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Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at U.S. Cellular Field, June 15, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

72° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

26-15

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

42-58

Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 KCR  7  CHW  5     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 KCR  4  CHW  3     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 CHW  5 @KCR  1     
Mon, May 19, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  6     
Tue, May 20, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  6     
Wed, May 21, 2014 KCR  3  CHW  1     
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 KCR  7 @CHW  2     
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 KCR  9 @CHW  1     

Sun, Jun 15, 2014 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 27, 2014 KCR    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 28, 2014 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

35-32, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-16   Road:   17-16   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-24   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Sat, Jun 14  @CHW  W   9-1       35-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 13  @CHW  W   7-2       34-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11   CLE  W   4-1       33-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10   CLE  W   9-5       32-32  3rd  3.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8   NYY  W   2-1       31-32  3rd  4.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7   NYY  W   8-4       30-32  4th  5.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6   NYY  L   2-4       29-32  4th  5.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5   STL  W   3-2       29-31  4th  4.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   STL  L   2-5 (11)  28-31  5th  5.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @STL  W   8-7       28-30  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Chicago White Sox

33-36, 5th, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-17   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  24-26   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest:  3-9  IL: 8-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sat, Jun 14   KCR  L   1-9       33-36  5th  4.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13   KCR  L   2-7       33-35  4th  3.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12   DET  L   0-4       33-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11   DET  W   8-2       33-33  3rd  2.5 gb
 65 Mon, Jun  9   DET  W   6-5       32-33  3rd  3.5 gb
 64 Sun, Jun  8  @LAA  L   2-4       31-33  4th  4.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  7  @LAA  L   5-6       31-32  3rd  4.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6  @LAA  L   4-8       31-31  2nd  3.5 gb
 61 Wed, Jun  4  @LAD  W   2-1       31-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  3  @LAD  W   4-1       30-30  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 KCR  9 @CHW  1        W:Danny Duffy (4-5), L: Hector Noesi (2-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 KCR  7 @CHW  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-6), L: Jose Quintana (3-7), S: none
Wed, May 21, 2014 KCR  3  CHW  1        W:Wade Davis (3-1), L: Jose Quintana (2-4), S: Greg Holland (13)
Tue, May 20, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  6        W:Andre Rienzo (4-0), L: Yordano Ventura (2-4), S: Ronald Belisario (1)
Mon, May 19, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  6        W:Zach Putnam (2-0), L: Jason Vargas (4-2), S: Jake Petricka (1)
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 CHW  5 @KCR  1        W:Chris Sale (2-0), L: James Shields (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 KCR  4  CHW  3        W:Wade Davis (1-1), L: Scott Downs (0-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 KCR  7  CHW  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (1-0), L: Erik Johnson (0-1), S: Greg Holland (1)

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Bruce Chen (9-4), L: Jose Quintana (9-7), S: Greg Holland (47)
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 CHW  6  KCR  5        W:Erik Johnson (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (0-1), S: Addison Reed (40)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 5-3; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 360-329

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 7-3, 3.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (7-3)			91.2	94	46	35	21	78	12	3.44
2013 (13-9)			228.2	215	82	80	68	196	20	3.15
2012 (15-10)			227.2	208	103	89	58	223	25	3.52

Last 7 GS		4-0	45.1	53	22	19	11	34	7	3.77	51
2014-06-08	NYY	W	6.0	6	1	0	2	8	0	110	64
2014-06-03	@STL	ND	5.1	9	7	5	4	1	2	96	23
2014-05-29	@TOR	ND	7.0	8	6	6	0	6	3	108	43
2014-05-24	@LAA	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	2	112	40
2014-05-18	BAL	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	99	49
2014-05-13	COL	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	98	71
2014-05-07	@SDP	W	7.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	118	65

Last 5 v.CHW		2-1	33.0	33	9	9	6	30	2	2.45	59
2014-04-06	CHW	L	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	102	69
2013-09-27	@CHW	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	1	98	74
2013-08-22	CHW	ND	7.0	9	3	3	0	8	0	110	55
2013-07-26	@CHW	W	7.0	8	0	0	2	2	0	107	61
2013-06-23	CHW	ND	5.0	7	4	4	3	4	1	97	38

SP: Andre Rienzo (26, RHP, 4-3, 5.25)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-3)			48.0	51	32	28	21	38	7	5.25
2013 (2-3)			56.0	55	34	30	28	38	11	4.82

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.2	40	25	22	15	30	6	5.71	44
2014-06-06	@LAA	L	3.2	9	7	7	1	2	1	76	16
2014-05-31	SDP	L	3.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	80	36
2014-05-25	NYY	L	5.0	6	5	2	2	7	0	98	46
2014-05-20	@KCR	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	107	60
2014-05-14	@OAK	ND	6.1	2	2	2	2	4	2	106	63
2014-05-09	ARI	W	5.2	4	3	3	2	3	1	104	50
2014-05-04	@CLE	ND	4.2	7	3	3	4	2	2	99	36

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	18.0	14	7	6	6	17	1	3.00	58
2014-05-20	@KCR	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	107	60
2013-09-26	KCR	L	6.0	4	3	2	1	4	1	96	57
2013-08-21	@KCR	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	101	56

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

Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 67.Carroll
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 41.Guerra
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 40.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 5/.650 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 1/3.000 279/208 .259/.320/.319/.639 .876/.557 .569 97/.611 7/4 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.476 2/1.500 5/1.600 7/1.964 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/3.500 268/201 .261/.310/.340/.650 .688/.637 .562 98/.739 0/0 2/

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 171/126 .308/.345/.415/.760 .806/.745 .658 85/.757 6/0 2/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/36 .238/.256/.286/.542 .250/.609 .606 39/.614 3/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 90/76 .286/.349/.312/.661 .368/.719 .826 31/.692 10/3 0/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 260/199 .290/.329/.403/.733 .869/.688 .705 98/.744 17/1 2/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.985 2/1.000 5/.400 11/1.031 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 281/199 .283/.367/.445/.812 .814/.811 .788 103/.977 4/2 7/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/23 .086/.086/.171/.257 .000/.391 .118 19/.474 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 5/2.500 12/.523 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 297/203 .264/.306/.374/.680 .621/.708 .794 108/.612 1/1 3/5

14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 9/.472 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 209/148 .246/.290/.340/.630 .461/.701 .654 75/.480 1/1 2/2

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 183/155 .174/.235/.353/.588 .690/.570 .653 49/.678 0/0 6/5

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 4/1.417 1/3.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 241/183 .272/.324/.424/.748 .637/.779 .779 79/.730 1/0 6/3

IP 48.0 33.0 42.1 22.2 10.2 35.0 24.1 33.0 TOTAL .258/.309/.366/.675 .677/.675 .681 .692 52/14 33/39

ERA-K/9

5.25/7.1

4.91/6.8

4.68/3.8

5.56/8.3

2.53/8.4

2.06/6.2

1.48/7.0

3.00/7.1

4.36/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (4-0-1)
Perez (19-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 218/.267 138/.246 194/.321 101/.241 48/.225 149/.216 91/.183 143/.237 .257 Gordon
Cain
Aoki
Dyson 67/0/0/5
0/41/14/4
0/0/62/2
1/35/0/2

OPS .801 .617 .878 .691 .715 .584 .508 .713 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.834 60/.583 114/.928 50/.613 21/.435 63/.681 41/.533 65/.542 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.761 78/.638 80/.808 51/.769 27/.923 86/.513 50/.485 78/.862 .714

Home 94/.764 70/.733 104/.896 41/.590 36/.794 84/.550 45/.653 84/.645

Last 28d days 88/.935 45/.714 88/.785 26/.804 48/.715 48/.622 30/.563 38/.793

HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 1/3/0 5/1/3 1/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/2 1/3/0 2/4/1 57/46/17

Usage ········ ·····X·· ·X······ X····o·· X··X··X· ··X··X·X ·····o·· X·X···X·

White Sox Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 49.Joseph*
G/S/vB 48.Mariot
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 236/176 .260/.314/.600/.914 .802/.952 1.000 47/.938 0/0 19/3

15.Beckham G/S/vP 32/.941 ··· 6/.500 11/1.029 19/.053 12/.417 12/.750 ··· ··· 197/148 .286/.337/.412/.749 .972/.674 .709 100/.796 1/0 4/7

30.De Aza* G/S/vP 26/.398 1/.000 9/1.127 5/.200 13/.490 8/.661 10/.322 ··· ··· 228/183 .199/.278/.323/.601 .183/.709 .663 62/.723 8/4 5/2

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 34/.570 3/.000 10/1.375 7/1.715 15/.583 10/.200 13/.685 ··· ··· 234/188 .237/.368/.463/.831 .623/.881 .723 87/.806 1/0 11/1

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 223/163 .259/.327/.338/.666 .533/.716 .747 106/.595 5/5 1/1

21.Flowers G/S/vP 9/.722 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.533 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 202/155 .250/.313/.359/.672 .776/.637 .658 69/.507 0/1 5/4

28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 62/34 .232/.283/.339/.623 .630/.613 .423 15/.695 6/1 1/3

12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 15/.800 2/1.000 3/1.666 3/1.167 7/.762 2/2.500 7/.143 ··· ··· 184/142 .331/.380/.434/.814 .619/.873 .772 75/.836 0/0 0/5

14.Konerko G/S/vP 45/.447 ··· 5/.000 11/.182 25/.684 9/.111 14/.742 ··· 1/5.000 107/53 .212/.252/.384/.636 .776/.493 .770 49/.733 0/0 4/0

17.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/42 .271/.327/.333/.660 1.167/.542 .381 17/.437 0/0 0/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 48/1.080 1/3.000 2/.000 11/.586 24/.536 12/.819 13/.462 ··· ··· 283/218 .309/.344/.438/.782 .620/.830 .920 98/.692 12/3 7/6

25.Sierra G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 96/62 .187/.219/.242/.461 .265/.572 .409 24/.458 0/0 1/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 24/.781 ··· 4/1.250 7/1.404 9/.583 9/.666 11/.364 ··· ··· 261/195 .249/.303/.390/.693 .730/.680 .608 94/.491 0/0 5/5

IP 91.2 4.0 16.1 30.1 29.1 30.1 25.2 21.1 TOTAL .254/.317/.400/.717 .671/.733 .721 .680 38/15 69/53

ERA-K/9

3.44/7.7

2.25/4.5

4.41/5.0

2.97/5.0

1.23/14.7

2.37/7.1

1.40/13.7

/0.0

6.75/6.8

3.69/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (34-15-6)
Nieto (12-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 388/.264 18/.235 72/.281 122/.232 115/.129 129/.237 99/.194 / 97/.307 .251 De Aza
Eaton
Viciedo
Sierra
Garcia
Dunn 57/10/1/3
0/50/0/3
22/0/45/2
3/0/31/2
1/5/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .735 .572 .760 .653 .355 .645 .490 .781 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.736 9/.444 24/.785 57/.646 60/.436 63/.662 51/.512 / 54/.806 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 186/.733 9/.708 48/.746 65/.659 55/.265 66/.629 48/.464 / 43/.751 .706

Road 246/.757 3/.000 38/.833 64/.613 65/.319 68/.550 37/.522 / 42/.722

Last 28d days 110/.987 11/.282 45/.643 53/.829 39/.262 48/.807 31/.295 / 50/.912

HR/SB/CS 12/1/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/1 // 1/0/0 59/23/11

Usage ······X· ·o······ ·X··o··· Xo··X·Xo ···X··X· ·o·····X ···o··X· o······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 2014 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

COL 5.06

WSN 4.10

SDP 3.04

RA/G

OAK 3.15

BOS 4.22

ARI 4.89

T. Tulowitzki .355

E. Longoria .265

J. Gyorko .162

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .447

B. Crawford .327

J. Gyorko .213

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .659

Y. Gomes .407

J. Gyorko .270

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.106

C. McGehee .739

J. Gyorko .482

ERA

T. Hudson 1.81

D. Haren 3.54

E. Stults 5.79

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.82

N. Eovaldi 7.42

C. Young 4.30

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.