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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals, at Rogers Centre, July 5, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Start Time:
7:07et (local)
Venue:
Rogers Centre
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
85
On This Date:
24-20
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
86
On This Date:
15-18
Season Series
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 TOR  6  KCR  2     

Tue, Jul 05, 2016 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, Jul 06, 2016 KCR    @TOR  7:07pm
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 TOR    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 TOR    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Aug 07, 2016 TOR    @KCR  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
43-39, 3rd, 7 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-11   Road:   16-28   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  34-33   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Mon, Jul  4  @TOR  L   2-6       43-39  3rd  7.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  3  @PHI  L   2-7       43-38  3rd  6.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  2  @PHI  W   6-2       43-37  2nd  6.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  1  @PHI  L   3-4       42-37  2nd  7.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30  @STL  W   4-2       42-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @STL  W   3-2 (12)  41-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 28   STL  L   4-8       40-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 27   STL  W   6-2       40-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 26   HOU  W   6-1       39-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25   HOU  L   5-13      38-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Toronto Blue Jays
46-39, 3rd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-19   Road:   24-20   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  34-25   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:   8-14
 vsEast: 23-19   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Mon, Jul  4   KCR  W   6-2       46-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  3   CLE  W  17-1       45-39  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  2   CLE  W   9-6       44-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  1   CLE  L   1-2 (19)  43-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 81 Thu, Jun 30   CLE  L   1-4       43-38  3rd  5.5 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 29  @COL  W   5-3       43-37  2nd  5.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 28  @COL  W  14-9       42-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 27  @COL  L   5-9       41-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 26  @CHW  L   2-5       41-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 25  @CHW  W  10-8       41-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 TOR  6  KCR  2        W:Aaron Sanchez (9-1), L: Edinson Volquez (7-8), S: none

Sun, Aug 02, 2015 TOR  5  KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (6-10), L: Edinson Volquez (10-6), S: Roberto Osuna (7)
Sat, Aug 01, 2015 KCR  7 @TOR  6        W:Yordano Ventura (6-7), L: Mark Lowe (0-2), S: Greg Holland (23)
Fri, Jul 31, 2015 TOR  7  KCR  6 (11)   W:Liam Hendriks (3-0), L: Franklin Morales (3-1), S: none
Thu, Jul 30, 2015 TOR  5  KCR  2        W:Marco Estrada (8-6), L: Danny Duffy (4-5), S: Roberto Osuna (6)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 KCR 11  TOR 10        W:Wade Davis (5-1), L: Bo Schultz (0-1), S: Greg Holland (19)
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TOR  6 @KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (10-5), L: Chris Young (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 KCR  3  TOR  0        W:Danny Duffy (3-4), L: Marco Estrada (6-5), S: Greg Holland (18)
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 TOR  4  KCR  0        W:Mark Buehrle (10-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 TOR 12  KCR  2        W:Marcus Stroman (2-0), L: Aaron Brooks (0-1), S: Todd Redmond (1)
Season Series: 2016 - TOR over 1-0; 2015 - TOR won 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 195-185

SP: Chris Young (37, RHP, 2-7, 6.24)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-7) 57.2 62 40 40 29 60 22 6.24
2015 (11-6) 123.1 91 44 42 43 83 16 3.06
2014 (12-9) 165.0 143 70 67 60 108 26 3.65
Last 7 GS 0-3 28.2 33 23 23 17 28 16 7.22 42
2016-06-30 @STL ND 4.0 1 1 1 6 5 1 91 55
2016-06-25 HOU L 2.1 7 7 7 4 2 2 67 13
2016-06-19 DET ND 6.0 3 1 1 1 7 1 86 68
2016-06-14 CLE ND 4.1 5 2 2 4 4 1 87 45
2016-06-05 @CLE L 4.2 6 5 5 1 5 4 82 36
2016-05-09 @NYY L 2.2 6 5 5 0 2 5 53 28
2016-05-03 WSN ND 4.2 5 2 2 1 3 2 85 48
Last 5 v.TOR 2-1 21.2 19 12 12 7 18 1 4.98 50
2015-07-11 TOR L 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 93 52
2014-08-12 TOR W 6.0 2 1 1 2 3 0 94 65
2005-07-10 TOR ND 4.0 6 4 4 3 5 0 89 36
2005-04-17 TOR W 5.2 6 4 4 0 6 0 86 47

SP: R.A. Dickey (41, RHP, 5-9, 4.21)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-9) 102.2 101 57 48 35 70 19 4.21
2015 (11-11) 214.1 195 97 93 61 126 25 3.91
2014 (14-13) 215.2 191 101 89 74 173 26 3.71
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.0 40 20 17 16 23 10 3.64 50
2016-06-30 CLE L 7.0 8 3 3 1 4 2 92 52
2016-06-25 @CHW W 5.1 6 5 4 1 7 4 86 44
2016-06-18 @BAL L 6.0 7 3 2 2 2 1 95 48
2016-06-13 PHI L 6.1 5 3 3 2 4 2 104 53
2016-06-08 @DET W 5.1 9 2 2 1 1 1 97 42
2016-06-03 @BOS W 6.2 2 1 0 5 4 0 100 67
2016-05-29 BOS ND 5.1 3 3 3 4 1 0 102 47
Last 5 v.KCR 3-1 31.2 34 14 11 9 25 3 3.13 53
2015-08-02 KCR W 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 101 77
2014-05-29 KCR ND 5.0 10 5 5 1 7 1 108 33
2013-08-31 KCR W 8.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 100 64
2013-04-13 @KCR W 6.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 100 61
2004-05-18 KCR L 5.1 10 6 3 2 2 2 95 30

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Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 31.Biagini
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 30.Chavez
G/S/vB		 37.Grilli
G/S/vB		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 54.Osuna
G/S/vB		 45.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/53 .286/.355/.518/.873 .633/.919 .545 15/.929 0/0 2/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/63 .284/.346/.311/.656 .627/.665 .742 33/.727 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/156 .276/.309/.422/.731 .808/.711 .765 93/.837 1/0 7/3
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.500 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 163/149 .255/.333/.326/.660 .792/.647 .657 40/.639 12/3 0/1
12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/29 .275/.326/.475/.801 1.082/.657 .250 29/.612 0/0 1/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 18/.777 ··· 8/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 9/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 373/302 .262/.284/.322/.606 .471/.638 .525 107/.694 11/4 1/10
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 6/.367 6/.733 5/.200 6/1.133 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 208/154 .210/.308/.343/.650 .532/.690 .704 42/.647 3/0 6/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 10/.900 7/.858 ··· 8/1.667 4/1.000 3/.000 1/3.000 346/250 .303/.361/.490/.852 .846/.853 .768 106/.737 4/1 13/5
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/138 .301/.320/.416/.736 .862/.700 .653 107/.722 5/1 2/3
25.Morales# G/S/vP 23/.748 ··· 8/.536 9/.222 4/1.833 8/1.000 5/.900 2/1.000 ··· 306/230 .264/.327/.473/.800 1.005/.732 .738 88/1.278 0/0 15/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 200/148 .321/.347/.416/.763 .770/.760 .630 79/.725 5/1 1/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 13/.891 ··· 7/1.000 6/.000 3/.000 5/.650 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 283/222 .277/.311/.483/.794 .675/.827 .674 93/.839 0/0 12/2
IP 102.2 30.0 12.2 32.1 28.2 6.2 5.1 37.2 31.0 TOTAL .274/.321/.412/.733 .782/.719 .686 .776 49/18 75/43
ERA-K/9 4.21/6.1 3.00/7.8 4.97/7.8 3.62/9.5 4.08/13.8 5.40/6.7 6.75/11.9 2.39/11.0 5.81/8.7 3.87/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (6-2-0)
 Perez (20-22-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.256 140/.280 60/.333 134/.246 129/.231 28/.280 21/.211 149/.212 145/.300 .245  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Merrifield
 Eibner
 Morales
18/14/21/7
0/2/52/4
51/0/0/4
10/0/1/2
8/0/0/0
0/0/5/0
OPS .796 .689 .873 .732 .711 .957 .764 .600 .876 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 190/.877 61/.723 26/.942 61/.738 57/.822 16/.875 8/1.500 75/.752 62/1.172 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.735 79/.663 34/.820 73/.724 72/.630 12/1.061 13/.245 74/.456 83/.677 .678
Home 209/.849 79/.643 29/.854 72/.676 72/.642 28/.957 19/.851 62/.388 72/.863
Last 28d days 126/.938 47/.878 8/.625 48/.585 41/.578 6/1.333 13/.731 41/.768 54/.736
HR/SB/CS 19/0/1 0/4/1 2/2/0 6/2/1 3/1/0 2/1/1 2/0/0 3/3/0 5/3/1 99/44/11
Usage ····X··· ··XX··X· o··oo··· ···X···X ··oX··X· ··X····· ·Xo····· ··oo·Xo· ·o·X···X
Blue Jays Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Young
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 53.Gee
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 11/.364 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 185/110 .292/.346/.386/.732 .746/.722 .797 72/.549 2/2 3/4
3.Carrera* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 7/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 169/120 .284/.384/.390/.774 1.003/.671 .927 104/.697 5/3 3/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 16/.126 6/.334 1/4.000 3/.000 4/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 378/281 .298/.411/.581/.992 1.066/.967 1.033 122/1.294 6/0 20/6
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 5/1.400 25/.200 ··· 3/.000 8/1.042 14/.286 2/5.000 4/1.750 3/.000 366/275 .264/.356/.541/.898 1.035/.854 .943 109/1.230 2/0 22/2
48.Lake G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/8 .214/.389/.500/.889 1.178/.375 .375 18/.889 1/0 1/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 36/.784 5/.650 3/2.000 9/.222 3/1.667 6/.750 7/.453 2/.500 ··· 267/193 .222/.312/.335/.647 .699/.627 .716 85/.886 1/1 7/1
11.Pillar G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/4.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 342/241 .255/.287/.394/.681 .691/.677 .787 105/.794 7/3 7/3
21.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· 4/.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 320/228 .290/.366/.544/.910 .998/.875 .864 102/.942 0/2 15/2
14.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.818 ··· ··· 4/.500 9/.958 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 225/159 .234/.329/.411/.740 .629/.787 .770 52/.649 1/0 9/2
22.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/1.000 82/51 .127/.225/.169/.394 .481/.346 .240 28/.375 0/0 1/1
29.Travis G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 143/97 .269/.308/.440/.748 .396/.923 .497 94/.907 3/0 5/0
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 15/.582 ··· ··· 6/.900 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 253/186 .238/.316/.462/.778 .671/.816 .752 63/1.093 1/0 14/7
IP 57.2 29.1 21.0 53.1 38.2 32.0 19.2 37.1 33.0 TOTAL .248/.331/.436/.767 .763/.768 .788 .882 31/12 123/42
ERA-K/9 6.24/9.4 1.23/8.6 3.00/7.7 4.05/7.8 1.40/11.4 3.38/9.8 3.20/7.8 3.13/8.0 3.82/5.7 4.13/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (35-6-3)
 Thole (9-5-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 259/.272 116/.176 86/.208 239/.299 148/.187 128/.209 83/.288 154/.231 136/.270 .249  Pillar
 Carrera
 Saunders
 Lake
0/83/0/5
24/4/27/4
74/1/0/4
0/0/5/0
OPS .961 .462 .624 .849 .517 .658 .692 .720 .768 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/1.312 63/.447 32/.496 127/.872 74/.665 52/.437 28/.970 77/.528 65/.744 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.657 53/.480 54/.695 112/.822 74/.373 76/.797 55/.554 77/.916 71/.788 .731
Road 121/1.154 56/.490 51/.753 117/.763 76/.533 65/.603 42/.627 84/.723 54/.784
Last 28d days 76/.965 35/.469 56/.627 60/.839 35/.266 38/.779 34/.847 43/.615 37/.687
HR/SB/CS 22/8/2 0/1/1 2/0/0 11/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 1/0/0 4/1/2 4/2/1 107/26/24
Usage ····X··· ····oX·· ·X·X··X· ·X··X··· ····oo·· X···Xo·· o·····o· ··o··X·o ···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  5.65

LAA  4.40

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

CHC  3.39

PHI  4.60

CIN  6.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .353

J. Giavotella  .273

D. Norris  .212

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .433

E. Nunez  .341

F. Galvis  .250

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .679

A. Beltre  .456

B. Burns  .311

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.112

Z. Cozart  .793

B. Burns  .585

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Hellickson  4.06

C. Bettis  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.10

M. Wacha  7.75

M. Pelfrey  4.29

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.