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Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, at Kauffman Stadium, August 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 29, 2016

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

85° (based on last ten years)

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

132

On This Date:

66-43

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

133

On This Date:

22-20

Season Series
Mon, May 09, 2016 NYY  6  KCR  3     
Tue, May 10, 2016 NYY 10  KCR  7     
Wed, May 11, 2016 KCR  7 @NYY  3     
Thu, May 12, 2016 NYY  7  KCR  3     

Mon, Aug 29, 2016 NYY    @KCR  8:15pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 NYY    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 NYY    @KCR  8:15pm

                         All times ET

New York Yankees

67-62, 4th, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-28   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  50-42   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  20-9 
 vsEast: 21-28   vsCntrl:19-11   vsWest: 20-13 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 28   BAL  L   0-5       67-62  4th  6.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 27   BAL  W  13-5       67-61  4th  5.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 26   BAL  W  14-4       66-61  4th  5.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24  @SEA  W   5-0       65-61  4th  6.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23  @SEA  W   5-1       64-61  4th  7.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 22  @SEA  L   5-7       63-61  4th  7.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 21  @LAA  L   0-2       63-60  4th  6.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 20  @LAA  W   5-1       63-59  4th  6.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 19  @LAA  W   7-0       62-59  4th  6.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17   TOR  L   4-7       61-59  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Kansas City Royals

68-62, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   40-21   Road:   28-41   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  52-46   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:34-17   vsWest: 10-20 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 28  @BOS  W  10-4       68-62  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 12, 2016 NYY  7  KCR  3        W:Nathan Eovaldi (3-2), L: Ian Kennedy (4-3), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2016 KCR  7 @NYY  3        W:Yordano Ventura (3-2), L: Michael Pineda (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2016 NYY 10  KCR  7        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (1)
Mon, May 09, 2016 NYY  6  KCR  3        W:Kirby Yates (2-0), L: Chris Young (1-5), S: none

Wed, May 27, 2015 NYY  4  KCR  2        W:Michael Pineda (6-2), L: Chris Young (4-1), S: Andrew Miller (14)
Tue, May 26, 2015 NYY  5  KCR  1        W:Adam Warren (3-3), L: Jason Vargas (3-2), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2015 NYY 14  KCR  1        W:Nathan Eovaldi (4-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-3), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2015 KCR  6  NYY  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-3), L: Chris Capuano (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2015 NYY  5 @KCR  1        W:CC Sabathia (2-5), L: Danny Duffy (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2015 KCR 12  NYY  1        W:Chris Young (3-0), L: Michael Pineda (5-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - NYY over 3-1; 2015 - NYY won 4-2; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 283-192

SP: Michael Pineda (27, RHP, 6-10, 5.02)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-10)			141.2	151	81	79	40	160	22	5.02
2015 (12-10)			160.2	176	83	78	21	156	21	4.37
2014 (5-5)			76.1	56	18	16	7	59	5	1.89

Last 7 GS		3-1	41.1	41	17	17	13	41	4	3.70	54
2016-08-22	@SEA	ND	5.1	7	5	5	2	6	1	83	38
2016-08-16	TOR	ND	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	68	61
2016-08-11	@BOS	ND	6.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	89	49
2016-08-05	CLE	W	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	97	49
2016-07-31	@TBR	L	6.0	6	5	5	4	8	1	93	44
2016-07-25	@HOU	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	103	69
2016-07-20	BAL	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	113	68

Last 5 v.KCR		2-3	31.0	30	14	13	5	25	3	3.77	53
2016-05-11	KCR	L	5.2	6	6	6	4	7	1	114	36
2015-05-27	KCR	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	8	1	106	65
2015-05-15	@KCR	L	5.1	10	5	5	0	1	0	104	29
2014-09-05	KCR	L	7.0	3	1	0	0	4	0	98	73
2014-08-25	@KCR	W	6.1	5	1	1	0	5	1	96	64

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 5-7, 4.55)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-7)			99.0	117	52	50	30	80	19	4.55
2015 (0-3)			39.2	55	29	26	11	25	5	5.90
2014 (7-8)			137.1	128	61	61	43	94	18	4.00

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.1	47	24	23	10	26	8	5.40	45
2016-08-24	@MIA	L	5.1	5	3	3	0	3	0	76	49
2016-08-18	MIN	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	84	69
2016-08-13	@MIN	L	5.1	11	5	5	1	6	3	96	31
2016-08-05	TOR	ND	6.0	4	3	3	4	2	1	87	50
2016-07-31	@TEX	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	88	45
2016-07-26	LAA	L	5.0	10	5	5	2	1	1	97	26
2016-07-10	SEA	L	3.2	5	3	2	1	3	0	84	43

Last 5 v.NYY		1-2	21.1	16	8	8	6	24	3	3.38	62
2013-05-30	@NYY	W	7.1	4	1	1	0	12	1	88	78
2012-06-09	@NYY	L	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	109	57
2011-07-02	NYY	L	7.0	7	4	4	3	7	1	108	51

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

Yankees Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Gee
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Austin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .138/.138/.241/.379 .000/.440 .133 29/.379 1/0 1/0

14.Castro G/S/vP 13/.558 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 516/375 .267/.301/.427/.728 .759/.717 .606 99/.918 4/0 18/9

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 6/.666 6/1.167 498/348 .263/.324/.370/.694 .609/.731 .741 93/.658 18/8 6/3

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 5/.750 ··· 1/no AB 14/1.275 494/350 .256/.343/.364/.707 .665/.725 .654 77/.600 13/2 7/3

18.Gregorius* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 476/356 .284/.314/.462/.776 .871/.741 .715 97/.813 6/1 17/15

12.Headley# G/S/vP 8/.833 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.472 424/287 .255/.330/.396/.726 .702/.742 .713 67/.784 4/1 12/9

31.Hicks# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 10/1.600 311/207 .218/.274/.338/.612 .495/.671 .514 77/.844 3/3 7/1

99.Judge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/43 .209/.300/.395/.695 .286/.770 .237 50/.695 0/0 2/0

34.McCann* G/S/vP 24/.492 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 14/1.121 29/.818 400/322 .234/.335/.405/.740 .675/.755 .758 72/.640 1/0 16/3

27.Romine G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/66 .246/.272/.406/.678 .751/.587 .783 24/.568 1/0 4/1

24.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/75 .405/.468/.893/1.361 .576/1.549 1.443 90/1.426 1/0 11/0

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 9/1.158 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 8/.125 ··· 12/1.250 23/.737 368/257 .204/.288/.345/.633 .642/.627 .555 73/.801 2/0 11/3

17.Torreyes G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 113/83 .295/.345/.448/.793 .603/.856 .980 34/1.189 1/0 1/3

IP 99.0 40.2 58.2 32.1 56.1 13.1 51.1 80.0 TOTAL .254/.314/.407/.722 .708/.727 .689 .815 60/16 146/69

ERA-K/9

4.55/7.3

2.66/7.3

1.84/11.2

3.62/7.8

3.67/9.1

0.68/13.5

4.38/5.1

5.74/9.3

4.00/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (47-14-4)
Romine (20-3-1)
Sanchez (3-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.293 161/.197 224/.198 139/.267 242/.252 48/.136 223/.291 357/.278 .251 Gardner
Ellsbury
Hicks
Judge
Austin
Torreyes 115/0/0/6
0/117/0/4
24/23/73/3
0/0/13/2
1/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .818 .589 .544 .682 .770 .345 .795 .921 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 217/.849 61/.586 109/.549 43/.985 121/.649 18/.627 109/.759 172/1.145 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.788 100/.591 115/.540 96/.554 121/.898 30/.170 114/.827 185/.729 .719

Home 248/.817 80/.529 115/.560 68/.729 114/.778 13/.237 129/.792 193/.750

Last 28d days 107/.719 27/.350 45/.617 31/.374 52/.582 45/.297 45/.716 44/.492

HR/SB/CS 19/2/4 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/1 6/2/2 26/9/2 166/37/35

Usage ····X··· ··o····· ··oX·o·o o·o·o··o X··X·X·o X··X·X·· ·X··X··· ··Xo····

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineda
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 29.Clippard
G/S/vB 61.Heller
G/S/vB 39.Layne*
G/S/vB 47.Parker
G/S/vB 43.Warren
G/S/vB 50.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Burns# G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 301/231 .230/.265/.297/.562 .634/.540 .608 9/.222 14/4 0/2

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 99/80 .264/.309/.462/.771 .433/.854 .912 21/.300 0/0 3/3

6.Cain G/S/vP 13/.431 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 420/323 .287/.333/.408/.742 1.010/.663 .721 101/.770 11/5 9/3

24.Colon G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 136/95 .236/.304/.276/.580 .497/.615 .604 24/.499 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 399/298 .291/.327/.440/.767 .912/.717 .827 112/.715 1/0 10/13

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 239/217 .239/.316/.340/.656 .981/.623 .709 29/.536 20/7 1/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 18/.444 3/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 2/.000 563/426 .265/.297/.336/.632 .514/.670 .667 102/.814 14/4 3/13

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 22/.490 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 390/264 .226/.323/.394/.717 .724/.714 .719 98/.947 6/0 14/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 15/.866 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 543/373 .274/.337/.435/.772 .675/.817 .781 108/.743 5/2 18/6

27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/67 .189/.232/.300/.532 .508/.541 .474 77/.528 6/0 1/4

25.Morales# G/S/vP 9/.347 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 484/336 .248/.316/.429/.745 .838/.702 .787 90/.735 0/0 20/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 372/256 .307/.333/.409/.742 .843/.697 .819 96/.677 11/2 4/3

13.Perez G/S/vP 18/.977 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 3/1.666 448/318 .257/.292/.467/.759 .812/.738 .879 85/.704 0/0 20/4

IP 141.2 60.2 48.1 1.2 36.1 7.2 49.1 33.2 TOTAL .262/.313/.400/.712 .760/.695 .755 .713 81/26 115/73

ERA-K/9

5.02/10.2

2.23/16.0

3.54/10.4

10.80/5.3

3.47/7.9

1.17/5.8

5.11/7.3

5.61/10.7

4.23/9.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.269 239/.193 198/.240 10/.333 150/.231 32/.200 209/.238 151/.265 .248 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Burns
Cain
Morales 19/33/21/8
0/30/67/6
96/0/0/6
2/72/4/4
0/72/26/3
0/0/5/0

OPS .792 .554 .729 1.178 .629 .517 .738 .748 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 272/.808 107/.656 99/.872 3/.000 81/.654 16/.804 75/.517 52/.557 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.780 132/.471 99/.581 7/1.738 69/.599 16/.250 134/.863 99/.849 .712

Road 296/.804 131/.709 101/.756 / 54/.474 7/.762 103/.760 63/.864

Last 28d days 91/.788 36/.590 39/.615 10/1.178 30/.349 32/.517 44/.777 23/.870

HR/SB/CS 22/14/7 4/17/0 8/2/4 1/0/0 1/1/5 0/0/0 9/4/3 4/7/2 168/70/23

Usage ······X· ····Xo·· ·X··X··· X·X····· ·X···oo· o·o····· oX·····X ·Xo···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 5.42

CIN 4.52

ATL 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.40

PIT 4.44

ARI 5.61

J. Altuve .355

J. Bradley .273

T. Frazier .215

OBP

J. Votto .432

G. Polanco .340

F. Galvis .268

SLG

D. Ortiz .633

A. Gonzalez .456

E. Aybar .319

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.040

M. Reynolds .800

E. Aybar .611

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

J. Eickhoff 3.87

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.89

D. Keuchel 7.71

J. Weaver 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.