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Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, at Kauffman Stadium, August 14, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
85° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
121
On This Date:
50-58
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
121
On This Date:
15-26
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 11 @KCR  3     
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  0     

Thu, Aug 14, 2014 OAK    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Oakland Athletics
73-47, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-21   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  53-34   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:16-13   vsWest: 27-20 IL:10-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 13  @KCR  L   0-3       73-47  1st  2.5 up
119 Tue, Aug 12  @KCR  W  11-3       73-46  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Kansas City Royals
65-54, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-28   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:25-25   vsWest: 12-13 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 13   OAK  W   3-0       65-54  1st  0.5 up
118 Tue, Aug 12   OAK  L   3-11      64-54  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  0        W:Jason Vargas (9-5), L: Scott Kazmir (13-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK 11 @KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (13-7), L: Jeremy Guthrie (8-10), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 4-2; 2013 - OAK won 5-1; 2012 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 307-253

SP: Jeff Samardzija (29, RHP, 5-8, 2.91)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-8) 157.2 137 61 51 38 138 13 2.91
2013 (8-13) 213.2 210 109 103 78 214 25 4.34
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
Last 7 GS 3-1 49.2 38 17 17 7 35 6 3.08 61
2014-08-09 MIN W 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 109 53
2014-08-04 TBR ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 1 110 61
2014-07-29 @HOU ND 6.2 6 4 4 2 7 1 104 51
2014-07-24 HOU W 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 101 74
2014-07-18 BAL ND 7.0 6 4 4 1 4 2 97 52
2014-07-11 @SEA L 8.0 5 3 3 0 5 1 98 65
2014-07-06 TOR W 7.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 108 69
Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 11-6, 3.25)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (11-6) 166.1 167 74 60 34 132 18 3.25
2013 (13-9) 228.2 215 82 80 68 196 20 3.15
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-2 49.2 38 11 9 8 40 3 1.63 65
2014-08-09 SFG W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 109 83
2014-08-03 @OAK W 8.0 4 2 2 0 2 2 102 68
2014-07-29 MIN L 6.0 6 2 1 4 5 0 124 55
2014-07-23 @CHW ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 105 67
2014-07-18 @BOS ND 5.2 8 4 3 1 3 1 112 41
2014-07-12 DET L 7.0 7 2 2 0 8 0 121 63
2014-07-07 @TBR W 7.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 103 80
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 35.0 36 18 16 4 30 6 4.11 54
2014-08-03 @OAK W 8.0 4 2 2 0 2 2 102 68
2013-05-17 @OAK L 8.0 6 2 2 1 9 2 122 70
2012-07-31 @OAK W 9.0 3 0 0 0 11 0 98 92
2011-07-27 @OAK L 4.0 12 10 10 2 2 2 80 -2
2010-05-09 @OAK L 6.0 11 4 2 1 6 0 108 43

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Athletics Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 23/.488 ··· 13/.770 6/1.667 17/.710 7/.453 2/.500 5/.400 362/233 .231/.301/.299/.600 .523/.643 .545 44/.488 0/1 3/7
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 22/.325 ··· 18/.653 3/1.667 5/.000 15/.729 1/.000 2/1.000 370/273 .260/.363/.395/.759 .663/.794 .726 69/.419 16/4 7/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 7/2.071 3/.333 4/.500 7/.762 3/.000 4/.500 519/395 .256/.341/.476/.817 1.150/.715 .852 109/1.015 7/0 25/19
35.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/17 .200/.256/.375/.631 .671/.561 .451 15/.414 0/0 1/0
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 9/.476 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 275/202 .261/.346/.349/.694 .747/.675 .763 83/.587 17/3 2/2
15.Gomes G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 27/.702 4/.833 2/.000 10/.744 1/no AB 2/.000 262/110 .238/.328/.350/.678 .791/.525 .608 40/.668 0/0 6/3
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 328/301 .267/.341/.428/.770 .468/.797 .700 73/.665 2/0 8/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 16/.376 ··· 6/.900 ··· 6/.000 7/.143 1/.000 3/.000 465/339 .238/.317/.354/.671 .647/.680 .659 81/.689 0/0 5/11
37.Moss* G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 6/.533 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 461/374 .254/.341/.481/.822 .818/.823 .888 97/.607 1/0 23/4
36.Norris G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 306/186 .285/.380/.456/.837 .983/.741 .759 71/.704 2/1 10/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 19/1.000 ··· 7/1.286 4/.000 9/1.431 5/.650 1/2.000 4/1.250 280/192 .256/.308/.419/.727 .451/.853 .650 84/.894 1/1 8/3
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 237/203 .213/.299/.266/.565 .357/.598 .398 64/.831 10/2 1/5
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 201/168 .316/.348/.489/.838 .680/.869 .875 85/.726 1/0 7/0
IP 166.1 24.1 46.2 47.1 51.1 35.2 50.0 46.2 TOTAL .251/.326/.398/.724 .706/.731 .691 .705 69/13 120/80
ERA-K/9 3.25/7.1 2.59/6.7 6.56/6.6 3.04/5.1 0.88/13.7 2.78/9.6 1.62/7.7 1.74/13.3 3.56/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (29-4-1)
 Norris (39-7-4)
 Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.261 104/.253 211/.335 193/.228 201/.141 151/.229 208/.220 183/.198 .252  Fuld
 Moss
 Reddick
 Gomes
 Crisp
 Vogt
16/53/5/7
36/0/31/5
0/1/74/3
68/0/11/2
0/79/0/0
1/0/16/0
OPS .720 .615 .881 .713 .386 .647 .588 .528 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 366/.748 49/.484 58/.692 85/.775 103/.483 58/.593 101/.652 105/.563 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.688 55/.735 153/.955 108/.664 98/.286 93/.679 107/.528 78/.481 .696
Home 285/.707 48/.729 140/.892 93/.841 103/.463 79/.443 105/.617 111/.555
Last 28d days 138/.594 31/.508 73/1.020 36/1.007 47/.554 22/.377 44/.440 48/.515
HR/SB/CS 18/5/4 0/0/0 7/6/1 7/2/1 0/0/0 2/4/1 0/4/2 3/3/1 101/45/19
Usage ····X··· ········ ·X······ ·o······ ··oX·X·X ···o·o·· ··X··o·X ··XX·o·X
Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 17/1.221 4/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 396/288 .273/.343/.341/.684 .846/.624 .726 90/.798 13/4 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 471/347 .275/.323/.385/.707 .839/.661 .764 92/.815 0/0 7/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 357/250 .297/.336/.408/.745 .810/.717 .762 79/.664 16/3 3/1
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 22/13 .318/.318/.545/.864 1.000/.769 .667 10/.700 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 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 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 446/328 .277/.311/.369/.680 .745/.656 .707 88/.577 24/3 2/11
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 467/325 .278/.353/.432/.786 .759/.798 .772 99/.834 7/3 12/2
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.500 12/.606 6/.167 6/.000 6/.000 9/.444 5/.400 254/208 .164/.252/.292/.544 .157/.630 .614 30/.944 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 4/1.417 1/3.000 6/.733 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 4/.500 418/300 .260/.300/.362/.661 .627/.675 .619 107/.554 6/2 6/6
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 92/44 .202/.228/.337/.565 .655/.465 .548 11/.636 0/0 3/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 349/280 .199/.261/.388/.650 .571/.669 .536 83/.719 0/0 14/12
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 445/329 .267/.306/.413/.719 .653/.739 .687 98/.554 1/0 14/4
7.Willingham G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 4/.750 3/2.667 3/.333 5/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 285/195 .213/.347/.404/.752 .807/.726 .750 86/.706 2/0 12/0
IP 157.2 46.0 132.1 39.2 51.2 55.2 11.0 68.0 TOTAL .263/.312/.377/.688 .703/.683 .666 .678 103/23 72/67
ERA-K/9 2.91/7.9 1.76/8.2 3.40/8.4 2.27/8.6 2.44/12.7 2.26/7.4 1.64/7.4 2.38/4.1 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 641/.235 171/.162 561/.252 159/.173 190/.158 217/.217 46/.186 275/.258 .233  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Willingham
 Dyson
 Ibanez
0/64/51/8
113/0/0/6
4/0/85/5
53/0/0/3
3/76/0/3
22/0/5/0
OPS .662 .489 .680 .561 .427 .594 .425 .620 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.690 76/.543 330/.690 63/.745 64/.286 86/.548 18/.627 119/.673 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.637 95/.444 231/.667 96/.443 126/.500 131/.626 28/.294 156/.580 .628
Road 258/.742 77/.370 306/.755 72/.520 88/.615 102/.656 21/.596 136/.574
Last 28d days 139/.681 28/.475 74/.709 41/.225 29/.220 35/.503 33/.345 55/.825
HR/SB/CS 13/12/6 4/1/2 13/4/3 3/2/0 4/5/1 4/9/0 0/2/0 3/2/3 102/68/14
Usage ····X··· ···o···X o··X···X ·oo··o·· ·····X·· ···X·o·· ····o··· ·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  4.88

TEX  4.00

SDP  3.25

 RA/G

SEA  3.20

PIT  4.14

COL  5.22

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .340

A. Pujols  .273

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .432

A. Rendon  .331

G. Beckham  .264

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .603

S. Perez  .413

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.035

M. Montero  .753

E. Cabrera  .572

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.78

M. Garza  3.58

E. Jackson  5.61

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

A. Wainwright  7.35

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.