Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, September 21, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Friday, September 21, 2018
Start Time
7:10et (local)
Venue
Comerica Park
Series
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
71° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Thursday, 20 Sep 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 52-101
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 154
On This Date 24-23
Standing 5th (33.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 14-16
Home 30-47
Away 22-54
Extra Innings 4-8
vs. RHP 36-71
vs. LHP 16-30
1-Run Games 15-28
vs. East 9-24
vs. Central 32-37
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 4-14

KCR Last 10 Games

Ian Kennedy (#31, 33, RHP, 2-8, 4.73)

Detroit Tigers

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Detroit Tigers
Record 62-91
Manager Ron Gardenhire
Game # 154
On This Date 50-55
Standing 3rd (23.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 12-18
Home 37-41
Away 25-50
Extra Innings 5-5
vs. RHP 44-70
vs. LHP 18-21
1-Run Games 21-26
vs. East 15-17
vs. Central 31-39
vs. West 10-24
Inter-League 6-11

DET Last 10 Games

Francisco Liriano (#38, 34, LHP, 5-10, 4.54)

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
Thu, Sep 20, 2018DET11 KCR8
DateAwayHomeTime
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 (3.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.84 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 38. Liriano* 58. Alcantara 62. Baez 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 6/2.267 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 8/.250
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 31/.544 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 20/.718 ··· 7/.310 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/2.000 7/.714 15/.276
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
25. Goodwin* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 39/.686 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 16/.802 ··· 10/.425 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 6/.533 7/.762
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.557 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 11/1.155 ··· 3/.666 5/1.150 1/2.000 6/.334 6/.334 7/1.300
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/ ··· 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.886 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 16/.732 ··· 9/.778 2/1.500 2/2.500 2/2.500 4/1.750 13/1.189
14. Phillips* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 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 247 .234 .313 .376 .689 177 .650 70 .789 .582 84 .789 0 1 4 1
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 355 .236 .285 .405 .689 240 .706 115 .644 .698 86 .887 2 3 10 7
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 510 .224 .273 .310 .583 373 .566 137 .629 .594 59 .785 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 156 .243 .329 .382 .711 131 .710 25 .708 .744 60 .615 3 2 5 2
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 536 .242 .325 .362 .687 384 .766 152 .485 .752 103 .741 12 2 11 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 283 .228 .284 .305 .589 191 .655 92 .448 .557 62 .584 2 5 1 1
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 665 .303 .367 .436 .803 480 .745 185 .946 .799 113 .798 37 9 12 6
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 250 .290 .316 .496 .812 173 .824 77 .785 .755 94 1.068 26 6 11 6
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 145 .272 .372 .632 1.004 108 1.216 37 .405 .929 84 1.095 0 0 11 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 511 .232 .270 .438 .708 373 .714 138 .692 .685 59 .771 1 1 26 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 134 .189 .254 .320 .573 94 .650 40 .392 .410 37 .596 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 .391 .697 .713 .659 .669 .816 101 36 146 70

DET Pitchers

DET Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
58. Alcantara G ·  S ·  vP o·X······X·o·· 28.0 2.25 6.8 112 .229 .677 64 .649 48 .715 .693 35 .661 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
48. Boyd* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 166.2 4.16 8.4 689 .222 .683 539 .692 150 .649 .604 110 .826 24 17 2
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 Xo···X···X···· 66.1 4.34 7.7 297 .258 .766 162 .885 135 .611 .713 40 .700 6 4 3
32. Fulmer G ·  S ·  vP ·····o·····X·· 132.1 4.69 7.5 558 .254 .758 254 .715 304 .794 .655 70 .941 19 1 4
61. Greene G ·  S ·  vP X···o·X·X···XX 61.1 5.14 9.2 271 .271 .786 126 .813 145 .763 .840 47 1.137 11 1 2
64. Hall* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X········ 3.2 19.64 4.9 27 .500 1.109 18 1.181 9 .944 .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··o 61.0 4.13 11.2 256 .210 .623 138 .566 118 .694 .538 26 .199 5 3 1
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·X··o····· 19.0 6.63 7.6 84 .289 .911 39 .823 45 .990 .856 29 .704 5 0 0
68. Stumpf* G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·····o··oo 35.2 5.05 8.6 163 .285 .817 80 .992 83 .653 .828 23 .500 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 o··X·····oo·o· 59.1 3.49 5.9 238 .230 .666 141 .533 97 .856 .710 33 .586 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 .756 .721 .757 203 74 34
DET Batters vs KCR Pitchers
DET Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Tigers Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.22 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Tigers Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 31. Kennedy 41. Duffy* 33. Flynn* 39. Hammel 54. Hill* 48. Lively 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 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ···
46. Candelario# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 10/.600 1/.000 18/.764 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ···
9. Castellanos G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.466 41/.755 1/2.000 28/.802 ··· 1/ 6/2.000 9/.444 ··· 1/4.000 3/.333 3/1.333 ···
28. Goodrum# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 6/.733 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ···
17. Greiner G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/ 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ···
21. Jones G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 13/.308 3/.000 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/ 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ···
33. Kozma G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/.819 1/ 2/.000 ···
18. Lugo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ···
8. Mahtook G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 11/1.273 ··· 8/.929 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ···
41. Martinez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 25/.818 50/1.104 3/.667 26/.824 2/2.500 1/.000 4/1.167 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 ···
34. McCann G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.500 29/.614 1/.000 18/1.055 ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 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/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ···
12. Saltalamacchia# G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.333 6/2.100 ··· 9/.944 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· ···
14. Stewart* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···

DET Batters

DET Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
37. Adduci* G ·  S ·  vP 174 .265 .285 .392 .676 154 .741 20 .200 .530 73 .588 1 0 3 7
46. Candelario# G ·  S ·  vP 582 .228 .316 .407 .723 431 .679 151 .841 .734 98 .683 2 2 19 10
9. Castellanos G ·  S ·  vP 640 .299 .356 .500 .856 487 .799 153 1.037 .883 104 .926 2 1 22 3
28. Goodrum# G ·  S ·  vP 458 .236 .310 .431 .741 335 .735 123 .757 .749 63 .847 12 3 16 14
17. Greiner G ·  S ·  vP 103 .233 .330 .302 .632 85 .532 18 1.127 .592 34 .690 0 1 0 1
21. Jones G ·  S ·  vP 434 .213 .268 .380 .648 320 .657 114 .621 .714 61 .820 11 5 11 1
33. Kozma G ·  S ·  vP 55 .189 .204 .302 .506 41 .609 14 .214 .549 14 .538 0 1 1 0
18. Lugo G ·  S ·  vP 76 .194 .237 .250 .487 63 .505 13 .397 .229 76 .487 0 0 0 2
8. Mahtook G ·  S ·  vP 224 .216 .290 .377 .667 162 .713 62 .547 .591 70 .861 4 1 8 3
41. Martinez# G ·  S ·  vP 503 .249 .296 .353 .649 370 .635 133 .686 .591 73 .707 0 0 9
34. McCann G ·  S ·  vP 433 .215 .263 .312 .575 326 .592 107 .524 .578 61 .472 0 3 8 4
22. Reyes# G ·  S ·  vP 209 .232 .250 .300 .550 172 .565 37 .486 .547 41 .711 9 1 1 0
60. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP 189 .217 .257 .326 .582 133 .513 56 .744 .727 71 .687 2 0 4 10
12. Saltalamacchia# G ·  S ·  vP 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 2 .000 3 .333 0 0 0 0
14. Stewart* G ·  S ·  vP 46 .256 .370 .436 .805 37 .894 9 .333 .875 46 .805 0 0 2 1
TOTAL .242 .301 .383 .684 .671 .723 .698 .715 66 29 131 87

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
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 29 .715 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 .736 119 .624 7 7 4
48. Lively G ·  S ·  vP X··X··X······· 26.1 6.49 8.2 128 .333 .937 58 .811 70 1.043 .860 13 .762 4 2 1
52. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 53.2 5.03 6.4 234 .273 .763 95 .814 139 .728 .749 104 .772 6 2 1
37. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP X·o·X··oo··o·· 30.1 7.71 8.3 154 .320 1.001 73 .928 81 1.066 .823 31 .897 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 34 .538 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 o···X··o·oX·oX 29.1 3.99 9.2 125 .216 .729 54 .838 71 .638 .703 37 1.026 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····X 33.1 4.86 6.8 156 .309 .850 84 .827 72 .874 .934 43 .767 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 5.04 7.3 .276 .794 .810 .717 197 53 32

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