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Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, August 18, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Game #:
123
On This Date:
52-55
Royals
Manager:
Game #:
123
On This Date:
21-19
Season Series
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3     
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 KCR  7  MIN  0     
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3 (10)
Mon, May 23, 2016 KCR 10 @MIN  4     
Tue, May 24, 2016 KCR  7 @MIN  4     
Wed, May 25, 2016 MIN  7  KCR  5     
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 KCR  7 @MIN  3     
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 MIN  5  KCR  3     
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 KCR 11 @MIN  4     

Thu, Aug 18, 2016 MIN    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 MIN    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 MIN    @KCR  2:15pm
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 KCR    @MIN  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 06, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 07, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 27, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Wed, Sep 28, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Thu, Sep 29, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm

                         All times ET
49-71, 5th, 20 GB, 18½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-37   Road:   24-34   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  34-56   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:15-28   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 17  @ATL  W  10-3       49-71  5th 20.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @ATL  W   4-2       48-71  5th 21.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 14   KCR  L   4-11      47-71  5th 21.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 13   KCR  W   5-3       47-70  5th 20.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 12   KCR  L   3-7       46-70  5th 20.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 11   HOU  L   2-10      46-69  5th 19.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug 11   HOU  L   7-15      46-68  5th 19.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9   HOU  L   5-7       46-67  5th 18.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  8   HOU  W   3-1       46-66  5th 17.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7  @TBR  W   6-3       45-66  5th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
60-60, 3rd, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-21   Road:   24-39   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  46-45   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:30-17   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 17  @DET  W   4-1       60-60  3rd  9.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @DET  W   6-1       59-60  3rd 10.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 15  @DET  W   3-1       58-60  3rd 10.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 14  @MIN  W  11-4       57-60  3rd 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13  @MIN  L   3-5       56-60  3rd 11.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 12  @MIN  W   7-3       56-59  3rd 10.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 11   CHW  W   2-1       55-59  3rd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 KCR 11 @MIN  4        W:Edinson Volquez (9-10), L: Hector Santiago (10-7), S: Chris Young (1)
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 MIN  5  KCR  3        W:Tyler Duffey (8-8), L: Dillon Gee (4-6), S: Brandon Kintzler (11)
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 KCR  7 @MIN  3        W:Yordano Ventura (8-9), L: Kyle Gibson (4-7), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2016 MIN  7  KCR  5        W:Tyler Duffey (2-3), L: Dillon Gee (1-2), S: Kevin Jepsen (4)
Tue, May 24, 2016 KCR  7 @MIN  4        W:Edinson Volquez (5-4), L: Ervin Santana (1-3), S: Wade Davis (12)
Mon, May 23, 2016 KCR 10 @MIN  4        W:Peter Moylan (1-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 KCR  7  MIN  0        W:Ian Kennedy (1-0), L: Tommy Milone (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-2), S: Wade Davis (2)

Sun, Oct 04, 2015 KCR  6 @MIN  1        W:Johnny Cueto (11-13), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-2), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 7-2; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 382-360

SP: Tyler Duffey (25, RHP, 8-8, 5.71)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-8) 108.2 133 74 69 25 90 19 5.71
2015 (5-1) 58.0 56 20 20 20 53 4 3.10
Last 7 GS 4-2 35.0 43 23 23 11 31 5 5.91 46
2016-08-13 KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 103 62
2016-08-08 HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 95 67
2016-08-03 @CLE W 6.0 8 5 5 0 6 2 83 42
2016-07-27 ATL L 1.1 8 5 5 1 0 1 55 17
2016-07-21 @BOS L 2.1 9 6 6 1 0 1 55 14
2016-07-16 CLE ND 6.1 6 4 4 3 2 0 97 44
2016-07-07 @TEX W 6.0 2 0 0 4 9 0 107 73
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 13.2 15 7 7 3 11 1 4.61 51
2016-08-13 KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 103 62
2016-05-25 KCR W 6.2 9 5 5 2 5 0 102 39

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 4-6, 4.78)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-6) 86.2 107 48 46 29 70 18 4.78
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 1-5 35.0 56 30 28 11 29 11 7.20 37
2016-08-13 @MIN L 5.1 11 5 5 1 6 3 96 31
2016-08-05 TOR ND 6.0 4 3 3 4 2 1 87 50
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
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 17.0 27 12 10 3 21 6 5.29 43
2016-08-13 @MIN L 5.1 11 5 5 1 6 3 96 31
2016-05-25 @MIN L 4.0 10 6 5 1 6 3 90 25
2013-08-19 @MIN W 7.2 6 1 0 1 9 0 99 73
Twins Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.27 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
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 135/98 .272/.321/.400/.721 .536/.791 .898 44/.906 0/0 2/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 12/1.417 1/.000 5/1.267 1/.000 7/.714 1/.000 ··· 19/.491 506/400 .267/.341/.527/.868 1.120/.803 .921 118/1.144 8/2 26/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 8/.125 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 14/.408 266/199 .259/.283/.380/.663 .675/.660 .498 63/.663 1/2 5/9
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 288/192 .266/.385/.432/.817 .940/.752 .746 75/.704 1/3 8/5
26.Kepler* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 299/208 .259/.342/.502/.844 .663/.925 .912 106/.924 4/0 15/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/1.145 1/no AB 8/1.100 2/1.000 16/1.268 1/.000 10/.650 22/.559 482/373 .284/.384/.417/.801 .653/.847 .839 93/1.057 2/0 10/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 10/1.056 1/2.000 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 16/.557 259/200 .259/.295/.399/.694 .720/.686 .645 28/.793 1/0 7/7
11.Polanco# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 106/84 .320/.356/.454/.809 .890/.790 .965 74/.812 3/0 1/5
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/.625 263/203 .269/.295/.438/.733 .624/.762 .832 91/.869 5/1 8/3
22.Sano G/S/vP 6/.834 1/.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 363/296 .250/.342/.491/.832 .980/.800 .925 81/.980 1/0 20/15
39.Santana# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 7/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 226/180 .256/.298/.351/.648 .460/.695 .579 42/.716 12/9 2/4
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 14/.786 1/.000 8/.125 1/.000 14/1.121 ··· 4/.500 15/.867 294/208 .281/.321/.431/.751 .793/.734 .775 60/.781 0/0 6/3
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 103/81 .259/.379/.576/.955 1.872/.720 .928 56/.796 0/0 6/0
IP 86.2 38.0 53.2 30.0 51.1 6.2 44.1 75.2 TOTAL .258/.323/.430/.753 .772/.747 .765 .853 76/24 145/91
ERA-K/9 4.78/7.3 2.84/7.1 2.01/11.4 3.60/8.1 4.03/9.1 1.35/16.1 4.87/5.3 6.07/9.4 4.14/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (9-2-2)
 Suzuki (46-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 390/.303 152/.209 208/.204 127/.261 222/.264 26/.167 195/.299 340/.277 .252  Kepler
 Rosario
 Grossman
 Santana
 Escobar
 Sano
0/4/73/7
43/27/0/5
57/1/0/3
14/38/4/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0
OPS .857 .618 .568 .676 .806 .397 .830 .940 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.889 58/.620 99/.606 40/1.026 110/.687 7/.857 96/.788 165/1.200 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.824 94/.617 109/.533 87/.523 112/.929 19/.217 99/.868 175/.714 .717
Home 222/.849 74/.558 109/.593 64/.733 108/.825 7/.286 122/.822 187/.776
Last 28d days 110/.947 35/.552 44/.694 26/.417 53/.851 26/.397 35/1.101 48/.631
HR/SB/CS 18/1/4 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 26/9/2 160/35/34
Usage ····X··X ····X··o o·o····o ·oo····o ·oo··o·X X····X·· ·······X ···X···X
Royals Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Duffey
G/S/vB
60.Chargois
G/S/vB
27.Kintzler
G/S/vB
61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB
57.Pressly
G/S/vB
55.Rogers*
G/S/vB
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Burns# G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 300/230 .230/.266/.298/.564 .634/.542 .608 8/.250 14/4 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 90/72 .280/.330/.500/.830 .458/.926 1.006 21/.550 0/0 3/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.285 1/2.000 3/.666 378/292 .282/.325/.399/.724 1.041/.634 .679 71/.605 9/4 8/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 123/89 .234/.303/.270/.574 .409/.634 .549 19/.347 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 6/.834 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 356/269 .290/.327/.443/.770 .885/.733 .828 114/.740 1/0 10/11
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 218/199 .251/.324/.361/.685 1.036/.652 .755 24/.642 18/6 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 7/1.571 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 13/1.365 2/.000 3/1.333 524/403 .258/.286/.317/.603 .483/.639 .660 108/.625 14/4 2/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 8/1.667 1/2.000 2/3.000 349/242 .219/.321/.361/.682 .655/.693 .638 99/.772 6/0 10/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.714 3/.000 3/.333 500/346 .274/.330/.438/.768 .666/.814 .774 110/.570 5/2 17/6
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/46 .215/.239/.338/.577 .554/.590 .527 71/.577 4/0 1/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 451/319 .243/.313/.430/.743 .822/.708 .783 101/.694 0/0 20/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 3/.333 343/242 .322/.347/.433/.780 .948/.710 .851 104/.893 10/2 4/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 6/1.300 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 10/.700 2/1.000 3/.666 415/301 .256/.289/.447/.736 .694/.752 .874 84/.492 0/0 16/3
IP 108.2 5.1 39.2 8.2 61.1 43.0 58.2 TOTAL .263/.311/.398/.709 .745/.697 .750 .649 74/24 104/66
ERA-K/9 5.71/7.5 8.44/3.4 1.82/5.4 4.15/6.2 3.38/7.9 3.14/9.0 3.99/10.4 4.89/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (7-3-0)
 Perez (28-31-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.298 25/.300 155/.238 37/.233 260/.248 187/.262 253/.257 .282  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Burns
 Cain
 Morales
19/29/21/8
0/24/66/6
86/0/0/6
1/71/4/4
0/72/16/3
0/0/5/0
OPS .851 .740 .636 .694 .689 .687 .765 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.738 11/.831 61/.563 10/.222 104/.677 66/.568 94/.952 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.958 14/.665 94/.683 27/.842 156/.693 121/.753 159/.658 .827
Road 214/.761 / 61/.446 26/.800 137/.732 75/.735 102/.822
Last 28d days 86/.928 17/.494 42/.555 5/.400 49/.627 55/.603 58/.791
HR/SB/CS 19/2/1 0/1/0 4/0/0 1/0/0 7/1/0 4/0/1 9/13/1 164/59/14
Usage ····X··· ···X·oX· ·o··X··· ···X···· ·o·oo··· ·o·X··o· ···o··X·

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

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.