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Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, June 19, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Start Time:

1:08et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Comerica Park

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

79° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

19-17

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

50-55

Season Series
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 DET  4  KCR  3     
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 DET  2  KCR  1 (10)
Fri, May 02, 2014 DET  8 @KCR  2     
Sat, May 03, 2014 DET  9 @KCR  2     
Sun, May 04, 2014 DET  9 @KCR  4     
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 KCR 11 @DET  8     
Tue, Jun 17, 2014 KCR 11 @DET  4     
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 KCR  2 @DET  1     

Thu, Jun 19, 2014 KCR    @DET  1:08pm
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 DET    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 DET    @KCR  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 KCR    @DET  4:08pm
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 DET    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 21, 2014 DET    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

39-32, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-16   Road:   21-16   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  28-24   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Wed, Jun 18  @DET  W   2-1       39-32  1st  1.5 up
 70 Tue, Jun 17  @DET  W  11-4       38-32  1st  0.5 up
 69 Mon, Jun 16  @DET  W  11-8       37-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 15  @CHW  W   6-3       36-32  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10:10-0    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Detroit Tigers

36-32, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-19   Road:   18-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  24-24   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest:  9-9  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Wed, Jun 18   KCR  L   1-2       36-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 17   KCR  L   4-11      36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 16   KCR  L   8-11      36-30  1st  0.5 up
 65 Sun, Jun 15   MIN  W   4-3       36-29  1st  1.5 up
 64 Sat, Jun 14   MIN  W  12-9       35-29  1st  1.5 up
 63 Fri, Jun 13   MIN  L   0-2       34-29  1st  1.5 up
 62 Thu, Jun 12  @CHW  W   4-0       34-28  1st  2.5 up
 61 Wed, Jun 11  @CHW  L   2-8       33-28  1st  2.0 up
 60 Mon, Jun  9  @CHW  L   5-6       33-27  1st  2.0 up
 59 Sun, Jun  8   BOS  L   3-5       33-26  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 KCR  2 @DET  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (4-6), L: Drew Smyly (3-6), S: Greg Holland (21)
Tue, Jun 17, 2014 KCR 11 @DET  4        W:Yordano Ventura (5-5), L: Max Scherzer (8-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 KCR 11 @DET  8        W:Jason Vargas (7-2), L: Justin Verlander (6-7), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2014 DET  9 @KCR  4        W:Justin Verlander (4-1), L: Jason Vargas (2-1), S: none
Sat, May 03, 2014 DET  9 @KCR  2        W:Drew Smyly (2-1), L: Danny Duffy (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2014 DET  8 @KCR  2        W:Rick Porcello (4-1), L: James Shields (3-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 DET  2  KCR  1 (10)   W:Al Alburquerque (1-0), L: Tim Collins (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 DET  4  KCR  3        W:Joe Nathan (1-0), L: Wade Davis (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 15, 2013 DET  3  KCR  2        W:Drew Smyly (6-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (14-11), S: Joaquin Benoit (20)
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 KCR  1 @DET  0        W:Ervin Santana (9-9), L: Doug Fister (12-9), S: Greg Holland (43)
Season Series: 2014 - DET over 5-3; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; 2012 - DET won 13-5; All-Time - KCR leads 308-307

SP: Danny Duffy (25, LHP, 4-5, 2.83)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-5)			54.0	38	19	17	22	42	4	2.83
2013 (2-0)			24.1	19	5	5	14	22	0	1.85
2012 (2-2)			27.2	26	13	12	18	28	2	3.90

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.2	31	15	14	15	29	4	3.02	56
2014-06-14	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	98	75
2014-06-07	NYY	ND	5.2	5	3	3	3	4	0	100	48
2014-06-02	@STL	W	6.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	85	74
2014-05-28	HOU	L	4.0	7	6	5	5	3	2	86	24
2014-05-23	@LAA	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	87	34
2014-05-17	BAL	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	97	75
2014-05-08	@SEA	L	6.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	88	65

Last 5 v.DET		1-2	26.0	18	11	11	16	17	3	3.81	52
2014-05-03	DET	L	4.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	75	52
2013-09-07	DET	ND	4.1	2	2	2	5	1	0	87	47
2013-08-16	@DET	W	6.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	96	70
2012-04-16	DET	L	6.2	7	3	3	1	7	2	106	54
2011-09-01	@DET	ND	5.0	6	5	5	3	4	1	92	36

SP: Anibal Sanchez (30, RHP, 3-2, 2.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-2)			62.2	40	21	17	19	59	1	2.44
2013 (14-8)			182.0	156	56	52	54	202	9	2.57
2012 (9-13)			195.2	200	95	84	48	167	20	3.86

Last 7 GS		3-0	42.1	25	10	9	10	37	1	1.91	64
2014-06-14	MIN	W	6.1	4	3	3	2	6	0	114	57
2014-06-08	BOS	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	112	57
2014-06-03	TOR	ND	7.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	107	78
2014-05-28	@OAK	ND	8.1	3	1	1	1	9	0	111	81
2014-05-23	TEX	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	99	64
2014-05-18	@BOS	W	5.0	5	2	1	3	3	0	80	51
2014-04-26	@MIN	ND	2.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	54	58

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	36.1	28	4	4	8	24	0	0.99	67
2013-09-06	@KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	98	63
2013-08-15	KCR	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	5	0	115	64
2013-07-19	@KCR	L	6.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	101	58
2012-09-25	KCR	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	10	0	105	90
2012-08-29	@KCR	L	7.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	119	60

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

Royals Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 46.Krol*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 287/214 .261/.325/.319/.644 .851/.572 .582 91/.622 7/4 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 16/.580 5/.600 8/.375 7/2.071 2/.000 1/3.000 14/1.038 286/214 .271/.325/.349/.674 .667/.677 .618 102/.753 0/0 2/

6.Cain G/S/vP 10/.600 6/.533 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 187/136 .322/.358/.425/.784 .870/.752 .713 88/.817 6/2 2/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/36 .233/.250/.279/.529 .222/.609 .579 33/.540 3/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 13/.308 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 103/85 .300/.354/.322/.676 .513/.713 .813 44/.720 10/3 0/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP 15/.534 8/.250 1/.000 7/.167 1/.000 1/.000 7/.715 277/211 .291/.331/.402/.732 .802/.709 .707 101/.769 18/1 2/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 16/.775 3/.000 4/1.000 16/.438 2/.000 2/.000 12/.614 299/210 .288/.368/.458/.826 .769/.851 .816 108/1.018 5/2 8/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 36/23 .086/.111/.171/.283 .077/.391 .170 14/.747 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 16/.376 4/.500 1/.000 13/.917 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 317/217 .259/.300/.372/.672 .603/.704 .765 114/.582 2/1 4/5

14.Infante G/S/vP 19/.378 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 228/162 .255/.301/.370/.671 .525/.731 .722 94/.607 1/1 4/2

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 12/.450 7/.286 1/.000 10/.844 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 201/167 .171/.240/.354/.594 .602/.592 .654 62/.707 0/0 7/5

13.Perez G/S/vP 11/.182 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 258/195 .280/.333/.435/.768 .616/.814 .812 92/.824 1/0 7/3

IP 62.2 26.2 30.1 25.1 3.0 24.1 24.2 TOTAL .262/.315/.373/.688 .667/.696 .703 .727 55/16 39/41

ERA-K/9

2.44/8.5

3.04/9.8

2.97/10.1

6.04/5.7

0.00/9.0

2.96/7.0

6.57/7.7

4.18/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (4-0-1)
Perez (20-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 243/.181 110/.230 123/.232 118/.320 12/.100 107/.271 114/.276 .260 Gordon
Cain
Aoki
Dyson 71/0/0/5
0/42/17/5
0/0/64/2
1/38/0/2

OPS .520 .651 .613 .865 .350 .826 .788 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.438 55/.671 63/.641 48/.698 5/.200 55/.717 64/.845 .680

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.656 55/.631 60/.586 70/.987 7/.452 52/.940 50/.715 .788

Home 161/.529 66/.717 71/.758 57/.823 12/.350 48/1.000 65/.709

Last 28d days 126/.467 30/.563 43/.569 51/.753 12/.350 41/1.069 42/1.019

HR/SB/CS 1/7/2 4/3/0 1/2/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 4/0/0 4/6/0 61/48/26

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

Tigers Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
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 48.Mariot
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 6/1.500 8/.143 6/2.033 15/1.267 9/.222 10/.300 ··· 198/150 .212/.340/.352/.692 .574/.730 .626 77/.514 0/3 4/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 19/.903 ··· 11/1.055 2/.500 10/.644 23/1.213 8/.804 13/.462 1/.000 290/218 .318/.372/.544/.916 .732/.976 .902 103/.939 0/1 12/4

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 4/.583 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 236/163 .269/.305/.406/.711 .910/.626 .816 89/.845 1/1 5/5

20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 5/.200 10/.543 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 210/141 .278/.324/.397/.721 .840/.663 .712 71/.736 20/4 4/2

50.Holaday G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 63/32 .305/.333/.356/.689 .526/.851 .655 22/.747 1/0 0/3

48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 7/.953 4/.833 8/.000 16/.501 6/.000 7/.286 1/2.000 241/178 .266/.290/.441/.732 .690/.746 .647 82/.587 1/1 9/3

14.Jackson G/S/vP 18/.762 ··· 9/.444 4/.250 9/1.089 17/.185 9/.222 10/.425 3/.000 262/193 .252/.317/.378/.695 .859/.638 .846 91/.642 7/2 3/4

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.333 4/2.750 10/1.156 6/.834 7/.286 1/.000 92/79 .232/.315/.280/.596 .785/.568 .698 32/.422 3/0 0/1

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/1.262 1/2.000 5/2.100 9/.347 2/.000 5/.200 5/.400 1/4.000 1/.000 304/230 .291/.323/.453/.776 .695/.804 .889 107/.715 7/3 7/1

28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.500 3/.333 ··· 105/73 .299/.333/.546/.880 .329/1.117 .808 54/.929 2/2 5/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 14/.690 1/.000 7/.453 12/.834 4/.583 22/.618 2/.000 8/.625 2/.500 288/214 .332/.385/.595/.980 1.195/.904 .905 104/.969 2/2 17/4

27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 136/111 .216/.274/.264/.538 .708/.500 .661 46/.735 4/1 1/7

30.Suarez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 40/24 .303/.395/.667/1.061 1.129/1.027 1.116 40/1.061 0/0 3/2

IP 54.0 4.2 19.2 17.1 31.1 31.1 31.0 27.2 21.2 TOTAL .274/.327/.433/.759 .760/.759 .791 .759 48/21 70/49

ERA-K/9

2.83/7.0

1.93/3.8

6.41/5.9

4.15/5.2

2.87/5.2

1.15/15.0

2.32/7.0

1.30/13.3

6.65/7.1

3.71/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (34-22-2)
Holaday (11-3-0)
Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.195 21/.250 93/.325 77/.279 125/.226 123/.121 131/.233 108/.198 98/.303 .253 Davis
Jackson
Kelly
Hunter
Martinez 49/3/0/5
0/64/0/2
4/3/7/0
0/0/57/0
16/0/10/0

OPS .583 .586 .994 .753 .637 .349 .634 .498 .773 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.225 11/.364 35/.519 25/.812 57/.646 63/.452 64/.651 55/.473 54/.806 .684

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.667 10/.844 58/1.280 52/.725 68/.629 60/.242 67/.619 53/.521 44/.733 .713

Road 126/.548 6/.333 38/.963 43/.812 67/.584 73/.313 70/.533 46/.535 43/.704

Last 28d days 123/.713 14/.368 37/1.196 44/.744 52/.663 40/.258 46/.766 36/.310 51/.893

HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 0/0/0 5/0/1 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/1 1/0/0 62/24/11

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

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

OAK 5.18

WSN 4.13

SDP 2.94

RA/G

OAK 3.35

BAL 4.20

ARI 4.92

T. Tulowitzki .356

P. Sandoval .265

B. Hicks .172

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .445

G. Jones .330

Y. Alonso .250

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .653

Y. Molina .407

W. Venable .289

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.097

M. Joyce .741

B. Miller .559

ERA

J. Cueto 1.92

G. Cole 3.64

J. Nicasio 5.92

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 10.86

T. Wood 7.37

K. Correia 4.60

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.