Kansas City Royals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Kauffman Stadium, September 24, 2019 Matchups, Preview

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Date
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Start Time
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #1 of a 2-game series
Average Temp
73° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Monday, 23 Sep 2019

Atlanta Braves

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Atlanta Braves
Record 96-61
Manager Brian Snitker
Game # 158
On This Date 45-66
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 13-7
Last 30 21-9
Home 50-31
Away 46-30
Extra Innings 11-5
vs. RHP 74-49
vs. LHP 22-12
1-Run Games 28-15
vs. East 46-27
vs. Central 20-13
vs. West 18-15
Inter-League 12-6

ATL Last 10 Games

Julio Teheran (#49, 28, RHP, 10-10, 3.55)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Kansas City Royals
Record 57-100
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 158
On This Date 25-21
Standing 4th (39.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 12-18
Home 29-47
Away 28-53
Extra Innings 4-9
vs. RHP 42-73
vs. LHP 15-27
1-Run Games 14-24
vs. East 10-23
vs. Central 30-43
vs. West 9-24
Inter-League 8-10

KCR Last 10 Games

Danny Duffy (#41, 30, LHP, 6-6, 4.30)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Jul 23, 2019 KCR5@ATL4
Wed, Jul 24, 2019 KCR2@ATL0
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Sep 24, 2019ATL@KCR8:15pm
Wed, Sep 25, 2019ATL@KCR8:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Braves Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Braves Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 41. Duffy* 58. Barlow 50. Barnes 49. Fillmyer 32. Hahn 54. Hill* 65. Junis 56. Keller 31. Kennedy 61. McCarthy 68. Newberry 43. Rosario* 67. Speier* 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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
13. Acuna G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.667 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
1. Albies# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
45. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ···
20. Donaldson G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/1.156 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 9/.111 3/.666 10/.633 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
23. Duvall G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 ··· 10/.675 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ···
25. Flowers G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.346 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
5. Freeman* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 20/1.583 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ···
9. Hamilton# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 12/.533 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ···
24. Hechavarria G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 15/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
14. Joyce* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 ··· 10/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
22. Markakis* G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.473 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 12/.349 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
16. McCann* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 11/1.536 3/.000 2/.000 6/.666 28/1.162 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
55. Murphy G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
18. Ortega* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
27. Riley G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Swanson G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

ATL Batters

ATL Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
13. Acuna G ·  S ·  vP 714 .280 .366 .518 .884 569 .878 145 .908 .888 101 .788 37 9 41 3
1. Albies# G ·  S ·  vP 677 .296 .352 .501 .852 529 .777 148 1.109 .807 99 1.021 15 4 23 4
45. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 148 .221 .306 .344 .650 118 .722 30 .379 .610 16 .774 1 0 2 3
20. Donaldson G ·  S ·  vP 640 .255 .377 .520 .896 492 .907 148 .855 .771 93 .807 4 2 37 13
23. Duvall G ·  S ·  vP 114 .260 .316 .558 .873 80 .703 34 1.303 .833 24 1.226 0 0 9 2
25. Flowers G ·  S ·  vP 302 .231 .321 .420 .742 205 .825 97 .559 .649 52 .861 0 0 11 3
5. Freeman* G ·  S ·  vP 681 .296 .391 .555 .946 509 1.019 172 .743 .972 92 .835 6 3 38 6
9. Hamilton# G ·  S ·  vP 338 .217 .284 .276 .560 224 .557 114 .567 .585 27 .718 21 5 0 0
24. Hechavarria G ·  S ·  vP 214 .228 .285 .406 .691 165 .636 49 .871 .501 26 .968 3 1 7 6
14. Joyce* G ·  S ·  vP 226 .296 .412 .460 .872 201 .883 25 .781 .846 69 1.056 0 0 7 2
22. Markakis* G ·  S ·  vP 447 .285 .353 .422 .775 344 .836 103 .577 .713 31 .624 2 0 9 1
16. McCann* G ·  S ·  vP 307 .252 .322 .419 .741 271 .773 36 .500 .664 33 .599 0 0 12 2
55. Murphy G ·  S ·  vP 69 .177 .250 .419 .669 42 .689 27 .639 .745 0 0 4 0
18. Ortega* G ·  S ·  vP 88 .200 .273 .275 .548 77 .603 11 .182 .629 55 .475 3 0 1 0
27. Riley G ·  S ·  vP 285 .232 .284 .487 .771 217 .689 68 1.048 .689 30 .533 0 2 18 5
7. Swanson G ·  S ·  vP 520 .244 .322 .420 .742 419 .721 101 .829 .789 85 .480 8 5 17 12
TOTAL .257 .336 .453 .790 .789 .790 .762 .770 86 27 243 77

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 125.2 4.30 7.9 532 .251 .757 407 .748 125 .783 .771 98 .484 20 1 1
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ··XX·X·X···XX· 68.2 4.33 11.9 303 .241 .741 182 .665 121 .858 .723 62 .600 6 7 1
50. Barnes G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X·X·o·X··· 31.0 6.68 8.4 151 .264 .823 87 .976 64 .616 .721 34 .716 6 2 0
49. Fillmyer G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X·X···Xo·· 21.2 8.31 6.2 105 .295 .936 58 .865 47 1.026 1.056 33 .754 6 1 0
32. Hahn G ·  S ·  vP ··o··X······X· 4.1 6.23 14.5 22 .278 .909 14 1.121 8 .375 .000 22 .909 1 1 0
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo··o·X·o·ooo 36.2 3.68 8.8 149 .214 .640 88 .743 61 .497 .674 45 .491 4 2 1
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ········X····X 175.1 5.24 8.4 771 .276 .807 360 .777 411 .834 .792 95 .919 31 13 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 165.1 4.19 6.6 709 .247 .711 345 .700 364 .720 .645 15 1 2
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP ··o····X···Xo· 61.1 3.23 10.4 258 .257 .660 127 .715 131 .607 .547 42 .446 5 1 1
28. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 117.2 6.35 8.1 524 .288 .857 264 .742 260 .974 .986 105 .838 24 5 1
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·X·X·oX··X 56.2 4.76 5.9 256 .295 .786 153 .752 103 .838 .907 54 .708 4 1 0
21. Montgomery* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 86.1 5.00 6.8 380 .318 .927 292 .854 88 1.161 .692 112 .903 18 8 7
68. Newberry G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 30.0 3.90 8.4 132 .248 .855 80 .641 52 1.154 .885 13 1.205 7 0 0
43. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·o··X····· 13.0 4.85 8.3 57 .250 .739 38 .826 19 .563 .748 8 .250 2 0 0
53. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 18.0 7.50 1.0 83 .292 .903 69 .912 14 .857 1.097 62 1.033 3 3 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 131.0 6.11 5.3 585 .297 .880 277 .839 308 .918 .744 106 1.046 30 1 4
67. Speier* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o···o·X·o·X 6.0 9.00 12.0 29 .217 .901 18 .690 11 1.232 1.025 29 .901 2 0 0
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X·····o··· 18.2 3.86 7.2 84 .260 .864 45 .968 39 .752 .995 22 .697 4 0 1
45. Zimmer G ·  S ·  vP ···o····X····· 16.1 11.57 8.8 94 .347 1.025 58 1.203 36 .767 1.028 34 1.093 2 3 0
TOTAL 5.18 7.8 .273 .802 .795 .801 213 56 27

Royals Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.57 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 49. Teheran 50. Blevins* 75. Dayton* 19. Greene 77. Jackson 51. Martin 36. Melancon 15. Newcomb* 56. O'Day 61. Sobotka 38. Swarzak 32. Tomlin 62. Toussaint 63. Walker 46. Wilson 30. Wright
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
2. Arteaga G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 13/.750 ··· ··· ··· ···
33. Dini G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ···
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 7/.143 ··· 19/.654 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 17/.912 62/.619 ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
9. McBroom G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
26. Mejia# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 15/.833 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 28/.786 ··· ··· ··· ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ···
14. Phillips* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.650 ··· 1/ 4/1.833 1/.000 4/.500 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Starling G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
72. Viloria* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arteaga G ·  S ·  vP 128 .190 .248 .216 .464 90 .431 38 .542 .399 15 .368 1 1 0 3
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 323 .252 .300 .387 .688 238 .587 85 .971 .703 42 .746 1 0 9 13
33. Dini G ·  S ·  vP 56 .188 .273 .375 .648 29 .542 27 .755 .633 34 .673 0 0 2 1
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 566 .281 .352 .527 .878 434 .867 132 .914 .866 103 .800 2 2 26 8
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 142 .238 .312 .365 .677 101 .676 41 .682 .773 0 1 3 1
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 615 .266 .342 .399 .741 442 .758 173 .696 .791 86 .795 5 3 13 1
1. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 388 .232 .268 .306 .574 280 .554 108 .626 .595 52 .471 1 1 2 4
9. McBroom G ·  S ·  vP 66 .317 .379 .400 .779 44 .809 22 .718 .718 66 .779 0 0 0 0
26. Mejia# G ·  S ·  vP 19 .286 .421 .286 .707 12 .667 7 .762 .533 19 .707 0 0 0 0
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 717 .302 .349 .462 .810 516 .801 201 .833 .791 116 .770 19 10 16 11
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 443 .263 .291 .424 .715 302 .753 141 .635 .738 83 .665 43 7 9 7
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 355 .191 .282 .366 .648 297 .687 58 .441 .587 63 .999 0 1 14 4
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 72 .153 .271 .288 .560 60 .534 12 .697 .787 44 .467 3 0 2 0
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 659 .260 .349 .555 .904 499 .920 160 .854 .878 110 1.030 3 1 45 3
11. Starling G ·  S ·  vP 191 .211 .253 .306 .558 134 .589 57 .482 .626 61 .647 2 0 4 1
72. Viloria* G ·  S ·  vP 138 .218 .263 .290 .553 107 .616 31 .336 .572 56 .484 0 1 1 1
TOTAL .246 .309 .400 .709 .713 .697 .711 .745 116 39 159 72

ATL Pitchers

ATL Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
49. Teheran G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 172.1 3.55 8.4 738 .224 .705 425 .713 313 .691 .715 87 .757 22 15 3
50. Blevins* G ·  S ·  vP ·o····o···oo·o 30.1 3.56 10.4 132 .196 .669 68 .835 64 .500 .738 15 .200 5 4 0
75. Dayton* G ·  S ·  vP ······o·X····· 10.1 2.61 12.2 44 .268 .806 30 .783 14 .857 .797 7 .714 3 0 0
26. Foltynewicz G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 113.0 4.46 8.0 476 .245 .759 257 .757 219 .762 .737 116 .490 21 3 1
54. Fried* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 162.0 4.11 9.3 690 .273 .751 535 .778 155 .658 .834 104 .673 21 4 2
19. Greene G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X·····o·X· 60.0 2.25 9.3 242 .195 .580 141 .482 101 .719 .542 45 .475 7 3 0
77. Jackson G ·  S ·  vP ·X··oo···X·o·· 70.2 3.95 12.7 309 .271 .748 196 .855 113 .567 .743 43 .957 10 6 1
60. Keuchel* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 107.2 3.59 7.3 461 .262 .745 383 .769 78 .625 .894 129 .706 14 0 1
51. Martin G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····o·o· 54.1 3.48 10.3 212 .254 .688 113 .772 99 .594 .618 22 .500 9 4 1
36. Melancon G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o·······X· 64.0 3.80 9.4 272 .275 .694 173 .673 99 .730 .686 29 .493 4 3 0
15. Newcomb* G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o···o·X·· 67.0 3.09 8.5 286 .230 .688 203 .700 83 .657 .858 37 .564 8 4 1
56. O'Day G ·  S ·  vP ··o···o····o·o 2.2 3.38 3.4 11 .200 .673 8 .536 3 1.000 .750 11 .673 0 0 0
61. Sobotka G ·  S ·  vP ········X··o·X 28.2 6.28 11.9 133 .252 .826 83 .851 50 .789 .559 16 1.290 6 6 0
40. Soroka G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 169.2 2.60 7.2 679 .232 .617 390 .512 289 .759 .507 111 .740 13 6 1
38. Swarzak G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X·o··X·o 51.0 4.24 8.5 222 .241 .779 145 .733 77 .871 .823 29 .872 12 2 1
32. Tomlin G ·  S ·  vP ···o·X···X···· 75.1 3.82 5.6 302 .263 .739 180 .778 122 .682 .810 27 .556 14 0 1
62. Toussaint G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 41.2 5.62 9.7 198 .270 .810 127 .586 71 1.205 .756 5 0 0
63. Walker G ·  S ·  vP ········X····· 9.1 1.93 5.8 38 .265 .695 31 .725 7 .571 .582 12 .788 0 0 1
46. Wilson G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 20.0 7.20 7.2 93 .321 1.050 47 .974 46 1.133 1.111 8 1.750 5 1 1
30. Wright G ·  S ·  vP ··X··o··o····· 19.2 8.69 8.2 93 .304 .966 54 .919 39 1.021 .701 11 .364 4 4 0
TOTAL 4.17 8.6 .255 .745 .747 .680 196 76 18

Explanation and Key

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