Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Kauffman Stadium, August 8, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Start Time
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
86° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Monday, 07 Aug 2017
Cardinals favored: 51.6% to 48.4%
Score: Cardinals 5.29 to 4.85

St. Louis Cardinals

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 St. Louis Cardinals
Record 56-56
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 117
On This Date 63-54
Standing 3rd (3.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 16-14
Home 31-26
Away 25-30
Extra Innings 4-6
vs. RHP 42-45
vs. LHP 14-11
1-Run Games 17-22
vs. East 20-9
vs. Central 20-28
vs. West 12-11
Inter-League 4-8

STL Last 10 Games

Michael Wacha (#52, 25, RHP, 8-4, 3.66)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Kansas City Royals
Record 57-54
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 115
On This Date 18-30
Standing 2nd (3.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 16-14
Home 32-26
Away 25-28
Extra Innings 4-6
vs. RHP 43-35
vs. LHP 14-19
1-Run Games 13-12
vs. East 14-11
vs. Central 21-23
vs. West 17-14
Inter-League 5-6

KCR Last 10 Games

Jason Vargas (#51, 34, LHP, 13-5, 3.10)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Aug 07, 2017STL11@KCR3
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Aug 08, 2017STL@KCR8:15pm
Wed, Aug 09, 2017KCR@STL8:15pm
Thu, Aug 10, 2017KCR@STL7:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

STL Batters vs KCR Pitchers
STL Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Cardinals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.15 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cardinals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 54. Alexander* 49. Buchter* 43. Feliz 40. Herrera 32. Maurer 26. Minor* 47. Moylan 48. Soria 51. Vargas*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
13. Carpenter* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.500 3/4.000 2/1.500 3/1.333 11/1.736 ··· 3/.666 4/2.250
11. DeJong G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
25. Fowler# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 11/.364 16/.670 4/.500 6/.333 6/.733
35. Garcia* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ···
15. Grichuk G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000
3. Gyorko G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 3/2.667 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· ···
30. Kelly G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
58. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
4. Molina G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 4/.250 5/.000 3/.000 13/.648 6/.900 4/.500 10/.900
28. Pham G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ···
40. Voit G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
16. Wong* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ···

STL Batters

STL Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
13. Carpenter* G ·  S ·  vP 452 .249 .381 .455 .836 357 .878 95 .672 .853 91 .870 2 1 15 10
11. DeJong G ·  S ·  vP 232 .283 .306 .556 .862 187 .808 45 1.103 .701 99 .767 16 5
25. Fowler# G ·  S ·  vP 337 .242 .335 .457 .793 251 .846 86 .641 .677 51 .612 4 3 14 1
35. Garcia* G ·  S ·  vP 196 .233 .361 .321 .682 161 .752 35 .327 .610 35 .886 2 2 4
15. Grichuk G ·  S ·  vP 302 .228 .278 .438 .716 234 .743 68 .620 .701 61 .863 5 1 13 3
3. Gyorko G ·  S ·  vP 388 .273 .338 .459 .797 299 .772 89 .879 .799 83 .484 6 14 9
30. Kelly G ·  S ·  vP 17 .125 .176 .188 .364 16 .388 1 .000 .417 17 .364
58. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 172 .289 .357 .507 .863 132 .815 40 1.025 .817 37 1.190 1 8 1
4. Molina G ·  S ·  vP 385 .280 .315 .429 .744 304 .707 81 .889 .781 80 .856 7 4 12 6
28. Pham G ·  S ·  vP 342 .310 .398 .500 .898 265 .878 77 .968 1.024 106 .902 15 5 14 1
40. Voit G ·  S ·  vP 82 .260 .341 .479 .821 58 .937 24 .556 .743 41 .574 3
16. Wong* G ·  S ·  vP 262 .296 .383 .425 .808 213 .804 49 .823 .723 83 .745 3 1 2 8
TOTAL .256 .330 .420 .751 .754 .737 .742 54 23 130 65

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
51. Vargas* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 125.0 3.10 6.6 515 .253 .706 409 .687 106 .779 .691 87 .919 15 7 3
54. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X··X··o· 44.2 2.42 7.3 184 .252 .653 133 .607 51 .773 .600 51 .839 2 2
49. Buchter* G ·  S ·  vP X··Xo·o··X··o· 43.2 3.50 10.5 184 .206 .724 110 .717 74 .735 .878 41 .763 9 2 1
34. Cahill G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 69.2 4.13 9.9 305 .264 .778 170 .842 135 .699 .591 93 1.028 10 13 2
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 113.2 3.48 7.4 470 .266 .727 381 .782 89 .499 .689 132 .715 10 1 1
43. Feliz G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o··X··X···· 44.0 4.70 6.8 181 .224 .751 102 .736 79 .770 .751 38 .569 8 1
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 125.2 4.73 6.9 552 .271 .732 264 .782 288 .687 .699 122 .567 15 13 2
40. Herrera G ·  S ·  vP ····X···X·o··o 43.0 4.19 9.0 182 .244 .761 88 .750 94 .767 .867 37 .552 8 4
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 113.2 4.83 7.7 473 .224 .724 254 .678 219 .780 .790 115 .809 20 2 3
32. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o·X··oo··X· 45.0 5.80 8.8 190 .267 .742 106 .830 84 .628 .517 46 .955 4 1
26. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ····Xo···Xo··· 53.2 2.52 9.7 212 .199 .582 140 .713 72 .322 .673 43 .787 3 2 1
47. Moylan G ·  S ·  vP oo··oX·o··o··o 40.1 4.24 7.1 169 .208 .591 135 .467 34 1.113 .557 36 .346 2 1 1
48. Soria G ·  S ·  vP ····o··X·oo··o 46.2 3.28 10.8 194 .242 .585 109 .519 85 .668 .605 37 .591 1
TOTAL 4.22 7.6 .259 .736 .714 .739 121 55 20
KCR Batters vs STL Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
STL Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.49 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 67. Bowman 60. Brebbia 27. Cecil* 29. Duke* 70. Lyons* 26. Oh 44. Rosenthal 64. Tuivailala 52. Wacha
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333
53. Cabrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 10/1.178 11/.546 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000
6. Cain G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 6/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/.750
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 8/.000 16/1.000 6/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 11/.637
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 7/.310 3/1.167 7/.953 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 9/.347
35. Hosmer* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 12/.750 10/.733 4/.500 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 12/.750
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000
37. Moss* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 3/1.000
8. Moustakas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 8/.625 6/.367 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 7/.286
46. Torres# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 342 .256 .327 .438 .766 247 .787 95 .711 .739 84 .753 1 14 2
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 106 .237 .295 .351 .646 63 .691 43 .581 .644 31 .739 2 1
53. Cabrera# G ·  S ·  vP 461 .296 .338 .441 .779 340 .778 121 .782 .834 92 .899 14 2
6. Cain G ·  S ·  vP 451 .285 .350 .435 .785 332 .791 119 .768 .789 96 .798 20 1 12 6
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 443 .223 .245 .303 .548 329 .524 114 .619 .612 92 .550 4 3 3 9
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 4 .333 .500 .333 .833 4 .833 .833 4 .833
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 390 .197 .286 .294 .580 276 .575 114 .587 .538 89 .542 5 2 5 1
35. Hosmer* G ·  S ·  vP 469 .315 .371 .498 .869 315 .905 154 .796 .874 103 .875 6 18 2
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 401 .294 .333 .485 .818 297 .772 104 .949 .890 112 .943 18 2 13 6
37. Moss* G ·  S ·  vP 278 .209 .288 .430 .717 224 .655 54 .982 .822 78 .876 2 15
8. Moustakas* G ·  S ·  vP 423 .276 .307 .558 .865 306 .905 117 .765 .846 94 .871 32 7
46. Torres# G ·  S ·  vP 67 .242 .299 .290 .589 46 .636 21 .488 .737 18 .333 1
TOTAL .253 .306 .418 .724 .726 .719 .763 64 13 140 45

STL Pitchers

STL Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Wacha G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 110.2 3.66 8.9 461 .258 .721 240 .723 221 .720 .815 95 .587 11 8 3
67. Bowman G ·  S ·  vP ·o····X·oo·X·o 45.0 3.60 7.0 183 .227 .636 109 .683 74 .569 .617 31 .656 4 1
60. Brebbia G ·  S ·  vP ·X···oo··o·oo· 29.0 2.17 6.8 114 .179 .579 66 .650 48 .479 .717 38 .622 4 4
27. Cecil* G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X····oo·o· 46.1 3.30 8.0 195 .274 .748 111 .623 84 .921 .800 49 .920 5 4 2
29. Duke* G ·  S ·  vP ···o·o···o···· 3.1 5.40 2.7 15 .250 .900 7 1.262 8 .542 .222 15 .900 1 1
8. Leake G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 134.2 3.34 6.0 560 .264 .716 276 .695 284 .737 .662 116 .783 14 4 2
31. Lynn G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 132.2 3.12 7.7 541 .207 .680 277 .579 264 .789 .744 119 .592 22 2 4
70. Lyons* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X·oo·X·· 34.0 3.18 11.1 142 .226 .642 87 .606 55 .697 .610 27 .315 2 2 1
18. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 148.1 3.52 9.6 611 .224 .679 309 .545 302 .821 .724 134 .737 19 4 3
26. Oh G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X···X·X·o· 49.0 3.49 8.8 215 .274 .756 116 .516 99 1.035 .679 36 .660 8
44. Rosenthal G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X··o·X··X 44.1 3.25 14.4 184 .200 .540 91 .490 93 .590 .610 42 .377 2 1
64. Tuivailala G ·  S ·  vP X··o·········· 22.1 2.42 8.1 91 .217 .635 60 .532 31 .849 .651 8 .625 3 1
50. Wainwright G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 113.1 5.00 7.6 502 .278 .785 252 .757 250 .813 .906 72 .759 13 2 1
TOTAL 3.78 8.4 .248 .720 .751 .681 126 35 22

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