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Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, July 20, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Start Time:

1:15ct (local), 2:15et

Venue:

Kauffman Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

89° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

On This Date:

55-55

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

25-21

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 KCR  7  CLE  3     
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 CLE  7 @KCR  3     

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

55-38, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-16   Road:   29-22   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  38-28   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 11-11   vsCntrl:29-13   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 19  @KCR  W   7-3       55-38  1st  6.5 up
 92 Mon, Jul 18  @KCR  L   3-7       54-38  1st  5.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Kansas City Royals

47-46, 3rd, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   30-14   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  36-39   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:23-14   vsWest:  8-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 19   CLE  L   3-7       47-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18   CLE  W   7-3       47-45  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 CLE  7 @KCR  3        W:Danny Salazar (11-3), L: Brian Flynn (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 KCR  7  CLE  3        W:Luke Hochevar (2-2), L: Bryan Shaw (1-4), S: Wade Davis (20)
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)
Season Series: 2016 - CLE over 7-5; 2015 - KCR won 10-9; 2014 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 339-321

SP: Carlos Carrasco (29, RHP, 6-3, 2.49)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-3)			79.2	64	26	22	21	75	12	2.49
2015 (14-12)			183.2	154	75	74	43	216	18	3.63
2014 (8-7)			134.0	103	40	38	29	140	7	2.55

Last 7 GS		4-2	46.0	34	13	9	14	47	5	1.76	63
2016-07-15	@MIN	W	6.2	4	2	2	1	3	1	101	60
2016-07-10	NYY	L	3.2	5	5	1	2	4	1	81	41
2016-07-05	DET	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	82	64
2016-06-30	@TOR	W	7.1	3	1	1	2	14	1	113	80
2016-06-25	@DET	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	117	85
2016-06-19	CHW	ND	7.1	5	2	2	4	6	1	100	62
2016-06-13	@KCR	L	6.0	10	2	2	1	8	1	103	51

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	33.0	30	7	7	8	42	3	1.91	64
2016-06-13	@KCR	L	6.0	10	2	2	1	8	1	103	51
2016-06-02	KCR	ND	5.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	78	38
2015-09-25	@KCR	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	15	0	113	98
2015-09-14	KCR	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	82	65
2015-06-02	@KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	104	69

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 6-7, 3.86)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-7)			105.0	90	46	45	35	106	22	3.86
2015 (9-15)			168.1	166	95	80	52	174	31	4.28
2014 (13-13)			201.0	189	85	81	70	207	16	3.63

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.2	35	20	20	11	41	12	4.54	53
2016-07-15	@DET	ND	5.1	4	1	1	2	3	1	100	57
2016-07-06	@TOR	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	101	65
2016-07-01	@PHI	L	5.0	6	3	3	3	8	1	97	48
2016-06-26	HOU	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	105	77
2016-06-21	@NYM	L	4.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	72	47
2016-06-15	CLE	W	6.2	5	4	4	2	6	2	113	52
2016-06-10	@CHW	L	5.2	9	7	7	1	1	4	101	23

Last 5 v.CLE		2-1	32.2	29	16	16	10	28	5	4.41	54
2016-06-15	CLE	W	6.2	5	4	4	2	6	2	113	52
2016-06-04	@CLE	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	96	41
2016-05-07	@CLE	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	103	73
2011-06-27	CLE	ND	8.0	8	4	4	1	8	1	103	57
2008-04-26	@CLE	ND	5.0	4	3	3	4	2	0	105	45

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

Indians Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
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 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 21/10 .150/.190/.300/.490 .545/.422 .472 21/.490 0/0 0/0

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 9/1.334 10/.522 2/.500 1/2.000 12/1.318 13/.808 1/.000 6/.167 3/.000 16/.583 246/210 .301/.347/.469/.816 .699/.836 .792 78/.938 5/0 6/1

20.Davis G/S/vP 14/1.192 11/.489 4/.250 4/.000 7/.143 15/.481 3/1.334 6/1.167 3/1.167 9/.556 315/209 .260/.322/.421/.743 .721/.754 .762 71/.716 24/3 9/4

38.Gimenez G/S/vP 6/.967 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 10/.100 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 96/77 .202/.242/.281/.523 .544/.518 .492 34/.485 0/0 2/1

9.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.000 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 9/.111 14/1.065 3/1.000 4/1.250 12/1.217 19/.839 ··· 8/.453 1/.000 20/1.228 403/282 .283/.342/.482/.824 .657/.895 .807 97/1.063 7/2 15/6

12.Lindor# G/S/vP 9/1.306 3/.000 3/.833 4/1.000 3/.333 5/.400 1/2.000 2/3.000 2/2.500 10/1.078 405/283 .303/.360/.465/.825 .798/.837 .715 100/.828 13/4 12/7

26.Napoli G/S/vP 9/.722 8/.875 3/2.334 5/.400 7/.762 13/.725 1/.000 7/.343 6/.167 9/.793 378/275 .249/.333/.489/.823 .827/.821 .671 96/.992 3/0 21/7

30.Naquin* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/2.467 191/167 .314/.376/.593/.969 .818/.988 .855 72/1.037 3/1 10/2

55.Perez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.000 18/15 .000/.389/.000/.389 .333/.400 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/0

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 6/.000 6/.666 3/2.500 4/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 8/.453 337/250 .294/.351/.412/.763 .740/.771 .669 97/.697 10/5 4/5

41.Santana# G/S/vP 13/.077 17/.685 3/.000 4/.500 16/.188 28/.547 1/.000 12/.633 ··· 19/1.004 405/300 .254/.348/.486/.834 .646/.904 .851 96/.977 4/1 20/3

4.Uribe G/S/vP 29/.579 ··· 1/.000 15/.785 1/2.000 7/.572 5/.500 7/.857 10/.900 15/.414 244/168 .214/.266/.348/.615 .511/.661 .517 49/.443 0/0 7/7

IP 105.0 30.2 28.2 62.1 41.2 36.0 23.0 40.0 38.0 61.2 TOTAL .260/.323/.436/.758 .710/.777 .699 .796 70/18 120/55

ERA-K/9

3.86/9.1

1.17/8.5

3.14/8.2

4.19/7.8

1.73/11.4

3.75/9.8

2.74/7.0

3.60/8.3

3.79/5.7

6.86/9.6

4.20/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (13-3-4)
Perez (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.228 120/.170 117/.221 280/.298 161/.197 146/.227 94/.265 169/.252 157/.281 281/.285 .253 Davis
Chisenhall
Naquin
Ramirez
Almonte
Gonzalez 44/48/1/7
0/2/68/5
0/57/4/2
44/0/0/1
3/2/3/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .728 .446 .636 .820 .545 .691 .643 .792 .790 1.010 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.732 64/.440 44/.509 151/.854 80/.639 61/.553 33/.858 85/.653 77/.781 136/1.332 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.725 56/.452 73/.709 129/.781 81/.454 85/.782 61/.531 84/.939 80/.799 145/.729 .734

Home 154/.580 61/.429 63/.573 163/.860 75/.480 71/.706 44/.736 79/.785 92/.797 146/.794

Last 28d days 93/.642 18/.513 83/.650 74/.704 23/.536 30/.875 29/.685 24/1.226 46/.825 58/1.376

HR/SB/CS 22/4/6 0/1/1 3/0/0 11/1/4 2/0/1 5/3/2 1/0/0 6/1/2 5/2/2 26/8/2 123/28/29

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

Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB 49.Adams
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 65.Colon
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 53.Manship
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.904 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 6/.733 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/3.000 100/78 .253/.320/.286/.606 .511/.633 .532 34/.527 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 8/.500 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/no AB 238/190 .293/.321/.449/.770 .802/.761 .758 84/.883 1/0 8/5

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 15/.428 4/.000 7/.143 ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/2.000 190/175 .259/.333/.361/.695 .883/.679 .778 48/.866 13/4 1/1

12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/41 .283/.338/.533/.872 1.207/.671 1.056 29/.922 0/0 3/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 28/.462 3/1.667 8/.875 ··· ··· 8/.500 3/1.334 10/.522 414/333 .258/.283/.317/.600 .488/.628 .682 89/.704 12/4 1/11

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 31/.675 ··· 7/2.238 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.667 4/1.000 11/.384 249/187 .200/.305/.330/.635 .533/.669 .589 83/.606 4/0 7/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 25/.964 2/.000 7/1.143 ··· 5/.600 4/.750 1/2.000 7/1.238 387/281 .301/.359/.472/.831 .802/.841 .893 90/.730 4/1 13/5

15.Merrifield G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 212/161 .276/.307/.389/.696 .862/.643 .781 81/.526 5/1 2/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 15/.767 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 4/.000 7/.714 346/258 .256/.324/.442/.766 .926/.711 .816 84/1.088 0/0 15/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 235/174 .317/.342/.402/.744 .754/.740 .868 68/.523 5/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 21/.572 1/.000 9/.944 ··· ··· 6/.000 5/.400 15/.466 329/255 .278/.316/.489/.805 .774/.814 .974 84/.616 0/0 14/3

IP 79.2 9.1 41.2 3.2 4.0 27.0 36.1 40.1 TOTAL .271/.320/.407/.727 .779/.712 .785 .721 52/19 82/49

ERA-K/9

2.49/8.5

3.86/12.6

2.59/11.0

2.45/9.7

13.50/11.2

3.00/6.3

1.24/8.9

4.46/9.8

3.62/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-2-0)
Perez (22-27-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 316/.220 39/.222 165/.186 18/.250 21/.368 116/.235 150/.221 169/.240 .237 Dyson
Orlando
Gordon
Merrifield
Eibner
Morales 18/22/21/7
0/5/58/4
61/0/0/4
11/0/1/2
8/0/5/0
0/0/5/0

OPS .671 .782 .605 .771 .902 .721 .554 .761 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.673 19/.789 81/.735 10/.744 16/.938 46/.943 67/.576 75/.808 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.670 20/.771 84/.481 8/.804 5/.800 70/.567 83/.537 94/.725 .688

Road 172/.560 19/.513 94/.595 5/1.267 12/.817 63/.786 79/.632 99/.809

Last 28d days 126/.535 7/.714 42/.647 18/.771 1/.000 30/.574 35/.601 50/.514

HR/SB/CS 12/1/3 2/0/0 4/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 4/0/1 1/1/0 7/2/1 103/33/16

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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 5.55

ARI 4.45

ATL 3.40

RA/G

WSN 3.49

PHI 4.55

CIN 5.85

J. Altuve .354

A. Eaton .273

C. Gomez .208

OBP

M. Trout .425

C. Beltran .341

F. Galvis .258

SLG

D. Ortiz .670

T. Shaw .457

N. Ahmed .302

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.091

M. Semien .785

N. Ahmed .566

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

H. Iwakuma 4.01

D. Smyly 5.64

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.30

M. Moore 7.58

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.