Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Kauffman Stadium, May 31, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 20-32
Manager Derek Shelton
Game # 53
On This Date 67-62
Standing 5th (9.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 9-21
Home 10-15
Away 10-17
Extra Innings 3-1
vs. RHP 17-25
vs. LHP 3-7
1-Run Games 6-5
vs. East 1-3
vs. Central 7-19
vs. West 7-7
Inter-League 5-3

PIT Last 10 Games

Chad Kuhl (#39, 28, RHP, 0-1, 6.32)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 25-26
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 52
On This Date 24-22
Standing 3rd (6.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 11-19
Home 12-13
Away 13-13
Extra Innings 1-1
vs. RHP 17-18
vs. LHP 8-8
1-Run Games 8-7
vs. East 5-5
vs. Central 13-18
vs. West 4-2
Inter-League 3-1

KCR Last 10 Games

Mike Minor (#23, 33, LHP, 3-2, 4.83)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Apr 27, 2021@PIT2 KCR1
Wed, Apr 28, 2021 KCR9@PIT6
DateAwayHomeTime
Mon, May 31, 2021PIT@KCR8:10pm
Tue, Jun 01, 2021PIT@KCR8:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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PIT Batters vs KCR Pitchers
PIT Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Pirates Batters (3.37 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.59 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (3.37 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 23. Minor* 58. Barlow 59. Brentz* 71. Davis 35. Holland 24. Junis 45. Zimmer 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
38. Craig G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Difo# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/ 1/.000
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000
18. Gamel* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/ 2/.000 ··· ···
2. Gonzalez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000
27. Newman G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000
5. Perez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· ···
25. Polanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ···
10. Reynolds# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/ 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/ ···
58. Stallings G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 1/.000
60. Tom* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
3. Tucker# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Craig G ·  S ·  vP 58 .241 .293 .333 .626 42 .612 16 .661 .803 58 .626 0 0 1 2
15. Difo# G ·  S ·  vP 81 .237 .284 .368 .652 63 .714 18 .444 .668 47 .572 0 0 1 3
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 226 .333 .394 .471 .864 165 .807 61 1.017 .792 107 .971 3 4 2 5
18. Gamel* G ·  S ·  vP 67 .186 .269 .288 .557 53 .650 14 .220 .450 50 .613 0 0 0 0
2. Gonzalez G ·  S ·  vP 168 .213 .250 .288 .538 123 .445 45 .806 .537 83 .461 2 0 2 3
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 186 .208 .237 .258 .495 135 .567 51 .303 .503 95 .503 1 0 1 0
5. Perez* G ·  S ·  vP 64 .121 .203 .293 .496 55 .471 9 .611 .519 35 .416 0 0 3 2
25. Polanco* G ·  S ·  vP 155 .221 .297 .382 .679 119 .798 36 .267 .603 69 .711 4 0 5 1
10. Reynolds# G ·  S ·  vP 208 .287 .389 .478 .867 147 .775 61 1.084 .931 95 .938 0 1 6 0
58. Stallings G ·  S ·  vP 147 .234 .333 .422 .755 107 .739 40 .800 .539 67 .713 0 0 4 2
60. Tom* G ·  S ·  vP 78 .177 .308 .290 .598 60 .491 18 .983 .633 50 .770 1 0 2 0
3. Tucker# G ·  S ·  vP 11 .182 .182 .273 .455 11 .455 .000 11 .455 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .228 .301 .349 .650 .646 .660 .616 .637 16 6 36 31

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 54.0 4.83 10.2 228 .225 .700 197 .708 31 .647 .749 116 .595 8 1 2
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP X···o··XX··oo· 27.0 2.00 13.7 115 .198 .573 59 .528 56 .618 .606 48 .446 0 4 0
59. Brentz* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·Xo··X··oo· 23.2 2.28 9.9 102 .160 .562 59 .710 43 .326 .546 51 .536 2 0 0
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 29.2 1.52 6.7 116 .186 .559 98 .610 18 .288 .440 110 .512 1 0 1
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 16.1 6.61 9.4 72 .283 .785 39 .916 33 .634 .763 33 .792 2 3 0
35. Holland G ·  S ·  vP oX··X····o·o·· 18.2 3.86 10.1 89 .253 .837 46 .841 43 .835 .985 41 .656 4 0 0
24. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····o···· 32.2 5.23 9.4 140 .276 .777 58 .573 82 .926 .880 46 1.169 5 0 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 50.2 5.68 8.2 240 .304 .872 99 .918 141 .840 .878 122 .730 7 2 1
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·········· 19.1 3.26 5.6 78 .219 .694 38 .508 40 .881 .749 42 .570 3 0 0
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 47.2 4.91 9.3 212 .251 .688 89 .586 123 .765 .595 113 .777 4 8 2
45. Zimmer G ·  S ·  vP X·X··o·X·X···· 19.0 2.37 8.5 70 .148 .472 36 .437 34 .508 .620 21 .405 1 0 0
53. Zuber G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o··X·X··o· 15.0 6.60 9.0 71 .228 .766 37 .494 34 1.032 .696 42 .843 2 0 0
TOTAL 4.38 9.4 .243 .720 .747 .717 47 19 8
KCR Batters vs PIT Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
PIT Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.79 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 15. Kuhl 51. Bednar 30. Crick 52. Holmes 54. Howard* 36. Mears 57. Oviedo 48. Rodriguez 55. Shreve* 46. Stratton 56. Underwood
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
49. Alberto G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/3.000 ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/ ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 ···
1. Dyson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/ 8/1.000 ···
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
19. Gutierrez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/ ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 2/2.000 1/.000
14. Olivares G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.000 2/3.000
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.629 8/.625 ···
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 5/.200 1/.000

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
49. Alberto G ·  S ·  vP 93 .258 .264 .371 .635 52 .706 41 .539 .676 40 .676 0 1 0 3
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 192 .283 .344 .382 .725 134 .818 58 .518 .560 94 .704 6 4 4 2
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 136 .143 .206 .349 .555 97 .566 39 .529 .674 55 .592 1 1 6 2
1. Dyson* G ·  S ·  vP 45 .250 .318 .375 .693 35 .637 10 .889 1.044 29 .593 3 1 0 0
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 43 .189 .244 .243 .487 33 .544 10 .311 .336 24 .679 0 0 0 0
19. Gutierrez G ·  S ·  vP 49 .250 .265 .292 .557 34 .529 15 .624 .971 49 .557 0 0 0 3
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 156 .221 .311 .298 .609 118 .593 38 .660 .609 71 .541 5 0 0 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 221 .251 .317 .374 .691 157 .619 64 .866 .720 105 .653 15 1 4 4
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 23 .318 .318 .591 .909 14 .769 9 1.111 23 .909 1 1 1 0
14. Olivares G ·  S ·  vP 4 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 .667 1 2.000 4 1.000 0 0 0 0
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 209 .276 .306 .482 .789 152 .826 57 .688 .843 100 .763 0 0 10 2
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 216 .250 .384 .448 .832 156 .779 60 .963 .834 105 .748 2 0 10 3
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 195 .178 .257 .314 .570 145 .633 50 .387 .670 93 .514 0 0 4 1
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 161 .248 .304 .376 .680 117 .687 44 .661 .783 70 .686 4 2 5 1
TOTAL .236 .301 .375 .676 .681 .661 .711 .652 38 11 47 30

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
15. Kuhl G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 15.2 6.32 8.0 76 .222 .937 39 .665 37 1.210 .865 4 2 0
31. Anderson* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 56.1 4.63 8.8 236 .242 .729 181 .793 55 .529 .680 126 .767 10 4 1
51. Bednar G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·o····o··· 20.0 2.70 12.2 79 .192 .596 50 .529 29 .704 .570 41 .584 3 2 0
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP X··X···X······ 14.0 1.93 9.0 54 .071 .354 31 .377 23 .323 .200 20 .614 0 0 0
29. Crowe G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 27.0 5.67 8.3 124 .283 .841 72 .957 52 .663 .752 80 .896 5 0 0
37. De Jong G ·  S ·  vP X············· 5.0 1.80 9.0 20 .167 .528 8 .661 12 .439 20 .528 0 0 0
52. Holmes G ·  S ·  vP X···oo·o··o··· 24.1 2.96 8.9 102 .217 .566 59 .493 43 .668 .710 42 .516 1 1 0
54. Howard* G ·  S ·  vP Xo·X·o··X··X·· 18.1 2.95 13.7 77 .145 .634 41 .783 36 .456 .622 35 .718 3 2 0
23. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····· 42.2 6.54 9.7 199 .282 .850 101 .813 98 .888 .761 107 .743 6 6 1
36. Mears G ·  S ·  vP ·············· .0 .00 .0
57. Oviedo G ·  S ·  vP ········X··X·· 15.2 7.47 8.6 73 .279 .862 41 .678 32 1.118 .596 34 .929 3 4 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP X··o·o····X··· 22.1 1.61 6.9 79 .143 .359 39 .179 40 .539 .185 43 .589 0 0 0
55. Shreve* G ·  S ·  vP oX··oo···X··o· 7.0 2.57 10.3 28 .200 .726 19 .819 9 .476 1.714 28 .726 2 0 0
46. Stratton G ·  S ·  vP ····X···o·o·X· 25.1 3.55 8.2 104 .250 .694 59 .642 45 .762 .780 43 .490 3 0 0
56. Underwood G ·  S ·  vP ····X··o···X·· 29.1 3.99 8.9 127 .246 .692 71 .693 56 .690 .760 62 .668 2 3 0
TOTAL 4.66 8.9 .244 .737 .743 .745 64 27 6

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