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Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, July 3, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, July 3, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
81
On This Date:
53-50
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
80
On This Date:
20-25
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 KCR  6  MIN  5     
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 MIN  3 @KCR  0     
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 KCR  3 @MIN  1     
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 KCR  2 @MIN  0     
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 KCR  7 @MIN  2     
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 MIN  2 @KCR  0     

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
42-37, 2nd, 3½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-15   Road:   17-22   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  24-27   vsLHP:  18-10   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:19-19   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @KCR  W   2-0       42-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @CIN  L   1-2       41-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @CIN  W   8-5       41-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @CIN  L   7-11      40-36  2nd  5.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @MIL  L   3-5       40-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @MIL  W   5-2       40-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @MIL  L   4-10      39-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 24   CHW  W   6-1       39-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 23   CHW  L   2-6       38-33  2nd  3.5 gb
 70 Mon, Jun 22   CHW  W  13-2       38-32  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Kansas City Royals
44-32, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-14   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  32-18   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:19-13   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Thu, Jul  2   MIN  L   0-2       44-32  1st  3.5 up
 75 Wed, Jul  1  @HOU  L   5-6       44-31  1st  4.5 up
 74 Tue, Jun 30  @HOU  L   0-4       44-30  1st  4.5 up
 73 Mon, Jun 29  @HOU  L   1-6       44-29  1st  5.5 up
 72 Sun, Jun 28  @OAK  W   5-3       44-28  1st  5.5 up
 71 Sat, Jun 27  @OAK  W   3-2       43-28  1st  4.5 up
 70 Fri, Jun 26  @OAK  W   5-2       42-28  1st  4.5 up
 69 Wed, Jun 24  @SEA  W   8-2       41-28  1st  3.5 up
 68 Tue, Jun 23  @SEA  L   0-7       40-28  1st  3.5 up
 67 Mon, Jun 22  @SEA  W   4-1       40-27  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 MIN  2 @KCR  0        W:Kyle Gibson (6-6), L: Chris Young (7-4), S: Glen Perkins (26)
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 KCR  7 @MIN  2        W:Edinson Volquez (5-4), L: Kyle Gibson (4-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 KCR  2 @MIN  0        W:Chris Young (5-2), L: Trevor May (4-4), S: Greg Holland (11)
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Jason Vargas (5-2), L: Phil Hughes (4-6), S: Greg Holland (10)
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 MIN  3 @KCR  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (3)
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 KCR  6  MIN  5        W:Chris Young (1-0), L: Casey Fien (0-1), S: Wade Davis (3)
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
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 6-4; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; All-Time - MIN leads 377-347

SP: Tommy Milone (28, LHP, 4-1, 3.19)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-1) 53.2 51 21 19 18 35 8 3.19
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 40.2 42 18 16 13 25 7 3.54 51
2015-06-28 @MIL ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 99 72
2015-06-22 CHW W 6.0 10 2 2 2 2 0 98 44
2015-06-17 STL W 7.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 102 68
2015-06-12 @TEX ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 8 1 101 70
2015-06-04 @BOS ND 5.0 9 4 2 1 0 2 97 36
2015-04-27 DET L 4.0 8 5 5 2 2 2 83 26
2015-04-21 @KCR ND 5.2 5 4 4 4 1 2 92 40
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 26.0 31 21 19 11 9 3 6.58 40
2015-04-21 @KCR ND 5.2 5 4 4 4 1 2 92 40
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

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (36, RHP, 6-5, 5.68)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-5) 82.1 102 52 52 23 43 12 5.68
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 2-3 35.0 47 27 27 10 25 7 6.94 41
2015-06-28 @OAK W 6.0 7 2 2 1 7 0 103 56
2015-06-23 @SEA L 5.0 9 6 6 2 3 1 97 26
2015-06-18 MIL W 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 0 67 54
2015-06-13 @STL L 5.0 10 3 3 1 4 1 102 38
2015-06-07 TEX ND 6.1 3 2 2 2 5 0 94 62
2015-06-02 CLE ND 5.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 105 61
2015-05-25 @NYY L 1.0 9 11 11 3 1 4 60 -11
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 33.0 30 14 14 13 27 3 3.82 55
2015-04-22 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 6 3 0 98 40
2014-08-28 MIN ND 6.0 9 5 5 2 5 0 103 37
2014-08-17 @MIN W 7.0 5 4 4 2 7 2 101 56
2013-08-05 MIN W 9.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 106 85
2013-07-31 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 107 55

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Twins Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 27.Finnegan*
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
2.Dozier G/S/vP 23/.534 10/.875 ··· 6/1.000 4/.500 5/.200 9/.347 4/.000 3/.000 345/242 .265/.336/.523/.859 .893/.845 .879 107/.878 7/3 16/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 10/1.025 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 208/141 .254/.286/.409/.696 .588/.748 .649 51/1.036 2/3 4/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/50 .167/.254/.300/.554 .289/.643 .592 21/.488 0/0 1/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 55/.826 19/.489 ··· 16/1.161 10/.633 21/.952 9/.222 2/1.000 8/.661 295/201 .270/.325/.459/.785 .705/.822 .889 85/.785 1/3 12/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 34/1.192 18/1.199 ··· 8/1.071 6/1.100 37/1.428 9/1.056 2/.000 9/.444 322/212 .266/.335/.371/.706 .750/.681 .669 99/.718 1/1 4/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 108/75 .303/.346/.505/.851 .742/.899 .934 59/.909 3/3 2/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 21/.654 7/.953 ··· 8/.875 8/1.071 16/.813 9/1.111 1/.000 2/.000 313/213 .251/.314/.435/.749 .765/.741 .658 99/.703 1/0 10/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 123/63 .250/.303/.313/.616 .594/.635 .600 35/.700 4/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 168/125 .270/.299/.409/.708 .636/.732 .479 92/.741 6/2 4/3
39.Santana# G/S/vP 11/.964 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 212/146 .215/.238/.290/.528 .658/.470 .439 31/.483 5/4 0/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 25/.943 7/.715 ··· 11/.282 6/.167 16/.438 10/.222 2/.000 1/.000 244/170 .229/.289/.317/.606 .636/.592 .581 78/.512 0/0 3/1
IP 82.1 34.0 17.2 22.1 32.0 14.1 21.0 31.1 32.1 TOTAL .251/.303/.391/.694 .705/.689 .642 .713 37/26 64/46
ERA-K/9 5.68/4.7 0.26/10.3 2.04/7.1 1.61/6.9 2.25/9.3 5.02/9.4 3.00/9.4 1.72/8.6 2.78/5.6 3.54/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (8-4-0)
 Suzuki (41-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 364/.307 128/.138 68/.145 100/.277 127/.186 62/.298 85/.155 120/.167 126/.205 .240  Escobar
 Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Santana
31/0/0/4
25/3/17/4
32/15/4/3
0/0/59/2
2/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/3/0/0
OPS .835 .408 .538 .769 .508 .830 .531 .511 .590 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 214/.960 76/.443 31/.573 49/.888 70/.375 26/.911 45/.619 56/.559 63/.660 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.662 52/.359 37/.508 51/.636 57/.673 36/.775 40/.433 64/.467 63/.519 .654
Home 169/.735 62/.486 35/.442 51/.908 62/.470 27/.778 32/.267 46/.541 60/.611
Last 28d days 124/.753 41/.436 31/.587 28/.734 46/.472 29/.796 37/.590 24/.428 39/.661
HR/SB/CS 12/2/4 0/3/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 61/34/17
Usage ····X··· ·X··XX·· ···X···· ···X···· oX··X·o· o·oX···· X····oo· ·oo··o·· Xo··o·o·
Royals Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.14 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		 51.Meyer
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/36 .182/.182/.205/.386 .444/.371 .211 8/.500 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 18/.771 1/.000 3/1.000 9/.619 2/.500 ··· 7/.429 4/1.750 2/.000 292/192 .298/.353/.453/.806 .943/.736 .785 86/.911 15/3 6/4
24.Colon G/S/vP 7/.762 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 86/53 .244/.306/.295/.601 .761/.500 .640 16/.258 2/1 0/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 10/.476 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 6/.666 ··· 99/78 .275/.313/.418/.730 .812/.708 .629 29/1.152 9/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 23/.636 5/.000 23/.755 8/.500 3/.666 ··· 9/.889 8/1.250 ··· 297/210 .273/.307/.356/.664 .582/.697 .650 103/.651 5/2 2/8
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 14/1.318 1/.000 35/.715 6/.333 1/.000 ··· 26/.891 7/1.971 1/no AB 289/188 .265/.384/.429/.813 .780/.831 .690 95/.840 1/4 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 19/.888 ··· 24/.724 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 12/.917 5/1.000 4/1.750 307/189 .291/.356/.444/.800 .730/.844 .933 85/.622 4/2 8/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 10/.958 2/.000 9/.444 8/.946 3/.000 ··· 7/.857 9/.666 1/.000 261/193 .231/.238/.310/.547 .623/.520 .551 87/.563 1/1 0/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 18/.389 2/.500 8/.929 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 12/1.166 2/.000 3/.000 307/187 .283/.345/.462/.808 .734/.857 .809 89/.730 0/0 10/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 16/.650 1/.000 14/1.143 7/.453 3/1.167 ··· 13/.616 6/.533 2/.000 309/195 .308/.362/.448/.810 .680/.886 .778 99/.759 1/2 7/5
13.Perez G/S/vP 17/.824 2/4.500 3/1.666 12/1.250 3/1.334 ··· 14/.594 7/.714 ··· 276/194 .263/.275/.452/.727 .634/.767 .774 92/.772 1/0 13/1
15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.138 1/3.000 19/.387 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 23/1.043 2/.000 ··· 136/96 .217/.243/.264/.506 .456/.528 .662 90/.432 4/0 1/1
IP 53.2 36.1 18.1 23.2 37.0 2.2 33.1 26.1 30.2 TOTAL .269/.319/.402/.721 .700/.731 .731 .700 45/17 57/39
ERA-K/9 3.19/5.9 2.48/4.2 6.87/4.9 3.80/5.3 2.92/6.8 16.88/10.0 1.35/8.1 3.08/7.2 4.99/4.7 3.89/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-3-0)
 Perez (32-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.250 149/.263 83/.300 95/.239 156/.270 15/.364 131/.206 111/.242 131/.261 .271  Cain
 Gordon
 Rios
 Dyson
 Hosmer
0/66/0/3
72/0/0/3
0/0/35/2
4/13/15/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .713 .729 .831 .647 .783 1.409 .506 .618 .666 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.516 57/.485 38/.885 35/.794 65/.791 6/1.500 37/.788 42/.678 57/.518 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.801 92/.876 45/.785 60/.561 91/.777 9/1.333 94/.398 69/.581 74/.774 .745
Road 125/.603 66/.968 47/.639 49/.726 69/.789 15/1.409 56/.311 54/.923 68/.557
Last 28d days 100/.547 41/.809 26/.487 39/.716 69/.786 15/1.409 27/.305 45/.800 30/.845
HR/SB/CS 8/7/2 3/2/3 1/2/0 3/2/0 6/4/0 2/2/0 2/1/0 0/1/2 2/2/0 77/49/15
Usage ····X··· ··o·oo·· ······X· ··X·Xo·· ·X·X··X· ···X··X· o·X··o·· ···Xo··· ·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  5.44

SDP  4.10

SEA  3.38

 RA/G

STL  2.88

MIN  4.14

COL  5.11

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .352

B. McCann  .265

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .468

J. Heyward  .330

O. Infante  .238

 SLG

B. Harper  .705

D. Ortiz  .426

M. Bourn  .274

 OPS

B. Harper  1.166

K. Seager  .744

A. Ramirez  .531

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

C. Wilson  3.78

K. Lohse  6.24

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.28

W. Chen  7.39

M. Pelfrey  4.33

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.