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Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers, at Kauffman Stadium, August 11, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

115

On This Date:

54-61

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

116

On This Date:

22-17

Season Series
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 KCR  8  DET  1     
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1     
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET  2 @KCR  1     
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  4     
Fri, May 08, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5     
Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR  6 @DET  2     
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR  2 @DET  1 (10)
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 KCR  5 @DET  1     
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 DET  2  KCR  1     
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 DET  8  KCR  6     
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 KCR  4  DET  0     

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 DET    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 KCR    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 KCR    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET

Detroit Tigers

54-58, 3rd, 13½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-30   Road:   26-28   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  38-46   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:29-19   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Mon, Aug 10  @KCR  L   0-4       54-58  3rd 13.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   BOS  L   2-7       54-57  3rd 12.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   BOS  W   7-6       54-56  3rd 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   BOS  L   2-7       53-56  3rd 11.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   KCR  W   8-6       53-55  3rd 10.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   KCR  W   2-1       52-55  3rd 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   KCR  L   1-5       51-55  3rd 12.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @BAL  W   6-1       51-54  3rd 11.5 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @BAL  L   2-6       50-54  4th 12.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @BAL  L   7-8       50-53  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Kansas City Royals

67-44, 1st, 12 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   38-18   Road:   29-26   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  45-26   vsLHP:  22-18   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:31-18   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Mon, Aug 10   DET  W   4-0       67-44  1st 12.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  9   CHW  W   5-4       66-44  1st 11.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 10, 2015 KCR  4  DET  0        W:Johnny Cueto (8-7), L: Matt Boyd (1-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 DET  8  KCR  6        W:Alex Wilson (2-3), L: Ryan Madson (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 DET  2  KCR  1        W:Matt Boyd (1-2), L: Johnny Cueto (7-7), S: Alex Wilson (2)
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 KCR  5 @DET  1        W:Danny Duffy (5-5), L: Justin Verlander (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 10, 2015 KCR  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Angel Nesbitt (0-1), S: Greg Holland (6)
Sat, May 09, 2015 KCR  6 @DET  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (2-4), S: none
Fri, May 08, 2015 DET  6  KCR  5        W:Joakim Soria (2-0), L: Yohan Pino (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 DET  6 @KCR  4        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sat, May 02, 2015 DET  2 @KCR  1        W:David Price (3-1), L: Edinson Volquez (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2015 KCR  4  DET  1        W:Chris Young (2-0), L: Kyle Lobstein (2-2), S: Wade Davis (5)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 6-5; 2014 - DET won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 320-317

SP: Anibal Sanchez (31, RHP, 10-9, 4.82)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-9)			149.1	142	82	80	47	132	25	4.82
2014 (8-5)			126.0	108	55	48	30	102	4	3.43
2013 (14-8)			182.0	156	56	52	54	202	9	2.57

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.1	47	27	26	18	37	7	5.28	47
2015-08-06	KCR	ND	6.0	5	4	4	4	6	1	104	48
2015-08-01	@BAL	L	6.2	9	6	6	0	5	2	95	37
2015-07-27	@TBR	L	5.1	8	3	3	2	6	1	113	44
2015-07-22	SEA	W	6.2	9	4	4	2	6	2	103	44
2015-07-17	BAL	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	99	49
2015-07-08	@SEA	W	6.1	5	4	3	5	6	1	113	50
2015-07-03	TOR	W	7.1	3	4	4	3	5	0	117	58

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	33.1	31	15	14	9	15	2	3.78	52
2015-08-06	KCR	ND	6.0	5	4	4	4	6	1	104	48
2015-05-09	KCR	L	6.0	9	6	5	3	2	1	99	31
2015-05-03	@KCR	W	7.1	4	3	3	1	4	0	104	61
2014-07-11	@KCR	W	7.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	90	60
2014-06-19	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	107	62

SP: Yordano Ventura (24, RHP, 6-7, 5.29)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (6-7)			95.1	98	56	56	30	75	11	5.29
2014 (14-10)			183.0	168	70	65	69	159	14	3.20
2013 (0-1)			15.1	13	6	6	6	11	3	3.52

Last 7 GS		3-3	34.0	44	27	27	12	26	4	7.15	41
2015-08-06	@DET	ND	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	2	97	27
2015-08-01	@TOR	W	7.0	6	5	5	2	2	2	101	45
2015-07-26	HOU	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	97	66
2015-07-20	PIT	L	4.0	10	6	6	1	7	0	92	24
2015-07-09	TBR	W	5.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	88	48
2015-06-12	@STL	L	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	52	44
2015-06-06	TEX	L	3.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	78	32

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	18.0	24	13	13	8	11	2	6.50	40
2015-08-06	@DET	ND	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	2	97	27
2015-05-08	@DET	ND	6.0	8	4	4	3	4	0	95	41
2014-06-17	@DET	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	102	51

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

Tigers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
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

13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.333 17/1.362 13/.231 27/.949 11/.273 ··· 6/.733 3/1.667 164/135 .178/.319/.267/.586 .374/.632 .468 56/.455 0/1 3/0

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 9/.222 7/.286 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 416/326 .237/.293/.389/.683 .869/.632 .595 88/.779 0/1 11/6

18.Collins* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/67 .254/.286/.433/.719 .000/.752 .957 16/.438 1/0 2/0

20.Davis G/S/vP 5/.800 11/.489 5/.200 14/.517 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.083 260/151 .251/.305/.410/.715 .742/.696 .706 53/.502 17/5 3/1

12.Gose* G/S/vP 6/1.267 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 345/302 .256/.306/.356/.662 .341/.707 .538 73/.467 16/8 2/3

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 373/279 .305/.346/.384/.730 .875/.681 .725 90/.705 10/7 2/10

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/1.223 8/.125 11/.473 16/.125 2/4.000 5/2.000 ··· 6/1.167 487/381 .301/.357/.427/.784 .813/.776 .748 103/1.039 8/5 6/6

55.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/17 .268/.333/.537/.870 .866/.875 1.294 39/.813 0/0 3/2

28.Martinez G/S/vP 9/1.127 7/.929 5/.600 3/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.667 455/353 .289/.349/.561/.911 .849/.926 .866 95/.904 2/1 30/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/1.806 23/.590 6/.334 19/.721 9/.708 4/.000 3/.666 6/1.000 331/254 .243/.305/.377/.682 .866/.626 .685 101/.557 0/0 9/

34.McCann G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/206 .286/.319/.429/.747 1.047/.650 .721 67/.738 0/0 5/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 112/90 .267/.318/.356/.675 .747/.656 .792 25/.393 6/5 2/4

IP 95.1 45.2 50.1 29.0 34.2 46.1 10.1 45.0 TOTAL .273/.330/.429/.759 .777/.753 .735 .710 65/38 113/54

ERA-K/9

5.29/7.1

0.59/10.2

2.15/7.9

3.72/9.3

3.12/10.1

2.53/8.2

3.48/8.7

2.40/5.6

3.59/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (14-6-1)
McCann (22-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 403/.269 172/.151 198/.184 124/.265 144/.211 182/.207 40/.171 179/.220 .246 Martinez
Gose
Davis
Collins
Romine 0/0/104/12
0/93/0/2
18/38/8/2
6/0/4/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .762 .448 .518 .747 .642 .584 .561 .600 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.796 99/.411 100/.435 50/.882 67/.820 81/.534 18/1.016 84/.679 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.725 73/.495 98/.600 74/.656 77/.491 101/.625 22/.232 95/.531 .682

Home 178/.743 88/.527 99/.495 58/.705 73/.582 80/.460 25/.533 83/.553

Last 28d days 104/.871 23/.358 53/.561 49/.761 36/.917 43/.755 40/.561 40/.593

HR/SB/CS 11/1/4 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··· ·Xo·Xo·· ··oX··o· ··oX···· ·oo·o·o· ·X··o··· ···oX···

Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 45.Farmer
G/S/vB 39.Feliz
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/52 .186/.197/.243/.440 .461/.431 .318 17/.529 0/1 1/3

6.Cain G/S/vP 23/.348 9/.583 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 2/1.000 417/273 .309/.365/.496/.861 1.028/.773 .892 95/.848 20/4 11/7

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 25/.327 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 164/133 .250/.325/.389/.714 .667/.725 .719 43/.663 19/2 1/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 28/.679 11/.182 1/.000 7/1.464 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 457/318 .278/.318/.342/.660 .679/.651 .710 113/.538 10/5 2/9

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 32/.700 5/.400 ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 2/.500 452/274 .318/.377/.474/.851 .750/.918 .923 102/1.074 4/2 11/2

14.Infante G/S/vP 34/.447 6/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 14/.891 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 395/283 .222/.236/.305/.542 .586/.524 .523 94/.499 2/2 1/9

25.Morales# G/S/vP 17/.879 ··· ··· 8/.250 7/.715 3/1.000 ··· 5/.200 451/272 .292/.348/.467/.815 .792/.832 .814 103/.879 0/0 13/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 24/.542 10/.200 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/1.500 3/.666 424/265 .272/.335/.405/.740 .633/.803 .723 90/.587 1/2 10/9

16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 165/98 .237/.270/.410/.680 .654/.698 .729 32/.574 3/1 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 19/.329 10/.522 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 389/268 .250/.265/.420/.685 .523/.760 .730 85/.530 1/0 16/2

15.Rios G/S/vP 15/.583 9/1.056 1/.000 3/1.334 4/1.000 ··· 5/.600 2/1.500 260/178 .245/.281/.318/.599 .579/.608 .682 91/.684 7/0 2/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 25/.376 3/1.167 1/2.000 8/.833 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 4/.000 313/208 .277/.361/.469/.830 .939/.774 .795 79/.993 1/3 9/3

IP 149.1 47.1 22.0 28.1 24.1 49.1 16.2 57.2 TOTAL .270/.320/.406/.726 .714/.732 .748 .705 70/25 86/60

ERA-K/9

4.82/8.0

3.04/8.9

8.18/5.7

7.62/7.6

6.66/7.0

2.55/7.3

5.94/13.5

1.72/5.1

4.48/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 626/.249 204/.250 105/.344 133/.331 118/.330 206/.231 73/.266 222/.228 .271 Cain
Dyson
Rios
Orlando
Zobrist
Hosmer 0/95/0/5
17/20/17/4
0/0/67/3
17/1/30/2
36/0/3/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .749 .692 .994 .910 .957 .633 .729 .569 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 331/.660 81/.745 53/.986 66/.933 53/.874 98/.503 26/.651 98/.644 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.848 123/.659 52/1.004 67/.887 65/1.025 108/.747 47/.772 124/.508 .744

Road 224/.785 79/.640 92/1.032 65/.844 53/1.078 90/.518 28/.644 105/.520

Last 28d days 136/.892 42/.738 40/.841 39/1.258 2/2.500 42/.755 40/.697 41/.417

HR/SB/CS 25/15/4 4/6/0 5/0/1 5/0/2 3/1/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 2/2/2 127/46/26

Usage ····X··· ·X·X··o· X··X···· ·o··o··· ·o······ ··X·ooo· ··X·oo·· ····Xo··

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 5.28

LAA 4.16

MIA 3.57

RA/G

STL 2.87

CLE 4.21

COL 5.19

P. Goldschmidt .338

M. Carpenter .266

M. Zunino .170

OBP

B. Harper .460

M. Cabrera .324

M. Zunino .227

SLG

B. Harper .650

H. Kendrick .418

B. Hamilton .281

OPS

B. Harper 1.110

S. Choo .746

M. Zunino .525

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.71

A. Wood 3.72

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.56

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.