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Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros, at Kauffman Stadium, July 24, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, July 24, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
87° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
98
On This Date:
24-26
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
99
On This Date:
24-16
Season Series
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  1     
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 HOU  4  KCR  0     
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  5     

Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 HOU    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 26, 2015 HOU    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET
54-43, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-17   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  34-24   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest: 24-17 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Thu, Jul 23   BOS  W   5-4       54-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 22   BOS  W   4-2       53-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 21   BOS  W   8-3       52-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 19   TEX  W  10-0       51-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 18   TEX  L   6-7       50-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 17   TEX  W   3-2       50-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 12  @TBR  L   3-4       49-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 11  @TBR  L   0-3       49-41  1st  0.5 up
 89 Fri, Jul 10  @TBR  L   1-3       49-40  1st  0.5 up
 88 Thu, Jul  9  @CLE  L   1-3       49-39  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
57-37, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-17   Road:   25-20   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  40-21   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl:24-15   vsWest: 13-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Thu, Jul 23  @STL  L   3-4       57-37  1st  6.5 up
 93 Wed, Jul 22   PIT  W   5-1       57-36  1st  7.5 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21   PIT  W   3-1       56-36  1st  6.5 up
 91 Mon, Jul 20   PIT  L   7-10      55-36  1st  5.5 up
 90 Sun, Jul 19  @CHW  W   4-1       55-35  1st  6.0 up
 89 Sat, Jul 18  @CHW  W   7-6 (13)  54-35  1st  5.0 up
 88 Fri, Jul 17  @CHW  L   0-2       53-35  1st  4.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul 17  @CHW  W   4-2       53-34  1st  4.0 up
 86 Sun, Jul 12   TOR  W  11-10      52-34  1st  4.5 up
 85 Sat, Jul 11   TOR  L   2-6       51-34  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  5        W:Luke Gregerson (3-1), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 HOU  4  KCR  0        W:Dallas Keuchel (10-3), L: Danny Duffy (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  1        W:Lance McCullers (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-1), S: none

Wed, May 28, 2014 HOU  9 @KCR  3        W:Jarred Cosart (4-4), L: Danny Duffy (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2014 HOU  3 @KCR  0        W:Collin McHugh (3-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2014 HOU  9 @KCR  2        W:Scott Feldman (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (2-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 KCR  5 @HOU  1        W:James Shields (1-2), L: Scott Feldman (2-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 KCR  6 @HOU  4 (11)   W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Jerome Williams (0-1), S: Greg Holland (5)
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 KCR  4 @HOU  2        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-3), S: Greg Holland (4)
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 KCR  2  HOU  0        W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Hector Ambriz (1-3), S: Greg Holland (12)
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 3-0; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 25-20

SP: Scott Kazmir (31, LHP, 5-5, 2.38)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-5) 109.2 84 35 29 35 101 7 2.38
2014 (15-9) 190.1 171 81 75 50 164 16 3.55
2013 (10-9) 158.0 162 76 71 47 162 19 4.04
Last 7 GS 3-1 46.2 28 9 7 9 40 1 1.35 67
2015-07-18 MIN ND 8.1 5 1 1 1 5 0 112 73
2015-07-08 @NYY ND 3.0 2 1 0 1 4 0 50 56
2015-07-02 SEA W 8.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 105 85
2015-06-27 KCR L 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 102 56
2015-06-21 LAA W 7.1 6 1 1 3 6 0 112 65
2015-06-16 @SDP ND 5.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 81 52
2015-06-11 TEX W 8.0 1 0 0 2 6 0 105 84
Last 5 v.KCR 0-4 32.1 37 16 16 5 22 1 4.45 50
2015-06-27 KCR L 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 102 56
2015-04-19 @KCR ND 7.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 103 62
2014-08-13 @KCR L 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 98 53
2014-08-03 KCR L 6.0 10 4 4 1 2 0 99 37
2013-09-16 @KCR L 5.0 7 4 4 1 6 0 98 42

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (36, RHP, 7-5, 5.36)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-5) 100.2 124 61 60 29 53 13 5.36
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 3-2 40.1 55 22 21 10 28 3 4.69 45
2015-07-18 @CHW ND 5.0 9 3 3 1 3 0 88 39
2015-07-08 TBR W 6.0 8 4 3 4 3 1 100 41
2015-07-03 MIN ND 7.1 5 2 2 1 4 0 110 63
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
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 31.0 37 19 19 11 13 7 5.52 43
2014-05-27 HOU L 6.0 7 1 1 3 5 0 105 56
2014-04-16 @HOU ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 103 46
2013-05-20 @HOU L 5.0 8 6 6 3 2 2 96 26
2012-05-31 HOU W 7.0 12 5 5 0 1 1 99 34
2012-04-06 @HOU W 7.0 4 3 3 3 1 2 103 55
Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB
49.Blanton
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
39.Medlen
G/S/vB
47.Morales*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 16/.599 16/1.000 6/.000 5/.400 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 391/264 .304/.350/.435/.784 .922/.720 .693 94/.968 28/9 9/3
23.Carter G/S/vP 6/.750 12/1.617 5/.200 3/.000 5/.200 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 348/217 .187/.302/.388/.689 .686/.692 .593 54/.639 1/1 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 15/1.467 11/.293 6/1.100 2/2.500 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 247/174 .208/.279/.353/.632 .575/.658 .580 49/.485 0/0 7/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 6/1.834 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 128/59 .229/.339/.450/.788 .553/1.064 .725 30/.813 0/0 6/3
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/104 .292/.337/.532/.870 .996/.797 .842 85/.917 5/0 8/4
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 364/233 .246/.275/.451/.726 .650/.768 .637 78/.801 0/1 16/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 11/.546 7/1.667 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 218/135 .262/.296/.432/.728 .841/.661 .743 46/1.032 3/2 7/6
Hoes G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/6 .267/.313/.267/.579 .733/.333 .800 15/.619 0/0 0/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 237/150 .229/.266/.367/.633 .545/.686 .810 37/.407 12/4 5/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/1.666 7/.786 12/.349 4/1.750 9/.619 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.500 3/.333 269/193 .236/.305/.471/.776 .733/.790 .732 51/.652 1/1 13/2
21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/37 .184/.304/.237/.541 .708/.497 .243 46/.541 1/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 214/152 .259/.318/.457/.775 .479/.899 .697 75/.848 0/1 8/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.473 ··· 1/no AB 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 3/.000 338/232 .203/.284/.425/.709 .619/.750 .640 58/.618 1/0 19/5
IP 100.2 38.2 41.2 41.2 22.2 29.2 39.2 5.1 38.1 TOTAL .243/.310/.425/.736 .727/.741 .704 .757 73/25 135/49
ERA-K/9 5.36/4.7 3.96/8.8 0.43/10.6 1.94/8.6 3.18/9.9 3.34/10.3 1.82/7.9 6.75/8.5 2.35/5.2 3.50/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-19-5)
 Conger (20-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 447/.305 161/.265 158/.152 163/.185 94/.247 125/.208 153/.184 22/.250 150/.210 .244  Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Tucker
 Hoes
 Conger
 Gattis
0/73/0/6
44/32/14/3
46/0/10/1
3/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .816 .751 .442 .519 .709 .628 .526 .768 .588 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.925 84/.795 91/.426 85/.358 39/.848 61/.717 71/.539 11/1.064 70/.641 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.672 77/.703 67/.463 78/.693 55/.611 64/.545 82/.514 11/.473 80/.541 .671
Home 226/.718 100/.783 85/.546 87/.467 48/.690 62/.535 71/.519 14/.857 73/.631
Last 28d days 109/.697 60/.983 42/.621 50/.601 39/.377 48/.835 38/.534 22/.768 36/.609
HR/SB/CS 13/2/4 5/1/1 0/3/1 3/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/1 3/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 77/45/25
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o··· ·oo··Xo· o·X··oo· X··X·Xo· ··X··Xo· ·oX··oX· X··X···· o····XX·
Royals Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
56.Hernandez
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
44.Gregerson
G/S/vB
36.Harris
G/S/vB
37.Neshek
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
29.Sipp*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 12/.364 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 60/44 .193/.207/.211/.417 .481/.395 .315 17/.544 0/1 0/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 24/.578 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 358/235 .314/.369/.498/.867 1.035/.781 .863 87/1.124 18/3 10/6
43.Coleman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 140/113 .260/.331/.390/.721 .612/.746 .695 52/.826 15/1 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 23/.651 12/.637 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 382/268 .288/.329/.362/.691 .708/.684 .710 106/.682 7/4 2/9
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 21/.858 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.273 385/233 .304/.362/.453/.815 .704/.888 .932 89/.846 4/2 9/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 27/1.314 11/.546 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 7/.286 3/.000 335/244 .231/.246/.312/.557 .664/.517 .572 96/.549 1/2 0/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP 16/.775 8/1.125 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 380/229 .280/.339/.454/.793 .734/.834 .799 98/.732 0/0 12/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 11/.191 9/.889 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.000 368/229 .296/.356/.445/.801 .672/.879 .757 84/.615 1/2 10/8
16.Orlando G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/88 .246/.283/.435/.718 .747/.698 .771 30/.975 2/1 4/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 22/.818 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 335/234 .257/.272/.440/.712 .558/.779 .758 83/.616 1/0 15/1
15.Rios G/S/vP 54/.682 35/.411 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 6/1.133 3/.000 6/2.100 200/139 .266/.300/.346/.646 .581/.673 .722 87/.812 7/0 2/3
IP 109.2 84.2 32.0 35.2 44.0 36.1 28.0 34.2 TOTAL .275/.326/.413/.739 .718/.749 .758 .750 59/20 76/56
ERA-K/9 2.38/8.3 4.36/4.5 2.81/12.1 3.03/8.3 1.23/8.8 2.72/7.9 4.50/8.0 2.86/9.3 3.55/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (12-7-0)
 Perez (39-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 440/.213 357/.275 129/.186 138/.205 166/.134 136/.183 117/.236 136/.200 .239  Cain
 Dyson
 Rios
 Orlando
 Hosmer
0/81/0/4
13/16/16/4
0/0/51/3
11/1/30/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .596 .774 .574 .580 .475 .557 .687 .614 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.588 175/.732 59/.709 74/.585 78/.501 51/.581 44/.558 68/.517 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.598 182/.813 70/.459 64/.574 88/.452 85/.542 73/.763 68/.707 .694
Road 187/.804 193/.813 69/.607 57/.549 89/.377 63/.609 52/.871 75/.708
Last 28d days 95/.433 41/.515 44/.796 22/.318 37/.672 36/.619 10/.300 27/.570
HR/SB/CS 7/6/0 9/10/3 1/2/2 4/3/0 5/4/0 4/0/1 4/6/1 5/1/2 81/51/20
Usage ····o··· o·o··X·· oo····o· X·o···X· ·oo···X· o···oo·· o····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

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.