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Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at U.S. Cellular Field, May 22, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
U.S. Cellular Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
68° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
44
On This Date:
15-28
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
45
On This Date:
57-42
Season Series
Fri, May 20, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1     
Sat, May 21, 2016 KCR  2 @CHW  1     

Sun, May 22, 2016 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Thu, May 26, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, May 27, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, May 28, 2016 CHW    @KCR  2:15pm
Sun, May 29, 2016 CHW    @KCR  2:15pm
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 KCR    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 CHW    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Sep 18, 2016 CHW    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
22-20, 3rd, 2½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-7    Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  19-17   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-3    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 21  @CHW  W   2-1       22-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20  @CHW  W   4-1       21-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 18   BOS  L   2-5       20-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 18   BOS  W   3-2       20-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 17   BOS  W   8-4       19-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 15   ATL  W   4-2 (13)  18-19  3rd  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 14   ATL  L   0-5       17-19  3rd  6.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 13   ATL  W   5-1       17-18  3rd  6.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 12  @NYY  L   3-7       16-18  3rd  6.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 11  @NYY  W   7-3       16-17  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Chicago White Sox
25-18, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-9    Road:   14-9    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  22-11   vsLHP:   3-7    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sat, May 21   KCR  L   1-2       25-18  1st  1.5 up
 42 Fri, May 20   KCR  L   1-4       25-17  1st  1.5 up
 41 Thu, May 19   HOU  W   2-1       25-16  1st  2.5 up
 40 Wed, May 18   HOU  L   3-5       24-16  1st  2.5 up
 39 Tue, May 17   HOU  L   5-6 (11)  24-15  1st  3.5 up
 38 Sun, May 15  @NYY  L   5-7       24-14  1st  5.0 up
 37 Sat, May 14  @NYY  L   1-2       24-13  1st  5.0 up
 36 Fri, May 13  @NYY  W   7-1       24-12  1st  5.0 up
 35 Wed, May 11  @TEX  L   5-6       23-12  1st  5.0 up
 34 Tue, May 10  @TEX  L  11-13      23-11  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 21, 2016 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Joakim Soria (2-1), L: Miguel Gonzalez (0-1), S: Wade Davis (11)
Fri, May 20, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Dillon Gee (1-1), L: Jose Quintana (5-3), S: Wade Davis (10)

Thu, Oct 01, 2015 KCR  6 @CHW  4        W:Kris Medlen (6-2), L: John Danks (7-15), S: Ryan Madson (3)
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 KCR  5 @CHW  3 (10)   W:Franklin Morales (4-2), L: David Robertson (6-5), S: Wade Davis (15)
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (11-13), L: Johnny Cueto (10-13), S: David Robertson (33)
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 CHW  7 @KCR  5        W:Erik Johnson (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (9-11), S: David Robertson (29)
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 CHW  6 @KCR  1        W:Jose Quintana (8-10), L: Danny Duffy (7-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 CHW 12 @KCR  1        W:John Danks (7-12), L: Kris Medlen (3-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 2-0; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; All-Time - CHW leads 370-351

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 4-2, 4.85)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-2) 42.2 37 23 23 29 31 5 4.85
2015 (13-8) 163.1 154 75 74 58 156 14 4.08
2014 (14-10) 183.0 168 70 65 69 159 14 3.20
Last 7 GS 4-2 37.2 35 21 21 23 25 5 5.02 47
2016-05-17 BOS W 5.2 7 4 4 1 5 1 88 43
2016-05-11 @NYY W 6.0 6 3 3 3 1 1 98 46
2016-05-06 @CLE L 4.0 6 5 5 5 3 0 97 28
2016-04-30 @SEA L 4.0 3 5 5 6 1 2 82 31
2016-04-24 BAL W 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 96 69
2016-04-19 DET W 5.0 6 2 2 3 5 0 98 49
2016-04-13 @HOU ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 99 63
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 30.0 27 12 12 5 26 3 3.60 56
2015-04-23 @CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 95 66
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
2014-09-17 CHW W 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 100 72
2014-05-20 CHW L 6.0 7 4 4 0 3 1 100 45

SP: Carlos Rodon (23, LHP, 1-4, 4.73)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-4) 45.2 50 27 24 17 47 8 4.73
2015 (9-6) 139.1 130 63 58 71 139 11 3.75
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.2 43 25 22 16 41 7 5.12 48
2016-05-17 HOU ND 6.0 6 3 2 1 7 2 108 56
2016-05-10 @TEX ND 6.2 12 6 6 2 7 2 107 31
2016-05-04 BOS L 6.0 6 3 3 3 6 1 110 51
2016-04-29 @BAL L 7.0 8 6 4 1 7 1 102 47
2016-04-23 TEX ND 6.2 2 2 2 2 7 1 98 67
2016-04-18 LAA L 0.1 6 5 5 2 1 0 41 18
2016-04-13 @MIN W 6.0 3 0 0 5 6 0 107 67
Has never faced KCR as starter.

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Royals Batters (3.57 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (3.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Rodon*
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 64.Purke*
G/S/vB		 57.Putnam
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 14/13 .308/.357/.538/.896 .000/.968 .833 6/.500 0/0 0/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 7/.762 5/1.400 5/1.800 1/.000 7/.953 2/.000 170/138 .271/.329/.406/.736 .911/.697 .904 95/.831 5/3 6/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/.000 5/.200 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 84/77 .250/.296/.329/.625 .762/.612 .544 62/.566 7/2 0/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 14/.445 16/1.000 2/.000 9/.889 1/.000 9/1.000 4/.000 192/158 .267/.300/.317/.617 .454/.652 .527 109/.648 10/2 0/6
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 8/.900 3/1.167 4/.833 6/.167 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.393 163/118 .209/.319/.331/.650 .522/.698 .738 92/.588 3/0 4/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/.533 9/.333 6/.000 ··· 7/.453 9/.778 173/124 .312/.370/.529/.899 .624/1.008 .915 98/.941 3/1 8/2
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 17/.706 3/.666 5/.650 1/.000 3/.333 7/.714 124/95 .241/.270/.310/.581 .546/.591 .730 66/.516 0/0 0/2
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.286/.571 .667/.500 .500 7/.571 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 7/.286 7/.971 5/1.400 ··· 3/.333 10/.100 171/125 .191/.246/.325/.570 .903/.451 .570 98/.489 0/0 5/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 6/.367 6/.167 6/.167 ··· 7/.762 1/.000 109/91 .248/.303/.515/.818 .944/.791 .655 34/.587 0/1 7/2
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 5/.400 59/38 .368/.390/.509/.899 1.026/.829 .786 36/1.149 1/0 1/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 8/1.292 2/.000 4/.750 7/.286 1/2.000 4/.250 8/.125 151/119 .245/.278/.448/.726 .650/.746 .576 90/.627 0/0 6/0
IP 45.2 19.0 15.1 19.2 17.0 1.1 16.2 16.2 TOTAL .255/.305/.389/.695 .669/.702 .695 .672 31/10 38/18
ERA-K/9 4.73/9.3 3.32/5.7 2.93/8.8 1.83/5.9 2.12/7.9 0.00/6.9 3.24/9.7 1.08/10.2 3.20/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (0-0-0)
 Perez (11-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.275 77/.246 64/.259 80/.232 67/.133 7/.286 68/.242 62/.148 .238  Dyson
 Gordon
 Orlando
 Cain
 Merrifield
0/3/21/5
41/0/0/2
0/1/16/2
0/40/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .756 .752 .703 .615 .441 .571 .617 .415 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.543 26/.860 37/.604 29/.713 27/.688 1/.000 23/.411 28/.254 .629
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.828 51/.700 27/.860 51/.561 40/.283 6/.667 45/.716 34/.562 .683
Home 86/.753 31/.691 35/.667 46/.645 33/.380 7/.571 43/.516 26/.323
Last 28d days 115/.834 44/.954 34/.732 55/.590 30/.637 7/.571 44/.626 33/.531
HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/2/0 37/22/6
Usage ····X··· o···X·X· ····o·oo X··X··X· o···o·o· ·X······ ·X·XX··· ····X···
White Sox Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 54.Alexander*
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 9/1.301 1/.000 9/.222 22/1.034 ··· 8/.542 3/2.334 1/.000 9/.904 ··· 192/152 .243/.318/.396/.714 .682/.722 .771 111/.799 0/1 6/3
31.Avila* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 19/1.188 9/.347 ··· 13/.231 28/.971 ··· 6/.167 1/3.000 58/52 .213/.345/.255/.600 .167/.651 .795 25/.623 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/.625 1/2.000 13/.595 19/.516 ··· 5/.933 11/.830 1/no AB 7/.572 ··· 179/145 .300/.371/.413/.783 .761/.788 .876 104/.708 0/0 2/0
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 16/.742 1/2.000 10/.744 25/.414 1/no AB 10/1.225 3/1.667 2/1.000 5/.800 ··· 196/138 .305/.394/.431/.825 .929/.780 .710 118/.905 4/1 2/0
21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.429 6/.000 181/151 .220/.309/.472/.781 .801/.776 .711 101/.837 3/1 12/2
26.Garcia G/S/vP 13/.077 ··· 5/.800 16/.646 ··· 9/.222 5/.000 ··· 7/.429 ··· 134/108 .248/.313/.413/.727 .617/.753 .636 76/.903 1/0 4/0
10.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 17/.185 29/.934 ··· 12/.166 31/1.052 1/.000 5/.200 2/.000 158/117 .218/.282/.303/.585 .414/.645 .522 96/.654 1/1 0/2
15.Lawrie G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 8/1.292 7/.286 ··· 4/.833 9/.444 1/2.000 4/.000 3/2.000 175/139 .247/.337/.422/.759 .920/.714 .558 100/.724 2/2 5/4
27.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 7/1.571 3/2.667 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 16/.708 99/67 .231/.273/.385/.657 .666/.653 .909 65/.790 0/0 2/2
7.Rollins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 10/1.067 2/1.500 3/.666 129/105 .237/.295/.364/.659 1.433/.494 .613 72/.650 4/2 2/2
18.Saladino G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 8/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 56/31 .283/.286/.358/.644 .520/.751 .660 33/.751 0/2 1/2
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 9/1.417 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 20/17 .222/.300/.278/.578 .667/.561 .667 20/.578 0/0 0/0
41.Sands G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 47/30 .273/.319/.341/.660 .620/.679 .606 26/.588 0/0 1/0
IP 42.2 6.1 15.2 25.1 7.1 21.1 18.1 3.0 22.1 14.2 TOTAL .250/.323/.389/.713 .745/.703 .694 .759 15/10 37/21
ERA-K/9 4.85/6.5 1.42/11.4 1.15/8.6 2.13/10.3 4.91/7.4 0.84/10.1 2.95/11.3 0.00/15.0 3.63/7.7 3.07/7.3 3.77/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (5-1-0)
 Navarro (17-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 194/.228 24/.208 61/.154 103/.234 30/.208 84/.225 70/.185 14/.231 96/.253 65/.310 .244  Eaton
 Jackson
 Cabrera
 Garcia
 Sands
1/2/41/7
0/43/0/2
41/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .710 .417 .433 .621 .613 .574 .612 .516 .759 .798 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.779 14/.286 42/.496 28/.399 12/.422 44/.827 25/.430 3/.333 49/.608 32/.760 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.639 10/.600 19/.263 75/.708 18/.722 40/.304 45/.699 11/.545 47/.920 33/.831 .697
Road 96/.831 4/.500 29/.361 53/.584 26/.693 40/.643 27/.597 8/.661 56/.684 21/.714
Last 28d days 96/.885 24/.417 33/.536 63/.566 30/.613 43/.660 40/.601 14/.516 56/.651 40/.693
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/1 2/0/2 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 42/11/15
Usage ····X··· ···o··XX oo·o··X· X·····X· o··o··o· ·o·oo·o· ·X·oX·Xo X··o··o· Xo··X·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 2016 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

BOS  5.84

LAD  4.20

PHI  3.19

 RA/G

CHC  2.95

STL  4.33

CIN  6.00

 BA

D. Murphy  .390

C. Hernandez  .261

R. Howard  .161

 OBP

B. Harper  .453

B. Crawford  .333

E. Aybar  .216

 SLG

Y. Cespedes  .659

B. Posey  .438

E. Aybar  .204

 OPS

Y. Cespedes  1.038

A. Gonzalez  .771

E. Aybar  .421

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

E. Volquez  3.79

W. Peralta  6.99

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.07

D. Straily  7.80

M. Latos  4.40

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.