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Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, August 15, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 15, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

120

On This Date:

23-19

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

119

On This Date:

53-53

Season Series
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 KCR  8  DET  6     
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 DET  3 @KCR  2     
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 KCR  4  DET  0     
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 DET 10 @KCR  4     
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 KCR 10  DET  3     
Sat, Jun 18, 2016 KCR 16  DET  5     
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 KCR  2  DET  1 (13)
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2     
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 KCR  8 @DET  4     
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2     

Mon, Aug 15, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, Aug 16, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 17, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 DET    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 DET    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 DET    @KCR  2:15pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 KCR    @DET  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 KCR    @DET  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

57-60, 3rd, 11 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-21   Road:   21-39   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  44-45   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:27-17   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 14  @MIN  W  11-4       57-60  3rd 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13  @MIN  L   3-5       56-60  3rd 11.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 12  @MIN  W   7-3       56-59  3rd 10.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 11   CHW  W   2-1       55-59  3rd 10.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 10   CHW  W   3-2 (14)  54-59  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  9   CHW  L   5-7 (10)  53-59  4th 11.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   TOR  W   7-1       53-58  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   TOR  W   4-2       52-58  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   TOR  L   3-4       51-58  4th 11.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @TBR  L   2-3       51-57  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Detroit Tigers

63-54, 2nd, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-21   Road:   30-33   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  46-38   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 15-14 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 14  @TEX  W   7-0       63-54  2nd  5.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13  @TEX  W   2-0       62-54  2nd  5.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 12  @TEX  L   5-8       61-54  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 10  @SEA  L   1-3       61-53  2nd  3.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9  @SEA  L   5-6 (15)  61-52  2nd  3.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  8  @SEA  L   0-3       61-51  2nd  2.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   NYM  L   1-3       61-50  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   NYM  W   6-5       61-49  2nd  2.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   NYM  W   4-3       60-49  2nd  2.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4   CHW  L   3-6       59-49  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-0), L: Joakim Soria (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 KCR  8 @DET  4        W:Danny Duffy (5-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 DET  4  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (9-6), L: Luke Hochevar (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (25)
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 KCR  2  DET  1 (13)   W:Chien-Ming Wang (4-0), L: Kyle Ryan (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2016 KCR 16  DET  5        W:Edinson Volquez (7-6), L: Matt Boyd (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 KCR 10  DET  3        W:Yordano Ventura (6-4), L: Michael Fulmer (7-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 DET 10 @KCR  4        W:Justin Verlander (7-5), L: Luke Hochevar (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 KCR  4  DET  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 DET  3 @KCR  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (3-0), L: Ian Kennedy (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4)
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 KCR  8  DET  6        W:Yordano Ventura (1-0), L: Shane Greene (1-1), S: Wade Davis (6)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 6-4; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 328-327

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 6-9, 3.91)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-9)			133.2	115	59	58	45	134	27	3.91
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		0-2	40.0	33	16	16	13	41	7	3.60	56
2016-08-10	CHW	ND	6.1	6	1	1	2	2	1	104	57
2016-08-04	@TBR	ND	6.0	1	0	0	4	9	0	106	75
2016-07-30	@TEX	ND	7.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	108	67
2016-07-25	LAA	L	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	106	39
2016-07-20	CLE	L	4.1	6	7	7	1	8	4	104	30
2016-07-15	@DET	ND	5.1	4	1	1	2	3	1	100	57
2016-07-06	@TOR	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	101	65

Last 5 v.DET		0-3	29.0	29	14	14	8	23	3	4.34	50
2016-07-15	@DET	ND	5.1	4	1	1	2	3	1	100	57
2016-04-20	DET	L	6.1	6	2	2	2	7	0	97	58
2014-04-12	DET	L	6.0	8	4	4	1	7	0	94	46
2010-06-20	@DET	L	6.2	6	3	3	0	5	2	109	55
2008-05-01	DET	ND	4.2	5	4	4	3	1	0	96	36

SP: Daniel Norris (23, LHP, 1-0, 4.00)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-0)			18.0	24	8	8	5	19	3	4.00
2015 (3-2)			60.0	53	31	25	19	45	9	3.75
2014 (0-0)			6.2	5	4	4	5	4	1	5.40

Last 7 GS		2-0	28.2	30	14	10	6	26	4	3.14	51
2016-08-09	@SEA	ND	5.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	85	50
2016-07-04	@CLE	ND	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	31	44
2016-06-29	MIA	W	5.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	100	50
2016-06-23	SEA	ND	5.0	6	3	3	0	5	3	79	48
2015-10-04	@CHW	W	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	71	67
2015-09-29	@TEX	ND	1.2	5	6	2	1	0	1	71	28
2015-09-22	CHW	ND	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	63	71

Last 5 v.KCR		0-0	6.1	6	4	3	3	2	0	4.26	46
2015-08-12	@KCR	ND	6.1	6	4	3	3	2	0	96	46

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

Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Norris*
G/S/vB 61.Greene
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Burns# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 4/.000 300/230 .230/.266/.298/.564 .634/.542 .522 8/.250 14/4 0/2

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/69 .282/.333/.513/.846 .485/.939 .601 19/.833 0/0 3/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/.143 2/2.000 4/2.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 365/283 .279/.321/.397/.718 1.023/.632 .754 58/.538 9/4 8/3

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 123/89 .234/.303/.270/.574 .409/.634 .591 23/.427 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 343/260 .295/.330/.450/.781 .849/.759 .734 109/.818 1/0 10/10

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.096 2/.000 3/1.333 1/no AB 4/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/no AB 218/199 .251/.324/.361/.685 1.036/.652 .636 32/.603 18/6 1/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.333 10/.522 3/.000 5/.400 2/.500 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 512/396 .257/.285/.318/.603 .458/.646 .551 102/.589 14/4 2/12

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 6/.334 2/.000 7/1.429 1/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 337/234 .212/.312/.334/.646 .561/.683 .653 92/.644 6/0 8/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.000 11/.819 8/1.458 3/2.000 3/.000 4/1.250 7/1.142 2/.500 4/.250 487/338 .274/.331/.426/.757 .687/.788 .740 104/.476 5/1 15/6

27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/39 .196/.211/.250/.461 .438/.472 .393 60/.461 4/0 0/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 5/.200 9/1.127 7/1.143 9/1.181 2/2.500 1/.000 8/1.196 6/.733 4/1.000 439/310 .246/.317/.428/.744 .842/.702 .707 97/.656 0/0 19/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 330/233 .334/.358/.449/.807 .972/.738 .756 99/.966 10/2 4/2

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 11/.637 5/1.400 5/1.150 2/2.500 3/.666 5/1.100 6/1.500 1/.000 407/296 .262/.295/.456/.751 .713/.765 .646 82/.528 0/0 16/3

IP 18.0 42.1 15.1 39.1 42.2 16.2 41.1 48.1 43.2 TOTAL .264/.312/.396/.708 .738/.697 .667 .627 74/23 98/63

ERA-K/9

4.00/9.5

4.04/8.7

4.70/7.6

7.78/8.2

3.16/8.0

4.32/10.8

3.05/5.4

2.79/6.1

4.53/10.5

4.24/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (7-3-0)
Perez (28-31-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.316 169/.207 68/.270 180/.304 173/.232 66/.193 173/.272 200/.260 184/.269 .264 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Burns
Cain
Morales 19/29/21/8
0/21/66/6
83/0/0/6
1/71/4/4
0/72/13/3
0/0/5/0

OPS .911 .557 .784 .956 .688 .685 .699 .686 .683 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.893 76/.589 27/.736 77/.854 83/.787 33/.416 76/.786 82/.727 75/.672 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.918 93/.528 41/.815 103/1.033 90/.594 33/.945 97/.630 118/.658 109/.692 .764

Home 45/.947 64/.571 27/.681 80/.751 84/.650 34/.717 104/.622 98/.684 88/.580

Last 28d days 22/.909 36/.500 11/.364 40/.561 41/.974 28/.794 35/.384 39/.479 43/1.014

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 11/0/3 5/2/1 4/1/1 2/2/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 126/45/29

Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·····X·· ·····Xo· ·o···X·o ··X····o ····ooo· ·····o·· ····XX··

Tigers Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 47.Moylan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 64.Strahm*
G/S/vB 67.Wang
G/S/vB 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.536 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 11/.495 180/109 .211/.260/.271/.531 .480/.563 .620 47/.556 2/2 1/6

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/1.250 ··· 16/.388 12/.917 11/1.000 ··· 6/1.133 25/.427 500/363 .311/.384/.551/.935 .866/.958 1.053 104/1.205 0/0 27/4

18.Collins* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 95/74 .239/.295/.432/.727 .452/.797 .829 64/.868 1/1 4/1

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/1.782 ··· 14/.517 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 11/.282 16/.321 515/368 .290/.346/.492/.837 .919/.804 .854 108/.783 13/3 22/6

49.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .333/.500/.333/.833 1.167/.000 4/.833 0/0 0/0

28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 7/.715 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 10/.600 331/246 .303/.372/.548/.919 .975/.899 1.029 46/1.171 1/1 15/5

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 9/.347 2/.000 15/.266 ··· 21/.786 19/.675 451/327 .304/.359/.499/.858 .833/.868 .766 99/.942 0/0 21/0

34.McCann G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 253/158 .211/.262/.353/.615 .902/.448 .670 55/.819 0/0 9/2

31.McGehee G/S/vP 15/.350 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 31/21 .290/.290/.323/.613 1.100/.381 .500 30/.633 0/0 0/0

17.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 109/87 .216/.296/.299/.595 .377/.652 .560 37/.623 5/0 1/2

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.834 ··· 3/1.667 2/5.000 216/168 .199/.315/.403/.718 .529/.775 .612 43/.519 0/0 10/3

8.Upton G/S/vP 15/1.012 3/no AB 4/1.750 7/.572 5/.400 ··· 3/1.334 19/.721 462/324 .230/.286/.378/.664 .632/.677 .735 99/.613 8/2 13/3

IP 133.2 38.0 51.2 28.2 50.0 5.0 44.1 75.2 TOTAL .268/.328/.438/.766 .764/.767 .796 .778 49/19 154/58

ERA-K/9

3.91/9.0

2.84/7.1

2.09/11.1

3.77/8.2

4.14/9.0

1.80/19.8

4.87/5.3

6.07/9.4

4.22/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (17-19-3)
Saltalamacchia (27-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.230 152/.209 202/.211 122/.264 217/.271 20/.167 195/.299 340/.277 .254 Upton
Aviles
Collins
Martinez
Romine 105/6/0/4
8/1/32/2
6/18/7/2
0/0/74/2
0/17/1/0

OPS .730 .618 .585 .688 .826 .417 .830 .940 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 274/.750 58/.620 97/.619 39/1.055 107/.707 7/.857 96/.788 165/1.200 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.711 94/.617 105/.554 83/.524 110/.948 13/.154 99/.868 175/.714 .724

Road 331/.758 78/.674 93/.577 58/.639 109/.827 13/.490 73/.842 153/1.137

Last 28d days 121/.735 47/.711 41/.747 28/.849 48/.950 20/.417 43/1.060 59/.597

HR/SB/CS 27/4/8 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 26/9/2 157/35/34

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

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 5.52

SFG 4.44

ATL 3.58

RA/G

CHC 3.41

TBR 4.44

ARI 5.52

J. Altuve .362

B. Zobrist .275

T. Frazier .210

OBP

J. Votto .429

T. Story .341

F. Galvis .264

SLG

D. Murphy .616

D. Pedroia .454

E. Aybar .313

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.018

R. Odor .794

A. Ramirez .599

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

T. Koehler 3.86

J. Shields 5.78

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

Z. Greinke 7.69

M. Perez 4.34

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.