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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, April 15, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Target Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
53° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
8
On This Date:
17-15
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
8
On This Date:
28-47
Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 KCR 12 @MIN  3     

Wed, Apr 15, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 KCR    @MIN  1:10pm
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 04, 2015 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 MIN    @KCR  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 KCR    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 KCR    @MIN  3:10pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
7-0, 1st, ½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-0    Road:    4-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-0    vsLHP:   4-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-0    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @MIN  W  12-3        7-0   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @LAA  W   9-2        6-0   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @LAA  W   6-4        5-0   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @LAA  W   4-2        4-0   1st    Tied
  3 Thu, Apr  9   CHW  W   4-1        3-0   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  8   CHW  W   7-5        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  6   CHW  W  10-1        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-0    Last 20: 7-0    Last 30: 7-0
Minnesota Twins
1-6, 5th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-1    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-3    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Mon, Apr 13   KCR  L   3-12       1-6   5th  6.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @CHW  L   2-6        1-5   5th  5.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @CHW  L   4-5        1-4   4th  4.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @CHW  W   6-0        1-3   4th  3.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @DET  L   1-7        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @DET  L   0-11       0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @DET  L   0-4        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-6    Last 20: 1-6    Last 30: 1-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 KCR 12 @MIN  3        W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 28, 2014 MIN 11 @KCR  5 (10)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-1), L: Bruce Chen (2-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 KCR  6  MIN  1        W:Wade Davis (8-2), L: Phil Hughes (14-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 KCR  2  MIN  1        W:Wade Davis (7-2), L: Glen Perkins (3-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 KCR  6 @MIN  4        W:Jason Vargas (10-5), L: Trevor May (0-2), S: Greg Holland (38)
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 KCR 12 @MIN  6        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-10), L: Tommy Milone (6-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 MIN  4  KCR  1        W:Phil Hughes (13-8), L: Yordano Ventura (9-9), S: Glen Perkins (31)
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 KCR  6 @MIN  5        W:Danny Duffy (8-10), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-8), S: Greg Holland (37)
Thu, Jul 31, 2014 KCR  6  MIN  3        W:Yordano Ventura (8-8), L: Caleb Thielbar (2-1), S: Greg Holland (29)
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 KCR  3  MIN  2        W:Jason Frasor (2-1), L: Phil Hughes (10-8), S: Greg Holland (28)
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 1-0; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; All-Time - MIN leads 373-342

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 1-0, 1.13)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 1.13
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 3-0 49.0 27 8 6 17 42 1 1.10 69
2015-04-09 CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 95 74
2014-09-25 @ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 95 78
2014-09-20 MIL ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 100 74
2014-09-14 CHC W 7.0 4 3 1 5 5 0 98 61
2014-09-09 @PHI ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 92 51
2014-09-03 @STL ND 6.1 3 0 0 2 5 0 82 70
2014-08-29 CIN ND 7.2 3 1 1 3 6 0 114 72
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 6.0 5 2 1 1 6 1 1.50 61
2007-09-17 @MIN ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 6 1 105 61

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 0-1, 14.73)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-1) 3.2 8 6 6 5 0 1 14.73
2014 (13-12) 179.1 178 91 89 57 107 12 4.47
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.0 44 26 26 18 24 4 6.00 44
2015-04-09 @DET L 3.2 8 6 6 5 0 1 89 16
2014-09-28 @DET L 7.1 4 3 3 3 6 1 88 61
2014-09-23 ARI W 7.0 7 1 1 0 8 0 103 67
2014-09-17 DET W 6.0 7 4 4 3 3 0 93 42
2014-09-11 @CLE L 3.0 7 7 7 2 0 2 60 15
2014-09-04 LAA ND 7.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 95 46
2014-08-30 @BAL ND 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 96 58
Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 19.1 15 3 3 6 15 0 1.40 63
2014-07-29 @KCR W 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 95 78
2014-04-11 KCR W 6.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 100 58
2013-06-29 KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 91 53

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (7.43 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (6.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Cain G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 1/no AB 6/.500 3/.666 ··· 502/359 .301/.339/.412/.751 .827/.720 .736 34/1.130 28/5 5/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/30 .333/.375/.489/.864 .882/.851 1.101 / 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 290/233 .269/.324/.327/.651 .604/.663 .744 1/2.000 36/7 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP 8/.661 2/.000 22/.790 6/.666 1/2.000 9/.889 7/.453 ··· 620/465 .285/.317/.377/.694 .784/.663 .665 35/.861 31/6 3/16
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 34/.676 5/.400 ··· 23/1.023 4/.750 ··· 643/452 .266/.351/.432/.783 .787/.782 .805 23/.410 12/3 19/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 22/.699 4/1.250 ··· 12/.917 5/.800 1/no AB 547/389 .270/.318/.398/.716 .676/.732 .815 34/.743 4/2 9/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 9/.444 7/1.096 1/.000 6/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 575/425 .252/.295/.337/.632 .584/.649 .653 28/.429 9/3 6/11
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/59 .218/.243/.391/.634 .647/.623 .673 / 0/0 5/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 7/.858 ··· ··· 10/1.400 2/.500 1/.000 401/255 .218/.274/.338/.612 .661/.584 .664 34/1.224 0/0 8/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 8/1.214 ··· 12/1.084 5/.650 1/no AB 12/.500 5/.650 ··· 500/392 .212/.271/.361/.632 .554/.653 .692 34/1.140 1/0 15/19
13.Perez G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 3/1.666 10/1.300 1/.000 10/.844 2/2.500 ··· 606/459 .260/.289/.403/.692 .632/.710 .691 30/1.192 1/0 17/9
15.Rios G/S/vP 6/.666 1/3.000 19/.387 3/1.667 1/no AB 23/1.043 1/.000 ··· 521/388 .280/.311/.398/.709 .898/.646 .707 29/.809 17/9 4/6
IP 179.1 40.1 54.1 63.1 61.2 64.1 7.1 TOTAL .329/.401/.532/.932 .884/.975 .890 .932 7/2 10/1
ERA-K/9 4.47/5.4 3.57/6.5 3.31/5.5 3.98/7.3 /0.0 3.65/9.6 3.50/9.4 2.45/7.4 6.52/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (18-6-1)
 Perez (57-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 757/.258 160/.228 229/.254 260/.262 / 260/.258 273/.273 31/.286 .311  Gordon
 Cain
 Rios
 Dyson
156/0/0/8
0/93/77/8
0/0/114/6
3/106/0/4
OPS .679 .628 .725 .705 .720 .727 .715 .871
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 403/.705 63/.813 104/.587 120/.694 / 72/.772 135/.680 17/.706 .967
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 354/.650 97/.508 125/.843 140/.713 / 188/.700 138/.775 14/.721 .812
Home 341/.677 82/.605 124/.828 135/.763 / 144/.774 138/.648 14/.619
Last 28d days 23/1.232 20/1.547 11/.495 3/.000 19/.688 8/.625 19/.940 19/.380
HR/SB/CS 12/7/4 2/3/2 6/2/2 7/1/0 // 7/2/2 4/1/2 0/0/0 8/5/1
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·XX· ·oo·oX·· ·····o·· ·X·X··o· ·o···o·· ·X····X· ·ooX··X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (2.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (2.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 46.Madson
G/S/vB		 47.Morales*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 410/268 .231/.300/.452/.752 .574/.848 .810 19/.440 1/2 20/5
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 10/.875 5/1.200 4/.500 8/.393 1/.000 2/.000 707/500 .242/.345/.416/.762 .804/.743 .784 29/.690 21/7 23/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 7/.143 3/.666 ··· ··· 465/328 .275/.315/.406/.721 .877/.654 .793 14/.445 1/1 6/9
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/62 .213/.253/.253/.506 .544/.496 .493 5/.800 1/0 0/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.333 18/.445 16/1.161 8/.375 8/.250 1/.000 8/.661 586/430 .286/.319/.446/.765 .799/.753 .760 25/.290 4/3 17/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.666 17/1.280 8/1.071 4/1.750 8/1.000 1/.000 7/.286 518/332 .277/.361/.371/.732 .654/.776 .734 28/.685 3/0 4/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 213/114 .250/.271/.382/.654 .586/.716 .756 3/1.667 9/3 4/7
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 8/.875 7/1.238 8/1.250 ··· 1/.000 582/412 .258/.328/.423/.751 .783/.738 .783 27/.564 2/1 14/14
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 66/29 .150/.227/.200/.427 .425/.429 .535 10/.200 0/1 0/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 5/.400 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 430/299 .319/.353/.472/.824 .786/.841 .820 24/.458 20/4 7/6
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 240/183 .238/.310/.305/.615 .400/.681 .595 19/.474 30/7 1/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.833 10/.100 5/.200 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 503/363 .288/.345/.383/.727 .810/.695 .792 21/.452 0/1 3/4
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 234/133 .274/.316/.456/.772 .602/.899 .905 23/.590 0/0 9/3
IP 192.2 72.0 47.1 70.0 62.1 142.1 TOTAL .201/.255/.275/.530 .503/.551 .630 .530 3/1 2/6
ERA-K/9 3.04/6.5 1.00/13.6 2.66/8.8 1.41/7.6 1.44/13.0 /0.0 5.37/6.3 2.57/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (64-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 809/.235 279/.151 196/.234 285/.214 240/.170 / 646/.296 .202  Arcia
 Hunter
 Santana
 Schafer
 Escobar
 Nunez
 Robinson
 Herrmann
0/0/100/8
0/0/128/5
0/69/0/5
49/20/6/2
2/1/0/2
16/0/2/2
5/1/15/1
12/0/13/0
OPS .674 .408 .651 .561 .472 .859 .581
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 350/.728 144/.513 75/.658 138/.617 136/.494 / 183/.699 .525
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 459/.634 135/.298 121/.647 147/.508 104/.444 / 463/.923 .616
Road 366/.727 134/.332 96/.825 140/.536 94/.443 / 309/.910
Last 28d days 29/.429 14/.220 11/.404 10/.400 9/.000 9/.583 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 17/9/7 0/4/1 3/7/2 0/6/2 3/3/2 // 24/9/1 6/0/3
Usage ·····X·· ···oo·o· ··X·X·o· ····X·o· ···o·oo· ·X······ ·o······

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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

W. Chen  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.