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Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, at Kauffman Stadium, April 19, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

68° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

On This Date:

47-46

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

13-22

Season Series
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 KCR  6  OAK  4     
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 OAK  5 @KCR  0     

Sun, Apr 19, 2015 OAK    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 KCR    @OAK 10:05pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 KCR    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 KCR    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET

Oakland Athletics

6-6, 1st, ½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:    3-4    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  5-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sat, Apr 18  @KCR  W   5-0        6-6   1st  0.5 up
 11 Fri, Apr 17  @KCR  L   4-6        5-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @HOU  L   1-6        5-5   1st  0.5 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @HOU  W   4-0        5-4   1st  1.0 up
  8 Mon, Apr 13  @HOU  W   8-1        4-4   1st  0.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 12   SEA  L   7-8 (10)   3-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 11   SEA  L   4-5 (11)   3-3   1st    Tied
  5 Fri, Apr 10   SEA  W  12-0        3-2   1st  0.5 up
  4 Thu, Apr  9   TEX  L   1-10       2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  8   TEX  W  10-0        2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6

Kansas City Royals

8-3, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 18   OAK  L   0-5        8-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   OAK  W   6-4        8-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @MIN  L   5-8        7-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @MIN  L   1-3        7-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @MIN  W  12-3        7-0   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @LAA  W   9-2        6-0   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @LAA  W   6-4        5-0   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @LAA  W   4-2        4-0   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  9   CHW  W   4-1        3-0   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  8   CHW  W   7-5        2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-3    Last 30: 8-3

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 OAK  5 @KCR  0        W:Jesse Hahn (1-1), L: Yordano Ventura (2-1), S: Jesse Chavez (1)
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 KCR  6  OAK  4        W:Wade Davis (2-0), L: Dan Otero (0-1), S: Greg Holland (4)

Thu, Aug 14, 2014 KCR  7  OAK  3        W:Aaron Crow (6-1), L: Jeff Samardzija (5-9), S: Greg Holland (36)
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  0        W:Jason Vargas (9-5), L: Scott Kazmir (13-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 OAK 11 @KCR  3        W:Jon Lester (13-7), L: Jeremy Guthrie (8-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 KCR  3  OAK  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-2), L: Sonny Gray (12-6), S: Greg Holland (35)
Sun, Aug 03, 2014 KCR  4 @OAK  2        W:James Shields (10-6), L: Scott Kazmir (12-4), S: Greg Holland (31)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - KCR won 5-2; 2013 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - OAK leads 308-255

SP: Scott Kazmir (31, LHP, 2-0, 0.69)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-0)			13.0	4	1	1	5	18	1	0.69
2014 (15-9)			190.1	171	81	75	50	164	16	3.55
2013 (10-9)			158.0	162	76	71	47	162	19	4.04

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.0	35	19	16	13	50	3	3.27	58
2015-04-13	@HOU	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	91	67
2015-04-08	TEX	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	10	0	95	83
2014-09-26	@TEX	W	7.0	4	2	1	0	5	0	101	68
2014-09-21	PHI	ND	5.1	11	6	6	1	9	0	99	30
2014-09-16	TEX	L	4.1	9	6	4	1	3	1	82	27
2014-09-11	@CHW	L	8.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	113	76
2014-09-06	HOU	ND	6.1	3	3	3	5	8	0	92	58

Last 5 v.KCR		1-4	28.1	37	17	16	6	21	2	5.08	45
2014-08-13	@KCR	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	98	53
2014-08-03	KCR	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	99	37
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

SP: Danny Duffy (26, LHP, 1-0, 6.35)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			11.1	14	8	8	1	8	2	6.35
2014 (9-12)			149.1	113	52	42	53	113	12	2.53
2013 (2-0)			24.1	19	5	5	14	22	0	1.85

Last 7 GS		2-1	32.2	34	15	14	9	23	4	3.86	51
2015-04-13	@MIN	W	6.1	6	3	3	1	3	1	89	51
2015-04-08	CHW	ND	5.0	8	5	5	0	5	1	81	36
2014-09-27	@CHW	L	2.0	5	4	4	1	0	2	63	29
2014-09-22	@CLE	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	96	63
2014-09-06	@NYY	ND	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50
2014-08-31	CLE	ND	6.2	5	2	1	3	6	0	114	61
2014-08-26	MIN	ND	6.2	4	1	1	2	4	0	95	64

Last 5 v.OAK		3-0	18.1	9	5	5	11	14	1	2.45	61
2012-04-10	@OAK	W	6.0	1	0	0	4	8	0	103	74
2011-09-06	@OAK	W	6.1	4	3	3	3	4	0	119	54
2011-06-14	@OAK	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	104	54

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/ .167/.167/.167/.333 .333/ .333 / 3/1 0/1

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 13/.385 9/.619 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 603/448 .271/.323/.379/.702 .847/.653 .680 50/.889 0/0 9/2

17.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 427/392 .233/.344/.378/.722 .265/.765 .597 43/.982 0/4 11/9

23.Fuld* G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 402/291 .239/.321/.342/.663 .683/.655 .763 48/.877 21/4 4/2

3.Gentry G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 258/120 .254/.319/.289/.608 .645/.564 .487 17/.176 20/2 0/1

15.Lawrie G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.238 1/3.000 3/1.167 5/.800 ··· 5/1.550 282/218 .247/.301/.421/.722 .595/.760 .638 51/.704 0/0 12/4

19.Phegley G/S/vP 1/5.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 38/28 .216/.211/.514/.724 1.000/.622 .258 9/.889 0/0 3/1

10.Semien G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 6/.200 4/.250 ··· 5/1.100 255/165 .234/.300/.372/.673 .735/.637 .642 48/.713 3/0 6/14

28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 329/281 .223/.298/.268/.567 .478/.581 .462 27/.478 11/4 1/10

21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 287/245 .279/.321/.431/.752 .647/.770 .754 42/1.165 1/0 9/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/2.167 4/.750 15/.733 4/1.750 6/.000 1/2.000 7/.715 654/480 .272/.354/.395/.749 .873/.703 .747 47/.695 10/5 10/8

IP 149.1 72.0 47.1 70.0 62.1 142.1 TOTAL .284/.338/.442/.780 .699/.797 .738 .780 4/0 10/10

ERA-K/9

2.53/6.8

1.00/13.6

2.66/8.8

1.41/7.6

1.44/13.0

/0.0

5.37/6.3

3.43/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Phegley (6-2-2)
Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.209 279/.151 196/.234 285/.214 240/.170 / 646/.296 .226 Gentry
Fuld
Zobrist
Burns
Vogt 17/50/29/8
36/62/17/7
38/7/19/2
0/1/0/0
1/0/17/0

OPS .605 .408 .651 .561 .472 .859 .650

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.386 144/.513 75/.658 138/.617 136/.494 / 183/.699 .617

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 467/.670 135/.298 121/.647 147/.508 104/.444 / 463/.923 .676

Home 272/.557 145/.480 100/.481 145/.585 146/.492 / 337/.812

Last 28d days 47/.875 17/.180 13/.336 15/.481 13/.077 14/.774 8/.250

HR/SB/CS 12/5/3 0/4/1 3/7/2 0/6/2 3/3/2 // 24/9/1 13/2/4

Usage ·····X·· ·o·····o ··o···X· ·X······ ·o·····o ··X··X·· X··o·o··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (5.82 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 56.Abad*
G/S/vB 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB 30.Chavez
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 31.Graveman
G/S/vB 32.Hahn
G/S/vB 39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

6.Cain G/S/vP 18/.631 1/3.000 ··· 7/.715 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 502/359 .301/.339/.412/.751 .827/.720 .767 51/1.141 28/5 5/2

24.Colon G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 49/30 .333/.375/.489/.864 .882/.851 .653 8/.125 2/0 0/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 290/233 .269/.324/.327/.651 .604/.663 .573 8/.452 36/7 1/4

2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.686 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 620/465 .285/.317/.377/.694 .784/.663 .725 48/.743 31/6 3/16

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 33/.574 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 643/452 .266/.351/.432/.783 .787/.782 .759 35/.659 12/3 19/2

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 15/.800 ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 547/389 .270/.318/.398/.716 .676/.732 .607 51/.786 4/2 9/10

14.Infante G/S/vP 22/1.244 1/3.000 ··· 7/.619 12/.167 ··· 2/1.500 4/1.750 5/.450 3/1.000 575/425 .252/.295/.337/.632 .584/.649 .606 39/.495 9/3 6/11

19.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 115/59 .218/.243/.391/.634 .647/.623 .591 0/ 0/0 5/0

25.Morales# G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/2.250 2/.000 1/.000 401/255 .218/.274/.338/.612 .661/.584 .545 51/.987 0/0 8/1

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 500/392 .212/.271/.361/.632 .554/.653 .565 52/.964 1/0 15/19

13.Perez G/S/vP 18/1.032 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 606/459 .260/.289/.403/.692 .632/.710 .693 47/1.013 1/0 17/9

15.Rios G/S/vP 51/.684 2/1.000 ··· 8/.821 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.500 1/2.000 521/388 .280/.311/.398/.709 .898/.646 .712 29/.809 17/9 4/6

IP 190.1 57.1 8.0 146.0 70.1 4.2 73.1 20.0 86.2 11.2 TOTAL .317/.377/.476/.853 .861/.847 .896 .853 9/2 11/3

ERA-K/9

3.55/7.8

1.57/8.0

1.13/10.1

3.45/8.4

2.18/10.5

3.86/7.7

3.07/8.6

2.25/6.8

2.28/4.7

4.63/8.5

2.72/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (18-6-1)
Perez (57-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 777/.238 216/.175 33/.115 621/.253 278/.188 18/.222 306/.214 80/.205 349/.247 47/.239 .218 Gordon
Cain
Rios
Dyson 156/0/0/8
0/93/77/8
0/0/114/6
3/106/0/4

OPS .648 .499 .388 .692 .541 .556 .623 .608 .609 .777 .620

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 192/.673 100/.527 12/.542 350/.663 149/.642 8/.625 153/.656 33/.536 151/.703 19/.316 .640

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 585/.641 116/.475 21/.302 271/.728 129/.423 10/.500 153/.583 47/.658 198/.539 28/1.099 .603

Road 364/.644 94/.402 14/.143 339/.748 123/.383 3/.667 154/.594 44/.887 181/.558 23/.739

Last 28d days 48/.382 19/.646 20/.806 27/.499 18/.800 44/.918 67/.531 23/.739 19/1.035 27/.570

HR/SB/CS 16/18/2 4/2/4 0/1/0 17/4/3 5/4/2 0/0/0 4/3/1 3/3/1 4/3/3 4/0/0 12/3/0

Usage ·····X·· ····oX·X ···X··X· X····X·o ····o·oX ····X··· X·····X· ·o··X·Xo ·X··Xo·o ···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 2015 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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 4.77

MIA 3.98

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.42

CLE 4.03

COL 5.05

J. Altuve .341

J. Upton .270

C. Davis .196

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

C. Headley .328

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .581

C. Utley .407

Z. Cozart .300

OPS

V. Martinez .974

H. Kendrick .744

Z. Cozart .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.77

W. Chen 3.54

C. Buchholz 5.34

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.85

T. Koehler 7.20

M. Buehrle 5.30

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.