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Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Kauffman Stadium, June 27, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, June 27, 2016

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

86° (based on last ten years)

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

63-66

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

25-20

Season Series

Mon, Jun 27, 2016 STL    @KCR  8:15pm
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 STL    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 KCR    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 KCR    @STL  7:15pm

                         All times ET

St. Louis Cardinals

39-35, 2nd, 9 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   15-21   Road:   24-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  27-25   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   6-13
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sun, Jun 26  @SEA  W  11-6       39-35  2nd  9.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25  @SEA  L   4-5       38-35  2nd 10.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 24  @SEA  L   3-4       38-34  2nd 10.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22  @CHC  W   7-2       38-33  2nd  9.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21  @CHC  W   4-3       37-33  2nd 10.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 20  @CHC  W   3-2       36-33  2nd 11.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 19   TEX  L   4-5       35-33  2nd 12.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 18   TEX  L   3-4       35-32  2nd 11.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 17   TEX  L   0-1       35-31  2nd 10.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 15   HOU  L   1-4       35-30  2nd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Kansas City Royals

39-35, 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-10   Road:   13-25   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  30-29   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sun, Jun 26   HOU  W   6-1       39-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25   HOU  L   5-13      38-35  2nd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 23, 2015 STL  4  KCR  3        W:John Lackey (9-5), L: Chris Young (8-6), S: Trevor Rosenthal (30)
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 STL  3  KCR  2        W:Tyler Lyons (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-4), S: Trevor Rosenthal (21)
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 STL  4  KCR  0        W:Jaime Garcia (2-3), L: Yordano Ventura (3-6), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2015 STL  6 @KCR  1        W:Michael Wacha (7-0), L: Yordano Ventura (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2015 KCR  3  STL  2  (6)   W:Edinson Volquez (4-3), L: John Lackey (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2015 KCR  5  STL  0        W:Chris Young (4-0), L: Lance Lynn (3-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 KCR  3  STL  2        W:Yordano Ventura (3-5), L: Michael Wacha (4-4), S: Greg Holland (17)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 STL  5 @KCR  2 (11)   W:Sam Freeman (1-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Pat Neshek (1)
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 KCR  8 @STL  7        W:Wade Davis (5-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-3), S: Greg Holland (16)
Mon, Jun 02, 2014 KCR  6 @STL  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-5), L: Shelby Miller (6-5), S: none
Season Series: 2016 -  0-0; 2015 - STL won 4-2; 2014 - KCR won 3-1; All-Time - STL leads 50-36

SP: Adam Wainwright (34, RHP, 6-4, 4.73)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-4)			91.1	95	49	48	25	65	8	4.73
2015 (2-1)			28.0	25	7	5	4	20	0	1.61
2014 (20-9)			227.0	184	64	60	50	179	10	2.38

Last 7 GS		3-1	46.1	36	14	14	12	39	3	2.72	60
2016-06-21	@CHC	W	6.2	6	3	3	3	4	0	97	51
2016-06-15	HOU	ND	7.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	93	72
2016-06-09	@CIN	ND	6.0	2	2	2	1	9	0	78	68
2016-06-03	SFG	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	103	64
2016-05-28	@WSN	W	7.0	6	4	4	0	5	3	98	54
2016-05-23	CHC	ND	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	108	47
2016-05-18	COL	W	6.2	6	0	0	1	5	0	103	66

Last 5 v.KCR		3-0	36.0	35	13	13	6	33	2	3.25	59
2014-06-04	@KCR	ND	8.0	4	2	2	2	8	0	111	72
2013-05-27	@KCR	W	8.0	12	3	3	0	5	0	104	51
2012-06-23	@KCR	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	109	60
2012-06-17	KCR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	109	68
2009-06-21	@KCR	W	6.0	8	5	5	0	8	2	90	44

SP: Danny Duffy (27, LHP, 2-1, 3.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-1)			58.2	50	22	22	16	71	10	3.38
2015 (7-8)			136.2	137	64	62	53	102	15	4.08
2014 (9-12)			149.1	113	52	42	53	113	12	2.53

Last 7 GS		2-1	37.2	32	16	16	9	45	9	3.82	55
2016-06-22	@NYM	ND	4.2	4	3	3	4	8	1	103	48
2016-06-16	DET	ND	5.0	4	3	3	2	4	3	88	49
2016-06-11	@CHW	W	6.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	88	73
2016-06-06	@BAL	L	6.1	5	2	2	0	9	2	80	64
2016-06-01	TBR	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	6	1	75	52
2016-05-27	CHW	ND	5.1	5	5	5	0	5	2	76	43
2016-05-21	@CHW	ND	4.1	4	0	0	0	3	0	63	58

Last 5 v.STL		1-0	9.2	7	2	2	2	14	0	1.86	62
2014-06-02	@STL	W	6.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	85	74
2011-06-19	@STL	ND	3.2	6	2	2	1	9	0	90	49

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

Cardinals Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 175/142 .298/.349/.528/.877 .833/.887 .593 57/.761 0/1 9/5

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 10/1.029 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 311/211 .300/.419/.585/1.004 .892/1.057 1.078 92/1.292 0/1 13/8

36.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 284/198 .312/.371/.514/.885 .721/.960 1.038 99/.820 2/1 10/14

59.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/30 .368/.415/.421/.836 .664/.898 .400 14/.665 0/1 0/0

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 52/45 .425/.558/.625/1.183 1.000/1.214 1.462 21/.616 0/1 2/1

3.Gyorko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 143/75 .229/.294/.420/.714 .602/.814 .741 33/.636 0/0 7/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.750 ··· 15/.624 2/2.500 7/.629 7/.143 3/1.334 1/.000 276/194 .254/.326/.484/.810 .719/.848 .977 82/.783 0/0 14/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.500 ··· 15/.667 4/.000 5/1.200 5/.650 3/.666 3/.000 277/198 .261/.332/.341/.673 .636/.689 .649 77/.537 2/1 1/0

37.Moss* G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.855 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.000 6/1.133 ··· 219/159 .257/.347/.581/.928 .602/1.053 .996 69/1.240 0/0 16/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.728 17/.607 ··· 3/.333 9/.555 34/.998 1/.000 25/.791 15/.867 68/45 .231/.265/.415/.680 .408/.812 .758 68/.680 0/0 2/1

28.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/7 .235/.278/.588/.866 .750/1.133 .978 18/.919 0/0 2/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 302/220 .292/.374/.464/.839 1.189/.719 .822 87/.695 3/5 8/1

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 171/140 .230/.304/.283/.587 .544/.597 .610 37/.499 3/0 1/6

IP 58.2 27.1 13.1 49.0 36.2 29.2 17.2 35.0 30.0 TOTAL .263/.335/.453/.788 .716/.818 .813 .772 17/14 101/54

ERA-K/9

3.38/10.9

0.99/8.6

3.38/8.8

4.04/7.7

1.47/11.3

3.03/10.3

3.57/8.1

3.09/8.2

3.90/5.7

4.15/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (2-4-0)
Molina (21-9-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.231 106/.161 54/.174 221/.299 141/.195 116/.198 76/.294 145/.238 126/.276 .251 Piscotty
Moss
Holliday
Wong
Pham 0/5/66/2
22/0/11/2
55/0/0/1
2/5/0/0
4/4/0/0

OPS .709 .436 .574 .853 .534 .645 .695 .719 .799 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.491 58/.466 20/.597 117/.898 71/.694 46/.414 28/.970 72/.549 58/.768 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 191/.762 48/.396 34/.561 104/.803 70/.377 70/.787 48/.542 73/.893 68/.823 .728

Home 117/.781 60/.436 24/.460 122/.930 72/.501 63/.711 37/.749 67/.750 82/.758

Last 28d days 114/.779 32/.385 24/.527 67/.936 42/.473 33/.739 43/.720 43/.742 43/1.009

HR/SB/CS 10/0/1 0/1/1 1/0/0 10/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 4/1/0 98/23/22

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

Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB 43.Maness
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/44 .306/.358/.571/.930 .633/.997 1.162 26/1.150 0/0 2/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/no AB 6/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 299/234 .288/.334/.417/.752 1.099/.658 .713 94/.690 6/4 8/3

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/49 .274/.328/.306/.635 .627/.638 .468 19/.702 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/129 .280/.315/.446/.761 .853/.734 .723 90/.914 1/0 7/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 9/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 142/130 .252/.326/.309/.635 .639/.633 .662 40/.545 12/3 0/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 28/.667 ··· 2/2.000 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 338/268 .255/.278/.311/.589 .478/.618 .690 108/.540 10/4 1/10

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 21/.900 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.400 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 175/126 .219/.320/.358/.678 .565/.721 .615 9/1.111 3/0 5/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 14/.220 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 310/218 .310/.368/.498/.866 .765/.909 .941 102/.756 4/1 12/4

15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/108 .321/.345/.450/.795 .933/.747 .905 105/.793 4/1 2/2

25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/1.400 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 274/203 .231/.299/.393/.692 .927/.610 .821 84/.972 0/0 10/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/129 .359/.385/.465/.850 .827/.859 .982 87/.792 5/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 257/200 .293/.327/.521/.848 .724/.883 .957 81/.937 0/0 12/1

IP 91.1 28.2 29.2 34.1 13.1 38.0 24.0 30.1 TOTAL .277/.324/.416/.741 .782/.728 .793 .784 47/18 68/40

ERA-K/9

4.73/6.4

3.77/6.6

3.64/7.3

3.67/8.4

6.08/4.1

1.66/12.1

5.63/13.5

2.97/9.8

4.00/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (5-2-0)
Perez (18-20-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 384/.275 118/.220 126/.181 133/.213 65/.362 146/.161 119/.292 118/.189 .246 Dyson
Orlando
Cain
Merrifield
Gordon 18/8/21/7
0/1/46/4
0/70/0/2
9/0/1/2
44/0/0/2

OPS .741 .601 .575 .697 .992 .426 .866 .660 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.687 41/.626 48/.814 46/.319 14/.690 73/.385 49/.875 37/.735 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.785 77/.589 78/.438 87/.896 51/1.072 73/.466 70/.858 81/.626 .694

Road 199/.845 45/.614 67/.393 67/.767 43/1.110 65/.225 59/.798 57/.782

Last 28d days 100/.495 27/.542 38/.223 32/.323 3/.333 46/.462 42/1.173 42/.865

HR/SB/CS 8/1/2 3/1/1 2/5/1 7/1/0 1/1/1 1/0/1 3/0/0 6/1/0 69/23/13

Usage ·····X·· X······X o···oo·o ·X··o··· ····o··· ··o···X· ··o··Xo· X····o··

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 5.59

LAA 4.29

ATL 3.33

RA/G

CHC 3.11

NYY 4.45

CIN 5.78

D. Murphy .349

J. Kipnis .269

B. Park .194

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .436

A. Rendon .334

F. Galvis .253

SLG

D. Ortiz .683

G. Stanton .444

B. Burns .306

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.112

M. Napoli .774

B. Burns .577

ERA

J. Arrieta 1.74

K. Gausman 3.93

J. Shields 6.22

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

H. Santiago 7.70

M. Perez 4.37

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.