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Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Kauffman Stadium, July 11, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
91
On This Date:
10-13
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
89
On This Date:
13-21
Season Series
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0     

Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR    @KCR  2:10pm
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 TOR    @KCR  2:10pm
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, Jul 31, 2015 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm
Sun, Aug 02, 2015 KCR    @TOR  1:07pm

                         All times ET
Toronto Blue Jays
44-45, 3rd, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-18   Road:   18-27   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-35   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 10  @KCR  L   0-3       44-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 88 Thu, Jul  9  @CHW  L   0-2       44-44  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @CHW  L   6-7 (11)  44-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @CHW  W   2-1       44-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  6  @CHW  L   2-4       43-42  4th  2.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @DET  W  10-5       43-41  3rd  2.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @DET  L   3-8       42-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @DET  L   6-8       42-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  2   BOS  L   6-12      42-39  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   BOS  W  11-2       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals
51-33, 1st, 5½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-15   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  37-19   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Fri, Jul 10   TOR  W   3-0       51-33  1st  5.5 up
 83 Thu, Jul  9   TBR  W   8-3       50-33  1st  5.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-4), L: Marco Estrada (6-5), S: Greg Holland (18)

Sun, Jun 01, 2014 TOR  4  KCR  0        W:Mark Buehrle (10-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 TOR 12  KCR  2        W:Marcus Stroman (2-0), L: Aaron Brooks (0-1), S: Todd Redmond (1)
Fri, May 30, 2014 KCR  6 @TOR  1        W:Jason Vargas (5-2), L: J.A. Happ (4-2), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2014 KCR  8 @TOR  6 (10)   W:Wade Davis (4-1), L: Todd Redmond (0-4), S: Greg Holland (15)
Thu, May 01, 2014 TOR  7 @KCR  3        W:Mark Buehrle (5-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-2), S: Aaron Loup (1)
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 KCR  4  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Drew Hutchison (1-2), S: Greg Holland (7)
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 KCR 10  TOR  7        W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Brett Cecil (0-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 KCR  5 @TOR  0        W:James Shields (10-8), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TOR  4  KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (11-12), L: Kelvin Herrera (5-7), S: Casey Janssen (26)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 1-0; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 190-183

SP: Mark Buehrle (36, LHP, 9-5, 3.38)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-5) 114.1 116 48 43 20 59 12 3.38
2014 (13-10) 202.0 228 83 76 46 119 15 3.39
2013 (12-10) 203.2 223 100 94 51 139 24 4.15
Last 7 GS 3-1 51.0 42 13 8 6 29 3 1.41 64
2015-07-06 @CHW L 8.0 9 4 0 0 2 0 104 58
2015-07-01 BOS W 7.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 106 72
2015-06-26 TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 62
2015-06-20 BAL ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 105 61
2015-06-15 @NYM ND 7.0 4 2 1 1 5 0 88 67
2015-06-09 MIA ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 3 2 94 50
2015-06-03 @WSN W 9.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 93 76
Last 5 v.KCR 4-1 35.0 37 12 10 7 16 2 2.57 55
2014-06-01 KCR W 8.0 6 0 0 1 3 0 102 72
2014-05-01 @KCR W 6.2 7 3 2 2 4 0 94 52
2013-08-30 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 99 73
2011-09-15 @KCR L 6.1 15 7 6 2 1 2 104 16
2011-07-18 @KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 111 61

SP: Chris Young (36, RHP, 7-4, 2.89)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-4) 81.0 60 28 26 22 52 9 2.89
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 3-3 40.1 36 20 19 11 22 6 4.24 51
2015-07-07 TBR ND 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 2 83 50
2015-07-02 MIN L 5.1 6 1 1 1 2 0 90 53
2015-06-27 @OAK W 6.0 4 2 1 1 4 0 96 61
2015-06-21 BOS L 4.2 7 7 7 3 2 3 86 21
2015-06-16 @MIL W 7.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 89 70
2015-06-09 @MIN W 6.1 1 0 0 3 2 0 83 70
2015-06-04 CLE L 5.0 8 6 6 2 4 1 94 29
Last 5 v.TOR 2-0 15.2 14 9 9 5 14 0 5.17 49
2014-08-12 TOR W 6.0 2 1 1 2 3 0 94 65
2005-07-10 TOR ND 4.0 6 4 4 3 5 0 89 36
2005-04-17 TOR W 5.2 6 4 4 0 6 0 86 47

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Blue Jays Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Young
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 27.Finnegan*
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
19.Bautista G/S/vP 15/.498 28/.619 ··· 6/.533 15/.557 5/.800 1/.000 3/1.167 351/270 .239/.385/.496/.881 .897/.876 .806 113/.878 3/2 17/1
3.Carrera* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.500 128/112 .274/.331/.345/.676 .838/.652 .724 42/.675 2/1 1/2
15.Colabello G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 216/162 .328/.366/.505/.871 1.047/.813 .765 69/.864 2/0 8/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 13/.154 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 391/306 .295/.354/.537/.891 1.059/.844 .724 113/.750 3/0 21/10
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 2/.500 24/.208 ··· 6/1.133 11/.364 4/2.083 3/1.666 1/.000 346/271 .236/.329/.453/.782 .797/.777 .745 103/.806 1/1 17/2
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 211/167 .226/.273/.321/.594 .696/.569 .687 48/.607 0/0 2/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 33/.794 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.000 4/.000 10/1.250 297/229 .252/.340/.461/.801 .871/.781 .671 80/.606 4/3 12/2
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 8/1.917 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 105/85 .228/.286/.337/.623 .522/.647 .741 55/.674 0/0 2/1
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 346/258 .275/.305/.398/.703 .716/.698 .710 100/.838 12/2 7/2
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 24/.631 4/.500 ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 1/.000 29/1.029 3/.000 261/188 .269/.298/.376/.674 .574/.713 .643 115/.609 11/1 4/8
14.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 9/1.000 ··· 2/.500 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 141/128 .248/.333/.504/.837 1.218/.797 .777 34/.765 0/0 8/1
29.Travis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 199/145 .295/.347/.492/.839 .853/.832 .778 52/.854 2/1 7/5
23.Valencia G/S/vP 2/.000 13/.539 ··· 1/.000 15/.619 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 140/67 .290/.324/.496/.820 .754/.890 .618 52/.818 2/1 5/0
IP 81.0 38.0 21.1 35.2 17.0 25.2 34.2 35.1 TOTAL .263/.330/.440/.770 .833/.750 .703 .749 46/13 113/51
ERA-K/9 2.89/5.8 0.24/9.9 2.11/7.6 2.02/9.3 4.24/9.0 2.81/10.5 1.56/8.0 2.55/5.4 3.48/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (32-21-16)
 Navarro (8-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.202 144/.152 84/.159 140/.184 70/.266 105/.169 131/.160 136/.206 .240  Pillar
 Bautista
 Carrera
 Colabello
 Valencia
 Goins
14/71/3/7
0/0/49/2
31/4/22/1
30/0/13/0
25/0/5/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .633 .434 .550 .498 .752 .551 .482 .585 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.710 84/.424 36/.683 77/.366 29/.810 53/.646 62/.503 66/.660 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.543 60/.449 48/.454 63/.663 41/.712 52/.457 69/.461 70/.513 .654
Home 175/.739 78/.517 51/.495 75/.459 35/.639 52/.409 57/.470 70/.600
Last 28d days 121/.784 44/.543 47/.591 48/.479 28/.454 47/.716 28/.108 38/.661
HR/SB/CS 9/7/2 0/3/1 2/2/0 2/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 68/35/18
Usage ···X···· X··X·o·X ·X·X··X· Xo·X··o· ·X·o···· o·XX·o·o ·o·o·o·o ··X···X·
Royals Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 57.Doubront*
G/S/vB		 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 54.Osuna
G/S/vB		 47.Schultz
G/S/vB		 52.Tepera
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 8/.286 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/40 .180/.196/.200/.396 .432/.385 .274 15/.481 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.667 6/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 317/213 .311/.369/.486/.855 .971/.800 .887 87/1.180 17/3 8/5
43.Coleman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 118/96 .274/.325/.425/.749 .770/.744 .702 41/.971 11/1 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 20/.900 7/.000 4/.000 9/.730 11/.182 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 335/240 .292/.330/.373/.704 .645/.726 .742 110/.862 5/3 2/9
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 20/.700 8/.500 2/.500 8/.875 9/.583 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 342/212 .292/.355/.438/.793 .699/.851 .893 95/.671 4/2 8/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 26/.490 8/.625 4/.500 8/.929 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 293/219 .229/.240/.299/.539 .627/.509 .533 96/.628 1/1 0/5
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.619 2/.000 3/.000 2/4.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 340/211 .282/.341/.453/.794 .748/.824 .783 97/.783 0/0 10/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 12/.349 7/.715 1/.000 5/.600 8/1.375 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 325/205 .297/.353/.430/.783 .644/.865 .728 87/.679 1/2 7/6
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/81 .242/.278/.400/.678 .692/.670 .726 9/.958 2/1 2/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 13/1.098 5/1.400 2/3.500 3/.666 9/1.556 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 300/215 .265/.277/.459/.736 .612/.786 .784 88/.641 1/0 15/1
15.Rios G/S/vP 30/.519 6/1.333 4/.000 11/.364 9/1.806 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 161/116 .235/.261/.281/.542 .522/.550 .686 92/.570 6/0 1/1
IP 114.1 28.0 23.2 9.0 39.0 32.2 39.0 20.1 17.1 TOTAL .273/.324/.407/.731 .706/.743 .749 .766 51/18 65/45
ERA-K/9 3.38/4.6 4.82/10.6 3.04/10.3 2.00/7.0 3.00/8.5 4.96/9.9 2.31/9.9 1.77/7.1 2.60/6.8 4.16/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 466/.265 120/.252 97/.190 37/.257 157/.235 137/.258 154/.193 82/.187 66/.194 .256  Dyson
 Cain
 Rios
 Orlando
 Hosmer
7/15/16/4
0/72/0/3
0/0/41/3
6/1/29/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .722 .763 .646 .583 .583 .723 .556 .524 .630 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.809 37/1.040 45/.547 9/.222 66/.786 52/.715 71/.535 36/.500 27/.520 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.686 83/.646 52/.733 28/.703 91/.432 85/.729 83/.573 46/.541 39/.692 .715
Road 256/.726 56/.693 45/.564 37/.583 63/.571 65/.841 72/.523 45/.593 37/.483
Last 28d days 137/.571 39/.921 50/.755 37/.583 42/.675 40/.886 42/.627 58/.538 33/.565
HR/SB/CS 12/0/1 4/0/1 3/0/1 0/1/0 2/3/2 4/1/0 2/2/1 2/4/0 3/0/0 94/44/24
Usage ····X··· ··o···o· ··X···X· ···X···X ··X····· o·oo·X·· ··oX·X·· ··oo·X·· XX····Xo

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  5.28

LAA  4.16

PHI  3.38

 RA/G

STL  2.90

MIN  4.07

PHI  5.12

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

K. Calhoun  .269

M. Zunino  .165

 OBP

B. Harper  .469

A. Pujols  .329

M. Zunino  .229

 SLG

B. Harper  .703

N. Walker  .421

B. Hamilton  .287

 OPS

B. Harper  1.171

C. Gonzalez  .751

M. Zunino  .530

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.39

C. Hamels  3.63

K. Lohse  6.29

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.78

W. Chen  7.32

M. Pelfrey  4.45

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.