Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals, at Rogers Centre, April 17, 2018 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Start Time

3:07et (local)

Venue

Rogers Centre

Series

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Doubleheader

Game 1 of a Doubleheader

Average Temp

64° (based on last ten years)

All Stats Thru

Monday, 16 Apr 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page	2018 Kansas City Royals
Record	3-10
Manager	Ned Yost
Game #	13
On This Date	16-24
Standing	5th (5.0 GB)
Links	Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits	Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs	Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10	3-7
Last 20	3-10
Last 30	3-10
Home	1-7
Away	2-3
Extra Innings	0-0
vs. RHP	1-7
vs. LHP	2-3
1-Run Games	2-3
vs. East	0-0
vs. Central	2-5
vs. West	1-5
Inter-League	0-0

KCR Last 10 Games

Eric Skoglund (#53, 25, LHP, 0-1, 9.64)

Toronto Blue Jays

Team Summary
Team Page	2018 Toronto Blue Jays
Record	9-5
Manager	John Gibbons
Game #	14
On This Date	17-23
Standing	2nd (3.5 GB)
Links	Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits	Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs	Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10	7-3
Last 20	9-5
Last 30	9-5
Home	4-3
Away	5-2
Extra Innings	0-0
vs. RHP	6-4
vs. LHP	3-1
1-Run Games	1-1
vs. East	4-3
vs. Central	3-1
vs. West	2-1
Inter-League	0-0

TOR Last 10 Games

Jaime Garcia (#57, 31, LHP, 1-0, 3.18)

Season Series

All times ET
Date	Away	Home	Time
Tue, Apr 17, 2018	KCR	@TOR	3:07pm
Tue, Apr 17, 2018	KCR	@TOR	TBD
Wed, Apr 18, 2018	KCR	@TOR	4:07pm
Mon, Aug 13, 2018	TOR	@KCR	8:15pm
Tue, Aug 14, 2018	TOR	@KCR	8:15pm
Wed, Aug 15, 2018	TOR	@KCR	8:15pm
Thu, Aug 16, 2018	TOR	@KCR	8:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

KCR Batters vs TOR Pitchers

KCR Batters Stats

TOR Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.54 RA/G)

OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

Royals Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers		77. Axford	24. Barnes	36. Clippard	57. Garcia*	62. Loup*	58. Mayza*	22. Oh	54. Osuna	52. Tepera
Entries are PA/OPS	Links	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
45. Almonte#	G · S · vP	1/2.000	1/.000	2/2.500	···	2/1.000	···	···	2/2.000	···
9. Butera	G · S · vP	1/.000	1/.000	···	···	···	1/2.000	3/1.334	···	···
19. Cuthbert	G · S · vP	1/.000	1/3.000	···	···	···	1/2.000	1/	1/.000	···
21. Duda*	G · S · vP	3/.000	3/.333	17/.118	7/1.571	2/.000	1/.000	1/.000	2/.000	···
2. Escobar	G · S · vP	4/1.000	3/.000	6/.833	22/.634	3/.000	···	4/1.000	1/2.000	2/1.000
36. Gallagher	G · S · vP	···	···	···	···	···	···	1/.000	···	···
1. Goins*	G · S · vP	2/.000	···	1/	3/.333	···	···	···	···	···
25. Jay*	G · S · vP	6/.334	1/.000	6/.500	···	···	1/	3/.000	···	1/.000
15. Merrifield	G · S · vP	2/1.000	2/1.500	3/.000	···	···	···	4/.000	1/.000	1/2.000
8. Moustakas*	G · S · vP	6/.533	···	2/1.000	5/1.400	3/.333	···	···	1/.000	2/.000
16. Orlando	G · S · vP	···	2/.000	···	···	···	···	···	···	···
12. Soler	G · S · vP	···	···	1/.000	4/.250	···	1/.000	3/.000	···	···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
Batter	Links	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA vRH	OPS vRH	PA vLH	OPS vLH	Rd OPS	PA Last 28d	OPS Last 28d	SB	CS	HR	E
45. Almonte#	G · S · vP	195	.233	.314	.366	.681	143	.723	52	.561	.454	11	.182	2	1	3	1
9. Butera	G · S · vP	177	.227	.284	.319	.603	124	.606	53	.596	.650	31	.517	0	0	3	2
19. Cuthbert	G · S · vP	153	.231	.275	.322	.596	98	.591	55	.606	.563	38	.542	0	0	2	6
21. Duda*	G · S · vP	491	.217	.322	.496	.818	380	.867	111	.658	.857	43	.785	0	0	30	4
2. Escobar	G · S · vP	629	.250	.272	.357	.629	484	.602	145	.720	.625	50	.507	4	7	6	15
36. Gallagher	G · S · vP	27	.250	.333	.417	.750	25	.729	2	1.000	.824	17	.485	0	0	1	0
1. Goins*	G · S · vP	459	.237	.286	.356	.643	381	.650	78	.607	.663	16	.646	3	2	9	7
25. Jay*	G · S · vP	433	.296	.374	.375	.749	332	.748	101	.751	.674	54	.656	6	2	2	0
15. Merrifield	G · S · vP	630	.288	.324	.460	.784	499	.780	131	.800	.698	56	.603	34	8	19	12
8. Moustakas*	G · S · vP	598	.272	.314	.521	.835	439	.862	159	.763	.908	54	.948	0	0	38	12
16. Orlando	G · S · vP	90	.198	.225	.302	.527	74	.501	16	.646	.356	33	.585	1	1	2	0
12. Soler	G · S · vP	110	.144	.245	.258	.503	69	.459	41	.577	.313	44	.588	0	0	2	0
TOTAL			.231	.298	.325	.623		.612		.648	.510		.623	4	4	5	6

TOR Pitchers

TOR Pitchers Table
Pitcher	Links	Usage	IP	ERA	K/9	BF	BA	OPS	BF vRH	OPS vRH	BF vLH	OPS vLH	Rd OPS	BF Last 28d	OPS Last 28d	HR	SB	CS
57. Garcia*	G · S · vP	`·········X····`	157.0	4.41	7.4	673	.261	.759	527	.781	146	.683	.752	45	.780	18	21	5
77. Axford	G · S · vP	`······X·o·o···`	21.0	6.43	9.0	109	.310	.886	67	.860	42	.925	.930	26	.776	3	2	0
24. Barnes	G · S · vP	`····X·o·X·X···`	66.0	3.55	8.5	265	.200	.646	161	.728	104	.518	.623	30	.733	11	8	1
36. Clippard	G · S · vP	`····o·o··oo···`	60.1	4.77	10.7	264	.209	.711	157	.735	107	.677	.789	27	.468	10	10	1
25. Estrada	G · S · vP	`······X····X··`	186.0	4.98	8.5	806	.256	.785	451	.864	355	.686	.779	72	.759	31	8	4
33. Happ*	G · S · vP	`········X·····`	145.1	3.53	8.8	626	.252	.700	508	.735	118	.553	.741	70	.789	18	8	2
62. Loup*	G · S · vP	`·········o·o·o`	57.2	3.75	10.0	265	.262	.722	157	.721	108	.721	.748	18	1.092	4	4	1
58. Mayza*	G · S · vP	`··············`	17.0	6.88	14.3	79	.320	.874	42	1.185	37	.506	1.293			3	2	1
22. Oh	G · S · vP	`······X··X·X·X`	59.1	4.10	8.2	264	.285	.794	153	.642	111	1.006	.865	31	.904	10	0	0
54. Osuna	G · S · vP	`····o··o·o·o··`	64.0	3.38	11.7	249	.197	.507	137	.509	112	.505	.393	24	.212	3	6	0
41. Sanchez	G · S · vP	`·······X·····X`	36.0	4.25	6.0	167	.288	.836	99	.955	68	.654	1.118	82	.790	6	5	1
6. Stroman	G · S · vP	`····X·····X···`	201.0	3.09	7.3	834	.264	.715	445	.769	389	.650	.671	72	.815	21	10	5
52. Tepera	G · S · vP	`····o···oX·o·o`	77.2	3.59	9.4	319	.205	.633	191	.581	128	.715	.729	30	.646	7	11	2
TOTAL				3.77	9.1		.250	.750					.763		.750	16	4	1

TOR Batters vs KCR Pitchers

TOR Batters Stats

KCR Pitchers Stats

Blue Jays Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 RA/G)

OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

Blue Jays Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers		51. Boyer	33. Flynn*	52. Grimm	40. Herrera	54. Hill*	56. Keller	61. McCarthy	53. Skoglund*	64. Smith
Entries are PA/OPS	Links	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. Diaz	G · S · vP	···	···	2/.500	···	···	···	···	···	···
18. Granderson*	G · S · vP	3/1.667	1/.000	1/.000	1/3.000	···	···	···	···	···
15. Grichuk	G · S · vP	1/.000	···	4/.250	1/.000	···	···	···	···	···
37. Hernandez	G · S · vP	···	···	···	1/.000	···	···	···	···	···
21. Maile	G · S · vP	1/3.000	···	···	···	···	···	···	···	···
55. Martin	G · S · vP	10/.522	3/2.000	1/2.000	4/2.083	···	···	···	···	···
61. Ngoepe	G · S · vP	···	···	···	···	···	···	···	···	···
28. Pearce	G · S · vP	1/.000	···	1/.000	3/1.334	···	···	···	···	···
11. Pillar	G · S · vP	2/.000	···	1/.000	5/.000	···	···	···	···	···
14. Smoak#	G · S · vP	7/.572	···	10/.733	6/.333	···	···	1/	···	···
26. Solarte#	G · S · vP	1/2.000	···	2/.000	1/.000	···	···	···	2/.500	···
29. Travis	G · S · vP	···	···	···	2/4.000	···	···	···	···	···

TOR Batters

TOR Batters Table
Batter	Links	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA vRH	OPS vRH	PA vLH	OPS vLH	Hm OPS	PA Last 28d	OPS Last 28d	SB	CS	HR	E
1. Diaz	G · S · vP	301	.259	.290	.392	.682	239	.700	62	.602	.622	39	.862	4	1	7	6
18. Granderson*	G · S · vP	527	.212	.323	.452	.775	410	.806	117	.668	.625	42	.918	6	2	26	2
15. Grichuk	G · S · vP	442	.238	.285	.473	.758	336	.788	106	.662	.775	47	.316	6	1	22	3
37. Hernandez	G · S · vP	95	.261	.305	.602	.908	68	1.014	27	.647	1.149	5	1.200	0	1	8	1
21. Maile	G · S · vP	136	.146	.176	.231	.407	93	.375	43	.476	.461	17	1.071	1	0	2	4
55. Martin	G · S · vP	365	.221	.343	.388	.731	285	.772	80	.581	.908	37	.577	1	2	13	3
61. Ngoepe	G · S · vP	63	.222	.323	.296	.619	49	.682	14	.377	.360	14	.220	0	0	0	0
28. Pearce	G · S · vP	348	.252	.319	.438	.757	249	.767	99	.730	.721	33	.903	0	0	13	2
11. Pillar	G · S · vP	632	.256	.300	.404	.704	477	.628	155	.940	.652	54	.795	15	6	16	1
14. Smoak#	G · S · vP	637	.270	.355	.529	.883	494	.856	143	.977	.892	63	.842	0	1	38	2
26. Solarte#	G · S · vP	512	.255	.314	.416	.731	370	.794	142	.564	.697	52	.923	3	0	18	10
29. Travis	G · S · vP	197	.259	.291	.438	.729	162	.670	35	1.013	.775	41	.252	4	2	5	4
TOTAL			.228	.308	.417	.725		.701		.790	.747		.725	8	2	20	8

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
Pitcher	Links	Usage	IP	ERA	K/9	BF	BA	OPS	BF vRH	OPS vRH	BF vLH	OPS vLH	Hm OPS	BF Last 28d	OPS Last 28d	HR	SB	CS
53. Skoglund*	G · S · vP	`·······X······`	18.0	9.50	7.0	93	.375	1.027	82	1.043	11	.899	1.486	25	1.090	2	0	1
51. Boyer	G · S · vP	`·····X·X··X···`	41.1	4.35	7.2	178	.311	.808	122	.758	56	.918	.882	29	1.381	3	0	1
41. Duffy*	G · S · vP	`······X····X··`	146.1	3.81	8.0	609	.257	.709	499	.762	110	.478	.736	68	.798	13	2	1
33. Flynn*	G · S · vP	`···X···Xo·····`	2.1	3.86	.0	8	.375	1.250	3	1.333	5	1.200		28	.709	0	0	0
52. Grimm	G · S · vP	`····X·X··Xo···`	55.1	5.53	9.6	232	.233	.760	145	.750	87	.774	.641	27	.729	12	8	1
39. Hammel	G · S · vP	`····X····X····`	180.1	5.29	7.2	804	.284	.773	384	.771	420	.775	.836	73	.668	26	20	3
40. Herrera	G · S · vP	`·····X····o···`	59.1	4.25	8.5	259	.255	.786	122	.720	137	.845	.647	14	.286	9	5	0
54. Hill*	G · S · vP	`····o·o··X·o··`	.0	.00	.0									17	.118
65. Junis	G · S · vP	`···X····X·····`	98.1	4.30	7.3	422	.264	.762	208	.740	214	.783	.789	73	.565	15	2	4
56. Keller	G · S · vP	`····X·X····X··`	.0	.00	.0									23	.499
31. Kennedy	G · S · vP	`·····X····X···`	154.0	5.38	7.7	655	.246	.804	338	.796	317	.813	.720	72	.573	34	4	5
61. McCarthy	G · S · vP	`····o·········`	45.0	3.20	5.4	196	.276	.704	119	.618	77	.840	.771	3	.000	4	1	0
64. Smith	G · S · vP	`···X·o·X······`	.0	.00	.0									15	.500
TOTAL				4.41	7.1		.236	.709					.475		.709	16	9	2

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