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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, May 2, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Start Time:
6:10ct (local), 7:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
69° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
25
On This Date:
49-49
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
25
On This Date:
19-19
Season Series
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1     
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1     

Sat, May 02, 2015 DET    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, May 08, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR    @DET  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET
Detroit Tigers
15-9, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Fri, May  1  @KCR  L   1-4       15-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 30  @KCR  L   1-8       15-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @MIN  W  10-7       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @MIN  L   2-3       14-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 27  @MIN  W   5-4       14-6   1st  0.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 26   CLE  W   8-6       13-6   1st  0.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 25   CLE  W   4-1       12-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24   CLE  L   1-13      11-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 23   NYY  L   1-2       11-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYY  L   4-13      11-4   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-9
Kansas City Royals
16-7, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-2    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:11-6    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, May  1   DET  W   4-1       16-7   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 30   DET  W   8-1       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @CLE  L   5-7       14-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @CLE  W  11-5       14-6   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @CLE  W   6-2       13-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @CHW  L   3-5       12-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @CHW  L   2-3       12-5   1st  1.0 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23  @CHW  W   3-2 (13)  12-4   1st  1.0 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22   MIN  L   0-3       11-4   1st    Tied
 14 Tue, Apr 21   MIN  W   6-5       11-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1        W:Chris Young (2-0), L: Kyle Lobstein (2-2), S: Wade Davis (5)
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-0), L: Alfredo Simon (4-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 KCR  5  DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (12-11), L: Rick Porcello (15-12), S: Greg Holland (43)
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (17-5), L: James Shields (14-8), S: Joe Nathan (33)
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 DET 10 @KCR  1        W:Justin Verlander (14-12), L: Jason Vargas (11-10), S: none
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 KCR  3 @DET  0        W:James Shields (14-7), L: Rick Porcello (15-11), S: Wade Davis (3)
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Max Scherzer (16-5), L: Jason Vargas (11-8), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 DET  9  KCR  5        W:Justin Verlander (13-12), L: Jeremy Guthrie (10-11), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 KCR  5  DET  2        W:Yordano Ventura (7-7), L: Justin Verlander (8-8), S: Greg Holland (25)
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 DET  5 @KCR  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-5), L: James Shields (9-5), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 2-0; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 315-313

SP: David Price (29, LHP, 2-1, 3.48)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 31.0 29 15 12 10 29 1 3.48
2014 (15-12) 248.1 230 100 90 38 271 25 3.26
2013 (10-8) 186.2 178 78 69 27 151 16 3.33
Last 7 GS 3-1 47.0 41 18 15 12 45 1 2.87 59
2015-04-27 @MIN W 6.1 6 3 3 2 7 0 108 54
2015-04-22 NYY L 2.1 10 8 8 3 2 0 88 4
2015-04-17 CHW ND 8.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 108 77
2015-04-11 @CLE ND 5.2 4 3 0 3 6 0 104 58
2015-04-06 MIN W 8.2 5 0 0 0 5 0 101 79
2014-09-28 MIN W 7.1 4 0 0 2 8 0 112 76
2014-09-23 CHW ND 8.2 8 3 3 0 8 0 114 64
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 21.0 12 3 3 3 12 0 1.29 68
2012-08-21 KCR ND 8.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 114 84
2010-05-01 KCR ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 107 56
2009-07-31 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 104 64

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 2-2, 1.91)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 28.1 19 10 6 5 23 1 1.91
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
Last 7 GS 4-2 49.1 30 13 7 14 44 1 1.28 67
2015-04-26 @CHW L 5.2 5 5 1 2 6 0 90 51
2015-04-20 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 99 67
2015-04-15 @MIN L 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 1 106 63
2015-04-09 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 95 74
2014-09-25 @ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 95 78
2014-09-20 MIL ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 100 74
2014-09-14 CHC W 7.0 4 3 1 5 5 0 98 61
Last 5 v.DET 1-2 15.2 20 10 10 9 12 3 5.74 43
2014-08-12 DET W 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 104 57
2007-09-12 @DET L 6.0 7 5 5 4 6 2 96 40
2006-08-17 @DET L 3.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 87 31

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Tigers Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 27.Finnegan*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 46.Madson
G/S/vB		 47.Morales*
G/S/vB		 63.Pino
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/1.666 16/1.318 ··· 3/.666 12/.250 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.334 58/45 .182/.368/.273/.641 .258/.756 .419 58/.641 0/0 1/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/2.000 24/1.154 ··· 16/1.178 12/.523 29/.355 6/.666 3/.666 17/.489 103/77 .360/.456/.605/1.061 .899/1.114 1.301 103/1.061 1/1 5/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 6/.000 89/70 .235/.292/.383/.675 .754/.651 .727 89/.675 0/1 2/1
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.472 96/73 .293/.313/.543/.856 .826/.864 .798 96/.856 0/0 4/2
20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.667 11/.489 ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 1/.000 12/1.183 ··· 5/.800 58/33 .300/.397/.420/.817 .900/.751 .710 58/.817 6/1 1/0
12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 58/49 .291/.328/.436/.764 .472/.815 .568 58/.764 4/1 1/2
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 81/54 .370/.418/.521/.938 1.227/.794 1.069 81/.938 5/1 1/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.666 7/.143 ··· 14/.214 9/.583 3/1.667 5/1.400 3/.666 10/.100 106/77 .277/.349/.351/.700 .427/.808 .681 106/.700 3/0 0/0
28.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.333 6/.833 ··· 4/.500 4/.750 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 5/.600 100/74 .250/.280/.500/.780 .683/.812 .727 100/.780 1/1 6/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 8/.000 23/.590 ··· 17/.745 4/.500 2/.000 6/1.000 3/.667 11/.282 83/61 .221/.337/.235/.573 .974/.422 .543 83/.573 0/0 0/
34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/19 .257/.278/.429/.706 .857/.579 .816 37/.706 0/0 1/0
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/9 .143/.143/.143/.286 .400/.222 .333 14/.286 1/0 0/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 12/9 .667/.750/.667/1.417 1.167/1.492 1.722 12/1.417 3/3 0/0
IP 28.1 10.0 2.0 9.0 9.1 13.0 9.0 8.2 14.2 TOTAL .280/.348/.432/.780 .777/.782 .787 .780 24/9 22/9
ERA-K/9 1.91/7.3 0.00/9.9 4.50/4.5 0.00/8.0 1.93/10.6 1.38/9.7 2.00/6.0 0.00/8.3 1.23/8.6 3.00/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (8-2-1)
 McCann (6-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 109/.186 35/.118 10/.250 34/.207 41/.206 46/.143 33/.161 32/.188 53/.083 .218  Martinez
 Cespedes
 Davis
 Romine
 Gose
0/0/24/4
23/0/0/0
2/13/0/0
2/0/0/0
0/15/0/0
OPS .465 .290 1.025 .535 .547 .458 .472 .375 .316 .616
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.447 18/.170 4/3.500 11/.455 22/.234 21/.343 13/.923 22/.364 20/.311 .607
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.488 17/.412 6/.000 23/.570 19/.926 25/.558 20/.156 10/.400 33/.318 .623
Home 55/.430 21/.333 3/.000 15/.733 24/.533 17/.364 9/.444 29/.414 24/.125
Last 28d days 109/.465 35/.290 10/1.025 34/.535 41/.547 46/.458 33/.472 32/.375 53/.316
HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 17/5/9
Usage X···o··· ·o·X···· ·X·o·o·o X···o··X X·X·Xo·· ··X·Xo·o ···o···· X··o···X
Royals Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 14.Price*
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 60.Nesbitt
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.453 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 98/53 .337/.408/.477/.885 1.104/.701 .871 98/.885 6/1 2/1
12.Calixte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 36/22 .273/.333/.333/.667 .890/.523 .751 36/.667 2/1 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 29/21 .259/.286/.259/.545 .762/.476 .889 29/.545 3/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 84/47 .286/.405/.471/.876 .711/1.007 .809 84/.876 0/2 3/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 6/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 104/52 .330/.417/.511/.929 .768/1.084 1.219 104/.929 2/1 3/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/1.200 6/.900 14/.891 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 69/47 .258/.275/.348/.624 .654/.610 .606 69/.624 0/0 0/0
19.Kratz G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 6/1.133 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 15/.619 ··· 8/2.125 6/.500 ··· ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 103/54 .323/.369/.500/.869 .835/.901 .790 103/.869 0/0 3/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.200 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 106/56 .340/.404/.500/.904 .897/.910 .708 106/.904 1/1 3/3
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/31 .264/.316/.472/.787 .906/.691 .741 57/.787 2/1 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.522 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 93/58 .322/.333/.478/.811 .686/.889 .879 93/.811 1/0 3/0
IP 31.0 8.0 6.0 9.1 9.0 8.2 10.2 5.1 TOTAL .306/.361/.448/.809 .801/.815 .833 .809 21/8 18/11
ERA-K/9 3.48/8.4 9.00/5.6 1.50/4.5 1.93/7.7 6.00/4.0 3.12/8.3 1.69/5.9 5.06/5.1 4.08/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (2-0-0)
 Perez (3-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.244 41/.324 23/.273 36/.250 44/.306 36/.212 40/.135 20/.250 .255  Orlando
 Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
3/0/11/1
20/0/0/1
0/22/0/0
1/2/6/0
OPS .648 1.057 .668 .658 .780 .530 .396 .650 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.731 22/1.251 10/.700 19/.708 23/.760 20/.616 23/.561 14/.786 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.615 19/.807 13/.641 17/.607 21/.804 16/.414 17/.180 6/.333 .622
Road 52/.600 14/.607 12/.871 9/.444 20/.653 13/.077 25/.382 10/.600
Last 28d days 132/.648 41/1.057 23/.668 36/.658 44/.780 36/.530 40/.396 20/.650
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 3/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 17/14/5
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···X o···X··· ··X···X· ··Xo·o·· ·oo··X·· ··X·XXX· ·X··o··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 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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

KCR  5.35

ATL  4.26

PHI  2.75

 RA/G

STL  2.55

OAK  4.33

COL  5.41

 BA

D. Gordon  .423

R. Cano  .263

C. Utley  .122

 OBP

M. Holliday  .483

J. Lagares  .323

R. Rivera  .178

 SLG

A. Gonzalez  .765

R. Braun  .400

M. Joyce  .183

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.189

J. Morneau  .737

M. Joyce  .367

 ERA

N. Martinez  .35

C. Kershaw  3.73

D. Buchanan  8.76

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  12.36

C. Heston  6.97

K. Gibson  2.97

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.