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Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics, at Kauffman Stadium, September 14, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
146
On This Date:
48-58
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
147
On This Date:
27-18
Season Series
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 KCR  4 @OAK  2     
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 OAK  5  KCR  3     
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 OAK  3  KCR  2     
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 OAK 16 @KCR  3     
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 OAK  5 @KCR  4     

Wed, Sep 14, 2016 OAK    @KCR  7:15pm
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 OAK    @KCR  7:15pm

                         All times ET
Oakland Athletics
62-82, 5th, 24 GB, 17 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-42   Road:   29-40   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  46-59   vsLHP:  16-23   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 16-17   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 24-36 IL: 7-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 13  @KCR  W   5-4       62-82  5th 24.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 12  @KCR  W  16-3       61-82  5th 24.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 11   SEA  L   2-3       60-82  5th 24.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep 10   SEA  L   3-14      60-81  5th 24.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep  9   SEA  L   2-3       60-80  5th 23.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  7   LAA  W   4-1       60-79  5th 22.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  6   LAA  W   3-2       59-79  5th 23.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  5   LAA  L   7-10      58-79  5th 23.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  4   BOS  W   1-0       58-78  5th 23.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  3   BOS  L   2-11      57-78  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Kansas City Royals
74-70, 3rd, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-27   Road:   32-43   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  57-51   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:39-21   vsWest: 10-22 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Tue, Sep 13   OAK  L   4-5       74-70  3rd  9.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 12   OAK  L   3-16      74-69  3rd  9.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 11  @CHW  W   2-0       74-68  3rd  9.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep 10  @CHW  W   6-5       73-68  3rd  9.0 gb
140 Fri, Sep  9  @CHW  L   2-7       72-68  3rd 10.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  7  @MIN  L   5-6       72-67  3rd  8.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  6  @MIN  W  10-3       72-66  3rd  7.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  5  @MIN  W  11-5       71-66  3rd  8.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  4   DET  L   5-6       70-66  3rd  9.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  3   DET  W   5-2       70-65  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 OAK  5 @KCR  4        W:John Axford (6-4), L: Matt Strahm (2-1), S: Ryan Madson (30)
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 OAK 16 @KCR  3        W:Daniel Coulombe (3-1), L: Dillon Gee (6-8), S: Zach Neal (2)
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 OAK  3  KCR  2        W:John Axford (2-0), L: Joakim Soria (1-1), S: Ryan Madson (4)
Sat, Apr 16, 2016 OAK  5  KCR  3        W:Sonny Gray (2-1), L: Chris Young (0-3), S: Ryan Madson (3)
Fri, Apr 15, 2016 KCR  4 @OAK  2        W:Edinson Volquez (2-0), L: Rich Hill (1-2), S: Wade Davis (5)

Sun, Jun 28, 2015 KCR  5 @OAK  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-5), L: Jesse Chavez (4-7), S: Wade Davis (9)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 KCR  3 @OAK  2        W:Chris Young (7-3), L: Scott Kazmir (4-5), S: Greg Holland (16)
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 KCR  5 @OAK  2        W:Edinson Volquez (8-4), L: Jesse Hahn (5-6), S: Greg Holland (15)
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 KCR  4  OAK  2        W:Franklin Morales (1-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (0-1), S: Wade Davis (2)
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 OAK  5 @KCR  0        W:Jesse Hahn (1-1), L: Yordano Ventura (2-1), S: Jesse Chavez (1)
Season Series: 2016 - OAK over 4-1; 2015 - KCR won 5-1; 2014 - KCR won 5-2; All-Time - OAK leads 312-260

SP: Sean Manaea (24, LHP, 5-9, 4.40)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-9) 120.2 120 62 59 32 104 19 4.40
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.2 39 21 18 12 38 8 3.98 52
2016-08-29 @HOU L 3.1 1 2 0 2 4 0 60 56
2016-08-23 CLE W 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 104 73
2016-08-17 @TEX L 6.0 9 5 5 0 5 1 104 39
2016-08-12 SEA W 6.0 3 3 3 3 4 1 75 55
2016-08-07 CHC L 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 2 105 54
2016-08-02 @LAA L 5.2 6 5 4 3 4 2 93 40
2016-07-27 @TEX ND 6.2 11 3 3 0 9 1 96 49
Has never faced KCR as starter.

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 10-10, 4.26)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (10-10) 162.2 158 81 77 68 120 21 4.26
2015 (13-8) 163.1 154 75 74 58 156 14 4.08
2014 (14-10) 183.0 168 70 65 69 159 14 3.20
Last 7 GS 4-1 43.1 43 15 13 18 32 4 2.70 54
2016-09-09 @CHW L 7.0 10 5 4 2 3 0 114 40
2016-09-03 DET W 6.0 6 1 1 6 2 0 105 52
2016-08-28 @BOS ND 4.1 7 4 3 2 1 1 83 34
2016-08-23 @MIA W 6.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 96 65
2016-08-17 @DET ND 6.1 5 1 1 2 7 1 96 64
2016-08-12 @MIN W 7.0 4 3 3 1 9 2 105 65
2016-08-07 TOR W 6.2 5 1 1 4 4 0 106 60
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 9.1 6 7 7 6 7 1 6.75 47
2015-04-18 OAK L 3.1 4 5 5 2 2 1 63 32
2014-08-11 OAK ND 6.0 2 2 2 4 5 0 105 61

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

Athletics Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 54.Alexander*
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 61.McCarthy
G/S/vB		 63.Mills
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 62.Pounders
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 64.Strahm*
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Alcantara# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/12 .222/.222/.278/.500 .333/.583 .636 5/.600 2/2 0/0
17.Alonso* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 6/.666 468/404 .249/.310/.362/.672 .480/.702 .756 74/.638 3/1 7/5
2.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.250 546/410 .247/.297/.515/.812 .861/.796 .826 94/.856 1/2 37/4
39.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 155/80 .217/.292/.391/.684 .705/.663 .536 52/.622 0/0 5/1
48.Healy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 206/150 .297/.332/.503/.834 .849/.828 .825 93/.927 0/0 9/7
63.Maxwell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/41 .265/.327/.347/.674 .357/.790 .569 34/.924 0/0 0/0
29.McBride G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/18 .214/.233/.286/.518 .680/.284 .533 3/.000 0/0 0/0
12.Muncy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/122 .187/.315/.262/.577 .400/.584 .492 41/.470 0/0 2/1
22.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/
13.Olson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 0/0 0/0
18.Pinder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 38/16 .167/.184/.194/.379 .325/.454 .400 38/.379 0/0 0/3
10.Semien G/S/vP 8/2.292 ··· 9/.555 1/.000 9/.393 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.086 548/407 .233/.294/.428/.723 .831/.684 .742 84/.594 9/2 24/19
5.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/174 .255/.320/.378/.699 .877/.590 .589 84/.552 1/2 7/1
26.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.539 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 6/.000 ··· 6/.367 454/324 .288/.344/.457/.800 .918/.754 .968 76/.719 0/1 16/14
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 10/.633 458/379 .259/.308/.408/.716 .626/.735 .741 82/.610 0/0 11/7
52.Wendle* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 34/28 .281/.294/.281/.575 .667/.555 .422 34/.575 2/0 0/0
IP 162.2 16.0 37.1 48.1 66.0 0.2 1.2 37.2 8.1 62.1 17.0 84.0 TOTAL .246/.303/.393/.696 .685/.700 .729 .653 47/20 149/89
ERA-K/9 4.26/6.6 3.94/6.8 2.17/9.4 2.42/7.3 1.77/10.9 0.00/12.9 27.00/5.3 3.82/6.9 10.80/11.9 4.19/9.1 1.06/11.6 6.32/9.4 4.11/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Maxwell (6-0-0)
 McBride (7-1-3)
 Vogt (46-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.253 68/.306 153/.209 190/.196 251/.193 2/.000 14/.375 164/.266 39/.361 274/.268 64/.158 385/.293 .256  Valencia
 Smolinski
 Davis
 Eibner
 Muncy
 Alcantara
 McBride
0/0/25/4
12/44/24/3
81/0/0/3
13/5/27/2
2/0/16/1
0/2/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .729 .756 .539 .576 .535 .000 1.268 .688 1.190 .796 .410 .953 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 332/.746 29/.715 76/.508 72/.629 126/.499 / 6/1.417 50/.952 20/1.139 135/.685 24/.477 185/1.178 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.714 39/.788 77/.568 118/.546 125/.570 2/.000 8/1.125 114/.577 19/1.245 139/.909 40/.368 200/.760 .736
Home 285/.673 31/.644 83/.535 100/.515 128/.550 / 14/1.268 87/.717 22/1.266 135/.847 23/.274 221/.825
Last 28d days 105/.790 12/.697 18/.944 38/.413 43/.377 2/.000 8/1.425 37/.731 15/1.000 52/.757 38/.419 45/1.056
HR/SB/CS 21/4/3 1/0/0 0/2/1 4/0/0 5/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 5/0/1 9/2/2 0/0/1 27/12/2 185/45/37
Usage ····X··· ·o··o··· ··XX···· ·X·····o ··Xo··XX ···oo··· ·X······ o·o·o··· ·o······ o··o··oo o··X··o· ·X······
Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Manaea*
G/S/vB		 61.Axford
G/S/vB		 57.Coulombe*
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 66.Dull
G/S/vB		 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 44.Madson
G/S/vB		 58.Neal
G/S/vB		 56.Smith
G/S/vB		 64.Wendelken
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 303/233 .228/.263/.295/.558 .634/.535 .604 3/.000 16/4 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/86 .275/.321/.490/.811 .501/.902 .901 21/.736 0/0 4/5
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.715 ··· ··· ··· ··· 434/334 .287/.339/.408/.747 1.016/.668 .728 56/.907 14/5 9/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 150/104 .234/.295/.270/.565 .533/.579 .557 27/.528 0/1 0/0
7.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 452/337 .279/.319/.416/.735 .851/.695 .799 96/.606 1/0 10/15
60.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 292/262 .260/.329/.360/.689 .914/.664 .732 74/.701 27/7 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 12/.166 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 620/471 .270/.302/.351/.653 .579/.676 .698 96/.925 17/4 5/14
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 12/.432 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 446/303 .219/.316/.375/.691 .657/.708 .671 97/.724 7/1 15/1
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 8/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 10/.522 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 605/413 .273/.337/.447/.784 .699/.824 .753 105/.866 5/3 23/6
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 257/196 .281/.319/.384/.703 .843/.660 .746 37/.812 5/2 2/4
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 129/90 .181/.228/.267/.495 .469/.504 .433 58/.391 7/1 1/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 546/377 .257/.326/.461/.787 .853/.757 .789 95/1.004 0/0 27/0
12.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· ··· 139/138 .238/.309/.311/.621 2.000/.610 .670 3/1.000 0/0 1/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 428/294 .296/.321/.390/.711 .790/.676 .797 85/.429 12/2 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.556 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 494/353 .252/.294/.446/.740 .772/.727 .839 79/.759 0/0 20/4
IP 120.2 58.1 42.0 33.1 68.1 56.0 59.2 58.0 18.0 11.2 TOTAL .262/.314/.399/.713 .750/.699 .742 .732 105/30 131/81
ERA-K/9 4.40/7.8 4.32/8.2 4.93/10.1 2.70/10.8 2.24/8.4 4.02/9.5 3.17/7.2 4.81/3.6 4.00/11.0 10.80/9.2 4.58/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (13-3-1)
 Cruz (0-0-1)
 Perez (32-34-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 505/.260 261/.269 174/.229 130/.210 262/.176 238/.278 242/.243 236/.279 72/.206 60/.333 .265  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Burns
 Cain
 Nava
 Merrifield
 Morales
 Gore
 Dozier
19/44/21/9
0/33/76/6
110/0/0/6
4/73/4/4
0/72/29/3
37/0/2/3
12/0/3/3
0/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .755 .739 .676 .663 .550 .710 .674 .747 .611 .963 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.511 120/.680 71/.590 53/.437 89/.625 91/.571 112/.665 119/.747 30/.531 30/1.033 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 415/.809 141/.791 103/.737 77/.822 173/.511 147/.799 130/.682 117/.747 42/.667 30/.895 .765
Road 194/.861 117/.706 67/.523 58/.543 126/.584 109/.864 117/.755 114/.820 16/.946 37/.715
Last 28d days 39/.434 38/.618 40/.592 9/.222 31/.672 40/.711 35/.537 95/.702 51/.566 35/1.106
HR/SB/CS 19/3/4 6/2/0 6/2/1 5/0/1 9/2/1 5/8/0 7/7/1 8/4/0 2/0/1 3/1/0 165/67/20
Usage ········ o···X··X ·X··X··· ··o·o··· o·o···o· o·o···X· X·X···oo ·X·····X ···X···· ···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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.59

PIT  4.44

PHI  3.65

 RA/G

CHC  3.39

SEA  4.44

ARI  5.69

 BA

D. Murphy  .347

D. Fowler  .271

T. Frazier  .215

 OBP

M. Trout  .435

M. Napoli  .340

F. Galvis  .269

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .624

B. Harper  .455

J. Heyward  .310

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.028

A. Cabrera  .793

A. Hechavarria  .595

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.03

Z. Davies  3.87

J. Shields  6.01

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.80

M. Tanaka  7.71

M. Perez  4.75

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.