Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians, at Kauffman Stadium, June 29, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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Cleveland Guardians

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Cleveland Guardians
Record 39-40
Manager Terry Francona
Game # 79
On This Date 59-59
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 18-12
Home 20-19
Away 19-21
Extra Innings 6-5
vs. RHP 25-25
vs. LHP 14-15
1-Run Games 16-18
vs. East 7-8
vs. Central 10-11
vs. West 13-6
Inter-League 9-15

CLE Last 10 Games

Shane Bieber (#57, 28, RHP, 5-5, 3.69)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Kansas City Royals
Record 22-58
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 80
On This Date 23-29
Standing 5th (17.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 4-16
Last 30 7-23
Home 10-30
Away 12-28
Extra Innings 0-3
vs. RHP 16-40
vs. LHP 6-18
1-Run Games 10-10
vs. East 4-10
vs. Central 6-16
vs. West 4-11
Inter-League 8-21

KCR Last 10 Games

Zack Greinke (#23, 39, RHP, 1-8, 5.31)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Jun 27, 2023 CLE2@KCR1
Wed, Jun 28, 2023 CLE14@KCR1
DateAwayHomeTime
Thu, Jul 06, 2023KCR@CLE7:10pm
Fri, Jul 07, 2023KCR@CLE7:10pm
Sat, Jul 08, 2023KCR@CLE4:10pm
Sun, Jul 09, 2023KCR@CLE1:40pm
Mon, Jul 24, 2023KCR@CLE7:10pm
Tue, Jul 25, 2023KCR@CLE7:10pm
Wed, Jul 26, 2023KCR@CLE1:10pm
Mon, Sep 18, 2023CLE@KCR2:10pm
Tue, Sep 19, 2023CLE@KCR7:40pm
Wed, Sep 20, 2023CLE@KCR2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Guardians Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.41 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Guardians Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.41 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 23. Greinke 58. Barlow 54. Chapman* 45. Clarke 43. Hernández 78. Kriske 64. Wittgren
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
13. Arias G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
55. Bell# G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.728 2/2.500 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/5.000 4/.500
17. Brennan* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.334 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ···
2. Freeman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
12. Fry G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
35. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· 3/4.000
Giménez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.250 6/.750 1/ 2/.000 5/.400 2/.500 ···
38. Kwan* G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.282 7/1.404 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 1/.000
23. Naylor* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/
22. Naylor* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 5/1.600 1/3.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/
11. Ramírez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 17/.485 8/.661 5/.400 4/.000 5/1.300 1/ 1/3.000
1. Rosario G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.666 5/.000 7/2.071 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000
7. Straw G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.112 9/.476 1/ ··· 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000

CLE Batters

CLE Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
13. Arias G ·  S ·  vP 152 .189 .296 .318 .614 91 .799 61 .345 .772 48 .462 0 2 4 5
55. Bell# G ·  S ·  vP 289 .230 .322 .389 .711 196 .705 93 .723 .761 74 .790 0 1 8 2
17. Brennan* G ·  S ·  vP 211 .270 .303 .395 .698 171 .756 40 .456 .750 83 .855 6 3 4 0
2. Freeman G ·  S ·  vP 60 .291 .322 .400 .722 46 .832 14 .368 .628 37 .758 1 0 0 0
12. Fry G ·  S ·  vP 31 .300 .323 .433 .756 18 .611 13 .968 1.167 15 1.200 0 0 1 1
35. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 89 .143 .180 .190 .370 62 .367 27 .377 .434 24 .469 0 0 0 1
Giménez* G ·  S ·  vP 295 .242 .311 .371 .682 209 .612 86 .855 .696 91 .758 8 3 5 5
38. Kwan* G ·  S ·  vP 360 .259 .337 .347 .684 257 .648 103 .776 .653 110 .668 13 2 2 1
23. Naylor* G ·  S ·  vP 31 .214 .290 .321 .612 28 .530 3 1.333 .741 29 .656 0 0 1 1
22. Naylor* G ·  S ·  vP 286 .294 .336 .473 .809 215 .853 71 .679 .766 102 .918 5 1 10 2
11. Ramírez# G ·  S ·  vP 336 .297 .366 .527 .893 236 .984 100 .687 .841 106 1.065 8 4 13 5
1. Rosario G ·  S ·  vP 315 .255 .305 .345 .650 235 .603 80 .787 .493 97 .747 8 0 1 8
7. Straw G ·  S ·  vP 287 .234 .309 .301 .610 213 .611 74 .606 .665 90 .613 10 2 0 0
TOTAL .248 .313 .375 .688 .691 .680 .683 .765 59 18 53 39

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
23. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ······X····X·· 81.1 5.31 6.8 338 .276 .761 199 .680 139 .876 .731 84 .937 15 1 1
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·X··o· 28.2 4.40 12.6 122 .226 .691 64 .386 58 1.022 .642 36 .855 3 2 0
54. Chapman* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··o·X··X· 28.1 2.54 16.2 119 .163 .496 95 .459 24 .652 .561 31 .266 0 14 1
45. Clarke G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X··X·X· 33.2 4.81 10.2 149 .292 .845 76 .758 73 .936 .854 41 1.269 6 0 1
53. Cox* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X···o·X 16.0 2.25 8.4 61 .113 .418 38 .424 23 .408 .490 54 .454 1 1 0
74. Cuas G ·  S ·  vP ·o····XX··X··o 32.2 4.68 11.6 150 .282 .809 91 .872 59 .706 .766 37 .812 5 2 0
43. Hernández G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o·X···o·X 38.2 4.42 11.2 158 .214 .604 79 .632 79 .577 .656 44 .575 3 1 1
78. Kriske G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 4.2 5.79 9.6 18 .200 .933 7 .000 11 1.670 1.643 18 .933 2 1 2
24. Lyles G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 91.2 6.68 6.3 393 .249 .792 201 .737 192 .851 .744 122 .635 19 7 0
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 36.1 3.96 5.9 151 .237 .709 136 .677 15 .995 .832 127 .716 6 7 1
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 82.2 5.88 7.6 370 .287 .842 157 .831 213 .850 .831 119 .725 10 3 2
64. Wittgren G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X·o···o·· 14.2 3.68 6.1 60 .222 .670 30 .704 30 .637 .841 43 .558 1 0 0
TOTAL 5.29 8.4 .261 .765 .787 .779 94 53 13

Royals Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Guardians Pitchers (4.10 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Guardians Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 57. Bieber 48. Clase 44. Curry 62. De Los Santos 31. Hentges* 29. Herrin* 49. Morgan 52. Sandlin 37. Stephan
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
44. Blanco G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ···
15. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP 10/1.056 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000
34. Fermin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 24/.590 5/.800 ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 4/.500
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.100 4/1.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.667 2/.000
14. Olivares G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 22/1.018 6/.367 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/1.000 4/.750 2/.000
32. Pratto* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/
Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ ··· ···
6. Waters# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.125 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 4/.250 3/.666

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
44. Blanco G ·  S ·  vP 40 .222 .300 .389 .689 26 .781 14 .522 .654 40 .689 2 1 0 0
15. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 102 .290 .343 .376 .719 43 .651 59 .771 .839 27 .616 0 0 1 6
34. Fermin G ·  S ·  vP 84 .276 .337 .487 .824 57 .859 27 .750 .774 33 .910 0 0 4 4
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 187 .266 .321 .367 .688 126 .620 61 .811 .738 93 .699 11 0 2 1
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 99 .202 .242 .340 .583 79 .548 20 .721 .633 3 .000 2 1 1 0
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 132 .206 .341 .290 .631 106 .655 26 .535 .658 49 .471 3 2 0 0
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 305 .212 .295 .338 .633 217 .608 88 .694 .640 93 .576 4 2 6 6
14. Olivares G ·  S ·  vP 229 .255 .310 .434 .744 149 .779 80 .679 .664 74 .852 8 2 6 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 299 .260 .294 .470 .764 209 .856 90 .538 .788 87 .563 0 0 15 1
32. Pratto* G ·  S ·  vP 216 .261 .347 .410 .757 154 .744 62 .787 .753 93 .665 1 1 5 2
Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 32 .160 .323 .160 .483 19 .388 13 .639 .750 32 .483 1 0 0 1
6. Waters# G ·  S ·  vP 89 .220 .281 .354 .635 56 .735 33 .468 .696 73 .695 1 2 3 2
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 342 .244 .287 .419 .705 254 .648 88 .872 .754 101 .728 23 6 12 8
TOTAL .231 .296 .374 .670 .664 .683 .696 .642 64 18 73 40

CLE Pitchers

CLE Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
57. Bieber G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 100.0 3.69 6.9 416 .251 .698 209 .605 207 .795 .775 102 .640 12 8 3
41. Allen* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X······ 62.1 3.47 9.1 275 .267 .748 226 .749 49 .739 .685 103 .857 6 0 4
61. Bibee G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 59.1 3.79 8.8 253 .247 .691 129 .768 124 .603 .877 117 .797 6 5 1
43. Civale G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 39.2 3.18 7.5 166 .235 .686 84 .669 82 .701 .643 116 .747 4 3 2
48. Clase G ·  S ·  vP ··o·XX··Xo···· 38.1 2.35 8.2 156 .215 .549 79 .475 77 .626 .608 43 .265 1 6 0
44. Curry G ·  S ·  vP ······X······X 40.0 2.92 5.8 166 .250 .673 88 .775 78 .563 .742 47 .886 3 5 0
62. De Los Santos G ·  S ·  vP ····o··X·X···X 32.0 2.81 7.9 126 .193 .596 65 .478 61 .722 .535 46 .692 2 4 0
31. Hentges* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X···oo···o 19.0 3.32 8.1 78 .200 .582 53 .575 25 .598 .756 44 .567 1 2 0
29. Herrin* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 16.2 5.94 10.3 72 .250 .699 47 .698 25 .701 .699 31 .573 2 2 0
49. Morgan G ·  S ·  vP ·X···o·Xo··X·· 33.1 1.89 8.6 141 .231 .645 77 .625 64 .670 .884 45 .605 3 7 1
52. Sandlin G ·  S ·  vP ·o·····X····o· 28.2 3.14 8.5 110 .175 .588 80 .646 30 .431 .693 39 .690 4 4 0
37. Stephan G ·  S ·  vP ··o·Xo··oo···· 34.0 2.12 10.3 142 .242 .732 79 .826 63 .612 .764 43 .637 5 7 1
63. Williams G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 12.2 2.84 7.1 46 .122 .437 18 .222 28 .590 .178 46 .437 1 1 1
TOTAL 3.75 7.9 .241 .695 .752 .675 78 78 17

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