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Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees, at Kauffman Stadium, June 9, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, June 9, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
83° (based on last ten years)
Yankees
Manager:
Joe Girardi
Game #:
63
On This Date:
52-40
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
64
On This Date:
20-20
Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2     
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 KCR  8  NYY  4     
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 KCR  2  NYY  1     

Mon, Jun 09, 2014 NYY    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 KCR    @NYY  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 KCR    @NYY  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 KCR    @NYY  1:05pm

                         All times ET
New York Yankees
31-31, 3rd, 6 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-16   Road:   18-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  19-21   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  6-9  IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sun, Jun  8  @KCR  L   1-2       31-31  3rd  6.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  7  @KCR  L   4-8       31-30  3rd  6.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  6  @KCR  W   4-2       31-29  2nd  6.0 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  5   OAK  W   2-1       30-29  3rd  6.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun  4   OAK  L   4-7       29-29  3rd  6.0 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  3   OAK  L   2-5 (10)  29-28  3rd  5.0 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  2   SEA  L   2-10      29-27  2nd  4.0 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  1   MIN  L   2-7       29-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 54 Sat, May 31   MIN  W   3-1       29-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 53 Fri, May 30   MIN  L   1-6       28-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Kansas City Royals
31-32, 3rd, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-16   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  22-24   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 KCR  2  NYY  1        W:James Shields (7-3), L: Hiroki Kuroda (4-4), S: Greg Holland (18)
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 KCR  8  NYY  4        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: David Phelps (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2        W:Chase Whitley (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-6), S: David Robertson (14)

Thu, Jul 11, 2013 NYY  8  KCR  4        W:Andy Pettitte (7-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 NYY  8  KCR  1        W:Ivan Nova (4-2), L: Wade Davis (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 KCR  3 @NYY  1        W:James Shields (4-6), L: CC Sabathia (9-7), S: Greg Holland (22)
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 KCR  5 @NYY  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (8-6), L: Phil Hughes (4-8), S: Greg Holland (21)
Sun, May 12, 2013 NYY  4 @KCR  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (5-2), L: Ervin Santana (3-2), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Sat, May 11, 2013 NYY  3 @KCR  2        W:Andy Pettitte (4-2), L: James Shields (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Fri, May 10, 2013 NYY 11 @KCR  6        W:Phil Hughes (2-2), L: Wade Davis (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-1; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 274-187

SP: Vidal Nuno (26, LHP, 1-2, 5.33)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 52.1 58 34 31 18 42 10 5.33
2013 (1-2) 20.0 16 5 5 6 9 2 2.25
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.2 41 24 21 11 27 7 4.89 47
2014-06-04 OAK ND 4.2 6 2 2 1 5 1 92 48
2014-05-30 MIN L 6.2 7 4 4 0 6 3 101 50
2014-05-24 @CHW ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 5 0 101 51
2014-05-18 PIT ND 6.0 6 3 2 1 5 1 81 54
2014-05-13 NYM L 3.1 4 7 5 4 1 1 78 25
2014-05-07 @LAA W 6.1 4 1 1 1 3 0 82 63
2014-05-02 TBR ND 4.2 5 4 4 3 2 1 80 37
Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 5-2, 3.28)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-2) 85.0 83 32 31 23 62 11 3.28
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 43.2 46 20 20 15 39 7 4.12 52
2014-06-04 STL ND 8.0 9 2 2 2 3 0 117 57
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
Last 5 v.NYY 0-4 24.1 31 26 22 7 16 7 8.14 36
2013-08-13 @NYY L 4.1 8 4 4 1 3 2 77 33
2011-09-14 NYY ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 6 1 101 69
2011-07-25 @NYY L 4.0 7 8 4 1 2 2 84 25
2011-05-29 NYY L 3.0 5 6 6 4 1 1 82 22
2010-08-21 @NYY L 6.1 8 7 7 0 4 1 100 33

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Yankees Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.11 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		 68.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Beltran# G/S/vP 9/1.413 1/.000 5/.000 4/2.250 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 155/91 .218/.271/.401/.672 .606/.719 .532 15/.276 1/0 5/2
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 10/.400 3/.000 6/1.667 2/1.000 11/.364 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 259/164 .287/.353/.409/.761 .894/.684 .696 104/.731 18/2 3/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/2.000 5/.400 4/2.500 19/1.170 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 255/174 .279/.341/.393/.734 .693/.754 .638 115/.741 14/1 4/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 18/.771 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 20/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 234/151 .254/.312/.300/.612 .619/.608 .668 100/.539 1/0 1/5
33.Johnson* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 5/.000 5/.000 14/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 136/107 .216/.279/.392/.671 .676/.670 .574 45/.462 2/0 4/5
34.McCann* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 216/162 .225/.282/.365/.647 .755/.612 .610 88/.740 0/0 7/1
66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/24 .296/.321/.370/.692 .713/.667 .593 28/.399 0/0 1/0
14.Roberts# G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 26/.619 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 203/144 .239/.317/.350/.667 .599/.694 .773 81/.710 4/3 2/6
17.Ryan G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/23 .303/.303/.303/.606 .200/.783 .818 31/.516 0/1 0/2
26.Solarte# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 229/151 .299/.368/.458/.826 .669/.909 .816 98/.758 0/0 6/5
12.Soriano G/S/vP 14/1.423 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/132 .229/.255/.396/.651 .819/.558 .564 62/.527 0/0 6/2
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 22/1.318 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 114/88 .320/.377/.359/.736 .840/.705 .744 56/.628 4/1 0/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 17/.706 1/no AB 3/1.000 2/1.000 17/.448 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 176/120 .238/.364/.463/.826 .825/.826 .756 81/.677 0/1 10/5
IP 85.0 3.0 15.1 27.2 28.1 29.1 24.2 20.1 2.0 TOTAL .253/.315/.382/.697 .709/.691 .666 .637 45/9 51/36
ERA-K/9 3.28/6.6 3.00/3.0 4.70/4.7 2.60/4.9 1.27/14.6 2.45/7.1 1.46/13.8 6.64/6.7 0.00/4.5 3.78/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (21-14-5)
 Murphy (8-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 355/.253 15/.286 66/.269 110/.216 109/.115 126/.243 96/.200 93/.310 7/.167 .252  Gardner
 Suzuki
 Beltran
 Ellsbury
 Soriano
 Johnson
52/8/1/2
6/2/36/2
0/0/24/1
0/58/0/1
8/0/18/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .711 .690 .746 .626 .326 .661 .506 .758 .452 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.659 7/.571 23/.754 52/.603 54/.387 62/.673 50/.522 53/.822 4/.833 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.726 8/.804 43/.738 58/.646 55/.265 64/.650 46/.485 40/.676 3/.000 .720
Home 198/.803 15/.690 33/.633 51/.643 44/.335 61/.750 59/.493 55/.826 4/.833
Last 28d days 138/.748 8/.393 41/.624 52/.827 39/.130 54/.751 41/.406 46/.880 7/.452
HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 58/23/11
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···· ····o··· Xo···ooo X··o·XX· ·X··X·o· X··XXX·· ·X··X··· ··X··o··
Royals Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Nuno*
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 40.Daley
G/S/vB		 55.LeBlanc*
G/S/vB		 63.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 265/197 .256/.318/.311/.629 .838/.556 .727 107/.585 7/4 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.167 15/.553 2/.500 250/188 .249/.300/.316/.616 .713/.584 .721 104/.630 0/0 1/
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 157/116 .331/.369/.441/.811 .810/.811 .938 88/.893 6/0 2/1
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 44/36 .238/.256/.286/.542 .250/.609 .476 44/.542 3/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 3/.000 81/70 .271/.338/.300/.638 .364/.686 .399 26/.598 10/3 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 3/.000 244/190 .277/.318/.388/.706 .880/.653 .730 104/.681 16/1 2/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 14/.607 2/.500 263/186 .288/.376/.445/.822 .756/.849 .852 108/1.021 4/2 6/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/23 .086/.086/.171/.257 .000/.391 .389 22/.409 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 12/.583 2/1.500 278/190 .256/.295/.357/.652 .613/.669 .521 114/.442 0/1 2/5
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.650 ··· 190/133 .230/.277/.333/.610 .422/.691 .601 56/.364 1/1 2/2
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.222 3/.666 167/146 .151/.216/.303/.518 .405/.533 .417 46/.473 0/0 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 223/170 .271/.323/.425/.748 .676/.768 .715 81/.768 1/0 6/3
IP 52.1 36.0 13.0 7.1 3.1 21.0 12.0 34.0 TOTAL .252/.305/.355/.661 .658/.662 .656 .645 50/14 28/37
ERA-K/9 5.33/7.2 1.50/15.2 4.85/6.2 7.36/4.9 2.70/8.2 3.86/15.4 3.75/7.5 2.38/8.5 4.03/8.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 227/.287 133/.138 58/.224 35/.276 14/.167 88/.200 57/.298 139/.244 .259  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
 Aoki
63/0/0/5
0/39/13/3
1/33/0/2
0/0/59/1
OPS .839 .423 .806 .854 .786 .623 .722 .652 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/1.088 56/.367 21/1.143 9/.611 7/.286 45/.438 36/.643 65/.548 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.790 77/.464 37/.634 26/.911 7/1.143 43/.823 21/.866 74/.739 .771
Road 76/.575 77/.369 36/1.071 28/.801 5/.200 54/.619 23/.558 81/.605
Last 28d days 120/.833 53/.306 47/.581 35/.854 14/.786 55/.717 23/.667 53/.865
HR/SB/CS 10/1/0 1/2/2 3/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/4/0 0/2/1 2/1/2 69/30/17
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·X·X ·X··o··o ····X··· ·X··X··· ··Xo·o·X ····X·oo o··X·X·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

OAK  5.19

SEA  4.18

SDP  3.10

 RA/G

OAK  3.16

LAA  4.24

ARI  4.95

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .361

T. Hunter  .268

J. Gyorko  .162

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .451

T. Plouffe  .328

J. Gyorko  .213

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .688

B. Posey  .413

J. Gyorko  .270

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.139

H. Kendrick  .743

J. Gyorko  .482

 ERA

J. Teheran  1.89

L. Lynn  3.49

K. Correia  6.11

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.18

E. Santana  7.51

J. Guthrie  4.31

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.