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New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals, at Yankee Stadium III, May 27, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Start Time:

1:05et (local)

Venue:

Yankee Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

19-23

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

On This Date:

51-50

Season Series
Fri, May 15, 2015 KCR 12  NYY  1     
Sat, May 16, 2015 NYY  5 @KCR  1     
Sun, May 17, 2015 KCR  6  NYY  0     
Mon, May 25, 2015 NYY 14  KCR  1     
Tue, May 26, 2015 NYY  5  KCR  1     

Wed, May 27, 2015 KCR    @NYY  1:05pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

28-17, 1st, 1 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   17-7    Road:   11-10   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  18-11   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 26  @NYY  L   1-5       28-17  1st  1.0 up
 44 Mon, May 25  @NYY  L   1-14      28-16  1st  2.0 up
 43 Sun, May 24   STL  L   1-6       28-15  1st  3.0 up
 42 Sat, May 23   STL  W   3-2  (6)  28-14  1st  3.0 up
 41 Fri, May 22   STL  W   5-0       27-14  1st  2.0 up
 40 Wed, May 20   CIN  W   7-1       26-14  1st  2.5 up
 39 Tue, May 19   CIN  W   3-0       25-14  1st  2.5 up
 38 Sun, May 17   NYY  W   6-0       24-14  1st  1.0 up
 37 Sat, May 16   NYY  L   1-5       23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Fri, May 15   NYY  W  12-1       23-13  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

New York Yankees

24-22, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-10   Road:   13-12   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  17-16   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Tue, May 26   KCR  W   5-1       24-22  1st  0.5 up
 45 Mon, May 25   KCR  W  14-1       23-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 24   TEX  L   2-5       22-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 23   TEX  L   4-15      22-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22   TEX  L   9-10      22-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 20  @WSN  L   2-3       22-19  1st    Tied
 40 Tue, May 19  @WSN  L   6-8 (10)  22-18  1st    Tied
 39 Sun, May 17  @KCR  L   0-6       22-17  1st  1.0 up
 38 Sat, May 16  @KCR  W   5-1       22-16  1st  2.0 up
 37 Fri, May 15  @KCR  L   1-12      21-16  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 26, 2015 NYY  5  KCR  1        W:Adam Warren (3-3), L: Jason Vargas (3-2), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2015 NYY 14  KCR  1        W:Nathan Eovaldi (4-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-3), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2015 KCR  6  NYY  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-3), L: Chris Capuano (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2015 NYY  5 @KCR  1        W:CC Sabathia (2-5), L: Danny Duffy (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2015 KCR 12  NYY  1        W:Chris Young (3-0), L: Michael Pineda (5-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2014 KCR  2 @NYY  0        W:Yordano Ventura (12-9), L: Shane Greene (4-3), S: Wade Davis (2)
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 NYY  6  KCR  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (9-14), L: Liam Hendriks (1-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 KCR  1 @NYY  0        W:James Shields (13-7), L: Michael Pineda (3-4), S: Wade Davis (1)
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 NYY  8 @KCR  1        W:Michael Pineda (3-2), L: James Shields (12-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 KCR  2  NYY  1        W:James Shields (7-3), L: Hiroki Kuroda (4-4), S: Greg Holland (18)
Season Series: 2015 - NYY over 3-2; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 279-191

SP: Chris Young (36, RHP, 4-0, 0.78)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-0)			34.2	17	4	3	9	23	1	0.78
2014 (12-9)			165.0	143	70	67	60	108	26	3.65
2012 (4-9)			115.0	119	58	53	36	80	16	4.15

Last 7 GS		3-2	36.2	29	13	10	13	30	6	2.45	56
2015-05-22	STL	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	106	60
2015-05-15	NYY	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	91	57
2015-05-10	@DET	ND	6.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	83	67
2015-05-01	DET	W	5.0	0	0	0	3	9	0	81	73
2014-09-20	@HOU	L	3.0	8	7	7	1	3	4	68	17
2014-09-14	OAK	L	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	2	78	59
2014-09-06	@TEX	ND	5.0	4	2	0	3	6	0	95	58

Last 5 v.NYY		2-1	25.1	25	15	14	12	15	4	4.97	46
2015-05-15	NYY	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	91	57
2014-06-11	NYY	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	96	37
2014-04-29	@NYY	W	5.2	3	2	1	3	3	1	105	57
2012-06-23	NYY	ND	6.0	4	3	3	3	4	1	95	53
2005-08-12	@NYY	ND	3.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	82	27

SP: Michael Pineda (26, RHP, 5-2, 3.59)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (5-2)			57.2	62	26	23	4	59	5	3.59
2014 (5-5)			76.1	56	18	16	7	59	5	1.89
2011 (9-10)			171.0	133	76	71	55	173	18	3.74

Last 7 GS		4-2	45.1	47	19	16	3	44	4	3.18	56
2015-05-22	TEX	L	6.0	8	7	4	1	4	2	95	37
2015-05-15	@KCR	L	5.1	10	5	5	0	1	0	104	29
2015-05-10	BAL	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	16	1	111	77
2015-05-05	@TOR	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	101	77
2015-04-29	TBR	ND	5.2	6	2	2	0	5	0	93	54
2015-04-24	NYM	W	7.2	5	1	1	0	7	0	100	72
2015-04-19	@TBR	W	5.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	92	47

Last 5 v.KCR		2-3	32.2	26	11	10	5	23	2	2.76	59
2015-05-15	@KCR	L	5.1	10	5	5	0	1	0	104	29
2014-09-05	KCR	L	7.0	3	1	0	0	4	0	98	73
2014-08-25	@KCR	W	6.1	5	1	1	0	5	1	96	64
2011-09-10	KCR	L	8.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	101	67
2011-04-17	@KCR	W	6.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	94	63

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

Royals Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineda
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 64.Lindgren*
G/S/vB 48.Miller*
G/S/vB 53.Rogers
G/S/vB 45.Shreve*
G/S/vB 41.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/31 .182/.182/.212/.394 .667/.367 .500 21/.368 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP 7/.476 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 176/113 .298/.347/.416/.763 1.016/.625 .761 87/.621 7/2 3/3

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/45 .283/.348/.333/.682 1.000/.523 .633 38/.704 2/1 0/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 69/57 .206/.242/.286/.528 .586/.514 .572 44/.612 5/1 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.166 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.933 7/.619 ··· ··· 163/116 .270/.308/.358/.666 .644/.675 .722 75/.632 3/2 1/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 16/.501 1/.000 ··· ··· 14/1.179 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 168/108 .266/.369/.441/.810 .682/.882 .935 93/.728 0/2 5/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.778 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.900 4/1.417 1/.000 2/.500 197/117 .305/.378/.511/.889 .748/.983 .795 102/.906 3/2 7/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 13/.608 12/.614 1/.000 2/1.500 149/110 .245/.255/.350/.605 .703/.569 .628 88/.587 0/0 0/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.334 194/118 .301/.361/.489/.849 .799/.885 .843 99/.842 0/0 6/

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 10/1.700 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 184/111 .331/.385/.482/.867 .793/.914 .946 87/.789 1/2 4/3

16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 109/67 .250/.284/.394/.679 .694/.669 .651 56/.559 2/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 162/112 .297/.309/.449/.758 .860/.711 .650 77/.707 1/0 5/1

IP 57.2 25.0 17.1 2.0 20.1 29.0 18.0 14.2 TOTAL .282/.332/.424/.755 .779/.743 .756 .707 26/13 33/27

ERA-K/9

3.59/9.2

0.00/13.7

5.19/5.7

0.00/9.0

0.89/15.1

4.97/8.1

3.00/9.0

5.52/8.0

3.88/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (13-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.273 92/.099 74/.266 7/.000 79/.074 127/.266 72/.203 63/.222 .249 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Orlando
Hosmer 41/0/0/2
0/41/0/2
3/6/13/1
5/0/26/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .726 .307 .838 .286 .335 .787 .657 .648 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.701 33/.155 20/.804 1/.000 10/.200 40/1.013 23/.918 28/.566 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 139/.743 59/.394 54/.850 6/.333 69/.355 87/.688 49/.540 35/.716 .689

Home 131/.659 40/.153 39/.680 7/.286 37/.223 72/.778 54/.671 37/.588

Last 28d days 110/.756 43/.242 40/1.127 7/.286 36/.356 67/1.007 31/.691 35/.852

HR/SB/CS 5/2/3 0/4/1 3/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 45/16/11

Usage ····X··· o·o····X ··o·X··X ·X······ X·o····X ···X··X· ··X·X··o o·o·X·oo

Yankees Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Young
G/S/vB 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Beltran# G/S/vP 12/.667 26/.840 3/.666 1/3.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 25/1.520 2/4.000 153/113 .236/.268/.396/.664 .556/.700 .563 79/.830 0/0 3/2

14.Drew* G/S/vP 21/.734 12/.750 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 11/.473 2/.000 5/.900 11/.829 157/115 .171/.244/.329/.572 .781/.495 .577 83/.473 0/1 5/4

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 9/1.069 3/.666 21/1.152 6/1.500 1/no AB 4/.833 3/.000 1/3.000 5/.400 170/121 .279/.361/.429/.790 .724/.816 .830 97/.775 12/3 4/0

18.Gregorius* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 143/112 .217/.282/.295/.576 .421/.616 .625 74/.650 3/1 2/5

12.Headley# G/S/vP 5/.000 15/1.285 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/.650 11/.899 179/120 .252/.307/.411/.718 .641/.757 .710 91/.762 0/1 6/10

55.Heathcott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 14/12 .385/.385/.692/1.077 .000/1.273 1.077 14/1.077 0/0 1/0

33.Jones* G/S/vP 2/1.000 22/.905 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 53/45 .235/.264/.353/.617 .375/.661 .885 25/.737 0/0 1/0

34.McCann* G/S/vP 24/.458 31/1.156 5/.600 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/.516 6/.533 154/112 .235/.299/.404/.703 .532/.767 1.027 82/.642 0/0 5/2

66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 43/24 .222/.286/.361/.647 .652/.638 .786 19/.461 0/0 0/1

38.Pirela G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 30/16 .200/.200/.233/.433 .929/.000 .333 30/.433 0/0 0/2

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 11/.573 15/2.122 19/.904 23/1.236 2/.000 9/1.158 2/2.500 1/.000 5/.400 175/126 .270/.371/.547/.919 .829/.951 .917 91/.956 0/0 10/1

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 18/.958 31/1.055 18/.421 20/.636 3/.000 5/.650 4/.833 3/.000 6/.333 181/123 .243/.365/.588/.952 .925/.961 .925 91/.974 0/0 14/0

24.Young G/S/vP 19/.158 9/1.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 10/.844 ··· 7/.286 16/.775 115/66 .238/.292/.476/.768 1.145/.513 .657 48/.448 0/0 6/1

IP 34.2 7.0 20.0 15.0 16.0 5.0 10.1 20.2 19.1 TOTAL .245/.317/.416/.732 .724/.736 .765 .725 28/11 58/34

ERA-K/9

0.78/6.0

3.86/6.4

0.00/8.6

0.60/6.6

1.69/9.6

7.20/10.8

2.61/6.1

1.74/9.1

3.72/5.1

3.50/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (8-8-0)
Murphy (8-3-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 130/.142 31/.321 72/.119 65/.286 65/.164 25/.417 42/.152 77/.159 75/.200 .233 Gardner
Beltran
Heathcott
Jones
Young 41/0/0/3
0/0/33/1
0/5/0/0
1/0/8/0
12/10/28/0

OPS .400 .905 .315 .762 .495 .940 .559 .511 .597 .664

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.435 19/.845 41/.252 30/.918 38/.361 12/.833 23/.744 36/.340 32/.861 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.367 12/1.000 31/.394 35/.594 27/.693 13/1.038 19/.347 41/.670 43/.391 .644

Road 51/.401 9/.833 31/.233 35/.610 27/.478 11/1.045 29/.810 42/.434 36/.588

Last 28d days 95/.406 31/.905 42/.422 35/.929 31/.527 25/.940 29/.810 37/.489 42/.696

HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 37/15/12

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

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 5.25

OAK 4.23

PHI 3.19

RA/G

STL 3.04

BAL 4.30

COL 5.16

P. Fielder .371

A. Gordon .266

S. Drew .171

OBP

B. Harper .467

S. Marte .328

L. Chisenhall .237

SLG

B. Harper .734

M. Napoli .421

J. Ramirez .238

OPS

B. Harper 1.200

K. Davis .751

J. Ramirez .499

ERA

A. Burnett 1.37

K. Hendricks 3.76

J. Guthrie 6.70

K/9IP

D. Salazar 12.05

J. Odorizzi 7.19

J. Guthrie 3.54

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.