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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals, at Rogers Centre, July 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, July 31, 2015
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
106
On This Date:
24-19
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
105
On This Date:
20-13
Season Series
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0     
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR  6 @KCR  2     
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 KCR 11  TOR 10     
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 TOR  5  KCR  2     

Fri, Jul 31, 2015 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Aug 02, 2015 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
61-40, 1st, 8 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-18   Road:   27-22   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  43-23   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  14-8 
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:26-16   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 30  @TOR  L   2-5       61-40  1st  8.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 29  @CLE  L   1-12      61-39  1st  9.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @CLE  W   2-1       61-38  1st  9.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @CLE  W   9-4       60-38  1st  8.0 up
 97 Sun, Jul 26   HOU  W   5-1       59-38  1st  7.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 25   HOU  W   2-1 (10)  58-38  1st  6.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   HOU  L   0-4       57-38  1st  5.5 up
 94 Thu, Jul 23  @STL  L   3-4       57-37  1st  6.5 up
 93 Wed, Jul 22   PIT  W   5-1       57-36  1st  7.5 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21   PIT  W   3-1       56-36  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Toronto Blue Jays
52-51, 2nd, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-20   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  37-40   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  10-22
 vsEast: 23-21   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Thu, Jul 30   KCR  W   5-2       52-51  2nd  6.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29   PHI  W   8-2       51-51  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28   PHI  L   2-3       50-51  4th  8.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 26  @SEA  L   5-6 (10)  50-50  2nd  6.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 25  @SEA  W   8-6       50-49  2nd  5.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 24  @SEA  L   2-5       49-49  2nd  5.5 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 23  @OAK  W   5-2       49-48  2nd  5.5 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 22  @OAK  L   3-4 (10)  48-48  2nd  5.5 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 21  @OAK  W   7-1       48-47  2nd  4.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 19   TBR  W   4-0       47-47  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 TOR  5  KCR  2        W:Marco Estrada (8-6), L: Danny Duffy (4-5), S: Roberto Osuna (6)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 KCR 11  TOR 10        W:Wade Davis (5-1), L: Bo Schultz (0-1), S: Greg Holland (19)
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR  6 @KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (10-5), L: Chris Young (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-4), L: Marco Estrada (6-5), S: Greg Holland (18)

Sun, Jun 01, 2014 TOR  4  KCR  0        W:Mark Buehrle (10-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 TOR 12  KCR  2        W:Marcus Stroman (2-0), L: Aaron Brooks (0-1), S: Todd Redmond (1)
Fri, May 30, 2014 KCR  6 @TOR  1        W:Jason Vargas (5-2), L: J.A. Happ (4-2), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2014 KCR  8 @TOR  6 (10)   W:Wade Davis (4-1), L: Todd Redmond (0-4), S: Greg Holland (15)
Thu, May 01, 2014 TOR  7 @KCR  3        W:Mark Buehrle (5-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-2), S: Aaron Loup (1)
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 KCR  4  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Drew Hutchison (1-2), S: Greg Holland (7)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 2-2; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 192-184

SP: Johnny Cueto (29, RHP, 7-6, 2.62)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-6) 130.2 93 42 38 29 120 11 2.62
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 3-2 45.1 26 13 11 15 38 2 2.18 63
2015-07-25 @COL W 8.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 100 78
2015-07-19 CLE ND 4.0 4 2 2 6 2 0 94 42
2015-07-12 @MIA L 5.0 7 5 3 1 2 0 68 38
2015-07-07 @WSN W 9.0 2 0 0 1 11 0 122 93
2015-07-01 MIN W 8.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 111 77
2015-06-26 @NYM L 6.0 2 2 2 3 6 1 112 63
2015-06-17 DET ND 5.1 3 3 3 2 4 1 88 52
Last 5 v.TOR 2-0 14.0 12 8 6 4 12 2 3.86 55
2014-06-22 TOR W 8.0 7 3 1 1 8 1 120 67
2009-06-25 @TOR W 6.0 5 5 5 3 4 1 95 43

SP: Drew Hutchison (24, RHP, 9-2, 5.42)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-2) 108.0 128 70 65 34 98 13 5.42
2014 (11-13) 184.2 173 92 92 60 184 23 4.48
2012 (5-3) 58.2 59 31 30 20 49 8 4.60
Last 7 GS 4-1 36.0 46 23 19 14 36 3 4.75 45
2015-07-25 @SEA ND 4.0 7 6 5 2 4 2 84 28
2015-07-17 TBR W 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 85 55
2015-07-08 @CHW ND 5.0 7 4 4 2 6 0 87 41
2015-07-03 @DET L 4.2 10 7 5 2 4 0 90 22
2015-06-28 TEX W 5.2 4 1 0 3 8 0 97 64
2015-06-22 @TBR W 5.0 9 3 3 2 6 0 109 41
2015-06-17 NYM W 5.2 4 0 0 1 5 0 105 65
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 12.1 13 9 9 4 9 2 6.57 44
2014-04-30 @KCR L 7.0 5 4 4 1 5 0 97 55
2012-04-21 @KCR W 5.1 8 5 5 3 4 2 99 33

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Royals Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 54.Osuna
G/S/vB		 41.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 47.Schultz
G/S/vB		 52.Tepera
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/48 .182/.194/.197/.391 .461/.362 .469 23/.399 0/1 0/2
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 378/247 .313/.370/.503/.873 1.042/.785 .882 81/1.065 18/4 11/6
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/14 .316/.350/.474/.824 .833/.819 .000 20/.824 0/0 0/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 157/130 .239/.314/.370/.683 .612/.698 .709 57/.604 17/1 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.667 7/.000 3/.000 11/.182 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 412/291 .278/.317/.349/.666 .699/.652 .635 110/.654 7/4 2/9
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.533 9/.444 ··· 9/.583 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 410/252 .315/.372/.481/.853 .711/.943 .763 98/1.058 4/2 11/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/1.500 9/.555 6/.666 3/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 359/262 .236/.249/.325/.573 .664/.539 .586 94/.643 1/2 1/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.833 7/.619 2/1.000 2/4.000 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 409/251 .282/.340/.450/.790 .740/.824 .785 98/.716 0/0 12/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.333 7/.715 2/.000 8/1.375 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 393/249 .287/.346/.426/.772 .672/.829 .790 79/.675 1/2 10/9
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.167 3/1.334 9/1.556 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 354/250 .248/.263/.423/.685 .542/.746 .641 74/.535 1/0 15/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.143 9/.819 9/1.806 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 222/155 .249/.284/.321/.604 .589/.611 .530 82/.749 7/0 2/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 10/.550 30/.905 4/.500 3/.333 11/.282 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 275/186 .264/.349/.439/.788 .866/.751 .821 74/.762 1/1 6/3
IP 108.0 33.2 24.1 44.1 34.2 45.1 69.0 28.0 23.2 TOTAL .271/.321/.407/.728 .716/.734 .710 .753 62/21 80/58
ERA-K/9 5.42/8.2 4.01/10.4 3.33/8.1 2.64/9.1 5.19/9.9 2.18/10.1 3.39/6.0 2.25/7.7 2.28/6.1 4.00/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (13-7-0)
 Perez (45-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 481/.296 141/.238 97/.258 173/.212 149/.261 177/.191 291/.236 107/.173 88/.183 .254  Cain
 Dyson
 Rios
 Hosmer
 Zobrist
0/86/0/5
15/19/17/4
0/0/57/3
0/0/1/0
28/0/3/0
OPS .801 .711 .676 .528 .767 .547 .718 .540 .604 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.721 43/.882 42/.630 71/.730 59/.686 86/.575 155/.948 47/.475 36/.450 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.891 98/.638 55/.709 102/.384 90/.821 91/.520 136/.466 60/.585 52/.692 .715
Home 231/.575 72/.780 52/.807 100/.554 75/.665 92/.550 161/.621 47/.359 37/.825
Last 28d days 70/.925 26/.450 36/.452 21/.286 22/1.139 33/.637 10/.200 41/.757 34/.550
HR/SB/CS 13/13/3 4/0/1 3/0/2 2/3/2 6/1/0 2/2/2 8/4/6 4/4/0 4/0/0 105/47/29
Usage ·····X·· o·o··o·· o·o···X· ··X··X·· ····o··· o····o·· o···oX·· ·o··X··o ··o·X·X·
Blue Jays Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.68 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		 39.Medlen
G/S/vB		 45.Morales*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/1.100 28/.619 8/.393 15/.557 5/.800 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 413/320 .231/.363/.486/.850 .773/.872 .942 92/.683 4/2 21/1
3.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 159/138 .268/.318/.366/.684 .881/.653 .616 35/.629 2/1 3/2
15.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 253/187 .312/.356/.483/.839 .905/.815 .921 51/.749 2/0 9/4
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 447/351 .291/.354/.544/.898 1.109/.842 1.049 86/.930 3/0 25/13
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 4/1.750 24/.208 7/.953 12/.334 5/1.600 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 400/316 .238/.335/.452/.787 .746/.797 .819 80/.760 1/2 19/2
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 225/175 .223/.269/.317/.586 .611/.579 .518 17/.580 0/1 2/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 21/.466 5/.650 1/3.000 5/.400 5/.000 5/.000 13/.385 10/1.250 348/267 .263/.345/.487/.832 1.014/.778 .926 73/.793 4/4 15/3
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 7/1.000 4/.500 ··· 118/94 .223/.288/.350/.638 .714/.618 .597 25/.598 0/0 3/1
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 402/301 .271/.305/.390/.695 .682/.699 .660 83/.614 15/3 7/2
13.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 10/.900 2/.500 8/1.089 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 172/157 .235/.320/.471/.790 1.186/.751 .907 40/.611 0/0 9/1
29.Travis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 239/177 .303/.360/.495/.855 .974/.812 .940 67/.926 3/1 8/6
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 14/.824 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 4/.000 5/1.000 ··· 360/280 .302/.350/.483/.833 .968/.795 .862 76/.837 0/0 13/8
23.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 13/.539 2/.000 15/.619 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 6/.533 173/91 .296/.331/.506/.838 .826/.847 .963 57/.694 2/1 7/1
IP 130.2 43.2 43.2 24.2 31.2 42.2 6.1 43.1 TOTAL .263/.331/.444/.775 .838/.755 .837 .754 56/18 135/63
ERA-K/9 2.62/8.3 0.41/10.3 1.85/8.2 4.38/9.5 3.13/9.9 1.69/8.0 5.68/10.0 2.08/5.6 3.53/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (35-23-16)
 Navarro (8-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.196 164/.146 169/.184 106/.278 131/.207 163/.185 28/.250 169/.205 .246  Pillar
 Bautista
 Carrera
 Colabello
 Valencia
 Goins
14/85/3/9
0/0/61/2
42/4/25/1
33/0/13/0
32/0/5/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .577 .425 .512 .784 .624 .525 .774 .570 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 248/.513 94/.412 87/.374 47/.897 63/.750 77/.536 15/1.133 79/.631 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.635 70/.442 82/.658 59/.694 68/.510 86/.513 13/.397 90/.515 .674
Road 309/.623 76/.303 79/.556 55/.915 66/.709 89/.547 14/.629 87/.580
Last 28d days 104/.499 33/.525 42/.522 44/.718 43/.851 41/.585 28/.774 43/.510
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 0/3/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/0/2 3/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 87/52/27
Usage ·····X·· ··o··o·· o····o·o ·X··o··X ··o··o·· ··X··o·· X······X ·Xo·o·Xo

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  5.27

PIT  4.14

PHI  3.54

 RA/G

STL  2.94

ATL  4.20

COL  5.18

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

C. Yelich  .267

M. Zunino  .182

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .464

K. Seager  .327

M. Zunino  .240

 SLG

B. Harper  .690

N. Walker  .419

B. Hamilton  .291

 OPS

B. Harper  1.153

E. Longoria  .752

M. Zunino  .562

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.37

J. Niese  3.63

K. Kendrick  6.33

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  11.89

A. Burnett  7.58

M. Pelfrey  4.32

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.