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Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, July 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
83° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
82
On This Date:
66-95
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
81
On This Date:
26-19
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 KCR  3  MIN  2 (10)

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
42-38, 2nd, 4½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-15   Road:   17-23   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  24-28   vsLHP:  18-10   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:19-20   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  L   2-3 (10)  42-38  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Kansas City Royals
45-32, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-14   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  32-18   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:20-13   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jul  3   MIN  W   3-2 (10)  45-32  1st  4.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 KCR  3  MIN  2 (10)   W:Wade Davis (4-1), L: Aaron Thompson (1-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 7-4; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; All-Time - MIN leads 377-348

SP: Mike Pelfrey (31, RHP, 5-5, 3.81)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-5) 87.1 97 39 37 29 42 5 3.81
2014 (0-3) 23.2 29 23 21 18 10 5 7.99
2013 (5-13) 152.2 184 92 88 53 101 13 5.19
Last 7 GS 2-4 42.1 53 22 22 14 20 2 4.68 46
2015-06-29 @CIN L 2.0 9 8 8 3 1 0 68 4
2015-06-23 CHW L 6.2 10 3 3 3 4 0 112 43
2015-06-18 STL ND 8.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 103 72
2015-06-13 @TEX L 3.2 11 8 8 3 0 1 65 4
2015-06-07 MIL W 8.0 8 0 0 1 7 0 105 72
2015-06-02 @BOS L 7.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 99 60
2015-05-26 BOS W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 100 66
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 19.1 28 13 13 5 11 1 6.05 42
2015-04-22 @KCR W 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 99 69
2013-07-30 KCR L 4.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 93 32
2013-06-06 @KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 0 97 48
2013-04-09 @KCR L 2.0 8 6 6 0 1 0 62 17

SP: Joe Blanton (34, RHP, 2-1, 3.14)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 28.2 26 11 10 7 26 3 3.14
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 2-4 32.0 43 26 25 14 29 9 7.03 40
2015-06-29 @HOU L 2.2 5 5 5 4 2 1 74 26
2015-06-22 @SEA W 6.0 2 1 1 0 7 1 80 71
2015-06-17 MIL W 5.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 73 57
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
Last 5 v.MIN 2-3 31.0 41 17 16 6 23 6 4.65 46
2013-07-22 MIN L 3.2 9 4 4 2 4 1 90 29
2013-04-15 @MIN L 4.2 9 4 4 1 4 2 80 33
2012-06-14 @MIN W 9.0 7 1 1 0 7 1 111 76
2010-06-18 MIN W 6.0 7 3 3 3 1 1 104 44
2008-04-22 MIN L 7.2 9 5 4 0 7 1 109 50

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Twins Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Blanton
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 5/.400 11/.788 ··· 6/1.000 4/.500 5/.200 9/.347 4/.000 3/.000 350/247 .260/.331/.514/.846 .893/.826 .853 108/.789 7/3 16/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 212/145 .254/.286/.406/.692 .588/.741 .643 55/.993 2/3 4/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/50 .167/.254/.300/.554 .289/.643 .592 18/.548 0/0 1/3
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 2/2.500 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 103/75 .240/.282/.292/.573 .555/.580 .485 21/.563 6/1 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 16/.875 19/.489 ··· 16/1.161 10/.633 21/.952 9/.222 2/1.000 8/.661 299/205 .270/.324/.456/.781 .705/.815 .877 85/.767 1/3 12/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 30/1.060 18/1.199 ··· 8/1.071 6/1.100 37/1.428 9/1.056 3/.000 9/.444 326/216 .263/.334/.367/.701 .750/.674 .661 99/.689 1/1 4/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 2/1.000 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 9/1.444 7/.953 ··· 8/.875 8/1.071 16/.813 9/1.111 2/.000 2/.000 317/217 .247/.310/.429/.739 .765/.726 .640 99/.703 1/0 10/5
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 172/129 .270/.298/.411/.709 .636/.732 .492 92/.719 6/2 4/3
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 8/7 .375/.375/.500/.875 .000/1.000 .875 8/.875 0/0 0/
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 212/146 .215/.238/.290/.528 .658/.470 .439 28/.539 5/4 0/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 ··· 11/.282 6/.167 16/.438 11/.200 2/.000 1/.000 248/174 .225/.285/.311/.595 .636/.578 .563 81/.493 0/0 3/1
IP 28.2 35.0 17.2 22.1 32.0 14.1 22.0 32.0 32.1 TOTAL .249/.301/.389/.690 .705/.683 .634 .701 37/26 64/46
ERA-K/9 3.14/8.2 0.26/10.0 2.04/7.1 1.61/6.9 2.25/9.3 5.02/9.4 2.86/9.8 1.69/8.7 2.78/5.6 3.52/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (8-4-0)
 Suzuki (42-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.241 131/.134 68/.145 100/.277 127/.186 62/.298 88/.149 122/.164 126/.205 .238  Hicks
 Escobar
 Rosario
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Santana
0/29/1/5
31/0/0/4
26/3/17/4
0/0/60/2
2/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/4/1/0
OPS .689 .399 .538 .769 .508 .830 .511 .502 .590 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.775 78/.431 31/.573 49/.888 70/.375 26/.911 46/.604 57/.549 63/.660 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.592 53/.352 37/.508 51/.636 57/.673 36/.775 42/.411 65/.459 63/.519 .649
Home 60/.651 65/.463 35/.442 51/.908 62/.470 27/.778 35/.243 48/.518 60/.611
Last 28d days 68/.704 44/.405 31/.587 22/.687 43/.506 29/.796 40/.542 26/.394 37/.641
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 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·X··XX· ····X··· ····X··· ·oX··X·o ·o·oX··· oX····oo o·oo··o· ·Xo··o·o
Royals Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 46/36 .182/.182/.205/.386 .444/.371 .211 8/.500 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 10/1.056 1/.000 3/1.000 10/.775 2/.500 7/.429 4/1.750 3/.333 3/1.000 297/193 .305/.360/.461/.821 .971/.743 .819 87/1.004 16/3 6/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 100/78 .272/.309/.413/.722 .770/.708 .611 26/1.010 9/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 13/.616 6/.000 23/.755 8/.500 3/.666 9/.889 9/1.306 16/.867 ··· 302/212 .274/.313/.357/.671 .607/.697 .668 103/.705 5/2 2/8
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/1.212 1/.000 35/.715 7/.286 1/.000 26/.891 7/1.971 30/.670 1/no AB 293/189 .260/.379/.421/.800 .756/.826 .668 95/.802 1/4 9/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/1.000 ··· 24/.724 7/1.286 1/.000 12/.917 5/1.000 10/1.722 5/1.100 312/190 .286/.350/.436/.786 .704/.839 .900 86/.567 4/2 8/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 43/.927 3/.000 9/.444 8/.946 3/.000 7/.857 10/.666 11/.404 1/.000 265/195 .233/.239/.310/.549 .634/.518 .554 91/.567 1/1 0/5
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.500 8/.929 4/1.000 1/.000 12/1.166 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 311/188 .286/.347/.466/.814 .741/.864 .822 89/.789 0/0 10/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 10/1.067 1/.000 14/1.143 8/.393 3/1.167 13/.616 6/.533 6/.533 3/.000 314/196 .303/.356/.440/.796 .655/.881 .751 100/.730 1/2 7/6
13.Perez G/S/vP 11/.819 2/4.500 3/1.666 12/1.250 3/1.334 14/.594 8/.875 ··· ··· 280/195 .263/.275/.449/.724 .612/.774 .765 92/.717 1/0 13/1
15.Rios G/S/vP 9/.889 2/1.500 19/.387 3/1.667 2/.500 23/1.043 3/.666 34/.598 ··· 140/98 .226/.250/.271/.521 .482/.538 .687 94/.457 4/0 1/1
IP 87.1 37.1 18.1 24.2 37.0 33.1 26.2 31.2 TOTAL .269/.319/.401/.720 .697/.732 .729 .702 46/17 57/41
ERA-K/9 3.81/4.3 2.41/4.1 6.87/4.9 4.01/5.1 2.92/6.8 1.35/8.1 3.04/7.1 /0.0 5.12/4.8 3.87/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 375/.289 152/.257 83/.300 100/.247 156/.270 131/.206 115/.257 / 135/.261 .271  Gordon
 Cain
 Rios
 Dyson
 Hosmer
73/0/0/3
0/67/0/3
0/0/36/2
4/13/15/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .745 .714 .831 .654 .783 .506 .650 .669 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.771 57/.485 38/.885 39/.763 65/.791 37/.788 42/.678 / 60/.490 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.724 95/.847 45/.785 61/.585 91/.777 94/.398 73/.633 / 75/.806 .750
Road 195/.871 69/.923 47/.639 54/.733 69/.789 56/.311 58/.974 / 72/.569
Last 28d days 129/.907 38/.822 26/.487 44/.725 53/.737 27/.305 40/.855 / 32/.816
HR/SB/CS 5/7/1 3/2/3 1/2/0 3/3/0 6/4/0 2/1/0 0/1/2 // 2/2/0 77/50/15
Usage ····X··· o··o·oo· ·······X o··X·Xo· ··X·X··X ·o·X··o· o···Xo·· 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  5.45

PIT  4.08

PHI  3.37

 RA/G

STL  2.87

MIN  4.13

COL  5.10

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .354

G. Springer  .264

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .470

H. Ramirez  .328

O. Infante  .239

 SLG

B. Harper  .702

D. Espinosa  .423

C. Utley  .275

 OPS

B. Harper  1.167

K. Seager  .751

C. Utley  .532

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

J. Lester  3.74

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.