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New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals, at Yankee Stadium III, May 11, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

Yankee Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

67° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

14-22

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

On This Date:

50-37

Season Series
Mon, May 09, 2016 NYY  6  KCR  3     
Tue, May 10, 2016 NYY 10  KCR  7     

Wed, May 11, 2016 KCR    @NYY  7:05pm
Thu, May 12, 2016 KCR    @NYY  7:05pm
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 NYY    @KCR  8:15pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 NYY    @KCR  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 NYY    @KCR  8:15pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

15-17, 3rd, 7 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-5    Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Tue, May 10  @NYY  L   7-10      15-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 31 Mon, May  9  @NYY  L   3-6       15-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Sun, May  8  @CLE  L   4-5       15-15  3rd  6.0 gb
 29 Sat, May  7  @CLE  W   7-0       15-14  2nd  5.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  6  @CLE  L   1-7       14-14  3rd  5.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  4   WSN  L   2-13      14-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  3   WSN  W   7-6       14-12  3rd  4.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  2   WSN  L   0-2       13-12  3rd  4.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  1  @SEA  W   4-1       13-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 30  @SEA  L   0-6       12-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

New York Yankees

13-18, 5th, 6 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-8    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   9-10   vsLHP:   4-8    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  4-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Tue, May 10   KCR  W  10-7       13-18  5th  6.0 gb
 30 Mon, May  9   KCR  W   6-3       12-18  5th  6.0 gb
 29 Sun, May  8   BOS  L   1-5       11-18  5th  6.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  7   BOS  W   8-2       11-17  5th  5.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  6   BOS  W   3-2       10-17  5th  6.0 gb
 26 Thu, May  5  @BAL  L   0-1 (10)   9-17  5th  7.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  4  @BAL  W   7-0        9-16  5th  6.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  3  @BAL  L   1-4        8-16  5th  6.5 gb
 23 Sun, May  1  @BOS  L   7-8        8-15  5th  6.0 gb
 22 Sat, Apr 30  @BOS  L   0-8        8-14  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 10, 2016 NYY 10  KCR  7        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (1)
Mon, May 09, 2016 NYY  6  KCR  3        W:Kirby Yates (2-0), L: Chris Young (1-5), S: none

Wed, May 27, 2015 NYY  4  KCR  2        W:Michael Pineda (6-2), L: Chris Young (4-1), S: Andrew Miller (14)
Tue, May 26, 2015 NYY  5  KCR  1        W:Adam Warren (3-3), L: Jason Vargas (3-2), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2015 NYY 14  KCR  1        W:Nathan Eovaldi (4-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-3), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2015 KCR  6  NYY  0        W:Edinson Volquez (3-3), L: Chris Capuano (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2015 NYY  5 @KCR  1        W:CC Sabathia (2-5), L: Danny Duffy (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2015 KCR 12  NYY  1        W:Chris Young (3-0), L: Michael Pineda (5-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 KCR  2 @NYY  0        W:Yordano Ventura (12-9), L: Shane Greene (4-3), S: Wade Davis (2)
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 NYY  6  KCR  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (9-14), L: Liam Hendriks (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - NYY over 2-0; 2015 - NYY won 4-2; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 282-191

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 2-2, 4.65)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-2)			31.0	24	16	16	25	25	3	4.65
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		3-2	38.0	28	17	17	28	36	3	4.03	53
2016-05-06	@CLE	L	4.0	6	5	5	5	3	0	97	28
2016-04-30	@SEA	L	4.0	3	5	5	6	1	2	82	31
2016-04-24	BAL	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	96	69
2016-04-19	DET	W	5.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	98	49
2016-04-13	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	99	63
2016-04-08	MIN	ND	5.0	2	2	2	6	6	0	98	55
2015-10-03	@MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	11	0	97	73

Last 5 v.NYY		1-0	6.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0.00	64
2014-09-07	@NYY	W	6.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	103	64

SP: Michael Pineda (27, RHP, 1-3, 5.73)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-3)			33.0	43	22	21	9	34	8	5.73
2015 (12-10)			160.2	176	83	78	21	156	21	4.37
2014 (5-5)			76.1	56	18	16	7	59	5	1.89

Last 7 GS		1-4	36.2	49	26	25	9	39	8	6.14	44
2016-05-06	BOS	ND	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	106	51
2016-04-30	@BOS	L	5.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	106	49
2016-04-24	TBR	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	9	4	103	27
2016-04-19	OAK	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	97	56
2016-04-13	@TOR	L	6.0	5	3	2	3	6	0	105	55
2016-04-06	HOU	W	5.0	8	6	6	0	5	3	87	32
2015-10-04	@BAL	L	3.2	6	4	4	0	5	0	83	38

Last 5 v.KCR		2-3	33.1	29	11	10	2	26	3	2.70	60
2015-05-27	KCR	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	8	1	106	65
2015-05-15	@KCR	L	5.1	10	5	5	0	1	0	104	29
2014-09-05	KCR	L	7.0	3	1	0	0	4	0	98	73
2014-08-25	@KCR	W	6.1	5	1	1	0	5	1	96	64
2011-09-10	KCR	L	8.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	101	67

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

Royals Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineda
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 43.Coke*
G/S/vB 41.Goody
G/S/vB 48.Miller*
G/S/vB 47.Nova
G/S/vB 45.Shreve*
G/S/vB 39.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 11/10 .400/.455/.700/1.155 .000/1.278 .833 10/1.278 0/0 0/0

6.Cain G/S/vP 10/.322 5/.200 5/.400 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.400 6/.334 1/.000 2/1.000 131/109 .270/.321/.402/.722 .964/.675 .831 98/.724 3/3 5/1

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 34/27 .250/.294/.313/.607 .000/.770 .579 30/.577 0/0 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 16/14 .313/.313/.500/.813 .000/.929 .813 16/.813 0/0 1/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 65/59 .224/.286/.276/.562 .900/.527 .487 65/.562 5/1 0/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 15/.400 2/1.500 3/1.167 8/.453 ··· 8/.750 11/.482 ··· 2/.000 146/123 .257/.292/.309/.600 .360/.645 .537 109/.601 7/1 0/6

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 19/.489 2/.000 ··· 19/.669 ··· 15/1.092 12/1.117 1/.000 ··· 125/94 .234/.344/.355/.699 .476/.774 .702 94/.723 3/0 3/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 12/.750 2/.000 1/.000 17/1.004 ··· 11/.819 11/1.355 2/2.500 1/.000 130/96 .325/.377/.542/.919 .875/.934 .998 97/.960 3/1 6/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 12/.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 15/.517 6/1.334 1/.000 2/2.000 104/82 .247/.282/.320/.601 .558/.613 .715 78/.577 0/0 0/2

25.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 ··· 9/1.181 ··· 5/.200 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 129/96 .193/.240/.311/.551 .823/.462 .570 97/.524 0/0 3/

16.Orlando G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 35/21 .286/.286/.314/.600 .786/.476 .565 20/.650 1/0 0/0

13.Perez G/S/vP 15/.733 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/1.000 2/.000 3/1.666 113/92 .234/.265/.439/.705 .490/.754 .536 84/.699 0/0 4/0

IP 33.0 14.0 2.0 0.2 4.2 12.2 18.2 12.0 11.1 TOTAL .254/.304/.388/.692 .675/.696 .685 .699 24/8 29/14

ERA-K/9

5.73/9.3

2.57/17.4

4.50/13.5

0.00/0.0

1.93/15.3

0.71/16.3

4.34/4.8

5.25/9.8

2.38/11.9

4.30/9.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (0-0-0)
Perez (10-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.307 54/.196 9/.250 3/.000 20/.263 48/.200 80/.293 50/.234 50/.195 .260 Dyson
Gordon
Cain
Orlando 0/2/17/4
32/0/0/2
0/31/0/1
0/1/10/1

OPS .946 .633 .708 .333 .826 .518 .765 .918 .564 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/1.000 25/.822 / 2/.500 8/.946 13/.160 32/.792 16/1.438 19/.440 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.901 29/.466 9/.708 1/.000 12/.750 35/.649 48/.747 34/.691 31/.647 .739

Home 102/1.057 30/.448 9/.708 3/.333 11/.582 34/.638 47/.544 33/.970 33/.421

Last 28d days 101/.935 37/.743 9/.708 3/.333 20/.826 37/.567 55/.669 38/1.121 39/.533

HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 3/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/2/0 5/0/0 0/4/0 42/17/3

Usage ····X··· ····ooo· XX······ ·o······ ···o···· X···Xo·· ·X······ ·oX·o·X· ·X··o·Xo

Yankees Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB 53.Gee
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 67.Wang
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Ackley* G/S/vP 8/1.089 5/.933 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 41/31 .143/.244/.143/.387 .425/.374 .520 36/.444 0/0 0/0

36.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/.667 3/.666 6/.933 1/.000 12/.500 4/.833 ··· 3/.666 9/.958 120/78 .252/.267/.461/.728 .696/.743 .830 95/.692 0/0 6/0

14.Castro G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 4/.833 4/1.250 13/.558 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 119/77 .297/.345/.459/.804 .957/.723 .933 90/.745 2/0 3/1

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.432 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/1.334 24/1.144 3/1.167 6/.666 112/69 .260/.321/.380/.701 .793/.643 .625 79/.705 9/3 1/0

38.Gamel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/4 .200/.200/.200/.400 .000/.500 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 21/1.152 5/.400 1/.000 9/.222 2/3.000 5/.650 5/.750 ··· 120/79 .240/.361/.410/.771 .537/.887 1.025 95/.808 5/1 4/1

18.Gregorius* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 102/71 .229/.250/.344/.594 .715/.545 .745 78/.514 1/1 2/4

12.Headley# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 8/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/55 .174/.265/.174/.440 .311/.545 .456 76/.440 3/0 0/3

31.Hicks# G/S/vP 9/1.083 9/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 54/28 .170/.226/.319/.546 .406/.665 .824 42/.633 0/1 2/1

34.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 24/.492 1/3.000 ··· 4/.833 13/1.077 104/73 .286/.375/.462/.837 .693/.897 .846 82/.673 0/0 4/0

27.Romine G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 25/10 .348/.375/.478/.853 1.115/.500 1.300 17/1.063 0/0 0/0

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.666 18/.421 12/1.083 ··· 9/1.158 3/.000 5/.650 8/.125 11/1.363 123/79 .202/.325/.298/.623 .664/.600 .622 94/.522 1/0 3/1

17.Torreyes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/22 .313/.333/.406/.740 .636/.792 .564 24/.382 0/0 0/1

IP 31.0 10.2 17.0 6.0 20.2 15.1 13.1 16.1 10.1 TOTAL .238/.307/.375/.681 .690/.676 .750 .645 23/6 30/18

ERA-K/9

4.65/7.3

0.00/9.3

3.18/10.6

4.50/6.0

2.61/7.0

1.17/11.2

4.05/10.2

4.96/7.2

3.48/7.0

4.03/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (14-2-0)
Romine (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.209 39/.091 71/.262 23/.200 88/.234 63/.220 52/.208 75/.281 44/.317 .247 Hicks
Ackley
Gardner
Ellsbury
Gamel
Beltran
Torreyes 7/7/10/2
0/0/6/1
28/0/0/1
0/27/0/1
0/0/4/0
0/0/23/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .676 .322 .694 .604 .713 .592 .728 .849 .754 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.712 25/.376 18/.333 8/.536 50/.842 33/.894 20/.485 37/.726 19/.610 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.646 14/.214 53/.827 15/.641 38/.561 30/.271 32/.862 38/.972 25/.858 .710

Road 69/.865 17/.369 33/.628 23/.604 47/.586 33/.690 23/.646 47/.751 16/.646

Last 28d days 95/.710 22/.232 53/.690 23/.604 78/.719 42/.587 31/.672 52/.807 30/.760

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/1/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 4/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 2/0/1 0/0/0 34/10/12

Usage ····X··· ······X· o·X···X· X···X··· ·X····XX X··o··o· X·o····X X·oo···X ······Xo

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

CHC 6.19

CLE 4.30

ATL 2.97

RA/G

CHC 2.87

MIA 4.38

MIL 5.73

D. Murphy .398

C. Seager .264

R. Goins .155

OBP

D. Fowler .467

A. Beltre .333

R. Goins .204

SLG

M. Machado .722

J. Bautista .438

E. Aybar .209

OPS

M. Machado 1.147

A. Russell .766

E. Aybar .425

ERA

J. Zimmermann 1.10

D. Smyly 3.63

J. Peavy 8.47

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.83

R. Nolasco 7.99

D. Fister 4.79

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.