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Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, August 11, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
116
On This Date:
58-56
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
116
On This Date:
23-17
Season Series
Fri, May 20, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1     
Sat, May 21, 2016 KCR  2 @CHW  1     
Sun, May 22, 2016 CHW  3  KCR  2     
Fri, May 27, 2016 KCR  7  CHW  5     
Sat, May 28, 2016 KCR  8  CHW  7     
Sun, May 29, 2016 KCR  5  CHW  4     
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 CHW  7  KCR  5     
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1     
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 KCR  3 @CHW  1     
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 CHW  7 @KCR  5 (10)
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 KCR  3  CHW  2 (14)

Thu, Aug 11, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 KCR    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 KCR    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 CHW    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 CHW    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Sep 18, 2016 CHW    @KCR  2:15pm
Mon, Sep 19, 2016 CHW    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Chicago White Sox
54-59, 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-26   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  42-48   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:19-26   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug 10  @KCR  L   2-3 (14)  54-59  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  9  @KCR  W   7-5 (10)  54-58  3rd 10.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   BAL  L   2-10      53-58  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   BAL  W   4-2       53-57  3rd 10.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   BAL  L   5-7       52-57  3rd 10.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @DET  W   6-3       52-56  3rd 10.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @DET  L   1-2       51-56  3rd 10.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @DET  L   5-11      51-55  3rd 10.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31  @MIN  L   4-6       51-54  3rd 10.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30  @MIN  W   6-5 (10)  51-53  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Kansas City Royals
54-59, 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-21   Road:   19-38   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  42-44   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug 10   CHW  W   3-2 (14)  54-59  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  9   CHW  L   5-7 (10)  53-59  4th 11.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   TOR  W   7-1       53-58  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   TOR  W   4-2       52-58  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   TOR  L   3-4       51-58  4th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 KCR  3  CHW  2 (14)   W:Dillon Gee (4-5), L: Matt Albers (2-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 CHW  7 @KCR  5 (10)   W:David Robertson (3-2), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-4), S: Dan Jennings (1)
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 KCR  3 @CHW  1        W:Yordano Ventura (5-4), L: Carlos Rodon (2-6), S: Wade Davis (17)
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Danny Duffy (2-1), L: Jose Quintana (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 CHW  7  KCR  5        W:Chris Sale (10-2), L: Ian Kennedy (4-5), S: David Robertson (15)
Sun, May 29, 2016 KCR  5  CHW  4        W:Chris Young (2-5), L: Nate Jones (2-1), S: Wade Davis (14)
Sat, May 28, 2016 KCR  8  CHW  7        W:Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), L: Tommy Kahnle (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2016 KCR  7  CHW  5        W:Peter Moylan (2-0), L: Matt Albers (1-4), S: Wade Davis (13)
Sun, May 22, 2016 CHW  3  KCR  2        W:Carlos Rodon (2-4), L: Yordano Ventura (4-3), S: David Robertson (11)
Sat, May 21, 2016 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Joakim Soria (2-1), L: Miguel Gonzalez (0-1), S: Wade Davis (11)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 8-3; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 13-6; All-Time - CHW leads 373-357

SP: Miguel Gonzalez (32, RHP, 2-6, 4.09)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-6) 101.1 102 50 46 33 76 10 4.09
2015 (9-12) 144.2 151 81 79 51 109 24 4.91
2014 (10-9) 159.0 155 61 57 51 111 25 3.23
Last 7 GS 1-3 45.2 40 18 14 9 32 4 2.76 57
2016-08-05 BAL L 6.0 10 4 3 0 1 1 95 39
2016-07-30 @MIN ND 7.0 6 2 1 1 5 0 114 63
2016-07-25 CHC ND 6.2 7 2 2 2 8 1 104 58
2016-07-20 @SEA ND 6.0 4 3 3 2 5 1 90 55
2016-07-15 @LAA L 6.0 5 4 3 1 6 0 96 53
2016-07-06 NYY W 7.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 102 69
2016-07-01 @HOU L 7.0 3 3 2 2 4 1 92 63
Last 5 v.KCR 0-4 27.1 34 18 17 5 18 3 5.60 44
2016-05-27 @KCR ND 6.1 8 3 3 0 5 1 80 50
2016-05-21 KCR L 6.0 6 2 2 0 8 1 107 60
2015-08-25 @KCR L 4.1 6 3 3 3 1 1 92 37
2014-04-27 KCR L 6.0 6 4 3 1 4 0 98 49
2013-07-25 @KCR L 4.2 8 6 6 1 0 0 68 23

SP: Danny Duffy (27, LHP, 8-1, 2.97)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-1) 115.1 93 38 38 25 132 14 2.97
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 5-0 48.2 37 14 14 9 53 3 2.59 64
2016-08-06 TOR W 6.2 5 2 2 2 6 1 101 60
2016-08-01 @TBR W 8.0 1 0 0 1 16 0 110 95
2016-07-27 LAA ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 92 49
2016-07-22 TEX W 6.2 4 1 1 2 4 1 100 64
2016-07-16 @DET W 6.1 6 4 4 1 7 1 104 51
2016-07-07 SEA ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 7 0 108 57
2016-07-02 @PHI W 8.2 7 2 2 0 8 0 110 70
Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 26.0 23 12 12 6 27 4 4.15 53
2016-06-11 @CHW W 6.0 3 0 0 3 10 0 88 73
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
2015-09-05 CHW L 7.0 7 4 4 2 7 2 103 52
2015-08-09 CHW ND 3.1 4 3 3 1 2 0 73 41

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

White Sox Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
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
79.Abreu G/S/vP 27/.986 ··· 11/.586 1/.000 10/1.025 1/.000 2/.000 8/.393 483/391 .280/.335/.438/.773 .543/.827 .696 103/.837 0/2 14/6
12.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 227/189 .261/.278/.390/.668 .824/.637 .530 99/.495 4/2 5/6
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 25/.626 ··· 6/.750 1/no AB 9/.666 1/.000 1/.000 11/1.434 445/364 .299/.346/.449/.795 .895/.772 .758 112/.777 1/0 9/1
36.Coats G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 29/18 .091/.286/.136/.422 .697/.235 .515 / 0/0 0/0
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 28/.410 1/no AB 14/.846 2/1.000 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 6/2.100 507/392 .271/.354/.405/.759 .763/.758 .759 109/.797 12/4 9/4
21.Frazier G/S/vP 8/.821 ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 7/1.429 1/.000 8/.250 5/.000 461/384 .212/.297/.469/.766 .887/.743 .778 94/.708 8/2 31/8
44.Morneau* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 20/.450 1/2.000 10/1.100 8/.250 83/71 .289/.337/.474/.811 1.000/.776 .928 83/.811 0/0 3/
38.Narvaez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/19 .412/.524/.471/.994 .500/1.026 .928 21/.994 0/0 0/0
27.Navarro# G/S/vP 11/1.122 3/2.667 4/.250 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 17/.708 8/1.917 269/189 .208/.266/.339/.605 .742/.548 .527 74/.533 1/2 5/8
18.Saladino G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 193/144 .256/.295/.389/.684 .673/.688 .700 72/.658 7/3 6/6
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 9/1.417 ··· 7/.453 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 63/52 .119/.161/.169/.331 .182/.364 .232 29/.211 0/1 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· 194/166 .224/.259/.339/.598 .929/.542 .504 74/.447 2/2 4/2
IP 115.1 35.1 51.2 28.2 49.0 4.0 44.1 72.2 TOTAL .250/.313/.398/.711 .742/.704 .694 .690 52/27 114/66
ERA-K/9 2.97/10.3 3.06/7.4 2.09/11.1 3.77/8.2 4.22/8.8 2.25/22.5 4.87/5.3 6.32/9.4 4.27/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Narvaez (3-0-0)
 Navarro (34-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 458/.221 142/.216 202/.211 122/.264 214/.276 16/.143 195/.299 331/.281 .255  Eaton
 Cabrera
 Shuck
 Saladino
 Coats
1/21/98/16
102/0/0/9
2/46/2/4
1/1/1/1
4/0/4/0
OPS .655 .640 .585 .688 .839 .393 .830 .956 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.485 55/.631 97/.619 39/1.055 106/.714 5/.800 96/.788 157/1.243 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 375/.693 87/.645 105/.554 83/.524 108/.968 11/.182 99/.868 174/.718 .723
Home 250/.726 74/.558 109/.593 64/.733 108/.825 7/.286 122/.822 187/.776
Last 28d days 131/.574 40/.758 45/.748 33/.772 51/1.121 16/.393 43/1.060 55/.704
HR/SB/CS 14/1/3 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 26/9/2 151/34/34
Usage ····X··· o······X oX··XX·· o··oXo·X Xo···XX· ·X····X· X······X X··X····
Royals Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 51.Fulmer
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 48.Kahnle
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Turner
G/S/vB		 66.Ynoa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Burns# G/S/vP 7/1.371 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 297/227 .229/.265/.297/.563 .634/.541 .607 5/.000 14/3 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 83/66 .289/.341/.526/.868 .485/.969 1.049 16/.938 0/0 3/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 9/1.000 9/.476 ··· 6/1.133 8/1.750 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 351/273 .278/.322/.398/.719 1.002/.640 .679 44/.496 8/4 8/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 118/88 .241/.305/.278/.583 .412/.642 .549 27/.539 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 324/246 .300/.337/.449/.786 .905/.749 .811 107/.856 1/0 9/10
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 11/1.600 6/.666 ··· 7/1.029 5/.733 1/no AB 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 214/195 .255/.325/.367/.692 1.036/.659 .776 42/.843 17/6 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.494 17/.485 ··· 3/.000 11/.864 1/.000 8/.542 5/.400 ··· 496/385 .251/.280/.307/.587 .423/.635 .668 104/.502 14/4 2/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/.531 8/.900 ··· 5/.650 7/.619 1/.000 10/.311 6/.334 ··· 324/226 .203/.306/.331/.637 .547/.674 .638 96/.591 6/0 8/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 17/.551 5/.400 ··· 12/.265 9/.361 1/.000 12/.969 5/1.400 ··· 470/327 .277/.336/.434/.770 .702/.800 .775 104/.553 5/1 15/5
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/29 .217/.234/.261/.495 .461/.519 .589 49/.495 3/0 0/3
25.Morales# G/S/vP 14/.451 6/1.167 ··· 7/.971 7/1.547 1/.000 12/.258 2/.000 ··· 426/302 .244/.312/.423/.736 .818/.701 .783 100/.602 0/0 18/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 311/219 .328/.351/.432/.783 .902/.734 .871 93/.862 9/2 3/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 17/.882 8/1.292 ··· 4/.750 10/.200 1/.000 10/.422 3/.666 ··· 391/285 .264/.297/.464/.760 .728/.772 .880 83/.550 0/0 16/3
IP 101.1 42.2 8.2 48.1 52.2 11.1 47.1 11.2 14.0 TOTAL .263/.312/.395/.707 .731/.699 .755 .618 70/22 95/62
ERA-K/9 4.09/6.8 5.91/4.8 9.35/7.2 1.86/6.5 2.22/9.7 5.56/5.6 4.18/10.1 10.03/10.0 3.86/8.4 4.08/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (7-3-0)
 Perez (27-31-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.261 197/.310 41/.273 207/.247 208/.196 59/.311 205/.239 58/.320 72/.250 .258  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Burns
 Cain
 Morales
19/28/21/8
0/18/65/6
80/0/0/6
0/71/4/4
0/72/10/3
0/0/5/0
OPS .717 .910 .899 .681 .570 .986 .718 1.034 .764 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.707 60/.990 22/.808 72/.697 79/.770 17/1.225 100/.642 17/.369 30/1.105 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.728 137/.877 19/1.007 135/.672 129/.449 42/.899 105/.792 41/1.316 42/.543 .764
Road 255/.649 104/1.056 27/.998 85/.687 113/.698 26/1.021 115/.736 32/1.199 31/.861
Last 28d days 132/.677 51/1.042 41/.899 45/.785 51/.679 36/1.065 47/.958 58/1.034 29/.730
HR/SB/CS 10/8/1 9/3/1 2/0/0 1/1/1 5/2/2 2/0/0 6/4/0 3/2/0 0/0/0 130/55/15
Usage ·····X·· X··X···· ···X···· Xo···X·· Xo··X·o· ···X·X·· Xo··o·o· oo··oo·· ···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  5.42

SFG  4.43

ATL  3.54

 RA/G

CHC  3.36

TBR  4.41

CIN  5.46

 BA

J. Altuve  .361

J. Mercer  .275

C. Rasmus  .211

 OBP

J. Altuve  .427

J. Turner  .342

F. Galvis  .261

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .612

M. Semien  .452

A. Escobar  .307

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.012

J. Mauer  .791

A. Escobar  .587

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

T. Koehler  3.83

S. Gray  5.74

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.94

K. Hendricks  7.58

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.