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Kansas City Royals vs. Washington Nationals, at Kauffman Stadium, May 4, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Start Time:
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Nationals
Manager:
Dusty Baker
Game #:
28
On This Date:
23-16
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
27
On This Date:
19-21
Season Series
Mon, May 02, 2016 WSN  2 @KCR  0     
Tue, May 03, 2016 KCR  7  WSN  6     

Wed, May 04, 2016 WSN    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Washington Nationals
18-8, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-4    Road:   10-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  15-7    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast: 11-7    vsCntrl: 3-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, May  3  @KCR  L   6-7       18-8   1st  1.5 up
 25 Mon, May  2  @KCR  W   2-0       18-7   1st  1.5 up
 24 Sun, May  1  @STL  W   6-1       17-7   1st  1.5 up
 23 Sat, Apr 30  @STL  W   6-1       16-7   1st  0.5 up
 22 Fri, Apr 29  @STL  W   5-4       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 21 Thu, Apr 28   PHI  L   0-3       14-7   1st  0.5 up
 20 Wed, Apr 27   PHI  L   0-3       14-6   1st  1.0 up
 19 Tue, Apr 26   PHI  L   3-4       14-5   1st  2.0 up
 18 Sun, Apr 24   MIN  W   6-5 (16)  14-4   1st  3.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 23   MIN  W   2-0       13-4   1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-8
Kansas City Royals
14-12, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  12-10   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 18 Sun, Apr 24   BAL  W   6-1       12-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 23   BAL  L   3-8       11-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 03, 2016 KCR  7  WSN  6        W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Jonathan Papelbon (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 02, 2016 WSN  2 @KCR  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (2-1), L: Edinson Volquez (3-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)

Sun, Aug 25, 2013 KCR  6  WSN  4        W:Kelvin Herrera (5-6), L: Craig Stammen (7-6), S: Greg Holland (35)
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 WSN  7 @KCR  2        W:Jordan Zimmermann (15-7), L: Wade Davis (6-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 WSN 11 @KCR 10        W:Tanner Roark (4-0), L: Bruce Chen (5-2), S: Rafael Soriano (33)
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 KCR  1 @WSN  0        W:Brian Bannister (7-5), L: Stephen Strasburg (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 WSN  4  KCR  3        W:Luis Atilano (6-4), L: Anthony Lerew (0-1), S: Matt Capps (22)
Mon, Jun 21, 2010 WSN  2  KCR  1        W:Livan Hernandez (6-4), L: Bruce Chen (3-2), S: Matt Capps (21)
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 MON  7 @KCR  2        W:Sun-Woo Kim (3-2), L: Jimmy Gobble (3-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 MON  8 @KCR  0        W:Zach Day (5-6), L: Dennys Reyes (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - WSN leads 10-4

SP: Stephen Strasburg (27, RHP, 4-0, 2.25)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-0) 36.0 28 9 9 8 40 1 2.25
2015 (11-7) 127.1 115 56 49 26 155 14 3.46
2014 (14-11) 215.0 198 86 75 43 242 23 3.14
Last 7 GS 5-0 50.0 37 10 10 10 60 1 1.80 68
2016-04-29 @STL W 7.0 8 2 2 1 9 0 103 61
2016-04-24 MIN ND 7.1 7 4 4 0 10 1 114 58
2016-04-19 @MIA W 8.0 3 0 0 2 10 0 105 84
2016-04-14 ATL W 7.2 4 2 2 2 7 0 100 68
2016-04-06 @ATL W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 88 57
2015-10-01 @ATL W 6.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 104 66
2015-09-26 PHI ND 8.0 3 1 1 1 13 0 101 84
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 6.0 9 1 1 0 9 0 1.50 59
2010-06-23 KCR L 6.0 9 1 1 0 9 0 95 59

SP: Kris Medlen (30, RHP, 1-2, 4.87)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-2) 20.1 18 12 11 16 16 2 4.87
2015 (6-2) 58.1 56 30 26 18 40 6 4.01
2013 (15-12) 197.0 194 77 68 47 157 18 3.11
Last 7 GS 3-3 35.0 36 23 18 23 26 3 4.63 45
2016-04-29 @SEA L 5.1 1 1 1 5 3 1 103 60
2016-04-23 BAL L 3.2 9 7 7 3 2 1 67 14
2016-04-17 @OAK ND 6.1 2 2 1 4 4 0 86 63
2016-04-12 @HOU W 5.0 6 2 2 4 7 0 97 50
2015-10-01 @CHW W 6.0 4 2 1 3 4 0 100 59
2015-09-26 CLE L 3.2 9 6 6 1 4 1 76 22
2015-09-20 @DET W 5.0 5 3 0 3 2 0 97 50
Last 5 v.WSN 2-1 28.0 22 7 7 6 34 2 2.25 66
2013-08-07 @WSN W 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 1 96 64
2013-05-02 WSN L 7.0 7 3 3 3 8 0 104 56
2012-09-14 WSN ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 13 1 96 75
2012-08-22 @WSN W 7.0 7 0 0 1 7 0 103 69

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

Nationals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Medlen
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		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.den Dekker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/29 .200/.273/.333/.606 .000/.695 .417 32/.526 1/0 1/0
10.Drew* G/S/vP 5/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 3/2.167 1/.000 11/.473 1/5.000 4/.750 28/27 .111/.143/.222/.365 2.000/.303 .311 27/.379 0/0 1/0
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 1/.000 23/.611 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 92/72 .195/.308/.286/.593 .311/.677 .746 84/.546 1/0 2/3
34.Harper* G/S/vP 15/.652 3/1.334 1/.000 24/1.053 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 109/86 .256/.367/.622/.989 1.062/.966 .932 100/.974 5/2 9/0
14.Heisey G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 30/19 .259/.333/.667/1.000 1.455/.763 1.190 30/1.000 0/0 3/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/.542 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 38/31 .182/.289/.242/.532 .143/.619 .452 38/.532 0/0 0/0
20.Murphy* G/S/vP 26/.629 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.500 102/78 .376/.431/.613/1.044 1.196/.996 .989 93/1.023 1/1 3/0
40.Ramos G/S/vP 7/.286 3/.833 ··· 26/.824 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 62/48 .344/.355/.541/.896 .714/.949 .838 53/.897 0/0 2/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· 23/.652 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 114/93 .240/.307/.317/.624 .734/.601 .667 105/.648 1/1 1/3
25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/23 .087/.160/.217/.377 .000/.412 .508 24/.394 0/0 1/0
3.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.629 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 98/77 .185/.224/.304/.529 .571/.515 .588 91/.567 4/1 3/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 19/.872 ··· 1/.000 44/.889 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 94/77 .217/.287/.446/.733 1.145/.642 .759 85/.799 0/0 5/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 17/.352 4/1.417 1/3.000 42/.573 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 8/.875 92/72 .244/.315/.354/.669 .850/.624 .782 83/.669 0/0 1/0
IP 20.1 9.2 13.1 13.1 12.1 11.1 13.1 8.1 TOTAL .238/.308/.404/.712 .824/.684 .749 .718 13/5 32/8
ERA-K/9 4.87/7.1 0.00/10.2 3.38/10.8 2.03/8.1 0.00/12.4 4.76/8.8 4.73/8.1 3.24/7.6 3.45/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (1-1-2)
 Ramos (6-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 90/.243 36/.100 56/.235 58/.240 49/.196 46/.238 63/.288 34/.290 .234  Taylor
 Heisey
 den Dekker
 Harper
 Werth
0/23/0/2
6/2/1/0
2/6/3/0
0/0/25/0
23/0/0/0
OPS .756 .350 .676 .713 .506 .828 .906 .740 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.721 23/.411 12/.333 28/.873 24/.845 16/.620 29/.678 13/.580 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.793 13/.231 44/.777 30/.578 25/.200 30/.921 34/1.103 21/.831 .715
Home 22/1.230 19/.330 32/.692 31/.670 27/.539 29/.792 28/1.012 18/.826
Last 28d days 90/.756 31/.303 49/.706 58/.713 40/.441 43/.852 53/.911 34/.740
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 0/1/1 1/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 2/0/1 0/0/0 25/8/11
Usage ····X··· ··oX···· ·Xo·o··X X··X···· ··o···o· X···X·X· X·X·o··X o······o
Royals Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (2.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 46.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Petit
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 36.Solis*
G/S/vB		 45.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 8/7 .429/.500/.714/1.214 .000/1.405 1.500 8/1.214 0/0 0/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/86 .240/.305/.302/.607 .839/.557 .606 97/.589 3/2 2/1
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 21/15 .211/.286/.263/.549 .000/.785 .690 21/.549 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/39 .263/.349/.316/.665 .900/.627 .750 45/.665 4/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/98 .259/.288/.321/.610 .243/.689 .675 111/.599 7/1 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 5/.800 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/75 .207/.324/.310/.634 .426/.712 .697 95/.662 2/0 2/0
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 2/0 0/
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/77 .333/.383/.525/.908 .819/.943 .812 99/.906 3/0 4/0
14.Infante G/S/vP 8/.125 2/1.000 9/.777 18/.591 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 88/68 .247/.287/.333/.621 .616/.622 .452 82/.617 0/0 0/1
25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.167 6/.733 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 105/76 .208/.257/.323/.580 .894/.465 .569 97/.594 0/0 2/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/85 .266/.324/.553/.877 1.000/.850 1.064 94/.956 0/1 7/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 33/20 .273/.273/.273/.545 .615/.500 .727 33/.545 1/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/73 .241/.272/.471/.743 .436/.823 .939 86/.773 0/0 4/0
IP 36.0 8.1 12.0 6.2 13.0 14.1 3.2 10.0 TOTAL .253/.307/.380/.687 .643/.700 .724 .703 22/6 21/8
ERA-K/9 2.25/10.0 0.00/13.0 4.50/6.8 2.70/16.1 2.77/7.6 3.14/9.4 2.45/4.9 3.60/9.0 2.36/8.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.220 33/.219 51/.320 28/.167 50/.178 54/.160 13/.083 39/.235 .215  Dyson
 Gordon
 Cain
 Orlando
0/1/11/3
26/0/0/2
0/25/0/1
0/1/9/1
OPS .550 .524 .773 .536 .578 .522 .487 .745 .587
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.396 9/.444 30/.782 17/.307 25/.780 22/.606 2/.000 15/1.150 .621
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.677 24/.554 21/.762 11/.864 25/.382 32/.463 11/.582 24/.519 .557
Road 80/.571 17/.728 30/.848 9/.347 23/.672 27/.345 7/.000 18/.980
Last 28d days 114/.521 31/.516 43/.825 27/.557 50/.578 44/.538 13/.487 36/.771
HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 15/8/6
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·o·o XX··oX·· ·o·····o ········ o·oo·X·X ·o·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

CHC  6.12

MIA  4.16

PHI  3.19

 RA/G

CHC  2.56

STL  4.19

MIL  5.81

 BA

M. Prado  .398

M. Sano  .260

D. Norris  .138

 OBP

D. Fowler  .473

D. Span  .333

D. Norris  .176

 SLG

C. Carter  .713

E. Suarez  .430

E. Aybar  .204

 OPS

A. Diaz  1.124

J. Martinez  .762

D. Norris  .394

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  .55

A. Conley  3.67

W. Peralta  7.50

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.54

K. Maeda  7.88

J. Weaver  4.45

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.