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Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at U.S. Cellular Field, September 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, September 9, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
U.S. Cellular Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
142
On This Date:
15-27
White Sox
Manager:
Game #:
142
On This Date:
56-47
Season Series
Fri, May 20, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1     
Sat, May 21, 2016 KCR  2 @CHW  1     
Sun, May 22, 2016 CHW  3  KCR  2     
Fri, May 27, 2016 KCR  7  CHW  5     
Sat, May 28, 2016 KCR  8  CHW  7     
Sun, May 29, 2016 KCR  5  CHW  4     
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 CHW  7  KCR  5     
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1     
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 KCR  3 @CHW  1     
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 CHW  7 @KCR  5 (10)
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 KCR  3  CHW  2 (14)
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 KCR  2  CHW  1     

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
Mon, Sep 19, 2016 CHW    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
72-67, 3rd, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-25   Road:   30-42   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  56-50   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  20-20
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:37-20   vsWest: 10-20 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  7  @MIN  L   5-6       72-67  3rd  8.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  6  @MIN  W  10-3       72-66  3rd  7.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  5  @MIN  W  11-5       71-66  3rd  8.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  4   DET  L   5-6       70-66  3rd  9.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  3   DET  W   5-2       70-65  3rd  8.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  2   DET  L   6-7       69-65  3rd  8.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 31   NYY  L   4-5 (13)  69-64  3rd  7.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30   NYY  L   4-5 (10)  69-63  3rd  6.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29   NYY  W   8-5       69-62  3rd  5.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @BOS  W  10-4       68-62  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 
67-72, 4th, 14 GB, 10 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-30   Road:   30-42   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  49-57   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  21-26
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:24-35   vsWest: 18-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  7   DET  W   7-4       67-72  4th 13.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  6   DET  W   2-0       66-72  4th 13.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  5   DET  L   3-5 (11)  65-72  4th 14.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  4  @MIN  W  13-11(12)  65-71  4th 14.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  3  @MIN  L   3-11      64-71  4th 14.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  2  @MIN  W  11-4       64-70  4th 13.5 gb
133 Thu, Sep  1  @MIN  L   5-8       63-70  4th 13.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 31  @DET  L   2-3       63-69  4th 13.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 30  @DET  L   4-8       63-68  4th 12.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 29  @DET  L   3-4       63-67  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 KCR  2  CHW  1        W:Danny Duffy (9-1), L: Carson Fulmer (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 KCR  3  CHW  2 (14)   W:Dillon Gee (4-5), L: Matt Albers (2-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 CHW  7 @KCR  5 (10)   W:David Robertson (3-2), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-4), S: Dan Jennings (1)
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 KCR  3 @CHW  1        W:Yordano Ventura (5-4), L: Carlos Rodon (2-6), S: Wade Davis (17)
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-1), L: Jose Quintana (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 CHW  7  KCR  5        W:Chris Sale (10-2), L: Ian Kennedy (4-5), S: David Robertson (15)
Sun, May 29, 2016 KCR  5  CHW  4        W:Chris Young (2-5), L: Nate Jones (2-1), S: Wade Davis (14)
Sat, May 28, 2016 KCR  8  CHW  7        W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), L: Tommy Kahnle (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2016 KCR  7  CHW  5        W:Peter Moylan (2-0), L: Matt Albers (1-4), S: Wade Davis (13)
Sun, May 22, 2016 CHW  3  KCR  2        W:Carlos Rodon (2-4), L: Yordano Ventura (4-3), S: David Robertson (11)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 9-3; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; All-Time - CHW leads 373-358

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 10-9, 4.22)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (10-9) 155.2 148 76 73 66 117 21 4.22
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 4-0 41.1 39 12 11 20 31 4 2.40 55
2016-09-03 DET W 6.0 6 1 1 6 2 0 105 52
2016-08-28 @BOS ND 4.1 7 4 3 2 1 1 83 34
2016-08-23 @MIA W 6.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 96 65
2016-08-17 @DET ND 6.1 5 1 1 2 7 1 96 64
2016-08-12 @MIN W 7.0 4 3 3 1 9 2 105 65
2016-08-07 TOR W 6.2 5 1 1 4 4 0 106 60
2016-08-02 @TBR ND 5.0 6 2 2 4 2 0 103 45
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 33.0 29 14 13 7 27 5 3.55 57
2016-06-12 @CHW W 7.0 5 1 1 1 10 1 91 72
2016-05-28 CHW ND 7.0 9 7 6 0 4 2 107 37
2016-05-22 @CHW L 6.0 6 3 3 4 3 1 103 47
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

SP: Carlos Rodon (23, LHP, 6-8, 3.90)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (6-8) 136.0 148 65 59 42 129 19 3.90
2015 (9-6) 139.1 130 63 58 71 139 11 3.75
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.0 39 15 13 10 38 4 2.66 58
2016-09-02 @MIN W 7.0 7 4 3 1 5 1 79 53
2016-08-28 SEA W 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 100 63
2016-08-23 PHI W 6.2 3 0 0 1 4 0 109 71
2016-08-18 @CLE ND 6.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 100 53
2016-08-12 @MIA W 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 122 63
2016-08-06 BAL ND 6.0 5 2 1 2 7 0 106 61
2016-07-31 @MIN L 6.1 8 5 5 2 7 2 99 42
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 17.2 21 5 5 6 14 0 2.55 53
2016-06-12 KCR L 6.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 97 55
2016-05-28 @KCR ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 105 52
2016-05-22 KCR W 6.2 8 2 2 2 4 0 102 52
Royals Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Rodon*
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
54.Beck
G/S/vB
43.Jennings*
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
48.Kahnle
G/S/vB
67.Minaya
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
29.Turner
G/S/vB
66.Ynoa
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Burns# G/S/vP 6/1.267 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 302/232 .229/.264/.296/.560 .634/.537 .515 2/.000 16/4 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 104/85 .281/.324/.500/.824 .433/.914 .733 18/.722 0/0 4/4
6.Cain G/S/vP 9/1.417 9/.476 ··· 6/1.133 8/1.750 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 429/332 .287/.336/.409/.744 1.010/.668 .759 73/.925 13/5 9/3
24.Colon G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 140/99 .228/.295/.268/.563 .497/.589 .564 22/.449 0/1 0/0
7.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 435/329 .283/.325/.424/.749 .887/.703 .698 102/.614 1/0 10/14
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· 7/1.029 5/.733 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 282/252 .257/.326/.361/.688 .914/.661 .653 64/.695 26/7 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 10/.222 17/.485 ··· 3/.000 11/.864 1/.000 ··· 8/.542 5/.400 2/.000 601/462 .267/.298/.349/.647 .545/.678 .605 98/.953 14/4 5/14
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.900 ··· 5/.650 7/.619 1/.000 ··· 10/.311 6/.334 ··· 427/296 .224/.323/.380/.703 .695/.707 .714 99/.930 7/1 14/1
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 0/ 7/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.444 5/.400 ··· 12/.265 9/.361 1/.000 ··· 12/.969 5/1.400 1/.000 585/405 .275/.338/.443/.782 .687/.824 .787 107/.850 5/3 21/6
15.Merrifield G/S/vP 6/1.333 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 236/183 .278/.314/.386/.699 .868/.650 .646 16/.899 5/2 2/3
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 125/88 .179/.227/.268/.495 .498/.492 .551 69/.494 7/1 1/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.167 ··· 7/.971 7/1.547 1/.000 ··· 12/.258 2/.000 ··· 526/369 .258/.325/.463/.788 .861/.756 .775 96/.947 0/0 26/0
12.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.425 ··· ··· 138/137 .231/.304/.298/.602 2.000/.591 .581 2/.000 0/0 1/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 8/1.071 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 406/283 .302/.328/.398/.726 .831/.681 .656 86/.547 12/2 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 9/.583 8/1.292 ··· 4/.750 10/.200 1/.000 ··· 10/.422 3/.666 2/.500 482/346 .254/.297/.454/.750 .786/.736 .667 84/.724 0/0 20/4
IP 136.0 49.1 16.1 54.2 65.2 20.0 4.0 58.2 19.0 23.0 TOTAL .263/.314/.402/.716 .759/.701 .687 .764 99/30 127/77
ERA-K/9 3.90/8.5 6.20/5.1 6.06/6.1 1.81/6.7 2.47/10.5 3.60/8.6 0.00/9.0 3.68/10.3 7.58/7.6 3.52/9.0 4.12/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (9-3-1)
 Cruz (0-0-1)
 Perez (31-34-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.278 227/.317 79/.328 233/.258 256/.187 92/.230 17/.214 253/.235 101/.373 109/.209 .259  Dyson
 Gordon
 Orlando
 Burns
 Nava
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Morales
 Gore
19/42/21/8
105/0/0/6
0/30/74/6
3/73/4/4
37/0/2/3
0/72/28/3
12/0/1/2
0/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .766 .934 .910 .680 .551 .759 .710 .692 1.152 .643 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.607 71/.945 31/1.052 85/.688 102/.660 33/.754 11/.614 122/.614 37/.888 47/.814 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 474/.805 156/.929 48/.824 148/.677 154/.478 59/.761 6/.833 131/.766 64/1.287 62/.515 .770
Home 291/.748 104/.756 41/1.052 135/.680 118/.432 44/.773 / 118/.646 36/.917 50/.657
Last 28d days 100/.652 30/1.079 41/.828 25/.693 44/.514 30/.426 17/.710 45/.623 40/1.299 26/.537
HR/SB/CS 19/10/3 10/3/1 2/1/0 1/1/1 7/2/2 2/0/0 0/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 0/1/0 164/67/18
Usage ······X· ····X··· ·o·XX··o ··ooo··· ··oXX·o· ····XX·X ····XX·o ·XXoX··· ·····X·· ·····Xo·
White Sox Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.19 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
33.Flynn*
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
47.Moylan
G/S/vB
62.Pounders
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
64.Strahm*
G/S/vB
32.Young
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 15/1.102 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 11/.586 1/.000 ··· 10/1.025 1/.000 8/.393 598/470 .298/.349/.482/.832 .834/.831 .926 106/1.113 0/2 23/7
12.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 333/258 .286/.305/.428/.733 .885/.687 .815 99/.868 8/2 7/11
31.Avila* G/S/vP 18/.722 ··· 19/1.188 ··· 13/.231 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 6/.334 174/152 .229/.356/.396/.752 .892/.733 .896 25/.939 0/0 6/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 18/.631 1/2.000 15/.508 ··· 6/.750 1/no AB ··· 9/.666 1/.000 11/1.434 549/435 .296/.348/.444/.792 .873/.770 .820 95/.776 2/0 10/2
36.Coats G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/25 .200/.319/.350/.669 1.010/.303 .408 16/1.042 1/0 1/0
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 26/.442 1/2.000 10/.744 1/no AB 14/.846 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 6/2.100 622/462 .276/.359/.411/.770 .743/.782 .734 106/.812 12/5 12/5
21.Frazier G/S/vP 13/.808 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 1/.000 5/.000 572/459 .214/.297/.450/.748 .780/.740 .730 102/.689 11/3 35/9
26.Garcia G/S/vP 19/.544 ··· 8/.750 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 9/.555 ··· 4/.250 385/286 .245/.306/.382/.688 .711/.681 .687 65/.689 4/3 10/1
28.Garcia# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
44.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/1.081 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 20/.450 1/2.000 8/.250 166/135 .265/.307/.445/.752 .710/.762 .656 82/.704 0/0 5/
38.Narvaez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/56 .321/.449/.375/.824 1.171/.751 .697 44/.679 0/0 0/0
18.Saladino G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 281/201 .267/.301/.401/.702 .720/.695 .704 79/.763 10/4 8/7
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 5/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 98/72 .174/.208/.239/.447 .320/.494 .382 32/.657 0/1 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 231/197 .209/.250/.307/.557 .827/.512 .663 32/.343 2/3 4/2
61.Smith G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 8/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 155.2 15.1 35.1 45.2 64.0 35.2 8.1 61.0 16.0 82.0 TOTAL .255/.317/.405/.722 .763/.710 .736 .776 65/31 143/77
ERA-K/9 4.22/6.8 4.11/7.1 2.04/8.9 2.36/7.3 1.83/11.0 3.53/7.3 9.72/11.9 4.13/9.0 0.56/11.8 6.04/9.4 4.03/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (21-6-3)
 Narvaez (7-1-0)
 Smith (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 673/.248 64/.293 142/.194 180/.189 245/.198 155/.269 38/.343 268/.266 58/.135 372/.287 .254  Eaton
 Cabrera
 Garcia
 Shuck
 Saladino
 Coats
 Garcia
1/38/109/18
125/0/0/12
11/0/33/4
2/58/2/4
1/1/1/1
4/0/9/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .724 .740 .505 .567 .548 .696 1.140 .795 .342 .937 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 317/.744 26/.721 70/.430 67/.581 123/.512 48/.997 20/1.139 133/.672 22/.523 180/1.171 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 356/.708 38/.754 72/.581 113/.560 122/.584 107/.567 18/1.139 135/.923 36/.229 192/.736 .734
Road 388/.761 34/.866 59/.463 90/.645 117/.546 72/.630 17/1.086 136/.765 37/.420 164/1.120
Last 28d days 101/.749 8/.536 7/.929 38/.302 43/.377 33/.726 14/.857 51/.667 38/.302 41/.789
HR/SB/CS 21/2/3 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/0/0 5/0/1 3/0/0 5/0/1 9/2/2 0/0/1 26/10/2 181/40/37
Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ·····oX· ··oX···· ·XX··X·· ···oo·o· ···X·o·· ·oo·XX·· ·o······ ····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 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

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.