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Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 11, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, May 11, 2015

Start Time:

7:05ct (local), 8:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

81° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

14-21

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

27-19

Season Series

Mon, May 11, 2015 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, May 12, 2015 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, May 13, 2015 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Thu, May 14, 2015 KCR    @TEX  2:05pm
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 TEX    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 TEX    @KCR  2:10pm
Sun, Jun 07, 2015 TEX    @KCR  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

20-11, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-5    Road:    9-6    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-6    vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sun, May 10  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  20-11  1st  1.5 up
 30 Sat, May  9  @DET  W   6-2       19-11  1st  0.5 up
 29 Fri, May  8  @DET  L   5-6       18-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7   CLE  W   7-4       18-10  1st  0.5 up
 27 Wed, May  6   CLE  L   3-10      17-10  1st  0.5 up
 26 Tue, May  5   CLE  W   5-3       17-9   1st  0.5 up
 25 Sun, May  3   DET  L   4-6       16-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   DET  L   1-2       16-8   1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, May  1   DET  W   4-1       16-7   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 30   DET  W   8-1       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Texas Rangers

13-18, 4th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    3-9    Road:   10-9    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   9-11   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest: 10-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sun, May 10  @TBR  W   2-1       13-18  4th  6.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @TBR  L   2-7       12-18  4th  7.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @TBR  L   2-8       12-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @TBR  W   5-4       12-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  6  @HOU  W  11-3       11-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  5  @HOU  W   7-1       10-16  5th  7.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4  @HOU  W   2-1        9-16  5th  8.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   OAK  L   1-7        8-16  5th  9.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   OAK  W   8-7 (10)   8-15  5th  8.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   OAK  L   5-7        7-15  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  1        W:Jason Vargas (11-7), L: Nick Tepesch (4-9), S: Greg Holland (42)
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 KCR  2  TEX  1        W:Jason Frasor (4-1), L: Michael Kirkman (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (3)
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  3        W:Yordano Ventura (11-9), L: Colby Lewis (9-12), S: Greg Holland (41)
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Scott Baker (2-3), L: Jason Vargas (10-6), S: Neftali Feliz (6)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-10), L: Nick Tepesch (4-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Yordano Ventura (10-9), L: Colby Lewis (8-11), S: Greg Holland (40)
Sun, Sep 22, 2013 KCR  4  TEX  0 (10)   W:Tim Collins (3-6), L: Neal Cotts (5-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 TEX  3 @KCR  1        W:Matt Garza (10-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (14-12), S: Joe Nathan (40)
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 KCR  2  TEX  1        W:Luke Hochevar (5-2), L: Jason Frasor (4-3), S: Greg Holland (44)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 TEX  3  KCR  1        W:Tanner Scheppers (4-0), L: J.C. Gutierrez (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - KCR won 5-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - KCR leads 273-257

SP: Danny Duffy (26, LHP, 2-1, 4.55)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-1)			29.2	37	16	15	9	23	2	4.55
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		2-2	31.2	42	20	19	10	23	4	5.40	45
2015-05-06	CLE	L	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	45	25
2015-04-30	DET	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	101	64
2015-04-24	@CHW	ND	5.1	6	1	0	1	3	0	98	56
2015-04-19	OAK	ND	5.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	93	51
2015-04-13	@MIN	W	6.1	6	3	3	1	3	1	89	51
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

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	10.0	9	5	5	7	8	2	4.50	49
2011-05-29	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	95	53
2011-05-18	TEX	ND	4.0	4	2	2	6	4	0	94	44

SP: Colby Lewis (35, RHP, 2-2, 2.61)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-2)			38.0	32	11	11	9	29	3	2.61
2014 (10-14)			170.1	211	107	98	48	133	25	5.18
2012 (6-6)			105.0	99	48	40	14	93	16	3.43

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.0	38	12	12	14	36	3	2.40	59
2015-05-06	@HOU	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	87	71
2015-05-01	OAK	ND	6.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	97	74
2015-04-25	@LAA	L	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	94	53
2015-04-18	@SEA	L	5.2	10	3	3	2	2	1	103	37
2015-04-12	HOU	ND	7.1	7	4	4	0	5	2	99	53
2015-04-07	@OAK	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	93	64
2014-09-25	OAK	ND	7.0	6	1	1	5	7	0	113	63

Last 5 v.KCR		1-3	31.2	34	24	17	5	16	6	4.83	46
2014-09-01	@KCR	L	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	98	47
2014-08-22	KCR	L	6.0	6	4	4	0	2	2	102	46
2012-05-15	KCR	L	5.2	8	7	2	2	4	1	114	37
2011-05-27	KCR	ND	6.0	7	6	4	2	3	0	107	39
2003-09-01	KCR	W	7.0	4	3	3	0	2	2	90	59

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

Royals Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 63.Bass
G/S/vB 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB 44.Patton
G/S/vB 57.Pimentel
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/24 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.348 .400 22/.286 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 125/71 .330/.392/.482/.874 1.088/.713 .878 91/.787 6/2 3/1

12.Calixte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/44 .271/.328/.322/.650 .976/.487 .606 65/.650 2/1 0/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 8/1.214 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/41 .239/.271/.348/.619 .661/.609 .656 49/.589 5/0 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.364 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 103/68 .287/.320/.383/.703 .636/.735 .644 68/.627 2/1 1/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 14/.536 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 118/70 .286/.407/.449/.856 .793/.899 1.009 95/.945 0/2 3/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 139/75 .320/.391/.541/.932 .749/1.083 .694 105/.996 2/1 5/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 7/.286 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/70 .242/.253/.358/.610 .704/.571 .712 71/.685 0/0 0/1

25.Morales# G/S/vP 10/.600 1/2.000 ··· 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 136/77 .304/.360/.480/.840 .795/.878 .872 102/.720 0/0 4/

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/39 .239/.282/.403/.685 .726/.651 .724 62/.563 2/1 0/1

13.Perez G/S/vP 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 118/77 .296/.305/.443/.749 .805/.718 .741 88/.599 1/0 4/1

IP 38.0 22.2 4.0 13.1 15.0 3.0 10.1 13.0 TOTAL .290/.343/.435/.778 .803/.762 .789 .731 23/10 24/19

ERA-K/9

2.61/6.9

3.57/5.9

4.50/4.5

4.05/10.2

1.80/7.2

9.00/12.0

3.48/6.1

4.85/12.5

4.13/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (7-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 147/.234 94/.253 15/.143 62/.298 62/.246 12/.200 42/.270 52/.245 .260 Cain
Gordon
Orlando
Dyson 0/28/0/2
28/0/0/1
4/0/15/1
1/4/10/1

OPS .666 .715 .705 .741 .640 1.133 .587 .662 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.761 35/.710 8/.625 31/.816 27/.836 5/1.400 12/.833 26/.692 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.546 59/.714 7/.810 31/.667 35/.494 7/.952 30/.476 26/.628 .717

Home 51/.583 48/.647 10/.544 25/1.005 23/.478 / 30/.498 19/.760

Last 28d days 97/.659 66/.802 15/.705 44/.729 44/.543 12/1.133 31/.559 39/.842

HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 3/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 2/0/1 0/2/1 2/0/0 32/20/7

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

Rangers Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB 63.Pino
G/S/vB 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 11/.728 9/.222 15/.486 5/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 7/.714 140/93 .222/.283/.286/.568 .867/.419 .616 104/.667 4/2 1/8

29.Beltre G/S/vP 5/.200 14/1.226 15/.498 17/1.353 4/.833 2/.000 6/1.133 ··· 23/.542 135/93 .236/.274/.386/.660 .720/.633 .567 99/.688 1/0 3/4

88.Blanks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 46/34 .302/.348/.558/.906 1.667/.614 1.212 46/.906 1/0 3/0

61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 73/51 .183/.306/.383/.689 1.118/.494 .646 57/.801 0/0 2/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 7/.929 35/1.662 8/1.500 ··· 8/.500 ··· 5/1.850 109/74 .183/.294/.376/.670 .659/.674 .690 89/.677 0/0 3/2

3.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 51/35 .195/.314/.317/.631 .913/.468 .778 36/.616 0/0 1/0

7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/19 .200/.314/.267/.581 .536/.618 .297 29/.590 7/0 0/1

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 8/.250 10/.550 2/.000 9/.958 8/1.550 8/1.950 11/.989 ··· 6/.333 135/86 .333/.393/.447/.840 .727/.905 .974 99/.818 0/0 2/4

2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 119/72 .214/.246/.286/.531 .676/.435 .359 82/.639 6/2 1/0

12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 103/65 .144/.252/.233/.486 .449/.507 .605 72/.407 1/2 1/3

43.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/62 .232/.371/.518/.889 .833/.895 .871 57/.833 1/0 4/0

9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 45/18 .167/.222/.310/.532 .425/.690 .582 39/.582 1/0 2/1

20.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/26 .140/.290/.220/.510 .678/.278 .533 48/.567 1/0 1/0

IP 29.2 14.0 11.1 1.2 7.0 16.2 13.0 10.2 23.0 TOTAL .224/.303/.355/.658 .734/.618 .666 .689 23/6 25/26

ERA-K/9

4.55/7.0

0.00/8.4

0.79/7.2

0.00/10.6

0.00/5.1

1.62/9.7

4.15/5.5

0.00/6.7

0.78/7.4

3.23/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (12-4-1)
Corporan (8-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.314 49/.106 48/.250 5/.000 26/.091 59/.130 51/.229 41/.220 82/.091 .223 Martin
Choo
Peguero
DeShields
Smolinski 0/27/0/4
0/0/25/1
17/1/7/1
4/6/0/1
17/0/6/0

OPS .810 .271 .704 .000 .322 .464 .609 .463 .289 .631

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.731 28/.181 17/.824 2/.000 13/.408 28/.439 21/1.000 25/.440 32/.256 .640

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.830 21/.390 31/.604 3/.000 13/.237 31/.485 30/.315 16/.500 50/.310 .624

Road 49/.669 21/.195 28/.539 2/.000 13/.585 35/.458 24/.485 5/1.000 51/.401

Last 28d days 84/.767 35/.290 37/.793 5/.000 17/.507 50/.443 48/.649 41/.463 75/.290

HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 22/9/10

Usage ····X··· o·Xo·X·· X·X·X··· ·o·o···· Xo·o···· X·oX·X·· ···XX··· ··o····· 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 5.38

DET 4.31

PHI 2.84

RA/G

STL 3.06

CIN 4.26

COL 5.71

D. Gordon .439

Y. Molina .267

C. Utley .116

OBP

M. Holliday .465

J. Jay .330

M. Joyce .182

SLG

N. Cruz .738

L. Morrison .413

M. Joyce .215

OPS

A. Gonzalez 1.174

P. Alvarez .753

M. Joyce .397

ERA

D. Keuchel 1.39

N. Karns 3.79

K. Kendrick 8.73

K/9IP

D. Salazar 13.09

R. Vogelsong 7.03

K. Gibson 2.73

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.