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Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, September 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, September 4, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
138
On This Date:
53-58
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
138
On This Date:
21-25
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 KCR  5  CHW  4     

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
62-70, 4th, 19½ GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-32   Road:   29-38   ExtrInn:12-3 
 vsRHP:  49-55   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  24-26
 vsEast: 13-16   vsCntrl:21-33   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Thu, Sep  3  @MIN  W   6-4       62-70  4th 19.5 gb
131 Wed, Sep  2  @MIN  L   0-3       61-70  4th 19.5 gb
130 Tue, Sep  1  @MIN  L   6-8       61-69  4th 18.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30   SEA  W   6-5 (11)  61-68  4th 18.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29   SEA  L   6-7       60-68  4th 19.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28   SEA  L   0-2       60-67  4th 18.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27   SEA  W   4-2       60-66  3rd 17.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26   BOS  L   0-3       59-66  5th 17.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25   BOS  W   5-4       59-65  3rd 17.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 24   BOS  L   4-5       58-65  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Kansas City Royals
82-51, 1st, 13 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-22   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  56-29   vsLHP:  26-22   1-Run:  22-13
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:34-20   vsWest: 18-11 IL:13-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Sep  3   DET  W  15-7       82-51  1st 13.0 up
132 Wed, Sep  2   DET  W  12-1       81-51  1st 12.0 up
131 Tue, Sep  1   DET  L   5-6       80-51  1st 12.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 30  @TBR  L   2-3       80-50  1st 13.0 up
129 Sat, Aug 29  @TBR  W   6-3       80-49  1st 14.0 up
128 Fri, Aug 28  @TBR  W   3-2       79-49  1st 13.0 up
127 Thu, Aug 27   BAL  W   5-3       78-49  1st 13.0 up
126 Wed, Aug 26   BAL  L   5-8       77-49  1st 12.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 25   BAL  W   3-2       77-48  1st 13.0 up
124 Mon, Aug 24   BAL  W   8-3       76-48  1st 13.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 KCR  5  CHW  4        W:Kelvin Herrera (3-2), L: Jake Petricka (3-3), S: Ryan Madson (2)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 10-3; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 366-347

SP: John Danks (30, LHP, 6-12, 4.82)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-12) 145.2 161 89 78 44 103 20 4.82
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 1-4 41.1 42 26 24 15 30 6 5.23 47
2015-08-28 SEA L 6.0 7 2 2 0 5 2 95 55
2015-08-23 @SEA L 5.0 8 7 7 3 4 1 82 24
2015-08-18 @LAA L 7.0 5 5 4 1 3 2 109 51
2015-08-12 LAA ND 7.1 5 1 1 3 2 0 103 63
2015-08-07 @KCR L 6.0 5 3 3 3 6 0 90 53
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
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 30.2 26 12 12 11 22 3 3.52 55
2015-08-07 @KCR L 6.0 5 3 3 3 6 0 90 53
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

SP: Kris Medlen (29, RHP, 3-0, 3.51)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-0) 25.2 19 10 10 7 25 3 3.51
2013 (15-12) 197.0 194 77 68 47 157 18 3.11
2012 (10-1) 138.0 103 26 24 23 120 6 1.57
Last 7 GS 6-0 47.1 34 10 10 10 44 2 1.90 65
2015-08-29 @TBR W 5.1 4 3 3 2 5 1 78 51
2015-08-24 BAL W 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 1 69 56
2013-09-27 PHI W 8.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 101 83
2013-09-21 @CHC ND 7.1 6 1 1 2 6 0 106 66
2013-09-14 SDP W 7.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 110 73
2013-09-09 @MIA W 6.1 6 2 2 2 6 0 108 57
2013-09-03 NYM W 7.0 7 1 1 0 9 0 95 68
Has never faced CHW as starter.

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White Sox Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Medlen
G/S/vB		 50.Almonte
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 46.Madson
G/S/vB		 45.Morales*
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 18/1.066 7/.629 1/.000 7/.143 3/.667 5/.200 4/.250 547/418 .292/.347/.506/.853 .708/.898 .885 112/.850 0/0 24/8
15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 23/.043 47/.699 13/.385 28/.935 13/.693 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 214/131 .203/.263/.307/.570 .522/.601 .576 22/.679 0/1 4/4
36.Brantly* G/S/vP 13/.595 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 13/.595 47/.958 4/1.250 9/1.056 1/.000 6/.000 7/.310 8/1.500 563/416 .274/.314/.391/.705 .591/.746 .690 108/.627 2/0 9/5
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 8/.946 22/.853 9/1.181 2/1.000 4/.500 3/1.334 9/1.500 3/2.667 562/408 .270/.346/.406/.752 .604/.811 .796 112/.702 13/5 10/5
21.Flowers G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.929 20/.739 5/.800 10/1.067 4/.250 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 309/245 .218/.274/.337/.610 .775/.569 .676 57/.625 0/1 8/3
26.Garcia G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 15/.534 7/.286 3/.000 8/.500 4/.500 3/2.334 3/.333 499/387 .264/.313/.379/.691 .738/.678 .668 105/.714 7/7 12/3
27.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/5 .333/.429/.333/.762 2.000/.400 1.167 2/2.000 0/0 0/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 19/.979 ··· 8/.250 15/.467 5/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 12/1.000 9/.111 36/.566 457/364 .215/.300/.356/.655 .387/.728 .772 64/.611 0/0 12/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 28/.606 63/.559 20/.737 34/.993 19/.485 3/.000 5/1.200 3/.333 511/399 .245/.276/.347/.624 .678/.609 .551 98/.721 15/5 8/15
18.Saladino G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 203/155 .233/.270/.323/.593 .664/.572 .545 95/.522 5/2 3/5
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 343/265 .234/.270/.334/.604 .501/.636 .726 86/.630 1/1 3/4
20.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 9/1.000 2/.500 2/3.500 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 128/113 .282/.352/.373/.725 .729/.722 .645 16/.899 5/4 0/0
58.Soto G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.347 1/.000 6/2.267 1/.000 7/.714 4/2.500 9/1.555 182/134 .236/.324/.435/.759 .910/.704 .658 34/.527 0/1 8/4
28.Thompson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 40/10 .405/.450/.730/1.180 1.226/1.000 .924 37/1.138 1/0 2/0
IP 25.2 2.0 55.2 135.0 59.1 40.1 40.0 51.1 55.0 106.1 TOTAL .251/.305/.379/.684 .639/.698 .687 .694 53/34 106/83
ERA-K/9 3.51/8.8 9.00/9.0 0.97/10.5 5.53/4.7 2.12/8.0 3.35/9.4 3.83/10.6 2.45/8.2 2.13/5.9 3.13/6.2 3.57/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brantly (0-0-0)
 Flowers (45-14-11)
 Soto (20-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 100/.209 11/.333 210/.154 601/.310 236/.183 167/.250 173/.231 203/.207 215/.198 435/.211 .246  Garcia
 Eaton
 Cabrera
 Shuck
 Thompson
 Garcia
0/0/114/16
0/122/0/8
130/0/0/7
7/9/20/4
2/6/6/0
2/1/0/0
OPS .632 1.121 .460 .855 .519 .716 .689 .597 .548 .665 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.744 4/1.417 118/.451 335/.915 115/.445 67/.836 82/.786 91/.545 99/.571 227/.731 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.501 7/.952 92/.472 266/.780 121/.589 100/.636 91/.602 112/.640 116/.528 208/.595 .686
Home 46/.617 11/1.121 106/.533 328/.757 120/.501 89/.685 92/.701 91/.510 99/.530 214/.731
Last 28d days 71/.587 11/1.121 38/.516 92/.888 47/.562 46/.661 32/.832 27/.542 36/.290 29/.590
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 1/0/0 2/4/1 23/3/6 4/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/0/0 14/17/6 118/61/31
Usage ·····X·· X·X····· o····o·o ··X····· ······oo X···X··· ······oX ········ ·o···oo· X···oX··
Royals Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.29 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		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 40.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 11/.282 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 99/70 .207/.240/.261/.500 .576/.471 .414 26/.678 0/1 1/4
6.Cain G/S/vP 25/.671 5/.400 7/.762 4/1.250 3/1.334 5/1.800 4/.500 2/.000 3/.333 507/334 .315/.371/.497/.868 1.030/.783 .942 98/.914 26/4 14/9
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 92/56 .250/.308/.298/.605 .753/.509 .643 6/.667 2/1 0/4
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/21 .290/.371/.484/.855 .742/.937 1.089 9/1.667 0/0 1/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/no AB 3/1.167 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 196/160 .251/.318/.371/.689 .627/.703 .683 39/.712 23/2 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 32/.412 12/.500 16/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 9/.889 9/.777 2/.000 3/.000 556/387 .260/.300/.322/.622 .657/.607 .628 112/.495 14/5 3/10
31.Gomes G/S/vP 20/.929 ··· 18/.804 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 235/130 .229/.332/.378/.710 .907/.567 .808 36/1.154 1/1 7/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 42/.583 7/1.071 1/no AB 2/1.000 6/.500 6/.167 5/1.800 8/.393 4/.833 320/205 .281/.394/.460/.854 .813/.878 .796 8/.975 1/4 11/0
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 33/.623 3/.000 5/.200 8/.375 6/1.100 6/.000 4/1.250 8/.250 3/1.667 546/325 .312/.374/.469/.843 .727/.923 .921 106/.801 6/2 14/3
14.Infante G/S/vP 33/.692 6/.334 17/.706 3/.666 8/.750 5/.650 9/.222 6/.834 7/.486 442/315 .217/.231/.306/.537 .551/.532 .508 58/.405 2/2 1/9
25.Morales# G/S/vP 30/.543 6/1.167 4/.250 6/1.167 ··· 5/1.400 3/.333 9/.111 3/.000 539/318 .293/.358/.476/.834 .750/.897 .871 100/.980 0/0 17/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 27/.496 6/.533 4/.583 4/.250 6/1.500 5/.200 4/1.750 1/.000 3/.000 504/314 .282/.348/.447/.795 .729/.835 .818 88/1.017 1/2 15/10
16.Orlando G/S/vP 6/.933 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 2/1.000 1/.000 211/123 .249/.273/.448/.720 .669/.757 .863 50/.851 3/3 6/4
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 26/.592 8/1.292 2/.000 3/1.000 6/.666 6/.334 9/.583 6/.167 3/.000 455/308 .256/.275/.422/.697 .542/.773 .724 78/.785 1/0 18/2
15.Rios G/S/vP 22/.573 7/.715 10/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 9/1.069 1/.000 320/218 .253/.288/.333/.621 .617/.623 .705 72/.694 8/0 2/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 27/.439 12/.750 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.833 1/.000 22/.680 ··· 413/277 .291/.378/.473/.851 .945/.805 .864 108/.954 2/3 11/4
IP 145.2 27.2 52.2 45.1 12.0 44.1 53.0 24.2 TOTAL .273/.325/.413/.738 .724/.746 .778 .800 88/27 109/73
ERA-K/9 4.82/6.4 1.63/7.5 3.59/9.7 4.57/7.5 /0.0 2.25/14.2 3.65/6.1 2.55/12.2 2.55/6.2 3.97/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (14-9-1)
 Pena (0-0-0)
 Perez (53-25-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 633/.280 117/.248 223/.226 199/.261 / 44/.175 190/.302 206/.180 110/.284 .261  Dyson
 Cain
 Gomes
 Rios
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Zobrist
 Hosmer
 Gore
23/25/17/7
0/114/2/6
59/0/4/4
0/0/82/4
28/1/35/4
80/0/0/3
44/0/4/1
0/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .803 .679 .733 .684 .558 .754 .512 .794 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.665 42/.899 83/.630 83/.671 / 18/.489 52/.876 93/.378 36/.808 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 486/.845 75/.564 140/.792 116/.694 / 26/.603 138/.709 113/.619 74/.787 .745
Road 302/.909 45/.515 106/.908 78/.732 / 20/.576 97/.746 73/.770 49/.629
Last 28d days 106/.789 45/.579 44/.781 44/.552 / 41/.601 36/.787 31/.355 11/.606
HR/SB/CS 20/5/2 3/4/0 8/2/1 3/1/0 // 2/0/1 2/2/0 4/2/0 3/3/1 125/65/23
Usage ······X· ····X·X· ··o·X··o oo···XX· X·X·X··X ·o···o·o o···X··o ·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  5.49

NYM  4.14

ATL  3.58

 RA/G

STL  3.02

LAA  4.14

COL  5.26

 BA

M. Cabrera  .361

E. Longoria  .268

L. Valbuena  .209

 OBP

B. Harper  .464

Y. Cespedes  .329

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .627

Y. Solarte  .428

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.090

E. Longoria  .755

O. Infante  .537

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

C. Hamels  3.70

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.10

S. Miller  7.69

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.