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Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, August 30, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Start Time:
6:10ct (local), 7:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
136
On This Date:
50-47
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
136
On This Date:
21-19
Season Series
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  3     
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 KCR  8 @CLE  2     
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 CLE  5  KCR  3     
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 CLE  5  KCR  1     
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 KCR  9  CLE  5     
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 KCR  4  CLE  1     
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 KCR  7 @CLE  1     
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 CLE  7  KCR  3     
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  1     
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 KCR  2  CLE  1 (14)
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 KCR  6  CLE  4     
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 KCR  7  CLE  5     
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 CLE 10 @KCR  3     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CLE  6 @KCR  1     

Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CLE    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 CLE    @KCR  8:07pm
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 KCR    @CLE  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 KCR    @CLE  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 KCR    @CLE  7:05pm

                         All times ET
Cleveland Indians
69-64, 3rd, 4½ GB, 8½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-25   Road:   30-39   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  49-44   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:28-27   vsWest: 14-14 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Fri, Aug 29  @KCR  W   6-1       69-64  3rd  4.5 gb
132 Thu, Aug 28  @CHW  W   3-2       68-64  3rd  5.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 27  @CHW  L   2-3       67-64  3rd  6.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 26  @CHW  W   8-6 (10)  67-63  3rd  5.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24   HOU  W   3-1       66-63  3rd  6.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23   HOU  W   3-2       65-63  3rd  7.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  L   1-5       64-63  3rd  7.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 21  @MIN  L   1-4       64-62  3rd  6.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 20  @MIN  W   5-0       64-61  3rd  5.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 19  @MIN  W   7-5       63-61  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals
74-60, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-31   Road:   39-29   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  54-41   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  18-21
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:30-28   vsWest: 15-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Aug 29   CLE  L   1-6       74-60  1st  0.5 up
133 Thu, Aug 28   MIN  L   5-11(10)  74-59  1st  1.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 27   MIN  W   6-1       74-58  1st  2.5 up
131 Tue, Aug 26   MIN  W   2-1       73-58  1st  1.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 25   NYY  L   1-8       72-58  1st  1.5 up
129 Sun, Aug 24  @TEX  L   1-3       72-57  1st  2.0 up
128 Sat, Aug 23  @TEX  W   6-3       72-56  1st  3.0 up
127 Fri, Aug 22  @TEX  W   6-3       71-56  1st  2.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 20  @COL  L   2-5       70-56  1st  1.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 19  @COL  W   7-4       70-55  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CLE  6 @KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (5-6), L: Jason Vargas (10-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 CLE 10 @KCR  3        W:Danny Salazar (3-4), L: Bruce Chen (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 KCR  7  CLE  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-9), L: Zach McAllister (3-6), S: Greg Holland (27)
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 KCR  6  CLE  4        W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Carlos Carrasco (3-4), S: Aaron Crow (2)
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 KCR  2  CLE  1 (14)   W:Aaron Crow (5-1), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 CLE  4  KCR  1        W:Corey Kluber (8-6), L: Danny Duffy (5-8), S: Cody Allen (9)
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 CLE  7  KCR  3        W:T.J. House (1-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 KCR  7 @CLE  1        W:Yordano Ventura (6-7), L: Josh Tomlin (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 KCR  4  CLE  1        W:Yordano Ventura (4-5), L: Trevor Bauer (1-3), S: Greg Holland (19)
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 KCR  9  CLE  5        W:Jason Vargas (6-2), L: Corey Kluber (6-4), S: Aaron Crow (1)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 7-7; 2013 - CLE won 10-9; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 320-304

SP: Trevor Bauer (23, RHP, 5-7, 4.18)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-7) 118.1 119 59 55 46 114 12 4.18
2013 (1-2) 17.0 15 11 10 16 11 3 5.29
2012 (1-2) 16.1 14 13 11 13 17 2 6.06
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.2 37 23 21 18 39 3 4.76 50
2014-08-24 HOU W 6.0 4 0 0 3 9 0 115 70
2014-08-19 @MIN ND 4.2 4 5 5 2 4 1 87 38
2014-08-13 ARI ND 8.0 4 2 2 2 9 0 111 73
2014-08-08 @NYY L 3.1 5 5 3 4 3 0 79 33
2014-08-03 TEX ND 7.1 6 3 3 4 4 0 102 54
2014-07-29 SEA L 4.1 8 5 5 1 3 1 78 29
2014-07-23 @MIN L 6.0 6 3 3 2 7 1 99 53
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 5.1 7 3 3 1 1 0 5.06 42
2014-06-11 @KCR L 5.1 7 3 3 1 1 0 93 42

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 12-7, 3.45)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (12-7) 185.0 193 85 71 39 146 21 3.45
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 48.2 46 16 15 11 33 5 2.77 58
2014-08-25 NYY L 6.2 10 6 6 3 3 2 109 30
2014-08-19 @COL W 6.0 9 2 2 1 6 1 95 51
2014-08-14 OAK ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 111 50
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
Last 5 v.CLE 3-0 30.1 32 13 12 9 33 2 3.56 54
2014-04-22 @CLE W 6.0 6 2 1 1 9 0 106 62
2013-09-16 CLE W 6.0 6 1 1 2 10 1 107 64
2013-09-11 @CLE W 8.0 4 2 2 1 7 0 108 72
2013-07-14 @CLE ND 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 0 113 42
2013-07-04 CLE ND 5.1 9 5 5 2 3 1 104 31

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

Indians Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 32/.942 ··· 1/no AB 7/.143 3/.666 9/.347 7/.619 4/.000 319/191 .252/.278/.344/.622 .663/.594 .599 64/.619 12/5 5/6
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 26/.771 1/.000 1/.000 7/.715 5/.000 3/.000 5/2.800 2/1.500 364/257 .268/.324/.383/.707 .538/.778 .668 55/.775 8/5 3/2
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 31/.722 3/.666 3/1.167 15/1.092 7/.762 3/.666 5/.600 10/.744 555/374 .310/.369/.496/.865 .730/.929 .802 95/.742 16/1 18/1
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 13/.595 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 3/1.334 ··· 6/.833 6/.666 423/340 .292/.356/.456/.813 .835/.807 .844 67/.623 2/1 12/16
38.Dickerson* G/S/vP 8/.286 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 111/97 .227/.312/.330/.642 .607/.646 .517 53/.437 3/0 2/2
53.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 118/86 .262/.331/.355/.686 .657/.696 .788 5/.650 0/1 0/2
10.Gomes G/S/vP 12/.440 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 415/295 .286/.325/.477/.802 .906/.760 .804 52/.886 0/0 17/12
62.Holt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/10 .310/.333/.345/.678 .750/.522 .455 29/.679 0/1 0/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 23/.567 5/.000 2/2.500 9/1.389 5/.000 5/.000 7/.829 5/.400 466/314 .251/.323/.347/.669 .536/.736 .698 100/.646 20/3 6/6
55.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/42 .278/.316/.389/.705 .377/.868 .733 38/.728 0/0 1/2
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 139/98 .260/.295/.317/.612 .720/.565 .693 83/.758 5/0 1/3
41.Santana# G/S/vP 32/.761 5/.400 4/2.500 13/.837 7/.286 8/.833 9/.111 10/.300 535/365 .229/.368/.429/.797 .829/.782 .913 99/.689 3/1 22/10
6.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/73 .194/.255/.490/.745 1.043/.607 .923 63/.747 0/0 9/0
IP 185.0 30.0 22.2 58.1 35.0 39.1 56.0 52.1 TOTAL .255/.321/.396/.717 .666/.740 .709 .682 81/23 126/102
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.1 4.50/5.7 7.15/6.3 0.77/13.4 5.14/6.4 2.97/8.9 1.45/7.9 1.72/12.6 3.61/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (11-2-1)
 Gomes (51-27-6)
 Perez (9-6-0)
 Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 777/.269 132/.270 109/.330 225/.139 154/.239 167/.240 229/.205 205/.189 .253  Brantley
 Dickerson
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Walters
 Holt
82/46/0/11
19/5/10/3
0/77/0/3
25/3/0/1
4/0/0/0
1/2/10/0
OPS .740 .721 .986 .376 .703 .680 .556 .519 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 423/.753 63/.509 40/.481 118/.482 81/.635 67/.705 114/.603 118/.536 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.725 69/.918 69/1.274 107/.261 73/.781 100/.664 115/.511 87/.496 .703
Home 342/.738 66/.777 71/.999 114/.454 65/.735 83/.472 113/.589 121/.545
Last 28d days 143/.705 37/.963 4/.250 40/.425 5/.900 26/.804 32/.259 43/.525
HR/SB/CS 21/5/5 3/0/0 5/0/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 3/4/1 0/4/2 3/3/2 115/52/23
Usage ····X··· Xo··X··o X······· ··oo···X X······· ·o···X·· ·o·X···o ·oo····o
Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Bauer
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 20.Lee
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 443/322 .263/.332/.332/.663 .808/.610 .732 84/.650 15/5 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.334 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.833 3/1.000 8/.946 27/.616 537/401 .277/.330/.388/.718 .880/.664 .766 106/.902 0/0 9/1
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.393 7/1.000 400/277 .299/.338/.404/.741 .793/.718 .753 77/.681 23/3 3/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 46/28 .302/.348/.442/.790 .882/.730 .653 32/.689 2/0 0/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 4/.250 1/2.000 12/.886 253/200 .289/.344/.347/.691 .627/.708 .596 49/.801 29/6 1/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.500 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.000 4/.250 18/.666 505/370 .279/.313/.368/.681 .786/.642 .706 95/.671 26/3 2/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· 8/1.125 1/.000 8/.542 5/.650 33/.877 531/367 .279/.352/.452/.805 .817/.799 .770 101/.948 8/3 17/2
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 10/.956 266/220 .172/.256/.294/.550 .157/.632 .605 25/.414 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.150 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 9/1.667 4/.000 463/333 .255/.292/.353/.645 .607/.660 .607 88/.576 6/2 6/7
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/52 .230/.250/.410/.660 .612/.708 .600 16/1.175 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 2/2.500 5/1.100 1/.000 2/.000 5/.250 3/.000 5/.800 4/.000 12/1.591 404/318 .207/.268/.380/.648 .602/.661 .546 85/.681 0/0 15/12
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/1.100 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 8/.250 7/1.857 496/369 .264/.298/.411/.709 .627/.735 .693 91/.639 1/0 15/5
7.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.833 10/.700 331/227 .219/.350/.416/.767 .825/.739 .687 79/.704 2/0 14/0
IP 118.1 58.0 61.1 24.1 19.2 21.2 42.0 64.1 100.1 TOTAL .263/.313/.379/.692 .712/.684 .666 .728 120/26 85/78
ERA-K/9 4.18/8.7 1.71/11.9 2.79/5.6 1.85/8.1 1.37/10.1 3.32/8.7 3.00/8.6 2.38/7.3 4.40/8.1 3.63/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (16-6-1)
 Perez (42-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 512/.264 231/.186 235/.220 101/.264 74/.174 95/.271 177/.244 262/.215 423/.273 .249  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Willingham
 Dyson
 Ibanez
0/71/61/8
128/0/0/7
4/0/96/5
53/0/1/3
3/87/0/3
22/0/5/0
OPS .743 .575 .588 .726 .538 .776 .655 .589 .758 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 261/.734 115/.411 86/.637 62/.599 44/.558 28/.656 95/.390 100/.817 222/.692 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 251/.751 116/.746 149/.561 39/.927 30/.510 67/.825 82/.989 162/.451 201/.833 .707
Road 213/.816 108/.625 125/.614 46/.737 36/.605 62/.733 102/.773 138/.581 187/.682
Last 28d days 125/.633 46/.532 49/.618 24/.879 30/.339 38/.650 20/.633 55/.434 62/.739
HR/SB/CS 12/19/7 5/3/1 4/1/2 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/4/3 1/1/1 4/6/1 17/1/2 112/75/38
Usage ·····X·· ·X···XoX o··X·oo· o·o····· ···o···o X·oo···· oooo···· XX·X·Xoo 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  4.75

TEX  4.03

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.27

PIT  4.13

COL  5.19

 BA

J. Altuve  .332

M. Prado  .273

C. Davis  .189

 OBP

G. Stanton  .403

N. Aoki  .332

G. Beckham  .263

 SLG

J. Abreu  .604

I. Kinsler  .414

A. Callaspo  .305

 OPS

J. Abreu  .979

L. Valbuena  .756

Z. Cozart  .582

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.73

E. Santana  3.53

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

R. Vogelsong  7.34

K. Correia  4.56

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.