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Seattle Mariners vs. Kansas City Royals, at Safeco Field, June 22, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, June 22, 2015

Start Time:

7:10pt (local), 10:10et

Venue:

Safeco Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

69° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

16-25

Mariners

Manager:

Lloyd McClendon

Game #:

On This Date:

16-19

Season Series

Mon, Jun 22, 2015 KCR    @SEA 10:10pm
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 KCR    @SEA 10:10pm
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 KCR    @SEA 10:10pm
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 SEA    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 SEA    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 24, 2015 SEA    @KCR  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

39-27, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-13   Road:   17-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  29-15   vsLHP:  10-12   1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest:  8-5  IL: 9-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Sun, Jun 21   BOS  L   2-13      39-27  1st  3.5 up
 65 Sat, Jun 20   BOS  W   7-4       39-26  1st  3.5 up
 64 Fri, Jun 19   BOS  L   3-7       38-26  1st  2.5 up
 63 Thu, Jun 18   MIL  W   3-2       38-25  1st  3.5 up
 62 Wed, Jun 17   MIL  W  10-2       37-25  1st  3.5 up
 61 Tue, Jun 16  @MIL  W   7-2       36-25  1st  3.5 up
 60 Mon, Jun 15  @MIL  W   8-5       35-25  1st  2.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun 13  @STL  L   2-3       34-25  1st  2.0 up
 58 Fri, Jun 12  @STL  L   0-4       34-24  1st  2.0 up
 57 Wed, Jun 10  @MIN  W   7-2       34-23  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Seattle Mariners

32-38, 4th, 8½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   16-21   Road:   16-17   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  25-31   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest: 16-15 IL: 3-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sun, Jun 21   HOU  L   2-6       32-38  4th  8.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 20   HOU  W   6-3       32-37  4th  7.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 19   HOU  W   5-2       31-37  4th  8.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 18   SFG  L   0-7       30-37  4th  9.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 17   SFG  W   2-0       30-36  4th  8.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 16  @SFG  L   2-6       29-36  4th  8.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun 15  @SFG  W   5-1       29-35  4th  7.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 14  @HOU  L   0-13      28-35  4th  7.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 13  @HOU  W   8-1       28-34  4th  6.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 12  @HOU  L   0-10      27-34  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 SEA  2 @KCR  1        W:Roenis Elias (7-5), L: Yordano Ventura (5-6), S: Fernando Rodney (21)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 SEA  2 @KCR  1        W:Yoervis Medina (4-1), L: Jason Vargas (7-3), S: Fernando Rodney (20)
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 SEA  7 @KCR  5        W:Charlie Furbush (1-4), L: Greg Holland (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (19)
Sun, May 11, 2014 KCR  9 @SEA  7        W:Louis Coleman (1-0), L: Danny Farquhar (1-1), S: Greg Holland (9)
Sat, May 10, 2014 SEA  3  KCR  1        W:Chris Young (3-0), L: Yordano Ventura (2-2), S: Fernando Rodney (11)
Fri, May 09, 2014 KCR  6 @SEA  1        W:Jason Vargas (3-1), L: Brandon Maurer (1-1), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2014 SEA  1  KCR  0        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (2-0), L: Danny Duffy (1-3), S: Fernando Rodney (10)
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 SEA  6  KCR  0        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (14-6), L: Ervin Santana (9-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 SEA  4  KCR  0        W:James Paxton (3-0), L: Bruce Chen (8-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 KCR  6 @SEA  5 (12)   W:Wade Davis (8-11), L: Lucas Luetge (1-3), S: Greg Holland (45)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - SEA won 5-2; 2013 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - KCR leads 217-203

SP: Joe Blanton (34, RHP, 1-0, 1.80)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			20.0	19	5	4	3	17	1	1.80
2013 (2-14)			132.2	180	96	89	34	108	29	6.04
2012 (10-13)			191.0	207	106	100	34	166	29	4.71

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.2	45	25	22	12	32	9	5.26	45
2015-06-17	MIL	W	5.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	73	57
2013-07-22	MIN	L	3.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	90	29
2013-07-14	@SEA	L	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	94	34
2013-07-09	@CHC	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	4	92	27
2013-07-04	STL	ND	5.2	9	5	4	1	7	1	87	39
2013-06-29	@HOU	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	99	67
2013-06-23	PIT	ND	7.1	6	3	1	0	6	1	98	64

Last 5 v.SEA		1-3	29.2	37	17	17	12	23	5	5.16	45
2013-07-14	@SEA	L	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	94	34
2013-06-18	SEA	ND	6.2	6	2	2	2	11	2	118	63
2013-04-27	@SEA	L	6.0	9	3	3	4	5	1	109	43
2008-07-09	SEA	L	6.0	9	6	6	0	2	0	92	32
2008-04-27	@SEA	W	7.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	99	54

SP: Felix Hernandez (29, RHP, 10-3, 3.08)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-3)			90.2	65	31	31	27	87	10	3.08
2014 (15-6)			236.0	170	68	56	46	248	16	2.14
2013 (12-10)			204.1	185	74	69	46	216	15	3.04

Last 7 GS		4-3	42.0	32	21	21	19	37	6	4.50	54
2015-06-17	SFG	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	106	77
2015-06-12	@HOU	L	0.1	5	8	8	2	1	2	31	8
2015-06-06	TBR	W	7.0	2	1	1	3	6	0	106	72
2015-06-01	NYY	L	4.2	6	7	7	5	4	1	85	23
2015-05-27	@TBR	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	101	86
2015-05-22	@TOR	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	97	71
2015-05-16	BOS	L	6.0	7	4	4	4	5	2	101	43

Last 5 v.KCR		1-2	33.2	31	13	10	8	27	0	2.67	58
2013-09-02	@KCR	L	6.2	6	3	3	1	6	0	102	55
2012-07-29	KCR	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	101	63
2012-07-19	@KCR	W	8.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	89	64
2011-04-16	@KCR	L	5.0	6	5	2	2	6	0	90	45
2010-07-05	KCR	ND	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	112	61

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

Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 38.Nuno*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 39.Smith
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 43/36 .171/.171/.195/.366 .333/.371 .500 8/.250 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 262/174 .294/.347/.445/.793 .909/.735 .791 90/.815 14/3 6/4

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/51 .257/.321/.311/.632 .812/.521 .614 15/.414 2/1 0/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 81/65 .253/.282/.373/.655 .785/.625 .677 12/1.333 6/1 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 6/.167 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 258/188 .271/.311/.364/.675 .535/.727 .676 99/.662 5/2 2/6

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 24/.633 ··· 7/2.047 2/.000 2/2.500 11/.899 ··· 4/1.000 249/164 .273/.390/.449/.838 .872/.820 .991 84/.863 1/3 8/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 7/.143 1/no AB ··· 6/.750 ··· 4/1.000 279/175 .298/.367/.468/.835 .753/.883 .730 86/.672 3/2 8/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 13/.154 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 224/168 .229/.237/.312/.549 .578/.539 .549 78/.423 0/1 0/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 51/.771 2/2.500 1/no AB 6/.833 ··· 7/.286 ··· 7/.953 265/165 .289/.347/.463/.810 .712/.872 .784 75/.692 0/0 8/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 266/173 .325/.379/.467/.845 .735/.904 .926 86/.808 1/2 6/5

13.Perez G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.500 ··· 3/.666 237/170 .280/.291/.466/.757 .746/.761 .713 78/.724 1/0 11/1

15.Rios G/S/vP 43/.620 1/no AB 9/.944 7/1.285 ··· 12/.633 ··· 9/.730 98/70 .226/.255/.290/.545 .536/.549 .392 69/.433 3/0 1/1

IP 90.2 18.0 19.0 21.0 21.1 28.0 29.2 21.1 TOTAL .274/.324/.411/.735 .722/.741 .730 .677 38/16 51/35

ERA-K/9

3.08/8.6

3.50/5.5

1.89/6.2

0.86/10.3

2.11/11.4

6.11/7.4

1.52/10.9

4.64/11.0

3.82/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (27-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 356/.202 74/.215 71/.121 86/.224 84/.195 128/.282 112/.154 99/.302 .245 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Rios
Hosmer 62/0/0/3
0/61/0/3
4/8/15/1
0/0/25/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .603 .626 .395 .564 .588 .852 .455 .805 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.636 34/.747 37/.276 38/.594 20/.485 62/.783 48/.515 41/1.129 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.569 40/.528 34/.528 48/.537 64/.617 66/.912 64/.409 58/.580 .680

Home 219/.533 46/.614 35/.265 47/.605 40/.661 56/.795 61/.235 47/.909

Last 28d days 118/.632 48/.681 29/.414 51/.533 55/.578 45/.878 34/.569 59/.979

HR/SB/CS 10/4/0 2/0/1 2/1/1 0/1/1 3/0/0 4/0/1 2/2/1 1/0/0 72/26/17

Usage ····X··· o··X···· ·o··o·oo ·oo···oX oo·o···· ·o···o·o ·oo·o··X X··o·X··

Mariners Batters (3.40 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 27.Finnegan*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 6/.533 5/.933 ··· 6/.334 4/.500 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 5/.200 159/148 .190/.250/.310/.560 .476/.563 .544 47/.604 1/2 4/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 68/29 .167/.191/.182/.373 .447/.276 .313 28/.254 1/0 0/0

22.Cano* G/S/vP 11/.473 22/.983 ··· 22/.714 2/.000 13/1.871 4/.250 1/.000 11/.384 286/214 .243/.283/.333/.617 .508/.654 .677 96/.586 1/4 2/3

23.Cruz G/S/vP 8/.125 7/.714 ··· 13/1.162 4/.000 13/.413 6/.334 ··· 3/.333 285/230 .315/.382/.572/.954 1.505/.834 .832 99/.698 1/2 19/3

16.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 17/.185 ··· 1/2.000 11/.182 28/1.168 10/.425 ··· 2/.000 205/160 .258/.309/.368/.677 .892/.618 .797 102/.734 7/6 3/2

99.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/8 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.250 .000 10/.200 1/0 0/0

5.Miller* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 231/187 .228/.314/.391/.705 .309/.803 .891 85/.609 6/1 6/7

20.Morrison* G/S/vP 15/.871 7/1.171 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.000 ··· 277/204 .251/.321/.390/.712 .450/.809 .618 106/.730 5/1 8/1

15.Seager* G/S/vP 9/.583 7/1.286 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.666 277/210 .268/.321/.453/.774 .906/.730 .714 102/.769 1/3 11/7

7.Smith* G/S/vP 9/1.069 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 217/203 .259/.332/.477/.808 1.071/.788 .861 89/.823 0/0 6/0

2.Sucre G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .043/.043/.043/.087 .000/.095 .133 8/.000 0/0 0/0

35.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/1.250 9/.583 5/.450 ··· 6/1.000 241/180 .239/.274/.439/.713 .924/.643 .702 89/.550 0/0 10/2

3.Zunino G/S/vP 5/.700 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 210/166 .158/.230/.300/.530 .621/.506 .515 74/.354 0/1 7/3

IP 20.0 30.0 13.1 21.1 26.0 11.0 17.1 28.1 28.0 TOTAL .231/.295/.374/.669 .716/.655 .676 .611 29/24 71/38

ERA-K/9

1.80/7.7

0.30/9.9

2.03/7.4

1.69/6.3

2.08/9.0

6.55/9.0

3.12/8.3

1.91/9.2

2.89/5.5

3.55/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Sucre (1-1-1)
Zunino (22-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.250 113/.136 52/.146 95/.278 104/.194 50/.362 71/.153 110/.182 108/.200 .241 Cruz
Trumbo
Jackson
Bloomquist
Smith
Ackley
Miller
Jones 0/0/42/5
0/0/47/2
0/49/0/1
5/0/2/1
24/0/21/1
46/17/2/0
4/1/2/0
2/2/2/0

OPS .670 .387 .514 .763 .527 .976 .523 .548 .573 .683

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.733 66/.446 24/.770 46/.846 56/.410 23/.967 37/.601 52/.578 55/.696 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.588 47/.307 28/.310 49/.666 48/.667 27/.984 34/.438 58/.519 53/.441 .659

Road 21/.722 51/.266 17/.651 44/.604 45/.619 24/1.179 44/.830 64/.554 53/.531

Last 28d days 59/.576 45/.497 15/.564 30/.762 43/.548 25/1.016 29/.472 33/.636 33/.517

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/3/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 53/29/15

Usage ····X··· ·X·X··o· ··X·o··· X···X·o· ·X·o·X·· ··o··X·· ·X·o··X· ·o··o·o· ·o··o·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 5.54

SFG 4.07

PHI 3.10

RA/G

STL 2.93

TEX 4.17

COL 5.04

P. Goldschmidt .356

S. Castro .271

C. Utley .182

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .474

B. Lawrie .327

O. Infante .237

SLG

B. Harper .735

K. Kiermaier .424

C. Utley .280

OPS

B. Harper 1.208

J. Heyward .749

A. Ramirez .535

ERA

M. Scherzer 1.76

G. Richards 3.66

J. Williams 6.43

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.07

J. Samardzija 7.35

J. Guthrie 4.17

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.