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Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Kauffman Stadium, August 5, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 5, 2016
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
90° (based on last ten years)
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
110
On This Date:
17-18
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
111
On This Date:
22-21
Season Series
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 TOR  6  KCR  2     
Tue, Jul 05, 2016 TOR  8  KCR  3     
Wed, Jul 06, 2016 TOR  4  KCR  2     

Fri, Aug 05, 2016 TOR    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 TOR    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Aug 07, 2016 TOR    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Toronto Blue Jays
62-47, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-24   Road:   30-23   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  47-31   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast: 25-20   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 11-9  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Thu, Aug  4  @HOU  W   4-1       62-47  1st    Tied
108 Wed, Aug  3  @HOU  W   3-1       61-47  2nd  1.0 gb
107 Tue, Aug  2  @HOU  W   2-1       60-47  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Mon, Aug  1  @HOU  L   1-2 (14)  59-47  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31   BAL  L   2-6 (12)  59-46  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30   BAL  W   9-1       59-45  1st  0.5 up
103 Fri, Jul 29   BAL  W   6-5       58-45  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 27   SDP  L   4-8       57-45  2nd  2.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 26   SDP  W   7-6 (12)  57-44  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 25   SDP  W   4-2       56-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Kansas City Royals
51-57, 4th, 11 GB, 10½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-19   Road:   19-38   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  40-44   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Thu, Aug  4  @TBR  L   2-3       51-57  4th 11.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @TBR  L   0-12      51-56  3rd 10.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @TBR  W   3-2       51-55  3rd 10.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  1  @TBR  W   3-0       50-55  4th 11.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 31  @TEX  L   3-5       49-55  4th 12.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 30  @TEX  L   1-2       49-54  4th 11.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 29  @TEX  L   3-8       49-53  4th 10.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 28  @TEX  L   2-3       49-52  4th  9.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 27   LAA  W   7-5       49-51  4th  8.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 26   LAA  L   0-13      48-51  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 06, 2016 TOR  4  KCR  2        W:Marcus Stroman (7-4), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Roberto Osuna (17)
Tue, Jul 05, 2016 TOR  8  KCR  3        W:R.A. Dickey (6-9), L: Chris Young (2-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 TOR  6  KCR  2        W:Aaron Sanchez (9-1), L: Edinson Volquez (7-8), S: none

Sun, Aug 02, 2015 TOR  5  KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (6-10), L: Edinson Volquez (10-6), S: Roberto Osuna (7)
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 KCR  7 @TOR  6        W:Yordano Ventura (6-7), L: Mark Lowe (0-2), S: Greg Holland (23)
Fri, Jul 31, 2015 TOR  7  KCR  6 (11)   W:Liam Hendriks (3-0), L: Franklin Morales (3-1), S: none
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 TOR  5  KCR  2        W:Marco Estrada (8-6), L: Danny Duffy (4-5), S: Roberto Osuna (6)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 KCR 11  TOR 10        W:Wade Davis (5-1), L: Bo Schultz (0-1), S: Greg Holland (19)
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR  6 @KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (10-5), L: Chris Young (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-4), L: Marco Estrada (6-5), S: Greg Holland (18)
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 3-0; 2015 - TOR won 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 197-185

SP: Francisco Liriano (32, LHP, 6-11, 5.46)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (6-11) 113.2 115 76 69 69 116 19 5.46
2015 (12-7) 186.2 155 75 70 70 205 15 3.38
2014 (7-10) 162.1 130 68 61 81 175 13 3.38
Last 7 GS 2-4 35.1 36 27 24 20 36 5 6.11 45
2016-07-31 @MIL L 5.0 6 4 4 3 7 2 91 43
2016-07-26 SEA L 3.1 8 7 7 4 3 2 72 15
2016-07-21 MIL W 6.2 4 3 2 0 13 1 103 69
2016-07-15 @WSN L 6.0 5 3 3 4 5 0 98 51
2016-07-08 CHC ND 5.0 3 2 1 3 3 0 96 55
2016-07-03 @OAK W 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 88 44
2016-06-27 LAD L 4.1 4 5 4 5 3 0 95 35
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 28.2 26 17 14 12 25 2 4.40 50
2012-09-20 @KCR ND 5.1 4 3 3 1 3 0 84 50
2012-09-07 KCR ND 5.0 6 5 5 4 4 2 91 35
2012-07-01 KCR ND 5.1 5 5 4 4 6 0 107 42
2012-06-05 @KCR L 6.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 96 67
2011-07-14 KCR W 7.0 7 3 1 2 4 0 106 57

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 3-5, 4.66)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-5) 73.1 92 40 38 24 59 14 4.66
2015 (0-3) 39.2 55 29 26 11 25 5 5.90
2014 (7-8) 137.1 128 61 61 43 94 18 4.00
Last 7 GS 2-5 34.0 51 26 24 10 31 7 6.35 40
2016-07-31 @TEX L 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 88 45
2016-07-26 LAA L 5.0 10 5 5 2 1 1 97 26
2016-07-10 SEA L 3.2 5 3 2 1 3 0 84 43
2016-05-31 TBR W 5.0 9 4 4 1 7 1 101 39
2016-05-25 @MIN L 4.0 10 6 5 1 6 3 90 25
2016-05-20 @CHW W 5.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 92 59
2016-05-14 ATL L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 0 78 46
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 6.2 5 3 3 4 6 1 4.05 54
2012-05-20 @TOR W 6.2 5 3 3 4 6 1 113 54

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Blue Jays Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Gee
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 64.Strahm*
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Barney G/S/vP 11/.364 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 242/150 .266/.315/.360/.676 .651/.690 .620 49/.353 2/2 3/4
19.Bautista G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 8/.393 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/5.000 18/.528 333/259 .219/.351/.449/.800 .762/.811 .856 47/.708 1/1 15/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/.000 1/4.000 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 18/.667 483/363 .298/.407/.584/.990 1.033/.976 .976 87/.907 6/0 27/6
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/1.301 2/5.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/.500 7/1.262 466/356 .265/.353/.550/.902 .938/.891 .883 83/.899 2/0 30/2
55.Martin G/S/vP 9/.222 3/2.000 4/2.083 7/.453 2/.500 ··· ··· 36/.784 340/254 .238/.336/.359/.695 .716/.688 .618 60/.871 1/1 8/2
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.833 439/319 .259/.290/.381/.671 .727/.650 .532 82/.572 9/5 7/4
21.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 410/302 .274/.359/.520/.878 .991/.837 .842 73/.591 1/2 19/2
14.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 4/.500 278/203 .229/.320/.416/.736 .678/.758 .728 40/.828 1/0 12/2
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.833 1/.000 110/71 .158/.250/.211/.461 .588/.397 .619 24/.775 0/0 1/1
29.Travis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 227/165 .288/.330/.453/.783 .472/.906 .958 77/.897 3/1 7/3
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 4/.500 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 17/.874 335/251 .243/.310/.460/.770 .769/.771 .793 65/.729 1/0 18/7
7.Upton G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 22/.929 5/1.400 396/302 .249/.294/.421/.715 .903/.657 .737 51/.300 20/5 16/2
IP 73.1 35.0 47.2 25.2 46.0 2.0 42.1 69.2 TOTAL .248/.328/.433/.761 .760/.761 .735 .701 34/15 156/51
ERA-K/9 4.66/7.2 3.09/7.5 1.51/11.3 4.21/7.0 4.50/8.6 4.50/22.5 4.89/5.3 6.59/9.7 4.35/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (41-6-6)
 Thole (13-5-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.308 141/.210 183/.197 112/.292 201/.273 9/.143 186/.300 319/.285 .256  Upton
 Saunders
 Pillar
 Bautista
 Barney
87/12/3/8
92/1/0/5
0/107/0/5
0/0/69/4
2/0/0/0
OPS .851 .629 .525 .755 .855 .476 .837 .976 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.852 54/.603 90/.611 39/1.055 100/.739 3/.667 91/.809 152/1.262 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.849 87/.645 93/.443 73/.601 101/.978 6/.333 95/.862 167/.737 .731
Home 190/.892 73/.536 90/.472 54/.885 95/.858 / 113/.833 175/.800
Last 28d days 91/.856 48/.694 29/.393 23/1.167 42/1.283 9/.476 39/1.105 46/.729
HR/SB/CS 14/1/4 4/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 26/9/2 146/33/34
Usage ····X··· ·X··o·X· ··oo···· ·X··o·o· X·o··X·· X·o·X··· ·X······ ··X·o···
Royals Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 30.Barnes
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 31.Biagini
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 37.Grilli
G/S/vB		 54.Osuna
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 297/227 .229/.265/.297/.563 .634/.541 .607 5/.000 14/3 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 78/62 .296/.351/.549/.900 .517/1.002 1.127 15/1.000 0/0 3/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 17/1.000 ··· 1/.000 327/259 .287/.333/.406/.739 1.048/.660 .714 20/.535 8/4 8/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/86 .236/.302/.274/.575 .412/.633 .530 31/.440 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 300/232 .293/.331/.439/.770 .899/.732 .782 91/.841 1/0 9/9
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 10/.522 1/no AB ··· 211/193 .247/.319/.349/.668 .844/.652 .717 39/.726 16/5 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 18/.411 ··· 7/.334 1/.000 8/.000 27/.509 1/2.000 ··· 473/372 .253/.280/.305/.586 .462/.620 .673 87/.484 14/4 1/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 31/.831 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 6/.367 29/1.003 5/.200 1/.000 302/215 .202/.305/.336/.641 .542/.679 .647 78/.675 6/0 8/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 10/.900 23/.451 ··· 4/.500 447/317 .279/.338/.444/.781 .743/.797 .801 85/.554 4/1 15/5
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/19 .214/.214/.214/.429 .727/.235 .571 30/.429 1/0 0/3
25.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 8/.536 24/.523 4/1.833 2/1.000 406/293 .240/.310/.421/.731 .799/.704 .779 88/.555 0/0 17/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 287/207 .326/.351/.421/.772 .872/.734 .864 77/.780 7/1 2/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· 10/.733 1/.000 7/1.000 22/.393 3/.000 3/.000 374/278 .266/.299/.469/.768 .764/.770 .910 75/.615 0/0 16/3
IP 113.2 1.0 29.1 43.2 20.1 62.0 38.2 50.1 TOTAL .263/.312/.395/.707 .742/.696 .760 .622 64/20 92/61
ERA-K/9 5.46/9.2 0.00/18.0 4.30/9.5 2.27/8.0 5.31/8.9 3.05/6.1 3.49/12.8 1.79/10.9 3.72/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (7-3-0)
 Perez (26-31-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.264 4/.250 131/.193 193/.256 93/.329 267/.270 163/.203 195/.180 .238  Dyson
 Gordon
 Burns
 Orlando
 Cain
 Morales
19/28/21/8
75/0/0/5
0/71/4/4
0/13/65/4
0/72/5/2
0/0/5/0
OPS .814 .500 .636 .627 .864 .763 .668 .524 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.782 / 61/.632 81/.688 39/.852 110/.864 71/.788 89/.698 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 400/.824 4/.500 70/.640 112/.584 54/.872 157/.691 92/.582 106/.387 .670
Road 255/.893 4/.500 71/.537 75/.682 46/.987 152/.839 69/.693 109/.649
Last 28d days 94/.883 4/.500 35/.536 45/.437 29/.789 55/.892 30/.533 39/.268
HR/SB/CS 19/7/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/5/1 3/3/0 8/6/2 5/1/0 3/4/0 125/54/11
Usage ····X··· ··X····· o··oo·o· ·o·X·X·· ···ooo·· ···oX··· o·o·X·X· Xo·Xo·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  5.46

SDP  4.43

ATL  3.48

 RA/G

CHC  3.47

KCR  4.44

CIN  5.55

 BA

D. Murphy  .358

T. Story  .272

D. Norris  .192

 OBP

M. Trout  .430

A. Hill  .341

D. Norris  .255

 SLG

D. Murphy  .630

H. Ramirez  .451

A. Escobar  .305

 OPS

D. Murphy  1.027

L. Forsythe  .786

A. Escobar  .586

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

H. Iwakuma  3.99

S. Gray  5.84

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.12

A. Sanchez  7.62

M. Pelfrey  4.06

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.