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Kansas City Royals vs. Milwaukee Brewers, at Kauffman Stadium, June 17, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

83° (based on last ten years)

Brewers

Manager:

Craig Counsell

Game #:

On This Date:

23-17

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

21-18

Season Series
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 KCR  8 @MIL  5     
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 KCR  7 @MIL  2     

Wed, Jun 17, 2015 MIL    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 18, 2015 MIL    @KCR  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Milwaukee Brewers

24-42, 5th, 20 GB, 14 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-24   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  18-36   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  4-7    vsCntrl:12-19   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Tue, Jun 16   KCR  L   2-7       24-42  5th 20.0 gb
 65 Mon, Jun 15   KCR  L   5-8       24-41  5th 19.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14   WSN  L   0-4       24-40  5th 18.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13   WSN  L   2-7       24-39  5th 17.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12   WSN  W   8-4       24-38  5th 16.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11   WSN  W   6-5       23-38  5th 16.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10  @PIT  L   0-2       22-38  5th 17.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  9  @PIT  W   4-1       22-37  5th 16.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  8  @PIT  W   2-0       21-37  5th 17.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  7  @MIN  L   0-2       20-37  5th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Kansas City Royals

36-25, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-11   Road:   17-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  26-15   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest:  8-5  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Tue, Jun 16  @MIL  W   7-2       36-25  1st  3.5 up
 60 Mon, Jun 15  @MIL  W   8-5       35-25  1st  2.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun 13  @STL  L   2-3       34-25  1st  2.0 up
 58 Fri, Jun 12  @STL  L   0-4       34-24  1st  2.0 up
 57 Wed, Jun 10  @MIN  W   7-2       34-23  1st  2.0 up
 56 Tue, Jun  9  @MIN  W   2-0       33-23  1st  1.0 up
 55 Mon, Jun  8  @MIN  W   3-1       32-23  1st    Tied
 54 Sun, Jun  7   TEX  W   4-3       31-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  6   TEX  L   2-4       30-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  5   TEX  L   0-4       30-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 KCR  7 @MIL  2        W:Chris Young (6-2), L: Matt Garza (4-8), S: none
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 KCR  8 @MIL  5        W:Edinson Volquez (6-4), L: Kyle Lohse (3-8), S: Wade Davis (8)

Thu, Jun 14, 2012 KCR  4  MIL  3        W:Tim Collins (4-0), L: John Axford (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 KCR  4  MIL  3 (11)   W:Tim Collins (3-0), L: Kameron Loe (2-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 KCR  2  MIL  1        W:Greg Holland (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (15)
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 KCR  4 @MIL  3 (11)   W:David Riske (1-2), L: Jose Capellan (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 MIL  7  KCR  1        W:Dave Bush (5-6), L: Brian Bannister (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 MIL 11  KCR  6        W:Jeff Suppan (8-7), L: Jorge De La Rosa (4-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 25, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  0        W:Mark Redman (5-4), L: Rick Helling (0-2), S: Jimmy Gobble (1)
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 KCR  6  MIL  5        W:Brandon Duckworth (1-1), L: Doug Davis (4-5), S: Ambiorix Burgos (12)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 2-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - KCR leads 211-172

SP: Mike Fiers (30, RHP, 3-6, 4.04)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-6)			69.0	79	36	31	25	80	9	4.04
2014 (6-5)			71.2	46	19	17	17	76	7	2.13
2013 (1-4)			22.1	28	20	18	6	15	8	7.25

Last 7 GS		2-2	39.1	42	13	13	11	38	3	2.97	54
2015-06-12	WSN	W	7.0	5	3	3	3	8	2	100	60
2015-06-07	@MIN	L	4.1	7	2	2	3	3	0	91	41
2015-06-01	@STL	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	99	68
2015-05-27	SFG	L	5.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	77	49
2015-05-23	@ATL	ND	5.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	86	49
2015-05-18	@DET	ND	5.2	6	2	2	1	3	0	104	51
2015-05-12	CHW	ND	6.1	5	2	2	1	7	0	105	61

Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: Joe Blanton (34, RHP, 0-0, 1.80)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-0)			15.0	14	4	3	3	13	1	1.80
2013 (2-14)			132.2	180	96	89	34	108	29	6.04
2012 (10-13)			191.0	207	106	100	34	166	29	4.71

Last 7 GS		1-3	39.1	46	26	23	14	39	11	5.26	46
2013-07-22	MIN	L	3.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	90	29
2013-07-14	@SEA	L	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	94	34
2013-07-09	@CHC	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	4	92	27
2013-07-04	STL	ND	5.2	9	5	4	1	7	1	87	39
2013-06-29	@HOU	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	99	67
2013-06-23	PIT	ND	7.1	6	3	1	0	6	1	98	64
2013-06-18	SEA	ND	6.2	6	2	2	2	11	2	118	63

Last 5 v.MIL		2-1	32.2	33	18	18	9	22	8	4.96	49
2011-04-18	MIL	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	98	58
2010-05-15	@MIL	W	7.0	6	5	5	1	5	3	104	49
2009-09-27	@MIL	W	5.2	7	5	5	4	4	2	124	35
2009-04-22	MIL	L	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	107	48
2008-09-14	MIL	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	99	57

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

Brewers Batters (3.65 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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

8.Braun G/S/vP 15/.852 1/.000 3/2.667 3/.666 3/1.666 2/.000 6/.334 2/.000 249/200 .257/.327/.477/.804 .646/.841 .939 95/.744 6/1 13/1

2.Gennett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 92/78 .207/.250/.310/.560 .220/.621 .397 23/1.028 0/1 2/3

27.Gomez G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.339 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 188/150 .270/.309/.433/.741 .639/.765 .831 91/.653 6/4 5/3

5.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 114/76 .206/.241/.374/.615 .688/.577 .424 37/.537 0/0 1/4

24.Lind* G/S/vP 6/1.166 24/.742 2/.000 4/.250 16/.376 3/.333 2/.500 3/.000 238/208 .282/.353/.474/.827 .588/.863 .666 84/.697 0/0 9/3

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 1/2.000 113/98 .229/.274/.305/.579 .210/.633 .641 62/.723 0/0 1/2

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 142/102 .180/.248/.266/.514 .574/.492 .362 40/.787 0/1 3/6

28.Parra* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.333 2/no AB 3/1.334 8/.875 201/173 .282/.318/.441/.760 .835/.749 .753 95/.661 2/0 4/2

14.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 53/35 .100/.135/.100/.235 .118/.293 .137 30/.284 1/1 0/0

35.Peterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 33/29 .200/.273/.233/.506 1.750/.355 .564 33/.506 0/1 0/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 5/2.000 1/.000 7/.714 2/.000 7/.714 6/.500 199/166 .213/.251/.388/.640 .527/.661 .654 84/.509 0/0 7/4

15.Rogers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 80/38 .263/.300/.382/.682 .628/.740 .857 43/.701 0/0 2/2

9.Segura G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 207/166 .279/.311/.386/.696 .979/.627 .652 72/.728 8/1 3/10

IP 15.0 28.0 19.1 24.0 10.0 15.1 27.0 26.2 TOTAL .234/.285/.374/.659 .611/.672 .630 .640 23/12 59/53

ERA-K/9

1.80/7.8

0.32/10.0

0.47/6.1

2.25/9.4

7.20/9.9

3.52/7.6

2.00/9.3

2.70/5.4

3.38/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lucroy (11-6-1)
Maldonado (20-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 62/.246 103/.128 84/.271 97/.198 46/.349 63/.173 106/.189 103/.200 .235 Parra
Braun
Peterson
Gomez
Gomez 24/21/10/3
0/0/58/2
7/0/1/2
0/43/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .665 .374 .731 .546 .974 .576 .571 .561 .666

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.691 60/.402 42/.805 53/.395 22/.918 34/.622 51/.589 53/.644 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.625 43/.336 42/.640 44/.732 24/1.025 29/.519 55/.549 50/.469 .638

Home 41/.635 52/.479 40/.879 52/.484 22/.773 19/.053 42/.595 50/.593

Last 28d days 45/.559 35/.490 31/.720 36/.601 28/1.088 25/.836 35/.738 40/.456

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 2/3/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 48/26/14

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

Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Fiers
G/S/vB 54.Blazek
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB 46.Knebel
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 13.Smith*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 38/34 .167/.167/.194/.361 .667/.333 .143 8/.000 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 239/161 .286/.335/.427/.762 .925/.685 .728 80/.695 11/2 6/4

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/48 .261/.329/.304/.633 .871/.488 .644 12/.533 2/1 0/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 79/64 .260/.289/.384/.673 .845/.635 .667 14/1.429 6/1 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 235/173 .258/.290/.341/.631 .513/.673 .555 92/.501 4/2 2/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 231/154 .263/.372/.448/.821 .854/.803 .635 79/.837 0/3 8/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 257/164 .294/.363/.461/.824 .720/.881 .930 79/.569 3/2 7/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 5/1.100 ··· 1/2.000 15/.077 1/.000 205/156 .221/.229/.307/.536 .599/.516 .518 71/.326 0/0 0/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 8/.000 245/155 .278/.339/.453/.792 .702/.846 .800 70/.743 0/0 7/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 248/162 .326/.382/.469/.851 .774/.891 .777 82/.754 1/2 6/5

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 222/159 .290/.302/.475/.776 .794/.769 .850 73/.829 1/0 10/1

15.Rios G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· 78/58 .213/.244/.293/.537 .550/.532 .789 49/.375 2/0 1/1

IP 69.0 35.1 24.1 27.1 31.2 14.0 24.0 22.2 TOTAL .270/.318/.407/.725 .732/.722 .720 .633 32/14 48/33

ERA-K/9

4.04/10.4

1.27/7.6

5.92/10.4

4.61/10.2

3.41/9.7

3.21/9.6

1.13/9.8

1.59/11.9

4.35/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (24-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 309/.284 137/.153 103/.292 116/.275 138/.252 59/.245 87/.152 92/.171 .264 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Rios
Hosmer 57/0/0/3
0/56/0/3
3/8/15/1
0/0/20/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .819 .420 .823 .791 .694 .756 .446 .505 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.817 59/.353 48/.897 47/.571 50/.829 24/.720 41/.406 39/.686 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.820 78/.471 55/.756 69/.945 88/.621 35/.780 46/.483 53/.374 .744

Road 138/.728 47/.331 50/.888 38/.637 72/.608 25/.414 31/.331 33/.480

Last 28d days 121/.802 60/.356 31/.557 45/.601 53/.773 56/.799 34/.378 39/.456

HR/SB/CS 9/6/1 0/0/1 5/1/0 6/1/0 3/1/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 0/4/1 80/34/17

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.47

MIN 4.17

PHI 3.03

RA/G

STL 2.86

MIN 4.17

COL 4.97

P. Goldschmidt .361

A. Rodriguez .267

S. Drew .174

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .481

J. Giavotella .327

O. Infante .229

SLG

B. Harper .735

W. Ramos .418

M. Cabrera .277

OPS

B. Harper 1.216

A. Hechavarria .748

O. Infante .536

ERA

S. Gray 1.60

J. Zimmermann 3.74

K. Lohse 6.44

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.71

M. Gonzalez 7.27

J. Guthrie 4.00

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.