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Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Kauffman Stadium, July 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
85° (based on last ten years)
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
92
On This Date:
9-14
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
90
On This Date:
9-18
Season Series
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0     
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR  6 @KCR  2     

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
45-45, 3rd, 3½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-18   Road:   19-27   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  33-35   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 11  @KCR  W   6-2       45-45  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals
51-34, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-16   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  37-19   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  10-7 
 vsEast:  8-7    vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Sat, Jul 11   TOR  L   2-6       51-34  1st  4.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR  6 @KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (10-5), L: Chris Young (7-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 191-183

SP: Felix Doubront (27, LHP, 1-0, 2.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 9.0 9 2 2 1 7 0 2.00
2014 (4-5) 79.2 91 54 49 33 51 12 5.54
2013 (11-6) 162.1 161 84 78 71 139 13 4.32
Last 7 GS 3-2 35.2 35 18 18 15 20 5 4.54 48
2015-07-07 @CHW W 6.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 93 63
2014-09-20 LAD ND 2.1 6 6 6 3 2 2 58 20
2014-09-13 @PIT W 6.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 84 64
2014-09-06 PIT L 5.0 5 2 2 2 1 0 81 48
2014-08-30 @STL W 7.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 89 62
2014-06-20 @OAK ND 4.2 2 3 3 4 4 1 90 48
2014-05-20 TOR L 4.0 5 5 5 3 2 2 65 31
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 15.1 19 12 10 9 12 1 5.87 41
2013-08-10 @KCR ND 4.0 6 3 3 4 3 0 98 37
2012-08-26 KCR ND 5.0 6 4 4 2 7 1 98 44
2012-05-07 @KCR W 6.1 7 5 3 3 2 0 111 42

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 8-4, 3.40)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-4) 100.2 87 42 38 36 78 8 3.40
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
Last 7 GS 4-1 39.2 42 18 18 15 30 5 4.08 50
2015-07-07 TBR ND 5.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 101 55
2015-07-01 @HOU ND 5.0 8 5 5 1 8 2 91 38
2015-06-26 @OAK W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 0 107 69
2015-06-20 BOS W 5.1 8 4 4 2 0 1 88 34
2015-06-15 @MIL W 5.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 78 47
2015-06-10 @MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 115 64
2015-06-05 TEX L 5.1 6 4 4 3 6 1 100 43
Last 5 v.TOR 0-3 19.1 26 21 19 11 18 5 8.84 35
2014-05-04 TOR L 5.0 7 6 6 3 3 2 83 29
2013-06-02 TOR ND 5.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 98 43
2011-06-18 TOR L 5.0 7 4 4 2 8 1 88 43
2008-06-26 @TOR L 4.1 6 7 5 3 0 1 90 24

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Blue Jays Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 13/.581 28/.619 1/.000 6/.533 15/.557 5/.800 2/.000 3/1.167 356/274 .238/.382/.491/.873 .884/.870 .794 113/.878 3/2 17/1
3.Carrera* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.000 132/115 .265/.320/.333/.654 .787/.633 .677 46/.614 2/1 1/2
15.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 216/162 .328/.366/.505/.871 1.047/.813 .765 64/.869 2/0 8/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 394/309 .293/.351/.532/.884 1.059/.836 .712 111/.732 3/0 21/10
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 6/1.500 24/.208 1/.000 6/1.133 12/.334 4/2.083 3/1.666 1/.000 351/275 .236/.328/.458/.786 .785/.786 .754 103/.826 1/1 18/2
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 211/167 .226/.273/.321/.594 .696/.569 .687 43/.475 0/0 2/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.667 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 4/.000 4/.000 10/1.250 302/233 .252/.341/.458/.799 .879/.776 .671 80/.538 4/4 12/2
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/2.000 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 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 351/262 .276/.309/.397/.706 .707/.706 .717 100/.848 13/2 7/2
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 10/1.700 4/.500 1/3.000 4/.833 2/1.000 1/.000 29/1.029 4/.500 266/191 .277/.308/.386/.694 .627/.719 .680 115/.638 14/1 4/8
14.Smoak# G/S/vP 6/.167 9/1.000 1/2.000 2/.500 8/1.089 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 146/132 .248/.336/.496/.832 1.275/.783 .770 39/.753 0/0 8/1
29.Travis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 203/147 .299/.350/.492/.842 .895/.820 .785 56/.865 2/1 7/5
23.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 13/.539 1/5.000 1/.000 15/.619 2/.000 1/.000 6/.533 142/68 .293/.326/.519/.845 .815/.877 .675 49/.797 2/1 6/0
IP 100.2 38.0 22.1 35.2 18.0 25.2 35.1 35.2 TOTAL .264/.331/.440/.771 .844/.748 .706 .739 50/14 115/51
ERA-K/9 3.40/7.0 0.24/9.9 3.22/7.7 2.02/9.3 4.00/9.0 2.81/10.5 1.53/8.2 2.52/5.3 3.51/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 424/.230 144/.152 92/.197 140/.184 75/.254 105/.169 133/.157 139/.217 .241  Pillar
 Bautista
 Carrera
 Colabello
 Valencia
 Goins
14/72/3/7
0/0/50/2
32/4/22/1
30/0/13/0
25/0/5/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .652 .434 .661 .498 .738 .551 .474 .602 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.613 84/.424 36/.683 77/.366 31/.804 53/.646 62/.503 67/.650 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.698 60/.449 56/.645 63/.663 44/.693 52/.457 71/.448 72/.557 .660
Home 223/.640 78/.517 59/.678 75/.459 40/.624 52/.409 59/.453 73/.631
Last 28d days 120/.817 44/.543 55/.762 48/.479 33/.457 47/.716 30/.101 41/.712
HR/SB/CS 8/10/2 0/3/1 3/2/0 2/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 70/39/19
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· X·X·X··X ·Xo·X··o X·X·o··· ·o·XX·o· o·o·o·o· o··X···X
Royals Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Doubront*
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
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 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/40 .189/.204/.208/.411 .481/.385 .315 18/.513 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 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/.900 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 121/96 .266/.316/.413/.729 .667/.744 .663 44/.898 11/1 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.730 7/.000 4/.000 11/.182 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 339/241 .292/.329/.375/.704 .657/.723 .743 114/.858 5/3 2/9
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 8/.875 8/.500 2/.500 9/.583 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 346/213 .288/.351/.433/.783 .683/.847 .873 99/.643 4/2 8/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 8/.929 8/.625 4/.500 3/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 297/220 .229/.240/.299/.538 .628/.506 .532 100/.623 1/1 0/6
25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.619 2/.000 2/4.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 344/212 .281/.340/.450/.791 .746/.820 .776 101/.771 0/0 10/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/.600 7/.715 1/.000 8/1.375 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 329/206 .294/.350/.426/.775 .632/.861 .714 91/.654 1/2 7/6
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/81 .238/.273/.393/.667 .662/.670 .706 12/.773 2/1 2/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.400 2/3.500 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 11/.364 6/1.333 4/.000 9/1.806 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 165/117 .237/.267/.288/.555 .581/.545 .707 96/.592 6/0 1/1
IP 9.0 28.0 23.2 39.0 32.2 40.0 21.1 17.1 TOTAL .272/.322/.406/.728 .702/.741 .743 .755 51/18 65/46
ERA-K/9 2.00/7.0 4.82/10.6 3.04/10.3 3.00/8.5 4.96/9.9 2.25/9.9 1.69/7.2 2.60/6.8 4.13/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (12-5-0)
 Perez (33-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 37/.257 120/.252 97/.190 157/.235 137/.258 157/.189 85/.179 66/.194 .256  Dyson
 Cain
 Rios
 Orlando
 Hosmer
7/16/16/4
0/72/0/3
0/0/42/3
7/1/29/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .583 .763 .646 .583 .723 .544 .505 .630 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.222 37/1.040 45/.547 66/.786 52/.715 72/.527 38/.472 27/.520 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 28/.703 83/.646 52/.733 91/.432 85/.729 85/.559 47/.529 39/.692 .714
Road 37/.583 56/.693 45/.564 63/.571 65/.841 75/.501 48/.555 37/.483
Last 28d days 37/.583 39/.921 50/.755 42/.675 40/.886 45/.583 61/.510 25/.615
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 4/0/1 3/0/1 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···· ·o·oo·X· o··oX·X· o··oo·X· ·XX····X

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  5.29

LAA  4.11

PHI  3.40

 RA/G

STL  2.93

MIN  4.08

PHI  5.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

O. Herrera  .268

M. Zunino  .163

 OBP

B. Harper  .466

S. Marte  .330

M. Zunino  .227

 SLG

B. Harper  .707

C. Maybin  .418

B. Hamilton  .287

 OPS

B. Harper  1.173

K. Seager  .755

M. Zunino  .524

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.39

N. Karns  3.63

K. Lohse  6.29

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.84

J. Samardzija  7.33

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.