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Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, April 21, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
67° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
14
On This Date:
46-36
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
14
On This Date:
10-24
Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 KCR 12 @MIN  3     
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 MIN  3  KCR  1     
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 MIN  8  KCR  5     
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 KCR  7  MIN  1     

Tue, Apr 21, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 04, 2015 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 MIN    @KCR  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 KCR    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 KCR    @MIN  3:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
5-8, 4th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    1-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-5    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-8    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 20  @KCR  L   1-7        5-8   4th  6.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   CLE  W   7-2        5-7   3rd  5.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 18   CLE  L   2-4        4-7   5th  5.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   CLE  W   3-2 (11)   4-6   3rd  5.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   KCR  W   8-5        3-6   5th  5.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   KCR  W   3-1        2-6   5th  5.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   KCR  L   3-12       1-6   5th  6.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @CHW  L   2-6        1-5   5th  5.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @CHW  L   4-5        1-4   4th  4.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @CHW  W   6-0        1-3   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-8    Last 30: 5-8
Kansas City Royals
10-3, 2nd, 1 GB, 3 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-1    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 20   MIN  W   7-1       10-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 19   OAK  W   4-2        9-3   2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-3    Last 30:10-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 KCR  7  MIN  1        W:Edinson Volquez (2-1), L: Kyle Gibson (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 MIN  8  KCR  5        W:Tommy Milone (2-0), L: Jason Vargas (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (2)
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 MIN  3  KCR  1        W:Kyle Gibson (1-1), L: Edinson Volquez (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 KCR 12 @MIN  3        W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 28, 2014 MIN 11 @KCR  5 (10)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-1), L: Bruce Chen (2-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 KCR  6  MIN  1        W:Wade Davis (8-2), L: Phil Hughes (14-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 KCR  2  MIN  1        W:Wade Davis (7-2), L: Glen Perkins (3-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 KCR  6 @MIN  4        W:Jason Vargas (10-5), L: Trevor May (0-2), S: Greg Holland (38)
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 KCR 12 @MIN  6        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-10), L: Tommy Milone (6-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 MIN  4  KCR  1        W:Phil Hughes (13-8), L: Yordano Ventura (9-9), S: Glen Perkins (31)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 2-2; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; All-Time - MIN leads 375-343

SP: Tommy Milone (28, LHP, 2-0, 2.08)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-0) 13.0 9 3 3 5 10 1 2.08
2014 (6-4) 118.0 128 63 55 37 75 16 4.19
2013 (12-9) 156.1 160 83 72 39 126 25 4.14
Last 7 GS 2-1 33.2 45 24 20 16 22 5 5.35 42
2015-04-16 KCR W 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 1 101 42
2015-04-10 @CHW W 7.2 2 0 0 2 7 0 100 80
2014-09-02 CHW ND 3.2 5 3 3 4 3 1 86 38
2014-08-28 @KCR ND 5.1 9 4 3 2 0 0 88 34
2014-08-22 DET ND 4.1 10 5 3 0 3 1 99 30
2014-08-17 KCR L 1.1 4 7 6 2 1 0 40 19
2014-08-11 @HOU ND 6.0 8 2 2 3 5 2 97 50
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 26.1 31 18 16 10 12 1 5.47 43
2015-04-16 KCR W 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 1 101 42
2014-08-28 @KCR ND 5.1 9 4 3 2 0 0 88 34
2014-08-17 KCR L 1.1 4 7 6 2 1 0 40 19
2013-07-05 @KCR W 8.1 6 3 3 0 4 0 101 63
2013-05-18 KCR W 6.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 111 59

SP: Jason Vargas (32, LHP, 1-1, 6.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-1) 9.0 15 7 6 2 4 2 6.00
2014 (11-10) 187.0 197 82 77 41 128 19 3.71
2013 (9-8) 150.0 162 68 67 46 109 17 4.02
Last 7 GS 2-4 33.2 44 25 24 9 25 6 6.42 42
2015-04-16 @MIN L 3.0 10 5 4 1 1 1 63 21
2015-04-10 @LAA W 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 1 98 56
2014-09-24 @CLE ND 4.0 4 4 4 3 1 1 81 36
2014-09-19 DET L 3.1 9 5 5 0 1 0 66 23
2014-09-14 BOS L 5.1 4 5 5 1 8 1 91 47
2014-09-09 @DET L 5.1 6 4 4 3 6 2 99 43
2014-09-03 TEX W 6.2 6 0 0 0 5 0 102 67
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 31.0 30 8 7 8 17 3 2.03 57
2015-04-16 @MIN L 3.0 10 5 4 1 1 1 63 21
2014-08-18 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 106 67
2014-07-02 @MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 111 72
2014-04-18 MIN W 7.0 7 0 0 1 4 0 113 66
2014-04-13 @MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 112 60

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

Twins Batters (3.08 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 410/268 .231/.300/.452/.752 .574/.848 .700 35/.547 1/2 20/5
2.Dozier G/S/vP 17/.620 10/.875 6/1.000 4/.500 8/.393 3/.000 2/.000 707/500 .242/.345/.416/.762 .804/.743 .740 55/.585 21/7 23/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 2/.000 7/.143 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 465/328 .275/.315/.406/.721 .877/.654 .654 31/.433 1/1 6/9
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/62 .213/.253/.253/.506 .544/.496 .517 9/.889 1/0 0/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 49/.855 18/.445 16/1.161 9/.472 8/.250 2/1.000 8/.661 586/430 .286/.319/.446/.765 .799/.753 .771 47/.625 4/3 17/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 32/.871 17/1.280 8/1.071 5/1.350 8/1.000 2/.000 8/.250 518/332 .277/.361/.371/.732 .654/.776 .731 55/.598 3/0 4/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP 15/.866 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 213/114 .250/.271/.382/.654 .586/.716 .537 6/1.667 9/3 4/7
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 28/.512 6/1.133 8/.875 7/1.238 8/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 582/412 .258/.328/.423/.751 .783/.738 .715 47/.740 2/1 14/14
21.Robinson G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 66/29 .150/.227/.200/.427 .425/.429 .341 19/.789 0/1 0/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 6/.334 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 430/299 .319/.353/.472/.824 .786/.841 .829 46/.422 20/4 7/6
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 240/183 .238/.310/.305/.615 .400/.681 .636 33/.318 30/7 1/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 37/.476 6/.833 10/.100 5/.200 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 503/363 .288/.345/.383/.727 .810/.695 .662 39/.671 0/1 3/4
19.Vargas# G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 234/133 .274/.316/.456/.772 .602/.899 .630 43/.556 0/0 9/3
IP 187.0 72.0 47.1 70.0 62.1 142.1 TOTAL .219/.274/.318/.592 .606/.584 .496 .592 4/3 8/11
ERA-K/9 3.71/6.2 1.00/13.6 2.66/8.8 1.41/7.6 1.44/13.0 /0.0 5.37/6.3 3.13/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (64-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 790/.267 279/.151 196/.234 285/.214 240/.170 / 646/.296 .221  Arcia
 Hunter
 Santana
 Schafer
 Escobar
 Nunez
 Robinson
 Herrmann
0/0/100/8
0/0/128/5
0/69/0/5
49/20/6/2
2/1/0/2
16/0/2/2
5/1/15/1
12/0/13/0
OPS .713 .408 .651 .561 .472 .859 .627
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.661 144/.513 75/.658 138/.617 136/.494 / 183/.699 .589
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 596/.731 135/.298 121/.647 147/.508 104/.444 / 463/.923 .655
Home 430/.754 145/.480 100/.481 145/.585 146/.492 / 337/.812
Last 28d days 44/.934 20/.153 18/.544 21/.396 13/.077 21/.654 9/.222
HR/SB/CS 19/14/3 0/4/1 3/7/2 0/6/2 3/3/2 // 24/9/1 13/4/5
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ·o··o··· Xo·X···· ···o···· oX··X··X ·oX··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 (5.77 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Milone*
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Cain G/S/vP 15/.833 1/.000 3/1.000 7/.829 1/no AB 6/.500 3/.666 1/.000 502/359 .301/.339/.412/.751 .827/.720 .767 55/1.143 28/5 5/2
24.Colon G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/30 .333/.375/.489/.864 .882/.851 .653 15/.421 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 10/.476 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 290/233 .269/.324/.327/.651 .604/.663 .573 13/.432 36/7 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 20/.600 3/.000 23/.755 6/.666 1/2.000 9/.889 8/.393 ··· 620/465 .285/.317/.377/.694 .784/.663 .725 52/.744 31/6 3/16
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/1.170 1/.000 34/.676 5/.400 ··· 24/.975 4/.750 ··· 643/452 .266/.351/.432/.783 .787/.782 .759 40/.656 12/3 19/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 16/.875 ··· 23/.757 5/1.000 ··· 12/.917 5/.800 2/no AB 547/389 .270/.318/.398/.716 .676/.732 .607 59/.797 4/2 9/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 10/.958 1/.000 9/.444 7/1.096 1/.000 7/.857 5/.400 1/.000 575/425 .252/.295/.337/.632 .584/.649 .606 41/.594 9/3 6/11
19.Kratz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/59 .218/.243/.391/.634 .647/.623 .591 3/.000 0/0 5/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 15/.466 2/.500 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 11/1.273 2/.500 2/.000 401/255 .218/.274/.338/.612 .661/.584 .545 59/.990 0/0 8/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 13/.237 ··· 14/1.143 5/.650 1/no AB 12/.500 5/.650 1/.000 500/392 .212/.271/.361/.632 .554/.653 .565 60/.877 1/0 15/19
13.Perez G/S/vP 14/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 11/1.182 1/.000 12/.697 2/2.500 ··· 606/459 .260/.289/.403/.692 .632/.710 .693 52/1.005 1/0 17/9
15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.138 1/3.000 19/.387 3/1.667 1/no AB 23/1.043 1/.000 ··· 521/388 .280/.311/.398/.709 .898/.646 .712 29/.809 17/9 4/6
IP 118.0 40.1 54.1 63.1 61.2 64.1 7.1 TOTAL .310/.372/.468/.840 .849/.832 .859 .840 10/2 11/4
ERA-K/9 4.19/5.7 3.57/6.5 3.31/5.5 3.98/7.3 /0.0 3.65/9.6 3.50/9.4 2.45/7.4 4.86/5.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 519/.270 160/.228 229/.254 260/.262 / 260/.258 273/.273 31/.286 .276  Gordon
 Cain
 Rios
 Dyson
156/0/0/8
0/93/77/8
0/0/114/6
3/106/0/4
OPS .763 .628 .725 .705 .720 .727 .715 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.729 63/.813 104/.587 120/.694 / 72/.772 135/.680 17/.706 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.771 97/.508 125/.843 140/.713 / 188/.700 138/.775 14/.721 .791
Road 260/.806 78/.652 105/.604 125/.644 / 116/.654 135/.808 17/.790
Last 28d days 53/.567 38/.885 16/.875 10/.000 25/.890 17/.412 27/1.097 36/.318
HR/SB/CS 16/7/2 2/3/2 6/2/2 7/1/0 // 7/2/2 4/1/2 0/0/0 12/7/1
Usage ····X··· X·XX···· ····oo·o ····oo·· ·X·····X ···ooo·o o··Xo··X ·X·XX··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

 BA

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.