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Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, August 7, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, August 7, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

89° (based on last ten years)

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

112

On This Date:

56-48

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

112

On This Date:

22-21

Season Series
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 KCR 10  CHW  1     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 KCR  7  CHW  5     
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 KCR  4  CHW  1     
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 KCR  3 @CHW  2 (13)
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CHW  3  KCR  2     
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 CHW  5  KCR  3     
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 KCR  4 @CHW  2     
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 CHW  2  KCR  0     
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 KCR  7 @CHW  6 (13)
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 KCR  4 @CHW  1     

Fri, Aug 07, 2015 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 CHW    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 CHW    @KCR  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 CHW    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 CHW    @KCR  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 CHW    @KCR  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Chicago White Sox

51-55, 4th, 11½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-26   Road:   25-29   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  44-43   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  21-18
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:20-28   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Wed, Aug  5   TBR  W   6-5 (10)  51-55  4th 12.0 gb
105 Tue, Aug  4   TBR  L   3-11      50-55  4th 13.0 gb
104 Mon, Aug  3   TBR  L   4-5       50-54  4th 12.0 gb
103 Sun, Aug  2   NYY  L   3-12      50-53  3rd 11.5 gb
102 Sat, Aug  1   NYY  W   8-2       50-52  3rd 11.5 gb
101 Fri, Jul 31   NYY  L   6-13      49-52  3rd 11.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 30  @BOS  L   2-8       49-51  3rd 11.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 29  @BOS  W   9-2       49-50  3rd 11.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 28  @BOS  W   9-4       48-50  3rd 12.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 27  @BOS  W  10-8       47-50  3rd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Kansas City Royals

63-44, 1st, 9½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   34-18   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  44-26   vsLHP:  19-18   1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:27-18   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Thu, Aug  6  @DET  L   6-8       63-44  1st  9.5 up
106 Wed, Aug  5  @DET  L   1-2       63-43  1st  9.5 up
105 Tue, Aug  4  @DET  W   5-1       63-42  1st  9.5 up
104 Sun, Aug  2  @TOR  L   2-5       62-42  1st  8.0 up
103 Sat, Aug  1  @TOR  W   7-6       62-41  1st  8.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 31  @TOR  L   6-7 (11)  61-41  1st  8.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 30  @TOR  L   2-5       61-40  1st  8.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 29  @CLE  L   1-12      61-39  1st  9.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @CLE  W   2-1       61-38  1st  9.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @CLE  W   9-4       60-38  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Danny Duffy (4-4), L: Chris Sale (8-5), S: Joe Blanton (1)
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 KCR  7 @CHW  6 (13)   W:Brandon Finnegan (3-0), L: Dan Jennings (1-3), S: Ryan Madson (1)
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 CHW  2  KCR  0        W:John Danks (5-8), L: Edinson Volquez (8-5), S: David Robertson (20)
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 KCR  4 @CHW  2        W:Chris Young (8-5), L: Jeff Samardzija (6-5), S: Greg Holland (20)
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 CHW  5  KCR  3        W:John Danks (1-2), L: Edinson Volquez (2-2), S: David Robertson (3)
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CHW  3  KCR  2        W:David Robertson (2-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 KCR  3 @CHW  2 (13)   W:Franklin Morales (2-0), L: Jake Petricka (0-1), S: Wade Davis (4)
Thu, Apr 09, 2015 KCR  4  CHW  1        W:Edinson Volquez (1-0), L: John Danks (0-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 KCR  7  CHW  5        W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Zach Putnam (0-1), S: Greg Holland (1)
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 KCR 10  CHW  1        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 7-3; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 366-344

SP: John Danks (30, LHP, 6-8, 4.80)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-8)			114.1	131	71	61	34	83	15	4.80
2014 (11-11)			193.2	205	106	102	74	129	25	4.74
2013 (4-14)			138.1	151	81	73	27	89	28	4.75

Last 7 GS		3-1	39.1	43	23	18	13	30	4	4.12	48
2015-08-01	NYY	W	5.2	3	1	1	4	8	0	108	63
2015-07-27	@BOS	ND	4.1	9	7	6	1	2	1	78	20
2015-07-22	STL	ND	6.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	91	69
2015-07-17	KCR	W	6.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	96	64
2015-07-08	TOR	ND	4.1	8	6	6	1	4	0	94	26
2015-07-03	BAL	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	96	70
2015-06-22	@MIN	L	5.1	9	9	5	1	2	3	97	23

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	30.2	23	9	9	12	22	3	2.64	58
2015-07-17	KCR	W	6.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	96	64
2015-04-26	KCR	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	100	57
2015-04-09	@KCR	L	5.2	7	4	4	1	1	1	75	39
2014-09-27	KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	101	60
2014-09-15	@KCR	ND	6.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	103	70

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 10-6, 3.20)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-6)			132.0	118	54	47	50	99	10	3.20
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		2-2	41.1	44	18	15	18	34	5	3.27	51
2015-08-02	@TOR	L	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	105	57
2015-07-27	@CLE	W	6.0	6	3	3	5	4	1	111	47
2015-07-22	PIT	W	7.2	8	1	1	1	8	0	97	66
2015-07-17	@CHW	L	6.1	8	2	2	2	3	0	105	50
2015-07-12	TOR	ND	5.1	5	4	1	3	2	0	104	47
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

Last 5 v.CHW		1-3	24.2	23	13	9	7	17	1	3.28	52
2015-07-17	@CHW	L	6.1	8	2	2	2	3	0	105	50
2015-04-26	@CHW	L	5.2	5	5	1	2	6	0	90	51
2015-04-09	CHW	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	95	74
2005-08-30	CHW	L	4.2	6	5	5	2	3	1	93	33

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

White Sox Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 45.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 9/.708 9/.222 6/.750 ··· 6/.167 2/no AB ··· 5/.200 431/341 .295/.353/.503/.855 .756/.881 .873 91/.916 0/0 19/6

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.000 23/.043 13/.385 28/.935 13/.693 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 192/123 .191/.251/.306/.558 .440/.625 .580 14/.357 0/1 4/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 24/.788 13/.595 3/.667 9/1.056 1/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 6/.367 451/343 .283/.324/.399/.723 .627/.753 .764 95/1.009 1/0 7/4

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 16/.501 8/.946 8/.929 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 9/1.500 448/335 .269/.346/.422/.768 .586/.833 .805 97/1.038 11/4 9/5

21.Flowers G/S/vP 5/.400 7/.929 5/.800 9/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 248/204 .217/.258/.345/.603 .766/.568 .681 57/.425 0/1 7/2

26.Garcia G/S/vP 9/1.270 4/1.000 6/.334 3/.000 7/.572 3/.666 ··· 3/2.334 390/311 .267/.315/.377/.693 .779/.671 .675 86/.641 5/6 9/2

27.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/4 .200/.200/.200/.400 2.000/.000 1.000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 31/.899 8/.250 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 12/1.000 19/.979 9/.111 389/304 .217/.308/.343/.652 .424/.719 .733 78/.431 0/0 9/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.334 28/.606 18/.823 34/.993 18/.513 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 409/328 .236/.262/.345/.607 .695/.585 .544 86/.833 14/4 7/10

18.Saladino G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 104/85 .253/.294/.389/.684 .778/.668 .602 101/.705 2/2 3/2

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 253/201 .229/.259/.333/.592 .373/.650 .707 86/.861 0/1 3/3

58.Soto G/S/vP 10/.425 1/.000 ··· 5/2.200 1/.000 6/.834 4/.500 4/2.500 148/112 .244/.331/.481/.812 1.073/.728 .707 27/1.399 0/0 8/4

28.Thompson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 132.0 45.2 48.1 28.0 32.2 44.1 6.2 44.2 TOTAL .249/.303/.379/.682 .624/.698 .688 .785 41/29 88/66

ERA-K/9

3.20/6.8

0.59/10.2

2.05/8.0

3.86/9.0

3.03/9.6

2.64/8.1

5.40/9.4

2.42/5.6

3.61/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (37-12-10)
Soto (17-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.238 172/.151 189/.181 117/.259 136/.209 176/.215 29/.240 178/.221 .247 Garcia
Eaton
Cabrera
Garcia
Thompson 0/0/95/12
0/99/0/8
105/0/0/5
2/0/0/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .664 .448 .508 .724 .625 .605 .745 .604 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 288/.622 99/.411 96/.385 49/.858 64/.737 79/.548 15/1.133 84/.679 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 270/.711 73/.495 93/.635 68/.629 72/.528 97/.652 14/.368 94/.537 .684

Home 277/.636 88/.527 90/.474 51/.648 65/.541 74/.498 14/.857 82/.560

Last 28d days 134/.705 28/.512 49/.539 47/.684 31/.875 45/.946 29/.745 42/.666

HR/SB/CS 10/13/4 1/4/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/0/2 4/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 94/55/28

Usage ····X··· X····o·· Xo··X·Xo ··o·o·X· ·····X·· o·o·X·o· o······X X···o·o·

Royals Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 11/.282 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 73/52 .186/.197/.243/.440 .461/.431 .318 20/.550 0/1 1/3

6.Cain G/S/vP 22/.427 4/.500 7/.762 3/1.666 5/1.800 4/.500 6/1.133 2/.000 405/268 .304/.360/.486/.847 1.005/.767 .864 88/.817 19/4 11/7

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/17 .240/.269/.360/.629 .556/.669 .868 10/.300 0/0 0/1

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 157/130 .239/.314/.370/.683 .612/.698 .654 39/.470 19/2 1/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 29/.460 11/.364 16/1.000 1/.000 9/.889 8/.875 7/.666 2/.000 440/312 .275/.313/.342/.655 .675/.647 .703 105/.502 9/5 2/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 30/.619 3/.000 4/.000 7/.429 5/.000 4/1.250 5/.650 8/.250 436/270 .320/.379/.477/.856 .734/.933 .940 94/1.084 4/2 11/2

14.Infante G/S/vP 31/.693 5/.400 17/.706 2/1.000 5/.650 7/.286 3/.333 6/.834 381/277 .230/.242/.316/.558 .619/.535 .559 88/.622 1/2 1/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 27/.555 6/1.167 3/.333 5/.933 4/1.750 3/.333 2/.500 9/.111 435/268 .290/.347/.460/.807 .767/.833 .796 95/.851 0/0 12/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 24/.511 6/.533 4/.583 3/.333 4/.250 4/1.750 7/.762 1/.000 412/261 .279/.340/.415/.754 .660/.808 .754 87/.646 1/2 10/9

13.Perez G/S/vP 23/.672 8/1.292 2/.000 2/.000 6/.334 7/.762 4/.250 6/.167 374/263 .249/.262/.423/.685 .507/.761 .733 74/.467 1/0 16/2

15.Rios G/S/vP 20/.472 6/.833 10/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 9/1.069 245/172 .243/.282/.313/.595 .567/.606 .684 84/.698 7/0 2/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 24/.408 11/.705 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 22/.680 301/206 .267/.349/.466/.814 .922/.764 .763 75/.955 1/3 9/3

IP 114.1 16.0 43.1 35.0 37.0 37.0 44.0 TOTAL .269/.319/.405/.724 .709/.732 .746 .698 67/25 85/60

ERA-K/9

4.80/6.5

2.81/6.8

3.53/8.7

5.91/7.5

/0.0

3.16/6.6

3.16/12.9

2.66/12.9

4.06/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (14-8-1)
Perez (47-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 502/.288 67/.250 179/.222 155/.263 / 154/.290 153/.215 175/.190 .265 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Zobrist
Hosmer 0/92/0/5
15/19/17/4
0/0/63/3
34/0/3/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .810 .749 .721 .725 .747 .675 .540 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.584 25/.990 62/.613 63/.706 / 45/.882 68/.686 77/.460 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.877 42/.614 117/.776 92/.738 / 109/.691 85/.665 98/.600 .757

Road 224/.931 31/.538 89/.883 59/.785 / 76/.748 66/.744 67/.843

Last 28d days 98/.636 44/.815 37/.611 42/.694 / 28/.741 35/.576 30/.646

HR/SB/CS 15/3/2 3/1/0 7/2/1 3/0/0 // 2/0/0 6/4/1 3/2/0 101/54/18

Usage ·····X·· ·XX···XX ·X·o·o·· ··X···XX ···X·o·· ·X···X·· ·X·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 5.34

OAK 4.12

MIA 3.59

RA/G

STL 2.91

SEA 4.23

COL 5.22

P. Goldschmidt .339

M. Teixeira .266

M. Zunino .175

OBP

B. Harper .461

N. Walker .327

M. Zunino .234

SLG

B. Harper .666

I. Kinsler .422

B. Hamilton .281

OPS

B. Harper 1.127

S. Choo .747

M. Zunino .542

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.71

M. Pelfrey 3.65

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.71

A. Burnett 7.58

M. Pelfrey 4.26

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.