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Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals, at Progressive Field, May 8, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Start Time:
1:10et (local)
Venue:
Progressive Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
61° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
30
On This Date:
17-24
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
31
On This Date:
42-52
Season Series
Fri, May 06, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1     
Sat, May 07, 2016 KCR  7 @CLE  0     

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
15-14, 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-5    Road:    6-9    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  13-12   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-2    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sat, May  7  @CLE  W   7-0       15-14  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-14
Cleveland Indians
14-13, 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  11-7    vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 9-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 1-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Sat, May  7   KCR  L   0-7       14-13  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 07, 2016 KCR  7 @CLE  0        W:Ian Kennedy (4-2), L: Cody Anderson (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 333-317

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 3-2, 3.13)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-2) 37.1 37 14 13 11 32 2 3.13
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 3-2 43.1 46 15 14 12 37 2 2.91 55
2016-05-02 WSN L 7.2 7 2 2 1 7 0 114 63
2016-04-26 @LAA L 5.0 12 8 8 2 3 1 99 12
2016-04-21 DET W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 112 71
2016-04-15 @OAK W 6.0 3 2 1 4 2 1 103 58
2016-04-10 MIN ND 5.2 8 2 2 0 10 0 103 55
2016-04-03 NYM W 6.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 106 70
2015-09-30 @CHW ND 6.0 9 1 1 1 5 0 117 54
Last 5 v.CLE 1-3 22.2 26 20 19 20 21 6 7.54 40
2015-09-25 CLE L 6.0 4 3 3 2 7 2 101 57
2015-09-14 @CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 2 100 38
2015-07-27 @CLE W 6.0 6 3 3 5 4 1 111 47
2015-05-07 CLE ND 3.0 2 3 3 6 3 0 78 40
2011-05-22 @CLE L 2.2 7 7 6 4 3 1 76 17

SP: Josh Tomlin (31, RHP, 4-0, 3.13)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-0) 23.0 23 9 8 2 16 3 3.13
2015 (7-2) 65.2 47 22 22 8 57 13 3.02
2014 (6-9) 104.0 120 66 55 14 94 18 4.76
Last 7 GS 6-0 38.2 39 16 15 7 29 5 3.49 52
2016-05-03 DET W 6.0 9 2 2 0 5 1 105 51
2016-04-27 @MIN W 5.1 6 5 4 1 1 1 65 38
2016-04-22 @DET W 6.2 4 1 1 1 4 0 85 65
2016-04-16 NYM W 5.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 76 61
2015-10-02 BOS W 6.1 5 2 2 2 5 1 99 58
2015-09-26 @KCR ND 3.2 7 5 5 0 0 1 53 27
2015-09-20 CHW W 5.2 4 0 0 3 8 0 105 66
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 28.2 32 20 19 2 21 7 5.97 46
2015-09-26 @KCR ND 3.2 7 5 5 0 0 1 53 27
2015-09-15 KCR L 9.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 110 77
2014-07-25 @KCR ND 5.1 7 4 3 0 5 2 86 45
2014-07-04 KCR L 5.2 10 5 5 0 6 1 107 35
2012-05-28 KCR W 5.0 4 4 4 2 4 2 81 45

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

Royals Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Tomlin
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 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 14/.742 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 8/1.125 3/.666 14/.220 117/98 .250/.308/.306/.613 .839/.571 .650 96/.577 3/3 2/1
24.Colon G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 30/24 .250/.300/.286/.586 .000/.739 .533 26/.549 0/0 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 13/.975 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 12/.788 2/.000 1/2.000 56/50 .224/.296/.286/.582 .900/.544 .502 56/.582 4/1 0/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 25/.800 7/1.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.929 5/.800 13/1.524 2/1.000 7/.453 132/111 .266/.298/.323/.620 .243/.693 .563 109/.622 7/1 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 41/.746 6/2.667 7/.762 1/2.000 11/.546 6/1.667 17/.857 4/1.000 9/.347 113/85 .219/.336/.313/.649 .486/.705 .608 94/.693 3/0 2/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 19/.632 6/1.333 6/1.000 4/.750 8/.125 2/1.500 12/.083 1/2.000 3/1.000 118/87 .336/.381/.518/.900 .790/.938 .977 97/.946 3/0 4/0
14.Infante G/S/vP 5/.000 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 5/.400 3/.000 9/1.889 4/.833 5/1.850 1/2.000 14/.819 3/.000 3/1.666 117/87 .213/.256/.343/.599 .862/.512 .665 97/.598 0/0 3/
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 34/21 .265/.265/.265/.529 .615/.476 .455 26/.462 1/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 14/1.714 8/1.071 6/.334 ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 18/.556 5/.400 12/.166 101/82 .221/.257/.432/.689 .436/.748 .469 83/.651 0/0 4/0
IP 23.0 11.1 9.1 1.1 2.1 7.1 11.0 9.1 11.0 TOTAL .253/.304/.373/.677 .643/.685 .655 .677 23/7 22/11
ERA-K/9 3.13/6.3 6.35/9.6 0.96/5.8 0.00/6.9 3.86/3.9 3.68/3.7 1.64/8.2 0.00/7.7 8.18/11.5 3.76/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (0-0-0)
 Perez (9-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 93/.258 48/.233 31/.103 5/.200 10/.333 33/.345 49/.214 35/.176 48/.273 .233  Dyson
 Gordon
 Cain
 Orlando
0/2/14/4
29/0/0/2
0/28/0/1
0/1/10/1
OPS .707 .801 .334 .400 .667 .941 .636 .376 .902 .676
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.727 26/.911 13/.237 3/.667 3/1.333 14/1.250 31/.512 17/.301 21/1.179 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.694 22/.673 18/.402 2/.000 7/.333 19/.721 18/.857 18/.444 27/.676 .634
Home 45/.788 24/.583 19/.488 3/.667 5/.400 17/.812 26/.569 21/.476 20/.984
Last 28d days 93/.707 45/.858 25/.368 5/.400 10/.667 26/1.023 42/.700 32/.349 37/.741
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 3/1/1 0/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 3/0/0 29/7/6
Usage ····X··· ····X··· X·X····X o······o ·o··o··o X·o···o· ··o·X··· XX·····o ··o·o···
Indians Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 11/1.477 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 23/.488 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.333 4/.500 7/.143 7/.733 69/43 .230/.304/.377/.681 .626/.713 .466 57/.708 0/0 2/0
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 8/1.500 9/.347 10/.422 2/.500 ··· 11/1.273 12/.878 5/.200 ··· 37/33 .229/.270/.314/.585 .250/.616 .551 37/.585 1/0 0/0
20.Davis G/S/vP 8/.679 11/.489 18/.457 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 15/.481 4/1.250 2/.500 83/45 .256/.301/.397/.699 .515/.856 .573 68/.745 8/3 2/1
38.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 6/.000 5/1.400 15/.933 2/.000 3/2.000 7/.929 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 86/54 .183/.209/.341/.551 .748/.436 .414 70/.509 0/0 3/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 12/1.144 14/1.065 18/.778 1/.000 ··· 11/.808 16/.875 6/.533 ··· 119/75 .271/.319/.411/.731 .496/.873 .707 102/.733 3/0 3/1
12.Lindor# G/S/vP 9/.333 3/.000 3/2.334 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 118/75 .324/.385/.429/.813 .967/.721 .852 101/.824 4/1 2/2
26.Napoli G/S/vP 7/.286 8/.875 7/3.057 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 11/.864 6/.367 3/.333 104/67 .229/.288/.448/.736 .749/.729 .938 88/.682 0/0 5/3
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 6/.834 6/.666 9/.347 2/3.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 75/51 .310/.347/.437/.783 .610/.862 .708 62/.770 1/1 1/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 13/.885 17/.685 23/1.145 2/.000 ··· 16/.188 25/.620 9/.472 ··· 111/77 .223/.333/.426/.759 .461/.900 .787 95/.726 2/0 4/0
4.Uribe G/S/vP 14/.900 ··· ··· ··· 12/.817 1/2.000 7/.572 6/1.000 9/1.000 72/46 .246/.347/.344/.691 .490/.805 .920 56/.836 0/0 1/3
IP 37.1 10.2 14.1 4.0 15.1 14.1 11.1 14.1 10.1 TOTAL .252/.316/.395/.711 .635/.750 .715 .717 20/6 24/14
ERA-K/9 3.13/7.7 0.00/9.3 3.77/10.7 4.50/4.5 2.93/7.6 0.00/12.0 4.76/8.8 4.40/7.6 3.48/7.0 3.70/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (0-0-0)
 Gomes (7-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.253 39/.091 62/.268 15/.231 68/.254 56/.208 46/.238 66/.273 44/.317 .241  Davis
 Byrd
 Ramirez
 Chisenhall
 Brantley
14/15/1/3
4/0/14/3
11/0/0/1
0/1/12/1
9/0/0/0
OPS .628 .322 .715 .641 .818 .533 .828 .860 .754 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.553 25/.376 14/.429 4/.250 32/1.192 27/.866 16/.620 31/.630 19/.610 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.687 14/.214 48/.807 11/.764 36/.537 29/.241 30/.921 35/1.067 25/.858 .708
Road 54/.847 17/.369 24/.655 15/.641 27/.766 26/.589 17/.894 38/.744 16/.646
Last 28d days 110/.681 27/.269 49/.758 15/.641 58/.843 42/.439 33/.851 51/.745 40/.796
HR/SB/CS 2/2/2 0/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 2/0/1 0/0/0 27/9/11
Usage ·····X·· ···X··oX ···X·Xo· ·X······ ···XX··X o··o··o· ····X··· o···X·X· ···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  6.21

BAL  4.24

ATL  3.00

 RA/G

CHC  2.72

OAK  4.19

MIL  5.97

 BA

A. Diaz  .402

D. Gordon  .266

C. Coghlan  .148

 OBP

D. Fowler  .460

C. Santana  .333

R. Goins  .204

 SLG

A. Diaz  .696

P. Goldschmidt  .438

E. Aybar  .214

 OPS

A. Diaz  1.134

A. Gonzalez  .770

R. Goins  .423

 ERA

J. Arrieta  .84

H. Santiago  3.58

M. Cain  7.84

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.55

T. Roark  7.99

M. Pelfrey  4.46

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.