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Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 13, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 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 #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
35
On This Date:
25-19
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
34
On This Date:
22-27
Season Series
Mon, May 11, 2015 TEX  8  KCR  2     
Tue, May 12, 2015 KCR  7 @TEX  6 (10)

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
21-12, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-5    Road:   10-7    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  13-7    vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest:  6-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Tue, May 12  @TEX  W   7-6 (10)  21-12  1st  1.0 up
 32 Mon, May 11  @TEX  L   2-8       20-12  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Texas Rangers
14-19, 4th, 6 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-10   Road:   10-9    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   9-12   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest: 10-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Tue, May 12   KCR  L   6-7 (10)  14-19  4th  6.0 gb
 32 Mon, May 11   KCR  W   8-2       14-18  4th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 12, 2015 KCR  7 @TEX  6 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-0), L: Stolmy Pimentel (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2015 TEX  8  KCR  2        W:Colby Lewis (3-2), L: Danny Duffy (2-2), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - KCR won 5-1; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - KCR leads 274-258

SP: Yordano Ventura (24, RHP, 2-2, 5.13)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 33.1 31 19 19 13 24 4 5.13
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 2-2 37.1 39 23 23 14 30 5 5.54 47
2015-05-08 @DET ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 0 95 41
2015-04-29 @CLE L 5.1 6 5 5 4 1 1 98 33
2015-04-23 @CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 95 66
2015-04-18 OAK L 3.1 4 5 5 2 2 1 63 32
2015-04-12 @LAA W 5.2 4 2 2 2 7 1 87 58
2015-04-06 CHW W 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 1 78 61
2014-09-28 @CHW ND 4.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 73 35
Last 5 v.TEX 2-0 12.1 9 4 3 7 13 0 2.19 60
2014-09-01 TEX W 6.1 5 3 2 4 7 0 99 56
2014-08-22 @TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 107 63

SP: Yovani Gallardo (29, RHP, 2-5, 4.19)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-5) 38.2 39 22 18 14 30 5 4.19
2014 (8-11) 192.1 195 86 75 54 146 21 3.51
2013 (12-10) 180.2 180 92 84 66 144 18 4.18
Last 7 GS 2-5 38.2 39 22 18 14 30 5 4.19 49
2015-05-08 @TBR L 5.1 3 4 3 2 3 1 92 49
2015-05-03 OAK L 6.2 7 4 3 4 1 1 118 43
2015-04-27 SEA L 6.0 3 3 3 3 5 0 101 56
2015-04-22 @ARI L 5.0 6 5 3 1 6 1 96 44
2015-04-17 @SEA W 6.0 6 0 0 2 3 0 99 61
2015-04-11 HOU W 5.2 8 2 2 1 7 1 90 51
2015-04-06 @OAK L 4.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 89 38
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 1.29 69
2007-06-24 KCR ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 94 69

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

Royals Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/24 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.348 .400 22/.286 0/1 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 134/80 .314/.373/.463/.836 1.088/.669 .811 96/.756 6/2 3/1
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 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/49 .204/.232/.296/.528 .661/.506 .501 54/.531 5/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.334 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 112/77 .307/.349/.426/.774 .636/.833 .748 73/.694 2/1 1/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.500 127/78 .295/.417/.495/.913 .806/.980 1.100 100/1.006 0/2 4/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 148/83 .326/.401/.566/.967 .737/1.144 .782 110/1.079 2/1 6/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 10/.311 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 107/78 .235/.243/.343/.586 .704/.542 .658 75/.652 0/0 0/1
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 145/85 .299/.352/.470/.822 .781/.853 .835 107/.720 0/0 4/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 136/77 .322/.388/.471/.859 .916/.816 1.054 98/.771 1/2 4/3
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 127/85 .282/.291/.419/.711 .786/.673 .673 93/.588 1/0 4/1
IP 38.2 23.1 5.0 14.1 16.0 3.0 11.1 14.0 TOTAL .287/.341/.438/.778 .809/.761 .788 .742 23/10 27/21
ERA-K/9 4.19/7.0 3.47/6.2 5.40/3.6 4.40/9.4 2.25/7.9 9.00/12.0 3.97/5.6 4.50/12.2 4.11/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-3-0)
 Perez (11-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 169/.252 96/.247 20/.167 68/.306 67/.258 12/.200 46/.268 56/.264 .259  Gordon
 Cain
 Orlando
 Dyson
30/0/0/2
0/30/0/2
4/0/15/1
1/4/12/1
OPS .701 .699 .867 .755 .668 1.133 .653 .706 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.805 36/.688 11/1.073 35/.819 29/.774 5/1.400 14/1.071 28/.750 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.595 60/.702 9/.611 33/.688 38/.588 7/.952 32/.443 28/.656 .711
Home 81/.677 50/.619 15/.815 31/.987 28/.571 / 34/.595 23/.848
Last 28d days 123/.607 51/.804 20/.867 50/.750 46/.631 12/1.133 32/.715 43/.882
HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 3/1/0 3/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 2/0/1 1/2/1 2/0/0 35/20/7
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··· oo··oo·· X·X··o·· ·XX··o·· ···X··o· o···X··· o·o··X·o
Rangers Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 62.Brooks
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 11/.728 9/.222 16/.583 6/.000 ··· 6/.533 150/100 .233/.299/.301/.600 .908/.447 .686 106/.685 4/2 1/9
29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 14/1.226 15/.498 18/1.388 5/1.100 2/.000 7/.953 145/99 .250/.290/.412/.701 .802/.656 .674 101/.788 1/0 4/4
88.Blanks G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 55/40 .314/.364/.549/.913 1.333/.736 1.119 55/.913 1/0 3/0
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 82/57 .169/.309/.354/.662 1.117/.463 .598 62/.656 0/0 2/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 7/.929 36/1.671 9/1.556 ··· 8/.500 119/81 .214/.311/.417/.728 .717/.733 .853 95/.758 0/0 4/2
3.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/36 .190/.308/.310/.617 .913/.454 .734 33/.495 0/0 1/0
7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/25 .222/.349/.306/.654 .653/.650 .536 32/.791 9/1 0/1
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.550 2/.000 10/.856 9/1.334 8/1.950 12/1.417 145/92 .333/.386/.462/.848 .770/.894 .972 101/.824 0/0 3/4
39.Field G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 9/7 .375/.444/.750/1.194 .500/1.286 1.194 9/1.194 1/0 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 123/74 .209/.246/.278/.524 .676/.423 .354 79/.638 6/2 1/0
43.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 75/67 .213/.347/.475/.822 .833/.819 .740 57/.718 2/0 4/0
9.Rosales G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 5/.800 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 45/18 .167/.222/.310/.532 .425/.690 .582 35/.501 1/0 2/1
20.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/26 .140/.290/.220/.510 .678/.278 .533 44/.516 1/0 1/0
IP 33.1 15.0 11.1 2.2 9.0 17.2 14.0 TOTAL .230/.310/.366/.676 .758/.634 .706 .698 27/7 29/27
ERA-K/9 5.13/6.5 /0.0 0.00/8.4 0.79/7.2 3.38/6.7 1.00/6.0 1.53/9.2 4.50/5.8 3.46/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 140/.250 / 52/.120 48/.250 11/.364 33/.143 63/.140 55/.231 .230  Martin
 Choo
 Peguero
 DeShields
 Smolinski
0/28/0/5
0/0/27/1
18/1/9/1
5/7/0/1
18/0/6/0
OPS .747 .294 .704 .727 .393 .471 .658 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.707 / 28/.181 17/.824 5/.400 17/.437 29/.424 22/1.182 .649
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.796 / 24/.426 31/.604 6/1.000 16/.343 34/.511 33/.285 .654
Road 103/.711 / 24/.258 28/.539 8/1.000 20/.618 39/.470 28/.602
Last 28d days 97/.773 / 38/.320 37/.793 11/.727 24/.558 54/.452 51/.712
HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 // 0/1/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 26/13/11
Usage ····X··· o·o·Xo·X ··X·X·X· X··o·o·· X·Xo·o·· o·X·oX·X ·o···XX·

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  5.41

HOU  4.27

PHI  2.82

 RA/G

STL  3.06

WSN  4.38

COL  5.69

 BA

D. Gordon  .412

M. Kemp  .265

R. Rivera  .126

 OBP

M. Holliday  .462

J. Jay  .330

R. Rivera  .178

 SLG

N. Cruz  .754

W. Flores  .415

R. Rivera  .200

 OPS

N. Cruz  1.155

R. Braun  .750

R. Rivera  .378

 ERA

D. Keuchel  1.39

W. Peralta  3.80

K. Kendrick  7.65

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  13.09

J. Marquis  7.20

J. Guthrie  3.47

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.