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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, September 3, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
135
On This Date:
57-50
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
137
On This Date:
23-18
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 KCR 12  DET  1     

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
61-71, 5th, 20 GB, 13 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-35   Road:   31-36   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  42-56   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:31-21   vsWest: 11-20 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Sep  2  @KCR  L   1-12      61-71  5th 20.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Kansas City Royals
81-51, 1st, 12 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   46-22   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  56-29   vsLHP:  25-22   1-Run:  22-13
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:33-20   vsWest: 18-11 IL:13-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Sep  2   DET  W  12-1       81-51  1st 12.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 KCR 12  DET  1        W:Yordano Ventura (10-7), L: Randy Wolf (0-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 8-7; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 322-319

SP: Matt Boyd (24, LHP, 1-5, 7.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-5) 36.2 50 29 29 10 26 11 7.12
Last 7 GS 1-5 36.0 49 28 28 10 26 11 7.00 41
2015-08-28 @TOR L 6.0 7 5 5 3 4 3 93 39
2015-08-23 TEX L 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 99 51
2015-08-16 @HOU ND 5.0 6 5 5 3 4 2 97 36
2015-08-10 @KCR L 5.1 9 3 3 1 6 0 98 43
2015-08-05 KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 106 61
2015-07-02 BOS L 0.0 6 7 7 1 0 2 28 9
2015-06-27 TEX L 6.2 9 4 4 0 7 3 103 47
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 12.1 16 4 4 1 8 0 2.92 52
2015-08-10 @KCR L 5.1 9 3 3 1 6 0 98 43
2015-08-05 KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 106 61

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 12-7, 3.27)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (12-7) 165.1 149 70 60 59 124 11 3.27
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 45.1 41 21 18 17 33 3 3.57 53
2015-08-28 @TBR W 6.2 6 2 1 2 5 0 106 59
2015-08-23 @BOS ND 6.2 9 6 5 0 5 0 99 39
2015-08-18 @CIN ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 7 1 112 64
2015-08-12 DET L 7.0 8 6 5 2 5 0 96 42
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
Last 5 v.DET 1-4 28.2 33 18 17 14 21 3 5.34 45
2015-08-12 DET L 7.0 8 6 5 2 5 0 96 42
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 (4.35 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 50.Almonte
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 11.Guthrie
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/.834 ··· 17/1.362 37/1.093 13/.231 27/.949 11/.273 ··· 3/1.667 6/.334 181/152 .174/.317/.255/.572 .374/.610 .459 24/.397 0/1 3/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 24/1.154 65/.937 12/.523 41/1.206 13/.462 29/.355 6/.666 20/.413 411/319 .359/.460/.586/1.045 1.095/1.032 1.022 78/1.092 1/1 17/3
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 7/.286 17/1.198 6/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 8/.000 491/380 .247/.301/.419/.720 1.004/.638 .668 90/.875 0/2 15/7
18.Collins* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/120 .258/.281/.395/.676 1.000/.652 .875 65/.599 1/0 2/4
20.Davis G/S/vP 8/.679 ··· 11/.489 21/.428 5/.200 15/.481 4/.000 1/.000 15/.967 5/.800 301/167 .242/.293/.397/.690 .695/.687 .681 52/.545 18/5 4/1
12.Gose* G/S/vP 7/1.238 1/2.000 2/.000 16/.313 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.334 421/361 .253/.310/.367/.677 .400/.723 .615 93/.670 19/10 4/4
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 49/34 .265/.265/.388/.653 .400/.765 .421 1/.000 0/0 1/0
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 4/1.000 6/.334 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 452/339 .302/.348/.372/.720 .889/.665 .733 92/.596 11/8 2/11
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.847 1/5.000 8/.125 54/.773 11/.473 17/.118 2/4.000 5/2.000 6/1.167 14/.368 571/441 .305/.357/.450/.807 .837/.799 .802 101/.957 8/5 10/10
28.Martinez G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 7/.929 26/.994 6/.833 4/.000 3/.333 2/.500 3/.667 8/.750 536/413 .289/.349/.557/.906 .884/.912 .857 96/.929 2/1 34/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 14/.154 1/no AB 23/.590 44/.872 7/.286 20/.683 9/.708 4/.000 6/1.000 15/.414 404/310 .234/.292/.354/.646 .875/.577 .654 89/.502 0/0 9/1
34.McCann G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 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 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.393 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.833 130/104 .246/.297/.331/.627 .708/.606 .710 21/.293 7/5 2/4
IP 165.1 1.0 54.2 135.0 59.1 38.1 40.0 51.1 55.0 104.1 TOTAL .271/.328/.427/.755 .804/.740 .737 .726 71/42 132/68
ERA-K/9 3.27/6.8 18.00/0.0 0.99/10.4 5.53/4.7 2.12/8.0 3.29/9.6 3.83/10.6 2.45/8.2 2.13/5.9 3.19/6.1 3.55/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.241 6/.400 207/.156 601/.310 236/.183 158/.245 173/.231 203/.207 215/.198 426/.210 .245  Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Collins
 Romine
0/0/123/14
0/112/0/2
27/41/9/2
20/0/5/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .664 1.500 .467 .855 .519 .713 .689 .597 .548 .664 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 349/.647 2/2.000 116/.459 335/.915 115/.445 63/.826 82/.786 91/.545 99/.571 223/.729 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 344/.682 4/1.250 91/.477 266/.780 121/.589 95/.637 91/.602 112/.640 116/.528 203/.594 .684
Home 333/.630 6/1.500 103/.549 328/.757 120/.501 80/.674 92/.701 91/.510 99/.530 205/.732
Last 28d days 135/.664 6/1.500 35/.562 92/.888 47/.562 41/.680 37/.920 27/.542 37/.282 20/.535
HR/SB/CS 11/13/4 1/0/0 2/4/1 23/3/6 4/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/0/0 14/17/6 117/59/31
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ····o·o· ·X·····X ·····oo· ···X···· ·····oX· ········ o···oo·· ···oX···
Royals Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Boyd*
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 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 99/70 .207/.240/.261/.500 .576/.471 .414 26/.678 0/1 1/3
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.500 9/.583 5/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 502/333 .313/.369/.490/.859 1.012/.781 .925 97/.908 26/4 13/9
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 87/54 .241/.302/.291/.593 .761/.490 .627 1/.000 2/1 0/4
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/19 .286/.333/.500/.833 .636/.957 1.101 4/2.417 0/0 1/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 195/160 .253/.319/.374/.693 .646/.703 .691 38/.731 23/2 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.666 12/.166 8/1.225 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 556/387 .260/.300/.322/.622 .657/.607 .628 116/.495 14/5 3/10
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 17/.236 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 231/130 .223/.329/.371/.700 .890/.567 .789 32/1.141 1/1 7/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.167 5/.400 4/1.833 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 541/325 .309/.370/.466/.837 .709/.923 .909 105/.754 6/2 14/3
14.Infante G/S/vP 5/.000 6/1.334 1/.000 14/.891 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 442/315 .217/.231/.306/.537 .551/.532 .508 61/.405 2/2 1/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/1.834 ··· 8/.250 9/.555 5/.600 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 534/318 .288/.354/.471/.825 .724/.897 .853 99/.908 0/0 17/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.500 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 92/.987 1/2 15/10
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/123 .245/.269/.430/.699 .617/.757 .827 49/.765 3/3 5/4
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/.400 10/.522 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 450/307 .256/.276/.425/.700 .543/.776 .731 76/.779 1/0 18/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 5/.400 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 75/.707 8/0 2/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.267 4/.833 9/.730 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 407/275 .285/.373/.470/.844 .943/.796 .850 106/.927 2/3 11/4
IP 36.2 53.2 36.1 31.0 56.1 5.0 23.1 33.1 9.2 62.1 TOTAL .271/.323/.411/.734 .712/.745 .770 .775 88/27 107/72
ERA-K/9 7.12/6.4 3.52/8.4 7.18/7.7 6.68/7.8 2.56/8.2 18.00/10.8 6.56/12.7 5.94/5.4 2.79/5.6 2.31/5.2 4.66/7.0

 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 164/.329 229/.249 165/.318 148/.301 238/.245 31/.464 107/.267 147/.298 42/.235 244/.242 .270  Dyson
 Cain
 Gomes
 Rios
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Zobrist
 Hosmer
 Gore
23/24/17/7
0/113/1/6
59/0/3/4
0/0/82/4
27/1/34/4
79/0/0/3
44/0/4/1
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .997 .703 .878 .899 .664 1.659 .762 .877 .704 .620 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.191 90/.792 81/.860 66/.742 114/.532 10/2.800 40/.841 46/.858 12/1.017 108/.614 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.905 139/.646 84/.894 82/1.030 124/.784 21/1.118 67/.713 101/.886 30/.575 136/.625 .765
Road 76/1.047 102/.676 95/.830 82/.944 110/.574 27/1.722 53/.772 89/.894 19/.839 123/.647
Last 28d days 101/.981 34/.668 34/.702 32/.795 39/.841 31/1.659 38/.774 5/.400 35/.637 22/1.123
HR/SB/CS 11/0/2 4/6/0 5/1/2 3/4/0 1/1/0 5/0/0 2/3/1 7/1/1 1/0/0 4/3/3 161/57/31
Usage ·····X·· ········ ·o··oo·· o···X··· ·o·o··o· X···X··· ·X·X··X· ········ ···X·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  5.49

OAK  4.14

ATL  3.60

 RA/G

STL  3.02

LAA  4.14

COL  5.28

 BA

B. Harper  .331

E. Longoria  .268

L. Valbuena  .209

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

E. Longoria  .329

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .627

D. Fowler  .427

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.086

D. Murphy  .755

O. Infante  .537

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

C. Hamels  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.