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Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, April 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
57° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
5
On This Date:
16-26
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
4
On This Date:
18-21
Season Series
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3     

Sat, Apr 09, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 MIN    @KCR  2:15pm
Mon, May 23, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, May 24, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, May 25, 2016 KCR    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 KCR    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 KCR    @MIN  2:10pm
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 MIN    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 MIN    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 MIN    @KCR  2:15pm
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 KCR    @MIN  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 06, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 07, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 27, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Wed, Sep 28, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Thu, Sep 29, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
0-4, 5th, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-4    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Fri, Apr  8  @KCR  L   3-4        0-4   5th  3.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  7  @BAL  L   2-4        0-3   5th  2.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  6  @BAL  L   2-4        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  4  @BAL  L   2-3        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-4    Last 20: 0-4    Last 30: 0-4
Kansas City Royals
2-1, 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  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: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-2), S: Wade Davis (2)

Sun, Oct 04, 2015 KCR  6 @MIN  1        W:Johnny Cueto (11-13), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-2), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 KCR  5 @MIN  1        W:Yordano Ventura (13-8), L: Blaine Boyer (3-6), S: Wade Davis (17)
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Louis Coleman (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (7-5), S: Wade Davis (16)
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 MIN  3 @KCR  2 (12)   W:Blaine Boyer (3-4), L: Franklin Morales (3-2), S: Kevin Jepsen (12)
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 KCR  4  MIN  2        W:Edinson Volquez (13-7), L: Kyle Gibson (9-10), S: Greg Holland (30)
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 MIN  6 @KCR  2        W:Tommy Milone (8-4), L: Yordano Ventura (10-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 KCR  3  MIN  2        W:Greg Holland (2-0), L: Blaine Boyer (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 04, 2015 MIN  5 @KCR  3        W:Brian Duensing (3-0), L: Joe Blanton (2-2), S: Glen Perkins (27)
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 KCR  3  MIN  2 (10)   W:Wade Davis (4-1), L: Aaron Thompson (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 1-0; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 380-354

SP: Tommy Milone (29, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-5) 128.2 128 64 56 36 91 17 3.92
2014 (6-4) 118.0 128 63 55 37 75 16 4.19
2013 (12-9) 156.1 160 83 72 39 126 25 4.14
Last 7 GS 3-2 36.0 39 22 18 9 25 2 4.50 48
2015-10-03 KCR ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 95 59
2015-09-28 @CLE W 5.2 4 2 2 0 4 1 82 57
2015-09-17 LAA ND 1.1 4 5 5 3 0 0 52 23
2015-09-12 @CHW L 3.2 8 7 4 2 3 0 82 24
2015-09-07 @KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 95 60
2015-09-02 CHW W 7.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 91 78
2015-08-27 @TBR L 5.1 8 5 4 1 2 1 81 35
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 30.0 29 11 11 12 18 3 3.30 52
2015-10-03 KCR ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 95 59
2015-09-07 @KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 95 60
2015-07-03 @KCR ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 105 61
2015-04-21 @KCR ND 5.2 5 4 4 4 1 2 92 40
2015-04-16 KCR W 5.1 7 3 3 3 3 1 101 42

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
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
2013 (7-10) 181.1 180 108 99 73 163 27 4.91
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.1 43 26 23 14 51 5 5.13 49
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
2015-09-18 @COL L 6.0 6 4 3 1 5 0 110 50
2015-09-12 @SFG L 4.2 7 7 7 3 2 1 100 21
2015-09-07 COL L 5.0 7 6 4 1 9 1 93 41
2015-09-02 TEX ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 12 1 100 69
2015-08-28 @PHI L 6.2 2 2 2 5 7 0 118 64
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 14.1 12 8 8 3 9 3 5.02 52
2014-05-20 MIN L 6.2 6 4 4 2 6 1 116 50
2011-05-20 MIN W 7.2 6 4 4 1 3 2 110 53

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

Twins Batters (2.25 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (2.67 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		 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		 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 10/.311 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 6/.167 ··· 65/40 .276/.338/.379/.718 .624/.779 .479 / 0/0 2/1
25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 138/93 .209/.250/.326/.576 .318/.704 .716 14/.429 2/2 2/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP 4/1.000 15/.988 26/.808 4/.500 5/1.267 6/.167 3/.666 7/.714 17/.900 ··· 704/498 .236/.307/.444/.751 .762/.746 .716 18/.508 12/4 28/8
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.000 4/.833 ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.167 13/1.083 ··· 446/308 .262/.309/.445/.754 .789/.737 .772 16/1.104 2/3 12/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 21/1.005 18/.513 4/1.250 8/1.100 38/1.385 6/.900 16/1.268 16/.466 9/.730 666/457 .265/.338/.380/.718 .720/.718 .740 18/.983 2/1 10/5
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/86 .277/.327/.406/.734 .770/.696 .699 3/1.000 0/0 3/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 10/.400 3/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 204/139 .282/.327/.431/.758 .649/.809 .752 0/ 8/4 4/3
52.Park G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 ··· / /// / 12/.972 / /
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 7/1.738 8/.821 22/.591 3/1.000 10/1.056 18/.833 4/.000 6/.000 18/.653 ··· 632/452 .244/.307/.435/.742 .780/.727 .714 16/.438 2/1 22/12
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 474/354 .267/.289/.459/.748 .811/.727 .595 13/.385 11/6 13/7
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· 335/244 .269/.385/.530/.916 .881/.929 .775 16/.466 1/1 18/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 12/.182 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 7/.334 12/.584 ··· 277/196 .215/.241/.291/.532 .624/.494 .468 9/.444 8/4 0/16
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.715 18/.646 9/1.000 7/.143 17/.411 8/.875 14/1.121 12/.817 3/.666 479/324 .240/.296/.314/.610 .658/.587 .596 12/.750 0/0 5/3
IP 168.1 67.1 136.2 39.2 69.2 50.2 58.1 67.2 163.1 TOTAL .209/.288/.372/.660 .536/.667 .660 .660 2/2 3/1
ERA-K/9 4.28/9.3 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 4.08/8.6 /0.0 2.67/10.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Murphy (21-8-7)
 Suzuki (80-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 713/.258 251/.144 588/.264 183/.329 286/.206 214/.250 243/.252 272/.222 693/.248 / .194  Rosario
 Escobar
 Buxton
 Nunez
 Arcia
 Santana
86/4/34/16
35/0/1/4
0/44/0/2
3/0/0/1
15/0/4/0
0/5/1/0
OPS .816 .451 .746 .879 .578 .737 .705 .628 .698 .631
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 355/.844 144/.453 118/.593 93/1.058 139/.470 87/.748 131/.734 131/.722 362/.734 / .590
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.788 107/.449 470/.785 90/.690 147/.677 127/.730 112/.671 141/.536 331/.658 / .672
Home 366/.858 124/.542 277/.712 108/.965 135/.501 105/.630 116/.846 136/.563 336/.683 /
Last 28d days / 9/.476 7/.452 / 14/.819 7/.452 / 15/1.236 22/.551 /
HR/SB/CS 31/10/5 3/4/1 15/5/2 5/3/1 5/7/2 7/3/1 6/3/1 8/3/0 14/2/4 // 2/3/1
Usage X····X·· ···X···· X··o·o·· o··o·o·· X··o·X·· X·······

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 (2.67 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Milone*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 120/88 .196/.252/.252/.505 .586/.476 .404 / 0/1 1/4
6.Cain G/S/vP 27/1.009 1/3.000 10/.775 4/.000 8/1.042 8/.375 7/.429 5/1.400 1/.000 604/402 .307/.361/.477/.838 .959/.777 .909 12/.533 28/6 16/10
24.Colon G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 119/80 .290/.356/.336/.692 .746/.666 .698 / 3/2 0/5
2.Escobar G/S/vP 31/.620 1/.000 9/.444 12/.432 9/.944 19/.947 10/.800 11/1.436 2/.000 662/466 .257/.293/.320/.614 .653/.598 .647 13/.769 17/5 3/13
34.Fuentes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 10/.200 / /
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 17/1.055 1/.000 8/.542 8/.929 10/.929 16/.908 27/.915 7/1.971 1/3.000 422/276 .271/.377/.432/.809 .817/.805 .794 11/.473 2/5 13/0
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.333 .250 / 3/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 28/.774 1/no AB 7/1.286 5/.000 8/.804 12/.955 13/.847 5/1.000 1/.000 667/401 .297/.363/.459/.822 .730/.885 .894 12/.717 7/3 18/4
14.Infante G/S/vP 12/.964 1/3.000 8/.946 4/.833 7/.453 20/.650 8/.750 11/.600 2/1.000 455/325 .220/.234/.318/.552 .561/.548 .508 10/.744 2/2 2/10
25.Morales# G/S/vP 24/.500 2/.000 5/.800 4/1.000 9/1.000 2/.500 12/1.166 2/.000 ··· 639/377 .290/.362/.485/.847 .771/.901 .847 12/.367 0/0 22/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 25/.711 2/1.000 9/.347 6/.334 9/1.112 16/.742 15/.666 7/.629 1/.000 614/383 .284/.348/.470/.817 .823/.814 .827 12/.523 1/2 22/12
16.Orlando G/S/vP 11/.764 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 251/149 .249/.269/.444/.713 .705/.718 .809 / 3/3 7/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 26/.551 ··· 14/1.071 5/.800 10/.800 17/.882 14/.594 9/.778 1/.000 553/378 .260/.280/.426/.706 .560/.775 .701 10/.800 1/0 21/4
IP 128.2 47.2 63.1 69.2 114.2 37.1 57.0 27.2 23.1 TOTAL .226/.275/.301/.576 .200/.593 .576 .576 2/1 0/0
ERA-K/9 3.92/6.4 4.15/8.5 3.55/5.8 2.33/7.6 4.00/8.6 6.75/8.4 3.32/8.5 2.93/7.1 3.47/7.3 4.13/9.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 543/.260 205/.251 257/.250 285/.206 492/.279 173/.321 238/.256 119/.257 99/.239 .277  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 .731 .813 .648 .560 .752 .856 .701 .645 .699 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.603 110/.859 109/.717 156/.653 257/.759 81/.758 63/.850 42/.678 40/1.011 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 411/.772 95/.753 148/.597 129/.449 235/.743 92/.942 175/.648 77/.626 59/.485 .836
Road 283/.706 96/1.029 128/.623 145/.610 219/.774 80/.895 95/.534 62/.940 49/.663
Last 28d days / 11/.384 10/1.167 10/1.250 15/.800 / / 15/.421 /
HR/SB/CS 17/8/3 11/0/3 6/5/1 5/4/2 11/10/2 3/1/2 9/1/0 0/1/2 4/4/1 3/1/1
Usage o·o·X··· ··X·X··· X···o··· ·X··X··· X·o·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

 BA

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.