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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals, at Rogers Centre, May 29, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
53
On This Date:
17-22
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
55
On This Date:
23-12
Season Series
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 KCR 10  TOR  7     
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 KCR  4  TOR  2     
Thu, May 01, 2014 TOR  7 @KCR  3     

Thu, May 29, 2014 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, May 30, 2014 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, May 31, 2014 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
24-28, 4th, 6½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-14   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  17-21   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   4-12
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Wed, May 28   HOU  L   3-9       24-28  4th  6.5 gb
 51 Tue, May 27   HOU  L   0-3       24-27  4th  6.5 gb
 50 Mon, May 26   HOU  L   2-9       24-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 25  @LAA  L   3-4       24-25  2nd  5.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 24  @LAA  W   7-4 (13)  24-24  2nd  5.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 23  @LAA  L   1-6       23-24  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   CHW  W   3-1       23-23  3rd  6.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   CHW  L   6-7       22-23  3rd  7.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 19   CHW  L   6-7       22-22  2nd  7.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   BAL  W   8-6       22-21  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Toronto Blue Jays
32-22, 1st, 3 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-11   Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  20-16   vsLHP:  12-6    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Wed, May 28   TBR  W   3-2       32-22  1st  3.0 up
 53 Tue, May 27   TBR  W   9-6       31-22  1st  3.0 up
 52 Mon, May 26   TBR  W  10-5       30-22  1st  2.0 up
 51 Sun, May 25   OAK  W   3-1       29-22  1st  2.0 up
 50 Sat, May 24   OAK  W   5-2       28-22  1st  2.0 up
 49 Fri, May 23   OAK  W   3-2       27-22  1st  1.5 up
 48 Thu, May 22  @BOS  W   7-2       26-22  1st  1.0 up
 47 Wed, May 21  @BOS  W   6-4       25-22  1st    Tied
 46 Tue, May 20  @BOS  W   7-4       24-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 18  @TEX  L   2-6       23-22  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 01, 2014 TOR  7 @KCR  3        W:Mark Buehrle (5-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-2), S: Aaron Loup (1)
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 KCR  4  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Drew Hutchison (1-2), S: Greg Holland (7)
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 KCR 10  TOR  7        W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Brett Cecil (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 KCR  5 @TOR  0        W:James Shields (10-8), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TOR  4  KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (11-12), L: Kelvin Herrera (5-7), S: Casey Janssen (26)
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 TOR  3  KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (11-7), L: Ervin Santana (8-8), S: Casey Janssen (25)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 KCR  3  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 TOR  3 @KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (1-2), L: James Shields (1-2), S: Casey Janssen (3)
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 TOR  8 @KCR  4        W:J.A. Happ (2-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Aaron Loup (1)
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Luke Hochevar (6-8), L: Henderson Alvarez (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-1; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; 2012 - TOR won 6-2; All-Time - TOR leads 188-180

SP: James Shields (32, RHP, 6-3, 2.95)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-3) 73.1 71 32 24 15 63 7 2.95
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 5-1 46.1 51 20 18 9 37 4 3.50 54
2014-05-24 @LAA ND 6.0 9 4 4 2 4 2 112 40
2014-05-18 BAL W 7.0 9 3 3 1 3 0 99 49
2014-05-13 COL W 7.0 5 1 1 0 8 0 98 71
2014-05-07 @SDP W 7.0 7 0 0 2 4 0 118 65
2014-05-02 DET L 6.1 12 8 7 1 3 1 105 21
2014-04-27 @BAL W 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 101 67
2014-04-22 @CLE W 6.0 6 2 1 1 9 0 106 62
Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 38.1 20 7 6 7 40 3 1.41 74
2013-09-01 @TOR W 7.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 112 79
2013-04-13 TOR L 9.0 2 3 3 3 6 1 115 74
2012-09-21 TOR W 7.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 105 73
2012-08-07 TOR W 8.0 2 1 1 1 6 1 116 79
2012-05-23 TOR ND 7.1 7 3 2 1 10 1 110 63

SP: R.A. Dickey (39, RHP, 5-4, 3.95)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-4) 68.1 58 36 30 31 54 5 3.95
2013 (14-13) 224.2 207 113 105 71 177 35 4.21
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 35 20 14 16 36 3 2.78 57
2014-05-24 OAK W 8.1 5 2 2 1 4 1 113 68
2014-05-18 @TEX L 6.1 3 4 3 3 3 1 96 53
2014-05-13 CLE W 6.0 4 4 2 2 6 0 102 56
2014-05-08 PHI W 6.1 7 3 2 3 8 0 121 54
2014-05-03 @PIT ND 6.0 5 3 1 4 3 0 105 53
2014-04-27 BOS W 6.1 5 1 1 0 6 0 95 65
2014-04-22 BAL ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 6 1 99 51
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 31.1 32 17 14 12 18 3 4.02 49
2013-08-31 KCR W 8.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 100 64
2013-04-13 @KCR W 6.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 100 61
2004-05-18 KCR L 5.1 10 6 3 2 2 2 95 30
2004-04-27 @KCR W 6.1 4 2 2 3 1 0 95 55
2003-08-26 @KCR L 5.1 6 6 6 3 5 1 96 34

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Royals Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 59.Rasmussen*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 222/167 .264/.320/.318/.638 .847/.569 .528 111/.565 6/3 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 8/.708 10/1.000 2/.500 5/.000 2/.000 9/.583 ··· ··· 211/158 .235/.294/.299/.593 .681/.565 .440 98/.625 0/0 1/
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 120/90 .327/.375/.400/.775 .751/.783 .673 76/.793 6/0 1/1
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 1/4.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .219/.219/.250/.469 .333/.500 .417 33/.469 3/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 67/59 .276/.344/.310/.654 .250/.715 .844 26/.660 9/3 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.667 7/.000 4/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 202/158 .262/.313/.366/.679 .875/.620 .665 102/.609 14/1 2/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/.500 6/.367 2/.000 8/1.250 2/.000 10/1.822 ··· ··· 218/155 .276/.344/.388/.732 .657/.762 .682 106/.747 2/2 3/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP 12/.166 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/18 .067/.067/.167/.233 .000/.389 .000 26/.269 0/0 1/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 4/1.417 8/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 230/157 .280/.322/.379/.701 .654/.723 .845 113/.657 0/1 1/4
14.Infante G/S/vP 33/1.289 8/.625 3/.666 3/.000 3/2.334 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 145/102 .262/.315/.385/.699 .493/.787 .639 35/.503 1/0 2/1
32.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/9 .200/.200/.200/.400 .000/.444 .667 9/.444 2/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/.929 5/1.400 2/3.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 183/142 .259/.311/.406/.717 .770/.703 .764 75/.751 1/0 4/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 6/1.500 6/1.500 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 68/30 .279/.338/.393/.732 .799/.641 .816 50/.775 0/0 1/1
IP 68.1 21.1 21.0 9.0 25.1 46.0 1.1 25.0 TOTAL .251/.306/.348/.654 .650/.655 .649 .628 44/12 21/33
ERA-K/9 3.95/7.1 3.80/13.5 4.29/7.7 0.00/5.0 2.84/7.1 4.50/5.5 0.00/6.9 3.24/6.5 4.14/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-0-1)
 Perez (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.224 99/.250 89/.203 33/.188 104/.186 203/.275 5/.200 107/.313 .258  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
 Aoki
52/0/0/4
0/30/7/2
0/25/0/2
0/0/49/1
OPS .674 .689 .670 .431 .571 .800 .600 .824 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.641 42/.718 37/.431 21/.488 44/.520 112/.835 3/1.000 52/1.039 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.707 57/.667 52/.833 12/.333 60/.605 91/.756 2/.000 55/.627 .723
Home 193/.643 54/.944 51/.577 22/.372 51/.657 93/1.055 4/.750 65/.762
Last 28d days 139/.590 50/.684 46/.769 33/.431 52/.753 97/.758 5/.600 33/.955
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 0/4/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 0/2/1 6/6/2 0/0/0 1/2/1 45/40/9
Usage ····X··· ·o··oo·o ·o···o·o ·o·o·o·X X·X··X·X X··Xo·X· o·o····· ··X·····
Blue Jays Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 48.Mariot
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 33/1.210 3/.667 2/.500 3/.333 26/.542 5/.650 5/.800 1/.000 242/182 .301/.434/.528/.962 1.317/.840 .866 115/.874 1/1 12/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 31/.526 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.644 ··· ··· ··· 241/164 .314/.357/.498/.855 .886/.840 .804 116/.762 4/1 8/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 31/.603 4/1.833 4/.500 5/1.467 22/.227 5/1.000 4/2.083 1/.000 233/174 .263/.339/.579/.918 .979/.897 1.049 111/1.088 2/0 16/5
47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.417 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 117/93 .267/.359/.594/.953 .352/1.116 1.043 71/.975 0/1 9/4
8.Gose* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/32 .289/.413/.368/.781 .819/.758 .551 39/.722 2/1 0/0
31.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/20 .200/.217/.400/.617 .791/.400 .423 36/.594 0/0 3/0
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 13/.693 4/2.417 ··· 4/.250 7/1.238 1/.000 3/1.333 1/2.000 195/141 .236/.282/.418/.700 .709/.696 .885 83/.769 0/0 8/2
26.Lind* G/S/vP 53/.891 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 22/.814 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 97/79 .333/.423/.560/.982 .347/1.130 .903 54/.989 0/0 3/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 165/110 .270/.309/.342/.651 .624/.665 .763 64/.554 1/0 2/2
11.Pillar G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/10 .333/.333/.444/.778 1.059/.300 .625 27/.778 0/1 0/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· 168/111 .260/.333/.420/.753 .667/.794 .873 115/.863 11/1 3/4
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 56/39 .360/.429/.400/.829 .787/.848 .973 31/.695 0/3 0/0
18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 52/15 .304/.385/.609/.993 1.111/.667 1.298 52/.993 1/0 2/1
IP 73.1 17.2 11.2 21.2 22.1 25.0 19.2 15.0 TOTAL .263/.333/.450/.783 .785/.782 .820 .830 26/9 76/26
ERA-K/9 2.95/7.7 6.11/6.6 6.17/3.8 2.49/5.0 1.61/16.1 1.80/7.2 1.83/12.8 6.00/7.2 3.76/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (6-2-0)
 Navarro (28-5-3)
 Thole (6-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.252 82/.310 52/.300 87/.213 89/.130 105/.245 78/.208 68/.295 .251  Cabrera
 Bautista
 Gose
 Pillar
 Tolleson
51/1/0/5
0/7/49/3
2/14/0/2
5/6/1/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .681 .938 .833 .601 .366 .658 .547 .728 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.715 31/.483 20/.804 44/.573 42/.452 50/.667 40/.500 37/.780 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.652 51/1.204 32/.843 43/.629 47/.289 55/.649 38/.588 31/.667 .725
Road 190/.669 27/.782 22/1.214 44/.529 51/.346 52/.613 30/.578 22/.477
Last 28d days 145/.802 53/.956 43/.758 47/.693 32/.188 58/.643 37/.543 31/.868
HR/SB/CS 7/1/1 4/0/1 1/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 50/21/9
Usage ····X··· X·X··X·· XX·oX··· ·o··Xo·· ····X··o oo·Xo··· o···o··X 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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

OAK  5.02

BOS  4.10

SDP  3.24

 RA/G

OAK  3.11

DET  4.27

ARI  5.04

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .369

N. Aoki  .264

C. Santana  .159

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .471

C. Yelich  .330

J. Gyorko  .218

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .702

J. Smoak  .406

W. Venable  .263

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.174

D. Pedroia  .738

J. Gyorko  .506

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.67

T. Milone  3.50

K. Correia  6.34

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  10.67

P. Hughes  7.34

C. Young  3.77

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.