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Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals, at Minute Maid Park, April 13, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

75° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

20-19

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

On This Date:

20-28

Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 HOU  8  KCR  2     
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 KCR  3 @HOU  2     

Wed, Apr 13, 2016 KCR    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 KCR    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 HOU    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Jun 25, 2016 HOU    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 26, 2016 HOU    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

5-2, 1st, Tied / Schedule

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-0    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Tue, Apr 12  @HOU  W   3-2        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Mon, Apr 11  @HOU  L   2-8        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sun, Apr 10   MIN  W   4-3 (10)   4-1   1st  0.5 up
  4 Sat, Apr  9   MIN  W   7-0        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Fri, Apr  8   MIN  W   4-3        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  5   NYM  L   0-2        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Sun, Apr  3   NYM  W   4-3        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-2    Last 20: 5-2    Last 30: 5-2

Houston Astros

3-5, 4th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Tue, Apr 12   KCR  L   2-3        3-5   4th  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 11   KCR  W   8-2        3-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 10  @MIL  L   2-3        2-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  9  @MIL  W   6-4        2-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  8  @MIL  L   4-6        1-3   4th  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  7  @NYY  L   5-8        1-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  6  @NYY  L   6-16       1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  5  @NYY  W   5-3        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-5    Last 20: 3-5    Last 30: 3-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 KCR  3 @HOU  2        W:Kris Medlen (1-0), L: Mike Fiers (0-1), S: Wade Davis (3)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 HOU  8  KCR  2        W:Collin McHugh (1-1), L: Chris Young (0-2), S: none

Sun, Jul 26, 2015 KCR  5  HOU  1        W:Yordano Ventura (5-7), L: Dallas Keuchel (12-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 KCR  2  HOU  1 (10)   W:Kelvin Herrera (2-2), L: Will Harris (4-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 HOU  4 @KCR  0        W:Scott Kazmir (6-5), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Luke Gregerson (21)
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  5        W:Luke Gregerson (3-1), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 HOU  4  KCR  0        W:Dallas Keuchel (10-3), L: Danny Duffy (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 HOU  6  KCR  1        W:Lance McCullers (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-1), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2014 HOU  9 @KCR  3        W:Jarred Cosart (4-4), L: Danny Duffy (2-5), S: none
Tue, May 27, 2014 HOU  3 @KCR  0        W:Collin McHugh (3-3), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - HOU won 4-2; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 27-23

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 0-0, 3.60)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-0)			5.0	2	2	2	6	6	0	3.60
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		3-1	41.0	38	17	16	21	44	2	3.51	54
2016-04-08	MIN	ND	5.0	2	2	2	6	6	0	98	55
2015-10-03	@MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	11	0	97	73
2015-09-28	@CHC	ND	7.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	94	78
2015-09-23	SEA	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	103	51
2015-09-17	@CLE	W	5.0	8	3	2	2	4	0	95	43
2015-09-12	@BAL	W	5.2	8	4	4	3	5	1	96	39
2015-09-07	MIN	L	5.1	8	4	4	5	8	1	107	39

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	16.2	17	8	7	6	15	1	3.78	52
2015-07-26	HOU	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	97	66
2014-05-26	HOU	L	2.2	7	5	5	3	3	0	74	24
2014-04-15	@HOU	W	7.0	4	2	1	3	7	1	101	67

SP: Scott Feldman (33, RHP, 0-1, 9.00)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-1)			4.0	5	4	4	3	5	2	9.00
2015 (5-5)			108.1	115	49	47	27	61	13	3.90
2014 (8-12)			180.1	185	86	75	50	107	16	3.74

Last 7 GS		1-1	39.0	39	14	14	13	25	6	3.23	53
2016-04-08	@MIL	L	4.0	5	4	4	3	5	2	79	38
2015-09-01	SEA	ND	2.2	3	3	3	5	2	1	84	37
2015-08-24	@NYY	ND	8.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	110	76
2015-08-18	TBR	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	2	1	106	51
2015-08-12	@SFG	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	85	67
2015-08-06	@OAK	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	2	113	55
2015-07-31	ARI	ND	5.1	7	3	3	0	3	0	98	45

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	34.0	32	13	12	5	13	1	3.18	54
2015-07-25	@KCR	ND	7.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	90	68
2014-05-26	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	0	0	96	47
2014-04-17	KCR	L	6.0	9	5	4	1	2	0	89	37
2013-07-22	@KCR	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	107	65
2012-09-06	@KCR	ND	6.1	6	3	3	0	6	1	97	55

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (3.43 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB 47.Devenski
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 53.Giles
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 120/88 .196/.252/.252/.505 .586/.476 .607 1/.000 0/1 1/4

6.Cain G/S/vP 13/1.153 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 604/402 .307/.361/.477/.838 .959/.777 .772 29/.750 28/6 16/10

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/80 .290/.356/.336/.692 .746/.666 .685 4/.833 3/2 0/5

2.Escobar G/S/vP 23/.511 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 3/.666 662/466 .257/.293/.320/.614 .653/.598 .586 32/.625 17/5 3/13

34.Fuentes* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / 14/.516 / /

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 26/1.065 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 5/.000 18/.651 422/276 .271/.377/.432/.809 .817/.805 .823 27/.625 2/5 13/0

Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.333 0/ 3/0 0/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 20/.311 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 13/.539 667/401 .297/.363/.459/.822 .730/.885 .757 29/.764 7/3 18/4

14.Infante G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 5/.400 4/.000 455/325 .220/.234/.318/.552 .561/.548 .594 22/.654 2/2 2/10

25.Morales# G/S/vP 20/.411 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.333 6/1.133 639/377 .290/.362/.485/.847 .771/.901 .846 28/.619 0/0 22/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 17/.352 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 6/.200 614/383 .284/.348/.470/.817 .823/.814 .809 31/.755 1/2 22/12

16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 251/149 .249/.269/.444/.713 .705/.718 .594 11/.727 3/3 7/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 19/.446 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 ··· 553/378 .260/.280/.426/.706 .560/.775 .710 25/.615 1/0 21/4

IP 108.1 50.2 70.0 61.0 71.0 54.2 54.1 TOTAL .240/.289/.382/.671 .912/.623 .659 .671 3/1 6/2

ERA-K/9

3.90/5.1

/0.0

3.55/11.9

1.80/11.2

3.10/8.7

1.90/8.6

3.62/8.4

1.99/10.3

5.82/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (15-9-1)
Perez (66-29-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.275 / 209/.210 298/.219 239/.213 276/.168 223/.240 216/.208 .270 Cain
Orlando
Gordon
Gore
Hosmer 0/136/5/6
37/5/45/5
101/0/0/4
4/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .739 .602 .569 .573 .525 .709 .606 .827

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.664 / 86/.705 130/.574 127/.606 127/.455 86/.768 108/.599 .903

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.824 / 123/.530 168/.565 112/.537 149/.586 137/.673 108/.613 .763

Home 244/.874 / 100/.574 182/.603 150/.600 130/.496 120/.757 93/.526

Last 28d days 18/1.244 10/.300 19/.980 11/1.091 12/.350 20/.358 8/.625 16/1.295

HR/SB/CS 13/11/2 // 2/3/2 2/2/0 5/3/0 8/7/0 8/0/1 5/2/3 14/6/2

Usage ····X··· ····X··· ·oo·X·X· ···o·o·X X··X···o X·oo·X·· ··oX··o· ·X···oX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 53.Gee
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 39.Medlen
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

27.Altuve G/S/vP 9/.476 8/.000 11/1.145 ··· 6/.333 5/.000 7/.143 2/2.500 3/.666 689/479 .313/.353/.459/.812 .973/.743 .905 37/.726 38/13 15/5

15.Castro* G/S/vP 8/1.125 7/1.171 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 3/2.667 375/264 .211/.283/.365/.648 .512/.707 .678 22/.382 0/0 11/1

1.Correa G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 432/292 .279/.345/.512/.857 .899/.836 .949 34/1.121 14/4 22/13

11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.333 4/.000 6/1.000 15/.266 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 604/391 .246/.285/.463/.748 .719/.763 .818 4/.000 0/1 27/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 9/1.181 3/2.500 5/.200 8/.393 477/370 .255/.314/.409/.724 .646/.745 .680 29/.563 17/9 12/7

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/1.167 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 370/217 .279/.317/.442/.759 .843/.701 .738 11/.282 4/5 12/8

23.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.708 1/.000 ··· 28/13 .192/.214/.269/.484 .600/.336 .267 7/.000 0/0 0/0

6.Marisnick G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 372/217 .236/.281/.383/.665 .669/.662 .604 4/.000 24/9 9/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 5/.400 12/.349 7/.143 3/.333 5/1.400 10/.550 5/.900 3/1.167 4/.500 485/345 .238/.314/.475/.789 .835/.770 .770 31/1.252 2/1 25/5

4.Springer G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 8/2.950 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 451/291 .276/.367/.459/.826 .936/.767 .766 36/.699 16/4 16/3

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 323/255 .243/.297/.437/.734 .466/.807 .779 18/1.264 0/2 13/1

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/1.250 2/.500 9/.222 7/.619 6/1.133 4/.500 493/361 .224/.310/.438/.748 .581/.808 .737 28/.593 1/0 25/7

13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 / /// / 30/1.567 / /

IP 163.1 67.1 136.2 39.2 69.2 50.2 58.1 67.2 TOTAL .257/.326/.478/.803 .926/.791 .883 .803 9/4 13/3

ERA-K/9

4.08/8.6

0.94/10.4

4.08/6.7

5.90/5.7

2.71/8.3

3.73/8.7

4.01/6.2

2.53/8.5

/0.0

3.00/11.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (42-24-7)
Kratz (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.248 251/.144 588/.264 183/.329 286/.206 214/.250 243/.252 272/.222 / .243 Rasmus
Marisnick
Springer
Gomez
Tucker
Gonzalez
Gattis 72/43/43/9
16/99/13/8
0/10/93/6
0/111/0/5
79/0/14/2
15/0/0/1
11/0/0/0

OPS .698 .451 .746 .879 .578 .737 .705 .628 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 362/.734 144/.453 118/.593 93/1.058 139/.470 87/.748 131/.734 131/.722 / .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 331/.658 107/.449 470/.785 90/.690 147/.677 127/.730 112/.671 141/.536 / .688

Road 357/.712 127/.359 311/.775 75/.757 151/.651 109/.845 127/.566 136/.694 /

Last 28d days 22/.551 17/.436 18/.708 10/.650 17/.669 16/.607 22/.899 20/1.097 14/.742

HR/SB/CS 14/2/4 3/4/1 15/5/2 5/3/1 5/7/2 7/3/1 6/3/1 8/3/0 // 4/6/3

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

For the 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.50

CHC 4.25

ATL 3.54

RA/G

STL 3.24

NYY 4.31

COL 5.21

M. Cabrera .338

E. Longoria .270

J. Pederson .210

OBP

B. Harper .460

M. Duffy .334

W. Ramos .258

SLG

B. Harper .649

E. Longoria .435

A. Escobar .320

OPS

B. Harper 1.109

J. Pederson .763

C. Owings .587

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.66

J. Zimmermann 3.66

A. Simon 5.05

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.82

J. Teheran 7.67

M. Buehrle 4.12

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.