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Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, July 31, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Start Time:
2:05ct (local), 3:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
96° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
106
On This Date:
24-20
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
107
On This Date:
21-24
Season Series
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1     
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX  7 @KCR  4     
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 TEX  2 @KCR  1     
Thu, Jul 28, 2016 TEX  3  KCR  2     
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 TEX  8  KCR  3     
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 TEX  2  KCR  1     

Sun, Jul 31, 2016 KCR    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
49-54, 4th, 11 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-19   Road:   17-35   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  38-42   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 98 Mon, Jul 25   LAA  L   2-6       48-50  4th  8.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 24   TEX  L   1-2       48-49  3rd  8.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 23   TEX  L   4-7       48-48  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 22   TEX  W   3-1       48-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 20   CLE  L   4-11      47-47  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Texas Rangers
61-44, 1st, 5 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-17   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  47-30   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  23-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 27-18 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sat, Jul 30   KCR  W   2-1       61-44  1st  5.0 up
104 Fri, Jul 29   KCR  W   8-3       60-44  1st  4.0 up
103 Thu, Jul 28   KCR  W   3-2       59-44  1st  3.0 up
102 Wed, Jul 27   OAK  L   4-6       58-44  1st  2.5 up
101 Tue, Jul 26   OAK  L   3-6       58-43  1st  3.5 up
100 Mon, Jul 25   OAK  W   7-6       58-42  1st  3.5 up
 99 Sun, Jul 24  @KCR  W   2-1       57-42  1st  2.5 up
 98 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-4       56-42  1st  2.5 up
 97 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-3       55-42  1st  2.5 up
 96 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   4-7       55-41  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 TEX  2  KCR  1        W:Matt Bush (4-2), L: Brooks Pounders (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 TEX  8  KCR  3        W:A.J. Griffin (4-1), L: Edinson Volquez (8-9), S: none
Thu, Jul 28, 2016 TEX  3  KCR  2        W:Cole Hamels (12-2), L: Yordano Ventura (6-9), S: Sam Dyson (21)
Sun, Jul 24, 2016 TEX  2 @KCR  1        W:Alex Claudio (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (2-3), S: Sam Dyson (20)
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX  7 @KCR  4        W:Cole Hamels (11-2), L: Yordano Ventura (6-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1        W:Danny Duffy (6-1), L: Yu Darvish (2-2), S: Wade Davis (21)

Sun, Jun 07, 2015 KCR  4  TEX  3        W:Wade Davis (3-1), L: Keone Kela (4-2), S: Greg Holland (9)
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 TEX  4 @KCR  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (3-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (7)
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 TEX  4 @KCR  0        W:Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-0), L: Edinson Volquez (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2015 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-2), L: Ross Detwiler (0-5), S: Greg Holland (7)
Season Series: 2016 - TEX over 5-1; 2015 - TEX won 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 5-1; All-Time - KCR leads 277-266

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 3-4, 4.54)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-4) 67.1 85 36 34 23 55 12 4.54
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 2-4 31.2 55 30 28 10 31 6 7.96 35
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
2015-06-14 ATL ND 3.2 11 8 8 1 4 1 72 10
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 6.0 8 3 3 2 1 1 4.50 43
2011-06-26 @TEX W 6.0 8 3 3 2 1 1 102 43

SP: Lucas Harrell (31, RHP, 2-2, 3.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-2) 29.1 25 13 11 12 21 1 3.38
2014 (0-3) 12.1 19 14 13 9 9 2 9.49
2013 (6-17) 153.2 174 111 100 88 89 20 5.86
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 37 22 19 18 27 2 4.42 48
2016-07-26 @MIN W 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 105 65
2016-07-20 @CIN L 6.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 96 42
2016-07-15 COL L 3.2 7 7 5 3 4 0 83 24
2016-07-07 @CHC ND 7.2 4 1 1 2 5 0 113 70
2016-07-02 MIA W 6.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 85 66
2014-04-15 KCR L 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 1 101 42
2014-04-09 @TOR L 4.1 7 5 4 3 2 0 107 30
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 15.1 16 10 10 9 6 3 5.87 43
2014-04-15 KCR L 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 1 101 42
2013-06-09 @KCR ND 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 0 99 71
2010-09-12 KCR ND 3.1 9 6 6 3 1 2 86 16

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

Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Harrell
G/S/vB		 39.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 50.Kela
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 75/59 .294/.351/.515/.866 .517/.964 .488 12/.833 0/0 2/2
6.Cain G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 315/247 .284/.333/.408/.741 1.048/.659 .766 8/.250 7/4 8/3
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/85 .245/.313/.284/.597 .459/.641 .649 31/.440 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 279/214 .298/.331/.454/.785 .918/.744 .788 87/.904 1/0 9/7
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 207/189 .251/.320/.355/.675 .844/.659 .647 47/.721 14/5 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 453/355 .255/.283/.310/.593 .476/.625 .517 83/.524 14/4 1/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 284/202 .205/.313/.336/.649 .508/.705 .650 80/.611 5/0 7/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 427/302 .280/.340/.442/.782 .716/.809 .763 85/.526 4/1 14/5
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 17/7 .353/.353/.353/.706 .800/.571 .800 17/.706 1/0 0/2
25.Morales# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.500 3/2.000 1/.000 386/279 .246/.313/.427/.740 .832/.704 .701 84/.551 0/0 16/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 268/193 .320/.345/.414/.759 .850/.724 .627 71/.715 7/1 2/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 359/269 .268/.304/.472/.776 .735/.789 .657 80/.670 0/0 15/3
IP 29.1 15.0 46.2 33.2 26.2 37.2 47.1 14.1 TOTAL .265/.315/.398/.713 .745/.703 .668 .627 60/20 87/54
ERA-K/9 3.38/6.5 3.00/16.8 2.12/6.6 2.94/8.3 3.04/6.1 2.39/9.5 2.47/6.5 5.65/13.8 4.39/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (7-3-0)
 Perez (24-28-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 124/.234 63/.228 188/.243 138/.227 116/.299 148/.154 189/.238 59/.192 .264  Dyson
 Gordon
 Orlando
 Cain
 Morales
18/27/21/8
70/0/0/5
0/10/62/4
0/72/2/2
0/0/5/0
OPS .652 .688 .607 .596 .757 .496 .650 .730 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.575 26/.683 86/.788 50/.653 32/.594 49/.431 81/.789 25/.423 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.716 37/.691 102/.459 88/.563 84/.821 99/.528 108/.549 34/.939 .766
Home 43/.793 34/.801 94/.610 79/.728 70/.694 77/.595 85/.440 30/.744
Last 28d days 102/.686 32/.796 33/.282 41/.756 36/.629 21/.246 33/.674 29/.476
HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 3/1/0 2/2/1 3/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/2/1 4/0/0 135/57/17
Usage ····X··· ·o····o· ····o··X X··X·X·o ·o··X·o· ·o·o·oo· ··o·X·XX ·X·oo·X·
Rangers Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Gee
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 62.Pounders
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/16 .162/.162/.162/.324 .286/.375 .286 / 1/0 0/1
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 12/.667 1/.000 8/1.171 ··· ··· 4/1.500 7/.000 7/.714 377/289 .290/.348/.411/.759 .923/.707 .798 75/.897 13/7 4/9
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.666 16/1.063 ··· 6/1.267 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.143 26/.523 23/.542 411/310 .279/.333/.457/.791 .929/.746 .826 92/.830 0/0 16/6
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 114/93 .196/.272/.480/.752 .756/.751 .377 48/.617 0/1 8/1
3.DeShields G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 144/106 .214/.291/.317/.608 .363/.698 .417 23/.673 5/3 3/3
20.Desmond G/S/vP 48/.845 4/1.250 2/.500 2/.000 6/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.000 448/338 .303/.355/.519/.874 1.058/.814 .976 95/.795 17/3 20/8
13.Gallo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/14 .067/.125/.267/.392 .000/.451 .392 15/.419 0/0 1/1
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 396/292 .281/.333/.415/.748 .577/.811 .757 84/.672 0/2 12/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.167 10/.522 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 322/253 .245/.311/.466/.777 .715/.794 .883 49/1.166 0/0 17/1
12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 409/291 .279/.298/.503/.801 .814/.796 .833 91/.970 10/4 21/14
19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 185/131 .300/.353/.435/.789 .580/.873 1.017 75/.697 0/1 5/5
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 220/130 .272/.345/.426/.771 .918/.673 .835 52/.523 7/0 7/2
6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 156/116 .241/.270/.333/.603 .816/.527 .666 29/.609 0/0 3/2
IP 67.1 33.2 33.1 45.2 24.2 4.2 44.0 41.1 67.1 TOTAL .264/.321/.433/.754 .775/.747 .792 .768 60/25 137/65
ERA-K/9 4.54/7.4 1.60/8.5 3.24/7.6 1.58/11.2 4.38/6.9 13.50/11.5 4.09/8.6 4.57/5.4 6.82/9.6 4.36/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (18-5-2)
 Wilson (27-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.307 135/.186 133/.218 176/.199 106/.293 24/.429 190/.265 178/.294 310/.289 .257  Desmond
 Mazara
 Rua
 DeShields
 Profar
29/78/0/6
25/0/74/6
51/4/2/4
6/29/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .844 .484 .638 .535 .742 1.315 .825 .814 .995 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.823 68/.444 50/.598 86/.617 38/1.087 15/1.538 94/.646 87/.768 148/1.287 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.865 67/.525 83/.661 90/.458 68/.561 9/.873 96/1.013 91/.856 162/.748 .739
Road 117/.763 59/.463 60/.758 86/.601 52/.604 12/1.117 95/.792 65/.781 135/1.243
Last 28d days 68/.827 19/.618 47/.664 28/.630 26/.876 24/1.315 36/1.315 42/.966 51/1.165
HR/SB/CS 12/1/4 0/1/1 4/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 3/0/1 7/1/2 5/2/2 26/9/2 140/31/31
Usage ····X··· ···X··o· ·X···X·o ···o··X· ·o···o·· o······· X··X···X ····XX·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  5.58

ARI  4.45

ATL  3.44

 RA/G

CHC  3.49

BAL  4.50

CIN  5.65

 BA

J. Altuve  .358

M. Trumbo  .270

D. Norris  .193

 OBP

J. Altuve  .424

A. Hill  .339

D. Norris  .253

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .652

M. Franco  .452

A. Escobar  .310

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.067

B. Miller  .780

A. Ramirez  .591

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Gray  3.94

J. Peavy  5.47

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.17

C. Tillman  7.62

M. Pelfrey  3.92

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.