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Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at U.S. Cellular Field, September 10, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Start Time:
6:10ct (local), 7:10et
Venue:
U.S. Cellular Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
143
On This Date:
18-22
White Sox
Manager:
Game #:
143
On This Date:
42-63
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 CHW  7  KCR  2     

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
72-68, 3rd, 10 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-25   Road:   30-43   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  56-50   vsLHP:  16-18   1-Run:  20-20
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:37-21   vsWest: 10-20 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Fri, Sep  9  @CHW  L   2-7       72-68  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
68-72, 4th, 14 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-30   Road:   30-42   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  50-57   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  21-26
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:25-35   vsWest: 18-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Fri, Sep  9   KCR  W   7-2       68-72  4th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 CHW  7  KCR  2        W:Carlos Rodon (7-8), L: Yordano Ventura (10-10), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 9-4; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; All-Time - CHW leads 374-358

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 10-10, 5.02)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (10-10) 166.2 186 103 93 59 124 20 5.02
2015 (13-9) 200.1 190 89 79 72 155 16 3.55
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
Last 7 GS 2-1 36.1 51 30 25 10 25 6 6.19 40
2016-09-04 DET ND 6.2 7 4 4 1 5 1 103 48
2016-08-30 NYY ND 3.1 9 4 4 2 5 1 85 29
2016-08-25 @MIA W 5.0 3 2 0 1 2 0 82 58
2016-08-19 MIN ND 4.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 73 39
2016-08-14 @MIN W 6.0 5 4 2 1 3 1 97 52
2016-08-09 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 1 2 0 97 37
2016-08-03 @TBR L 5.0 11 8 7 3 3 2 101 15
Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 31.1 38 11 11 7 18 0 3.16 51
2016-08-09 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 1 2 0 97 37
2016-05-29 CHW ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 102 50
2015-09-30 @CHW ND 6.0 9 1 1 1 5 0 117 54
2015-08-07 CHW W 7.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 101 66
2015-07-17 @CHW L 6.1 8 2 2 2 3 0 105 50

SP: James Shields (34, RHP, 5-17, 6.07)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-17) 151.1 181 105 102 67 105 35 6.07
2015 (13-7) 202.1 189 93 88 81 216 33 3.91
2014 (14-8) 227.0 224 95 81 44 180 23 3.21
Last 7 GS 0-5 28.1 51 39 38 15 19 15 12.07 28
2016-09-03 @MIN L 2.1 5 5 5 4 2 3 70 25
2016-08-29 @DET ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 6 1 100 55
2016-08-24 PHI L 6.0 7 4 4 0 6 2 109 48
2016-08-19 OAK L 4.2 8 7 6 3 3 3 90 22
2016-08-13 @MIA ND 3.0 10 7 7 1 0 2 66 10
2016-08-07 BAL L 1.1 6 8 8 2 1 4 60 9
2016-08-02 @DET L 5.0 9 6 6 2 1 0 95 24
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 34.1 36 19 17 11 25 1 4.46 50
2012-08-22 KCR W 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 0 106 63
2011-08-09 KCR W 9.0 6 0 0 3 8 0 117 80
2010-10-01 @KCR L 5.0 12 7 6 2 1 0 99 16
2009-08-02 KCR L 7.1 2 2 1 4 6 0 107 70
2009-07-17 @KCR ND 5.1 11 7 7 1 3 1 105 20
Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Shields
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 ··· ··· ··· 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/.666 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 108/85 .273/.321/.485/.806 .408/.914 .701 22/.654 0/0 4/5
6.Cain G/S/vP 4/.000 9/.476 1/no AB 6/1.133 8/1.750 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 434/334 .287/.339/.408/.747 1.016/.668 .764 74/.984 14/5 9/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 440/331 .280/.321/.418/.740 .862/.699 .682 103/.556 1/0 10/14
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/2.000 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 7/1.428 17/.485 ··· 4/.000 11/.864 1/.000 ··· 8/.542 5/.400 2/.000 605/462 .269/.299/.350/.650 .558/.678 .610 98/.942 16/4 5/14
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 22/.272 8/.900 ··· 6/.533 7/.619 1/.000 ··· 10/.311 6/.334 ··· 431/296 .224/.323/.379/.701 .688/.707 .710 99/.892 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 7/.143 5/.400 ··· 13/.244 9/.361 1/.000 ··· 12/.969 5/1.400 1/.000 589/405 .273/.336/.440/.776 .671/.824 .776 107/.850 5/3 21/6
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 238/184 .280/.315/.387/.702 .889/.646 .652 18/.911 5/2 2/3
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 127/88 .175/.223/.263/.486 .469/.492 .532 67/.510 7/1 1/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 15/.266 6/1.167 ··· 8/.833 7/1.547 1/.000 ··· 12/.258 2/.000 ··· 530/369 .258/.325/.461/.786 .851/.756 .771 96/.969 0/0 26/0
12.Nava# G/S/vP 20/.689 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 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/1.167 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 411/284 .302/.327/.397/.724 .811/.686 .653 87/.523 12/2 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/1.292 ··· 4/.750 10/.200 1/.000 ··· 10/.422 3/.666 2/.500 482/346 .254/.297/.454/.750 .786/.736 .667 80/.723 0/0 20/4
IP 151.1 49.1 16.2 56.1 65.2 21.0 4.0 58.2 19.0 23.0 TOTAL .262/.314/.400/.714 .751/.701 .684 .757 102/30 127/78
ERA-K/9 6.07/6.2 6.20/5.1 5.94/5.9 1.76/7.0 2.47/10.5 3.43/8.1 0.00/9.0 3.68/10.3 7.58/7.6 3.52/9.0 4.10/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (11-3-1)
 Cruz (0-0-1)
 Perez (31-34-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 688/.298 227/.317 81/.324 238/.251 256/.187 96/.231 17/.214 253/.235 101/.373 109/.209 .259  Dyson
 Gordon
 Orlando
 Burns
 Nava
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Morales
 Gore
19/42/21/8
106/0/0/6
0/31/74/6
3/73/4/4
37/0/2/3
0/72/29/3
12/0/1/2
0/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .920 .934 .905 .665 .551 .747 .710 .692 1.152 .643 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.857 71/.945 31/1.052 87/.670 102/.660 33/.754 11/.614 122/.614 37/.888 47/.814 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.978 156/.929 50/.819 151/.662 154/.478 63/.742 6/.833 131/.766 64/1.287 62/.515 .768
Home 408/.921 104/.756 43/1.037 140/.654 118/.432 48/.748 / 118/.646 36/.917 50/.657
Last 28d days 94/1.133 23/1.119 39/.914 27/.566 41/.553 34/.435 17/.710 42/.619 40/1.299 26/.537
HR/SB/CS 35/14/3 10/3/1 2/1/0 1/1/1 7/2/2 2/0/0 0/0/1 6/5/0 5/4/0 0/1/0 164/70/18
Usage ······X· ·····X·· o·o·XX·· X··ooo·· ···oXX·o o····XX· ·····XX· ··XXoX·· ······X· ······Xo
White Sox Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 21/.636 1/.000 10/.200 ··· 11/.586 1/.000 ··· 10/1.025 1/.000 8/.393 602/474 .299/.350/.483/.833 .834/.833 .927 105/1.134 0/2 23/7
12.Anderson G/S/vP 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 338/263 .285/.303/.424/.727 .885/.682 .802 99/.821 9/2 7/12
31.Avila* G/S/vP 9/1.083 ··· 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 36/.816 1/2.000 15/.508 ··· 6/.750 1/no AB ··· 9/.666 1/.000 11/1.434 553/439 .296/.347/.443/.791 .873/.768 .816 94/.813 2/0 10/3
36.Coats G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/25 .200/.319/.350/.669 1.010/.303 .408 11/.727 1/0 1/0
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 28/.571 2/1.000 10/.744 1/no AB 14/.846 2/1.000 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 6/2.100 627/466 .278/.361/.415/.777 .738/.792 .748 106/.845 12/5 12/5
21.Frazier G/S/vP 24/.297 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/3.500 2/1.500 ··· 7/1.429 1/.000 5/.000 576/463 .215/.299/.452/.750 .780/.743 .736 101/.707 11/3 35/9
26.Garcia G/S/vP 17/.710 ··· 8/.750 ··· 9/.222 2/1.000 ··· 9/.555 ··· 4/.250 389/290 .248/.308/.383/.692 .711/.685 .694 69/.707 4/3 10/1
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
44.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 16/1.081 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 20/.450 1/2.000 8/.250 170/139 .264/.306/.440/.746 .710/.754 .647 85/.666 0/0 5/
38.Narvaez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/59 .300/.425/.350/.775 1.071/.710 .603 48/.619 0/0 0/1
18.Saladino G/S/vP 11/.800 2/2.000 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 285/204 .274/.307/.410/.717 .737/.709 .738 78/.816 11/4 8/7
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 98/72 .174/.208/.239/.447 .320/.494 .382 31/.633 0/1 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 231/197 .209/.250/.307/.557 .827/.512 .663 31/.355 2/3 4/2
61.Smith G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 8/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 166.2 16.0 35.1 45.2 64.0 35.2 8.1 61.0 16.0 82.0 TOTAL .256/.317/.406/.723 .763/.711 .738 .775 67/31 143/80
ERA-K/9 5.02/6.7 3.94/6.8 2.04/8.9 2.36/7.3 1.83/11.0 4.04/7.3 9.72/11.9 4.13/9.0 0.56/11.8 6.04/9.4 4.05/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (21-6-3)
 Narvaez (10-1-0)
 Smith (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 738/.281 67/.295 142/.194 180/.189 245/.198 157/.279 38/.343 268/.266 58/.135 372/.287 .255  Eaton
 Cabrera
 Garcia
 Shuck
 Saladino
 Coats
 Garcia
1/39/109/18
126/0/0/12
11/0/34/4
2/58/2/4
1/1/1/1
4/0/9/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .766 .737 .505 .567 .548 .721 1.140 .795 .342 .937 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 378/.767 28/.668 70/.430 67/.581 123/.512 48/.997 20/1.139 133/.672 22/.523 180/1.171 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.766 39/.788 72/.581 113/.560 122/.584 109/.606 18/1.139 135/.923 36/.229 192/.736 .736
Road 313/.798 37/.849 59/.463 90/.645 117/.546 74/.685 17/1.086 136/.765 37/.420 164/1.120
Last 28d days 115/.787 11/.573 7/.929 28/.299 43/.377 35/.838 14/.857 51/.667 38/.302 41/.789
HR/SB/CS 20/13/6 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/0/0 5/0/1 3/0/0 5/0/1 9/2/2 0/0/1 26/10/2 181/42/37
Usage ·····X·· o···o··· ······oX ···oX··· ··XX··X· o···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.