Kansas City Royals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, at Kauffman Stadium, September 29, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date
Friday, September 29, 2017
Start Time
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
72° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Thursday, 28 Sep 2017
D'backs favored: 53.4% to 46.6%
Score: D'backs 5.14 to 4.44

Arizona Diamondbacks

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks
Record 92-67
Manager Torey Lovullo
Game # 160
On This Date 7-7
Standing 2nd (10.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 21-9
Home 52-29
Away 40-38
Extra Innings 9-3
vs. RHP 68-50
vs. LHP 24-17
1-Run Games 29-21
vs. East 19-14
vs. Central 17-16
vs. West 45-31
Inter-League 11-6

ARI Last 10 Games

Zack Greinke (#21, 33, RHP, 17-6, 3.18)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Kansas City Royals
Record 78-81
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 160
On This Date 23-15
Standing 3rd (22.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 14-16
Home 41-37
Away 37-44
Extra Innings 4-7
vs. RHP 60-59
vs. LHP 18-22
1-Run Games 23-16
vs. East 17-15
vs. Central 35-41
vs. West 19-15
Inter-League 7-10

KCR Last 10 Games

Ian Kennedy (#31, 32, RHP, 4-13, 5.50)

Season Series

All times ET
DateAwayHomeTime
Fri, Sep 29, 2017ARI@KCR8:15pm
Sat, Sep 30, 2017ARI@KCR7:15pm
Sun, Oct 01, 2017ARI@KCR3:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

ARI Batters vs KCR Pitchers
ARI Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

D'backs Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.09 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
D'backs Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 54. Alexander* 49. Buchter* 34. Cahill 62. Gaviglio 40. Herrera 31. Kennedy 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
5. Blanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 21/1.048 ··· ··· 36/.739 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ···
3. Descalso* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB 14/.972 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB
27. Drury G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
14. Fuentes* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
44. Goldschmidt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 6/1.833 ··· 1/.000 9/1.069 ··· 8/.542 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ···
41. Hazelbaker* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
10. Herrmann* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Iannetta G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 13/.581 ··· 9/1.069 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.750 ··· 4/.500
22. Lamb* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
4. Marte# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000
28. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 9/.597 11/.909 ··· 5/.800 4/.500 1/5.000 3/.000 6/.167 2/.000 5/.200
36. Murphy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ···
45. Negron G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ···
6. Peralta* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.333 5/1.467 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Pollock G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/3.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
9. Rosales G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000
15. Vargas# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
53. Walker G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

ARI Batters

ARI Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Blanco* G ·  S ·  vP 250 .236 .325 .350 .675 190 .746 60 .462 .635 21 .403 12 1 3 3
3. Descalso* G ·  S ·  vP 388 .236 .335 .397 .732 300 .770 88 .602 .623 60 .627 4 10 11
27. Drury G ·  S ·  vP 469 .267 .316 .448 .764 336 .770 133 .749 .634 60 .764 1 1 13 11
14. Fuentes* G ·  S ·  vP 141 .241 .279 .346 .624 119 .663 22 .418 .608 23 .685 3 1 3 2
44. Goldschmidt G ·  S ·  vP 655 .302 .408 .572 .980 495 .965 160 1.028 .877 78 .617 18 5 36 4
41. Hazelbaker* G ·  S ·  vP 57 .327 .421 .510 .931 47 .997 10 .633 .941 6 1.300 1 1
10. Herrmann* G ·  S ·  vP 253 .175 .269 .341 .610 207 .631 46 .514 .469 33 .648 5 10 2
8. Iannetta G ·  S ·  vP 307 .253 .352 .502 .854 216 .825 91 .921 .887 62 .958 16 6
22. Lamb* G ·  S ·  vP 625 .250 .358 .486 .844 473 .936 152 .562 .850 87 .651 6 4 29 14
4. Marte# G ·  S ·  vP 244 .263 .348 .404 .752 172 .768 72 .714 .768 85 .757 3 1 5 7
28. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 479 .306 .380 .699 1.079 371 .994 108 1.384 .885 94 1.492 4 45 4
36. Murphy G ·  S ·  vP 7 .143 .143 .286 .429 7 .429 7 .429
45. Negron G ·  S ·  vP 25 .150 .292 .200 .492 11 .573 14 .408 .478 25 .492 1
6. Peralta* G ·  S ·  vP 570 .293 .351 .441 .792 422 .820 148 .711 .756 91 .699 8 3 14 4
11. Pollock G ·  S ·  vP 456 .264 .327 .465 .792 308 .755 148 .867 .729 89 .813 20 6 13 1
9. Rosales G ·  S ·  vP 307 .225 .261 .356 .616 184 .561 123 .700 .701 33 .410 1 2 7 11
15. Vargas# G ·  S ·  vP 9 .111 .111 .111 .222 7 .286 2 .000 .667 7 .286
53. Walker G ·  S ·  vP 12 .222 .417 .889 1.306 4 .500 8 1.518 .500 12 1.306 2 1
TOTAL .254 .329 .444 .773 .787 .735 .789 99 29 216 105

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 149.0 5.50 7.5 636 .246 .807 330 .794 306 .821 .910 83 .847 33 4 4
54. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o·o···X·X·· 68.2 2.49 7.6 281 .247 .645 201 .633 80 .672 .581 52 .675 3 3
49. Buchter* G ·  S ·  vP X··o··ooo··o·o 63.2 2.97 8.9 262 .188 .650 165 .664 97 .625 .801 41 .490 10 2 2
34. Cahill G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X······X 84.0 4.93 9.3 381 .275 .850 209 .915 172 .767 .636 60 1.200 16 17 2
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 146.1 3.81 8.0 609 .257 .709 502 .766 107 .451 .672 66 .631 13 2 1
62. Gaviglio G ·  S ·  vP ········X····· 73.1 4.30 6.0 307 .271 .850 162 .866 145 .831 .796 48 .765 16 9 3
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 180.1 5.29 7.2 804 .284 .773 384 .771 420 .775 .714 127 .939 26 20 3
40. Herrera G ·  S ·  vP o·o··oX·X····· 58.1 4.32 8.6 255 .255 .791 121 .710 134 .866 .894 36 .874 9 5
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 92.1 4.39 7.3 396 .267 .763 197 .727 199 .799 .729 120 .793 14 1 4
59. Machado G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 3.2 22.09 2.5 24 .476 1.399 14 1.726 10 .956 24 1.399 2
32. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ·o···o···o···· 59.1 6.52 8.9 267 .298 .838 148 .902 119 .757 .643 33 1.322 8 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP X···X·······o· 44.1 2.84 5.3 188 .264 .684 115 .587 73 .839 .630 61 .637 4 1
26. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo····o·····X 75.2 2.62 10.1 299 .205 .586 199 .662 100 .432 .668 42 .500 5 4 1
64. Morin G ·  S ·  vP ···XX····X··X· 18.2 6.75 7.2 85 .338 .915 47 .782 38 1.082 .718 20 .762 3
47. Moylan G ·  S ·  vP ·X···ooo·o·X·· 58.1 3.55 6.9 239 .188 .572 189 .473 50 .986 .518 43 .449 4 2 1
69. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 17.0 9.53 6.9 88 .373 1.028 79 1.044 9 .873 .690 31 .939 2 1
48. Soria G ·  S ·  vP ··X···oo···X·· 54.0 3.67 10.7 224 .235 .583 128 .526 96 .657 .581 13 .154 1
51. Vargas* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 175.2 3.94 6.7 734 .262 .754 592 .743 142 .798 .747 98 .757 25 10 6
TOTAL 4.62 7.6 .265 .764 .735 .811 192 83 29
KCR Batters vs ARI Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
ARI Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.86 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 50. Banda* 33. Barrett 61. Bracho 25. Bradley 40. Chafin* 21. Greinke 47. Hernandez 60. Hoover 30. McFarland* 56. Rodney 29. De La Rosa* 54. Sherfy
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
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ···
53. Cabrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/.596 10/.900 ··· 7/.572 11/.855 13/1.007 ···
6. Cain G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 ···
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 5/.200 6/1.167 ···
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.900 4/.250 1/.000 7/.572 14/.955 6/1.133 ···
Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
35. Hosmer* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 6/.750 ··· ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
37. Moss* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 13/.923 ··· 6/1.133 4/.833 10/.956 7/.572 ···
8. Moustakas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.333 3/.000 ··· 7/2.142 2/1.000 ··· ···
16. Orlando G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.500 ··· ···
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ···
46. Torres# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 415 .252 .318 .424 .742 298 .760 117 .697 .730 27 .539 1 1 16 4
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 170 .233 .278 .327 .605 119 .621 51 .567 .549 23 .217 3 2
53. Cabrera# G ·  S ·  vP 659 .287 .326 .424 .750 499 .734 160 .800 .734 103 .588 1 2 17 2
6. Cain G ·  S ·  vP 636 .300 .363 .443 .806 494 .801 142 .822 .794 91 .941 25 2 15 7
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 149 .237 .282 .331 .613 95 .610 54 .618 .669 19 .789 2 6
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 621 .250 .272 .357 .629 479 .598 142 .736 .634 91 .920 4 7 6 15
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 24 .286 .375 .476 .851 22 .837 2 1.000 .875 8 .250 1
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 533 .211 .294 .319 .613 393 .611 140 .611 .574 86 .842 7 4 9 2
Gore G ·  S ·  vP 4 .000 .250 .000 .250 3 .000 1 .000 4 .250 2 2
35. Hosmer* G ·  S ·  vP 663 .317 .383 .493 .876 459 .938 204 .742 .902 103 .830 6 1 24 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 617 .287 .325 .458 .783 490 .772 127 .826 .872 113 .800 33 6 18 12
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 57 .160 .208 .220 .428 44 .406 13 .500 .527 8 1.000 5 2 1
37. Moss* G ·  S ·  vP 392 .209 .281 .435 .716 316 .689 76 .826 .888 69 .694 2 22
8. Moustakas* G ·  S ·  vP 590 .271 .314 .523 .836 435 .861 155 .770 .758 84 .700 38 12
16. Orlando G ·  S ·  vP 87 .193 .221 .289 .510 71 .479 16 .646 .703 37 .742 1 1 2
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 499 .268 .297 .495 .792 353 .794 146 .788 .654 78 .862 1 27 5
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 108 .147 .250 .263 .513 67 .474 41 .577 .736 6 .333 2
46. Torres# G ·  S ·  vP 77 .236 .286 .278 .563 54 .576 23 .534 .648 10 .400 1
TOTAL .260 .312 .420 .732 .733 .729 .763 89 29 190 78

ARI Pitchers

ARI Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
21. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 198.1 3.18 9.6 783 .226 .650 386 .654 397 .647 .676 100 .660 24 5 8
50. Banda* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·······o·· 24.1 5.92 8.9 105 .266 .800 67 .945 38 .551 .433 15 .267 1
33. Barrett G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·X···o·o·· 27.0 5.00 8.7 121 .260 .847 70 .859 51 .829 .692 36 .853 7 1
61. Bracho G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·o···o···· 19.0 6.16 9.5 81 .230 .742 50 .911 31 .491 .804 17 .485 5 1
25. Bradley G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X·X····o 71.2 1.38 9.5 282 .197 .538 151 .509 131 .572 .516 39 .459 3 3
40. Chafin* G ·  S ·  vP ·X··oo········ 50.1 3.58 10.5 218 .250 .709 129 .806 89 .572 .712 18 .678 5 1 1
46. Corbin* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 187.0 4.09 8.5 815 .277 .794 643 .832 172 .655 .874 121 .838 26 6 5
52. Godley G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 153.1 3.40 9.6 622 .223 .662 322 .673 300 .650 .692 127 .698 15 1
47. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ··o··X··o·o··· 53.2 3.19 8.7 210 .244 .623 117 .616 93 .632 .643 31 .871 4 4 3
60. Hoover G ·  S ·  vP ·o···oo·o·Xo·· 40.1 4.02 12.0 193 .277 .854 128 .927 65 .722 .992 29 .568 7 1 1
30. McFarland* G ·  S ·  vP ··oo··o··X·X·· 54.0 5.33 4.8 241 .300 .757 161 .860 80 .548 .735 28 .869 4 2
38. Ray* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 160.1 2.86 12.2 659 .200 .644 538 .657 121 .590 .566 119 .592 22 8 8
56. Rodney G ·  S ·  vP ····o·X·····oo 54.0 4.33 10.5 225 .196 .574 108 .491 117 .650 .472 30 .517 3 5 2
29. De La Rosa* G ·  S ·  vP ··o··oo····o·· 50.1 4.29 8.0 216 .238 .719 137 .825 79 .545 .728 16 .779 7 5
54. Sherfy G ·  S ·  vP ····o·o·X·X··· 10.2 .00 7.6 37 .143 .418 25 .492 12 .258 .255 31 .502 1 1
34. Shipley G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X··o····· 25.0 5.76 6.5 122 .301 .942 64 1.171 58 .704 1.033 34 .840 5 2
99. Walker G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 152.1 3.54 8.3 666 .249 .739 343 .739 323 .740 .709 95 .840 17 14 1
TOTAL 3.69 9.2 .241 .707 .705 .697 168 67 30

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