Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at Guaranteed Rate Field, September 23, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Start Time
6:10ct (local), 7:10et
Venue
Guaranteed Rate Field
Series
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
68° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Friday, 22 Sep 2017
Royals favored: 59.6% to 40.4%
Score: Royals 5.67 to 4.39

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Kansas City Royals
Record 75-78
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 158
On This Date 15-26
Standing 3rd (20.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 13-17
Home 39-36
Away 36-42
Extra Innings 4-7
vs. RHP 57-58
vs. LHP 18-20
1-Run Games 22-16
vs. East 17-14
vs. Central 32-39
vs. West 19-15
Inter-League 7-10

KCR Last 10 Games

Danny Duffy (#41, 28, LHP, 8-9, 3.71)

Chicago White Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Chicago White Sox
Record 62-91
Manager Rick Renteria
Game # 158
On This Date 46-49
Standing 4th (33.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 14-16
Home 35-40
Away 27-51
Extra Innings 4-5
vs. RHP 42-66
vs. LHP 20-25
1-Run Games 19-23
vs. East 13-20
vs. Central 31-40
vs. West 12-17
Inter-League 6-14

CHW Last 10 Games

Dylan Covey (#68, 25, RHP, 0-6, 8.18)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Apr 24, 2017CHW12 KCR1
Tue, Apr 25, 2017CHW10 KCR5
Wed, Apr 26, 2017CHW5 KCR2
Mon, May 01, 2017KCR6 CHW1
Tue, May 02, 2017CHW6@KCR0
Wed, May 03, 2017KCR6 CHW1
Thu, May 04, 2017CHW8@KCR3
Fri, Jul 21, 2017KCR7 CHW6(10)
Sat, Jul 22, 2017KCR7 CHW2
Sun, Jul 23, 2017KCR5 CHW4
Fri, Aug 11, 2017CHW6 KCR3
Sat, Aug 12, 2017KCR5@CHW4
Sun, Aug 13, 2017KCR14@CHW6
Mon, Sep 11, 2017CHW11@KCR3
Tue, Sep 12, 2017KCR4 CHW3
Wed, Sep 13, 2017CHW5@KCR3
Fri, Sep 22, 2017CHW7 KCR6
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, Sep 23, 2017KCR@CHW7:10pm
Sun, Sep 24, 2017KCR@CHW2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Royals Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.86 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 58. Alburquerque 54. Beck 70. Bummer* 68. Covey 43. Farquhar 71. Fry* 64. Holmberg* 63. Infante 37. Minaya 50. Pelfrey 66. Volstad
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.000 ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ···
53. Cabrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/2.550 3/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 37/.716 5/.450
6. Cain G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.586 4/.500 1/.000 6/.667 5/2.800 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 3/.666 27/1.289 3/.666
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/1.334 ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.154 3/.000 ··· 7/.715 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 29/.667 4/.000
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.715 8/.542 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 26/1.053 ···
Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
35. Hosmer* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.333 2/1.000 5/.000 9/1.083 3/2.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 25/1.280 ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.917 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.167 3/2.000 9/1.413 ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ···
37. Moss* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.917 1/5.000 2/.000 7/.953 3/2.334 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 20/.753 2/2.500
8. Moustakas* G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.200 3/2.667 3/.000 6/.833 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/2.000 ··· 24/1.158 ···
16. Orlando G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.533 2/.000 1/.000 8/.833 4/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 25/.490 ···
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
46. Torres# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 409 .249 .313 .421 .734 294 .750 115 .692 .737 33 .525 1 16 3
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 164 .242 .288 .340 .628 115 .644 49 .591 .657 20 .250 3 2
53. Cabrera# G ·  S ·  vP 636 .292 .331 .432 .763 484 .749 152 .810 .776 101 .683 1 2 17 2
6. Cain G ·  S ·  vP 616 .303 .365 .443 .808 480 .812 136 .794 .824 91 .963 25 2 14 7
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 142 .235 .282 .333 .615 90 .599 52 .643 .566 18 .801 2 5
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 600 .249 .270 .350 .620 465 .594 135 .711 .617 87 .869 4 6 6 15
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 23 .300 .391 .500 .891 21 .881 2 1.000 .891 7 .286 1
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 516 .211 .292 .316 .608 380 .601 136 .622 .638 77 .762 7 4 8 2
Gore G ·  S ·  vP 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 .000 1 .500 3 .333 2 2
35. Hosmer* G ·  S ·  vP 640 .320 .386 .501 .887 445 .949 195 .749 .856 98 .892 6 1 24 3
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 592 .291 .330 .465 .795 470 .778 122 .862 .719 110 .858 33 5 18 12
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 57 .160 .208 .220 .428 44 .406 13 .500 .360 8 1.000 5 2 1
37. Moss* G ·  S ·  vP 380 .208 .282 .439 .720 308 .701 72 .800 .522 69 .708 2 22
8. Moustakas* G ·  S ·  vP 572 .273 .313 .526 .839 423 .873 149 .747 .913 85 .641 37 12
16. Orlando G ·  S ·  vP 75 .167 .189 .181 .370 62 .350 13 .462 .371 25 .440 1 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 485 .269 .298 .491 .789 344 .802 141 .757 .915 79 .713 1 26 5
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 108 .147 .250 .263 .513 67 .474 41 .577 .313 6 .333 2
46. Torres# G ·  S ·  vP 77 .236 .286 .278 .563 54 .576 23 .534 .487 10 .400 1
TOTAL .261 .313 .421 .734 .738 .722 .752 89 26 184 74

CHW Pitchers

CHW Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
68. Covey G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··o 58.1 8.18 5.1 263 .322 1.031 143 1.128 120 .919 .854 56 .820 18 9 1
58. Alburquerque G ·  S ·  vP o·o····Xo··o·· 14.1 3.14 7.5 57 .160 .423 34 .388 23 .465 .465 15 .205
54. Beck G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 59.1 6.67 5.5 271 .292 .942 159 .934 112 .952 .978 46 1.294 16 5 2
70. Bummer* G ·  S ·  vP Xo·o···o·oo··o 20.0 4.95 6.8 83 .194 .732 39 .833 44 .647 .667 36 .659 4 1 1
43. Farquhar G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o·····XX··· 46.2 4.44 8.1 206 .234 .668 106 .772 100 .550 .657 35 .792 3 2
71. Fry* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo····o··o·o· 3.0 15.00 .0 18 .500 1.368 10 1.300 8 1.458 1.192 18 1.368 1
51. Fulmer G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 18.1 4.42 8.3 81 .191 .680 36 .598 45 .750 .800 69 .519 4
27. Giolito G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 38.1 2.58 6.8 153 .190 .664 79 .644 74 .681 .646 129 .594 7 2 4
64. Holmberg* G ·  S ·  vP ········X····· 54.2 4.61 5.1 253 .270 .875 174 .887 79 .847 .859 23 1.843 12 2 1
63. Infante G ·  S ·  vP ·oo····X·X·Xo· 51.0 3.35 7.8 215 .234 .669 131 .694 84 .631 .767 42 .372 4 7
40. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 41.2 4.54 5.0 182 .268 .760 86 .710 96 .806 .693 136 .743 6 1
37. Minaya G ·  S ·  vP oXo····o·X···· 40.2 4.87 10.6 174 .248 .800 107 .774 67 .843 .778 35 1.079 7 8 2
50. Pelfrey G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X········ 114.2 5.57 5.9 514 .269 .844 269 .816 245 .876 .877 58 1.110 24 25 3
33. Shields G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 110.0 5.40 7.8 489 .258 .842 238 .736 251 .947 .797 128 .775 26 7
66. Volstad G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·o···o· 8.1 1.08 5.4 30 .241 .611 18 .513 12 .750 .667 30 .611 1
TOTAL 4.80 7.6 .257 .794 .773 .801 233 114 26

White Sox Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.08 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
White Sox Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 54. Alexander* 49. Buchter* 34. Cahill 41. Duffy* 62. Gaviglio 40. Herrera 59. Machado 32. Maurer 61. McCarthy 26. Minor* 64. Morin 47. Moylan 69. Skoglund* 48. Soria
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
79. Abreu G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 2/4.000 8/2.179 44/.884 5/.400 16/.393 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.143 2/.000 12/.833
7. Anderson G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 18/.742 4/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.100 2/.000 3/.000
44. Brantly* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ···
24. Davidson G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 2/.500 3/.000
30. Delmonico* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
41. Engel G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/2.667 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/5.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/3.000 1/.000
26. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 2/.000 5/1.400 29/.749 4/1.500 13/.398 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 8/.750 2/1.500 14/.571
61. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
39. Hanson# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
48. Liriano G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
10. Moncada# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.200 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.500
38. Narvaez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.900 ··· 2/.500 2/3.000 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
20. Saladino G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 15/.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 7/.857 2/2.000 1/.000
5. Sanchez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 3/.333 5/.000 24/1.026 6/.500 12/.705 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500
36. Smith G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ···

CHW Batters

CHW Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
79. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP 648 .305 .356 .551 .907 488 .861 160 1.048 .862 97 1.057 3 31 8
7. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP 573 .263 .282 .416 .698 413 .653 160 .814 .674 95 .981 14 1 17 27
44. Brantly* G ·  S ·  vP 25 .238 .360 .286 .646 21 .714 4 .250 .539 24 .675
24. Davidson G ·  S ·  vP 420 .222 .264 .464 .729 301 .726 119 .734 .738 92 .522 1 26 6
30. Delmonico* G ·  S ·  vP 141 .263 .383 .483 .866 103 .867 38 .861 .728 50 .626 2 8 1
41. Engel G ·  S ·  vP 306 .181 .246 .307 .553 219 .512 87 .654 .526 88 .514 7 1 6 2
26. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 528 .330 .379 .498 .877 393 .813 135 1.062 .893 102 .980 5 3 17 9
61. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 112 .250 .306 .420 .726 74 .682 38 .813 .801 7 .286 2 2
39. Hanson# G ·  S ·  vP 227 .229 .270 .357 .627 191 .597 36 .788 .617 45 .857 11 3 4 6
48. Liriano G ·  S ·  vP 29 .192 .276 .346 .622 22 .673 7 .452 .744 29 .622 1 1
10. Moncada# G ·  S ·  vP 197 .237 .345 .438 .783 128 .853 69 .659 .738 75 .932 3 2 8 8
38. Narvaez* G ·  S ·  vP 288 .275 .372 .340 .712 236 .715 52 .697 .757 44 .918 2 7
20. Saladino G ·  S ·  vP 267 .183 .257 .237 .493 171 .452 96 .567 .522 42 .340 5 4 4
5. Sanchez# G ·  S ·  vP 502 .263 .317 .411 .728 374 .749 128 .665 .794 91 .870 8 8 11 8
36. Smith G ·  S ·  vP 273 .281 .307 .379 .686 162 .729 111 .625 .770 51 .668 3 2
TOTAL .258 .316 .420 .736 .720 .779 .773 69 30 178 111

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 136.0 3.71 8.2 561 .251 .704 456 .767 105 .440 .736 18 .278 13 1 1
54. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X···XX·X· 66.0 2.59 7.5 270 .249 .652 192 .643 78 .673 .742 50 .704 3 3
49. Buchter* G ·  S ·  vP ooo··o·oX··oo· 62.0 3.05 9.0 257 .188 .655 161 .669 96 .632 .514 40 .482 10 2 2
34. Cahill G ·  S ·  vP X······X···X·· 83.1 4.75 9.4 375 .267 .819 205 .862 170 .764 .935 54 1.012 14 17 2
62. Gaviglio G ·  S ·  vP ··X·······X··· 73.1 4.30 6.0 307 .271 .850 162 .866 145 .831 .922 48 .765 16 9 3
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 174.1 5.32 7.2 778 .285 .779 370 .783 408 .775 .836 127 .978 26 20 3
40. Herrera G ·  S ·  vP X·X·····Xo···· 55.1 4.55 8.5 246 .266 .822 115 .748 131 .888 .667 42 1.039 9 5
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 86.2 4.05 7.4 371 .266 .747 183 .704 188 .789 .763 116 .667 12 1 4
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 143.2 5.39 7.3 611 .244 .798 316 .772 295 .827 .697 74 .969 31 3 4
59. Machado G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 3.2 22.09 2.5 24 .476 1.399 14 1.726 10 .956 1.399 24 1.399 2
32. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ···o····o··X·X 58.0 6.52 9.0 261 .297 .838 145 .899 116 .759 1.038 36 1.209 8 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ······o··X··X· 40.1 2.90 5.1 170 .272 .700 103 .594 67 .864 .780 50 .800 4 1
26. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·····XX·X··X 74.0 2.68 10.2 294 .205 .589 195 .676 99 .416 .476 46 .452 5 4 1
64. Morin G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X··o···· 16.2 5.94 7.0 73 .313 .870 41 .677 32 1.134 .958 8 .125 3
47. Moylan G ·  S ·  vP oo·o·X···XoX·· 57.2 3.59 6.9 234 .189 .568 185 .470 49 .975 .615 43 .395 4 2 1
69. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ·········X···· 17.0 9.53 6.9 88 .373 1.028 79 1.044 9 .873 1.486 44 1.194 2 1
48. Soria G ·  S ·  vP oo···X········ 53.0 3.74 10.7 221 .238 .586 126 .525 95 .664 .586 10 .100 1
51. Vargas* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 169.2 4.03 6.7 714 .262 .759 576 .748 138 .808 .761 104 .854 25 9 5
TOTAL 4.61 7.6 .264 .763 .786 .840 186 80 28

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