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Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, at Kauffman Stadium, July 23, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Start Time:

6:15ct (local), 7:15et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

23-21

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

21-21

Season Series
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1     

Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 TEX    @KCR  2:15pm
Thu, Jul 28, 2016 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 KCR    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Texas Rangers

55-42, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-15   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  41-29   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  19-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl: 9-11   vsWest: 26-16 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-3       55-42  1st  2.5 up
 96 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   4-7       55-41  1st  3.5 up
 95 Tue, Jul 19  @LAA  L   6-8       55-40  1st  4.5 up
 94 Mon, Jul 18  @LAA  L   5-9       55-39  1st  4.5 up
 93 Sun, Jul 17  @CHC  W   4-1       55-38  1st  4.5 up
 92 Sat, Jul 16  @CHC  L   1-3       54-38  1st  4.5 up
 91 Fri, Jul 15  @CHC  L   0-6       54-37  1st  4.5 up
 90 Sun, Jul 10   MIN  L   5-15      54-36  1st  5.5 up
 89 Sat, Jul  9   MIN  L   6-8       54-35  1st  6.5 up
 88 Fri, Jul  8   MIN  W   6-5       54-34  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:13-17

Kansas City Royals

48-47, 3rd, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-15   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  37-40   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Fri, Jul 22   TEX  W   3-1       48-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 20   CLE  L   4-11      47-47  3rd  9.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 19   CLE  L   3-7       47-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18   CLE  W   7-3       47-45  3rd  7.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 17  @DET  L   2-4       46-45  3rd  8.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 16  @DET  W   8-4       46-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 15  @DET  L   2-4       45-44  3rd  8.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 10   SEA  L   5-8       45-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  9   SEA  W   5-3       45-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  8   SEA  L   2-3       44-42  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1        W:Danny Duffy (6-1), L: Yu Darvish (2-2), S: Wade Davis (21)

Sun, Jun 07, 2015 KCR  4  TEX  3        W:Wade Davis (3-1), L: Keone Kela (4-2), S: Greg Holland (9)
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 TEX  4 @KCR  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (3-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (7)
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 TEX  4 @KCR  0        W:Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-0), L: Edinson Volquez (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2015 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-2), L: Ross Detwiler (0-5), S: Greg Holland (7)
Wed, May 13, 2015 TEX  5  KCR  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (3-5), L: Yordano Ventura (2-3), S: Neftali Feliz (6)
Tue, May 12, 2015 KCR  7 @TEX  6 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-0), L: Stolmy Pimentel (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2015 TEX  8  KCR  2        W:Colby Lewis (3-2), L: Danny Duffy (2-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  1        W:Jason Vargas (11-7), L: Nick Tepesch (4-9), S: Greg Holland (42)
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 KCR  2  TEX  1        W:Jason Frasor (4-1), L: Michael Kirkman (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (3)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 1-0; 2015 - TEX won 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 5-1; All-Time - KCR leads 277-261

SP: Cole Hamels (32, LHP, 10-2, 3.00)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-2)			120.0	106	46	40	47	116	16	3.00
2015 (13-8)			212.1	190	88	86	62	215	22	3.65
2014 (9-9)			204.2	176	60	56	59	198	14	2.46

Last 7 GS		5-1	44.0	37	13	12	17	40	2	2.45	59
2016-07-17	@CHC	W	8.0	4	1	0	0	7	0	91	79
2016-07-08	MIN	ND	4.1	5	5	5	6	4	1	109	31
2016-07-03	@MIN	L	4.0	10	5	5	3	3	0	90	22
2016-06-28	@NYY	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	86	71
2016-06-22	CIN	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	95	64
2016-06-17	@STL	W	7.2	3	0	0	3	6	0	96	76
2016-06-12	@SEA	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	104	68

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	5.2	9	8	8	4	2	1	12.71	17
2013-04-07	KCR	L	5.2	9	8	8	4	2	1	106	17

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 6-7, 4.97)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-7)			101.1	102	58	56	41	75	13	4.97
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		2-4	39.2	43	23	23	6	34	5	5.22	49
2016-07-17	@DET	ND	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	102	58
2016-07-08	SEA	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	93	57
2016-07-03	@PHI	L	2.2	4	4	4	0	1	2	36	35
2016-06-28	STL	L	5.1	7	7	7	3	4	1	98	27
2016-06-17	DET	W	6.1	6	0	0	0	5	0	101	66
2016-06-12	@CHW	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	10	1	91	72
2016-06-07	@BAL	L	4.1	7	6	6	0	3	1	59	28

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	22.1	25	13	12	11	22	2	4.84	48
2015-06-06	TEX	L	3.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	78	32
2015-05-13	@TEX	L	7.0	10	5	5	2	6	2	106	41
2014-09-01	TEX	W	6.1	5	3	2	4	7	0	99	56
2014-08-22	@TEX	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	107	63

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

Rangers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
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 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Alberto G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/16 .162/.162/.162/.324 .286/.375 .348 / 1/0 0/1

1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/.792 12/.667 ··· ··· 7/1.171 17/.669 ··· 2/2.000 7/.000 7/.714 351/267 .290/.346/.413/.759 .944/.699 .718 78/.792 13/6 4/7

29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/1.000 16/1.063 ··· 3/.666 5/1.100 18/1.388 ··· 6/.500 25/.544 23/.542 378/280 .270/.325/.435/.760 .916/.706 .729 93/.712 0/0 13/5

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/77 .212/.292/.541/.833 .849/.829 1.027 47/.869 0/0 8/1

3.DeShields G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/92 .218/.293/.300/.593 .422/.653 .727 4/.500 4/3 2/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 48/.845 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 415/308 .316/.369/.529/.898 1.011/.858 .810 97/.895 16/3 18/8

36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .250/.323/.250/.573 .667/.561 .900 6/.900 0/0 0/1

30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/261 .281/.334/.413/.747 .574/.816 .706 79/.662 0/2 11/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/1.100 10/.522 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 12/.350 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 294/228 .234/.299/.431/.731 .717/.734 .688 44/.768 0/0 13/1

12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 378/265 .272/.291/.486/.777 .805/.766 .757 94/.803 8/4 18/14

19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 152/102 .298/.349/.426/.774 .480/.914 .611 57/.558 0/1 4/5

16.Rua G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 211/125 .269/.346/.430/.776 .914/.685 .724 52/.546 7/0 7/2

6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/110 .233/.259/.323/.582 .886/.477 .539 28/.328 0/0 3/1

IP 101.1 31.2 28.2 62.1 43.2 36.1 23.1 40.0 39.0 64.0 TOTAL .263/.321/.427/.748 .773/.739 .717 .736 56/23 121/58

ERA-K/9

4.97/6.7

1.14/8.5

3.14/8.2

4.19/7.8

1.65/11.1

3.72/9.7

4.24/7.0

3.60/8.3

3.69/5.5

6.61/9.7

4.24/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (15-4-1)
Wilson (25-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 444/.258 124/.173 117/.221 280/.298 167/.190 147/.226 101/.295 169/.252 160/.275 292/.277 .252 Mazara
Desmond
Rua
DeShields
Hoying 25/0/66/6
29/70/0/6
47/4/2/4
1/29/0/1
11/1/0/1

OPS .738 .448 .636 .820 .525 .686 .741 .792 .775 .992 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.739 65/.433 44/.509 151/.854 83/.615 62/.543 38/1.087 85/.653 80/.749 142/1.311 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.736 59/.465 73/.709 129/.781 84/.437 85/.782 63/.547 84/.939 80/.799 150/.713 .728

Home 207/.667 65/.434 63/.573 163/.860 81/.444 72/.696 51/.923 79/.785 95/.771 157/.772

Last 28d days 95/.798 22/.511 63/.687 59/.703 29/.422 31/.844 25/.890 24/1.226 34/.688 51/1.087

HR/SB/CS 13/2/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 11/1/4 2/0/1 5/3/2 2/0/0 6/1/2 5/2/2 26/8/2 129/28/29

Usage ·····X·· o···o·X· ···X···o ···X···· o·o··X·· o···o··X ··X···o· ·····o·X ··oo···· ··X·X···

Royals Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hamels*
G/S/vB 43.Barnette
G/S/vB 51.Bush
G/S/vB 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/56 .306/.368/.548/.916 .641/.982 1.163 15/.862 0/0 2/2

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 104/81 .253/.317/.295/.612 .488/.648 .556 37/.570 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 246/198 .297/.327/.466/.792 .802/.789 .804 84/.877 1/0 9/5

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 197/181 .254/.326/.353/.679 .822/.666 .729 55/.787 13/4 1/1

12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/44 .266/.319/.500/.819 1.157/.623 .967 29/.757 0/0 3/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 3/.000 420/339 .260/.286/.318/.604 .488/.633 .689 86/.684 14/4 1/11

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 254/191 .205/.311/.347/.658 .524/.702 .641 83/.609 5/0 7/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 394/287 .295/.353/.462/.815 .794/.822 .857 88/.660 4/1 13/5

15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/166 .275/.309/.386/.695 .862/.644 .777 76/.490 5/1 2/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 354/265 .250/.316/.431/.748 .915/.691 .776 84/1.017 0/0 15/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 242/181 .316/.340/.398/.739 .754/.734 .851 66/.458 5/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/3.000 335/260 .276/.313/.483/.796 .790/.797 .948 82/.594 0/0 14/3

IP 120.0 44.0 28.1 23.1 34.0 43.2 9.1 35.0 TOTAL .270/.319/.407/.726 .774/.712 .779 .691 55/19 83/49

ERA-K/9

3.00/8.7

2.25/6.5

2.22/8.6

3.47/6.6

2.65/9.8

2.47/7.0

8.68/16.5

7.20/6.9

4.51/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-2-0)
Perez (22-27-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 508/.235 180/.255 114/.202 102/.287 136/.168 170/.229 44/.243 161/.333 .265 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Merrifield
Eibner
Morales 18/24/21/7
0/5/60/4
62/0/0/4
11/0/1/2
9/0/5/0
0/0/5/0

OPS .696 .635 .523 .738 .534 .626 .958 .906 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.563 83/.819 40/.529 26/.654 45/.472 72/.749 18/.476 73/.968 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 404/.731 97/.483 74/.519 76/.767 91/.564 98/.538 26/1.254 88/.858 .771

Road 273/.582 89/.636 56/.442 42/.864 68/.407 95/.810 26/.808 73/.812

Last 28d days 103/.705 45/.358 39/.479 22/.465 25/.570 28/.896 14/.903 54/.927

HR/SB/CS 16/14/2 2/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 4/0/0 8/1/3 125/52/16

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

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

ARI 4.42

ATL 3.39

RA/G

WSN 3.51

PHI 4.51

CIN 5.78

J. Altuve .358

J. Ellsbury .272

D. Norris .203

OBP

J. Altuve .427

T. Story .340

D. Norris .261

SLG

D. Ortiz .665

E. Nunez .454

N. Ahmed .299

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.083

T. Shaw .781

N. Ahmed .564

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

M. Leake 4.00

D. Smyly 5.64

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.30

T. Roark 7.63

M. Pelfrey 4.02

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.