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Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Kauffman Stadium, June 4, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
60
On This Date:
64-47
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
59
On This Date:
23-19
Season Series
Mon, Jun 02, 2014 KCR  6 @STL  0     
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 KCR  8 @STL  7     

Wed, Jun 04, 2014 STL    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 STL    @KCR  8:10pm

                         All times ET
St. Louis Cardinals
30-29, 2nd, 5 GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-14   Road:   14-15   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  25-20   vsLHP:   5-9    1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest:  4-3  IL: 1-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Tue, Jun  3   KCR  L   7-8       30-29  2nd  5.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2   KCR  L   0-6       30-28  2nd  5.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  1   SFG  L   0-8       30-27  2nd  4.0 gb
 56 Sat, May 31   SFG  W   2-0       30-26  2nd  3.0 gb
 55 Fri, May 30   SFG  L   4-9       29-26  2nd  4.0 gb
 54 Thu, May 29   SFG  L   5-6       29-25  2nd  3.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   NYY  L   4-7       29-24  2nd  2.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   NYY  W   6-0       29-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   NYY  L   4-6 (12)  28-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @CIN  W   4-0       28-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals
28-30, 4th, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-14   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  19-22   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   5-12
 vsEast: 10-7    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 6-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @STL  W   8-7       28-30  4th  5.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @STL  W   6-0       27-30  4th  6.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @TOR  L   0-4       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @TOR  L   2-12      26-29  3rd  6.5 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @TOR  W   6-1       26-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @TOR  W   8-6 (10)  25-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 52 Wed, May 28   HOU  L   3-9       24-28  4th  6.5 gb
 51 Tue, May 27   HOU  L   0-3       24-27  4th  6.5 gb
 50 Mon, May 26   HOU  L   2-9       24-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 25  @LAA  L   3-4       24-25  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 KCR  8 @STL  7        W:Wade Davis (5-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-3), S: Greg Holland (16)
Mon, Jun 02, 2014 KCR  6 @STL  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-5), L: Shelby Miller (6-5), S: none

Thu, May 30, 2013 KCR  4 @STL  2        W:Louis Coleman (1-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-3), S: Greg Holland (8)
Wed, May 29, 2013 STL  5  KCR  3        W:Randy Choate (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: Edward Mujica (17)
Tue, May 28, 2013 STL  4 @KCR  1        W:Tyler Lyons (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (3-5), S: Edward Mujica (16)
Mon, May 27, 2013 STL  6 @KCR  3        W:Adam Wainwright (7-3), L: James Shields (2-6), S: Edward Mujica (15)
Sun, Jun 24, 2012 STL 11 @KCR  8        W:Victor Marte (1-1), L: Tim Collins (4-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 STL  8 @KCR  2        W:Adam Wainwright (6-7), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2012 STL 11 @KCR  4        W:Joe Kelly (1-0), L: Vin Mazzaro (3-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2012 KCR  5 @STL  3 (15)   W:Jonathan Broxton (1-1), L: Eduardo Sanchez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-0; 2013 - STL won 3-1; 2012 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 45-33

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 8-3, 2.32)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-3) 85.1 61 22 22 17 81 4 2.32
2013 (19-9) 241.2 223 83 79 35 219 15 2.94
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.1 40 16 16 8 46 3 2.98 61
2014-05-30 SFG L 4.1 8 7 7 1 4 1 92 22
2014-05-25 @CIN W 8.0 5 0 0 1 12 0 117 83
2014-05-20 ARI W 9.0 1 0 0 0 9 0 115 94
2014-05-13 CHC ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 4 1 93 53
2014-05-07 @ATL W 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 103 71
2014-05-02 @CHC L 5.0 10 6 6 2 4 1 110 25
2014-04-27 PIT W 8.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 99 81
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 35.0 40 16 15 5 25 3 3.86 53
2013-05-27 @KCR W 8.0 12 3 3 0 5 0 104 51
2012-06-23 @KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 109 60
2012-06-17 KCR ND 7.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 109 68
2009-06-21 @KCR W 6.0 8 5 5 0 8 2 90 44
2007-06-18 KCR L 7.0 9 5 4 1 0 1 88 40

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 5-2, 3.39)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-2) 77.0 74 30 29 21 59 11 3.39
2013 (9-8) 150.0 162 68 67 46 109 17 4.02
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.0 47 23 23 13 41 8 4.93 49
2014-05-30 @TOR W 6.0 7 1 1 3 7 1 108 58
2014-05-25 @LAA ND 6.1 3 1 1 5 6 0 109 64
2014-05-19 CHW L 4.2 8 7 7 2 6 3 82 24
2014-05-14 COL W 6.2 5 2 2 1 8 1 103 63
2014-05-09 @SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 98 77
2014-05-04 DET L 5.0 11 7 7 2 3 2 107 18
2014-04-29 TOR ND 6.1 10 5 5 0 5 1 94 38
Last 5 v.STL 1-1 12.2 15 8 8 0 6 2 5.68 45
2010-06-16 @STL W 7.2 5 1 1 0 4 0 94 69
2005-08-31 STL L 5.0 10 7 7 0 2 2 91 21

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

Cardinals Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
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		 48.Mariot
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 17/.364 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/.400 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 127/84 .207/.276/.336/.612 .540/.648 .527 61/.584 3/0 2/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 271/192 .292/.381/.373/.755 .694/.781 .781 113/.772 2/0 1/6
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 7/1.142 ··· 3/.333 3/2.667 ··· 244/193 .247/.307/.381/.689 .855/.643 .561 105/.838 1/1 6/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 33/25 .241/.333/.276/.609 .542/.624 .809 14/.286 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 60/52 .164/.220/.218/.439 .125/.485 .432 21/.549 1/0 0/0
3.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.666 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 94/61 .165/.261/.190/.451 .319/.523 .557 42/.488 2/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/16 .167/.219/.267/.485 .388/.583 .557 10/.522 0/0 0/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/1.306 ··· 3/2.000 9/.500 3/1.000 2/2.500 4/2.500 ··· 256/199 .272/.379/.373/.752 .805/.736 .616 107/.737 1/1 3/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/3.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 139/116 .282/.343/.379/.722 .870/.690 .820 51/.764 2/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.567 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 221/173 .297/.341/.431/.772 .736/.781 .705 88/.713 1/0 5/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.546 ··· 8/.875 7/1.571 17/.607 8/.625 8/.875 ··· 229/177 .234/.310/.434/.744 .699/.754 .725 95/.697 1/0 9/6
18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .231/.214/.462/.676 .000/.873 14/.676 0/0 1/0
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 141/117 .266/.329/.344/.672 .534/.700 .552 65/.829 8/1 1/4
IP 77.0 1.0 14.2 25.1 26.1 28.0 21.2 18.1 TOTAL .252/.320/.363/.683 .634/.698 .648 .691 23/6 32/30
ERA-K/9 3.39/6.9 9.00/0.0 4.91/4.9 2.84/4.6 1.37/15.1 1.61/7.1 1.66/13.3 6.87/6.9 3.86/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (1-1-1)
 Molina (14-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.251 7/.429 63/.260 102/.223 103/.122 118/.231 85/.203 84/.316 .252  Holliday
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Taveras
 Bourjos
 Jay
 Grichuk
58/0/0/1
6/0/44/1
0/0/2/0
0/0/4/0
0/38/0/0
3/30/10/0
2/4/5/0
OPS .719 1.000 .727 .635 .346 .634 .525 .764 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.558 3/.667 23/.754 47/.579 51/.410 56/.615 43/.513 47/.788 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.763 4/1.250 40/.707 55/.683 52/.281 62/.650 42/.531 37/.734 .735
Home 162/.836 7/1.000 30/.583 43/.669 38/.392 53/.701 48/.524 46/.849
Last 28d days 127/.682 / 44/.627 53/.858 37/.191 57/.587 33/.380 37/.920
HR/SB/CS 11/7/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 58/21/9
Usage ····X··· ········ ···X··XX ooo·X··o XX···X·· ·o··X·oo X····Xo· ···X··X·
Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 13/.658 6/.650 3/1.167 3/1.334 3/.000 3/2.334 ··· 5/.000 250/182 .259/.321/.313/.634 .838/.556 .751 110/.576 7/3 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 231/169 .251/.303/.309/.612 .713/.576 .733 103/.591 0/0 1/
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 140/99 .320/.364/.414/.778 .810/.766 .896 86/.747 6/0 2/1
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 43/35 .244/.262/.293/.555 .250/.627 .500 43/.555 3/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 75/65 .288/.347/.318/.665 .400/.710 .429 20/.694 10/3 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 25/.541 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 2/2.500 ··· 227/173 .269/.314/.375/.689 .880/.624 .694 101/.665 15/1 2/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 18/.789 2/.500 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB 244/167 .281/.357/.433/.790 .756/.805 .783 105/.966 3/2 6/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/22 .088/.088/.176/.265 .000/.409 .412 26/.346 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/.311 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 257/170 .270/.311/.367/.678 .621/.708 .556 111/.553 0/1 1/5
14.Infante G/S/vP 13/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.400 1/3.000 169/113 .255/.305/.373/.678 .430/.804 .768 35/.532 1/0 2/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 150/129 .154/.220/.324/.544 .405/.565 .449 39/.529 0/0 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 205/152 .263/.317/.411/.728 .676/.743 .655 75/.700 1/0 5/3
IP 85.1 16.1 6.1 25.2 30.2 6.2 25.1 27.1 TOTAL .254/.307/.355/.662 .661/.662 .659 .643 48/12 26/36
ERA-K/9 2.32/8.5 7.16/8.3 0.00/10.0 2.81/5.6 4.70/7.3 1.35/5.4 1.07/9.6 4.28/11.5 3.48/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-0-1)
 Perez (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.198 70/.250 22/.059 117/.333 130/.254 27/.261 92/.149 118/.214 .237  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
 Aoki
58/0/0/4
0/35/9/2
1/29/0/2
0/0/55/1
OPS .541 .667 .297 .816 .708 .731 .369 .645 .653
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.573 38/.456 11/.425 46/.822 58/1.022 11/.473 29/.212 57/.625 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.513 32/.916 11/.182 71/.812 72/.470 16/.928 63/.440 61/.664 .639
Road 196/.524 24/.683 / 56/.883 66/.745 4/1.833 41/.411 38/.582
Last 28d days 105/.528 27/1.000 22/.297 57/.805 56/.902 27/.731 38/.316 51/.674
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 1/1/1 0/0/1 2/1/0 2/1/3 1/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 40/15/14
Usage ····X··· ·o··X·o· Xo·o·XX· o·X·X·X· ··X··X·· ·oo·o·o· o··oX··· 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  5.19

NYY  4.11

SDP  3.19

 RA/G

OAK  3.16

BOS  4.22

ARI  4.90

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .353

E. Longoria  .265

C. Santana  .159

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .451

J. Hardy  .327

J. Gyorko  .213

 SLG

N. Cruz  .678

J. Saltalamacchia  .404

J. Gyorko  .270

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.125

D. Pedroia  .739

J. Gyorko  .482

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.68

C. Wilson  3.52

F. Morales  6.03

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  10.90

N. Eovaldi  7.32

C. Young  4.27

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.