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Kansas City Royals vs. Seattle Mariners, at Kauffman Stadium, July 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Start Time:

3:15ct (local), 4:15et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

85° (based on last ten years)

Mariners

Manager:

Scott Servais

Game #:

On This Date:

16-11

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

19-17

Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 SEA  1  KCR  0     
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 SEA  6  KCR  0     
Sun, May 01, 2016 KCR  4 @SEA  1     
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 KCR  4  SEA  3     
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 SEA  3 @KCR  2     

Sat, Jul 09, 2016 SEA    @KCR  4:15pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 SEA    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET

Seattle Mariners

44-43, 3rd, 9½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-20   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  32-25   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 13-6    vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest: 15-22 IL: 9-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Fri, Jul  8  @KCR  W   3-2       44-43  3rd  9.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @KCR  L   3-4       43-43  3rd  9.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6  @HOU  L   8-9       43-42  3rd  9.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5  @HOU  L   2-5       43-41  3rd  9.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4  @HOU  L   1-2       43-40  3rd  8.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3   BAL  W   9-4       43-39  2nd  8.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2   BAL  W  12-6       42-39  3rd  9.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1   BAL  W   5-2       41-39  3rd 10.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 30   BAL  W   5-3       40-39  3rd 10.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 29   PIT  L   1-8       39-39  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Kansas City Royals

44-42, 3rd, 8 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-12   Road:   16-30   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  34-36   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul  8   SEA  L   2-3       44-42  3rd  8.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  7   SEA  W   4-3       44-41  3rd  7.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  6  @TOR  L   2-4       43-41  4th  8.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  5  @TOR  L   3-8       43-40  3rd  8.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  4  @TOR  L   2-6       43-39  3rd  7.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  3  @PHI  L   2-7       43-38  3rd  6.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  2  @PHI  W   6-2       43-37  2nd  6.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  1  @PHI  L   3-4       42-37  2nd  7.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30  @STL  W   4-2       42-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @STL  W   3-2 (12)  41-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 SEA  3 @KCR  2        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (9-6), L: Yordano Ventura (6-7), S: Steve Cishek (21)
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 KCR  4  SEA  3        W:Brooks Pounders (1-0), L: Steve Cishek (2-5), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2016 KCR  4 @SEA  1        W:Ian Kennedy (3-2), L: Taijuan Walker (2-1), S: Wade Davis (8)
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 SEA  6  KCR  0        W:Wade Miley (2-2), L: Yordano Ventura (2-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 SEA  1  KCR  0        W:Felix Hernandez (2-2), L: Kris Medlen (1-2), S: Steve Cishek (6)

Thu, Sep 24, 2015 KCR 10  SEA  4        W:Johnny Cueto (10-12), L: Logan Kensing (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 KCR  4  SEA  3 (10)   W:Wade Davis (8-1), L: David Rollins (0-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 SEA 11 @KCR  2        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (9-4), L: Jeremy Guthrie (8-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 KCR  8 @SEA  2        W:Ryan Madson (1-1), L: Roenis Elias (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 SEA  7  KCR  0        W:Mike Montgomery (2-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - SEA over 3-2; 2015 - KCR won 4-2; 2014 - SEA won 5-2; All-Time - KCR leads 223-208

SP: Wade Miley (29, LHP, 6-5, 5.36)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-5)			87.1	96	52	52	26	61	15	5.36
2015 (11-11)			193.2	201	98	96	64	147	17	4.46
2014 (8-12)			201.1	207	103	97	75	183	23	4.34

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.1	48	28	28	14	26	7	6.75	40
2016-07-04	@HOU	L	6.2	7	2	2	2	2	1	81	52
2016-06-29	PIT	L	4.0	7	5	5	0	1	1	74	29
2016-06-12	TEX	L	5.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	97	50
2016-06-07	CLE	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	101	70
2016-06-02	@SDP	ND	4.2	12	9	9	2	2	0	94	4
2016-05-28	MIN	ND	4.0	6	5	5	4	6	3	98	32
2016-05-22	@CIN	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	92	45

Last 5 v.KCR		4-1	34.0	31	11	11	8	19	3	2.91	57
2016-04-30	KCR	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	114	81
2015-08-20	KCR	W	7.1	6	1	1	0	6	1	114	68
2015-06-21	@KCR	W	6.0	5	0	0	3	2	0	101	61
2014-08-05	KCR	L	4.2	9	10	10	3	4	2	100	7
2012-05-20	@KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	99	66

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 7-8, 4.87)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-8)			105.1	109	61	57	40	82	10	4.87
2015 (13-9)			200.1	190	89	79	72	155	16	3.55
2014 (13-7)			192.2	166	75	65	71	140	17	3.04

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.0	39	30	29	17	28	4	6.87	43
2016-07-04	@TOR	L	6.0	4	4	4	3	5	0	98	50
2016-06-29	@STL	ND	6.2	6	0	0	1	4	0	104	65
2016-06-24	HOU	L	1.0	8	12	11	3	0	1	48	-12
2016-06-18	DET	W	6.1	8	5	5	0	6	1	89	43
2016-06-13	CLE	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	95	72
2016-06-08	@BAL	L	4.2	4	4	4	2	5	0	86	43
2016-06-03	@CLE	L	6.1	7	5	5	4	5	2	115	40

Last 5 v.SEA		3-0	30.1	26	10	9	16	19	1	2.67	54
2013-05-28	@SEA	W	7.2	4	1	1	3	5	0	105	69
2012-06-24	SEA	W	6.2	4	0	0	3	4	0	115	67
2012-06-14	@SEA	W	6.2	4	1	1	4	6	0	107	64
2007-09-28	@SEA	ND	5.1	6	3	3	3	3	0	101	44
2006-09-19	SEA	ND	4.0	8	5	4	3	1	1	91	26

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

Mariners Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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 62.Pounders
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

22.Cano* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 10/1.500 4/.500 15/1.610 ··· ··· 15/.067 ··· 388/242 .313/.369/.552/.921 .731/1.039 1.008 112/.910 0/1 20/2

23.Cruz G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.833 6/.000 15/.354 ··· ··· 10/1.511 10/.644 369/251 .276/.360/.540/.901 1.093/.809 .925 105/.888 0/0 23/1

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 11/.727 1/.000 ··· 9/.722 6/.833 160/44 .245/.319/.476/.794 .901/.522 .833 52/.849 0/0 9/0

33.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.650 5/.600 6/1.333 6/.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· 255/156 .225/.315/.365/.680 .824/.590 .738 75/.594 0/0 7/4

10.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/93 .291/.333/.520/.853 .828/.878 .798 76/.724 0/0 12/2

26.Lind* G/S/vP 11/.819 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 16/.376 ··· ··· 8/1.125 6/1.166 236/210 .232/.263/.429/.691 .686/.692 .496 68/.645 0/1 12/3

4.Marte# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 285/185 .265/.290/.351/.640 .576/.676 .597 100/.582 8/4 1/13

12.Martin* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 277/198 .242/.309/.407/.716 .738/.707 .827 102/.611 9/4 11/2

36.O'Malley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/42 .214/.267/.300/.567 .545/.583 .616 35/.720 2/0 0/2

99.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/4 .250/.333/.375/.708 1.350/.000 .708 9/.708 0/1 0/0

15.Seager* G/S/vP 7/.762 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· 369/243 .282/.363/.531/.894 .618/1.041 .904 108/.980 1/1 17/10

7.Smith* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 259/237 .279/.371/.459/.830 .427/.869 .706 67/1.007 0/0 11/1

2.Sucre G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 .667 3/.667 0/0 0/0

IP 105.1 23.0 53.1 39.2 33.0 21.1 3.0 38.1 35.2 TOTAL .262/.327/.444/.771 .737/.788 .764 .774 25/20 129/58

ERA-K/9

4.87/7.0

2.74/8.2

4.05/7.8

1.82/11.8

3.27/10.4

2.95/7.6

3.00/9.0

3.29/8.5

3.79/6.1

4.16/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (38-14-5)
Sucre (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.264 93/.202 239/.299 154/.200 132/.210 89/.269 12/.300 159/.237 147/.272 .251 Martin
Smith
Cruz
O'Malley
Gutierrez
Robertson 0/70/0/7
28/0/33/3
0/0/36/2
10/5/7/0
6/0/37/0
3/1/1/0

OPS .710 .597 .849 .550 .653 .658 .633 .751 .768 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.644 36/.496 127/.872 76/.674 52/.437 32/.888 6/.333 80/.548 70/.755 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.772 57/.657 112/.822 78/.432 80/.781 57/.534 6/1.000 79/.962 77/.778 .734

Home 252/.676 42/.408 122/.930 72/.501 63/.711 44/.736 3/.000 75/.781 82/.758

Last 28d days 122/.699 63/.588 60/.839 38/.462 32/.787 40/.744 12/.633 38/.832 48/.705

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 2/0/0 11/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 1/0/0 0/0/1 5/1/2 4/2/2 113/26/27

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

Royals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Miley*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 31.Cishek
G/S/vB 39.Diaz
G/S/vB 13.Karns
G/S/vB 37.Montgomery*
G/S/vB 38.Nuno*
G/S/vB 59.Rollins*
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/53 .286/.355/.518/.873 .633/.919 1.131 15/.929 0/0 2/2

24.Colon G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 85/67 .269/.329/.295/.624 .627/.623 .513 29/.614 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 209/167 .276/.308/.432/.740 .798/.725 .682 95/.784 1/0 8/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 172/158 .253/.327/.327/.654 .792/.642 .663 45/.636 12/3 0/1

12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/36 .265/.321/.490/.811 1.007/.712 .911 39/.673 0/0 2/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.368 7/.334 1/2.000 ··· 7/.286 5/.800 4/1.750 ··· 3/.000 386/312 .260/.285/.323/.608 .479/.639 .695 107/.721 12/4 1/10

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/.586 9/.444 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 5/1.400 1/2.000 5/1.200 224/165 .201/.304/.325/.628 .505/.671 .563 58/.566 3/0 6/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 13/.237 5/.000 4/1.250 ··· 6/1.167 4/.000 3/2.334 ··· 5/1.200 362/263 .300/.356/.479/.835 .819/.841 .901 109/.658 4/1 13/5

15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/147 .288/.311/.402/.713 .801/.687 .800 106/.704 5/1 2/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 10/.800 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 5/1.067 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· 8/1.042 318/239 .257/.321/.458/.779 .964/.717 .830 88/1.217 0/0 15/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/155 .325/.349/.420/.769 .802/.758 .926 77/.767 5/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 9/1.445 10/.733 4/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 299/235 .280/.314/.493/.807 .707/.835 1.006 97/.841 0/0 13/3

IP 87.1 21.0 39.0 17.0 88.2 50.1 33.1 4.0 23.2 TOTAL .271/.319/.409/.728 .771/.715 .781 .755 50/18 78/45

ERA-K/9

5.36/6.3

4.71/9.9

3.00/11.3

2.65/16.9

4.57/9.6

2.15/7.9

3.24/8.9

0.00/9.0

9.51/4.2

3.92/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-2-0)
Perez (20-25-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 371/.284 96/.210 159/.188 77/.261 388/.254 202/.208 139/.256 18/.133 118/.377 .251 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Merrifield
Eibner
Morales 18/17/21/7
0/3/54/4
55/0/0/4
10/0/1/2
8/0/2/0
0/0/5/0

OPS .814 .672 .611 .758 .734 .560 .767 .411 1.102 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.747 47/.655 77/.753 28/.738 187/.625 73/.453 53/.771 7/.143 39/1.093 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.833 49/.687 82/.483 49/.769 201/.835 129/.619 86/.765 11/.586 79/1.106 .740

Road 202/.836 58/.601 79/.485 42/.853 199/.818 107/.579 78/.819 9/.730 62/.746

Last 28d days 69/.864 42/.684 46/.685 65/.779 103/.795 62/.542 60/.952 18/.411 21/1.190

HR/SB/CS 15/1/2 3/0/1 6/3/1 3/2/0 9/10/2 1/0/2 6/2/2 0/0/0 7/1/0 110/50/19

Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· oo·····o o·X··X·o ··X···X· ···X···o o····o·· ····X··· ····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 5.67

ARI 4.55

ATL 3.46

RA/G

CHC 3.53

TEX 4.59

CIN 5.97

J. Altuve .347

T. Shaw .274

T. Frazier .212

OBP

M. Trout .429

J. Werth .342

F. Galvis .259

SLG

D. Ortiz .682

M. Kemp .457

B. Burns .303

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.109

K. Calhoun .796

B. Burns .573

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

E. Santana 4.06

J. Shields 5.67

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.92

K. Hendricks 7.84

M. Pelfrey 4.21

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.