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Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, August 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

89° (based on last ten years)

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

114

On This Date:

51-58

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

114

On This Date:

31-12

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 KCR  3  CHW  2     
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 KCR  7  CHW  6     

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

51-57, 4th, 13½ GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-26   Road:   25-31   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  44-45   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:20-30   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sat, Aug  8  @KCR  L   6-7       51-57  4th 13.5 gb
107 Fri, Aug  7  @KCR  L   2-3       51-56  4th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Kansas City Royals

65-44, 1st, 10½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-18   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  45-26   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  17-10
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:29-18   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  8   CHW  W   7-6       65-44  1st 10.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  7   CHW  W   3-2       64-44  1st  9.5 up
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 KCR  7  CHW  6        W:Jeremy Guthrie (8-7), L: Jeff Samardzija (8-7), S: Greg Holland (25)
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 KCR  3  CHW  2        W:Edinson Volquez (11-6), L: John Danks (6-9), S: Greg Holland (24)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 9-3; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 366-346

SP: Jose Quintana (26, LHP, 6-9, 3.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-9)			141.1	151	57	55	29	123	11	3.50
2014 (9-11)			200.1	197	87	74	52	178	10	3.32
2013 (9-7)			200.0	188	83	78	56	164	23	3.51

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.0	48	14	14	3	47	3	2.63	61
2015-08-03	TBR	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	109	56
2015-07-29	@BOS	W	6.1	6	2	2	1	3	1	104	55
2015-07-24	@CLE	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	8	0	120	81
2015-07-18	KCR	ND	5.1	10	4	4	1	4	0	107	35
2015-07-12	@CHC	L	7.1	8	3	3	0	9	1	101	59
2015-07-07	TOR	L	8.0	4	2	2	0	8	1	114	74
2015-07-01	@STL	W	6.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	94	64

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	31.2	44	17	17	5	23	2	4.83	46
2015-07-18	KCR	ND	5.1	10	4	4	1	4	0	107	35
2015-04-24	KCR	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	98	59
2015-04-08	@KCR	ND	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	102	32
2014-09-25	KCR	L	7.1	11	5	5	0	7	1	95	43
2014-07-23	KCR	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	112	60

SP: Danny Duffy (26, LHP, 5-5, 4.04)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (5-5)			89.0	89	42	40	37	54	10	4.04
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		3-2	46.0	35	14	14	18	20	6	2.74	57
2015-08-04	@DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	100	61
2015-07-30	@TOR	L	6.0	6	5	5	4	4	3	96	40
2015-07-25	HOU	ND	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	101	64
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

Last 5 v.CHW		2-1	27.1	30	11	10	4	21	4	3.29	53
2015-07-19	@CHW	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	113	69
2015-04-24	@CHW	ND	5.1	6	1	0	1	3	0	98	56
2015-04-08	CHW	ND	5.0	8	5	5	0	5	1	81	36
2014-09-27	@CHW	L	2.0	5	4	4	1	0	2	63	29
2014-06-14	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	98	75

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 41.Duffy*
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 14/1.121 9/.222 6/.750 1/.000 7/.143 3/.667 ··· 5/.200 440/350 .296/.352/.516/.868 .756/.897 .898 96/.993 0/0 21/6

15.Beckham G/S/vP 11/.586 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 10/.708 13/.595 3/.667 9/1.056 1/.000 6/.000 2/2.000 7/.310 459/350 .282/.323/.400/.724 .621/.756 .764 96/1.025 1/0 7/4

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 16/.527 8/.946 8/.929 2/1.000 4/.500 3/1.334 ··· 9/1.500 455/342 .267/.345/.418/.763 .586/.825 .795 96/1.043 11/4 9/5

21.Flowers G/S/vP 13/.385 7/.929 5/.800 10/1.067 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 252/208 .218/.262/.345/.606 .766/.573 .686 55/.408 0/1 7/2

26.Garcia G/S/vP 10/.700 4/1.000 6/.334 3/.000 8/.500 4/.500 ··· 3/2.334 398/319 .267/.314/.375/.689 .779/.666 .668 87/.657 5/6 9/2

27.Garcia# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 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 8/.625 8/.250 5/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 12/1.000 19/.979 9/.111 397/312 .216/.307/.348/.655 .424/.721 .737 82/.488 0/0 10/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 17/.544 28/.606 19/.778 34/.993 19/.485 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 417/336 .236/.262/.345/.607 .695/.586 .547 87/.859 14/4 7/10

18.Saladino G/S/vP 4/1.666 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 113/94 .240/.279/.365/.645 .778/.624 .540 103/.649 2/2 3/2

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 261/209 .233/.267/.335/.602 .373/.660 .720 87/.873 0/1 3/3

58.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 6/2.267 1/.000 6/.834 4/.500 4/2.500 152/116 .246/.336/.478/.813 1.073/.732 .714 31/1.332 0/1 8/4

28.Thompson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .667/.667/1.000/1.667 /1.667 2.500 3/1.667 0/0 0/0

IP 89.0 45.2 49.1 29.0 34.2 45.1 6.2 45.0 TOTAL .250/.303/.381/.684 .623/.700 .691 .811 41/30 91/66

ERA-K/9

4.04/5.5

0.59/10.2

2.01/7.8

3.72/9.3

3.12/10.1

2.58/7.9

5.40/9.4

2.40/5.6

3.62/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (38-12-10)
Soto (18-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.269 172/.151 193/.178 124/.265 144/.211 179/.211 29/.240 179/.220 .247 Garcia
Eaton
Cabrera
Garcia
Thompson 0/0/97/12
0/101/0/8
107/0/0/5
2/0/0/0
0/2/0/0

OPS .768 .448 .504 .747 .642 .594 .745 .600 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.652 99/.411 98/.389 50/.882 67/.820 80/.541 15/1.133 84/.679 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.797 73/.495 95/.621 74/.656 77/.491 99/.638 14/.368 95/.531 .686

Home 177/.744 88/.527 94/.467 58/.705 73/.582 77/.478 14/.857 83/.553

Last 28d days 106/.697 23/.358 48/.507 49/.761 36/.917 40/.812 29/.745 40/.593

HR/SB/CS 10/4/1 1/4/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 2/0/2 4/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 97/55/29

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

Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
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 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 73/52 .186/.197/.243/.440 .461/.431 .318 17/.529 0/1 1/3

6.Cain G/S/vP 42/.930 5/.400 7/.762 4/1.250 5/1.800 4/.500 6/1.133 2/.000 413/272 .307/.363/.493/.857 1.029/.769 .884 91/.830 20/4 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 4/.250 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 160/132 .241/.314/.383/.697 .588/.720 .684 39/.589 19/2 1/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 43/.659 12/.500 16/1.000 2/.000 9/.889 8/.875 7/.666 2/.000 448/316 .275/.314/.341/.655 .653/.656 .702 104/.509 10/5 2/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 44/.593 3/.000 4/.000 8/.375 6/.000 4/1.250 5/.650 8/.250 444/274 .316/.375/.470/.845 .728/.918 .913 94/1.062 4/2 11/2

14.Infante G/S/vP 26/.375 6/.334 17/.706 3/.666 5/.650 8/.250 3/.333 6/.834 388/281 .226/.240/.311/.551 .614/.527 .544 87/.540 1/2 1/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 18/.457 6/1.167 3/.333 6/1.167 5/1.400 3/.333 2/.500 9/.111 443/272 .290/.348/.459/.807 .769/.832 .796 95/.844 0/0 12/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 38/.939 6/.533 4/.583 4/.250 5/.200 4/1.750 7/.762 1/.000 420/265 .275/.338/.409/.747 .651/.803 .738 86/.617 1/2 10/9

13.Perez G/S/vP 41/1.099 8/1.292 2/.000 3/1.000 6/.334 8/.661 4/.250 6/.167 381/266 .249/.262/.423/.685 .516/.760 .733 77/.517 1/0 16/2

15.Rios G/S/vP 9/1.111 7/.715 10/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 9/1.069 252/176 .245/.282/.316/.598 .585/.604 .686 83/.690 7/0 2/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 7/.453 12/.750 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 22/.680 305/207 .268/.351/.464/.815 .914/.767 .765 71/.947 1/3 9/3

IP 141.1 17.0 43.1 37.1 1.0 38.0 37.0 44.0 TOTAL .269/.319/.404/.723 .708/.731 .744 .691 69/25 85/60

ERA-K/9

3.50/7.8

2.65/6.4

3.53/8.7

5.54/7.0

0.00/18.0

3.08/6.4

3.16/12.9

2.66/12.9

4.09/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (14-8-1)
Perez (47-24-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.277 72/.250 179/.222 164/.261 3/.000 157/.284 153/.215 175/.190 .264 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Zobrist
Hosmer 0/94/0/5
16/19/17/4
0/0/65/3
35/0/3/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .741 .743 .721 .715 .000 .731 .675 .540 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.579 26/1.012 62/.613 66/.672 3/.000 45/.882 68/.686 77/.460 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 462/.785 46/.604 117/.776 98/.746 / 112/.672 85/.665 98/.600 .757

Road 312/.765 36/.556 89/.883 68/.753 3/.000 79/.719 66/.744 67/.843

Last 28d days 109/.748 49/.799 36/.631 51/.669 3/.000 26/.748 32/.592 30/.646

HR/SB/CS 11/9/5 3/2/0 7/2/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 6/4/1 3/2/0 101/56/18

Usage ·····X·· ·X·XX··· ···X·o·o X···X··· ·X······ o····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 5.31

PIT 4.14

MIA 3.57

RA/G

STL 2.85

CLE 4.24

COL 5.21

B. Harper .337

K. Wong .266

M. Zunino .173

OBP

B. Harper .466

B. Miller .325

M. Zunino .231

SLG

B. Harper .663

C. Coghlan .420

B. Hamilton .279

OPS

B. Harper 1.128

D. Gordon .745

M. Zunino .535

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.71

A. DeSclafani 3.71

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.71

S. Gray 7.57

M. Pelfrey 4.28

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.