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Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Kauffman Stadium, May 31, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Rays
Manager:
Kevin Cash
Game #:
51
On This Date:
6-10
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
53
On This Date:
23-20
Season Series
Mon, May 30, 2016 KCR  6  TBR  2     

Tue, May 31, 2016 TBR    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Jun 01, 2016 TBR    @KCR  8:15pm
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 KCR    @TBR  7:10pm
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 KCR    @TBR  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 KCR    @TBR  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 KCR    @TBR 12:10pm

                         All times ET
Tampa Bay Rays
22-27, 5th, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-15   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 2-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Mon, May 30  @KCR  L   2-6       22-27  5th  8.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 29   NYY  L   1-2       22-26  5th  7.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 28   NYY  W   9-5       22-25  5th  6.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 27   NYY  L   1-4       21-25  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Thu, May 26   MIA  L   1-9       21-24  5th  7.0 gb
 44 Wed, May 25   MIA  L   3-4       21-23  4th  7.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 24  @MIA  W   4-3       21-22  4th  6.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 23  @MIA  L   6-7       20-22  4th  6.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 22  @DET  L   4-9       20-21  3rd  5.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 21  @DET  L   4-5       20-20  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Kansas City Royals
28-22, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-7    Road:   11-15   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   9-5 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Mon, May 30   TBR  W   6-2       28-22  1st  1.5 up
 49 Sun, May 29   CHW  W   5-4       27-22  1st  0.5 up
 48 Sat, May 28   CHW  W   8-7       26-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 27   CHW  W   7-5       25-22  3rd  1.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 25  @MIN  L   5-7       24-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 24  @MIN  W   7-4       24-21  3rd  2.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 23  @MIN  W  10-4       23-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 22  @CHW  L   2-3       22-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 21  @CHW  W   2-1       22-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20  @CHW  W   4-1       21-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 30, 2016 KCR  6  TBR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Erasmo Ramirez (6-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 30, 2015 TBR  3  KCR  2        W:Xavier Cedeno (3-1), L: Luke Hochevar (1-1), S: Brad Boxberger (32)
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 KCR  6 @TBR  3        W:Kris Medlen (3-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (6-7), S: Wade Davis (13)
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 KCR  3 @TBR  2        W:Edinson Volquez (12-7), L: Erasmo Ramirez (10-5), S: Greg Holland (29)
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 KCR  8  TBR  3        W:Yordano Ventura (4-6), L: Nate Karns (4-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 KCR  9  TBR  7        W:Jeremy Guthrie (7-5), L: Chris Archer (9-6), S: Greg Holland (17)
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 KCR  7  TBR  1        W:Brandon Finnegan (2-0), L: Brandon Gomes (1-4), S: none
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 KCR  9  TBR  5        W:Greg Holland (3-0), L: Brad Boxberger (4-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 KCR  5 @TBR  4        W:Aaron Crow (4-1), L: Kirby Yates (0-1), S: Greg Holland (24)
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 TBR  4  KCR  3        W:Brad Boxberger (2-1), L: Jason Vargas (8-4), S: Jake McGee (6)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 1-0; 2015 - KCR won 6-1; 2014 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - TBR leads 71-69

SP: Drew Smyly (27, LHP, 2-6, 3.92)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-6) 62.0 50 28 27 15 67 11 3.92
2015 (5-2) 66.2 58 24 23 20 77 11 3.11
2014 (9-10) 153.0 136 57 55 42 133 18 3.24
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 40 20 20 11 40 8 4.46 52
2016-05-26 MIA L 6.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 100 43
2016-05-21 @DET L 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 2 112 50
2016-05-16 @TOR W 5.0 4 1 1 4 6 0 101 57
2016-05-10 @SEA L 5.0 10 6 6 0 5 2 88 28
2016-05-04 LAD ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 93 53
2016-04-29 TOR L 6.0 2 2 2 1 8 2 99 67
2016-04-24 @NYY W 7.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 93 66
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 32.2 30 9 8 4 28 3 2.20 60
2014-07-10 @KCR W 6.2 8 4 4 1 2 2 112 43
2014-06-18 KCR L 7.0 7 2 2 0 6 1 106 61
2014-05-03 @KCR W 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 93 77
2012-07-06 KCR W 6.0 6 2 2 0 10 0 106 62
2012-04-17 @KCR ND 6.0 7 1 0 1 4 0 101 59

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 1-2, 3.86)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-2) 35.0 38 16 15 13 32 7 3.86
2015 (0-3) 39.2 55 29 26 11 25 5 5.90
2014 (7-8) 137.1 128 61 61 43 94 18 4.00
Last 7 GS 1-4 34.2 51 27 23 12 29 4 5.97 40
2016-05-25 @MIN L 4.0 10 6 5 1 6 3 90 25
2016-05-20 @CHW W 5.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 92 59
2016-05-14 ATL L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 0 78 46
2015-06-14 ATL ND 3.2 11 8 8 1 4 1 72 10
2015-06-03 @SDP L 4.0 8 7 4 1 1 0 73 24
2015-05-03 WSN L 5.0 6 1 1 5 5 0 94 51
2015-04-27 @MIA ND 7.2 6 1 1 0 3 0 70 66
Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

Rays Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Gee
G/S/vB		 54.Alexander*
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
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
19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/69 .160/.215/.350/.565 .680/.497 .555 54/.614 0/0 5/2
24.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 70/66 .182/.229/.258/.486 .250/.497 .293 40/.574 0/0 1/2
10.Dickerson* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 157/128 .197/.244/.435/.679 .175/.797 .860 75/.611 0/0 8/0
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 149/91 .299/.392/.528/.919 1.108/.802 .823 99/.949 1/1 6/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 6/.733 11/.091 1/2.000 4/.833 131/85 .168/.237/.269/.506 .427/.550 .535 48/.547 2/0 3/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.500 20/1.283 8/1.625 5/.200 213/160 .255/.305/.459/.764 .790/.756 .723 105/.781 0/2 9/2
27.Mahtook G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/9 .063/.118/.063/.180 .250/.111 .500 17/.180 0/0 0/0
13.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 160/133 .233/.300/.432/.732 .759/.725 .833 85/.854 4/2 5/7
7.Morrison* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 8/1.792 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 147/130 .231/.320/.323/.643 .974/.597 .793 79/.984 4/0 3/2
38.Motter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/22 .208/.387/.500/.887 1.389/.707 1.074 31/.887 0/0 2/2
28.Pearce G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 142/95 .303/.394/.541/.935 1.297/.753 1.125 90/1.016 0/1 8/3
20.Souza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 182/135 .257/.319/.461/.780 .962/.714 .854 95/.790 2/2 9/1
IP 35.0 10.0 18.2 25.0 21.1 24.1 19.2 TOTAL .236/.307/.424/.731 .809/.702 .795 .784 23/12 70/32
ERA-K/9 3.86/8.2 1.80/9.0 0.96/9.6 1.08/11.5 2.95/11.0 3.33/7.8 2.29/7.3 3.80/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casali (9-6-0)
 Conger (15-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.281 38/.243 74/.159 99/.223 83/.197 102/.236 83/.267 .247  Jennings
 Souza
 Dickerson
 Mahtook
 Guyer
 Motter
29/7/0/2
0/1/42/2
11/0/2/0
1/3/1/0
15/7/7/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .815 .533 .458 .560 .608 .710 .684 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.926 15/.400 48/.524 50/.724 30/.569 52/.571 37/.647 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.686 23/.623 26/.319 49/.396 53/.626 50/.859 46/.711 .702
Home 63/.855 20/.400 39/.459 54/.552 51/.636 43/.796 55/.738
Last 28d days 96/.876 38/.533 38/.558 50/.613 37/.336 39/.421 49/.645
HR/SB/CS 7/0/4 0/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/1 2/1/2 2/0/1 0/0/0 51/15/17
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·X ·X·X··X· X··X···o ·X·o··o· X·····o· o·X··o·X
Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 37.Colome
G/S/vB		 51.Eveland*
G/S/vB		 52.Garton
G/S/vB		 30.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 45.Romero*
G/S/vB		 50.Sturdevant
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/21 .240/.321/.400/.721 .000/.984 .951 20/.528 0/0 0/1
6.Cain G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 ··· 205/162 .291/.341/.439/.781 1.008/.721 .603 100/.961 6/3 7/1
7.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/57 .243/.263/.324/.587 .161/.727 .579 76/.587 0/0 1/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 102/93 .267/.323/.344/.668 .730/.661 .770 57/.669 9/2 0/1
12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/8 .455/.500/.636/1.136 .800/1.405 1.136 13/1.136 0/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.529 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 230/183 .267/.298/.313/.612 .413/.663 .697 111/.614 10/2 0/7
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 20/.774 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 6/1.917 1/2.000 ··· 208/144 .323/.370/.547/.917 .633/1.045 1.022 101/.926 4/1 10/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 8/.625 3/1.167 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/107 .244/.288/.331/.618 .613/.620 .445 53/.615 0/0 0/4
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 40/29 .350/.350/.450/.800 .636/.862 .750 40/.800 1/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 5/1.100 1/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 190/139 .187/.258/.310/.568 .839/.470 .586 85/.552 0/0 5/
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 93/63 .382/.398/.506/.903 .951/.881 .907 60/1.110 2/0 1/1
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/.714 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 2/1.000 ··· 176/136 .277/.313/.494/.806 .653/.851 .863 84/.876 0/0 7/0
IP 62.0 14.0 22.0 13.1 2.2 38.1 17.2 2.0 TOTAL .268/.317/.402/.719 .656/.739 .724 .753 37/10 42/25
ERA-K/9 3.92/9.7 /0.0 3.21/10.3 1.23/11.9 7.43/10.2 10.13/0.0 3.29/6.6 4.58/7.1 4.50/9.0 3.97/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (3-2-0)
 Perez (12-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.219 / 61/.189 80/.171 66/.278 14/.500 148/.230 74/.215 9/.375 .241  Dyson
 Cain
 Orlando
 Merrifield
 Eibner
4/3/21/5
0/48/0/2
0/1/24/2
4/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .666 .550 .436 .872 1.071 .683 .620 .750 .700
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.708 / 32/.517 25/.530 25/.964 2/2.000 60/.888 34/.530 1/.000 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.653 / 29/.584 55/.393 41/.814 12/.917 88/.543 40/.692 8/.857 .719
Road 127/.670 / 27/.794 37/.216 28/.950 3/.667 77/.871 46/.451 2/.000
Last 28d days 119/.840 / 31/.448 44/.322 32/.846 14/1.071 71/.875 39/.826 9/.750
HR/SB/CS 11/1/2 // 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/6/0 0/0/0 6/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 66/24/11
Usage ····X··· ·oo··XX· ··o···Xo ····oX·· o···X··· Xo·····X ··X···oo ···o·oo·

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  5.92

TOR  4.17

PHI  3.20

 RA/G

CHC  2.90

TEX  4.27

CIN  5.94

 BA

D. Murphy  .395

K. Seager  .263

D. Norris  .179

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .452

C. Santana  .335

E. Aybar  .225

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .727

C. Santana  .438

E. Aybar  .209

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.146

S. Souza  .780

E. Aybar  .434

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.56

E. Volquez  3.74

M. Pineda  6.92

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.34

S. Wright  7.88

M. Latos  4.59

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.