .620 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.558 90/.792 81/.860 65/.754 114/.532 9/2.528 40/.841 46/.858 12/1.017 108/.614 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 41/.568 139/.646 84/.894 80/1.059 124/.784 16/.650 67/.713 101/.886 30/.575 136/.625 .758
Road / 102/.676 95/.830 79/.985 110/.574 21/1.318 53/.772 89/.894 19/.839 123/.647
Last 28d days 54/.566 34/.668 37/.738 29/.893 42/.890 25/1.310 41/.710 5/.400 35/.637 28/1.069
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 4/6/0 5/1/2 3/4/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 2/3/1 7/1/1 1/0/0 4/3/3 157/57/31
Usage ·····X·· ········ o··oo··· ···X···· o·o··o·o ···X···· X·X··X·· ········ ··X·X··X o··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  5.49

CHC  4.11

ATL  3.61

 RA/G

STL  3.01

LAA  4.14

COL  5.29

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

C. Gonzalez  .268

C. Carter  .182

 OBP

B. Harper  .461

E. Longoria  .328

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .630

N. Walker  .427

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.091

M. Byrd  .754

O. Infante  .540

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

J. Nelson  3.70

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.10

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.