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Philadelphia Phillies vs. Kansas City Royals, at Citizens Bank Park, July 1, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, July 1, 2016

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

Citizens Bank Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

82° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

14-28

Phillies

Manager:

Pete Mackanin

Game #:

On This Date:

64-63

Season Series

Fri, Jul 01, 2016 KCR    @PHI  7:05pm
Sat, Jul 02, 2016 KCR    @PHI  5:50pm
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 KCR    @PHI  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

42-36, 2nd, 6 GB, tied for WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   27-11   Road:   15-25   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  13-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Thu, Jun 30  @STL  W   4-2       42-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @STL  W   3-2 (12)  41-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 28   STL  L   4-8       40-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 27   STL  W   6-2       40-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 26   HOU  W   6-1       39-35  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Philadelphia Phillies

35-45, 4th, 13 GB, 8½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   16-22   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  26-37   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:  18-9 
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest:  7-7  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Wed, Jun 29  @ARI  W   9-8 (10)  35-45  4th 12.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 28  @ARI  W   4-3       34-45  4th 12.5 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 27  @ARI  W   8-0       33-45  4th 12.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 26  @SFG  L   7-8       32-45  4th 12.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 25  @SFG  W   3-2       32-44  4th 11.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 24  @SFG  L   4-5       31-44  4th 12.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 23  @MIN  W   7-3       31-43  4th 12.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 22  @MIN  L   5-6       30-43  4th 13.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 21  @MIN  L  10-14      30-42  4th 13.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 20   ARI  L   1-3       30-41  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 07, 2013 KCR  9 @PHI  8        W:James Shields (1-1), L: Cole Hamels (0-2), S: Kelvin Herrera (1)
Sat, Apr 06, 2013 PHI  4  KCR  3        W:Antonio Bastardo (1-0), L: Greg Holland (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 KCR 13 @PHI  4        W:Bruce Chen (1-0), L: Kyle Kendrick (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 KCR 17  PHI  5        W:Zack Greinke (3-4), L: Jamie Moyer (5-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 PHI  4 @KCR  0        W:Jon Lieber (3-4), L: Gil Meche (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 KCR  8  PHI  4        W:Scott Elarton (2-2), L: Freddy Garcia (1-5), S: Octavio Dotel (3)
Sun, Jun 20, 2004 PHI  8  KCR  2        W:Brian Powell (1-1), L: Dennys Reyes (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 19, 2004 PHI  4  KCR  2        W:Eric Milton (9-1), L: Zack Greinke (1-3), S: Billy Wagner (10)
Fri, Jun 18, 2004 KCR 10 @PHI  4        W:Chris George (1-0), L: Paul Abbott (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2016 -  0-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 5-4

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 6-6, 3.96)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-6)			88.2	76	40	39	29	85	19	3.96
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		2-3	38.2	37	22	21	12	35	12	4.89	50
2016-06-26	HOU	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	105	77
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

Last 5 v.PHI		2-2	32.2	25	14	14	14	22	5	3.86	55
2015-08-28	@PHI	L	6.2	2	2	2	5	7	0	118	64
2014-09-16	PHI	W	6.0	3	3	3	4	7	2	111	57
2014-06-10	@PHI	L	7.0	7	5	5	0	3	1	106	46
2013-05-10	PHI	ND	7.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	106	58
2012-08-03	@PHI	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	108	49

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (29, RHP, 5-6, 4.23)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-6)			93.2	91	49	44	24	84	16	4.23
2015 (9-12)			146.0	151	79	75	43	121	22	4.62
2014 (1-5)			63.2	71	35	32	21	54	8	4.52

Last 7 GS		1-4	44.0	42	23	22	11	34	7	4.50	52
2016-06-25	@SFG	W	6.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	90	58
2016-06-20	ARI	L	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	87	59
2016-06-15	TOR	L	6.0	5	4	4	3	4	1	107	47
2016-06-10	@WSN	L	6.0	9	7	7	3	2	3	94	25
2016-06-04	MIL	ND	5.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	108	42
2016-05-30	WSN	ND	7.0	3	1	1	0	8	1	79	75
2016-05-24	@DET	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	95	57

Last 5 v.KCR		1-2	24.2	38	19	19	5	18	2	6.93	39
2014-07-08	KCR	ND	4.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	84	48
2013-08-26	@KCR	L	2.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	68	23
2013-06-13	KCR	L	5.2	10	8	8	0	4	1	100	21
2013-05-01	@KCR	ND	5.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	91	37
2012-08-20	KCR	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	98	66

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

Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB 46.Gomez
G/S/vB 52.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 50.Neris
G/S/vB 34.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB 61.Ramos
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/49 .302/.362/.547/.909 .633/.966 .583 16/.762 0/0 2/2

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/60 .282/.346/.310/.656 .627/.665 .747 30/.733 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/143 .269/.306/.427/.732 .830/.705 .774 93/.769 1/0 7/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/140 .260/.338/.328/.666 .639/.667 .667 36/.624 12/3 0/1

12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/28 .282/.333/.487/.821 1.082/.682 .286 28/.635 0/0 1/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 358/288 .261/.282/.318/.600 .478/.629 .506 109/.606 11/4 1/10

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/139 .211/.309/.337/.646 .530/.690 .706 25/.615 3/0 5/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 330/236 .305/.367/.490/.857 .787/.885 .769 105/.710 4/1 12/5

15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/124 .306/.327/.427/.754 .908/.706 .672 108/.728 5/1 2/2

25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 290/216 .262/.324/.437/.761 .960/.693 .656 83/1.206 0/0 11/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/140 .335/.361/.434/.795 .770/.805 .686 86/.760 5/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 271/212 .289/.321/.504/.825 .699/.860 .719 95/.859 0/0 12/1

IP 93.2 37.1 8.2 38.2 43.0 39.2 3.2 TOTAL .276/.324/.412/.736 .776/.725 .688 .750 49/18 69/41

ERA-K/9

4.23/8.1

2.89/5.8

5.19/12.4

4.42/11.6

2.72/10.7

5.22/7.3

2.45/12.2

4.37/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-2-0)
Perez (18-21-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 387/.256 151/.246 36/.286 170/.263 173/.203 183/.299 13/.167 .263 Dyson
Orlando
Merrifield
Gordon
Eibner
Morales 18/11/21/7
0/1/50/4
10/0/1/2
47/0/0/2
8/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .791 .668 .763 .766 .622 .905 .481 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.884 70/.804 13/1.154 72/.796 83/.647 65/.935 6/.167 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.723 81/.558 23/.534 98/.745 90/.600 118/.886 7/.714 .758

Home 189/.834 73/.678 13/.769 85/.859 77/.647 77/1.007 /

Last 28d days 129/.878 36/.740 36/.763 60/.985 56/.873 67/.684 13/.481

HR/SB/CS 16/6/3 3/1/0 1/0/0 6/2/0 5/3/0 10/2/1 0/0/1 103/38/13

Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··o·X ·o·XX·oo ··X·oo·· ·XoX··oo ·o··X··· ·o·X·oo·

Phillies Batters (3.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.23 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Asche* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/79 .289/.333/.482/.815 1.155/.769 .696 85/.866 3/1 2/0

4.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/113 .273/.324/.453/.777 .656/.804 .798 58/.718 1/3 3/5

17.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/162 .262/.300/.391/.692 .764/.666 .478 65/1.113 4/4 3/1

7.Franco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/237 .243/.302/.435/.736 .665/.757 .511 89/.751 0/1 13/6

13.Galvis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 313/236 .226/.257/.363/.620 .376/.702 .567 103/.527 4/2 7/4

2.Goeddel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 152/103 .227/.272/.355/.626 .480/.698 .721 41/.463 1/0 3/3

16.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/206 .272/.315/.364/.679 .544/.722 .535 77/.864 3/5 2/7

37.Herrera* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 336/247 .303/.393/.428/.820 .643/.885 .767 103/.733 11/5 8/7

6.Howard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 205/185 .151/.215/.349/.564 .363/.586 .523 45/.612 0/0 11/6

19.Joseph G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/100 .223/.235/.446/.681 .965/.582 .675 84/.622 1/1 8/3

41.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/52 .258/.292/.435/.728 .490/.779 .704 39/.703 0/0 2/3

51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/97 .218/.312/.327/.639 .869/.581 .590 36/.568 1/1 3/3

29.Rupp G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/157 .273/.311/.475/.786 .791/.785 .892 65/.849 1/0 7/4

IP 88.2 29.1 16.0 51.0 38.2 31.0 18.2 37.0 32.0 TOTAL .238/.291/.380/.671 .613/.688 .608 .724 32/26 72/57

ERA-K/9

3.96/8.6

1.23/8.6

2.81/7.9

4.06/7.9

1.40/11.4

2.90/10.2

3.38/8.2

3.16/7.8

3.66/5.6

4.08/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ruiz (14-6-1)
Rupp (24-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 368/.230 116/.176 65/.161 228/.294 148/.187 122/.198 80/.296 153/.233 132/.262 .248 Herrera
Goeddel
Asche
Paredes
Bourjos
Blanco 0/78/0/7
42/0/11/4
24/0/0/3
5/0/11/1
0/6/67/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .730 .462 .540 .849 .517 .641 .702 .725 .761 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.738 63/.447 27/.604 122/.858 74/.665 50/.446 28/.970 76/.535 61/.727 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.722 53/.480 38/.498 106/.836 74/.373 72/.764 52/.563 77/.916 71/.788 .724

Road 214/.840 56/.490 30/.665 106/.754 76/.533 59/.562 39/.645 83/.733 50/.767

Last 28d days 123/.889 35/.469 35/.481 49/.836 40/.393 36/.774 47/.731 42/.630 44/.915

HR/SB/CS 19/3/5 0/1/1 1/0/0 11/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 1/0/0 4/1/2 4/1/0 103/24/23

Usage ····X··· oX··o··· ··X···X· X·····X· oo··o··· Xo······ ··o··X·· ·X·o···· ·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 5.56

SDP 4.29

ATL 3.34

RA/G

CHC 3.15

NYY 4.53

CIN 5.99

J. Altuve .357

J. Kipnis .271

T. Frazier .203

OBP

J. Altuve .432

E. Longoria .338

F. Galvis .257

SLG

D. Ortiz .672

D. Espinosa .449

B. Burns .310

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.103

J. Ramirez .785

B. Burns .583

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

I. Kennedy 3.96

J. Shields 5.85

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

J. Eickhoff 7.78

M. Pelfrey 4.29

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.