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Kansas City Royals vs. Cincinnati Reds, at Kauffman Stadium, May 20, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 2-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Reds

Manager:

Bryan Price

Game #:

On This Date:

62-61

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

14-29

Season Series
Tue, May 19, 2015 KCR  3  CIN  0     

Wed, May 20, 2015 CIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 KCR    @CIN  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 KCR    @CIN  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Cincinnati Reds

18-21, 3rd, 8 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-9    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  14-15   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  1-3  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 19  @KCR  L   0-3       18-21  3rd  8.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17   SFG  L   8-9       18-20  3rd  7.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 16   SFG  L   2-11      18-19  3rd  6.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 15   SFG  L   2-10      18-18  3rd  6.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14   SFG  W   4-3       18-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13   ATL  W   5-1       17-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   ATL  W   4-3       16-17  4th  7.5 gb
 32 Mon, May 11   ATL  L   1-2       15-17  4th  7.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @CHW  L   3-4       15-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @CHW  L   2-8       15-15  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Kansas City Royals

25-14, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   14-6    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  15-8    vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Tue, May 19   CIN  W   3-0       25-14  1st  2.5 up
 38 Sun, May 17   NYY  W   6-0       24-14  1st  1.0 up
 37 Sat, May 16   NYY  L   1-5       23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Fri, May 15   NYY  W  12-1       23-13  1st  1.0 up
 35 Thu, May 14  @TEX  W   6-3       22-13  1st  1.0 up
 34 Wed, May 13  @TEX  L   2-5       21-13  1st  1.0 up
 33 Tue, May 12  @TEX  W   7-6 (10)  21-12  1st  1.0 up
 32 Mon, May 11  @TEX  L   2-8       20-12  1st  1.0 up
 31 Sun, May 10  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  20-11  1st  1.5 up
 30 Sat, May  9  @DET  W   6-2       19-11  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 19, 2015 KCR  3  CIN  0        W:Yordano Ventura (3-3), L: Johnny Cueto (3-4), S: Wade Davis (7)

Sun, Jun 13, 2010 KCR  7 @CIN  3        W:Zack Greinke (2-8), L: Sam LeCure (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 CIN 11  KCR  5        W:Johnny Cueto (6-1), L: Brian Bannister (6-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 KCR  6 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Victor Marte (1-0), L: Micah Owings (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  1        W:Brian Bannister (5-3), L: Johnny Cueto (6-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 KCR  7  CIN  4        W:Kyle Davies (3-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 KCR  4  CIN  1        W:Luke Hochevar (2-2), L: Matt Maloney (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 CIN  6  KCR  5        W:David Weathers (3-2), L: Elmer Dessens (4-7), S: Todd Coffey (7)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CIN  7  KCR  2        W:Aaron Harang (9-5), L: Scott Elarton (3-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 KCR  9 @CIN  8        W:Jeremy Affeldt (3-5), L: Todd Coffey (3-2), S: Ambiorix Burgos (13)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 1-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 10-8

SP: Jason Marquis (36, RHP, 3-3, 6.63)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-3)			38.0	50	29	28	12	32	9	6.63
2013 (9-5)			117.2	111	61	53	68	72	18	4.05
2012 (8-11)			127.2	146	86	74	42	91	23	5.22

Last 7 GS		3-3	38.0	50	29	28	12	32	9	6.63	41
2015-05-15	SFG	L	3.0	7	6	6	2	4	2	64	23
2015-05-09	@CHW	L	5.2	10	5	5	1	0	3	96	28
2015-05-02	@ATL	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	90	53
2015-04-27	MIL	W	8.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	113	61
2015-04-21	@MIL	W	5.0	9	5	5	0	8	1	73	37
2015-04-15	@CHC	L	4.0	7	5	4	3	6	1	87	33
2015-04-10	STL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	1	104	55

Last 5 v.KCR		3-0	18.0	22	10	9	2	10	1	4.50	47
2012-04-29	KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	80	49
2006-07-02	KCR	W	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	112	47
2004-06-27	@KCR	W	5.0	7	3	2	1	4	0	111	46

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (36, RHP, 3-2, 5.44)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-2)			41.1	50	25	25	11	15	5	5.44
2014 (13-11)			202.2	215	100	93	49	124	23	4.13
2013 (15-12)			211.2	236	99	95	59	111	30	4.04

Last 7 GS		3-2	41.1	50	25	25	11	15	5	5.44	43
2015-05-14	@TEX	W	5.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	94	48
2015-05-09	@DET	W	7.1	8	2	2	1	3	0	98	56
2015-05-03	DET	L	6.0	11	6	6	0	1	1	85	27
2015-04-28	@CLE	ND	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	89	39
2015-04-22	MIN	L	5.0	6	3	3	6	3	0	98	40
2015-04-17	OAK	ND	6.0	7	4	4	0	2	3	79	44
2015-04-11	@LAA	W	7.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	94	50

Last 5 v.CIN		1-1	10.2	16	10	6	5	10	3	5.06	39
2012-05-26	@CIN	L	5.0	10	6	2	1	5	2	104	35
2011-06-26	CIN	W	5.2	6	4	4	4	5	1	111	42

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

Reds Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
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

16.Barnhart# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/26 .308/.367/.538/.905 .000/1.059 .652 26/.976 0/0 2/0

27.Boesch* G/S/vP 11/.000 ··· 7/.286 2/.500 1/.000 15/.757 8/.929 ··· ··· 32/27 .138/.219/.172/.391 .200/.422 .561 19/.328 1/0 0/0

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 3/1.667 15/.421 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 148/109 .194/.291/.395/.686 .825/.634 .492 87/.695 3/1 7/0

9.Byrd G/S/vP 11/.855 9/.778 4/.500 5/1.000 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 148/106 .214/.291/.443/.733 1.071/.603 .864 94/1.029 1/0 8/0

2.Cozart G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 139/101 .290/.348/.508/.856 1.015/.796 1.089 81/.762 3/2 6/3

21.Frazier G/S/vP 1/.000 2/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/125 .250/.343/.556/.899 1.018/.850 .766 99/.964 6/1 12/4

6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 158/111 .211/.260/.331/.591 .765/.510 .476 98/.586 17/2 3/0

39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 47/31 .195/.298/.268/.566 .481/.608 .840 23/.841 1/0 0/0

17.Negron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 63/43 .115/.270/.115/.385 .368/.393 .372 47/.380 1/0 0/3

29.Pena# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 104/70 .322/.398/.367/.765 .583/.848 .647 69/.812 0/0 0/0

4.Phillips G/S/vP 7/2.047 20/.900 ··· ··· ··· 6/.400 ··· 11/.673 2/1.000 141/104 .303/.348/.356/.704 .750/.687 .756 84/.789 5/0 2/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 2/2.000 22/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 40/35 .231/.250/.333/.583 .650/.571 .491 25/.778 0/0 0/0

19.Votto* G/S/vP 6/1.667 13/.762 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 164/112 .284/.384/.482/.866 .795/.901 .959 95/.591 5/1 7/2

IP 41.1 4.0 18.0 12.1 15.0 3.0 10.0 18.2 16.1 TOTAL .238/.312/.393/.705 .756/.685 .698 .736 43/7 48/17

ERA-K/9

5.44/3.3

2.25/4.5

0.00/9.0

0.73/6.6

1.80/9.6

6.00/9.0

0.90/5.4

1.45/9.1

3.86/5.0

3.29/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barnhart (4-3-0)
Mesoraco (3-0-0)
Pena (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.309 17/.313 64/.117 53/.267 61/.173 14/.385 38/.129 66/.133 63/.217 .228 Hamilton
Byrd
Bruce
Boesch
Schumaker
Negron 0/35/0/2
36/0/0/1
0/0/36/1
1/3/5/0
2/0/1/0
4/2/2/0

OPS .843 .938 .305 .736 .509 .813 .399 .448 .621 .647

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.917 11/.727 37/.250 22/.864 36/.348 7/.571 19/.449 31/.396 24/1.083 .641

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.764 6/1.400 27/.377 31/.604 25/.756 7/1.071 19/.347 35/.495 39/.321 .651

Home 77/1.017 17/.938 37/.361 25/.945 38/.506 3/.000 13/.077 24/.471 35/.639

Last 28d days 102/.813 17/.938 41/.404 32/.782 40/.573 14/.813 25/.586 45/.353 50/.707

HR/SB/CS 5/1/4 1/0/0 0/1/1 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 30/15/12

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

Royals Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Marquis
G/S/vB 25.Badenhop
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 52.Cingrani*
G/S/vB 70.Diaz
G/S/vB 60.Hoover
G/S/vB 41.Mattheus
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 30/27 .214/.214/.250/.464 1.000/.423 .200 25/.391 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/94 .307/.361/.443/.804 1.052/.647 .814 91/.642 6/2 3/1

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/44 .271/.328/.322/.650 .976/.487 .676 43/.635 2/1 0/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/53 .186/.226/.271/.497 .586/.476 .500 52/.512 5/0 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/95 .296/.333/.392/.725 .692/.740 .653 78/.710 3/2 1/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 148/89 .264/.378/.440/.818 .695/.902 .654 100/.857 0/2 4/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 174/97 .322/.399/.546/.945 .780/1.073 1.072 107/.995 2/2 7/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 7/.833 8/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 130/91 .264/.269/.384/.653 .703/.632 .652 89/.681 0/0 0/2

25.Morales# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 171/98 .293/.351/.459/.809 .785/.830 .755 104/.754 0/0 4/

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/91 .331/.388/.497/.884 .787/.959 .804 93/.875 1/2 4/3

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/52 .258/.290/.393/.684 .712/.661 .712 56/.571 2/1 0/1

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/96 .289/.297/.451/.747 .878/.679 .808 85/.640 1/0 5/1

IP 38.0 12.2 17.1 15.1 15.1 17.0 3.0 TOTAL .287/.338/.434/.772 .793/.759 .761 .738 24/12 29/23

ERA-K/9

6.63/7.6

9.95/4.3

1.04/15.1

2.93/9.4

6.46/9.4

2.65/6.9

3.00/12.0

4.31/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (13-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 171/.325 61/.375 75/.212 63/.176 65/.228 69/.145 12/.182 .250 Gordon
Cain
Orlando
Dyson 35/0/0/2
0/35/0/2
4/0/21/1
3/5/12/1

OPS .938 .900 .549 .572 .764 .480 .523 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.734 29/.802 22/.652 26/.710 29/.619 32/.560 8/.804 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/1.192 32/.989 53/.502 37/.470 36/.870 37/.388 4/.000 .697

Road 98/1.017 21/.726 26/.619 22/.676 22/.686 33/.457 /

Last 28d days 100/.939 35/.806 46/.725 48/.567 36/.702 42/.367 12/.523

HR/SB/CS 9/2/2 2/2/0 0/4/0 0/1/0 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 45/22/6

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

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

TOR 5.17

ATL 4.26

PHI 3.15

RA/G

STL 3.08

ATL 4.39

COL 5.22

D. Gordon .403

B. Butler .267

C. Utley .148

OBP

B. Harper .474

D. Ortiz .331

E. Gattis .213

SLG

B. Harper .737

R. Zimmerman .418

J. Ramirez .250

OPS

B. Harper 1.212

C. Davis .750

J. Ramirez .487

ERA

S. Miller 1.33

A. DeSclafani 3.80

K. Kendrick 6.70

K/9IP

J. Shields 12.21

S. Miller 7.17

J. Guthrie 3.27

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.