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Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, at Kauffman Stadium, June 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, June 27, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Angels
Manager:
Mike Scioscia
Game #:
79
On This Date:
27-23
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
80
On This Date:
23-20
Season Series
Fri, May 23, 2014 LAA  6  KCR  1     
Sat, May 24, 2014 KCR  7 @LAA  4 (13)
Sun, May 25, 2014 LAA  4  KCR  3     

Fri, Jun 27, 2014 LAA    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 LAA    @KCR  2:10pm
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 LAA    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
44-33, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-14   Road:   18-19   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  27-21   vsLHP:  17-12   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest: 16-18 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Thu, Jun 26   MIN  W   6-4       44-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 25   MIN  W   6-2       43-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 24   MIN  W   8-6       42-33  2nd  4.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22   TEX  W   5-2       41-33  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 21   TEX  W   3-2 (10)  40-33  2nd  6.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 20   TEX  W   7-3       39-33  2nd  6.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 19  @CLE  L   3-5 (10)  38-33  2nd  6.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 17  @CLE  W   9-3       38-32  2nd  4.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 16  @CLE  L   3-4       37-32  2nd  4.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 15  @ATL  L   3-7       37-31  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Kansas City Royals
40-38, 2nd, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-21   Road:   21-17   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:   8-16
 vsEast: 12-8    vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jun 25   LAD  L   4-5       40-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24   LAD  L   0-2       40-37  2nd  3.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 23   LAD  W   5-3       40-36  2nd  2.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22   SEA  L   1-2       39-36  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21   SEA  L   1-2       39-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20   SEA  L   5-7       39-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 19  @DET  L   1-2       39-33  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 25, 2014 LAA  4  KCR  3        W:Michael Kohn (2-1), L: Tim Collins (0-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (6)
Sat, May 24, 2014 KCR  7 @LAA  4 (13)   W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Mike Morin (0-1), S: Greg Holland (14)
Fri, May 23, 2014 LAA  6  KCR  1        W:C.J. Wilson (6-3), L: Danny Duffy (2-4), S: none

Sun, May 26, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  2        W:Jerome Williams (4-1), L: Wade Davis (3-4), S: Ernesto Frieri (10)
Sat, May 25, 2013 LAA  7 @KCR  0        W:Billy Buckner (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-3), S: none
Fri, May 24, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Garrett Richards (1)
Thu, May 23, 2013 LAA  5 @KCR  4        W:Joe Blanton (1-7), L: Ervin Santana (3-4), S: Robert Coello (1)
Wed, May 15, 2013 KCR  9 @LAA  5        W:Wade Davis (3-3), L: Barry Enright (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 14, 2013 LAA  6  KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-1), S: none
Mon, May 13, 2013 KCR 11 @LAA  4        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Joe Blanton (0-7), S: Luke Hochevar (1)
Season Series: 2014 - LAA over 2-1; 2013 - LAA won 5-2; 2012 - LAA won 5-4; All-Time - LAA leads 282-271

SP: Matt Shoemaker (27, RHP, 5-1, 3.42)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-1) 50.0 47 21 19 11 51 7 3.42
2013 (0-0) 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 5-0 42.0 39 16 14 8 43 3 3.00 57
2014-06-22 TEX W 7.2 8 1 1 2 6 0 112 63
2014-06-17 @CLE W 8.0 5 2 2 1 10 1 94 73
2014-06-07 CHW ND 5.0 9 4 3 0 6 1 96 41
2014-05-29 @SEA W 5.1 4 3 3 0 6 1 73 54
2014-05-24 KCR ND 5.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 91 46
2014-05-18 TBR W 6.0 2 1 1 3 6 0 89 67
2014-05-13 @PHI W 5.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 57 55
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 5.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 3.60 46
2014-05-24 KCR ND 5.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 91 46

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 7-3, 3.16)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (7-3) 108.1 106 39 38 25 73 11 3.16
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 48.1 50 18 18 14 33 4 3.35 54
2014-06-21 SEA L 8.2 10 2 2 0 2 0 115 58
2014-06-16 @DET W 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 95 57
2014-06-10 CLE W 7.2 6 3 3 0 5 0 116 60
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
Last 5 v.LAA 2-1 33.1 33 9 9 9 28 3 2.43 58
2014-05-25 @LAA ND 6.1 3 1 1 5 6 0 109 64
2012-08-12 @LAA W 8.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 96 69
2012-06-04 @LAA W 5.2 9 4 4 2 8 2 106 41
2012-05-24 LAA L 7.0 7 3 3 0 6 1 106 57
2011-08-05 @LAA ND 6.0 7 0 0 1 3 0 111 60

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

Angels Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
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
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 40/.583 ··· 6/1.100 11/.700 4/1.250 6/1.000 ··· 315/220 .284/.323/.426/.748 .622/.804 .891 94/.811 7/5 5/5
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 173/133 .274/.331/.465/.796 .689/.828 .804 81/.922 3/0 6/0
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 133/118 .239/.326/.385/.710 .833/.692 .571 46/.527 0/0 3/2
7.Cowgill G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 176/91 .288/.362/.436/.798 .914/.683 .888 39/1.017 1/0 5/3
20.Cron G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 124/68 .294/.323/.529/.852 .720/.959 .927 52/.748 0/0 6/0
6.Freese G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 5/1.200 3/.666 ··· 223/163 .227/.305/.283/.588 .633/.572 .647 86/.644 0/1 2/0
10.Green G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/38 .324/.333/.423/.756 .905/.606 .645 15/.276 1/2 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 27/.859 ··· 5/.000 11/1.945 4/.833 3/.000 ··· 126/90 .321/.397/.464/.861 1.197/.723 .824 93/.721 3/0 3/4
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 4/1.000 7/.629 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 175/97 .252/.366/.415/.781 .909/.673 .803 45/.633 3/0 5/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 42/.743 ··· 8/.804 15/1.225 5/.400 5/.400 ··· 330/231 .279/.340/.385/.726 .761/.711 .806 92/.612 9/4 4/6
8.McDonald G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.150 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/26 .220/.298/.244/.542 .679/.422 .570 13/.267 1/0 0/2
19.Navarro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/29 .297/.350/.432/.782 .273/.987 1.009 8/.500 0/2 0/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 20/.984 ··· 8/.700 9/.444 5/1.267 4/.250 ··· 333/236 .262/.318/.477/.795 .743/.817 .779 98/.691 3/0 16/2
27.Trout G/S/vP 14/.846 ··· 3/1.167 7/.929 4/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 331/231 .310/.402/.606/1.008 1.053/.989 .990 89/1.228 10/0 17/2
IP 108.1 6.2 34.1 33.2 32.2 29.2 22.1 TOTAL .261/.328/.418/.745 .767/.736 .760 .744 48/16 80/40
ERA-K/9 3.16/6.1 1.35/4.0 2.62/5.0 1.34/14.4 2.48/7.2 2.12/13.3 6.45/7.3 3.68/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (27-12-1)
 Iannetta (22-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 449/.255 27/.231 135/.226 135/.129 138/.238 119/.218 100/.297 .252  Calhoun
 Cowgill
 Trout
 Navarro
 Green
 Hamilton
0/0/40/5
12/10/39/3
0/70/0/2
4/0/4/1
15/0/0/0
26/2/0/0
OPS .692 .528 .623 .374 .641 .595 .757 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.686 16/.375 59/.659 68/.498 66/.683 63/.690 55/.790 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 331/.694 11/.764 76/.595 67/.248 72/.602 56/.492 45/.716 .707
Home 264/.753 21/.586 64/.659 62/.447 68/.751 73/.635 57/.796
Last 28d days 130/.627 20/.358 43/.662 40/.452 24/.652 37/.709 32/.813
HR/SB/CS 11/9/2 0/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/2 3/1/1 1/0/0 69/26/14
Usage ·····X·· ·o··o··· ··o·o··o ·X·o··X· ··X··o·· ···X··X· ··o·····
Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Shoemaker
G/S/vB		 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 64.Morin
G/S/vB		 46.Rasmus
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/2.334 6/1.417 2/.000 ··· 15/.343 313/234 .277/.326/.355/.680 .658/.688 .715 92/.839 0/0 2/
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 5/.800 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 212/154 .310/.349/.421/.770 .785/.765 .870 83/.682 7/2 3/1
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 49/39 .213/.229/.255/.484 .200/.560 .400 11/.364 4/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.285 123/105 .303/.353/.349/.702 .513/.736 .633 55/.770 12/4 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 7/.453 1/no AB ··· 15/.277 299/227 .284/.323/.393/.716 .754/.703 .726 88/.803 18/1 2/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.334 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 8/.708 323/227 .280/.359/.448/.807 .746/.832 .796 96/.917 6/2 9/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/26 .105/.128/.184/.312 .077/.423 .429 9/.583 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.750 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/2.000 346/238 .250/.292/.353/.645 .595/.668 .540 106/.558 2/1 4/5
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/1.000 254/181 .247/.298/.351/.648 .537/.693 .591 98/.608 3/1 4/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/16 .162/.220/.189/.409 .251/.646 .440 9/.472 0/1 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 219/183 .182/.248/.364/.611 .566/.620 .549 80/.729 0/0 8/6
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/2.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 282/213 .281/.330/.449/.778 .621/.826 .765 90/.907 1/0 9/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 83/36 .263/.313/.355/.669 .728/.587 .676 11/.545 0/0 1/1
IP 50.0 31.0 29.0 26.1 9.1 32.2 TOTAL .260/.312/.371/.684 .650/.696 .667 .735 62/17 45/44
ERA-K/9 3.42/9.2 /0.0 6.39/11.0 2.79/11.2 1.37/8.2 4.82/6.8 3.03/10.2 3.84/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (5-1-1)
 Perez (21-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.249 / 133/.268 118/.198 103/.200 41/.297 136/.238 .234  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
 Maxwell
77/0/0/5
0/45/20/5
2/42/0/3
1/6/6/1
OPS .715 .844 .632 .569 .693 .658 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.821 / 88/.794 62/.783 58/.683 21/.783 79/.754 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.560 / 45/.937 56/.459 45/.417 20/.585 57/.525 .640
Road 84/.676 / 61/.933 47/.422 34/.465 9/.819 60/.618
Last 28d days 89/.848 / 41/1.073 47/.706 57/.572 28/.593 49/.909
HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 // 8/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 71/49/22
Usage ····X··· X·o····o ·XX··oXo ·oo··XX· X·····o· o·o·X·oo

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  5.10

PIT  4.10

SDP  3.01

 RA/G

STL  3.41

BOS  4.20

COL  5.19

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .352

J. Reyes  .267

C. Carter  .187

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .447

S. Castro  .332

N. Schierholtz  .254

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .625

A. Ramirez  .413

W. Venable  .278

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.072

S. Choo  .746

W. Venable  .539

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.86

D. Price  3.63

R. Nolasco  5.74

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

B. McCarthy  7.42

C. Young  4.48

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.