Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians, at Kauffman Stadium, September 28, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Friday, September 28, 2018
Start Time
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
72° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Thursday, 27 Sep 2018

Cleveland Indians

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Cleveland Indians
Record 89-70
Manager Terry Francona
Game # 160
On This Date 46-44
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 16-14
Home 49-32
Away 40-38
Extra Innings 4-9
vs. RHP 68-49
vs. LHP 21-21
1-Run Games 21-24
vs. East 16-18
vs. Central 47-26
vs. West 14-18
Inter-League 12-8

CLE Last 10 Games

Mike Clevinger (#52, 27, RHP, 12-8, 3.07)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 57-102
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 160
On This Date 14-31
Standing 5th (32.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 18-12
Home 31-47
Away 26-55
Extra Innings 5-8
vs. RHP 38-72
vs. LHP 19-30
1-Run Games 19-29
vs. East 9-24
vs. Central 35-38
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 6-14

KCR Last 10 Games

Ian Kennedy (#31, 33, RHP, 3-8, 4.59)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Apr 06, 2018CLE3 KCR2
Sat, Apr 07, 2018KCR1@CLE0
Sun, Apr 08, 2018CLE3 KCR1
Fri, May 11, 2018KCR10@CLE9
Sat, May 12, 2018CLE6 KCR2
Sun, May 13, 2018CLE11 KCR2
Mon, Jul 02, 2018CLE9@KCR3
Tue, Jul 03, 2018CLE6@KCR4
Wed, Jul 04, 2018CLE3@KCR2
Fri, Aug 24, 2018KCR5 CLE4
Sat, Aug 25, 2018KCR7 CLE1
Sun, Aug 26, 2018CLE12@KCR5
Mon, Sep 03, 2018KCR5@CLE1
Tue, Sep 04, 2018CLE9 KCR3
Wed, Sep 05, 2018CLE3 KCR1
Thu, Sep 27, 2018KCR2 CLE1(10)
DateAwayHomeTime
Fri, Sep 28, 2018CLE@KCR8:15pm
Sat, Sep 29, 2018CLE@KCR7:15pm
Sun, Sep 30, 2018CLE@KCR3:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

CLE Batters vs KCR Pitchers
CLE Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Indians Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.11 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Indians Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 31. Kennedy 41. Duffy* 33. Flynn* 39. Hammel 54. Hill* 48. Lively 52. Lopez 37. Maurer 61. McCarthy 68. Newberry 43. Peralta 64. Smith 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
1. Allen# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 ···
17. Alonso* G  ·   S  ·   vP 21/.833 6/.733 3/.000 13/1.098 4/.000 ··· 3/1.000 5/1.850 3/2.000 1/.000 6/1.167 3/.333 ···
Barnes G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.650 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
23. Brantley* G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.222 35/.600 5/1.000 17/.794 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/2.000 ···
53. Cabrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 28/.914 39/.586 2/.000 22/.996 1/3.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 4/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 7/.929 3/2.000 1/.000
26. Davis G  ·   S  ·   vP 26/.865 28/.519 8/.393 11/.909 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ···
36. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 ···
27. Donaldson G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.200 11/1.031 1/4.000 5/1.267 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/.700 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
10. Encarnacion G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.666 27/.633 3/.666 40/1.011 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/1.025 5/1.850 3/1.666 5/.650 4/.000 ···
7. Gomes G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.584 26/1.231 6/.666 15/.210 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 ···
9. Gonzalez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 7/.533 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
6. Guyer G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 19/1.392 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000
38. Haase G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
22. Kipnis* G  ·   S  ·   vP 27/.879 31/.737 9/.268 18/.716 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 7/1.571 2/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 4/1.750 1/.000
12. Lindor# G  ·   S  ·   vP 27/.671 20/1.127 8/1.643 25/.778 ··· 1/ 4/.000 4/.500 6/1.667 3/.666 5/1.750 3/1.167 ···
55. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.286 8/.375 1/2.000 7/1.571 ··· ··· 3/2.167 3/.000 3/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.750 ···
11. Ramirez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 19/.842 24/.851 9/1.945 18/.611 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.833 5/.400 3/.333 3/.333 3/1.000 ···
32. Rosales G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···

CLE Batters

CLE Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
1. Allen# G ·  S ·  vP 287 .249 .304 .326 .630 235 .662 52 .484 .677 52 .776 21 4 2 1
17. Alonso* G ·  S ·  vP 566 .247 .313 .420 .732 428 .770 138 .619 .771 77 .622 0 0 23 10
Barnes G ·  S ·  vP 17 .333 .412 .533 .945 9 1.056 8 .821 1.431 17 .945 0 0 1 0
23. Brantley* G ·  S ·  vP 619 .309 .365 .472 .837 454 .890 165 .697 .781 83 .923 11 3 17 1
53. Cabrera# G ·  S ·  vP 268 .279 .336 .425 .761 198 .718 70 .879 .900 75 .735 1 1 6 0
26. Davis G ·  S ·  vP 213 .228 .282 .285 .567 111 .626 102 .507 .672 22 .246 21 7 1 0
36. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 116 .306 .353 .407 .761 70 .839 46 .645 .755 64 .773 0 0 1 1
27. Donaldson G ·  S ·  vP 208 .243 .351 .429 .780 143 .729 65 .894 .797 49 .858 2 0 7 5
10. Encarnacion G ·  S ·  vP 567 .245 .337 .479 .816 424 .839 143 .741 .782 90 .871 3 0 32 1
7. Gomes G ·  S ·  vP 433 .264 .312 .449 .761 309 .729 124 .840 .781 66 .905 0 0 16 9
9. Gonzalez G ·  S ·  vP 143 .265 .301 .375 .676 83 .755 60 .566 .524 21 .390 3 0 1 8
6. Guyer G ·  S ·  vP 221 .206 .300 .371 .671 98 .513 123 .804 .610 47 .795 1 1 7 3
38. Haase G ·  S ·  vP 12 .182 .250 .182 .432 6 .333 6 .533 .000 12 .432 0 0 0 0
22. Kipnis* G ·  S ·  vP 592 .228 .315 .384 .699 435 .715 157 .655 .565 79 .787 7 1 17 9
12. Lindor# G ·  S ·  vP 730 .279 .354 .522 .875 534 .831 196 .997 .811 112 .818 23 10 37 14
55. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 203 .163 .255 .256 .511 165 .488 38 .609 .487 26 .822 1 0 2 5
11. Ramirez# G ·  S ·  vP 685 .272 .390 .555 .945 496 .987 189 .840 .900 102 .633 34 6 38 14
32. Rosales G ·  S ·  vP 17 .133 .188 .333 .521 13 .538 4 .333 .500 17 .521 0 0 1 0
TOTAL .258 .332 .434 .766 .775 .741 .741 .764 132 36 212 82

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 113.2 4.59 8.2 493 .266 .784 260 .820 233 .743 .752 77 .605 19 1 0
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 155.0 4.88 8.2 692 .264 .767 570 .790 122 .661 .815 7 1.881 23 5 2
49. Fillmyer G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····· 82.1 4.26 6.2 344 .255 .721 152 .808 192 .648 .592 127 .731 11 3 1
33. Flynn* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····o··X·· 74.2 4.10 5.5 331 .296 .789 229 .790 102 .785 .803 36 .775 5 1 0
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP X····X···X···o 127.0 6.02 6.5 583 .315 .867 309 .985 274 .732 .891 34 1.237 18 9 5
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP ·oo······oo·X· 44.1 4.26 8.5 191 .256 .695 113 .777 78 .575 .681 26 .431 4 3 0
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 171.0 4.42 8.3 732 .264 .778 370 .774 362 .782 .795 96 .751 32 7 4
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 140.1 3.08 6.2 583 .252 .653 311 .587 272 .730 .596 115 .603 7 7 4
48. Lively G ·  S ·  vP X······X··X··X 28.1 6.04 7.6 136 .331 .920 63 .776 73 1.049 .958 21 .723 4 2 2
52. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ·······X·····X 53.2 5.03 6.4 234 .273 .763 95 .814 139 .728 .769 84 .761 6 2 1
37. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·o·X·· 31.1 7.76 8.9 160 .323 1.012 75 .930 85 1.085 1.136 31 .929 7 2 3
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP X·X·o·X···Xo·o 70.0 3.21 5.5 285 .262 .700 178 .651 107 .784 .525 49 .689 6 1 4
68. Newberry G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X···oo··X 12.2 2.13 7.8 53 .200 .676 27 .775 26 .573 .619 34 .604 2 0 0
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP o·X·X·Xo···X·· 33.1 3.78 9.2 145 .229 .727 65 .831 80 .636 .713 52 .867 4 0 0
53. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ··X······X···· 65.0 5.40 6.4 272 .252 .789 223 .771 49 .874 .842 55 .469 11 3 2
64. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ·········X···· 76.0 6.75 9.0 347 .289 .871 184 .811 163 .935 .908 30 .912 15 4 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP X······X····X· 38.1 4.46 6.3 176 .303 .816 94 .835 82 .790 .706 63 .702 3 0 1
51. Vasto* G ·  S ·  vP ···········X·X 4.1 8.31 8.3 21 .316 1.013 13 1.538 8 .250 1.357 15 .695 1 2 0
TOTAL 4.93 7.3 .275 .788 .776 .724 201 57 33
KCR Batters vs CLE Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
CLE Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.97 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 52. Clevinger 37. Allen 90. Cimber 46. Edwards 33. Hand* 24. Miller* 49. Olson* 61. Otero 39. Perez* 58. Ramirez
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
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.347 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.600 3/2.334 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.500 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.489 22/.559 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 14/.533 ··· 12/.349 3/.333 1/2.000
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000
25. Goodwin* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/ ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 20/.721 14/1.583 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 21/.760 ··· 9/.444 3/1.667 2/.500
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 24/.467 10/.311 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.715 ··· 9/.777 ··· 3/.000
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/ 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.167
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.900 2/5.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.688 18/.833 ··· 3/.666 2/5.000 10/.700 ··· 9/.222 ··· 2/2.000
14. Phillips* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ···
72. Viloria* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 261 .226 .308 .365 .673 182 .632 79 .769 .780 81 .705 0 1 4 1
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 379 .226 .274 .393 .667 253 .698 126 .594 .678 89 .689 2 3 11 7
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 522 .227 .276 .311 .587 377 .570 145 .631 .570 63 .798 8 2 4 12
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 65 .220 .266 .322 .588 43 .710 22 .340 .900 36 .447 0 0 1 1
25. Goodwin* G ·  S ·  vP 167 .238 .319 .374 .693 140 .700 27 .646 .676 66 .616 3 2 5 2
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 561 .244 .324 .371 .695 398 .760 163 .537 .617 107 .779 12 2 13 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 296 .232 .285 .316 .601 196 .649 100 .506 .617 67 .663 3 5 1 1
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 693 .304 .368 .439 .807 497 .752 196 .942 .806 118 .744 42 10 12 6
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 278 .284 .309 .504 .813 187 .821 91 .796 .885 106 .919 30 7 13 7
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 157 .270 .363 .628 .991 118 1.179 39 .437 1.049 79 1.049 0 0 12 4
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 536 .235 .274 .440 .714 386 .719 150 .702 .724 72 .734 1 1 27 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 144 .189 .250 .311 .561 103 .631 41 .382 .725 31 .603 1 1 2 0
72. Viloria* G ·  S ·  vP 21 .158 .200 .263 .463 19 .444 2 .500 .956 21 .463 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .245 .305 .392 .697 .712 .661 .724 .746 111 38 153 72

CLE Pitchers

CLE Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Clevinger G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 193.1 3.07 9.4 787 .225 .665 388 .591 399 .739 .631 91 .569 21 15 3
37. Allen G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o········o· 66.1 3.93 10.6 280 .217 .713 146 .667 134 .764 .769 33 .385 11 2 0
47. Bauer G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X······· 171.1 2.26 11.5 703 .209 .589 353 .598 350 .580 .631 23 .802 9 10 7
57. Bieber G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 114.2 4.55 9.3 485 .285 .787 228 .655 257 .909 .712 146 .746 13 4 2
59. Carrasco G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 187.0 3.42 10.8 764 .240 .675 380 .641 384 .710 .623 138 .714 21 13 4
90. Cimber G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X··XX···oo 67.0 3.49 7.8 279 .266 .746 192 .607 87 1.076 .778 42 .890 5 5 1
46. Edwards G ·  S ·  vP o···oo·o···o·o 8.2 3.12 10.4 37 .182 .695 21 .712 16 .670 .727 37 .695 2 0 0
33. Hand* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···o·oo···o· 71.0 2.79 13.3 296 .201 .659 187 .730 109 .540 .618 39 .717 8 0 1
28. Kluber G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 210.0 2.83 9.3 818 .221 .621 420 .560 398 .686 .688 95 .679 25 1 7
24. Miller* G ·  S ·  vP X··X·X··oX·X·X 33.1 3.24 11.9 146 .206 .664 101 .734 45 .514 .624 40 .592 2 1 0
49. Olson* G ·  S ·  vP o····Xoo·····o 27.1 4.94 13.2 118 .245 .756 58 .926 60 .595 .731 24 .393 4 1 0
61. Otero G ·  S ·  vP X···o·oX·····o 58.1 5.25 6.6 246 .290 .830 152 .721 94 1.003 .991 38 .856 12 0 0
39. Perez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X·oo···o· 31.2 1.42 12.2 117 .150 .410 53 .335 64 .465 .513 31 .624 1 3 2
45. Plutko G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 76.0 5.21 7.0 322 .260 .859 165 .710 157 1.021 .926 79 .987 20 1 3
58. Ramirez G ·  S ·  vP X···o·Xo·····X 41.2 4.54 11.0 180 .228 .774 112 .741 68 .831 .696 42 .724 9 12 1
43. Tomlin G ·  S ·  vP X···X··X·····X 70.1 6.14 5.9 321 .304 .947 175 .801 146 1.125 .954 76 .836 25 2 0
TOTAL 3.74 9.6 .242 .715 .712 .724 198 75 29

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