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Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, at Kauffman Stadium, September 1, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, September 1, 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:
83° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
137
On This Date:
24-28
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
138
On This Date:
19-26
Season Series
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3     
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3     
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 TEX  3  KCR  1     

Mon, Sep 01, 2014 TEX    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 TEX    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 TEX    @KCR  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
53-83, 5th, 30 GB, 21 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-40   Road:   29-43   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  37-58   vsLHP:  16-25   1-Run:  17-20
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 22-34 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Aug 31  @HOU  L   2-3       53-83  5th 30.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @HOU  L   0-2       53-82  5th 29.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @HOU  W  13-6       53-81  5th 28.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28  @HOU  L   2-4       52-81  5th 28.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @SEA  W  12-4       52-80  5th 27.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @SEA  L   0-5       51-80  5th 27.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @SEA  W   2-0       51-79  5th 26.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24   KCR  W   3-1       50-79  5th 27.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23   KCR  L   3-6       49-79  5th 27.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22   KCR  L   3-6       49-78  5th 27.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Kansas City Royals
74-62, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-33   Road:   39-29   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  54-42   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:30-30   vsWest: 15-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Aug 31   CLE  L   2-4 (10)  74-62  1st    Tied
135 Sat, Aug 30   CLE  L   2-3 (11)  74-61  1st    Tied
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Scott Baker (2-3), L: Jason Vargas (10-6), S: Neftali Feliz (6)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-10), L: Nick Tepesch (4-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Yordano Ventura (10-9), L: Colby Lewis (8-11), S: Greg Holland (40)

Sun, Sep 22, 2013 KCR  4  TEX  0 (10)   W:Tim Collins (3-6), L: Neal Cotts (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 TEX  3 @KCR  1        W:Matt Garza (10-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (14-12), S: Joe Nathan (40)
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 KCR  2  TEX  1        W:Luke Hochevar (5-2), L: Jason Frasor (4-3), S: Greg Holland (44)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Tanner Scheppers (4-0), L: J.C. Gutierrez (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 KCR  4 @TEX  1 (10)   W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Robbie Ross (2-1), S: Greg Holland (9)
Fri, May 31, 2013 TEX  7  KCR  2        W:Derek Holland (5-2), L: Wade Davis (3-5), S: none
Thu, Sep 06, 2012 TEX  5 @KCR  4 (10)   W:Mike Adams (4-3), L: Greg Holland (6-4), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - TEX won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 270-257

SP: Colby Lewis (34, RHP, 9-11, 5.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-11) 137.1 177 90 83 40 112 19 5.44
2012 (6-6) 105.0 99 48 40 14 93 16 3.43
2011 (14-10) 200.1 187 103 98 56 169 35 4.40
Last 7 GS 3-4 48.1 42 23 20 11 34 8 3.72 55
2014-08-27 @SEA W 9.0 7 4 4 1 7 2 112 63
2014-08-22 KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 2 102 46
2014-08-16 LAA L 6.0 10 5 5 0 10 2 105 42
2014-08-11 TBR L 5.0 5 5 2 4 2 0 101 41
2014-08-05 @CHW W 9.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 110 81
2014-07-30 NYY W 7.0 4 2 2 2 4 2 106 63
2014-07-24 @NYY L 6.1 4 3 3 3 2 0 87 52
Last 5 v.KCR 1-3 26.0 30 27 20 7 12 5 6.92 39
2014-08-22 KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 2 102 46
2012-05-15 KCR L 5.2 8 7 2 2 4 1 114 37
2011-05-27 KCR ND 6.0 7 6 4 2 3 0 107 39
2003-09-01 KCR W 7.0 4 3 3 0 2 2 90 59
2003-08-27 @KCR L 1.1 5 7 7 3 1 0 55 14

SP: Yordano Ventura (23, RHP, 10-9, 3.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-9) 145.2 137 58 55 53 125 13 3.40
2013 (0-1) 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.1 38 20 18 22 37 4 3.83 52
2014-08-22 @TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 107 63
2014-08-16 @MIN L 6.2 4 3 3 6 4 0 114 52
2014-08-11 OAK ND 6.0 2 2 2 4 5 0 105 61
2014-08-06 @ARI W 6.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 105 55
2014-07-31 MIN W 7.0 5 2 1 3 7 1 103 65
2014-07-25 CLE ND 6.1 6 4 3 1 7 2 101 53
2014-07-20 @BOS L 4.1 9 6 6 4 0 1 94 17
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 1.50 63
2014-08-22 @TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 107 63

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Rangers Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 5/.000 10/.800 11/.573 8/.250 4/1.417 5/.000 590/432 .266/.319/.336/.655 .765/.616 .656 108/.600 24/13 2/15
7.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 15/.904 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 191/130 .166/.225/.343/.568 .719/.499 .639 63/.462 0/0 8/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 6/.167 13/1.328 17/1.171 14/.445 4/1.417 4/.833 509/382 .324/.381/.496/.877 .974/.846 .790 101/.873 1/1 17/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 295/208 .232/.282/.408/.690 .757/.663 .788 49/.768 0/1 11/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 241/160 .174/.245/.321/.566 .688/.507 .593 22/.577 1/0 9/3
2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 476/362 .273/.326/.368/.694 .517/.749 .636 79/.790 22/10 6/6
12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 329/233 .249/.284/.380/.664 .605/.688 .756 85/.613 2/6 7/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 6/.333 23/.266 4/1.750 6/.167 7/1.071 14/.428 506/379 .280/.310/.400/.710 .926/.639 .707 68/.494 16/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 148/65 .303/.374/.371/.745 .886/.568 .785 52/.981 4/4 0/2
9.Rosales G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/.800 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 88/37 .321/.391/.500/.891 .924/.851 .900 58/.952 1/0 3/1
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/7 .250/.250/.250/.500 .400/.571 .500 12/.500 0/0 0/0
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .250/.250/.313/.563 .667/.500 .563 16/.563 0/0 0/0
IP 145.2 30.0 22.2 60.1 35.0 40.1 58.1 54.1 TOTAL .255/.314/.375/.689 .742/.669 .699 .665 80/52 96/92
ERA-K/9 3.40/7.7 4.50/5.7 7.15/6.3 0.75/13.4 5.40/6.4 2.90/8.9 1.39/8.0 1.66/12.6 3.57/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-2-2)
 Chirinos (41-25-5)
 Telis (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 624/.243 132/.270 109/.330 233/.139 156/.250 170/.242 238/.206 214/.191 .252  Martin
 Robertson
 Rios
 Choice
0/127/0/8
26/19/10/6
0/0/111/5
39/7/8/4
OPS .682 .721 .986 .377 .736 .680 .552 .521 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.664 63/.509 40/.481 123/.471 82/.653 69/.714 121/.601 124/.534 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.709 69/.918 69/1.274 110/.273 74/.832 101/.657 117/.501 90/.502 .703
Home 318/.663 66/.777 71/.999 122/.450 67/.808 86/.479 122/.578 130/.546
Last 28d days 106/.571 37/.963 4/.250 48/.421 7/1.571 29/.789 41/.303 49/.568
HR/SB/CS 13/0/0 3/0/0 5/0/1 0/1/0 2/2/1 3/5/2 0/4/2 3/3/2 115/55/24
Usage ········ ··Xo··X· ··X····· Xo··oo·· ·oX····· ·o·o···X XX·o·X·· Xo·oo···
Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 65.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 62.Edwards
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 64.Klein
G/S/vB		 55.Mendez
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 451/327 .263/.330/.330/.660 .804/.606 .722 87/.651 15/5 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.453 16/1.009 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 545/406 .273/.327/.383/.709 .871/.655 .747 110/.825 0/0 9/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.750 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 409/283 .298/.337/.403/.741 .773/.726 .751 82/.667 24/3 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· 255/202 .291/.345/.348/.693 .627/.712 .603 47/.885 30/6 1/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 12/.600 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 513/376 .278/.312/.368/.680 .774/.646 .703 99/.639 27/3 2/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/.422 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 12/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 541/374 .280/.355/.457/.812 .817/.810 .787 107/.995 8/3 18/2
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 12/.444 ··· 11/.637 ··· 3/2.334 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 269/223 .172/.260/.293/.553 .157/.635 .611 28/.452 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 473/340 .256/.294/.352/.647 .608/.662 .613 93/.547 7/2 6/7
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/55 .229/.255/.410/.664 .659/.669 .615 22/1.064 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/1.917 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 412/321 .203/.265/.373/.639 .567/.659 .530 93/.635 0/0 15/12
12.Nix G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/2.000 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .343 40/.262 1/2 1/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 506/376 .265/.298/.413/.711 .628/.737 .698 97/.662 1/0 15/6
7.Willingham G/S/vP 25/1.318 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/.730 16/1.161 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 331/227 .219/.350/.416/.767 .825/.739 .687 72/.748 2/0 14/0
IP 137.1 6.2 58.1 4.2 22.2 11.2 25.0 64.1 TOTAL .263/.313/.378/.691 .707/.684 .665 .717 124/26 86/81
ERA-K/9 5.44/7.3 1.35/12.1 4.01/9.3 0.00/7.7 2.78/5.6 /0.0 3.86/10.8 1.80/6.5 2.80/8.8 4.70/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (17-6-1)
 Perez (44-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.314 30/.250 250/.250 20/.222 89/.203 / 49/.182 102/.155 263/.207 .277  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Willingham
 Dyson
 Nix
 Ibanez
0/73/62/8
130/0/0/7
4/0/98/5
53/0/1/3
3/88/0/3
0/0/2/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .858 .586 .698 .578 .665 .697 .534 .654 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.908 13/.538 87/.702 8/1.071 46/.550 / 20/1.128 52/.667 106/.634 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.796 17/.620 163/.695 12/.258 43/.785 / 29/.399 50/.402 157/.668 .769
Road 301/.773 15/.708 133/.782 11/.455 46/.863 / 28/1.002 56/.637 131/.637
Last 28d days 146/.730 30/.586 47/.748 20/.578 35/.775 / 42/.477 46/.673 47/.417
HR/SB/CS 19/15/7 0/0/0 5/2/1 0/1/0 5/1/0 // 2/1/0 2/2/0 9/4/2 140/66/31
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· X·X····o ·····X·· o·····XX ·X·o···· X··X···· ·X·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  4.69

MIA  4.03

SDP  3.27

 RA/G

SEA  3.27

CLE  4.10

COL  5.15

 BA

J. Altuve  .336

J. Peralta  .272

C. Davis  .190

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .402

K. Calhoun  .331

G. Beckham  .265

 SLG

J. Abreu  .602

A. Eaton  .418

A. Callaspo  .299

 OPS

J. Abreu  .983

T. Plouffe  .750

Z. Cozart  .578

 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.