Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, September 20, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Start Time
7:10et (local)
Venue
Comerica Park
Series
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
72° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Wednesday, 19 Sep 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 52-100
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 153
On This Date 22-23
Standing 5th (33.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 15-15
Home 30-47
Away 22-53
Extra Innings 4-8
vs. RHP 36-71
vs. LHP 16-29
1-Run Games 15-28
vs. East 9-24
vs. Central 32-36
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 4-14

KCR Last 10 Games

Jorge Lopez (#52, 25, RHP, 2-4, 3.93)

Detroit Tigers

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Detroit Tigers
Record 61-91
Manager Ron Gardenhire
Game # 153
On This Date 51-56
Standing 3rd (24.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 11-19
Home 36-41
Away 25-50
Extra Innings 5-5
vs. RHP 43-70
vs. LHP 18-21
1-Run Games 21-26
vs. East 15-17
vs. Central 30-39
vs. West 10-24
Inter-League 6-11

DET Last 10 Games

Matthew Boyd (#48, 27, LHP, 9-12, 4.08)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Apr 02, 2018DET6 KCR1
Tue, Apr 03, 2018KCR1@DET0
Fri, Apr 20, 2018DET3 KCR2(10)
Fri, Apr 20, 2018KCR3@DET2
Sat, Apr 21, 2018DET12 KCR4
Sun, Apr 22, 2018KCR8@DET5
Thu, May 03, 2018KCR10 DET6
Fri, May 04, 2018KCR4 DET2
Sat, May 05, 2018DET3@KCR2
Sun, May 06, 2018KCR4 DET2
Mon, Jul 23, 2018DET5@KCR4
Tue, Jul 24, 2018KCR5 DET4
Wed, Jul 25, 2018DET8@KCR4
Tue, Aug 28, 2018KCR6 DET2
Wed, Aug 29, 2018KCR9 DET2
DateAwayHomeTime
Thu, Sep 20, 2018KCR@DET7:10pm
Fri, Sep 21, 2018KCR@DET7:10pm
Sat, Sep 22, 2018KCR@DET6:10pm
Sun, Sep 23, 2018KCR@DET1:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

KCR Batters vs DET Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
DET Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 58. Alcantara 62. Baez 48. Boyd* 19. Coleman 45. Farmer 61. Greene 64. Hall* 36. Hardy* 77. Jimenez 26. Reininger 68. Stumpf* 54. VerHagen 30. Wilson
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
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· 14/.148 1/.000 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 7/.286
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 27/.850 ··· 3/.666 20/.718 ··· 7/.310 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 7/.714 14/.297
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
25. Goodwin* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 20/.528 ··· 2/.000 16/.802 ··· 10/.425 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 6/.533 7/.762
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 25/1.132 ··· 3/.000 11/1.155 ··· 3/.666 4/1.500 ··· 6/.334 6/.334 7/1.300
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/ ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 28/.877 1/2.000 2/.500 15/.690 ··· 9/.778 2/1.500 1/5.000 2/2.500 4/1.750 12/1.300
14. Phillips* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
72. Viloria* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 242 .235 .315 .366 .682 173 .666 69 .712 .561 83 .732 0 1 3 1
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 350 .236 .286 .399 .684 236 .697 114 .650 .688 85 .917 1 3 9 7
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 506 .219 .269 .304 .573 370 .559 136 .610 .575 55 .709 8 2 4 12
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 54 .220 .264 .340 .604 39 .642 15 .497 .346 29 .670 0 0 1 1
25. Goodwin* G ·  S ·  vP 152 .242 .331 .364 .695 128 .728 24 .465 .715 56 .564 3 2 4 2
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 536 .242 .325 .362 .687 384 .766 152 .485 .752 107 .751 12 2 11 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 278 .228 .285 .303 .588 187 .653 91 .453 .555 57 .581 2 5 1 0
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 660 .301 .365 .433 .798 477 .745 183 .928 .789 112 .753 36 9 12 6
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 245 .288 .314 .485 .799 170 .808 75 .779 .727 92 1.013 26 6 10 6
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 145 .272 .372 .632 1.004 108 1.216 37 .405 .929 88 1.144 0 0 11 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 506 .234 .271 .442 .713 369 .718 137 .697 .694 58 .875 1 1 26 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 130 .195 .262 .331 .592 91 .672 39 .402 .436 36 .653 1 1 2 0
72. Viloria* G ·  S ·  vP 17 .200 .250 .333 .583 16 .533 1 .000 17 .583 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .245 .306 .389 .695 .713 .650 .664 .809 99 36 142 69

DET Pitchers

DET Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
48. Boyd* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 165.1 4.08 8.4 678 .216 .663 530 .674 148 .622 .557 99 .706 22 15 2
58. Alcantara G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X·o··· 27.0 2.33 6.7 109 .235 .697 62 .671 47 .731 .737 36 .641 4 1 0
62. Baez G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X··X··o··· 12.0 3.75 4.5 51 .167 .627 34 .535 17 .828 .586 34 .806 2 0 0
19. Coleman G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X···o·o··· 48.2 3.51 7.2 205 .234 .717 122 .738 83 .685 .706 39 .566 5 0 0
45. Farmer G ·  S ·  vP o···X···X····· 65.0 4.43 7.8 291 .260 .776 159 .890 132 .627 .731 37 .702 6 4 3
32. Fulmer G ·  S ·  vP ····o·····X··· 132.1 4.69 7.5 558 .254 .758 254 .715 304 .794 .655 87 .824 19 1 4
61. Greene G ·  S ·  vP ···o·X·X···XX· 60.1 5.07 9.2 266 .272 .776 123 .821 143 .736 .824 45 1.221 10 1 2
64. Hall* G ·  S ·  vP X···X········· 3.2 19.64 4.9 27 .500 1.109 20 1.217 7 .679 .733 27 1.109 0 0 0
36. Hardy* G ·  S ·  vP X···X········· 82.2 3.70 6.8 338 .244 .699 253 .704 85 .683 .684 16 .454 10 4 2
77. Jimenez G ·  S ·  vP ···o·o···o··o· 60.0 4.20 10.9 253 .212 .631 137 .570 116 .707 .551 28 .490 5 3 1
38. Liriano* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 125.0 4.54 7.3 546 .252 .775 454 .838 92 .471 .806 98 .683 19 8 3
44. Norris* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 34.2 5.71 10.4 156 .248 .765 121 .765 35 .767 .775 83 .734 6 3 0
26. Reininger G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X··o······ 16.2 6.48 7.6 74 .288 .912 33 .694 41 1.096 .844 19 .596 4 0 0
68. Stumpf* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo·····o··oo· 35.2 5.05 8.6 163 .285 .817 80 .992 83 .653 .828 26 .440 4 7 0
56. Turnbull G ·  S ·  vP X····o········ 5.0 10.80 5.4 22 .286 .699 10 .700 12 .697 .813 22 .699 0 0 0
54. VerHagen G ·  S ·  vP ·oo··o···o··X· 53.1 4.56 8.3 218 .221 .643 130 .586 88 .728 .706 40 .446 6 4 2
30. Wilson G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····oo·o·· 58.1 3.55 6.0 234 .230 .665 138 .545 96 .833 .708 31 .526 8 0 3
27. Zimmermann G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 120.1 4.41 7.6 511 .268 .790 243 .770 268 .807 .800 109 .842 25 6 5
TOTAL 4.53 7.6 .256 .755 .717 .740 199 72 34
DET Batters vs KCR Pitchers
DET Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Tigers Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.18 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Tigers Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 41. Duffy* 33. Flynn* 39. Hammel 54. Hill* 48. Lively 52. Lopez 37. Maurer 61. McCarthy 68. Newberry 43. Peralta 64. Smith 57. Sparkman 51. Vasto*
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
37. Adduci* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.567 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ···
46. Candelario# G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.600 1/.000 18/.764 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ···
9. Castellanos G  ·   S  ·   vP 41/.755 1/2.000 28/.802 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.400 9/.444 ··· 1/4.000 3/.333 1/.000 ···
28. Goodrum# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ···
17. Greiner G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/ 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
21. Jones G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.308 3/.000 9/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ···
33. Kozma G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.819 1/ ··· ···
18. Lugo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Mahtook G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/1.273 ··· 8/.929 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ···
41. Martinez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 50/1.104 3/.667 26/.824 2/2.500 ··· ··· 4/1.167 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ···
34. McCann G  ·   S  ·   vP 29/.614 1/.000 18/1.055 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/.472 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ···
22. Reyes# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
60. Rodriguez G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/ ··· 1/.000 ···
12. Saltalamacchia# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/2.100 ··· 9/.944 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· ···
14. Stewart* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

DET Batters

DET Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
37. Adduci* G ·  S ·  vP 169 .273 .293 .404 .697 149 .767 20 .200 .562 71 .625 1 0 3 6
46. Candelario# G ·  S ·  vP 582 .228 .316 .407 .723 431 .679 151 .841 .734 103 .697 2 2 19 10
9. Castellanos G ·  S ·  vP 635 .297 .354 .491 .846 482 .785 153 1.037 .862 104 .856 2 1 21 3
28. Goodrum# G ·  S ·  vP 458 .236 .310 .431 .741 335 .735 123 .757 .749 67 .825 12 3 16 14
17. Greiner G ·  S ·  vP 99 .224 .313 .294 .607 81 .499 18 1.127 .541 30 .613 0 1 0 1
21. Jones G ·  S ·  vP 429 .210 .264 .379 .643 315 .650 114 .621 .704 56 .795 11 5 11 1
33. Kozma G ·  S ·  vP 51 .163 .180 .265 .445 37 .537 14 .214 .462 10 .222 0 1 1 0
18. Lugo G ·  S ·  vP 72 .206 .250 .265 .515 59 .540 13 .397 .259 72 .515 0 0 0 2
8. Mahtook G ·  S ·  vP 224 .216 .290 .377 .667 162 .713 62 .547 .591 74 .839 4 1 8 3
41. Martinez# G ·  S ·  vP 498 .247 .295 .348 .643 365 .627 133 .686 .578 72 .629 0 0 9
34. McCann G ·  S ·  vP 432 .216 .264 .313 .577 325 .594 107 .524 .581 64 .481 0 3 8 4
22. Reyes# G ·  S ·  vP 209 .232 .250 .300 .550 172 .565 37 .486 .547 45 .715 9 1 1 0
60. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP 184 .206 .247 .312 .559 128 .476 56 .744 .686 67 .619 2 0 4 9
12. Saltalamacchia# G ·  S ·  vP 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 2 .000 3 .333 0 0 0 0
14. Stewart* G ·  S ·  vP 41 .229 .341 .257 .599 32 .654 9 .333 .561 41 .599 0 0 0 1
TOTAL .241 .300 .380 .680 .666 .723 .691 .683 66 29 128 85

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 52.2 3.93 6.5 223 .246 .665 88 .694 135 .645 .401 93 .550 3 2 1
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 155.0 4.88 8.2 692 .264 .767 570 .790 122 .661 .735 31 .656 23 5 2
49. Fillmyer G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 75.0 4.56 5.8 317 .263 .740 139 .807 178 .683 .947 122 .727 10 3 1
33. Flynn* G ·  S ·  vP o··X··o·o····· 72.0 4.00 5.6 321 .299 .791 222 .782 99 .811 .778 32 .646 4 1 0
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ·X···o····o··· 125.0 5.98 6.5 572 .314 .857 303 .974 269 .726 .827 30 .966 17 6 5
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo·X··oo·o··· 42.1 4.46 8.5 184 .261 .712 111 .792 73 .588 .744 22 .558 4 3 0
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 165.0 4.42 8.3 705 .261 .781 353 .783 352 .778 .763 101 .701 32 7 4
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 133.1 3.17 6.3 557 .257 .665 297 .603 260 .739 .736 141 .651 7 7 4
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 106.2 4.72 8.2 466 .267 .791 242 .815 224 .765 .830 50 .567 18 1 0
48. Lively G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X········ 25.1 6.75 8.5 124 .343 .956 56 .815 68 1.077 .905 9 .984 4 2 1
37. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X··oo··o··· 29.1 7.98 8.3 146 .325 1.012 67 .939 79 1.074 .831 29 1.053 7 1 3
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo·o·X··o·o· 66.0 3.41 5.5 266 .257 .692 170 .640 96 .787 .892 37 .549 6 1 4
68. Newberry G ·  S ·  vP ·oo··X··oo···· 11.0 2.45 6.5 46 .205 .685 23 .711 23 .654 .741 36 .693 2 0 0
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP ···X··o·oX·oX· 28.1 4.13 9.2 121 .214 .738 52 .832 69 .659 .731 38 1.075 4 0 0
53. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 62.2 5.60 6.5 264 .256 .806 218 .789 46 .890 .764 47 .508 11 3 2
64. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X······ 76.0 6.75 9.0 347 .289 .871 184 .811 163 .935 .833 45 .940 15 4 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X····X· 29.1 4.91 7.4 140 .314 .858 73 .821 67 .896 .971 27 .755 3 0 1
51. Vasto* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·Xo·····X· 4.1 8.31 8.3 21 .316 1.013 13 1.538 8 .250 .000 15 .695 1 2 0
TOTAL 5.01 7.3 .275 .790 .803 .698 194 53 32

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