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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals, at Rogers Centre, May 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Start Time:

1:07et (local)

Venue:

Rogers Centre

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Rogers Centre

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

71° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

23-18

Blue Jays

Manager:

John Gibbons

Game #:

On This Date:

18-13

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  8 @TOR  6 (10)
Fri, May 30, 2014 KCR  6 @TOR  1     

Sat, May 31, 2014 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

26-28, 3rd, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   13-14   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  18-21   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   4-12
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, May 30  @TOR  W   6-1       26-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @TOR  W   8-6 (10)  25-28  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Toronto Blue Jays

32-24, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   16-13   Road:   16-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Fri, May 30   KCR  L   1-6       32-24  1st  2.5 up
 55 Thu, May 29   KCR  L   6-8 (10)  32-23  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 30, 2014 KCR  6 @TOR  1        W:Jason Vargas (5-2), L: J.A. Happ (4-2), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2014 KCR  8 @TOR  6 (10)   W:Wade Davis (4-1), L: Todd Redmond (0-4), S: Greg Holland (15)
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)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 4-1; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; 2012 - TOR won 6-2; All-Time - TOR leads 188-182

SP: Aaron Brooks (24, RHP, 0-0, 27.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit
2014 (0-0)	2.0	7	6	6	0	2	1	27.00

Last 7 GS

Has never faced TOR as starter.

SP: Marcus Stroman (23, RHP, 1-0, 12.79)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit
2014 (1-0)	6.1	13	10	9	1	4	1	12.79

Last 7 GS

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 215.Stroman
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 58.Redmond
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 232/172 .269/.329/.327/.656 .861/.583 .569 113/.632 7/3 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 10/1.000 2/.500 6/.000 2/.000 9/.583 1/.000 221/163 .249/.303/.310/.613 .767/.560 .494 100/.646 0/0 1/

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 129/94 .339/.388/.441/.828 .962/.781 .778 85/.874 6/0 2/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 38/31 .222/.243/.278/.521 .286/.577 .548 38/.521 3/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 68/60 .271/.338/.305/.644 .250/.702 .819 24/.725 10/3 0/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 4/.000 4/.250 3/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 211/163 .266/.314/.365/.679 .801/.639 .665 105/.651 15/1 2/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 6/.367 2/.000 9/1.334 2/.000 10/1.822 ··· 227/159 .281/.352/.409/.761 .728/.775 .742 108/.818 3/2 4/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/18 .067/.067/.167/.233 .000/.389 .000 23/.304 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 240/162 .271/.313/.371/.684 .611/.719 .800 115/.615 0/1 1/4

14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 4/.500 3/.000 4/1.750 6/.334 2/1.000 156/108 .255/.305/.369/.674 .439/.780 .602 38/.406 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 ··· 5/1.400 2/3.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 192/146 .253/.307/.410/.717 .711/.719 .761 81/.776 1/0 5/3

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 72/31 .262/.319/.369/.689 .738/.619 .730 50/.732 0/0 1/1

IP 6.1 21.1 22.0 10.0 26.2 46.0 26.0 TOTAL .253/.307/.353/.661 .658/.662 .663 .656 48/12 24/33

ERA-K/9

12.79/5.7

3.80/13.5

4.09/7.8

0.00/5.4

2.70/7.1

4.50/5.5

3.81/6.2

4.22/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 34/.419 99/.250 92/.197 38/.189 108/.178 203/.275 113/.320 .260 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Aoki 54/0/0/4
0/32/8/2
1/26/0/2
0/0/51/1

OPS 1.151 .689 .661 .427 .548 .800 .836 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/1.278 42/.718 38/.449 23/.534 45/.508 112/.835 54/1.018 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/.973 57/.667 54/.799 15/.267 63/.573 91/.756 59/.677 .726

Home 25/1.230 54/.944 54/.567 27/.377 55/.604 93/1.055 71/.786

Last 28d days 34/1.151 43/.754 43/.697 38/.427 48/.562 97/.758 32/.868

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/4/0 2/2/0 0/2/0 0/2/1 6/6/2 1/2/1 48/44/9

Usage ········ ···o··oo ·o·o···o ·X·o·o·o ·oX·X··X ··X··Xo· ·X··X···

Blue Jays Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 2/.500 4/.500 27/.520 6/.533 5/.800 1/.000 251/188 .305/.438/.555/.993 1.405/.850 .932 114/.902 1/1 14/2

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.582 1/.000 ··· ··· 250/170 .310/.352/.487/.839 .851/.834 .777 115/.775 4/1 8/0

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 4/.500 6/1.167 23/.217 6/1.133 4/2.083 1/.000 242/180 .265/.347/.600/.947 .982/.935 1.101 110/1.185 2/0 18/5

47.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.417 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 121/97 .257/.347/.571/.919 .352/1.065 .980 71/.905 0/1 9/4

8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 53/37 .310/.431/.381/.812 .819/.804 .661 44/.766 2/1 0/0

31.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/20 .208/.224/.396/.620 .777/.400 .448 39/.599 0/0 3/0

13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· 4/2.417 ··· 5/.650 7/1.238 2/.500 4/1.000 1/2.000 204/147 .232/.279/.405/.685 .671/.690 .838 83/.662 0/0 8/2

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 23/.777 3/.333 3/.333 ··· 102/84 .337/.422/.551/.972 .347/1.108 .893 59/.972 0/0 3/1

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 171/113 .272/.310/.342/.652 .662/.646 .756 70/.564 1/0 2/2

11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/10 .300/.300/.400/.700 .900/.300 .526 30/.700 0/1 0/0

7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 178/117 .250/.320/.413/.733 .693/.751 .822 115/.840 11/1 3/5

22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 59/42 .340/.407/.377/.784 .787/.783 .867 26/.619 0/3 0/0

18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 56/16 .300/.375/.580/.955 1.076/.620 1.188 51/.938 1/0 2/1

IP 2.0 17.2 11.2 22.2 24.1 27.0 20.2 15.0 TOTAL .262/.332/.449/.781 .787/.778 .814 .826 26/9 80/27

ERA-K/9

27.00/9.0

6.11/6.6

6.17/3.8

2.38/4.8

1.48/15.6

1.67/7.3

1.74/13.0

6.00/7.2

3.75/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (8-2-0)
Navarro (28-5-3)
Thole (8-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 13/.583 82/.310 52/.300 92/.214 95/.120 114/.230 82/.211 68/.295 .250 Bautista
Cabrera
Gose
Pillar
Tolleson 0/7/51/5
53/1/0/5
2/16/0/2
6/7/1/0
0/0/3/0

OPS 1.538 .938 .833 .604 .342 .639 .545 .728 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 2/1.000 31/.483 20/.804 46/.547 45/.421 56/.615 43/.513 37/.780 .666

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/1.645 51/1.204 32/.843 46/.661 50/.271 58/.661 39/.573 31/.667 .735

Road / 27/.782 22/1.214 49/.542 57/.308 61/.583 34/.569 22/.477

Last 28d days / 47/.913 43/.758 49/.736 38/.158 56/.559 41/.539 28/.964

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 4/0/1 1/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 54/21/9

Usage ··X·X··X ··XX·oX· X··o··Xo ·X····X· X·oo·Xo· ·Xo···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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 5.07

SEA 4.09

SDP 3.25

RA/G

OAK 3.18

PIT 4.24

ARI 4.96

T. Tulowitzki .360

C. Gonzalez .263

B. Miller .158

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .462

G. Jones .329

J. Gyorko .214

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .686

A. Gordon .409

B. Miller .250

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.148

P. Sandoval .734

B. Miller .484

ERA

J. Samardzija 1.68

T. Roark 3.47

K. Correia 6.34

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.90

R. Dickey 7.49

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.