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Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros, at Kauffman Stadium, July 25, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Start Time:

6:10ct (local), 7:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

88° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

On This Date:

20-26

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

100

On This Date:

22-20

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  4 @KCR  0     

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

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

55-43, 1st, Tied / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   33-17   Road:   22-26   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  35-24   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest: 24-17 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Fri, Jul 24  @KCR  W   4-0       55-43  1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Kansas City Royals

57-38, 1st, 5½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-18   Road:   25-20   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  40-21   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  9-7    vsCntrl:24-15   vsWest: 13-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Fri, Jul 24   HOU  L   0-4       57-38  1st  5.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU  4 @KCR  0        W:Scott Kazmir (6-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Luke Gregerson (21)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 4-0; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 26-20

SP: Scott Feldman (32, RHP, 4-5, 4.93)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-5)			65.2	77	38	36	16	39	9	4.93
2014 (8-12)			180.1	185	86	75	50	107	16	3.74
2013 (12-12)			181.2	159	87	78	56	132	19	3.86

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.1	51	24	23	13	25	4	5.01	45
2015-07-18	TEX	L	5.2	9	4	4	2	2	2	92	35
2015-05-26	@BAL	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	92	59
2015-05-21	@DET	ND	6.0	10	5	4	1	2	1	105	35
2015-05-16	TOR	W	6.2	5	3	3	3	10	0	112	59
2015-05-10	@LAA	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	96	57
2015-05-05	TEX	L	3.0	9	6	6	1	2	1	77	18
2015-04-30	SEA	ND	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	101	53

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	34.0	34	14	13	5	15	1	3.44	53
2014-05-26	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	0	0	96	47
2014-04-17	KCR	L	6.0	9	5	4	1	2	0	89	37
2013-07-22	@KCR	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	107	65
2012-09-06	@KCR	ND	6.1	6	3	3	0	6	1	97	55
2012-08-04	@KCR	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	105	62

SP: Danny Duffy (26, LHP, 4-4, 4.24)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-4)			70.0	75	35	33	28	45	7	4.24
2014 (9-12)			149.1	113	52	42	53	113	12	2.53
2013 (2-0)			24.1	19	5	5	14	22	0	1.85

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.1	38	19	18	19	22	5	4.02	49
2015-07-19	@CHW	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	113	69
2015-07-10	TOR	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	0	0	95	61
2015-07-05	MIN	ND	6.1	5	2	2	3	1	1	84	53
2015-06-30	@HOU	L	6.2	6	4	4	2	6	1	97	50
2015-06-24	@SEA	ND	4.2	8	2	1	0	4	0	88	46
2015-05-16	NYY	L	5.0	4	4	4	4	3	1	113	42
2015-05-11	@TEX	L	3.2	5	6	6	6	4	1	97	25

Last 5 v.HOU		0-2	10.2	13	10	9	7	9	3	7.59	37
2015-06-30	@HOU	L	6.2	6	4	4	2	6	1	97	50
2014-05-28	HOU	L	4.0	7	6	5	5	3	2	86	24

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/1.000 16/1.000 6/.000 5/.400 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 396/268 .302/.348/.431/.779 .914/.717 .686 94/.915 28/9 9/3

23.Carter G/S/vP 7/1.571 12/1.617 5/.200 3/.000 5/.200 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 349/217 .186/.301/.386/.687 .680/.692 .590 51/.507 1/1 16/6

15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.293 6/1.100 2/2.500 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 251/177 .209/.279/.351/.630 .567/.658 .577 49/.485 0/0 7/1

16.Conger# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/108 .293/.341/.529/.870 .996/.799 .843 84/.844 5/0 8/4

11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 368/237 .249/.277/.451/.729 .650/.772 .645 78/.834 0/1 16/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 4/1.000 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

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 241/153 .234/.270/.374/.644 .538/.707 .827 41/.495 13/4 5/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 5/.000 7/.786 12/.349 4/1.750 9/.619 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.500 3/.333 273/197 .236/.304/.467/.772 .733/.784 .726 55/.640 1/1 13/2

21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/40 .171/.286/.220/.505 .708/.457 .206 45/.554 1/0 0/0

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 219/156 .267/.324/.480/.804 .471/.943 .752 79/.936 0/1 9/0

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 11/.473 ··· 1/no AB 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 4/.000 342/235 .201/.284/.421/.705 .613/.746 .632 57/.596 1/0 19/5

IP 70.0 38.2 41.2 41.2 22.2 29.2 39.2 5.1 40.1 TOTAL .243/.311/.426/.736 .723/.743 .706 .748 74/25 136/49

ERA-K/9

4.24/5.8

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

2.23/5.4

3.50/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 303/.282 161/.265 158/.152 163/.185 94/.247 125/.208 153/.184 22/.250 156/.201 .245 Marisnick
Rasmus
Tucker
Conger
Gattis 0/74/0/6
44/32/15/3
47/0/10/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .778 .751 .442 .519 .709 .628 .526 .768 .564 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.738 84/.795 91/.426 85/.358 39/.848 61/.717 71/.539 11/1.064 73/.613 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.790 77/.703 67/.463 78/.693 55/.611 64/.545 82/.514 11/.473 83/.520 .672

Home 155/.798 100/.783 85/.546 87/.467 48/.690 62/.535 71/.519 14/.857 79/.582

Last 28d days 104/.695 60/.983 38/.615 50/.601 39/.377 45/.896 35/.543 22/.768 42/.518

HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 5/1/1 0/3/1 3/4/2 2/1/0 1/0/1 3/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 78/46/25

Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ··oo··Xo ·o·X··oo ·X··X·Xo ···X··Xo ··oX··oX ·X··X··· Xo····XX

Royals Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Feldman
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 5/.800 12/.364 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 63/45 .183/.197/.200/.397 .423/.386 .285 20/.461 0/1 0/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 13/1.153 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 362/235 .310/.365/.492/.857 1.000/.781 .843 87/1.068 18/3 10/6

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .333/.375/.467/.842 .667/.885 .842 16/.842 0/0 0/1

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 7/.762 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 20/.485 12/.637 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 386/269 .287/.328/.361/.689 .707/.681 .705 105/.689 7/4 2/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 17/.301 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.417 389/233 .304/.363/.452/.815 .707/.888 .930 89/.840 4/2 9/2

14.Infante G/S/vP 8/.375 11/.546 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 7/.286 3/.000 338/244 .232/.246/.312/.558 .664/.517 .574 95/.544 1/2 0/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 17/.301 8/1.125 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 384/230 .277/.336/.449/.785 .720/.830 .782 98/.675 0/0 12/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 14/.286 9/.889 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.200 372/229 .296/.358/.444/.802 .677/.879 .759 84/.653 1/2 10/8

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/89 .241/.277/.426/.703 .721/.690 .742 33/.877 2/1 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 16/.517 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 335/234 .257/.272/.440/.712 .558/.779 .758 79/.648 1/0 15/1

15.Rios G/S/vP 46/.839 35/.411 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 6/1.133 3/.000 6/2.100 203/139 .262/.296/.340/.636 .552/.673 .700 86/.798 7/0 2/3

IP 65.2 84.2 32.0 36.1 44.0 36.1 29.0 35.0 TOTAL .274/.325/.410/.735 .710/.748 .750 .743 59/20 76/56

ERA-K/9

4.93/5.3

4.36/4.5

2.81/12.1

2.97/8.2

1.23/8.8

2.72/7.9

4.34/8.4

2.83/9.3

3.51/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (13-7-0)
Perez (39-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.300 357/.275 129/.186 139/.203 166/.134 136/.183 120/.229 139/.205 .238 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Orlando
Hosmer 0/82/0/4
13/16/16/4
0/0/52/3
12/1/30/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .803 .774 .574 .576 .475 .557 .669 .626 .674

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.752 175/.732 59/.709 75/.577 78/.501 51/.581 44/.558 70/.551 .657

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.851 182/.813 70/.459 64/.574 88/.452 85/.542 76/.731 69/.696 .688

Road 105/.649 193/.813 69/.607 58/.540 89/.377 63/.609 55/.819 78/.725

Last 28d days 28/1.116 25/.624 35/.827 23/.304 37/.672 30/.521 13/.231 26/.522

HR/SB/CS 9/7/2 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 ······X· ·····o·· ·o·o··X· ooo····o ·X·o···X ··oo···X oo···oo· oo····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 5.26

MIL 4.08

NYM 3.41

RA/G

STL 2.95

SEA 4.08

COL 5.14

M. Cabrera .350

E. Longoria .265

M. Zunino .170

OBP

B. Harper .465

B. McCann .325

M. Zunino .233

SLG

B. Harper .683

Y. Escobar .420

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.149

K. Wong .751

M. Zunino .537

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.30

J. Shields 3.77

K. Lohse 6.29

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.89

M. Wacha 7.53

M. Pelfrey 4.29

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.