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Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals, at Progressive Field, May 7, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Start Time:

4:10et (local)

Venue:

Progressive Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

62° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

19-22

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

On This Date:

56-41

Season Series
Fri, May 06, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1     

Sat, May 07, 2016 KCR    @CLE  4:10pm
Sun, May 08, 2016 KCR    @CLE  1:10pm
Thu, Jun 02, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 KCR    @CLE  1:10pm
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 CLE    @KCR  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 CLE    @KCR  4:15pm
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 CLE    @KCR  3:15pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

14-14, 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Fri, May  6  @CLE  L   1-7       14-14  3rd  5.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  4   WSN  L   2-13      14-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  3   WSN  W   7-6       14-12  3rd  4.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  2   WSN  L   0-2       13-12  3rd  4.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  1  @SEA  W   4-1       13-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 30  @SEA  L   0-6       12-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 29  @SEA  L   0-1       12-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 27  @LAA  L   2-4       12-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 26  @LAA  L   4-9       12-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 25  @LAA  L   1-6       12-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-14

Cleveland Indians

14-12, 2nd, 4 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    7-5    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 9-3    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 1-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Fri, May  6   KCR  W   7-1       14-12  2nd  4.0 gb
 25 Thu, May  5   DET  W   9-4       13-12  2nd  4.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  4   DET  W   4-0       12-12  4th  5.0 gb
 23 Tue, May  3   DET  W   7-3       11-12  4th  6.0 gb
 22 Sun, May  1  @PHI  L   1-2       10-12  4th  6.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 30  @PHI  L   3-4       10-11  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 29  @PHI  L   3-4 (11)  10-10  4th  4.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 27  @MIN  W   6-5       10-9   3rd  4.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 26  @MIN  L   5-6        9-9   3rd  4.5 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 25  @MIN  L   3-4        9-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 06, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 KCR  3  CLE  0        W:Chris Young (11-6), L: Danny Salazar (13-10), S: Wade Davis (14)
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 CLE  9 @KCR  5        W:Zach McAllister (4-4), L: Kris Medlen (5-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 CLE  6 @KCR  0        W:Carlos Carrasco (14-11), L: Edinson Volquez (13-9), S: none
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 KCR  8 @CLE  4        W:Yordano Ventura (12-8), L: Corey Kluber (8-14), S: Greg Holland (32)
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 CLE  5  KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (13-8), L: Danny Duffy (7-8), S: none
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 KCR  2 @CLE  0        W:Kris Medlen (4-1), L: Josh Tomlin (5-2), S: Greg Holland (31)
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 CLE  8  KCR  3        W:Carlos Carrasco (13-10), L: Edinson Volquez (13-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 CLE 12  KCR  1        W:Corey Kluber (6-11), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-7), S: none
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 KCR  2 @CLE  1        W:Wade Davis (7-1), L: Trevor Bauer (8-8), S: Greg Holland (22)
Season Series: 2016 - CLE over 1-0; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 333-316

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 3-2, 2.61)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-2)			31.0	24	9	9	11	29	3	2.61
2015 (9-15)			168.1	166	95	80	52	174	31	4.28
2014 (13-13)			201.0	189	85	81	70	207	16	3.63

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.0	40	14	14	13	45	5	3.00	57
2016-05-01	@SEA	W	5.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	104	59
2016-04-25	@LAA	L	6.0	7	5	5	4	2	2	108	36
2016-04-20	DET	L	6.1	6	2	2	2	7	0	97	58
2016-04-14	@HOU	W	7.0	2	1	1	2	7	1	97	74
2016-04-09	MIN	W	6.2	5	0	0	1	7	0	109	70
2015-10-01	MIL	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	11	1	102	69
2015-09-24	SFG	ND	5.0	11	4	4	2	5	1	90	32

Last 5 v.CLE		0-0	13.0	12	7	7	5	10	1	4.85	51
2011-06-27	CLE	ND	8.0	8	4	4	1	8	1	103	57
2008-04-26	@CLE	ND	5.0	4	3	3	4	2	0	105	45

SP: Cody Anderson (25, RHP, 0-1, 7.65)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-1)			20.0	34	17	17	4	14	6	7.65
2015 (7-3)			91.1	77	32	31	24	44	9	3.05

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.1	51	19	19	13	26	8	4.24	47
2016-04-26	@MIN	ND	5.2	10	5	5	1	4	1	98	32
2016-04-21	SEA	ND	3.2	9	5	5	0	3	1	72	26
2016-04-15	NYM	L	4.2	9	5	5	1	5	3	90	30
2016-04-09	@CHW	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	92	52
2015-09-30	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	97	71
2015-09-24	@MIN	W	6.2	10	1	1	0	4	1	92	54
2015-09-18	CHW	W	6.2	5	1	1	5	6	1	101	61

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	5.2	8	7	7	2	2	2	11.12	25
2015-07-27	KCR	L	5.2	8	7	7	2	2	2	81	25

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

Royals Batters (3.25 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 48.Hunter
G/S/vB 53.Manship
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/10 .400/.455/.700/1.155 .000/1.278 .833 11/1.155 0/0 0/0

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.667 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 8/1.125 2/1.000 14/.220 112/93 .243/.304/.301/.605 .839/.558 .636 95/.562 3/3 2/1

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 26/20 .250/.308/.292/.599 .000/.789 .545 26/.599 0/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/2.167 6/.167 ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 12/.788 1/.000 1/2.000 52/46 .222/.300/.267/.567 .900/.523 .455 52/.567 4/1 0/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.750 7/1.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.929 4/.500 13/1.524 1/2.000 7/.453 127/106 .261/.294/.319/.613 .243/.687 .544 109/.583 7/1 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 6/2.667 7/.762 ··· 11/.546 6/1.667 17/.857 3/1.334 9/.347 109/82 .215/.330/.312/.642 .426/.716 .592 94/.678 2/0 2/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/2.334 6/1.333 6/1.000 3/1.000 8/.125 1/.000 12/.083 1/.000 3/1.000 114/84 .321/.368/.500/.868 .819/.887 .923 97/.915 3/0 4/0

14.Infante G/S/vP 3/1.666 8/1.404 7/1.404 ··· 6/.334 3/1.000 18/.535 6/.733 11/1.493 96/76 .247/.284/.326/.610 .616/.609 .751 82/.600 0/0 0/2

25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.000 9/1.889 3/1.167 5/1.850 ··· 14/.819 3/.000 3/1.666 113/84 .202/.248/.308/.555 .894/.444 .584 97/.547 0/0 2/

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.762 2/1.500 9/.476 6/1.166 ··· 18/.402 3/.000 5/.000 105/88 .258/.314/.536/.850 1.000/.819 .706 88/.861 0/1 7/1

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 34/21 .265/.265/.265/.529 .615/.476 .455 30/.400 1/0 0/0

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.071 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 18/.556 4/.500 12/.166 97/78 .231/.268/.451/.719 .436/.788 .507 83/.689 0/0 4/0

IP 20.0 11.1 8.0 0.2 2.1 7.1 11.0 7.1 11.0 TOTAL .249/.301/.368/.670 .643/.677 .640 .666 22/7 21/11

ERA-K/9

7.65/6.3

6.35/9.6

1.13/4.5

0.00/12.9

3.86/3.9

0.00/3.7

1.64/8.2

0.00/7.4

8.18/11.5

3.59/8.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 97/.374 48/.233 27/.120 2/.000 10/.333 29/.240 49/.214 28/.148 48/.273 .228 Dyson
Gordon
Cain
Orlando 0/2/13/4
28/0/0/2
0/27/0/1
0/1/10/1

OPS 1.028 .801 .385 .000 .667 .745 .636 .327 .902 .669

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/1.008 26/.911 12/.258 1/.000 3/1.333 12/1.017 31/.512 15/.205 21/1.179 .697

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/1.061 22/.673 15/.486 1/.000 7/.333 17/.561 18/.857 13/.462 27/.676 .640

Home 43/1.240 24/.583 15/.624 / 5/.400 13/.322 26/.569 14/.429 20/.984

Last 28d days 70/1.170 45/.858 21/.440 2/.000 10/.667 22/.794 42/.700 25/.285 37/.741

HR/SB/CS 6/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 3/0/0 28/6/6

Usage ···X···X ·X····X· ······o· o··o··o· ·o···o·o ·o·X···o X·····o· ·o·o···o

Indians Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB 53.Gee
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 67.Wang
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 4/.000 21/1.017 19/.684 1/.000 ··· 10/.900 27/1.211 6/1.000 ··· 35/28 .258/.314/.323/.637 .952/.561 1.000 35/.637 1/0 0/0

6.Byrd G/S/vP 28/1.109 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.333 4/.500 7/.143 7/.733 66/40 .241/.318/.397/.715 .626/.769 .519 54/.750 0/0 2/0

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 3/1.667 9/.347 10/.422 2/.500 ··· 11/1.273 12/.878 4/.250 ··· 36/32 .235/.278/.324/.601 .250/.636 .583 36/.601 1/0 0/0

20.Davis G/S/vP 4/1.000 11/.489 18/.457 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 15/.481 4/1.250 2/.500 79/41 .257/.304/.405/.709 .515/.892 .581 64/.761 7/3 2/1

38.Gimenez G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.100 2/.000 ··· 4/4 .333/.500/1.333/1.833 /1.833 1.833 4/1.833 0/0 1/0

10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 15/.933 2/.000 3/2.000 7/.929 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 83/51 .190/.217/.354/.571 .748/.462 .447 67/.532 0/0 3/0

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· 14/1.065 18/.778 1/.000 ··· 10/.550 16/.875 6/.533 ··· 115/71 .269/.313/.404/.717 .496/.858 .675 98/.717 3/0 3/1

12.Lindor# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/2.334 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 114/71 .317/.381/.426/.806 .967/.704 .841 97/.817 4/1 2/2

26.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 7/3.057 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 11/.864 5/.450 3/.333 100/63 .237/.290/.462/.752 .749/.753 .989 84/.699 0/0 5/3

30.Naquin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/50 .315/.327/.426/.753 1.000/.728 .455 52/.758 0/1 0/0

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 9/.347 2/3.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 72/48 .324/.361/.456/.817 .610/.918 .777 59/.810 1/1 1/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP 4/.250 17/.685 23/1.145 2/.000 ··· 16/.188 25/.620 8/.536 ··· 107/73 .233/.346/.444/.790 .461/.957 .859 91/.762 2/0 4/0

4.Uribe G/S/vP 27/.546 ··· ··· ··· 12/.817 ··· 7/.572 6/1.000 9/1.000 69/43 .224/.333/.328/.661 .490/.766 .878 53/.805 0/0 1/3

IP 31.0 10.2 14.1 4.0 15.1 13.1 11.1 13.1 10.1 TOTAL .255/.318/.401/.720 .635/.765 .734 .727 19/6 24/14

ERA-K/9

2.61/8.4

0.00/9.3

3.77/10.7

4.50/4.5

2.93/7.6

0.00/12.2

4.76/8.8

4.73/8.1

3.48/7.0

3.84/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (0-0-0)
Gomes (6-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.218 39/.091 62/.268 15/.231 68/.254 52/.184 46/.238 63/.288 44/.317 .243 Davis
Byrd
Ramirez
Chisenhall
Brantley
Naquin 13/14/1/3
4/0/13/3
10/0/0/1
0/0/12/1
9/0/0/0
0/21/0/0

OPS .630 .322 .715 .641 .818 .476 .828 .906 .754 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.523 25/.376 14/.429 4/.250 32/1.192 25/.809 16/.620 29/.678 19/.610 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.726 14/.214 48/.807 11/.764 36/.537 27/.185 30/.921 34/1.103 25/.858 .716

Road 73/.684 17/.369 24/.655 15/.641 27/.766 22/.465 17/.894 35/.817 16/.646

Last 28d days 100/.667 30/.277 49/.758 15/.641 68/.818 38/.351 39/.891 48/.798 40/.796

HR/SB/CS 3/0/3 0/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 2/0/1 0/0/0 27/8/11

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

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

CHC 6.14

MIA 4.21

ATL 3.04

RA/G

CHC 2.64

OAK 4.17

MIL 5.93

D. Murphy .406

B. McCann .266

R. Goins .149

OBP

D. Fowler .455

J. Bradley .333

R. Goins .204

SLG

A. Diaz .693

H. Ramirez .436

R. Goins .218

OPS

A. Diaz 1.129

A. Eaton .772

R. Goins .423

ERA

J. Arrieta .84

H. Santiago 3.58

J. Peavy 9.00

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.55

T. Roark 7.99

M. Perez 4.63

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.