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Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at Fenway Park, August 28, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Start Time:

8:08et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

75° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

132

On This Date:

21-20

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

133

On This Date:

59-45

Season Series
Tue, May 17, 2016 KCR  8  BOS  4     
Wed, May 18, 2016 KCR  3  BOS  2     
Wed, May 18, 2016 BOS  5 @KCR  2     
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 KCR  6 @BOS  3     
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 BOS  8  KCR  3     

Sun, Aug 28, 2016 KCR    @BOS  8:08pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

67-62, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   40-21   Road:   27-41   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  52-46   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:34-17   vsWest: 10-20 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 27  @BOS  L   3-8       67-62  3rd  6.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @BOS  W   6-3       67-61  3rd  6.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25  @MIA  W   5-2       66-61  3rd  6.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24  @MIA  L   0-3       65-61  3rd  7.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23  @MIA  W   1-0       65-60  3rd  7.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21   MIN  W   2-1       64-60  3rd  8.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20   MIN  W  10-0       63-60  3rd  8.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19   MIN  W   5-4 (11)  62-60  3rd  9.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18   MIN  W   8-1       61-60  3rd  9.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17  @DET  W   4-1       60-60  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11

Boston Red Sox

72-57, 2nd, 1 GB, 3 up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   39-28   Road:   33-29   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  55-43   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 26-24   vsCntrl:15-17   vsWest: 19-11 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 27   KCR  W   8-3       72-57  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26   KCR  L   3-6       71-57  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25  @TBR  L   1-2       71-56  1st    Tied
126 Wed, Aug 24  @TBR  L   3-4 (11)  71-55  1st    Tied
125 Tue, Aug 23  @TBR  W   2-1       71-54  1st    Tied
124 Mon, Aug 22  @TBR  W   6-2       70-54  1st    Tied
123 Sun, Aug 21  @DET  L   5-10      69-54  2nd  0.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 20  @DET  W   3-2       69-53  2nd  0.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 19  @DET  W  10-2       68-53  2nd  0.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 18  @DET  L   3-4       67-53  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 BOS  8  KCR  3        W:David Price (13-8), L: Danny Duffy (11-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 KCR  6 @BOS  3        W:Ian Kennedy (9-9), L: Steven Wright (13-6), S: Kelvin Herrera (10)
Wed, May 18, 2016 BOS  5 @KCR  2        W:David Price (6-1), L: Edinson Volquez (4-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (11)
Wed, May 18, 2016 KCR  3  BOS  2        W:Brian Flynn (1-0), L: Steven Wright (3-4), S: Wade Davis (9)
Tue, May 17, 2016 KCR  8  BOS  4        W:Yordano Ventura (4-2), L: Rick Porcello (6-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 23, 2015 KCR  8 @BOS  6        W:Chris Young (9-6), L: Junichi Tazawa (2-6), S: Wade Davis (11)
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 KCR  6 @BOS  3        W:Yordano Ventura (8-7), L: Matt Barnes (3-4), S: Greg Holland (28)
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 BOS  7  KCR  2        W:Henry Owens (2-1), L: Johnny Cueto (9-8), S: none
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 BOS  4  KCR  1        W:Wade Miley (10-9), L: Danny Duffy (6-6), S: Junichi Tazawa (2)
Sun, Jun 21, 2015 BOS 13 @KCR  2        W:Wade Miley (7-6), L: Chris Young (6-3), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 3-2; 2015 - BOS won 4-3; 2014 - BOS won 6-1; All-Time - BOS leads 233-230

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 9-9, 4.27)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-9)			145.1	135	71	69	58	114	20	4.27
2015 (13-8)			163.1	154	75	74	58	156	14	4.08
2014 (14-10)			183.0	168	70	65	69	159	14	3.20

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.0	33	13	13	17	39	7	2.66	59
2016-08-23	@MIA	W	6.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	96	65
2016-08-17	@DET	ND	6.1	5	1	1	2	7	1	96	64
2016-08-12	@MIN	W	7.0	4	3	3	1	9	2	105	65
2016-08-07	TOR	W	6.2	5	1	1	4	4	0	106	60
2016-08-02	@TBR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	103	45
2016-07-28	@TEX	L	8.0	4	3	3	1	6	3	113	67
2016-07-23	TEX	L	5.0	3	3	3	4	5	1	89	50

Last 5 v.BOS		2-2	23.0	30	15	14	7	17	2	5.48	43
2016-05-17	BOS	W	5.2	7	4	4	1	5	1	88	43
2015-08-22	@BOS	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	108	61
2014-09-12	BOS	L	7.0	8	4	3	1	6	0	112	52
2014-07-20	@BOS	L	4.1	9	6	6	4	0	1	94	17

SP: Eduardo Rodriguez (23, LHP, 2-5, 5.11)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-5)			68.2	72	40	39	24	60	13	5.11
2015 (10-6)			121.2	120	55	52	37	98	13	3.85

Last 7 GS		1-2	39.1	33	11	11	12	39	4	2.52	58
2016-08-16	@BAL	ND	4.0	0	0	0	2	7	0	64	67
2016-08-11	NYY	ND	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	93	72
2016-08-06	@LAD	L	4.1	8	3	3	1	5	0	88	39
2016-08-01	@SEA	ND	6.1	3	1	1	2	6	0	101	67
2016-07-27	DET	ND	5.1	9	3	3	3	6	1	101	41
2016-07-22	MIN	L	5.1	6	2	2	1	8	1	95	55
2016-07-16	@NYY	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	1	1	97	64

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	12.1	13	5	3	1	6	1	2.19	54
2015-08-23	KCR	ND	6.0	7	4	2	0	1	1	104	47
2015-06-19	@KCR	W	6.1	6	1	1	1	5	0	104	61

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

Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 68.Barnes
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 301/231 .230/.265/.297/.562 .634/.540 .519 9/.222 14/4 0/2

9.Butera G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 99/80 .264/.309/.462/.771 .433/.854 .580 21/.300 0/0 3/3

6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.500 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 3/3.000 ··· 415/321 .288/.335/.411/.746 1.045/.661 .768 100/.762 11/5 9/3

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 136/95 .236/.304/.276/.580 .497/.615 .564 24/.499 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 394/296 .292/.328/.443/.771 .920/.722 .720 111/.753 1/0 10/13

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 239/217 .239/.316/.340/.656 .981/.623 .617 29/.536 20/7 1/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.067 3/.333 4/.250 2/.000 3/1.167 4/.500 1/.000 559/425 .265/.295/.336/.631 .516/.667 .600 102/.807 14/4 3/13

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 3/.333 3/.666 2/2.000 385/263 .227/.325/.397/.722 .732/.717 .723 97/.936 6/0 14/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.333 4/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 5/1.400 ··· 538/372 .274/.335/.436/.770 .662/.819 .760 107/.703 5/2 18/6

27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 97/66 .184/.228/.276/.504 .545/.485 .526 77/.477 6/0 1/4

25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.500 3/1.667 1/no AB 7/2.047 7/.453 7/.953 479/335 .244/.313/.425/.738 .826/.698 .691 89/.745 0/0 20/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 367/255 .309/.335/.413/.748 .870/.694 .674 95/.741 11/2 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 443/317 .257/.291/.462/.753 .785/.740 .650 84/.658 0/0 19/4

IP 68.2 42.0 58.2 42.0 45.2 42.1 57.1 TOTAL .262/.312/.399/.712 .761/.694 .672 .709 81/26 114/72

ERA-K/9

5.11/7.9

3.21/8.1

3.68/9.5

3.00/14.4

3.74/9.8

4.89/10.0

2.51/7.5

4.15/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (7-3-0)
Perez (30-32-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.268 176/.231 248/.235 172/.155 193/.211 182/.251 245/.267 .250 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Burns
Cain
Morales 19/33/21/8
0/29/67/6
95/0/0/6
2/72/4/4
0/72/25/3
0/0/5/0

OPS .799 .646 .690 .530 .587 .763 .692 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.775 65/.495 99/.711 78/.549 72/.461 78/.626 113/.762 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.806 111/.736 149/.676 94/.514 121/.658 104/.862 132/.634 .746

Home 143/.833 97/.637 140/.710 101/.538 113/.724 98/.621 123/.740

Last 28d days 83/.501 38/.762 42/.709 37/.377 34/.609 39/1.207 47/.725

HR/SB/CS 13/0/2 3/3/0 6/7/3 3/2/0 2/0/1 9/4/1 2/1/0 145/50/29

Usage ········ ·X····X· ··o··X·X ···oX··X X··oo··· ·o····X· o·oXo··o

Red Sox Batters (5.43 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 47.Moylan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 64.Strahm*
G/S/vB 67.Wang
G/S/vB 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/2.067 587/470 .320/.359/.561/.920 .858/.936 .990 111/1.087 21/3 29/1

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/.750 574/456 .310/.366/.453/.819 .866/.807 .898 106/.592 13/3 16/11

25.Bradley* G/S/vP 10/.844 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 510/364 .272/.349/.499/.848 .677/.912 .931 102/.586 7/2 21/3

41.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/41 .295/.367/.386/.754 1.196/.668 .896 / 1/0 1/2

18.Hill G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 7/.143 ··· 23/1.375 5/.600 394/260 .259/.334/.375/.709 .710/.708 .653 61/.594 4/2 9/3

59.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/77 .224/.274/.355/.629 .610/.639 .664 24/.382 0/1 2/1

12.Holt* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 253/217 .252/.317/.385/.702 .361/.757 .675 50/.620 3/2 6/3

3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.333 185/121 .349/.404/.584/.989 1.182/.892 .981 85/.910 0/0 7/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 47/1.178 15/1.267 500/378 .319/.408/.629/1.037 .881/1.090 1.149 95/.973 2/0 30/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 7/.429 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 23/.939 10/1.378 562/448 .320/.383/.457/.840 .786/.852 .897 100/.903 7/2 12/6

13.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 17/.620 2/.000 ··· 9/1.000 10/1.150 488/366 .277/.350/.457/.808 1.098/.712 .848 77/.881 8/2 17/4

47.Shaw* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 448/347 .247/.315/.432/.747 .635/.780 .819 68/.514 4/1 14/15

30.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.667 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 19/.158 155/96 .268/.348/.493/.841 1.081/.701 .673 13/.712 2/1 6/0

IP 145.1 40.2 58.2 31.1 55.1 10.2 51.1 80.0 TOTAL .284/.350/.466/.815 .808/.818 .867 .769 71/17 164/66

ERA-K/9

4.27/7.1

2.66/7.3

1.84/11.2

3.73/7.8

3.74/9.0

0.84/16.0

4.38/5.1

5.74/9.3

4.01/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Holaday (12-6-1)
Leon (17-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.243 161/.197 224/.198 135/.267 237/.252 40/.162 223/.291 357/.278 .251 Bradley
Betts
Holt
Young
Shaw
Holaday 0/124/0/12
0/0/125/10
55/0/4/6
45/3/2/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .712 .589 .544 .688 .772 .387 .795 .921 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.725 61/.586 109/.549 42/1.011 117/.643 14/.813 109/.759 172/1.145 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.701 100/.591 115/.540 93/.550 120/.906 26/.157 114/.827 185/.729 .719

Road 368/.748 81/.647 109/.527 67/.648 123/.767 27/.459 94/.799 164/1.120

Last 28d days 131/.627 27/.350 48/.577 27/.353 47/.574 37/.332 45/.716 44/.492

HR/SB/CS 20/2/2 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/1 6/2/2 26/9/2 165/37/35

Usage ····X··· ·o·····o ·oX·o·o· ·o·o··o· ··X·X·o· ··X·X··· X··X···· ·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 2016 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

BOS 5.43

ARI 4.53

ATL 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.41

PIT 4.46

ARI 5.64

J. Altuve .356

D. Freese .273

T. Frazier .217

OBP

J. Votto .435

M. Napoli .340

F. Galvis .266

SLG

D. Ortiz .629

A. Jones .456

E. Aybar .319

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.037

S. Marte .801

E. Aybar .611

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

T. Bauer 3.88

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.89

H. Santiago 7.67

M. Perez 4.56

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.