Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, May 8, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Chicago White Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Chicago White Sox
Record 17-13
Manager Tony La Russa
Game # 31
On This Date 50-46
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 17-13
Home 9-6
Away 8-7
Extra Innings 0-3
vs. RHP 12-12
vs. LHP 5-1
1-Run Games 3-3
vs. East 2-2
vs. Central 8-6
vs. West 6-4
Inter-League 1-1

CHW Last 10 Games

Lance Lynn (#33, 34, RHP, 2-1, 1.82)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 16-15
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 32
On This Date 19-26
Standing 3rd (1.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 15-15
Home 8-10
Away 8-5
Extra Innings 1-0
vs. RHP 11-10
vs. LHP 5-5
1-Run Games 6-2
vs. East 4-3
vs. Central 7-9
vs. West 4-2
Inter-League 1-1

KCR Last 10 Games

Daniel Lynch (#52, 24, LHP, 0-0, 5.79)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Thu, Apr 08, 2021@CHW6 KCR0
Sun, Apr 11, 2021 KCR4@CHW3(10)
Fri, May 07, 2021 CHW3@KCR0
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, May 08, 2021CHW@KCR7:10pm
Sun, May 09, 2021CHW@KCR2:10pm
Fri, May 14, 2021KCR@CHW3:10pm
Fri, May 14, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Sat, May 15, 2021KCR@CHW7:10pm
Sun, May 16, 2021KCR@CHW2:10pm
Mon, Jul 26, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Tue, Jul 27, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Wed, Jul 28, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Thu, Jul 29, 2021CHW@KCR2:10pm
Tue, Aug 03, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Wed, Aug 04, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Thu, Aug 05, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Fri, Sep 03, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Sat, Sep 04, 2021CHW@KCR7:10pm
Sun, Sep 05, 2021CHW@KCR2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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White Sox Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
White Sox Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 52. Lynch* 58. Barlow 59. Brentz* 50. Bubic* 71. Davis 35. Holland 24. Junis 54. Santana 63. Staumont 53. Zuber
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
79. Abreu G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 7/.929 ··· 8/.875 12/.167 12/.533 20/.671 27/1.061 5/.400 5/.600
7. Anderson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/2.333 1/ 8/1.482 2/.000 5/1.000 16/.742 22/.559 2/.000 1/.000
21. Collins* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 3/.500 1/.000 ··· ···
12. Eaton* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.895 4/.500 3/.333 18/.977 ··· ···
28. Garcia# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.500 1/ ··· 1/.000 2/.000 18/.411 11/.455 1/2.000 ···
24. Grandal# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 7/1.429 7/.572 2/1.000 6/1.000 4/1.250 3/1.167
Hamilton# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 5/.400 ··· 10/.333 ··· ···
23. Lamb* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 3/.333 3/.666 ··· ···
1. Madrigal G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ···
20. Mendick G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/ 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000
73. Mercedes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ···
10. Moncada# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 8/.393 ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/.000 24/1.214 4/.250 3/.000 3/.333
25. Vaughn G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

CHW Batters

CHW Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
79. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP 129 .209 .302 .400 .702 109 .665 20 .879 .845 91 .697 1 0 6 3
7. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP 92 .295 .326 .466 .792 81 .833 11 .473 .906 77 .830 6 2 4 0
21. Collins* G ·  S ·  vP 49 .220 .347 .415 .762 39 .734 10 .856 .762 32 .735 0 0 2 1
12. Eaton* G ·  S ·  vP 113 .212 .304 .364 .667 96 .759 17 .180 .693 79 .653 1 0 3 3
28. Garcia# G ·  S ·  vP 81 .184 .215 .224 .439 63 .413 18 .529 .299 60 .522 2 1 0 2
24. Grandal# G ·  S ·  vP 81 .121 .363 .259 .621 71 .497 10 1.667 .881 54 .500 0 0 2 3
Hamilton# G ·  S ·  vP 26 .130 .200 .130 .330 20 .217 6 .667 .440 13 .000 2 0 0 0
23. Lamb* G ·  S ·  vP 28 .143 .357 .143 .500 28 .500 .489 23 .462 0 0 0 0
1. Madrigal G ·  S ·  vP 101 .301 .347 .387 .734 79 .678 22 .931 .648 72 .754 1 1 0 1
20. Mendick G ·  S ·  vP 22 .375 .545 .375 .920 17 1.005 5 .650 .730 14 .629 0 0 0 0
73. Mercedes G ·  S ·  vP 98 .380 .418 .598 1.016 80 .966 18 1.250 .991 70 .834 0 1 5 1
10. Moncada# G ·  S ·  vP 120 .255 .358 .382 .741 100 .765 20 .628 .594 88 .758 0 0 3 3
25. Vaughn G ·  S ·  vP 71 .262 .352 .344 .696 54 .567 17 1.145 .598 54 .727 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .252 .337 .384 .721 .699 .826 .733 .705 17 6 26 23

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· 4.2 5.79 5.8 21 .250 .838 17 .796 4 1.000 .838 21 .838 0 0 0
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ··X·oo····oX·o 17.1 2.60 11.4 74 .239 .639 38 .632 36 .646 .684 55 .707 0 2 0
59. Brentz* G ·  S ·  vP Xo·o··X··X··X· 14.1 3.14 10.0 64 .216 .656 35 .900 29 .341 .676 56 .689 2 0 0
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP ·o···X········ 2.0 9.00 9.0 10 .400 1.100 5 1.400 5 .800 .750 10 1.100 0 0 0
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo···X····X· 10.2 7.59 9.3 46 .263 .773 25 .910 21 .619 .806 37 .765 2 3 0
30. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 35.2 1.26 10.1 143 .211 .559 112 .539 31 .626 .691 121 .589 2 0 1
35. Holland G ·  S ·  vP ···XoX····Xo·· 11.0 4.09 9.8 53 .267 .933 25 .684 28 1.168 .939 43 .776 3 0 0
24. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X·····X··· 26.0 5.19 10.0 108 .253 .710 45 .505 63 .860 .913 83 .824 4 0 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 28.1 7.31 7.0 141 .336 .970 65 1.036 76 .910 .853 109 .798 5 0 0
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 31.0 5.23 8.7 133 .235 .761 114 .720 19 1.009 .703 109 .780 6 1 0
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP X······X······ 11.0 3.27 4.9 45 .214 .743 23 .536 22 .968 .776 45 .743 2 0 0
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 29.0 3.41 9.0 123 .211 .576 56 .508 67 .632 .600 104 .503 2 5 1
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ···XX····X·o·o 15.0 2.40 9.0 59 .120 .454 31 .448 28 .460 .668 49 .503 0 0 0
53. Zuber G ·  S ·  vP ·X·XX··X·X···· 10.1 4.35 8.7 41 .189 .701 22 .333 19 1.094 .606 41 .701 2 0 0
TOTAL 4.52 9.0 .244 .730 .756 .724 35 11 3

Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (3.57 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 33. Lynn 39. Bummer* 45. Crochet* 63. Foster 31. Hendriks 65. Heuer 34. Kopech 43. Marshall 66. Ruiz
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
49. Alberto G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 20/.956 7/.762 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.258 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.000 2/1.000
1. Dyson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/1.089 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.833 3/.333 1/ 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 22/.377 7/.000 1/ 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/ 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/1.225 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.700 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ···
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.558 7/.453 2/.000 1/ 19/.763 2/.500 1/.000 3/.667 1/2.000
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 19/.743 2/.000 ··· 2/3.500 7/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/2.000
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
49. Alberto G ·  S ·  vP 60 .224 .237 .362 .599 34 .606 26 .589 .718 47 .529 0 1 0 2
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 120 .275 .342 .404 .745 82 .862 38 .507 .540 93 .830 5 4 3 2
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 102 .168 .225 .411 .636 73 .603 29 .720 .722 90 .709 1 1 5 2
1. Dyson* G ·  S ·  vP 20 .294 .400 .471 .871 14 .630 6 1.333 1.007 19 .839 2 0 0 0
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 104 .200 .310 .271 .581 75 .545 29 .671 .558 82 .524 2 0 0 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 139 .262 .324 .410 .734 96 .656 43 .909 .776 111 .623 10 1 4 3
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 35 .194 .286 .419 .705 31 .804 4 .000 .593 35 .705 0 0 2 0
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 130 .293 .331 .528 .859 95 1.008 35 .465 1.001 104 .852 0 0 7 2
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 133 .250 .361 .446 .807 94 .772 39 .885 .837 106 .883 1 0 6 1
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 123 .192 .269 .337 .605 93 .658 30 .441 .777 97 .586 0 0 2 0
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 106 .265 .321 .347 .668 77 .676 29 .646 .744 82 .533 3 1 2 1
TOTAL .237 .304 .390 .695 .712 .653 .745 .683 25 8 31 22

CHW Pitchers

CHW Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
33. Lynn G ·  S ·  vP ······X······· 24.2 1.82 10.6 97 .215 .559 48 .533 49 .585 .664 43 .695 2 2 0
39. Bummer* G ·  S ·  vP o·····oo·····o 9.2 1.86 12.1 46 .256 .626 27 .730 19 .485 .598 32 .661 0 1 0
84. Cease G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 30.1 2.37 11.9 125 .208 .572 65 .695 60 .434 .625 103 .523 2 0 2
45. Crochet* G ·  S ·  vP ············X· 9.0 1.00 8.0 43 .265 .669 25 .652 18 .688 .437 31 .856 0 2 0
63. Foster G ·  S ·  vP ·····o·o··X··· 8.1 9.72 15.1 37 .250 .793 20 .675 17 .915 .988 21 .454 2 0 0
27. Giolito G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 30.2 4.99 12.0 134 .223 .720 56 .898 78 .586 .825 92 .837 6 2 0
31. Hendriks G ·  S ·  vP X·X··o··o····o 12.2 3.55 14.9 51 .224 .730 27 .669 24 .792 .748 41 .700 4 0 0
65. Heuer G ·  S ·  vP o····X····o··X 14.1 5.65 10.7 61 .356 .909 36 .724 25 1.160 .958 44 .864 3 0 1
60. Keuchel* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 38.0 3.79 4.0 156 .230 .662 113 .560 43 .920 .699 114 .610 3 0 1
34. Kopech G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X·····X· 20.1 1.33 15.0 78 .129 .404 36 .438 42 .375 .416 63 .415 1 3 0
43. Marshall G ·  S ·  vP ·······o······ 12.0 6.75 6.0 52 .277 .888 29 1.083 23 .627 .944 33 .750 3 1 0
55. Rodon* G ·  S ·  vP X·······X····· 31.0 .58 12.8 118 .114 .367 95 .422 23 .139 .535 96 .338 1 3 0
66. Ruiz G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o····X·X· 11.1 1.59 8.7 44 .103 .358 23 .178 21 .569 .480 33 .421 0 0 0
TOTAL 3.24 10.5 .218 .630 .698 .625 28 15 4

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