Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at Guaranteed Rate Field, August 1, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Start Time
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue
Guaranteed Rate Field
Series
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
79° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Tuesday, 31 Jul 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 33-73
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 107
On This Date 22-22
Standing 5th (25.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 10-20
Home 15-37
Away 18-36
Extra Innings 3-6
vs. RHP 20-51
vs. LHP 13-22
1-Run Games 12-19
vs. East 4-18
vs. Central 19-23
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 3-6

KCR Last 10 Games

Jakob Junis (#65, 25, RHP, 5-11, 5.06)

Chicago White Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago White Sox
Record 37-69
Manager Rick Renteria
Game # 107
On This Date 67-43
Standing 4th (21.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 12-18
Home 20-32
Away 17-37
Extra Innings 2-3
vs. RHP 30-50
vs. LHP 7-19
1-Run Games 7-19
vs. East 7-9
vs. Central 15-27
vs. West 10-21
Inter-League 5-12

CHW Last 10 Games

Dylan Covey (#68, 26, RHP, 4-6, 5.40)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Thu, Mar 29, 2018CHW14@KCR7
Sat, Mar 31, 2018CHW4@KCR3
Thu, Apr 26, 2018CHW6@KCR3
Fri, Apr 27, 2018CHW7@KCR4(11)
Sat, Apr 28, 2018CHW8@KCR0
Sat, Apr 28, 2018KCR5 CHW2
Sun, Apr 29, 2018KCR5 CHW4
Fri, Jul 13, 2018CHW9 KCR6
Sat, Jul 14, 2018KCR5@CHW0
Sun, Jul 15, 2018CHW10 KCR1
Tue, Jul 31, 2018KCR4@CHW2
DateAwayHomeTime
Wed, Aug 01, 2018KCR@CHW8:10pm
Thu, Aug 02, 2018KCR@CHW2:10pm
Fri, Aug 17, 2018KCR@CHW8:10pm
Sat, Aug 18, 2018KCR@CHW7:10pm
Sun, Aug 19, 2018KCR@CHW2:10pm
Mon, Sep 10, 2018CHW@KCR8:15pm
Tue, Sep 11, 2018CHW@KCR8:15pm
Wed, Sep 12, 2018CHW@KCR8:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Royals Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.49 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.49 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 70. Avilan* 52. Cedeno* 68. Covey 60. Danish 57. Fry* 54. Gomez 37. Minaya 53. Santiago* 50. Vieira
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
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 5/1.400 ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.744 1/2.000 4/.250 ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
21. Duda* G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.842 5/.400 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 7/1.715 1/.000 4/.000 ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/.000 12/.750 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.334 4/1.167 31/.887 ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 3/.666 12/1.000 ··· 2/.500 20/.703 4/1.250 31/.907 ···
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 9/.111 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 6/1.500 7/1.000 ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/5.000 14/1.083 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 33/.692 ···
14. Phillips* 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 100 .216 .310 .364 .674 71 .634 29 .768 .636 78 .690 0 0 1 1
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 137 .189 .270 .287 .557 94 .539 43 .596 .497 27 .949 0 0 2 2
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 209 .207 .268 .342 .610 141 .612 68 .599 .655 49 .536 0 2 5 4
21. Duda* G ·  S ·  vP 256 .236 .309 .397 .706 177 .778 79 .541 .609 77 .690 0 0 9 2
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 389 .197 .247 .267 .514 282 .462 107 .653 .516 62 .526 5 1 3 8
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 341 .239 .311 .340 .651 245 .731 96 .445 .700 69 .580 4 2 6 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 140 .275 .309 .382 .691 95 .695 45 .682 .707 61 .771 1 4 1 0
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 454 .297 .367 .416 .784 317 .701 137 .963 .768 93 .841 23 5 5 4
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 95 .269 .284 .430 .714 68 .772 27 .568 .788 52 .817 8 3 3 5
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 4 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 3 2.667 1 .000 1.833 4 1.833 0 0 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 356 .234 .272 .435 .708 262 .696 94 .742 .783 82 .948 1 1 18 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 31 .179 .258 .357 .615 23 .781 8 .125 .626 17 .924 0 0 1 0
TOTAL .240 .302 .374 .676 .676 .675 .674 .740 53 24 92 53

CHW Pitchers

CHW Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
68. Covey G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 68.1 5.40 6.6 309 .277 .756 142 .733 167 .775 .649 80 .750 8 4 2
70. Avilan* G ·  S ·  vP X·o·o···oo·o·· 31.0 3.77 10.7 131 .252 .694 70 .802 61 .570 .693 20 .513 2 3 2
52. Cedeno* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X··o····· 15.1 1.17 11.2 62 .154 .521 31 .489 31 .544 .464 19 .635 0 0 0
60. Danish G ·  S ·  vP ···Xo········· 2.2 .00 10.1 9 .125 .347 8 .393 1 .000 .347 9 .347 0 0 1
57. Fry* G ·  S ·  vP o·oo·o··o··o·· 33.0 4.36 11.5 135 .175 .522 72 .746 63 .279 .473 26 .846 2 2 0
27. Giolito G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 113.2 6.26 5.6 514 .254 .822 257 .757 257 .888 .849 100 .708 19 19 1
54. Gomez G ·  S ·  vP ··X····ooo···· 4.0 6.75 2.2 17 .353 1.059 14 .929 3 1.667 1.500 17 1.059 1 0 0
40. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 122.0 4.57 6.3 529 .250 .774 259 .792 270 .756 .726 102 1.057 19 14 3
37. Minaya G ·  S ·  vP ···o·X·oo··o·· 20.2 4.35 11.8 105 .232 .741 66 .847 39 .566 .577 28 1.136 1 9 0
55. Rodon* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 58.1 3.24 7.6 238 .193 .612 193 .600 45 .664 .531 111 .497 8 4 1
53. Santiago* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·X··X···· 72.2 5.57 8.1 331 .276 .880 244 .855 87 .945 .884 45 1.114 15 3 2
33. Shields G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 144.0 4.56 7.0 615 .237 .719 307 .760 308 .676 .644 136 .883 20 12 5
50. Vieira G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· .2 27.00 .0 5 .500 1.600 4 1.750 1 1.600 5 1.600 0 0 0
TOTAL 5.04 7.7 .256 .772 .721 .819 130 84 23

White Sox Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.42 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
White Sox Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 50. Adam 33. Flynn* 39. Hammel 54. Hill* 65. Junis 37. Maurer 61. McCarthy 43. Peralta 57. Sparkman
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
79. Abreu G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 3/2.000 9/1.112 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 4/.833 ···
7. Anderson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.000 7/.762 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.666 9/.222 ··· 1/.000
24. Davidson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/2.750 5/2.000 1/5.000 3/3.334 2/.500 5/2.100 ··· 1/.000
30. Delmonico* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/3.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ···
15. Engel G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 5/.800 2/.000 2/.000 2/5.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000
26. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/1.333 4/.000 ···
28. Garcia# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 4/2.000 3/.333 4/2.417 3/.333 4/1.000 5/.800 ··· ···
10. Moncada# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 4/.833 6/1.833 3/1.000 3/2.334 2/2.500 5/1.550 1/.000 1/.000
38. Narvaez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.666 ··· ···
18. Palka* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/ ···
5. Sanchez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 3/.666 7/1.547 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000
36. Smith G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000

CHW Batters

CHW Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
79. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP 447 .260 .322 .458 .780 352 .760 95 .853 .758 85 .752 1 0 16 8
7. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP 407 .241 .291 .401 .691 295 .679 112 .724 .704 75 .492 21 6 14 14
24. Davidson G ·  S ·  vP 331 .226 .332 .456 .788 248 .746 83 .916 .674 58 .617 0 0 16 1
30. Delmonico* G ·  S ·  vP 159 .232 .333 .377 .710 133 .740 26 .546 .888 24 1.106 1 1 3 3
15. Engel G ·  S ·  vP 302 .225 .277 .309 .586 216 .592 86 .571 .530 45 .552 12 3 2 5
26. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 186 .275 .290 .517 .807 141 .792 45 .856 .601 53 .725 0 1 11 1
28. Garcia# G ·  S ·  vP 230 .279 .306 .397 .703 157 .634 73 .849 .712 67 .745 11 0 4 4
10. Moncada# G ·  S ·  vP 434 .225 .305 .402 .706 327 .767 107 .518 .728 88 .674 11 2 13 15
38. Narvaez* G ·  S ·  vP 192 .285 .353 .430 .783 157 .834 35 .535 .878 45 1.113 0 2 4 3
18. Palka* G ·  S ·  vP 255 .242 .286 .500 .786 211 .795 44 .743 .838 55 .895 2 1 15 0
5. Sanchez# G ·  S ·  vP 428 .251 .307 .391 .698 331 .753 97 .509 .736 84 .631 10 2 6 11
36. Smith G ·  S ·  vP 104 .309 .356 .340 .696 75 .606 29 .930 .826 30 .647 1 0 0 1
TOTAL .244 .303 .406 .709 .719 .678 .721 .713 77 22 117 77

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 110.1 5.06 8.2 485 .267 .817 252 .806 233 .828 .807 44 .923 25 5 1
50. Adam G ·  S ·  vP ··X··oX···o··· 26.0 4.85 9.7 112 .240 .830 63 .812 49 .841 .599 39 .667 6 1 2
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 132.0 4.50 8.2 586 .259 .759 490 .787 96 .621 .703 138 .616 20 3 2
49. Fillmyer G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 27.1 3.29 4.9 113 .235 .655 51 .844 62 .483 .782 80 .730 3 1 0
33. Flynn* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o····X··· 51.2 3.83 5.2 227 .300 .809 158 .774 69 .889 .830 59 .735 3 1 0
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP X··X····o··X·· 110.1 5.95 6.0 505 .313 .852 268 .944 237 .748 .814 51 1.166 14 5 3
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP o·oo·o·o·oo··· 30.2 5.58 8.8 137 .275 .781 82 .892 55 .614 .789 27 .970 4 2 0
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 76.0 3.43 5.3 319 .253 .655 184 .630 135 .688 .720 95 .859 3 4 0
37. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ··o··X··o··o·· 14.0 12.21 6.4 77 .413 1.214 37 1.231 40 1.201 .940 29 1.192 4 0 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP o··X···XX····· 44.0 3.89 5.3 183 .242 .687 119 .533 64 .988 .893 37 1.055 5 1 2
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP X·o····X·XoX·· 14.1 3.14 8.8 60 .204 .615 26 .612 34 .613 .437 31 .647 0 0 0
64. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 54.0 6.00 9.2 236 .265 .819 131 .749 105 .903 .813 81 .656 10 3 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X······· 8.2 4.15 8.3 39 .273 .697 20 .794 19 .582 .627 39 .697 0 0 0
TOTAL 5.30 7.2 .278 .806 .804 .830 143 37 17

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