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Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Kauffman Stadium, July 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Rays
Manager:
Game #:
89
On This Date:
4-9
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
87
On This Date:
18-17
Season Series
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 KCR  9  TBR  5     
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 KCR  7  TBR  1     
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 KCR  9  TBR  7     

Thu, Jul 09, 2015 TBR    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 KCR    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 KCR    @TBR  6:10pm
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 KCR    @TBR  1:10pm

                         All times ET
43-44, 4th, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-27   Road:   22-17   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  15-8    1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @KCR  L   7-9       43-44  4th  3.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @KCR  L   1-7       43-43  4th  2.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  7  @KCR  L   5-9       43-42  4th  2.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @NYY  W   8-1       43-41  3rd  2.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @NYY  L   2-3       42-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @NYY  L   5-7 (12)  42-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  2   CLE  L   4-5 (10)  42-39  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   CLE  L   1-8       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   CLE  L   2-6       42-37  1st    Tied
 78 Mon, Jun 29   CLE  L   1-7       42-36  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
49-33, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-15   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  35-19   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Wed, Jul  8   TBR  W   9-7       49-33  1st  4.5 up
 81 Tue, Jul  7   TBR  W   7-1       48-33  1st  4.5 up
 80 Tue, Jul  7   TBR  W   9-5       47-33  1st  4.5 up
 79 Sun, Jul  5   MIN  W   3-2       46-33  1st  4.5 up
 78 Sat, Jul  4   MIN  L   3-5       45-33  1st  3.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 KCR  9  TBR  7        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-5), L: Chris Archer (9-6), S: Greg Holland (17)
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 KCR  7  TBR  1        W:Brandon Finnegan (2-0), L: Brandon Gomes (1-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 KCR  9  TBR  5        W:Greg Holland (3-0), L: Brad Boxberger (4-5), S: none

Wed, Jul 09, 2014 KCR  5 @TBR  4        W:Aaron Crow (4-1), L: Kirby Yates (0-1), S: Greg Holland (24)
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 TBR  4  KCR  3        W:Brad Boxberger (2-1), L: Jason Vargas (8-4), S: Jake McGee (6)
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 KCR  6 @TBR  0        W:James Shields (9-4), L: Jake Odorizzi (4-8), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 KCR  7  TBR  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 TBR  1 @KCR  0        W:Joel Peralta (1-1), L: Greg Holland (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (2)
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 KCR  4  TBR  2        W:Jason Vargas (1-0), L: Matt Moore (0-2), S: Greg Holland (3)
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 KCR 11  TBR  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (13-10), L: Jeremy Hellickson (10-8), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 3-0; 2014 - KCR won 4-2; 2013 - KCR won 6-1; All-Time - TBR leads 70-65

SP: Nate Karns (27, RHP, 4-4, 3.21)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-4) 98.0 84 37 35 38 94 9 3.21
2014 (1-1) 12.0 7 6 6 4 13 3 4.50
2013 (0-1) 12.0 17 11 10 6 11 5 7.50
Last 7 GS 1-2 41.0 44 15 14 14 41 3 3.07 54
2015-07-04 @NYY ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 113 67
2015-06-29 CLE L 6.0 9 2 2 2 7 0 99 51
2015-06-24 TOR ND 6.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 81 68
2015-06-19 @CLE W 5.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 88 55
2015-06-14 CHW ND 6.0 7 1 1 1 8 0 104 61
2015-06-09 LAA L 5.2 9 5 4 2 4 1 106 35
2015-06-03 @LAA ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 2 72 41
Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: Yordano Ventura (24, RHP, 3-6, 4.68)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-6) 67.1 64 35 35 21 54 7 4.68
2014 (14-10) 183.0 168 70 65 69 159 14 3.20
2013 (0-1) 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.0 41 20 20 11 34 3 4.50 51
2015-06-12 @STL L 3.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 52 44
2015-06-06 TEX L 3.0 6 4 4 2 3 0 78 32
2015-05-31 @CHC ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 104 70
2015-05-24 STL L 7.0 5 4 4 2 7 1 114 56
2015-05-19 CIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 88 75
2015-05-13 @TEX L 7.0 10 5 5 2 6 2 106 41
2015-05-08 @DET ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 0 95 41
Last 5 v.TBR 0-0 11.0 7 4 4 4 11 1 3.27 58
2014-07-09 @TBR ND 5.0 5 4 4 4 5 1 104 42
2014-04-08 TBR ND 6.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 95 74
Rays Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
62.Brooks
G/S/vB
17.Davis
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
9.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 204/143 .295/.343/.442/.785 .828/.765 .817 87/.655 5/2 6/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 9/1.306 6/1.133 39/.839 10/.600 1/.000 8/.393 317/247 .222/.275/.348/.623 .591/.633 .539 99/.724 3/3 5/2
19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 32/27 .250/.313/.464/.777 .200/.875 1.159 32/.777 0/0 1/0
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 8/1.357 ··· 6/.667 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 225/217 .270/.329/.392/.721 .268/.737 .921 70/.529 3/2 5/1
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/87 .214/.269/.308/.577 .860/.437 .440 71/.451 1/1 2/5
11.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 339/244 .280/.366/.432/.798 .884/.765 .803 103/.793 7/2 9/4
5.Guyer G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 199/93 .259/.355/.359/.714 .698/.733 .625 50/.631 9/2 2/0
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 11/10 .750/.818/1.250/2.068 /2.050 2.050 10/2.050 0/0 1/
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 293/237 .254/.288/.419/.707 .595/.734 .835 100/.764 9/1 4/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 6/.334 7/.858 11/.728 8/.572 146/117 .286/.336/.398/.734 .646/.756 .803 28/.893 2/2 3/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 19/1.245 7/.572 ··· 3/.666 348/271 .278/.351/.422/.772 .909/.735 .688 111/.790 2/1 9/5
44.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.166 228/156 .178/.213/.300/.514 .450/.543 .480 60/.684 0/0 5/7
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 19/1.188 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 138/127 .250/.283/.326/.608 .788/.593 .494 34/.676 1/1 1/1
IP 67.1 4.1 37.0 33.2 16.0 24.2 33.2 35.1 TOTAL .241/.306/.381/.687 .726/.673 .711 .699 61/27 77/45
ERA-K/9 4.68/7.2 6.23/6.3 0.24/10.0 2.14/9.6 4.50/9.6 2.92/9.8 1.60/8.3 2.55/5.4 3.53/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casali (9-3-0)
 Rivera (26-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.256 18/.333 140/.148 133/.186 66/.279 102/.174 127/.157 136/.206 .241  Kiermaier
 DeJesus
 Butler
 Sizemore
 Elmore
 Guyer
0/79/2/8
42/0/2/2
18/0/2/1
4/0/28/1
4/0/0/0
37/10/14/0
OPS .730 1.000 .425 .501 .777 .569 .481 .585 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.832 9/.667 83/.429 73/.387 27/.875 52/.660 59/.529 66/.660 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.625 9/1.333 57/.418 60/.644 39/.713 50/.477 68/.437 70/.513 .656
Home 105/.715 18/1.000 74/.503 68/.461 31/.677 49/.436 53/.468 70/.600
Last 28d days 14/.819 15/1.200 43/.483 44/.452 29/.601 44/.770 25/.040 46/.630
HR/SB/CS 7/1/3 0/0/0 0/3/1 2/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 68/35/18
Usage ········ ·X·o·X·X ·X··o·oX ·o····o· XX·o·oX· ·o·o·o·o X···X·Xo
Royals Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Karns
G/S/vB
59.Bellatti
G/S/vB
26.Boxberger
G/S/vB
31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB
54.Geltz
G/S/vB
47.Gomes
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/40 .180/.196/.200/.396 .432/.385 .274 15/.481 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 2/2.000 309/205 .312/.369/.480/.849 .971/.789 .876 87/1.157 16/3 7/4
43.Coleman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/9 .273/.333/.273/.606 .667/.583 .606 12/.606 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 110/88 .273/.321/.434/.755 .770/.750 .707 33/1.049 10/1 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 9/.583 3/2.000 326/231 .291/.330/.375/.705 .645/.729 .748 109/.812 5/3 2/9
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 6/.900 7/1.071 312/202 .279/.394/.457/.852 .815/.872 .789 98/.932 1/4 11/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 4/.000 7/.929 334/205 .280/.345/.423/.769 .689/.819 .851 92/.559 4/2 8/2
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 285/211 .232/.243/.304/.547 .627/.519 .550 95/.613 1/1 0/5
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 332/204 .285/.346/.457/.803 .754/.836 .800 94/.771 0/0 10/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 126/81 .242/.278/.400/.678 .692/.670 .726 9/.958 2/1 2/2
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 292/207 .262/.274/.441/.715 .612/.757 .742 88/.584 1/0 13/1
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 8/.250 3/.000 153/108 .221/.248/.262/.510 .522/.505 .632 91/.474 5/0 1/1
IP 98.0 12.0 33.0 24.2 40.0 28.1 35.0 17.1 TOTAL .272/.323/.404/.727 .705/.737 .741 .730 48/18 62/43
ERA-K/9 3.21/8.6 1.50/8.2 3.55/12.3 3.28/7.3 3.60/9.7 3.81/6.7 3.34/7.7 1.56/14.0 3.58/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-4-0)
 Perez (33-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.230 50/.167 144/.234 111/.276 155/.175 120/.259 153/.248 63/.161 .236  Gordon
 Cain
 Rios
 Dyson
 Orlando
 Hosmer
78/0/0/3
0/70/0/3
0/0/39/3
5/14/16/2
5/1/29/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .652 .562 .716 .758 .553 .736 .693 .400 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.661 25/.558 74/.636 59/.561 79/.584 57/.680 80/.804 22/.500 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.638 25/.566 70/.802 52/1.000 76/.520 63/.781 73/.576 41/.346 .667
Road 137/.520 36/.667 68/.803 60/.693 71/.550 56/.728 76/.857 30/.300
Last 28d days 125/.630 7/.286 53/.927 41/.703 54/.585 34/.932 38/.910 29/.351
HR/SB/CS 9/10/2 1/0/1 5/2/3 3/1/0 4/4/2 4/3/0 4/3/2 1/0/0 88/49/27
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X··ooo· ·o·X·oo· ·X···XX· ·X··oo·· ·o···Xo· ·····oo·

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

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.