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Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Kauffman Stadium, May 22, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 22, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
43
On This Date:
56-53
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
42
On This Date:
14-28
Season Series

Fri, May 22, 2015 STL    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, May 23, 2015 STL    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, May 24, 2015 STL    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 KCR    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 KCR    @STL  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 KCR    @STL  2:15pm

                         All times ET
St. Louis Cardinals
27-14, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-5    Road:   12-9    ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  22-9    vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:17-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Thu, May 21  @NYM  L   0-5       27-14  1st  3.5 up
 40 Wed, May 20  @NYM  W   9-0       27-13  1st  4.5 up
 39 Tue, May 19  @NYM  W  10-2       26-13  1st  4.5 up
 38 Mon, May 18  @NYM  L   1-2 (14)  25-13  1st  3.5 up
 37 Sun, May 17   DET  W   2-1       25-12  1st  4.0 up
 36 Sat, May 16   DET  L   3-4 (10)  24-12  1st  3.0 up
 35 Fri, May 15   DET  L   4-10      24-11  1st  4.0 up
 34 Thu, May 14  @CLE  W   2-1       24-10  1st  5.0 up
 33 Wed, May 13  @CLE  L   0-2       23-10  1st  5.0 up
 32 Tue, May 12  @CLE  W   8-3       23-9   1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Kansas City Royals
26-14, 1st, 2 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-6    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  16-8    vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Wed, May 20   CIN  W   7-1       26-14  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 KCR  3  STL  2        W:Yordano Ventura (3-5), L: Michael Wacha (4-4), S: Greg Holland (17)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 STL  5 @KCR  2 (11)   W:Sam Freeman (1-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Pat Neshek (1)
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 KCR  8 @STL  7        W:Wade Davis (5-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-3), S: Greg Holland (16)
Mon, Jun 02, 2014 KCR  6 @STL  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-5), L: Shelby Miller (6-5), S: none
Thu, May 30, 2013 KCR  4 @STL  2        W:Louis Coleman (1-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-3), S: Greg Holland (8)
Wed, May 29, 2013 STL  5  KCR  3        W:Randy Choate (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: Edward Mujica (17)
Tue, May 28, 2013 STL  4 @KCR  1        W:Tyler Lyons (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (3-5), S: Edward Mujica (16)
Mon, May 27, 2013 STL  6 @KCR  3        W:Adam Wainwright (7-3), L: James Shields (2-6), S: Edward Mujica (15)
Sun, Jun 24, 2012 STL 11 @KCR  8        W:Victor Marte (1-1), L: Tim Collins (4-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 STL  8 @KCR  2        W:Adam Wainwright (6-7), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - KCR won 3-1; 2013 - STL won 3-1; All-Time - STL leads 46-34

SP: Lance Lynn (28, RHP, 3-3, 2.96)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-3) 48.2 45 17 16 16 58 2 2.96
2014 (15-10) 203.2 185 72 62 72 181 13 2.74
2013 (15-10) 201.2 189 92 89 76 198 14 3.97
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 43 15 15 15 49 2 3.16 56
2015-05-17 DET W 7.1 6 1 1 2 7 0 119 67
2015-05-12 @CLE W 6.0 4 0 0 4 9 0 118 69
2015-05-06 CHC L 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 1 106 40
2015-05-01 PIT ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 101 74
2015-04-26 @MIL L 5.0 10 6 6 1 6 1 106 28
2015-04-21 @WSN ND 6.1 5 1 1 4 7 0 112 62
2015-04-15 MIL W 5.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 99 54
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 12.1 17 8 8 2 6 3 5.84 42
2013-05-29 KCR ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 99 56
2012-06-24 @KCR ND 5.1 9 6 6 1 2 3 89 27

SP: Chris Young (36, RHP, 3-0, 0.94)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-0) 28.2 11 4 3 7 21 1 0.94
2014 (12-9) 165.0 143 70 67 60 108 26 3.65
2012 (4-9) 115.0 119 58 53 36 80 16 4.15
Last 7 GS 2-3 31.1 27 18 15 13 28 7 4.31 50
2015-05-15 NYY W 5.2 4 1 1 2 2 0 91 57
2015-05-10 @DET ND 6.0 3 1 0 0 3 0 83 67
2015-05-01 DET W 5.0 0 0 0 3 9 0 81 73
2014-09-20 @HOU L 3.0 8 7 7 1 3 4 68 17
2014-09-14 OAK L 6.0 4 2 2 2 5 2 78 59
2014-09-06 @TEX ND 5.0 4 2 0 3 6 0 95 58
2014-09-01 @OAK L 0.2 4 5 5 2 0 1 36 22
Last 5 v.STL 0-3 24.2 19 14 10 15 17 0 3.65 50
2010-09-18 @STL ND 4.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 69 52
2008-05-21 STL L 2.1 4 3 3 1 2 0 44 38
2007-08-09 @STL L 6.0 3 4 4 5 5 0 105 50
2007-05-12 STL L 5.1 6 5 1 4 1 0 104 41
2006-09-27 @STL ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 92 71

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Cardinals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Young
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 133/109 .244/.271/.370/.641 .382/.698 .553 83/.628 1/0 4/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 4/2.417 2/.500 7/.572 5/.650 ··· ··· 76/48 .269/.342/.448/.790 .620/.896 .535 71/.828 4/3 1/0
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 166/119 .311/.373/.574/.948 .886/.973 .772 98/.827 0/1 7/3
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/24 .207/.258/.276/.534 .929/.426 .534 25/.532 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 35/20 .265/.286/.618/.903 .905/.900 .880 25/.945 0/0 1/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 10/.650 12/.334 6/.833 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 5/1.800 9/.444 160/116 .245/.300/.388/.688 .945/.593 .623 93/.762 4/0 4/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 27/.931 19/1.288 4/.750 5/.000 2/2.500 6/.533 4/2.500 14/.286 4/2.417 165/120 .328/.442/.463/.905 .891/.909 .900 102/.918 2/1 3/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 39/28 .135/.179/.135/.315 .364/.294 .200 33/.277 1/0 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 11/.664 20/.900 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 5/.400 9/.250 3/.000 149/111 .294/.345/.353/.698 .675/.705 .707 93/.685 0/1 0/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.333 24/1.156 17/.607 11/1.064 8/.625 32/.999 10/.700 1/2.000 8/1.025 171/130 .296/.363/.487/.849 .831/.855 .935 107/.852 1/0 6/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 15/.557 8/1.000 22/1.076 3/.000 ··· 16/.192 5/.400 2/2.500 17/.437 98/63 .258/.327/.427/.753 .766/.747 .870 78/.751 1/0 3/0
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/120 .309/.355/.467/.823 .766/.845 .843 110/.845 3/3 5/5
IP 28.2 4.0 19.0 12.1 15.0 4.0 10.0 19.2 16.1 TOTAL .266/.329/.406/.735 .723/.739 .707 .749 17/11 34/24
ERA-K/9 0.94/6.6 2.25/4.5 0.00/9.0 0.73/6.6 1.80/9.6 4.50/11.2 0.90/5.4 1.83/9.1 3.86/5.0 3.24/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-1-0)
 Molina (10-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 105/.113 17/.313 68/.125 53/.267 61/.173 18/.353 38/.129 71/.154 63/.217 .229  Heyward
 Bourjos
 Grichuk
 Reynolds
 Holliday
 Kozma
0/0/37/2
0/26/0/1
2/5/2/1
4/0/1/0
37/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .357 .938 .317 .736 .509 .801 .399 .489 .621 .645
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.363 11/.727 38/.244 22/.864 36/.348 9/.778 19/.449 34/.360 24/1.083 .641
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.351 6/1.400 30/.407 31/.604 25/.756 9/.819 19/.347 37/.614 39/.321 .649
Home 54/.312 17/.938 41/.375 25/.945 38/.506 7/.429 13/.077 29/.564 35/.639
Last 28d days 74/.352 17/.938 41/.404 28/.851 30/.503 18/.801 25/.586 42/.443 43/.718
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 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·· ·Xo·X··o ····o··· ··o····o ·o·····X ·······X ·o·····o ······X·
Royals Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 37.Belisle
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 40.Harris
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 30/27 .214/.214/.250/.464 1.000/.423 .200 22/.450 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 159/98 .306/.358/.438/.796 1.052/.640 .797 88/.606 7/2 3/1
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/44 .271/.328/.322/.650 .976/.487 .676 38/.667 2/1 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 65/53 .186/.226/.271/.497 .586/.476 .500 49/.545 5/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.833 3/1.667 ··· 18/.789 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.858 143/99 .295/.331/.388/.719 .692/.730 .640 72/.774 3/2 1/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/no AB 2/.500 9/1.333 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/5.000 8/.268 152/93 .266/.375/.438/.813 .695/.889 .650 95/.873 0/2 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 178/101 .321/.395/.545/.940 .780/1.059 1.057 101/.989 3/2 7/1
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 134/95 .264/.269/.380/.649 .703/.626 .642 90/.696 0/0 0/2
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 175/102 .294/.349/.463/.811 .785/.832 .760 98/.782 0/0 4/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 166/95 .342/.396/.503/.900 .787/.983 .836 87/.921 1/2 4/3
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/55 .253/.292/.385/.676 .712/.650 .698 51/.475 2/1 0/1
13.Perez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 149/100 .290/.302/.448/.750 .878/.686 .811 81/.664 1/0 5/1
IP 48.2 18.1 9.1 7.0 10.2 18.0 19.1 18.2 7.2 18.0 TOTAL .288/.338/.433/.771 .793/.758 .760 .749 26/12 29/23
ERA-K/9 2.96/10.7 2.95/7.4 3.86/5.8 2.57/3.9 5.06/5.0 4.50/6.0 0.93/10.7 0.96/11.1 1.17/9.4 0.50/8.0 2.79/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.243 79/.282 38/.235 26/.250 50/.310 78/.360 76/.174 78/.209 29/.179 70/.153 .243  Gordon
 Cain
 Orlando
 Dyson
36/0/0/2
0/36/0/2
4/0/22/1
3/5/12/1
OPS .680 .657 .680 .800 .884 .852 .467 .627 .421 .515 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.741 28/.431 31/.741 8/1.262 17/.643 20/.700 33/.451 30/.732 13/.397 31/.347 .694
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.631 51/.775 7/.429 18/.603 33/.992 58/.906 43/.471 48/.562 16/.438 39/.649 .643
Road 100/.721 37/.704 22/.881 26/.800 26/.830 40/.755 33/.282 35/.639 13/.154 25/.649
Last 28d days 134/.725 60/.726 32/.637 26/.800 50/.884 54/.976 44/.613 54/.711 29/.421 56/.414
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/2 0/1/0 1/2/2 26/12/8
Usage ····X··· ···X·Xo· oooo···o X······· o··o··X· X··Xo·Xo ···ooX·X ···X·o·X ·X····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 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  5.19

CHC  4.23

PHI  3.16

 RA/G

STL  3.05

WSN  4.32

MIL  5.14

 BA

D. Gordon  .386

D. Fowler  .267

C. Carter  .161

 OBP

B. Harper  .472

R. Braun  .329

E. Gattis  .220

 SLG

B. Harper  .732

K. Kiermaier  .419

J. Ramirez  .261

 OPS

B. Harper  1.203

C. Granderson  .750

J. Ramirez  .526

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

A. DeSclafani  3.80

J. Marquis  6.91

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

J. Marquis  7.12

J. Guthrie  3.42

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.