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Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, August 16, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

121

On This Date:

24-21

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

120

On This Date:

55-41

Season Series
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 KCR  8  DET  6     
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 DET  3 @KCR  2     
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 KCR  4  DET  0     
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 DET 10 @KCR  4     
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 KCR 10  DET  3     
Sat, Jun 18, 2016 KCR 16  DET  5     
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 KCR  2  DET  1 (13)
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2     
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 KCR  8 @DET  4     
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2     
Mon, Aug 15, 2016 KCR  3 @DET  1     

Tue, Aug 16, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 17, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 DET    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 DET    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 DET    @KCR  2:15pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 KCR    @DET  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

58-60, 3rd, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-21   Road:   22-39   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  44-45   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:28-17   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 15  @DET  W   3-1       58-60  3rd 10.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 14  @MIN  W  11-4       57-60  3rd 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13  @MIN  L   3-5       56-60  3rd 11.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 12  @MIN  W   7-3       56-59  3rd 10.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 11   CHW  W   2-1       55-59  3rd 10.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 10   CHW  W   3-2 (14)  54-59  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  9   CHW  L   5-7 (10)  53-59  4th 11.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   TOR  W   7-1       53-58  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   TOR  W   4-2       52-58  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   TOR  L   3-4       51-58  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Detroit Tigers

63-55, 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-22   Road:   30-33   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  46-39   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:20-25   vsWest: 15-14 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 15   KCR  L   1-3       63-55  2nd  5.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 14  @TEX  W   7-0       63-54  2nd  5.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13  @TEX  W   2-0       62-54  2nd  5.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 12  @TEX  L   5-8       61-54  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 10  @SEA  L   1-3       61-53  2nd  3.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9  @SEA  L   5-6 (15)  61-52  2nd  3.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  8  @SEA  L   0-3       61-51  2nd  2.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   NYM  L   1-3       61-50  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   NYM  W   6-5       61-49  2nd  2.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   NYM  W   4-3       60-49  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 15, 2016 KCR  3 @DET  1        W:Ian Kennedy (7-9), L: Daniel Norris (1-1), S: Kelvin Herrera (5)
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-0), L: Joakim Soria (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 KCR  8 @DET  4        W:Danny Duffy (5-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (9-6), L: Luke Hochevar (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (25)
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 KCR  2  DET  1 (13)   W:Chien-Ming Wang (4-0), L: Kyle Ryan (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2016 KCR 16  DET  5        W:Edinson Volquez (7-6), L: Matt Boyd (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 KCR 10  DET  3        W:Yordano Ventura (6-4), L: Michael Fulmer (7-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 DET 10 @KCR  4        W:Justin Verlander (7-5), L: Luke Hochevar (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 KCR  4  DET  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (3-0), L: Ian Kennedy (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 7-4; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - Tied 328-328

SP: Danny Duffy (27, LHP, 9-1, 2.82)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-1)			124.1	100	39	39	25	138	14	2.82
2015 (7-8)			136.2	137	64	62	53	102	15	4.08
2014 (9-12)			149.1	113	52	42	53	113	12	2.53

Last 7 GS		5-0	49.0	37	13	13	9	51	3	2.39	64
2016-08-11	CHW	W	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	98	75
2016-08-06	TOR	W	6.2	5	2	2	2	6	1	101	60
2016-08-01	@TBR	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	16	0	110	95
2016-07-27	LAA	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	92	49
2016-07-22	TEX	W	6.2	4	1	1	2	4	1	100	64
2016-07-16	@DET	W	6.1	6	4	4	1	7	1	104	51
2016-07-07	SEA	ND	6.1	7	2	2	1	7	0	108	57

Last 5 v.DET		3-1	31.1	27	11	10	9	26	4	2.87	57
2016-07-16	@DET	W	6.1	6	4	4	1	7	1	104	51
2016-06-16	DET	ND	5.0	4	3	3	2	4	3	88	49
2015-08-04	@DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	100	61
2015-04-30	DET	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	101	64
2014-07-11	DET	L	6.0	5	2	1	0	6	0	99	62

SP: Justin Verlander (33, RHP, 12-6, 3.42)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (12-6)			160.1	127	63	61	43	170	19	3.42
2015 (5-8)			133.1	113	56	50	32	113	13	3.38
2014 (15-12)			206.0	223	114	104	65	159	18	4.54

Last 7 GS		4-0	48.2	33	11	10	14	55	3	1.85	67
2016-08-10	@SEA	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	1	121	63
2016-08-05	NYM	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	9	1	103	64
2016-07-30	HOU	W	9.0	5	2	2	1	11	0	116	79
2016-07-25	@BOS	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	110	61
2016-07-20	MIN	ND	8.0	2	1	1	2	9	1	112	81
2016-07-15	KCR	W	7.0	4	2	1	2	10	0	110	71
2016-07-07	@TOR	ND	5.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	103	50

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	36.1	34	17	14	5	33	3	3.47	57
2016-07-15	KCR	W	7.0	4	2	1	2	10	0	110	71
2016-06-16	@KCR	W	7.0	8	4	4	1	7	1	104	51
2015-09-18	KCR	ND	8.2	5	2	2	1	7	0	114	72
2015-09-01	@KCR	W	6.2	7	4	2	1	4	1	108	51
2015-08-04	KCR	L	7.0	10	5	5	0	5	1	106	42

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

Royals Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 61.Greene
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Burns# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 4/.000 300/230 .230/.266/.298/.564 .634/.542 .522 8/.250 14/4 0/2

9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/69 .282/.333/.513/.846 .485/.939 .601 19/.833 0/0 3/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 30/.767 7/.143 3/2.000 4/2.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 5/1.100 2/1.000 370/284 .283/.327/.399/.726 1.041/.634 .770 63/.602 9/4 8/3

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 123/89 .234/.303/.270/.574 .409/.634 .591 23/.427 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 348/261 .298/.334/.454/.788 .885/.756 .750 110/.829 1/0 10/10

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 34/.678 7/1.096 2/.000 3/1.333 1/no AB 4/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/no AB 218/199 .251/.324/.361/.685 1.036/.652 .636 28/.619 18/6 1/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 78/.471 10/.522 4/.500 5/.400 2/.500 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 516/396 .260/.289/.320/.609 .487/.646 .562 102/.643 14/4 2/12

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 97/.646 9/.777 6/.334 2/.000 7/1.429 2/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 341/235 .216/.317/.341/.658 .608/.680 .674 92/.718 6/0 8/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 80/.705 11/.819 9/1.270 3/2.000 3/.000 4/1.250 7/1.142 3/.333 4/.250 492/339 .271/.327/.422/.749 .671/.785 .727 105/.454 5/1 15/6

27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 64/40 .203/.217/.254/.471 .399/.514 .419 64/.471 4/0 0/4

25.Morales# G/S/vP 40/.900 9/1.127 7/1.143 9/1.181 2/2.500 2/.000 8/1.196 6/.733 4/1.000 443/311 .243/.314/.424/.737 .822/.700 .694 97/.635 0/0 19/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 ··· 335/234 .330/.355/.443/.799 .948/.735 .740 100/.930 10/2 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 52/1.217 11/.637 5/1.400 5/1.150 2/2.500 4/.500 5/1.100 6/1.500 1/.000 411/297 .259/.292/.451/.743 .694/.762 .634 82/.504 0/0 16/3

IP 160.1 42.1 16.1 39.1 42.2 17.2 41.1 50.0 43.2 TOTAL .264/.313/.395/.708 .740/.697 .668 .637 74/23 98/64

ERA-K/9

3.42/9.5

4.04/8.7

4.96/7.2

7.78/8.2

3.16/8.0

4.08/10.7

3.05/5.4

2.70/5.9

4.53/10.5

4.22/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (7-3-0)
Perez (28-31-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 646/.216 169/.207 74/.284 180/.304 173/.232 69/.183 173/.272 205/.259 184/.269 .265 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Burns
Cain
Morales 19/29/21/8
0/22/66/6
84/0/0/6
1/71/4/4
0/72/14/3
0/0/5/0

OPS .644 .557 .805 .956 .688 .652 .699 .685 .683 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 314/.624 76/.589 28/.709 77/.854 83/.787 35/.390 76/.786 84/.734 75/.672 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.664 93/.528 46/.866 103/1.033 90/.594 34/.915 97/.630 121/.652 109/.692 .763

Home 354/.630 64/.571 33/.745 80/.751 84/.650 37/.653 104/.622 103/.683 88/.580

Last 28d days 139/.499 36/.500 17/.579 37/.610 41/.974 26/.423 32/.421 43/.510 43/1.014

HR/SB/CS 19/3/4 1/2/1 2/0/0 11/0/3 5/2/1 4/1/1 2/2/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 126/45/29

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· X·····X· ······Xo ··o···X· o··X···· ·····ooo X·····o· ·····XX·

Tigers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
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

14.Aviles G/S/vP 23/.780 1/.000 8/.536 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 11/.495 181/110 .210/.258/.269/.528 .480/.558 .612 44/.536 2/2 1/6

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 36/.722 ··· 16/.388 12/.917 11/1.000 ··· 6/1.133 25/.427 502/365 .310/.384/.550/.934 .866/.957 1.051 102/1.227 0/0 27/4

18.Collins* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 99/78 .239/.293/.424/.717 .452/.781 .803 68/.845 1/1 4/1

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 26/.802 ··· 14/.517 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· 11/.282 16/.321 519/372 .288/.343/.487/.830 .919/.795 .839 108/.783 13/3 22/6

49.Machado G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .200/.333/.200/.533 1.167/.000 .000 6/.533 0/0 0/0

28.Martinez G/S/vP 16/.474 ··· 8/.625 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 10/.600 335/250 .305/.373/.557/.930 .975/.914 1.051 50/1.221 1/1 16/5

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 30/.938 ··· 9/.347 2/.000 16/.250 ··· 21/.786 19/.675 455/331 .301/.356/.494/.850 .833/.856 .750 99/.904 0/0 21/0

34.McCann G/S/vP 13/.490 1/.000 4/.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 256/161 .213/.263/.353/.616 .902/.452 .670 54/.835 0/0 9/2

31.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 35/25 .314/.314/.343/.657 1.100/.480 .750 34/.676 0/0 0/0

17.Romine# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 109/87 .216/.296/.299/.595 .377/.652 .560 37/.623 5/0 1/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.714 ··· 3/1.667 2/5.000 218/170 .197/.312/.399/.711 .529/.765 .598 45/.494 0/0 10/3

8.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 3/no AB 5/1.400 7/.572 5/.400 ··· 3/1.334 19/.721 466/328 .228/.283/.374/.658 .632/.668 .718 99/.579 8/2 13/3

IP 124.1 38.0 52.2 29.0 51.0 5.0 44.1 75.2 TOTAL .267/.327/.437/.764 .764/.764 .790 .781 49/19 155/59

ERA-K/9

2.82/10.0

2.84/7.1

2.05/11.3

3.72/8.1

4.06/9.0

1.80/19.8

4.87/5.3

6.07/9.4

4.20/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (17-19-3)
Saltalamacchia (27-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.220 152/.209 205/.207 124/.269 221/.266 20/.167 195/.299 340/.277 .254 Upton
Aviles
Collins
Martinez
Romine 106/6/0/4
8/1/32/2
6/19/7/2
0/0/75/2
0/18/1/0

OPS .638 .618 .576 .693 .810 .417 .830 .940 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.462 58/.620 97/.619 39/1.055 110/.687 7/.857 96/.788 165/1.200 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 404/.677 94/.617 108/.538 85/.536 111/.939 13/.154 99/.868 175/.714 .723

Road 208/.568 78/.674 96/.558 60/.652 113/.795 13/.490 73/.842 153/1.137

Last 28d days 138/.509 35/.552 44/.694 30/.859 52/.869 20/.417 38/1.003 59/.597

HR/SB/CS 14/1/3 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 26/9/2 158/35/34

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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 5.50

SFG 4.45

ATL 3.58

RA/G

CHC 3.41

TBR 4.42

ARI 5.53

J. Altuve .362

B. Zobrist .275

T. Frazier .210

OBP

J. Votto .428

B. Dozier .341

F. Galvis .264

SLG

D. Ortiz .621

M. Semien .452

E. Aybar .313

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.026

J. Schoop .793

A. Ramirez .605

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

H. Iwakuma 3.84

J. Shields 5.78

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

D. Keuchel 7.66

M. Perez 4.50

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.