Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, September 23, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Start Time
1:10et (local)
Venue
Comerica Park
Series
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
70° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Saturday, 22 Sep 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 53-102
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 156
On This Date 16-26
Standing 5th (33.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 15-15
Home 30-47
Away 23-55
Extra Innings 4-8
vs. RHP 36-72
vs. LHP 17-30
1-Run Games 16-29
vs. East 9-24
vs. Central 33-38
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 4-14

KCR Last 10 Games

Brad Keller (#56, 22, RHP, 8-6, 3.17)

Detroit Tigers

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Detroit Tigers
Record 63-92
Manager Ron Gardenhire
Game # 156
On This Date 52-44
Standing 3rd (23.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 12-18
Home 38-42
Away 25-50
Extra Innings 5-5
vs. RHP 45-71
vs. LHP 18-21
1-Run Games 22-27
vs. East 15-17
vs. Central 32-40
vs. West 10-24
Inter-League 6-11

DET Last 10 Games

Daniel Norris (#44, 25, LHP, 0-5, 5.71)

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
Fri, Sep 21, 2018KCR4@DET3
Sat, Sep 22, 2018DET5 KCR4
DateAwayHomeTime
Sun, Sep 23, 2018KCR@DET1:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Royals Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.83 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 44. Norris* 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 4/.250 1/2.000 1/.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 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 20/1.228 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000
25. Goodwin* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/1.245 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 17/.745 ··· 10/.425 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 6/.533 7/.762
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/1.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 11/1.155 ··· 3/.666 6/1.500 1/2.000 7/.286 6/.334 7/1.300
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.334
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.648 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 17/1.012 ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
72. Viloria* 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 251 .231 .312 .371 .683 178 .647 73 .772 .573 84 .746 0 1 4 1
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 363 .230 .278 .395 .674 245 .692 118 .626 .664 86 .863 2 3 10 7
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 514 .224 .273 .309 .582 374 .570 140 .615 .593 59 .730 8 2 4 12
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 58 .208 .246 .321 .566 39 .642 19 .398 .306 33 .595 0 0 1 1
25. Goodwin* G ·  S ·  vP 159 .237 .323 .374 .697 134 .694 25 .708 .717 63 .584 3 2 5 2
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 544 .246 .327 .371 .698 389 .775 155 .503 .772 103 .826 12 2 12 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 287 .232 .287 .319 .606 192 .652 95 .512 .594 62 .674 2 5 1 1
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 674 .304 .369 .441 .810 485 .758 189 .936 .813 113 .786 38 10 12 6
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 259 .285 .309 .484 .792 178 .803 81 .770 .722 99 .998 26 7 11 7
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 149 .264 .362 .612 .975 112 1.168 37 .405 .877 80 1.042 0 0 11 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 519 .233 .272 .442 .714 378 .718 141 .702 .697 59 .753 1 1 27 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 137 .200 .263 .328 .591 97 .672 40 .392 .449 36 .672 1 1 2 0
72. Viloria* G ·  S ·  vP 20 .167 .211 .278 .488 19 .444 1 .000 20 .488 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .245 .306 .392 .697 .713 .659 .669 .793 102 38 148 71

DET Pitchers

DET Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
44. Norris* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 34.2 5.71 10.4 156 .248 .765 121 .765 35 .767 .775 83 .734 6 3 0
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··X··o 13.0 3.46 4.8 55 .174 .617 37 .546 18 .774 .576 38 .770 2 0 0
48. Boyd* G ·  S ·  vP ··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 ·o··X··X···o·o 49.2 3.44 7.1 209 .234 .713 124 .726 85 .693 .698 35 .602 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 36 .602 6 4 3
61. Greene G ·  S ·  vP o·X···o·X·X··· 62.1 5.20 9.2 275 .271 .794 128 .841 147 .752 .851 46 1.191 12 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 X·o···o·o···o· 62.0 4.21 11.2 261 .214 .631 139 .584 122 .687 .556 31 .334 5 3 1
38. Liriano* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 131.0 4.40 7.2 573 .252 .770 478 .825 95 .500 .790 125 .680 19 9 3
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 ·o··oo·····o·· 36.2 4.91 8.3 166 .286 .814 83 .979 83 .653 .822 26 .520 4 7 1
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· 53.1 4.56 8.3 218 .221 .643 130 .586 88 .728 .706 32 .498 6 4 2
30. Wilson G ·  S ·  vP ··o··X·····oo· 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·····X·· 127.1 4.31 7.6 535 .262 .781 252 .770 283 .791 .784 107 .761 26 6 6
TOTAL 4.50 7.6 .256 .756 .720 .740 205 75 36

Tigers Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.20 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Tigers Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 56. Keller 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 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ···
46. Candelario# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 10/.600 1/.000 19/.721 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.833 ··· ···
9. Castellanos G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 41/.755 1/2.000 28/.802 ··· 1/ 6/2.000 10/.700 1/3.000 1/4.000 3/.333 3/1.333 ···
28. Goodrum# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ 6/.733 ··· 4/.500 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 2/2.500 13/.308 3/.000 10/.300 ··· 1/.000 1/ 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ···
33. Kozma G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/.819 1/ 2/.000 ···
18. Lugo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ···
8. Mahtook G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 11/1.273 ··· 9/1.431 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ···
41. Martinez# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 50/1.104 3/.667 26/.824 2/2.500 1/.000 4/1.167 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 ···
34. McCann G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 29/.614 1/.000 19/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/.472 ··· 2/.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 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ···
12. Saltalamacchia# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 6/2.100 ··· 9/.944 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· ···
14. Stewart* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···

DET Batters

DET Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
37. Adduci* G ·  S ·  vP 175 .263 .283 .389 .672 155 .736 20 .200 .524 66 .590 1 0 3 7
46. Candelario# G ·  S ·  vP 588 .226 .315 .403 .717 437 .672 151 .841 .723 95 .688 2 2 19 10
9. Castellanos G ·  S ·  vP 648 .303 .360 .507 .866 495 .814 153 1.037 .902 103 .989 2 1 22 3
28. Goodrum# G ·  S ·  vP 462 .241 .314 .436 .750 339 .747 123 .757 .768 59 .964 12 3 16 14
17. Greiner G ·  S ·  vP 103 .233 .330 .302 .632 85 .532 18 1.127 .592 31 .720 0 1 0 1
21. Jones G ·  S ·  vP 442 .213 .268 .377 .645 328 .653 114 .621 .705 69 .781 11 5 11 1
33. Kozma G ·  S ·  vP 62 .203 .230 .339 .568 48 .677 14 .214 .630 21 .721 0 1 1 0
18. Lugo G ·  S ·  vP 80 .197 .238 .250 .488 67 .504 13 .397 .258 80 .488 0 0 0 3
8. Mahtook G ·  S ·  vP 228 .217 .289 .389 .679 166 .728 62 .547 .617 67 .815 4 1 9 3
41. Martinez# G ·  S ·  vP 508 .251 .297 .353 .651 375 .638 133 .686 .595 69 .734 0 0 9 0
34. McCann G ·  S ·  vP 441 .214 .261 .308 .569 334 .584 107 .524 .565 65 .473 0 3 8 4
22. Reyes# G ·  S ·  vP 209 .232 .250 .300 .550 172 .565 37 .486 .547 34 .865 9 1 1 0
60. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP 196 .227 .264 .348 .612 140 .558 56 .744 .778 74 .725 2 0 5 10
12. Saltalamacchia# G ·  S ·  vP 6 .000 .167 .000 .167 4 .250 2 .000 .000 6 .167 0 0 0 1
14. Stewart* G ·  S ·  vP 54 .234 .333 .383 .716 45 .772 9 .333 .737 54 .716 0 0 2 2
TOTAL .243 .301 .384 .685 .673 .723 .701 .726 66 29 133 90

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
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···· 75.0 4.56 5.8 317 .263 .740 139 .807 178 .683 .947 100 .792 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···X···o····o 126.0 6.07 6.5 578 .316 .868 307 .992 271 .728 .847 32 1.194 18 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 19 .485 4 3 0
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 171.0 4.42 8.3 732 .264 .778 370 .774 362 .782 .758 128 .702 32 7 4
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 113.2 4.59 8.2 493 .266 .784 260 .820 233 .743 .812 77 .605 19 1 0
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····· 53.2 5.03 6.4 234 .273 .763 95 .814 139 .728 .749 84 .761 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 25 .834 7 1 3
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ·X···Xo·o·X··o 67.0 3.36 5.5 270 .257 .693 172 .650 98 .770 .888 37 .577 6 1 4
68. Newberry G ·  S ·  vP X···oo··X··oo· 12.0 2.25 7.5 50 .209 .692 25 .780 25 .598 .745 31 .624 2 0 0
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo···X··o·oX· 30.1 3.86 9.5 130 .217 .726 57 .828 73 .637 .697 42 .981 4 0 0
53. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ····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 30 .912 15 4 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP ··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···· 4.1 8.31 8.3 21 .316 1.013 13 1.538 8 .250 .000 15 .695 1 2 0
TOTAL 5.02 7.3 .277 .794 .809 .719 199 53 32

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