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Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, at Kauffman Stadium, August 12, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

119

On This Date:

45-55

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

119

On This Date:

21-22

Season Series
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0     
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 OAK  8  KCR  3     
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR  4 @OAK  2     
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  2     

Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 OAK    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Oakland Athletics

72-46, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   40-21   Road:   32-25   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  52-34   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 27-20 IL:10-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 11  @KCR  L   2-3       72-46  1st  3.5 up
117 Sun, Aug 10   MIN  L   1-6       72-45  1st  4.0 up
116 Sat, Aug  9   MIN  W   9-4       72-44  1st  4.0 up
115 Fri, Aug  8   MIN  W   6-5       71-44  1st  4.0 up
114 Thu, Aug  7   MIN  W   3-0       70-44  1st  3.0 up
113 Wed, Aug  6   TBR  L   3-7       69-44  1st  2.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  5   TBR  W   3-0       69-43  1st  2.0 up
111 Mon, Aug  4   TBR  W   3-2 (10)  68-43  1st  1.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  3   KCR  L   2-4       67-43  1st  1.0 up
109 Sat, Aug  2   KCR  W   8-3       67-42  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Kansas City Royals

64-53, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-27   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:25-25   vsWest: 11-12 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Mon, Aug 11   OAK  W   3-2       64-53  1st  0.5 up
116 Sun, Aug 10   SFG  W   7-4       63-53  2nd  0.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9   SFG  W   5-0       62-53  2nd  1.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8   SFG  W   4-2       61-53  2nd  2.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  7  @ARI  W   6-2       60-53  2nd  2.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  6  @ARI  W   4-3       59-53  2nd  3.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug  5  @ARI  W  12-2       58-53  2nd  4.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @OAK  W   4-2       57-53  2nd  5.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @OAK  L   3-8       56-53  2nd  5.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @OAK  W   1-0       56-52  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-2), L: Sonny Gray (12-6), S: Greg Holland (35)
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR  4 @OAK  2        W:James Shields (10-6), L: Scott Kazmir (12-4), S: Greg Holland (31)
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 OAK  8  KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (11-7), L: Jason Vargas (8-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-9), L: Sonny Gray (12-4), S: Greg Holland (30)

Sun, Jul 07, 2013 OAK 10 @KCR  4        W:A.J. Griffin (7-6), L: Luis Mendoza (2-5), S: Jesse Chavez (1)
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 KCR  4  OAK  3        W:Aaron Crow (6-3), L: Ryan Cook (1-2), S: Greg Holland (20)
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 OAK  6 @KCR  3        W:Tommy Milone (8-7), L: Wade Davis (4-7), S: Grant Balfour (22)
Sun, May 19, 2013 OAK  4  KCR  3        W:Jerry Blevins (3-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (2-4), S: Ryan Cook (1)
Sat, May 18, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Tommy Milone (4-5), L: Ervin Santana (3-3), S: Grant Balfour (8)
Fri, May 17, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Sean Doolittle (3-0), L: James Shields (2-4), S: Grant Balfour (7)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 3-1; 2013 - OAK won 5-1; 2012 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 306-252

SP: Jon Lester (30, LHP, 12-7, 2.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (12-7)			158.2	140	55	43	35	160	9	2.44
2013 (15-8)			213.1	209	94	89	67	177	19	3.75
2012 (9-14)			205.1	216	117	110	68	166	25	4.82

Last 7 GS		4-0	52.2	39	9	6	8	51	1	1.03	70
2014-08-07	MIN	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	122	87
2014-08-02	KCR	W	6.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	104	46
2014-07-25	@TBR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	110	58
2014-07-20	KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	115	80
2014-07-10	CHW	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	12	0	105	71
2014-07-05	BAL	ND	8.0	5	2	0	0	7	0	118	75
2014-06-28	@NYY	W	8.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	118	74

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	33.2	30	13	8	10	24	1	2.14	58
2014-08-02	KCR	W	6.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	104	46
2014-07-20	KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	115	80
2013-08-08	@KCR	L	7.0	5	3	1	2	4	0	121	61
2012-08-24	KCR	W	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	93	55
2012-05-09	@KCR	L	5.0	6	4	1	1	3	0	108	47

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (35, RHP, 8-9, 4.35)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-9)			147.0	155	72	71	39	94	19	4.35
2013 (15-12)			211.2	236	99	95	59	111	30	4.04
2012 (8-12)			181.2	206	109	96	50	101	30	4.76

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.1	53	28	27	14	30	5	5.88	43
2014-08-07	@ARI	W	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	109	69
2014-08-01	@OAK	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	107	70
2014-07-26	CLE	W	5.2	10	5	5	2	4	1	105	31
2014-07-21	@CHW	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	101	52
2014-07-10	DET	L	4.0	8	8	8	3	2	1	91	13
2014-07-05	@CLE	L	4.0	11	6	6	2	5	1	99	19
2014-06-29	LAA	ND	6.2	9	4	3	2	4	2	106	44

Last 5 v.OAK		3-1	30.2	26	10	9	10	24	3	2.64	57
2014-08-01	@OAK	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	107	70
2012-08-14	OAK	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	102	77
2012-06-12	OAK	L	5.0	8	7	7	2	5	3	102	26
2010-05-25	OAK	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	114	55
2010-04-17	@OAK	ND	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	99	58

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

Athletics Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 22/.325 ··· 6/1.667 17/.710 3/1.167 7/.453 2/.500 5/.400 354/231 .231/.302/.297/.600 .507/.649 .541 36/.456 0/1 3/7

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 30/.793 ··· 3/1.667 5/.000 19/.787 15/.729 1/.000 2/1.000 366/273 .264/.367/.401/.768 .693/.794 .745 65/.447 16/4 7/2

20.Donaldson G/S/vP 5/1.467 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 2/.000 7/.762 3/.000 4/.500 511/392 .251/.339/.459/.797 1.080/.714 .813 101/.926 7/0 23/19

35.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/17 .216/.275/.405/.680 .761/.561 .582 12/.523 0/0 1/0

23.Fuld* G/S/vP 12/.349 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 266/199 .258/.346/.349/.695 .787/.664 .772 74/.575 17/3 2/2

15.Gomes G/S/vP 13/1.240 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 15/.833 10/.744 1/no AB 2/.000 258/110 .236/.329/.350/.679 .796/.525 .609 36/.677 0/0 6/3

5.Jaso* G/S/vP 26/.784 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 324/298 .264/.340/.427/.767 .487/.791 .692 69/.645 2/0 8/1

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· ··· 6/.000 8/1.482 7/.143 1/.000 3/.000 462/339 .238/.317/.354/.671 .647/.680 .659 78/.690 0/0 5/11

37.Moss* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 456/371 .248/.336/.475/.811 .813/.810 .868 92/.536 1/0 23/4

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 298/183 .294/.391/.471/.861 1.029/.755 .805 63/.797 2/1 10/3

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 22/.888 ··· 3/.000 9/1.431 10/.300 5/.650 1/2.000 4/1.250 272/189 .252/.306/.420/.726 .429/.856 .643 76/.911 1/1 8/3

28.Sogard* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 232/201 .213/.301/.267/.569 .322/.605 .398 59/.873 10/2 1/4

21.Vogt* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 196/165 .314/.347/.492/.839 .725/.860 .880 80/.722 1/0 7/0

IP 147.0 24.1 47.0 51.1 34.0 35.2 50.0 46.2 TOTAL .250/.327/.397/.723 .708/.729 .688 .700 69/13 118/77

ERA-K/9

4.35/5.8

2.59/6.7

3.06/5.2

0.88/13.7

5.29/6.6

2.78/9.6

1.62/7.7

1.74/13.3

3.54/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (29-4-1)
Norris (38-7-4)
Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.272 104/.253 192/.229 201/.141 149/.238 151/.229 208/.220 183/.198 .251 Fuld
Moss
Reddick
Gomes
Crisp
Vogt 15/52/5/7
35/0/31/5
0/1/72/3
68/0/11/2
0/78/0/0
1/0/16/0

OPS .743 .615 .717 .386 .697 .647 .588 .528 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.801 49/.484 84/.785 103/.483 78/.620 58/.593 101/.652 105/.563 .688

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.655 55/.735 108/.664 98/.286 71/.784 93/.679 107/.528 78/.481 .696

Home 305/.752 48/.729 92/.851 103/.463 60/.722 79/.443 105/.617 111/.555

Last 28d days 111/.642 31/.508 35/1.041 47/.554 27/.644 22/.377 44/.440 48/.515

HR/SB/CS 19/7/3 0/0/0 7/2/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 2/4/1 0/4/2 3/3/1 99/45/19

Usage ····X··· ······X· ······o· oX·X·X·· ········ ·o·o··X· X··o·X·· XX·o·X··

Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 56.Abad*
G/S/vB 60.Chavez
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 7/.762 4/1.000 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 388/287 .267/.339/.336/.675 .814/.626 .709 82/.767 13/4 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 30/.500 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 463/345 .276/.324/.387/.711 .867/.659 .774 84/.846 0/0 7/0

6.Cain G/S/vP 15/.762 1/3.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 350/248 .301/.340/.411/.751 .820/.723 .778 72/.687 16/3 3/1

24.Colon G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 18/12 .333/.333/.611/.944 1.167/.833 1.000 6/.833 0/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 218/174 .286/.335/.342/.677 .605/.696 .595 50/.639 26/4 1/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.974 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 440/327 .280/.316/.373/.689 .775/.658 .727 82/.617 24/3 2/10

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 25/.427 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 461/325 .279/.356/.436/.792 .779/.798 .786 93/.869 7/3 12/2

18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 15/1.000 4/.500 12/.606 6/.167 6/.000 6/.000 9/.444 4/.500 253/207 .164/.253/.293/.546 .157/.633 .619 29/.979 3/2 5/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 13/.334 1/3.000 5/.600 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 4/.500 411/299 .259/.297/.354/.652 .596/.673 .597 100/.506 6/2 5/6

19.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 91/43 .205/.231/.341/.572 .655/.476 .561 10/.700 0/0 3/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 12/.717 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 345/279 .201/.262/.392/.653 .577/.671 .542 79/.738 0/0 14/12

13.Perez G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 438/328 .268/.306/.413/.719 .646/.742 .687 91/.546 1/0 14/4

225.Willingham G/S/vP 23/.466 ··· 4/.750 3/2.667 3/.333 5/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 278/194 .210/.345/.402/.747 .786/.730 .738 79/.686 1/0 12/0

IP 158.2 46.0 131.1 38.2 51.2 55.2 11.0 66.0 TOTAL .263/.312/.377/.689 .703/.684 .668 .682 102/23 71/66

ERA-K/9

2.44/9.1

1.76/8.2

3.43/8.4

2.33/8.4

2.44/12.7

2.26/7.4

1.64/7.4

2.45/4.1

3.17/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (13-5-1)
Perez (38-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 640/.236 171/.162 558/.253 156/.176 190/.158 217/.217 46/.186 268/.261 .233 Cain
Gordon
Aoki
Willingham
Dyson
Ibanez 0/62/50/7
111/0/0/6
4/0/83/5
53/0/0/3
3/75/0/3
21/0/5/0

OPS .625 .489 .682 .572 .427 .594 .425 .629 .643

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.681 76/.543 330/.690 62/.759 64/.286 86/.548 18/.627 117/.685 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 490/.608 95/.444 228/.670 94/.453 126/.500 131/.626 28/.294 151/.587 .628

Road 274/.696 77/.370 303/.758 69/.544 88/.615 102/.656 21/.596 129/.591

Last 28d days 115/.528 28/.475 71/.721 38/.243 29/.220 35/.503 33/.345 48/.907

HR/SB/CS 9/10/3 4/1/2 13/4/3 3/2/0 4/5/1 4/9/0 0/2/0 3/2/3 101/67/14

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

OAK 4.87

ARI 4.03

SDP 3.23

RA/G

SEA 3.23

PIT 4.13

COL 5.24

T. Tulowitzki .340

E. Andrus .272

C. Davis .197

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

D. Gordon .333

G. Beckham .265

SLG

J. Abreu .610

S. Perez .413

J. Bradley .289

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

C. McGehee .754

J. Bradley .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

M. Garza 3.58

E. Jackson 5.61

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

J. Lackey 7.41

K. Correia 4.39

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.