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Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, July 18, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, July 18, 2016
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
89° (based on last ten years)
Indians
Manager:
Terry Francona
Game #:
95
On This Date:
51-57
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
94
On This Date:
19-25
Season Series
Fri, May 06, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1     
Sat, May 07, 2016 KCR  7 @CLE  0     
Sun, May 08, 2016 CLE  5  KCR  4     
Thu, Jun 02, 2016 CLE  5  KCR  4     
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 CLE  6  KCR  1     
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1     
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  0     
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 KCR  2  CLE  1     
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 KCR  3  CLE  2     
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 KCR  9  CLE  4     

Mon, Jul 18, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 CLE    @KCR  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 KCR    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 CLE    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 CLE    @KCR  4:15pm
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 CLE    @KCR  3:15pm

                         All times ET
Cleveland Indians
54-37, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-16   Road:   28-21   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  38-27   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 11-11   vsCntrl:28-12   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sun, Jul 17  @MIN  W   6-1       54-37  1st  6.5 up
 90 Sat, Jul 16  @MIN  L   4-5 (11)  53-37  1st  6.5 up
 89 Fri, Jul 15  @MIN  W   5-2       53-36  1st  6.5 up
 88 Sun, Jul 10   NYY  L   7-11      52-36  1st  6.5 up
 87 Sat, Jul  9   NYY  L   6-7 (11)  52-35  1st  6.5 up
 86 Fri, Jul  8   NYY  W  10-2       52-34  1st  7.5 up
 85 Thu, Jul  7   NYY  L   4-5       51-34  1st  6.5 up
 84 Wed, Jul  6   DET  L   2-12      51-33  1st  6.5 up
 83 Tue, Jul  5   DET  W  12-1       51-32  1st  7.5 up
 82 Mon, Jul  4   DET  W   5-3       50-32  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Kansas City Royals
46-45, 3rd, 8 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-13   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  35-38   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:22-13   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sun, Jul 17  @DET  L   2-4       46-45  3rd  8.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 16  @DET  W   8-4       46-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 15  @DET  L   2-4       45-44  3rd  8.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 10   SEA  L   5-8       45-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  9   SEA  W   5-3       45-42  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 KCR  9  CLE  4        W:Ian Kennedy (5-5), L: Corey Kluber (6-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 KCR  3  CLE  2        W:Joakim Soria (3-2), L: Bryan Shaw (0-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 KCR  2  CLE  1        W:Edinson Volquez (6-6), L: Carlos Carrasco (2-2), S: Wade Davis (18)
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  0        W:Corey Kluber (5-6), L: Chris Young (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1        W:Josh Tomlin (8-1), L: Ian Kennedy (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 CLE  6  KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (6-3), L: Edinson Volquez (5-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 02, 2016 CLE  5  KCR  4        W:Tommy Hunter (2-1), L: Joakim Soria (2-2), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2016 CLE  5  KCR  4        W:Josh Tomlin (5-0), L: Edinson Volquez (3-3), S: Cody Allen (8)
Sat, May 07, 2016 KCR  7 @CLE  0        W:Ian Kennedy (4-2), L: Cody Anderson (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2016 CLE  7  KCR  1        W:Danny Salazar (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - CLE over 6-4; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 338-320

SP: Corey Kluber (30, RHP, 9-8, 3.61)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-8) 122.0 97 54 49 27 122 10 3.61
2015 (9-16) 222.0 189 92 86 45 245 22 3.49
2014 (18-9) 235.2 207 72 64 51 269 14 2.44
Last 7 GS 5-2 48.1 31 18 15 11 49 3 2.79 64
2016-07-08 NYY W 8.0 5 1 1 0 8 1 96 76
2016-07-03 @TOR L 3.1 7 5 5 4 4 1 95 26
2016-06-28 @ATL W 8.0 3 2 2 1 7 0 87 74
2016-06-21 TBR W 9.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 115 88
2016-06-15 @KCR L 5.0 8 8 5 1 7 1 97 31
2016-06-10 @LAA W 9.0 3 2 2 1 8 0 114 80
2016-06-05 KCR W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 82 72
Last 5 v.KCR 2-3 32.0 29 16 12 5 33 2 3.38 57
2016-06-15 @KCR L 5.0 8 8 5 1 7 1 97 31
2016-06-05 KCR W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 82 72
2015-09-17 KCR L 4.0 5 3 2 0 5 1 61 47
2015-07-29 KCR W 9.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 112 78
2015-06-03 @KCR L 8.0 9 4 4 1 9 0 110 56

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 8-8, 4.85)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-8) 111.1 115 64 60 41 85 11 4.85
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 3-3 37.2 38 28 27 14 26 3 6.45 44
2016-07-09 SEA W 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 91 50
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
Last 5 v.CLE 1-4 28.2 27 17 17 17 23 8 5.34 47
2016-06-13 CLE W 7.0 2 0 0 4 3 0 95 72
2016-06-03 @CLE L 6.1 7 5 5 4 5 2 115 40
2016-05-08 @CLE L 4.1 7 5 5 4 4 2 105 29
2015-09-25 CLE L 6.0 4 3 3 2 7 2 101 57
2015-09-14 @CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 2 100 38

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Indians Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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
35.Almonte# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/9 .158/.200/.316/.516 .545/.472 .536 20/.516 0/0 0/0
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 17/1.114 10/.522 2/.500 1/2.000 12/1.318 13/.808 1/.000 6/.167 2/.000 241/205 .299/.346/.466/.812 .699/.832 .784 81/.953 5/0 6/1
20.Davis G/S/vP 11/.482 11/.489 2/.000 2/.000 7/.143 15/.481 3/1.334 6/1.167 2/.500 310/206 .260/.320/.423/.744 .722/.755 .764 66/.720 24/3 9/4
38.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.100 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 92/74 .188/.231/.271/.501 .575/.483 .455 34/.424 0/0 2/1
10.Gomes G/S/vP 15/.508 6/1.166 2/.000 4/1.250 8/.804 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 262/188 .165/.198/.313/.512 .740/.422 .471 58/.348 0/0 8/3
9.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 22/1.139 14/1.065 1/.000 2/1.000 12/1.217 18/.771 ··· 8/.453 ··· 394/275 .280/.341/.482/.823 .645/.900 .804 96/1.082 6/2 15/6
12.Lindor# G/S/vP 18/.476 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.500 1/2.000 2/3.000 1/.000 396/276 .301/.360/.450/.810 .808/.811 .684 99/.716 13/4 10/7
26.Napoli G/S/vP 16/.875 8/.875 2/1.000 2/.500 7/.762 13/.725 1/.000 7/.343 5/.200 369/267 .249/.333/.483/.816 .781/.830 .653 95/.953 3/0 20/7
30.Naquin* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 187/163 .314/.373/.598/.971 .818/.991 .854 75/1.037 3/1 10/2
11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 12/.705 6/.666 2/3.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 329/243 .294/.351/.415/.765 .724/.780 .669 97/.769 10/5 4/5
41.Santana# G/S/vP 24/.875 17/.685 2/.000 1/.000 16/.188 27/.569 1/.000 12/.633 ··· 397/293 .257/.350/.493/.843 .652/.915 .869 96/1.011 4/1 20/3
4.Uribe G/S/vP 19/.635 ··· ··· 12/.817 1/2.000 7/.572 5/.500 7/.857 10/.900 236/161 .218/.271/.356/.628 .518/.678 .536 49/.508 0/0 7/7
IP 111.1 30.1 26.1 57.0 41.2 35.0 23.0 40.0 36.2 TOTAL .260/.322/.435/.758 .705/.778 .695 .802 69/18 117/55
ERA-K/9 4.85/6.9 1.19/8.6 2.39/8.6 4.11/7.7 1.73/11.4 3.86/10.0 2.74/7.0 3.60/8.3 3.68/5.9 4.19/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (13-3-3)
 Gomes (19-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.264 119/.171 105/.200 257/.300 161/.197 143/.225 94/.265 169/.252 152/.277 .253  Davis
 Chisenhall
 Ramirez
 Naquin
 Almonte
 Gonzalez
44/47/1/7
0/2/66/4
42/0/0/1
0/56/4/1
3/2/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .714 .450 .578 .839 .545 .692 .643 .792 .769 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.658 63/.447 42/.470 141/.866 80/.639 58/.546 33/.858 85/.653 74/.740 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.767 56/.452 63/.646 116/.806 81/.454 85/.782 61/.531 84/.939 78/.794 .735
Home 276/.684 60/.436 51/.439 140/.901 75/.480 68/.708 44/.736 79/.785 87/.760
Last 28d days 91/.777 17/.544 75/.564 59/.696 30/.476 31/.823 29/.685 29/1.187 41/.752
HR/SB/CS 11/6/4 0/1/1 2/0/0 11/0/4 2/0/1 5/3/2 1/0/0 6/1/2 4/2/2 120/27/29
Usage ········ ·X······ ··o····X ·······X X······· ··X····· ·o······ o·X····· ·······o
Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Kluber
G/S/vB		 49.Adams
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 65.Colon
G/S/vB		 53.Manship
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.625 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 67/54 .283/.348/.500/.848 .641/.900 1.062 15/.641 0/0 2/2
24.Colon G/S/vP 9/.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 99/77 .244/.313/.267/.580 .511/.600 .458 34/.431 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 6/.167 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 230/182 .283/.310/.438/.748 .802/.734 .711 84/.852 1/0 8/5
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 35/.484 4/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 182/167 .252/.326/.327/.653 .883/.633 .663 44/.741 13/3 0/1
12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/41 .283/.338/.533/.872 1.207/.671 1.056 34/.840 0/0 3/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 45/.387 3/1.667 8/.875 ··· 7/.572 3/1.334 9/.347 405/324 .259/.285/.319/.604 .488/.633 .694 88/.772 12/4 1/11
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 37/.703 ··· 7/2.238 ··· 6/1.667 4/1.000 9/.347 241/179 .207/.311/.341/.653 .533/.693 .626 75/.657 3/0 7/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 48/.913 2/.000 7/1.143 ··· 4/.750 1/2.000 6/1.100 379/274 .299/.356/.472/.829 .810/.835 .891 90/.668 4/1 13/5
15.Merrifield G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 204/153 .284/.309/.401/.710 .862/.659 .814 81/.520 5/1 2/3
25.Morales# G/S/vP 21/.390 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 6/.834 339/251 .257/.322/.446/.768 .926/.712 .822 78/1.105 0/0 15/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 227/166 .315/.341/.403/.743 .754/.740 .877 68/.523 5/1 1/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 31/.583 1/.000 9/.944 ··· 6/.000 5/.400 13/.539 321/247 .282/.321/.498/.819 .774/.833 1.018 84/.629 0/0 14/3
IP 122.0 9.1 40.2 3.2 26.2 36.1 38.2 TOTAL .271/.319/.407/.726 .780/.711 .786 .704 51/18 81/49
ERA-K/9 3.61/9.0 3.86/12.6 2.66/11.1 2.45/9.7 2.03/6.4 1.24/8.9 3.72/9.8 3.59/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (6-2-0)
 Perez (21-27-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.216 39/.222 162/.190 18/.250 112/.222 150/.221 160/.231 .236  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Merrifield
 Eibner
 Morales
18/20/21/7
0/5/56/4
59/0/0/4
11/0/1/2
8/0/5/0
0/0/5/0
OPS .597 .782 .618 .771 .667 .554 .742 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.622 19/.789 80/.745 10/.744 45/.846 67/.576 71/.806 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.573 20/.771 82/.494 8/.804 67/.542 83/.537 89/.691 .688
Road 259/.583 19/.513 91/.617 5/1.267 59/.685 79/.632 90/.778
Last 28d days 108/.511 7/.714 39/.699 18/.771 26/.323 35/.601 41/.387
HR/SB/CS 10/4/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 1/1/0 7/1/1 102/32/15
Usage ········ X······o ·oo····· ·X·····X ·oo····o ·X·····X ·XX····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  5.57

ARI  4.48

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

WSN  3.44

PHI  4.59

CIN  5.90

 BA

D. Murphy  .350

A. Beltre  .274

T. Frazier  .211

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .421

A. Rendon  .341

F. Galvis  .258

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .663

B. Zobrist  .458

B. Burns  .303

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.085

M. Cabrera  .790

N. Ahmed  .572

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Hellickson  4.03

M. Pineda  5.56

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.92

J. Eickhoff  7.59

M. Pelfrey  4.14

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.