Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, at Comerica Park, August 8, 2019 Matchups, Preview

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Date
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Start Time
7:10et (local)
Venue
Comerica Park
Series
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
81° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Wednesday, 07 Aug 2019

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Kansas City Royals
Record 41-74
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 117
On This Date 19-31
Standing 4th (29.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-7
Last 20 7-12
Last 30 12-17
Home 23-35
Away 18-39
Extra Innings 3-7
vs. RHP 30-54
vs. LHP 11-20
1-Run Games 9-18
vs. East 7-19
vs. Central 22-34
vs. West 7-16
Inter-League 5-5

KCR Last 10 Games

Jorge Lopez (#28, 26, RHP, 1-7, 6.19)

Detroit Tigers

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Detroit Tigers
Record 33-78
Manager Ron Gardenhire
Game # 113
On This Date 65-54
Standing 5th (35.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 4-16
Last 30 6-24
Home 14-39
Away 19-39
Extra Innings 4-8
vs. RHP 24-65
vs. LHP 9-13
1-Run Games 9-15
vs. East 10-13
vs. Central 15-31
vs. West 3-19
Inter-League 5-15

DET Last 10 Games

Matthew Boyd (#48, 28, LHP, 6-8, 3.91)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Thu, Apr 04, 2019@DET5 KCR4
Sat, Apr 06, 2019@DET7 KCR4
Sun, Apr 07, 2019@DET3 KCR1
Fri, May 03, 2019@DET4 KCR3
Sat, May 04, 2019 KCR15@DET3
Sun, May 05, 2019@DET5 KCR2(10)
Tue, Jun 11, 2019@KCR3 DET2
Wed, Jun 12, 2019 DET3@KCR2
Thu, Jun 13, 2019@KCR7 DET3
Fri, Jul 12, 2019@KCR8 DET5
Sat, Jul 13, 2019@KCR4 DET1
Sun, Jul 14, 2019 DET12@KCR8
DateAwayHomeTime
Thu, Aug 08, 2019KCR@DET7:10pm
Fri, Aug 09, 2019KCR@DET7:10pm
Sat, Aug 10, 2019KCR@DET6:10pm
Sun, Aug 11, 2019KCR@DET1:10pm
Tue, Sep 03, 2019DET@KCR8:15pm
Wed, Sep 04, 2019DET@KCR8:15pm
Thu, Sep 05, 2019DET@KCR1:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

KCR Batters vs DET Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
DET Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (5.59 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (5.59 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 48. Boyd* 67. Cisnero 45. Farmer 36. Hardy* 66. Jimenez 77. Jimenez 63. Ramirez* 19. Rosenthal 65. Soto*
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
2. Arteaga G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.882 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/1.129 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 26/.581 1/.000 2/.000 13/.885 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000
6. Hamilton# G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.200 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 7/.629 ···
1. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.800 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 37/1.133 ··· 3/.000 6/.833 ··· 8/1.357 2/ 2/.000 1/.000
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.967 1/5.000 4/1.417 2/.000 ··· 5/1.100 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000
11. Starling G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 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
2. Arteaga G ·  S ·  vP 87 .188 .235 .213 .448 65 .434 22 .488 .459 44 .348 1 1 0 2
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 234 .290 .329 .434 .763 178 .690 56 .998 .694 104 .784 1 0 7 8
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 395 .282 .367 .526 .893 298 .922 97 .803 .917 109 .877 2 1 18 5
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 142 .238 .312 .365 .677 101 .676 41 .682 .586 46 1.013 0 1 3 1
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 466 .271 .344 .422 .766 330 .783 136 .723 .696 99 .646 5 2 11 1
6. Hamilton# G ·  S ·  vP 297 .213 .279 .270 .549 192 .546 105 .554 .573 30 .493 18 5 0 0
1. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 291 .224 .265 .290 .555 207 .518 84 .647 .495 88 .509 1 1 1 3
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 530 .302 .357 .477 .834 372 .848 158 .800 .874 116 .776 16 8 12 7
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 243 .173 .267 .313 .581 198 .604 45 .475 .623 30 .312 0 1 7 1
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 481 .253 .335 .527 .863 356 .906 125 .741 .865 107 1.081 0 1 31 2
11. Starling G ·  S ·  vP 80 .237 .266 .342 .608 58 .615 22 .588 .567 80 .608 1 0 2 1
72. Viloria* G ·  S ·  vP 42 .263 .333 .395 .728 30 .798 12 .533 .685 42 .728 0 0 1 0
TOTAL .247 .310 .400 .711 .725 .676 .700 .727 94 31 113 51

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··· 138.0 3.91 12.2 573 .238 .707 460 .703 113 .725 .702 129 .668 23 3 4
70. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 26.1 5.13 8.2 117 .313 .851 88 .947 29 .563 .720 97 .861 4 0 0
67. Cisnero G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X····o·o·o· 17.2 4.08 9.7 79 .269 .749 43 .630 36 .893 .618 39 .793 1 1 0
45. Farmer G ·  S ·  vP ·oX·X··o·Xo·oX 46.2 3.86 10.0 205 .275 .780 130 .755 75 .823 .890 48 .573 4 3 1
36. Hardy* G ·  S ·  vP ooo·X····Xo··X 44.1 4.47 5.9 182 .232 .751 123 .624 59 1.031 .791 43 1.126 10 1 3
66. Jimenez G ·  S ·  vP X·XX·X········ 10.2 5.91 6.8 49 .273 .779 27 1.069 22 .427 .751 28 .745 1 0 0
77. Jimenez G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·oX·o· 43.0 5.02 12.6 186 .236 .795 107 .779 79 .816 .622 38 .803 9 0 2
44. Norris* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 117.1 4.76 7.5 504 .289 .821 403 .812 101 .858 .818 112 .824 20 11 6
63. Ramirez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·Xo··XX··Xo· 55.0 5.07 8.5 242 .244 .756 166 .797 76 .664 .643 70 .821 9 6 0
19. Rosenthal G ·  S ·  vP XX··o··X··X··X 15.1 13.50 10.0 85 .208 .715 46 .700 39 .730 .842 42 .504 0 0 0
65. Soto* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··o··X··X·· 40.0 6.97 6.5 188 .317 .917 143 .991 45 .681 .879 69 .869 8 2 1
56. Turnbull G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 101.2 3.72 8.4 444 .252 .727 213 .622 231 .825 .789 54 .770 9 13 2
54. VerHagen G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····X 19.2 9.15 8.2 105 .371 1.051 46 .987 59 1.099 .829 68 1.023 3 3 1
TOTAL 5.16 8.4 .274 .813 .828 .839 164 71 28
DET Batters vs KCR Pitchers
DET Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Tigers Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.23 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Tigers Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 28. Lopez 58. Barlow 54. Hill* 31. Kennedy 55. Lovelady* 61. McCarthy 68. Newberry 63. Staumont 45. Zimmer
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
29. Beckham G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/2.417 1/ 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
24. Cabrera G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.142 2/1.000 1/ 27/.935 ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/
30. Castro* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/ 1/3.000 ··· ···
50. Demeritte G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
12. Dixon G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ···
28. Goodrum# G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.444 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
55. Hicks G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ···
21. Jones G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.800 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ···
18. Lugo G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 9/.555 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/
22. Reyes# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/ ··· ···
34. Rogers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

DET Batters

DET Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
29. Beckham G ·  S ·  vP 197 .210 .274 .376 .650 145 .718 52 .460 .712 43 .543 2 1 5 4
24. Cabrera G ·  S ·  vP 404 .285 .344 .386 .730 333 .693 71 .910 .837 86 .597 0 0 7 1
30. Castro* G ·  S ·  vP 206 .282 .299 .374 .673 170 .740 36 .366 .571 97 .636 3 1 2 6
50. Demeritte G ·  S ·  vP 30 .200 .300 .360 .660 25 .749 5 .200 .610 30 .660 2 0 0 1
12. Dixon G ·  S ·  vP 286 .263 .308 .489 .796 217 .821 69 .718 .767 89 .907 5 0 14 6
28. Goodrum# G ·  S ·  vP 427 .252 .328 .415 .743 335 .680 92 .971 .633 97 .871 12 2 10 13
55. Hicks G ·  S ·  vP 248 .204 .242 .340 .582 188 .542 60 .713 .606 67 .650 1 0 7 0
21. Jones G ·  S ·  vP 331 .236 .309 .431 .740 265 .784 66 .563 .702 81 .685 7 2 11 4
18. Lugo G ·  S ·  vP 99 .213 .232 .309 .541 74 .586 25 .408 .544 13 .481 0 0 1 2
7. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 156 .247 .295 .404 .699 125 .704 31 .677 .617 71 .853 0 0 5 6
22. Reyes# G ·  S ·  vP 89 .232 .292 .305 .597 72 .610 17 .544 .491 60 .587 1 1 0 0
34. Rogers G ·  S ·  vP 28 .208 .321 .458 .780 25 .598 3 2.667 .833 28 .780 0 0 2 1
TOTAL .235 .294 .384 .677 .670 .707 .659 .683 45 13 102 84

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
28. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ····X····o··Xo 84.1 6.19 8.5 377 .289 .865 193 .744 184 .990 .774 59 .709 17 5 1
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP X·Xo·····X···X 45.0 5.60 13.0 204 .257 .800 119 .667 85 .995 .800 38 .618 6 6 1
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP X·X··o···oo··o 17.2 4.08 7.1 77 .246 .717 42 .859 35 .564 .689 40 .656 2 1 1
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 138.1 4.88 8.5 605 .268 .795 274 .765 331 .819 .813 134 .704 24 10 0
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 146.0 3.95 6.5 624 .245 .711 300 .697 324 .724 .754 139 .615 14 1 2
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ·o·····X··o··· 45.1 3.18 10.5 190 .257 .636 97 .646 93 .627 .758 41 .479 2 1 0
55. Lovelady* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o·X··X··X·· 18.1 5.40 7.9 79 .282 .778 38 .885 41 .675 .672 25 .755 1 0 0
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP X·o··X·oo·X··X 36.0 4.50 4.5 164 .292 .799 91 .795 73 .805 .689 49 .753 3 0 0
21. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 43.1 6.02 6.2 196 .339 .996 138 .829 58 1.373 1.261 73 .984 10 5 2
68. Newberry G ·  S ·  vP o············o 23.0 3.52 7.0 98 .256 .828 59 .614 39 1.132 .722 15 .583 5 0 0
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 93.0 5.71 5.4 413 .293 .859 187 .800 226 .911 1.065 131 .895 21 1 2
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ··o·····XX·o·X 5.1 3.38 5.1 31 .292 .910 13 1.567 18 .528 .250 31 .910 1 0 0
45. Zimmer G ·  S ·  vP ·····o··X··X·· 6.0 7.50 6.0 33 .269 .847 22 1.258 11 .182 1.607 20 .794 0 1 0
TOTAL 5.03 7.8 .272 .796 .816 .786 154 40 16

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