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Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, July 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, July 29, 2016
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
95° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
104
On This Date:
18-25
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
105
On This Date:
24-29
Season Series
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1     
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX  7 @KCR  4     
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 TEX  2 @KCR  1     
Thu, Jul 28, 2016 TEX  3  KCR  2     

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
Kansas City Royals
49-52, 4th, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-19   Road:   17-33   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  38-41   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 10-17 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 28  @TEX  L   2-3       49-52  4th  9.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 27   LAA  W   7-5       49-51  4th  8.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 26   LAA  L   0-13      48-51  4th  9.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 25   LAA  L   2-6       48-50  4th  8.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 24   TEX  L   1-2       48-49  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 23   TEX  L   4-7       48-48  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Texas Rangers
59-44, 1st, 3 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-17   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  45-30   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  22-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 27-18 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Thu, Jul 28   KCR  W   3-2       59-44  1st  3.0 up
102 Wed, Jul 27   OAK  L   4-6       58-44  1st  2.5 up
101 Tue, Jul 26   OAK  L   3-6       58-43  1st  3.5 up
100 Mon, Jul 25   OAK  W   7-6       58-42  1st  3.5 up
 99 Sun, Jul 24  @KCR  W   2-1       57-42  1st  2.5 up
 98 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-4       56-42  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 28, 2016 TEX  3  KCR  2        W:Cole Hamels (12-2), L: Yordano Ventura (6-9), S: Sam Dyson (21)
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 TEX  2 @KCR  1        W:Alex Claudio (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (2-3), S: Sam Dyson (20)
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX  7 @KCR  4        W:Cole Hamels (11-2), L: Yordano Ventura (6-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - TEX over 3-1; 2015 - TEX won 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 5-1; All-Time - KCR leads 277-264

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 8-8, 4.56)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-8) 124.1 126 67 63 47 94 12 4.56
2015 (13-9) 200.1 190 89 79 72 155 16 3.55
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
Last 7 GS 2-2 39.0 43 27 26 14 27 4 6.00 45
2016-07-24 TEX ND 6.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 91 54
2016-07-18 CLE ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 112 64
2016-07-09 SEA W 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 91 50
2016-07-04 @TOR L 6.0 4 4 4 3 5 0 98 50
2016-06-29 @STL ND 6.2 6 0 0 1 4 0 104 65
2016-06-24 HOU L 1.0 8 12 11 3 0 1 48 -12
2016-06-18 DET W 6.1 8 5 5 0 6 1 89 43
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 21.1 24 15 15 13 18 2 6.33 43
2016-07-24 TEX ND 6.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 91 54
2015-06-05 TEX L 5.1 6 4 4 3 6 1 100 43
2015-05-12 @TEX ND 5.0 6 4 4 3 3 1 82 39
2012-06-19 TEX L 5.0 5 6 6 4 6 0 104 35

SP: A.J. Griffin (28, RHP, 3-1, 4.06)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-1) 62.0 54 29 28 26 53 9 4.06
2013 (14-10) 200.0 171 91 85 54 171 36 3.83
2012 (7-1) 82.1 74 29 28 19 64 10 3.06
Last 7 GS 0-1 31.0 34 20 20 15 27 7 5.81 45
2016-07-24 @KCR ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 89 56
2016-07-18 @LAA ND 5.0 4 5 5 3 2 1 76 38
2016-07-10 MIN L 5.0 9 6 6 1 3 2 94 27
2016-07-05 @BOS ND 4.0 7 2 2 3 3 1 96 40
2016-06-30 @NYY ND 5.0 2 1 1 2 8 1 88 65
2016-06-25 BOS ND 4.1 4 2 2 1 6 1 91 52
2016-05-07 @DET ND 2.2 4 3 3 3 2 0 52 37
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 16.0 16 6 6 6 12 3 3.38 52
2016-07-24 @KCR ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 89 56
2013-07-07 @KCR W 5.0 5 2 2 1 4 2 105 52
2013-05-19 KCR ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 5 0 105 48

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Royals Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Griffin
G/S/vB		 39.Alvarez*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/59 .294/.351/.515/.866 .517/.964 .488 16/.713 0/0 2/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 112/85 .245/.313/.284/.597 .459/.641 .649 33/.476 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 271/209 .298/.330/.459/.788 .872/.763 .795 86/.921 1/0 9/6
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 204/187 .250/.320/.356/.676 .769/.667 .647 52/.698 14/5 1/1
12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 85/50 .231/.286/.423/.709 .948/.545 .447 41/.612 0/0 3/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 445/350 .255/.284/.311/.595 .470/.629 .518 83/.524 14/4 1/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/2.304 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 277/200 .209/.314/.343/.657 .527/.706 .666 82/.674 5/0 7/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 419/297 .283/.341/.440/.781 .722/.805 .761 85/.497 4/1 13/5
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .300/.300/.300/.600 .667/.500 .667 10/.600 1/0 0/2
25.Morales# G/S/vP 11/1.295 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.500 3/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 378/275 .246/.315/.431/.746 .846/.707 .711 84/.664 0/0 16/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 265/192 .324/.348/.419/.767 .874/.728 .644 69/.736 7/1 2/2
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 3/3.000 352/267 .271/.307/.479/.786 .756/.795 .672 77/.671 0/0 15/3
IP 62.0 15.0 46.2 31.2 26.1 36.2 47.1 12.1 36.1 TOTAL .267/.316/.401/.717 .750/.706 .673 .646 59/20 86/53
ERA-K/9 4.06/7.7 3.00/16.8 2.12/6.6 3.13/8.5 3.08/5.8 2.45/9.6 2.47/6.5 6.57/15.4 7.68/7.2 4.45/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (7-3-0)
 Perez (23-27-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.234 61/.200 188/.243 131/.231 113/.288 145/.157 189/.238 54/.213 168/.338 .265  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Morales
 Eibner
18/26/21/8
0/9/62/4
68/0/0/4
0/0/5/0
9/0/9/0
OPS .727 .642 .607 .613 .741 .507 .650 .804 .904 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.885 25/.628 86/.788 47/.652 31/.613 48/.440 81/.789 23/.462 74/.954 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.559 36/.653 102/.459 84/.591 82/.791 97/.540 108/.549 31/1.037 94/.867 .771
Home 93/.700 32/.720 94/.610 72/.774 67/.665 74/.620 85/.440 25/.905 91/.948
Last 28d days 87/.976 40/.721 42/.246 38/.802 33/.563 22/.333 33/.674 24/.583 46/1.047
HR/SB/CS 9/4/2 3/1/0 2/2/1 3/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/2/1 4/0/0 8/1/3 134/56/17
Usage ····X··· ····o·X· ··o··X·· ·X·X·o·· ··X·o··· ·o·oo·o· o·X·XX·· ·oo·X·o· ·o···o··
Rangers Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 62.Pounders
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Alberto G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/16 .162/.162/.162/.324 .286/.375 .286 / 1/0 0/1
1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/.920 12/.667 ··· 8/1.171 ··· ··· 4/1.500 7/.000 7/.714 370/283 .290/.349/.408/.757 .934/.700 .795 76/.876 13/6 4/9
29.Beltre G/S/vP 19/.446 16/1.063 ··· 6/1.267 ··· ··· 7/1.143 26/.523 23/.542 403/302 .280/.335/.462/.797 .929/.753 .841 91/.816 0/0 16/6
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 110/90 .204/.282/.500/.782 .800/.778 .427 49/.821 0/1 8/1
3.DeShields G/S/vP 7/2.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 144/106 .214/.291/.317/.608 .363/.698 .417 23/.673 5/3 3/3
20.Desmond G/S/vP 14/.500 4/1.250 2/.500 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 440/330 .307/.359/.525/.884 1.058/.825 1.001 94/.787 16/3 20/8
13.Gallo* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .111/.111/.444/.556 .000/.625 .556 8/.625 0/0 1/1
30.Mazara* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 388/284 .279/.332/.413/.746 .577/.809 .751 81/.672 0/2 12/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 7/1.914 10/.522 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 314/246 .237/.303/.453/.756 .695/.772 .843 46/1.038 0/0 16/1
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 401/284 .277/.297/.487/.784 .777/.787 .796 91/.880 10/4 19/14
19.Profar# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 177/123 .294/.347/.411/.758 .580/.834 .970 72/.577 0/1 4/5
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 219/130 .273/.347/.428/.775 .929/.673 .845 55/.629 7/0 7/2
6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/113 .230/.255/.324/.579 .816/.493 .619 28/.438 0/0 3/2
IP 124.1 33.2 31.2 45.2 24.1 4.0 43.0 41.1 67.1 TOTAL .264/.321/.430/.751 .773/.743 .787 .757 59/24 133/65
ERA-K/9 4.56/6.8 1.60/8.5 3.13/7.7 1.58/11.2 4.07/7.0 13.50/13.5 4.19/8.6 4.57/5.4 6.82/9.6 4.35/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (18-5-1)
 Wilson (26-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.262 135/.186 127/.212 176/.199 104/.289 21/.444 185/.266 178/.294 310/.289 .256  Desmond
 Mazara
 Rua
 DeShields
29/76/0/6
25/0/72/6
50/4/2/4
6/29/0/1
OPS .711 .484 .610 .535 .726 1.254 .829 .814 .995 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 270/.671 68/.444 47/.473 86/.617 38/1.087 13/1.378 91/.646 87/.768 148/1.287 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.751 67/.525 80/.688 90/.458 66/.530 8/1.000 94/1.019 91/.856 162/.748 .741
Road 209/.753 59/.463 54/.709 86/.601 50/.564 9/.873 90/.799 65/.781 135/1.243
Last 28d days 102/.668 19/.618 53/.623 28/.630 24/.812 21/1.254 32/1.373 42/.966 51/1.165
HR/SB/CS 12/7/4 0/1/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 2/0/1 7/1/2 5/2/2 26/9/2 136/30/30
Usage ····X··· ·X··o·o· ···X·o·· ·o··X·o· ···o···· ········ ·X···X·· ··XX·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  5.61

SDP  4.44

ATL  3.44

 RA/G

CHC  3.50

TBR  4.52

CIN  5.74

 BA

J. Altuve  .357

B. Crawford  .272

D. Norris  .199

 OBP

M. Trout  .425

J. Kipnis  .340

F. Galvis  .258

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .657

M. Semien  .455

A. Escobar  .311

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.073

Y. Escobar  .785

A. Escobar  .595

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

C. Sabathia  3.95

J. Locke  5.43

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.17

M. Wacha  7.64

M. Pelfrey  3.92

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.