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Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros, at Kauffman Stadium, June 26, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Start Time:
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
77
On This Date:
22-27
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
76
On This Date:
21-20
Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 HOU  8  KCR  2     
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 KCR  3 @HOU  2     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 KCR  4 @HOU  2     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 KCR  6 @HOU  2     
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 HOU 13 @KCR  4     
Sat, Jun 25, 2016 HOU 13 @KCR  5     

Sun, Jun 26, 2016 HOU    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
39-36, 2nd, 9 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-15   Road:   17-21   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  30-23   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest: 13-16 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sat, Jun 25  @KCR  W  13-5       39-36  2nd  9.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 24  @KCR  W  13-4       38-36  2nd  9.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 22   LAA  W   3-2       37-36  2nd 10.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 21   LAA  W   3-2       36-36  3rd 10.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 20   LAA  W  10-7       35-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 19   CIN  W   6-0       34-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 18   CIN  W   5-4 (11)  33-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 17   CIN  L   2-4 (11)  32-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @STL  W   4-1       32-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 14  @STL  W   5-2       31-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8
Kansas City Royals
38-35, 2nd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-10   Road:   13-25   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  5-10 IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Sat, Jun 25   HOU  L   5-13      38-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 24   HOU  L   4-13      38-34  2nd  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22  @NYM  L   3-4       38-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21  @NYM  L   1-2       38-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19   DET  W   2-1 (13)  38-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 18   DET  W  16-5       37-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 17   DET  W  10-3       36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 16   DET  L   4-10      35-31  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 25, 2016 HOU 13 @KCR  5        W:Michael Feliz (5-1), L: Chris Young (2-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 HOU 13 @KCR  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (4-9), L: Edinson Volquez (7-7), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 KCR  6 @HOU  2        W:Ian Kennedy (2-0), L: Doug Fister (1-1), S: Wade Davis (4)
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 KCR  4 @HOU  2        W:Luke Hochevar (1-0), L: Ken Giles (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 KCR  3 @HOU  2        W:Kris Medlen (1-0), L: Mike Fiers (0-1), S: Wade Davis (3)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 HOU  8  KCR  2        W:Collin McHugh (1-1), L: Chris Young (0-2), S: none

Sun, Jul 26, 2015 KCR  5  HOU  1        W:Yordano Ventura (5-7), L: Dallas Keuchel (12-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 KCR  2  HOU  1 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Will Harris (4-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU  4 @KCR  0        W:Scott Kazmir (6-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Luke Gregerson (21)
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  5        W:Luke Gregerson (3-1), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 3-3; 2015 - HOU won 4-2; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 29-25

SP: Doug Fister (32, RHP, 8-3, 3.21)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-3) 87.0 76 33 31 28 55 11 3.21
2015 (5-7) 103.0 120 56 48 24 63 14 4.19
2014 (16-6) 164.0 153 52 44 24 98 18 2.41
Last 7 GS 5-0 44.1 37 13 11 14 33 5 2.23 59
2016-06-20 LAA W 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 108 64
2016-06-14 @STL W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 2 87 65
2016-06-08 @TEX W 6.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 103 58
2016-06-03 OAK W 6.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 109 65
2016-05-29 @LAA ND 6.0 5 3 1 4 6 1 95 56
2016-05-24 BAL ND 5.2 3 2 2 3 3 2 106 55
2016-05-18 @CHW W 6.1 9 3 3 1 5 0 103 47
Last 5 v.KCR 1-3 32.0 41 16 16 8 23 3 4.50 47
2016-04-14 KCR L 5.2 9 6 6 0 2 1 85 29
2013-09-14 KCR L 7.2 8 1 1 4 6 0 106 61
2013-09-08 @KCR L 6.1 8 5 5 1 4 1 111 40
2013-08-17 KCR ND 6.1 10 3 3 2 6 0 118 45
2013-07-21 @KCR W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 103 60

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 5-6, 4.19)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-6) 81.2 73 39 38 28 74 18 4.19
2015 (9-15) 168.1 166 95 80 52 174 31 4.28
2014 (13-13) 201.0 189 85 81 70 207 16 3.63
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.1 40 23 22 12 33 12 5.30 47
2016-06-21 @NYM L 4.0 4 2 2 1 2 2 72 47
2016-06-15 CLE W 6.2 5 4 4 2 6 2 113 52
2016-06-10 @CHW L 5.2 9 7 7 1 1 4 101 23
2016-06-04 @CLE L 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 2 96 41
2016-05-30 TBR ND 6.0 3 1 0 5 6 0 107 65
2016-05-23 @MIN ND 3.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 73 44
2016-05-18 BOS ND 5.2 6 2 2 1 9 1 116 57
Last 5 v.HOU 3-0 19.2 15 2 2 9 17 1 0.92 64
2016-04-14 @HOU W 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 97 74
2012-08-19 @HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 5 7 0 98 60
2010-05-04 @HOU W 6.2 8 0 0 2 3 0 110 59

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Astros Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 53.Gee
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/1.133 8/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.333 6/.500 1/2.000 3/1.333 5/1.000 343/261 .348/.427/.567/.993 1.009/.988 1.041 110/1.086 18/2 13/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 5/.400 7/1.171 2/.000 2/no AB 2/2.500 4/1.500 1/.000 4/1.000 4/2.000 199/145 .217/.347/.398/.744 .350/.897 .752 58/.817 2/0 6/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.667 314/238 .265/.363/.467/.830 .599/.900 .797 97/1.033 8/3 12/6
11.Gattis G/S/vP 5/.000 4/.000 5/.600 17/.352 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 211/132 .212/.284/.423/.708 .852/.621 .625 89/.669 0/0 11/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 2/.000 9/1.181 4/.500 5/.200 10/.633 213/155 .223/.289/.332/.621 .796/.554 .656 81/.843 8/2 3/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 2/.000 226/139 .258/.311/.411/.723 .814/.666 .580 95/.810 8/4 6/4
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/65 .178/.236/.267/.504 .581/.450 .535 48/.573 3/2 1/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 9/.708 13/.321 2/2.500 4/.833 6/1.500 10/.550 3/.666 3/1.167 6/.666 281/221 .249/.332/.412/.744 .617/.778 .864 82/.788 4/1 10/0
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 350/268 .261/.351/.466/.817 .834/.812 .742 118/.776 6/6 16/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 18/.597 1/no AB ··· 9/1.111 2/.500 10/.200 1/3.000 7/.953 6/.666 241/187 .257/.357/.442/.799 .831/.790 .729 82/.963 0/1 8/5
26.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/11 .160/.160/.240/.400 .714/.000 .167 25/.400 0/0 0/0
IP 81.2 26.1 13.1 49.0 35.2 29.2 17.2 35.0 30.0 TOTAL .245/.328/.418/.745 .723/.753 .742 .813 59/22 96/36
ERA-K/9 4.19/8.2 1.03/8.9 3.38/8.8 4.04/7.7 1.51/11.1 3.03/10.3 3.57/8.1 3.09/8.2 3.90/5.7 4.19/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (20-4-5)
 Gattis (7-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.237 102/.157 54/.174 221/.299 138/.200 116/.198 76/.294 145/.238 126/.276 .252  Rasmus
 Springer
 Gomez
 Marisnick
 Gonzalez
57/9/8/9
0/0/70/8
0/52/0/4
14/22/4/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .752 .433 .574 .853 .546 .645 .695 .719 .799 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.788 57/.475 20/.597 117/.898 70/.705 46/.414 28/.970 72/.549 58/.768 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.716 45/.375 34/.561 104/.803 68/.389 70/.787 48/.542 73/.893 68/.823 .729
Home 130/.609 56/.431 24/.460 122/.930 69/.523 63/.711 37/.749 67/.750 82/.758
Last 28d days 125/.899 28/.368 24/.527 67/.936 44/.544 33/.739 43/.720 46/.689 46/.941
HR/SB/CS 18/3/4 0/1/1 1/0/0 10/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 4/1/0 97/23/21
Usage ····X··· ······Xo ·X·X···· ·X··X··· ···XX·o· ····o··o X·····X· ···X··oX X·····X·
Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
G/S/vB		 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/3.000 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 54/44 .306/.358/.571/.930 .633/.997 1.162 29/1.159 0/0 2/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 15/.666 1/.000 17/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 295/231 .281/.329/.409/.738 1.067/.649 .682 94/.635 6/4 8/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/49 .274/.328/.306/.635 .627/.638 .468 19/.702 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 162/125 .281/.317/.431/.748 .853/.716 .694 90/.854 1/0 6/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 14/.715 ··· 10/.522 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 142/130 .252/.326/.309/.635 .639/.633 .662 43/.556 12/3 0/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 37/.686 3/.000 27/.509 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.666 334/264 .252/.275/.309/.584 .478/.612 .682 108/.520 10/4 1/10
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 37/.631 ··· 29/1.003 1/5.000 2/3.000 2/.500 1/no AB 5/.000 19/.733 171/123 .218/.322/.361/.682 .532/.740 .621 5/1.600 3/0 5/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 29/1.063 1/.000 23/.451 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 13/.539 306/215 .307/.366/.495/.861 .740/.913 .932 102/.778 4/1 12/4
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/104 .324/.348/.456/.803 .933/.757 .927 105/.793 4/1 2/2
25.Morales# G/S/vP 19/.842 ··· 24/.523 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.333 7/.953 270/199 .226/.296/.366/.663 .927/.568 .765 84/.886 0/0 8/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.286 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 176/125 .361/.389/.470/.858 .827/.871 1.005 87/.828 5/1 1/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 29/.680 1/.000 22/.393 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 1/.000 253/196 .298/.332/.529/.861 .724/.902 .993 77/.988 0/0 12/1
IP 87.0 50.1 44.0 33.1 31.0 31.1 32.2 23.1 23.0 TOTAL .276/.324/.413/.737 .772/.726 .786 .773 47/18 65/40
ERA-K/9 3.21/5.7 2.32/7.9 3.07/6.5 3.78/11.9 5.23/11.9 3.73/10.4 0.83/8.8 3.09/8.5 4.30/9.0 3.98/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (5-2-0)
 Perez (18-19-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 357/.234 195/.222 193/.272 131/.192 140/.283 124/.186 125/.181 88/.167 99/.283 .259  Dyson
 Orlando
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Gordon
18/8/21/7
0/1/45/4
0/69/0/2
9/0/1/2
43/0/0/2
OPS .697 .595 .771 .578 .782 .595 .399 .634 .866 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.856 94/.526 82/.932 64/.678 70/.741 62/.855 58/.445 27/1.317 50/.784 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 168/.519 101/.658 111/.654 67/.483 70/.824 62/.349 67/.358 61/.348 49/.944 .702
Road 209/.748 86/.638 99/.833 65/.956 60/.914 54/.451 63/.421 41/.632 41/.960
Last 28d days 105/.607 42/.464 44/.637 48/.637 39/.729 29/.543 34/.491 24/.420 24/1.144
HR/SB/CS 11/2/0 2/5/3 5/3/2 5/2/1 5/1/0 2/2/0 0/5/0 4/1/1 6/1/0 80/31/14
Usage ·····X·· o·····X· ·X·o···X X····X·· X···o··X ···oX··o ···X···· o··o·o·· ····oX··

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  5.64

SDP  4.29

PHI  3.29

 RA/G

CHC  3.07

NYY  4.41

CIN  5.85

 BA

D. Murphy  .354

K. Bryant  .268

B. Park  .194

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .436

R. Davis  .333

F. Galvis  .252

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .681

M. Semien  .442

B. Burns  .306

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.109

Y. Escobar  .768

N. Ahmed  .576

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.57

B. Finnegan  3.83

J. Shields  6.22

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.83

N. Eovaldi  7.81

M. Pelfrey  4.46

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.