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Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals, at O.co Coliseum, August 3, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Start Time:
1:05pt (local), 4:05et
Venue:
O.co Coliseum
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at O.co Coliseum
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
64° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
111
On This Date:
23-18
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
110
On This Date:
54-51
Season Series
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 KCR  1 @OAK  0     
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 OAK  8  KCR  3     

Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR    @OAK  4:05pm
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 OAK    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 OAK    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
56-53, 2nd, 5 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-27   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  43-37   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:25-25   vsWest:  9-12 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  2  @OAK  L   3-8       56-53  2nd  5.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @OAK  W   1-0       56-52  2nd  4.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31   MIN  W   6-3       55-52  2nd  4.0 gb
106 Wed, Jul 30   MIN  W   3-2       54-52  2nd  5.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-2       53-52  2nd  5.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   CLE  L   3-10      53-51  2nd  5.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   CLE  W   7-5       53-50  2nd  5.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25   CLE  W   6-4       52-50  2nd  6.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 24   CLE  W   2-1 (14)  51-50  2nd  7.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 23  @CHW  W   2-1       50-50  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Oakland Athletics
67-42, 1st, 2 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-18   Road:   32-24   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  48-30   vsLHP:  19-12   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 18-11   vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest: 27-20 IL:10-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  2   KCR  W   8-3       67-42  1st  2.0 up
108 Fri, Aug  1   KCR  L   0-1       66-42  1st  1.0 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @HOU  L   1-8       66-41  1st  2.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @HOU  W   7-4       66-40  1st  2.5 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @HOU  L   3-7       65-40  1st  1.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @TEX  W   9-3       65-39  1st  2.0 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @TEX  W   5-1       64-39  1st  2.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @TEX  L   1-4       63-39  1st  2.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 24   HOU  W  13-1       63-38  1st  3.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 23   HOU  W   9-7       62-38  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sat, May 18, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Tommy Milone (4-5), L: Ervin Santana (3-3), S: Grant Balfour (8)
Fri, May 17, 2013 OAK  2  KCR  1        W:Sean Doolittle (3-0), L: James Shields (2-4), S: Grant Balfour (7)
Thu, Aug 16, 2012 OAK  3 @KCR  0        W:Dan Straily (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (7-11), S: Grant Balfour (9)
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 KCR  3  OAK  2        W:Will Smith (4-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (6-4), S: Greg Holland (4)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - OAK won 5-1; 2012 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - OAK leads 306-250

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 9-6, 3.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-6) 149.1 159 72 58 33 125 16 3.50
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 1-3 44.2 46 18 15 10 40 2 3.02 55
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
2014-07-01 @MIN L 5.0 9 5 4 2 5 0 113 34
2014-06-25 LAD ND 7.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 107 48
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 34.0 38 18 15 5 40 5 3.97 55
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
2010-04-28 OAK W 7.0 6 2 1 1 12 1 101 70

SP: Scott Kazmir (30, LHP, 12-3, 2.37)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (12-3) 129.1 102 37 34 30 116 11 2.37
2013 (10-9) 158.0 162 76 71 47 162 19 4.04
2011 (0-0) 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 27.00
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.1 36 15 14 10 44 6 3.05 58
2014-07-27 @TEX W 5.0 7 2 2 2 2 1 94 45
2014-07-22 HOU ND 7.0 7 2 1 1 6 0 107 62
2014-07-10 @SFG W 7.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 103 79
2014-07-05 TOR W 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 0 113 73
2014-06-30 @DET ND 5.1 4 1 1 3 7 1 97 60
2014-06-24 @NYM L 3.0 8 7 7 1 4 3 62 18
2014-06-19 BOS W 7.0 4 2 2 0 8 1 111 69
Last 5 v.KCR 1-3 25.1 31 15 14 6 23 2 4.97 47
2013-09-16 @KCR L 5.0 7 4 4 1 6 0 98 42
2013-09-11 KCR L 4.0 9 4 3 0 4 1 87 34
2013-07-13 KCR W 6.1 4 2 2 3 6 0 108 60
2013-07-03 @KCR ND 5.0 6 3 3 0 3 0 87 46
2013-04-27 @KCR L 5.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 99 51

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Royals Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 359/272 .266/.335/.331/.666 .830/.614 .644 67/.735 9/4 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 30/.636 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 431/324 .264/.316/.356/.672 .729/.654 .580 81/.710 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 12/.788 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 323/233 .303/.337/.418/.755 .837/.724 .718 74/.677 15/3 3/1
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .357/.357/.643/1.000 1.333/.909 1.000 5/.800 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 204/167 .279/.332/.333/.665 .612/.677 .798 57/.588 22/4 1/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.693 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 410/312 .275/.309/.374/.684 .763/.658 .640 78/.484 23/2 2/10
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 27/.709 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 430/307 .274/.351/.418/.770 .776/.767 .796 72/.775 7/2 9/2
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 11/.920 4/.500 6/.167 6/.000 6/.000 9/.444 4/.500 241/198 .172/.257/.307/.564 .169/.649 .486 35/.771 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 16/.913 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 375/276 .260/.302/.360/.662 .528/.709 .702 93/.641 4/2 5/5
19.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 88/43 .200/.227/.341/.568 .654/.476 .580 17/.294 0/0 3/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 319/266 .191/.258/.382/.640 .567/.654 .726 75/.626 0/0 13/10
13.Perez G/S/vP 12/1.389 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 405/307 .272/.311/.414/.725 .587/.765 .744 86/.542 1/0 12/4
IP 129.1 43.1 35.1 48.2 51.1 9.2 62.1 TOTAL .261/.311/.373/.684 .680/.685 .701 .663 90/21 62/63
ERA-K/9 2.37/8.1 1.87/8.1 2.55/8.2 2.59/12.8 1.93/7.7 1.86/6.5 2.31/4.2 3.16/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (13-5-1)
 Perez (36-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 511/.215 162/.164 145/.184 178/.157 201/.219 42/.205 249/.243 .231  Cain
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Aoki
 Ibanez
0/57/44/7
103/0/0/6
3/69/0/3
4/0/77/3
21/0/5/0
OPS .594 .496 .597 .431 .591 .467 .594 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.605 70/.562 57/.833 61/.267 79/.572 16/.708 110/.616 .664
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 391/.590 92/.446 88/.449 117/.518 122/.604 26/.317 139/.577 .628
Home 239/.508 85/.609 79/.617 90/.251 99/.525 21/.340 120/.599
Last 28d days 76/.596 28/.536 36/.227 21/.095 24/.440 35/.504 39/.739
HR/SB/CS 11/10/1 4/1/1 3/2/0 4/5/1 3/8/0 0/2/0 3/2/3 97/58/13
Usage ······X· ···o·oo· X··o··o· ····o··X ···X···o ·X·X··X· ·o··oo·o
Athletics Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 20/.461 ··· 6/1.667 17/.710 3/1.167 7/.453 2/.500 5/.400 334/217 .232/.302/.302/.604 .487/.667 .688 32/.509 0/1 3/7
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 22/.325 ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 19/.787 15/.729 1/.000 2/1.000 334/248 .274/.372/.416/.789 .695/.823 .821 46/.494 16/4 7/2
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 2/.000 7/.762 3/.000 2/.000 472/356 .246/.331/.463/.793 1.066/.707 .772 90/.858 4/0 23/18
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 6/.750 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 236/173 .264/.356/.368/.724 .807/.694 .679 72/.887 13/3 2/2
15.Gomes G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 15/.833 10/.744 1/no AB 2/.000 250/107 .239/.332/.357/.689 .827/.509 .758 42/.702 0/0 6/3
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 297/271 .280/.354/.458/.812 .487/.843 .945 61/.879 2/0 8/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 13/.308 ··· ··· 6/.000 8/1.482 7/.143 ··· 3/.000 441/319 .239/.319/.353/.672 .659/.677 .675 84/.766 0/0 5/10
37.Moss* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 422/337 .257/.336/.497/.834 .813/.839 .798 82/.612 1/0 23/3
36.Norris G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 272/161 .303/.402/.481/.883 1.050/.766 .937 54/.766 2/1 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP 18/.730 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 204/102 .207/.300/.279/.580 .636/.520 .605 35/.510 3/1 2/6
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 16/.563 ··· 3/.000 8/1.625 10/.300 5/.650 1/2.000 4/1.250 236/160 .253/.309/.410/.719 .409/.867 .778 40/1.033 1/0 6/2
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 203/178 .198/.272/.236/.509 .247/.546 .627 34/.624 8/2 0/2
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 168/138 .333/.363/.503/.866 .749/.892 .823 76/.856 1/0 5/0
IP 149.1 22.1 46.0 47.1 34.0 33.1 47.0 41.2 TOTAL .253/.327/.402/.730 .710/.738 .771 .710 60/12 112/70
ERA-K/9 3.50/7.5 2.42/6.9 3.13/5.1 0.95/13.9 5.29/6.6 2.97/9.5 1.72/7.5 1.73/13.6 3.67/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (26-3-1)
 Norris (32-7-3)
 Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 634/.272 95/.256 189/.234 185/.124 149/.238 141/.230 197/.227 162/.188 .254  Fuld
 Moss
 Gomes
 Reddick
 Crisp
 Vogt
 Punto
11/47/5/6
29/0/31/5
66/0/11/2
0/1/63/2
0/73/0/0
1/0/16/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .748 .620 .729 .363 .697 .656 .605 .517 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 328/.761 46/.472 83/.796 91/.479 78/.620 56/.577 94/.681 93/.557 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.735 49/.766 106/.678 94/.254 71/.784 85/.706 103/.537 69/.464 .710
Road 380/.744 47/.511 97/.600 93/.278 89/.679 68/.906 99/.569 64/.481
Last 28d days 131/.645 43/.714 51/1.095 40/.392 38/.672 19/.616 46/.584 33/.354
HR/SB/CS 16/5/4 0/0/0 7/2/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 2/4/1 0/4/2 3/1/1 97/43/19
Usage ····X··· ······X· o·o·o·X· ·XXo···X o··o··oo ···oX·X· ·X·oX··o ·XoX···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

OAK  4.98

ARI  4.00

SDP  3.21

 RA/G

SEA  3.33

PIT  4.15

COL  5.20

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .340

J. Hardy  .273

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .432

D. Wright  .331

E. Cabrera  .262

 SLG

J. Abreu  .634

S. Perez  .414

Z. Cozart  .283

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.035

S. Castro  .748

E. Cabrera  .552

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.71

A. Sanchez  3.57

E. Jackson  5.79

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.28

R. Vogelsong  7.47

K. Correia  4.23

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.