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Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, September 11, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
Game #:
148
On This Date:
49-57
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
147
On This Date:
25-16
Season Series
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 BOS  5  KCR  4     
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 BOS  2  KCR  1     
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 BOS  6  KCR  0     

Thu, Sep 11, 2014 BOS    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 BOS    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 BOS    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 14, 2014 BOS    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
63-83, 5th, 23½ GB, 18½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-44   Road:   32-39   ExtrInn: 9-11
 vsRHP:  42-58   vsLHP:  21-25   1-Run:  27-26
 vsEast: 26-41   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Wed, Sep 10   BAL  L   6-10      63-83  5th 23.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9   BAL  L   1-4       63-82  5th 22.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8   BAL  L   0-4       63-81  5th 21.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7   TOR  L   1-3       63-80  5th 20.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6   TOR  W   4-3       63-79  5th 19.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5   TOR  W   9-8 (10)  62-79  5th 20.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4  @NYY  L   4-5       61-79  5th 21.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3  @NYY  L   1-5       61-78  5th 20.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2  @NYY  W   9-4       61-77  5th 19.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  60-77  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
80-65, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-33   Road:   42-32   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  59-45   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:31-32   vsWest: 18-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Wed, Sep 10  @DET  W   3-0       80-65  1st  0.5 up
144 Tue, Sep  9  @DET  L   2-4       79-65  2nd  0.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep  8  @DET  L   5-9       79-64  1st  0.5 up
142 Sun, Sep  7  @NYY  W   2-0       79-63  1st  1.5 up
141 Sat, Sep  6  @NYY  L   2-6       78-63  1st  1.5 up
140 Fri, Sep  5  @NYY  W   1-0       78-62  1st  1.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  3   TEX  W   4-1       77-62  1st  1.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  2   TEX  W   2-1       76-62  1st    Tied
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 BOS  6  KCR  0        W:Jon Lester (10-7), L: Yordano Ventura (7-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 BOS  2  KCR  1        W:Rubby De La Rosa (3-2), L: Danny Duffy (5-10), S: Koji Uehara (20)
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 BOS  5  KCR  4        W:Clay Buchholz (5-5), L: Scott Downs (0-3), S: Koji Uehara (19)

Sun, Aug 11, 2013 KCR  4  BOS  3        W:James Shields (7-8), L: John Lackey (7-10), S: Greg Holland (32)
Sat, Aug 10, 2013 BOS  5 @KCR  3        W:Brandon Workman (3-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (12-8), S: Koji Uehara (12)
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 KCR  9  BOS  6        W:Francisley Bueno (1-0), L: Drake Britton (1-1), S: Greg Holland (31)
Thu, Aug 08, 2013 KCR  5  BOS  1        W:Bruce Chen (5-0), L: Jon Lester (10-7), S: Luke Hochevar (2)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  5 @BOS  4 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Andrew Miller (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 KCR  4 @BOS  2        W:Ervin Santana (2-1), L: Ryan Dempster (0-2), S: Greg Holland (4)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 BOS  4  KCR  3        W:Clay Buchholz (4-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 3-0; 2013 - KCR won 5-2; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - BOS leads 224-223

SP: Clay Buchholz (29, RHP, 7-8, 5.29)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (7-8) 146.1 157 91 86 48 112 15 5.29
2013 (12-1) 108.1 75 23 21 36 96 4 1.74
2012 (11-8) 189.1 187 104 96 64 129 25 4.56
Last 7 GS 2-1 49.2 39 23 23 15 42 2 4.17 57
2014-09-06 TOR W 6.1 4 2 2 2 5 0 101 60
2014-08-31 @TBR W 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 98 87
2014-08-25 @TOR ND 8.1 4 3 3 2 4 0 103 65
2014-08-20 LAA L 6.0 7 6 6 2 5 0 97 37
2014-08-15 HOU ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 9 1 110 62
2014-08-09 @LAA ND 8.0 6 3 3 2 8 1 120 64
2014-08-03 NYY ND 5.0 8 7 7 5 5 0 114 23
Last 5 v.KCR 5-0 32.2 34 9 8 7 22 1 2.20 57
2014-07-18 KCR W 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 0 104 39
2013-04-20 KCR W 8.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 104 63
2010-05-29 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 4 4 0 108 69
2010-04-11 @KCR W 5.0 7 3 2 2 1 1 94 42
2009-09-24 @KCR W 6.2 5 0 0 0 8 0 109 72

SP: Liam Hendriks (25, RHP, 1-1, 4.81)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 24.1 23 14 13 4 16 3 4.81
2013 (1-3) 47.1 67 39 36 14 34 10 6.85
2012 (1-8) 85.1 106 61 53 26 50 17 5.59
Last 7 GS 1-2 30.1 35 24 23 7 22 4 6.82 44
2014-09-06 @NYY L 4.0 7 4 3 0 3 0 72 37
2014-08-27 MIN ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 94 70
2014-06-20 @CIN ND 1.2 6 6 6 1 0 1 47 18
2014-05-28 TBR ND 6.0 3 2 2 0 5 1 95 63
2014-05-23 OAK W 5.2 3 1 1 3 3 1 79 59
2013-09-16 @CHW L 0.2 5 7 7 3 0 0 41 11
2013-09-10 OAK ND 5.1 7 3 3 0 6 1 96 48
Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 4.0 9 7 7 2 3 1 15.75 17
2012-04-25 BOS L 4.0 9 7 7 2 3 1 87 17
Red Sox Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Hendriks
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
G/S/vB
25.Coleman
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
17.Davis
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
27.Finnegan*
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
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/94 .280/.357/.448/.805 .873/.767 .876 97/.880 5/1 4/1
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 534/377 .237/.301/.365/.666 .754/.629 .607 78/.782 2/3 11/19
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 391/245 .213/.285/.287/.572 .649/.525 .540 16/.464 8/0 1/1
61.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .200/.250/.333/.583 .900/.455 .125 8/1.000 0/0 0/1
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 12/.878 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 586/445 .261/.302/.457/.759 .696/.778 .758 107/.758 5/2 21/6
5.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/2.500 7/1.142 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/2.667 458/340 .221/.286/.329/.615 .693/.587 .507 56/.424 1/1 8/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 492/312 .281/.331/.381/.711 .763/.682 .681 99/.526 12/2 4/7
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 197/147 .182/.249/.260/.508 .521/.504 .399 80/.449 1/0 2/3
12.Napoli G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 7/1.000 4/1.750 ··· 9/.222 5/.650 4/.250 484/349 .254/.370/.430/.799 .914/.756 .796 80/.618 3/2 17/6
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 355/295 .265/.341/.350/.691 .393/.754 .694 90/.763 4/2 3/4
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 14/.599 27/.844 ··· 25/.860 1/3.000 2/.500 573/386 .261/.358/.512/.870 .934/.838 .883 90/1.124 0/0 32/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.250 15/.619 13/.558 ··· 16/.321 5/.600 2/2.500 609/440 .278/.337/.376/.712 .727/.707 .754 82/.606 6/6 7/2
72.Rivero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .500/.571/1.167/1.738 2.000/1.167 7/1.738 0/0 1/1
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 161/96 .188/.258/.361/.619 .813/.494 .729 22/.483 0/1 6/7
55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/114 .224/.285/.276/.561 .501/.580 .570 71/.517 0/0 0/4
7.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 24/20 .238/.273/.333/.606 .000/.705 1.167 11/.473 1/0 0/0
IP 24.1 30.1 6.0 25.2 55.0 64.1 36.1 2.0 42.1 62.1 56.1 TOTAL .243/.316/.369/.684 .701/.677 .663 .685 54/22 111/83
ERA-K/9 4.81/5.9 4.45/5.6 4.50/3.0 6.66/6.0 3.60/5.1 0.70/13.4 5.20/6.2 0.00/9.0 2.98/8.7 1.30/7.8 1.60/12.8 3.50/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butler (2-0-0)
 Ross (31-9-3)
 Vazquez (12-10-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 101/.245 133/.268 28/.333 122/.321 224/.239 247/.140 160/.250 6/.000 179/.248 251/.203 220/.185 .251  Cespedes
 Bradley
 Nava
 Betts
 Craig
 Holt
116/9/0/15
1/107/6/13
35/0/60/9
0/28/10/3
11/0/77/3
8/10/35/1
OPS .713 .715 .845 .938 .729 .371 .729 .000 .693 .539 .506 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.736 64/.501 17/.855 43/.546 100/.757 131/.474 84/.636 1/.000 70/.704 127/.587 127/.521 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/.688 69/.918 11/.818 79/1.150 124/.707 116/.258 76/.836 5/.000 109/.687 124/.488 93/.485 .697
Home 70/.507 67/.765 9/.444 75/.991 98/.818 127/.448 67/.808 / 90/.495 124/.568 136/.521
Last 28d days 44/.645 27/1.140 14/1.045 17/.494 30/.851 41/.247 11/1.155 6/.000 25/.882 43/.311 34/.399
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 3/0/0 0/0/1 5/0/1 9/2/1 0/2/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/7/2 0/6/2 3/3/2 117/61/24
Usage ····X··· ········ ··X·X··· ··X·o··X ·X·o···· X··X·o·o ··o····· ····X··· ··X····· oX·o···o ·······o
Royals Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB
35.Badenhop
G/S/vB
68.Barnes
G/S/vB
32.Breslow*
G/S/vB
66.Britton*
G/S/vB
59.Layne*
G/S/vB
54.Mujica
G/S/vB
36.Tazawa
G/S/vB
19.Uehara
G/S/vB
30.Wilson
G/S/vB
65.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Adams G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 477/350 .265/.333/.333/.667 .836/.606 .731 77/.561 15/7 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 19/.516 3/2.334 ··· 6/1.133 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 558/416 .268/.321/.377/.698 .851/.646 .742 83/.626 0/0 9/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/1.333 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 435/306 .297/.333/.407/.740 .771/.727 .745 77/.704 24/4 4/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .302/.348/.442/.790 .882/.730 .653 21/.476 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 267/213 .282/.337/.340/.678 .615/.694 .598 45/.689 33/7 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 7/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 544/404 .276/.308/.367/.675 .779/.638 .702 94/.664 29/4 2/14
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/28 .176/.216/.265/.481 .347/.522 .374 / 0/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/1.356 2/2.000 ··· 8/.500 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 577/405 .271/.354/.445/.798 .809/.794 .793 106/.870 10/3 19/2
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 1/0 0/
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 479/339 .270/.315/.381/.696 .684/.701 .552 34/.790 4/2 6/9
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 6/.834 9/1.333 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 273/227 .169/.260/.289/.549 .157/.629 .602 19/.618 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 12/1.053 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 511/374 .255/.290/.345/.635 .612/.643 .611 93/.522 9/2 6/9
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 110/55 .229/.255/.410/.664 .659/.669 .615 15/1.179 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 443/347 .207/.265/.370/.635 .569/.653 .541 90/.587 0/0 15/13
12.Nix G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .343 10/.100 1/2 1/4
34.Peguero* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.333/.500 /.500 1.000 6/.500 0/0 0/0
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 541/408 .264/.296/.412/.707 .613/.736 .729 96/.656 1/0 16/8
7.Willingham G/S/vP 9/1.111 7/1.429 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 347/242 .225/.352/.415/.767 .837/.736 .687 58/.897 2/0 14/0
IP 146.1 66.2 3.0 53.2 3.2 16.2 55.0 59.1 61.1 23.1 9.0 TOTAL .261/.311/.376/.686 .709/.678 .668 .673 135/31 89/92
ERA-K/9 5.29/6.9 2.43/5.0 0.00/6.0 5.03/6.2 0.00/7.3 1.08/5.9 4.25/6.5 3.03/9.3 2.64/11.0 2.31/5.8 1.00/10.0 4.01/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (17-6-1)
 Pena (0-1-0)
 Perez (50-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 635/.273 274/.272 12/.250 250/.297 14/.083 66/.193 234/.300 250/.251 239/.221 91/.217 31/.200 .259  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Willingham
 Nix
 Peguero
 Ibanez
0/80/68/8
139/0/0/7
4/0/105/5
3/94/0/3
53/0/1/3
0/0/2/0
0/0/2/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .749 .688 .667 .834 .298 .551 .815 .691 .644 .708 .526 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 367/.783 113/.728 5/1.000 115/.804 6/.333 39/.291 105/.950 118/.642 135/.613 47/.875 19/.684 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.703 161/.661 7/.429 135/.859 8/.250 27/.968 129/.702 132/.736 104/.682 44/.530 12/.258 .715
Road 332/.658 110/.789 / 108/.743 / 33/.487 98/.662 116/.699 105/.676 29/1.022 /
Last 28d days 140/.497 45/.529 12/.667 48/.863 14/.298 41/.656 49/.791 41/.664 33/1.453 65/.608 31/.526
HR/SB/CS 15/5/4 1/5/1 0/0/0 8/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 6/4/2 5/0/0 10/1/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 142/83/28
Usage ····X··· ·X··oo·· ·X······ X···oo·X ·X··Xo·· X·o··oo· X···oo·o o····oo· ······X· o·X··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

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.