Kansas City Royals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, at Kauffman Stadium, September 30, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Start Time
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
71° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Friday, 29 Sep 2017
Royals favored: 51.8% to 48.2%
Score: D'backs 4.99 to 4.88

Arizona Diamondbacks

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks
Record 92-68
Manager Torey Lovullo
Game # 161
On This Date 5-6
Standing 2nd (10.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 20-10
Home 52-29
Away 40-39
Extra Innings 9-3
vs. RHP 68-51
vs. LHP 24-17
1-Run Games 29-22
vs. East 19-14
vs. Central 17-16
vs. West 45-31
Inter-League 11-7

ARI Last 10 Games

Taijuan Walker (#99, 24, RHP, 9-9, 3.54)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Kansas City Royals
Record 79-81
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 161
On This Date 16-15
Standing 3rd (22.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 15-15
Home 42-37
Away 37-44
Extra Innings 4-7
vs. RHP 61-59
vs. LHP 18-22
1-Run Games 24-16
vs. East 17-15
vs. Central 35-41
vs. West 19-15
Inter-League 8-10

KCR Last 10 Games

Jakob Junis (#65, 24, RHP, 8-3, 4.39)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Sep 29, 2017KCR2 ARI1
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, Sep 30, 2017ARI@KCR7:15pm
Sun, Oct 01, 2017ARI@KCR3:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

D'backs Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.08 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
D'backs Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 54. Alexander* 49. Buchter* 34. Cahill 62. Gaviglio 40. Herrera 65. Junis 59. Machado 32. Maurer 61. McCarthy 26. Minor* 64. Morin 47. Moylan 69. Skoglund* 48. Soria
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
5. Blanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 21/1.048 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ···
3. Descalso* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB
27. Drury G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
14. Fuentes* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
44. Goldschmidt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.542 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000
41. Hazelbaker* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
10. Herrmann* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Iannetta G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 9/1.069 ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.629 ··· 5/.600
22. Lamb* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
4. Marte# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000
28. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 9/.597 3/.333 ··· 5/.800 4/.500 1/5.000 3/.000 7/.686 2/.000 6/.167
36. Murphy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ···
45. Negron G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ···
6. Peralta* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.333 5/1.467 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Pollock G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· 8/.125 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
9. Rosales G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000
15. Vargas# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
53. Walker G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

ARI Batters

ARI Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Blanco* G ·  S ·  vP 250 .236 .325 .350 .675 190 .746 60 .462 .635 21 .403 12 1 3 3
3. Descalso* G ·  S ·  vP 392 .233 .332 .392 .724 303 .761 89 .595 .608 60 .591 4 10 11
27. Drury G ·  S ·  vP 473 .267 .315 .446 .761 339 .769 134 .743 .632 63 .726 1 1 13 11
14. Fuentes* G ·  S ·  vP 141 .241 .279 .346 .624 119 .663 22 .418 .608 23 .685 3 1 3 2
44. Goldschmidt G ·  S ·  vP 659 .300 .406 .568 .974 499 .957 160 1.028 .865 77 .625 18 5 36 4
41. Hazelbaker* G ·  S ·  vP 57 .327 .421 .510 .931 47 .997 10 .633 .941 6 1.300 1 1
10. Herrmann* G ·  S ·  vP 253 .175 .269 .341 .610 207 .631 46 .514 .469 30 .624 5 10 2
8. Iannetta G ·  S ·  vP 311 .254 .354 .504 .857 220 .831 91 .921 .893 65 .986 16 6
22. Lamb* G ·  S ·  vP 629 .250 .359 .491 .850 475 .943 154 .563 .861 86 .709 6 4 30 14
4. Marte# G ·  S ·  vP 247 .259 .344 .398 .742 175 .754 72 .714 .746 83 .707 3 1 5 7
28. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 483 .305 .379 .697 1.076 375 .991 108 1.384 .882 93 1.463 4 45 4
36. Murphy G ·  S ·  vP 7 .143 .143 .286 .429 7 .429 7 .429
45. Negron G ·  S ·  vP 25 .150 .292 .200 .492 11 .573 14 .408 .478 25 .492 1
6. Peralta* G ·  S ·  vP 574 .291 .350 .439 .789 426 .816 148 .711 .750 90 .699 8 4 14 4
11. Pollock G ·  S ·  vP 460 .267 .330 .467 .797 310 .763 150 .866 .740 88 .852 20 6 13 1
9. Rosales G ·  S ·  vP 307 .225 .261 .356 .616 184 .561 123 .700 .701 33 .410 1 2 7 11
15. Vargas# G ·  S ·  vP 9 .111 .111 .111 .222 7 .286 2 .000 .667 7 .286
53. Walker G ·  S ·  vP 12 .222 .417 .889 1.306 4 .500 8 1.518 .500 12 1.306 2 1
TOTAL .254 .328 .444 .772 .786 .734 .787 99 30 217 105

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 92.1 4.39 7.3 396 .267 .763 197 .727 199 .799 .729 120 .793 14 1 4
54. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP o·o·o·o···X·X· 69.0 2.48 7.7 283 .246 .645 202 .630 81 .681 .581 54 .674 3 3
49. Buchter* G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o··ooo··o· 63.2 2.97 8.9 262 .188 .650 165 .664 97 .625 .801 41 .490 10 2 2
34. Cahill G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X······ 84.0 4.93 9.3 381 .275 .850 209 .915 172 .767 .636 54 1.130 16 17 2
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 146.1 3.81 8.0 609 .257 .709 502 .766 107 .451 .672 66 .631 13 2 1
62. Gaviglio G ·  S ·  vP ·········X···· 73.1 4.30 6.0 307 .271 .850 162 .866 145 .831 .796 48 .765 16 9 3
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 180.1 5.29 7.2 804 .284 .773 384 .771 420 .775 .714 127 .939 26 20 3
40. Herrera G ·  S ·  vP oo·o··oX·X···· 59.1 4.25 8.5 259 .255 .786 122 .720 137 .845 .883 40 .833 9 5
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 154.0 5.38 7.7 655 .246 .804 340 .791 315 .818 .897 102 .820 34 4 5
59. Machado G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 3.2 22.09 2.5 24 .476 1.399 14 1.726 10 .956 15 1.200 2
32. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ··o···o···o··· 59.1 6.52 8.9 267 .298 .838 148 .902 119 .757 .643 33 1.322 8 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X·······o 44.1 2.84 5.3 188 .264 .684 115 .587 73 .839 .630 54 .625 4 1
26. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP o·oo····o····· 76.2 2.58 10.2 303 .203 .582 201 .662 102 .423 .660 46 .480 5 4 1
64. Morin G ·  S ·  vP ····XX····X··X 18.2 6.75 7.2 85 .338 .915 47 .782 38 1.082 .718 20 .762 3
47. Moylan G ·  S ·  vP o·X···ooo·o·X· 59.0 3.51 7.0 242 .190 .578 192 .482 50 .986 .532 43 .531 4 2 1
69. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 17.0 9.53 6.9 88 .373 1.028 79 1.044 9 .873 .690 16 .938 2 1
48. Soria G ·  S ·  vP X··X···oo···X· 55.0 3.60 10.5 227 .233 .581 131 .523 96 .657 .576 16 .188 1
51. Vargas* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 175.2 3.94 6.7 734 .262 .754 592 .743 142 .798 .747 98 .757 25 10 6
TOTAL 4.60 7.6 .265 .763 .734 .784 193 83 30

Royals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.84 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 50. Banda* 33. Barrett 61. Bracho 25. Bradley 40. Chafin* 47. Hernandez 60. Hoover 30. McFarland* 56. Rodney 29. De La Rosa* 54. Sherfy 99. Walker
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ···
53. Cabrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.819 ··· 7/.572 11/.855 13/1.007 ··· 10/1.200
6. Cain G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/1.334
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/.167 6/1.167 ··· 5/.600
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 7/.572 14/.955 6/1.133 ··· 5/.200
Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
35. Hosmer* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 6/.750 ··· ··· 5/.800
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
37. Moss* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/1.133 4/.833 11/1.055 7/.572 ··· 10/.200
8. Moustakas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/2.142 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.000
16. Orlando G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.750
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ···
46. Torres# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 415 .252 .318 .424 .742 298 .760 117 .697 .730 25 .584 1 1 16 4
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 173 .231 .285 .325 .610 121 .622 52 .582 .561 24 .303 3 2
53. Cabrera# G ·  S ·  vP 663 .287 .325 .425 .750 502 .736 161 .795 .735 105 .606 1 2 17 2
6. Cain G ·  S ·  vP 640 .300 .363 .441 .804 497 .796 143 .830 .790 94 .931 25 2 15 7
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 149 .237 .282 .331 .613 95 .610 54 .618 .669 17 .765 2 6
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 625 .249 .270 .355 .625 482 .594 143 .731 .625 94 .890 4 7 6 15
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 24 .286 .375 .476 .851 22 .837 2 1.000 .875 6 .000 1
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 536 .210 .294 .318 .612 395 .611 141 .607 .572 86 .860 7 4 9 2
Gore G ·  S ·  vP 4 .000 .250 .000 .250 3 .000 1 .000 4 .250 2 2
35. Hosmer* G ·  S ·  vP 667 .317 .382 .492 .874 461 .938 206 .735 .896 105 .834 6 1 24 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 621 .289 .326 .464 .789 493 .782 128 .820 .885 113 .866 33 7 19 12
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 57 .160 .208 .220 .428 44 .406 13 .500 .527 6 1.000 5 2 1
37. Moss* G ·  S ·  vP 396 .210 .283 .434 .717 319 .689 77 .834 .888 70 .734 2 22
8. Moustakas* G ·  S ·  vP 594 .274 .316 .525 .841 437 .866 157 .773 .769 86 .732 38 12
16. Orlando G ·  S ·  vP 87 .193 .221 .289 .510 71 .479 16 .646 .703 34 .690 1 1 2
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 499 .268 .297 .495 .792 353 .794 146 .788 .654 76 .858 1 27 5
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 108 .147 .250 .263 .513 67 .474 41 .577 .736 6 .333 2
46. Torres# G ·  S ·  vP 77 .236 .286 .278 .563 54 .576 23 .534 .648 10 .400 1
TOTAL .260 .312 .421 .733 .734 .728 .777 89 30 191 78

ARI Pitchers

ARI Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
99. Walker G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 152.1 3.54 8.3 666 .249 .739 343 .739 323 .740 .709 95 .840 17 14 1
50. Banda* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·······o· 24.1 5.92 8.9 105 .266 .800 67 .945 38 .551 .433 15 .267 1
33. Barrett G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·X···o·o· 27.0 5.00 8.7 121 .260 .847 70 .859 51 .829 .692 36 .853 7 1
61. Bracho G ·  S ·  vP ···oo·o···o··· 19.0 6.16 9.5 81 .230 .742 50 .911 31 .491 .804 17 .485 5 1
25. Bradley G ·  S ·  vP ···X···X·X···· 71.2 1.38 9.5 282 .197 .538 151 .509 131 .572 .516 35 .479 3 3
40. Chafin* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··oo······· 50.1 3.58 10.5 218 .250 .709 129 .806 89 .572 .712 17 .723 5 1 1
46. Corbin* G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 189.2 4.03 8.4 826 .276 .792 648 .830 178 .651 .867 112 .869 26 6 5
52. Godley G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 153.1 3.40 9.6 622 .223 .662 322 .673 300 .650 .692 127 .698 15 1
21. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP X······X·····X 202.1 3.20 9.6 801 .230 .659 394 .662 407 .657 .695 118 .721 25 5 9
47. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP o··o··X··o·o·· 54.2 3.13 8.6 213 .240 .614 119 .605 94 .625 .627 30 .767 4 4 3
60. Hoover G ·  S ·  vP ··o···oo·o·Xo· 40.1 4.02 12.0 193 .277 .854 128 .927 65 .722 .992 26 .641 7 1 1
30. McFarland* G ·  S ·  vP ···oo··o··X·X· 54.0 5.33 4.8 241 .300 .757 161 .860 80 .548 .735 28 .869 4 2
38. Ray* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 160.1 2.86 12.2 659 .200 .644 538 .657 121 .590 .566 119 .592 22 8 8
56. Rodney G ·  S ·  vP o····o·X·····o 54.1 4.31 10.6 227 .199 .578 109 .486 118 .662 .484 29 .607 3 5 2
29. De La Rosa* G ·  S ·  vP ···o··oo····o· 50.1 4.29 8.0 216 .238 .719 137 .825 79 .545 .728 16 .779 7 5
54. Sherfy G ·  S ·  vP ·····o·o·X·X·· 10.2 .00 7.6 37 .143 .418 25 .492 12 .258 .255 31 .502 1 1
34. Shipley G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X··o···· 25.0 5.76 6.5 122 .301 .942 64 1.171 58 .704 1.033 34 .840 5 2
TOTAL 3.68 9.2 .241 .708 .706 .711 169 67 31

Explanation and Key