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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, June 16, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
67
On This Date:
54-50
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
68
On This Date:
22-22
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    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 DET    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Jun 18, 2016 DET    @KCR  8:15pm
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 DET    @KCR  2:15pm
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 KCR    @DET  1:10pm
Mon, Aug 15, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
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
Detroit Tigers
33-32, 3rd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-13   Road:   16-19   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  26-22   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 15  @CHW  L   3-5       33-32  3rd  2.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 14  @CHW  W  11-8       33-31  3rd  2.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 13  @CHW  L   9-10(12)  32-31  3rd  3.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 12  @NYY  W   4-1       32-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 11  @NYY  W   6-1       31-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 10  @NYY  L   0-4       30-30  3rd  4.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  8   TOR  L   2-7       30-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  7   TOR  W   3-2 (10)  30-28  2nd  2.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  6   TOR  W  11-0       29-28  3rd  3.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  5   CHW  W   5-2       28-28  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals
35-30, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-7    Road:   13-23   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  27-25   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:  11-6 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest:  5-8  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 15   CLE  W   9-4       35-30  1st    Tied
 64 Tue, Jun 14   CLE  W   3-2       34-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 13   CLE  W   2-1       33-30  2nd  2.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 12  @CHW  W   3-1       32-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 11  @CHW  W   4-1       31-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 10  @CHW  L   5-7       30-30  3rd  4.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  8  @BAL  L   0-4       30-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  7  @BAL  L   1-9       30-28  2nd  2.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  6  @BAL  L   1-4       30-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  5  @CLE  L   0-7       30-26  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 KCR  8  DET  6        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Shane Greene (1-1), S: Wade Davis (6)

Sun, Sep 20, 2015 KCR 10 @DET  3        W:Kris Medlen (5-1), L: Alfredo Simon (13-10), S: Danny Duffy (1)
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5 (11)   W:Tom Gorzelanny (2-2), L: Miguel Almonte (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 DET  5  KCR  4 (12)   W:Drew VerHagen (2-0), L: Greg Holland (3-2), S: none
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 KCR 15  DET  7        W:Chris Young (10-6), L: Kyle Ryan (1-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 2-1; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 325-323

SP: Justin Verlander (33, RHP, 6-5, 3.77)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (6-5) 86.0 67 36 36 24 90 10 3.77
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 4-2 51.1 30 11 11 11 57 3 1.93 70
2016-06-11 @NYY W 6.2 5 1 1 1 5 0 106 64
2016-06-05 CHW W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 2 104 66
2016-05-30 @LAA L 7.1 4 4 4 0 7 0 116 61
2016-05-24 PHI W 8.0 3 0 0 2 10 0 108 84
2016-05-18 MIN W 7.1 6 3 3 3 10 0 112 61
2016-05-13 @BAL L 8.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 112 76
2016-05-08 TEX ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 111 78
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 36.2 35 16 14 3 24 3 3.44 56
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
2014-09-19 @KCR W 7.1 7 1 1 0 4 0 103 64
2014-09-08 KCR W 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 106 52

SP: Danny Duffy (27, LHP, 2-1, 2.94)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-1) 49.0 42 16 16 10 59 6 2.94
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 2-2 33.1 31 14 14 7 41 6 3.78 54
2016-06-11 @CHW W 6.0 3 0 0 3 10 0 88 73
2016-06-06 @BAL L 6.1 5 2 2 0 9 2 80 64
2016-06-01 TBR W 6.0 7 3 3 0 6 1 75 52
2016-05-27 CHW ND 5.1 5 5 5 0 5 2 76 43
2016-05-21 @CHW ND 4.1 4 0 0 0 3 0 63 58
2016-05-15 ATL ND 3.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 48 60
2015-09-16 @CLE L 2.1 6 4 4 2 3 1 69 30
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 31.0 22 7 6 11 22 1 1.74 61
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
2014-06-19 @DET L 7.0 3 2 2 1 5 1 101 67
2014-05-03 DET L 4.0 2 1 1 4 2 0 75 52

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

Tigers Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Aviles G/S/vP 18/.774 8/.125 ··· 8/.536 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 77/53 .225/.267/.254/.520 .360/.588 .388 40/.702 0/1 0/4
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 30/.896 25/1.137 ··· 15/.414 43/1.188 9/1.000 9/1.000 6/1.133 281/206 .301/.377/.518/.895 .596/.994 .698 111/.969 0/0 12/2
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 18/.771 7/.286 ··· 6/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 253/184 .297/.328/.521/.849 .684/.911 .854 102/.661 1/1 12/4
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 8/.946 5/.800 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 218/155 .250/.313/.327/.640 .664/.630 .755 88/.748 5/1 2/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 20/.616 9/.347 ··· 13/.558 21/.348 ··· 4/1.250 11/.282 287/210 .314/.369/.544/.913 1.041/.866 .928 107/.900 7/3 14/3
28.Martinez G/S/vP 15/.508 8/1.000 ··· 7/.715 6/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 284/215 .287/.359/.522/.881 .889/.879 .800 112/.964 1/1 12/5
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 25/.708 24/.578 ··· 8/.393 22/.777 1/.000 11/.182 19/.596 238/173 .332/.382/.516/.898 .833/.922 1.014 88/.881 0/0 9/0
4.Maybin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 110/65 .364/.422/.414/.836 1.052/.698 .472 98/.798 6/3 1/1
34.McCann G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 120/70 .188/.227/.304/.530 .811/.328 .353 65/.725 0/0 3/2
17.Romine# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 44/37 .162/.279/.216/.495 .452/.504 .411 24/.638 2/0 0/2
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/5.000 7/.715 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/1.667 128/104 .191/.305/.436/.741 .428/.819 .963 33/.453 0/0 7/3
8.Upton G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.100 3/no AB 3/2.334 10/1.400 5/.400 2/.500 1/2.000 254/179 .230/.283/.349/.632 .708/.601 .599 85/.729 3/0 4/1
IP 49.0 24.1 7.1 31.0 27.0 11.2 30.2 24.1 TOTAL .271/.331/.438/.769 .751/.776 .746 .803 25/11 78/33
ERA-K/9 2.94/10.8 1.11/9.3 4.91/7.4 1.74/10.7 2.33/10.3 1.54/10.0 3.23/8.5 2.96/5.9 3.95/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (10-12-1)
 Saltalamacchia (21-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.233 95/.169 30/.208 123/.217 104/.189 49/.267 128/.236 102/.269 .249  Upton
 Aviles
 Martinez
 Maybin
 Romine
55/5/0/3
6/0/2/1
0/0/63/1
0/27/0/0
0/8/1/0
OPS .667 .454 .613 .599 .587 .593 .708 .774 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.466 55/.493 12/.422 62/.767 42/.427 20/.694 65/.579 46/.736 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.719 40/.396 18/.722 61/.434 62/.689 29/.526 63/.845 56/.802 .709
Home 96/.740 49/.472 4/.000 61/.594 55/.588 10/.400 55/.762 58/.698
Last 28d days 110/.699 42/.472 3/2.000 42/.604 38/.506 43/.631 41/.507 37/.729
HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 0/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/1 2/3/2 0/0/0 2/1/2 3/1/0 78/21/20
Usage ····X··· ··ooX··o ········ ··Xoo··· o····X·X ········ ·X··oo·X o·······
Royals Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 45.Farmer
G/S/vB		 61.Greene
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 21.Lowe
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 6/1.000 ··· ··· 52/42 .298/.353/.553/.906 .633/.971 1.137 38/.910 0/0 2/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 27/.666 1/2.000 6/.167 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 26/.692 3/1.334 2/1.000 264/206 .284/.337/.416/.753 1.093/.660 .670 103/.828 6/3 8/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 64/47 .288/.344/.322/.666 .665/.666 .507 16/.838 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/98 .273/.307/.405/.712 .647/.732 .627 80/.748 0/0 4/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 31/.641 1/2.000 7/1.096 2/.000 3/1.333 1/no AB 27/.302 2/1.000 ··· 133/123 .250/.318/.310/.628 .650/.626 .678 53/.703 11/2 0/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 71/.444 1/.000 9/.444 2/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 31/.613 1/.000 ··· 297/235 .244/.268/.287/.555 .424/.589 .671 114/.459 10/3 0/9
34.Fuentes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/44 .317/.364/.341/.705 /.705 .333 22/.905 0/2 0/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 73/.735 1/.000 8/.875 6/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 35/.785 2/.500 3/.333 270/187 .318/.374/.527/.901 .727/.979 .996 105/.837 4/1 12/4
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/76 .330/.343/.500/.843 .846/.842 1.000 99/.849 3/1 2/1
25.Morales# G/S/vP 34/1.000 1/.000 6/1.417 6/.500 7/1.000 2/2.500 20/.812 5/.200 3/1.334 242/178 .205/.269/.336/.605 .842/.520 .650 79/.642 0/0 7/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 140/96 .331/.357/.414/.771 .754/.778 .848 85/.728 4/1 1/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 46/1.230 2/.500 8/.375 4/1.750 3/.000 2/2.500 21/.396 5/1.400 ··· 218/168 .293/.321/.534/.855 .706/.899 .967 75/1.098 0/0 11/0
IP 86.0 13.1 20.2 11.1 20.0 23.2 63.0 25.1 25.1 TOTAL .270/.318/.405/.723 .726/.722 .756 .768 43/15 58/34
ERA-K/9 3.77/9.4 2.70/8.8 4.79/9.6 1.59/5.6 8.55/8.1 3.80/9.1 6.14/7.6 4.26/6.4 3.55/12.1 4.37/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (5-2-0)
 Perez (16-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.215 54/.191 82/.183 48/.209 92/.312 98/.230 282/.285 108/.289 103/.237 .263  Dyson
 Orlando
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Fuentes
15/5/21/7
0/1/37/3
0/62/0/2
8/0/1/2
3/0/9/1
OPS .641 .594 .518 .687 1.056 .710 .874 .777 .604 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.594 29/.733 35/.643 20/.744 36/.715 42/.793 132/.805 44/.692 42/.595 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.681 25/.423 47/.426 28/.646 56/1.291 56/.648 150/.932 64/.828 61/.611 .773
Road 154/.641 32/.531 57/.543 21/.688 50/1.147 62/.864 155/.909 65/.811 48/.565
Last 28d days 107/.482 21/.563 21/.243 18/.733 34/1.131 38/.593 89/.944 54/1.006 38/.465
HR/SB/CS 10/3/3 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 6/0/2 2/2/0 14/11/4 2/0/0 1/1/0 69/32/19
Usage ····X··· o······· ··ooo··· o····X·o ·X·····X ··Xoo··· o·X····X ·XX·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  5.89

LAA  4.33

ATL  3.23

 RA/G

CHC  2.89

BAL  4.38

CIN  5.88

 BA

D. Murphy  .359

J. Kipnis  .267

G. Stanton  .193

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .425

B. Posey  .335

F. Galvis  .253

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .700

J. Werth  .439

A. Escobar  .287

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.122

J. Ellsbury  .772

A. Escobar  .555

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.58

E. Volquez  3.90

W. Peralta  6.68

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.16

H. Santiago  7.77

M. Pelfrey  4.42

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.