Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at Guaranteed Rate Field, August 17, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Friday, August 17, 2018
Start Time
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue
Guaranteed Rate Field
Series
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
79° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 37-84
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 122
On This Date 27-19
Standing 5th (32.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 6-14
Last 30 11-19
Home 18-44
Away 19-40
Extra Innings 3-6
vs. RHP 23-58
vs. LHP 14-26
1-Run Games 12-22
vs. East 6-20
vs. Central 20-27
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 4-11

KCR Last 10 Games

Jakob Junis (#65, 25, RHP, 6-11, 4.82)

Chicago White Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Chicago White Sox
Record 44-76
Manager Rick Renteria
Game # 121
On This Date 58-63
Standing 4th (25.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 14-16
Home 22-38
Away 22-38
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 35-56
vs. LHP 9-20
1-Run Games 12-20
vs. East 10-12
vs. Central 19-31
vs. West 10-21
Inter-League 5-12

CHW Last 10 Games

James Shields (#33, 36, RHP, 4-14, 4.41)

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
Wed, Aug 01, 2018KCR10@CHW5
Thu, Aug 02, 2018CHW6 KCR4
DateAwayHomeTime
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 (3.69 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.45 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.45 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 70. Avilan* 52. Cedeno* 60. Danish 57. Fry* 54. Gomez 37. Minaya 53. Santiago* 33. Shields 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 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 5/1.400 7/.829 ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.744 1/2.000 4/.250 9/.819 ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ···
21. Duda* G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.842 5/.400 1/ 1/.000 7/1.715 1/.000 5/.000 18/1.021 ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.334 4/1.167 31/.887 20/.929 1/.000
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 3/.333 20/.703 4/1.250 31/.907 40/.736 1/.000
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 1/3.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 6/1.500 7/1.000 20/.616 1/.000
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 33/.692 15/.557 1/3.000
14. Phillips* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 143 .213 .301 .354 .655 95 .656 48 .650 .540 82 .546 0 0 1 1
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 155 .181 .258 .275 .533 104 .501 51 .604 .486 33 .798 0 0 2 2
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 246 .216 .276 .335 .611 161 .625 85 .578 .656 56 .637 1 2 5 4
21. Duda* G ·  S ·  vP 305 .238 .308 .399 .707 214 .791 91 .506 .624 83 .662 1 0 11 2
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 430 .204 .255 .282 .537 313 .492 117 .658 .533 73 .577 6 1 4 8
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 400 .238 .320 .336 .656 288 .727 112 .476 .748 92 .662 4 2 7 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 196 .254 .297 .343 .640 130 .661 66 .597 .651 99 .693 1 5 1 0
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 518 .300 .368 .417 .786 363 .719 155 .931 .818 111 .703 26 6 7 4
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 140 .267 .283 .430 .712 96 .689 44 .761 .749 66 .710 15 3 4 5
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 35 .200 .314 .500 .814 27 1.089 8 .000 .576 35 .814 0 0 3 0
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 419 .237 .277 .441 .718 308 .706 111 .753 .764 106 .906 1 1 21 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 76 .229 .289 .386 .675 54 .698 22 .618 .584 56 .715 0 1 1 0
TOTAL .241 .303 .374 .677 .681 .668 .675 .713 66 27 104 53

CHW Pitchers

CHW Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
33. Shields G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 157.0 4.41 7.0 670 .237 .721 319 .741 351 .703 .655 106 .883 23 14 5
70. Avilan* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o·X···Xo··X 36.1 3.47 10.4 158 .268 .704 87 .821 71 .564 .717 39 .565 2 3 2
52. Cedeno* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···o··X·oo· 19.2 3.20 11.0 84 .222 .681 46 .690 38 .669 .695 35 .962 1 0 0
68. Covey G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 81.2 6.06 6.5 375 .285 .765 167 .698 208 .821 .704 120 .749 9 6 2
60. Danish G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X·o·o 6.1 7.11 7.1 31 .320 .979 19 .675 12 1.542 1.112 31 .979 2 0 1
57. Fry* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X··X·o·o 37.1 4.34 12.5 153 .169 .502 82 .647 71 .338 .465 30 .530 2 2 0
27. Giolito G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 131.2 6.15 6.2 591 .251 .805 289 .746 302 .862 .857 127 .784 21 21 2
54. Gomez G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·o··Xo·o·· 9.1 6.75 4.8 42 .270 .871 29 .720 13 1.238 .905 35 .743 2 0 0
40. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 141.0 4.40 6.3 608 .247 .756 295 .805 313 .710 .691 126 .873 20 14 3
37. Minaya G ·  S ·  vP ··oX··o··X··Xo 26.0 4.50 11.8 129 .225 .711 81 .779 48 .596 .490 38 .947 1 12 0
55. Rodon* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 80.1 2.69 7.2 321 .187 .581 255 .591 66 .542 .510 139 .466 8 10 3
53. Santiago* G ·  S ·  vP ····X···X··X·o 82.2 5.01 8.5 369 .268 .846 265 .817 104 .916 .809 52 .603 15 4 3
50. Vieira G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X·X· 6.0 7.50 7.5 27 .190 .905 16 1.104 11 .626 1.014 27 .905 2 0 0
TOTAL 4.96 7.7 .254 .763 .720 .758 143 100 27

White Sox Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.38 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
White Sox Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 50. Adam 33. Flynn* 39. Hammel 54. Hill* 65. Junis 37. Maurer 61. McCarthy 43. Peralta
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
79. Abreu G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.500 3/2.000 9/1.112 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.000 5/1.600 4/.833
7. Anderson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/.600 7/.762 3/2.667 5/.400 4/.500 9/.222 ···
24. Davidson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/2.750 5/2.000 1/5.000 3/3.334 2/.500 5/2.100 ···
30. Delmonico* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.500 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ···
15. Engel G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 6/.666 3/.000 2/.000 2/5.000 6/.000 ···
26. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/3.000 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 6/1.333 4/.000
10. Moncada# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 5/.650 6/1.833 4/.750 6/2.833 3/2.667 5/1.550 1/.000
38. Narvaez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ 1/.000 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.666 ···
18. Palka* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 1/3.000 1/
5. Sanchez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 4/.500 7/1.547 2/.000 6/.500 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000
36. Smith G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ···

CHW Batters

CHW Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
79. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP 508 .268 .327 .484 .810 401 .780 107 .928 .761 105 1.074 1 0 21 8
7. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP 457 .242 .287 .401 .689 330 .670 127 .737 .700 91 .613 22 7 15 15
24. Davidson G ·  S ·  vP 348 .227 .330 .455 .785 258 .753 90 .880 .647 45 .894 0 0 17 2
30. Delmonico* G ·  S ·  vP 206 .221 .316 .354 .669 173 .669 33 .667 .749 67 .774 1 2 3 4
15. Engel G ·  S ·  vP 334 .221 .268 .326 .594 241 .612 93 .549 .553 57 .710 12 3 4 5
26. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 245 .239 .269 .461 .730 188 .667 57 .933 .534 97 .556 1 1 13 2
10. Moncada# G ·  S ·  vP 489 .219 .301 .394 .695 368 .758 121 .503 .731 102 .528 11 5 15 16
38. Narvaez* G ·  S ·  vP 224 .282 .369 .431 .800 182 .830 42 .647 .884 56 .900 0 2 5 6
18. Palka* G ·  S ·  vP 307 .238 .280 .483 .763 255 .777 52 .691 .807 71 .811 2 1 18 0
5. Sanchez# G ·  S ·  vP 489 .247 .301 .388 .689 381 .741 108 .504 .705 104 .591 10 3 7 11
36. Smith G ·  S ·  vP 122 .283 .328 .310 .638 90 .562 32 .855 .722 33 .451 1 0 0 1
TOTAL .241 .300 .405 .705 .709 .694 .707 .714 79 29 136 88

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··· 127.0 4.82 8.6 553 .262 .795 288 .766 265 .826 .812 112 .746 26 5 3
50. Adam G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X·····oX 32.0 4.78 10.1 136 .222 .786 76 .805 60 .739 .681 42 .652 7 1 2
49. Fillmyer G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 42.1 3.61 5.1 178 .237 .673 82 .770 96 .575 .821 112 .636 4 1 0
33. Flynn* G ·  S ·  vP X····X···oo··X 60.2 4.15 5.3 269 .304 .817 186 .799 83 .860 .839 67 .855 4 1 0
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ·o··o·····X··· 113.2 6.10 6.1 523 .314 .859 278 .946 245 .759 .824 34 .849 15 5 3
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo·o·····oo·· 35.0 4.89 8.5 152 .259 .734 93 .837 59 .569 .782 27 .493 4 2 0
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 95.1 3.40 5.9 395 .250 .659 219 .643 176 .675 .710 129 .703 4 4 3
52. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 24.1 4.44 6.7 109 .261 .758 54 .873 55 .642 .481 33 .767 2 1 1
37. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP X··X··X··X···X 20.0 9.00 7.7 105 .357 1.045 53 1.038 52 1.052 .810 38 .728 4 0 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP X···Xo··o·XX·o 52.2 3.59 5.5 215 .251 .701 142 .578 73 .953 .894 55 .826 6 1 3
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP o··oX···oo·o·· 19.2 3.66 9.2 80 .194 .624 38 .689 42 .545 .411 38 .596 1 0 0
64. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 63.0 6.71 8.7 283 .283 .877 155 .787 128 .984 .855 89 .866 14 3 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 20.0 4.95 7.7 91 .291 .833 53 .821 38 .846 .926 65 .830 2 0 1
TOTAL 5.30 7.3 .277 .805 .812 .770 161 38 24

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