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Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, at Kauffman Stadium, September 2, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 2, 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 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
138
On This Date:
28-23
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
139
On This Date:
17-22
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 KCR  4  TEX  3     

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

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
53-84, 5th, 30½ GB, 22 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-40   Road:   29-44   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  37-59   vsLHP:  16-25   1-Run:  17-21
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 22-34 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  1  @KCR  L   3-4       53-84  5th 30.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Kansas City Royals
75-62, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-33   Road:   39-29   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  55-42   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  19-22
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:30-30   vsWest: 16-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  1   TEX  W   4-3       75-62  1st    Tied
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  3        W:Yordano Ventura (11-9), L: Colby Lewis (9-12), S: Greg Holland (41)
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
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 3-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; 2012 - TEX won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 271-257

SP: Derek Holland (27, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-9) 213.0 210 90 81 64 189 20 3.42
2012 (12-7) 175.1 162 100 91 52 145 32 4.67
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.0 48 27 24 12 27 7 5.54 43
2013-09-28 LAA ND 4.2 8 4 4 0 4 0 79 36
2013-09-23 HOU W 9.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 113 83
2013-09-18 @TBR ND 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 73 54
2013-09-13 OAK L 3.0 8 6 6 1 2 2 49 20
2013-09-07 @LAA L 5.2 9 8 6 1 4 1 103 26
2013-09-02 @OAK L 4.2 5 4 3 5 1 2 74 36
2013-08-27 @SEA ND 6.0 6 3 3 4 5 1 104 49
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 32.2 39 18 17 8 33 4 4.68 50
2013-05-31 KCR W 7.0 8 2 1 1 8 0 104 62
2012-08-05 @KCR ND 6.0 8 6 6 2 7 2 107 37
2011-05-19 @KCR ND 8.0 9 1 1 1 5 0 113 64
2011-04-22 KCR W 7.0 7 5 5 2 9 1 108 50
2009-07-25 @KCR L 4.2 7 4 4 2 4 1 85 36

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (35, RHP, 10-10, 4.43)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-10) 172.2 185 88 85 44 112 22 4.43
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 5-1 46.1 50 23 21 9 32 4 4.08 51
2014-08-28 MIN ND 6.0 9 5 5 2 5 0 103 37
2014-08-23 @TEX W 8.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 111 69
2014-08-17 @MIN W 7.0 5 4 4 2 7 2 101 56
2014-08-12 OAK L 4.2 11 6 4 0 4 0 89 26
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
Last 5 v.TEX 2-3 32.0 32 15 15 10 14 2 4.22 50
2014-08-23 @TEX W 8.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 111 69
2013-09-21 TEX L 6.0 7 3 3 2 1 0 100 45
2012-09-04 TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 102 62
2012-08-03 TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 104 50
2011-07-06 @TEX L 5.0 9 6 6 3 2 0 101 24

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Rangers Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 25.Coleman
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 26/1.116 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 10/.800 11/.573 8/.250 4/1.417 5/.000 594/436 .266/.318/.337/.656 .765/.618 .657 106/.593 24/13 2/15
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 15/.904 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 191/130 .166/.225/.343/.568 .719/.499 .639 57/.307 0/0 8/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 44/.637 ··· ··· 6/.167 13/1.328 17/1.171 14/.445 4/1.417 4/.833 513/386 .323/.380/.494/.874 .974/.842 .786 99/.826 1/1 17/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 295/208 .232/.282/.408/.690 .757/.663 .788 44/.559 0/1 11/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 244/163 .176/.246/.321/.567 .688/.510 .594 25/.588 1/0 9/3
2.Martin* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 480/366 .271/.323/.365/.688 .517/.741 .626 83/.750 22/10 6/6
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 332/236 .248/.287/.379/.667 .605/.691 .759 82/.645 2/6 7/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 65/.766 ··· 1/2.000 6/.333 23/.266 4/1.750 6/.167 7/1.071 14/.428 510/383 .279/.310/.397/.707 .926/.636 .702 68/.483 16/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 148/65 .303/.374/.371/.745 .886/.568 .785 47/.920 4/4 0/2
9.Rosales G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 92/41 .317/.385/.500/.885 .924/.841 .890 56/.913 1/0 3/1
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .200/.250/.200/.450 .400/.473 .450 16/.450 0/0 0/0
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/14 .250/.250/.300/.550 .667/.500 .550 20/.550 0/0 0/0
IP 172.2 30.0 3.2 22.2 61.1 35.0 40.1 59.0 55.1 TOTAL .254/.314/.374/.688 .742/.668 .697 .623 80/52 96/92
ERA-K/9 4.43/5.8 4.50/5.7 2.45/0.0 7.15/6.3 0.73/13.2 5.40/6.4 2.90/8.9 1.37/7.9 1.63/12.7 3.56/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 738/.276 132/.270 14/.308 109/.330 236/.137 156/.250 170/.242 239/.205 217/.188 .252  Martin
 Rios
 Robertson
 Choice
0/128/0/8
0/0/112/6
26/19/10/6
40/7/8/4
OPS .748 .721 .665 .986 .371 .736 .680 .550 .514 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 438/.835 63/.509 9/.583 40/.481 123/.471 82/.653 69/.714 122/.595 125/.530 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.617 69/.918 5/.800 69/1.274 113/.265 74/.832 101/.657 117/.501 92/.491 .702
Home 358/.776 66/.777 9/.444 71/.999 125/.438 67/.808 86/.479 123/.573 133/.533
Last 28d days 143/.696 28/1.098 / 4/.250 51/.396 7/1.571 25/.860 42/.296 52/.533
HR/SB/CS 22/10/4 3/0/0 0/0/1 5/0/1 0/1/0 2/2/1 3/5/2 0/4/2 3/3/2 115/55/24
Usage ····X··· ···Xo··X ········ ···X···· oXo··oo· ··oX···· ··o·o··· oXX·o·X· oXo·oo··
Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 65.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 62.Edwards
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
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 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 451/327 .263/.330/.330/.660 .804/.606 .722 82/.610 15/5 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 16/1.009 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.453 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 545/406 .273/.327/.383/.709 .871/.655 .747 105/.744 0/0 9/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 410/284 .298/.337/.402/.739 .773/.723 .747 78/.654 24/3 3/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/206 .290/.344/.351/.695 .627/.713 .608 51/.875 30/6 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.600 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 516/379 .277/.310/.366/.676 .774/.640 .694 97/.618 27/3 2/13
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .176/.216/.265/.481 .347/.522 .374 / 0/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.666 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 545/378 .280/.356/.456/.812 .817/.811 .788 106/1.001 9/3 18/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 449/314 .266/.312/.375/.687 .661/.698 .556 4/.500 4/2 6/7
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 11/.637 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 273/227 .169/.260/.289/.549 .157/.629 .602 31/.444 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 477/344 .256/.294/.351/.645 .608/.660 .610 92/.531 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 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 416/324 .206/.267/.375/.642 .561/.665 .539 92/.665 0/0 15/12
12.Nix G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .343 36/.284 1/2 1/4
34.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 1.000 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 510/380 .269/.302/.424/.726 .628/.756 .729 96/.680 1/0 16/6
7.Willingham G/S/vP 16/1.161 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 9/.730 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 331/227 .219/.350/.416/.767 .825/.739 .687 68/.796 2/0 14/0
IP 7.0 58.1 4.2 22.2 11.2 25.0 65.0 TOTAL .263/.313/.379/.692 .707/.686 .667 .705 126/26 87/83
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.29/11.6 4.01/9.3 0.00/7.7 2.78/5.6 3.86/10.8 1.80/6.5 2.77/8.9 4.70/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (17-6-1)
 Pena (0-1-0)
 Perez (44-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 31/.241 250/.250 20/.222 89/.203 49/.182 102/.155 267/.209 .277  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Willingham
 Nix
 Peguero
 Ibanez
0/73/63/8
131/0/0/7
4/0/98/5
3/89/0/3
53/0/1/3
0/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .566 .698 .578 .665 .697 .534 .657 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 14/.500 87/.702 8/1.071 46/.550 20/1.128 52/.667 108/.634 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 17/.620 163/.695 12/.258 43/.785 29/.399 50/.402 159/.672 .770
Road / 16/.661 133/.782 11/.455 46/.863 28/1.002 56/.637 135/.643
Last 28d days / 31/.566 47/.748 20/.578 35/.775 42/.477 46/.673 51/.448
HR/SB/CS // 0/0/0 5/2/1 0/1/0 5/1/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 9/4/2 141/68/31
Usage o··X··X· ·X·X···· ······X· ·o·····X ··X·o··· ·X··X··· X·X·o···

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

DET  4.71

KCR  4.07

SDP  3.27

 RA/G

SEA  3.29

MIL  4.15

COL  5.20

 BA

J. Altuve  .336

N. Walker  .272

C. Davis  .193

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .401

A. Pujols  .332

G. Beckham  .265

 SLG

J. Abreu  .602

B. Dozier  .420

Z. Cozart  .304

 OPS

J. Abreu  .983

T. Hunter  .760

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.