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Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros, at Kauffman Stadium, June 25, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
76
On This Date:
23-34
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
75
On This Date:
21-19
Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 HOU  8  KCR  2     
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 KCR  3 @HOU  2     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 KCR  4 @HOU  2     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 KCR  6 @HOU  2     
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 HOU 13 @KCR  4     

Sat, Jun 25, 2016 HOU    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 26, 2016 HOU    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
37-36, 2nd, 9½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-15   Road:   16-21   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  29-23   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:  12-13
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest: 12-16 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Fri, Jun 24  @KCR  W  13-4       37-36  2nd  9.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 22   LAA  W   3-2       36-36  2nd 10.5 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 20   LAA  W  10-7       35-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 19   CIN  W   6-0       34-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 18   CIN  W   5-4 (11)  33-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 17   CIN  L   2-4 (11)  32-36  3rd 11.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 15  @STL  W   4-1       32-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 14  @STL  W   5-2       31-35  3rd  9.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 12  @TBR  L   0-5       30-35  3rd 10.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 11  @TBR  W   4-3       30-34  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Kansas City Royals
38-34, 2nd, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-9    Road:   13-25   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Fri, Jun 24   HOU  L   4-13      38-34  2nd  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22  @NYM  L   3-4       38-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21  @NYM  L   1-2       38-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19   DET  W   2-1 (13)  38-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 18   DET  W  16-5       37-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 17   DET  W  10-3       36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 16   DET  L   4-10      35-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 15   CLE  W   9-4       35-30  1st    Tied
 64 Tue, Jun 14   CLE  W   3-2       34-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 13   CLE  W   2-1       33-30  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 HOU 13 @KCR  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (4-9), L: Edinson Volquez (7-7), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 KCR  6 @HOU  2        W:Ian Kennedy (2-0), L: Doug Fister (1-1), S: Wade Davis (4)
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 KCR  4 @HOU  2        W:Luke Hochevar (1-0), L: Ken Giles (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
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
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 3-2; 2015 - HOU won 4-2; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 28-25

SP: Mike Fiers (31, RHP, 5-3, 4.42)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-3) 79.1 87 39 39 14 55 13 4.42
2015 (7-10) 180.1 162 83 74 64 180 24 3.69
2014 (6-5) 71.2 46 19 17 17 76 7 2.13
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 38 17 17 9 28 5 3.67 54
2016-06-19 CIN W 5.2 4 0 0 1 5 0 90 65
2016-06-11 @TBR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 2 85 61
2016-06-06 @TEX ND 5.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 85 37
2016-06-01 ARI ND 6.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 99 65
2016-05-27 @LAA L 3.2 8 7 7 2 1 1 63 16
2016-05-21 TEX L 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 96 63
2016-05-09 CLE W 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 102 69
Last 5 v.KCR 0-2 11.0 14 9 9 4 5 1 7.36 38
2016-04-12 KCR L 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 101 50
2015-06-17 @KCR L 5.0 8 6 6 3 2 0 94 26

SP: Chris Young (37, RHP, 2-6, 5.61)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-6) 51.1 54 32 32 19 53 19 5.61
2015 (11-6) 123.1 91 44 42 43 83 16 3.06
2014 (12-9) 165.0 143 70 67 60 108 26 3.65
Last 7 GS 1-3 33.2 32 20 20 10 37 16 5.35 49
2016-06-19 DET ND 6.0 3 1 1 1 7 1 86 68
2016-06-14 CLE ND 4.1 5 2 2 4 4 1 87 45
2016-06-05 @CLE L 4.2 6 5 5 1 5 4 82 36
2016-05-09 @NYY L 2.2 6 5 5 0 2 5 53 28
2016-05-03 WSN ND 4.2 5 2 2 1 3 2 85 48
2016-04-27 @LAA L 5.1 3 3 3 2 6 2 78 54
2016-04-22 BAL W 6.0 4 2 2 1 10 1 95 65
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 27.1 28 19 19 14 24 8 6.26 45
2016-04-11 @HOU L 4.2 9 6 6 2 4 1 101 24
2014-09-20 @HOU L 3.0 8 7 7 1 3 4 68 17
2014-07-02 @HOU W 7.0 2 2 2 1 8 2 99 72
2014-04-23 HOU ND 7.0 4 3 3 5 6 1 113 58
2008-04-01 HOU W 5.2 5 1 1 5 3 0 113 53

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Astros Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Young
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 53.Gee
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 12/.500 8/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.333 6/.500 ··· 3/1.333 3/.666 334/255 .342/.423/.549/.973 1.052/.948 .988 107/1.043 18/2 12/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 5/1.400 7/1.171 2/.000 2/no AB 2/2.500 4/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 3/2.667 193/139 .213/.347/.394/.741 .350/.900 .737 52/.813 2/0 6/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 305/231 .258/.357/.436/.793 .537/.870 .754 89/.975 8/3 11/6
11.Gattis G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 5/.600 17/.352 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 208/131 .214/.284/.428/.711 .875/.615 .625 92/.688 0/0 11/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 2/.000 9/1.181 3/.666 5/.200 8/.393 205/149 .225/.286/.332/.617 .826/.538 .645 73/.855 8/2 3/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 216/132 .254/.302/.393/.695 .789/.637 .546 91/.722 8/4 5/4
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 109/65 .180/.231/.270/.501 .580/.450 .535 52/.650 3/2 1/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/1.262 13/.321 2/2.500 4/.833 6/1.500 10/.550 2/1.000 3/1.167 4/.500 275/215 .246/.328/.413/.741 .617/.775 .855 82/.765 4/1 10/0
4.Springer G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 340/261 .268/.359/.480/.839 .869/.829 .770 115/.803 6/6 16/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 9/1.111 2/.500 10/.200 ··· 7/.953 4/.500 233/181 .245/.343/.425/.768 .793/.761 .676 80/.897 0/1 8/5
26.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/10 .182/.182/.273/.455 .833/.000 .182 22/.455 0/0 0/0
IP 51.1 26.1 13.1 49.0 35.2 29.2 15.0 35.0 27.0 TOTAL .243/.325/.412/.736 .724/.741 .725 .793 58/21 92/35
ERA-K/9 5.61/9.3 1.03/8.9 3.38/8.8 4.04/7.7 1.51/11.1 3.03/10.3 3.00/8.4 3.09/8.2 3.00/5.7 4.07/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (20-4-5)
 Gattis (6-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.267 102/.157 54/.174 221/.299 138/.200 116/.198 65/.288 145/.238 111/.265 .250  Rasmus
 Springer
 Gomez
 Gonzalez
 Marisnick
56/9/8/9
0/0/68/7
0/50/0/4
2/0/0/0
13/21/4/0
OPS .921 .433 .574 .853 .546 .645 .627 .719 .775 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/1.297 57/.475 20/.597 117/.898 70/.705 46/.414 22/.823 72/.549 50/.785 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.610 45/.375 34/.561 104/.803 68/.389 70/.787 43/.529 73/.893 61/.769 .721
Home 120/.672 56/.431 24/.460 122/.930 69/.523 63/.711 26/.599 67/.750 67/.710
Last 28d days 77/.871 31/.331 24/.527 67/.936 44/.544 39/.778 32/.588 46/.689 31/.925
HR/SB/CS 19/8/2 0/1/1 1/0/0 10/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 0/0/0 3/1/2 4/1/0 94/23/21
Usage ·····X·· ·····Xo· X·X····· X··X···X ··XX·o·X ···o··o· ·····X·· ··X··oX· ·····X··
Royals Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Fiers
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
G/S/vB		 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 53/43 .292/.346/.542/.888 .633/.947 1.096 32/.994 0/0 2/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/1.900 1/.000 17/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 290/226 .279/.328/.405/.733 1.067/.641 .669 93/.676 6/4 8/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/49 .274/.328/.306/.635 .627/.638 .468 19/.702 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/121 .275/.312/.430/.742 .853/.706 .677 90/.848 1/0 6/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.522 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 142/130 .252/.326/.309/.635 .639/.633 .662 43/.556 12/3 0/1
12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/26 .297/.350/.514/.864 1.082/.738 .934 32/.827 0/0 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 27/.509 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 3/.666 329/259 .252/.276/.311/.587 .478/.616 .691 108/.520 10/4 1/10
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 23/.451 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 13/.539 301/210 .304/.362/.495/.857 .740/.908 .926 101/.805 4/1 12/4
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/99 .326/.346/.462/.808 .933/.761 .944 104/.787 4/1 2/2
25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 24/.523 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.333 7/.953 266/195 .222/.293/.364/.657 .927/.559 .757 84/.872 0/0 8/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 171/120 .358/.382/.469/.851 .827/.862 .998 86/.797 5/1 1/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 22/.393 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 1/.000 248/191 .301/.331/.534/.865 .724/.906 1.004 72/1.004 0/0 12/1
IP 79.1 49.1 44.0 31.2 30.0 31.1 32.2 22.1 23.0 TOTAL .274/.322/.410/.732 .772/.720 .779 .769 47/18 64/40
ERA-K/9 4.42/6.2 2.37/7.8 3.07/6.5 3.41/12.2 5.40/12.3 3.73/10.4 0.83/8.8 3.22/8.5 4.30/9.0 4.00/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (5-2-0)
 Perez (18-19-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 333/.278 191/.216 193/.272 122/.177 134/.289 121/.191 125/.181 85/.173 98/.286 .258  Dyson
 Orlando
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Eibner
18/8/21/7
0/1/44/4
0/68/0/2
9/0/1/2
8/0/0/0
OPS .791 .581 .771 .522 .795 .611 .399 .658 .875 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.747 94/.526 82/.932 61/.590 67/.728 62/.855 58/.445 27/1.317 49/.801 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 179/.830 97/.632 111/.654 61/.455 67/.864 59/.367 67/.358 58/.368 49/.944 .701
Road 143/.931 82/.606 99/.833 56/.885 56/.926 54/.451 63/.421 38/.687 41/.960
Last 28d days 97/.707 38/.379 48/.639 42/.431 39/.841 31/.654 39/.511 27/.644 26/1.131
HR/SB/CS 13/3/6 2/5/3 5/3/2 4/2/1 5/1/0 2/2/0 0/5/0 4/1/1 6/1/0 78/30/14
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· X·o···X· ····X··X ······Xo ··o···o· ··X····X ··o·o··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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.67

CIN  4.34

PHI  3.29

 RA/G

CHC  2.99

BAL  4.46

CIN  5.89

 BA

D. Murphy  .349

A. Hill  .269

B. Park  .197

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .437

M. Betts  .334

F. Galvis  .255

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .690

A. Jones  .443

B. Burns  .309

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.120

Y. Escobar  .772

N. Ahmed  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.57

J. Garcia  3.83

J. Shields  6.22

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.83

R. Porcello  7.76

M. Pelfrey  4.46

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.